Although it was just dawn, people were already coming and going in the city. Ji Xueling was in charge, handling all matters in an orderly manner.
"You're back so soon?" Seeing Ji Jie, Ji Xueling said in surprise: "I thought you would arrive in the evening at the earliest!"
"Haha, we were running all the way!" Ji Jie stretched out his arms and kicked his legs and said, "I'm so exhausted! If you don't talk about this, where is the Qin army?"
Ji Xueling led four people to the map, pointed to a location on it and said: "There are still forty miles away from the royal city. It is estimated that the army will arrive at the city this afternoon. They are coming fiercely and are ready to attack the city. All kinds of equipment are ready."
Everything is available. It was not until noon yesterday that the Royal City began repairing the city walls and distributing war preparation materials!"
It would be strange to rush into battle and only have less than two days to repair the dilapidated city wall.
"Any other news?" Ji Jie asked.
Ji Xueling replied: "The commander-in-chief of the Qin Army is called Meng Ao. He is originally from the Qi State and comes from a family of famous generals. He was highly regarded after coming to the Qin State and was highly appreciated by Prime Minister Lu Buwei. It was he who protected Meng Ao as the commander-in-chief during this expedition!"
Qin's spies reported that the purpose of the Qin King's campaign was the Great Zhou Royal City. Lu Buwei once said that the rescue of Wang Zizheng has a lot to do with Brother Jie. He hopes that the army can attack Zhaocheng and Tuolong Pass without committing any crimes.
, King Qin did not agree, but he did not object either. Follow-up information will be sent in time. I told the spies to hurry up and confirm this matter."
"So Lu Buwei, a big profiteer, does have some loyalty!" Ji Jie said with a smile: "The King of Qin obeyed his advice, and with his mediation, Zhaocheng and Tuolong Pass should not be attacked by the Qin army! But what?
, we have to be prepared for the worst, just in case Meng Ao also comes up with a trick, nominally only attacking Dazhou, but suddenly comes back to us, that would be bad!"
Ji Xueling nodded and said: "I have ordered Ji Jian to transfer two thousand infantry from Tuolong Pass. They should be able to arrive before noon today. By then, the defensive strength of Zhaocheng will reach 5,000. Even if all the 50,000 Qin troops attack,
Don’t even think about breaking the city easily!”
So far, Ji Jie has a total force of 15,000. Such a number can be achieved thanks to the more than 3,000 remnant soldiers of the Yan Kingdom that have been recruited recently. Ji Jian will pass the recruit training in accordance with his requirements.
Later Yan soldiers disrupted and adapted it.
There are 5,000 defenders in Zhaocheng, 5,000 defenders in Tuolong Pass, 1,600 people left in Sima City Walled City, and 1,500 people used to protect the two mines and transportation lines, plus the incoming troops.
Two thousand cavalry, a total of fifteen thousand people.
"Haha, this is really an opportunity that God has given me, letting me command an army of ten thousand people to fight!" Ji Jie himself never thought that he could gather a team of more than ten thousand people in such a short period of time.
During the time she left, Ji Xueling's achievements were very remarkable. Facts have proved that in terms of management ability, she is no worse than Sima Xueran, but she was not interested in these things before, so she did not show her talents in this area.
Since both girls are so outstanding, one will be in charge of Zhaocheng and the other will be in charge of Tuolongguan. Ji Jie decided to officially rename Tuolongguan to Longcheng. All administrative affairs will be taken care of by Sima Xueran, and Ji Jian will be in charge of military affairs;
The administrative affairs of the city were managed by Ji Xueling, and the military affairs were handled by Ji Jie personally.
After making these arrangements, Ji Jie smiled and said to the two of them: "I want to ask you two city lords, should you treat me to a meal after you have been promoted?"
"No matter how great an official is, he can't compare to you, Mr. Zhaowenjun!" Ji Xueling rolled her eyes at Ji Jie.
Sima Xueran also rolled her eyes at him. The expressions of the two women were different, but they were both so charming. She said: "Sister Xue Ling is right, no matter how high the official position is, you are the one who gets the title, so the biggest one is you. Why are you so embarrassed to ask us to treat you to dinner?"
"Okay, I'll treat you to... breakfast..."
At noon, additional troops from Longcheng (Tuolongguan) entered the city. In the evening, Zhao Ling entered the city with two thousand cavalry. The defenders of Zhaocheng increased from three thousand to five thousand, and then to seven thousand.
Ji Jian was ordered to come, and the five of them sat in the city hall and discussed together.
Ji Xueling was the first to speak: "The spies have sent the latest information. The Qin army's purpose in this campaign is to destroy the Zhou Dynasty, exile the Emperor of Zhou, and seize the royal weapon Jiuding. The King of Qin has the ambition to become the emperor himself."
Ji Jie smiled and thought, I already have eight of King Yu's Nine Tripods in my hands, the last one is in South Korea. How did you, King Qin, get the Nine Tripods from Zhou Dynasty? It seems that their pre-war intelligence work was not done well. They didn't even understand the whereabouts of Jiuding, so they rushed to send troops!
"The King of Qin wants to be the emperor. This is a joke. Does Qin Yiren have such ability?" Ji Jie curled his lips and said, "If you want to say that the person who is most qualified to be the emperor, it must be your Majesty!"
"Yes, it is your destiny to be the emperor!" Zhao Ling agreed.
"We won't discuss this today!" Ji Jie said with a smile: "What I'm worried about is that after the Qin army destroyed the Zhou Dynasty, they also destroyed us! Although Zhaocheng has just been built, the huge commercial potential in the city is enough to If the king of any country is jealous, King Qin is not a fool, he must have seen this, otherwise, why would he not have a clear attitude? "
The Qin army is so powerful that it cannot fight head-on. It can only rely on strong cities to defend it. If there is a battle between the two sides!
Defending the city is the strong point here. There are almost one fine steel bow and fine steel crossbow per person, and the number of bows and crossbows exceeds 300,000. Although it is not rich, it is completely sufficient. In addition, like rolling wood, stone, fire There are also countless things such as oil, sulfur, saltpeter, etc. Under the guidance of the Mo family, the two cities made a lot of defensive equipment. As long as someone comes to invade, there will be no return!
"Report, Your Majesty, the envoys of the Emperor of Zhou are here to see you!"
Envoy of the Emperor? It’s rare that King Zhou Nan still remembers that he has a nephew like Ji Jie. This envoy was sent earlier and later, but he came at this time. The purpose is obvious, that is to ask for help!
The last time the envoy brazenly demanded taxes, he was beaten by Ji Jie. The petty King Zhou Nan vowed not to associate with Ji Jie anymore, and even asked the royal family to remove him. Ji Liang, the servant, insisted that Ji Jie was the royal family's orthodoxy and could not be removed. , the emperor gave up, but he told the officials more than once that he had no such nephew and wanted to sever ties with him.
It's only been a few days, aren't you just slapping yourself in the face? If you have the ability, you can really sever ties with me, Ji Jie, I wish you could do that!
"Let's listen to what the envoy has to say?" Ji Jie suggested with a smile.
Everyone nodded, they also wanted to know if the emperor would change his tone this time!
"General Zhaowen Ji Jie, the royal city is in danger..." The envoy, an old eunuch, told Ji Jie the emperor's original words in a sharp voice: "My uncle hopes that my nephew will take the great Zhou Dynasty as his priority and send reinforcements to protect our royal city... …”
Uncle, nephew?
It was the first time Ji Jie heard such words from King Zhou Nan. His tone was polite but not sincere enough. He smiled and shook his head.