Xiping City, standing in the economic, political, and military center of Xishan Province, at this time the city is fluttering with fine snow in the sky, and there is hardly any light in the city, the long winter is coming, no one knows how long it will last, but they all know that they must save charcoal and other materials, otherwise they will not be able to survive this long winter.

The sound of horses' hooves outside the city shattered the silence, and when Situ Sen led 10,000 iron horsemen to the outside of the city, he only saw the west gate of Xiping City wide open, and there was not even a curfew or soldiers guarding the gate.

"What's going on?"

Facing the city gate of the black hole, Situ Sen squinted his eyes and said: "The city gate is wide open, there are no guards, it looks cheating!"

The captain on the side said with a smile: "Deputy commander, the art of war is cloudy, but the truth is false, and the virtual is real, Chen Yu is a master of calculation, his city gate is wide open, will there be no ambush at all, but just play an empty city strategy to delay the speed of our army's attack?"

"No matter what, the three armies need food and grass, and we don't have time to delay. ”

Situ Sen raised his palm and said: "The 1,000 people of the first battalion are divided into ten teams, and every 100 people come in a team, enter the city to search for grain, grass, and the situation of the people, and come back here after an hour to report, you must be more careful, Chen Yu may bury something in the city that ignites fire, or something like a magic crystal cannon, we are used to this kind of trick." ”

"Yes, Deputy Commander!"

With the sound of horses' hooves, the group galloped into the city.

Situ Xue pursed her red lips and said, "Brother, I'm not at ease, I'll lead ten dragon knights to spy on the situation of the city from the air, right?"

"Hmm. ”

Situ Sen nodded: "Be careful. ”

"Good. ”

The dragon let out a low roar, and Situ Xue also went.

......

Situ Sen held his sword and rode his horse constantly whirling around on the snow, feeling very uneasy, but if he thought about it carefully, almost all the weapons such as the magic crystal cannon and earth cannon in Xiping Mansion were taken away by Filip's main fleet, and the materials in Chen Yu's hands must be very short, and there were only seven or eight thousand old and weak soldiers, why did he set up an ambush in the city?

However, even though Situ Sen tried everything possible, he still couldn't stop the development of the situation.

In less than half an hour, there were several loud bangs in the city, followed by distant fires rising from the sky, and even the sound of rockets cutting through the air could be heard.

"Oh no, someone's setting it on fire!"

Situ Sen gritted his teeth.

"We're rushing in now!?" said Captain Wan, a little furious.

"Don't be impulsive!" After all, Situ Sen had been in battle for a long time, and squinted his eyes and said: "Wait for the brothers in the city to report, we only send in a thousand people, and we can't put more troops in." ”

"Yes!"

As expected, in less than a stick of incense, the cavalry of the Gentian Battalion continued to rush out of the city, one by one, and one of the commanders said: "Deputy commander, they buried a few magic crystal cannons in the city, and they detonated them just now...... Also, every three or five households in the city are piled up with firewood for the winter, and now these firewood piles have been ignited, and the city has been on fire, and it seems that it will be uncontrollable!"

"Do you see their soldiers?"

"See, I've slipped out of the east gate!"

"Damn, Chen Yu, this despicable villain!" Situ Sen trembled with hatred, and said, "This madman, do you want the millions of people in Xiping City to be buried with us? What about the grain and grass hoarded in the city?"

"The granary of Xiping Mansion is already on fire, and the flames are so bright that we can't approach it at all!"

"......"

Situ Sen drew his sword and said, "Quickly enter the city to put out the fire, send a feather letter to the marshal and His Royal Highness, inform the situation here, hurry up, and ...... immediately Send people to beat gongs and drums to encourage the people to come out and fight the fire together, we can't let Xiping City, a thousand-year-old city, be burned to the ground in a blink of an eye!"

"Yes!"

......

10,000 iron cavalry became a firefighting soldier in a blink of an eye, but it seems that the number is far from enough, Chen Yu is too smart, knowing that most of the people in the city go out of the city to cut wood and come back to pile up firewood, and now a fire has burned the people's firewood, and also burned Xiping City, losing the people's abundance and grain and grass in Xiping City, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Great Qin Empire will not be able to gain a foothold on this continent at all.

Until nearly noon, the fire had not been extinguished, and nearly half of Xiping Mansion had been burned down, and the once prosperous Xiping Mansion had become a thing of the past.

Outside the city, Lin Muyu accompanied Qin Yin to lead the front cavalry of the army to arrive at Xiping City first, and Situ Sen and Situ Xue led the iron cavalry to greet them.

Without saying a word, Situ Sen turned over and dismounted and knelt on the snow, ignoring the soot on his face, and said with red eyes: "My lord, the last general is incompetent, the granary has been burned, we haven't even grabbed a grain of rice back, and there are many fires in the people's houses, the last general can only order the people to stop saving the granary fire in vain, and let them help the people to fight the fire." ”

Lin Muyu dismounted, helped Situ Sen, and said: "General Sen, you have done nothing wrong, we should help the people to fight the fire, and only by winning the hearts of the people can we win the world, our Great Qin Empire came from afar to let the people of the Tianji Continent know the wisdom of His Highness Yin, and know that the Great Qin Empire is a civilized country governed by a constitution." ”

"Yes, thank you for not prosecuting your subordinates for dereliction of duty. ”

"You are not derelict in your duties, it is Chen Yu who is too cunning. ”

Lin Muyu walked into the city, and a group of gray-faced Gentian battalion soldiers knelt on the snow on both sides of the road, and shouted: "See Lin Shuai!"

"Get up. ”

Lin Muyu's heart was cold, looking up at the sky, the fine snow was still falling piece by piece, which was mixed with some gray-white smoke and dust falling together, he stretched out his palm to catch a piece of dust, the dust staggered out in the palm of his hand, Lin Muyu's chest hurt slightly, this is the dust after the rice was burned, Chen Yu is really ruthless, he wants to cut off the grain in Xiping City!

"How's the food situation, Xue?"

"My lord......" Situ Xue said with red eyes: "The largest granary in Xiping Mansion has been burned down, it is said that Chen Yu has been collecting grain in the city a few days ago, and it seems that it has also been burned down, and now in Xiping City, millions of stone grain and grass have been burned, not only there is no food in the treasury, but even the people's homes have no food, which is only enough for them to eat, and they can never afford to feed our hundreds of thousands of troops." ”

"The three armies are based on military rations, and without food, they will mutiny. ”

Lin Muyu took a deep look at Situ Xue and said, "We must find a way to get food as soon as possible, otherwise the army will starve from today onwards." ”

Situ Xue said: "My lord, I did find a little useful news, although Chen Yu left with the remnants of the defeated army, but did not take everyone away, before Chen Yu left, some of Filip's subordinates in Xiping City have more luxurious mansions, in addition to raising many servants and concubines, these mansions also hoarded a lot of food and forage, we can kill pigs for the New Year, first take people to raid these people's homes, and pull out the grain to solve the urgent need." ”

"Good way!"

Lin Muyu's eyes lit up, and he said, "Situ Sen, Situ Xue, go and do it immediately!"

"Yes!"

The two of them led the iron horse non-stop, and Lin Muyu turned back, took the reins of Qin Yin's war horse, and said, "Let's go, I will accompany His Highness to Xiping Mansion." ”

Xiping Mansion is the center of Xiping City, and it is also the place where Qin Yin will sit for a long time in the future.

......

When a group of civil and military personnel entered Xiping Mansion, they were all a little shocked, the wealth of the Tianji Continent had long been heard of, but no one thought that the luxury of a Xiping Mansion was not inferior to that of Zetian Palace, and even surpassed, it is conceivable that Tianji Hall would be extravagant, it was unimaginable.

In front of Xiping City, the dragon-shaped totem pillar stone of the twelve Tianji Empire stands tall in the sky, although it is a little scorched black, but it does not affect its momentum, the pillar stone is convenient for the gate of the mansion, eight in and eight out, at this time the guards have been replaced by the forbidden army and the royal forest guard, everyone enters from the gate, from a distance, the gate is a thousand meters away from the mansion, along the way are glazed spar paved roads, the guards on both sides are like forests, the former Xiping Mansion, must be extremely prosperous.

"It's so vain, no wonder the Tianji Empire will be defeated!" Feng Jixing said with a smile.

Lin Muyu didn't think so, and said: "The biggest reason for the defeat of the Tianji Empire is not extravagance, but the disagreement of the monarchs and ministers, if the Northern Abyss does not suspect that Gong Shangming, Fei Li and Chen Yu are not fighting among themselves, why is this!"

"Well, that's right. ”

Feng Jixing raised his head, looked at the fire behind the main hall, and said, "That should be the place where the granary burns." ”

"yes. Lin Muyu frowned and said: "The three commanders Chen Xiaoli, Tang Zhen, and Xiang Yu immediately gathered manpower to fetch water to extinguish the fire and minimize the losses of Xiping City in the fire. ”

"Yes, Lin Shuai!"

The three archons turned and walked away.

Lin Muyu continued: "Defend the enemy, go to Zhangbang to settle the people, post the imperial constitution, and inform the people of Xiping City that from now on, Xishan Province will be the territory of the Great Qin Empire, and it will be governed in accordance with the imperial constitution. ”

"Yes, sir!"

Wei Qiu took a group of staff officers and went straight to the side hall, which was their office for the time being.

Lin Muyu glanced at Chu Yao behind him again, and said with a smile: "Sister Chu Yao, the Elixir Division is temporarily located in Xiping Mansion for the time being, so it is good to have a response." ”

"Well, listen to you. ”

......

Until it was close to dusk, a train of carriages carrying grain and grass into Xiping Mansion, it was Situ Sen and Situ Xue who came back, and the faces of the two people were full of excitement.

"How much grain and grass did you get from raiding your house, two generals?" Feng Jixing asked with a smile.

"Fifty thousand! At least 50,000 stone grains and grass were copied!"

Situ Sen laughed and said, "These grandsons really hide a lot of food!"