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Lin Fengjin didn't expect that he would be able to get such a big deal as soon as he came!
In fact, why does the Sanli Department still insist on placing rangers outside the city at this juncture? To put it bluntly, it is to support Lin Fengjin and his party, so as not to be completely blocked by the East China Sea Allied Forces cavalry squad.
When Lin Fengjin arrived, he couldn't be rescued in time and couldn't enter the city. That was a troubling thing.
After entering Wuzuo City, Lin Fengjin nodded with satisfaction, because the city was neat and orderly, especially the city walls of Wuzuo City, which had been significantly improved and reinforced, although this also reduced the size of the city.
However, Wuzuo City originally existed as a military fortress. On weekdays, the Sanli tribe members were very adaptable to living in tents. Living outside the city was no big deal and they would not have any complaints.
For the entire Sanli Department, everyone has now reached a consensus. As long as Wu Zuocheng is stuck here like a nail, all the foundations will still be there, and all losses will be just clouds, which can be endured with gritted teeth.
At this time, a group of core senior officials from the Sanli Ministry naturally came to greet them. Zhang Lei and others also came together. After Lin Fengjin exchanged a few words with them, he simply got to the point and talked about the current battle situation.
According to the intelligence analysis obtained at ordinary times, the East China Sea Allied Forces arrived first, which should be ships transporting cavalry with relatively strong field capabilities. At first, they were actually confused by the frightening scene disguised in Wu Zuocheng. They really thought this was a good place.
I am really trying to land directly from the natural deep-water port next to Wu Zuocheng. This is like asking for death.
After the four ships came in, when the time came, the thirty Shenwu cannons placed on the cliffs on both sides of the port opened fire, instantly burning the four ships like torches. But at this time, the four ships were on fire.
Half of the people had already landed ashore. As a result, the cavalry team that had been prepared for a long time charged, and almost all of them were forced into the sea. In the end, they abandoned their helmets and armor and left. However, five ships were left behind.
It was sunk in the middle of the port, and more than a thousand people were taken prisoner.
After suffering such a big loss, the East China Sea Allied Forces knew that Wu Zuocheng was well prepared and did not dare to attack rashly. Their remaining ships made a big turn toward the east, a full sixty meters away from here.
A cape in Duoli reluctantly reached the shore. Then a temporary camp was built there and began to continuously transport his troops ashore.
It was learned from the prisoners' mouths that when the East China Sea Allied Forces transported military horses, they directly added a special secret medicine to the horses' food. This secret medicine could accelerate the burning of the horses' vitality and make their lifespan less than one year. However, this
During the year, the horse's endurance, physical strength and other qualities will be astonishingly improved. And if the camel can endure hunger, so even if the horse is transported across the vast ocean, the survival rate can still be very high.
At this time, everyone also mentioned the previous battle one after another, and everyone was amazed. In the previous battle, it can be said that at least five or six thousand cavalry of the opponent were wiped out, and these cavalry were able to fight in small groups with the Sanli tribe.
The cavalry who grew up on stallions carried out night battles and killed them. They were obviously selected elites. The East China Sea Allied Forces suffered such heavy losses, and the strength of the cavalry was reduced by at least half!
Lin Fengjin did win this battle. However, he was not as excited as the others. He wiped out half of the opponent's main cavalry, which can only be said to have curbed their mobility. In fact,
It is impossible for these cavalry to climb up the city wall to attack the city, and it will not be of much help to the real battle that will follow.
What's more, killing one thousand enemies will result in eight hundred losses. In the past few nights, the cavalry sent out by the Sanli Department to support Lin Fengjin's entry into the city also suffered casualties, at least close to 700 to 800 people. These 700 to 800 people were there.
When attacking a city, they can be used as core elites, whether they serve as archers or carry rolling logs and rocks.
If the enemy wants to kill these seven or eight hundred elites during the siege, then the price paid must be even more tragic!
Lin Fengjin had just arrived, so he didn't waste any time. He first inspected the city defense, and then before the opponent launched a large-scale attack on the city, he made up for the loopholes that could be made up and modified the places that could be modified. After Weiye looked at the city defense,
Then take a good look at the arrangement of the luggage.
At this time, thanks to Wu Zuocheng's preparations for this war, he had several months to do this. Therefore, although Wu Zuocheng's area was limited, it was almost divided into two floors. The first floor was originally
Although the second floor of the building facilities was carefully explored by some craftsmen sent from Nanzheng, they dug six feet deep and then dug out a total of ten underground halls laterally.
Each of these underground halls is close to 100,000 square meters, and can even be called an underground palace. In the underground halls, every one foot and five meters, there will be a stone pillar that can only be embraced by two or three people.
, these are called load-bearing pillars. There are these densely packed pillars supporting the hall. According to the calculations of the craftsmen, even if a major earthquake occurs, it will not have any impact, because the bottom of Wuzuo City is an out-and-out stone bottom, which is very earthquake-resistant.
powerful.
And why was the underground hall able to be excavated so quickly in three or four months? That's because a stone-corrosive agent had already appeared and was brushed on the rock. It wouldn't take long for the rock to loosen automatically.
When it is rotten, if you poke it with a shovel and step on it, there will be a huge pit.
Of course, this kind of stone-corrosive agent will fail when it comes into contact with blood or salt. Therefore, when building a city, pig blood or salt will be added to the mortar on the city wall. Otherwise, if it is sprayed by this thing, the city defense will become useless.
It was too late, and the preparation of this stone-corrosion agent was extremely difficult and very expensive. If Lin Fengjin hadn't relied on selling off his property to support it, he wouldn't have been able to build such a magnificent underground building in just a few months.
Needless to say, these underground halls store important baggage and so on. Looking at these mountains of grain, arrow clusters, separately stored kerosene, and various spare machinery and parts, Lin Fengjin finally said
Finding a sense of security, he nodded with satisfaction.
After inspecting this series of projects, the rooster crowed for the first time, but Lin Fengjin still couldn't sleep, so he turned around and went to the prisoner of war camp.
When the East China Sea Allied Forces just arrived here, they were new to the area. They underestimated the enemy and were blocked in the fjord, losing four six-masted ocean-going ships. Thousands of people who originally wanted to land on the beach were also surrounded by the cavalry of the Sanli Department.
They were driven into the sea alive, and there were still two to three thousand prisoners left.
Lin Fengjin naturally wanted to go to the prisoner-of-war camp to ask for confessions at this time. Of course, when the siege started, it was absolutely impossible for these prisoners to stay in the city. The two countries were fighting against each other and would use all possible means.
No wonder Lin Fengjin was ruthless in his methods. When the time came, he would chop off the hands, feet and thumbs of these people and then just let them go outside the city as if they were herding sheep.
-------Do you care about the East China Sea Allied Forces?
No matter? Hey! These are two or three thousand people, not two or three thousand pigs! Just wait for the morale of the army to drop.
What if you care? After these two or three thousand people have their thumbs chopped off, they will no longer be able to hold swords and guns. They can't even carry baggage. It will take a year and a half to adapt to the new life. The baggage of the East China Sea Allied Forces is already heavy.
Scarcity. If you raise two or three thousand pieces of trash, the food and grass will be consumed to the point where your heart will ache.
In fact, almost all the confessions of these prisoners were forced out. If Lin Fengjin asked again, they would probably be similar. However, Lin Fengjin knew that it was an extraordinary period at this time, and he still had time to spare. So he had to do everything personally.
It's impossible.
Next, someone brought over a war horse that had been captured by the East China Sea Allied Forces, and they planned to figure out the secret medicine for this war horse. This thing is really amazing. A horse can live for almost thirty years, and it can be used to treat it.
The remaining vitality burned up and concentrated in this year. Within this year, this horse was really more durable than a camel and could endure hardships better than a mule.
But when it comes to playing horses, Lin Fengjin is really a layman. Everyone in these three miles is probably much better than him, but naturally there are experts who can teach Lin Fengjin how to play the horse.
The bottom line is that it is Dahan who is an expert in handling animals in the Sanli Department and the boss of the Four Whips.
"Look at this horse. It's just above the waist. It's about half the length of a person, including the whole beard and tail. This is a typical pony. This kind of horse is also produced in the southwest of the Central Plains. It's called the Sichuan-Yunnan horse.
, although this horse cannot run fast or rush, it has several advantages. The first is that it can bear heavy loads, the second is that it can climb mountains, and the third is that it has strong endurance. The Ili horses we feed can do it without eating, drinking or sleeping.
If you run three hundred miles more, this little stallion can drag the cargo four hundred miles in one go."
Lin Fengjin nodded slightly after hearing this, and then heard Dahan say again:
"The medicine these people boasted about was miraculous. In fact, my old man killed a few horses and took a closer look, and found that the mystery was not in the medicine."
After hearing this, Lin Fengjin's eyes lit up and he said:
"Oh? Is there such a thing?"
Dahan smiled proudly and said:
"My old man has been dealing with animals all his life, so he can tell if anything is wrong at a glance. Sir, look at the big balls of eye mucus on this horse. The hair looks bright, but in fact it is transparent at the end.
Withered, it will twitch and whine when sleeping, which is obviously a symbol of insects."
"Among the seven or eight horses that my old man killed, the intestines of that horse were all covered with insects the size of rice grains, and they were so densely packed! To be honest, my old man didn't know how many animals he had killed. He knew that the insides of the animals' bellies were
It’s true that insects will grow, but I didn’t know that such evil insects would grow!”
Lin Fengjin nodded and said:
"So speaking of it this way, the so-called secret medicine is based on these insects?"
Dahan said seriously:
"I'm not sure about the specifics, but if there is any difference between these horses and other animals, it's really the bugs in their bellies that are evil. I'm now trying to figure out how to prepare the medicine to see if I can treat one animal
The worms in the belly are shot out. If the pony returns to its original shape after the worms are shot out, it will be inseparable."
Lin Fengjin nodded and said:
"This is best, but you have to be careful not to let these bugs out and harm your livestock. Also, you have to be careful yourself. These bugs seem to be good at harming horses. There is no guarantee that they can harm people.
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After figuring out these things, the sky was already getting bright. Lin Fengjin ran hundreds of miles overnight. He was holding on to his body to take care of this series of affairs. Even the iron-clad man seemed to be unable to hold on.
After yawning, he went to his residence to sleep. After this sleep, although he had something on his mind, he was so tired that he couldn't help but fall asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.
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Lin Fengjin fell into a dark sleep. When he woke up again, he found that it was completely dark outside. There were about ten people waiting around him at any time. As soon as he heard a cough, someone would immediately bring him water.
Put the tea in.
Lin Fengjin waved his hand and asked someone to replace the tea with water, took a few sips and said:
"What time is it now?"
The maid said:
"It's already the third watch."
Lin Fengjin's heart trembled:
"I actually slept for so long. Did something happen?"
The maid whispered:
"During the day, I seemed to hear people saying that the main force of the East China Sea Coalition Army had arrived."
The bowl in Lin Fengjin's hand suddenly rippled out. He said in a deep voice:
"Why didn't you call me?"
At this time, a voice came from outside:
"Young Master, please forgive me. I told them that if the other party did not launch an attack, then they should not disturb the Young Master."
The voice of the speaker was very familiar to Lin Fengjin, it was Zhang Lei.
Lin Fengjin listened to Zhang Lei's words, pondered for a while, nodded slightly and said:
"Yeah, I understand."
Zhang Lei's meaning is actually very simple. The main force of the East China Sea Allied Forces has arrived. This is an indisputable fact. As long as a general offensive is not launched, then waking up Lin Fengjin and not waking up Lin Fengjin can be said to be the same thing. Completely
Nothing can be changed, so it is better to let Lin Fengjin have a good sleep.
At the same time, the opponent's army was pressing down on the border, and Lin Fengjin was still sleeping peacefully. What could be more stable than this to stabilize the morale of the army?
It's just that Lin Fengjin is used to being the boss of Wu Zuocheng, and it's rare that Zhang Lei makes the decision for him. So he felt a little uncomfortable for a while, but his reason told Lin Fengjin that Zhang Lei's approach was not the least bit correct.
There is nothing wrong with either.
Lin Fengjin is also a person who knows how to advance and retreat, and understands gains and losses. He knows the principle of delegating power. After washing, he smiled and patted Zhang Lei on the shoulder and said:
"Well done, with Wen Lie here, I can say that I am even more powerful."
Next, someone naturally brought Lin Fengjin his favorite porridge and side dishes. While Lin Fengjin was eating, he began to look at the various official documents presented in the city.
Wu Zuocheng was also Chineseized very quickly. In fact, the difference in intelligence between people is also limited. Among the nomads, there are also people who are so smart that they can even be called cunning. Lin Fengjin learned from the vocational high schools and technical secondary schools of later generations.
In recent years, we have carried out utilitarian-oriented training and created a large number of basic talents.
These people don't know anything about poems, lyrics, or songs, and can only write simply without any adjectives. Everything in the official documents is based on data. At the same time, they use abacus to calculate accounts, and use Arabic numerals for accounting, which is very concise.
In short, the supporting administrative system operates extremely efficiently.
Youdao is that everything is difficult at the beginning. In the first few years, the hard work only produced about a dozen similar talents. However, in the past year, there has been a sudden blowout, with two to three hundred similar talents appearing at one time.
The talent came out and immediately supported Wu Zuocheng's new administrative system.
This is not to say that God looked pitiful to Lin Fengjin and sent so many talents out at once, but that the popular education and basic education in the past few years have also come to an end, and the good treatment of those trained before is
The role model gradually inspired the enthusiasm and subjective initiative of these ordinary herdsmen, and this is what is happening now.
When Lin Fengjin was away, about ten percent of all administrative matters were handed over to Oli, who assisted in the execution. Only a few remaining major matters were sent to Yedu for Lin Fengjin to take care of.
When Lin Fengjin was there, Yili accompanied him and took the initiative to hand over the power to decide the matter. At the same time, he watched and learned from Lin Fengjin's side.
At this time during the war, the old, weak, sick and disabled in the Sanli Department, as well as gold, silver, property and livestock that had nothing to do with the war, had long been evacuated far away as usual, and even directly entered the control area of Sisheng Pass, so most of these official duties
They were all describing the wartime situation. When Lin Fengjin did these things, he was also very familiar with it. He finished reviewing a thick stack in three strokes, five by two, and by the way, he also explained to Oli why he did this.
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After finishing reviewing the official documents, Lin Fengjin had almost finished his meal. Only then did he hear Zhang Lei talk about the situation outside the city.
It turned out that not long after Lin Fengjin rested, he saw piles of sails and masts emerging from the end of the vast sea, and the East China Sea Allied Forces rangers gathered outside Wuzuo City.
They were all cheering loudly.
Then I looked at the six-masted and seven-masted giant ships on the sea that could cross the ocean. They were sailing slowly, and one by one they sailed sideways from the sea outside Wuzuo City. The posture was really like the front and the back.
At the end of the day, some careful people have counted eighty-eight of these giant ships. The flags they carry are also of different colors, at least seven or eight countries.
After hearing the news, Lin Fengjin laughed out loud:
"This is a fucking show of wanting to use things to scare people, even the Eight-Nation Allied Forces! Even if they think they can defeat Wu Zuocheng, there are thousands of miles of prairie within thousands of miles, and they can only cross the
It’s just winter herders and skinny overwintering livestock, which simply cannot support the huge consumption of eight countries.”
"If it is really the Eight-Nation Allied Forces that came here with great pains, then even if they captured Wu Zuocheng, they would definitely rob them as they were eager to replenish their supplies. In the end, in order to divide the scope of their respective plunders, they would seize the dogs.
Get your brains out! Hey, it seems to me that even the previous Three Kingdoms Alliance did not seem to be sincerely cooperating and inseparable, let alone eight countries?"
After arriving in Wu Zuocheng, Lin Fengjin could clearly feel that the control of the entire battle situation was completely different from being on the battlefield in person, and his mind was particularly clear. With a thought, he said to the person next to him:
"Send my order and call the bluff of those bastard ships in the East China Sea. Most of the ships in that fleet will go to other places to fight. At most, only a small part will be left to use against us.
They are afraid, so they think of using these crooked ways to mobilize our military morale."
According to Lin Fengjin's prestige among the Sanli tribe, this order immediately suppressed the somewhat uneasy atmosphere in the city. In fact, Lin Fengjin's inference was half correct. The long mixed fleet was actually only
It's just a mixture of ships from the seven countries. Among them, at least 60 or more giant ships will part ways with them after they sail out of Wu Zuocheng's sight.
The goals of these sixty giant ships are Jeju Station and Jinju Island overseas in Dongxia to implement their first strategic plan.
At the same time, because the Kingdom of the Rising Sun is closest to Dongxia, ten additional giant ships have to be used to take on the arduous task of transporting baggage and loot to and from the Kingdom of the Rising Sun. If you do the math, although the invasion of the East China Sea countries is a powerful one,
Xuntian almost claimed to be invading with a million-strong army. In fact, the sea area of the Central Plains is so vast. The strength of the countries in the East China Sea was evenly distributed on the vast coastline like salt, and it quickly became stretched.
It's very difficult.
"Is there anything else going on?" Lin Fengjin asked.
Lang Tu was the person in charge of the cavalry at this time, and he immediately stood up and said:
"Now that you have safely entered the city, sir, we have withdrawn the sentries patrolling outside to avoid unnecessary losses. Moreover, the other party does not seem to have recovered from the heavy losses last night. There is no
What's happening?"
Lin Fengjin nodded and said:
"I know, there is one more thing. The news I received not long ago is that when the other party is attacking the city, they are likely to send out their divine envoys. These guys are not afraid of death, are powerful, and are very agile. To deal with these
If it's a guy, you have to use a special bow and arrow to shoot it from a distance, and then cover it with a big net. This big net must be made of human hair, steel wire, and grass soaked in tung oil and rubbed out. It can't be less than the thickness of your little finger, and it must be
Hang up the barb, and this matter will be handled under your personal supervision." (To be continued)