This may be the best news Liu Deng has heard so far.
As long as they have enough food and enough knowledge, it may not be easy for the Huns to conquer the city.
"Your Majesty, otherwise..."
Li Guang choked up when he said this and couldn't speak any more.
On one side is doomed failure, on the other side are soldiers waiting for rescue.
It's really not that easy to say "give up"...
"How many soldiers do we have on hand?"
Liu Deng slowly closed his eyes and asked quietly.
"Together with the 20,000 people brought back by the king, plus the 15,000 people drawn back from Yunzhong Yanmen, and some of the soldiers we urgently recruited, the total total is 70,000 people..."
When Li Guang said this, his voice was full of helplessness. It is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.
An army like the Shenwu Army cannot be trained overnight.
The manpower they urgently gathered together was all the mobile power they had on hand.
But in front of hundreds of thousands of cavalry, these mere 70,000 people looked so vulnerable...
"You guys go down first and let me think about it..."
"Your Majesty..."
"Okay, no need to say anything else, you can go down first!"
Feng Jing originally wanted to say something, but was stopped by Liu Deng with a wave of his hand. Liu Deng understood what he meant. The two of them just wanted to take on the responsibility this time and keep their reputation for life.
It's just that those are 30,000 living lives. Is it really necessary for one general to achieve the goal and ten thousand bones to wither?
He did gain a great reputation this time, but he did not expect the Huns' revenge to be so violent.
This world is really full of accidents. The death of the military minister Chanyu temporarily stopped the factional struggle within the Xiongnu.
Now at this time, how to break the situation has become the biggest problem before Liu Deng...
A difficult question posed in front of Liu Deng. Let alone only 70,000 people, how could they face the hundreds of thousands of Huns cavalry even if the number doubled?
Do I have to give up on them after all?
The city that was finally built was so cheap for the Huns?
Time passed by minute by second, and Liu Deng was in a state of confusion at this moment.
Looking at the open terrain on the largest sand table, Liu Deng's mind was filled with thoughts. All kinds of thoughts flashed rapidly.
If there could be a city wall that could separate the Huns, their chances of winning might be greatly increased...
City wall?
When he thought of this, Liu Deng's eyes suddenly lit up.
Yes, why didn’t I think of it?
For such a simple question, I am really stupid!
In fact, the solution has long been available, and the Han army has been doing it this way for so many years!
Chariot!
With the continuous battles and victories in the past few years, the equipment of the tank has almost disappeared from the Dai army.
From the beginning to the end, Liu Deng had been emphasizing the attack. He even mentioned to Cai Xin more than once that he wanted to eliminate the enemy on the way to attack.
Therefore, everyone from top to bottom has almost forgotten about the chariot.
As long as they can have enough chariots to surround the entire army in all directions, isn't this a mobile city?
Car array!
This was the supreme magic weapon for the Han army to deal with the Huns before Liu Deng appeared.
"Go and find Cai Xin!"
Liu Deng suddenly became energetic and shouted to Shunzi outside the door.
"promise!"
Shunzi didn't dare to delay, so he hurried to Pegasus to find Cai Xin.
"My lord, when did you come back?"
Cai Xin was really happy to see Liu Deng again.
Unlike other officials, he has been focusing on the production of artillery every day recently.
He has always been indifferent to other things, but people who engage in technology generally have this virtue, and Liu Deng doesn't take it personally.
"I just came back not long ago. Let me ask you, how many tanks do we have in hand now?"
"Chariot? We have never made this thing in recent times. I don't know the specific number here, but there should be about a thousand."
Cai Xin hesitated for a moment, then took out a pamphlet from his sleeve, read it over, and then said.
"If we go all out to make it at all costs, how many can we make in half a month?"
"No matter the cost, we will do our best to rush the production..."
As Cai Xin spoke, he started counting slowly with his fingers.
Liu Deng had no intention of urging him, but quietly waited for his answer.
"It's really hard to calculate this now, but with the nails, we should be able to drive the chariot much faster!"
After hesitating for a long time, Cai Xin said.
"You have to give me an accurate number. How many can we produce in half a month?"
Liu Deng looked at Cai Xin seriously and asked.
"Your Majesty, can you give me an hour?"
Cai Xin frowned and then said.
"I'll be waiting for you here in an hour."
Liu Deng did not care about Cai Xin's rudeness, but directly agreed to his request.
After all, during the time the two of them got together, Liu Deng had already understood his temper. He always said one is one and two is two.
He would not speak directly about something he had not made himself.
"Please wait a moment, Your Majesty!"
After Cai Xin finished speaking, she went out and turned around.
After a full hour, Cai Xin hurried back again.
"Your Majesty, if we use our current scale and go all out to produce at all costs, we can only produce about 3,000 vehicles in half a month."
"Too little!"
Producing 3,000 tanks in half a month was already an extremely terrifying figure, but Liu Deng was still not satisfied.
4,000 tanks sounds like a lot, but when it is really put on a battlefield with hundreds of thousands of people, this number needs to be at least doubled to be enough.
Otherwise, neither the artillery nor the Shenwu Army would have enough space to deploy.
"Then I wonder how much the king needs?"
Cai Xin asked carefully.
"To tell you the truth, I need at least 8,000 chariots. I need these chariots to form a formation to resist the attack of 300,000 Huns cavalry!"
After Liu Deng finished speaking, Cai Xin was stunned on the spot. It was almost an impossible task to produce 7,000 tanks in half a month.
"My King, you mean that these chariots do not need other functions, they only need to be able to form a vehicle formation?"
After pondering for a moment, Cai Xin asked again.
"I don't need them to charge. The Shenwu Army and the Gunpowder Battalion will do the attacking. It's enough that they can stabilize the front!"
"If that's the case, can we make some changes?"
Cai Xin's eyes suddenly lit up...
