Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

As soon as Wu Huaiyu said this, the generals present started to discuss it.

Those who are able to attend today's event are all elderly people who have been by Zhuo Yongwang's side.

They were very clear about Zhuo Yongwang's style of doing things.

These remarks, which clearly carried the connotation of separatism and treason, came from Wu Huaiyu.

But everyone present knew perfectly well what Zhuo Yongwang meant!

However, birds of a feather flock together.

The Great Qian Dynasty had been in a daze for decades, and there was no longer any sense of national pride or integrity left.

In the present day, there are very few people in the Great Qian Dynasty who have the greater good of the country in mind, and many who are opportunists!

In the eyes of many Qian people—they even believed that the partitioning of the Great Qian by Western powers was not necessarily a bad thing.

Perhaps becoming part of the great powers would make them better off than they are now!

The morbid phenomenon of willingly becoming a lackey of foreigners and taking pride in being a foreign slave was prevalent in the Great Qian Dynasty.

Therefore, Shen Moshen repeatedly exclaimed that it was truly a wonder of the world that such a great Qian Dynasty could survive until now without completely collapsing!

Zhuo Yongwang and his ilk are even less concerned about this aspect.

Their primary concern is profit.

Therefore, after a brief discussion, some people quickly stepped forward to express their support for Wu Huaiyu's "profound" remarks!

The choice they face is already quite clear.

If they don't take a gamble with Zhuo Yongwang, everything they have now will be lost.

This is something they are absolutely unwilling to accept.

Rather than that, we might as well take a gamble.

On this issue, the generals of the five-province allied forces shared the same view as Zhuo Yongwang.

They believed that as long as they did not leave the five provinces of Jizhou, it would not be easy for outsiders to invade, and it would be almost impossible to invade Jicheng, the central city of the five provinces!

Zhuo Yongwang has been entrenched in the five provinces of Jizhou for so many years, and he has put a lot of effort into building defenses in these five provinces.

In particular, Jicheng, where the Five Provinces Grand Governor's Office is located, has been transformed into a fortified city by Zhuo Yongwang.

Over the years, the reinforcement of Jicheng's defenses has never stopped.

Zhuo Yongwang chose to establish his Five Provinces Grand Governor's Office in Jicheng because of Jicheng's geographical characteristics of being easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Jicheng is located in the northern part of the Jizhong Basin, bordered by Qishan Mountain to the east, Huishui River to the west, Jianchuan River to the south, and hills to the north. It is a typical strategic location that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

To ensure the absolute safety of his base, Zhuo Yongwang hired a team of experts from Shaluo to design and build a very comprehensive defense system for Jicheng.

Centered around various sturdy bunkers, Zhuo Yongwang meticulously constructed a city defense system consisting of forward positions, outer fortresses, and the main city wall.

Each stronghold in Jicheng had numerous mother-and-child fortresses and garrisons.

Trenches, communication trenches, tunnels, barbed wire, and even electric fences intertwined to form a powerful defensive firepower network.

Once encountering the enemy, they can fight independently or support each other.

These numerous fortified strongholds, completed under the personal guidance of the Shaluo defense experts, formed a massive ring-shaped defense system stretching from Yunshan Town in the north to Qujia Town and Sidaogou in the south, from Wanshifeng in the west to Qishan in the east, with a circumference of hundreds of miles.

This ring-shaped defense system has become the greatest guarantee for protecting the safety of Jicheng.

The entire ring-shaped defense system effectively controls all the key transportation points and high points around Jicheng.

Furthermore, on the advice of defense experts in Salo, Zhuo Yongwang built a ring railway in Jicheng to facilitate troop movement.

Furthermore, armed armored trains imported from Salo are deployed on the ring railway of Jicheng, which can also serve as an indestructible defensive barrier around the city when necessary!

When the defense experts from Sharo were helping Zhuo Yongwang inspect the Jicheng defense system.

He once confidently boasted in front of Zhuo Yongwang and a group of senior generals from the five-province allied forces that Jicheng's defense system was the most solid in the entire Daqian Empire, without exception!

They believed that if any city in the Great Qian Dynasty had the highest safety index, it would definitely be Jicheng!

However, this is indeed true—if we only consider the sturdiness and perfection of the city's defenses, the Jicheng defense system built by Zhuo Yongwang at any cost is indeed the best in the Great Qian Dynasty.

It is well-deserved to list it as the strongest defense within the Great Qian territory.

Moreover, even so, Zhuo Yongwang never stopped strengthening the fortifications of Jicheng.

Even during the war against the rebels, the project never stopped.

This is why Zhuo Yongwang is absolutely convinced that as long as he returns safely to Jicheng, no one can touch a hair on his head!

Chief Engineer Sharo, who was in charge of continuously strengthening and improving Jicheng's defenses for Zhuo Yongwang, said more than once: Jicheng's defense system is sufficient to withstand the attack of a million-strong army!

Zhuo Yongwang's principle for strengthening Jicheng's defenses was simple: don't be afraid to spend money, I can afford any amount of it!

As long as the sun rises as usual, our defenses must be reinforced for another day.

Every main position in Jicheng had to be built into a permanent fortification capable of withstanding the bombardment of tens of thousands of shells!

Therefore, Zhuo Yongwang, who is in Jicheng, is very confident about his own safety.

Although the Youzhou army was strong and well-equipped, Zhuo Yongwang still did not believe that the Youzhou army had the ability to take Jicheng!

Moreover, according to Zhuo Yongwang's calculations, they also have powerful external support behind them that can provide military assistance at any time...................