Chapter 108: The Army Attacks the City
When Reguli saw Hemuti leaving, a gleam of light flashed in her eyes.
The third prince, Halik, asked from the side: "Mother, he is so arrogant, why not take him down while this is going on?"
Reguli smiled faintly: "If he doesn't rebel, how can you kill him?"
Halek hesitated to speak.
Reguli happily brought her son over to thank Liu Zheng: "Quick, thank your father... No, thank your teacher!"
Halek almost kowtowed again.
Liu Zheng hurriedly smiled and supported him, saying, "Queen, please don't blame Xiang Zheng for taking the initiative. It's really these businessmen who are too shrewd. If not for this, they would never be willing to lean towards the royal family."
Reguli giggled: "Master Xiang, what are you talking about? Remember, Loulan will always be your home. If you want to do anything in the future, just go ahead and do it. I will back you up!"
Zheng Yueru was watching an amused look on her face. Liu Zheng couldn't stand it and could only smile and leave quickly.
The bidding on the spot has reached a crazy level.
The merchants from Arabia bid the most fiercely, because the demand for salt in this place was huge, and the competition for the agency rights had exceeded one million. In the end, it was settled at one million and two hundred thousand taels of silver!
Although the competition in other places is slightly less, the prices are all around 700,000 or 800,000.
In a short period of time, orders worth nearly 10 million taels of silver were signed!
This shocked Liu Zheng, and Xiang Chenglin was also frightened silly.
this……
This is the charm of the Silk Road, this is the charm of trading with the whole world!
If it were only in the Longyan Dynasty, Liu Zheng wouldn't even dare to think about this much money!
In the end, all the merchants who won the agency rights signed a three-party agreement. One party was them, the Loulan royal family, and the other was Rongxiang Company. The agreement stipulated that when the first large-scale refined salt was delivered to Loulan, it was time for them to pay the agency fee.
Although Liu Zheng was very short of money, he had no objection to this.
After all, I only have these three bags of refined salt now... It is pure joke to want to exchange them for tens of millions of silver from others.
After finishing the work here, Liu Zheng felt relieved. He finally tied up the merchants from various countries. The armed forces of these chambers of commerce should not be underestimated, especially in Kucheng City.
at this time.
The first chaos in Kucheng City still occurred.
No matter how strict the guards were, how powerful they were, and how hard they tried to maintain stability. After all, the temple was in the city. Hearing that the temple army was already attacking with overwhelming force, how could the temple believers in the city not be excited?
Under the instigation of Muzad, some temple believers did not care about the besieged temple, but directly started to attack the Loulan Palace. This was something no one had expected, and it also showed the desperate nature of these extremists.
After receiving the news, Rehman rushed to the palace and quickly quelled the chaos.
But because these people were too extreme and didn't care about their lives, a corner of the palace was actually burned down!
But the atmosphere of terror began to spread throughout the city.
The vendors could no longer sit still, the people were in a panic, and the news that the temple army was on the way and was planning to attack the city finally spread.
"Maintain stability!"
"The whole army maintains stability!"
At this time, the merchants from various countries realized that they had been fooled! Because after the temple believers returned without success from attacking the palace, their next target became the merchants who had just signed the agreement and became the "running dogs" of the Loulan royal family.
On the first day, several Arab chambers of commerce were the first to be hit by these people.
This should be due to a conflict of faith.
Afterwards, businesses in other countries were also vandalized to varying degrees of impact.
At first, these vendors still wanted to remain neutral and did not want to be enemies with these extremists. However, they could not resist someone deliberately fanning the flames in the city... Of course, this was done by Liu Zheng.
You signed the agreement and still want to remain neutral, are you kidding me?
Finally, the vendors had no choice but to gather their armed forces to fight against these believers.
If you don't move, it's fine. But if you move, it's amazing.
After all, they were a serious armed group, not a mob of believers. After two days of chaos in Kucheng, the chaos was completely quelled with the cooperation of the guards and armed merchants. In the end, all the streets were under strict security!
…
“So fast?”
Muzad was so angry that his face turned green.
Everyone was also shocked.
"Lord God's Envoy, the merchants this time are too abnormal!"
"Yes, they were more inclined towards our temple before!"
"These guys are greedy for profit!"
Muzad's face turned pale. "Who told you to let the believers cause trouble for the merchants? Didn't you say that the city would be in chaos for at least three days? Why can't it hold out until our army arrives?"
He slammed the table and stood up angrily: "Continue organizing!"
Everyone suffers.
It's not that the believers want to go, but some people in the city have been inciting, saying that the vendors have reached a "cooperative security" agreement with the royal family. The believers will naturally choose to kill the meat first. They can create chaos and steal gold, silver and treasures. Why not do it?
At this time, the disadvantages of the dispersion of religious power, lax systems, and easy loss of control were fully exposed.
Without the strict rules and regulations of the military, people's greed will become more and more magnified. Without restraint, there will be no moderation.
When people face interests and death, God has gradually faded away.
"Lord God's Messenger!"
"The guards are closing in another 500 steps!"
Muzad looked gloomy.
Why didn't the Loulan royal family take action against the temple in Kucheng immediately ?
Is it absolute confidence?
Where does this confidence come from?
Muzad was puzzled.
The temple had a hundred thousand troops at this time, and with the civilians along the way, there were already two hundred thousand. Where did the mere 40,000 guards get the confidence to just besiege him and not kill him?
Suddenly, his expression changed drastically: "Did you kill Mi Re?"
"not yet!"
"Take me to him!"
…
Standing on the city wall.
Liu Zheng suddenly felt as if he had just traveled through time and space and was fighting against bandits in Yangzhou . However, in the blink of an eye, almost a year had passed.
This was probably the first time he experienced a real war. These temple troops were not a mob like the horse bandits.
Two hundred thousand...
Forty thousand here.
It sounds quite incredible.
Reheman said beside him: "Master Liu, as you ordered, Hemuti has been allowed to escape from the city. He is expected to join the temple army and arrive in Kucheng tomorrow!"
Liu Zheng nodded.
According to his plan, Hemuti must be released, just as Reguli said, if he doesn't release him, he can't kill him justifiably. But the Muzad of the temple must be kept, because if he is kept, Mire will not die.
He wanted to let Muzad see the despair step by step, and finally use Mire to exchange for his own life.
Reheman looked at Liu Zheng's back and sighed deeply.
Such a young man, with such terrible means and such deep scheming, can plan everything out.
What a terrible person this is?
He was even somewhat glad that he was not Loulan's enemy. If he was, I'm afraid that there would be no one in the whole Loulan who could dare to compare with him. This is why, when the temple army began to riot, there was not a single official in Loulan who was afraid of fighting. At this time, the territory of Kucheng was very united and was determined to fight against the bandits. It was not only because these vested interests wanted to protect their real interests, but more because they were optimistic about the situation in Kucheng at this time, and were dissatisfied with Hemu for causing trouble to Kucheng some time ago.
In the past few days, Master Liu has made use of all these emotions.
What kind of talent is this?
even……
He laughed at himself.
This Mr. Liu was extremely ambitious. He only considered Loulan as a commercial transit station, nothing more. He even looked down on the entire Loulan - what a cruel fact.
Liu Zheng said calmly: "Brother Re, you have to understand that this will be a fierce battle."
Reheman nodded heavily.
Liu Zheng laughed: "But there is no need to panic. Brother Re must always understand that a regular army should not be defeated by a group of rabble, no matter how many people they have!"
“Quality is more important than quantity!”
Liu Zheng smiled slightly: "Sometimes, having too many soldiers is not a good thing!"
Rehman was completely confused.
Too many soldiers is not a good thing? Who has ever heard of this?
Liu Zheng said: "As long as we can hold out for three days, we will win!"
Reheman looked very happy.
If someone else said this, he would not believe it, but who is the person in front of him? Master Liu!
Reheman had never doubted him since he met him, because this boy could always create miracles in desperate situations.
Liu Zheng smiled slightly and said no more.
Two hundred thousand?
In the history of the world, armies of hundreds of thousands have existed before. Ancient Rome's Sparta also had hundreds of thousands of , but was eventually shattered by Rome's tens of thousands of elite troops. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang also had hundreds of thousands of troops, but were still no match for the powerful Qin army.
In the subsequent Yellow Turban Rebellion, the 300,000-man Qingzhou army was easily defeated, disintegrated, and then recaptured by Cao Cao.
In Liu Zheng's opinion, as long as it is an army, if it does not have strict military discipline and military spirit, it will definitely not have any combat effectiveness.
The temple army has 100,000 soldiers.
He was a little afraid.
But to include the people, these 200,000 people might seem scary to others. But in his eyes, 200,000 people were equivalent to 50,000 in combat power!
There are so many people, don’t they need to eat?
Are there enough food and fodder? Can the logistics supply keep up?
Can human hearts be controlled?
Is the system strict?
If they fail to capture Kucheng in three days, will the army's morale still be stable?
These are all things that need to be considered holistically.
"Brother Re, are the death squads I asked you to prepare ready?"
Liu Zheng turned around and asked.
Reheman laughed loudly: "Don't worry, sir. One hundred elite soldiers are ready and waiting for your dispatch at any time!"
Liu Zheng smiled and nodded.
The next morning.
The warning trumpet finally sounded in Kucheng.
The Temple Army has finally arrived! Climbing up the tower, one can see a long dragon in the distance, countless heads, a black mass, and an astonishing momentum. The leader is Hemuti, and in front of the team, there is a big flag representing the temple.
"The royal family is dead, the temple should be established!"
"kill!"
"Burn down the palace!"
"Kill these ungrateful royals!"
It is vast, continuous and menacing.
The guards of Kucheng were terrified when they saw this scene.
Two hundred thousand people, how many are there?
Looking up, it seemed that there were people everywhere in the sky and on the ground.
Just from a visual point of view, it brings infinite impact to people.
Then, these 200,000 people set up camp just a mile away.
The entire Kucheng city was in panic.
