Through the fairy valley

On the same day, King Ming's army fought the Yao army in a decisive battle in Nan'an. Nearly 15 troops were all put into battle in the afternoon and evening, and almost attacked the city wall of Nan'an County.

Fortunately, the total number of Nan'an County defenders exceeds [-], not including other mobilized civilians.

With the Yao army fighting with all their strength, the two sides stopped attacking at night and rested separately.

However, the mysterious fire in Nan'an City continued overnight. In the end, the county governor Yun Tao announced a curfew, and sent soldiers to guard the key points of the streets, and conducted a regional search of the whole city.

For a while, people in the city were panicked.

When General You held a military meeting at night, he asked about the food.

Yun Tao reported that the entire Nan'an government office still has 120 million catties of military rations, and the city has a total population of more than 13 soldiers and civilians. These military rations are definitely not enough to last for a long time.

"How is Jiuhe County?" General You asked with concern.

"There is no news yet. It is estimated that Jiuhe has been completely besieged, and the fifty ships we sent to Jiuhe have not returned any information. The strangest thing is that the people who fled to Jiuhe have no news. Nothing!" The commander of the secret department reported sternly that his system in Jiuhe had almost no contact at all, which was really abnormal.

General You's face was gloomy. The most important thing for the army to defend the city is the rations, but he also knew that the army on the opposite side was also troubled by this, but no matter what, it was hard for a clever woman to cook without rice.

"Governor Yun, how did Nan'an County purchase food before!" General You Da thought for a while.

"General, the previous ones were all provided by the Hang family, and all were sold by the Immortal Valley!"

Yun Luo's answer gave General You a headache. It seems that no one in the Hang family is here now, and even if he is, he has offended the gods in the Valley of the Immortals again.

"Is there no other way?" General You thought for a while.

Junjun Yun shook his head resolutely, what's the use of hugging the thigh now?

"Then start tomorrow, send troops into the households to collect all the food, and implement the food ration system for the people of the city until the reinforcements come." General You's face darkened, and he said his plan.

Yun Tao's face turned black, and he wanted to say something, but seeing the flattering expressions of the villains around him, he knew it would be useless to say more.

He sent his cronies to Jiuhe overnight to investigate and brought his message with him.

When Nan'an in Yaoguo was in turmoil, King Ming's army over there was also full of surprises.

Without him, King Ming received the news from Yedu.

There are three major news that make him feel inexplicable.

The first one is naturally that the emperor canonized the third lady of the Gongmao mansion as the current queen, and announced it to the world.

For King Ming, this was expected. The emperor recruited Gongmao Zaifu, a powerful faction deeply rooted in the court, to compete with him, and the eldest son of Gongmao's family also had a heavy responsibility.

The second news is that Gong Maoyun, the second son of the Gongmao Mansion, was conferred the title of An Ding Hou. The word "An Ding" is of great significance. When King Ming saw the news, he was stunned. He was counting on the second son of the Gongmao Mansion who hadn't become an official. Stability' what?

The third news is even more interesting. The emperor called on the gentry across the country to donate gold in exchange for titles. There are twelve titles in the world today, and the donation announced by the emperor is to exchange different titles with different amounts of gold. Except for one empty name, one Imperial decree, a reward ceremony, this kind of lord does not have one of the substantial benefits of any old clan lord.

To put it bluntly, it is to spend money to buy fame, but such a reputation is the opportunity that many local rich people dream of to glorify their ancestors.

All of a sudden, there was an uproar all over the country, and the rich and wealthy people inquired one after another, hoping to exchange their financial resources for prestige.

The awarding team was dispatched everywhere, making it hard for everyone, publicizing this policy and stimulating wealthy businessmen everywhere.

"Your Highness, how much gold does Yedu need? You can even do this kind of thing like selling officials and nobles. Which emperor who did this is not extinct?" Tang Ruo, the Chief Counselor of the Ming Palace, is from a literary family and has not been out of office for a long time. Opportunity is even more indignant about this kind of gold and silver that smells like wine and meat, so I said it to King Ming with emotion.

King Ming accepted the secret report, of course he understood his thoughts as a poor scholar, he couldn't help but smile, he doesn't care how chaotic the world is, in short, his great career must be achieved in the chaotic ruins, for this he will spare no effort Prices and means to realize their ambitions and pursuits.

"Is there any news from the north?" Ming Wang Zhiyue asked the leader of the secret guard.

"Hu Zhi has already assembled a [-] army, ready to attack at any time. Currently, all the army in Yedu is suppressed on the northern border and dare not move!" The commander of the dark guard reported back.

"Okay, only Yedu is overwhelmed. Even if they know that my army is in a state of invincibility, there is no need to worry. The [-] troops we stay in Nanjun must guard the city, and we must collect food on a large scale on Yaoguo's territory. Provide rations for our newly recruited army in Nanjun. As for the refugees from Yaoguo, we can’t take them in in the early stage. If the south is not destroyed, we don’t need to pay attention to it. I want to exhaust the country’s national strength and wear down the country’s courage to resist!”

"Yes, Your Highness is wise!" All the civil servants said convincingly.

Qian is very clear about the battle in Nan'an, including Hang Sanshao's movements. He can send someone to kill them at any time, but he is patient and waiting for the best time to do so.

An army of 800 soldiers was recruited from the outer valley of the Immortal Valley, and all of them underwent large-scale training.

But Hang Qi still found some problematic people. Some people had no family or relatives, and they were very interested in the inner valley and river channel of Immortal Valley. Eight or nine out of ten were spies.

After telling Qian Ke about this, Qian Ke bought a set of brain wave monitoring equipment from the store, and spent nearly [-] spars.

This set of instruments can dig deep into people's brain waves, but the range is only in the Immortal Valley.

Qian Ke bought it to be used as a lie detector, scanned all 600 people in Waigu, and found nine spies from Yaoguo, three spies from Yedu, Zhaoguo, and four spies from King Ming.

As a result, these people were all exiled to Muye Peak, regardless of how they lived or died.

And Qian Ke prepared 150 Mongolian horses, 71 three-shot horses, 500 million arrows, a total of [-] gold in stock, and [-] attendants in three brigades. Set off.

Together with the flying car and the flying machine before, they are all tools that Hang Qi purchases everywhere, running back and forth almost every day.

And all kinds of products of Immortal Valley, including grain, fruit, preserved fruit, etc., are now the best-selling products of the Hangjia firm. Hang Qi took fifty guards back to the south and went around, which also caused quite a stir. , Just waited for the people from the Secret Office to contact him, and wanted to buy food through him to save Nan'an County, but he had long since disappeared.

As soon as Qian Ke's team arrived in Yedu, they made an agreement with Gong Maoyun that tens of thousands of horses would be protected by a guard of 500 men three kilometers away from Yedu's "Hussars Camp".

Gong Maoyun led Yedu Hushi General Xing Wuhuan to meet the horses.

"The battle in Nan'an may not drag on for too long. The road to Nandu has already been opened by King Ming. I am afraid it will be a situation of besieging Nandu in the next year." Gong Maoyun spoke to Qian Ke while riding a horse.

It snowed heavily in Yedu last night, and the entire northern mountain range was covered in white.

Both Qian Ke and Gong Maoyun wore thick plush cloaks, and the fur around their necks locked in the cold wind from outside.

"Don't worry about the affairs in the south. I will make my own arrangements. Now we mainly block and stop Hu Zhi's cavalry's eastern expedition in the north." Qian Keqi's little black man is extremely tall, whistling and breathing white gas , indicating a very low temperature.

"Hu Zhi's army can't go out in winter." Gong Maoyun added.

"What about spring? Do the army going north from Yedu dare to leave the border and come down to attack King Ming's headquarters in Nanjun?" Qian Ke asked back.

"It was agreed before that you go south and you go north, do you have any idea to mention this now, and don't go around in circles with me!" Gong Maoyun shook the snowflakes on his body, and the other generals followed. He is now personally appointed by the emperor. 'An Ding Hou' is also the queen's elder brother. This Gong Maoyun is now second only to the prince and county king in the twelfth rank of the Zhao Kingdom, and he is already extremely valuable.

"Taking advantage of the fact that the war in the south is still stalemate, we must launch an offensive in the north and establish passes in Dasan Mountain and Yinshan Mountain, so that we can use this as an opportunity next year to stop the northern Huzhi's cavalry from marching east. And our army's The main force can go south with all their strength, snatch Nanjun, and threaten Queen Ming's retreat."

"Create a pass at this time." Gong Maoyun looked at the weather: "Now that the mountain is covered by heavy snow, the Hu Zhi cannot come down, and we cannot construct."

"It's up to people, it depends on whether you Zhaoguo dare to gamble!" Qian Ke didn't force it, but just threw out such a nonsensical sentence for him to think for himself.