"Your Majesty, if you get the Overlord Bow, it won't cause us any trouble. ”

"No, even if you have a headache, the one who should have the most headache now is the left and right Xianwang. ”

"Then we have to prepare for the attack of King Zuoxian's army?"

"King Zuo Xian has lost face in the Blue Wave City, he will definitely find this field, and there will be a battle in Cloud City!"

"Your Majesty's divine power is overwhelming, and it is really remarkable that he has broken through to the realm of transforming gods on the battlefield of the Blue Wave City. ”

"Good luck, too!"

Wang Mang and his entourage chatted while walking, but after a while, Cloud City had already received the news, the city gate was wide open, and Meng Tian and Feng Tang took tens of thousands of elite soldiers to set up a large array outside the city, quietly waiting for the arrival of Wang Mang and others.

"The courtiers of the North Marquis Meng Tian greet Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

"Chen Yunzhong ordered Feng Tang to snort, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!"

As soon as Meng Tian and Feng Tang saw Wang Mang's shadow in the sky, they shouted loudly, and then knelt on the ground, and behind them, tens of thousands of elite soldiers knelt down outside the city.

Looking at this scene, even if Hu Bugui already knew Wang Mang's identity, he was still surprised, although he had an extraordinary inheritance, it was the first time he had seen the imperial honor guard.

As for Wan Yan Gu, he was frightened, he knew that the lord he worshipped was very powerful, his cultivation was earth-shattering, and his identity was also very unusual, but no matter how Wan Yan Gu thought about it, he never thought that Wang Mang would be the emperor of Daqin, far higher than the king of Zuo Xian.

Wang Mang's face was solemn, and he said: "Everyone Aiqing is flat, let's go into the city to prepare for war!"

"Yes!" tens of thousands of people shouted in unison.

Wang Mang was led into Cloud City by Meng Tian and Feng Tang, although Wang Mang had also been to Cloud City before, but it was a private visit to Weifu, and the feeling of entering Cloud City with the dignity of the emperor this time was different.

"Your Majesty, I heard from the spies that there was a big battle in the city of Bibo, but the battlefield was surrounded by the army of King Zuoxian, and no specific news could come out, I don't know what the situation is now?"

"The city of blue waves has been destroyed in this great battle, the overlord bow was obtained by Tiemu Town after the appearance of the world, the temple is the power behind Tiemu Town, the divine envoy of the temple was killed by me, the army of King Zuo Xian was also killed by me, the prime ministers of the king of the left and right Xian also died at my hands, I evacuated from the city in the clouds under the protection of Bai Qi and their guards, and the army of King Zuo Xian chased and intercepted me halfway, if it wasn't for the people of the Goshawk Regiment, I am afraid I would not be so easy to come back. Wang Mang briefly talked about the situation in the Blue Wave City, although he was not specific, but Meng Tian and the others heard the bloody killing aura in it, not to mention anything else, how many people would die if the destruction of Cloud City alone.

"The ministers originally wanted to lead the army to the city of blue waves, but thinking that His Majesty had a strict order before, they stayed in the city of clouds and did not come out, if they knew that so many major events had happened in the city of blue waves, the ministers would take people to the city of clouds even if they risked the dedication of being beheaded against the holy decree. Meng Tian said.

"It has nothing to do with General Meng Tian, it is the minister who advocates not going to the city of blue waves. Feng Tang said: "The city of blue waves is now gathered by the major forces of the grassland, there are countless masters from all walks of life, and there is even the army of King Zuo Xian eyeing my cloud city, if our army rashly attacks the city of blue waves, I am afraid that the defense here in cloud city will have problems." ”

"So you don't let people go to the Blue Wave City to support?" Cheng Buzhi suddenly looked at Feng Tang and said.

"Of course not. Feng Tang was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "The most important reason is that the minister believes in Your Majesty, although the grassland people are difficult, they are still far from enough in front of Your Majesty." ”

Wang Mang looked at Feng Tang and Cheng Buzhi meaningfully, although these two people are his generals, they are obviously not very united, but this is not important, anyway, as a general, life and death are connected with him, the lord is dead, the lord is fine, if the lord dies, the war will definitely die.

"Report, King Zuoxian of the grassland issued a royal decree to summon all the grassland tribes within a radius of thousands of miles from the city of blue waves to come to the city of blue waves, intending to set foot in my cloud city!"

As soon as Wang Mang and the others entered the palace, an urgent battle report arrived from the front line from the scouts.

Although he had long been prepared for King Zuo Xian's possible attack on Yunzhong City, when he heard the news that King Zuo Xian had really summoned a large army to attack Yunzhong City, Meng Tian was furious, and he turned around and kowtowed in front of Wang Mang and said: "Your Majesty, the minister Meng Tian asked for an order to lead a team of light soldiers to kill King Zuo Xian, this old man is too deceitful!"

Feng Tang said: "Fei Ye, Fei Ye, Your Majesty has already said that King Zuo Xian is not only a strong man in the God Transformation Realm, but also has at least eight strong people in the God Transformation Realm under his command, and there is an alliance with King Youxian, and now there are more than 100,000 troops under his command, and in a few days, he will be able to gather a million troops under his command, so strong, it is not something that can be exterminated by a light soldier, the general should not be impulsive." ”

Of course, Meng Tian knew that he was not the opponent of King Zuoxian, but at this moment he wanted to show Wang Mang an attitude, originally the Meng family and the Wang family were imperial military families, and almost all the famous generals of Great Qin came from the two families of King Meng, but now there are famous generals like Li Guanghuo going to the army around us, and now there is a battlefield killing god like Bai Qi, Meng Tian has already felt a deep crisis, Meng Tian knows very well that the foundation of his Meng family is the importance of the military field in Daqin, if the position in the army is replaced, then the Meng family will be in danger.

Meng Tian had an idea when he heard the prestige of Li Guang and others in Hangu Pass and Yelang Country, and this time Wang Mang came to Cloud City, Meng Tian was very planning to behave well.

Wang Mang also had some feelings about Meng Tian's thoughts, but he didn't want Meng Tian to take risks, Mengshi had been guarding the northwest of Great Qin for many years, and was a guardian saint in the hearts of the people of Great Qin in the northwest.

Although he didn't want to admit it, Wang Mang knew in his heart that in the hearts of the people in the northwest of Great Qin, I was afraid that he, the Emperor of Great Qin, might not have the weight of Dingbei Marquis Mengtian.

Because of this, Wang Mang couldn't let Meng Tian take risks, and in response to Meng Tian's request, Wang Mang smiled and said: "The grassland is where King Zuo Xian's lair is located, after all, it is not my territory of Great Qin, and it is clear that the Marquis of Dingbei is outstanding in meritorious service, anyway, King Zuo Xian is coming to my Cloud City, I will wait here for the rabbit, wait for work, and kill the King Zuo Xian under this Dingbei City, wouldn't it be happy!"

"Obey the order!" Meng Tian said with an unwilling face, in his heart, it didn't matter, really letting him go to the grassland to kill King Zuo Xian was tantamount to letting him go to death, anyway, the attitude was already in place.

"Dingbei Hou, how many soldiers and horses can be used in the entire Cloud City now?" Wang Mang said.

"There are 300,000 regular troops, including 100,000 garrisons in Cloudsdale City, 100,000 garrisons in Dingbei City, and 100,000 garrisons in various fortresses near Cloudsdale City. Meng Tian said: "In addition, the city in the clouds has been fighting for many years, almost everyone in the city has put on armor and gone into battle, and there are even veterans who have not returned to their hometowns after retiring, if they blow the assembly number, they should be able to recruit another 200,000 reserve soldiers, and the combat effectiveness is slightly weaker than that of the regular army, and if there is more time, at least 300,000 soldiers can be summoned." ”

Wang Mang pondered for a moment and said, "According to your estimates, how many troops can King Zuo Xian collect this time to attack Cloud City. ”

"Judging from the news, King Zuo Xian ordered the conscription of tribes within a radius of thousands of miles from the city of blue waves, as far as the minister knows, if the tribes within a radius of thousands of miles are all called, King Zuo Xian can at least gather an army of two million, but the grassland is not united, there are many people who have opinions on King Zuoxian, according to the minister's estimates, King Zuo Xian can gather an army of one million at most, counting the logistics troops, when no more than two million people. ”

800,000 vs. 2 million?

Wang Mang looked stunned, judging from the numbers alone, King Zuo Xian would almost certainly be able to set foot in Cloud City this time, if so, then what else would Cloud City guard?

Cheng Buzhi said: "The grasslands are mostly cavalry, and they are good at fighting in the plains and grasslands, I don't know how this siege battle is?"

"Historically, the steppe people were not good at attacking cities. Meng Tian said: "They don't have enough siege equipment, and they mainly rely on the accumulation of numbers to attack the city. ”

"Wouldn't their casualties be very large?" Cheng Bu said.

"For grassland nobles like King Zuo Xian, the small tribes below are all consumables, and they can't be heartbroken no matter how much they die. Meng Tian sneered: "This is the most different place between the grassland and my Central Plains, and it is also the place where the Central Plains countries are most defensive about the grassland, they can't coexist at all, if those nobles of the grassland really rule the Central Plains, then my Central Plains people will be no different from slaves." ”

Hearing Meng Tian say this, Cheng Buzhi frowned and said, "How about the defense of Yunzhong City? If the city is defended by a general, how many days can 200,000 soldiers defend the city against 500,000 enemy troops?"

Meng Tian said: "At most, we will have to withdraw in half a month." ”

Cheng Buzhi nodded, and then said, "I don't know if the general may send someone to take me to see the city defense of Cloud City?"

Meng Tian glanced at Wang Mang, and seeing that Wang Mang did not object, he beckoned someone to come over and asked him to take Cheng Buzhi to conduct a survey of the city defense of Cloud City.

When Cheng Buzhi left, Meng Tian looked at Wang Mang and said, "Your Majesty, this Lord Cheng seems to know the soldiers very well?"

"Cheng Buzhi is good at defending the city, and he is known as the eight winds that do not move. Wang Mang said lightly: "He is not particularly keen on attacking, he thinks that defense is the best offense, stay in the city and exhaust the enemy's strength outside the city, and the war will naturally be won." ”

The eight winds don't move?

Meng Tian secretly said a powerful voice, but he had never heard the name that he didn't know, as if this person had appeared out of thin air, very mysterious.

Bai Qi said at this time: "Your Majesty, can you let General Meng lend me 30,000 soldiers and horses?"

Wang Mang said, "What do you think?"

"I don't think so. Bai Qi said: "If there are 30,000 elite soldiers, I can set up a top-level killing array, and when the time comes, I will set it up outside the city, and I will definitely make the invading grassland people suffer a big loss." ”

Meng Tian has already heard of Bai Qi's deeds, it can be said that in a short period of time, Bai Qi has almost swept all the sand thieves and grassland dark piles in all directions of Cloud City, and his cultivation is also earth-shattering, and his trust in Bai Qi's ability made Meng Tian say directly: "General Bai is in need, don't say 30,000 people, even 100,000 people can also be borrowed, besides, the army in this city is Your Majesty's, as long as Your Majesty agrees, there is no need to ask for my opinion." ”

Wang Mang looked at the white of his eyes and said: "If you want 30,000 people, I will give you 60,000 people, and you will be the vanguard, I hope you can fight a beautiful battle and severely frustrate the spirit of King Zuoxian." ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, you will definitely teach King Zuo Xian a hard lesson. Bai Qi said: "Without further ado, please General Meng quickly give me 60,000 troops, and I will go and arrange it." ”

Meng Tian did not hesitate, and ordered 30,000 elite soldiers from Yunzhong City and Dingbei City to come to Bai Qi's command to report, although Bai Qi did not stay in Yunzhong City for a long time, but his reputation was not ordinary, and the 60,000 soldiers who were assigned to Bai Qi's command went to Bai Qi to report here almost without the slightest opposition.

Even though Bai Qidang went out of the city with 60,000 people to train, as for Cheng Buzhi, he slipped around the city quickly, rushed back, and said directly: " Your Majesty, General Meng, and the minister took a turn in the city in the clouds, and found that this city is really a natural male city, and it is the most suitable to fight a defensive counterattack, but many of the city defense facilities in the city are a little old, and there are also some city defenses that need to be replaced, and the minister also found some problems that need to be corrected immediately, please Your Majesty quickly issued an order, let the minister carry out a transformation of the cloud city, and the minister can ensure that the transformed cloud city is not said to be impregnable, at least it will be increased by three percent of the defense level than the original city defense level. ”

"How long will it take you to complete the transformation?" Meng Tian frowned.

"One day. Cheng Buzhi said: "The war is coming, there is not so much time for me to renovate, if there is enough time, I can at least double the defense strength of this city." ”

Hearing Cheng Buzhi say this, Meng Tian was a little angry, Yunzhong City has been guarded by the Mengshi for many years, and the city defense of Yunzhong City can be said to be all built by the Mengshi clan brick by brick, Donghan Valley and West Yunzhong is a famous Xiongcheng of Daqin, and its defensive strength is second only to the capital of Daqin.

What is the concept of Sancheng?

Bragging is not like that, Meng Tian has been in office as the Marquis of Dingbei for ten years, and he has only increased the defense level of Yunzhong City by half a percent, and this half of Chengdu has already made Meng Tian feel complacent.

Meng Tian just wanted to say that Cheng Buzhi was exaggerating, but Wang Mang said: "Cheng Buzhi, what you said is true?"

"Your Majesty knows that the minister has nothing to say. Cheng Buzhi looked at Meng Tian again, and then said: "If Your Majesty and the Marquis of Dingbei don't believe it, the minister can make a military order, and if it can't be completed, the minister will join the death squad." ”

Cheng Buzhi talked about this, and Meng Tian couldn't say anything, but when he heard that Cheng Buzhi was going to make a military order to join the death squad, he couldn't help but be shocked.

Could it be that this person can really increase the defensive strength of Cloud City by three percent? Meng Tian was a little puzzled in his heart.

Wang Mang said: "In this case, the integration and upgrading of the city defense of this cloud city will be handed over to you, and Meng Tian will fully cooperate with you, and you can do it yourself if you can't complete the task." ”

"Yes. Meng Tian and Cheng Buzhi said at the same time.

Wang Mang glanced left and right, looked at Meng Tian and said directly: "Meng Tian listens to the order, now I will make you the general of Cloud City, responsible for all the battles, defenses, and logistics and other affairs, at the same time, in the name of the general's mansion, issued a conscription order, conscription of 100,000 troops from nearby fortresses to immediately return to the aid of Yunzhong City, conscription of 200,000 reserve soldiers of Yunzhong City to immediately return to the camp to organize their equipment and fight at any time, and then recruit 300,000 troops from all directions of Yunzhong City to rush to Yunzhong City to prepare for war, and finally send a decree in the name of me, asking him to quickly bring enough grain, grass and ordnance for half a year of a million troops to come to Yunzhong City. ”

"Obey. Meng Tian kowtowed.

(End of chapter)