The madman grinned, shrugged his shoulders, and said rather funny: "That's just my guess, after all, my strength was really poor when I went last time, and I didn't dare to step forward, but with your current strength, you can completely occupy that point." ”

"Okay, then I'll understand. ”

"Oh yes"

At this time, the madman suddenly slapped his forehead, and suddenly said: "I almost forgot, the qualifications to enter the Tianwu Mansion are to be personally selected by the city lord of each city, as for what method is needed, everything has to be decided by the city lord." ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Zhao became interested, now is the time to employ people, if he can use the mechanism of Ying Tianwu Mansion to bring the cultivators over to help guard the ore vein, it will be much simpler.

"How much longer?"

The madman gasped, pinched his fingers, and said, "Not long, less than a month." ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Zhao immediately nodded and said, "Senior, the three of you here will take care of it first, and I have to go back to the City Lord's Mansion immediately." ”

"Well, remember, only people under the age of thirty can go, our prefecture-level city, with thirty places. ”

Zhang Zhao nodded, and then sacrificed the Cangsheng Sword, and the imperial sword flew towards Rongchang City.

Outside the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, a group of young cultivators paced back and forth, looking inside the City Lord's Mansion from time to time, looking very anxious.

After seeing Zhang Zhao come back, Bai Xing immediately ran over and said, "King, these people are all saying that they are looking for you, it seems that they are coming from Yingtian or something." ”

"Ying Tianwu Mansion?"

"Yes, yes, it's Ying Tianwu Mansion. ”

Zhang Zhao glanced at the group of young cultivators, and said loudly: "Don't worry, everyone, I'm back now, and tonight I will discuss with the military advisors and the major patriarchs about the selection of this year's quota, please come back early tomorrow morning." ”

To persuade those cultivators to retreat, Zhang Zhao casually called a soldier and instructed: "Go and invite Boss Wan, Patriarch Shang, and Patriarch Li to come over, and there are important matters to discuss." ”

"Yes!"

While walking towards the City Lord's Mansion, Bai Xing introduced on the side and said, "There are two particularly horizontal people inside, it is said that the generals of the forbidden army of the heaven-level city are coming over and asking for the Tiger Talisman." ”

"What? Tiger Talisman?"

Zhang Zhao was stunned, it was the first time he had heard of such a thing. The tiger talisman is a necessary thing for mobilizing the army, how can this be given to others casually?

Angry, Zhang Zhao quickly walked into the main hall, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw two middle-aged men wearing silver-white and gold armor sitting in the hall.

After seeing Zhang Zhao come back, the two immediately got up, clasped their hands into fists, and said respectfully: "The last generals, Fang Zhengxing and Yan Zhanlin, have seen the city lord. ”

Zhang Zhao nodded slowly, hurriedly arranged for the two to sit down, and asked with a smile: "The two generals came from afar and don't know what happened?"

At this time, the general named Fang Zhengxing, who was wearing golden battle armor, frowned slightly, and replied: "That's the case, a few days ago, the beast tide of Cangyun City besieged for many days, and although we fought desperately to kill the enemy, the damage was still heavy. In the end, the demon beast repelled well, but it also lost a lot of combat power. Now the opposing city defended by Cangyun City is ready to move, and 200,000 troops have been raised on the border, and I am afraid that they are coming to attack the city and plunder the land. ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Zhao understood that these two generals did come to ask for tiger talismans, but they were not for nothing, so they could understand it somewhat.

Moreover, when the heaven-level city came to the prefecture-level city to talk about things, it was completely possible to find a messenger, and now that they came directly to the two generals, it was enough to save face.

"Those two generals came today to borrow some soldiers and horses?"

"Exactly!"

Zhang Zhao tightly locked his brows, this court did not send him many soldiers and horses, saying that it was 200,000 elite soldiers, but in fact there were only 30,000, and the old, weak, sick and disabled accounted for more than half, and now they have been sent to guard the desert, how can they still be distributed.

"To tell you the truth, there are no soldiers in Rongchang City now. ”

"Didn't you say there were 200,000 elite soldiers?

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Zhao couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "200,000, that's just a false report, the last city lord is a scumbag at all, and most of the extra military salaries are privately swallowed." ”

"Embezzlement?"

Fang Zhengxing's face was stunned, and he was angry: "Embezzling the imperial court's military salary is a big crime, and you have to kill your head." ”

"So he's been killed by me. ”

"It's ....... Alas......."

Fang Zhengxing sat on the chair angrily, patted his hand, and said: "The Muhe Dynasty has been spying on our territory for many years, and this time the preparation of 200,000 troops is obviously here to attack the city. Last time, we lost 800,000 elites in the beast tide, and now we are powerless to resist the siege of the army. ”

"General, don't worry, I'll think of a way. ”

Zhang Zhao knew very well what the role of their border city was, which was to resist the invasion of foreign enemies.

Although Rongchang City and Cangyun City are separated by 5,000 miles, everyone has their own enemies to guard against.

And there seems to be no connection between the two cities, but in fact they are tightly connected, and if one city is broken, then the other will be in a desperate situation.

Therefore, helping each other is definitely a top priority.

"I only have 30,000 soldiers and horses, and I have been transferred to guard the desert, and the city is already an empty city. But don't worry, once the people of the Muhe Dynasty come, you will first close the city gate and don't start a war, prepare food for two years, provide us with two years of development time, and after two years, I will personally bring people over to help. ”

"Two years?"

Fang Zhengxing tightly locked his brows.

Attacking the city, he is very familiar with it, it is about besieging the city, to put it bluntly, it is besieging the city, and every exit of the city has been closed, so that people are not allowed to enter or exit.

Then when the resources in the city are exhausted, the people inside are hungry and can't stand it, so they will naturally open the city gate and take the initiative to come out.

If it is a siege, the price will be too great, and besides, this is still a heaven-level city, and the 200,000 army is not even enough to fill it, let alone be able to go up to the city wall.

"Okay, that's two years, the city lord must not forget, you must raise more soldiers and horses. ”

"Don't worry, I, Zhang Zhao, can guarantee with my personality that within two years, it will not be a problem to prepare an army of 500,000. ”

After sending the two generals away, Zhang Zhao turned to look at Bai Xing and said, "Is there any way to raise an army of 500,000 in two years?"

"Nope"

Zhang Zhao nodded and didn't say anything.

Even Bai Xing said no, then there was really no way to raise an army of 500,000.

At this time, Bai Xing suddenly grinned and said, "Has the king heard a story?"

"What's the story?"

"Siege Wei to save Zhao!"

Bai Xing's words reminded Zhang Zhao, but as far as the current situation is concerned, he doesn't know how to do this "encircling Wei to save Zhao".