"Report, Minister Wang and Minister Wu are here."
Soon Wang Zongwei and Wu You arrived at the meeting hall to listen to the Marquis's instructions.
Wang Zongwei asked: "What does the commander want from us?"
"How was Minister Wang's arrangement of the reapers last time?"
I remember that last time Wang Zongwei invented a new type of weapon called the Reaper.
At that time, Qing Cang asked him to place it between the outside of the city and the moat.
Wang Zongwei replied: "The four major city gates have been deployed, and there are still a few deployed outside the moat.
If the enemy comes, they will definitely suffer heavy losses."
The power of the Reaper is understandable.
It is like a harvester of life, causing countless casualties wherever it goes.
When Qingcang heard this, he felt happy, because this meant that many reapers had been manufactured and put into use.
"Very good, I want you to equip the Niu Li at all times in five days, and produce more and put them outside the moat, because we will have a big war."
He calculated the time accurately.
If an army of 200,000 people wanted to attack the city, it would take at least about ten days, and more quickly about seven days.
Equipped with Niu Li, you can enter combat mode at any time.
I believe these reapers can play a decisive role at critical moments.
He doesn't ask for more, as long as he can consume 30,000 troops, then this battle will basically have a greater chance of winning.
Because he still has some other things that he hasn't killed yet.
"I understand, I'll do it first" As soon as Wang Zongwei heard that there was a battle going on, he was anxious to go out, but was stopped before he could leave.
"Also, equip all the upgraded ballistae.
By the way, how many serial trebuchets were built last time?"
A ballista attack alone is far from enough, because their attack range is extremely limited.
A ballista arrow can only cause damage to a small area, and its destructive power is quite limited.
But the trebuchet is different.
Its attack is far enough and its damage range is large enough to destroy the enemy's ramming vehicles and other large weapons.
Especially for a large army with dense troops, it is simply a big killer weapon.
"We built a hundred of them according to the commander's wishes and have already tested them.
They are all movable.
When used, as long as the mechanism is turned off, they can stand firmly on the ground without falling down."
Qing Cang asked Wang Zongwei to improve everything that could be changed, especially the movement of trebuchets.
For example, some old trebuchets can only exert 100% attack power if they are fixed.
For them, this kind of attack is too much. limitations.
But it's different if they can move.
They can change as the battle situation changes and have better mobility.
"Very good.
We will set up fifty of them at the north gate and the west gate.
We will work overtime in the past few days to produce a hundred more and place them at the two southeast gates."
At this time, he had prepared a huge gift for the invading Qiang and Hu, and was waiting for them to come and receive it.
"I will instruct the people below to make it."
"Okay, I'll thank you for the hard work.
You go down and do your work first."
Wang Zongwei followed suit and left the meeting hall.
No one knew why he called Wu You over at this time.
After all, he was not in charge of war-related matters, he was just the finance minister.
"Minister Wu, what is the extent of trade with Qiang and Hu during this period?"
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"We have signed some cooperation agreements.
They mostly import grain and some fabrics from us, while we import a large amount of meat livestock, with a daily trade volume of about a hundred cars."
"Is there such a huge trade volume?"
"Yes, there has been closer cooperation during this period.
They have exchanged a large amount of our Chinese dollars, and the trade prospects between the two parties are bright."
"Okay, I want you to stop trade with the Qiang and Hu immediately, so their caravans cannot reach any transactions with our Huaxia City and its affiliated cities, and they will not even be able to exchange Hua Yuan.
Until this crisis is over. " Wu You wondered why Qingcang would do this.
"What is Commander going to do?"
"We will impose economic sanctions on them.
Also, we will seize all the goods they bring into the city and tell them we will keep them for free."
The two sides are about to go to war.
There is no reason to continue trade.
Now is the time to cut off trade.
Both sides have become enemies.
It is good that they have not killed your caravan.
A hundred cars of trade in and out a day will be very huge. volume of trade.
And without their trade, it seems to have no impact on Huaxia City at all.
They had no trade at the beginning, and there were no major problems.
But it was different for the Qiang and Hu.
Cutting off their trade with China would be a fatal blow.
You must know that several cities in the west were in famine, and the only city they could trade with was the city of Huaxia.
Wu You remembered the introduction to the book.
"I understand, there is an introduction to economic sanctions in economic books.
Economic sanctions refer to non-forced coercive measures other than severing diplomatic relations.
It is generally believed that sanctions in the fields of finance, finance, trade and other fields are economic sanctions. " "Yes, that's it.
I want them to suffer in the future tense first."
"Okay, I understand.
I will let people do this now.
All Qiang and Hu caravans will deduct their goods and Hua Yuan, and they will not be allowed to take any items out of the city."
"It's all thanks to you."
"Commander, you're welcome.
I'll go out first."
After Wu You walked out of the meeting hall, Guo Jia finally came to a realization.
"The commander's moves are very clever.
Since the Qiang and Hu chose Han Ling Emperor as their ally, they must pay the appropriate price."
Qing Cang sighed: "Yes, actually he can refuse.
It is really sad that thousands of people have to be sacrificed for two or three pieces of land.
And the emperor will not give him a good place, so he probably divided it for him.
Two pieces of famine-stricken land will be settled later.
After Huangfu Song returns in victory and the Yellow Turbans are destroyed, they will take back the land they gave away. " If he were a Qiangqu Chanyu, he would never do this.
He would choose to leave the grassland and carry out farming reforms, so that he can survive in this world stronger.
But Qiangqu Chanyu did not choose to do this, but chose to come and fight against Huaxia City on behalf of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty at the cost of his life.
What a stupid decision this was.
A corresponding price must be paid.
Without Huaxia City, I would probably be quite sad about the coming winter.
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But all this has nothing to do with Qing Cang, it was their own doing.
"Okay, it's getting late.
Staff Guo should go back and rest early.
He will be tired after a while.
He may not be able to sleep for several days in a row."
He was referring to the fact that once the Qiangqu Chanyu comes with his troops, there will be a big battle, with 200,000 elite soldiers against 130,000 elite Chinese soldiers.
This is a strong versus strong battle.
Before they arrived, everything was unknown, and it was possible that the Qiang and Hu armies were still stronger than them.
"The commander also took a rest early.
Guo resigned
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