Chapter 2147: Holy Light City

When the secret agents of the Southern Empire killed Min De's family, what they didn't know was that these people in front of them were all useless people. These people were not Min De at all, they were all Cao's family. The people from the business firm just found some substitutes. Even so, those people in the Southern Empire wasted a lot of energy. It would be good for them to kill these people, but they didn't expect the Cao family The people in the firm actually replaced all these people. They all thought they did a good job, but unfortunately they didn't have any good results. When they went back, the high-level officials of the Southern Empire knew that these bastards must Things went wrong, otherwise such a situation would not have happened. They were all secretly executed one by one, and the high-level people in the Southern Empire could only swallow this matter. They had no other choice. Now, could it be that he announced to the outside world that he can't even be a traitor? The high-level officials of the Southern Empire who served the Cao's House of Commerce were also very happy in their hearts. They all knew that the people of the Cao's House of Trade had paid a lot for this rescue, at least allowing themselves a lot of money and money. People have all gone in, what does this mean? It shows that the people in Cao's House of Business attach great importance to spies like them. If they don't even care about them, this matter will not be so simple. These people will definitely be cold-hearted. In the end, they will definitely They will not do anything, and they will eventually abandon Cao's House of Commerce. It is for this reason that they must do everything well, and Cao's House of Business is for these people to see. Otherwise, an old guy like Min De would definitely not waste so much manpower and material resources.

However, Li Cong has always been a person who is very good at handling affairs. Since Min De came out, he couldn't let this guy idle. You must know that the people of Cao's House of Commerce spent hundreds of millions of dollars to save his family. This person's whole body is worth more than gold, and this guy Min De used to be the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Although he often takes some silver or something, he can still do some things in the Southern Empire very well. Okay, among other things, Li Cong is attracted to this talent. It turned out that Wu Zuoxi was in charge of these things. Now Wu Zuoxi also has a lot of things of his own, it is impossible to have so much time to manage these things, now he needs a big butler, this guy in front of him is a very good one that he can choose. Li Cong met the guy who had been running for more than ten days on that deserted island. He also felt that there might be no way out for him when he came here. Living by myself is a huge harm to Cao's House of Commerce, and the people of Cao's House of Commerce must not allow themselves to continue to live like this. Min De saw that the person in front of him was Li Cong, the owner of Cao's House of Trade. In the past, he knew that he was working for this person, but he didn't expect that this guy was so young. Even heroes like Wu Zuoxi and Tuoba Yuanye were the followers of this person in front of him. It is hard to imagine that the person in front of him has such great power, but when the facts are in front of him, he can only admit it, and there is nothing else He doesn't care about other thoughts, his life is worth it, and he has done everything.

"Hehe, my friend, please sit down, please don't be so hostile to me, okay, I don't have other ideas at all, I'm here to see you, if you're not that important, I won't I came here in person, there are countless information about you and me, you are the most important friend of our Cao's firm, if it weren't for you,

Many of our strategies may only be on paper, that is, because of you, they will do so well, don't look at me like that, I am not here to kill the donkey, many people may I feel that the life of people like you is the biggest threat to our Cao's firm. In fact, these people are short-sighted people. I told you when you came over. If I want to kill you, I will not kill you at all. There is no need to save you. I gave the lives of seventeen people for you. These seventeen people can continue to lurk in the capital of the Southern Empire safely. They don't need to go to such a place to do something. , There is no need to do excessive things for a person like you, and their family members also hope that they can go back, but for you, they all lost their heads. I have to say that I have suffered a heavy loss. It is different from other people. No one in my territory can only eat and not work. You are also like this. I wonder if you are interested in becoming the first administrative officer in the occupied area of ​​our Cao's Commercial Bank. Where is the officer? I feel you are capable of this. "Li Cong said with a smile, he knows some places in the Southern Empire, most of them are very xenophobic, and the future rule must be watched by someone, and this person in front of him is a very good candidate.

What? Min De thought he heard it wrong, why would he let himself be the first chief executive? Is there no one in Cao's house? Can't they find a chief executive? That is impossible, and their people must be able to do it. These people are all very powerful. For them, these people are also envious of that position. Min De is not a fool , and soon understood that the hundred and ten provinces occupied in the southern part of the Southern Empire were not so simple. Although the Cao Family Firm had already controlled it, it would be very difficult for them if someone caused trouble. It is definitely not that simple to digest such a large piece of land. The people in Cao's House also have their own ideas. I may be the better person they see, but I am not so sensitive. Stupid, he won't be the target of that gun, of course, he is now under the control of Cao's house, he knows that if he refuses, it will definitely bring disaster to himself and his family, but he There is a way to prevent this disaster, and that is to recommend someone to them. Recommend someone better than himself. He has been at the top of the Southern Empire for such a long time. Those royal families in the Southern Empire are all people he is familiar with. Find a person from among those people to set up a management team. That's much better than myself, but I can't control those guys, besides, I have some contacts with them, if I attack them. Those people at the top of the Southern Empire will also deal with themselves. Of course, the army can't make it through, but the hidden flowers that are opened must always exist, and I can't stand it, can I?

"Thank you, Mr. Cao, for your kindness. I have already reached this point. If it is of any use to your Cao's House of Commerce, I will definitely continue to do it. But it is not that simple now. Cao's House of Commerce's practice is in the Southern Empire. The area under the rule of the Southern Empire has already been advertised as a kind of invader by the people of the Southern Empire, and things against you will often appear. It is not something that can be calmed down by me going out." Li Cong's face turned pale when he heard his words The smile on the table is gone, this is indeed not a good seat, one might control hundreds of provinces if one sits on it, but would the people of Cao's House of Commerce really allow an outsider to do such a good thing? That is absolutely impossible. People in Cao's House will guard against these people. They will not give these people real rights. Min De is not a fool, of course he understands this, so he will do these things Okay, seeing that the smile on Li Cong's face is gone, he will do another thing, which is to push Prince Ren out. This guy is much easier to control than himself, the people from Cao's House I will definitely like it very much, "Master Cao, it's not that I'm ignorant of flattery, but that I'm really not that kind of material. I'm just a person who controls the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I'm good at stealing, rape and trickery. Let me manage those hundreds of provinces. I really don’t have that ability. It’s better to leave this matter to a more capable person. I’ve also found that person for you. The Prince Ren in the movie, this guy is a good brand, the authority is also very good, of course, he is also very stupid." Min De said with a smile, and Li Cong smiled a little when he heard him say that. Only then did Min De let go of his heart a little bit.

Soon, Li Cong had information about the so-called Prince Ren in his mind. This guy is the cousin of the current emperor of the Southern Empire and the only royal family member captured in this war. His Prince's Mansion is also It's just a nameless palace, and it doesn't have much effect when you come to the front line. It's more of a symbolic role, for example, to show the soldiers that you are not the only ones who work hard on the front line, and the princes of the empire are also on the front line. After this guy came to the front line, he was still the same as in the capital. In fact, if it wasn’t for His Majesty’s imperial decree, this guy would never have come here. For him, life in the capital is the best, if he can be honest If he lives here, he will not be captured. When he goes back, he is always escorted and has a specially prepared retreat route, but this guy took the wrong route because of his fun, and was suppressed by Cao's firm The army was taken prisoner. For such a prince, the people of Cao's House should treat him well. If he looks like this person, he will definitely be useful in the future, and he may not have thought of that. Soon the people from Cao's House came to look for them, and the big boss of Cao's House personally came forward. In the past, all the people who came here to talk to him were the managers of Cao's House. I really didn't expect that I had so many When he saw Min De, this guy even thought that Min De came here to redeem himself. Before, after the high-level sons of the Southern Empire were arrested, they asked them to pay If you bought it back, did His Majesty feel that he was still useful to the empire, so he asked Min De to get him back?

"Min De? How did you get here? I know. His Majesty the Emperor must have known that I was arrested by these people. He asked you to take me back, right? It doesn't matter, how much money they want, you can help me put it on the mat first. That's it, although my prince's mansion is not very good, but a little money can still be taken out, and I will make up for this money when I go back. I will never let the empire pay this money. This place is really It suffocates me, I have nothing, I have to face these guards all day long, look at their appearance, no matter what you say to them, the faces of these people are like this, if I If you don’t get sick, I’m afraid you’re not far away from death. Fortunately, you’re here. How’s the situation outside? You’re here, isn’t it that our peace talks with Cao’s House have already been completed?” This guy didn’t wait for Min De When he opened his mouth, he opened his mouth like a cannonball. He knew some things here, but he didn't know anything about the outside world. As he said, these guards will basically not have any form of communication with him. What they have to do every day is to bring him food and water, and then there will be no other communication, even if it is an ordinary person You might not be able to stay here. Not to mention that this guy here is a prince. There are a lot of entertainment facilities in his usual time, this guy is very playful from the bottom of his heart, otherwise he would not have been caught by the people of Cao's firm because of his own reasons, now seeing My own hope has come. There is no such majesty as the prince. The box is to let myself get out of here quickly.

Min De also did not expect King Ren to be like this now. If this is the case, I may save a lot, the method of Cao's firm? He shook his head noncommittally, the people in Cao's House should not be so smart. Probably because he felt that this guy was not very important, so he was forgotten here. For the people who work in Cao's House, Minde knows their way of doing things. When he was on the airship, he basically followed this guy. Life is the same, they won't say a word to you, even if you throw out money, it's useless, anyway, if you ask for anything, they will give it to you, but if you want other things, Especially things like news, forget it, our mouths are very strict, and we won’t tell you these things. I think of those ten days, and now I feel like a year. At that time, I still had my own My family is with me, and I can enjoy the scenery in the sky outside. Compared with the guy in front of me, I am still very good. Look at the guy in front of me, who is less than 30 years old. Living in a square meter yard, except for some necessary things for life, there are only a few guards, and the food is also generalized. One day, the food I eat is much better than this. It needs to be replenished on a regular basis. It can be said that it is still doing well. In fact, if you think about it differently, if you stay in this yard for several days, you will be almost like him. I took a look at Li Cong , He went to the shop, Li Cong wanted to tell him the news himself, so that he would be mentally prepared, and Min De would know what he should do. He already had this awareness, and he came to persuade him to surrender.

"Hehe, don't be so excited, my lord. There are still a lot of things to do. Master Min De actually has important things to do here, so it's inconvenient for me to listen here. We have treated the lord very well these days. It's really a little neglectful, but the prince will get everything he wants later, just need to make a little cooperation, let Master Minde talk to you about the rest, I will go out first, you guys They are all from the Southern Empire, and they had a good relationship in the past. You should be very happy here without me as an outsider, but we will be a family after a long time, and we can't be so unfamiliar at that time. "Li Cong said a few words without thinking, which directly made Prince Ren dumbfounded. What are you talking about? Why is it just a family? By the way, he must have said that the peace talks with the Southern Empire have been completed, and now the two sides don’t fight much, but they can’t be a family, you are all invaders, without you, our country would also be It will not fall, and I will not be your prisoner. Min De took a look at this guy, although this guy was an idiot in the capital before, otherwise he would not be calculated by others Such a place has come. When we first came here, it can be said that the princes could not dodge one by one. If the front line had credit, it is estimated that each of them would have their heads broken, but if there is no credit, they can only dodge. It was this powerless person in front of him who came, and His Majesty the Emperor didn't like this person very much. As His Majesty's former confidant, he naturally knew what the status of this person in front of him was in the Southern Empire. But now is the time to need this guy.

"Minde, what's going on here? Why is the boss of Cao's House so incomprehensible? Although I've been arrested here for so long, I'm definitely not stupid. His What do you mean? Also, why did you appear here? I remember that you didn’t come to the battlefield.” This guy is not a fool, he was actually born in that family, as a member of the royal family, and a prince People with titles, even if they do things a little absurdly in normal times, they can't do too badly. The one in front of them is that there are less than a dozen princes in the Southern Empire. Although he has no rights. But his seat is there, just because people don't pay much attention to it at ordinary times, but in the eyes of the common people, these princes are all sons and grandsons of dragons. It is for this reason. He knew what was going on. He thought things were different from what he had said. He thought Min De was here to redeem himself, but he felt it from Cao Ke's words just now. It seems that this guy is with him and has nothing to do with him. What the hell is this Cao Ke doing? It is absolutely impossible for him to think that Min De has actually betrayed the Southern Empire. Who is Min De? Why did he betray? It can be said that he is already an extremely human minister in the Southern Empire. Although he does not have such a title or official position, the person in front of him is a true emperor's close minister. Many ministers and so on None of them are as good as him. In the past, when I saw such a person, I would have to talk to him a few more times. How could he become a member of Cao's House, unless his brain was kicked by the door? up.

Min De also guessed what was going on in the mind of the person in front of him. Of course he regretted it a bit. If he had no relationship with these people in Cao's House, he would not have come here. Just like the person in the box, I have no reason to betray the Southern Empire, especially His Majesty the Emperor of the Southern Empire. At the last moment, His Majesty the Emperor of the Southern Empire did not believe that Min De would betray him, Min De thought When His Majesty the Emperor was still young, the two of them could be said to be very good friends. I didn't expect it to be like this now, but now for his own survival, it's not the time to talk about it. He must be resentful Cao's House of Commerce, if there is no Cao's House of Commerce, it is really possible for me to be the person sent by the Southern Empire to bring this guy back, because no empire will let its royal family members become someone else's Captives, even this news cannot be spread to the society. If it really leaks out, the consequences will be incalculable, but now I am not that identity, and my relationship with the Southern Empire is now hostile. People want to kill themselves because of their own betrayal, so in order for themselves to survive, they can only choose to join the camp of Cao's Commercial Bank. Now this is the first question that the people of Cao's Commercial Bank give themselves, and they must do well It’s okay, you have to fool the person in front of you, there are a lot of information related to this guy in his mind, many of which are things he doesn’t know about, and these are related to some royal secrets, among which Including the problem of his father back then, in fact, his father could almost become the emperor back then.

"My lord, let me tell you what's going on. In fact, I have cooperated with the people of Cao's House for a long time. I told them some news. I am actually a traitor from the Southern Empire. "Minde directly revealed his identity, and he is still very confident in dealing with such an idiot Minde, which is much better than lying to him. In fact, whether Minde is a traitor is nothing to this person in front of him. , what he cares most about is not whether you are a traitor or not. He didn't ask without opening his mouth. He knew that Min De would never waste time here. He must have a question about himself. He also wanted to see how they dealt with him. Head, it seems that it was not correct to say that this guy is an idiot in the past, he continued, "My lord will definitely remember how you were caught, that's right, at that time our second line of defense in the Southern Empire was breached , the current situation is even worse than that time. At that time, the people of Cao's House of Commerce only occupied hundreds of our prefectures, which counted as dozens of provinces, but now the people of Cao's House of Commerce have already It has occupied one-twentieth of our territory. They have successfully pushed their power from the coastal areas to the interior, and the peace talks have failed. Because of the incompetence of our upper class, the peace talks have failed. Cao’s House’s attack will start again, and now the empire is over.” Min De said sadly, this is not pretending, but really sad, after all, he is also from the Southern Empire.

The empire is gone? Prince Ren repeated this sentence himself. Although he is an idiot, he is still very familiar with his empire, and he will never go into detail that the empire is so useless. How could it be that the situation is over?" How could their people occupy more than one-twentieth of the territory. This has never happened in the history of the empire. He absolutely does not believe that all this is true. He can't help himself and said, "Mind, what are you trying to say? You are a traitor yourself. A The traitor of the Southern Empire. Although Cao’s firm is temporarily powerful, you are not a fool. Don’t you know how powerful the empire is? What is a two billion army to the entire empire? History When the God's army was at its strongest, it had tens of billions of troops. Can the people of Cao's House withstand the attack of so many troops in the empire? That is absolutely impossible. If you change your mind now, there is still time Yes, hurry up and get it back, I promise to say good things to you in front of His Majesty the Emperor, then everything will be fine and you won't have any trouble." The guy said tentatively, but he I'm not stupid yet, at this time, I still want Min De to go back to the country to help him, I really don't know what is going on in this guy's mind, is there really something wrong in his mind?

"Hehe, the things you said are all in the past. You should have seen it. I guess your brain is not out of order. Your lord, you should also know that the world is no longer the Southern Empire. The world is over, and now it is the world of Cao's House, what we have to do is to obey them, I also fell into their trap, but I have no other way, I have to follow their footsteps, the court has already A lot of people were dispatched to kill me and my whole family, but I can still come here to talk to the prince. What does this mean? It means that even if force is used, I guess they are much more powerful than the court. You said that the Southern Empire has a lot of heritage, but that is all our guesswork. What is there at the end? What kind of life are we living here now? The imperial court can form an army of tens of billions, but such an army has existed in history How long has it been? I know much more about the power of the empire than you. At the beginning, such an army existed for 150 days. This has already spent all the savings of the empire for hundreds of years. In the future, the empire will not have so many troops. Do you know what the finances of the empire look like now? The empire was already unable to make ends meet a long time ago. Just like a prince like you, in tens of thousands of years ago you You only need to spend hundreds of thousands of silver, but now hundreds of thousands of silver are not enough for your daily expenses. How do you get this kind of money? Don’t you know how much money the nobles of the empire have in their families? The court did not There is so much money, and the money is gone, so the empire cannot win." Min De was hitting the prince's confidence step by step, but what he said was true and there was no lie.

"Even if the empire has so much money, do you think it is still the same as that time? Why did the empire have so many troops at that time? It was all because of the biggest beast tide in the Warcraft Mountains. This kind of thing happens when Warcraft fights. Now we don’t have a war with Warcraft. Our main enemy is human beings, human beings like us. They won’t kill us all. People resist They are not so worried anymore, they will look at their own affairs, so they will not come out to fight desperately, and now the economic situation of the entire empire has reached the worst time, maybe you think the empire still has the power to turn the tide Prepare, but let me tell you, in the next two months, if the empire doesn’t rush to sue for peace in humiliation, it is estimated that Shengguang City may be attacked by people from Cao’s House, because what I just learned According to news, their warships have already sailed up the Luan River, and if there is nothing wrong, it is estimated that it will take ten days before their artillery will bombard the Holy Light City." Another heavy news came out, directly The prince was dumbfounded. Shengguang City is the second largest city in the Southern Empire, and it is also an accompanying capital of the Southern Empire. Generally speaking, the Empire has four capitals. The emperor of the empire can wander around in the four capitals within a year. Of course, most of the time is spent in the northern capital, and other places are more like decorations. Of course, there are also several emperors. Those who have been in other capitals all their lives are directly related to the emperor's own interests. After all, he is the emperor, and he can go wherever he wants, and no one can interfere with them. This is for sure.

Shengguang City is 1,500 miles away from the area occupied by Cao's House. It can be said that it is really the largest city in the southern part of the Southern Empire, with a population of 1.2 billion, and a large number of commercial and military things are there. It's really difficult. But the Luan River, the largest river in the Southern Empire, passes through there. He is also the biggest hub on the Luan River. In the past, Cao’s House of Commerce’s river store was located there, and everything on the Luan River was nothing to Cao’s House of Commerce, although they were worried that people from Cao’s House of Commerce would enter the hinterland of the Southern Empire from here after the war began. of. They placed a large number of iron locks in these places, and even wanted to block the entire river, but that proved to be impossible, and it was of no use at all. The pier was blown up and turned into pieces of broken stones. About 20 warships from the two sub-flotillas of Cao's House were already heading there quickly. They bombed the city, and did not conduct some landing operations on the city. They just used their artillery to create some chaos. All their supplies were supplied by the space rings on board. There were ten airships guarding them. It can be said that this is Another most advantageous trump card to force the Southern Empire to sign a contract, if the directors of the Southern Empire, they may be able to restrain themselves, otherwise they may really go to the Holy Light City, which belongs to the entire road. For a first-tier city, if the Southern Empire loses this first-tier city, it is estimated that their face will really have no place to put it, and they can only surrender.

Here Minde is continuing to persuade this guy, and the two squadron 26 search warships over there have already rushed up like a bamboo shoot, and some ships from the Southern Empire kept coming to stop them along the way, even in some relatively narrow areas. I tried to stop them in some places, but they all failed in the end. The artillery on this ship is really too powerful, and the rivers on this continent are really wide. They can’t even be called rivers. They are tens of thousands of meters long. It's almost like some lakes or something. There is no obstacle for these large sea ships to come in. There are quite a few troops from the Southern Empire on the shore, but they have nothing to do with the ships in the river. They can only stand helplessly. Watching from the shore, they all know that the goal of Cao's House is the Holy Light City, but their supplies are all in the sky, and we have no way to cut them off. The actions of the two fleets can be said to be very rewarding. The huge ones, fighting all the way, they made billions of Southern Emperors and civilians fall into panic. Many people thought that the war of Cao's house was in the south. Who knew that they suddenly entered The central region, if they can take down the Holy Light City, they can even enter 40% of the territory of the Southern Empire along the Luan River. If that is the case, the Southern Empire will really die. It is a bit sad for the Great Empire, but this is something that is absolutely possible to achieve. The upper echelon of the Southern Empire has made another mistake at this time. If they can sue for peace at this time, it is estimated that these two fleets will go out. After all, there are enemies all around, and their life is not very easy, but what the Southern Empire is doing is to annihilate them near the Holy Light City, and give Cao's House a little more power.

The surroundings of Shengguang City can be said to be as defensive as Tietong. Although the Southern Empire does not have so many warships, there are still some ships on some inland rivers. Even if there are only more than 20 ships, they will be gone if there are too many, but the Southern Empire has gathered tens of thousands of ships here, and even a single ship and a shell from the Cao's firm will consume them to death. Well, Li Cong also made another plan after knowing the news. Since it is your people from the Southern Empire who want to fight with our Cao's business there, then I will just come with you once, and the airship will be there immediately Transporting more than 80,000 people in a division began to go there, and hundreds of warships from the four squadrons of the Navy also quickly drove in. Originally, Cao's House wanted to scare it, but who knew that the people over there were so If you don’t want to lose face, if you can do such a thing, then we will have fun with you. Anyway, it is something that is done in your hinterland. If there is no loss, it depends on whether you can bear it. In addition, Li Cong also ordered the army on the southern front to start a full-scale offensive. Thirty-five divisions plus several independent brigades with about 4 million troops began to attack More than 30 counties and cities, and the Southern Empire was full of gunpowder for a while. The reason why they chose to attack in an all-round way was because Li Cong's reinforcements came from here. The 20 divisions trained from the island had already been trained. They If you don't practice well, how can you become the elite of Cao's firm in the future? After this war, if you can win the Holy Light City, it is estimated that the Southern Empire will succumb.

The Battle of the Holy Light City officially broke out two days after Min De persuaded that guy. Before the reinforcements from Cao’s House arrived, 20 warships first bombarded the Holy Light City. The city of light was opened, and a salvo could cause great damage to the warship, but for the sake of this momentum, Li Cong still asked the people on the front line to do it once, and all the 10 tons of shells were thrown into the holy light at once. In the city, the common people here have no news at all that the people of the Cao's House will have such weapons, so it is the first time they have seen such an attack, the whole earth seems to be trembling, and their defenders directly Dumbfounded, before they could react, the second round of attack started again, but this time it was not a volley, a large number of shells began to come in batches, it was not as good as the attack just now, which made it even more exciting People are afraid. (To be continued..)