The remaining city had long been out of food, and it could only be maintained by slaughtering war horses.┏26nbsp;┓ But these war horses could only be used to maintain the consumption of coalition forces, but the residents in the city had completely cut off their cooking. Riots continued to occur in the city. Five days later, the Great Chu coalition forces finally could not continue to persist. The Great Chu troops had no war horses, and they could not even try to break out of the city.
Although the generals of the Great Chu all had flying monsters, even if they gave up the soldiers and fled back to their country, they would be beheaded by military law. The residents in these border cities suffered heavy losses in the war. Xu Sancai asked his father to mobilize a large amount of supplies to help those residents, and gave a special policy of five years of tax exemption, so that these six residents who suffered hardships could recuperate.
There were hundreds of thousands of surrendered troops and prisoners, but they could not be incorporated into the army now. Xu Sancai could only temporarily place these people in the military training camp, so that 300,000 regular troops could not be put into the war, but there was no other way. In this way, the Qin Dynasty had only 3.2 million regular troops, and now they were evenly distributed in the four border cities of the Qin Dynasty.
Daqin urgently recruited millions of agricultural reclamation troops and a large amount of military supplies to transport them to the border towns, and urgently strengthened the fortifications of the four border towns. Daqin has now mobilized all the military supplies that originally belonged to many major countries. There were more than 500 catapults alone, and even the two major countries combined could not have so many catapults.
There are two county towns in the territory of Daqin that mainly make a living by quarrying, and the amount of stone mined is very sufficient. This time, the father of the king mobilized all the official vehicles of Daqin and urgently recruited some private vehicles. The main materials for transportation were stone and rolling wood, as well as a large number of consumables such as bows and arrows.
The Qin army and government commanded hundreds of transport teams, with more than 200,000 transport vehicles. Such a huge capacity is much stronger than the transport team of the 17-Nation Alliance this time. The huge transport team is now specifically used to transport military supplies, which is enough to meet the needs of the four border cities.
Because the Qin Dynasty has been in war, although the army has been greatly reduced, the military supplies manufacturing factory has not been cut. However, all the manufacturers that originally made low-level equipment have been transformed and converted to produce medium and high-end equipment. In addition, the original inventory of major countries, large-scale equipment such as catapults and crossbows are not short of.
Of course, the most important thing about these equipment is consumables, stones of catapults, crossbows and bows of crossbows, all require a lot of preparation. This time, the advantages of the vast territory of the Qin Dynasty were reflected. A large number of consumables were continuously transported from various manufacturing plants and military warehouses to the four border cities, and a large number of temporary military warehouses had to be practiced in the four border cities.
The millions of agricultural reclamation corps urgently reinforced the city walls in four border cities. These agricultural reclamation corps are proficient in construction and excavation work. Now they are in order to defend the country. The agricultural reclamation corps are naturally more motivated. With sufficient materials, in more than a month, the walls of the four border cities have been raised to three meters and thickened by nearly one meter.
The walls of the four border cities also have more than 100 catapults and thousands of crossbows installed on the walls of each. The biggest problem here is whether the consumption of materials is sufficient. The reason why the Qin Dynasty has mobilized all its capacity to transport these stones is to prepare for war. The war is imminent. Anyway, there is no need to be too much of these materials. The new coalition forces have as many as five million troops, and they are likely to face a war of attrition.
Xu Sancai was not worried about the food issue. The Qin Dynasty is now the largest grain production area. Even if the food is consumed, it can be transported at any time. Even if it is surrounded, there are Fierce Wind Eagle and space equipment. For this reason, he deliberately left the last batch of space equipment for the Oriental War Emperor transporting grain for the last batch, enough to meet the grain supply.
Moreover, the city's grain reserves were also very rich. According to Xu Sancai's prediction, the coalition forces were likely to siege the city, so he had to be prepared. Most of the original residents in the city moved to other inland counties, which could avoid accidental injuries in the war, and also reduce the consumption of food and drinking water, and free up a large amount of housing for the garrison.
The Agricultural Reclamation Corps has been continuing to strengthen the fortifications of the city wall. When the coalition forces approached the border, Xu Sancai asked most of the agricultural reclamation troops to evacuate the border town, but left 20,000 agricultural reclamation troops in each border town, and the city wall fortifications could be repaired and reinforced at any time. Other agricultural reclamation troops returned to their respective county towns and still went back to engage in agricultural reclamation construction.
Whether the Qin Dynasty can achieve the final victory and how much energy Xu San can obtain the Divine Emperor Art is mainly determined by the economy. Nowadays, although the Qin army is at a disadvantage compared to the coalition forces, as long as it can withstand the first round of attacks, the final victory must be determined by material logistics.
The transportation of the Qin Dynasty has never stopped. Even if it is surrounded by the coalition forces, the strategically consumed materials can be concentrated in the inland cities in the rear. If necessary, Xu San can use space equipment to supplement the materials for the border city. The elite army is also stationed in the county town behind the border city as a reserve and a mobile force. Although nearly 200,000 casualties were killed or killed in the battle to encircle and suppress the coalition forces, less than 50,000 were truly killed and disabled, and there are still 450,000 elite troops that can be used as reserve forces.
The new coalition forces arrived at the Dongxing Kingdom, a great country adjacent to the current Daqin. Although the original coalition forces had been eliminated, the two major parties were eager to take revenge and immediately mobilized their troops to surround the four county cities. The coalition forces were personally commanded by the marshals of the two major countries. Although they knew that they would concentrate their superior forces, five million coalition forces could not be able to attack a border city at all. Moreover, the Qin troops in other border cities might also harass them, so they surrounded the four border cities.
This time, because the coalition forces carried a large amount of supplies, they were naturally worried about being harassed and attacked. The reputation of Daqin's burning of grain has long been spreading. The failure of the previous group of coalition forces was because of the burning of food. Of course, they learned a lesson this time. The grain and materials were allocated to various legions, and even the thousand-man brigades were kept separately. The materials and food were not concentrated together, and even if they were burned, the losses were very limited.
Although the coalition forces carried a large amount of supplies, they were only enough for several months, and they would need to continuously transport supplementary supplies in the future. However, the army carrying supplies was only tens of thousands each time. If there were harasses from the enemy in the rear and the replenishment of supplies was hindered, it would inevitably affect the coalition forces' material supply.
Therefore, after the two marshals discussed, each led two million coalition forces to besiege a border city, while the remaining one million coalition forces were divided into two groups, responsible for monitoring the remaining two border cities. Although the 500,000 coalition forces were completely below the number of 800,000 garrisons in the Qin Dynasty, they were more for surveillance and restraint.
Even if the Qin troops leave the city to attack, as long as the 500,000 coalition forces complete the formation, the Qin troops will find it difficult to quickly take the other side. Once the time is delayed, as long as the reinforcements from the other two places arrive, they can naturally encircle and annihilate the Qin troops, and even the border town will be lost.
The marshals of the two major powers jointly commanded the coalition forces. The size of the two countries was equally similar. Therefore, although the two were harmonious on the surface, they did not accept each other in secret. Now that they divided their troops to attack a county town, they avoided the struggle for power within the coalition forces, and there would be no conflict in command, which naturally improved the efficiency of the coalition forces.
Of course, the siege of the city was to siege the city. This time the coalition carried a lot of large-scale equipment, including catapults, siege wooden chariots, crossbows, etc., and also carried two magic cannons, but the magic cores that can be used were insufficient, only a few level 8 magic cores and more than 30 level 7 magic cores. The magic cannons activated by level 8 magic cores are equivalent to the attack power of a huge rock thrown by a catapult.
The two marshals each divided a magic cannon and a magic core, and their troops were composed of a coalition of their own country's army and several major powers within their respective spheres of influence. The marshals of the two countries were not in a hurry to attack, but just asked the soldiers to siege a border city, and then they rode their own flying monsters to check the defense facilities and distribution of troops in the city.
The marshals of the two major countries are both war emperors, and they ride in a level 7 flying monster. Nowadays, the 8-level flying monsters are relatively rare. The ancestors of the marshals of the two countries do not have any high-level war martial arts, so it is naturally impossible for them to capture any high-level war beasts. If an ordinary war emperor faces the 8-level flying monster, he may even give up his own life.
However, these two people have good qualifications and have been accepted as disciples by the Dongfang family since they were young, but they are only foreign surnames. The Dongfang family only found an egg of a level 7 flying monster for them. In fact, this is not the stingy Dongfang family. A level 7 animal egg is worth millions, and a level 8 animal egg is worth hundreds of millions, and it is still worth hundreds of millions.
There are not many types of level nine flying monsters on the continent, but they live in three monster territories, all of which are beast kings. Even the War Saints strongman dare not go deep into the depths of the territory. According to legend, only the ancestors of the four major families, the chief hall master of the eight major temples, the old president of the Adventurer Guild, etc. have level nine monsters, and they are not all flying monsters.
In the Eastern Family, only the most core monsters can be owned by only a dozen people. The two War Emperor Marshals drove the Level 7 flying monsters and observed the military situation in the city outside the border city. Even Xu Sancai was helpless. Speaking of which, the Liefeng Diao was not worse than the flying mounts of the two Marshals, but he was not fully mature, so he naturally could not compare with the flying mounts of the two War Emperors.
There are naturally full-time archers in the city, and the marshal dare not let his mount fly too low. However, although the two marshals do not have the same spiritual power as Xu Sancai, they are still powerful war emperors after all. At an unblocked altitude, their eyes can be seen for more than twenty miles. However, building fortifications on the city walls can protect the defending soldiers, but at this time they also blocked the marshal's vision in the air.
But the two marshals could see the general city defense fortifications. The most important thing was that the catapult needed to throw stones and could not be blocked. The location of the catapult was exposed to the eyes of the enemy marshals. Seeing many catapults, as well as the many stones and rolling wood piled on and around the city walls, the two marshals couldn't help but feel difficult.