Section 2148: Trebuchet

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The Northern Empire is also very cooperative at this time. They have no intention of attacking at all. Judging from their current situation, they are just staying there. They have no intention of counterattacking at all. Hong Lie stays on his own. The guards looked around at the front line. The fortifications of the Cao's House were fairly well built, but it was a bit rough, but there were not so many people and there was nothing they could do. In the past, they were all with the help of engineers. It was built, but now the engineers have also been sent out. The engineers are more tired than ordinary soldiers. It seems a bit inappropriate for them to do this, so they can't increase their work. Measured, they are also made of meat, not stones, not to say that they are not tired at all. When something like this happens, they are also uneasy. On the surface, it is a victory, but no matter how they defend, it shows The problem is that it is too weak, and the lack of troops has reached a limit. In some cities, the official warehouses have not been moved. Such things were impossible to happen in the past, but now there is no such idea. Now everyone knows clearly what they should do and what they should not do. If it can be done well, it’s fine. If it can’t be done well, there is no other way to say something big happens in the future. These people from Cao’s House After a day of high mental tension, it was still safe, nothing happened, and I didn't see any soldiers from the Northern Empire in the front position. These people were also watching Cao's house in their trenches. I hope these killing gods don't come over. △,

"Let the soldiers not be too nervous. Before, we couldn't figure out what the people of the Northern Empire wanted to do. Naturally, we couldn't tell them that these people were scared and had no courage. But now it's different, even fools It can be seen that these guys are the ones who dare not come out at all. It is enough to let half of the soldiers go out to sleep. They all washed their feet and took a good rest, I don’t know how far they have run in the past few days, and each of these guys feels that their feet are not their own.” After inspecting around, Hong Lie saw The soldiers look so tired. I am also very distressed, I have been walking around with the huge command vehicle these days, basically I have not walked on my own feet, but I still feel very tired, let alone them.

"Commander, our scouts are all back, and they have brought back the latest news. According to our observation, the enemies in front of us have already assembled. Compared with the previous few days, they are all different. They are all considered a real army, but their specific movements are not very clear, but they have no intention of attacking us. According to the report of the scouts, they are now starting to build some fortifications in front of their positions. Moreover, the buildings built are very powerful, which can be said to have cost them a lot of money. We studied it a few times, and felt that they were all scared of being beaten by us." Hong Lie just entered the door, and a staff officer held it in his hand. Said the book. These people from the Northern Empire are really useless. They don't even dare to send out a few scouts. Could it be that they are afraid that people from the Cao's House of Commerce will kill them? In their eyes, it is estimated that the Cao's House of Traders They are already very happy that people don't bother them. As for letting them come out to trouble Cao's firm. Forget it, none of us have that ability.

"Well, that's pretty good news.

Let them all continue to scout, I let the soldiers rest. You are all not allowed to rest, you go to study, how to use our current force to expand again, I guess you all understand the current situation, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the Northern Empire was directly defeated this time We were beaten so dizzy, they didn't know what was going on with our people, and they didn't know how our people worked. It can be said that they are blind and deaf. If we all grasp this opportunity If we can't stop, our army is no different from them, that is, our army is too small. By the way, can you tell the people in the rear that it will be no problem even if some recruits are sent over? , As long as you have soldiers in your hands, you can do anything. "Hong Lie said helplessly, he has fought for such a long time, but he has never fought as comfortably as this time. In the past, it was either tragic or difficult to win, but now it is like this, This is really the first time I have encountered it. It seems that the people in front of me are not soldiers, but a group of fat sheep waiting for me to eat.

"Commander, there should be no other way at the headquarters. As far as I know, there are only three divisions left in all the troops at the headquarters. Others have already come here. Now the headquarters are using some As far as I know, there are about a thousand servants in your family, Commander. The remaining male servants in your family are estimated to be less than a hundred. Although they are also on a large scale They are conscripts, but these soldiers are not ordinary recruits. They have to go through three months of training in the new barracks. Otherwise, these people may have a lot of discomfort, and these guys are not good at work. So reliable, you must know that each of these people is also a little confused in their work, whether these people are trustworthy or not is still a problem, now I guess we can only look at the cake and sigh here." A just The staff officer who came over from the headquarters said helplessly that they hadn't encountered such a thing in decades, but because of such a problem, they were watching here, and it was impossible to succeed at all. Forget it, Anyway, these places are not ours, and there is no other way to do it right now, Hong Lie waved them all out helplessly, I really don’t know what to say about such a thing, Hong Lie is not alone This guy has never thought of giving up on this. For him, there is no way. He has to make his own way. How can he not continue to expand? Still need to think about it carefully.

The loss of fifteen provinces is not a trivial matter, and now many people in the Northern Empire are talking about it. If the peace talks could have been completed at the beginning, perhaps these things would not have happened. They all know that the loss of these fifteen provinces is for nothing, and the people of Cao's Commercial Bank will not count the contract for you. The most important thing is that more than 30% of the iron ore has been lost, and more than 40% of the smelting has been lost. The Northern Empire did not have enough ability to continue the war, so the peace talks appeared in the court of the Northern Empire again, but who should be sent now, neither a crown prince nor a prince could get this matter right, and finally There were things like this and other things that happened in the past, and in the end they made themselves nothing. If they were allowed to continue to do this thing, it is estimated that this task will be a showdown on whose head, and no one will do it. something like this. Everyone is not a fool, how could we do such a thing? If we do it, how should we bear this responsibility in the end? Before, the crown prince and prince were not able to keep their titles, but now it is theirs. It is even more impossible. If they are allowed to continue to do this thing, it can only be pulled. They don't have much ability, and they can only fool the past in the end. Besides, when the people from Cao's House were negotiating last time, they still had a little bit of sense or something. Now those people will definitely open their mouths, and we won't get anything by then.

In such a big empire, there is not even one person who comes out to share the worries of the court. Of course, the emperor is very anxious, and he is about to go to the house in a hurry, but there is no way to do it, isn't it, you just killed those guys for your own happiness earlier. You yourself are really very happy, but have you ever thought that it is not necessary to negotiate peace in the future, and who will you find in the future? Those people are not fools. If you kill someone, if they go again, they will also kill people if they fail to come back. The most important thing is that these people are clear about what this is. They were very nervous at the beginning. Depressed, this matter is not as simple as you think. If we are all killed by you, we will seek death. Although the empire cannot support it now, it is still possible for them to live longer For a while, there is no need to die now.

Not all the interior of the Northern Empire is full of idiots, and there are some people who feel that the plan of Cao's House of Commerce looks good, but in fact it seems to be a bit not so good, for example, people like them Why not continue to attack? Many people also said that it might be because the army of Cao's House can't keep up. Can we take the initiative to attack? Most people gave me a bloody blow before I said this sentence. Ah, what are you kidding, are the people in Cao's House so easy to mess with? Don't you see how we all live our lives now? Those people have already killed us. It's fine if they don't come to attack us. What are you doing? Do you want to die? It turned out to be thinking about attacking people in the past. I really don’t know what you people are thinking. Poor people who are really talented have lost their temper after being scolded by these people. I don’t know what they want What, anyway, the people in Cao's Commercial Bank are not attacking now, we also have our offensive ability on the front line, even if it is a good choice to ask our people to try it, such a thing did not let them Understand it, each of these people felt that the matter was not that simple, and they were going to kill them to fight with them, but His Majesty the Emperor finally chose to pull out this small group of capable people. They are just demagogues, and many people have even said that they are the spies of Cao’s House, who directly asked our people to go out to die. Everyone knows that if they have the help of the city wall, they can still resist The attack of Cao's House of Commerce, but if it goes to the wild, the cannon is simply not something they can resist with flesh and blood. Now it is different from before, and the people of Cao's House of Commerce can throw grenades several times A hundred meters away, even a thousand meters away is no joke, and the accuracy rate is still very high. The reason is that you can’t go out even more. It’s also good to build some fortifications or something.

The people of the Northern Empire saw this and did not do it, but the people of the Eastern Empire figured out the reality of Cao's firm. The overall strength of Cao's House can be said to be very strong, but they have also failed in one point. Now their interior is very substantial, but their border areas are very weak, and someone from them sent this news to It was at the Northern Empire, but it is a pity that no one in the Northern Empire believed this at all. In their view, this is a plan of the people of the Eastern Empire. They want to send these people to their own death. They are so cheap. This is how big countries are. Basically, they are all like this , don't guess other people's good intentions, only think about other people's bad things, and the people of the Eastern Empire didn't think too much about it, they just told you. But the people of the Eastern Empire started their actions by themselves. The first thing they have to do is to win the three naval bases of Cao's firm on the Laitu River in the Eastern Empire, because the Laitu River is directly controlled here. Yes, Lai Tuhe is a big river leading to their capital, which can completely allow the warships of Cao's House to sail there. Although there are many iron locks on both sides, it has been proven that there are not many such things. role, so the Eastern Empire has another preparation. Tens of thousands of their giant crossbows have been produced, so they also have a certain degree of protection. The inland river defense circle, which has invested hundreds of billions of dollars, has really come into effect. For the navy of Cao's House, it can be regarded as a very powerful enemy.

In fact, the comparison of the four empires all said that this winter mine is much stronger than the other three empires, but why are they also in a passive state of being beaten? It is because they have no way to break through and the wind speed of the good navy is just It is impossible to rely on some distant places on land. On the land, the added army also took a series of defensive measures to put them inside the gambling house, so that they could not go out to many cities inside the Eastern Empire. You also think that taking advantage of this opportunity to open the blockade next to the Tou Building and you must contact them about the island, Li Jian, this must be done, because the reason why the Eastern Empire was strong in the past was because it was not on the island. The support of countless people on those islands, the use of countless resources and some other support made the Eastern Empire the strongest among the four empires. This is all directly related to which islands. Now it seems that those relationships may be possible. There will be a series of setbacks. From the beginning of the war until now, there is still no exercise at all. It is said that they have been occupied by quarrels, but it is still hard to say what the actual situation is like. After all, there is no one in the outside world. People who know that it is not the Eastern Empire also want to go out to see if it is better. It is the same, but there are running buildings and Kyousuke everywhere on their river. After adding the fort, they let their store manager Obviously, there is no way to go out to the construction site. If they are the first to know the importance of the sea, it is a very bad thing for them not to go out and hide on land. They also want to live in such a way of life. Went out to have a look?

In the past, it can be said that the Eastern Empire did not have this opportunity, and the No. 1 Plus line would not give them this opportunity. There were a large number of No. 1 Plus troops in the whole county staring at them, and there were countless tragedies flying around like locusts in the sky. The purpose of going there is to see how powerful the country's military strength is. That's why the Eastern Empire bought all of them and grew them. For them, it doesn't matter if they have the strength or not. The wolf's teeth were knocked out, like a wolf has never been. It is absolutely impossible to turn into a dog. If you want him to be a dog, that's impossible. In winter, that's what I think. Among their colleagues, there is a wolf all over. They have their own wolf nature, they can't be ruled by others, and they can't be trampled down by others, just like now, they are trampled down by quarreling with Shanghang, although many people don't believe this fact, but the fact is the fact, no matter what you believe I don’t believe that he is real. It’s as if you don’t have a single outlet for the Chinese New Year in winter. What else can you say? If you really have that ability, why are those domain names in your empire and those who rely on the sea to eat can’t do anything now? If you have to eat, you can only come to land. In the past, when you laughed at the other three empires, what was your skill? Why is there nothing now? Now, you have to live without looking at the face of the head portrait. You are arguing with the company. After such a long struggle, it finally came out that other people won. Where did you win? You seem to have not won at all. This is not a joke. Everyone understands very well that you are no longer the old big empire. It can be said that now All of you are almost the same as I am not down?

Let Dubi believe that they are down and out, so it is better to kill them and forget it. They will never admit that they are not of much use. Now, Bi Gao still believes that they are the huge East of the First Empire. During the winter, the emperor wondered all the time whether he could rejuvenate himself with his ancestors, but he just thought about this matter. Whenever he went out and saw that the fort was added to the not far away, he would Knowing this, it will be impossible to become a reality because of these things. Fuck plus the blockade of the Eastern Empire is very strict. Although a small part of the Central Territory is in the hands of the Tang family today, it can be said that it will not affect the whole winter. Action, but the area where the Taojia is located is a relatively important area, not a transportation hub. People who are super big will never marry. According to the idea of ​​these people on the runway, we want to occupy your other cars. Immediately, some of the areas we control are also areas that you cannot control. After we control these areas, it will be very easy to represent your other areas. The ridiculous thing is that Gao Gao of the Eastern Empire has not seen himself Do you still want to take advantage of this time to keep those important strategic areas for a while? It’s just that adding good people will make it difficult for you to come back more easily? There are so many lands before the four empires, why do so many managers fail now? That is because they met someone who was smarter than them. Now things seem to have turned around. They seem to have seen a good fortune. The person who has cooperated with it and said some things, even if I didn't see the weakness he added, so what?

The Cao family is good. Now even if there is a crisis of some people's positions, you can see clearly that those defensive measures in their place can be solved by us? What kind of weapons are we holding in our trials? Don't say anything about them. What kind of weapons are all given? If we can’t solve this problem in the best way, no matter how hard we try, it will be impossible. It’s just that after these people say what they say, they will go through those normal things like Beijing, but go straight away. Ignored a lot of people just hit them on the head thinking these people are scaremongering ah it can't happen something like this is either you people talking crap or you are just afraid of better good people tape nothing more than fear of war If you think this way, you are not worthy of being called an empire, you will not become the elite of the empire, and you will all think about your own family affairs. I don't care about the affairs of the empire. Everyone in the empire hates your way of confounding black and white capital, which makes these people feel very helpless. We are obviously for the sake of the empire Zhang Qiang. How come we are so selfish when we come to you? Forget it, since you all think we are selfish, let’s not stand up and hate others, we’d better just go home and take care of the elderly, let’s talk about other things when you suffer a loss in the future, right? The attack power is all defensive. It can be said that there is no development at all. The development business is not like their offensive momentum now, and they have an advantage. If the profile picture looks like they are attacking, then those giant crossbows on both sides of their big river are not for nothing. It can also make the people he adds suffer a lot?

The people in the Eastern Empire didn't know what to say. Even if they wanted to attack, they had been thinking about it for a long time, just like now. They also feel that this matter will not end so easily, for them. The matter in front of them is still very important. If they can't figure out this matter, they will not attack. Many of the spies who were dispatched in the past have already returned. If Cao's house was in the early days, such a thing would not be so easy to succeed. Earlier, it was impossible to ask people to go there. The people in Cao’s House were not fools, and there were no other people around at that time, but it’s different now. Now Cao’s House There is no way to form a small market next to the naval base. From the beginning of the war to the present, the economy of the Eastern Empire has not been very good, and the people have no money in their hands. The easiest thing to see from these small business people is how the society’s economy is doing. These small businesses in the Eastern Empire are not fools. Of course, they also want to make their own business easier. , so I hurried to do business around the soldiers of Cao's firm. Although the Eastern Empire said that doing business with the people of Cao's House is collaborating with the enemy, but those are all large-scale, and small-scale ones are not counted.

They're not stupid either. Of course they wouldn't do something that could be found out. No matter how high the profit of this matter is, they will not do such a thing. But now it's a completely different thing, I just took my own car to sell it, and there is not even a single person in the government office around, besides, I always leave early and return late, the people on the blockade checkpoint are just That little money will do. At the beginning, the people from Cao's House also prohibited them from coming, but later found that many of their daily necessities also needed to go out to buy, and sometimes those from the headquarters were slow to come. Besides, there is no entertainment at all in the barracks. After a long time, the mental state of the soldiers is also very serious, so it is a good thing to let them all go out and relax. Later, some people did not care about this matter, and later it became There is a market, even if some officers of Cao's House feel bad, there is no way to stop it. Compared with the leaked military secrets, this place is for the soldiers. But those who have a very important role are all away from home, all of them belong to young men, and they may need some other things. There are such things here, and the appearance of such things also makes the Cao family The people in the business feel very good. Of course, their own salaries are gone. These people don’t serve you for nothing. Everything needs money. Fortunately, the charges of these people are not so expensive. Otherwise, these people would still not be able to enjoy it. You must know that although the salary system of Cao's Commercial Bank is good, they are afraid that some people will spend all their money when they are stationed outside, so they only give them part of it. That’s it, all the rest was sent home, and all the soldiers were very grateful for this, mainly because sometimes a person couldn’t control it when he was outside, but fortunately, such things are still not bad.

The spies of the Eastern Empire are very good at inquiring about news and so on, and they have no way to set up magnets with the soldiers of Cao's House, because those soldiers have very powerful anti-reconnaissance skills, but they are also I will observe, just like a good restaurant they opened in the local area, generally as long as it opens here, there will be dozens of soldiers from Cao's firm coming to eat every day, but now it is only ten every day. Just a few people. At the beginning, they may feel that the business in their place is not very good, but as long as it continues, they will always feel something. In fact, it is not just their place, but the other people around This kind of problem has also appeared in all places. At the beginning, they thought that there was something newly opened that would snatch away all the people here. Now after they met and discussed it, they realized that it was not the case at all. The problem is that the number of soldiers here has decreased a lot, and they don't know where they went. The above just asked them if there were any fewer soldiers here. As for where they went, they didn't have that kind of information. As long as you tell them that there are really fewer soldiers here anyway, as for some other things, we can't control them, and we are not supernatural, no, we will definitely not tell us where these people go Yes, we want to know that there is no such ability, the higher-ups asked them to confirm, because the upper-level people are not sure about such a report, if it is true, they can be said to be rewarded for their merits if they win Yes, but if it doesn't work, it's all nonsense, and if the other one is a scam by Cao's firm, then don't say any rewards, even you people may not be able to keep their heads , now is such a society, what you want to do is completely different from what you think, you must know that sometimes some things are not so simple, it is better to be honest, otherwise If there are many bad things that may happen in the future, they are all possible, and they really found a certain way, and they can see it not far away from their houses. The base in the river, and even the ships inside can be seen clearly. They all clearly remembered that they could see fifteen huge warships here last month, but this month they can only see a few There are eight ships, so the rest should be gone. In addition, the number of soldiers has really decreased, and they can analyze such things. When they reported their analysis results, it took a long time for the higher-ups to report to the highest level. After all, this matter is not a small matter, and it was not bad in the end. The highest level chose to believe these guys, so their troops began to come towards these naval bases in all directions, just to see if it was what they said, most of the troops here were dispatched.

Generally speaking, the defense of the naval base is still very strong, and it is defended by the marines of the two brigades. When necessary, some sailors can be recruited, but that was all in the past. Since the commercial bank began to implement the policy of encircling and suppressing the rear, the army here has also dropped by more than half. The main reason is that they all feel that although this place is the front line, the people of the Eastern Empire have been beaten by them so long ago that they don't even know their mother. How could they come out to attack them out of boredom? That is simply an unimaginable thing, and no one would believe it, but now this thing really just happened.

The people from Cao's House were also surprised to see the overwhelming army outside. How could these people choose to come here at this time? Although they were surprised, they didn't panic, and they followed the usual requirements. . At this time, they made a preliminary calculation, if they wanted to keep the three surrounding strongholds. That's impossible, but even if they can't keep it, they must be given some strength. The three strongholds are all very solid. As long as they want to kill them, it is estimated that they will need to pay hundreds of thousands of people. the price of. Each stronghold is composed of four bunkers, each with a row of nearly 200 people inside. They all have underground passages to retreat. If they persist well, these three strongholds can also let them Naval bases persist for a day or two. Although there are not many people inside the naval base, there are plenty of supplies. If they really want to come in and try the cannons, they will be able to feed them all. No one will say What.

Before the enemy entered the battle zone, some recruits started firing. It's no wonder they were so nervous, mainly because these people had no experience in the past. If they had experience, they wouldn't make a move This kind of thing is coming, for them, the thing before them makes them feel a little scared, they just felt the war in those places, they don't know what the real war is like, Cao The high-level executives of the Jia Commercial Bank also know how important these three naval bases are. If there is no place here, the people of the Eastern Empire will make this place theirs, although their weapons are not as powerful as those of the Cao Jia Commercial Bank. , but they are still very powerful, they can build their own fortifications in such a place, and they will also do some very powerful things here. It is not so easy to pass, because the Eastern Empire is relatively powerful, so the senior management of the Cao's House has always regarded the Eastern Empire as a relatively strong opponent of them, and because the center of gravity is not here, so for the Some of the actions of the Eastern Empire were relatively tactful, and there were not many large-scale wars. I did not expect such a strong attack from the Eastern Empire this time when they were relatively weak.

People from the Eastern Empire also came prepared, and they would never be fooled by the artillery of the Cao's House. As of now, they already know how to avoid the artillery. Yes, although it is hard for them to believe that lying down and waiting to die, it doesn't matter, if they run around, the chance of death may be greater, some veterans or something just jumped into a bomb crater , Many people think this is the act of courting death, but they all know that this is a very normal thing, no one will feel that there is something wrong with doing such a thing, but many people will think that doing such a thing It's very good, if you don't do that, what's wrong with your own brain? Doing this is one of the best ways to keep yourself alive. In the past, they would only be a little It was for defense, but now people's counterattack is coming, that is a powerful catapult, such an ancient thing was not unavailable in the past, but the current one is very improved, and the three tons of stones whizzed towards A few thousand meters away, this is a huge machine that requires more than 500 people to drive, and there is a very powerful magic shield outside. The people of the Eastern Empire know that this thing's defense ability is very weak, so The magic shield was used, but even so, there may be nothing under the fierce artillery fire of Cao's House in the end, but they think it is worth it, as long as they can throw ten stones, they are considered It's a victory, even if this thing is bombed, it doesn't matter.

When the first huge stone flew over the naval base of Cao's House, the disease did not fall, and a shell fired just hit the stone. Although some scattered stones came down and injured many people, But it is much better than the one that this big guy came down, because the place where the warships of Cao's firm are placed is where the warships of Cao's firm are placed. If those things fall, a warship is no problem, then The loss of Cao’s House was huge. The Eastern Empire did not send such a trebuchet. Let’s talk about their big guy here. It can shoot once in five minutes, and its lifespan is only 20 times. It costs an astonishing 7 million taels of silver, and requires 500 people to operate this huge thing. It is still very inconvenient to move, but it is undeniable that this thing is really capable, and it can let these people in the air when it is launched. Have a good drink here. (To be continued..)