Lord Yunzhong in Douluo

Chapter 417 The Occupied Soto City

Duchy of Barak, Soto City, Tianming.

Gao Shun was standing in the city lord's mansion of Soto City at the moment, counting the belongings left in the mansion by those who had fled here.

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 mansion that were not taken away were enough to surprise his soldiers.

As a battalion general trapped in the camp, although Gao Shun had to deal with military pay and rewards, he rarely saw such piles of gold and silver treasures visiting.

The nobles of Heaven Dou are basically extremely rich.

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

Gao Shun is deeply convinced now.

It's just that most of Tiandou's army doesn't have much money, at least they don't spend too much on armaments.

Gao Shun twitched the corner of his mouth when he thought of this.

He can't figure out Tiandouren's brain circuit for abandoning martial arts before the powerful enemy is eliminated.

Of course, this is also related to the differences in the political systems of the two countries. Gao Shun, who lived in the Xingluo Empire ruled by the emperor's autocratic rule, couldn't understand the struggle of the emperor and the nobles to rule the empire together.

After fiddling 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.

As an important stronghold for the Star Luo Empire to attack Tiandou, Soto City naturally needs to find out the situation. These conditions include the rosters of Soto City's many people, the map of the city, the direction of the sewers, etc...

After Gao Shun led the process of trapping the camp, he quickly ordered most of the soldiers to prepare their armor and find a suitable residence, and then led the guards into the city lord's mansion.

Gao Shun knew which residence the soldiers would choose, probably the houses of the rich merchants and nobles who had fled Soto City.

Why is it not a commoner's house? Naturally, it is because the empire needs to operate the city in the future, and it is better not to be too rigid when dealing with the people in it.

After all, many follow-up things still need to be done by these residents who have not had time to escape.

After Gao Shun led the guards into the City Lord's Mansion, he mainly ordered the guards to collect all kinds of information, information about Soto City and even the Principality of Barak, and search for some property by the way.

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

As for what the generals and soldiers of the Beiwei Army and the Xiaocai Army did, one of them went to count the armaments, while the other went to count the food and grass.

After all, Soto City is the second largest city in the Principality of Barak. It is known as Barak's Granary, and the empire's designation of this as a stronghold has something to do with it.

The breakthrough of the Cold Blood Army last night was not beyond the expectation of the Xingluo army, but they did not stop them too much.

After all, the first goal of the Xingluo Army is not to wipe out the Frostblood Army, but to occupy Soto City as quickly as possible and at the lowest possible cost.

Therefore, the trapped camp, the Xiaocavalry army, and the Beiwei army did not go too far to pursue the cold-blooded army that broke out, so as to prevent them from jumping over the wall when they were cornered.

"Kakkaka..."

Just as Gao Shun was sitting on a chair in the office hall of the City Lord's Mansion and was examining various materials of Soto City, the sound of different parts of the armor colliding came in from outside.

As soon as he raised his head, Gao accidentally 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 is enough for 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 with the Cold Blood Army last night. Before leaving, he took away or destroyed a lot of materials in the City Lord's Mansion.

At least for now, although there are quite a lot of information left for Gao Shun, most of them are short and incomplete.

Not only the roster of residents, but even the map of the city lanes is not comprehensive, and there is not even a map about the sewers.

At that time, I will need my subordinates to explore and draw a detailed drawing.

But it's more talk than nothing.

"Pooh!"

Zhang Wenliao, who was dressed in black armor, sat across from Gao Shun, and slammed a pair of iron fists on the part where the documents were not placed. The huge force made Gao Shun's frown furrowed even more. point.

This is all invisible military income, worth a lot of money, don't be smashed...

"What's wrong? Is something wrong?"

Silently checked 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 talk about it." Zhang Wenliao said with a bad face.

Apparently, the progress of the Beiwei army to count the grain and grass did not seem to be as smooth as expected, and there may have been some problems.

Hearing Zhang Wenliao's words, Gao Shun, who had just breathed a sigh of relief because the table hadn't depreciated, immediately furrowed his brows tightly again.

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

"What's the situation, tell me in detail." Gao Shun asked quickly.

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

"This is impossible. Since we entered Tiandou, I have sent people to keep an eye on the situation in Suotuo City. Not only did there not appear to be a large amount of food transported out, but there was also no situation of burning food."

"How could there be so little food left all of a sudden?" Gao Shun was very suspicious.

"I've arrested and questioned people just now. It's the ghost of the cold blood army." Zhang Wenliao's eyes flashed a bit fierce. It's also good to relieve Qi.

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

"If it weren't for the order of the empire, I would have to send troops to the Wuhun Hall to grab those grains back! *Damn, the grains are gone!"

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

Naturally, there is no suspense between the empire and Tiandou. Even if some spirit masters from the Wuhun Palace join the army, it will not be able to change the overall situation.

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

However, if Wuhundian completely ends to help Tiandou...

The empire basically had no chance.

Even if he really doesn't want to admit it, the strength of Wuhundian is indeed terrifying.

Although it doesn't have an organized large-scale army, it has nearly two-thirds of the soul master power on the mainland, and the number of Contras and Title Douluos it has is also the largest on the mainland.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Wuhundian really wants to launch a war of annihilating the country, it may be possible to survive the difficulties only if the two countries with deep hatreds must jointly deal with it.

Therefore, the empire's order at this stage is that the war is aimed at the Heaven Dou Empire, but it must not attack the Spirit Hall, and cannot give the Spirit Hall the opportunity to fully intervene in the war.

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

"I just feel powerless and regretful."

Gao Shun shook his head: "There's no need to be sorry. Although the food reserves are not enough, we have already captured this strategic point after all."

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

"As for the issue of food and grass, you have to trust the logistics of the empire. They have never let us down."

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

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At this moment, within the territory of the Star Luo Empire.

Fan Yun held the big cat in his arms, raised his eyebrows:
"That's right... Kundera is still in Heaven Dou City, and he never returned to his principality at all..."

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(End of this chapter)