Youzhou City.
After several days of marching, Li Yu arrived at Youzhou City.
At this moment, Youzhou City was brightly lit. All the commoners and soldiers were standing solemnly on both sides of the avenue with torches in their hands.
"Your Highness, General Bai, you're back.”
Zhuge Liang stepped forward to welcome him.
"Why is the atmosphere not right? What happened?”
Li Yu asked.
"A day ago, our scouts received news that the tribes of the Turkic steppe are led by the ancient tribe of Baye and have mobilized all their elites to form a new alliance army. A total of five hundred thousand people will arrive at Youzhou City in a few days.”
Zhuge Liang calmly reported the new information he had obtained.
Hearing this information, Li Yu and Bai Qi looked at each other in shock, their expressions becoming serious.
The Turks had actually sent an alliance of five hundred thousand elites!
Although Li Yu knew that this was inevitable and hoped that they would send out the alliance army, he was still shocked when he heard the number of 500,000.
"Your Highness, what should we do?"
Baiqi asked nervously.
"Don't worry, we'll follow our previous strategy. We'll attract the enemy's attention and send out cavalry to attack the enemy's rear.”
Li Yu said calmly.
"This is a good idea."
Zhuge Liang nodded in agreement.
Li Yu didn't need to say anything to him. He could already guess the entire plan from Li Yu's words.
"Even if the Turks are about to attack, why are these people and soldiers gathered here?”
Li Yu looked at the commoners and asked in puzzlement.
"The soldiers are preparing to defend the city, while the civilians have learned that the Turks are marching toward Youzhou City. They have unanimously decided to join the army and assist in the defense of the city.”
Zhuge Liang replied.
"I see…"
Li Yu nodded and looked at the commoners.
These commoners were all men. There were old people and young people. They were full of energy and looked at Li Yu with determination.
After the two sides looked at each other for a moment, a young man who had just tied his hair stood up and said loudly,"Your Highness, please let us assist in defending the city. The barbarians have the advantage in numbers, so we can't stay out of it!”
As soon as he finished speaking, another person stood up and said,"There are 110,000 households in Youzhou and 100,000 males. We are His Highness 'soldiers when we put on our armor!”
"Good, very good. You're indeed a man of Youzhou Province!”
Li Yu clapped and praised.
Youzhou was a place close to the border. It was cold and barren. The people living here were tough and used to fighting wild beasts.
However, due to the harsh environment and the occasional invasion of the Turks, Youzhou only had 110,000 households and 100,000 males.
But it was enough.
"Arm all the men and distribute weapons and armor to them.”
Li Yu ordered Zhuge Liang. Then, he thought of something and asked," Are there enough armor and weapons?"
"Of course it's enough. I've been preparing my weapons with all my might.”
As Zhuge Liang spoke, he gave a signal to the soldiers behind him.
Then, a group of soldiers carried out boxes of armor and weapons.
There were shields and sabers among these weapons.
When Li Yu looked at the boxes of armor, he realized that they were the cotton armor worn by the border guards of the Ming Dynasty.
The cotton armor wasn't made of cotton. It was wrapped with cotton on the outside and was made of hard iron on the inside. The soldiers 'arms were also protected by armors that looked like lobster shells.
This kind of armor could not only defend against slashes and stabs, but also keep people warm.
"I know who made these armors.”
Li Yu suddenly remembered something. In the past ten years, the system had once rewarded the Great General.
These Generals could skillfully make weapons and armor. If they had enough bronze, they could even make cannons.
The cotton armor was undoubtedly the masterpiece of the General Secretary.
However, the production of armor required raw materials. Youzhou City was poor, so Zhuge Liang had to solve the problem of raw materials himself. Therefore, he also contributed greatly.
"Well done, Kong Ming."
Li Yu patted Zhuge Liang's shoulder.
"I'm willing to serve Your Highness."
Zhuge Liang said respectfully.
"Everyone, line up and collect your weapons and equipment!”
Li Yu ordered loudly.
All the men in Youzhou City immediately lined up to receive sabers, shields and armors.
Li Yu had also obtained 200 cannons, and he placed them all on the city wall.
Everything was ready, but if they wanted to hold out against the attack of the five hundred thousand Turkic elites, they still needed a general who was extremely good at defending.
Baiqi was good at attacking, but he was not good at defending.
Zhuge Liang was good at management and strategy. There was no strategy to speak of in a city defense battle, so he was not suitable.
Just as Li Yu was thinking about who to use to defend the city, the system's voice sounded in his mind.
One week is up, the host can sign in now!
"You came at the right time!"
Li Yu rubbed his fists excitedly and quickly signed in.
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the following rewards: General Wang Li x1, Cannon x300, Blossom Bomb x20000, Rolling Wood Ring x100000, Dragon City Iron Guard x5000, Youzhou City Upgrade Card!]
"So many?"
Li Yu was shocked.
The system seemed to know that this was a critical moment, so it rewarded him with a lot of things.
Li Yu quickly checked the reward content.
Youzhou City Upgrade Card, which could turn Youzhou City into a fortress city. After upgrading, the city wall would be 30 m high. Additionally, there would be many city-defense devices such as ballistae and catapults on the city wall.
This Upgrade Card was indeed not bad, but Li Yu felt that the best reward was still the general Wang Li.
Wang Li's name wasn't loud. At first glance, he sounded like a passerby, but in fact, that wasn't the case.
During the Song Dynasty, there was a city called Fishing City.
The Mongolian army besieged the fishing city, and the Khan, Brother Meng, was killed by the defenders of the fishing city. The Mongolian Empire thus entered a period of internal strife.
Therefore, Fishing City was known as the place where God broke his whip!
And the general defending the Fishing City was Wang Li!
It could be said that Wang Li was a natural expert in city defense, a legendary general in the history of city defense!
"Greetings, Your Highness!"
A general rode his horse over from not far away and respectfully cupped his hands towards Li Yu.
"Fine, from now on, I appoint you as the garrison general of Youzhou City. All the soldiers, soldiers, armaments, grains and equipment in Youzhou City are under your command!”
Li Yu ordered.
"Yes, sir!"
Wang Li cupped his hands and accepted the order.
At this moment, Wang Li would not be held back by that retarded Emperor Zhao Song and the Imperial Court. This general who had made God break his whip would definitely be of great use.
Li Yu was no longer worried about defending the city.
"Your Highness, who will lead the troops to attack the enemy tribe?”
Zhuge Liang asked.
"Let Bai Qi go with me.”
Li Yu said indifferently.
"If His Highness leads the army, we will definitely win this battle.”
Zhuge Liang said confidently.
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