As the wreckers and heavy armor soldiers slowly advanced, the founding army had pressed into the city walls with all its might.

The heavy armor car slowly opened its huge claws, and it was firmly buckled on the city wall. Although there were waves of defensive field counterattacks in the city. But the heavily armored iron claws were still firmly fastened to the city walls. Then countless ropes erupted from the heavy armor car, and as the ropes were linked, a slender ropeway carried over the city walls. The commandos then jumped onto the chains and rushed along the slings to the top of the city.

Situ Di straddled his horse to the front of the formation, staring at the battle on the city wall, he didn't expect that a mere Qingyan City actually had a Xuan-level defensive field, you must know that every time this kind of defensive field is opened, it needs to consume a lot of original stones, which is not something that a small city can afford.

As for the reason for the earth's mining of the original stones, when Situ Di explored the secrets of the major families of Taxu, he knew that they did not use the energy contained in these original stones to assist in cultivation, but used them to create various defense fields, which was an ancient formation derived from ancient times, and the Quartet Clan also found some spell fragments and prepared to create a mana field defense, but in the end they were forced to give up because of their huge consumption of original stones.

Therefore, Situ Di was also familiar with the defensive field, and he only had a cursory glance at it before he knew the grade of this defensive field. The defensive power of a defensive field like this is already comparable to that of hundreds of millions of spatial folding seals. At this point, Yan San has already done a comparative test.

When Situ Di was attacking the city, he also asked the commandos to do a deduction, but he never went through actual combat drills and never had enough self-confidence.

Situ Di looked at the city wall that he couldn't attack for a long time, and now he really understood why these remnants had such a firm belief in cowering inside the city wall, and did not open the city to surrender.

With such a powerful defensive field, if there is not enough energy field breakthrough power, even thousands of troops will not help.

Such a high-level energy field has been built in such a small urban area.

The more Situ Di observed, the stranger his heart became. It seems that there is some unknown mystery hidden in this inconspicuous small city.

An energy field like this, not to mention an offering, even if it is set up, it is definitely not something that a small clan can accomplish.

There must be a powerful family behind it to create such a Xuan-level energy field.

There are not many families like that, at least they should be above the second-level families, or even one of the seven families.

Situ Di's thoughts were already very close to the truth, and after capturing Qingyan City, he realized that this city was not only supported by a powerful family force, but also more than one.

As Situ Di expected, the assault team really encountered the energy field backlash, after they attacked a crack, they quickly suffered a powerful mana counterattack from the energy field, even these most sophisticated soldiers seemed to be unable to resist such a powerful mana impact, like a lonely boat rippling under the waves of the sea, and countless soldiers were sweating for their safety.

"Di Shuai, let's go up to pick up the brothers of the commando" There was a general who couldn't stand it, so he jumped out and recommended himself.

Situ Di's serious gaze swept at the general, and said indifferently: "Each performs his own duties, and you must not trespass."

When the general heard this, he could only retreat stupidly.

Situ Di once again stared at the wall, where did he not want to support the commandos, but he knew very well the characteristics of the energy field, that is, the more attacked he was, the more powerful his counterattack would be, except for the commandos who had formation breaking training, others were simply incompetent, once the energy field was stimulated to fight back, it was bound to put the commandos in a more dangerous situation.

However, Situ Di didn't want to just watch idleness, he decisively divided the team and went to besiege the remaining city walls, causing a kind of embarrassment of an iron bucket siege to the defenders in the city.

This is also the weakness of the defensive field itself, that is, once it attacks from inside the array, only a little mana will cause the entire energy field to collapse.

Groups of soldiers separated from the main battle and went up to the flank. As Situ Di expected, those flank guards did not dare to go out to face the battle.

If the defenders of Qingyan City were strong, then Situ Di would not dare to divide his troops, but now he is still fearless in dividing his troops, and he still divides the main battle into five points, and there are only about 1,000 people in a team. Despite this, the siege of Qingyan City was completely formed.

At this time, if the defending generals stand at the head of the city and look out, the black pressure is full of enemy chariots and dense Dao light, such a picture has a very strong visual impact, even those veterans who have experienced battles, their faces are full of despair and fear.

Those small soldiers who were already timid were even more discouraged, and they were almost about to drop their weapons and prepare to surrender, but fortunately, a majestic old man walked to the city wall to supervise the formation, and only then did he save the heart of the army that was about to be defeated.

Odd. This man's fighting spirit is so strong.

As soon as the old man appeared, Situ Di immediately noticed him. It was a kind of sensitive perception of the battlefield situation, to the point that he was a god of battle formation, and the slightest change in his breath on the battle array would cause him to react.

When the old man showed a fighting spirit, Situ Di immediately realized that he was a war general, or an eighth-order war general. Although for the current Situ Di, his general qi is not enough at all. But for the mediocre generals and soldiers around him, he can be described as a phoenix in the chicken nest, which is particularly eye-catching.

As soon as the old man appeared, the general's heart was fixed, which is the unique momentum of the general, although this is not enough to improve the combat power of the soldiers, but it can make the battle situation stable.

The old man also seemed to have self-knowledge, and he did not release his general qi to provoke Situ Di, so even if Situ Di wanted to kill him with the will of a general, he couldn't do it.

The old man bowed his hand to Situ Di with a calm look, which was a polite greeting. Situ Di is not the kind of powerless reckless man, and it is still necessary for generals to respect each other. He also symbolically replied.

After that, the two were no longer polite, and each exerted its influence to deploy troops and generals to seek the most favorable battle situation for themselves.

Now the two generals seem to be trapped by the predicament in front of them, and they both have a feeling of dragon swimming in the shallows. Even though Situ Di had the combat power to destroy the world, he was stopped by a Xuan-level energy field, and the old man was trapped in a dangerous city, except for defending the city and defending the city, there was nothing to assign.

Siege, anxiety, resistance, for half a day, both sides were a little weak, but they still couldn't break each other's predicament. Situ Di attacked the city all the way, but he never encountered such a difficult situation.

However, he had no better way to break the city, so he could only send scouts to explore everywhere, and he was ready for a long siege. As long as there are no reinforcements outside, Qingyan City will not be able to hold on sooner or later.

This was the first time that Situ Di had resorted to such a reluctant delaying tactic against the enemy. Even if such a battle is finally won, it will definitely become a smear in the annals of his generals.

However, as the commander of the three armed forces, he must put the interests of the army and the country first, and his reputation is insignificant compared to this.

This is also Situ Di's character and ethics, whether he was firmly on duty for the sake of the family, or for the sake of the Quartet clan and never got involved in conflicts of interest, all this proves that Situ Di is a person of noble character, and Lao Xiao Tou also took a fancy to him, so he was relieved to hand over the entire founding army to him.

Even after the founding of the country, the Quartet only had one military commander, and the others could only serve as army generals.

In fact, this is also the experience summed up by Lao Xiao Tou in his previous life, that is, to give some connections to those who think they have the ability to lead the team to develop, as long as they don't make mistakes, they will continue to use it until they are eliminated one by one, and the one who finally stays is the partner who finally entrusts everything.

The current Situ Di is like a partner to Lao Xiaotou, and he is no longer treated as a subordinate. Situ Di also felt this deeply, so he attached more importance to the affection with Lao Xiaotou, he was not a flattering person, and he could only repay this kindness with his loyalty.

As for Boss Yan, he had already given up the struggle for power, and he was finally willing to be only a military advisor, took the initiative to withdraw from the core of military power, and set up a staff department to plan and advise the Quartet. Gongye Toe has also found his position, and he is no longer the chief general of the Southern Route Army, but is in charge of the National Defense Army. That is, the thousands of black-armored cavalry that Lao Xiao Tou allocated to him.

Now although the homeland of the Quartet has fallen, the hearts of the people are more united than before. Whether it is military power or civilian power, it is the strongest moment of the Quartet.

This is also the confidence of the Quartet clan to continuously attack the city and seize the land in just a few months. Now the territory of the Quartet Clan is no longer the small wasteland it used to be, and there are more than twenty subordinate cities. And that's not even counting the servant families who took the initiative to surrender.

"If Qingyan City is captured again, this area will be connected into a line, and our Quartet clan has a rich and peaceful place to live, and there is a strong city defense outside, so we can build a country with peace of mind" At the head of the Quartet City, Boss Yan held a map of mountains and rivers in his hand and pointed to Lao Xiaotou. Not only that, but he also dipped his fingers in the dye and carved a thin red line on it.

Old Xiao Tou stared at the boundary marked by the red line, and a trace of pride inexplicably rose in his heart, and the Quartet finally had a piece of land that belonged to him. There's no need to go into those rocky flows to get high energy. It's just that he was not proud of this, and he cast his eyes outside the red line, where the seven names were clearly marked in blue letters, and that was the Seven Great Families. Compared to their large territory, the territory of the Quartet Clan seemed so insignificant.

Old Xiao Tou knew very well that the Quartet Clan, whether it was in the Nether Realm or when they came to Taxu, they were already on a close hand with these seven families, and they would never compromise one day. Now under such a huge force, the only thing the Quartet can do is to make themselves strong as soon as possible, otherwise the next moment will be the demise of the Quartet.

Therefore, Lao Xiao Tou would never be satisfied with the status quo, he stared at the nearest Nangong family and asked, "Is there any movement with them recently?" ”。

With Lao Xiaotou's understanding of Nangong Ru, he is by no means a person who admits defeat easily, especially his leadership ability, which must not be underestimated.

It has been a few months since the last time I logged into the First War, and it stands to reason that Nangong Ru should also be ready to launch the second national war.

Therefore, Lao Xiao Tou deliberately sent additional manpower to adhere to the movements of the Nangong family.

"The cavalry clan master, his subordinates have not yet received any signs of the Nangong family's troop transfer, and the Dao is that the people of the Snowy Tribes have been active frequently these days" Qiao Rong, who had just been appointed as the prime minister of the secret investigation department, strode onto the stone platform.

Old Xiao nodded slightly, exchanged secret orders and said, "Continue to keep an eye on the Nangong family, and I will send the second department to the Snowy Clan."

Qiao Rong took the new secret order with both hands and walked towards the city gate.

Looking at Qiao Rong's back, Lao Xiao Tou was more convinced of the belief in the reform of various ministries.

Qiao Rong is a third-generation full-time cultivated talent, and his parents are both old people from the Quartet clan, and his loyalty is absolutely unquestionable. He has a meticulous personality and is extremely deceitful, such a person is simply born to do reconnaissance work. Therefore, when Lao Xiao Tou recommended him to several generals, he didn't even hesitate at all, and accepted Qiao Rong as the prime minister of the secret investigation department.

Now that the Quartet wants to build a country, the original crude military management can no longer be applied, and Lao Xiaotou is not capable of creating an effective national management system, so Lao Xiaotou has copied the national governance system of the previous life here.

Although there are some differences in the names, they are generally similar in function.

After some localization by Yan Boss and others, this set of quadripartite state system was promoted in the quadripartite clan.

And it has also been effective in forming various departments, which also separates the army from the administration of the state.

It's just that now all major departments are being established, and many departments are unable to find suitable counterparts. As a result, most of the posts in these departments appear to be vacant.

At this point, Lao Xiao Toudao is not in a hurry, with the siege of the city, more talents will be transported to the Sifang Clan. At that time, with proper management, it will not be difficult to select the available talents.

As for the army and financial power, Lao Xiaotou didn't want to let go, and he and Situ Di controlled ninety percent of the army. Most of the financial power is controlled by the Hong brothers.

This is also the final experience summed up by Lao Xiao Tou in his previous life when he checked and balanced the interests of all parties when saving endangered enterprises. As long as these two powers do not fall to others, then no matter how ambitious people toss, they are all mantis arms.

For the current excessive concentration of military power and financial power, it is not a blessing for the country, and now it is limited to Lao Xiaotou's own control to control such a centralized system of power, if someone else takes the power, the result will definitely fall apart. Lao Xiao also clearly realized the seriousness of this. So Lao Xiao Tou focused on cultivating generals and financial officials in the third generation of the Quartet clan, hoping to resolve the crisis with the help of their growth.

(End of chapter)