On July 29, 174 years of the imperial calendar, 7,000 people of the Fourth Infantry Regiment of the Fengxiang Kingdom were besieged by more than 30,000 people in the "homeland".

Due to the repeated misjudgments of the commander Sun Jingyu about the "homeland", he and his infantry regiment were finally surrounded and annihilated. This is not only the demise of a corps, from a larger point of view, it is precisely because of this defeat that the Fengxiang Kingdom can no longer have any available troops on its western front, and the national fortunes of the Fengxiang Kingdom have plummeted since then.

In just a few months, Feng Xiang's three major infantry regiments were either destroyed or betrayed, and the only remaining infantry regiment was also pinned down on the battlefield on the Eastern Front, and the entire kingdom was irretrievably declining. As the "homeland" of the new forces, Tongguò not only consolidated and expanded its territory but also strengthened its military strength in this war. More importantly, the Holy Emperor of Tongguò had cleared the way for him to move south, and to the south and east of him, no force could stop his advance.

On the night of July 30, 174 in the imperial calendar.

Twelve thousand prisoners, an unimaginable number, is more than the number of regular troops in the "homeland" more than half a month ago.

By this moment the twelve thousand captives had laid down their weapons, removed their armor, and stood there quietly, surrounded by four thousand "homeland" infantry and three thousand cavalry. They had just been escorted here an hour earlier, having eaten a full meal, and no one knew what fate they were about to face.

Finally, Li Yuxuan and his generals appeared at the end of the captive queue, and everyone's eyes were focused on the nineteen-year-old head of the family. Just yesterday, this young man in black armor and black hair straddled the "Snow Dragon Pony", and the blood-red sword in his hand, which symbolized death. This qiē and every qiē left an indelible impression on their hearts. The eyes of these captives were now focused on him, mixed with mixed feelings of fear and reverence.

Li Yuxuan paced to the center of the captive queue and stopped, then turned to face these Fengxiang soldiers, and the generals who followed also stopped and stood quietly on both sides.

Glancing at the large number of Fengxiang captives in front of him, Li Yuxuan's majestic voice resounded under the starry sky.

"I, Li Yuxuan, the head of the 'homeland', now I will have two paths for you to choose. One is to leave your bodies on this land forever, and my men will help you to fulfill this wish quickly and completely. The second is to return to your hometown as a warrior, but the object of your sworn allegiance will no longer be Fengxiang's royal family, but me, Li Yuxuan. Well, if you have chosen the first path, please stand up!"

There was a commotion in the entire captive array, and it took about a quarter of an hour before it gradually calmed down, and about a hundred captives walked out of the array and stood in front of Li Yuxuan. Looking at the outfits on their bodies, they are obviously all nobles of Fengxiang.

"We are nobles, we have noble blood in our bodies, and we will never surrender to a lowly commoner like you!" said a middle-aged man in his forties.

"Noble, right?" Li Yuxuan sneered at the middle-aged man in front of him, "Li Fang, tell him about your origin!"

"Yes!" Li Fang took a step forward and said, "Li Fang, one of the four major families of the Heavenly Dragon Empire, a member of the Lie family, and a hereditary first-class earl of the empire!"

Not only did the nobleman of Feng Xiang change his face drastically, but even Tang Xu and the others did not expect that Li Fang, who was born as a slave, would have such a prominent background.

"Sue him for your current identity!"

"'Homeland' Major General rank, Commander of the First Cavalry Regiment!"

"Do you hear that? In my army, there is no division between nobles and commoners, only superiors and subordinates!" Li Yuxuan yelled at the nobleman in front of him.

"Tell me, everybody, there is no nobility in the 'homeland'! It doesn't matter what your origin, whether you are a nobleman or a commoner, even if you are a slave, as long as you fight bravely, you will be promoted and respected by others. The aristocracy is just a bunch of vampires attached to commoners and slaves, a pile of garbage, and the aristocracy is synonymous with incompetence!

"Yes!"

Not only did the soldiers of the "homeland" shout loudly, but even many of Fengxiang's captives responded to the peace. Obviously, Li Yuxuan's words not only inspired the morale of his army, but also made the vast number of Fengxiang soldiers see hope and hope to change their fate.

"Alright, you nobles, since you have chosen the first path, I will fulfill your wishes!"

Eighty or ninety heads were cut off and rolled around on the ground.

With the heads of these so-called nobles being cut off, there were 12,000 more Fengxiang ironclad infantry in the "homeland" guard.

The reason why Li Yuxuan took such great pains to recruit these Fengxiang infantry was because he knew very well what kind of force this infantry was. The combat effectiveness of the 30,000 infantry corps composed of reserve troops in his hands is quite weak. The vast majority of them have no formal military training and have not been on the battlefield. If this time is not the success of their original plan, the outcome of the two sides is still unknown. Now he has in his hands this infantry force that can be called the best in the southern part of the continent, plus the cavalry that he has carefully trained before, the total number of people has reached 20,000. With this force and 30,000 reserve troops, he was sure that Feng Xiang at this time would have no ability to stop his attack.

From this moment on, you will move towards your dream of dominating the continent!

On August 10, 174 A.D., the 5,000 defenders of Kefield laid down their weapons and surrendered to the "homeland". At this point, except for Fallen Leaf City, the land originally controlled by the Carol royal family was assigned to Li Yuxuan.

Kefield, Royal Palace.

In addition to the four generals Su Mi, Zheng Jing, Xu Zhixin, and Zheng Ru who were stationed in other places, all the core generals of the "homeland", including Bai Tengqi's father and daughter, who were in charge of the economy, and Li Qiu, who was in charge of intelligence, had all gathered in the side hall of the palace of the former Carol Kingdom.

"Keqing, I want to ask now, how many months will our reserve food be able to support our army?" Li Yuxuan's face was quite solemn at this time.

"At the beginning of July, our army's grain stock was about 1.6 million catties, plus the 800,000 catties delivered by Major General Zheng and the 600,000 catties purchased from the nobles at a high price, the total was 3 million catties. However, in the following July, our army used all the reserves for a total of 10,000 people, plus our original 12,000 regular soldiers and some logistics support personnel, the total number was about 50,000. Thus, during the month, half of the stock of food in our army was consumed, and the remaining half. After careful calculations, the refugees in Atterbury will receive 300,000 catties of them, and the remaining 1.2 million catties will be used for winter food for a total of 600,000 people in the Kefield area. In other words, only two million catties of Kefield's grain can be used as military rations now. ”

"I'm asking how many months we can support our army to fight!" Li Yuxuan also learned the fact that the military food was in short supply from Xu Ruoyu's tone, but to his surprise, the "homeland" could only use two hundred catties of grain, which was one-third less than the number he originally estimated in his heart.

"According to the current establishment of the army, there is only one month!" Xu Ruoyu stated a fact very objectively.

"One month, only one month!" Li Yuxuan shook his head in disbelief.

Now all eyes are on him, and all hope is pinned on him.

"If 2,500 of the 30,000 reservists are sent back to Luopingyuan, leaving only 5,000 for logistical support, how long can we support it?" Li Yuxuan put forward the idea in his heart.

"Two months, to October!" Xu Ruoyu thought for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and reported the number in his heart.

"Okay, very good! I think Fengxiang's grain in October is also the harvest season!" Li Yuxuan muttered to himself.