Chapter 323: The forces in the city

After a day of brutal and bloody battles, everyone was exhausted. At this rare opportunity, everyone began to rest. As the statistician reported back, Xuan Yue's face became a little ugly.

Of the 70,000 veterans of the Army of Hope who defended this place, nearly 20,000 died in this day's brutal battle. Almost 90% of the troops were injured, and nearly a thousand were unable to participate in the battle. And in this battle,

The results were also very impressive, with nearly 200,000 enemies killed!

Xuan Yue was not happy with the result of this battle. Although the battle loss ratio was one to ten, Xuan Yue was still not happy. The Chu army still had nearly 400,000 soldiers, while the city defenders only had 120,000 left.

More than enough, although it seems to be a blessing, the opponent still has four times the strength of his own. With the consumption of ordnance in sight, it is unintentionally more difficult to defend against their attacks.

"Dalong, please take someone to see how the defense situation is at the west gate, south gate, and north gate. After your one-month war effort of 1.8 million Chu troops, there are still at most 1.5 million left. Now they actually

A 600,000-strong army has been prepared at the east gate, so the offensive forces at the west gate, south gate, and north gate should be relatively weak." Feeling that this was not going to work, Xuan Yue immediately ordered Dalong.

As the dragon left quickly, Xuan Yue began to walk back and forth on the city wall again. He had used all the defense methods he could think of, but even so, it was very difficult to stop the Chu army's attack.

Today's battle is mainly because the endless strategies have been effective.

Especially the last handful of poisonous weeds wiped out the opponent's elite soldiers, but even so, now that the arrows are almost exhausted and all kinds of ordnance are in short supply, it is still very difficult to defend the Chu army's attack.

Turning around slowly, Xuan Yue's brows gradually wrinkled as she looked at the huge city covering an area of ​​a hundred miles. There were nearly six to seven million people here, and there were many strong people among them. Xuan Yue

It is even believed that among these people, there are even some who are not weaker than the officers and generals of the Qin Army. If they can be mobilized, it will be easier to defend the city.

Thinking of this method, Xuan Yue's eyes immediately lit up.

Although they used conventional methods to persuade, those selfish local tyrants and squires would definitely not help the Qin army defend the city. After all, with the strong pressure of the Human Alliance, even if the Chu army broke through the city defenses, it would be impossible to massacre the people in the city.

At most, some people who support and sponsor the Qin army will be killed, and others will be spared.

But that is a normal situation. I have no feelings for those local tyrants and squires Xuanyue. Born in the land of Da Qin, they are domineering but do not do anything for the country. They always have a lot of interests, but in their case

Without taking the initiative to make mistakes, even if the Qin officials wanted to touch them, it would be impossible.

But it was different now. Thinking of those people, Xuan Yue suddenly came up with a strategy of killing people with a borrowed knife and forcing them to submit!

That night, the dragon reported back. Just as Xuan Yue had guessed, although the attacks on the west gate, south gate, and north gate were fierce, the number of people was far less than that of the east gate. But even so, the battle was very tragic, especially on the west gate.

Due to the large number of new soldiers, there was a situation where the city gate was temporarily lost, but fortunately, the reinforcements who rushed after hearing the news were repelled in time.

After hearing their reports, Xuan Yue also completely gave up the idea of ​​​​mobilizing other city gate forces to coordinate the defense. However, that night, Xuan Yue mobilized a large number of secretaries in the city and officials who were familiar with things in the city to gather at the east gate to discuss matters.

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At dawn the next day, when the Chu army was gathering to prepare for battle, there was already a storm in Tiandu City.

On the main streets of Tiandu City, at the bulletin boards where announcements are posted, bright red newspapers with black characters on a red background are announced to the public. The three major families in Tiandu City are the Zhu family, the Ma family, and the Yang family.

At the top of the list, other aristocratic families, trading houses, and even martial arts schools also ranked among them.

Write in the announcement that these aristocratic business houses and martial arts schools have made outstanding contributions to Tiandu City. They actively donated money and materials when the Chu army attacked the city. It is obvious to everyone. Here, during the difficult time of the city, the city lord Lu Xi

We call on everyone to actively participate, learn from their spirit, make positive contributions to the country, the people, and our Daqin, and create a more brilliant tomorrow together.

However, the announcement of more than a hundred words was just a matter of laughter in the eyes of the people of Tiandu City. Those wealthy country gentlemen actually had the conscience to help participate in the city defense? This is really the sun rising in the west, but they did not

It doesn't really matter.

However, when these things were seen by the nobles, wealthy merchants and martial arts schools, their expressions changed greatly. Without this thing, the Chu army could continue to be their own rich squires when they entered the city and paid a generous tribute at most. However, the appearance of this thing will

Their ideas were completely shattered into pieces.

The Human Alliance has regulations that do not allow the massacre of civilians. This is based on the fact that civilians do not participate in the defense of the city, based on the policy of not blaming everyone for the crime, and based on the premise that there is not enough profit. But which of these people on the list is not rich?

The local squires with gold and above, especially the top three Zhu family, Ma family, and Yang family, are even more super local tycoons on the wealthy side.

Faced with such local forces, whether they are offensive or defensive, they all want to get some profit from these people, especially for the Chu army that suffered heavy losses. Once the city is conquered, even without this list

, they also need to find some reason to squeeze and extort, and with this list, it will be easier. A bloody storm is bound to be inevitable.

"Master Ma, what do you mean by this? I don't have anything to support the city defense army, so how can I be on the list of contributions? What should I do?" The Yang family is a big family.

The fat man, in the lobby of the Zhu family, the three major aristocratic families in Tiandu City, as well as some big and small aristocratic families on the list were all present. He had an anxious look on his face, and looked at him sitting calmly.

Ma Dongyang, the head of the Ma family, said while drinking tea.

"Humph, Yang Yu, this is not a matter of your support or not, but a matter of whether they post the list. This kind of thing is not something you say there will be no support if there is no support." Shaking his head lightly, Ma Ma

Dongyang said calmly.

Unlike Yang Yu, who relied on the virtues of his ancestors to achieve his family's fortune, his mind was more shrewd, and he could think clearly about the power of it after just thinking for a moment.

"It seems that Tiandu City's defense has indeed reached its limit. Otherwise, they would not have come up with this strategy. This is to force us to help them defend the city. This move is so clever. It's so clever. It doesn't use words or actions.

Just a few words made us have to help them. Such a thing is definitely not something that the snobbish businessman Lu Xi could have thought of. It must have been done by the Marshal Polu." Sitting on top is a hair-haired man.

The gray old man held a cup of tea and gently blew in the tea steam and spoke slowly.

He is Zhu Yilong, the current head of the Zhu family.

"Bastard, why is that guy like this? Isn't he pushing us into the fire pit?" Yang Yu immediately cursed after hearing this.

"The soldiers are acting in a treacherous way. What he did was just to defend Tiandu City. If we insist on saying so, this strategy is not wrong, but it conflicts with our interests." Zhu Yilong shook his head slightly. After experiencing all the events, he was like a wise man.

One word reveals the mystery.

"Are we going to be led away by him like this? It would be too easy for him." Ma Dongyang frowned slightly. The feeling of being led away by someone really made him extremely uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but feel a little resentful.

"What? Do you still want to surrender to the Chu army? Even though the Chu army is powerful now, it cannot be done in three or two days to conquer Tiandu City. Since Marshal Polu has come up with such a plan, then he must have

Backhand, if you don't submit, I'm afraid the consequences will be disastrous." Zhu Yilong glanced at the aggrieved Ma Dongyang and said calmly.

"Well, I'm just not willing to be led away by them like this!" Ma Dongyang has lived in the Great Qin Kingdom all his life. Although he comes from a business family, he still has some feelings for the Great Qin Kingdom, which made him treason because of this reason.

He's not that crazy.

"Whether we are unwilling or unwilling, the other party has already charted a path for us. If we leave, we may be fine. If we don't leave, with Marshal Polu's magnanimity, I'm afraid he will never give up!

No matter what you do, our Zhu family has decided to help with the city defense." Looking at the shrewd and fox-like family leaders, Zhu Yilong said with a slight sigh.

When he heard what Marshal Polu had done, he knew that this man was definitely a man who would do anything to achieve his goals. In order to destroy the orcs, he did not hesitate to dig up the Nanhua River and flooded nearly 100,000 miles of Nanjun land. So far,

Life in Nanjun has not returned to its original state.

Such courage and determination are absolutely impossible for ordinary people to achieve.

Thinking of Marshal Polu, he immediately thought of another person, Bai Qi, known as the God of Killing, the First Marshal of the Qin Army.

Zhu Yilong's words made many people remain silent. After Zhu Yi said he was tired and resigned, the family members also left one by one.

Less than half an hour after the meeting adjourned, Zhu Congshan, the eldest son of the Zhu family, led eight hundred guests to the east gate to participate in the city defense. Under the leadership of the Zhu family, the Ma family, the Yang family and other large and small aristocratic families all had people who were rich and well-off.

With money and supplies available, in less than an hour, nearly 200,000 reinforcements from various large and small families and chambers of commerce and martial arts schools arrived at the four gates.

Seeing the arrival of these reinforcements, a smile appeared on Xuan Yue's face. The strength of these reinforcements is extraordinary. The weakest ones have innate realms, and the leaders of the strongest Zhu family, Yang family, and Ma family are all in the middle stage of the second soul.

Strong men, and strong men from other families also emerge one after another.

The addition of this new force immediately made the city defense troops in the four gates happy. After Xuan Yue's deployment and allocation, they began to prepare for the Chu army's attack.

But in her heart, Xuan Yue also secretly remembered some families that did not send personnel to provide supplies. Lu Xi did not dare to touch them, but it did not mean that Xuan Yue did not dare to touch them. After driving away the Chu army, let those short-sighted people
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