On January 29th, although the early spring has recovered, the night is still very cold. The walls of Huoyuan City are all red, like a huge fire-colored mountain standing in the dark. It is said that the bricks of Huoyuan City are collected from The special volcanic rock is of this color. It is hard and silky, which is not conducive to climbing, so that the fire yuan city, which is less than 10,000 yuan, blocked the hundreds of thousands of attacks from Chen Yu's tribe, and Chen Yu had to give up the fire. Yuancheng, the Blackstone Empire to the south.
If Huoyuan City hadn't been defended, I'm afraid Chen Yu would not have suffered a fiasco in Hongyan Province.
The twilight of the sky was faint, and the veteran on the city held a hip flask, staring into the distance, suddenly raised his arm, and said: "The ballista and archer are on guard, someone is coming!"
A Shichang couldn't help laughing and laughing: "My lord is nervous again. Chen Yu's tribe has long been defeated. It is impossible for them to come back again. Who else will come now?"
"Look carefully."
Sure enough, there was a dense and slow sound of horseshoes on the official road, and soon you could see the big flag. It was a flag embroidered with the beast Baize. The fire and light shone on the city, and at least tens of thousands of Baize appeared under the city. Mercenary cavalry.
"who is it?"
The guard shouted: "Huoyuan City has implemented a curfew, no one can enter the city at night: This is the order of the Marshal Gong Shangming. No one can disobey, please go back!"
Below the city, a girl in military uniform who was originally riding on a war horse suddenly flew up, flew to a position flush with the city head, and smiled slightly: "Why, the Baize mercenary just helped you drive away the Tianjue Empire. Huo Yuancheng’s army now refuses to allow Baize mercenaries to enter the city to rest? This lord, what’s your name?"
The veteran said: "I am Hua Qiang, the pioneer general of Fire Yuan City, who are you?"
The girl smiled and said: "I am Sikongyao, the old general Hua Qiang. I have seen you in Tianji City. Have you forgotten me? You see, my Baize mercenary ran out of food due to the heavy snow. , We can no longer set up ambushes in the non-return forest, so now we are hungry and tired. We pass through Huoyuan City and return to Xiping City. We also hope that the general will let us enter the city for a rest and provide us with some food and forage. We will take a day off. Leaving, promise no crime against Huo Yuan Chengqiu."
"It turned out to be Miss Sikongyao, who was disrespectful."
Hua Qiang said, "Ms. Sikongyao’s Baize mercenaries charged and killed the main force of the Tianjue Empire on the edge of the province. The first 50,000 yuan made the Tianjue Empire panic. At this time, the veteran had heard about it, but he didn’t expect Sikongyao. Missy’s army will actually borrow from Huoyuan City, you have taken a long way!"
On the side, a commander lowered his voice and said: "General Hua, the marshal’s secret order stated that we should guard Huoyuan City and wait for the empire to be stationed. It also stated... The Baize mercenaries who need the most defense, they are better than the Tianjue Empire. The army is even more terrifying, General, don’t let them into the city, otherwise, if something goes wrong, you and I will have to raise your head to see the Marshal!"
Hua Qiang frowned and said loudly: "The commander commanded me to wait to defend the city. The veteran did not dare to open the city gate until I got the military order. How about this? Ms. Sikongyao might as well lead the army to camp outside the city. The veteran is here. Just order the Munitions Office to provide you with all the food, grass and ordnance you need, I wonder if it’s possible?"
Sikongyao couldn't help but smile: "It seems that Shuai Gong has already begun to guard against my Sikongyao?"
"Nothing, it's just that the commander is cautious."
Sikongyao's face was cold, and said: "What is being cautious? It clearly means distrusting my Baize mercenary. Gong Shangming, don’t forget, if it weren’t for my Baize mercenary to cut off the food path of the snake pan, Given the way behind the Tianjue Empire, can his Gong Shangming win a million troops? I am afraid that the current Gong Shangming is still eating human flesh in Dongning City!"
Hua Qiang's face was very ugly, and he was silent.
Sikongyao held the sword and whispered: "You also open this city gate. You can open it if you don't open it. You can figure it out. I can't understand the situation in the city any more. Seven thousand old and weak soldiers, incomplete armor and weapons, I'm afraid they have all bows and arrows. There are no more than 10,000 left, so do you want to block the 50,000 cavalry of Baize mercenaries?"
"Fifty thousand cavalry..." Hua Qiang trembled all over when he heard it. There was a black hole outside, and the cavalry team behind Sikong Yao was endless, and no one knew how many there were.
Liu Buyi's voice came from the city: "Ayao, what are you doing so much with him? If he hesitates any more, I will order the city to break!"
Sikongyao looked at Hua Qiang coldly, and said, "Old general, I just want to go to the city to rest, so that my soldiers can have a warm and full meal one night. If you blindly embarrass me like this, then I can only force it. Yes, but don’t forget, to be an enemy to me is to be an enemy to Tianjizong, and I am Princess Xiping, the grade is five higher than yours. Are you really going to stop me?"
Hua Qiang finally relieved: "Dun Xiping really did not commit any crimes with our army Qiu after he entered the city?"
"That's natural."
"Ok… "
Hua Qiang took a deep breath and said, "Come here, open the city gate, and bring the Baize mercenary into the big camp in the city to rest."
"Yes, General!"
The door slowly opened, and Liu Buyi immediately rode a horse and led a group of Baize mercenaries into the city, but immediately controlled the city gate the moment he entered the city, and a cold sword pointed straight at the old and weak soldiers in the city. , And Sikongyao jumped down beside Hua Qiang, with a sharp sword across his neck, and smiled: "I'm sorry, the old general, I will accept this Huo Yuancheng!"
Hua Qiang looked dead gray: "Didn't the princess say that he had nothing to do with our army Qiu?"
"It's called deceitfulness."
Sikongyao showed a sly smile like a girl, and said, "But the old general doesn't have to worry. We only want Huo Yuancheng and don't want your lives. This is indeed nothing wrong with Qiu."
Hua Qiang gasped, "What the hell does the princess want to do? Isn't it enough that you already own a parallel province? Do you want another Huoyuan city? Although your Baize mercenaries are powerful, they may not be able to defend. You can resist it!"
"This won't bother you."
Sikongyao smiled slightly: "Immediately hand over the prefect Yinshou, this Huoyuan City will be in charge of me from now on! Oh no, the entire Huoyuan province has been handed over to me."
Hua Qiang's face was gray, and he trembled: "What the hell does the princess want to do? The Tianji Empire has only four major provinces in total. You occupy the two major provinces alone. What do you intend to do?"
"You don't have to worry about it, hand over the seal ribbon."
"In the hands of the prefect."
"take me to!"
"Yes… "
An hour later, he successfully obtained the prefect seal ribbon and successfully took over the entire Huoyuan City. In the end, Hua Qiang left Huoyuan City with more than 3,000 remnants before dawn, and the remaining more than 4,000 defenders returned to Sikong Yao. For most of the local military, it is not important who you are loyal to. The important thing is who can stutter, and if there is food, it is enough not to starve to death.
…
When the sky was dark, a large number of high-level demon spirits transformed into human forms entered Huoyuan City and went straight to the Governor's Mansion.
A group of people wore thick cloaks, and their faces were invisible under the cloak. When everyone entered the mansion, Lin Muyu, Qin Yin, and Tang Xiaoxi also appeared.
The first woman with a graceful figure opened the cloak, revealing a beautiful face. It was the woman who killed her. She seemed a little nervous, and said, "Is it really no problem to take over Huoyuan City like this?"
"There will be no problem."
Sikongyao said: "Your Majesty, then you need to order the high-level demon spirits to pretend to be humans, mix into the army, establish an army you can control to control the Huoyuan province, and then divide the jungle area in the city. It is a forbidden place for demon spirits to live, and when the opportunity is ripe, you can promulgate decree on your own to declare peaceful coexistence between humans and demon spirits. Of course, the first thing is that you must restrain the demon spirits so that they will only eat grains from now on. , Don’t eat humans, otherwise... Everything is false, and it is impossible for humans to coexist with demon spirits."
The girl nodded and said: "Don't worry, I will issue a law, but any demon spirit who does not obey the rule and kills without mercy is no different from a human law."
"That's good." Sikongyao said with a light smile: "The distance between Huoyuan City and Xiping City is less than five hundred miles, and the cavalry will arrive one day and one night. We Baize mercenaries can reinforce you at any time, and your demon spirits It will also be very fast if the family wants to reinforce the city of Xiping."
"Well, just watch each other like this."
With that said, the girl turned around to face Lin Muyu deeply, and said: "Little girl, thank Your Highness Yu for the gift. If you didn't think about it, I am afraid that the demon spirit clan would not have a place at all."
"Your Majesty is polite."
Lin Muyu said: "But now we have only achieved our first step, and there are other plans ahead."
"What plan?" Sikongyao and Qin Yin asked at the same time.
Lin Muyu smiled and said: "The current Tianji Empire is dying. Gong Shangming has defeated Chen Yu, but the army in his hand is also pitiful. In addition, he has lost the taxes of two provinces in a row. Now Tianji The power of the empire has declined to only 20% of the original level, and it cannot compete with the Tianjue Empire and the Blackstone Empire. Therefore, our opponent will no longer be the Tianji Empire. Instead, our strategy should be to form an alliance with the Tianji Empire and expel the Blackstone Empire. Go on, then force the troops to move south, take Qianshan City and Hongyan City, and force the Blackstone Empire's troops to advance east, let them go to grab the territory of the Tianjue Empire and fight the rest of Chen Yu's life and death."
Tang Xiaoxi smiled: "Mu Mu, you really are getting worse and worse, you can think of this kind of idea."
"This is just a balance of checks and balances. The Celestial Continent must be balanced as a whole."
The female killer smiled slightly: "So, what happens after this balance is reached?"
"We need another force to break this balance and re-establish the order of the Celestial Continent." Lin Muyu said confidently.
"What is this force you are talking about?"
"Naturally it is the army of our Great Qin Empire!" Lin Muyu said with pride.