Text Chapter 968 Seizing the City and Attacking the Heart

On January 29th, although it had warmed up in early spring, the night was still very cold. The walls of Huoyuan City were all red, like a huge fire-colored mountain standing in the dark. It is said that the bricks of Huoyuan City were collected from It is a special volcanic rock, which is why it has this color. It is hard and smooth, which is not conducive to climbing, so that Huoyuan City, which has less than 10,000 defenders, blocked the hundreds of thousands of attacks from Chen Yu's troops, and Chen Yu had to give up Huoyuan City. Yuancheng, to the Blackstone Empire in the south.

If Huoyuan City hadn't been defended, I'm afraid Chen Yu wouldn't have suffered the fiasco of Hongyan Province.

In the twilight of the sky, the veteran on the city held a jug in his hand, stared at the distance, raised his arm suddenly, and said, "Calbow carts and archers, be on guard, someone is coming!"

One of the chiefs couldn't help laughing and said, "My lord is nervous again. Chen Yu's people have already been defeated. It is impossible for them to come back. Who else will come now?"

"Look carefully."

Sure enough, the dense and slow sound of horseshoes came from the official road, and soon you can see the big flag, which is a banner embroidered with the mythical beast Bai Ze. Under the light of the fire on the top of the city, at least tens of thousands of Bai Ze appeared below the city. Mercenary cavalry.

"who is it?"

The guard shouted loudly: "Huoyuan City has imposed a curfew. No one is allowed to enter the city at night. This is the order of Marshal Gong Shangming. No one should disobey. Please go back!"

Under 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 said with a slight smile: "Why, Baize mercenaries just helped you drive away the Tianjue Empire!" Huoyuan City is now refusing Bai Ze’s mercenaries to rest in the city? My lord, what’s your name?”

The veteran said: "I am Hua Qiang, the vanguard general of Huoyuan City. Who are you?"

The girl smiled and said: "I am Sikong Yao, the old general of Huaqiang. I have seen you in Tianji City. Have you forgotten me? You see, my Baize mercenaries have run out of food due to the heavy snowfall." , we are no longer able to set up an ambush in the Forest of No Return, so now we are hungry and tired, passing through Huoyuan City and returning to Xiping City, I also hope that the general will let us enter the city to rest for a while, and provide us with some food and fodder. Leave, and promise to do nothing wrong with Huo Yuancheng Qiu."

"So it's Miss Sikong Yao, I'm sorry."

Hua Qiang clasped his hands and said, "Miss Sikong Yao's Baize mercenaries rushed to kill the main force of the Tianjue Empire at the border of the province. The top 50,000 made the Tianjue Empire frightened. At this time, the veteran had already heard about it, but he didn't expect Sikong Yao Missy's army actually borrowed 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 imperial army to station, and it also stated...the Bai Ze mercenaries who need to be on guard the most, they are more powerful than the sky." The imperial army is even more terrifying, General, don’t let them enter the city, otherwise if something goes wrong, you and I will both go to see the marshal!”

Hua Qiang frowned, and said in a loud voice: "Commander Gong ordered me to wait to guard the city. The veteran dare not open the city gate until he gets the military order. How about this? Miss Sikongyao, how about leading the army to camp outside the city? Just order the Military Supply Department to provide you with all the food, grass and ordnance you need, is it possible?"

Sikong Yao couldn't help laughing: "It seems that Commander Gong has already started guarding against me, Sikong Yao?"

"It's nothing, it's just that Gong Shuai acted cautiously."

Si Kongyao's pretty face turned cold, and said: "What does it mean to be cautious, it is clear that you don't trust my Bai Ze mercenaries, Gong Shangming, don't forget, if my Bai Ze mercenaries hadn't cut off the food road of Snake Road, it would have been broken." With the Tianjue Empire's back route, can Gong Shangming defeat a million-strong army? I'm afraid the current Gong Shangming is still eating human flesh in Dongning City!"

Hua Qiang's expression was very ugly, and he remained silent.

Sikong Yao held the sword in her hand and said in a low voice: "You can open this city gate, if you don't open it, you have to open it. You can figure it out. I can't understand the situation in the city very well. There are seven thousand old and weak soldiers with incomplete armor. There are less than 10,000 left, so you want to stop the 50,000 cavalry of Bai Ze's mercenaries?"

"50,000 iron cavalry..." Hua Qiang trembled when he heard it, the outside was dark, and the cavalry team behind Sikong Yao was endless, and no one knew how many there were.

Liu Buyi's voice came from below the city: "Ayao, why are you talking so much with him, if he hesitates again, I will order the city to be broken!"

Sikong Yao 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 night of warmth and food, if you keep making things difficult for me, 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 the princess of Xiping, five levels higher than you, do you really want to stop me?"

Hua Qiang finally let go: "Is it true that Princess Xiping did not commit any crimes against our army after entering the city?"

"That's natural."

"All right……"

Hua Qiang took a deep breath and said, "Come here, open the city gate, and lead the Baize mercenaries into the camp inside the city to rest."

"Yes, General!"

The gate opened slowly, Liu Buyi immediately rode his horse and led a group of Baize mercenaries into the city, but the moment he entered the city, he immediately controlled the gate, and pointed his cold sword straight at the old and weak soldiers in the city , while Sikong Yao jumped down beside Hua Qiang, with a sharp sword across his neck, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, old general, I'll take this Huoyuan City!"

Hua Qiang's face was ashamed: "Didn't the princess say that I have committed no crimes against my army?"

"This is called soldiers never tire of deceit."

Si Kongyao showed a sly smile like a girl, and said: "But old general, don't worry, we only want Huoyuan City, and we don't want your lives. Qiu has never committed any crimes."

Hua Qiang took a deep breath: "What exactly does the princess want to do? Isn't it enough that you already have a Xiping province, and do you want another Huoyuan City? Although your Bai Ze mercenaries are powerful, they may not be able to defend them." Hold on!"

"I don't need to worry about this."

Sikong Yao smiled slightly: "Hand over the prefect's seal immediately, and I will be in charge of this Huoyuan City from now on! Oh no, the entire Huoyuan Province is handed over to me."

Hua Qiang's face was ashen, and he said in a trembling voice: "What exactly does the princess want to do? There are only four provinces in the Tianji Empire. You occupy two provinces by yourself. What do you want?"

"You don't need to worry about it, hand over the seal ribbon."

"In the hands of the eunuch."

"take me!"

"yes……"

An hour later, he successfully obtained the prefect's seal and took over the entire Huoyuan City. Finally, Hua Qiang left Huoyuan City with more than 3,000 remnants before dawn, and the remaining 4,000 defenders surrendered to Sikong Yao For most of the local armies, it doesn't matter who they are loyal to. The important thing is who can give them stuttering.

...

At daybreak, 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 could not be seen under the cover of the cloaks. When they entered the mansion, Lin Muyu, Qin Yin, and Tang Xiaoxi also appeared.

The first woman with a graceful figure lifted her cloak, revealing a beautiful face. She was the female murderer. She seemed a little apprehensive, and said, "Is it really no problem to take over Huoyuan City like this?"

"There will be no problem."

Sikong Yao said: "Your Majesty, you need to order the high-ranking demon spirits to pretend to be human beings and infiltrate the army, build an army that you can control to control the Huoyuan Province, and then divide the jungle area in the city Forbidden land for the demon spirits to live in, and when the time is right, you can promulgate a decree on your own to declare the peaceful coexistence between humans and demon spirits. Of course, the first thing you need to do is to restrain the demon spirits so that they will only eat grains from now on , don’t eat humans, otherwise...whatever you say is false, it is impossible for humans to coexist with demon spirits.”

Nu Shi nodded and said: "Don't worry, I will issue a decree, as long as there are demon spirits who refuse to obey the governance, they will be killed without mercy, it is no different from human decrees."

"That's good." Sikong Yao said with a light smile: "The distance between Huoyuan City and Xiping City is less than five hundred miles, and the cavalry raid will only take a day and a night. Our Bai Ze mercenaries can reinforce you at any time, and your demon spirits It will be very soon for the clan to reinforce Xiping City."

"Well, just watch each other like this."

Saying that, Nv Shi turned around and gave Lin Muyu a deep bow, and said, "Little girl, I would like to thank His Royal Highness Yu for your gift. If it weren't for your idea, I am afraid that the demon spirit clan would never have a place at all."

"Your Majesty is very polite."

Lin Muyu said: "But now we have only realized our first step, and there are other plans in the future."

"What plan?" Sikong Yao and Qin Yin asked at the same time.

Lin Muyu smiled and said: "The current Tianji Empire is dying. It is true that Gong Shangming defeated Chen Yu, but the army in his hand is pitifully small, and with the loss of taxes from two provinces in a row, the current Tianji Empire The national power of the empire has declined to only 20% of its original level, and it is impossible to compete with the Tianjue Empire and the Blackstone Empire. Therefore, our opponent is no longer the Tianji Empire, but our strategy should be to form an alliance with the Tianji Empire and expel the Blackstone Empire Now, let’s go south, capture Qianshan City and Hongyan City, and force the Blackstone Empire’s army to move eastward, let them grab the Tianjue Empire’s territory, and fight Chen Yu’s remaining troops to the death.”

Tang Xiaoxi smiled: "Mumu, you are getting worse and worse, you can even come up with such an idea."

"This is just a check and balance relationship, and the Tianji Continent must be balanced as a whole."

Female Killer smiled slightly: "So, what happens after this balance is reached?"

"Another force is needed to break this balance and re-establish the order of Tianji Continent." Lin Muyu said confidently.

"What is this force you speak of?"

"Of course it's the army of our Great Qin Empire!" Lin Muyu's words were full of pride.