Shi Sheng still couldn't believe it and whispered: "But... how difficult it is to attack the city? We have only been trapped in the cave for four years. Can the Buddha Kingdom really capture tens of thousands of cities at or above the county level in just four years?"
Xiao Lanyu looked straight at Shi Sheng with his eyes and whispered: "How long did it take for the war god Xue Xiangnan to pacify the rebellion of the Three Kings and to capture 1,300 counties in the three prefectures?"
Shi Sheng felt a stern and said, "One month." Then he said, "But that's different. The rebels of the Three Kings have unstable morale and fled or surrendered whenever they encounter setbacks. But our royal army faced the Buddhist army. How could he escape in one battle and ignore the people in the rear?"
Xiao Lanyu sighed lightly and said, "A Sheng, look at the city gate carefully." When Shi Sheng heard this, he turned to look at Qingshi County. It was dark and far apart. Shi Sheng looked carefully for a while before he could see the traces on the city gate. He was shocked and said, "That is... the traces of the siege cannon!"
Xiao Lanyu nodded and said, "Yes, it is indeed a trace of siege cannons. You also know that the county town has the imperial barrier to protect them. Only after breaking through the imperial barrier can the siege can they bombard the city gate." Shi Sheng heard this, his face was as deep as water and frowned without saying a word.
Every city at or above the county level was built by powerful ancient people. The city walls were built by corundum and were indestructible. There were large barriers outside the city to prevent attacks from vengeful spirits and monsters.
The barrier to resist monsters and vengeful spirits outside the city is called the "Shenluo barrier". It can only resist the attacks of monsters and vengeful spirits, but will not hinder the entry and exit of humans, nor will it resist the attacks of humans. In other words, the barrier to humans is effective for humans.
However, cities at or above the county level have two barriers. The outer barrier is the Shenluo barrier, and the inner barrier is called the "Yucheng barrier". The Yucheng barrier was not set up by the powerful people in ancient times, but was set up by the founding fathers of each country. It can withstand human attacks and also prevent humans from entering and leaving. For example, the Yucheng barrier in Qingshi County was set up by the founding emperor of the Blue Mountain Kingdom and ordered the barrier masters to be arranged. It has been more than a thousand years.
The Shenluo barrier is permanently present and closed, while the Yucheng barrier can be opened or closed. Usually, the Yucheng barrier is in a closed state. Only in special circumstances can the Yucheng barrier be opened, such as a war between two countries, foreign enemies attack, or a national criminal in the city intends to escape. At this time, the Yucheng barrier will open the male sex appeal, the gold medal mantra master. [
At that time, Shi Sheng killed Luo Qiyun in the city of Sanhe County and committed the crime of the country. At that time, the county camp sent a message to the camp with beacons to open the barrier of the imperial city to prevent Shi Sheng from escaping from Sanhe County. At the same time, it also caused the ancestor Huoyun and others to escape over the city wall. They could only capture the city gate first to escape from Sanhe City. Because there was no barrier of the imperial city at the city gate.
The barrier of the imperial city is very powerful and is extremely difficult to break by relying solely on manpower. Usually, when the two countries fight, the siege will carry a siege tool, which is the siege cannon.
Siege cannons are made of a special source energy technique, which has extremely strong destructive power on the barriers of the city. The defending party will try every means to destroy the siege cannons, while the siege cannons will try their best to protect the siege cannons. Therefore, the survival of the siege cannons is usually the key to the victory or defeat of the siege battle.
The operation of the imperial barrier and the siege cannon requires a special energy, called "magic energy crystal". The magic energy crystal is very precious and rare. It can be said that it is difficult to find a thousand gold coins. Once the magic energy crystal is exhausted, the imperial barrier will temporarily disappear, and the siege cannon will also operate. Therefore, many siege battles are essentially wars of attrition.
The magic crystal has a unique nature, similar to the living body, and the magic is included in the boundary stone. Therefore, the transportation and reserve of magic crystals are also the key to the outcome of the war. This is also the reason why almost every city at or above the county level has a river running through it. Its purpose is to facilitate the transportation of magic crystals.
The barriers that block space are not only Dongming and others. This is a relatively common source energy technique. In almost all siege battles, the siege will carry many barrier masters to set up barriers as soon as possible to block the space to prevent the teleportation arrays in the city and prevent the defending party from transferring or supporting them with teleportation arrays. These are common sense in war, and Xiao Lanyu and Shi Sheng are very familiar with them.
To put it bluntly, in most cases, siege wars are wars of attrition, so Shi Sheng was so surprised that it was hard to believe that the Buddha Kingdom could capture tens of thousands of county-level cities in just four years.
However, the facts are in front of us, and Shi Sheng cannot believe it. The traces caused by the siege cannon are unique. It is clearly placed on the gate of Qingshi County, which is the most powerful evidence.
War is cruel, and the people will always suffer. When the troops of the Buddha Kingdom come to Qingshi County, Youzhou will definitely fall, and maybe Qingzhou will all fall! This is something Shi Shengji doesn't want to see, because the war spreads, and there will definitely be a disaster. I wonder how many people will die!
After a while, Shi Shengfang whispered: "Lan Yu, let's find a place to hide for a night first, and then find an opportunity to sneak into the city tomorrow. You must figure out what happened in the past four years?" Xiao Lanyu nodded and agreed. The two quietly retreated and went to a small wood several miles away, and they would only have one night.
The next morning, Shi Sheng and Xiao Lanyu came outside Qingshi County, calmed their breath, hid behind the earth slope, and observed the situation.
At the end of Chen, soldiers walked up to the city tower one after another and inserted red flags one by one on the city wall. In the center of each red flag, there was a golden "卍" character. Shi Sheng and Xiao Lanyu both recognized it as the military flag of the Buddha Kingdom. The soldiers walking up to the city tower were all bald, wearing monk's robes and armor. At first glance, they were soldiers of the Buddha Kingdom and also the "bald dog" mentioned by the people of the Blue Kingdom.
Shi Sheng couldn't help but sigh. Now he had nothing to doubt. Qingshi County had indeed been captured by the Buddhist army.
Xiao Lanyu pondered for a moment and whispered: "Strange, since the Buddha's army has captured Qingshi City, why didn't the military flag be planted yesterday? Is there someone guarding the city wall?"
After hearing what Xiao Lanyu said, Shi Sheng felt strange and said, "Does the Buddha's army only captured Qingshi City yesterday?"[
Xiao Lanyu shook his head and said, "It is impossible. The siege cannon weighs millions of kilograms, or even tens of millions of kilograms. Wherever he passes, there will inevitably be extremely deep ruts. Look at the traces of ruts outside the city, which means that the ruts have been cleaned up by soldiers from the Buddhist Kingdom."
"The Buddha's army is willing to spend time and manpower to clean the ruts, which means that they have steadily occupied Qingshi City. This city has become a rear stronghold that they will not easily lose. That is to say... the cities around Qingshi County must have been captured by the Buddha's army."