"Report!" In the Jiuyuan City County Sheriff's Mansion, a scout hurriedly rushed into the County Sheriff's Mansion. Luo Tiansheng was discussing with several generals: "Sir, there is a big movement in Xiliang!"
Before the scout spoke, he had already seen who was sitting in the hall. They were all military commanders of the county guard lineage in Jiuyuan City, so naturally there was no need to be secretive.
Luo Tiansheng has been busy working in the palace these days. August is coming soon, and then the prince will come from the southern imperial capital. He needs to prepare everything.
Xiliang City only sent a team of scouts and didn't pay too much attention to it. The number of people outside the pass was a flaw. Even if Li Xiang occupied three cities in the pass, the population in his hands was not as large as the population of a county under his command.
If Jiuyuan County really wants to recruit soldiers, it can definitely recruit hundreds of thousands of troops.
"What happened?" Luo Tiansheng picked up the tea cup and took a sip. The scout shouted loudly: "In the past two months, Xiliang City began to renovate Tupo City. Just a few days ago, a new army appeared. This
It is a brand new force, not a force that has appeared before. This force is stationed in Tupo City, Longling City and Langya City. The number will not be less than 50,000.
These people are all about eight feet tall and strong."
"A new fifty-thousand-eight-foot army has appeared?" Luo Tiansheng almost spat out the tea in his mouth when he heard the scout continue: "In addition to these, tens of thousands of troops have appeared. These people are full of murderous intent, and each of them has fought a hundred battles."
The soldiers are no worse than the elite troops of my Jiuyuan County.
There are nearly 100,000 troops in Xiliang City now!"
"One hundred thousand troops!"
Several generals present could not sit still. Before, Xiliang City only had 20,000 to 30,000 troops, so they dared to ignore Xiliang City's troops. But now, Xiliang City's troops have reached 100,000!
The scouts will not randomly pick a number. The number of troops in Xiliang City will only be more than this one hundred thousand, not less than this one hundred thousand.
Thinking that several people looked at Luo Tiansheng who was a little shocked, Luo Tiansheng came back to his senses: "An army of one hundred thousand! Are there so many people outside the pass?"
The scout said: "The population outside the Pass is approximately between 300,000 and 600,000. Some of them have ancestors who have been thrown outside the Pass a long time ago, and there are also people who have been expelled outside the Pass in recent years.
These people are very tough, and they are basically all young and middle-aged people. The old people generally don’t live long!”
"Have you found out the source of Xiliang City's weapons and equipment, as well as the war horses?"
Luo Tiansheng had seen the weapons and equipment of the Xiliang City soldiers of the one hundred thousand army. Those weapons were better than those of the Jiuyuan County soldiers. There were also the horses of the Xiliang cavalry. Every one of those horses were handsome.
The scout shook his head: "We have not found anything, and we have also asked some people from outside the customs, but we can't find it. However, there seems to be a woman from the enemy world in the west in Xiliang City.
Zhang Qingyun, the general manager of Xiliang City, once showed up in Longling City with a Western woman!"
Western world!
As the governor of a county, Luo Tiansheng has naturally read books about the Western world and knows that the Western world exists. It is a place that is not weaker than the Eastern world.
But the two worlds lost contact countless years ago, and there has never been any contact between the two.
Could it be that Xiliang City has support from the Western world? He suddenly remembered that in the data, Xiliang City was like a glutton, absorbing a large amount of silver every year, but no one knew where the silver went.
If Xiliang City has contact with the Western World, this would explain why Xiliang City used silver to purchase a large amount of supplies and war horses from the Western World.
No, the lifeblood of Xiliang City must be blocked!
What Luo Tiansheng thought of was to block the trade route through which Xiliang City could obtain silver coins, preventing Xiliang City from continuing to obtain silver coins, and then send people to the Western World.
"Immediately dispatch 30,000 troops to garrison outside Tupo City. Pay attention to Tupo City's movements. I also have my order that no merchants are allowed to go outside the customs this year. If anyone dares to go out, he will be arrested for treason!"
Most of the people in Xiliang City have been driven out of Daqian. Now Xiliang City is an invader. Anyone who wants to do business with the invader in Xiliang City is betraying Daqian.
Several generals present frowned: "Sir, is this going too far? The people standing behind those chambers of commerce are all ministers of the country, as well as major families, and the income outside the customs is quite a lot every year!"
Luo Tiansheng said decisively: "This is my order. If that chamber of commerce dares to trade with Xiliang City, it will be treason and block the trade route to Xiliang City!"
"This is the northwest land, so we can't trade outside the customs? The ferocious beasts we have killed in the past few months can also be sold!"
"yes!"
A few people did not dare to resist Luo Tiansheng. Since the old prince failed, the entire northwest has become a hall of Luo Tiansheng's words.
The next day, Luo Tiansheng's order was spread throughout the northwest. In the Jiuyuan Prince's Mansion not far from the Sheriff's Mansion, Zhuo Bufan looked at the piece of paper and laughed.
The old prince has been practicing well these days, and his complexion is much better than when Zhuo Bufan just came back. Seeing Zhuo Bufan smiling so happily, he was a little puzzled:
"Feifan, is there any joke in this document that makes you laugh so happily?"
Zhuo Bufan put the paper on the table: "Master Luo, this is a stupid move. Originally, I was still thinking about how to get Jiuyuan County to start a conflict with Xiliang City, but I didn't expect that Master Luo would directly bring Xiliang City into conflict." The most important thing about Liang was broken.
Your Majesty, you may not believe it. The reason why Xiliang City works so hard to maintain Tupo City, Longling City and Langya City is that the Lord of Xiliang City kills ferocious beasts day and night and does not dare to let those ferocious beasts go south. What is important is the safety of trade routes, allowing those merchants to dare to trade outside the northwest customs.
Li Xiang paid more attention to the trade routes than anything else. During this period of time, the Xiliang side increased its troops in order to make the trade routes safer. Now Luo Tiansheng directly cut off Li Xiang's trade routes.
I can just imagine what it would be like to know this."
Zhuo Bufan's face was full of smiles and relaxed expression: "Old Prince, let's stay in the palace with peace of mind for a while. Luo Tiansheng will naturally have someone to take care of us!"
Although the old prince didn't understand why, he felt relieved when he saw Zhuo Bufan relaxed. Now that they were trapped in the palace, they didn't need to think too much.
Except for the prince in Jiuyuan County, who knew that this piece of paper brought terrible harm, no one else paid much attention to it. When the caravan coming to the northwest land heard the news, everyone's expressions were not very good.
Facing the powerful northwest county governor's office, they could only repair the book and return to the imperial capital to ask the big bosses from the imperial capital to come forward.
When this piece of paper fell into the hands of Li Xiang, the entire Tupocheng palace was quiet. No one dared to vent their anger loudly. They all knew that the lord had been fighting outside every day for these months. What was it for? Jiuyuan They never thought of the county's move.
Moreover, Jiuyuan County also sent 30,000 troops to guard the junction between Tupocheng and Jiuyuan County. This was obviously to block their Xiliang army.
Li Xiang was silent. Everyone knew that this was before the storm came. At this moment, crisp footsteps sounded. Zhang Qingyun walked into the hall wearing the black clothes unique to the ministers of Xiliang City. Behind him were two young men.
One is in green and the other is in white.
Seeing Zhang Qingyun standing in front of the throne, holding a piece of white paper in his hand, Zhang Qingyun knew what was going on. The two young men following Zhang Qingyun felt extremely depressed. They did not dare to express their anger, mainly because of the momentum of the person above.
It's really scary.
Standing there, the two of them didn't even dare to express their anger!
Zhang Qingyun was not frightened by Li Xiang, but said softly: "My lord, Jiuyuan County has gone too far this time. We should give them some color, otherwise they will think that we are easy to bully!"
Zhang Qingyun knows Prime Minister Li very well. Prime Minister Li is not like a monarch, but more like a fierce general. From ancient times to the present, there has never been anyone in the East who is always on the front line like his lord.
The Lord is not afraid of death, how can the soldiers under his command cherish their lives?
This is why Xiliang soldiers are so powerful!
Prime Minister Li has already begun to attack Jiuyuan County. This is a breath of anger that must be released!
"However, Jiuyuan County is still a large-scale county after all, so we can eat those 30,000 horses first, and then look for opportunities to negotiate with Luo Tiansheng. The various materials we collected outside the customs cannot just be left like that!"
Li Xiang heard Zhang Qingyun's words and said solemnly: "Guan may not be afraid of 30,000 people. Prepare a map for me. If I don't conquer a single county of him, he really thinks that I, Xiliang, are easy to mess with!"
The two big Xiliang men on the left and right immediately took out a huge map from behind. This was a map drawn by Xiliang soldiers. Most of Jiuyuan County was on it. This map was not completed yet, and the scouts were still trying to explore the terrain.
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Use a wooden stick to stand up the map. Jiuyuan County is divided into seven main areas: Shangyuan, Taiyuan, Qinghe, Donghe, Kunxian, Jiuyuan, and Tonghe. The most important ones are Shangyuan, Taiyuan, and Jiuyuan.
The county closest to Tupocheng is Tonghe County.
"What is the population of Tonghe County, how many troops are garrisoned, and how many cities are there?" Li Xiang asked a man wearing a green Taoist robe next to him.
"Back to my lord!" Dao Yi muttered: "The population of Tonghe County is about 1.1 million. The garrison originally had 30,000 people. Plus the 30,000 people transferred over this period, the total is 60,000 troops.
In addition to the 60,000 troops, there were about 15,000 government officials.
Tonghe County has five cities. The main county seat is Tonghe County. The county has a population of 350,000 and is garrisoned by 10,000 troops. The city is two feet high and there are 6,000 government officials in the city.
The two auxiliary cities are Qingye City and Guaizi City. This city is the closest to us. There are 5,000 garrison troops and about 1,000 government officials in the city. Guaizi City is close to Tonghe and is named because of the terrain. The city walls are basically mounds.
It is worse than the city wall of Langya City, with a garrison of 1,500 people and a government office of about 1,000 people. The population of both cities is about 150,000.
Black City, this city is close to Jiuyuan City in the north. It is also one of the few mountain cities in the northwest. It is surrounded by high mountains. Because it is close to Jiuyuan County and close to the outside world, the city is three feet high, with a garrison of 13,000 and about 3,000 government officials.
The population is about 250,000.
Finally, Mangzi City, this city is a bit strange. The people here are not under the control of the imperial court. In Mangzi City, they are all a minority from the northwest, the Mang people, and some people call them barbarians.
The population of this race is about 200,000. The specific number is not clear. In the letters sent back by the scouts, people of this race are very aggressive. They only admire the strong and are very adaptable. It takes a long time to win their surrender.
It's simple, just defeat them, but you can only use power, not real energy, etc.!"
The two young men behind Li Qingyun looked at the map as if they had seen a ghost. The things on the map were similar to what they knew. Even the terrain on the map was clearly marked and could be understood at a glance.
There are so many talented people in Xiliang!
Daoyi continued: "To attack Tonghe County, we need to pay attention to a family, the Tonghe Wang Family. The Tonghe Wang Family was established hundreds of years ago. The current head of the family, Wang Zhaoyan, is a second-rate family. There are about five hundred experts in the family. You need to pay attention!
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Li Xiang looked down at the crowd. The generals were standing on one side and the civil servants were standing on the other side. Among them were his father-in-law, Liu Zhen and others.
"I need to end this battle in the shortest time. In addition to Mangzi City, there are three cities: Tonghe City, Heicheng, and Guaizi City. Is there anyone willing to go?"
"My lord, my subordinates are willing to go!" Hei Yun, commander of the seventh legion, stood up. Behind him, Black Dragon stood up unwilling to be outdone: "My lord, my subordinates are willing to go!"
"Lord, I'm willing to go!" Cheng Zheng stood up and said loudly.
The three of them respectively represent the old Seventh Army, the Five Dragon Army, and the army selected from Longling City. Among the three, only Cheng Zheng is not a member of the Seventh Army, but belongs to the Eighth Army, which is the garrison.
"Then it's up to the three of you to go out!" Li Xiangdi also wanted to test the hearts of several people: "Heiyun, your troops and armies have been sent out the most times, with a strength of 20,000. Among the three cities, Heizhou is the most difficult to attack.
Here you go, you can go to Shenji Camp to prepare three psychic cannons and ten rune bed crossbows later!"
When Heiyun heard Li Xiang's words, his eyes were full of joy. With the psychic cannon, he could blast down any city wall that was not protected by a formation!
"Black Dragon, your army only has seven thousand troops. I will give you Cheng Jushu, Cheng Jurong, one thousand Xiliang swordsmen, one thousand Xiliang archers, and two spiritual cannons from the Shenji Battalion.
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"Thank you, Lord!" Black Dragon thanked him.
Li Xiang looked at Cheng Zheng, the last general on the line: "Cheng Zheng, you are originally part of the Eighth Army, but you lack generals at this time. You have 4,000 troops, so you go to attack Guaizi City!"
"yes!"
Cheng Zheng knew that he had taken a huge advantage. The most difficult city to defeat among the three cities was Black City, followed by Tonghe City, and then Guaizi City in his hands.
The most difficult thing left is the 35,000 troops in Aoba City. This is the most difficult place to fight.
The two young men behind Zhang Qingyun heard some sweat on their foreheads when they heard the strategic deployment of Xiliang City. They seemed to have heard something they shouldn't have heard.
