Although Qi Hanjiang has vertical and horizontal scars on his face, he is tall and strong. Even before he stepped into the state of Mingqiao, he was born with a heroic momentum, like a tempered horse chopping knife, which is so fierce that people dare not look directly at him.
Qi Hanjiang looked down on Du Linan, who was ugly and dressed like a philistine merchant. Looking at Du Linan holding back a pile of useless materials and stacking them in front of Chen Hai, he joked and said, "what can you say? Hold such a pile of things. Who has the patience to see?"
Qi Hanjiang crowded over and motioned that since Du Linan had put down the data, he could sit back and answer Chen Hai''s questions.
"Don''t be presumptuous. Sit down and listen to master Du and analyze the situation in Lucheng." look at Han Jiang Deng''s nose and face to bully Du Linan. Chen Hai glared at him and scolded him to sit aside honestly.
Qi Hanjiang is a natural brave general. His cultivation progress is faster than that of Zhou Jun and others. Coupled with his fearless temperament, he has a stronger momentum after stepping into the Mingqiao territory. At this moment, Chen Hai glared at him. His momentum immediately looks like a punctured balloon, and Shanshan retreats to one side.
Du Linan looks like a philistine merchant, which is more a means for him to protect himself in Lucheng. He won''t be angry about Qi Hanjiang''s rudeness. He cares more about Chen Hai''s attitude towards himself.
Chen Hai''s appearance is rough and his stature is bigger than that of Qi Hanjiang. He looks like a mountain sitting behind a table. However, Chen Hai''s momentum is restrained at this time, and there is no sharp edge exposed. His cultivation is only at the early stage of Mingqiao. However, in Du Linan''s eyes, Chen Hai gives him the feeling that he is far more unfathomable than Qi Hanjiang, like a stone peak standing on a cold snow plain, not far or near be secure against assault.
To say that Du Linan still had the courage to compete with Qi Hanjiang at this time, but in front of Chen Hai, he thought it would be difficult to even mention his fighting spirit.
However, it''s not surprising to think about it. As the first young strongman in the northwest region, who is the first in the selection of the school palace in the northwest region, has at least two true meanings, and is destined to enter the realm of daodan in this life, he can also be called a rare military skill wizard in Yanzhou for hundreds of years and a rare organ puppet for hundreds of years. He has won the reputation of black mountain arrow devil in Jinzhou desert, and the aura on Chen Hai, Even many powerful Taoist elixirs in Hexi have the ability to compete with him?
Had it not been for Chen Hai''s excellent character, Du Linan could not have committed clan taboo and took out the Lucheng data he collected in the past two years without reservation.
At this time, taiweizong and Dong''s interests outweigh everything. Du Linan can''t betray Chen Hai because of the clan''s private hatred, but from the standpoint of Du''s clan, he should be passive and reluctant, rather than such positive cooperation.
However, if we miss the present opportunity, when will there be a stage for Du Linan to show?
"Mr. Du, you have been in Lucheng for a long time. Have you ever found anything unusual in Lucheng recently?" it takes time for Chen hai to fully digest the data collected by Du Linan. Naturally, it is far better to ask Du Linan''s opinions directly.
"The five clans of Zhang Zhao Yang, Zhou Gu in Lucheng, are independent and have complex connections with other patriarchal families in Pinglu oasis. For example, the Zhang family in Lucheng is actually a collateral branch of the Zhang family in Tianai mountain. I''m afraid that the Zhang family in Lucheng is weak. Even if it advocates the establishment of Zhang Xiong as the Lord of the country, it can not determine the attitude of the other four families, and even if the other four families sympathize with Ye family, it is difficult Such compassion is far from enough to make them openly stand up for Ye''s restoration. "
Du Linan said,
"According to the attitude of the five ethnic groups in Lucheng, without the intervention of external forces, they prefer to be outside Zhang Ye''s bloody war of seizing the country. As the second largest city in Pinglu, Lucheng wants to promote Lucheng to make a choice as soon as possible, not only the jingjudu protectors..."
Chen Hai nodded. He was not naive enough to think that Zhang Xiong, Kong Peng and other traitors had completely forgotten Lucheng. He could also understand Lucheng''s state of mind that if the Jingjue Army wanted to seize Lucheng by violence, it must be as fast as thunder without any delay. Otherwise, it would not only fail to seize Lucheng, but also push Lucheng completely into the arms of the rebels.
At this time, the city guard of Lucheng had made up 4000 elite generals, but Lucheng''s potential was not limited to this.
After emperor Yitian''s western expedition, Zhou Gu and other five nationalities operated Lucheng for 20 years. The data collected by Du Linan also indicated that most of the elite private soldiers owned by the five surnames ranged from 600 to 1000. At this time, the five surnames controlled more than half of the workshops and farms in Lucheng, which actually meant that more than half of the 300000 farmers, herdsmen and handicraftsmen inside and outside Lucheng were affiliated with these five surnames.
In addition, nearly 10000 people were stranded in business travel because of the interruption of business routes.
Among these business trips, 90% are Qiang Hu people and less than 10% are Yanzhou people -- and because the business trips are full of horse thieves, a very high proportion of guards with cultivation background are in the caravan.
What''s more, Qi Hanjiang was not the only one who entered Lucheng under the pretext of the caravan after the Jingjue capital guard was officially established.
All these things mean that unless the Jingjue army can win Lucheng quickly, otherwise, if the situation is delayed a little, the Jingjue army will soon fall into the desperate situation of being attacked at the foot of Lucheng.
In addition to the walls of Lucheng built with black sandstone, the five sides of the city also deploy a defensive array. At this time, they are extremely vigilant. No matter whether the Jingjue army is a decent attack or a surprise attack, they can''t take Lucheng before the five surnames react.
"The three people who went into Lucheng with the state envoy before were named the escort of the merchant team of the Lord''s mansion of Changle, but the departure date of the merchant team of the Lord''s mansion of Changle was after Zhang''s rebellion took the king''s capital. In addition to many low-level guards, two people in the caravan didn''t often appear, but their accomplishments were unpredictable," Du Linan said, "According to the information I collected earlier, he''s family in Changle City has many industries in China with the Tibetan and Qiang people. He Rong, the leader of Changle City, is a disciple of the demon temple and wants to restore the glory of the demon Temple -- so he Rong didn''t stand up for the first time to support Zhang''s rebellion, but remained neutral, which is a very strange thing in itself."
The demon Temple once flourished in the east of Jinzhou. Emperor Yitian led his troops to the west, and the demon temple was also the core of Qiang Hu''s resistance. Although emperor Yitian was defeated in the western expedition, he lost his troops, and even emperor Yitian himself almost died in the depths of the sand sea, all the strong people such as the two main roads of the demon temple and the nine daodan realm fell, which doomed the irreparable defeat of the demon temple.
After the troops of Dayan retreated to the East, the demon Temple forces also returned to the depths of Dajin mountain south of the Tibetan and Qiang countries to rest and recuperate. Because the zongmen had no seat for the strong in Daotai territory, there were only three strong in daodan territory to barely maintain the situation, and they quickly lost control of the countries in the east of Jinzhou.
However, it is undeniable that the demon temple still has a far-reaching influence in Pinglu oasis.
It''s not surprising that the Ye family, who betrayed the country and wanted to marry Hexi, had the participation of the Tibetan and Qiang countries and the demon temple. However, as a disciple who wanted to restore the glory of the demon temple, he Rong, the mayor of Changle, secretly had close contacts with the Tibetan and Qiang countries, but at this time, he didn''t openly stand up and attach himself to Zhang Xiong, Kong Peng and other rebels to jointly strengthen the control of Pinglu oasis It''s worth pondering.
In order to avoid the uncontrolled expansion of the situation, Hexi will not directly send troops to intervene in the war of the Western Qiang state, but the secret support for the Jingjue capital guard and the Ye''s remnant is not weak at all; similarly, the Tibetan Qiang state and the demon temple will not directly intervene in the change of kingship in the Western Qiang state, but it does not mean that they will not engage in other small actions.
This is a proxy war at all.
They can see the importance of Lucheng. Zhang Xiong, Kong Peng and other rebels, as well as the Tibetan and Qiang countries and demon temples behind them, will not ignore the importance of Lucheng.
"This is his straight thief mother, how to fight this war?" Qi Hanjiang sat aside, listening to Chen Hai and Du Linan ask and answer, and slowly straightened out the current situation in Lucheng. However, he listened more and more, and became more and more confused.
Although Ye Qinglin''s direct Royal Army and the initially expanded Jingjue army have a combined strength of more than 30000, even if these 30000 are pushed to Lucheng city with lightning speed, they may not succeed in winning Lucheng.
After all, Lucheng is too close to Wangdu. The distance between the two is only 400 Li, which means that Jingjue army can''t win Lucheng in half a day, and it will fall into a desperate situation of being attacked from both sides. How can Jingjue army win Lucheng with deployed defense array in half a day?
You can''t do a raid.
Now they don''t understand how many elite and experts are hidden in Lucheng by the demon temple and the Tibetan and Qiang countries. Lucheng doesn''t seem to be fortified on the surface, but how many elite should be sent to raid and control a corner of Lucheng, so that the defense array of Lucheng can''t play a role?
He Rong, the leader of Changle City, did not publicly stand up to support Zhang Xiong, Kong Peng and other rebels, but after the fall of Ye family, he sent a large number of elite and strong people to Lucheng under the cover of caravans. It sounds like Lucheng is a killing trap for Jingjue army and Dong family.
Qi Hanjiang wanted to understand now and said, "since these dog thieves set a trap in Lucheng, we can''t get into his trap. We abandon Lucheng and seize Xuanfeng city in the northwest. I don''t believe that the Tibetan and Qiang Kingdom and demon temple have such a gloomy layout in Xuanfeng city."
Xuanfeng city is also one of Chen Hai''s candidates. Xuanfeng city is located in the northeast corner of Pinglu oasis, forming an equilateral triangle with Montenegro and Songyang lake. At present, it also remains neutral.
Chen Hai shook his head. Xuan Fengcheng was only the worst candidate in his mind and said: "The situation is different from what we initially expected. Since the demon temple and the Tibetan and Qiang countries are so deep, once we make a rash move on the insignificant Xuanfeng City, it is likely that a neutral city like Lucheng will quickly fall to Zhang and Kong rebels. Before we get a firm foothold in Xuanfeng City, Zhang Xiong, Kong Peng and other rebels may lead tens of thousands of troops to surround us. This battle will be difficult It''s too late. "
"Then it''s the one who beats his mother." Qi Hanjiang said.
Chen Hai shook his head and smiled. At this time, the crossbow chariots and quenched gold arrows compiled by Jingjue army are too limited. He led Jingjue army and the Royal Army led by Ye Qinglin can cooperate in combat. He is confident to defeat about twice the enemy, but more will be risky. Once Zhang, Kong and other thieves can gather more than 100000 troops at a time, there will be an absolute strength gap. He can''t In the end, they can only give up Xuanfeng city and retreat back to Montenegro. At that time, the good chess won at this time will be lost and destroyed. Instead, they will help Zhang, Kong and other thieves quickly unify Pinglu oasis.
Besides, the Jingjue army has secret chess games such as crossbows and chariots, but the demon temple and the support of the Tibetan and Qiang countries behind the rebels such as Zhang and Kong have no cards. How can they continue to treat them as horse thieves and miscellaneous soldiers?
"What should I do? I won''t fight when I return to Montenegro?" Qi Hanjiang asked.
"Do you want to fight Lucheng or fight Lucheng," Chen Hai smiled and asked Du Linan, "I want to attack Lucheng. Do you have any clever strategies to weaken the demon temple and the plot of Tibet and Qiang in Lucheng?"