Text Chapter 1147: Occupying Xiping City

Xiping City stands in the economic, political, and military center of Xishan Province. At this time, there is fine snow floating above the city, and there are hardly any lights in the city. The long winter is coming, and no one knows how long it will last, but everyone Know to save charcoal and other materials, otherwise you will not be able to survive this long winter.

The sound of horseshoes outside the city shattered the tranquility. When Situ Sen led 10,000 cavalry outside the city, he saw only the west gate of Xiping City wide open, and there were not even curfew or soldiers guarding the gate.

"what happened?"

Facing the dark city gate, Situ Sen narrowed his eyes and said, "The city gate is wide open and there are no guards. It looks deceitful!"

Mr. Wan at the side smiled and said: "Vice commander, there is a saying in the art of war. What is true is false, and false is true. Chen Yu is a master of calculations. With his city gate wide open, will there be no ambushes at all, but just a play?" How about an empty city plan to delay the speed of our army's attack?"

"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 of the first battalion are divided into ten teams, every hundred people come to a team, enter the city to search for food, grass, and the situation of the people, and come back here in an hour to report back, you must be more careful, Chen Maybe Yu will bury some fire starter in the city, or something like a magic crystal cannon, we are used to this kind of trick."

"Yes, Deputy Commander!"

Amidst the rapid sound of horseshoes, a group of people quickly entered the city.

Situ Xue pursed her red lips and said, "Brother, I'm not at ease. Let me lead ten dragon knights to spy on the situation of the city from the air?"

"Um."

Situ Sen nodded: "Be careful."

"good."

With a low whistle from the giant dragon, Situ Xue also went.

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Situ Sen held his saber and rode his horse around in the snow, feeling very uneasy, but if he thought about it carefully, almost all the magic crystal cannons, earth cannons and other weapons of Xiping Mansion were taken away by Philip's main fleet , Chen Yu must be in short supply of supplies, and there are only seven or eight thousand old, weak and remnant soldiers. Why should 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 consecutive loud bangs in the city, followed by distant fires rising from the sky, and the sound of rockets piercing the air could even be heard.

"Oops, someone is arson!"

Stuart gritted his teeth.

"Let's rush in now!?" Chief Wan was a little annoyed.

"Don't be impulsive!" After all, Situ Sen squinted his eyes and said, "Wait for the brothers in the city to report back. We only sent a thousand people in, and we can't send more troops in."

"yes!"

As expected, in less than a stick of incense, cavalrymen from the Gendan Battalion rushed out of the city, one by one, and one of them said, "Deputy commander, they planted a few magic crystal cannons in the city." , It was detonated just now... Also, firewood piles are piled up every three to five households in the city for the winter, and now these firewood piles have been ignited by people, and the city is already on fire, and it seems that it will be out of control!"

"Did you see the figures of their soldiers?"

"I see, I have already gone out from the east gate and slipped away!"

"Damn it, Chen Yu is a despicable villain!" Situ Sen was trembling with hatred, and said, "This lunatic, do you want the millions of people in Xiping City to be buried with us? What about the grain and grass? What about the grain and grass hoarded in the city? "

"The granary in Xiping Mansion is on fire, and the flames are so bright that we can't get close at all!"

"damned……"

Situ Sen drew out his sword, and said: "Go to the city quickly to fight the fire, send a feather letter to the Marshal and His Royal Highness, and inform the situation here, hurry up, immediately...send people to beat gongs and drums, and encourage the people to come out and fight the fire together, we can't Let Xiping City, a thousand-year-old city, be burned in a blink of an eye!"

"yes!"

...

The 10,000 cavalry turned into firefighters in a blink of an eye, but it seemed that the number was far from enough. Chen Yu was really too smart. He knew that most of the people in the city went out to cut wood and came back to accumulate firewood. Burning down Xiping City, losing the people's wealth and food and grass in Xiping City, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Great Qin Empire would not be able to gain a foothold on this continent at all.

Until noon, the fire still hadn't been extinguished, and nearly half of Xiping Mansion had been burned down. The once prosperous Xiping Mansion was a thing of the past.

Outside the city, Lin Muyu accompanied Qin Yin and led the cavalry from the front of the army to Xiping City first, and Situ Sen and Situ Xue led the cavalry to greet them in disgrace.

Without further ado, Situ Sen got off his horse and knelt on the snow, ignoring the soot on his face, and said with red eyes: "My lord, the last general is incompetent, the granary has been burned, we haven't even snatched a single grain of rice back, and the common people There were also many houses on fire, and the final general could only order his troops to stop trying to save the fire in the granary and let them help the people put out the fire instead."

Lin Muyu got off his horse, helped Situ Sen up, and said: "General Sen, you did nothing wrong. We should help the people put out the fire. Only by winning the hearts of the people can we win the world. Our Great Qin Empire came all the way to let the people of Tianji Continent know about His Highness Yin's death. You are wise and know that the Great Qin Empire is a civilized country governed by a constitution."

"Yes, thank you sir for not pursuing the crime of dereliction of duty."

"You didn't neglect your duties, but Chen Yu was too cunning."

When Lin Muyu walked into the city, a group of disgraced soldiers from the Gendan Battalion knelt on the snow on both sides of the road and shouted loudly: "See Commander Lin!"

"Get up."

Lin Muyu's heart was cold, and he looked up at the sky. The fine snow was still falling in pieces, mixed with some gray-white smoke and dust. He stretched out his palm to catch a piece of dust, and the dust rolled unsteadily in his palm. Sliding out, Lin Muyu felt a slight pain in his chest. This was the dust from the burnt rice. Chen Yu was really cruel, and wanted to cut off 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, and it seems to have been burned down. Today's In Xiping City, millions of stones of grain and grass were burned, not only the government treasury has no food, but even the people's homes have no food, it is only enough for them to eat, and it will definitely not be able to support our hundreds of thousands of troops."

"The three armed forces are based on military rations. If there is no food, they will mutiny."

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 starve from today on."

Situ Xuedao: "My lord, I found some useful news. Although Chen Yu left with the defeated soldiers, he didn't take everyone away. Before Chen Yu left, some of Philip's subordinates There are relatively luxurious mansions in Xiping City. In addition to raising many servants and concubines, these mansions also hoard a lot of food and forage. We can kill pigs for the New Year, and take people to copy these people Home, pull out the food to solve the urgent need."

"good idea!"

Lin Muyu's eyes lit up, and said: "Situ Sen, Situ Xue, do it right away!"

"yes!"

The two led the cavalry without stopping, while Lin Muyu turned around and came back, holding Qin Yin's horse by the reins, and said: "Let's go, I will accompany His Highness to Xiping Mansion."

Xiping Mansion is the center of Xiping City, and it is also the place where Qin Yin will sit in town for a long time in the future. Only when the empress is here, the morale of the three armies will be boosted.

...

When all the civil and military men entered the Xiping Mansion, they were a little shocked. They had heard about the wealth of the Tianji Continent for a long time, but no one thought that the luxury of a mere Xiping Mansion was not inferior to that of the Zetian Palace. In short, it is conceivable that the degree of luxury in Tianji Palace is simply unimaginable.

In front of Xiping City, twelve dragon-shaped totem pillars of the Tianji Empire stood tall. Although the top was a little burnt black, it did not affect its momentum. Behind the pillar was the gate of the mansion, with eight entrances and eight exits. The imperial guards and imperial guards have already been replaced. Everyone enters through the gate. Looking from a distance, the gate is actually a thousand meters away from the mansion. Along the way are roads paved with glazed crystal stones, with guards on both sides like forests. The former Xiping Mansion must have been extremely prosperous.

"It's so superficial, no wonder the Tianji Empire will be defeated!" Feng Jixing laughed.

But Lin Muyu didn't think so, and said: "The biggest reason for the defeat of the Tianji Empire is not the extravagance, but the disagreement between the emperor and the ministers. If Bei Mingyuan didn't suspect Gong Shangming, and Fei Li and Chen Yu didn't fight each other, why did this happen!"

"Well, that's right."

Feng Jixing raised his head, looked at the flames behind the main hall, and said, "That should be the place where the granary was burned."

"Yes." Lin Muyu frowned and said, "The three commanders, Chen Xiaoli, Tang Zhen, and Xiang Yu, immediately assembled their manpower to fetch water to put out the fire, so as to minimize the loss of Xiping City in the fire."

"Yes, handsome Lin!"

The three commanders turned around and left.

Lin Muyu continued: "Wei Qiu, let's put up a list to calm the people, post the imperial constitution, and tell the people of Xiping City that from now on, Xishan Province will be the territory of the Great Qin Empire, and it will be governed in accordance with the imperial constitution. There must be no crime in autumn, otherwise the army will kill you."

"Yes, my lord!"

Wei Chou took a group of staff officers and went straight to the side hall, which was their office for the time being.

Lin Muyu glanced at Chu Yao who was behind her again, and said with a smile: "Sister Chu Yao, let's set up the Department of Spiritual Medicine in Xiping Mansion for now, so we can take care of it."

"Well, listen to you."

...

Until near dusk, a series of horse-drawn carriages hauled grain and grass into Xiping Mansion. It was Situ Sen and Situ Xue who came back, and their faces were full of excitement.

"How much food and grass were stolen from the house, the two generals?" Feng Jixing asked with a smile.

"50,000! At least 50,000 stones of grain and grass have been copied!"

Situ Sen laughed and said, "These grandchildren really have hidden a lot of food!" For mobile phone users, please visit http://m.piaotian.net