Chapter 581: Staying in the General's Mansion

"Congratulations to the general, take a city first," after the questioning general heard Yan Nantian's answer, he immediately congratulated, and then the rest of the generals reacted one by one and congratulated Yan Nantian, and Lin Xuanzhong naturally followed. Don't think about it, the credit for Shiyan City's return to obedience will be credited to Yan Nantian, although Yan Nantian hasn't done anything yet.

"You don't have to worry, I am waiting here not only to collect some cities, but also to collect a certain amount of military funds, and only after completing the plan can I go back smoothly to restore my life. ”

"I don't know what the general's plans are?" Regardless of whether Yan Nantian was deliberately showing such modesty, the generals below still speculated something based on Yan Nantian's tone, and it was obvious that Yan Nantian summoned them not just to celebrate Shi Yancheng's voluntary submission.

"After receiving the news, Ben General considered that Shiyan City is a medium-sized city on the northwest border of the Wing Country, and there are several small cities around, including Liucheng, Qincheng, Qucheng, Xingcheng and Luocheng, and then counting Shiyan City, there are a total of six cities. If all goes well, the six cities can provide enough food and grass supplies. As for gold and silver utensils, they could be used as military salaries. ”

"I am not telling you this to indicate where our army is going, but to tell you. After arriving at Shiyan City, Ben will order your troops to divide into three routes and go to each city from three directions to collect food and grass. As for how to distribute the military forces, when they arrived at Shiyan City, Ben would have given you clear instructions, but now you just need to prepare for this. ”

"Does the general want to shorten the time for collecting grain and grass?" After Yan Nantian finished saying a long paragraph, the generals below had already understood what Yan Nantian meant, but in the eyes of some generals, the division of troops would reduce their safety, although it was indeed conducive to shortening the time for collecting grain, but it seemed to be more risky.

"That's true. Yan Nantian above nodded.

"But this move will weaken the troops, what if those civilians dare to resist our army?" After receiving Yan Nantian's affirmation, one of the following generals directly questioned it.

"This matter has already been considered, Shiyan City, as the largest city among the six cities, is naturally the strongest in itself. Now Shiyan City is willing to take the initiative to return to the night army, presumably other cities are afraid of the might of our army. In order to reassure the generals below, Yan Nantian said the reason that he had thought of earlier.

Of course, it is the main thing to say, in fact, Yan Nantian has other reasons. Now those cities on the border of the Wing Country have no troops, because they may have to face problems such as fierce beasts and bandits on the border, in this case, how can anyone in those cities dare to fight against the night army. In addition, before coming to collect grain, Zhao Xu also explained that they were mainly here to collect grain and grass, and tried not to interfere with all the situations within the Wing Country.

Such a winged country is like a bowl of muddy water, and before it is completely muddy, the night army must obtain the maximum benefits as soon as possible, and then get out as soon as possible. A snow country is enough to govern the night country, and based on the current situation in the night capital, Zhao Xu doesn't want to add other problems, so Yan Nantian has a clear purpose here.

Now that all the generals are gathered together, Yan Nantian wants to convey the plan, and only make a preliminary plan for the time being, and as for the specific action plan, it will not be decided until Shiyan City. After the breakfast was over, Yan Nantian finished talking about what he wanted to say at the same time. After all the tents were removed, the army set out.

After a busy morning, by the time the whole army set out, the rising sun had dried the dew, and the road was smooth, and two days later, the night army successfully arrived at Shiyan City. As the news said, before the night army arrived, the city lord of Shiyan City, who got the news, had already led a group of people and waited outside the city early to wait for the arrival of the night army.

When the night army arrived, the city lord of Shiyan City immediately stepped forward with a large group of people to greet him. Led by the city lord of Shiyan City, behind him were most of the representatives of the powerful families in the city, one by one, welcoming Yan Nantian and the night army as if they were welcoming the imperial relatives. After some politeness, Qi Lianhai, the city lord of Shiyan City, talked about the information in the city.

Starting from the storage of grain and grass, and all the way to the attitude of the families in the city towards the arrival of the night army, it was to the effect that Yan Nantian understood that if they didn't force the nobles and civilians of Shiyan City to death, they were willing to provide everything that the night army needed. After Qi Lianhai expressed his meaning in this regard, he followed all the families and clans to say how much food and gold and silver utensils they were willing to give to the night army, and only hoped that Yan Nantian would not send troops to their mansion to collect them.

In addition to the above, Qi Lianhai also said that the City Lord's Mansion had been changed into the General's Mansion for Yan Nantian and the generals to live in, and it can be said that the preparations were very thoughtful. With the cooperation of Qi Lianhai and those family representatives, Yan Nantian smiled, unable to maintain the demeanor of a battle-hardened general, after all, before sending troops, Zhao Xu had also clearly explained that he should try not to contradict the powerful people in various cities.

This move is a prerequisite for the Night Kingdom to truly annex the Wing Country in the future, and then, the army will directly enter the city and then advance separately. Except for a few thousand soldiers to escort Yan Nantian and a general, the other soldiers all went to a place prepared by Qi Lianhai for the night army garrison, in the east of the city.

Following Yan Nantian, Lin Xuanzhong was in the queue to the General's Mansion. After arriving at the General's Mansion, the first thing he did was not to discuss serious matters, but to attend a dinner prepared by Qi Lianhai. Qi Lianhai's thoughtful service, coupled with his constant flattery attitude, is difficult for even a battle-hardened general to parry, let alone some newly promoted generals such as Lin Xuanzhong.

At the dinner, Lin Xuanzhong drank wine unexpectedly, or under the toast of the representatives of various families, the banquet was singing and dancing, and they were happy with the wine. Under the intentional introduction of his colleagues, Qi Lianhai and the others also knew about Lin Xuanzhong's genius, and they couldn't help but praise Lin Xuanzhong one after another.

In the final analysis, Lin Xuanzhong's strength and age have been ignored here, and his identity alone is enough for Lin Xuanzhong to be respected enough. After the dinner, Qi Lianhai also sent a group of beauties to serve everyone, for fear that there would be inconsiderate hospitality, but Yan Nantian directly declined. When he first arrived in Shiyan City, he was busy enjoying himself before he did business, if this matter was passed on to Zhao Xu, he might be convicted, and Yan Nantian couldn't afford it.

After Yan Nantian took out some reserve, Qi Lianhai was not reluctant, before he was completely clear about Yan Nantian's personality, Qi Lianhai was more inclined to use a step-by-step approach, so that the harvest might be greater.

As a general, Lin Xuanzhong was unexpectedly assigned a room in the general's mansion. It was better to sleep in a house than in a tent, and now lying on the bed, Lin Xuanzhong recalled what had happened during the two-day march. Except for the encounter with a few fierce beasts that strayed into the camp last night, which added some color to the march, the whole journey was boring and boring.

Speaking of which, there is one thing that is still worth being happy about, that is, for two nights, Lin Xuanzhong can practice freely, and there is no time limit. The position of general provided Lin Xuanzhong with great convenience, and after arriving in Shiyan City today, the behavior of the city lord of Shiyan City and those family representatives also made Lin Xuanzhong realize that they were obviously very jealous of the night army, and they didn't seem to have any intention of resisting.

If the situation in other cities is similar to that of Shiyan City, then the next thing they are responsible for collecting grain and grass will go very smoothly. It's just that when passing by the streets of the city today, those deserted streets, as well as the hostile gaze mixed with the fear of those civilians, made Lin Xuanzhong feel that maybe everything was not as simple as he imagined.

Thinking carefully about the eyes of those civilians, Lin Xuanzhong suddenly felt that their performance was related to the characteristics of Shiyan City itself. Shiyan City not only has its own city walls, many buildings in the city are made of stones, and the solidity of the entire city is many times stronger than that of ordinary cities, but after the night army came, the people who originally lived in the city could only hide behind a strong fortress and secretly look at the night army.

No matter what kind of eyes everyone looked at the night army, it seemed that they all had a layer of dark clouds on their heads, maybe those people knew very well that the arrival of the night army was just the beginning of the calamity they were about to face, and the more they thought about it, the deeper they felt, the broader Lin Xuanzhong's thoughts became.

Looking back, in fact, the main reason why Shi Yancheng was willing to return to the Night Kingdom was the current situation, and they may not be able to fear the current situation in terms of fear of the Night Army. Now that the royal family of the Wing Kingdom has gathered all its forces around the Wing Capital, they have abandoned the surrounding cities, let alone border cities like Shiyan City. If it can't be protected by the Night Kingdom, sooner or later, Shiyan City will be invaded by other forces, or will be threatened by other forces. Rather than this, it is better to cooperate with the Night Army.

It can be seen from the means of annexing the Snow Country by the Night Kingdom that as long as they fully cooperate, the Night Army will not do anything out of the ordinary against them, so returning to the Night Country is the plan of Qi Lianhai and the representatives of the family after considering many factors. At the moment, compared to their safety, treason is already a trivial matter, after all, it is their country that gives up on them first, maybe the current royal family of the Wing Kingdom has too much helplessness, but unfortunately the situation is forced to force them to worry too much.

In addition, at the dinner, Lin Xuanzhong also heard the news that Ruan Qiling was given death by the royal family of Yiguo. The two battles caused a country's army to lose everything, but it cannot be said that Ruan Qiling is incompetent, it can only be said that their night army is too strong. Recalling the commanders of the Snow Country, Lin Xuanzhong felt that Ruan Qiling was still the best commander compared to those people, and it was officially because of this that the Night Army lost so many troops.

But now a marshal who is so good at fighting was given death by the monarch after a defeat, which makes people sigh when they think about it. Maybe there were too few opportunities for Ruan Qiling, Lin Xuanzhong felt that if Ruan Qiling could be given a few more chances, maybe Ruan Qiling could really defeat the Night Army, but unfortunately God didn't seem to be too kind to Ruan Qiling.