It was safer for the kings to be in this position, because no one here could control them. If the king is in the Great Perimeter, then the king valve's weapons and armor can only be sold to Chai Rong, otherwise it will be a judgment of the country. If the king dares not to give Chai Rong face, just solve it internally.

But the king lord is not under Chai Rong's management, even if Chai Rong is unhappy with the king valve, they don't dare to send troops from Cangzhou to attack the king valve.

As long as Cangzhou sent troops, the Khitans immediately surrounded them. Even if Chai Rong didn't come to attack the Khitan, the Khitans would not watch others send troops in their territory.

Not giving up an inch of land has always been the most basic quality of every nation, and it is quite sensitive to the soldiers guarding the border. Cangzhou's dispatch of troops is definitely an act of war, although the soldiers do not like war, but they are not afraid of war.

The location of the king lord in the north of Cangzhou is to hope that everyone will come to buy his things, and the reason why the king lord does this is to not offend anyone, and not to rely on anyone, so that they can live very well.

After all, it is a place dedicated to the manufacture of war machines and war reserves, and no matter who the king depends on, they will be strictly guarded, and their weapons and equipment can only be sold to the same person, and the price will also be set by this person. If this is done, the king will only be slowly co-opted, and finally become a family at most, and there will be no greater development.

The whole mountain is full of buildings, almost completely covering the mountain. What's even more surprising is that there are long-range weapons of mass destruction everywhere you can see, and crossbows and catapults are neatly placed in rows, if Shouzhou is built like this, Chai Rong will at most take a look at it from a distance, and then turn around and leave, and will never attack this place.

Unless the Khitan and the Great Zhou are united, they will only lead troops to besiege it, and it is absolutely impossible to storm it, and as many people will die.

It is almost impossible to besiege the king, because there is food on the mountain, and there is their own water source on the mountain...... Even if you are besieged, it will be hard at best, but you will never starve to death or die of thirst.

A group of four people looked at this towering fortress on the plain, and couldn't help but feel an endless chill in their hearts. It is worthy of being the most low-key but the most arrogant of the four valves, although the king valve has never made trouble in the rivers and lakes, but dare to stand in the mountains north of Cangzhou, it is indeed arrogant.

"It's so powerful~ I'm afraid only the king dares to do this. No wonder Yelu really didn't want to provoke the king, even if he led troops to attack, it would not do him the slightest benefit. Tianya admired: "His Royal Highness the Prince, if you were asked to attack the king, what would you do?"

"There is no other way to besiege and cut off the water supply. ”

In just a few words, Li Hongji's military talent has been revealed, and Venerable White Lotus nodded, he is not a fool, and he is not the kind of self-righteous fool. Normal people can think of this way, and they can only think of this way.

Generally speaking, a place like this is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is generally not advisable to storm it. When a strong attack is not advisable, there is only one way to besiege it.

Of course, with some good ideas, there are some tricks that can be used to win. But how can there be so many good ideas in the world? And the rewards and risks are generally proportional, and as a person who leads the troops, he must be responsible for the lives of his soldiers, and he cannot just mess around.

In fact, there are still some benefits to besieging the city, the military power has always been in hand, and you can get a lot of food and grass and military salaries. This is also the safest way, without paying the precious lives of the soldiers, to capture a city, not only a large number of military salaries, grain and grass, but also military exploits and good reputation.

Conquering a city without many casualties is also very important in the court. Of course, the more important thing is your own safety, you can fight but you don't have to charge, which is of course a good thing.

Tianya said: "This method is very ordinary, if it were me...... I can get the king's men to leave the city and surrender soon. ”

"What's the solution?" X3

Not only Li Hongji and Venerable White Lotus were interested, but even Xiang'er was very interested in this. With such a well-defended fortress, why should Tianya let others surrender? The most important thing is that there is food on the mountain, and the siege of the city does not work at all, and it is really impossible to think of any way to make them surrender.

Unless there is a real crushing level of force disparity, only under such a threat can the royal lord retreat, and there is almost no need to consider it if there are less than 100,000 people.

Tianya smiled evilly: "Help the king's people dig a moat, a big and deep moat." Basically, as long as the construction starts, Wang Benkun will come out and surrender. ”

"Why is that?" Li Hongji said depressedly: "Helping them dig a moat, isn't this improving the defense of the royal lord?

"The reason is simple, the royal lord is just not afraid of being trapped to death, but if there is a way to trap them in this mountain forever, they must compromise. Tianya said: "In fact, everyone can see that the king's defense is very strong, but they can't stay in this mountain forever, as long as their way out of the mountain is blocked, the king's people will immediately panic." If the kings don't surrender, they really have to die in this mountain. After all, this mountain is not big, and tens of thousands of people can dig for two or three months to dig a big ring outside the mountain. ”

Li Hongji nodded and said: "This method is not to mention the king, any city can do this, but the amount of work is too large and it is difficult to complete." ”

"You don't need to finish it, just start to do it, and the royal lord's side will surrender immediately. If it weren't for the deep hatred, it would not have been possible to do such a thing. Tianya said: "Of course, there are many gentle ways. The mountain is not big, it is not small, there are at least tens of thousands of people living in it, and it is smoked with smoke when the wind is lit, and a little horse manure and other stinky things are put in the smoke, and the whole mountain stinks after two or three days, and it is difficult for the king not to surrender. ”

"This trick...... It's a little bit bad, but I like it. "Venerable White Lotus very much agrees with Master Zongxin's use of smoke, although the amount of work is still not small, but if you bring troops, there is a lot of horse manure, and you only need some fire-starting things to produce a lot of smoke.

This is the plain, only the mountain in front of it, and you can find the wind outlet at any time. The taste and effect of the smoke can definitely make the king surrender. You can't use this method when facing a city, but it works too well against all the inhabitants of a mountain.

Li Hongji said: "This method is good...... And it's very cost-effective. ”

"Xianggong, your method is too bad. ”

"There are many worse ones, do you want to listen to them?" Tianya put his arm on Xiang'er's shoulder, looking excited. Because he had really never seen such a fortress as the king valve, he wanted to know how uncomfortable Wang Benkun's expression was when the king valve was captured.

Xiang'er immediately shook her head, she didn't want to listen to this method of killing people. However, Li Hongji and Venerable White Lotus were very excited, and they were eager to hear more about some other siege methods.

Tianya said: "Do you want to hear it? Let's say another way, we can also build a catapult ourselves, and use the catapult to attack the king." ”

"I'm afraid this won't work, the king's catapult is well-made, the range is far above the catapult we built, and the strike is accurate, and it hits low from a high place. Our catapults are within the range of others before they are used, and this method will definitely not work. ”

"I didn't let you attack the king, just hit this mountain. Aren't there still many trees at the bottom of the mountain? The catapult was loaded with fuel oil, and with enough quantity, it burned the mountain directly, and burned all the people of the king to death on the mountain. Tianya said: "The heat of the fire is all going up, although there is a water source on the mountain, but the water source is never enough to extinguish the mountain fire, as long as this mountain burns, none of the people in it can live." ”

Li Hongji felt a little scared when Wu Yazi said this, usually Wu Yazi is a very kind person, and he doesn't see any violent tendencies. But when it comes to figuring out a way, each trick is more destructive, but it does work.

If the trees at the foot of the mountain were to burn, it would almost become a melting pot, and almost everyone on the mountain would be burned to death. And this is a plain, and although there is no shortage of water, there is absolutely no water to extinguish such wildfires. If you attack with fire, you can really push the king to a dead end.

Looking at such a strong fortress, as a result, Wu Yazi casually came up with several ways to deal with it, which was really a gap in rank. Li Hongji thinks that without this brain, no matter how much knowledge he learns, it is useless, and he can't think of going there.

The White Lotus Venerable said, "The Dao Master of Wuyazi is really powerful, and he immediately came up with so many ways to deal with the royal lord. But you'll have to keep your mouth shut, although you know you're powerful, but you can't show it in front of the king's people, otherwise our plan will be in vain. ”

"Then you still call me Wuyanzi?"

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu is angry, and his subordinates are guilty. ”

Venerable White Lotus is also a very sensible old man, and now Wuyazi wants to play the identity of Li Hongmao, the king of Chu, although there is indeed a gap in age, but Li Hongji is true, as long as Li Hongji says that Wuyazi is Li Hongmao, no one will question it.

Of course, after they saw Wu Yanzi's martial arts, they would definitely question this person's identity, but by then it was too late. Yeluzhen was present to testify, who would dare to disagree?

Tianya put one hand on Xiang'er's shoulder, and the other hand gestured, "Big brother, walk." ”

"Second brother, please. ”

The two of them pretended to walk towards the mountain in front of them, this mountain is indeed too conspicuous, there are flat ground everywhere, and it is difficult not to attract attention.

When I came to the bottom of the mountain, I saw a group of guards patrolling. When the guard saw someone coming, he immediately stepped forward to say hello, and he was not too nervous.

The king has always been peaceful, and no one will take the initiative to attack the king. After all, this is just a mountain, there is no other value, and the king valve has close contacts with many countries, so the people who come to the king valve are to buy or order some equipment.

After seeing these people, the guards probably guessed that they either took a fancy to the king's high-quality weapons and were going to come here to buy a few good blades, or they were high-ranking sons of a certain country who came to the kinglord to order some siege or defense equipment.