Chapter 223: Stalemate (Part II)

A series of good news undoubtedly lifted King Wen's spirits, compared to the nineteenth princess, the threat of the sixth highness was what worried him the most. But now it's a lot of good news. This made King Wen's mood much better!

It turned out that although King Wen did not have many soldiers and horses, there were many large and medium-sized families in his fiefdom, and these families all had a large amount of land and industry in King Wen's fief, and of course they did not want to see King Wen's fief being encroached upon by His Highness Liu. The lesson has always been that once it is attacked by other forces, it is these large and medium-sized families that will eventually suffer. When the time comes, burning, killing and looting will definitely be inevitable.

Therefore, these large and medium-sized families are very active in sending their own private soldiers, and they spontaneously want to help King Wen keep his fiefdom. Therefore, although King Wen does not have many people, his potential strength is still very strong. The private soldiers of these families are all fighting for their own families, so they are also very desperate, and even the supplies are self-sufficient, saving King Wen a lot of energy and money.

Then the situation here in Xiyuan City became very weird, it seemed that everyone was grinding foreign work, and there was no real large-scale siege, but they were still fighting the enemy every day, and they had returned to the most traditional heads-up, with their respective generals fighting.

This is very worthy of Wu Yue's appetite, she has fought four times in a row in the past few days, with three wins and one loss, but she was not injured, but it was a great martial artist who defeated her, which made Wu Yue's self-confidence stronger. But it made Zhu Xiaobao very worried, this wife was really too belligerent, but he had to admit that Wu Yue's growth in the battle was extremely rapid, and now he has steadily stepped into the ranks of first-class martial artists. The force value has surpassed that of the Commander of the Martial Arts.

But judging from the effect, there was no result at all, and both sides lost a few generals. There was no large-scale fighting at all! King Wen's troops, even if they won heads-up, did not attack Xiyuan City. But he came every day to beg the enemy and scold the enemy. Obviously, the nineteenth princess's people must not relax, but King Wen's people can be rotated, which makes the nineteenth princess very uncomfortable!

So many people and horses didn't dare to withdraw, the daily supplies were huge, and King Wen's fief was rich in grain, so he could afford it. The nineteenth princess doesn't have this strength.

Feng Xiaoyong was even more sad there, King Ming simply distanced himself from him, that is, relying on crossbows and catapults to attack each other from a long distance, but with little effect, but King Ming had many people, but in turns, Feng Xiaoyong had to be on standby, and he didn't dare to relax for a moment!

The war fell into a stalemate for a while, and in the process, Zhu Xiaobao had already led people back to the Cave Heaven Blessed Land, and he had no time to accompany them to fight a war of attrition. And the nineteenth princess also quietly withdrew some of the people, there is no way, the cost is too great, so she can only take a little risk and withdraw half of the people!

King Ming and King Wen have already begun to celebrate that their strategy has worked, and this situation is tantamount to dragging the Seventh Princess to death, and it is the most uncomfortable to go up or down, and they have to constantly replenish food and weapons. So when King Ming and King Wen were holding a banquet to celebrate, the Seventh Princess was furious.

The current situation of the seventh princess is not very good, although it is claimed to have an army of four million, but one and a half million of them are left in the southeast thirty-six islands. And the Thirty-six Islands are not peaceful now. All began to oppose the jurisdiction of the Seven Princesses!

At the beginning, the 36 islands in the southeast were pacified. The seven princesses let them manage themselves, but they only sent troops to garrison, which is equivalent to thirty-six small princes. But the Seventh Princess can extract a lot of taxes from these thirty-six islands every year. If there is a natural or man-made disaster, the seventh princess will also send someone to send relief, and it was quite harmonious at the beginning.

But then it slowly changed its taste, because those officials who guarded the thirty-six islands not only took the money of the seventh princess here, but also made a lot of money on the islands under their respective jurisdictions. These officials are all military generals, and they are all the most trusted by the Seventh Princess, so they have always been arrogant and arbitrary. Later, I felt that I was a bit of a loss to guard these islands, and I didn't make much money all year round, so I began to desperately collect money later, so the residents of the thirty-six islands suffered from it, and gradually began to rebel against the jurisdiction of the Seven Princesses!

Now there are riots on several islands, and these are the base camps of pirates, and some of them are descendants of pirates, and they still want to return to their old lives. Therefore, the urgent documents of the 36 islands have also been coming frequently.

What's even more infuriating is that Lingyue Island also began to invade these thirty-six islands, or to unite the thirty-six islands to oppose the Seventh Princess together, and the idea of the temporary island owner Yu Li is very clear, that is, to subdue another island. Expand your territory, and at the same time want to establish your prestige in the Lingyue clan as soon as possible!

"Bastard, I usually hide in the shadows, but now I have jumped out, and I want to take advantage of the fire to rob!" The Seventh Princess shouted angrily.

"Princess, the safest thing now is to withdraw Feng Xiaoyong, and don't pay attention to Xiyuan City, we are based in Southeast County, first pacify the thirty-six islands, and then gather people and horses, and wait and see what happens! That's the best way to go! Duanmu Qi said with sincere fear.

"Fart! I invested so much manpower, material and financial resources, and just gave up? Let them pick up a ready-made bargain? The seventh princess immediately shouted angrily, she always thought that Duanmu Qi's idea was too conservative, but she didn't take into account that it was easy to take over Xiyuan City, but it would be very sad to face the suppression of King Wen and King Ming.

"But...... Now King Ming and King Wen's strategy is to drag us to death, Feng Xiaoyong's loss is extremely huge, and he has been fighting so hard all the time, and the people are also very tired! And the men and horses of King Ming and King Wen can be rotated to rest, which is very bad for us! "Duanmu Qi is the chief strategist. I have to say it again.

"Humph! What do you say that is useful? I don't want to listen, I want to listen to your decision! The Seventh Princess shouted arrogantly.

"Huh! Yes, the next strategy is to increase the number of troops in Xiyuan City, and then drag the King of Ming, focusing on the King of Wen, so that the King of Wen will not only have to face the Six Highnesses, but also divide the troops to deal with us, although the King of Ming will not sit idly by, but he will not go all out, and it is easy to see the estrangement between King Wen and King Wen! In this way, the crisis in Xiyuan City has been resolved! "Duanmuqi is worthy of being the chief strategist, this strategy is quite powerful, but there are also huge risks in it.

"Good! I said, I just want your decision, pass on my order, and add 400,000 troops to Xiyuan City! I think they still dare to drag me along with me" The Seventh Princess is really domineering, and immediately decided to send troops to Xiyuan City.

“…… Be! Duanmu Qi grinned, this seventh princess is really in a hurry, and if this plan is not good, she will suffer a big loss! After all, in this way, there are not many people in the army of Southeast County! And the 30,000 female warriors of the Lingyue clan are super powerful in combat, if they suddenly change direction and fight in the southeast county instead, it will be a catastrophe!

But now that it is useless, the Seventh Princess has already made up her mind to take Xiyuan City for herself. Duanmuqi couldn't persuade anymore, this idea was originally from him!

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Here in Xiyuan City, the nineteenth princess has returned to the city lord's mansion, and it is General Cheng who is left to confront King Wen's people, he wants to behave well in front of the nineteenth princess, and it can be regarded as earning some face for Xia Zixiu to come back. After all, he had followed the old city lord for half his life, and although Xia Zixiu disappointed them very much, he still wanted to maintain Xia Zixiu's prestige, although they also knew that Xia Zixiu had no prestige at all!

And Xia Zixiu is also happy to be separated from the nineteenth princess, in this way, his pressure is much less, anyway, there is no risk in this situation now, Xia Zixiu began to hide in his room again and commit lovesickness!

But what the nineteenth princess didn't expect was that Ji Zhihui actually took the initiative to ask to stay here at the East City Gate and accompany Xia Zixiu to fight together, and Ji Zhihui has also fought twice these days, although it is one win and one loss, but he is really a little timid, and he was a little injured, and he was beaten to death by someone with an iron rod. Then rolled off the horse. But I don't know what trick Ji Zhichen used, the other party's military general was in a trance, lost his mind for a moment, and was so stunned, Ji Zhichen escaped with his life......

When the nineteenth princess heard this, she smiled faintly, Ji Zhihui is a ghost in the right brain, and it is normal to be able to deceive the other party. It's just that Ji Zhichen's martial arts are progressing rapidly, and they are not much worse than Wu Yue! This surprised everyone!

But now everyone is not paying attention to Ji Zhihan, but discussing the way out in the future. Now everyone can see that it is impossible for the nineteenth princess to control Xiyuan City. To put it bluntly, now he is helping the Seventh Princess in the war. Win or lose, nothing good will come out!

So now the big guy is also discussing, where to go, can't he really be attached to the banner of the Seventh Princess, right? If the Seventh Princess fails to win the heir, it will still be a tragic result at that time!

"I think we should withdraw from Xiyuan City with our men and horses, so that we can preserve our strength and wait for the opportunity!" Tong Wuxin first put forward his own opinions.

"I've thought about withdrawing from Xiyuan City, but where can we go?" The nineteenth princess was reluctant in her heart, but she also knew that there was no point in helping the seventh princess to keep it any longer.

"I think...... Master, you can go to Luofeng Island......" Mu Junyi said timidly on the side.

"What? How did you become an apprentice, always thinking about selling your master? Zhu Xiaobao jumped up when he heard this, and shouted very exaggeratedly, isn't it that Wu Yue and Ying Xiuxiu are all around, so Zhu Xiaobao should be resolute!

"Hmmm! I think you can go and see it......" Unexpectedly, the nineteenth princess also nodded, and actually agreed with Mu Junyi's opinion.