Inside the TV, Jinghe TV Station is broadcasting news.
"This station is reporting the latest news. At three o'clock this afternoon, a defection occurred in the Independent First Division of the Fifth Army of the Empire in Qinzhou. The main criminals Bai Ling and Xie Lanlan stole the army's secrets and led the remnants to flee north. The Independent First Division
The division's law enforcement team was ordered to pursue him."
"The law enforcement team worked tirelessly, chasing for thousands of kilometers and killing many rebels along the way. Only Bai Ling and Xie Lanlan escaped all the way to the city's south checkpoint of the Light Chasing Army."
"The personnel at the Zhuguang Army checkpoint ignored our identity as a royal troop of the First Independent Division and insisted on rescuing Bai and Xie and sending them to Zhuguang City."
"After the law enforcement team members asked for instructions, Commander Liao Yucheng personally called Tang Zheng, the leader of the Zhuguang Army, asking the other party to hand over the treasonous fugitives to the law enforcement team, but Tang Zheng unreasonably refused."
"And during the confrontation at the checkpoint, our law enforcement team members were driven away by the Light Chasing Army. In order to maintain the dignity of the royal troops, a conflict broke out between the two sides."
"During the conflict, the Light Chasing Army took advantage of their fortifications to kill and injure more than a dozen of our law enforcement members. Their arrogance and courage were unprecedented."
"Here, Duke Liu Yibang, Commander of the Fifth Group Army, authorizes Liao Yucheng, Commander of the First Independent Division, to handle emergency measures according to the actual situation, and hereby warns Tang Zheng that he must immediately explain and apologize for this situation, and within 48 hours
Unconditionally return the two treasonous fugitives, otherwise it will be regarded as a provocation to the Fifth Army, and the two sides will enter a state of war."
"All consequences and losses caused by the war will be borne by the Light Chasing Army."
"Please see the next news item."
"Duke Liu Yibang responded to Princess Li Wuyou's call and determined to capture Hezhou City as a gift for the upcoming Spring Festival. Currently, the 1st and 3rd field divisions of the Fifth Army are cooperating with the artillery unit to clear Hezhou City.
The zombie horde, after a whole day of hard fighting yesterday, more than 200,000 zombies have been eliminated in total. Please read the report sent back from the front line below."
In the picture, the Fifth Army, with more than 100,000 people, is setting up positions in Hezhou City to deal with zombies.
Tang Zheng looked at it twice and turned off the TV.
Liu Yibang gave himself an ultimatum, requiring himself to explain the matter within 48 hours, otherwise it would be regarded as the beginning of a war.
Tang Zheng didn't care about this kind of ultimatum. An ultimatum with no actual binding force was not painful at all and not worth mentioning.
But Tang Zheng didn't want them to succeed, so he immediately asked Zhuguang TV to fight back.
Early the next morning, Zhuguang TV produced a news column.
The program is a report on the chaos in Qinzhou City.
In the program, Liao Yucheng was completely like a devil, and the video footage taken by Xie Lanlan became direct evidence of Liao Yucheng's crime.
Moreover, Xie Lanlan, as the photographer, also accepted an interview with Xiao Dili on the TV station, and personally told her nightmare-like experience in Qinzhou.
The scenes on TV of mutilating women, monopolizing resources, and feeding disobedient people to zombies caused an uproar throughout the Northern Territory.
Originally, after the TV program on the Jinghe River was broadcast yesterday, people in the Northern Region consciously kept a distance from Zhuguang City, because Tang Zheng was bold enough to go against the empire, and they did not dare to get involved in this matter.
But I didn't expect that Tang Zheng would give such a sharp counterattack today.
Qinzhou Liao Yucheng's crimes are simply too numerous to describe, and they are full of crimes.
There are many evil people in the last days, and the evil of human nature is fully magnified in this world. However, the number of evil things a evil person can do is directly equated with his status.
An ordinary villain can only harm a few or a dozen people, and may be eliminated at any time.
But for a villain in a high position, it would be a nightmare.
Liao Yucheng was a division commander who commanded tens of thousands of troops. No one could do anything to him. If such a person did evil, too many people would suffer.
How could such a person ascend to the position of teacher? What did Liu Yibang think?
Could it be that Liu Yibang is also such a person?
This kind of discussion is very popular in Zhuguang City.
But other people in the survival base did not dare to speak at this moment.
As soon as Tang Zheng's news came out, it was the most direct response to the Fifth Army, which was almost the same as declaring war.
It is true that the Light Chasing Army is the dominant force in the Northern Territory, but against the Empire, no one expects the Light Chasing Army to take advantage.
If one thing fails, it may become history.
In panic, people waited for the response from Liao Yucheng.
This time, it was Liao Yucheng who accepted the interview in person. On TV, he directly accused Tang Zheng of committing fraud and creating a synthesized video. None of the content in the video was true. It was him who colluded with imperial fugitives and deliberately smeared himself. His heart is to be punished.
In view of Tang Zheng's stubborn attitude, from now on, the Zhuangguang Army and the Fifth Army entered a state of war.
In the news, he warned the people of Zhuguang City not to join Tang Zheng's evil deeds. If you have the ability, please leave Zhuguang City as soon as possible to avoid being affected by the war.
He asked the soldiers of the Light Chasing Army not to be deceived by Tang Zheng, put down their weapons as soon as possible, and surrender to the empire.
He demanded that the survival bases around Zhuguang City should not continue to conduct trade and commercial activities with Zhuguang City, otherwise they would be regarded as Tang Zheng's accomplices.
He even directly issued a wanted order against Tang Zheng and charged Tang Zheng with many crimes.
The crimes listed by Xie Jinshan to Tang Zheng were now copied by Liao Yucheng, such as bullying the surrounding areas, suppressing the alliance, issuing currency without authorization, killing innocent people at the Qinzhou Trading Conference, and the massacre of imperial nobles in Sanjiang, etc.
, were installed again by Tang Zheng.
With Liao Yucheng's statement, the two sides officially entered a state of war.
When this news came out, it also brought a lot of pressure to people inside and outside Zhuguang City.
Many of the surrounding survival bases have indeed stopped trading with Light Chaser City.
And the survivors in the city did suffer a considerable loss.
The empire's rule for hundreds of years has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Now that Tang Zheng is listed as a wanted criminal by the empire, they no longer dare to stay in Chasing Light City.
Zhuguang City currently has a permanent population of 400,000 and a floating population of approximately 200,000 per day. After this incident, there has been a certain decline.
About 50,000 permanent residents chose to leave, and the floating population dropped to only tens of thousands per day.
Zhuguang City, which used to have a population of about 600,000, has now dropped to about 400,000, a decrease of about one-third.
Although the number of 400,000 people is still very large, compared with the huge crowds in the past, it is already a lot worse.
A large number of people who left chose to sell Guangyuan and buy supplies, which caused a certain depreciation of Guangyuan for a while.
Faced with this situation, Tang Zheng directly ordered the materials stored in Zhuguang City to be released to the public, and anyone who wanted to buy them could buy them. After the Zhuguang Army had been established for such a long time, Tang Zheng had accumulated an astronomical amount of ordinary supplies.
Especially after the capture of Qingquan County, that city with a population of several million is a treasure trove, and the current supplies are useless.
Moreover, all materials can be converted into a number in Tang Zheng's system after being converted by the material recycling station. They can be redeemed when they want to use it, no matter how much they have.
With Tang Zheng's support, Guangyuan's purchasing power quickly recovered and remained as it was before.
As for the departure of the tens of thousands of permanent residents and the departure of the floating population, Tang Zheng didn't care, and was even happy.
He always felt that the City of Chasing Light was too crowded, almost to the point where he could not leave the house, and he was unable to drive people away for a while.
This time, the empire indirectly helped him, truly reducing the burden on Light Chaser City.
Tang Zheng ordered that all permanent residents who left would have their household registration canceled and their properties confiscated.
Furthermore, these people are not allowed to go to the twelve survival bases controlled by Tang Zheng, nor are they allowed to stay within the sphere of influence of Zhuguang City.
Everyone must pass through the checkpoint and can leave here only after passing the inspection.
It is easy to leave, but it will not be so easy to apply for household registration in Zhuguang City in the future.
The flow of people left lasted for about three days, and finally stabilized, with the city's population stabilizing at around 400,000.
Most of those who stayed behind were those who had developed feelings for Zhuguang City and did not want to leave.
The city of 400,000 people is still busy and lively, and people have also discovered that life has returned to normal now. The previously crowded Light Chaser City has become somewhat deformed.
The city stabilized and Tang Zheng began his arrangements.
He has not been idle these days. He has been studying the situation over Liao Yucheng.
He sent a large number of war eagles out to fly over the land of Fengcheng in Qinzhou, transmitting many captured images back to the combat command center.
Many of the valuable pictures were sorted out by the combat command center and handed over to Tang Zheng for review.
There are several scenes among them, all of which were taken at the Liao Yucheng military camp.
Liao Yucheng's military camp is located in the north of Qinzhou City, about 60 kilometers away from the urban area.
This military camp is actually his lair. It contains not only tens of thousands of his garrison troops, but also hundreds of thousands of survivors. The scale seems even larger than that of Chasing Light City.
One side is close to the mountain, the other side is close to the river, and city walls were built on both sides.
The city wall is about seven or eight meters high and looks a little thin.
In the center is a concentration camp built by Liao Yucheng.
This concentration camp is a highly polarized area. Many powerful and powerful people also live in the concentration camp. It is a wealthy area.
The other half is the concentration camp created by Liao Yucheng, which has a place to raise zombies and a gladiatorial arena.
He asked those he considered guilty to duel in the arena, and if they killed their opponents, they could eat and survive temporarily.
He sells tickets in this way to attract people from wealthy areas to watch, which is also a way to make money.
Liao Yucheng himself lived in the very center of the city, in a heavily guarded and well-defended courtyard.
He has done too many bad things, and he is also afraid of death.
Moreover, Liao Yucheng also knew that Tang Zheng was not someone to be trifled with. Now that he was at odds with the Zhuguang Army, he was also worried about being assassinated by Tang Zheng.
So in the past few days, he has hardly left his yard, just giving orders and actively preparing for war.
Tang Zheng knew that the place where the war broke out must be in Fengcheng.
The distance between Fengcheng and Zhuguang City and Qinzhou is almost the same, both are 700 kilometers.
No one wants the war to reach their doorstep, so it is inevitable to open a third-party battlefield.
Therefore, he monitors the situation in Qinzhou and can respond in time.
But in the early morning of that day, before Qinzhou sent troops, the Fengcheng War suddenly broke out!