I, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, have risen since I destroyed the Turks

Chapter 559: Border Town Besieged
One hundred thousand slaves were willing to serve the Tang Dynasty, and all this was within his expectations.

"How many Shenwu cannons are there in the city? How many flintlock rifles?" Li Zheng asked.

"Originally there were 100 gates in the northern border. I mobilized the knights to the border town, and later the emperor mobilized another 50 gates, for a total of 120 gates."

"As for the flintlock rifles, Your Majesty, you have transported almost all the flintlock rifles forged by the Ministry of Works to the Northern Frontier, a total of 30,000 rifles. There are 20,000 of them in this border city, and the rest are in the Youzhou Army and Jinyang Army."

for this number.

Li Zheng was not surprised at all.

Because this is the display of the powerful national strength of the Tang Dynasty today.

Just as Li Ke said.

In recent years, almost all the cannons, flintlock rifles, and ammunition manufactured by the Ministry of Industry have been shipped to the northern border.

Other places received very little.

In this era, this is the maximum output.

After all, there is no machinery.

of course.

Another reason is that the Ministry of Industry is responsible for too many tasks.

Build a capital city.

steam engine.

rail.

The Shenwu Cannon.

Flintlock gun.

cannonballs.

The Ministry of Industry has too much work to do.

Fortunately, Li Zheng issued an imperial decree to give the Ministry of Industry the greatest support, otherwise they really would not have achieved what they have today.

"One hundred thousand slave soldiers."

"Eighty thousand soldiers."

"Twenty thousand flintlock rifles and one hundred and twenty Shenwu cannons."

"All are well supplied with ammunition and arrows."

"Food and supplies have been delivered continuously."

"Shihana country."

"Not to mention an army of hundreds of thousands, even an army of one million can be easily defeated by me." Li Zheng sneered.

Looking at the vastness of the northern border, it seems like an open purgatory, and this border town standing here is the gate of hell.

At this time.

More than a dozen groups of exploratory riders returned quickly from the north.

See them coming.

The city gate slowly opened.

They quickly climbed up to the city wall.

He was originally going to report to Li Ke, but after seeing Li Zheng, Li Ke knelt down and said, "Report."

"Let's start playing, Your Majesty."

"The Shihana country is rapidly gathering troops on its border. Originally, the camps on the border only had tens of thousands of people, but now the number is increasing rapidly. Within a month, the Shihana country will definitely mobilize its troops."

"And judging from the barracks in Anza, the number of Shihana's troops far exceeds 300,000."

The centurion who led the investigation said respectfully.

“The more we gather, the better.”

"My net is ready."

"My Tang Dynasty is a piece of fat meat, and the Shihan Kingdom is a wild dog. They can't resist such a big piece of fat." Li Zheng smiled lightly. He was not worried about the rapid gathering of troops by the Shihan Kingdom. Instead, he was full of expectations.

Just as this investigation says.

The border of Shihana Kingdom.

Countless armored soldiers from the Shihanna Kingdom were gathering rapidly.

Along with them were their food and baggage.

Various primitive firearms, primitive field artillery, and iron bullets can also be seen among these armies.

If it were the Tang Dynasty in the past.

These primitive firearms were indeed enough to give the Tang Dynasty soldiers a hard time, but now it is different. Their firearms are several generations behind those of the Tang Dynasty.

"How many troops have been dispatched?"

Jack, the commander of the Shihanna Kingdom, looked at his subordinates and asked.

"Return to General Jack."

"More than 200,000 troops have been mobilized, and General Walker is speeding up the mobilization of the remaining troops."

"Within one month at the latest, the 400,000 troops of my Shihan country will be gathered." The subordinate replied immediately.

"Tang." "Strong on the outside, weak on the inside."

"Once my Khanate's army invades their borders, they will know what fear is." Jack sneered, very confident in defeating the Tang Kingdom.

"My Khanate's army is sweeping across the world. Once we really destroy the Tang Dynasty, the empire's territory will reach an unimaginable size." A general said with a smile.

"His Majesty the Emperor has already said that as long as we destroy the Tang Kingdom and seize the former Turkic territories, those territories will be divided among us, and those people of the Tang Kingdom will become slaves of my Khanate."

"So, generals, in the future we will have endless wealth to enjoy, and slaves to drive endlessly." Jack said to his subordinate generals in front of him.

Hear this.

Every noble general of the Shihanna Kingdom had an expectant and happy look on his face.

"Tell General Walker to speed up the mobilization of troops. One month is too long. I hope the Khanate's army can seize all of the Turkic territory in three months."

"Also, all those Turks who sought refuge from the empire in the past will be mobilized and made to work for the empire," Jack said loudly.

……

The Shihanna Kingdom was still rapidly mobilizing troops.

The border is located.

The military strength is also growing rapidly.

Time flies.

Twenty days passed.

A border town in the northern border of the Tang Dynasty.

Rows of cavalrymen galloped back quickly from outside the city, and not just one batch, but a batch every once in a while.

These are all investigations into the movements of alien armies.

"emperor."

"The aliens have mobilized their troops."

"The army has crossed the border between our Tang Dynasty and them."

"Report."

"The alien race is only eight miles away from my border town."

"Report."

"The alien race is only five miles away from my border town."

"Report."

"The alien race is only three miles away from my border town."

……

One by one, they investigated and reported the news about the Shihanna army.

On the city floor.

Li Zheng has changed into military uniform, and the golden armor is particularly eye-catching.

Following Li Zheng's gaze.

Countless arrays of armored troops came from all directions of the border town, hundreds of thousands of cavalrymen galloped in, and the city towers on all four sides of the entire border town were surrounded by smoke.

but.

When these foreign cavalrymen came to a distance of two hundred feet from the Tang Dynasty border town, they all stopped.

Countless Shekhanna cavalrymen held the Shekhanna national flag in their hands.

It seems to be showing off their power.

The cavalry arrived.

It is not the entire military force of the Shihan Kingdom.

at the rear.

There were also countless Shihanna infantrymen following the cavalry in formation.

"Let's start playing, Your Majesty."

Just as the emperor expected, the Shihana army attacked our border town from three sides, and there were also Shihana troops in the southern tower of our Tang hinterland, and they were obviously preparing to attack from all sides. "Lin Chong quickly came to Li Zheng to report.

"The border town is open on all sides and has no strategic locations to defend. As long as these foreign races are not stupid, they will know how to surround it from all sides and trap our Tang border troops to death." Li Zheng smiled faintly, without any surprise.

"These aliens think too much."

"What they can think of, can't our Tang Dynasty think of it?"

"The food and drinking water in the city are enough for our 180,000 Tang troops to use for half a year, and all of them are stored underground."

"They can't even destroy it." Li Ke sneered.

"Haha." Li Zheng also laughed.

"but."

"These aliens are really showy. All their armor is silver. It's so confusing just looking at them." Li Ke couldn't help but complain.

"This is their chivalrous culture." Li Zheng also joked.

It's not just the Shihan army that wears silver armor. Li Zheng guessed that many other foreign countries in the West were the same, using silver armor. Maybe the generals who commanded the troops even wore golden armor.

(End of this chapter)