"Great Marshal, the arrow rain mechanism in this fortress is too powerful, we can't let the Imperial soldiers make senseless sacrifices!" Seeing that his thousand-strong brigade was instantly shot into a hedgehog and nailed to the hard ground, a senior officer's face was very ugly, and after a little hesitation, he persuaded Long Qian beside him.

"The arrow rain mechanism of this fortress is indeed very powerful, if you want to break the arrow rain mechanism of this fortress, I don't know how many imperial soldiers' lives will be consumed, we can't waste the lives of imperial soldiers at will, let imperial soldiers make senseless sacrifices, we must think of other ways to solve the arrow rain mechanism of this fortress!" Hearing the senior officer's words, Long Qian nodded lightly.

As soon as the two thousand-strong brigades approached the walls of the fortress, they were shot into hedgehogs and killed in an instant by the dense rain of arrows, which made Long Qian feel very shocked, and he didn't want to make unnecessary sacrifices for the imperial soldiers.

Of course, if Long Qian continues to send people to his death, then it is likely to cause a mutiny in the army! After all, no one wanted to die, and knowing that they were going to die, these soldiers would rather fight up than die a tragic death under a dense rain of arrows.

"Dashuai, this fortress is the entrance to Qingfeng Valley and the last line of defense of the steel plant, it must be valued by the Zhao family, not only is the Zhao family's personal guard stationed, but also a large number of materials are hoarded, we want to capture it, it is not something that can be done in a moment, so we can temporarily withdraw our troops, stationed nearby, and while waiting for the arrival of imperial reinforcements, we will find a way to solve the arrow rain mechanism of the fortress!" As soon as Long Qian's voice fell, a senior officer suggested softly.

"Let's withdraw our troops for the time being, and when we think of solving the fortress arrow rain mechanism, we will attack this fortress, capture Qingfeng Valley in one fell swoop, and nationalize the steel plant!" Hearing the senior officer's words, Long Qian hesitated for a moment, then nodded lightly.

It is difficult for them to capture the fortress at the entrance of Qingfeng Valley today, instead of spending time in front of the fortress, making useless tentative attacks, and wasting the lives of imperial soldiers, it is better to retreat for the time being, wait for a favorable opportunity to attack, and capture Qingfeng Valley in one fell swoop!

With the issuance of Long Qian's order, more than 100,000 imperial troops immediately set off, retreated to the rear, and settled at the foot of Qingfeng Mountain.

Soon after, Zhao Hu received the news that Qingfeng Valley was being attacked by the Imperial Army, and learned that the Imperial Army was stationed at the foot of Qingfeng Mountain and that Imperial reinforcements were coming.

Looking at the information fed back by the spies, Zhao Hu lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and said softly to himself: "It's also time to show the strength of our Andy City, lest the empire think that our Andy City only has the ability to defend the city, and has no attack power, so it can't pose a threat to the empire!" ”

After whispering to himself for a while, Zhao Hu sent someone to call Zhou Ming, the leader of the city guards, and Zhao Fei, the leader of the Zhao clan's merchant guards, to his study, preparing to let Zhou Ming and Zhao Fei lead the city guards and the merchant guards to take the initiative to attack and defeat the more than 100,000 imperial troops stationed at the foot of Qingfeng Valley.

"I've seen the young master!"

"I've seen the young master!"

As soon as they entered Zhao Hu's study, Zhou Ming and Zhao Fei greeted Zhao Hu one after another.

"I called you here to let you lead the city guards and merchant group guards under your command to take the initiative to attack and completely defeat the imperial army stationed at the foot of Qingfeng Mountain, so that it will not be able to form a combat force!" Hearing Zhou Ming and Zhao Fei's greetings, Zhao Hu nodded lightly and said with a calm face.

"Young Master, in this operation, will all of our 50,000 city guards be dispatched, or will only some of them be dispatched?" Hearing Zhao Hu's words, Zhou Ming took the lead in asking loudly.

"Your 50,000 city guards left 20,000 to guard the walls of Andy City, and the other 30,000 are all dispatched! At the same time, the 50,000 merchant guards and the 50,000 elite guards they had just received were also dispatched to assist the city guards in defeating the imperial army, and to strangle or capture them as much as possible, so that they could not pose any threat to our Andy City! Hearing Zhou Ming's words, Zhao Hu said with a calm face.

After speaking, Zhao Hu set his eyes on Zhao Fei's body and asked his opinion with an inquiring gaze.

"Young Master, most of the 50,000 elite guards are very satisfied with joining our merchant group guards, thinking that joining our merchant group guards is joining the Zhao family, which is a very promising thing, and they are also willing to work for Andy City for the Zhao family, so the young master doesn't have to worry about the problem of 50,000 powerful guards!" Seeing Zhao Hu's probing gaze, Zhao Fei immediately knew that Zhao Hu was asking about the stability of his 50,000 powerful guards, so he hurriedly responded loudly.

The elite guards of the thirty-six powerful families in Andy City are very satisfied with joining the Zhao Clan's business group, because the treatment of the Zhao clan's merchant group guards is better than their previous treatment, their strength is stronger, and their future is broader, so they have no resistance to joining the Zhao clan's business group, but hope to be able to make meritorious contributions in the Zhao clan's business group, obtain higher questions and better treatment, and it is best to enter the eyes of the Zhao family, so as to soar.

"Since you don't have any problems, go back and prepare! I hope to hear from you tomorrow! Hearing Zhao Fei's words, Zhao Hu nodded lightly and said.

After receiving Zhao Hu's order, Zhou Ming and Zhao Fei said hello to Zhao Hu one after another, left the study, returned to the garrison of the army under their command, announced Zhao Hu's order, and prepared to go on the expedition.

Soon after, Zhao Hu's order to take the initiative to attack spread among the city guards and merchant guards, and a large number of war materials were continuously sent from the warehouses under the city lord's mansion to the places where the city guards and merchant guards were stationed.

"Boss, we just joined the Zhao Clan's merchant group to guard, and the Zhao family sent us to attack the hundreds of thousands of elite imperial troops, isn't this using us as cannon fodder?" A big man wearing the armor of the merchant group said loudly with an angry look on his face.

"What do you kid know! If the Zhao family really used us as cannon fodder, they wouldn't have given us armor and weapons worth thousands of gold! You must know that the armor on your body and the weapons in your hands are worth thousands of taels of silver, and the armor, weapons and other equipment on our 50,000 guards are worth 50 million taels of silver, if the Zhao family uses our 50,000 guards as cannon fodder, they will take out weapons and armor equipment worth 50 million silver for us to use! As soon as the big man's voice fell, a big man with a scar picked up the sharp long knife in his hand, tapped it lightly on his hard armor with the back of the knife, and scolded loudly.

"Boss, are you saying that the Zhao family did not treat us as cannon fodder, and this expedition is our opportunity to make meritorious contributions?" As soon as the scarred man's voice fell, the big man's eyes lit up, and he said with excitement on his face.

"Of course! This is our chance to make meritorious contributions! It is the first battle we have joined the Zhao Merchant Group, and it is also the most critical battle, if we can't make a contribution in this battle, it will be difficult to get ahead in the Zhao Merchant Group! Therefore, for the sake of everyone's future, everyone must perform well in this battle and make enough meritorious deeds, so that we have the opportunity to enter the Zhao family's field of vision, so as to jump out of the circle of the Zhao family's merchant group and enter the city guards or guards! Seeing that his subordinates understood what he meant, the scar man nodded lightly.

This scarred man's name is Zhong Zida, he has great ambitions, he has never had the opportunity to realize his ambitions, he was trapped in Andy City as a guard, and now after joining the Zhao family's merchant group guards, the ambition in his heart was immediately released, ready to hug the thighs of the Zhao family, and realize his ambition to be a general and marquis.

In the early morning of the second day, 30,000 city guards and the merchant group guards who had just expanded to 100,000 left Andy City and marched towards the place where the Emerald Empire's army was stationed.

The actions of the city guards and the merchant guards were not disguised in the slightest, and the spies of the imperial army inquired about the situation of the city guards and the merchant guards at the first time, and transmitted the information of the city guards and the merchant guards to the imperial army.

When he learned that the 30,000 city guards and 100,000 merchant guards of Andy City took the initiative to leave Andy City, which had strong walls, and approached the place where his army was stationed, wanting to defeat the general's army in the field battle, Long Qian was first stunned, and then looked disdainful.

Long Qian doesn't look down on the city guards and the merchant group guards at all, the city guards are a little better, at least they have a few years of strict training, and their combat effectiveness should be pretty good, which is worth Long Qian's attention, but it's just a figure of 30,000 people, so Long Qian can't be interested.

And the 100,000 merchant group guards Long Qian didn't care much at all, even if there were many merchant group guards, in front of the regular army, it was not worth mentioning, and it was vulnerable, and it couldn't attract Long Qian's attention and vigilance at all.

"Since the head of the Zhao family in Andy City was kicked in the head by a donkey, and a large army was sent to fight with us in the field, we can't let the Zhao family in Andy City disappoint, so we will have a good fight with the Zhao family's army in the field, so that the Zhao family in Andy City and the entire empire will know the strong strength and combat effectiveness of our imperial army!" With a look of surprise and disdain, Long Qian said loudly to the senior officer beside him with a smile on his face.

Subsequently, Long Qian gave the order to assemble to meet the battle, and one by one, under the command of all levels of the legions, gathered in one place, formed a neat queue, left the station, and approached in the direction of Andy City.