Since the outbreak of the war, the busiest in Yunxia City is naturally the local army stationed. om

In addition to rehousing the refugees and gathering all the tenant farmers outside the city into the city, He Muhua also strengthened the patrol of the sentry horses, requiring the sentry horses to patrol a hundred miles away, in case there is any abnormality, and the first-hand news can be transmitted back as soon as possible!

With He Muhua's level, he should not be able to get in touch with the truth hidden behind this battle, but as a soldier stationed on one side, when the war broke out, his duty was to protect the territory and the people!

Therefore, He Muhua can be said to have commanded the army day and night to turn Yunxia City from a large commercial port on the border into a hideous war machine! Even if the army of sand pirates can break through the border line, it is impossible to capture Yunxia City in a short period of time!

At such a busy time, He Muhua did not forget to go to the Confucian Mansion and visit Kong Ming. And the reason why He Muhua came to Confucius Mansion and met Kong Ming in person was to ask Kong Ming for advice on how to defend the city!

After a conversation at the military post that day, He Muhua admired Kong Ming's military genius, and naturally wanted to ask Kong Ming to see if he had any unique insights on defending the city.

In the face of He Muhua's request for advice, Kong Ming did not hide his secrets, but discussed with He Muhua very politely. According to the viewpoint instilled by Kong Ming to He Muhua, that is, the key point of defending the city is nothing more advantageous than the use of equipment! Only with the help of the equipment of defending the city can we more effectively kill and injure the enemy and reduce our own losses. For this point, He Muhua naturally agrees with it very much. Otherwise, on the walls of Yunxia City. There will be no defensive formation bans either.

However, in addition to the Yuanli Formation, in terms of the military literacy on the Tian Yuan Continent, other means of defending the city are very limited, and basically there are only the most primitive means such as rolling logs and stones. The reason why this is the case is not that the people on the Tian Yuan Continent do not know the art of war and do not know the inventions and creations of the Dao, but it is really because of the existence of the Yuan Force cultivators, the city wall under the protection of the forbidden formation has been lost, and it is not vulnerable to the strong at all. And under such a normal state of war, how many people will deliberately study the sharp weapons of defending the city?

Kong Ming was already proficient in organ information, and if he really wanted to make a sharp weapon to defend the city, it must be infinitely powerful. However, it was impossible for Kong Ming to personally help He Muhua, but he just told him about the principles and production methods of "bed crossbows", "rolling mines", "fire dragon guns" and other city-defending equipment.

He Muhua was originally a person with a clear mind, and after hearing this, he immediately slapped his thigh and praised: "General Kong, such a whimsical idea. As long as there are no powerful Yuan Force cultivators attacking the city, even if thousands of troops attack it. The old man is also confident that he will not lose Yunxia City! The old man will return to the army, gather capable and skillful generals, and let them rush to make these artifacts for defending the city! If General Kong is free, please move to the barracks and give some guidance on the spot!"

Kong Ming naturally nodded in agreement, and said to He Muhua: "Since General He invites him, he should obey it." There is another thing that I want to ask General He for a favor, and that is the recent period. A group of private troops were trained under it, and the number was not large, only about 800 people, which could be regarded as a force to protect my Confucian Mansion. In order to equip this private army with some better weapons, I wonder if General He will be able to sell some of the ordnance to this private army below? Although weapons can also be purchased in the market, the quality is much worse than that of ordnance.

According to the regulations of the Cangnan Empire. Nobles with knighthoods are qualified to organize private soldiers, and with the title of Viscount Kong Ming, the upper limit of allowed private soldiers is 3,000. And Kong Ming now frankly admits that he has only trained 800 private troops, and the number is already very small, He Muhua absolutely believes that Kong Ming will not have any disobedience. As for eight hundred sets of ordnance, it is not a great number for Yunxia City, which has an army of 200,000, and He Muhua naturally wants to give Kong Ming this face. So He Muhua smiled and agreed, Kong Ming could directly arrange for someone to go to the barracks and receive the ordnance from the quartermaster's hand, without paying any fees, it should be regarded as the reward for the Yunxia City military to thank Kong Ming for designing those city-defending equipment.

Regarding this point, Kong Ming did not be polite to He Muhua, but accepted it calmly.

In the next ten days, Yunxia City has been in a very tense state, the reason for this is because the battle situation ahead is not ideal, it is said that the sand pirate army is menacing, and the number of three million troops is not exaggerated, has broken through several acropolis on the border line, and the soldiers are directly pointing at the first fortress on the northern border line - Sanfeng City!

On the northern border of the Cangnan Empire, it is claimed that there are millions of troops, but they are scattered on the border line of thousands of miles, which is obviously not as concentrated as the sand pirate army, and the total strength in Sanfeng City is at most about four or five hundred thousand, which is far inferior to the sand pirate army.

Sanfeng City blocked the southward route of the sand bandit army, and as long as Sanfeng City was not lost, Yunxia City would not be too threatened. However, with the help of some narrow mountain passes in the Three Peaks Mountain Range, it is completely possible to bypass the defense of Three Peaks City and directly enter the territory of Izumo County. When wars broke out in the past, whether it was the defenders of Sanfeng City or the garrisons in various places, they would pay attention to the inspection of the Sanfeng Mountain Range to prevent sand thieves from sneaking up on the trail!

Back then, the sand thieves attacked Yunxia City, which was the method used, and after the border defenders strengthened their patrols, it was not so easy for the sand thieves to sneak attack. But this time, the defenders of Sanfeng City were firmly suppressed in Sanfeng City by the army of millions of sand thieves, how could they still have the strength to send troops to patrol those mountain roads? As long as the sand pirate army was willing, they could completely use those narrow mountain roads and directly throw their troops to Izumo County!

The only problem was that the mountain road was too narrow for a large army to pass through, and even if thousands or tens of thousands of troops could be transported to the territory of Izumo Prefecture, I was afraid that it would not pose any threat to the defenders in various places.

But this time, something unexpected happened!

Originally, there were only two large canyons between the three peaks, which were passages for the army to march, but on this day, after a loud bang of the sky and the earth, there was a mountain range in the Sanfeng Mountain Range that collapsed completely, as if a new canyon had been carved out of the mountain range, which could lead directly to Izumo County!

In this way, the army of sand thieves naturally poured into Izumo County like a tide, and it is said that in addition to dividing two million troops and besieging Sanfeng Castle, the other million armies all entered the territory of Izumo County, threatening more than ten cities or important towns close to the border!

Except for Yunxia City, which has a garrison of 200,000, the rest of the cities or important towns only have tens of thousands of troops at most, how can they compete with the army of sand pirates?

In just three days, two important towns have already been breached and bloodbathed by the sand bandits, and it is said that the number of civilians killed and injured has exceeded one million! And this fact also tells people that the so-called "rebellion" of the sand bandits is indeed just a slur, and their real purpose is to kill and plunder!

The reason why the defenders of the Cangnan Empire were caught off guard was entirely because the collapse of the Sanfeng Mountain Range was without prior warning, and after the collapse, why did it so coincidentally form a "canyon" that could be passed by the army?

This kind of supernatural power that moves mountains and seas can only be done by emperor-level powerhouses, and the prohibition that emperor-level powerhouses are not allowed to compete in the world, let alone violate them on the battlefield. Could it be that this time the army of sand thieves has already been released, even if it attracts the condemnation of the world's strongest, they will let the emperor-level powerhouses participate in this battle?

If there is really an emperor-level powerhouse who participates in the secular war despite the ban, then is there still suspense about the outcome of this war on the border?

The border defenders, who suffered such a big loss, naturally sent the news back to the imperial capital in the fastest way, hoping that the Hu royal family could send an emperor-level powerhouse to the border to sit in town. At the same time, the border defenders also sent a distress signal to the Yunxia faction, hoping that the Yunxia faction could intervene in this battle, at least to contain the emperor-level powerhouses in the sand pirate army, and wait for the strong reinforcements of the imperial capital to arrive. But it's a pity that this time the Yunxia Sect didn't react at all, as if because the foundation of the Outer Sect was taken away, they planned to ignore the worldly affairs anymore, and outsiders didn't know the existence of the Yunxia Hidden Sect, how could they ask the Great Elder of the Yunxia Sect to contain the emperor-level powerhouse in the army of sand thieves?

Fortunately, after the blow of the mountain collapse, the army of sand thieves did not do anything shocking, and the emperor-level powerhouses that everyone speculated did not attack one after another. It seems that these sand thieves are still somewhat restrained, if their emperor-level powerhouses do too much, most of them will attract the hostility of all the powerhouses on the Tian Yuan Continent, and this result is a result that even the sand thieves who are not afraid of heaven and earth dare not bear it!

In any case, it is a fact that the sand pirate army has invaded Izumo County, and at the moment there is no other way to deal with it than to strengthen the defense? He Muhua personally led the main army of 100,000 to garrison the Yunxia City military post, preparing to block the sand pirate army as much as possible in the periphery, and then the whole army retreated to Yunxia City. As for Yunxia City, it can be said that the whole city is mobilized, even if the houses are demolished to collect materials, as many city-guarding equipment as possible must be made!

But what no one expected was that in such a dangerous situation, Kong Ming actually took his eight hundred private troops out of the city lightly and disappeared into the vast wilderness......

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