Suzaku Mansion, the richest plain in Chuzhou, and the Vermilion Bird City located in the center is a famous city through the ages, after three dynasties, some ancient city walls in the city, there are still traces of the last war, prosperity blinds people's eyes, it seems that everything has been a long time ago.

On the street, the hurried footsteps once again recalled the memories of the past, arrows and locusts covered the sky, boulders and meteors turned into rain, the golden iron horse, the screams and wails seemed to echo in the ears, everything was not far away, and war seemed to be able to cover the sky of Suzaku City at any time.

Outside the Golden Harvest Rice Shop, the long queue is full of three streets long, because the previous grain prices stabilized, coupled with sufficient supply, so each household only stored a small part of the grain, but with the advent of the war, it seems that overnight, it has returned to the crazy rush to buy a few months ago.

"The situation is getting more and more out of control!" Liu Bowen, who was sitting in the Vermilion Bird City, looked at the long queue of people on the street, if it wasn't for someone to maintain order, I was afraid that there would have been a "chaos" long ago.

Xuanchen picked up the tea, took a sip, and said: "Seventy percent of the grain shops in the city have greatly increased the price of grain, and the rest have been closed because they have no grain to sell, only we are still selling at a flat price, and we have also adopted purchase restrictions, but there are more and more people who have gathered, and we will not be able to support it for long if this continues!"

Liu Bowen shook the crane feather fan lightly and said: "What we buy and sell is not food, but people's hearts. ”

Xuan Chen nodded, selling rice is to buy people's hearts, Xuan Chen couldn't help but think of the conversation when everyone discussed countermeasures in Nanping, selling rice at this time can be described as killing three birds with one stone, this can stabilize people's hearts and increase the prestige of Hou Ye, because the grain and rice sold by Jinsui Rice Store can be engraved with the three words of Ping An Rice, and some nursery rhymes and nursery rhymes are specially made up and sung on the street to ensure that the people in Suzaku City know that this Ping An rice is the food taken out by Ping An Hou.

Second, it is also to reduce the storage of the South Closing Position, with the Holy Sect, the Li Tang rebels have entered the Suzaku Mansion, the South Closing has become more and more unsafe, and the eggs naturally cannot be stored in one basket, and since the last decision, the materials in the South Closing have begun to be reduced, but the stored materials, too much grain and grass, where to move for a while, selling the grain to the people in the city, is also a solution.

And the third point is more heartbreaking, and it is also the most ruthless, Nanping almost gathers nearly half of the grain and grass in Chuzhou, with a reserve of more than 60 million quintals, and this batch of grain and grass belongs to Leng Zhuo's private ownership, not the Yamen of the government's government, and after losing the grain war, the Huang family seems to have given up on continuing to compete with Leng Zhuo for food, because after the market price is stable, there is not much profit in grain.

However, several official warehouses in the Suzaku Great City have not been filled for various reasons, and the official rice in the official warehouses outside has been exhausted when they went to Chuxi, so it can be said that the reserve grain and grass in the Suzaku Great City can be said to be the lowest in the past years.

Almost if you want rice, you can only come to Leng Zhuo to buy it, but Nan Pingcang's side has not opened a big mouth for grain trading, and it is not that it is not not sold, but it is sold in small batches, as if hanging on to life, no more, no less, no more and no hunger.

And the grain reserves in the Suzaku Great Castle have not been "improving" because of this, so to speak, once the Holy Sect army cuts off the official road between Nanping and the Suzaku Great Castle, or in other words, as long as some soldiers and horses are sent to obstruct the traffic between the two places, they can choke the neck of the Suzaku Great City.

As long as the confrontation in the Vermilion Bird City lasts for a month, the soldiers in the city can only forcibly levy the people's grain if they want not to drink the northwest wind, and what Zhuge Liang and others have to do is to let the soldiers in the Vermilion Bird City have enough food to collect.

In this way, it is a bit of a fart to take off your pants, but if you think so, then you are wrong, as long as the sinister intentions are figured out, the eighteenth generation of Leng Zhuo's ancestor will be scolded to death, this is "forced" people to be evildoers, as long as the forced conquest begins, it is equivalent to pushing millions of people in Vermilion Bird City into Leng Zhuo's arms.

Moreover, there is enough food and grass in the city, so as to ensure that the Suzaku Great City will have a longer confrontation with the Holy Sect and Li Tang in the future, paving the way for Leng Zhuo's comeback.

"Hey, what a sinister intention!" "Patrol the envoy, Wang Riyao listened to the explanation of Mingyue in Beicheng, and then understood the conspiracy of Jinsui Rice Bank to sell a large amount of grain at a low price, they are desperate here, and in the end they will not get anything, but they will become a peaceful marquis, what is this called!

Beicheng Mingyue smiled indifferently and said: "It's very powerful, I use the strategy to such an extent, but I want to meet the other party more and more!"

"Isn't there anything you can do? You must be led by the other party!" Wang Riyao said very unhappily in his heart.

Beicheng Mingyue shook her head and said: "No way, the other party has taken the lead, we can only play a good chessboard on the other side, the opponent's advantage is too obvious, if you want to regain the initiative, how easy it is to say, but this game of chess is not just one of us, not to mention, they just take the lead against us, don't forget, there are two fierce wolves and tigers, how this game of chess will be played in the end, it is still unknown!"

In the north of Suzaku Mansion, Huquan Town, and an important transportation thoroughfare in the north of Suzaku City, and the main force of Li Tang in the south also encountered the stubborn resistance of the emperor ** here, or in other words, this is the last bottom line of the empire, because Suzaku Dacheng cannot place more than 300,000 troops.

After Li Tang's army went south, after the forward was frustrated, he set up camp ten miles away, and went south from Tianhe all the way, almost non-stop, although he was looking at it all the way, sweeping all the way, and the morale of the soldiers and horses was high, but after all, the soldiers were tired and tired after a long march, and they needed to rest.

Moreover, although the rear has captured countless places, in fact, many places are only garrisoned by a small number of troops, and although some second-line recruits have been reinforced from the rear, it is far from being so easy to stabilize the captured places.

To the north of Huquan Town, and further north of Li Tang Military Camp, is the hilly belt between Xiaoxiang Mansion, Guangling Mansion and Suzaku Mansion, this piece of hills is not a key pass, but there are ravines nearby, mountains and mountains, and lush forests, so it is easy to hide a small group of soldiers and horses.

Li Tang's army was rapidly moving south, and the grain and grass it brought with it was naturally insufficient, and the fortified walls and clear fields in the Suzaku Mansion were cleaner than those in the outer provinces, so it can be said that the army could not continue to go south, and the lack of food and grass was also a big factor, so it can be said that the plan of Beicheng Mingyue had been partially successful.

"My lord, it's Li Tang cavalry, about thirty horsemen, it seems that they are here to collect food!" A calm small village at the foot of a mountain range, a soldier quickly jumped off the big mulberry tree at the entrance of the village, and went straight to the village, but his loud voice, even at the entrance of the village, can make people listen to it really.

"My lord, should we withdraw first, there are only ten of us, I'm afraid we can't fight!"

"There are only more than 30 cavalrymen, ambushing both sides, first 'shooting' them with bows and crossbows, and then in groups of three, using the terrain in the village to trap them!"

Outside the entrance of the village, the sound of horses' hooves trampling the earth rumbled, and soon more than 30 cavalry cavalry rushed to the entrance of the village, led by one person with a wave of his hand, and suddenly a team of ten horsemen passed by and took the lead in rushing into the village.

Boom, the soldiers who were ambushed on the houses on both sides pulled the crossbow machine one after another, and the nine crossbow arrows flashed a cold light, poof, three horsemen fell from their horses on the spot, and two people were hit by crossbow arrows: "There is an ambush!"

This village is not big, the deputy team on the horse is naturally seeing all this, and quickly made a decision, more than 20 horsemen immediately went straight to the village, outflanked from both sides, the other party is likely to be just an enemy scout, the number will not be too much, the best way is to go straight to "plug" up, use the advantage of numbers to quickly annihilate.

Li Tang's soldiers can be described as well-trained, and soon formed several half-moon-shaped encirclements and surrounded them, while several archers climbed the big mulberry tree at the entrance of the village and occupied the commanding heights.

A skirmish was fought in this small village.

"Die!" "Die!" stamped, the sturdy war horse rushed forward quickly, the Li Tang cavalry on the horse lifted the saber, a gust of wind pounced up, pulled the reins of the horse violently, neighed repeatedly, the front hooves of the war horse raised, raised the saber, with the help of horsepower, slashed down the emperor ** soldier in front.

However, the next moment, a surprising scene happened, I saw that the long soldier holding the handle, wearing nothing more than a scout leather armor, there was nothing surprising, if I had to say that there was, it was that this person was seven feet tall, the long man was tall and powerful.

In the face of the cavalry, the infantry was almost completely inferior, but the reality was not the case at all, when there was a bang, the saber slashed down, but was blocked by the opponent's weapon, and the Li Tang cavalry used all their strength, and the sharpness of this knife was enough to cut people in two.

But the result of the weapon collision was that the saber was bounced out, the tiger's mouth was shattered, and the arms were completely paralyzed, and then looked at the person who was cut but did not move, steady as Mount Tai, and at this time, the other party raised his head and glanced at the cavalry, and the cavalry on the horse was suddenly like a lightning strike, and a pair of sharp eyes were as sharp as an eagle falcon.

And it was not only the eyes that were sharp, but also the weapon in his hand, as the strong man waved the weapon in his hand, a green light turned into a half-moon and slashed, poof, a blood mist splattered out, and the body of the cavalry and the war horse was like tofu, and was instantly cut in two.

And the sharp edge pulled out a knife mark on the ground that was more than two feet long, and then stopped, the bloody scene was disgusting, but this strong man just frowned, this holy soldier was really sharp, just the edge was enough to kill.

At this moment, there was another sound of horses' hooves, but two horses came from two directions at the same time, it seemed to be a halberd spear, and with a crescent blade, and the weapon of the spur flew up and down, and suddenly two green mangs flew out, poof, two horses, and the two horses fell at the same time.

But two of the horses fell, and several horses were killed all around, and even archers came up to the roof, and the bows and arrows were pointed at the strong men who were standing in the street and killing people.