At about fifteen o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Hongyu led the army to arrive at the foot of Shiliang City and began to camp.

After arriving at Shiliang City, Zhao Hongyu immediately began to look at the surrounding environment. It doesn't matter if you look at it, it's really looking at it, and his brows have been furrowed together.

The vicinity is mostly swampy, and there are abundant aquatic plants, but it is not conducive to the development of large armies.

There is only one dirt road leading to Shira Castle that can line up eight people side by side, and if it is artillery, then it is just one door.

If you want to attack this city, it will be really a bit troublesome.

At the same time, under the castle, there is a moat more than two meters wide.

The environment is a little harsh, but it's nothing. The biggest headache for Zhao Hongyu was the defense of the entire city, which was really beyond Zhao Hongyu's expectations.

Shira Castle is a typical Japanese castle building, and its walls are made of whole stones, so you don't need to think much about how strong it is, it must be very strong.

Shira Castle is built on the basis of a hill, and it makes effective use of the surrounding environment.

Zhao Hongyu sat on his horse, and he could see the inner city streets in Shiliang City, and he felt a chill in his heart.

The gate of the city is not wide, and there is no direct access to the city. Therefore, if Zhao Hongyu led the army to attack it, then it would be necessary to start spiraling up along the snake-shaped inner city streets.

However, the streets of the inner city were very narrow with a maximum of six soldiers walking side by side.

At the same time, in the process of marching, the defenders in the city can rely on their height to constantly inflict effective damage on the enemies on the streets of the inner city, making them defenseless.

Not to mention anything else, Zhao Hongyu relied on visual inspection. I saw that there were a lot of oil pots and big stones on the inner city streets spiraling up.

After seeing this, you don't have to experience it for yourself just to think about it, and you can understand how much it will cost when it spirals up the streets of the inner city.

Not to mention, there are nine passes and gates in the inner city...... My grandmother deserves to be called the city of the Kyushu tribe.

After Zhao Hongyu finished watching Shiliang City, he was completely convinced.

To deal with such a city, it seems that even the army under his command can be successfully captured, but the price paid must be very large.

This is also the last thing Zhao Hongyu wants to see.

A city like this. Don't say a thousand defenders, as long as you give yourself 200 men, you can defend it. Because this city is a typical city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Shiliang Castle has only one gate, and the walls are so high that ordinary ladders are useless at all.

In addition, there are swamps and puddles all around, so if you want to attack Shira Castle, you can only attack from the front path that can line up eight people.

After Zhao Hongyu watched Shiliang City, he already had a number in his heart, so he turned his horse's head and returned to his main formation.

When Emma and Sara saw Zhao Hongyu come back, they noticed that something was not quite right on his face. I knew that my man's mood was not very good at this time.

Sara walked over at this time and said to Zhao Hongyu in a soft voice: "This city is a little difficult to attack, but we will always think of a way, I think you should cheer up." Don't be so depressed. ”

Hearing Sara say this, Zhao Hongyu looked up and looked at her with a smile: "I'm not depressed, I just didn't expect this city to be like this." I'm not that easy to get hit by yet, and we haven't attacked yet, have we? ”

Zhao Hongyu saw Sara and thought that he seemed to be a little depressed. I'm really a little speechless.

It's true to say that he has some headaches, but it's not to the point where he loses his courage after seeing Shiliang Castle.

Truly. Shiliang Castle has not been conquered throughout the Warring States Period, which is why there is such a saying that Kyushu Fortified Castle is known. But Zhao Hongyu doesn't see it that way, because he knows that there is no unbreakable city in the world, but you haven't found a way.

Once you find an effective way, then it will be very easy for Shiliang Castle, which is known as the first fortified city in Kyushu, to break through.

The inner city of Shiliang Castle has a total of nine floors, and each layer is basically a city that needs to be conquered by the enemy.

Here in this formation, Zhao Hongyu can clearly see the buildings built on every floor of the inner city of Shiliang City along the mountain. These buildings include private houses, shops, izaya houses, and brothels, and it can be said that unlike other castles, the people of Shira Castle have their homes on the inner mountain road.

The streets are narrow, which is not conducive to the attacking side, but completely favorable to the defenders.

Grandma's, what kind of pervert did he come up with to build such a city.

If I take this city then, then I will definitely take it for myself, and then place artillery on the battlements of the winding mountain road, and then it will be invincible.

"My dear, do you think it will be difficult to take this city?"

At this time, Emma walked over and asked softly.

The little girl also saw the perversion of Shiliang Castle, so she was a little worried that the army would suffer great losses under this city, and she also saw that her husband's face was very ugly, obviously worried about this city.

At such a time, her wife must have to stand up.

Although she can't help much, she can always comfort her man.

Emma thinks the same way as Sarah.

However, Emma heard the conversation between Sara and Zhao Hongyu just now.

So, she can't be as direct as Sarah, and can only use a more roundabout strategy.

As for what Zhao Hongyu said, he is not worried or embarrassed, it is just some excuse for Emma to love face.

Men always want to behave like this in front of women.

Emma felt that she had guessed correctly.

"It's definitely a little difficult, but it's not absolute. I'm thinking now to see if we can come up with a good way to conquer this city, but without much loss. You know, if we attack it, we will definitely capture this city, but if we do so, we will also lose a lot, and in my opinion, this is more than worth the loss. ”

When Zhao Hongyu heard Emma ask this question, he thought about it and replied.

"The lives of Imperial soldiers are precious, and I don't want to lose too much. It's because I think about this aspect that I feel a little embarrassed. ”

He didn't think there was any need to hide anything from Emma, so he told Emma what was in his heart.

Emma nodded, oh, that's what happened.

After knowing Zhao Hongyu's thoughts, Emma understood a little.

Because she has been with Zhao Hongyu for a long time, Emma still knows Zhao Hongyu's character quite well.

Just like Zhao Hongyu himself said, he takes the lives of the imperial soldiers very seriously.

It's as if the lives of the soldiers of the empire are the same as his own.

This is still very peculiar for Emma.

It's not just Emma, but even Sara sometimes can't figure it out.

You must know that in the seventeenth century of this time and space, who did not regard the lower ones as cows, horses, and ants desperately called, and no one regarded them as human beings at all.

Like Zhao Hongyu, a superior who values the lives of soldiers very much, there is really no one in this era.

So, he's a little different.

Even Emma thought it was very strange.

She was under the impression that tribal wars between Indians often killed many people.

But, even so, none of the elders of that tribe said that because the tribal warriors had lost too much, we should not fight.

For a wide variety of interests, wars between tribes will always break out.

Of course, that's all in the past.

Since the advent of Zhao Hongyu and the establishment of Manhattan, the Indians have integrated into the Song Empire and are no longer divided into each other.

So, now the wars between the tribes have become a thing of the past.

But no matter what, the Song Empire's foreign wars were not unfounded.

If you always think about the lives of the soldiers at the bottom in this way, then there is no need to fight the war at all.

Therefore, Emma feels that as a superior person, she should not attach too much importance to the lives of her subordinates, as long as she treats them well, so that she doesn't have to think so much about it when something happens.

And Sara's opinion is basically the same as Emma's, as a French noblewoman, although she is not as scum as other nobles, but her opinion of the common people is also the mainstream of this era.

"My dear, are you a little more kind of a woman?" Emma has been following Zhao Hongyu for three years, so she has learned a lot of some idioms. "If you keep thinking so, then we don't need to fight this war."

Emma looked at Zhao Hongyu with a serious expression and said to him.

"Where there is war, there will be losses, this is an inevitable thing. If it really comes to that point, you can't look ahead and backward like that. And you're a superior person, so you can't be too indecisive when thinking about things. Zhao Hongyu couldn't have imagined that Emma, who was so young, would say this to herself righteously.

"And I think soldiers have their destiny, which is to fight for their country on the battlefield. As for whether the environment is bad or not, they don't have to think about it. ”

At this time, Emma began to think about this matter with the thinking of an Indian.

Although he didn't agree with Emma's statement, Zhao Hongyu couldn't argue with her about this issue.

After all, Emma is an Indian, and she can't have the kind of ideas and ideas that are beyond her time.

Therefore, after Zhao Hongyu listened to Emma's words, he could only grin and start to be stunned. (To be continued......)