The hostages were all fake. Dahuang came and tried to confuse the fake with the real one. After confirming that Huang Lingxu was not in Fengdu County at all, Lin Xiaoman used a signal flare to attack the city!
Thanks to the internal and external cooperation, Fengdu County was captured with almost no artillery shells consumed.
Capture the city, pacify the people, imprison the war captives... all kinds of rectification.
Three days later, the Tianhuang army set off from Fengdu County. At this time, Lin Xiaoman had already sneaked into the next county and killed the leader of the army in the same way.
When the Tianhuang army came to the city, the civil servant who was in charge of the county and city was so scared that he raised the white flag and surrendered.
The next few counties were successfully won under Lin Xiaoman's policy of internal cooperation and external cooperation.
Just dozens of counties later, while the Tianhuang army was still resting in the city, Lin Xiaoman received the news from the scouts ahead.
A large number of refugees are approaching.
refugee?
After wondering for a few hours, as the detailed information was sent back, Lin Xiaoman just screamed in anger.
Shangyang County in front is a prosperous county with fertile land and rich products. However, just dozens of days ago, the imperial court imposed a war tax. The officers and soldiers robbed all the food from the people's homes, and most of the food was transported away.
, and those who are not lucky will be burned directly!
Because they brought their own rations, the Tianhuang Army did not need to replenish rations every time they captured a city. The people in the city still lived and worked in peace and contentment, and even lived better than before.
Therefore, some people who believed in Tianhuang came here after they ran out of food. Of course, there were many more who fled to the counties further inside.
When refugees come to seek refuge, although they understand that there must be hidden conspiracy by the enemy, 90% of them are definitely real refugees.
The slogan of their Tianhuang expedition to the west is "Save the people of Dawn", so naturally they cannot ignore death and refuse to save them, they must convince others with their virtue!
Therefore, after the influx of refugees and the requisition of local food was still insufficient, the only option was to release military rations.
After releasing the carrier pigeon, Lin Xiaoman wrote a secret letter to increase the supply of food and grass.
Because of the bumper harvest of potatoes and sweet potatoes, Tianhuang's grain reserves reached an extremely terrifying figure.
However, it takes time to increase the amount of grain and grass.
The next few counties and cities all surrendered, but there were only a bunch of hungry and emaciated refugees left in the city, as well as the enemy's secrets hidden inside.
Dahuang's hidden agents attacked grain and grass in various ways. It must be said that the Dahuang resistance army gave up frontal resistance and instead transformed into a guerrilla force, causing Lin Xiaoman a lot of trouble.
There was no way, the Tianhuang Army's attack slowed down.
Although the advance speed is slow, but the progress is steady, the hidden dangers in the later period will be small.
Don't be in a hurry, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry!
Lin Xiaoman could only comfort himself in this way.
Time flies, half a year has passed. When the Empress came to conquer the city in person, Lin Xiaoman originally estimated that he could capture the Great Phoenix in half a year, but in fact, he fought for half a year, which meant that he expanded his territory to half the size of the Great Phoenix on the basis of the Empress.
Although the time was a little slower, this journey was definitely a battle-winter, and there was almost no way to fight back. There was almost no time spent on the war, and more was spent on reorganizing the city and marching on the road.
After basically eliminating all hidden dangers in the rear and having sufficient food and grass, they marched again and the Tianhuang army approached the next city - Zhongyuan County.
Zhongyuan County is an extremely important place among Dahuang's military strongholds and a vital city.
After crossing Zhongyuan County, we can drive straight to the imperial city of Dahuang.
This time, Dahuang couldn't give up defending the city. Sure enough, the scouts sent news that Zhongyuan County was heavily defended. Because of the large number of soldiers, even at night, the entire city wall was brightly lit. It was not that easy to sneak in.
Lin Xiaoman thought about going around and sneaking in. It was still a coordinated plan, but before she could take action, several cannons came down on the city.
Of course, their army was still out of range, and the shells only blasted a few deep craters on the ground.
Lin Xiaoman: This is a demonstration!
Tsk, they have indeed developed a cannon!
After a round of warning shells, Dahuang sent an envoy to come, and the envoy brought the attitude of Empress Huang Jue.
Empress Huang Jue knew that she was unable to resist and was willing to surrender. If Tianhuang had no intention of peace talks...if Zhongyuan County fell, she would rather burn down the cities and kill all the people in the remaining counties than give the Tianhuang Empire an advantage!
Regarding Dahuang's peace talks, all Tianhuang generals said: They have a conspiracy!
Empress Huangyuan was assassinated because she trusted their great phoenix.
There must be a conspiracy or something. Lin Xiaoman knew without guessing that it was probably an assassination. But since Dahuang proposed peace talks, he still did it on the surface. After all, they are 'conquering people with virtue', let alone in a seventh realm.
In front of us, all conspiracies and tricks are just paper tigers.
Despite the opposition of a group of generals headed by General Yu, Lin Xiaoman overcame all objections and agreed to the peace talks.
On the appointed day, just like before, the two armies were facing each other outside the city. Lin Xiaoman led General Yu and several guards out of the army.
Opposite, Empress Huang Jue was still riding in a chariot, with a group of guards guarding her left and right.
From a small distance away, it was confirmed that it was Empress Huang Jue herself. Lin Xiaoman quickly rode over.
"Your Highness! This distance is too close, and we are about to enter the firing range of the opponent's cannon." General Yu, who followed closely behind, said with worry.
"It's okay." Lin Xiaoman was completely worried.
In the past six months, it had been too easy to fight in those counties, and she had no chance to use her ultimate move, but today...hehehehe!
With less than fifty meters left between the two sides, Lin Xiaoman stopped his horse.
"Empress Huang Jue!"
Lin Xiaoman's eyes were cold as she looked at the critically ill man on the chariot. She would bet a pack of spicy strips that this old woman was poisoned by Su Rongxuan, and she didn't even know it yet. Maybe Su Rongxuan would retaliate.
He helped her hang on to her life with the gesture of a deputy miraculous doctor, and then the old woman gratefully regarded him as her benefactor.
I have to say that Lin Xiaoman found out the truth.
The reason why Empress Huangjue risked the world's disapproval to help Su Rongxuan ascend to the throne was not only because of her love, but also because she cherished her life. Only Su Rongxuan, who had excellent medical skills, could save her!
The older you get, the more you cherish your life. Even if Empress Huang Jue has guessed something, she can only be controlled by Su Rongxuan in order to survive.
"It's true that the youth is better than the old, and I can't accept defeat even if I don't accept it." Seeing Lin Xiaoman, Empress Huangjue, who was full of dejection, had to sigh with emotion, and she couldn't accept defeat.
"No more nonsense, what are your conditions?" Lin Xiaoman got straight to the point.
"I can admit that the territory you captured belongs to Tianhuang..."
Lin Xiaoman raised his eyebrows, it was a bit funny, she had already occupied it, so of course it belonged to them, Tianhuang.
"I can also cede a few more counties, as well as gold, silver and jewelry..."