Wufeng and his party entered the northwest county and could feel the destructive impact that Luobei people had brought to this area in recent years. Bonan Prefecture was originally a relatively developed economy. Wufeng saw that the soil in many areas here was obviously different from the soil in other places. It was an excellent glaze soil. Although Wufeng didn't understand, he also knew that this soil was an excellent raw material for the manufacture of porcelain and pottery. The original pottery and porcelain manufacturing industry in Bonan Prefecture was quite developed, and many famous

Craftsmen and workshops are produced here day and night, and the various pottery and porcelain produced are well-known in the East Continent, and even in the Central Continent and the West Continent. Teahouses and hotels are booming, and merchants from all over the world stay here for a long time to get the goods as soon as possible. Now, broken kilns can be seen everywhere, and the pits used for soil collection have long been covered by thick weeds. Along the way, there are sparsely populated areas, and there is almost no decent market town, which looks particularly depressing.

Since the Luobei people controlled the north, a transportation line that runs across the east and west, the east and the middle continents, there were many checkpoints along the way, and the safety of business and travel was not guaranteed. The economy of Bonan Prefecture began to shrink, and fortunately, the large market of the empire was still able to maintain the past. However, in recent years, Luobei people's clutches gradually extended into the northwest county. The first ones were Qingyang Prefecture and Yinchuan Prefecture, which were next to the Luobei people's territory. Then they invaded Bonan Prefecture and Guide Prefecture, and in the end, even Jinzhou Prefecture was not spared. The annual harassment and invasion caused the people of several prefectures to live in poverty. When personal safety and property safety were not guaranteed, there was no need to talk about economic development. Therefore, a large number of people left their hometowns, fled their homes where their ancestors lived for generations, and found another place to make a living.

After Wufeng led the troops into Bonan Prefecture City, he found that the residents here were discussing the war between the Empire and the Luobei people. From officials, big merchants and ordinary people, they all hoped that the imperial army could defeat Luobei people in one fell swoop, strengthen border defense from then on, and reproduce the prosperity of the local area. Wufeng and his party arrived warmly welcomed by local people and officials. Wufeng also felt the desire for stability and peace in the local people, which greatly aroused his determination to save the people from the fire and fire.

Leaving Bonan Prefecture and entering Qingyang Prefecture, the situation here is worse than that of Bonan Prefecture. The fertile fields have been desolate for many years, overgrown weeds and no one to cultivate them; the roads and bridges are disrepaired and difficult to walk; the irrigation ditches are blocked and obscured and cannot be used; there are few pedestrians on the road, and most of the people I encounter are ragged and have vegetables, so there is no other style of the "northwest granary" in the past. The beautiful rivers and mountains have fallen here! In this situation, Wufeng couldn't help but sigh—

On October 7, Wufeng led his troops to escort a large number of food, weapons, medicine and other logistics supplies, and finally arrived safely at the terminal station-Qingyang Fucheng. Entering the Fucheng, Wufeng took the team to the west of the city to simply place the resettlement, and then went to visit the city guards' yamen, hoping to get help from the local government to place these supplies and his subordinates, and at the same time try to find out the battle situation ahead. Wufeng ordered Liang Chongxin to stay in the Jiaochang, and he and Xiao Tang and Cui Wenxiu and his party came to the center of the city.

The city guard house. On the way to the city guard house, Wufeng and the other two learned that the battle situation ahead was still in a stalemate. The people here were very concerned about the movement of the battlefield ahead. On the one hand, they all longed for the imperial army to defeat the invasion of Luo Beiren, and on the other hand, they were worried that if the battle situation was not good for the empire, they would prepare early and collect money and hide. After learning that the battle situation ahead was still stable, Wufeng felt a little calmer. Maybe he overestimated Luo Beiren or underestimated Situ Mingzhi—

When he came to the city guard's mansion, it was a very large mansion, but it seemed a little deserted. After Wufeng reported his identity and purpose, the yamen runners who were looking at the gate hurried in to report. The person who received Wufeng and the other three were the current highest executive of Qingyang Prefecture acting as the acting chief executive of Cheng Shuyuanning. Due to the Luobei people invading almost every year for several years, the three palaces of Qingyang, Bonan and Guide were also repeatedly looted, and the social security in the entire area was extremely chaotic, and the imperial authorities had never come up with a countermeasure. Ouyang Chun, the former county magistrate of Northwest County, resigned four years ago and returned to his hometown Jiangnan County on the grounds of poor health. The trees fell and the money scattered. The officials below also felt that this place was

It was not a place to stay for a long time, and they all found another way out. The Northwest County Magistrate's Mansion became an empty shell. The Empire has not appointed the Northwest County Magistrate. It is said that no one in the central government of the Empire was willing to come here. Yuan Ning also said that he was here for the time being. The entire city Magistrate's Mansion was only a dozen people and could not perform its functions at all. In fact, this was just a reception station. Yuan Ning also said that there were more people in this city at present, because everyone knew that the imperial army had already gone to the front line. After two years, except for the old, weak, sick and disabled, the middle-aged people almost had to hide in the mountains near the city, and waited until the Luo Beiren plundered before they came back.

Wufeng learned about these situations and had to turn back to the battlefield. It seemed that he had to set up a camp in the battlefield and settled temporarily. Back in the camp, Wufeng ordered soldiers from all departments to leave the military camp without orders to prevent harassing the local people.

At night, Wufeng arranged the night duty in the camp. He changed into casual clothes with Xiao Tang, Liang Chongxin and Cui Wenxiu, and left the military camp to find out the situation. The streets of Qingyang City could be seen to be quite grand. After all, this was the center of the entire northwest region of the empire. Although he had experienced wars in recent years, he could still see the scenery of the past. The city walls seemed a bit dilapidated, many places had already collapsed, and some were shaky. The huge city

There are not many residents in the district, and it seems very sparse. Many houses collapsed due to long-term uninhabited management. The candlelight like ghost fires appears and disappears in residential areas, and the streets appear very deserted. Seeing these scenes, several people were a little depressed. The incompetence of the imperial authorities made the prosperous city like a once-in-a-half city, the fertile fields were covered with weeds, the lively town became a ruin, the vast majority of people were displaced and had nowhere to live—

"Xiao Tang, what do you think about the situation here?" The four of them looked around and Wufeng spoke, "The conditions are very good, but unfortunately they are abandoned and lack popularity. It may take some time to manage them. Of course, the premise is to block Luo Beiren's attack." Xiao Tang replied slowly. "Chongxin, Wenxiu, what do you two think about this place?" Wufeng asked Liang and Cui again. "Qingyang's geographical location is very important, with all connections and a strategic location, but here is a flat horse, lacking danger, easy to attack and difficult to defend." Liang Chongxin finished speaking, "Yes, Brother Liang said it well.

, It is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and the walls of the city of the city collapsed everywhere and need to be repaired urgently. The public security situation here has reached a very dangerous level due to its long-term anarchy. I heard that the horse thieves here are quite powerful, the bandits are also very rampant, and the lives of the people are very difficult." Cui Wenxiu also added that both of them looked at them from a military perspective. "So, there are both opportunities and risks here. This is called pros and cons. The ancients said that misfortune is, where blessings depend, blessings are, and where disasters are hidden depends on how the ruler grasps them." Wufeng's confidence summary-

Early the next morning, Wufeng sent his direct scout squadron to the front line. On the one hand, he reported to the army's command that the logistics materials he escorted had arrived safely, and on the other hand, he also wanted to understand the real situation of the battlefield ahead. At the same time, he ordered the troops to handle all the materials he escorted, so that they could be sent in time once the front line needed it-

This is a good weather with a clear and cool autumn weather, but for the empire, this is probably an unacceptable day than hail. Before noon, Wufeng was carefully looking at the map of Qingyang area in the camp. Suddenly, soldiers standing at the gate of the camp found that the residents in the city were running around as if they were suffering from some disaster. Then they saw the scouts who had their troops going out in the morning running towards the camp at a rapid speed, "Something must have happened!" The sentry thought with a premonition-

"So, our troops have completely collapsed, and Luo Beiren has already attacked." After listening to the scout's report, Liang Chongxin was also a little nervous. After all, he had never encountered such a serious situation before. The eyes of the people present looked at Wufeng, who had been silent all the time. After pondering for a while, Wufeng raised his head, his face turned red, his eyes were like torches, and he showed a look that only the gambler who had been red in his eyes, and glanced at everyone.

"I thought about it for a while and wanted to gamble with a few people. I wonder if everyone can trust me?" Xiao Tang took the lead in proclaiming: "I'd like to listen to the orders of the Lord." Liang and Cui stood up immediately, "Please give orders by sir." "Okay! Everyone knows the report just now that Luo Beiren's cavalry has chased the imperial troops and bypassed Qingyang Prefecture City. I judged that the enemy probably thinks that there are no troops in this area that can compete with it, so they will directly kill Bonan and Guide, but there is no

The troops entered Qingyang Prefecture City. It is estimated that they plan to completely defeat the imperial Western Expedition troops first, and then the follow-up troops will follow up and loot. I think I will bet with Luo Beiren in Qingyang Prefecture." Wufeng's tone was a little excited. "But sir, Luo Beiren's troops are more than 100,000, and we are only more than 5,000 people at present. The power gap between the enemy and us is too great." Cui Wenxiu raised this most difficult question. "I have also considered this. The invading enemy has made a total of appointments.

There are 150,000 people, and there will definitely be some losses in fighting against the Imperial Army. In addition, the enemy will have to leave a certain number of troops to escort the prisoners. I guess about 100,000 people can really fight us." Wufeng analyzed with confidence. He knew that although the few people here trusted him unconditionally, if they did not give them a convincing explanation, they would probably have doubts even if they went to the battlefield. After all, the balance of power is too far apart-

"But sir, even if the enemy is only 100,000, we may not have a chance of winning. Luo Beiren's combat power is no better than those rioters and slaves." Liang Chongxin expressed the thoughts of the three people here in one sentence. "Don't be nervous, listen to me to analyze again. The purpose of Luo Beiren's attack this time was not to destroy the imperial army, but to rob the food, grass and livestock that were urgently needed in their own territory. Therefore, among these 100,000 people, at least 20,000 people must be used to complete their top tasks. Although the imperial army was defeated this time, it was not completely wiped out. A considerable number of troops were just defeated. Now it should be in Qingyang Prefecture. If we take action now to gather these broken troops and reorganize them, we can get a large number of new forces. The most important thing is that I am not ready to fight against Luo Beiren outside the city, which is exactly what they are good at and what they hope. I am sure.

Prepare to use the existing urban defense facilities in Qingyang City and hurry up and repair and improve them. The large number of weapons, arrows, food and other logistics supplies we brought this time can be used in great use. If we can fully mobilize the current residents in the city, mobilize their enthusiasm and assist us in guarding, and the enemy will definitely not expect to engage in a siege with us this time. Therefore, it is estimated that the tools and equipment they carry for the siege are insufficient, and the soldiers also lack the experience and psychological preparation for the siege. Based on the above points, I think we are very sure to defeat the enemy's attack." The three of them had a little worried mentality after Wu Feng's words, especially when Wu Feng mentioned that the enemy lacked siege facilities, Liang and Cui suddenly became clear in their hearts. Yes, the enemy was mainly cavalry, and with the lack of siege facilities, they had a full hope of winning this battle.

After unifying the understanding, the sentry came in to report that the city was in chaos and residents were packing up their things and preparing to flee.

Seeing that the situation was urgent, Wufeng immediately issued an order: "Liang Chongxin!"—

"arrive!"--

"I ordered you to lead three direct cavalry squadrons and the first brigade into three groups to go out of the city immediately. Search in Qingyang Prefecture, and find that there are defeated imperial troops, and immediately send people to take them back to the city for reorganization. If you still disobey the management after explaining the situation, you can do it cheaply."—

"yes!"--

"Cui Wenxiu!"—

"arrive!"--

"I ordered you to lead the second brigade into five groups immediately, patrol the city, and do a good job of persuading citizens. If you find someone who takes advantage of the situation, who spread rumors and confuses the public, and who incites chaos, you will kill anyone!"—

"yes!"--

The second general immediately took the order and left. Wufeng had returned to peace, but when he issued the order, he showed a cold and fanatical light. Xiao Tang, who was standing beside him, saw this scene. While admiring Wufeng's decisiveness, he also noticed the light in Wufeng's eyes, and couldn't help but burst into a sudden heart.

"Okay, now it's time for you and me to visit two important people." "Sir, are you talking about the Wei family?" "Haha, it turns out that the heroes have similar views!" Wu Feng laughed-
Chapter completed!