There are one hundred and eight cities in the thirteen states of the empire. The territory is extremely huge, and the conditions in each place are also different. Some places are poor, some are rich, some cities are strong, and some cities are dilapidated.
However, Youzhou is located in the far north and is often invaded by the Rong tribe, so it is...poor and broken.
There are a total of six cities under the jurisdiction of Youzhou, namely: Heishi, Luoye, Tiehe, Chisha, Beizhen and Youzhou City where Yang Longting is in charge.
After Blackstone City was destroyed, all the city lords in Youzhou were worried. Facing the Rong clan with rampant iron cavalry, could they defend the city, or would they suffer the same fate as Xue Banchuan?
But then news came that the bandit Cheng Dalei was guarding Qingniu Mountain and was at war with the Rong tribe.
Things have become a little unbelievable. The enemy invaded, the mountains and rivers were shattered, and the generals of the empire stood up to defend the country and repel the enemies. What can you, a bandit, do so blindly?
Everyone is waiting for the Rong tribe to break through Toad Village, cut off Cheng Dalei's head and hang it on the flagpole, hoping that in the next life, this bandit will know how high the sky is and how high it is.
But what happened next cannot be said to be unbelievable, it was simply incredible. The Rong tribe did not break the stronghold for one day, the Rong tribe did not break the stronghold for two days, the Rong tribe did not break the stronghold for ten days... In the end, the Toad stronghold was defended for more than two months.
, Rong tribe, has not broken the stronghold.
This incident shocked everyone, and they wondered whether the Toad Village was too great, or the Rong clan was too useless.
Maybe it's the former, maybe it's the latter. Maybe the Rong clan is not that powerful, maybe the Rong clan now is not the Rong clan thirty years ago...
As Cheng Dalei persisted, everyone's self-confidence returned little by little. The longer Cheng Dalei persisted, the stronger everyone's self-confidence became.
Everyone needs a victory so much, and all the soldiers of the empire need a victory so much. Use this victory to wash away the shame of thirty years ago and tell the people of the world that the Rong people are not invincible.
Going on and on, what no one has done in thirty years, maybe a bandit will do it.
Qingzhou, Tianyicheng, there are too many people gathered on the dock, most of them are people who have escaped from Youzhou.
"Hurry up, hurry up! Put everything on the boat."
"City Master Fang, why don't you stay a little longer? To be honest, I haven't talked enough with City Master Fang."
"I can't hold it anymore, I can't hold it anymore." Fang Boshan smiled with joy in his heart.
Damn it, if you stay here any longer, you won't be able to plunder all my belongings. Now that Cheng Dalei has guarded Qingniu Mountain, he can return to Luoye City. When the food and soldiers are sent to Qingniu Mountain, he can rest easy in the rear.
At that time, he will still be the lord of a city, and the lost family property can be recovered in three or two years.
"Then I'll give it to City Master Fang. Your little nephew also thanked you for the sword. Haha, he likes it very much. I heard that City Master Fang also has a sword, which is also quite good?"
"Oh, what a coincidence, I lost my knife."
"lost?"
"No, I planned to deliver it to my house another day, but I couldn't find it."
"Oh, that's such a shame."
At this moment, Qiao Ye suddenly rushed to Fang Boshan and said in a low voice: "City Lord, something bad happened. I just got the news..."
After hearing this, Fang Boshan's expression changed drastically, and he suddenly shouted:
"Brother, go away, that knife... I found it."
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Youzhou City.
"Toad Village has indeed been defended for two months. The Rong tribe's army has gathered and has not yet broken through. According to spies, the Rong tribe has attacked the city several times and suffered heavy casualties." Li Shanyan said.
"This bandit... I really underestimated him."
"It is said that there is also a drought on the grassland. These Rong people are short of food and clothing. Perhaps they are just a group of tired soldiers."
"Well, there is some truth." Yang Longting's words are like gold. Sitting behind the handsome case, he is the king of Youzhou who holds the power of life and death in Youzhou.
"Lord, this is an opportunity. We take advantage of his weakness and launch a massive attack. There is no chance that we will wipe out the Rong clan in one fell swoop." Li Shanyan.
Yang Longting pondered for a moment and said: "The Rong clan may not be weak now. It's better to wait and see. After all, they are the Rong clan. For now, let the bandits in Toad Village consume them more."
"yes."
"Report..." With a long call, a spy burst into the hall: "Your Majesty, something serious has happened."
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In Toad Village, Cheng Dalei was asking his men to try to dig a mountain road, and then he found that... it couldn't be done.
The rock is hard, and even if there is gunpowder that can be used for blasting, it is still not easy to do. If you really want to dig a tunnel at the bottom of the mountain, it will be difficult to reach the sky.
Hey, I thought it was simple.
Cheng Dalei looked at the mountain wall and looked up. The mountain wall was steep, about two to three hundred meters high. He originally chose to build a mountain village in the valley because of this.
"Can any of our people climb up?" Cheng Dalei asked.
Xu Shenji took a look and said: "It's nothing, people in the mountains sometimes climb more dangerous than this when collecting medicinal herbs?"
The bandits are not Rong people. They live in the mountains. Some of them make a living by collecting medicinal herbs. The medicinal herbs grow on the cliffs and they just rely on their feet to climb up.
"If that's the case, it wouldn't be difficult to send a few good men up and throw the rope down."
Some things just need to be changed from a different perspective, and they will become easy to solve.
Cheng Dalei stared at the mountain wall and thought about how he could retreat unnoticed without attracting the attention of the Rong tribe.
At this time, a minion from the top of the city ran over and said, "Master, the Rong tribe seems to have retreated."
"Oh my god, we finally retreated." Cheng Dalei breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought they were going to waste a lot of time with me, and the sea will be destroyed."
Cheng Dalei and several leaders came to the top of the city and saw that the Rong tribe was indeed breaking camp. Cheng Dalei frowned as he watched.
It seems that they are not withdrawing their troops to the north, but... continuing to move south.
"Master, can we withdraw?"
"Get out, didn't you see they still left people outside? They are trying to block us."
Cheng Dalei said that the Rong tribe indeed had no intention of withdrawing their troops. They divided some people to guard Toad Village, while the other group marched into Youzhou territory.
What is the strategic purpose of the Rong tribe? This is a question that many people are thinking about. Do they want to grab a fortune and leave, or do they want to completely occupy Youzhou and even more territory of the empire.
But no matter what their purpose was, Cheng Dalei actually had no influence on them, so it was hard for Cheng Dalei to understand that they had spent so long with Cheng Dalei.
Now it seems that they have finally figured it out and are planning to attack Youzhou first and deal with Cheng Dalei later.
Once we go there, all life in Youzhou will be devastated and corpses will be everywhere.
But knowing that this scene was going to happen, Cheng Dalei could not do anything, and he was not prepared to do anything.
The Rong clan has the purpose of the Rong clan, and Cheng Dalei has Cheng Dalei's purpose. Cheng Dalei's strategic purpose was never to protect his family and country, or to do justice for heaven, he just wanted to survive and let more of his brothers survive.