Although Xue Rengui had no doubts about Liu Wei's arrival with only a hundred guards, he did not question it.
In any case, Liu Wei can summon thousands of troops in an instant.
Even with him alone, it was as solid as the Great Wall, and no one could possibly enter Zhangye.
However, Liu Wei had no such plans. After several days of rapid growth, the number of users in the system's online store had reached seven million.
He didn't want to exchange too many soldiers at the moment.
The population under its jurisdiction has now swelled.
The population exchanged from the system in the three prefectures of Yunzhong, Wuyuan, and Shuofang reached as many as 350,000, including both military and civilians.
Moreover, it is now winter, and food supplies have become a major problem. The food supplies obtained through exchanges, as well as the spoils from eliminating the Southern Xiongnu and defeating the Tuoba Xianbei, are already insufficient to feed these 350,000 mouths.
The food supplies I exchanged earlier are almost gone.
Since it's not advisable to exchange for too many people, then let's use divine weapons!
Ideally, the weapon should be used for city defense.
Previously, Xue Rengui's cavalry battalion in Shanwuwei, Dingxiang County, underwent a major re-equipment change, replacing all white equipment with blue equipment.
Blue-tier equipment includes crossbows, black helmets, chainmail, iron spears, hand axes, and more.
Now, Liu Wei is even more excited about the next level of yellow-quality equipment.
After reassuring Xue Rengui and inquiring about the military situation in Dunhuang, he allowed him and his soldiers to rest first.
Liu Wei then used the opportunity to refresh the shop after defeating Cai Wenji last time to refresh his equipment without hesitation.
"refresh!"
As Liu Wei uttered a soft command, a yellow-quality weapon appeared in the equipment shop.
"Horizontal sword, long sword, bright armor, iron cavalry, triple-bow crossbow, catapult..."
hiss!
Liu Wei's pupils constricted immediately, and he exclaimed that his wish had come true.
Not only have the weapons and armor that were once only worn by the Xuanjia Cavalry appeared, but even ranged attack weapons are also on display.
Needless to say, the Mo Dao (陌刀) is an essential weapon for forming a Mo Dao battalion.
The triple-bow crossbow represents the pinnacle of bow and arrow application, with a range of up to 1,000 paces, making it one of the most formidable long-range weapons in history.
The triple-bow crossbow, also known as the "eight-ox crossbow," has arrows with hard wooden shafts and iron fletchings, and is known as "one-spear, three-sword arrows." The crossbow can also fire "pedal arrows."
The launch was a spectacular sight; the arrows were like javelins, and at close range, they could be driven directly into the city walls.
According to the Song Dynasty's "Complete Essentials of Military Strategy," aiming and firing were handled by designated personnel, requiring strongmen to use giant axes to pull the trigger.
Soldiers who used ballistae were a special category in the Song army, known as "ballistae operators".
During the Battle of Chanyuan, the Song army set up bed crossbows on the city walls.
When the Liao army attacked the city, the crossbowmen were alarmed and hastily fired their crossbows, unleashing a thunderous barrage of arrows.
Unexpectedly, the attack struck the Liao army's commander-in-chief, Xiao Talin, who was instantly killed. With their commander dead, the Liao people lost their will to fight and thus negotiated peace with the Northern Song Dynasty.
It can be described as taking the head of a general from a thousand steps, which is both terrifying and impossible to guard against.
With such weapons positioned on the city walls, and given Liu Wei's status as a prince, even if Lü Bu were invincible, he wouldn't be able to cross that threshold.
As long as Lü Bu's army stops here, Liu Wei can leisurely deal with the remnants of the Yuchi Xianbei who fled to Dunhuang, and incidentally bring the Western Regions Protectorate under his control.
Might makes right!
The thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions are a bunch of opportunists; they'll follow whoever feeds them and whoever is strongest!
As long as a large number of troops are stationed in the Protectorate of the Western Regions, the entire Western Regions will not be distracted.
However, the price of these weapons has naturally skyrocketed, now costing several times, even ten or a hundred times, more than blue-grade equipment!
Horizontal sword 200 gold coins/each, Long sword 500 gold coins/each, Bright armor 500 gold coins/set, Triple bow crossbow 5000 gold coins/unit, Crossbow bolt 100 gold coins/piece, Catapult 8000 gold coins/unit...
[Ding! Host has exchanged 500,000 people for 500,000 gold coins]
[Ding! Purchased 20 triple-bow ballistae, costing 100,000 gold coins]
[Ding! Purchased 2000 crossbow bolts for a triple-bow crossbow, costing 200,000 gold coins]
[Ding! Purchased 1000 Mo Dao swords, costing 50,000 gold coins]
[Ding! Purchased 1000 blue-quality Mo Dao Battalion troops for 100,000 gold coins]
[Ding! 30,000 shi of grain exchanged]
[...]
After spending all 500,000 gold coins, Liu Wei immediately had a thousand-man Mo Dao battalion and twenty triple-bow crossbows.
With Lü Bu's army at the city gates, there was nothing left but to be beaten!
However, this Mo Dao Battalion needs a general to lead it.
Liu Wei then browsed the general shop and found a blue-quality general, Li Siye, the Tang Dynasty general known as the Mo Dao General, in a hidden corner!
He then spent another million population points to exchange for a million gold coins to purchase the summoning card.
There was 5.5 million left in the account.
However, these expenses are worthwhile if Zhangye can be defended. Once the thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions and the three prefectures of Hexi are controlled, the investment can be recouped quickly.
Without the slightest hesitation, Liu Wei immediately summoned Li Siye and a thousand Mo Dao soldiers.
At that moment, bursts of lightning and thunder roared in the distant Qilian Mountains valleys, tearing through the darkness and illuminating the area as if it were daytime.
The soldiers and civilians in Lude City, who had already fallen asleep, were terrified and did not know why this was happening.
Some cultivators were startled and sat up abruptly, shouting, "Which fellow cultivator is undergoing tribulation?"
Half an hour later, heavy footsteps approached from afar.
Standing a full zhang tall with broad shoulders and a burly build, Li Siye, accompanied by a thousand equally tall, strongmen from the Mo Dao Battalion, arrived at the city gate, panting heavily as they carried gleaming broadswords.
The soldiers on duty were soldiers of Geng Chun, a general under Di Qing, and they had never seen such a scene before.
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