Half a day later.
Blue Jade led two hundred thousand soldiers and was the first to arrive at the city.
However, when Lan Yu saw the current scale of the Starting City, her eyes were wide open.
Looking at the eight huge defensive cities that guarded the Initial City, Lan Yu sucked in a breath of cold air.
"Hiss, what, what is this? Wei, Wei City? Or eight? Heavens!"
Lan Yu was in disbelief.
The operation of the Starting City had refreshed his knowledge.
He discovered that every time he came to the Starting City, there would be earth-shattering changes.
When he first came here, the Starting City was only the size of a small town, and he could see its edge at a glance.
At that time, Lan Yu did not place this Initial City in her eyes at all.
But by the time he came the second time, this Starting City had already expanded to be even bigger than Great Bright Imperial City.
It had only been a month since his first visit.
One month!
To expand a city that was the size of a small to medium-sized town into a city that was even larger than Great Ming Royal City.
Lan Yu couldn't imagine how much manpower and resources were needed to do this.
However, this Starting City had done it.
Moreover, it also displayed an extremely powerful crossbow formation.
It was also because of this that Lan Yu placed so much importance on the Initial City and viewed it as the greatest enemy of the Great Ming Empire.
That was why he had suggested to the emperor that he would destroy the Starting City before it developed at all costs!
However, Lan Yu realized that she had still underestimated this Initial City!
It had only been two months.
The Starting City had actually undergone such a huge change.
There were a total of eight citadels.
Each of them was the size of a small town.
This was even more terrifying than the previous expansion of the Starting City.
Although they were only eight small cities, the amount of manpower and resources needed to build them was definitely more than two or three Jin Ling cities.
This kind of construction ability had already completely exceeded Lan Yu's imagination.
Similarly, it was not just Lan Yu. Even the two hundred thousand soldiers behind him were stunned when they saw the scale of the Starting City.
These 200,000 Jing soldiers were definitely the most elite existence in Great Ming.
They were all selected from the elites of the border army.
They were the elites of the elites.
Whether it was the war they had experienced or the world they had seen, they were not something that ordinary border troops could compare to.
However, they had never heard of or seen a city like the Starting City.
Eight citadels surrounded the main city.
Furthermore, the eight citadels were connected to each other.
Not only could they protect the main city, but they could also coordinate and help each other.
If they wanted to take down the Starting City, they had to first take down the eight David Cities.
Moreover, they couldn't even break through one. They had to break through at least one side, which was three citadels.
They also had to defend against the counterattack of the other two citadels.
Most importantly, these eight David Cities were connected to the main cities.
As long as there was a crisis, the troops stationed in the main city would be able to rush to the rescue immediately.
If they really couldn't resist it, they could still directly cut off the connection with the citadel.
It could both aid and defend. It was both offensive and defensive.
Lan Yu knew with just a glance that it would not be easy to attack this Initial City.
Just as Blue Jade was once again shocked by the scale of the Starting City.
Zhu Di's men, Prince Dai, Prince Liao, and Prince Ning's men also arrived at the city one after another.
The moment they arrived at the city, everyone, including Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao, was shocked by the huge scale of the city.
Unlike Blue Jade, they had never seen the expansion process of the Starting City. They also did not know how the Starting City expanded from a small city to a super giant city.
They were completely stunned by the terrifying scale of the Initial City.
One main city and eight defensive cities. This was the first time they had seen such a nine-palace model of a city.
Zhu Di was especially dumbfounded.
"This city can actually be built like this?”
Yao Guangxiao looked at the overall appearance of the Starting City and was similarly extremely shocked.
"This Starting City is indeed extraordinary. Your Highness, it will be difficult to take down Starting City.”
Zhu Di came back to his senses and did not deny Yao Guangxiao's words. However, he still said very seriously,
"No matter how difficult it is, we must take it down. I can't let my father down.”
On the other side, Zhu Gui, Sovereign Ning, and Zhu Zhi were also in shock.
Zhu Gui looked at the Starting City in front of him and said in shock,
"It's a pity that Old Eighteen didn't come this time. Otherwise, if Old Eighteen saw this city, he would be embarrassed to see others.”
What Zhu Gui was talking about was Old Zhu's Valley Lord, Zhu Xi.
The Valley King Zhu Xi was in charge of the Xuan Manor, which was adjacent to Zhu Gui's fief, Datong Manor.
The thing Zhu Rong was most proud of was the construction of Xuanfu City.
Although Xuan Manor had an important position in Great Ming, it had always been a small city with very weak defense.
After Zhu Xiong arrived at the Xuan Manor, he knew that such a city defense would not be able to defend against the Mongolian attack.
Thus, he began to build Xuanfu City on a large scale as soon as he took office.
After Zhu Rong's expansion, Xuanfu City had become a large city with a radius of more than twenty miles. There were seven gates and a suspension bridge outside the city, making Xuanfu City a fortress that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. It was a model for other city defense structures.
Zhu He felt that it was not safe to just build Xuanfu, so he specially built the Great Wall and passes outside Xuanfu City.
He had turned the entire Xuan Manor into a first-class defense line at the border.
Zhu Rong was also very proud of this, and often showed off the Xuan Manor's defenses in front of his brothers.
Zhu Gui was actually quite envious of Zhu Rong.
Because the Xuan Manor's defense was indeed very good, and it even received the old master's praise.
However, when he saw the Starting City before him, he was shocked.
Zhu Gui felt that the defense line of Xuanfu City was not even worthy of carrying shoes when compared to this Starting City!
There was no comparison at all.
Beside Zhu Gui, Zhu Quan and Zhu Zhi also nodded lightly.
Zhu Quan looked at the Initial City and regained his senses. He said somewhat worriedly,
"How do we fight this city?"
Zhu Quan had quite a number of soldiers under him. He had 80,000 mech soldiers, 6,000 chariots, and the Duoyan Three Guards Cavalry that roamed the grasslands. He had a strong army and was the strongest among his brothers.
However, when he saw the Initial City, he felt a little apprehensive.
If he wanted to take down such a city, how many people would he lose?
Was it easy for him to accumulate some strength?
Zhu Zhi, who was beside Zhu Quan, also said worriedly,
"That's right. You all know me. I don't have many armored soldiers under me. Most of them are cavalrymen. If you want me to lead the charge, it's definitely not a problem. However, if you want to attack a city, especially such a terrifying city, I really don't have much confidence.”
When Zhu Gui heard this, he smiled and said,"
"Are you guys stupid or something? The mission Father gave us was to cooperate with Blue Jade and take down this Starting City. We are not the main force, Blue Jade's two hundred thousand soldiers are.”
"Are you guys really stupid enough to go all out?”
"The majority of the credit for winning goes to Blue Jade. If we lose, we will suffer heavy losses.”
"When Blue Jade returns to the capital, we still have to guard the borders. Without soldiers, won't we be in danger? In any case, no matter how you look at it, we're the ones at a disadvantage.”
"So, I won't be stupid enough to use my full strength. If it's a favorable battle, it's fine. But if it's against the wind, I'll prioritize preserving my strength.”
When Zhu Quan and Zhu Zhi heard this, their eyes lit up.
Neither of them spoke.
However, a tacit understanding had already formed between the three of them.
At this moment, a melodious horn sounded.
When the three of them heard this, they looked to the south in surprise.
Zhu Quan was somewhat dumbfounded as he said,
"Blue Jade, he's attacking the city?"
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