Chapter 697: Cannon Fodder
In any case, the people in the big tent are their own henchmen and their most trustworthy subordinates, and they must be responsible for their safety, and do not let or minimize the danger they are in.
Thinking of this, Han Lei thought for a while and said: "The strength of our Han family is too weak, and we don't have a stable base, even if we kill Lu Rong, we won't be able to get everything from the Flying Tiger Gang, but it will cause the full backlash of the other Lu family members of the Flying Tiger Gang, which is not conducive to the development and growth of our Han family."
At the same time, Lu Rong holds the power of the Flying Tiger Gang and has bad intentions towards our Han family, so we must select 20,000 elites from the 60,000 captives before Lu Rong digests the resources and population of Zhaojiabao's territory, so that they will absolutely obey our orders and supplement the shortcomings of our Han family's army. ”
Hearing Han Lei's words, Han Qiang couldn't help but ask: "Young Master, the 60,000 captives in our hands are all strong, as long as they cultivate well, they will all become qualified soldiers, why don't our Han family take them all under our command, but only select 20,000 people?" ”
Glancing at Han Qiang, who had a puzzled look, Han Lei hesitated for a while, as if he had made up his mind, and said with a firm face: "The Land of Chaos is not a place for us to develop, after a while, we will leave here and go to the Roman Empire to develop." ”
Looking at Han Lei, who had a determined face, Han Qiang, who originally wanted to be right, hesitated for a while, but still did not say a word of opposition.
After making up his mind, Han Lei felt comfortable all over his body, he had long wanted to leave the land of chaos and go to the Roman Empire to develop, but he had never been able to find a suitable opportunity.
In his opinion, the Land of Chaos is far away from the mainland, and the economic resources and population are very scarce compared to the mainland, and at the same time, the local forces in the Land of Chaos are extremely huge, and it is difficult for outsiders like their Han family to be recognized by the locals, and it is even more difficult to develop and grow.
What's more, he thinks that the land of chaos is too small to give full play to his talents, as long as the vast continent is the stage suitable for his development, and the Han family's 30,000 elite army is the bargaining chip in his hand and a tool for him to display his talents.
Casually glancing at the people in the big tent, Han Lei's eyes flashed a few essences, and he said loudly: "I have already calculated, if Lu Rong wants to rectify the population and resource territory of Zhaojiabao, it will take at least a month, and we will also leave the chaotic land in a month and go to the Roman Empire to develop."
During this month, we declared to the outside world that we swore to break through Zhaojiabao to help the adults avenge their hatred, and used this as an excuse to ask Lu Rong for food and weapons, if Lu Rong wanted to obtain the allegiance of the Flying Tiger Gang army, he would definitely agree to our request and send a large number of food and weapons, so that we could use this batch of grain and grass weapons to arm the 60,000 prisoners, and let the 60,000 prisoners continue to attack Zhaojiabao.
If we can break through Zhaojiabao and get a lot of wealth stored in Zhaojiabao, if we can't break Zhaojiabao, we can also use Zhaojiabao's protection to train an elite army and eliminate unqualified soldiers, so that when we leave, we will get an elite army that is good at attacking cities. ”
Hearing Han Lei's words, the eyes of everyone in the big tent lit up, they understood what Han Lei meant, and they wanted to use Zhaojiabao to train troops to gain a good reputation, as well as a large number of food, weapons and other materials, enhance the strength of the Han family's army, and take the opportunity to plunder a large amount of wealth to prepare for the Roman Empire.
Seeing that everyone in the big tent understood their minds, Han Lei nodded lightly and said, "Everyone pay attention to secrecy, before we leave, I don't want outsiders to know the news that we are leaving." ”
Hearing Han Lei's warning words, everyone in the big tent nodded yes.
In the early morning of the second day, 20,000 captives were organized by Han Lei's army, divided into four sequences, holding circular shields and carrying a three-meter spear, and slowly advanced towards the city walls of Zhaojiabao.
When the 5,000 captives who were the vanguard entered the 100-meter range of Zhaojiabao, sharp arrows fell from the sky, constantly hitting the round shields, and constantly shooting the captives one by one, and the difficult siege battle began.
20,000 captives armed with weapons under the care of 30,000 elite troops, desperately launched a round of ferocious attacks on Zhaojiabao, while the defenders of Zhaojiabao relied on Zhaojiabao's strong city wall defense system, constantly shooting sharp arrows, constantly throwing thick sandalwood, and constantly pouring barrels of gasoline, repelling the attacks of 20,000 captives again and again.
Every time more than 100 captives climb the walls of Zhaojiabao, the defense system of the Plane City will be activated, and a magic attack will be released, killing all the captives who ascended the city walls to protect the safety of the soldiers defending Zhaojiabao.
Under the combined effect of the strong city wall defense system of Zhaojiabao, as well as the defense system and attack system of the plane city, the 20,000 siege captives died heavily, and 10,000 people remained under the city wall forever, while the defenders of Zhaojiabao only killed dozens of people and injured more than 100 people.
Faced with the huge difference in casualties between the two sides, Han Lei's face remained unchanged, and at the moment when he ordered the prisoners to attack the city, this casualty ratio was exactly what he expected. Zhaojiabao's defense system, he has carefully studied, it is very perfect, it is extremely difficult to attack it, plus Zhaojiabao has a rich strategic reserve, weapons and food are abundant, with 20,000 prisoners can capture it is a strange thing!
Of course, the most important thing is that Zhaojiabao has a magic defense and magic attack system, so that he does not dare to invest too much military power at one time, otherwise, as soon as the opponent's magic attack system is opened, all the soldiers besieging the city will die tragically under the magic attack, Lu Fei and his 30,000 elite army is a living example.
Therefore, his plan is very good, launch a large-scale attack today, and make a sworn revenge for Lu Fei, so that he can ask Lu Rong for a large amount of food and grass weapons.
Starting from the next day, he sent thousands of troops every day to constantly attack Zhaojiabao, constantly depleting Zhaojiabao's arrow reserves, constantly depleting Zhaojiabao's magic crystal core reserves, and at the same time eliminating a group of prisoners and training a group of siege soldiers who are not afraid of death.
On a vacant lot in the northwest corner of Zhaojiabao, thousands of sturdy men, under the command of dozens of architects, put building materials in a corner according to certain rules, hundreds of skilled construction workers, pick up a piece of building materials, according to the drawings given by the architect, put a piece of processed building materials, put them in a fixed position, and then, dozens of earth warlocks, cast permanent solidification skills, enhance the defense ability of the building.
Looking at the building that was rising little by little, Zhao Zhong, who was not far away, said to Zhao Yi with a puzzled expression: "Do you know why the young master mobilized a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to build a building that we can't understand?" ”
Glancing at Zhao Zhong with a puzzled expression, Zhao Yi shrugged his shoulders helplessly and said, "I don't know either." However, I think this building should be very useful to the young master, otherwise, the young master would not use so much manpower to build a useless building at this time, so when this building is built, we will know its purpose. ”
Zhao Zhong nodded lightly and said, "Well, when this building is completed, we will know what it is used for." Now let's put this building aside and tell me what you think of the current situation! Do you think we still have a chance to reclaim the land that belongs to our Zhaojiabao? ”
Seeing the worried look on Zhao Zhong's face, and feeling the despair that unintentionally emanated from his body, Zhao Yi was taken aback in his heart, if Zhao Zhong didn't have confidence in Zhao Jiabao or the young master, then wouldn't the other people in Zhao Jiabao be even less confident? If this atmosphere of despair is allowed to spread at will in Zhaojiabao, won't Zhaojiabao fall into a state of destruction?
When the atmosphere of despair enveloped the entire Zhaojiabao, without the army of the Flying Tigers entering the castle, the people in the castle became chaotic and automatically opened the gate of the castle to welcome the army of the Flying Tigers into the castle.
At this time, the atmosphere of despair must not be allowed to spread in the castle, and the young master must be told about this situation, so that he can find a way to solve this problem, otherwise, if it is allowed to spread, Zhaojiabao will fall into a dangerous situation.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yi immediately said to Zhao Zhong with a solemn face: "Although we are now at a disadvantage and trapped in Zhaojiabao, we have sufficient reserves of grain and grass materials in Zhaojiabao, and hundreds of thousands of residents, as long as we hold the castle while training soldiers, when the time is ripe, we can break through and call on the residents in the territory to form hundreds of thousands of troops to launch a counterattack against the Flying Tiger Gang."
Also, Uncle Zhong, as our steward of Zhaojiabao and one of the cores of Zhaojiabao's power, even if you are not optimistic about the future of Zhaojiabao and the young master, you must not show it on your face.
No matter what time it is, you must maintain absolute calm, absolute self-confidence, and your face reveals infinite expectations and confidence in the bright future of Zhaojiabao, as long as this way, the residents of the castle will not mix, otherwise, you, the high-level of Zhaojiabao, have no confidence in the future of Zhaojiabao, so the residents of the castle are not even more confident? ”