When the ministers saw that the Emperor's sword was unsheathed, they were all shocked. The Dingwu long sword pointed at Ma Hong in front. Ma Hong was so scared that he said in a lost voice: "The Lord, the Lord, please spare your order, I am considering the safety of the Lord!"

"I know what you think." Dingwu long sword pointed around half a circle and sneered: "When you saw the Yi barbarians, you only thought that the Wuping Mansion City would be broken sooner or later. At that time, you will die without a burial place, so as long as you can invite reinforcements, no matter who it is, you don't care, right?"

But all the ministers had already knelt down on the ground and said in unison: "I dare not!"

"It's a pity that you don't understand me, let alone Chu Huan." Dingwu's long sword stood on the ground and said lightly: "At present, you still think Chu Huan just wants to be a vassal king who is in a stable place? Since he has left the customs and even raised the banner of anti-Qin, he is determined to compete with me. What he wants is not a stable place, but to me, the entire Qin Dynasty. You have not seen through this. I really don't know how you have been an official until today?"

Everyone bowed their heads and said nothing.

"Chu Huan wants the world, so he will not agree no matter what conditions." Dingwu sneered: "Although I can't get news from outside for the time being, I have already predicted that his Northwest Army must have come to Hexi, but he will not send troops to rescue Wuping Prefecture City. At this time, even if he has countless powerful soldiers in his hands, he will only hold his troops and watch the tiger's fight. When the time is right, it will surge out. You can see the bloody battles and fights with us and lose each other. Do you think Chu Huan will be involved?"

Ma Hong's forehead was already close to the ground, and he didn't dare to breathe.

"As for me, Ma Hong, you have read it wrong." Dingwu sneered: "I am the emperor of the Qin Dynasty. Do you think I will seek help from a thief with the respect of the emperor? I represent the dignity of the Qin Dynasty. When I really ask for help from him, the dignity of the Qin Dynasty will no longer exist. Without dignity, the Qin Dynasty will not exist. Since I inherited the throne, I am the Qin Dynasty, and the Qin Dynasty is me. As long as I live, I will not allow anyone to humiliate the dignity of the Qin Dynasty. Do you understand?"

The ministers said in unison: "I swear to be loyal to the Qin Dynasty to the death!"

Dingwu sat down slowly and said, "I know that the situation is very difficult now, and I know that you are uneasy, but you should know that this is the last strong city of my Great Qin, and there is no place to retreat behind us. Even if Wuping Prefecture City is really broken in the end, it will be after my death. As long as I am still alive, this city will not fall."

He looked firm and had a cold look, muttering to himself: "I said I will never give up!"

Outside Wuping Prefecture, the barbarian soldiers and horses leaped and shouted, making a mess.

They could not stop attacking Wuping Prefecture City. In addition to surrounding Wuping Prefecture City, they could only take turns to rob and rob. The entire Hexi Road was already in dire straits.

Although Tu Shihan was temporarily recognized by the Yi Barbarian Allied Forces through various means and as the commander of the entire army to command the south invasion, he did not look very proud. He was once very happy to be able to command so many people. But now he finally discovered that sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing to have many people. There are many people and mixed hands. Every time the siege fails, the generals of each tribe will come over and shout. Although he is afraid of Tu Shihan's power and dare not offend directly, the meaning of the words is obviously to count the responsibility for the unfavorable siege on Tu Shihan.

For Tushi Khan, it is not important for the general to complain. Tushi Khan has the most troops in the alliance, and he himself is a famous warrior in the Great Grassland of the North of the Desert. Although the tribes have some complaints about Tushi Khan because of the loss of soldiers and generals, they dare not dare to treat Tushi Khan.

As the commander, although he has a considerable authority, he also has great responsibility.

Shi Khan actively led the elite troops to the south this time, although a large part of the reason was that he coveted the gold and silver beauties of the Central Plains, but the more important reason was that he hoped to take this opportunity to improve his reputation among the barbarians. Even if he could only win a nominal Khan, from now on, he could also use this name to mix various things in the grasslands of the northern desert, and set up a legitimate banner for the expansion of the grass language.

Most of the tribes of the Yiman tribes surrendered to the iron hoof of the Hexi Army. Although the Chiyan tribe did not surrender, they were also beaten by the Hexi Army and migrated around the grasslands in the northern Mobei. Like a dog from the family, Tushikhan moved to the extreme north for a time. After Tushikhan inherited the position of clan leader, he led his tribe members to slowly advance to the south. In recent years, the advancement was extremely fast and he annexed many small tribes. The Feng family initially focused on Mobei, but in recent years, they began to have other intentions. The attention to the Yiman tribe was reduced a lot, and they did not take the Chiyan tribe, which was like a dog from the family that was struggling back then, so Tushikhan slowly grew stronger in Mobei.

Previously, the Yiman sent troops to assist the Qin army in quelling the rebellion as mercenaries. Chu Shihan naturally would not participate. When he learned that Hexi was empty and the Yiman soldiers rebelled, such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Chu Shihan naturally would not miss it. He immediately led the elite of the clan, day and night, and fought to Hexi as quickly as possible.

After many years of accumulation, the Chiyan tribe has strong soldiers and horses. This time, there are 50,000 or 60,000 in the alliance of 20 to 30 tribes. One tribe of the Chiyan tribe has 8,000 cavalry, which is the tribe with the largest tribe. In addition, his reputation on the grassland has not been too controversial, so he naturally became the commander of the attack on Hexi this time. For other tribes, this commander is only temporary, and it is nothing more than a leader who gathers the strength of each tribe and conquers the gold mountain in their eyes like Wuping Prefecture City. After this battle, they will go back to their own houses and go their own ways.

Of course, the purpose of suddenly exerting his khan was not just about commanding this war, but he wanted to take this opportunity to show his strength and become the real leader of the grassland.

To achieve this goal, we must conquer Wuping City at all costs. Once we win, we will be famous and will naturally become the first commander of the Yi barbarian tribe in history to lead our army to capture Hexi City. The impact on the grassland will inevitably be unparalleled. However, once the soldiers are lost and the generals return, not only will it not be able to stun the grassland, but it will probably become the target of teasing for each tribe in the future.

So Shi Shen had already made up his mind that he could not conquer Wuping City, so he would never withdraw his troops. No matter what the price he paid, he would have to take down the city in front of him.

The Yi barbarians are good at fighting horses and do not attack the city for a long time. Whether they are the Qin people or the sudden sweat, they know this clearly. For the Wuping Mansion City in front of them, they are no different from suicide. There are many casualties and injuries, and the soldiers of various tribes have less motivation. After all, they are here to seek wealth, not to die.

Before, the tribes rushed to Wuping Mansion, and even when passing through the cities along the way, they were passing by like a whirlwind. For them, the villages and towns were really not very attractive. The real golden beauties should be in Wuping Mansion City. However, they attacked countless times and suffered many casualties, but Wuping Mansion City was difficult to shake, which made many tribes start to look back and think about whether to rob other places.

This is exactly what makes the sudden sweating trouble.

As Ma Hong expected, the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Yi barbarians did consume a lot of daily consumption, and they were indeed accustomed to using local materials and sending troops to plunder food. However, the villages and towns near Wuping Prefecture City had been swept away many times before. When the Yi barbarians invaded in large numbers, the surrounding villages and towns were either robbed or fled in large numbers, with rare people. Now, if you want to replenish tens of thousands of soldiers and horses through plunder, you can only go further.

At this time, the tribes began to figure out that everyone was here to seek wealth, not to save their lives. Since attacking Wuping Mansion could only increase casualties, it would be better to go out to loot in the name of supplementing logistics. All tribes were unwilling to watch others rob, and they were all clamoring to rob. In just ten days, people's hearts began to disperse. If this was the case, even if they fought for another three or five years, they would probably not have any effect.

Shi Han knew that morale must not be dissipated like this. He had to find a way to continue the battle. Not only should he find a suitable method of siege, but he also had to make proper arrangements for the logistics.

As the generals of all races were scrambling to plunder and supplement their logistics, they could only use the oldest method on the grassland to solve the problem, which was to draw lots and insert bamboo sticks of different lengths underground. Then, the generals of all races pulled out bamboo sticks from the ground. The elders of the bamboo sticks led their troops to plunder the surrounding areas, while those with short bamboo sticks could only stay and continue to attack the city.

The five or six tribes drew long lottery tickets and were very happy. They each led their troops and horses to leave the garrison and robbed everywhere, and tens of thousands of people left the brigade.

Even so, the forces of the Yi barbarian army besieged in the city were enough to trap Wuping Prefecture.

Although Tu Shihan was from the Yi barbarians and had not read many books, he was an extremely cunning person. There were many robbed prisoners in the army. Tu Shihan gathered this group of Central Plains people and offered rewards in public. Who could come up with a way to break through the city? Not only could he return it to himself, but he would also have a great reward.

He knew very well that the people who really understood the Central Plains were the people of the Central Plains. I am afraid that only the people of the Central Plains could come up with a way to break through the Wuping Prefecture City.

There was no way that Chu Shi Khan asked the prisoners of the Central Plains for advice, but his inspiration played a huge role. Soon, the prisoners stood up and told the people of the Central Plains that once they attacked the city, there would be a large number of siege weapons as a support. Chu Shi Khan, who had almost never fought a siege war, was really unfamiliar with the siege weapons. After hearing this strategy, he was a little confused. After a brief explanation, he was overjoyed.

Then he soon became in trouble again. The siege weapons were simple, but they were not easy to make. They had to have excellent craftsmen and carpenters according to the drawings to complete them. Most of the prisoners were women, and a small number of men did not have craftsmen in them.

Moreover, to capture a strong city like Wuping Mansion, the number of siege weapons must be absolutely indispensable. To create a large number of siege weapons in a short period of time, how can the number of craftsmen be needed?

The first idea of ​​Shi Khan was to send troops to find craftsmen in Hexi. However, the Yiman army came, and the people in Hexi fled one after another. With the mobility of the Yiman cavalry, it was of course easy to chase the fleeing people, but to find craftsmen and carpenters among countless refugees, it was a needle in a haystack.

The people did not write their profession on their foreheads, so they naturally could not identify who was a craftsman. Moreover, there were not many craftsmen. It was already very impressive to find one of the 100 people. It was almost impossible to find a large number of craftsmen and carpenters to make siege weapons in a short time.

Although Shi Khan was in trouble for the craftsmanship, he was a prisoner who kept his word and proposed weapons to attack the city. Not only did he release it as promised, he also rewarded a ingot of gold and a bag of food.

Although most of the prisoners hated the Yi Barbarians and never said a word, when they saw that the Yi Barbarians kept their promises and actually let them go, hope arose in their hearts.

Shi Han was still thinking about how to find craftsmen, but one of them came out to tell him that almost all the skilled craftsmen in Hexi were in the Heavenly Palace. In order to build the Heavenly Palace, Feng Yuanpo forced the civilians to recruit tens of thousands of people from all over Hexi, and almost all the craftsmen in Hexi were recruited to the Heavenly Palace.

Although many strong men were dismissed from home, there were still tens of thousands of people in the Heavenly Palace, including countless craftsmen.

Shi Han was still worried, but after hearing this, he was really overjoyed. After the arrival of the Yiman army, he always locked his target in Wuping Prefecture City. Shi Han had not yet moved his attention to the Heavenly Palace. Now he learned that there were a large number of craftsmen hiding in the Heavenly Palace, and he felt that God helped him, and knew that to capture Wuping Prefecture City, there must be siege weapons. To create siege weapons, there must be a large number of craftsmen. To obtain a large number of craftsmen who manufacture siege weapons, he must first capture the Heavenly Palace.

After suddenly sweating and rewarding the man with heavy rewards, he immediately summoned generals from various tribes and informed everyone of the method of the gain.

The city was still unable to attack, and the people were in a low mood. Some even thought that it would be better to withdraw their troops than to lose troops like this. After hearing what Shi Khan said, everyone was immediately excited and learned that a large number of craftsmen could be obtained by capturing the Heavenly Palace, thus forcing them to create siege weapons. The generals were ready to roar and wanted to launch an attack on the Heavenly Palace immediately.
Chapter completed!