At this point, the Eastern Crusade has come to an end, the main purpose has been basically achieved, and after handling some finishing work, Yuan Fang will return to the court.

The rest is actually not a big deal, although the four county towns of Guangyuan County are still under the control of the defenders of the Ningyuan Empire, but in the face of their own army of nearly 200,000, they have only one way to go, and now the question is who to send to attack these four county seats. Chen Xin's meaning is that the new army led by him will be the main attack, which can achieve the purpose of training the troops and let the recruits under his command grow rapidly in blood. Chang Xun also asked for a piece of the pie, not for anything else, they ran all the way from the imperial capital to Dongzhou, and then came to Guangyuan County from Dongzhou day and night.

In addition, Tang Jian and Shi Ping also came to be lively, especially Li Yue and Liang Tie, as well as Qin Yan, the three of them were the most depressed, for so many days, they had been wandering outside the nearby county according to Yuan Fang's original arrangement, or hiding in the cold valley, originally thought that Yuan Fang would lure the main force of the enemy army to come over for a big battle according to the plan, but they didn't expect that the world was impermanent, Yuan Fang temporarily changed his plan, and they wasted so much time in vain, so they wanted to vent the suppressed war spirit in their hearts.

Dugu Zhen is not a person who is born in peace, what he means is that since Yuan Fang handed over Guangyuan County to himself, then the remaining counties should be handed over to him to deal with, and everyone is from the Ningyuan Empire, it is more convenient to fight or make peace.

What Dugu Zhen said was reasonable, but Tang Jian and the others didn't give face, they still held their own opinions, and in the end, Yuqing couldn't help but intervene, because among the recruits brought by Chen Xin this time, there were almost 50,000 female soldiers, and of course these female soldiers were under the command of Yuan Fang's brother-in-law, to put it bluntly, that is, under the command of Yuqing. Chen Xin plans to use those trapped beasts to train soldiers, and Yuqing also holds the same idea, although there will be casualties in the war, but if you want these female soldiers to become qualified soldiers, you have to pay a certain price, although there is some reluctance, but this is a necessary process of growth.

In the end, Yuan Fang, who was dizzy from the noise, decided to split and distribute the four county towns, and Tang Jian and Shi Ping's main army was responsible for attacking the northernmost Liusha County, and then left a part of the men and horses to garrison it, sharing the pressure of Dugu Zhen while deterring the Yuanhe Empire in the north.

Luoxian, Yuan Fang handed it over to Dugu Zhen to deal with, whether it was a strong attack or persuasion, he was happy. In Yuhong County, Yuan Fang handed over to Qin Yan and Chen Xin, and the last Kaiyuan County was his Taiji Army and the newly divided 50,000 female soldiers, plus Chang Xun's 50,000 forbidden troops were responsible.

This is a feast, a baptism of blood, and the last battle of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and everyone is eager to try.

The next day, the Eastern Expeditionary Army couldn't wait to set off, Dugu Zhen did not leave, he will stay in Guangyuan County, complete his mission, at the same time, divide 10,000 troops, commanded by the first brave general Wuhua, guard Huaiyang County, which borders Anping County and Guangyuan County, as the front line of the front, expand the strategic column.

Kaiyuan City is not very far from Guangyuan City, although there are infantry and baggage drag, Yuan Fang's army of more than 100,000 troops only took less than two days to approach the city, and the generals who defended the city were still backbone, and they were not frightened by such a large army, and resolutely held on.

There was no nonsense, and after the usual persuasion to surrender was fruitless, early the next morning, Yuqing ordered the female soldiers under his command to attack the city. This battle, fought quite tragically, Kaiyuan County is not big, the female soldiers are relying on the strength of the crowd to bloom in all directions, regardless of the main and secondary four sides of the attack at the same time, the female soldiers after the initial nervousness and panic, were stimulated by blood to forget life and death, rushed to the city wall, soon, will be the stubborn enemy army drowned.

When the female soldiers opened the city gate and Chang Xun's heavy cavalry rushed into Kaiyuan City, there was almost no resistance in the city, Chang Xun came back with a sigh and was depressed.

After this battle, the female soldiers are considered veterans who have seen blood, although after the war, many female soldiers hid in the corner and cried, and some even trembled and talked nonsense, but these are normal, as long as the officers and military doctors sort out a little, and the female soldiers' emotions will be fine after they are stable.

Yuan Fang, as the commander-in-chief, witnessed the entire siege war, from this battle Yuan Fang also summed up a lot of deficiencies, such as the siege tower, the previous construction process is not mature enough, in the process of transporting an iron frame to the city under the assembly, the soldiers were baptized by the arrow rain of the defenders at the head of the city, which is also the largest casualty in the entire siege war, Yuan Fang felt that it should be improved, install wheels under the tower, and complete the assembly of the tower far away from the battlefield, and finally push it to the city, although it is more troublesome, And it is time-consuming and laborious, especially pushing the heavy platform tower requires a lot of physical strength, but there are also many benefits, with the hardwood tread on the platform to cover, not only greatly reduce the casualties of soldiers, but also play a sufficient deterrent, attract the attention of the defenders, and reduce the pressure on other ladder siege troops.

This kind of improvement is not complicated, as long as a few rows of wheels are installed on the bottom iron frame, and a blacksmith can be found in Kaiyuan City, so there is no need to worry about transporting them back to the military factory for repair, as for the rubber wheels, supporting screws, etc., the next time the ordnance is transported, let the logistics troops bring it over.

At this point, the Eastern Crusade was successfully concluded, and the Eastern Crusade army returned triumphantly, of course, only a part of it returned to the empire, and most of the troops had to continue to hold the border front line between Dongzhou and the Yuanhe Empire.

Before returning to China, Yuan Fang and Dugu Zhen had a detailed discussion, and finally decided that the Eastern Saint Empire would send troops to cooperate with the defense of some important military towns, such as Liusha County and Yunfu County, which bordered the Yuanhe Empire, as well as coastal counties and Kaiyuan County, of course, Dugu Zhen did not stay out of the matter, and sent 10,000 elites under his command to coordinate and garrison the two border counties, as for the two coastal counties, he did not participate, he knew Yuan Fang's thoughts, and tried his best to avoid suspicion, so that the Eastern Saint Empire could keep the sea route unblocked.

Dugu Zhen's 40,000 horses, say not much, say a lot less, if the general county has 10,000 troops, it is enough, but here is different, this is the front line, a big war between the two countries may break out at any time, and the movement is more than 10,000 people, Dugu Zhen's 40,000 horses are not enough to see at all, so Dugu Zhen decided to shrink the defense line, leaving only Luo County, Yuhong County, Huaiyang County, Lihua County and Guangyuan County as a strategic column, and handed over the rest to the Eastern Sage Empire.

In this regard, Yuan Fang hesitated again and again but agreed to Dugu Zhen's request, and decided before coming out, Shi Ping and 10,000 Dongzhou infantry troops cooperated to defend Liusha County, and the infantry and cavalry cooperated, both offensive and defensive, not only could resist the invasion of the enemy, but also surprise the cavalry to attack the hinterland of the Yuanhe Empire.