"Special envoy, I'm exaggerating. It's just that your appearance is too attractive. Even a rough guy like me can't help but look at you a few more times. I'm sorry!"
Li Yi stared at the man in front of him closely and spoke word by word, information about the man in front of him already appeared in his mind.
Cao Yuan, the imperial envoy, came here to express condolences to General Chen Han who was guarding Hansheng Pass on behalf of the empire.
That's him.
"General Chen is really... interested. How long has it been, and he is still... Hehe, he is really in high spirits!"
Cao Yuan smiled and looked at the imperial guard in front of him while thinking in his heart.
snort! I sent several urgent military letters to the empire, so we had to make a trip.
He said that the army was in urgent need of food and asked the imperial capital to send food.
As a result, my journey here has been pretty good!
No disaster was seen.
Then there is this Chen Zhenshou.
He is obviously very relaxed and relaxed!
This ability to maintain one's youthful appearance is not surprising, but it can only be maintained by expending physical energy on the premise of being able to eat enough.
Judging from the appearance of General Chen, it is obvious that he is very natural.
This shows that he cannot maintain this state for a day or two.
But logically speaking, if you are asking for help, you should not stay in this state.
Even if you want to maintain it, you shouldn’t appear like a young person!
If it were Cao Yuan himself, wouldn't he be eager to face the envoy in the oldest and most haggard appearance to achieve his goal?
Cao Yuan couldn't help but his face darkened when he thought of this.
"Chen Zhenshou, I heard that the military situation and food supply at Xigsheng Pass are both in critical condition at the same time? Why do you still have time to maintain your appearance? So are you lying about the military situation?"
This kind of accusation is not serious.
Especially in recent years, the imperial capital has become increasingly strict with the border defenders. After all, as the Daman Army has become stronger, border emergencies have become commonplace.
For this reason, the local government continued to increase troops at major border passes, which also made the phenomenon of garrisoning troops at major border passes more and more serious.
This resulted in another issue that may seem insignificant now, but would become very serious if viewed from the perspective of an empire ruler.
Support your troops and respect yourself!
According to statistics, the number of defenders distributed at the four major border passes now exceeds 3 million.
Among them, Genshan Pass has the smallest number of 500,000 defenders. Of course, that is also determined by the terrain of Genshan Pass.
The dangerous terrain naturally became the best barrier.
In addition, Genshan has a rare mountain lake, which not only provides the remote Genshan Pass with sufficient water sources, but also the surrounding open land has become a natural granary due to the existence of the lake.
Therefore, although the empire's support for Genshan Pass is the least, it does not prevent it from becoming the frontier army with the strongest combat effectiveness.
Although others such as Monsoon Pass and Baihu Pass are not as good as Genshan, they are still many times better than Hansheng Pass.
Compared with these three border passes, Hansheng Pass is not only located on a plain, but also has a vast plain outside the pass. The pass is also particularly large. The previous passes built against mountains are not applicable here.
If you want to refuse customs, you must build it manually.
Originally, when the empire was strong, this was not a problem.
The empire spent a lot of effort to "move" a nearby mountain to the vicinity of Hansheng Pass and turned it into a man-made pass.
This is not a simple matter, which can be seen from the vast wasteland under the mountain.
That is the burial place of tens of thousands of migrant workers who died in the process of digging and moving mountains!
This is also the only piece of land near Hansheng Pass that is not allowed to be used, although the soil here is very fertile under the "moisturization" of Shang Toy's corpse.
General Chen Han, who had been guarding the area for thirty years since he was in his early twenties, had a special order for this purpose.
Here is a testimony. The reason why I prohibit anyone from using this land is for future generations to remember.
Today's peace is hard-won, and it is only through the succession of thousands of predecessors that this peace can continue.
Forgetting history is betrayal!
He, Chen Shengzhi, is not a person who betrays history!
1500000!
A total of 1.5 million Hanshengguan garrison.
This is already the total number of the other three major border guards.
Among them, the number of defenders who are themselves descendants of the nearby area is as high as one million.
The remaining more than 500,000 people are troops supported by various places and even the imperial capital.
But even if this is the case, the difficulty of guarding Xuansheng Pass is still the highest.
After all, in that era, terrain was too important for the defensive side.
It can be said that if it were a long and narrow level where one man could not open it but ten thousand others could not open it, there would be no need for so many defenders at all.
It is enough to build a beacon tower every certain distance.
All troops are usually stationed in the camp, but whenever there is an emergency military situation, the well-trained elite troops can be dispatched immediately.
This is undoubtedly very beneficial for the defensive side.
But this kind of "normal situation" is almost impossible to happen here in iHanshengguan.
Except for the mountain range that was forcibly moved over, the surrounding areas are still plains that can be entered by a long drive.
If it weren't for the fact that a large part of the plain was a swampy place of death, I'm afraid there would be no need to garrison at Xiansheng Pass.
People can come and go at any time, so what's the point of staying in an isolated city?
Therefore, compared with the other three major passes, the hidden dangers of Xiansheng Pass are the most unstable and the most numerous.
Whenever the weather is hot in summer, it is often the time when the entire Hanshengguan garrison is most nervous.
Because the hot weather means that the swamps that could have been used as natural barriers lose their effectiveness.
Dryness, a natural phenomenon that seems insensible to ordinary people, has become the biggest killer of the defenders of Hansheng Pass in this special place.
This most common natural phenomenon, which is almost never noticed in other places, is the phenomenon that the 1.5 million defenders and more than 4 million residents of the entire Hansheng Pass pay the most attention to.
Because whenever drought comes, in addition to the drying up of the swamp, the Daman army will invade at any time.
What's more important is that the crops that were not very productive in the first place mean that the harvest will fail.
Therefore, every time this time comes, all daily affairs in Xianshengguan will be forced to stop. Everyone, as long as they can move, will automatically and spontaneously go to the plains and guard in front of the beacon day and night.
These people brought their own dry food and put aside their own lives. In order to overcome this difficulty, everyone worked together in order to allow the 1.5 million Hanshengguan garrison to cultivate a little more energy.
When the Daman army attacks, these ordinary people who spontaneously go to guard will light beacons as soon as possible to notify their defenders.
Logically speaking, it is enough to achieve this point, and the rest is a matter for soldiers.
But that's not the end.
If you look carefully, you will find that these ordinary people are not empty-handed.
But they all came with something.
In addition to a day's worth of food rations, they all carried guys in their hands.
With these guys here, these ordinary people can slow down the invasion of the Daman army to a certain extent.
"Oh? What is it?"
After hearing Li Yi's introduction, Cao Yuan stretched his head with interest to see what it was.
But Li Yi stopped him.
This made Special Envoy Cao very unhappy.
"What? Chen Zhenshou doesn't believe me?"
Li Yi shook his head.
"That's not the case."
As he spoke, he looked at the black sealed box in front of him.
"It's just that this thing cannot be opened. Once it is opened here..."
"Bang! It exploded."
Cao Yuan was startled by Li Yi's sudden voice.
But he quickly recovered and looked at the extremely inconspicuous black box in front of him with doubt on his face.
"This thing...is an explosive?"
Li Yi nodded.
"good."
"Very powerful?"
"It's big."
"I see……"
Cao Yuan nodded, but still couldn't hide his curiosity and looked at Li Yi.
"This thing can't be touched?"
"That's not true."
Li Yi shook his head.
"Apart from the fact that it can't be opened, there's nothing wrong with it. Even if you drop it on the ground, it won't explode unless you pull this."
As he spoke, Li Yi pointed to a circular ring on the black box.
"Just pull this thing and throw it out at the specified time."
"boom!"
Having said this, Li Yi's originally excited expression suddenly became calmer.
"only……"
"Just what? Isn't this very good? As long as we hold on to this summer offensive, I will report to the superiors and commend you to the garrison of Xishengguan."
This was the first time Cao Yuan had seen this kind of weapon. Although it looked crude, according to General Chen, it was quite powerful.
Those invulnerable Damans will be blown away by one shot. What's the problem?
As long as we build more of these bombs, wouldn't we win?
"But I'm very curious. These Daman people obviously don't have a fixed territory. Apart from the large army, I haven't seen any logistics and supplies..."
"For so many years, I have been counting the battle losses of the Daman people. According to a rough estimate, it is at least more than 100,000."
Speaking of this, Li Yi turned his eyes to the plains in the distance.
That was the direction from which the Damans were about to invade.
"So how many are there?"
"Since there are so many troops, why not invest them all at once?"
"If calculated based on the average battle loss ratio of 10%, this Daman army must have at least exceeded five million people..."
"For such a large legion, there is no fixed territory to provide logistics and supplies."
"How on earth do they survive?"
