Author: Gongsun Wujiu

"Your Majesty, the Han army has always been fierce and barbaric. If they are allowed to gain a foothold in Luntai, I am afraid that the disaster in Luntai will not be far from Qiuci!" Gu Yi said affectionately.

"otherwise!"

Before King Qiuci could speak, a middle-aged man with curly hair stood up.

"Your Majesty, I think the captain is completely alarmist. The Han army in Luntai only has a few hundred soldiers. How can it threaten our country?"

"Besides, the Luntai people were entirely responsible for the massacre of Luntai last year. If they hadn't attacked the Han army repeatedly, how could the Han army have conquered Luntai?"

"Your Majesty, think about it, have the Han army ever taken the initiative to attack that country in so many years?"

Guyi couldn't help but stand up and said: "Marquis Fuguo, don't forget about the affairs of Dayuan and Loulan countries?"

"Don't worry, Captain, how could I forget about the affairs of Dawan and Loulan."

"I was about to ask the captain why the Han army attacked Loulan and Dawan Kingdom?"

Yuluo said in a confrontational manner.

Gu Yi was speechless for a moment, because the reason why Loulan and Dawan were punished by the Han army was because they first killed the Han envoys and robbed the property of Han merchants.

Guyi stopped talking, but Yuluo didn't intend to let him go.

"Your Majesty, the captain's words are clearly intended to bring disaster to our country, Kucha."

"Your Majesty, please think about it. Although our country is strong, it is not compared to the Xiongnu. Although our country is far away from the Han country, it is not comparable to Dawan."

Moro of Qiuci Kingdom shook his head and said: "How can our country compare with the Xiongnu and Dawan!"

Yuluo continued: "Your Majesty is wise, even though the Xiongnu are strong, they cannot defeat the Han army, and even though Dawan is far away, they still surrender to the Han army."

"I'm afraid that if we attack Luntai today, the Han Dynasty army of General Ershi will come to the city the next day. By then, I, Kucha, may really be in trouble with Luntai!"

Under the persuasion of Yuluo, the auxiliary prince, King Qiuci finally gave up the idea of ​​attacking Luntai for the time being.

However, Guyi, who did not win against Yuluo, was not reconciled to her failure in the palace.

After returning to his mansion, he quietly summoned his cronies...

The debate in the Kucha Palace ended with Gu Yi's defeat.

This also gave Zhang Yue valuable development time.

Taking advantage of this time, the Han army finally finished harvesting corn and sunflower vegetables. The feed for the war horses for the winter has also been stored.

In the days that followed, Zhang Yue stepped up his efforts to organize manpower to continue building the unfinished fortress wall.

After a month of hard work, all the external defense facilities of the fortress were finally completed.

Not only that, the Han army also built two new beacon towers outside Luntai.

With the early warning from these beacons, Luntai City would have enough time to prepare no matter which direction the enemy attacks.

Good things come in pairs. Just when Zhang Yue was overjoyed that the city fortifications were completed, good news came from the craftsman camp again.

"Junhou, the bed crossbow has been successfully trial-produced!"

After receiving the news, Zhang Yue hurried to the craftsman camp

"Boom"

There was an explosion, and three giant arrows as thick as spears flew out.

There was a "boom", and a wall three hundred steps away was collapsed by the giant arrow fired by the bed crossbow.

"The Han army is victorious..."

There were cheers one after another. The Han army in Luntai finally had the ability to produce large weapons on its own.

"Okay...ok...ok..."

Zhang Yue quickly came to the front of the craftsmen.

He bowed and said, "Thank you for your hard work, gentlemen!"

Zhang Yue's actions shocked everyone in the craftsman camp at first, and then they were deeply moved.

"My servants are willing to walk for the sake of clarity..." All the craftsmen fell to the ground.

"Quickly invite all the gentlemen. You are all great talents. Luntai will have to rely on you more in the future..."

"I dare to die if I don't obey..."

Zhang Yue then visited the craftsman camp, and the more he saw, the more satisfied he became.

Not only did he give the craftsman camp a large amount of financial rewards, but he also gave the meritorious craftsmen the highest treatment and title within their scope of authority.

Later, Zhang Yue ordered the craftsmen to make more bed crossbows.

On the other side, I drew a specious shape of a trebuchet based on my memory.

After Zhang Yue finished the painting, he handed it over to the craftsmen camp and asked them to try to make the trebuchet.

In order to encourage the craftsmen, Zhang Yue offered a reward of ten golds and two knights.

…

In the blink of an eye, the harvest of moonflower vegetables has been completed, and Luntai has entered the slack time of farming.

Taking advantage of this time, Zhang Yue organized a large-scale military training for all members.

According to requirements, all men without disabilities in the Tuntian camp must participate in training.

The entire camp had no objections to this, because both the Han people and the original people from the Western Regions had the habit of training troops during their leisure time.

"Kill...kill...kill..."

Outside Luntai Fortress, rural soldiers from the Tuntian camp were practicing assassination.

Just like when he was at the Jingbian Barrier, Zhang Yue still only asked the soldiers to practice one move when training.

This greatly speeds up training, and the effect is not bad.

Zhang Yue was organizing training for rural soldiers that day, when he suddenly saw Lu Han running over in a hurry.

Lu Han whispered a few words in Zhang Yue's ear. Zhang Yue smiled and said to Cai Ting beside him: "I'll leave this place to you first. I'll come back when I go!"

…

"Ming Gong is the person who came from Qiuci to report the news!"

Zhang Yue nodded, walked quickly to the visitor, and said pleasantly: "This righteous man, I don't know who sent you here..."

The visitor knelt down on one knee and said: "The master of this servant is Android. He once worked under the master. This time, my master ordered the servant to come here!"

After the visitor finished speaking, he presented a letter written on parchment with both hands.

After Zhang Yue took the letter, he told Lu Han: "Take him down to have a rest first, and don't let him go back for the time being. It's not safe on the road."

"promise"

Lu Han promised to take the visitor away with him.

Zhang Yue then opened the letter and read it carefully, and gradually his expression became serious.

The letter was sent by a businessman who left some time ago. He said in the letter that Guyi was preparing to send his general Luo Du to lead his troops to attack Luntai.

"Commander, call Uncle Yang Du!"

Zhang Yue shouted to the door.

Upon hearing this, a soldier outside the door left and ran to the east. Yang You, who soon received the news, came to Zhang Yue's barracks.

"Young Yang, immediately send someone to investigate the movements of the Kucha people, and report any abnormalities immediately!"

"promise"

Yang You agreed and left quickly.

Yang You only returned to Luntai a month ago. Since Zhang Yue came to Luntai, he has always felt the flaw of insufficient intelligence. Therefore, he summoned Yang You back from Loulan Kingdom.

With Zhang Yue's support, Yang You has begun to establish an independent intelligence agency belonging to Luntai.

Perhaps out of bad taste, Zhang Yue accidentally named this organization Qianniuwei.

Yang You acted quickly after receiving Zhang Yue's order.

Two days later Yang You sent Zhang Yue the information he needed.
Chapter completed!