Chapter 261: Eighteen Sand Cities
readx;? Sha Ding is the city lord of Stormwind City in the Eighteen Sand Cities, and Stormwind City is the boss of the Eighteen Sand Cities. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
14 In each city of the Eighteen Sand Cities, there is an incomparably powerful army of sand pirates, and the strength and combat effectiveness of these sand pirate armies are not even worse than the regular army of the Chu State.
You don't want to subconsciously think that the scale of these cities is extremely small, or rather, they can't be called cities at all, at most they are the existence of bandits' dens, or even more unbearable.
Contrary to your speculations, Eighteen Sha City is actually a real city, and she is not inferior to the size of the capital cities of every state in the Chu State.
More than a thousand years ago, the Eighteen Sand Cities were not what they are now, just an oasis in the desert, at that time, the Eighteen Sand Cities were the real green land, and the desert was still hundreds of kilometers away, but countless wars, coupled with the endless demand for natural resources by human beings, slowly, the Eighteen Sand Cities were surrounded by thousands of miles of sand seas.
Fortunately, there was an abundant source of water around the Eighteen Sand Cities, and once they were able to survive the invasion of the desert.
In this way, the Eighteen Sand Cities became an oasis in the desert.
However, the foundation of the Eighteen Sand Cities is there, and these cities were also some medium-sized cities before, plus the war has been far away from the Eighteen Sand Cities, so the Eighteen Sand Cities gradually prospered, and finally became what it is now.
After years of development, the population of each city in the Eighteen Sha Cities is more than one million, and the least is four or five hundred thousand, so the Eighteen Sha City is not a small city, nor is it a robber's den, but a real city.
Coupled with the powerful army of sand pirates, gradually, in the eyes of many people, the Eighteen Sand Cities are a country in the desert, a country formed by the union of eighteen stupid cities.
If it weren't for the fact that these cities were all occupied by sand pirates, and were still in the sea of sand, the surrounding countries would have recognized this small country in the desert a long time ago.
Therefore, being able to become the boss of the Eighteen Sand Cities shows the strength of Shading.
According to the statistics of the intelligence department of the Chu State, there are now 150,000 soldiers in Shading's Storm Legion, and the population of Storm City has exceeded 1.5 million, such a force is already an extremely powerful force.
Don't look at the fact that Chu also has 150,000 White Elephant Legions on Shazhou, but these 150,000 White Elephant Legions are used to guard against the invasion of barbarians, and he is not used to fight against Shading's Storm Legion.
Moreover, if the White Elephant Legion really dares to attack Shading, the Eighteen Shacheng will immediately unite against the White Elephant Legion, and the truth of cold lips and teeth is not only understood by Huaxia.
At this time, the White Elephant Legion will no longer face the 150,000 troops in Shading's hands, but the combined army of the Eighteen Sha Cities, numbering up to a million troops.
At this time, the White Elephant Legion will still win the war?!
What's more, if the White Elephant Legion comes to deal with Shading's Storm Legion, who will resist the barbarians on the savage grassland?
Compared to the threat of the barbarians to the Chu State, the threat of Shading is really a drizzle.
Besides, the Stormwind Legion in Shading's hands hasn't come out to loot for a long time now, and he now runs Stormwind as if it were a real national city.
Now Shading feeds his Stormwind Legion, no longer relying on raiding, but using business and farmland reclamation to feed his Stormwind Legion.
For this reason, Shading has opened up several large mineral deposits in the desert, and planted food on a large scale around Stormwind City, opening up patches of fertile fields, with these things, Shading's Stormwind Legion can live very well even if they no longer go out to raid.
The most important thing is that these reforms and measures of Shading have been successful, and it is not a small success, but a big success, otherwise, Stormwind City would not have increased its population from one million to one and a half million in just five or six years.
If there was no rush on the side of Stormwind, those people would have willingly come to live in Stormwind?!
In fact, this is also an important reason why the Black Wind Thieves made a move against Stormwind City.
The reform of Stormwind City has caused turmoil in the people of Blackwind City, and the Black Wind Legion is gradually in danger of collapsing.
It is better to be a peaceful dog than to be a troubled person, this sentence fully illustrates the mentality of ordinary people.
Able to live safely and securely like the people in Stormwind, who wants to become a sand thief that everyone hates, hates, and is precarious.
Therefore, after seeing the results of Stormwind City's reforms, Black Wind City, which is closest to Stormwind City, was gradually affected, and an impetuous aura floated over Black Wind City.
As the city lord of Black Wind City, where can Xiao Quan let the situation develop like this, plus Xiao Quan's strength has increased greatly recently, therefore, he is ready to make a move against Stormwind City.
As long as Shading is eliminated, not only will the impetuous aura wafting over Black Wind City dissipate without a trace, but also the entire Stormwind City can be captured, and after having Storm City and Black Wind City, Xiao Quan can take advantage of the situation to take down the other sixteen cities, and finally establish a real desert country.
Driven by the ambition of establishing a country that truly belongs to himself, Xiao Quanhao did not hesitate to attack Sha Ding, and the first thing he dealt with was Sha Ding's heart, Sha Man.
Shaman spends most of his time in Stormwind City, and Sha Ding's prestige in Stormwind City is too strong, Xiao Quan doesn't want to kidnap Shaman in Stormwind City at all.
In the end, Xiao Quan inquired that Shaman would go to White Jade City every few months to play.
Compared with Stormwind City, the White Jade City is more lively, which is too tempting for Shaman, who is only eighteen years old, so every few months, Shaman will go to the White Jade City to play.
This gave Xiao Quan a chance, and the three Luo brothers were sent out by Xiao Quan in this way.
Someone here will say, since he is here to kidnap Shaman, and Xiao Quan's strength is so strong, why don't you shoot more people, or enter Baiyu City, in that case, isn't the success rate even higher?
Brothers, you don't want to think about the relationship between Xiao Quan's Black Wind Thieves and Chu State, they are enemies of life and death, where is it so easy for Xiao Quan to arrange a large number of people into White Jade City.
Unlike Stormwind City, which has been reformed, the Black Wind Thieves still maintain the habit of robbing the sand thieves, and often do some massacres, and even break through some cities in the Chu State, so the people of the Chu State are not as peaceful as the Storm Legion, and the two of them can be said to be enemies of life and death.
Although the State of Chu will not deliberately send troops deep into the desert for three or four hundred miles to attack Black Wind City, it is looking for death, but as long as the Black Wind Thieves appear in the territory of Chu State, the army of Chu State will immediately go to encircle and suppress it, and it is still large-scale.
The relationship between Xiao Quan and Chu State is so cold, do you say that Xiao Quan has the ability to send a large number of people into the White Jade City?
Sending the three Luo brothers and the thirty or so people into the White Jade City was already Xiao Quan's greatest ability.
Besides, the masters around Xiao Quan, the officials of the Chu State, and the people of other forces have been keeping an eye on them, once they disappear and do not show up for a long time, Xiao Quan can guarantee that soon, a large number of people will start looking for them.
The appearance, figure, or something of these masters are clear to each force, and once these forces begin to look for them with all their might, these masters sent out by Xiao Quan will be easily discovered.
At that time, Xiao Quan didn't say whether he could kidnap Shaman, and these masters of his could return to Black Wind City safely, that was Xiao Quan's greatest relief.
Therefore, it is the most correct choice to send someone like the three Luo brothers who is both inconspicuous and has good strength to kidnap Shaman.
In addition, the number of guards around Shaman was very small, and there were not many masters, so Xiao Quan was so relieved that he only sent the three Luo brothers and their people......
Some people may ask, as the eldest lady of Stormwind City, Sha Ding's daughter, why is there no master around her, only Xu Huanming, who has the strength of the fifth layer the day after tomorrow, is this too fake?
Please, big brother, for ordinary people, the martial artist of the fifth layer of the day after tomorrow is already a master.
Don't look at Lin Ze's opponent before, it is the seventh or eighth layer of the day after tomorrow, and even after that, there are masters of the ninth layer, they are all from the sect, and on the Shenzhou Continent, only the sect has the strength and background to get so many masters. (Chengyinglou is actually a sect, a sect composed of killers.) )
In the army, or in the family, the acquired martial artists who can cultivate Gang Qi in the fifth and sixth layers are masters, and they are extremely rare masters.
Coupled with nearly ten years of stable life, Sha Ding's vigilance in his heart has decreased a lot.
Don't talk about Shaman, even Shading himself, when he went out hunting, there were only forty or fifty guards around him.
The long-term comfortable life has worn away Shading's inner vigilance.
That's why there are so few guards around Shaman.
However, after this incident, the number of guards around Shaman will definitely be more than ten times, or even hundreds of times more in the future.
For the change of Stormwind City, the Chu State and the Later Tang State were happy to see this, and for this reason, they also opened the door to Stormwind City, not only allowing Stormwind City's caravans to enter their country, but also buying minerals produced by Stormwind City at a high price.
Although it costs a lot of money to buy mineral deposits at a high price, it is also much more cost-effective than the Storm Legion, which often maintains a large army to defend Shading, and after these mineral deposits are bought back by the Chu State and the Later Tang State, they are not at a loss, but there is no profit.
It can be said that in the past ten years, the relationship between Stormwind City, Chu State, and Later Tang State has become better and better, and it has become more and more harmonious, the only bad thing is that this relationship is still secretly in the dark and has not been put on the surface. (To be continued.) )