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Yanfeng Fortress, guarding the General's Mansion.

Huo Ling raised his head from the pile of documents, and glanced at the hourglass next to him, "It's getting late, has the Ling's caravan picked up someone?"

The personal guard next to him stood up, "General Hui, Ling Yunsheng, the head of the Ling family caravan, personally went to Xiaotian Garden to pick up the people. Now the caravan has set off for the east."

"Very good." Huo Ling nodded with satisfaction.

The force behind the Ling family's caravan is their Zhen Guo Gongfu. Although Huo Ling has never met Ling Yunsheng, he knows it well, and he is quite at ease about this young man's behavior.

"Where is Tian Hongyan, where is he now, is he still with General Kong?"

"Back to the general, General Tian has already left the camp of the Yingling Army, and is heading for the mansion of the general who is guarding the fortress. Calculate the time, it should be almost at our door."

Sure enough, not long after the guard's words fell, the news came in at the door.

"General, Tian Hongyan, General of the Yanhui Legion, begs to see him."

"Take him to the drawing room, Ben will be there in a moment."

living room.

After entering, Tian Hongyan sat imposingly, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

Bravery Camp...

Although he didn't know the details, he also knew that this cavalry had roamed the depths of the grassland for two years, causing the various tribes in Xiliang to turn upside down, and even caused them to turn against each other by chance.

interesting.

After a while, Tian Hongyan was about to open his mouth, but saw that the military division had already shook his head slightly.

Only then did he realize that this was the residence of the general who defended the fortress, not his legion's garrison.

At this time, footsteps sounded, and Huo Ling walked in hurriedly.

"I've seen the great general." Tian Hongyan and the others hurriedly got up to greet him.

"Everyone has been waiting for a long time." Huo Ling laughed heartily, "I was a little bit late just now, no, I finally finished my work."

Tian Hongyan quickly shook his head, "General, just get busy if you have something to do. Now the Xiliang people have retreated to the depths of the grassland, and the border is peaceful everywhere. I just come here when I have nothing to do. I'm not in a hurry."

Huo Ling nodded noncommittally, and stretched out his hand, "Sit down. We are all imperial frontier soldiers, and it's not the first time we've met each other. Please sit down and drink tea while chatting slowly."

Tian Hongyan had no choice but to sit down.

The two sides talked about their daily life politely, Tian Hongyan saw that the atmosphere was fine, so he quickly got to the point.

"General Huo, last time the general mentioned the fact that our army was stationed in the fortress. I wonder what you mean?"

Huo Ling took a deep look at him.

Generally speaking, the legions that moved to Dingxi County should be stationed in the fortress as soon as possible, which can save money and facilitate management and running-in. It will be easier to advance and retreat in battle in the future.

But sometimes the frontier battles are fierce, and the army that has been transferred cannot enter the fort immediately, but it should also find a nearby place to station according to local conditions, and then move in as soon as possible after conditions permit.

This was true of the former Starfall Legion, and so was the later Ying Ling Legion.

However, this time the Goose Returning Legion was a bit abnormal. The people of Xiliang had been driven back to the grassland for more than half a year, but Tian Hongyan's repeated applications were always rejected.

"This..." Huo Ling pondered, "It's not that the general is unwilling. It's just that the major legions move every three years, and now the three-year deadline is approaching. Your legion has stayed outside well, so many people are still there in such a short time." It’s too troublesome to move around.”

Tian Hongyan was relieved when he heard that.

He frowned deeply, with a gloomy expression on his face, "What the general said is true, the last general also thought about it."

"Thinking that Xiliang is retreating and the western territory is stable now, I don't need to be wary of the enemy's sneak attack, so I don't need to be protected. I just need to stay in the original station for a while, and stay until the defense is changed. It's just..."

Speaking of this, Tian Hongyan spread his hands speechlessly.

"Unfortunately, the imperial capital sent an imperial envoy here a few days ago. The imperial envoy has been holding on to the last general and asking why my army didn't enter the fortress, and whether it is going against the sacred military order..."

Ugh.

Tian Hongyan let out a long sigh.

"A high-ranking official crushes people to death, let alone an imperial envoy? His question made me dizzy. It seems that I can't save trouble if I want to save trouble. I still have to come and trouble the general."

Huo Ling pondered for a while, "If that's the case, then you can choose a day to settle in."

He didn't talk nonsense. In fact, Huo Ling was also annoyed by the imperial envoy, "There is a large empty camp opposite Lao Kong, which is enough for your army to stay. You can stay there."

Tian Hongyan was overjoyed and quickly stood up to salute, "Thank you, General."

"What's there to thank?" Huo Ling waved his hands carelessly, "Every legion that moves to the western region can enter the fortress unconditionally. This is your right."

Unless he wanted to be treasonous, sooner or later the door would have to be opened.

The settlement matters are handled by his subordinates, and there is no need for the two generals to worry about it.

Seeing that the game started smoothly, Tian Hongyan's heart was also half relieved.

"General, I just said that the legion will be relocated every three years, and next August will be the day to relocate the defense. But now the war on the east coast is tense, and the Japanese pirates are attacking the North Customs. The imperial capital... I wonder if it will affect the relocation? "

In previous years, if a border crossing was in a state of war and the enemy and the enemy were at war, even if it was time to move the defense, the legions in that place would not necessarily be transferred.On the contrary, it is more likely to transfer legions from other places to the war-torn area to make up for the lack of military strength.

Huo Ling took a deep look at Tian Hongyan, and his eyes fell on the upper right corner of Yunchui's big map.

"General Tian was joking. As the generals of the legion, you and I should know that every deployment is a major and important matter for the empire. It needs to coordinate the needs of all aspects, including the needs of the local counties. Generally, only His Majesty and the Ministry of War will know in advance. This General How do you know?"

"Why," he said with a smile, "is General Tian homesick?"

Tian Hongyan blinked his eyes.

Huo Ling is the Duke of Zhen, and the current situation in the imperial capital was almost caused by the Duke of Zhen, saying that he didn't know the actions of Emperor Changxing or the Ministry of War, and Tian Hongyan would not believe it.

However, he just wanted to sound out, seeing that Huo Ling would not let go, he had no choice but to give up.

Haha.

Tian Hongyan patted his thigh with a smile, with a look of shame on his face.

"To tell you something that the ancestors didn't like, General Mo moved his whole family to Xingji City a long time ago, and when Yan Huijun came back to his hometown, he went back to sweep the tomb with cold food during the Qingming Festival. It's not like there's anything he wants or doesn't want."

"After I came out to serve as a soldier, I got used to the frontier as my home early on."

"It's just that the soldiers under the last general are all from Yanhui and Yumu counties. In the past, when the weather was calm in their hometown, they would write home letters when they were homesick; but now that Japanese pirates have occupied Beihaiguan, they will leave the customs and enter the mainland at some point. The brothers couldn't help but feel a little anxious, so they asked a question or two."

"So that's it." Huo Ling gave Tian Hongyan a weird look, "Why, General Tian didn't explain the current situation in Beihai Customs to the brothers, let them not worry?"

cough.

Just as Tian Hongyan was about to speak, the military division next to him coughed.

"Back to the general, General Tian is busy with military planes, but he kept it in mind, so he asked his subordinates to come forward to introduce the situation of Beihai Customs and his hometown to the brothers, and more than once. It's just that hearing is believing and seeing is believing. I have been dubious about what I said, and there are still discussions in private."

"That's true." Tian Hongyan nodded again and again, "General, this kind of matter should not be blocked. The general thinks that instead of letting the brothers guess in private, and finally making everyone feel anxious, it is better to find something for them. Get them busy and forget about these trivialities."

"Oh?" Huo Ling glanced at the big map of Xiliang next to him, "I don't know what kind of work General Tian wants to find for the brothers?"