A tense atmosphere began to spread in the imperial capital, Wuyang City. All the people immersed in the prosperity of industry and commerce suddenly discovered that they were so vulnerable.
"Defeat the false emperor Xia Guang!"
"To attack Xia Guang..."
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Loud slogans echoed around Wuyang City, and the huge Wuyang City was surrounded by troops from all directions.
In the east, there is an army led by the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, and Xia Shu, which is said to have a force of 100,000.
To the northwest is the team led by the eldest prince, Xia Xu, which is said to have two hundred thousand men.
To the southeast is the Kong family. The head of the Kong family, Kong Donglai, the governor of Nanyang County, personally led a team of 150,000.
To the southwest was the army led by Gao Bin, the governor of Songzhou County, which was said to have a force of 100,000.
Only in the west, there are Wang family's own troops, protecting the connection between Guangling County and the imperial capital Wuyang City, and also cutting off the enemy's encirclement in this direction.
In Wuyang City, Shangguan Guang personally led 200,000 soldiers to defend the city.
However, the Grand Commandant Fu Minghui had withdrawn from the battle and led more than 10,000 supplementary imperial guards to station at the imperial mausoleum 500 miles away. In name, they were protecting the imperial mausoleum and thus remained neutral. However, everyone was trying to win over this force, including the eldest prince. After all, the imperial guards were an elite force, and Fu Minghui himself was an excellent general.
The tense situation was on the verge of breaking out. In the entire Great Xia Kingdom, only the areas under the control of the Li family, Anyang County and Kaiping County remained on hold.
In the sky, there were a few Yuanying-stage masters sent by the surrounding countries to investigate and observe the battle situation here. Even these Yuanying-stage masters included generals and commanders.
For example, the Jin State sent its central army commander, Li Lisong, who was in the early stage of Yuanying. Li Lisong was now standing a thousand meters above the ground observing the war below.
Ever since Anyang began to openly sell arms and since the slogans of industry and commerce spread, some outstanding commanders and generals have keenly realized that the future war situation will change.
However, all the people observing from high altitudes used invisibility spells, so if you don’t look carefully, you won’t be able to find it.
Li Lisong just stepped on the flying sword, quietly observing the situation below, and even began to use the jade slip to record all the situations. Carving jade slips is a very tiring task for the foundation-building stage, but for the Nascent Soul stage, it is a piece of cake.
The first thing Li Lisong observed was that there was a steel jungle in the center of all the teams - that was the arms purchased from Anyang, as well as the gunpowder weapons made by each team.
Don't underestimate the wisdom of others. Although we don't have enough industrial systems to produce artillery like Anyang, it is enough to produce primitive artillery. These primitive artillery use iron balls or even iron sand as attack means, and their lethality is also not to be underestimated - much stronger than the lowest-level bow and arrow; it's just that the attack distance is very short.
The army besieging the city had arms, and so did the defenders of Wuyang City! As an arms dealer, Li Xian was very "fair" and everyone bought about the same amount. By controlling the arms, Li Xian indirectly controlled the war.
In addition to artillery, there are crossbow carts (for the attackers) and crossbow beds (for the defenders). With the advent of bearings, springs, standardized steel, and the "industrial wires" sold in Anyang, crossbows have also undergone tremendous changes.