Xiping City, standing at the economic, political, and military center of the Western Mountain Province, is flying over the city with fine snow, and there is almost no light in the city. The long winter is coming, and no one knows how long it will last, but all Knowing to save charcoal and other materials, otherwise you will not be able to survive this long winter.
The sound of horse hooves outside the city shattered the tranquility. When Situ Sen led ten thousand cavalry to the outside of the city, he only saw the west gate of Xiping City opened wide, and there were no curfews or soldiers guarding the gate.
"what happened?"
Facing the black hole of the city gate, Situ Sen squinted his eyes and said: "The city gate is wide open, there are no guards, it looks fraudulent!"
The captain on the side laughed: "The deputy commander, the art of war is illusory, and the illusion is the reality. Chen Yu is a master of calculation. His gate is wide open. Will there be no ambushes at all, but just a game? How about the empty city plan to delay the speed of our army's offensive?"
"It doesn't matter, the armed forces need food and grass, and we have no time to delay."
Situ Sen raised his palm and said: "The thousand people in the first camp are divided into ten teams. Every one hundred people come in one team. They enter the city to search for food and grass and the people's situation. Return here after an hour and report back. You must be more careful, Chen Maybe Yu would bury something in the city to catch fire, or something like a magic crystal cannon. We are used to this trick."
"Yes, deputy commander!"
Amid the rush of horseshoes, a group of people quickly entered the city.
Situ Xue pursed her red lips and said, "Brother, I am not at ease. I will lead ten dragon knights to spy on the city from the sky, right?"
"Ok."
Situ Sen nodded: "Be careful."
"good."
With a low whistle from the dragon, Situ Xue also went.
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Situ Sen was holding his saber and riding a horse on the snow. He was very disturbed. But if you think about it carefully, almost all weapons such as Xiping Mansion’s magic crystal cannon and earth cannon were taken away by Philip’s main fleet. , Chen Yu must be in short supply, and there are only seven to eight thousand old and weak soldiers. Why does he set up an ambush in the city
However, even though Situ Sen tried everything possible, he still couldn't stop the development of the situation.
In less than half an hour, there were several continuous loud noises in the city suddenly, followed by a distant fire from the sky, and the sound of rockets piercing the air could even be heard.
"Oh, someone is arson!"
Situ Sen gritted his teeth.
"Let's rush in now!?" The captain was a little angry.
"Don't be impulsive!" After all, Situ Sen squinted his eyes after a long battle. "Wait for the brothers in the city to return. We are just sending a thousand people in. We can't put more troops in."
"Yes!"
Unsurprisingly, less than a stick of incense, the cavalry from the gentian battalion kept rushing out of the city, one by one with gray heads and faces, and one of the commanders said: "Deputy commander, they planted a few magic crystal cannons in the city. , It detonated just now... Also, every three or five households in the city are piled up with piles of firewood for the winter. Now these piles of firewood have been lit by people, and the city has soared into the sky, and it seems that it will not be controlled!"
"Did you see their soldiers?"
"I see, I have gone out of the east gate for a good escape!"
"Damn, Chen Yu, a despicable villain!" Situ Sen shivered with hatred, and said, "This lunatic, do you want the millions of people in Xiping City to be buried with us? Where is the grain and grass? Where is the grain and grass stocked in the city? "
"The granary in Xiping Mansion has caught fire, and the flames are soaring, we can't get close at all!"
"damned… "
Situ Sen drew out his sword and said, "Quickly enter the city to fight the fire and send a feather note to the Marshal and His Royal Highness to inform the situation here. Hurry up, immediately... Send people to beat the gongs and drums to encourage the people to come out to fight the fire. We can't let Xiping City, a thousand-year-old city, was burnt in a flash!"
"Yes!"
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Ten thousand cavalry became fire-fighting weapons in a blink of an eye, but it seems that the number is far from enough. Chen Yu is really too smart, knowing that most of the people in the city go out of the city to cut wood and come back to accumulate firewood. Burning the city of Xiping and losing the people's abundance and food and grass of Xiping city, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Great Qin Empire simply could not gain a foothold on this continent.
Until nearly noon, the fire had not yet been extinguished, and Xiping Mansion had already been burned by nearly half, and the once prosperous Xiping Mansion had passed away.
Outside the city, Lin Muyu accompanied Qin Yin and led the front cavalry to arrive at Xiping City first. Situ Sen and Situ Xue led the cavalry to greet him.
Apart from anything else, Situ Sen rolled over and got off his horse and knelt down on the snow. Regardless of the soot on his face, he said with red eyes: "My lord, I will be incompetent. There were also many fires in his house. In the end, he could only order the people to stop saving the granary fire in vain and let them help the people put out the fire instead."
Lin Muyu got off the horse, helped Situ Sen, and said, "General Sen, you are not doing anything wrong. We should help the people put out the fire and win the hearts of the people to win the world. Our Great Qin Empire came from afar to let the people of the Tianji Continent know about His Royal Highness. Wise, knowing that the Great Qin Empire is a civilized country governed by a constitution."
"Yes, thank you sir for not prosecuting the subordinates for negligence."
"You didn't neglect your duty, Chen Yu was too cunning."
When Lin Muyu walked into the city, a group of gray-headed Gentian camp soldiers knelt on the snow on both sides of the road and said loudly, "See Lin Shuai!"
"Get up."
Lin Muyu's heart was cold, and when he looked up to the sky, the fine snow was still falling in pieces, and some gray smoke and dust fell along with it. He stretched out his palm to catch a piece of dust, and the dust rolled swayingly in the palm of his palm. After sliding out, Lin Muyu's chest hurts slightly. This is the dust after the rice is burned. Chen Yu is really cruel and wants to kill the food in Xiping City!
"How is the food situation, Axue?"
"My lord..." Situ Xue said with red eyes: "The largest granary in Xiping Mansion has been burned. It is said that Chen Yu has been collecting grain in the city a few days ago. It seems that it has also been burned by fire. Now Xiping In the city, millions of stone, grain and grass were burned. Not only was there no food in the treasury, but even the people’s homes did not have any food. They only had enough to eat for themselves, and could not support our hundreds of thousands of troops."
"The armed forces are based on rations. Without food, they will be mutinous."
Lin Muyu took a deep look at Situ Xue and said, "We must find a way to get food as soon as possible, otherwise the army will be hungry starting today."
Situ Xue said: "My lord, I found a piece of useful news. Although Chen Yu left with the defeated soldiers, he did not take everyone away. Before Chen Yu left, some of Feili's subordinates There are more luxurious mansions in Xiping City. In addition to raising many servants and concubines, these mansions also stocked a lot of food and forage. We can kill pigs for the New Year and take people to copy these people. Home, pull the food out to relieve the urgent need."
"good idea!"
Lin Muyu's eyes lit up and said, "Situ Sen, Situ Xue, do it now!"
"Yes!"
The two of them led the iron cavalry without stopping, and Lin Muyu turned back, took the reins of Qin Yin's horse, and said, "Let's go, I will accompany the hall to Xiping Mansion."
Xiping Mansion is the center of Xiping City and the place where Qin Yin will sit for a long time in the future. Only when the Empress is here will the morale of the three armies be boosted.
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When a group of civil and military officers entered Xiping Mansion, they were all a little surprised. The wealthy people of the Celestial Continent had long been heard of, but no one thought that the level of luxury of a Xiping Mansion in a small area was not inferior to Zetian Temple, and even had it. It can be imagined how luxurious the Tianji Temple will be, it is simply unimaginable.
In front of Xiping City, twelve dragon-shaped totem pillars of the Tianji Empire stood upright in the sky. Although they were a bit scorched, they did not affect the momentum of the mansion. Behind the pillars, it is convenient for the gate of the mansion to enter and exit. At this time, the guard It has been replaced by the Forbidden Army and the Imperial Forest Guard. Everyone enters through the gate. From a distance, the gate is actually a thousand meters away from the mansion. Along the way, there are roads paved with glazed spar, and guards on both sides are like forests. The old Xiping Mansion must be extremely prosperous.
"It's so insignificant, it's no wonder that the Tianji Empire will lose!" Feng Jixing smiled.
Lin Muyu didn't think so, saying: "The biggest reason for the defeat of the Tianji Empire is not the extravagance, but the disagreement between the monarchs and the ministers. If Bei Mingyuan does not suspect that Gong Shangming, Fei Li and Chen Yu will not fight each other, why is it so!"
"Well, that's right."
Feng Jixing raised his head, looked at the fire behind the hall, and said, "There should be the place where the granary burned."
"Yes." Lin Muyu frowned and said: "The three leaders of Chen Xiaoli, Tang Zhen and Xiang Yu immediately gathered manpower to take water and put out the fire, minimizing the loss of Xiping City in the fire."
"Yes, Lin Shuai!"
The three commanders turned and left.
Lin Muyu continued: "Guard the enemies, go to Zhangbang to calm down the people, post the empire's constitution and inform the people of Xiping City that from now on, the Xishan province will be the territory of the Daqin Empire and will be governed in accordance with the constitution of the empire. There must be no crimes in the autumn, otherwise the Israeli army will be forced."
"Yes, my lord!"
Wei Qiu led a group of staff to go straight to the Piandian, which was their office for the time being.
Lin Muyu glanced at Chu Yao behind him again, and smiled: "Sister Chu Yao, let's set up the Department of Spirit Medicine in Xiping Mansion for the time being, so I might as well have a caregiver."
"Well, listen to you."
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When it was near dusk, a line of horse-drawn carriages hauled grain and grass into Xiping Mansion. It was Situ Sen and Situ Xue who had returned, and their faces were full of excitement.
"How much grain and grass did you copy, two generals?" Feng Jixing asked with a smile.
"Fifty thousand! At least fifty thousand stones, grains and grasses were copied!"
Situ Sen laughed and said, "These grandsons really hide a lot of food!"