The State of Wei, Daliang City.

Among all the vassal states, some excelled in field battles, some in siege warfare, and others in defending cities...

During the Jin Dynasty, the Wei family officials were the most skilled at defending cities.

After the division of Jin into three states, the State of Wei, located in the center of the world, enjoyed a great geographical advantage.

It is also a major grain-producing area.

Moreover, because Wei also had a relatively large gold mine, Jiang Ming granted King Wei Ji the right to mint coins.

In other words... ever since Jiang Ming adopted his governing strategy, the Wei Kingdom has actually benefited the most!

In terms of population, it is the most densely populated; in terms of land, it is the most fertile; in terms of economy, it is the most developed...

Located at the heart of the world's trade, it became a truly fertile land!

King Wei Ji's favorite thing to do was to study how to defend a city.

He built the entire city of Daliang like an iron barrel, and stored enough food to feed an army of 400,000 for three years!

There were also a large quantity of military equipment and supplies, too numerous to count.

There are also dozens of wells inside Daliang City, so there is no need to worry about water shortages!

Moreover, Daliang City occupies a favorable terrain, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. It would be extremely difficult for Jiang Ming to launch a direct assault!

This is why Jiang Ming's younger brother, King Ying Zhuang of Chu, did not immediately launch an attack on Han and Wei!

Daliang City is too difficult to conquer...

Moreover, it doesn't seem to be a problem of difficulty in attacking, but rather that it's simply impossible to take it down.

Typical city walls are generally only a dozen meters high...

It's not that the ancients had any special preferences or believed that this height was the most suitable for defense.

Rather, it was determined by the level of productivity at the time.

City walls aren't entirely made of brick and stone; they also have rammed earth structures. If they're too high, the walls will collapse on their own...

Unless, of course, you built this wall piece by piece with high-cost stones, not even bricks.

But... if we do it that way, the cost will be too high!

This is something that no ordinary vassal state can afford to do!

Let alone a mid-sized state like Wei, even the wealthiest state in the land, Qi, never considered completely protecting its city of Linzi with stone walls...

But in this world, just because you don't dare to do something doesn't mean others don't.

It seems that Wei Ji has long harbored thoughts of rebellion...

Because he had the right to mint coins, he spent a fortune purchasing enough stone, expending a great deal of national resources to actually build the Great Liang Stone City...

This Daliang Stone City is not only tall, but its walls are also nearly 30 meters high! That's practically the height of a ten-story building in modern society!

Such high city walls...

Don't even mention besieging a city; even if you were given siege equipment, you'd have a hard time climbing up...

First of all, the fear of heights... you wouldn't be able to handle it if you were just an ordinary soldier!

Moreover, there are three layers of barbican inside Daliang City.

To think they could breach the walls of Daliang City is simply a pipe dream...

This isn't about how many soldiers you have, but rather that it simply doesn't seem feasible!

When Jiang Ming personally led his army to the gates of Daliang City, he couldn't help but sigh...

If this city were to survive to the next 2000 years, it would be considered one of the great wonders of humankind!

It's truly incredible that such a magnificent building could be constructed in just three or four years!

Wei Ji dared to rebel because he indeed had the confidence to do so!

He knew Jiang Ming was skilled in military tactics, and if they went out to fight in open battle, he would have almost no chance of winning...

However, if it comes to defending the city, Jiang Ming has no more spells to cast and can only fight head-on!

In this way, the gap in military capabilities is directly eliminated, and the most basic advantage is used to counter Jiang Ming's conspiracies and tricks!

Looking at the colossal city before her, Dugu Yan was completely bewildered, staring blankly for a long while...

"Great Khan, we really overlooked this matter. We never expected that Wei Ji had ill intentions from the very beginning!" Dugu Yan sighed.

"yes!"

Jiang Ming sighed with melancholy: "I considered all the possibilities, but I didn't take courage into account... I originally thought they were all cowards who wouldn't dare to rebel against me, but I didn't expect... they weren't convinced by me from the very beginning!"

Dugu Yan said, "At first I was puzzled. The King of Chu has an army of 500,000, why doesn't he go north and directly start a war against Wei? How... how can he fight like this?"

Jiang Ming was momentarily distracted and fell into deep thought.

Dugu Yan continued, "I heard from the people of Wei that their ruler has stored all the country's grain in a tunnel, enough to hold out for four or five years! Or... should we try digging tunnels?"

"hehe......"

Jiang Ming laughed and said, "When I was chatting with Zhao Yong before, we talked about Wei Ji... This guy is the most aware of potential dangers... You can dig a tunnel, believe it or not, whatever you can think of, others can think of too, it's completely useless..."

"That?"

Dugu Yan looked up at the towering city wall and said, "Why don't we build a high platform, and then..."

"Take your time!"

Jiang Ming pondered for a moment and said, "Right now, the only way to attack the city is to use taller siege weapons, otherwise there really is no better way!"

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