"I respectfully welcome the return of the Emperor and Queen!"
The city gate slowly opened, and Sauron, along with the four generals of the Qian family and officials from Lucheng City, knelt down to greet him at the city gate. How much anticipation, excitement, and hope were all integrated into these short words.
Mo Zihan wore a short white outfit that was easy for movement, and her hair was tied back in a simple ponytail. She lost a bit of charm but gained a handsome figure. She gave people a feeling of being capable and clear.
After dismounting from his horse, Mo Zihan walked beside Tuo Li without any shyness and accepted the official's kneeling.
After Tuoli ordered everyone to stand up, Mo Zihan greeted Sauron with a smile.
"Prime Minister Suo, long time no see."
"The Queen has asked my master to come and find her. Now that the Queen has returned to the palace, she can no longer leave. The country cannot live without a king for a day, but in the past two years, the Emperor has almost never gone to court in order to find the Queen. The Queen wants
If we run away from home again, we can only give a few blues to the ministers and the regent to comfort us for the hard work of holding two jobs."
Sauron's complaints made the two dissatisfied.
"You mean, I am a foolish king?"
"What do you mean, ministers shouldn't share the burden for the king?"
The words spoken by the two people almost at the same time made Sauron consciously swallow back all the complaints that followed.
"Wei Chen doesn't dare!"
Sauron's choked expression made everyone burst into laughter.
"Sauron, how many soldiers have gathered?"
Tuoli's words made everyone become serious again.
"To report to the emperor, a total of 800,000 troops have been gathered in Lucheng. The remaining 300,000 troops are distributed in the border towns of Nanyang and Luozhi in case of unexpected events."
"Select 200,000 elite troops, and the rest will evacuate tomorrow and wait for follow-up orders."
Tuoli's words shocked Sauron and all the ministers. Since Xiliang is so terrible, it needs strong spearmen even more. How can 600,000 sergeants be evacuated at the critical moment?
"Your Majesty, this..."
"The opponent's weapons are too powerful. If you have too many people, it's just a matter of killing each other. I want 200,000 of the strongest soldiers who can fight, run, ride, hide, and escape. I don't want any less of these skills. I don't want them.
Those who pretend to be false will not be able to collect 200,000 people, so 100,000 people will be enough.”
"yes!"
"Go and select these 200,000 troops tonight and report to me tomorrow morning. If Lucheng falls, Xiliang will definitely take Yunzhou directly. The remaining 600,000 troops will be stationed in Yunzhou first, and let the prefect of Yunzhou take the lead to train the soldiers well.
"
"yes."
"How is the migration situation of the people in Lucheng?"
"Your Majesty, the people have all moved away, and those currently stationed in the city are all our sergeants."
"Has anyone been across the border during this time?"
"Your Majesty, no."
"Including birds and beasts?"
"The minister ordered the archers to keep an eye on the sky and the ground for twelve hours and not allow any birds or animals to leave the border town."
Tuoli nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask:
"How did you distribute the weapon blueprints I asked Qianye and Qianze to bring back? How many have you made so far?"
"Informing the Emperor, after the drawings were brought back, we asked the painter to draw 50 copies according to the drawings, and secretly assigned them to different areas for production on the same day, and transported them to Lucheng every three days.
At the beginning, it was necessary to prepare materials and explore the production at the same time. The speed was slow, but the number of weapons delivered in these two batches was obviously more.
So far, 150 throwing bombs and 70 time bombs have been produced.