Chapter 128: A City Destroyed by War

"Yuan Hai, I am inseparable from you!"

Over the years, he has been relying on the financial resources provided by these cities, so that he can barely match Yuan Hai under Yuan Benchu's continuous suppression.

On the side, Yan Hanyang also said angrily: "Your Royal Highness Yuan Yang, I suggest that you immediately report to the king, rob the city lord's mansion like this, and kill one of them, this is a naked slap in the face of the king!

Yuan Yang didn't care, Yan Hanyang didn't know. But he knows best, now is the time to use the troops, it is impossible to punish the coach before the battle is fought, he kept thinking in his mind, since this period of time, Yuan Hai's momentum seems to be faintly surpassing him.

He gritted his teeth and muttered: "A few days ago, news came that even those Shangshu began to leave me, and they actually gave gifts to Concubine Zhen for no reason!"

Yan Hanyang was also stunned, Zhen Guifei was Yuan Hai's biological mother, were those people so unoptimistic about Yuan Yang? Or did they not understand that at the last moment, it was still the fist that had the final say? Regardless of whether Yuan Hai had military merits or not, the ending seemed to be doomed, right?

Yan Hanyang's eyes flashed with fierceness, lowered his voice, and said: "Don't worry, eldest prince, don't forget that we also have a lot of hole cards, I can't advance to the Martial Sect later, and at that time, our advantage will be maximized, even if the whole world is now on Yuan Hai's side?"

Yuan Yang's face became a little better, and he said to Yan Hanyang: "Lord Yancheng, you are my most trusted person, after I ascend the throne, I will definitely crown you as the king with a different surname, and I will give you another fief, and you can choose from the major cities in the world!"

Yuan Yang's words were very useful, Yan Hanyang suddenly bent down and bowed, "Don't worry." Your Royal Highness the Prince, I will go into retreat until I advance to the Martial Sect, if I don't go to the Martial Sect, I will not go out!"

Yuan Yang Lingran laughed and said, "Haha, good!"

As soon as his words fell, Yan Hanyang retreated again, it is estimated that you really went home to retreat, and now the city lord of Golden Dragon City and the son of the city lord are in retreat......

Yuan Yang watched the former slowly retreat, and then slowly regained his previous high-minded appearance, killing intent burst out from his eyes, and said coldly in his heart: "Lan Chen, Wang Hong, Wen Jie, and that Yuan Hai Yuan Zhang, you all wait for me, I must divide your five horses!"

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The million-strong army led by Yuan Hai marched extremely fast, and after only more than half a month, they finally came to the nearest city to Lishan City, Xiapi City.

Xiapi City was a very humble city, although it was on the edge of a large river, but the land was barren and the climate was extremely harsh, and it was one of the poorest cities in the Xijin Dynasty.

How poor is it? You can tell when you look at the gates.

Other cities, no matter how big or small, rich or poor, will try to spend a lot of money to build the city gates beautifully, tall and big, and it is convenient to attract people to come over.

But the city gate of Xiapi City is all piled up with ordinary loess, and if it rains heavily, I am afraid that the city gate will collapse.

It's just that the place where Xiapi City is located, I don't know why, the climate is worse than other western cities, and this year, it has not rained for 21 years.

The population of the city is also pitiful, and most of them are old people, and the young people go out to work and seek survival, leaving only the old people and children to stay alone in the caves, and the whole city is very desolate.

The City Lord's Mansion should be the most "luxurious" building in Xiapi City, but compared to other cities, it is considered an ordinary house.

The city lord was a local seventy-seven-year-old man named Lu Bo, who was originally just the head of the previous city lord, but when the previous city lord took office, he was taken aback by the city, and then casually found an excuse to go back to his hometown.

The city is so poor that there is no one to loot, and because of this, no one wants to come here to be the lord of the city.

To be a city lord here, I might as well go to another city and become a village chief!

So, surrounded by the local people, the old man Lu Bo became the lord of the city in a daze, and the old man Lu Bo was a local, so the practice of governing affairs was very popular and supported by the local people.

Moreover, he himself was a talented man who was depressed when he was young, and he was already very good at managing state affairs, knowing how to cater to the people's hearts and promoting the development of the city, but the poverty of Xiapi City limited his talent.

When Yuan Hai just walked into the city, the old man Lu Bo also walked out of the city tremblingly with a cane to greet him.

"Hehe, Your Royal Highness the Second Prince, there is really nothing to entertain the prince in the small city, and I hope the prince will forgive the old minister's sins. ”

Yuan Hai smiled and held up the hand of the old man Lu Bo, he still had respect for these city lords who really cared for and loved the people, and he also ordered that all soldiers should not disturb the people in the city, not take a stitch from the people, and not do all the acts that offend the people, if anyone commits one of them, they will be beheaded immediately!

After speaking, Yuan Hai helped the old man Lu Bo into the city. When Yuan Hai just walked into the city, he was also touched by the bleak environment of the city.

The poverty of Xiapi City is not only because of its remote location and harsh climate, but also because of the chaos in the city, which should also be due to its proximity to the border battlefield.

Young people may not only leave the city to survive, but also to escape the fighting.

Although it is out of the west, Xiapi City is no longer within the scope of Black Beast Mountain, therefore, there is no natural barrier of Black Beast Mountain, and Lishan City in the northeast is just the border of Black Beast Mountain.

And the direction of the north of Xiapi City, about 500 miles, is the place where the Xijin Dynasty and the Junhua Kingdom fought, so to speak, Xiapi City, was destroyed by the war.

"Such an important military location, why did my father let it go like this, and how long did my father want to make Xiapi City desolate?"

Old man Lu Bo smiled faintly and said: "My Xijin Dynasty is a superior dynasty, and its strength is far stronger than that of the Junhua Kingdom, for hundreds of years, the Junhua Kingdom has never broken through the battlefield ahead, hehe, maybe the king has never put the Junhua Kingdom in his eyes." ”

"Even if this is the case, there shouldn't be so many lonely old people left alone in the loess cave house, right?" Yuan Hai was very angry, obviously a little dissatisfied with his father's approach, and then I held the hand of the old man Lu Bo and swore solemnly: "After I take the throne, I will definitely change the living environment of Xiapicheng." ”