Along the border between Xiliang and Xiliao, there are twelve tall and heavy military towns. Teams of cavalry patrol back and forth, giving the people of Xiliang a great sense of security.

By retaking Danhe and building a military town, Xiao Yeyang was able to firmly establish himself in Xiliang. Not only that, he also gained a high reputation in the hearts of the people.

At the Ganzhou Guard Station, Master Wang was processing the news reported by the military town patrol team, feeling both happy and sighing in his heart.

Fortunately, every military town has conducted defense and drills in accordance with the established military regulations. Without the previous passive defense, morale and vigor have begun to increase.

What's surprising is that the generals and soldiers were so obedient because they believed in Xiao Yeyang.

Xiao Yeyang had just taken over the border army. Not to mention others, even he felt that he had taken advantage of his status. But now, he and everyone have seen that Xiao Yeyang relied on his own ability to gain a foothold.

Seeing Master Wang's happy face, the personal guard couldn't help but ask: "Master, why are you so happy?"

Master Wang smiled and said nothing. The Xiliang frontier army had a mainstay, how could they not be happy?

The Twelve Army Town operates in a unified manner and supports each other. The Xiliang border army is finally not as scattered as before.

Xiao Mansion.

After the operation of the military town was on the right track, Xiao Yeyang stayed at the house with Daohua except for occasionally going out to watch the soldiers' training.

"I see that your belly is getting bigger. It must be because our children have grown up a lot."

Xiao Yeyang stared at Daohua's belly.

Daohua pinched the flesh on her waist sadly: "It's long and fat, as Grandma Li said, you won't be able to show your pregnancy even after four months."

As he said that, he looked at Xiao Yeyang.

"After giving birth, I will gain weight. You won't dislike me, right?"

Xiao Yeyang smiled and handed the bird's nest porridge to Daohua: "You have to gain weight. I like your plump look."

Daohua glanced sideways at him while drinking porridge, she would not believe what he said.

Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua with a smile. Seeing that her face had become rounder and had the charming look of childhood again, he couldn't help but stretched out his hand to pinch her soft cheeks. When Daohua looked over with a glare,

He quickly retracted his hand.

"I have nothing to do today. I'll do some painting for you."

Daohua quickly put down the porridge bowl, nodded and said: "Okay, okay, just draw it according to my current appearance. From now on, I can often see what I look like when I am pregnant."

Seeing Daohua's interest, Xiao Yeyang smiled and asked Defu to prepare drawing paper, brushes and paints.

In the room, the charcoal pot was burning, dispersing the cold wind outside. Xiao Yeyang stood behind the desk, sketching with the brush in his hand, and looking up at the rice flowers from time to time.

After sitting for a while, Daohua couldn't help but stand up and walk around. Seeing that Xiao Yeyang didn't object, she simply picked up the scissors and trimmed the flowers in the vase.

The two looked at each other from time to time, and the atmosphere in the room was quiet and beautiful.

"It's really round."

The painting was good, Daohua couldn't wait to take it over and look at it: "The face is round, and the body is also round." After saying that, she looked at Xiao Yeyang, "Next month, you will continue to paint for me. I will make the painting during my pregnancy."

Changes are retained."

Xiao Yeyang smiled and responded: "This is a good idea."

At this moment, Defu's slightly anxious voice sounded outside the door: "Master, it's not good, the Xiliao cavalry raided Xinzhong Town, Xintunwei."

Xiao Yeyang's face turned serious: "I'll go out and take a look. You put the painting away."

Daohua nodded and quickly took the crane cloak and put it on him: "Be careful."

Seeing the worry in Daohua's eyes, Xiao Yeyang put her in his arms and hugged him: "Don't worry, I'll be back soon."

Seeing Xiao Yeyang striding away, Daohua didn't want to look at the painting anymore. She told Guyu to put the painting away and stood in front of the window watching the snowflakes flying in the yard.

Xiliang is located on the border, and the border is a war-prone place. Before coming here, she had been prepared to face the war, but now that things were coming, she still couldn't help but worry.

"Girl, my uncle is very skilled in martial arts, nothing will happen to him." Guyu didn't want Daohua to worry, so he couldn't help but comforted her.

Daohua nodded, remained silent for a while, and asked Lixia to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Due to the promotion of high-yielding grain varieties, although the food in the Wei Station was not rich this year, it could barely satisfy the border troops and military households, so she did not ask Qin Xiaoliu to continue sending food here.<

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Now that Xiliao has suddenly launched a war, she can't do anything to help Xiao Yeyang. She can only transport more food to ensure sufficient military rations.

This time Daohua not only asked Qin Xiaoliu to transport the grain harvested from the farm owned by her and Xiao Yeyang to Xiliang, but also asked him to use money to purchase a batch from outside.

In the Twelve Army Town, nearly 300,000 border troops were stationed. Daohua prepared two years of rations for this army at once and asked Qin Xiaoliu to send them to Xiliang in batches.

"In two years, Xiao Yeyang will definitely be able to get rid of the Xiliao people."

After taking the note to the secret guard and sending it back to the capital by carrier pigeon, Daohua called Cao Chuan again and asked him about the situation of the ranch.

"How many cattle and sheep are there on the pasture now?"

Cao Chuan: "Madam, since Danhe was recaptured, the pasture has grown vigorously, and there are now more than 50,000 cattle and sheep."

Daohua thought for a while, and she was not sure whether Xiliao was about to break out with Daxia. However, as a precaution, it would be better to raise more cattle and sheep. After all, soldiers also have to eat meat.
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Even if she raises too many, she is not afraid. With the Li family and the Sun family caravan here, she doesn't have to worry about selling cattle and horses.

"Next year we will raise more cattle and sheep, and a group of camels."

After Cao Chuan left, Yan Shouhou was called over again.

Daohua said directly to him: "Go to the Li family and the Sun family and tell them to deliver more salt."

The salt in Xiliang is all shipped from other places. There has been a shortage of salt here for a long time. Once a war breaks out, the army may also be short of salt.

After finishing these instructions, Daohua lay down on the recliner to rest.

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Xiao Yeyang came back at the end of November.

Seeing his unkempt beard and his eyes full of red bloodshot eyes, Daohua felt very distressed and personally took the toiletries to help him clean up.

Knowing that Daohua was worried about Yan Wenxiu who was guarding Xintun, Xiao Yeyang said: "Brother is fine. This Xiliao raid was just to test the defense capabilities of the military town and did not break the defense and cross the border."

Daohua nodded and took the chicken soup from Guyu: "Drink some soup first to warm your stomach."

Xiao Yeyang finished the drink in a few sips: "The border troops are used to being passive. Even though they have been actively training this year, when faced with a sudden attack by tens of thousands of cavalry from Western Liao, their morale collapsed instantly. Many people were killed and injured this time."

Daohua quickly asked: "Do the people of Xiliao want to break out into a war?"

Xiao Yeyang shook his head: "This time is probably just a test to see the defense and response capabilities of the military town. Obviously, the military town did a very poor job in this regard and has no ability to coordinate and cooperate in the war."

"Fortunately, I left people in each military town to quickly pass on the news of the raid, and the supporting troops arrived in time, otherwise the casualties would have been greater this time."

"I thought I could relax for a while, but I saw the behavior of the border troops. This year, they were also inspected and drilled in various military towns."

"Xiliao will not give me time to train the frontier troops. This is a test, and the next time it may be a real war."

Daohua looked puzzled: "Didn't you say that Xiliao has not developed well in recent years? How dare they suddenly go to war with Daxia?"

Xiao Yeyang narrowed his eyes: "There is indeed something wrong with this matter. When we recaptured Danhe last year, Yelu Kangda retreated without saying anything. It can be seen that Xiliao was not capable of confronting Daxia at that time."
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Chapter completed!