Report, the gate of Shacheng in Gumo Kingdom is closed!"
"There are crowds of people on the walls of Baosha City, it seems like there is a move to mobilize troops!"
"Report, the trumpet sound is blowing from the city wall of Gumo Kingdom!"
Liu Mingzhi knelt down in front of the low table, listening to the scout's report and observing the map.
"Jiang Lei, have you seen whether the city wall without sand is strong? How many guards are there in the city?"
Jiang Lei scratched his head with his hand and looked at Young Master Liu in confusion: "I don't know whether it is strong or not. Anyway, the general has never seen such a small city in his life? The general did not enter at all and could not see the guards.
How many people came out? It should be quite a lot. After all, it is the first city on the frontier of Gumo Kingdom. If it is too few, it cannot be justified, right? How about estimating the number as low as 100,000? After all, it is a border crossing, so it cannot be justified if there are too few!"
With a snap, Jiang Lei received a slap on the back of the head: "You use estimates when marching and fighting? This is a battlefield, not a child's play house!"
Jiang Lei rubbed his head in grievance, stood up, took out his telescope and looked towards the sand city. There were flags flying and crowds of people on the city.
Jiang Lei took a deep breath and knelt down: "Commander, there are about 150,000 defenders. We don't know what the equipment is at the moment!"
Liu Mingzhi was startled and frowned slightly before sighing: "Hey, my dear, maybe the first battle will be a tough battle. No wonder the countries in the Western Regions dare to send troops to our Dalong border. It turns out they are very confident!"
Jiang Lei nodded solemnly: "I haven't dealt with the countries in the Western Regions for so long. Who knows how many people they have in these years? As the first line of defense of the countries in the Western Regions, the Gumo Kingdom can stand for so long.
Eight or nine times there are two to three million people. It’s a tough battle. It’s indeed a tough battle. Commander, you have to deal with it well. No matter how tough the battle is, you have to get off to a good start!”
Liu Mingzhi sighed: "Go and tell the marching deputy general Song Qing, the Longwu Guard general Cheng Kai, the Xiaoguo Guard general Zhou Baoyu, the Tiger Guard general Duan Buxie, the Tiger Guard general Ning Chao, the Tiger Guard general Ye Baotong, and the Flying Eagle Guard.
General Feng Buer is coming to see me right away! Since it is a tough battle, we must plan carefully!"
"Yes, General Mo will go immediately!"
After Jiang Lei left, Du Yu, the son of Du Shangshu, rubbed his hands and surrounded him: "Commander, give me a forward position. I also want to go into battle to kill the enemy!"
"What's the rush? When the Thirty-Six Kingdoms have you going into battle, now follow Qin Guangtaoli and you guys and follow me to learn how to use soldiers. Fighting is indispensable for bravery, but you can't just rely on lone bravery! You are small and powerful.
Do you understand that you are planning to harm others and yourself?"
Du Yu nodded awkwardly: "Yes, I understand!"
Du Yu shrugged at Tao Li, Sun Mingfeng and others, indicating that he had no choice but to sit back and take his position as a private soldier!
"I will wait to see you, Commander-in-Chief!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Song Qing and others with a faint smile: "They are all here! Sit down, it may not be so easy to conquer the Gumo Kingdom. Once the Gumo Kingdom resists stubbornly, we will be ready to fight a tough battle!"
"Commander, we all know very well that we have no intention of taking down the Thirty-six Kingdoms of the Western Region without any bloodshed. The last general Feng Buer is willing to attack the city as a vanguard general!"
"Fuck you, Feng Buer, why should the vanguard general be handed over to your Flying Eagle Guard? The last general, Ye Baotong, is willing to lead the Tiger Guard to capture the Shacheng in front of the commander!"
"You are not repaying the favor of our Xiaoguo Guards. Commander, you know what I am like, Zhou Baoyu. The vanguard general must be given to the bottom general!"
"Nonsense, I, the Tiger and Leopard Guard, can also be a vanguard!"
"If you say so, I, Longwuwei, will do my duty. In addition to Longwuwei, the city of the six northern border guards will suddenly have to resist the two enemies of the Jin Kingdom and the Turks. Who else is there besides Longwuwei? I asked the general
Someone!"
"Put your breasts on..."
"enough!"
Young Master Liu frowned as he looked at Cheng Kai and others who were arguing endlessly for the position of forward general. He slammed the table hard and stopped several people.
Cheng Kai and the other six people shrank their heads and did not dare to quarrel loudly. Young Master Liu would always make a mistake and the whole army would be punished for his "evil deeds", but this made the six of them still frightened.
The commander-in-chief of the six men complained more than once that his boss should not confront the commander-in-chief. After leaping a few miles, the main and auxiliary soldiers of each guard started crying for their fathers and mothers.
It's simply inhuman torture.
However, the commander-in-chief, Mr. Liu, could easily gag them. Every time he was punished, he would eat delicious meat to replenish his nutrition, which made the soldiers of the Six Guards fear punishment and look forward to it.
After three months of long march, the soldiers not only did not look yellow and thin, but became stronger and stronger.
"General forward, general forward, are you in such a hurry to die? This time for the Western Expedition, I shamelessly brought more than three million arrows. No one can even think about close combat until the arrows are exhausted! I
This is how a commander-in-chief always uses his troops. Those who can attack from a distance are determined not to let the soldiers fight with their lives. Look at the howls of each of you. Have you never been in a battle?"
Zhou Baoyu and others looked at each other and lowered their heads, not daring to talk back.
However, the common thought among the six people is that there is no method of pouring arrowheads to quickly produce arrows, let alone three million. If there are one million, they will wake up from their dreams.
But the six of them were helpless. The method of pouring arrows was also invented by the commander. You just have the confidence to do anything!
Liu Mingzhi took a breath and patted the sand city on the map: "Three thousand eight-oxen crossbows and one thousand six hundred slingshots will destroy half of the sand city. When these things are useless, you will use them."
If you dare to hold me back when the time comes, I will train you to death!"
The six of them shuddered and nodded hurriedly: "Commander, please rest assured, the general will never dare to hold you back!"
Song Qing looked at Young Master Liu with interest: "Commander, the war is about to begin. Can you tell the brothers what those fifty black iron pipes are for?"
"Yes, Commander, the Sixth Guards of Northern Xinjiang have never seen these things before. Where did you get these big black and heavy iron pipes? What is the use of them?"
"Brothers are all very curious. It's too short to put on the ramming cart. It's too heavy to put on the catapult. It's too heavy to put on the catapult. It can be used as a weapon. No one can use it except us seventh-level masters."
Get up, the key is thick at one end and thin at the other. It's not easy to use now. We are about to start a war. You can give it to your brothers!"
"Yes, yes, in addition to those black tubes, there are also boxes and boxes of black balls. The black balls are really easy to use when placed on the catapult. The size is very moderate!"
"When it's time to tell you, you will naturally..."
"Report, there are ten cavalry coming slowly towards our army from the direction of Shacheng!"
Liu Mingzhi was startled to think that someone from Shacheng would dare to come to his camp. He clapped his hands, Young Master Liu straightened his robes and said, "Get ready, let's go and see what medicine these people from the Gumo Kingdom are selling in their gourds!"
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"Got the order!"
After a while, Liu Dashao and others rode slowly towards Shacheng.
On top of a high wave, there were ten soldiers standing in Zha Sang. They looked blankly at the tents in the distance that were connected to the horizon like dark clouds. They looked panicked.
"There are really more than 300,000 troops!"
"General, what should we do now? Are we really going to fight? We should report it to His Majesty the King quickly and ask him to call for help!"
"Yes, General Zasang, how can fifty thousand people resist an army of more than three hundred thousand people?"
Young Master Liu put down the telescope in his hand and sighed: "A dozen people dare to go out of the city to observe our camp. I guess they are very confident! A tough battle, indeed a tough battle!"
The Song and Qing people also put aside Qianli and looked extremely cautious.
"It's a tough battle. Jiang Lei is right. The defenders without 150,000 people don't have the confidence!"
"If you are confident, you have to plan carefully!"