Xiang Chen patted his butt and returned to Weihai City, leaving Benedict Keo alone on the front line to fight against the Beihan Kingdom.

"General, the last general comes to report..." Xiang Chen reported to Li Jing about the details of the front line as soon as he returned to Weihai City.

Although Li Bao had learned the results from the battle report he had sent back before, the specific process was not reported to Chen in detail.

"Thank you for your hard work in General Xiang." After hearing this, Li Bao nodded and praised: "This trip can make the Ice and Snow Kingdom and the Beihan Kingdom confront each other. General Xiang has made great contributions. His Majesty will definitely commend him after returning to the country."

"The general dares not take credit for his merits." Xiang Chen clasped his fists and said modestly: "This is all based on the general's judgment of the situation and strong command. The general is just following the order."

"Oh, General Xiang is a little too modest." Li Bao waved his hand and said, "The war ahead requires timely decisions. I will only provide some support and suggestions from the rear."

Li Bao paused for a moment, and he suddenly came to his senses and felt something was wrong. If the two of them were so polite, they would be endless.

Xiang Chen also had the same feeling, so the two looked at each other in silence, and couldn't help but laugh at the same time...

Although the two of them were humble and polite before, they were not wrong. The situation in front of them was changing all the time, and it was not possible to rely on Li Bao to command the command in the rear.

The reason why Xiang Chen was able to make effective command and decision on the front line was due to the information, materials and other support provided by the rear.

Xiang Chen was on the front line but could not obtain information from other regions, so he could not judge the situation, nor could he make decisions that affected the overall situation. The reason why he could be due to the support of Li Bao from the rear.

In other words, if there is no complete support from the Foreign Information Department, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War and other departments, Xiang Chen and his 1,500 soldiers alone will not be able to make the current confrontation between the Ice and Snow Kingdom and the Beihan Kingdom.

The reason why the Xia Kingdom's army was able to win every battle and make foreign barbarians fear the power was that the entire Xia Kingdom was an effective and rigorous system.

To the outsiders such as the Ice and Snow Kingdom, the Xia Kingdom's army seemed to be omnipotent and seemed to be omniscient, because of this.

...

Li Bao and Xiang Chen waited in Weihai City for a while and saw that although the troops of the Ice and Snow Kingdom and the Beihan Kingdom were in conflict on the western border, there were overall wins and losses without any side having an overwhelming advantage.

Moreover, as time goes by, this year's ice and snow season is coming. Seeing that the two countries are destined to maintain the current situation, the two decided to withdraw their troops and return to their country.

But when they reported this decision to Xia Guo, what they had come was not the news that they would return to China in triumph, but a fleet full of soldiers.

"General Li, General Xiang, Your Majesty has an order to order a part of the Marine Brigade and a squadron of the Navy to station in Hanyu City, fifty kilometers east of the Ice and Snow City in Ice and Snow Island." The Jinyiwei delivered an order from Yang Song to the two.

Li Bao took the order presented by the Jinyiwei with both hands, and held his fists and saluted to the south with Xiang Chen: "I will obey the order!"

"Haha, it's been a long time since we saw that the two generals were done." Changsun Sheng went up to greet him when he saw that the two had finished their business.

He has been back many times this year between Ice and Snow Island and Xia Guozhong and Beijing. This time, he came here with the fleet because of diplomacy.

"Mr. Changsun, it's been a long time since we met." After Li Bao put the order, he clasped his fists at Changsun Sheng and said, "How long will it take for sir to be in the north this time? The ice and snow island is about to enter the ice sea period. If it is too late, it will be more than half a year."

"Well, I'm sorry General Li." Changsun Sheng touched his beard with a gray chin, bowed and bowed, and said, "This time I went north to the north for this garrison, but most of this matter has been completed before, and now it's not much time left to finish it."

"That's good." Li Bao nodded, hesitated for a moment, looked around, stepped forward and asked softly: "Mr. Changsun, why didn't the garrison receive the message in advance? Is there any change?"

"So that's it!" Changsun Sheng was puzzled by Li Bao's actions. After learning about the other party's doubts, he chuckled softly: "General Li is too worried. He discussed with the Ice and Snow Kingdom about the ownership of Hanyu City. Now he is just going to completely control this city."

After answering Li Bao's question, Changsun Sheng paused and continued: "The two generals were busy with war before, so it was normal for him to not know some things. Moreover, His Majesty asked the Navy to garrison part of the Ice and Snow City to intimidate the vassals and ensure that our Daxia's vested interests in the Ice and Snow King are not lost."

As for what vested interests it is, Li Bao also knows, namely the silver mining rights of Ice and Snow Island and the tariff rights of his country.

If there was no Xia army, it would be inevitable that the Ice and Snow Kingdom would make some small moves. Li Bao remembered the previous matter of command of the 50,000 new army.

Changsun Sheng said everything to this point, and Li Bao couldn't continue to ask further, because if he continued to ask, he would be overstepping his authority.

After Li Bao personally sent Changsun Sheng to the Ice and Snow City, he and Xiang Chen went to Hanyu City, 50 kilometers east of the Ice and Snow City of Ice and Snow Island, and brought two infantry battalions, half an artillery battalion, a cavalry battalion and half a Houbao battalion into Hanyu City and completed the defense.

Hanyu City was given to Xia Kingdom by Queen Aisha at that time in the name of a gift many years ago, but Xia Kingdom did not focus on overseas as far away as the north of the mainland, so it was left unresolved after a long time.

But now that Xia Kingdom has turned its attention to this area, this city that belongs to Xia Kingdom in name must be taken back, and the problem of the garrison area has also been solved.

The six thousand troops entered Hanyu City, which was only fifty kilometers away from the capital of the Ice and Snow Kingdom, which was equivalent to putting a sharp sword under the noses of Queen Aisha and her many powerful people.

Who would have thought that the current situation would be in decades? Otherwise, Queen Aisha would not have pretended to be generous and gave Hanyu City to Xia Kingdom.

Moreover, Hanyu City has a large harbor. After a certain amount of rectification, it is still possible to park about ten warships.

According to Yang Song's order, the navy's defensive fleet will station one fast battleship, two cruise ships, two destroyers, four frigates, three supply ships, a total of twelve large and small battleships.

However, the current harbor of Hanyu City is just a relatively large fishing port, and there are so many warships at all. Therefore, before the renovation of the military port was completed, only two destroyers and frigates were stationed.

Xia Kingdom stationed such an army in Hanyu City, and the Ice and Snow Kingdom could only honestly accept the fate of being exploited.
Chapter completed!