"Sir, they are scouts from Great Xia." When Ren Baqian was still half a day away from Liao City, he could see Great Xia scouts sizing them up from afar. When they were about 500 to 600 meters away, they turned their horses around and left.
"Pay attention at all times," Ren Baqian said while caressing the machine gun on the fork-horned cow.
"Wake up the one who is still sleeping and untie her."
Now, Ren Baqian was starting to doubt whether Lin Qiaole was protecting him or him.
Along the way, Lin Qiaole basically tied a rope to the fork-horned cow to sleep. It seemed that this was the most important and happiest thing for her.
Following which, everyone raised their vigilance to prevent the Great Xia soldiers from suddenly charging over and surrounding them.
When they were still a few kilometers away from Liao City, Ren Baqian could already see the city gate open. A group of goat riders came bouncing out of Liao City and welcomed Ren Baqian's team.
At this moment, Ren Baqian could already see the Great Xia barracks in the distance. It was just outside the east gate of Liao City.
Yesterday, the reinforcements from Great Xia arrived. Just as Ren Baqian had expected, there were only 100,000 of them. They joined up with the 70,000 soldiers from before and once again surrounded the east, west, and north gates of Liao City. They didn't care about those who were heading south. It seemed like they were going all out to isolate Tiesuo Pass and Shun City from Dayao. However, it was hard to say what their intentions were.
"How's the situation in the city?" Ren Baqian asked the winged cavalry.
"Everything is normal." The winged cavalry didn't look too serious. Even though 170,000 Great Xia soldiers were outside the city, they weren't too nervous.
Ren Baqian nodded. He looked up at the red dot on the city gate tower and felt a little excited.
However, before everyone reached the city gate, they heard the sound of cannons coming from afar. Then, there was an earth-shattering battle cry.
"Are they attacking the city?" Ren Baqian immediately reacted.
In the morning, when he contacted the empress through the radio station, he didn't hear any news of the Great Xia army attacking the city. It seemed like the Great Xia army was ready.
"Enter the city." Ren Baqian looked up and saw that the figure on the city wall had already disappeared.
Everyone urged their oxen to gallop while being protected by a group of goat riders.
Even though they had seen this many times and there were battle cries coming from afar, Ren Baqian still couldn't help but laugh at such a grim situation. Damn, it was too funny.
Even the filmmakers wouldn't dare to make up such a story. A group of experts with sturdy physiques, as if they had come from a sheep village, sat down. They were Happy Goat, Lazy Goat, and Beautiful Goat …
The murderous aura disappeared in an instant.
The city gate wasn't closed from the beginning to the end, and no one came to stop Ren Baqian and the others. It was only after everyone entered the city that the gate slowly closed.
Although three sides had launched attacks on the city, the people in the city did not panic.
However, many people walked out of their houses and stood on the streets, looking in the direction of the battle cries in the distance. All of them had fierce expressions.
The defense of the city during the few days before the empress's arrival had completely aroused the hot-bloodedness in the hearts of these commoners. Now that the empress was still in the city, these commoners couldn't wait to go up the city and kill the enemy.
When they saw Ren Baqian and his entourage coming in, they took a few more glances at them. They sized up Ren Baqian, who was in the crowd, and examined the husband that the empress had chosen.
The group arrived at the city commander's mansion.
The city magistrate was the official in charge of the city and the surrounding villages.
Dayao was considered vast but sparsely populated. There were a total of 175 cities and towns, including 93 cities and towns where the remnant citizens of the Hao Nation resided.
In fact, there were only 82 aboriginal cities and towns. Many aboriginals who lived on the plains lived around the villages.
Ren Baqian jumped down from the fork-horned cow and hurriedly walked in. When he reached the main hall, he saw the empress sitting on a chair with Qing Yuan and Hong Luan standing behind her. Below her were some generals wearing leather armor.
"Your Majesty!" Ren Baqian stepped forward to greet her.
The empress let out a grunt in response.
"Everyone, go ahead and do your own things. Li Qianqiu, follow me to the city wall to take a look," the empress said faintly. Everyone glanced at Ren Baqian and filed out.
Ren Baqian raised his head and looked at the person who stayed behind. He was a burly man who was two meters tall and looked like an iron tower. His entire body was bronze in color, and he looked fierce and intimidating.
"You follow me as well." The empress pointed at Ren Baqian.
"Yes!"
Ren Baqian didn't expect to see a reunion after a long separation. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. After greeting her, he followed the empress up the city wall.
"Principal Ren." Li Qianqiu grinned at Ren Baqian, revealing a sinister smile that made people feel that it was more threatening than kind.
Since the outbreak of the war, Ren Baqian had done a lot of things, including the radio station that everyone used as a chat group. This was the first time that everyone knew that there was such a way to communicate, and they treated it like a treasure.
There was also the salt, iron, weaponsmithing, and the proposal to strengthen the city wall and clear the fields and the militia. Ren Baqian's importance in the hearts of the court officials had risen sharply.
Li Qianqiu showed kindness to him as soon as they met.
"Greetings, Sir Li!" Ren Baqian cupped his hands and smiled.
Before they reached the city wall, they heard a whistling sound in the air, followed by the loud sound of a heavy object smashing against the city wall.
Looking out from the top of the city wall, they saw a few catapults 200 meters away. There were two wooden planks on both sides of the catapults to block arrows. Rows of soldiers were carrying huge stones and loading them onto the catapults.
From time to time, a few bone arrows would be shot over, and someone would groan and fall to the ground.
Even though Great Xia's cannons had a long range, their power was too small and couldn't deal with a fortified city. Even though the catapults had a short range, the stones they threw caused more damage to the city wall.
When Ren Baqian saw the empress looking into the distance, he handed over the binoculars hanging in front of his chest and received a look of admiration. When he turned his head, he found that Li Qianqiu was looking into the distance with a pair of binoculars. He was the only one who was empty-handed.
After a while, he took the binoculars from the empress and looked into the distance.
Behind the catapults were rows of solemn soldiers. The first row of soldiers held shiny silver shields, while the second row of soldiers held a huge box in their hands. The next three rows of soldiers were holding bows and arrows, and the soldiers at the back were pointing their spears into the sky like a dense forest.
In the distance was a continuous stretch of barracks that seemed to have no boundaries. There were even rows of fences erected outside the barracks.
Not long after, he put down the binoculars and took a deep breath. Even though he had seen an army before, he had never felt such an oppressive feeling.
Sure enough, a quantitative change caused a qualitative change. There were at least 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers outside.
When he looked through the binoculars just now, he saw that the other party was building some huge military equipment outside the barracks. It seemed like the catapults were just the appetizer.
After looking through the binoculars, Li Qianqiu cupped his hands at the empress and said, "Your Majesty, they are waiting for us to go out and destroy the equipment. The second row of the Great Xia army is the Godly Arms Battalion, followed by the archers. If we want to destroy those catapults, I'm afraid that many people will be injured. "
While they were talking, the catapults threw another round of huge stones. A few stones that weighed about half a ton smashed into the city wall one after another, causing the entire city wall to shake. It felt as if the city wall would collapse at any time.
There were also two stones that went over the city wall and smashed into the city. A few houses near the city wall were immediately smashed into pieces.
Fortunately, the people there had already been evacuated, so there were no casualties.
The empress stretched out her hand and said, "Give me the bow."
Immediately, someone handed a longbow to the empress. She nocked an arrow and shot it. One of the wooden beams on the catapult was immediately broken, but very quickly, a few soldiers went up to repair it with a piece of wood.
"Your Majesty, we have to destroy at least half of it. Otherwise, they will be able to repair it very quickly," Li Qianqiu said.
Following which, the three of them looked at the other two directions along the city wall, and it was almost the same.
Only the south side of the city was unattacked.
However, the Great Xia soldiers from the east and west sides had scattered a large area of caltrops near the south side. There was also a row of Godly Arms Battalion soldiers holding crossbows to prevent Dayao from launching a surprise attack from the south gate.
"What do you think about those catapults?" the empress casually asked while they were on the city wall.
"This matter is simple. Your Majesty, let them experience it in a while," Ren Baqian immediately replied.
The empress nodded her head.
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