Upon hearing this title, a glimmer of contemplation flashed in Zhao Yi<unk>s eyes.

Since that day, he had clearly understood that this title carried special significance.

Generally, soldiers and officers referred to Lu Gi as the chief, while only two people he knew called him clan leader.

One was Lu Yong and the other was clearly this Xiao Pan before him.

Luo Yong who had split Luhoo in half with a single ax left a deep impression on him and this Xiao Pan before him was obviously not an ordinary character either.

While he was thinking Luo Gi standing beside him had already spoken with a hint of joy and a touch of relaxation in his voice.

Xiaoan, you've come all the way from TB City.

Thank you for your hard work.

The subordinate is not tired.

Thank you for your concern, clan leader.

Come, let me introduce you.

This is Zhao E, who just joined my command a few days ago.

As he spoke, Lu G patted Xiaoan shoulder and continued, "Zhao E, this is Xiaoan, one of my most trusted generals.

With him around, it would one TB so easy for the 2,000 siege troops from Shang Yuan City to break through the west wall of Suna City.

It's even possible to directly push them back.

" Chapter 272.

Zhao Donan's trump card, Lu O G's words clearly startle Joe E directly pushing back.

Does he really think that the 2,000 troops and siege equipment in Shang Yuan City are made of paper? What confused him the most was that Xiao Pan showed almost no reaction after hearing this, neither proud nor nervous, just standing there with a calm expression.

However, Zhao E being a newcomer didn't know that according to Xiao Pan's way of thinking since Lu Ji said he could push the enemy back, it was highly likely to be true.

If he failed to do so in the end, it would certainly be due to some mistake he made while commanding the battle, and it would count as his own error.

Are you sure the situation is fine on the Iron Wall city side? Lu Gi casually asked Xiaoan while leading him towards the general's mansion.

Rest assured, the current Lu Tao and Jang Lu can be considered capable generals.

Bruce, they are familiar with the military affairs of Iron Wall City.

Even if I'm not present, they can manage it.

Not to mention, Lu Jang is personally overseeing things.

It should be fine.

Since you say so, I can relax.

Xiaopan's words clearly reassured Luog because of Xiaoan's personality, which is known for being straightforward and honest.

He never exaggerates.

So if he said there was no problem, it was highly likely there really was no problem.

It's worth mentioning that Lu Tao and Janglu mentioned by Xiao Pan were the two deputy generals Luo Gi had originally found for him.

Of course, when looking for deputy generals, Lu G wasn't just randomly picking.

The position of deputy general is significant, essentially the second in command of an army.

So he couldn't just throw two incompetent people into the role.

Moreover, as Xiaoan's deputy generals, they were given an opportunity to learn from Ziaoan, so they couldn't be careless.

Therefore, both of them were talented generals.

Lu Tao was a general type talent with a leadership limit of four stars, while Jeanglu was an intelligence type talent with a maximum intelligence limit of four stars.

If properly trained, both could lead troops independently.

With these two handling the military affairs of Iron Wall City and Lu Jang, an experienced general overseeing it, Iron Wall City should be stable.

We can talk about old times later.

Let me first tell you about the current situation and the enemy's troop deployment and configuration.

Upon returning to the general's mansion, Luog directly unfolded a map on the table and got straight to the point.

As a responsible workaholic, Xiaoan naturally had no objections.

The entire situation could be summarized quite simply almost in a few sentences.

Therefore, Lu G focused on the enemy's siege troops and the focal point of their siege troops was undoubtedly those two siege towers and the latter troops.

After all, Lu G civilization did not have super large siege equipment like siege towers, nor did it have latter troops like that because he didn't need them for the moment.

The characteristics of latter troops and siege towers lie in avoiding a direct confrontation with the enemy's walls and achieving occupation through means of climbing over the enemy's walls.

As for Luog, who possessed three crossbows, he could easily blow up the enemy's city gates and push through without needing to adopt such a roundabout method.

Moreover, the cost of that roundabout approach was not small.

Each siege tower had to be as tall as the city walls.

Just imagining how much time, resources, and manpower would be required to create such oversized siege equipment gives a sense of the scale involved.

At the same time, Luog was genuinely unclear about the specific effectiveness of these two siege towers, as he had never witnessed them firsthand.

Thus, he simply handed the explanation task over to Zhao E.

As a former soldier of the great Zhao, Zhao, he had clearly seen the power of siege towers.

Now that he mentioned it, he sounded quite convincing.

Siege towers typically advance alongside infantry units, and their massive size allows them to attract a lot of firepower away from the infantry units, but in reality, this is a trap.

A trap? Shot in inquisitive glance.

Yes, Zoe did.

The large parts of the siege tower are made of bronze, and the arrows can't possibly penetrate that layer of bronze plating.

Concentrated fire on the siege tower usually ends up being ineffective.

They actually use bronze.

Luog was astonished given the distance at the time and since the siege towers had always stayed behind and never advanced, even with a telescope, it was somewhat difficult to see the surface material of those two siege towers in detail.

Now, hearing Zhao say that the surface plating of the siege towers was made of bronze, Lu G was clearly takenback.

This is essentially an armored vehicle from the Bronze Age.

No wonder Zhao Dong and kept these two siege towers as his trump card.

After taking a moment to collect himself, he listened as Zhao e continued.

When the siege tower gets close to the city wall, the upright bronze plating will be lowered, allowing the soldiers inside to easily rush up to the city wall.

What about the number of soldiers? How many can one siege tower carry? Xiaoan with his rich experience in defending cities immediately spotted the key issue and asked the siege tower has two levels each capable of hiding 40 to 50 people.

That makes almost 100 people in total and with two siege towers around 200 enemy troops can be transported to the city wall at once.

As he spoke, Lu G's tone became slightly more serious.

The thought of 200 enemy troops suddenly appearing on the city wall was quite troubling.

If we set up the appropriate shield and axe soldiers on the city wall, we should still be able to manage.

Xiao Bowi replied, his calm tone making it difficult to discern whether he was confident or anxious.

After Lu Ghao, he felt that there was another person here.

He couldn't quite figure out.

Nevertheless, he had to remind them of everything that needed to be pointed out.

Then he spoke again, "It's not that simple.

The back of the siege tower is also equipped with three rows of ladders.

" In other words, once the siege tower gets close to the city wall, the soldiers at the back can continuously climb up the siege tower using those three rows of ladders and then ascend to the city wall.

Now, both men were truly troubled.

LuG's brow furrowed even more.

Can the crossbows penetrate that bronze plating and destroy the siege tower? Such things must have been done by other players in previous siege battles.

And what Lu G needed was an answer.

It depends on the distance.

It may leave obvious dents, but basically every time it's used, the siege tower needs repairs.

As for penetrating it, my subordinates believe it's unlikely because that bronze plating is quite thick.

As he spoke, Zhao gestured slightly.

This gesture deepened the gravity of the situation for Lu Gi and Xiaoan.

Zhao Dong Nan really invested heavily in these two siege towers.

The bronze plating was as thick as a brick, and it's impressive that he managed to install it.

The cost of these two siege towers was likely several times more than LuG had anticipated.

Chapter 273.

Tactical arrangement, the crossbow, couldn't penetrate.

Although his triple bow crossbow was more powerful than a regular crossbow, it had never been tested.

Just thinking about the bronze armor on the opposite side made Logic's headache.

He realized he hadn't tested whether it could penetrate bronze armor, so he felt a bit uncertain.

Xiaoan turned the triple bow crossbow set up on the east city wall to the west city gate, Logic said.

This time, Logic brought five triple bow crossbows for the expedition.

After capturing East Border City, he left two in the city and moved the remaining three to Sona City.

Two of these three crossbows were positioned on the west city wall while one was placed on the east city wall as there was also a possibility of sudden attacks from Sanghan city and precautions had to be taken.