I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

Taiping County.

On the wall of Wengcheng, Jiang Yuan looked at the guys who were starving with great interest. It had been more than three days. If they hadn't had water bags on them, these guys would have died long ago.

But even so, within three days, these people had already finished drinking the water, and everyone was starving.

"Sir, isn't it time to take action now?" Chen Qing suggested from the side.

Jiang Yuan slowly slapped the city wall with his hands. These guys really couldn't hold on any longer.

It is very simple to do it, just take a picture of a thousand or eight hundred people and the problem will be solved.

But the problem is, even if we tie these people up, it seems to be useless. They will still come out to cause trouble after eating.

"It's really a troublesome matter. If we don't deal with those leaders, these guys probably won't obey." Jiang Yuan sighed.

Compared to the Da Duan army that recognizes military tokens, the barbarians' method of only recognizing people is indeed a bit difficult to deal with.

After careful consideration, Jiang Yuan finally shook his head helplessly: "Let's lock them up in here first. Give them some food and water every day, and don't let these guys starve to death."

As soon as Jiang Yuan finished speaking, Li Hu's voice was heard from a distance.

"Sir! Those guys can't hold back any longer. There's movement! The barbarian army is heading towards us!"

Jiang Yuan turned around calmly and said, "It doesn't matter. Let them come. I want to see if these guys dare to attack the city."

A moment later, nearly one million barbarian cavalrymen arrived at the city again, surrounding Taiping County from inside and outside.

The group quietly looked at the barbarian army below, with no intention of taking action. It was only the third day, so what was there to rush?

According to Zhou Mingyuan's plan, in half a month, the millions of barbarian soldiers in front of him will become paper tigers, and they can go out and fight at will.

"It seems that the only guys who entered our four city walls at that time were Phoenix Bifang and the priest clan, right?" Jiang Yuan suddenly asked.

Chen Qing nodded quickly: "Yes, I have interrogated them. The 12,000 soldiers and horses were all dispatched by these four tribes."

Jiang Yuan's gaze could not help but fall on the Fire Dragon in the distance: "So, it seems that Fire Dragon has chosen not to take action."

"This is interesting. Perhaps we can make a breakthrough from here."

This time, the high priest did not go to the city wall to play tricks. After all, they had already fallen out, and there was no point in talking nonsense again.

On the contrary, Jiang Yuan asked someone for a loud speaker and stood on the city wall, cursing loudly.

After hearing these words, the high priest did not refute at all. It was neither reasonable nor morally right for him. If he spoke again, he would only be in a disadvantageous position.

After a scolding, Jiang Yuan put down the loud speaker and lazily found a chair to sit down.

Outside, the high priest had ordered many people to go into the mountains to cut wood and make various siege weapons. At the same time, he had hundreds of thousands of barbarian soldiers start training. It was obvious that he wanted to put a psychological burden on the people of Taiping County.

Below, several barbarian leaders looked at the tall city wall in front of them and couldn't help but start to wonder.

"High Priest, I'm afraid we can capture a city like this?"

"Yes, High Priest, even if we take this city, many people will probably die. The most important thing is that we don't know how many soldiers are inside the city yet."

The high priest shook his head calmly. "We are not attacking the city. This training is just a pretense. We just need to surround the city. If one month doesn't work, then a year. If one year doesn't work, then two years."

"Without any supplies, I want to see how long those guys inside can hold out."

"And don't forget what the people inside will think. We have nearly a million troops surrounding this city. Won't the people inside panic?"

"When the time comes, I will swear in public that those who surrender will never be killed. How much fighting power will these soldiers have left by then?"

After the high priest finished speaking, he looked at the people on the city wall who were still doing nothing with a sneer on his face.

How much combat effectiveness can such soldiers have?

If it weren't for the geographical advantage, how could they have resisted the millions of barbarian soldiers!

At this time, on the city wall, Jiang Yuan looked at Chen Xudong and others who were rushing over, and an expression of anticipation suddenly appeared on his face.

"How's it going? What new things have you come up with?"

"Sir, there's nothing new. It's just the thing called firecrackers that you mentioned last time. We have made the base, and now it can be launched hundreds of meters away!" Chen Xuming said excitedly.

"Okay!" Jiang Yuan stood up immediately. "Ma Zhi, gather the manpower immediately to start mass production and build some as soon as possible!"

"You guys, quickly find someone to bring me the firecrackers!"

Jiang Yuan was extremely excited. With this thing, I don’t care if you have a million barbarians and want to surround me. I will kill 10,000 or 20,000 of them first. If you don’t surrender, I will continue to fight you.

These guys don't have heavy armor, so how can they defend themselves against this thing?

Soon, Chen Xudong and others hurried back. Mu Cangtian was holding two shells in his arms, and the Chen brothers were carrying a base, which was made completely according to Jiang Yuan's design.

Although it is impossible to create seamless steel pipes by relying on technology, it is possible to use the casting method.

However, even this casting method has extremely high requirements. The iron must be hammered back and forth three or four times to ensure that the impurities inside are removed to the greatest extent possible.

Soon, when everything was assembled, Jiang Yuan took a deep breath. In China during World War II, this could be considered a small mortar.

"Sir, what is this?" Zhao Kai and his companions came over curiously and knocked on the mortar.

"It looks a bit like an oversized musket, but do you carry it on your shoulder to fire it? Why can't I find the button?"

Jiang Yuan simply waved his hand: "Alright, get out of the way, I'll show you how to use this thing!" Jiang Yuan said as he directed several people to stuff the shells in, and then pretended to adjust the position.

"Okay, just light it later."

"You listen to my orders. I say light the fire, and you understand?"

"Don't worry, sir!"

Jiang Yuan nodded slightly, then jumped onto the city wall.

"The High Priest!"

"Phoenix, Bifang! And you, your actions have angered our great dragon totem!"

The faces of the leaders below suddenly changed. Didn’t Jiang Yuan use this trick in the beginning, and then thunder fell from the sky?

"Don't panic!" The high priest stood up directly.

"Jiang Yuan! Stop playing tricks here! If your dragon totem was truly powerful, you would have been ordered to open the city gates and let us in!"

"We are all barbarians. Now that we are in trouble, you choose to stand by and watch. This is absolutely not what Totem wants to see. I urge you to open the city gates and help me overcome this difficult time. We will never treat you unfairly in the future!"

Jiang Yuan ignored the high priest's twisted ideas. If I hadn't thought of this, I wouldn't have let Li Hu go to the grassland to sow thorn grass seeds.

"High Priest! You are disrespecting our totem. Our dragon will rain down thunder upon you as punishment!"

Jiang Yuan said this, raising his hands high, and then whispered to the back.

"ignition!"

Taking advantage of the interval between lighting the ignition, Jiang Yuan looked up at the sky with a pious expression.

"Great Dragon Totem, please send down thunder and punish these sinners!"

In an instant, everyone under the city wall couldn't help but look up at the sky.

boom!

After a loud bang, a cannonball instantly shot out from the barrel, forming a beautiful parabola in the air, and then slammed into the barbarian cavalry.

boom! !

After a deafening roar, tens of thousands of war horses were frightened and fled in all directions. Even these war horses had received special training and were already accustomed to the sound of swords clashing.

But this is a mortar. Those who are a little closer are directly blown into broken limbs, and the war horses that are a little further away are directly knocked over by the powerful air wave and lie on the ground neighing continuously.

At this moment, not only the barbarians, but even the Taiping County soldiers standing on the city wall were frightened by the loud noise and turned pale.

"Great Dragon Totem! Please send down the thunder once more!"

As Jiang Yuan spoke again, the people behind him quickly and efficiently released the second shell.

boom! !

There was another loud bang, and Jiang Yuan waved his hand without any pause to signal for another shot.

boom!

Countless smoke and dust rose up, and hundreds of thousands of barbarian soldiers were frightened by the three loud noises and fled in all directions.

"Stop!"

"Everyone stop!"

The voices of several barbarian leaders rang out, and Phoenix and his companions were also extremely panicked. The closest time was only a few dozen meters away from them. If it was closer, they might not be able to save themselves.

In the crowd, Fire Dragon looked at his men and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the three thunders did not affect his people.

For a moment, the look in the Fire Dragon's eyes when he looked at Jiang Yuan had changed, from being indifferent at the beginning to being shocked now, just because of these three shells.

It was nearly half an hour later that the barbarian cavalry outside finally calmed down. No one dared to approach within 500 meters of Taiping County, for fear of being caught like this again.

"High Priest..." Phoenix and his companions came before the High Priest with troubled expressions.

The high priest nodded heavily: "Tell me what happened."

"Thunder struck three times from the sky, and we suffered nearly three thousand casualties."

"Not many were killed by lightning actually. It was mainly because the war horses heard the noise and ran away in all directions, causing chaos and trampling many people to death," Phoenix said.

Bifang was still looking at Jiang Yuan on the city wall with lingering fear, but at this moment, he no longer had any contempt in his heart.

If the other party has this kind of means, what can they do, let alone a million soldiers, even if they have two million?

Can the nine top tribes on the grassland really capture this small town?

From the initial utmost confidence, now no one dares to speak anymore.

The high priest was silent for a while, and finally let out a breath slowly.

"Don't panic for now. They are only three thousand men. We have a million barbarians. We can afford the loss."

The rest of the people smiled bitterly. They could afford the loss once, but 30,000 for ten times and 300,000 for a hundred times. By that time, could they still afford the loss?