Yuan Fang turned over and got off the carriage, Sang Rou took Yuan Fang's war horse and retreated to the main formation, not that she didn't want to follow Yuan Fang, but that there were already many female guards next to Yang Xing's carriage, and in some considerations, she still chose to avoid suspicion, after all, they were no longer by Yang Xing's side.

Yuan Fang got into the carriage, but Xiaomei ran to join Da Mei and them, and there were only two Yuan Fang and Yang Xing left in the huge carriage, Yuan Fang smiled, took out two cigars and handed them to Yang Xing: "It's just right, Xiaomei ran away, we can smoke with confidence." ”

Yang Xing played with the cigar in his hand and scolded with a smile: "It should be that you can smoke it with confidence, I don't have this hobby." ”

Yuan Fang lit a cigar in the charcoal stove and handed it to Yang Xing: "Smoke, just get used to it, don't you always stay up late, this thing can refresh you." ”

Yang Xing was surprised and said, "Really? Then I'll have to try, I've been busy since last night and I haven't closed my eyes yet, and I'm sleepy. As he spoke, he took a big sip and coughed for a while.

Yuan Fang did not hesitate to teach, and after teaching Yang Xing to smoke, he asked with a solemn expression: "You said that you haven't slept all night, has anything big happened?" ”

Yang Xing nodded: "Yesterday I received a battle report from the front, the army of the Yuanhe Empire has crossed the border, 50,000 troops are marching towards Tianniu County, and there are 100,000 horses advancing in the direction of Hengxian, and at the same time, there is a team of no less than 100,000 men and horses, starting from Fengqiu County of the Yuanhe Empire, and will soon arrive at the border with Dongzhou Wei County and Rizhao County. ”

According to Yang Xing's statement, Yuan Fang sketched a map in his mind, and thought about it: "What about Yunfu County and Liusha County?" Is there any movement? ”

Yang Xing took a puff of cigarette and said: "Tanma found that a large number of enemy troops appeared in the border military town adjacent to Qiandeng County of the Yuanhe Empire and Yunfu County, the number was about 20,000, most of them were infantry, including 5,000 heavy infantry. ”

Yuan Fang nodded: "Judging from the composition and number of troops, the enemy army in the south of Qiandeng County is mainly responsible for defense to prevent Yunfu County and Liusha County from sending troops to sneak attack from the side, well, if you calculate it this way, the three-way army adds up to almost 200,000, plus the troops and logistics left behind on the border, I rely on, there are at least 300,000 people, is the emperor of the Yuanhe Empire crazy?" ”

Yang Xing smiled bitterly: "People are not crazy, the Yuanhe Empire is different from the Ningyuan Empire, they have no civil war, they have sufficient soldiers, and the land area is also larger than our Dongsheng Empire and Ningyuan Empire, and the standing army should have almost one million." ”

Hearing this number, Yuan Fang was shocked, he had been at war with the Ningyuan Empire before, and he didn't pay too much attention to the Yuanhe Empire, Yuan Fang only knew that the Yuanhe Empire was very powerful, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful, a million standing army, what kind of concept is that, the Eastern Saint Empire may be more in its heyday, but now, the Eastern Saint Empire is about 500,000 even if it counts the recruits and local defenders who have just been recruited, and most of them are sent to Dongzhou, and only the basic defense force is left in the country to barely deploy.

Taking a hard puff of his cigarette, Yuan Fang's face was full of worry: "One million, not much, if their emperor has enough courage to transfer 500,000 troops over at a time, even if we add Dugu Zhen, we may not be able to stop it." ”

Yang Xing smiled bitterly: "Fortunately, that old thing is not so crazy, otherwise we may really be finished this time." ”

Yuan Fang looked at Yang Xing: "What now?" What are your plans? ”

Yang Xing shrugged: "What can you plan, the soldiers will come to block it, our Dongzhou troops should be able to block them, Tang Jian's side has already been prepared, if nothing else, it is estimated that there is no big problem." ”

Yuan Fang frowned and asked, "Do you need me to run again?" ”

Yang Xing thought for a while and shook his head and said: "Not for the time being, now that the weather is getting colder and colder, it is impossible for the army of the Yuanhe Empire to hold out in the field for too long, as long as they hold the county seat, at most for another month, they will have to retreat." But what I'm saying is not absolute, boss, you have a number in your heart, maybe when you have to put on the battle and lead troops to support Dongzhou. ”

Yuan Fang nodded and said, "Okay, no problem, you can just greet me at any time." ”

Yang Xing smiled, leaned against the window and snored, it seemed that he was really tired, Yuan Fang was a little distressed and helped him cover a blanket, and wanted to get out of the car, but looked at the charcoal stove at his feet, for fear that no one would take care of it and cause a fire, so he had to stay in the carriage and quietly think about the war in Dongzhou. No, it will definitely not work if it goes on like this, but the Yuanhe Empire is enough to pose a mortal threat, and the other party only sent less than a third of the soldiers and horses to contain most of the army of the Eastern Saint Empire, if the Liusang Empire comes to join in the fun again at this time, then the Eastern Saint Empire will be in danger.

Now the only way is to beat back the troops of the Yuanhe Empire before the Liusang Empire sends troops, and it must be ruthless enough, so that they will not dare to come again for a while, so as to gain a certain amount of respite, it is not easy to do this, and Yuan Fang has only one way, that is, the first and second air force.

Sighing deeply, looking at the haggard Yang Xing, Yuan Fang muttered, "I'll have to go to the base later." ”

Yuan Fang plans to make some fog balloons as soon as possible, even if the technology is not too mature, it doesn't matter, it can be sent to Dongzhou as a deterrent weapon to deter the Yuanhe Empire, so that they dare not venture forward, as long as there is a certain buffer time, the technology of the fog balloon and airship will be improved as soon as possible and then produced in large quantities, and even more air force bombing units will be formed.

The carriage was indeed bumpy on the bluestone road, especially the closer it was to the city gate, Yang Xing was woken up after sleeping for a while, looked out the window in a daze, and said dissatisfiedly: "This broken road, boss, when did you start paving the road?" ”

Yuan Fang smiled and said, "I'll arrange this in a while." Yang Xing's snoring sounded again, Yuan Fang smiled bitterly, there is no problem with paving the road, but the cost has not been said yet, this kid fell asleep again.

Out of the city, the carriage drove on the sandy road outside the city, but it was not so bumpy, Yang Xing fell asleep until the carriage of Shiliting stopped and reluctantly got up.

Yang Xing rubbed his eyes and looked out the window: "Arrived?" So fast. ”

Yuan Fang rolled his eyes and said, "Is this still fast?" It's already very slow, I said, you've slept all the way, be refreshed, and get back a good night's sleep when you're done. ”

Yang Xing sighed and said, "There are still a lot of things waiting for us, how can I have time to sleep." ”

Yuan Fang persuaded and said: "Things can never be done, you can't do this, what if your body is exhausted?" The body is the revolution, uh, it is the capital of governing the country, and the combination of work and rest is the king. ”