"Lord Marshal, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Looking at Long Qian, who had just finished bathing and was wearing gorgeous clothes, Zhao Hu said with a smile on his face.

"But I don't want to see you, at least, I don't want to see you as a prisoner!" Hearing Zhao Hu's words, Long Qian stared at Zhao Hu carefully for a while before saying with a calm face.

"Lord Marshal, you are not a captive now, but a guest of our Andy City! When the misunderstanding between our Andy City and the Empire is resolved, our Andy City is still a part of the Empire, and Your Excellency is still the Marshal of the Empire! Hearing Long Qian's words, Zhao Hu smiled slightly.

Although Zhao Hu is more confident in Andy City's armed forces, believing that the armed forces under his command can defeat the imperial army and even seize control of the empire, Zhao Hu does not have enough manpower to manage the empire's large land, even if he captures all the empire's land, it is meaningless.

Of course, if the magnates and courtiers of the empire are willing to take refuge in Andy City and are willing to serve Andy City, then Andy City has enough manpower to rule the empire and maintain the stability and order of the empire.

It's just that it is almost impossible to want the magnates and courtiers of the empire to take refuge in Andy City! After all, the imperial magnates and courtiers are vested interests, how can they work for Zhao Hu, a person who competes with them for interests!

Since he can't fight for control of the empire, then, with this war, becoming the fourth largest family in the empire and becoming the overlord of the empire is Zhao Hu's best choice, so Zhao Hu is very polite to Long Qian, treating him as a guest and a bargaining chip, rather than a prisoner and captive.

"After this war, Andy City may still be part of the Empire, but I may not still be the Marshal of the Empire!" Hearing Zhao Hu's words, Long Qian immediately knew what Zhao Hu was planning to do, sighed, and said with a helpless expression.

It is impossible for the empire to let a defeated person continue to serve as the marshal of the empire, because this is too harmful to the army, even if Long Qian is a member of the royal family, even if Long Kun does not mind the identity of Long Qian's prisoner, he cannot let Long Qian continue to serve as the marshal of the empire, and the best result of Long Qian is to be a member of the royal family and enjoy a luxurious and rich life.

Hearing Long Qian's words, Zhao Hu smiled slightly, did not respond, but directly changed the topic and talked to Long Qian.

"It's time to sit down with the Empire and talk!" Looking at the back of Long Qian's departure, Zhao Hu smiled slightly.

"What? The first and second legions of the empire's standing army were all wiped out, the imperial marshal and more than ten generals of the empire all became prisoners of Andy City, and Zhao Kun, the lord of Andy City, requested that all the three thousand miles of land near Andy City be canonized to the Zhao family as a private domain, and canonized Zhao Kun as a hereditary duke? Hearing the report of the internal official, Long Kun was furious in his heart, and roared loudly with an iron face.

"Your Majesty, according to the information fed back by the spies, the first and second legions of the empire's standing army have indeed been defeated and annihilated by the Andy City army, the imperial marshal and more than ten generals of the empire have all been captured, and there is no armed force within a radius of three thousand miles from Andy City that can resist the army of Andy City, as long as Andy City is willing, a large army can be sent at any time to occupy the land within a radius of three thousand miles of Andy City!" Hearing Long Kun's roar, the internal official reported softly in fear.

"Wanting me to admit defeat and take possession of the empire's land within a radius of 3,000 miles is simply delusional! Pass my orders to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh standing armies of the empire and the four border armies of the empire, southeast, north, west, and north, and be ready to go out to encircle and suppress the rebels in Andy City at any time. At the same time, I sent a messenger to Andy City to announce my order, let Andy City surrender unconditionally within three days, hand over the advanced alchemy and metallurgical technology, I can let their Zhao family leave the empire with their finances, otherwise, the empire's million-strong army will come to Andy City, encircle and suppress Andy City, and behead the Zhao family! Hearing the report of the internal official, Long Kun shouted loudly with anger on his face.

Hearing Long Kun's words, the internal official's heart tightened, and he wanted to persuade something, but as soon as he saw the angry look on Long Kun's face and the fierce aura released from his body, he reluctantly retreated, responded loudly, turned away, and conveyed Long Kun's order.

With the issuance of Long Kun's order, the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh armies of the empire and the border armies of the four directions have been running at high speed, and a large number of war materials have been transported from the four sides of the empire to the garrisons of these armies, with the intention of going out on a large scale.

After getting Long Kun's strong reply, Zhao Hu's expression remained unchanged, but he loosened his shoulders a little helplessly, and whispered to himself: "Since you want to play something big, I'll have a good time with you!" ”

After muttering to himself, Zhao Hu issued an order to capture three thousand miles of land near Andy City, and the 100,000 merchant guards divided into ten roads and rushed towards the city near Andy City.

On the wall of Rainbow City, hundreds of miles away from Andy City, a big man wearing shabby armor and holding a shabby weapon looked at the bottom of the city wall with a worried look on his face, his eyes full of horror and fear.

Rainbow City is the temporary residence of the Empire's Standing First Legion and the Second Legion, with the fall of the Empire's Standing First Legion and the Second Legion, the defending force in Rainbow City is almost exhausted, leaving only a small number of old, weak, sick and disabled, unable to protect the safety of Rainbow City.

At the same time, the defeat of the Standing First Legion and the Second Legion of the Annihilation Empire by the Andy City army had already reached the ears of Rainbow City, and Rainbow City almost did not think that Rainbow City could withstand the attack of Andy City's army, so the people, magnates and merchants of Rainbow City were unwilling to assist the defenders of Rainbow City to defend the city, for fear that they would be liquidated by the Andy City army after the war.

At this time, an army of 10,000 people, well-equipped and with high morale, waving the banner of Andy City, rushed to the bottom of Rainbow City, and stopped thousands of kilometers away from the walls of Rainbow City, making thousands of defenders on Rainbow City tremble.

"Boss, the defenders of Rainbow City are less than 10,000 people, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled, brothers can take it down with a single charge, we are going to make a great contribution this time!" Looking at the frightened defenders above the walls of Rainbow City, a big man wearing fine armor and holding a sharp weapon said to the scarred man on the side with a smile on his face.

This scarred man is Zhong Zida, after capturing the imperial marshal and more than ten imperial generals, he was appreciated by Zhao Hu and was promoted to the captain of the merchant group's escort wing, becoming the supreme commander of a 10,000-strong army.

However, it is useless to envy, jealousy and hatred, who let the family capture the imperial marshal and more than ten generals of the empire, and make a monstrous contribution!

"Rainbow City doesn't have much defense power at all, even if we capture it with a charge, we don't have much credit, if we want to get more credit, we must take over Rainbow City in its entirety and contribute an intact Rainbow City to Andy City." Hearing the big man's words, Zhong Zida smiled slightly.

After speaking, Zhong Zida set his eyes on the defenders on the city wall of Rainbow City, and shouted loudly: "The defenders above are all listening, we are the tenth wing of the merchant group under the command of Andy City, and we are specially ordered by the Lord of Andy City to take over Rainbow City, you quickly open the city gate and let us in, we can ensure the safety of your lives and property, and let you become the security team under our Andy City, responsible for maintaining the security of Rainbow City." If you are not willing to accept the orders of the Lord of Andy City, stubbornly resist to the end, then, after we capture Rainbow City, we will behead you all over the house, so that all of you will have no children and grandchildren! ”

Hearing Zhong Zida's threatening words, the thousands of defenders on the walls of Rainbow City tightened their hearts, and they couldn't help but set their eyes on a middle-aged man wearing fine armor, their eyes full of longing.

Feeling the hot gaze of many soldiers, and seeing the eager look in the eyes of these soldiers, the defending officer's heart tightened, knowing that these soldiers had no will to fight, and if he asked them to resist to the end, they were likely to be taken down by them and given to the Andy City army as a vote.

Thinking of this, the defending officer immediately gave up the idea of resisting to the end, slowly walked to the edge of the city wall of Rainbow City, looked at Zhong Zida below, and said loudly: "If we let you in, if you guarantee the safety of our lives and property!" ”

As soon as the defender officer's voice fell, Zhong Zida was overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted loudly: "I swear in the honor of the city lord of Andy City, if you open the city gate and surrender unconditionally, we in Andy City will absolutely guarantee the safety of your lives and property, and you will not be moved to your relatives and property!" ”

Seeing that Zhong Zida swore in the name of the Lord of Andy City, the defending officer was relieved, knowing that the other party would never dare to joke with the reputation of the Lord of Andy City, so he nodded lightly and motioned to his subordinates to open the city gate and let the army under Zhong Zida's command enter Rainbow City.

Soon, the gate of Rainbow City was opened by the defenders of Rainbow City, and the 10,000 troops under the command of Zhong Zida entered Rainbow City, took over the defense of the city walls of Rainbow City, and stationed in important strongholds such as the Rainbow City Lord's Mansion and military warehouses, and controlled the entire Rainbow City in the palm of his hand.