Barak Principality, Soto City, dawn.

Gao Shun was currently standing in the city lord's mansion in Soto City, counting the belongings left in the mansion by those who had fled the place.

There are some things that even Gao Shun has to admit: people in Tiandou are really rich.

At least the belongings left in the city lord's palace that had not been taken away were enough to surprise the soldiers under his command.

As a camp general who was trapped in the camp, although Gao Shun needed to handle military pay and rewards, he rarely saw such piles of gold and silver treasures visiting him.

The Tiandou nobles are basically extremely rich.

This is what those Xingluo merchants who did business in Tiandou once told Gao Shun.

Gao Shun now thinks so.

It's just that most of Tiandou's troops don't have much money, at least they haven't spent much on armaments.

Gao Shun curled his lips when he thought of this.

He wasted no time in martial arts before the powerful enemy was eliminated. He couldn't understand the brain circuit of Tian Dou Ren.

Of course, this is also related to the differences in the political systems of the two countries. Gao Shun, who lived in the Star Luo Empire under the autocratic rule of the emperor, could not understand the struggle between the emperor and the nobles to rule the empire together.

After tinkering with the treasures in the city lord's mansion, Gao Shun's personal guards finally finished counting the documents and books left in the mansion.

Soto City is an important stronghold for the Star Luo Empire to attack Tiandou. Naturally, it is necessary to have a good understanding of its situation. These situations include Soto City's many name lists, city maps, sewer directions, etc...

After Gao Shun led the captured camp, he quickly asked most of the soldiers to prepare armor and find suitable residences, and then led his guards into the city lord's palace.

Gao Shun knew exactly what kind of residence the soldiers would choose. It would probably be the houses of the wealthy merchants and nobles who had fled Soto City.

Why is it not a civilian house? It is naturally because the empire needs to operate this city in the future, and it is better not to be too tense when dealing with the people.

After all, many subsequent things still need to be done by these residents who did not have time to escape.

After Gao Shun led his guards into the city lord's palace, he mainly ordered his guards to collect various information about Soto City and even the Balak Principality, and also search for some property.

The information is for the empire's follow-up plans, and the property is for the brothers who are trapped in the camp to earn more military pay.

As for what the generals and soldiers of the Beiwei Army and Xiaoqi Army were doing, one of them went to count the armaments, while the other went to count the provisions.

After all, Soto City is the second largest city in the Principality of Barak and is known as the Granary of Barak. This is partly related to the fact that the empire has designated it as a stronghold.

The Hanxue Army's breakout last night was not unexpected by the Xingluo Army, but they did not stop them too much.

After all, the first goal of the Xingluo army is not to completely annihilate the Cold Blood Army, but to occupy Soto City as quickly as possible and at the lowest possible cost.

Therefore, in the trapped camp, neither the Xiaoqi Army nor the Beiwei Army pursued excessively the Hanxue Army that broke through, to prevent them from being desperate and jumping over the wall.

"Kakaka..."

Just as Gao Shun was sitting on a chair in the office hall of the City Lord's Mansion, reviewing various information about Soto City, the sound of the collision of different parts of the armor came from outside.

Looking up, Gao Bian saw the tall and mighty General Xuanjia.

"How is it? There should be quite a lot of grain reserves in Barak's granary. How many days can it support the empire's army?"

Gao Shun lowered his head again, looking at the remaining documents on the table, frowning.

The city lord of Soto City should have left Soto City last night with the Hanxue Army. Before leaving, he also took away or destroyed a lot of information in the city lord's mansion.

At least there is a lot of information left for Gao Shun now, but most of it is lacking and always incomplete.

Not only the resident list, but also the map of the city and alleys is not comprehensive, and there is no map of the sewers.

At that time, my subordinates will be needed to explore and draw a detailed drawing.

But in the end it’s better than nothing.

"Pooh!"

Zhang Wenliao, who was dressed in black armor, sat across from Gao Shun, and hit the area where documents were not placed with a pair of iron fists. The huge force made Gao Shun's already slightly frowning brows furrow even more.

point.

This is all invisible military income. It’s worth a lot of money, so don’t let it get smashed...

"What's wrong? Is something wrong?"

Silently checking whether there were obvious cracks on the table in front of him due to Zhang Wenliao's beating, and after confirming that the table had not depreciated much, Gao Shun breathed a sigh of relief and then asked.

"Don't mention it, it's bad luck to mention this." Zhang Wenliao said with a stinky face.

Apparently the Beiwei Army's work to count grain and grass did not go as smoothly as expected, and something might have gone wrong.

After hearing Zhang Wenliao's words, Gao Shun, who had just breathed a sigh of relief because the table had not depreciated in value, immediately frowned.

Food and grass are the basis for the operation of the army. Without enough food and grass, even the strongest warriors will not have the full energy and fighting spirit to fight for a long time.

"What's going on? Please tell me in detail." Gao Shun asked quickly.

Zhang Wenliao spat hard and said: "The food in the granary in Soto City can only support our three armies to continue high-intensity combat for four days at most."

"This is impossible. Since we entered Tiandou, I have been sending people to keep an eye on the situation in Soto City. Not only has there been no large-scale transportation of grain, but there has also been no burning of grain."

"How could it be possible that there was only so little food left all of a sudden?" Gao Shun was very doubtful.

"I've arrested people just now and questioned them. It's the Hanxue Army's gang." Zhang Wenliao's eyes flashed with ferocity. If he had known, he would have sent more troops to attack the Hanxue Army's breakout last night, even if it was only

It’s good to relieve qi.

"Those bastards have transported a large amount of food in the city to Wuhun Palace. You also know that the underground space of Wuhun Palace has always been very large. They have moved more than half of the huge granary."

"If it hadn't been for the empire's order, I would have sent troops to the Wuhun Palace to snatch the food back! *Oh, the food that arrived at my door has disappeared!"

Hearing Zhang Wenliao's words that seemed to vent his anger, Gao Shun quickly stretched out his hand to press his shoulders: "Calm down, you should know that we can't create any more opponents for the empire now."

There is no suspense between the Empire and Tiandou. Even if some Spirit Masters from the Spirit Hall join the army, they cannot change the overall situation.

This is the consensus of every general who understands the gap in strength between the two sides.

But, if Wuhundian completely gives up and helps Tiandou...

Then the empire basically has no chance.

Even though I really don't want to admit it, the strength of Wuhun Palace is indeed terrifying.

Although it does not have a large-scale organized army, it has nearly two-thirds of the soul masters on the mainland, and the number of soul Douluo and titled Douluo it possesses is also the largest in the mainland.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Wuhundian really wants to launch a war to destroy the country, it may require a joint response from the two countries with deep hatred to have some hope of overcoming the difficulties.

Therefore, the order of the empire at this stage is that the war is directed against the Tiandou Empire, but Wuhun Palace must not be attacked, and Wuhun Palace cannot be given the opportunity to fully intervene in the war.

Zhang Wenliao closed his eyes and sighed: "Of course I know that the empire is currently unable to cope with the joint resistance of Tiandou and Wuhun Palace."

"I just feel a little helpless and regretful."

Gao Shun shook his head: "It's not a pity. Although the food reserves are insufficient, after all, this strategic point has been captured by us."

"With the defensive achievements of Soto City, the subsequent empire can use it as a springboard and outpost to penetrate into the interior of Tiandou and continuously erode it."

"As for the food and grass issue, we have to believe in the empire's logistics. They have never let us down."

"Although there are some shortcomings and twists and turns, the empire's plan as a whole is still proceeding in an orderly manner. We just need to implement His Majesty's will."

…

At this moment, within the Star Luo Empire.

Fan Yun held the big cat in his arms and raised his eyebrows:

"Well...Kundera is still in Tiandou City and has not returned to his principality at all..."
Chapter completed!