After consulting with the generals, they finally came up with a good idea, wrapping iron sheets around the trebuchet to defend against possible rockets from the enemy.

It was impossible to find so many iron sheets temporarily, but Lin Haotian had a way to directly requisition the steel armor worn by the First Legion.

When the First Army was supporting the Red Kingdom to resist the Wood Army, it had received military support from the Red Country, and the whole army was wearing the steel helmet and steel armor of the Red Country, which now came in handy.

The Jin army was actively preparing for a new round of siege warfare, while reinforcing the stone thrower, while collecting a large number of stones to make stone bullets.

Early this morning, Lin Haotian just finished breakfast and went out of the dormitory to check the progress of the reinforcement of his own stone thrower.

The Jin army deliberately vacated a large area in the camp for the purpose of reinforcing the stone thrower.

When Lin Haotian arrived, there were already a large number of soldiers of the Jin Army working intensively at the scene, many of them naked, shirtless, or holding hammers, or ropes, fixing pieces of steel armor to the stone thrower.

Shao Lin raised his eyes and watched for a while, then asked Lin Haotian in a low voice: "My lord, if you 'put armor' on the stone thrower, can you really prevent the arrow array of the Red Army?"

Lin Haotian narrowed his eyes, shook his head slowly, and muttered, "If the distance is too close, the arrow shot can still penetrate the steel armor." ”

"Then why do you have to work so hard to mobilize the people...... "Do such useless work?" Shao Lin didn't finish his words.

Lin Haotian sighed lightly and said: "This is also a way that there is no way, wrapping in steel armor is better than not wrapping, whether it can succeed or not, then you can only resign yourself to fate." ”

Shao Lin smiled bitterly: "There are also stone throwers in the pass city, even if our stone throwers are full of shields. If you can withstand the arrow array of the Red Army, you may not be able to resist the blow of the stone throwers in the city!"

Lin Haotian pulled the corners of his mouth, now he can't control so much, even if he scraps the whole army's stone thrower, he has to knock down the pass city.

At this time, Jin, who was in charge of reinforcing the stone thrower, ran quickly. He bowed respectfully to Lin Haotian and said, "The last general will see your lord!"

Lin Haotian waved his hand at him and asked with a smile, "General Liu, how is our army's stone thrower strengthened now?"

This golden general's name is Liu Lie, a partial general of the First Army, and he arched his hand and said: "Lord Hui, now thirty percent of the stone throwers have been reinforced, and it will take another half a month at most to complete the reinforcement of all the stone throwers." ”

Lin Haotian was very satisfied with Liu Lie's progress. He nodded with a smile and praised: "Good job, at that time, our stone bullets were almost ready, and they were just ready to fight." ”

"Yes, my lord!" Liu Lie hurriedly replied, and then, he changed his words. Pointing behind his back, he said, "My lord." The reinforced stone throwers are all over there, do you want to take a look at them first?"

Lin Haotian smiled, raised his head and said, "Okay!

"Your Excellency, please. Guided by Liu Lie, Lin Haotian, Shao Lin and Luo Lan went to the place where the stone thrower was parked. There are as many as two or three hundred stone throwing machines here, and steel armor has been wrapped in all parts of the stone throwing machines.

Get closer. Lin Haotian and others took a closer look.

In order to be stronger, the hemp rope is also tied to the outside of the steel armor, and the double fixation of the iron nail and hemp rope makes the steel armor very firm. It looks like it grows on the surface of a stone-throwing machine.

Lin Haotian first knocked on it, and then pulled it hard, and then he nodded secretly, and said: "Yes, it's quite firm, as long as our army's stone throwers can hold a pillar of incense in front of the city, with the number of stone throwers of our army, it is enough to smash the city lord's mansion at the pass." ”

Liu Lie Zhengse said: "My lord, the front of the steel armor is in an arc, as long as the enemy's arrow does not hit the center, it will slide away from both sides of the steel armor, and it will not pose a threat to our army's stone throwing machine." ”

Lin Haotian was happy, Liu Lie actually used the principle of a modern steel helmet, such a detail, even he didn't expect it.

He nodded his head and praised again, "Good! Well done!"

Lin Haotian was talking to Liu Lie, when a soldier hurriedly ran over, arrived in front of Lin Haotian, knelt on one knee, and said urgently: "My lord, there is an envoy from outside the camp from the Red Kingdom, claiming to be Yin Xiang, the princess of the Red Kingdom, and asking to see your lordship." ”

Yin Xiang, everyone present was stunned, Lin Haotian blinked, burst out laughing, he couldn't find her if he wanted to, unexpectedly, she took the initiative to send the door, he asked, "How many people are on the other side?"

"Hui Yu, less than a hundred. ”

"Oh!" Lin Haotian rubbed his chin, thoughtful. Roland said nervously: "My lord, Yin Xiang is scheming, this time I am looking for an adult for no reason, be careful of fraud!"

Lin Haotian looked up and smiled, and said, "This is our army's big camp, no matter how tricky Yin Xiang is, she can't play any tricks!" As he spoke, he shook his head to everyone and said, "Let's go!"

He did not greet him out of the camp, but returned to the Chinese military tent to sit and wait. After a short time, a guard came in and reported: "My lord, the red-sleeved princess of the Red Kingdom has arrived outside the tent." ”

"En!" Lin Haotian nodded lightly and said, "Let her in!"

Not long after the guards withdrew, the curtain of the tent was raised, and Yin Xiang walked in from outside, followed by the man in black and the three middle-aged guards beside Yin Xiang.

Lin Haotian sat on the mat and raised his eyes to look, and when he saw Yin Xiang, he couldn't help but be stunned.

This time, Yin Xiang has faded from men's clothes and replaced them with the clothes of a princess of a country.

She wears a pink long skirt, which makes her figure more slender, looking charming and graceful, looking at her face, lightly smearing rouge, her face is like water, and her smile is like a flower. It can be said that Yin Xiang at this time and Yin Xiang when she was dressed as a man are like two people, fairies who came out of the picture scroll alive.

Lin Haotian sighed secretly, no wonder the rumors say that Yin Ji loves this third princess very much, if he also has such a beautiful girl, I am afraid that he will also be pampered.

Without waiting for Lin Haotian to speak, Yin Xiang had already come forward with a smile, stood still in front of the handsome case, bowed generously, and said softly: "Yin Xiang has seen General Lin. ”

She suddenly seemed to be a different person, and even her own temperament was different. This made Lin Haotian a little overwhelmed.

He was stunned for a moment, Fang Han smiled and waved his hand, and said, "The red-sleeved princess doesn't have to be polite. After a pause, he said again: "Yujing farewell, the red-sleeved princess is easy to find, I didn't expect it." I've met the red-sleeved princess here at the gate, please take a seat!"

Yin Xiang walked to Lin Haotian's hand, sat down with a smile, and then, she raised her head, looked at Lin Haotian without blinking her big bright eyes, and asked with a smile: "When I was in Yujing, Yin Xiang was offended, and General Lin would not be angry with Yin Xiang!"

"No, it won't. Of course not. The corners of Lin Haotian's mouth were raised, and he didn't smile. What a 'lot of offense', just such an understatement made his own loss of countless grains and grass, he asked with a smile: "The princess came to visit this time, won't she come to apologize to Ben Shuai?"

Yin Xiang shook his head with a smile, nodded again, and said delicately: "Apologizing to General Lin is one of the purposes of Yin Xiang's trip. Another purpose was to discuss something with General Lin. ”

This is the theme! Lin Haotian smiled secretly in his heart. said: "I don't know what the princess wants to discuss with this marshal?"

Yin Xiang didn't answer, but blinked her eyes first.

Her eyes are big and bright, and her eyelashes are long, and when she blinks, she looks like two small fans that fan, not coquettish. But it's better than being coquettish, which makes people feel itchy in their hearts. Even Shao Lin and Roland, who were on the side, couldn't help but take a breath and looked away from her face.

Lin Haotian was not affected by her at all, and his clear eyes still flashed with a sharp light. The smile on his face is still a skin smile and not a smile.

Yin Xiang snorted coldly in her heart, what are you angry about?!

She thought so in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, and said delicately: "This time, Yin Xiang came to discuss something with General Lin on behalf of her father, and I also ask General Lin not to despise Yin Xiang." ”

Lin Haotian endured the impatience in his heart and said, "But it doesn't hurt to say that the princess is listening." ”

Yin Xiang took a deep breath and said, "My father plans to buy Guankou City with a lot of money, I don't know what General Lin wants?"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone present changed at the same time, and the Red Kingdom wanted to buy Guankou City? This is incredible.

Lin Haotian raised his eyebrows, looked directly at Yin Xiang for a long time, and said slowly: "Guankou City is not under the control of my Jin Kingdom now, the princess is now coming to discuss with Ben Shuai about buying the city, I'm afraid it's still too early?"

"Not early, not early!" Yin Xiang chuckled: "It's actually the same to talk about it now and talk about it later." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"General Lin, please forgive Yin Xiang for saying bluntly, the Jin army can't defeat Guankou City, whether it is now or in the future. ”

When Roland, who was standing aside, heard this, a fire immediately appeared in her eyes, she held the hilt of her sword, took a step forward, and shouted angrily: "You are full of nonsense......"

Seeing that she was going to be rude to Yin Xiang, the three middle-aged people stepped forward together, although the guards of the Jin Kingdom had already seized their weapons when they entered the Chinese military tent, but with their cultivation, even with their bare hands, they could defeat Roland.

Lin Haotian waved his hand at Luo Lan, signaling her not to be rude, and then asked Yin Xiang with a smile: "Since the princess said so conclusively that our Jin army can't defeat Guankou City, then why did your country send the princess to negotiate with Ben Shuai to negotiate the purchase of Guankou City?"

"Because General Lin had long regarded Guankou City as the bag of the Jin Kingdom, and his father did not want the Red and Jin countries to meet each other, he came up with the idea of spending money to buy Guankou City. Yin Xiang Zhengse said: "Selling Guankou City to the Red Kingdom will not damage the face of the Jin State, and it will also make the Red and Jin countries continue to be friendly, and the Jin army will no longer have to have a headache about how to capture the Guankou City, or even lose the army, and at the same time, you can get a large amount of gold and silver paid by my Yan Country, it can be said that you will kill multiple birds with one stone, General Lin will not miss such an opportunity?"

Lin Haotian rubbed his chin as he listened, and when Yin Xiang finished speaking, he asked: "The hundreds of thousands of troops of my Jin Kingdom can't defeat Guankou City, do you think that the Yan army can defeat it?"

Yin Xiang smiled: "That's my Yanguo's own business." As long as General Lin nods his head and lets the Jin army retreat from the pass city and be taken over by our Yan army, then, if I can't beat my Yan country, I think I'm unlucky, if I fight it, General Lin won't blush when I see it?"

When Lin Haotian heard this, he looked up and laughed.

However, Roland and the others couldn't laugh at it, Guankou City was just a projectile land, seemingly insignificant, but it was the gateway between Yanguo and Chidi, and whoever controlled this portal would have the initiative over the other party.

Yan Guo is currently the number one rival of Jin Guo. is also the only strong opponent, if the pass city is sold to Yan Guo, it is undoubtedly like selling the key to his own gate to the enemy family, and it will be difficult for Jin Guo to even sleep in the future.

Everyone looked at Lin Haotian with a blank look, just waiting for him to refuse Yin Xiang in one sip, but what surprised everyone. Lin Haotian also asked seriously, "I don't know how much silver your country plans to use to buy Guankou City?"

Yin Xiang smiled slightly and stretched out three fingers.

Lin Haotian's eyes lit up and asked, "Thirty million taels?"

Yin Xiang couldn't help but roll her eyes, and scolded secretly in her heart: You really dare to open your mouth! She asked rhetorically: "The land of projectiles, the small city of the fly, does General Lin think it is worth 30 million taels?"

Lin Haotian shrugged his shoulders and smiled, and said, "Three million taels?"

Yin Xiang nodded and said, "That's right! It's three million taels." If you only look at the area of Guankou City, it is not even worth 300,000 taels, but. It happens to be located between two mountains, which is considered an important land, so my father gave a sky-high price of three million taels, and my country does not want the surrounding land, as long as the land of Guankou City. As she spoke, her small chin was raised high, as if she had given Lin Haotian a great favor.

Lin Haotian didn't reply immediately, and his fingers tapped lightly on the table. Silent in thought. Using three million taels to buy Guankou City is indeed a lot. Yan Guo is really wealthy, and it is difficult to refuse as soon as he speaks.

Seeing that he was silent for a long time, Yin Xiang asked, "What's the matter?" General Lin is not satisfied with the three million taels?"

Lin Haotian leaned forward and said with a smile: "You must know that our army has been forcibly attacking Koukou City for several days, and the casualties are not small. The battle damage was huge, and the losses caused on the pass city alone these days were not a small amount. ”

Yin Xiang was so smart, he understood what Lin Haotian meant as soon as he heard it, it was not that he didn't want to sell Guankou City. Instead, he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to squeeze more money out of Chiguo.

Secretly scolding the shameless villain, she asked with a smile: "Then I don't know how much General Lin will be satisfied?"

Lin Haotian opened his slap and said, "At least five million taels!"

Yin Xiang's brows furrowed slightly, and he asked rhetorically, "Doesn't General Lin think that offering such a high price is extorting bamboo?"

Lin Haotian pulled his fingers and said lightly: "If you calculate it carefully, the joke that the princess made last time when she was in Yujing caused a lot of losses to our army is not small, and if you add it to Guankou City, five million taels may not be possible, I am afraid it will take six million taels." ”

The smile on Yin Xiang's face froze, and then, she took a deep breath, first tried to calm her emotions, and then said softly with a smile: "Okay, according to what the adults said, five million taels, but Yin Xiang still has to inform her father about this matter, and she will give an answer to the adults in two days." ”

"Okay! Ben Shuai can wait, and the princess doesn't have to be in a hurry. Lin Haotian said with a smile, then he straightened up, waved his hand and said, "Come on, send off!"

"Wait a minute!" Yin Xiang stopped the guards who came over on both sides, looked at Lin Haotian with a smile, and asked, "General Lin doesn't want to see Yin Xiang like this, is he in such a hurry to drive Yin Xiang away?"

Lin Haotian was stunned and said with a smile: "The princess means ......"

Yin Xiang smiled softly and lovely, and said in a coquettish voice: "Yin Xiang plans to stay in the adult's camp for a few days, the adult will not be unwelcome, right?"

She herself was cheeky enough to say this, Lin Haotian could not refuse, he shook his head and smiled, and said: "The princess is a distinguished guest, and it is too late for the marshal to welcome her, how can she rush out?" However, the military camp does not need to be anywhere else, and the soldiers below are also rude and accustomed to it......"

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Yin Xiang hurriedly continued as if he was afraid that he would refuse: "My lord, please rest assured, Yin Xiang will take care of herself." ”

Roland couldn't help it anymore, and said in a deep voice: "The barracks have the rules of the barracks, and it is strictly forbidden to take in female dependents!"

Yin Xiang raised her head to look at Roland, the smile on her face deepened, she blinked her eyes with ulterior motives, and asked with a smile: "Isn't Miss Roland a woman?" As she spoke, her gaze moved down and fell on Roland's plump chest.

Her naked and wicked eyes immediately reminded Roland of the scene when she was treated lightly in the inn, and her jade face suddenly turned red, and her pink fists clenched.

Seeing this, Lin Haotian coughed lightly and said, "Roland, you go and help the princess live in the red row, and send more guards." ”

If Yin Xiang doesn't come to the Jin Camp, if she has three long and two short in the Jin Camp, it is not a question of how to explain to Yan Guo, but it will greatly damage the face of Jin Guo and Jin Jun.

Hearing his words, even if Luo Lan hated Yin Xiang no matter how angry she was, she could only grit her teeth and endure it, she intervened in Lin Haotian and said, "Yes!

Roland led Yin Xiang and the others out of the Chinese military tent, and as soon as they walked on their front feet, generals Ding Feng and Lu Kai walked in from the outside. People stood in front of Lin Haotian and asked in unison, "My lord, Yanguo wants to buy Guankou City?"

Presumably they had already heard the conversation between himself and Yin Xiang outside, Lin Haotian bowed slightly, and said casually: "Yes, Yanguo does have the intention of buying Guankou City. ”

"Your Excellency must not agree!" Ding Feng said urgently: "Guankou City is small, but its location is unique, and it is difficult to find thousands of gold, whether it is our country or Yanguo, whoever occupies Guankou City in the future will have the initiative to attack and retreat, how can this be bought by a few million taels of silver?"

"Yes, my lord!" the generals nodded one after another, indicating that what Ding Feng said was good, and the strategic value of Guankou City was far greater than its own value.

Lin Haotian looked around at everyone and said quietly: "How can I not know the importance of Guankou City? However, if we don't accept Yanguo's conditions, what can we do? The whole army has been attacking for several days, and Guankou City is still impregnable, I am afraid that if we continue to fight, it will be difficult for our army to do anything, rather than endlessly consuming it, it is better to throw this hard bone to Yanguo and let Yanguo have a headache!"

Hearing this, everyone's old faces turned red, and if the adults said this, wouldn't it be tantamount to admitting that the Jin Army was inferior to its Yan Army?

Lu Kai said: "My lord, our army's stone thrower is being reinforced, and in half a month, it will be completed, and then our army will be able to fight to the death with the Red Army in the pass city!"

"Fight to the death?" Lin Haotian smiled, but he sneered, and he asked, "By that time, you are confident that you will be able to break through Guankou City?"

Guan He shook his body and squeezed out from among the generals, almost squeezing out a sentence from between his teeth: "Don't worry, my lord, when that time comes, even if the last general fights to pieces, he will definitely break through the city defense of Guankou City!"

Zhang Bufan, Ling Wuya and other generals also said with red eyes: "At that time, the last general will fight to the death with the enemy army to the end, the city will not be broken, and the last general will never take half a step back!" (To be continued......)