Chapter 1248: Attacking the City
Chapter 58: First Command of the ArmyChapter 1248: Attacking the City
Su Zhen'ting saw Li Chen run faster than a rabbit, and he ultimately didn't have the heart to chase after him.
But Li Chen's words just now pointed him in a different direction.
He was also very clear that the biggest factor limiting the output of muskets and Qin Thunderbolts right now was a shortage of manpower. As long as the labor issue was solved, production capacity would inevitably increase greatly. And just now, His Highness said that the extra capacity created by these muskets would be preferentially allocated to the troops who provided the artisans!
At the mere thought of the future Qin army, each soldier wielding a fire gun, even Su Zhen'ting couldn't help but feel excited by their imposing and magnificent presence.
Look!
Must find!
I'll find it right away!
Looking for skilled craftsmen nationwide!
No matter the cost, I must seize him!
Thousands of miles away, the majestic pass of Yueya Guan stretches before us.
Upon a low mountain ridge that stretches for thousands of miles, a wall extends from one end of the heavens to the other, and in the middle of the wall lies the world-famous Moonlit Pass.
This city was incredibly imposing. After decades of construction under the Qin Dynasty, its walls were a staggering six-nine feet thick, or over twenty meters in modern units. They encircled the entire Yueya Guan city, stretching nearly eighty miles across.
The amount of manpower and financial resources spent on constructing this city is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
Even the mighty Qin Empire would be utterly incapable of building another such majestic and formidable pass.
Although the cost was exorbitant, nearly exhausting the entire might of the Qin Empire, the strategic significance of Yueya Pass is extremely important.
Its existence blocked the Liao Dynasty's most prosperous decades, causing the Liao Emperor to go from his prime to his twilight years. He was vigorous and dominant, traversing thousands of miles across the grasslands undefeated, but in the end, he was still stopped at this pass, unable to advance an inch.
For centuries of bloodshed, this pass was destined to witness countless killings and bloodshed from the very first brick laid.
To put it mildly, the loess under Yuemoyuan is particularly fertile because beneath it lie the bones of countless soldiers from the Qin and Liao dynasties over decades.
Since the establishment of Yueya Pass, there has been almost no respite from warfare.
Even in the most destitute winter of nomadic tribes, the Liao Dynasty would send small detachments to harass and raid border towns, plundering nearby villages.
And in the past half month, the Yueyaguan has seen battles almost every three days, with larger engagements every five. Under the immense pressure of 600,000 iron cavalry, all the soldiers have had no time to rest at all.
Yellow sand fills the sky, and shouts of killing resound like boiling water.
Outside the city walls, densely packed Liao troops surged like ants. Under a sea of heads, mingled with the neighing of warhorses and shouts of battle cries, stretched an endless panorama.
The Liao Kingdom was a nation that lived on horseback. They excelled at cavalry warfare on vast plains and deep battle lines, but this did not mean they were incapable of siege warfare.
Having been blocked by the Yueya Gate for decades, even if they had to sacrifice countless lives, the Liao army had amassed rich experience in siege warfare.
Countless soldiers charged forward relentlessly beneath the city walls. The walls of Yueya Pass stood a formidable eight zhang and twenty-four meters high, but at this moment, piled with the corpses of countless Liao troops and stones used for defense, they had surprisingly formed a height of three or four meters at the foot of the wall.
Just twenty meters high, the height is sufficient for siege ladders to reach the top of the wall.
As soon as a siege tower is erected, soldiers swarm to it, their mouths filled with weapons, their eyes blazing with the ferocity of wolves. They climb the ladder relentlessly, driven by madness and devoid of fear for their lives.ached his limit."Very good."Li Chen took a deep breath and said indifferently, "Very well, then I will follow the chief minister's suggestion."But I hope that the Ninth Prince and Minister Wang will n...