Early morning. The Taiping army, who entered the city overnight, rested for a night in the vacant land temporarily arranged by Leji, and did not bother to boil water for cooking, and ate some dry food at will, so they immediately began to change their guards.

Under the tired and curious gaze of the soldiers of the Tiannan Army in the city, the 8,000 Taiping troops divided into two groups and successively took over the city walls on the southwest side.

Although it took some time to get used to the completely unfamiliar defensive line, and a batch of ordnance brought by the Taiping army with the army also needed time to be transported to the city, fortunately, the Omani army outside the city did not seem to immediately attack the city.

This gave the Taiping army, who had taken over the city's defenses, a little precious time.

Taking advantage of the rare gap, Chen Wu also climbed the city wall under the protection of the brigade's personal guards, ready to take a look at the city that was about to become his rule.

However, the first impression of the county town was that it was ruined, chaotic and lifeless.

Walking on the main road into the city, you can see garbage everywhere, and refugees pouring into the city to escape the military disaster.

The area near the city walls was even more dead and deserted.

Large swaths of the houses have been demolished, and many of the remnants have been destroyed by Omani trebuchets.

Further on, you can smell the rich smell of blood and rancidity.

Although the economic conditions here are far inferior to Songjiang due to its proximity to the border and the perennial threat of the Omanis, it is also the county seat of Tiannan County.

Under normal circumstances, it is also quite prosperous.

There can only be one reason for the current situation, and that is the impact of the war.

This feeling of misery is especially strong when you climb the gate tower in person.

Inside and outside the city walls, corpses can be cleaned up everywhere.

The brick and stone crevices of the city walls, the battlements, and the wooden beams of the gatehouses were also full of arrows and rubble, as well as the ashes of bonfires that burned at night.

The Taiping army, who had only just climbed the city wall, were trying to clear an environment where they could stay.

Wu came up surrounded by the guards, and couldn't help but get up and buckle his chest and salute.

"No need to be polite."

Chen Wu waved his hand in a heavy mood, motioning for them to continue their work, and then crossed a section of the city wall that had been stained dark red with blood, and looked down towards Tianlong City.

By this time, the sky had completely brightened.

In the military camps of the Omanis, the heads can be rolling, and a large number of soldiers do not know what they are busy with.

But the momentum, although it has the meaning of assembly, does not look like it is going to attack the city.

"Have the Omanis been like this since you changed their guard until now?"

Chen Wu casually summoned a captain and asked.

Facing the Tiangong General, oh no, now the Governor of Songjiang of the Empire, this captain who was once just an ordinary poor person in Longshan City was obviously a little nervous.

After saluting, he answered Chen Wu's question with some bumps.

The answer from his subordinates made Chen Wu have some uncertain thoughts in his heart.

Perhaps, the Omanis are leaving!

This is not only Chen Wu, but after a rare solid sleep, Le Ji, who climbed to the top of the city after three poles in the sun, also had strong suspicions.

On the basis of yesterday's momentum, it is clear that the Omanis are ready to continue their offensive.

But after only one night, the other side seemed to change their strategy.

If before the morning, the two were only suspicious, then as time went on, the Omanis even began to dismantle the camp, and the meaning of this move became more and more obvious.

Many ordinary soldiers defending the city smelled a strong signal.

"Are you leaving?"

Leji was not surprised by Saladin's decision as an old rival.

With a little smugness, he said: "Although the old man's Tiannan army was beaten badly, these Omanis are not having a good time." In this case, it's almost time to retreat. ”

Of course, the veteran knew very well in his heart that the arrival of the Taiping Army was undoubtedly the straw that broke the camel's back.

Otherwise, it will definitely be you who will collapse first.

But in any case, with the departure of the Omanis, Tianlong City, which had been besieged for more than a month, was finally about to be lifted.

As the Omani flag was lowered, the army slowly withdrew unwillingly, and the Taiping soldiers on the city cheered.

They have just changed their guards, and the previous tragic situation has already made psychological preparations for the next battle.

But no one expected that the enemy would retreat without a fight!

The news and joy of the victory quickly spread from the city, first to the ears of the remnants of the Tiannan Legion, and then to the whole city in just one hour.

The Omanis were repulsed!

Because they did not experience that kind of cruel bloody battle, although the Taiping army was happy, they did not have a particularly deep feeling.

On the contrary, there are some officers and soldiers who are eager to make meritorious contributions, and they have some regrets that they did not fire a single arrow.

The soldiers of the Tiannan Legion were different, starting from the early summer at the Nanfeng Fortress, until they retreated to Tianlong, they paid countless sacrifices in exchange for this moment, and many of the surviving soldiers whimpered excitedly.

The hundreds of thousands of people in the city are even more like the New Year.

Thinking that they were going to be bullied by the Omanis to break the city, they lost the clouds that had accumulated in their hearts, and they cheered one by one, and even some spontaneously ignited the firecrackers left over from the New Year.

The city, which was originally lifeless, suddenly became festive, diluting a lot of the grief caused by the war casualties.

The people who retreated into Tianlong City from all over Tiannan County were even more rejoicing: the Omanis are gone, they can go home!

Almost that day, before the Omani army outside the city could go far, there were people who had fled and asked to leave the city and return home.

However, the city defense of Tianlong City had been transferred to the Taiping army, and when questioned by his soldiers, Chen Wu decisively denied the refugee's request.

The Omanis retreated not because of defeat, nor did they leave from Tien Nan County, mainly because of a lack of food.

Once food is replenished, Saladin may make a comeback at any time.

If the Omanis are not completely driven north of the Nanfeng Fortress, the war in Tiannan County will not end for a day.

This is not understood by the fleeing people.

But on the one hand, Chen Wu blocked the city gates and dispersed the refugees who tried to break through by force, and on the other hand, he gave a time limit.

If you are a qiē shun lì, you can let them go after half a month.

With a two-pronged approach, the tens of thousands of people in the city who fled had no choice but to obey.

In order to appease these refugees, Chen Wu forcibly took over the granary of Tianlong City and stepped up disaster relief.

At the same time, the post-war emergency resettlement of Tianlong City was also carried out: assisting in the capture of the black-clothed guards hidden in the city, recruiting refugees and civilians in the city to urgently repair the city wall destroyed by the stone thrower, re-digging the filled moat, collecting the corpses of soldiers killed in battle inside and outside the city, and trying to calm the five-fold price of food in the city...... After a series of actions, Tianlong City quickly regained its vitality.

Le Ji was originally worried that Chen Wu was a rebel and didn't know how to govern the place, but now he couldn't help nodding secretly with a series of wise moves.

Such a measure not only improved the environment of Tianlong City, which was destroyed by the war, but also effectively absorbed labor and effectively reduced the pressure on local security.

As for the price of grain in Tianlong City, it was originally controlled by Sun Hai, the wife and brother of the governor of Tiannan County.

After him, there were five chambers of commerce and forces that joined forces to follow up, but they basically advanced and retreated with Sun Hai.

After getting Chen Wu's request, Sun Hai not only refused to reduce the price, but because he was used to running rampant in Tianlong, the guards of the bold grain store drove out a team of soldiers sent by Chen Wu.

If you change to an official or force in Tianlong City, if you want to calm the price of grain, there may be nothing you can do in the face of Sun Hai.

However, Chen Wu was originally a force outside the imperial system, and even if he had recently accepted Zhao'an, he was still an independent force that was close to the center of the empire, and he had absolute force.

In this case, what is there to say?

The Taiping army of the two brigades directly raided all thirteen grain stores of the Sun family, and all those who dared to resist were arrested and imprisoned in the barracks.

Although the position had been abandoned by the empire and would soon be transferred back to Zhongzhou, the governor of Tiannan County did not take action against Sun Hai himself, but this categorical disposition was enough to deterrent.

Only half a day later, the price of grain in Tianlong City fell sharply.

Of course, coercion and intimidation alone can only scare these businessmen for a while.

Chen Wu, who had mastered Songjiang County, would successively send a batch of grain from Songjiang into Tiannan.

With more food pouring in, and the war gradually subsiding, the price of food in Tianlong City will eventually return to normal.

In short, relying on the tricks that players were accustomed to before these crossings, the order in Tianlong City was basically restored in just three days.

At first glance, this southeastern city seems to have been initially detached from the war.

But Chen Wu, who is familiar with the overall situation, knows very well that the current victory is only temporary, and there is still a very important step to go before the real victory.

At noon on the fourth day, 10,000 Taiping troops and 10,000 carefully selected soldiers of the Tiannan Army formed a nominal joint force.

Starting from the south gate of Tianlong City, he traced the past in the direction of the withdrawal of the Omani army.

……… Red River Valley.

As the most representative area of Nantai County, this is the border area between the Omanis and the empire.

Although it has become a completely Omani sphere of influence in the last two years, because five or six years ago, small armies of the empire had come out from the fortress of the South Peak from time to time to harass them, so there are not many Omanis living here, and more of a wasteland can be seen everywhere.

In order to better attack the Imperials, the Omani army managed to build a road here.

At this moment, a large convoy of 2,000 people was advancing as fast as possible along this simple but fairly smooth road, towards the Nanfeng Fortress, which was about thirty miles to the north.

In the convoy, one wing of Omani light infantry was escorting, and the rest were all drivers and requisitioned laborers.

Carts were loaded with large quantities of hastily procured food from the rear of the Chiang Mai Plain, and a small number of them were loaded with urgently needed poison for arrow wounds and replacement weapons.

Because they were walking in their own territory, these Omani infantry and the people who were conscripted were not vigilant.

However, the soldiers' expressions were not relaxed.

Apparently, they had already received the bad news that the front-line offensive had been thwarted and that the Guqingguan grain storage point had been burned down.

It is precisely for this reason that the officers, who are well aware of the importance of this supply of grain and grass, are trying their best to urge their subordinates to speed up.

Everyone knows that His Majesty Saladin has set a deadline for them.

If the time limit does not arrive, and the military degree is delayed, it will be killed!