Longevity City!
This city, which has not yet been completely completed, has a circumference of ten miles, and the walls are thick and two feet high.
Groups of soldiers patrolled the city wall with spears in hand.
The streets in the city extend in all directions, with residential buildings, tea shops, butcher shops, medical clinics, inns and other lofts distributed on both sides of the road.
Physicians and craftsmen with ancestral craftsmanship have begun to settle in the city.
There are also brothels and Chu houses, etc., which also began to welcome guests from all over the world with a smile.
The most complete buildings are in the east of the city, where mansions stand in the streets, and some mansions even occupy half of the streets.
Yuan Shu was born in the Yuan family of Runan, and was known as the Fourth Generation and Three Dukes. Basically, the civil servants under his command were the children of famous families. Most of those who came from poor families were lieutenant generals in the army.
After coming to the world of China, as the Yuan family's power increased, they also began to restore their original "family demeanor."
Well, that's the kind of aloof aura that goes out casually, with dozens of slaves around you, responding to every call.
There are young men from aristocratic families, traffickers and pawns...
The entire Wanshou City has the atmosphere of a city in the Wei and Jin Dynasties in history.
"This city is really well built! If only we could capture Wanshou City!"
On the edge of a street in the city, Mu Chun and Chen Da were wearing Yuan Shujun's military uniforms, walking and looking at the city.
"Well, if my lord leads us to capture Wanshou City and use this as a foundation, we can recruit thousands of soldiers in an instant. Adding the original soldiers and horses, the number of soldiers and horses will exceed 10,000!"
Chen Da's voice was so low that only Mu Chun next to him could hear it.
There are more than 100,000 Dingkou in Wanshou City, but most of them are refugees from other places.
Yuan Shujun is the most powerful force in this area, so the refugees subconsciously gather here in order to survive.
The two walked not far from the city gate and could see many refugees hiding in straw huts outside the city. Wanshou City had a limited area and could accommodate more than 100,000 people.
In history, many county towns only had tens of thousands of people, and a city with more than 100,000 people could already be called a prefectural city.
A city with a population of hundreds of thousands is the capital! In its heyday, the city of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty had only one million people.
"It's a pity for these people. If they come under the lord's command, even though they have to work in the fields every day, they will at least be able to eat and survive... Wanshou City won't let them enter the city, so they can only wait outside to die!"
Chen Da sighed.
Although he was a bandit, he was not the kind of murderous and cruel person. He and Zhu Wu had been in Shaohua Mountain for so many years, only occasionally hitting a few villages to replenish food and grass.
He will not harm the real common people.
Anyone who has some kindness in his heart will inevitably feel moved when he sees the miserable situation of the refugees waiting to die outside the city. But Chen Da couldn't do anything.
He is now a spy who has infiltrated Wanshou City and cannot make any big moves.
Mu Chun did not speak. Although the power of the East Lake Army could not be compared with Yuan Shu's army, the people of the East Lake Army had enough to eat and could survive. The sergeants and soldiers of the army trained every day, which was very impressive.
Yuan Shu's army was very powerful, but when Mu Chun got to know Yuan Shu's army and compared it with the East Lake army, he found that the East Lake army was more to his liking.
Don’t say anything else.
In order to sneak into Yuan Shu's army, the two of them showed nearly second-level strength. The recruiter was originally a little enthusiastic, but after asking about their origins, they learned that they had no family background and were pure refugees.
He just changed his attitude and sent them out.
Before they came, they heard some information about Yuan Shu from Chen Yi Zhu Wu. They knew that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the powerful families were powerful, and the Yuan family in Runan, where Yuan Shu was located, was even more famous in the world.
Yuan Shu himself still has a bit of a knight-errant spirit, and he can promote and re-employ brave people with relatively low backgrounds, but most of Yuan Shu's subordinates are from aristocratic families, and these people have a somewhat high vision.
People like Mu Chun Chenda who were born as bandits and refugees were no different from servants in their eyes.
In view of their good bravery, giving them a small official is the limit. If they want to stand out, no matter how much credit they achieve, they can't even think about it.
Therefore, after seeing the attitude of the officials under Zhang Xun under Yuan Shu towards them, Mu Chun felt more of a sense of belonging to the East Lake Army, and the original aggrieved dissatisfaction of being forced to surrender began to dissipate.
"Brother Chen, I think Yuan Shu can build three cities in a row in such a short period of time. This is the key to our attention! If we find out this secret, we will really make a great contribution!"
Mu Chun said suddenly.
After all, he had studied with his eldest brother Mu Hong for a few years, and he had grown a lot during this period of training. The thoughts in his mind turned and he thought of this.
"That makes sense!"
Chen Da said.
The two looked at each other and immediately returned to the military camp. They chatted with other newly recruited soldiers and asked a few words inadvertently. Only then did they learn that there was a master craftsman in Yuan Shu's army who was responsible for building cities.
This master rarely appears, and these recruits have only heard about it occasionally.
The two of them were a little disappointed when they found that they could not find out more information.
After failing to get the information they wanted, the two could only keep the matter in mind for the time being, and then continue to get other information.
For example, Zhang Xun is the general who defends Wanshou City, and there is also a deputy general Qiao Rui.
In addition to the original 5,000 soldiers in Wanshou City, there were also 5,000 new recruits recruited, which was exactly 10,000 soldiers and horses. The deputy general who commanded the new soldiers was named Li Feng.
There are also several wealthy families in the city who follow Yuan Shu.
Zhang Xun, Li Feng, and Qiao Rui are all generals whose names have been left in history. Mu Chun and Chen Da have never met these three, so they cannot judge their strength.
The two wandered around the city constantly inquiring about news, but did not attract much attention.
The new military camp where they are located is just a mob that has not been systematically trained, and no one will really take them seriously.
Even Zhang Xun only regarded them as cannon fodder when defending the city.
Woohoo!
A few days later.
A horn sound indicating the enemy's approach suddenly sounded, shaking the entire Wanshou City.
"Sun Rujun is here!"
Mu Chun and Chen Da suddenly shouted in their hearts.
Why does Wanshou City need to recruit new soldiers urgently? Isn't it just to deal with Sun Rujun?
Now that the horn sounds, it must be Sun Ru.
"Hurry up to the city!"
After the horn sounded, the captains and commanders roared angrily in the military camp, directing the chaotic recruits to climb the city wall with weapons in hand.
Mu Chun and Chen Da were also among them.
The two were appointed captains, each leading fifty recruits. After climbing the city wall, they immediately saw a black torrent rolling slowly on the land in the distance.
Yuan Shujun's cavalry looked at the sentry and beat their horses desperately, and ran towards the city in great embarrassment.
There were several arrows stuck in their backs, and their faces were pale.
Hundreds of cavalrymen pursued him like a swarm.
At this time, the city gate had been closed. The cavalry sentry who desperately fled back was shot to death by arrows from behind before he could reach the door. He fell to the ground in the eyes of many soldiers on the city wall.
Outside the city, there were refugees gathering towards Wanshou City. When they saw the army rolling in, they fled in all directions in fear.
