Chapter 414: An invincible city defense piled up with money

"Don't worry too much, even if the tens of thousands of troops under the city are defeated, they can't defeat Chicheng, not to mention that this is in Qingzhou6, they can't stay for too long"

"What's more, although the defense of Chicheng cannot be compared with the Imperial Capital Wanlong City, it is also one of the best defenses in Qingzhou, not to mention that the anti-army only has 10,000 iron cavalry, even if it is ten times more, as long as they dare to attack, I will keep them and let them have no return" Tianyan said with full confidence.

Leng Zhuo said with disdain when he heard this: "People don't need to attack the city at all, as long as they surround your pool city and cut off your water source, this wide city wall will become a prison for people without water, and you can hold on for a few days." ”

Tianyan smiled and said: "Chi City's biggest weakness is the water source, but do you think that we are not prepared at all, we are not so blind, under the foot, under the thick layer of salt, in the underground ice cellar built with huge stones, there are 500,000 huge ice bricks stored, each of which is enough to supply the daily needs of five hundred people."

"And in the center of that huge ice cellar, some livestock will be frozen all year round as a daily reserve, and since the fall of half of Zhongzhou, my four family and other salt merchants have purchased 200,000 livestock, let people salt it, and then store it in the warehouse near the ice cellar."

"In addition, even if you don't count the grain collected recently, just the usual reserve of grain is enough for Chicheng to support an army of 50,000 for three years, and now even if it is to support an army of 100,000 for five years, it is easy."

"And even if the ice bricks in the city are exhausted, we are not completely helpless to draw water, as for the method, please forgive me for not being able to tell you, just one point, the rebels want to break the pool city, do not pay a heavy price, do not want to step into the pool city half a step"

"Moreover, do you think the empire will let Chicheng fall, you must know that this is the thoroughfare of the west of Qingzhou, whether it is north and south, the east and west official roads all pass through here, if it is captured by the Tang army, it can threaten the canal to the east, cut off the north and south, go north to Yunzhou Gyeonggi, go south to Wei bī Huainan, Gaoyou, and attack Hongze, once the three provinces fall, do you know what that means?"

Tianyan was talking eloquently, looking like a showman, Leng Zhuo was very unhappy to watch, but on the side, Leng Zhuo saw some huge arrow towers on the city wall in the middle of the abdomen, and there were actually ballistas that were constantly pushed out, and then pushed up to the battlements of the city by the defenders.

Hey, Leng Zhuo suddenly gasped, there is a Jīng steel netg crossbow at five meters, and there is a thunderbolt car at ten meters, I x, this is too extravagant.

Netg crossbow, a large siege defense device, can be divided into different styles according to the size, and the large netg crossbow is usually loaded on a movable cart, adjustable height, angle, this large netg crossbow is not expensive, counting the cart, it is only three hundred gold coins.

Yuntian Fortress is rich, known as the first Xiongguan of the empire, it is said that this netg crossbow does not dare to be placed so densely, and it is still a wall, and this Chicheng is a city wall, only visually, this city wall is not less than eight miles, and the four sides add up to sixteen kilometers, and two hundred are placed in each kilometer.

That's three thousand two hundred, this ballista alone is worth a million, but this is not a big head, the crossbow arrows of the large netg crossbow are the kind of iron spears that are seven feet long, even the cheapest one will cost a gold coin, and obviously the crossbow arrows used here are all good jīng steel arrows, and you can't take it down with less than three gold coins.

A three-gold coin, three thousand two hundred, a round is tens of thousands of gold coins out, Leng Zhuo thought that he was already very rich, but at this moment, when he saw the defense of this Chi City, he understood that he was very poor, really poor.

Indeed, if you want to attack this kind of city where a group of perverted salt merchants with a lot of money live in it, this is not an ordinary difficult thing, just throwing money is enough to stun you, and Leng Zhuo has no doubt that this kind of crossbow arrow has a huge storage underground, and it is estimated that it is no problem to arm pikemen, and it is no problem to arm a few million.

It's no wonder that people have nothing to fear, and no one can help but throw this money at it

Leng Zhuo was still shocked by the extravagant arrangement on the head of the city, but below, the 10,000 Mingguang Iron Cavalry was divided into one and swept towards Yanzhen, in Yanzhen, although a brigade of the Huaishui Legion was stationed, but this brigade was all composed of foot soldiers.

The twenty-five local legions of the empire are all configured differently according to different regions, for example, this Huaishui legion is mainly stationed in Jiyang Mansion, Qubu Mansion, and Huainan Mansion, and these three places are mountainous and watery, so they are naturally not suitable for large-scale domestication of large-scale cavalry, so they are mainly infantry soldiers, and they are also water armies.

Salt Town doesn't have the defenses of Pond City, as it's just a trade bazaar.

The commander of the Tang Army's Mingguang heavy armor is a handsome and handsome man, but the younger brother of the Tang Emperor, Li Ji, a natural freak, looks soft and weak like a Confucian genius, but his strength is extremely great, and he is good at using a giant Tang knife with a zhang Xu, weighing five hundred catties, and there is a beast with great strength carved on it, Baxia, one of the nine sons of the dragon.

Although Li Ji is the commander of the Tang Army's Mingguang Guard, he is more like a fierce general, at this moment, most of the soldiers and horses are under the command of the deputy commander, and he is shaking and confronting the Huaishui Army in three miles outside Chicheng, while Li Ji rushed to Yanzhen with two thousand subordinates like a charging general.

Two thousand heavily armored iron horsemen, facing four thousand foot soldiers of the Huaishui Legion, you don't need to look at it to know the result, massacre, one-sided slaughter.

The brigade commander stationed here is also a strong man at the top of the Earth Spirit Level, but when he met Li Ji, he didn't even defend against a knife, and the giant sword was dominant, and he was also a holy soldier.

In the past, Chang'an, the capital of Li Tang, was captured, and the palace was looted, but of the twenty-two holy soldiers registered in the Tang Dynasty Arsenal, only thirteen were traced to their whereabouts, and the remaining nine were missing, and there was no way to trace them, because that night, the Chang'an Palace was ignited by a fire, burning up the eight hundred years of prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

Leng Zhuo frowned and looked at Yanzhen not far away, and said, "Just watch the soldiers over there being slaughtered."

Tianyan shook his head and said: "There is no way, if it is other Tang soldiers and horses who come, they can still be saved, but in the face of Mingguang heavy armor, without relying on the defense of Chicheng, with the combat power of the Huaishui Legion, I can only be sent to death, even if I go out with the salt lizard cavalry regiment, it is estimated that I will inevitably be defeated and the whole army will be annihilated."

"It's really that strong" Leng Zhuo was also quite surprised, this Li Tang has also been imprisoned for hundreds of years, not to mention lack of food and clothing, all kinds of materials are very scarce, it would be good to survive, how could there be such terrible combat power.

"Well, don't underestimate that group of criminals, in the five hundred years of captivity, they have been delusional about recovering the country all the time, and you haven't heard of it, the more difficult it is, the more it can train strong warriors, compared to those who have strong beliefs and are constantly tempering their sinners every day, the empire is immersed in prosperity, otherwise why do you think it was less than two months and half of Zhongzhou fell. ”

Leng Zhuo can imagine that there are many poor mountains and bad waters, although Zhongzhou is a fertile land, and it was once the capital of the emperor and the place of Gyeonggi, the people's customs should not be too strong, but the human factor has created a harsh environment, and what kind of will is needed to survive and reproduce in this environment.

Li Tang, maybe it was the one who destroyed the Heavenly Dragon Empire

Four thousand foot soldiers, swept away with the momentum of destroying the ancient era, it was only two quarters of an hour before and after, it can be seen that the Tang army is fierce, Leng Zhuo now finally understands the reason why the Patriotic Guild is so jealous of Li Tang, and even does not hesitate to start mobilizing soldiers and horses in the north of Youzhou, giving up the land occupied in the north of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, and also returning to the army to destroy Li Tang first.

"Huh" Leng Zhuo took out a telescope from his body, this thing was already in the Weeping Blood Valley, Leng Zhuo came out, and the soldiers under his command used it a lot, and when he saw a series of convoys that appeared in the distance, Leng Zhuo looked over there with the telescope curiously.

After a while, Leng Zhuo turned his head and said, "Is there a large amount of salt hoarded in Salt Town?"

"No, Yanzhen is just a place for jiaoyi, but the salt goods need to be transported from Chicheng, but ......" Tianyan said, "But there is also a batch of salt goods in Yanzhen, which was originally planned to be transported to several towns in the west for storage"

Leng Zhuo's brows furrowed even more, but then he stretched out, and said with a smile: "It seems that Tang Jun also knows that there is no way to take Chicheng, so he chose to retreat."

"Let's go, let's go right away" Tang Jun gradually disappeared on the horizon, and he could no longer see a shadow, but Leng Zhuo shouted immediately after returning to Tianfu.

Wei Zhilan widened her apricot eyes and said: "What kind of nerves are you, the Tang army outside doesn't know whether to retreat or not, let's go south now, you are not afraid of meeting Tang thieves on the way."

"Hmph, I'm afraid that if I continue to stay here, I'll die faster"

"What do you mean?" Wei Zhilan was stunned for a moment, obviously not understanding the meaning of Leng Zhuo's words.

"Go and say goodbye to your big brother right away, just say that we are in a hurry, so we won't stay long, and Tang Jun left this time, it is estimated that he will not come again in a short time, I will go outside and let everyone prepare the carriage and horses, and wait for you in the south of the city."

In the south of the city, Leng Zhuo and his party continued to leave Chicheng, but Wei Zhilan was unhappy, looked at Leng Zhuo, and said: "Why do you want to leave suddenly, give me a reason, don't tell me that you are making trouble unreasonably, or just making trouble."

Leng Zhuo glanced back at Chi Cheng and said, "Hmph, I'm not making trouble, you think those just now were all occasional"

"What do you mean by that?"

"I remember when you entered Chicheng, you told me that Zhongzhou itself does not produce salt, and the reserve of salt lasts for two or three months at most, and even this winter will not survive"

"So what"

"The salt eaten in Zhongzhou, seven or eight out of ten comes from Huai salt, which is also the biggest reason why Chicheng is called the salt capital, because the salt trade here every day is like a golden river flowing, and the salt ban not only makes Zhongzhou's Li Tang rebels a headache, but also makes some people r-u very painful."

"You mean, impossible?" Wei Zhilan is so smart, and what Leng Zhuo said is so obvious, how can she not guess the meaning of Leng Zhuo's words.

"Anyway, it has nothing to do with us, I just want to go back to the fiefdom as soon as possible and be my free marquis, but that guy does make me very uncomfortable, especially looking at your gaze"

Wei Zhilan glanced at Leng Zhuo fiercely, this guy, eighty percent is jealous, and he still moved out so many reasons, he is really convinced.