The first year of Jian'an, June 1st.

At this time, it had only been more than ten days since Balliard became the emperor of Jin in the City of the Sun, but the population in the city had already reached 20,000. Although Balliard could provide these people with unlimited supplies in the short term,

Food, but as more and more people gather in the City of the Sun, the demand for food will increase. Balliard has millions of rune coins, but they are only a few million, and it is not impossible to spend them.

over.

"Annie, how long will it take for the armies of the princes to arrive?"

Balliard was sitting on the throne. Of course, Anne and Sivir were neither kneeling nor standing. Instead, they were sitting on tables and chairs that Balliard had brought out from other rooms.

"Based on the current situation, Zerima has assembled an army of 30,000 people to attack the City of the Sun from the shores of the Leike River. They set off three days ago. They are less than a hundred miles away from us. Maybe they will come tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

How does Annie rely on to detect the enemy's situation? Of course it is Tibbers's eyes, which is a satellite. Locking on a small continent is only the most basic operation of the satellite.

"Thirty thousand troops...Zhang Mingxuan, how many soldiers are there now?"

Baliard is not a good person, but these are his citizens. From the perspective of gods, these people can be called his believers. No god will just drag his followers out to die, even Khalsa

The teachings of the Sect stipulate that "death is a gift", and only those who have made sufficient contributions to the sect can commit suicide in front of the statue after being judged.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Balliard told Zhang Mingxuan what the requirements were. Not only those who were strong and healthy, but also those who were old and frail, and those who were underage, so that among the five thousand people who came in at the beginning,

, less than two hundred people barely meet the requirements.

"Currently, 300 infantrymen and 100 archers have been trained, as well as 200 new recruits who have not yet started training. The empire currently only has these 600 soldiers."

With a population of 20,000 and an army of 600, 3% of the people in this newly established country are soldiers. They can barely comply with the rules. In a country that is backward in times but has a large population and a vast territory, 3% of the army is

It may not be enough, but in an advanced world, a country may have more than a billion people, and it needs to support tens of millions of soldiers? It's so idle that it hurts.

"There are only 600 people. Do those 200 infantrymen dare to go into battle? It's useless to ask you. Later, you go tell them that 30,000 enemy troops are attacking us. Do they dare to follow me to face the enemy?"

Valliard needs a big victory. This big victory must completely crush the enemy. It should not only let the enemy know that his newly established Jin Kingdom is not a soft persimmon, but also let the people of the City of the Sun know.

, their king can protect them. Karsus said that the three most important points of a country in ancient times were the army, people's hearts and agriculture.

Talent? That is indeed very important, but the birth of talents requires a huge population base. Only by gathering the hearts and minds of the people, the people of your own country will not go to the enemy country. This is the basis for the birth of talents. People are not willing to follow you.

, even if one or two people come from other countries, what effect can they have?

"I will do it now."

Zhang Mingxuan stood up and left his seat.

"Thalia, how are you doing with your magic practice?"

Balliard asked Talia, who was silent on the side. She was also a Jin, but her tribe was a tribe that wandered in the desert. To say how much identification she had with the empire, she probably didn't have much.

, however, young girls all admire heroes. Even if they do not agree with this country, girls who have grown up listening to Sima Yi's stories since childhood worship Sima Yi as a hero.

Not to mention how excited she was when Balliard told Thalia that she was qualified to become one of the guardians of this country. Then Balliard left Anne to learn magic, even though he was

A mage, but as a "big" magician who started out as an extraordinary person and whose basic magic involves rules, asking Balliard to teach a girl who is not even an apprentice how to use magic? It is too difficult for him.

But Annie was different. She was a top student who had attended the highest university in her world, and was one of the proud disciples of Ryze of Salvari. Although she was favored by flames, she still relied on her step by step.

An extraordinary person achieved by natural talent... Put it this way, it seems that he is not very suitable for teaching people, but Thalia is also a girl blessed by the elements, and Anne only needs to pass on her experience to Thalia.

"What are you so anxious about? How can you master magic overnight and make great progress? What's more, the rune energy here has begun to overflow. In a few days, the concentration of rune energy in the City of the Sun will be the same as

It’s no different in other places. It’s not an ordinary difficulty to practice magic.”

Anne knew what Balliard was up to, because Balliard had not hidden it from her from the beginning. If Talia could really rely on her talent to weave the earth over a large area with very low energy consumption, Bariard would

Liad will arrange for Talia to plow the land. Plowing the land with magic can be done faster than using manpower. Moreover, it can also prevent more people from being bound by the land, or allow Jin to cultivate more land.

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From this point of view, even if Thalia's magic cannot be used to fight enemies, it is enough to serve as the patron saint of Jin. After all, food is the most important thing for the people.

"That's it... I thought I could do it with Thalia's talent, but just take your time and don't be discouraged."

Anyway, there is no shortage of food for the past few days, but after the rune energy is overflowing, it will be more difficult to provide one's own magic level.

"Your Majesty... I'm sorry..."

Thalia bowed her head and apologized, as if she had really done something bad.

"There's no need to apologize. It's the world and the people who made it this way that are wrong. You were just restrained. Otherwise, such a trivial matter would have been easy."

Balliard comforted Thalia and did not say any more, because there were still many things in this country that he needed to solve.

"Ballyard, this is the dispute that has arisen among the residents this month."

Although Sivir is young, he comes from the royal family and is literate after all. If Wenren Anguo brings them a few more literati, Balliard will not let a princess do such a thing. Although it is not

It's not a tiring task, it won't consume too much energy, and Sivir can practice his calligraphy by the way, but asking Sivir to listen to the residents' conflicts and write them all down on paper and hand them to Balliard is really an insult to the royal family.

"...What is this? A cow ran rampant on the street and bullied it openly, causing a child to trip and grab the cow's tail. The cow was frightened and broke the door of a house."

Balliard looked at the report in his hand and was speechless.

"There are actually families around here who can afford to raise cows? Let me go, one cow can feed a poor family for half a year, right? There are no weeds around here, so you can't feed the cows with sand, right? Forget it.

, is the child injured? If so, bring it over for me to heal. By the way, the family that raises cattle will be punished for plowing an extra field. As for the house whose door was broken... If you don't want to move, let the family that raises cattle take care of it.

The door of the empty house was dismantled and installed. If you want to move, just ask the cattle farmer to help, although there is not much to move."

In the next two hours, Balliard was dealing with these miscellaneous items. Because Anne was there, Tibbs wrote down all Balliard's instructions, and after Balliard finished speaking,

Printed on a piece of paper.

"Would you like to take a look at the military camp?"

Anne proposed when Balliard was about to take a break and leave.

"The military camp? Why do you want to go there? I am the one who wants to defeat the 30,000 troops, not them, so what's the point of going there? Do you think those 30,000 people will be defeated by 600 new recruits?"

The army needs to be appeased. This is for sure. If the king of a country is not welcomed by the army, the country is not far away from being destroyed. But how many people does this country have now? How many troops does it have? According to Valliard

If you don't like this person, you want him to cheer people up? Forget it, it's troublesome.

"Okay, I'll go take care of these things."

Anne rolled her eyes at Balliard. She was now Balliard's secretary. The country's government affairs were handled by Balliard, but she was responsible for executing them. She was obviously lazy, and she kept saying that he wanted to support him.

Prepare your best to attack the enemy.

"go Go."

Balliard waved his hand, very impatiently, and then a fireball hit him in the face, and Anne turned around and left.

On June 3rd, Zerima's army came to the city.

Outside the city gate, two hundred infantrymen braved the scorching sun and prepared to meet the enemy.

The City of the Sun is a floating city, but it is connected to the earth by roads. This makes the City of the Sun easy to defend and difficult to attack, because the City of the Sun has only three gates - the North Gate, the Southwest Gate, and the Southeast Gate.

The gates are all on different river banks. If the enemy wants to divide his troops and besiege the city, he must first face the problem of crossing the river.

After crossing the river, the troops were dispersed and easily attacked by the troops from the City of the Sun. Therefore, unless there were hundreds of thousands of troops, they would not be able to surround the City of the Sun.

"Your Majesty, why haven't you come yet? Looking at the darkness...to be honest, I'm a little scared."

The soldier shook his armor and held the spear in his hand, feeling uneasy at all.

"What are you afraid of? Your Majesty is the resurrected Emperor Sima Yi, a mere enemy, huh!"

On the one hand, this man despises Zerima's army, and on the other hand, he despises his comrades. The army below has been here for two hours. Two hours ago, those people were able to attack the city, but they only sent one envoy to enter.

In the palace, in less than a quarter of an hour, the envoy was driven out. While being driven out, he was still cursing, saying that their army could break into the city in an hour.

But what about now? They can only stand below and bask in the sun. From the gate of the City of the Sun to the ground, they have to walk a full five hundred meters. In other words, if the enemies want to attack the city, they must first climb five steps.

Hundreds of meters away, these defenders are waiting for work one by one. They are condescending, and they have armor and spears given by His Majesty the Emperor. They are afraid of a ball!

"I'm not worried about this battle. If Your Majesty is that one, he can naturally defeat the enemy. But... the City of the Sun has just risen, and the brand-new Jin Kingdom is just a new creation. If you die on the battlefield at this time...

Are you willing?"

The soldier's words moved other soldiers who originally disdained him. They loved this country, firmly believed that this country could move towards a better future, and firmly believed that their lives would get better and better under the leadership of Emperor Sima Yi. However, they died at this time.

…

"The enemy is moving! Everyone

Soldiers! Prepare to meet the enemy!"

The one who spoke was Zhang Mingxuan. He was guarding the city gate like these soldiers. Of course he heard the soldiers' conversation, but with the current situation of this country, what could he say? Is it possible to say to these soldiers, you

Die peacefully and I will look to the future on your behalf?

Such words were not said willingly by these soldiers themselves but by others, especially soldiers like Zhang Mingxuan. It is disgusting. You, a general who charges into battle, have no intention of being loyal to the country, and just want to make his own

Soldiers as scapegoats?

"yes!"

Despite this, none of these soldiers have flinched. They are really not willing to die at this time, so as long as they don't die, that's all. Even if they die, those with families will have their families supported by the country. Seeing the beauty

s future.

The soldiers in black armor marched slowly, but the archers on the city wall did not receive the order to attack. Without him, this war was destined to be Balliard's personal show from the beginning, plus bows and arrows.
To be continued...