In the early morning of December 29 in the first year of the Beacon Fire Continent, the weather on this day was very good. Grandpa Sun still hangs high on his head as he did yesterday. Perhaps, God also saw that the Spring Festival is approaching now, and there has not been much rain and snow this time.

For such a good weather, not only Xiao Chen was happy, but even the rest of the people were very happy. After all, if the weather is good and there is no rain or snow, then the grain transport team behind will not encounter any trouble. The big guys can also play comfortably in the big camp without worrying about going hungry because of the late logistics.

On the 29th, there are only about 40 days left before the Spring Festival on January 26, the year of the Beacon Fire, and a month and a half. On this day, the scene of yesterday was also restored in the Giant Forest City. The many people who fought last night didn't pay attention to it at all, for them, whoever is the king is the same, as long as it is good for us.

Besides, the previous king crossed the river and the evil dragon fought for many years, which caused the people in Julin City to be miserable, and the taxes and other things had already increased a lot because of the war. Now the new king doesn't know if he will reduce the super high tax so that everyone can have a way to live.

When the people were worried about this tax, Xiao Chen and the generals were also in the council hall, discussing this matter. The question of taxation was something that Xiao Chen had just remembered yesterday, and the Evil Dragon had been fighting for several months. When the business is not developing, the biggest income is naturally gone, so how did he fight for several months in a row?

So, early this morning, Xiao Chen called many officials over. Personally asked Xie Wei about why the dragon was able to fight with the surrounding players for several months without commercial taxes.

Under Xie Wei's explanation, Xiao Chen's jaw almost dropped in shock.

The poll tax has been increased tenfold, and the land tax has been directly increased tenfold!

Oh, my God! What a concept!

More than 300,000 people, that is to say, a month is almost 3 million inputs. The tax on more than 7 million acres of land has been increased tenfold, hmm... More than 70 million copper coins, I'll wipe it!

This is also ruthless! More than 70 million copper coins are supposed to raise 80,000 horses, so it will be a lot more. But why is there still so much poverty in the Giant Forest City?

This doubt, Xie Yi also explained it to Xiao Chen. Nearly 80 million copper coins are harvested every month, and the pension accounts for more than 10 million. Coupled with the monthly military salary of 10 million, and the monthly cost of the palace is 10 million, this is almost more than 30 million copper coins gone.

In addition, during the war, the military food reserves were insufficient, and almost 20 million yuan was spent every month to buy grain. How much grain can be bought with 20 million, according to Xie Wei's previous recollections, it is almost only five or six million units of grain.

At that time, Xiao Chen was puzzled, 20 million copper coins only bought a mere five or six million grains, which was too little. You must know that when Xiao Chen was in the first southern expedition, there was a crisis of military rations. Prime Minister Li Dacheng only paid less than 5 million copper coins to buy nearly 5 million grains. This gap is really too big!

It was under Xie Wei's explanation that Xiao Chen remembered that there had always been wars in this area. The continuous wars have caused many ordinary people to hoard grain and are unwilling to sell their grain to others. It is to prevent that after your own army is defeated by others, you will not have no food to eat when you want to flee.

As a result, in this case, the price of food between most of the cities in the area is very high. It is already very good that 20 million copper coins can buy 5 or 6 million grain and grass, and in the previous two months, 20 million is at most 12 million grain and grass.

If it weren't for the war, most players couldn't afford to buy food, maybe this super-sized melee would have continued.

In this way, Xiao Chen also understood what was going on.

However, there is a shortage of food in this area, but there is no shortage of food in his Beichen country. Therefore, Xiao Chen gave an order, and directly adjusted all the taxes in the four cities of Julin City, Merge City, Huanan City, and Huaiyin City to the current tax level of Beichen Kingdom.

When an edict came down, not only Xie Wei and other generals were very happy, but the people in the city were even more happy to hang lanterns in every house. All kinds of high taxes have been reduced, and the big guy's life will be better in the future, and it is strange to be unhappy.

Now it seems that it is not a bad thing for the Beichen Kingdom to occupy our city, at least the taxes have been reduced many times. In contrast, the previous king who crossed the river and the evil dragon was simply a big faint king. It's still good to be the current king, as soon as you come, you will work for the welfare of our people, and reduce this tax so much, we will repay the king well in the future.

So, in the cheers of the people, the Beichen army occupied Julin City and completely eliminated the resentment of the people in the city, so that the hearts of many people returned to Beichen.

After the end of the battle of Julin City, Xiao Chen ordered the army to rest in place indefinitely. Of course, although many soldiers played happily in the city every day, they still did not forget to pull out a few teams of robes, go out to patrol around, and find out the enemy information in front of them.

————————————————, the day after the night attack on Julin City ended, nearly 100,000 troops by water, led by Li Zhaoliang, Li Ancheng, Eugene, Bruce and Lin Hu, also came to the bottom of a city more than 150 kilometers beyond the coastline.

After Lin Hu and Eugene led an army of 50,000 to capture the two cities respectively, Li Zhaoliang and Li Ancheng led an army of more than 10,000 to Anshui City. On the seaside, 10,000 troops were left to guard the original battalion, and by the way, they just guarded the warships.

At that time, when Li Zhaoliang and Li Ancheng entered Anshui City, they were also taken aback by a battle scene in the city. It was really tragic, and the corpses of nearly 18,000 troops on both sides almost covered the entire city. There are even corpses next to each other on the city wall, which makes people have no way to get their feet down. Although the city is not as terrible as the city walls, corpses can be seen everywhere.

It doesn't have the density of the corpses on the city wall, but it has an incomparable range of the city wall. Throughout the city, there were the corpses of some soldiers in leather armor, which were placed everywhere.

When Li Zhaoliang and the others entered the city, Lin Hu had not yet cleaned the city. However, Li Zhaoliang and Li Ancheng will not mind this. After all, the two of them are also perennial figures who lead the troops to fight, and they are not like those sour scholars, who can't walk when they see corpses.

The large number of corpses in the city only surprised the two of them. After quickly coming to the city lord's mansion, Li Zhaoliang's first question was not about the casualties of the army, but whether he could get grain and grass during the harvest.

As the commander of the First Army, Li Zhaoliang knows the problems he is facing now. Even if his strategy is very poor, as long as he can get food, then the army will not fail. After all, an army of more than 100,000 is here, and there are really few guys who can eliminate themselves.

However, an army of 120,000 is a lot. But Li Zhaoliang knew what the biggest weakness of the 120,000 army was, that is, grain and grass.

Yes, an army of 120,000 needs 500,000 units of grain and grass every day for those 120,000 mouths alone. And the grain and grass brought by his own army of 120,000 could not last for a month, and coupled with the nearly ten days of sailing on the sea, the army's grain and grass were already showing signs of shortage. It can be said that if Lin Hu and Eugene did not capture grain and grass in this battle, then the 120,000 army could only rely on warships to fish and live.

Now, though, it's okay. Lin Hu led an army of 50,000 to attack Anshui City, although the loss was not small, but the harvest was very good. Nearly 4 million grains and grass are enough for an army of more than 100,000 to eat for ten days. This also won a chance for the army, as long as there is food and grass, then the army has a chance to win, a chance to continue the war.

A lot of grain was seized here in Anshui City, but there was nothing missing in that Tati City. As one of the five generals in the 100,000-strong army, Eugene naturally knows the importance of obtaining food and grass in this battle. However, this Tati City is a ghost town, except for skeletons and zombies, and these undead don't eat food, and they can't help it.

After receiving the news reported by the person sent by Eugene, Li Zhaoliang also felt slightly depressed in his heart. According to his previous thoughts, as long as the two armies can capture grain and grass after breaking through the enemy city. Then, the army will be able to rest and recuperate, and then continue the arduous battle.

However, now a lot of grain and grass has been seized in Anshui City, but there is nothing in Tati City. Apart from a huge amount of possessions, not a grain of grain was to be seen. However, you can't blame the big guys, after all, who made Tati City a ghost town. Oni don't eat, so it's normal to not find food.

In this way, the army that originally planned to rest first also left a little soldiers and horses to guard the two cities. The direct army went non-stop towards the third city closest to the sea, Dingxing City.

In addition to guarding the city and guarding the seaside, as well as the injured soldiers, Li Zhaoliang also led an army of nearly 100,000 directly to Dingxing City.

The 100,000-strong army pressed the border, and the Chinese players in Dingxing City directly opened the city gate and opened the door to dedicate the city in his lifetime. The only 8,000 men and horses in the city were directly incorporated into the 100,000 army by Li Zhaoliang after surrendering. Ping'an I, the king of Dingxing City, also consciously did not lead the troops again, but after getting Li Zhaoliang's approval, he started a happy pastoral life with his princess in a small pastoral area outside Dingxing City.

Heian I, who lost the city, did not have any hatred. In fact, in his heart, he has always longed for the kind of pastoral life depicted by ancient elegant poets. Previously, there was an arms race because of the hundreds of surrounding cities, and then it went straight to war for several months.

Originally, Heian I hoped that if a player from the same China region came to lead a large army to attack the city, he would surrender directly. It's a pity that it backfired, and it was all foreigners who came to attack him. Although Heian I is not an angry youth, he will not surrender to foreigners to help those foreigners gain weight.

Therefore, Heian I had no choice but to start building his own army, and then defend himself again and again against foreign players attacking his city. As for the Chinese player dozens of miles to the east, Heian I also thought about surrendering himself. But when I finally inquired about the news, I found out that the Chinese player had been being pressed and beaten by an American player.

In that case, it's useless to surrender yourself. The distance is so far, just because he is pressed and beaten by others, he has no strength to defend his Dingxing City. If you don't have enough strength, Dingxing City will still belong to players from other countries sooner or later, so it's better to work hard and insist on protecting your own city.

Until now, an army of 100,000 has arrived outside the city. Although there were many Caucasian soldiers in those armies, the banner on them was not mistaken. That's an authentic small compilation font, and it must be a player in China, because all the characters of the banner of the Chinese player are written in a small composure.

As for this little compilation, it is the essence of the culture left by the ancestors, and it is still impossible for those foreigners to learn these fonts. Eventually, after sending people to contact the army outside the city, Heian I also knew that the 100,000-strong army was indeed a Chinese army. Moreover, it is also the second-ranked player in China and the third-ranked player in the world - Beichen Guochen Xiaotian's army.

In this way, Heian I surrendered directly. If the army of 100,000 is taking away its Dingxing City by those foreign players who have at most 10,000 soldiers around, it is really sorry for the third place in the world.

Without the troubles of various political affairs in the city, Heian I took his two princesses and went straight to a pastoral field outside the city that had been arranged. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, even in winter, many trees do not have the blue background, but still show a unique beauty.

A thin layer of ice had formed on the creek outside the manor, but that didn't affect the lives of the three of them. As a king, Li Zhaoliang was still very polite to let Ping An I take a few guards to protect his safety. Originally, Ping An I didn't intend to do this, but he couldn't bear Li Zhaoliang's enthusiasm, so he had to accept these guards.

The four guards were the same soldiers who used to guard themselves every day in the palace. Seeing the four loyal subordinates, Heian I was also a little happy. After all, he thought that the guards arranged by General Beichen were used to guard him. But I didn't expect that it was my most loyal guard, which was worth rejoicing.

In this way, Heian I lived his own leisurely pastoral life.

And after Li Zhaoliang got Dingxing City, he also harvested a lot of grain and grass again. After resting for a few days, the army marched again and slaughtered the numerous cities to the west.

This time, it's a real army of 100,000. However, there are also many enemies to face!