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Chapter 142
Another two days passed!
The weather in the south is gradually clearing up, and the fog near the capital city of Nanfeng has disappeared.

The sun is shining brightly in the sky, but the hearts of Nanfeng people inside and outside the capital are gloomy.

xichengtou

King Nanfeng, who was still in high spirits more than two months ago, had gray hair and suddenly aged in his teens and twenties.

The familiar ministers around him are even less than ten.

Some ministers sailed northward in three batches some time ago. It is said that they encountered pirates before crossing the Canglan Strait, and the ship sank and people died.

The other went out of the city yesterday to try to negotiate with the Starfall Legion, but has not returned yet.

He looked up and looked outside the city.

Thick smoke billowed everywhere in the western suburbs.

That was the surrounding villages, the crops in the fields, the eucalyptus trees on the mountains, and the Central Army camp near the capital were burning.

However, King Nanfeng couldn't care less about these things at this time.

He looked further west.

Vientiane, a small country in the west, suddenly sent troops to occupy Mount Xian on the border between the two countries.

"Vientiane! Mount Xian!" King Nan Feng gritted his teeth and spit out these two words from his mouth.

Xianshan is neither too high nor too big, but it is one of the few iron mines south of Yunchui.

Historically, the ownership of this iron mine was uncertain.Vientiane said it belonged to Vientiane, and Nanfeng said it belonged to Nanfeng.

However, Nanfeng is more powerful, so most of the time it is firmly in Nanfeng's hands.

Even Nanfeng built a large-scale weapons department under Xianshan Mountain.As long as the forged weapons and armor are loaded on a boat and flow down the east-west Xian River, they can reach the Annan Plain in a few days.

Yesterday, the Vientiane army was already attacking the Weapons Department at Xiananfeng of Xianshan Mountain with all its strength. The guards were in danger, and they had already asked the capital overnight for help.

"It's unreasonable," King Nanfeng shook his sleeves angrily, "The Vientiane dog thief is taking advantage of the fire to rob people, and they are deceiving people too much."

"When this king recovers, I will definitely make this mere Tiaoliang Xiaoguo look good!"

The ministers and guards next to him bowed their heads deeply.

Not to mention Mount Xian, at this time the capital of the country is hard to protect itself even if the mud bodhisattva crosses the river.They couldn't do much except scream helplessly.

After yelling and cursing for a while, King Nanfeng stopped, and the worry on his face became more intense.

After defeating the Weapons Division, Vientiane can appear in front of the capital in less than a day as long as it sends a large army down the river.

In the north, the clouds are towering, the land is vast and the resources are abundant, and perhaps they disdain the barren land in the south.But Emperor Changxing probably wouldn't mind another obedient person being the King of Nanfeng.

This is the reason why he sent Wang Shizi away overnight.

Report!
An orderly arrived in a hurry.

"5 troops from Zhennan Pass appeared at Fulu Mountain Pass. A total of 6 guards from Baihua, Xiyu, and Canglan counties followed closely behind. General Luo Kai urgently called for help."

Report!
"Xianshan Weapons Division has been occupied, and all our defenders have surrendered. A total of 5000 people from the Vientiane Army are boarding the ship and preparing to go east."

Report!
"General Li Mingfang bypassed Zhennan Pass from the west to attack Guangxin, and encountered Guangxin's local garrison. The soldiers suffered heavy casualties."

……

Several unfavorable reports in a row made the faces of King Nanfeng and the others more and more ugly.

For a while, the atmosphere in Xicheng was oppressive.

The country is ruined.

These four words flashed through everyone's mind at the same time.

cough!
The white-haired Pei Ruhai bowed respectfully.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry too much. Forgive me, the old minister, although my situation in Nanfeng is worrying, it's not like I have the strength to recover."

King Nanfeng gave him a deep look.

Pei Ruhai is a veteran of three dynasties.

More than 40 years ago, when he was a young man, he witnessed Huo Zheng, the heir of the Duke of Zhenguo and his wife, Princess Yiguang, leading an army to the capital.The king of Nanfeng was forced to be wronged, so he had to go north to plead guilty, and died in depression after paying a large amount of silver.

Since then, he has hated the Yunchui Empire in the north.

In the past few years, the medicine fields of Baihua County and Canglan County have been burned frequently, the salt fields in Xiyu County have been destroyed repeatedly, epidemics have spread everywhere in Yunchui County, and the surrounding countries have collectively attacked, most of which are caused by him.

"Your Majesty, Yunchui and Vientiane wantonly invade other countries. If they are morally injustice, they will be sent by heaven. Our soldiers and civilians and the country's defenders are pleading for the people. They belong to the righteous side, and God will help them..."

King Nanfeng listened expressionlessly.

cough!
Seeing the ugly face on the king's face, Pei Ruhai had no choice but to stop doing morality and etiquette.

"Your Majesty, Emperor Changxing and Yunchui's army did not know about Wei Junqian of Xingluo and Yuan Xingwen of Zhennanguan's southward invasion. Therefore, their supply of logistics, food, grass and equipment must be insufficient. In order to calm the anger of Xingji City in the north, they I will definitely want to capture my capital as soon as possible.”

"As long as our people defend the capital with all their strength. When they run out of food and grass or Emperor Changxing is furious, unless Wei Junqian and the others want to treason, they can only withdraw their troops obediently."

boom!
Before King Nanfeng could speak, Cai Jun, the guard next to him, punched the bricks hard, and pointed angrily at the thick smoke rising from the four fields.

"Master Pei, you can look around clearly. I didn't know that Yunchui people's food and grass could last for a few days. But these days, the people around the capital have all rushed into the city to seek refuge, and I knew that our food would never last ten years. sky."

If this continues, there is no need for the Yunchui people outside the city to attack the city.As long as the news spreads, within a few days the city will be in chaos first.

"Your Majesty," Pei Ruhai bowed deeply to King Nanfeng, "What General Cai said is absolutely true. Food in the city is the key to this battle."

"As the saying goes, when the country is in trouble, everyone is responsible. The veteran has been poor all his life, and his two sleeves are clean. The only grandson, Pei Zhuang, and grandson-in-law Ruan Qianren have devoted their lives to the country at Hushouguan..."

He wiped the water from his face: "Although there is not much food in the old minister's mansion, the old minister is willing to share all the food with the people of the whole city, so as to defeat Yun Chui's wolf ambition and protect our century-old foundation... ..."

The ministers next to him looked at each other in blank dismay, and some even showed hatred in their eyes.

However, under the meaningful eyes of King Nanfeng, after a while of chattering, they also expressed their willingness to open warehouses to release grain.

Annan Plain, to the north.

Outside a small village about fifty miles west of Fulu Mountain.

The village has been burned to the ground, and the villagers have long since disappeared.

Ren Ning is waiting for Lei Er.

He looked up at the sky.

The thick fog that lasted for fifteen days finally thinned, and the visibility barely reached ten feet.

Although the place farther away is still blurred, at least it will no longer be like the previous Hushou Pass where people can only be seen clearly when they touch the front.

Tapping.

About half an hour later, there was a dull and neat sound of horseshoes in the north.

Not long after, Lei Er took the lead and led a mighty herd of horses through the white mist to catch up.

Appeal!
All the horses stopped at the sound, shouting for joy.

The mount has finally arrived.

The soldiers of Xingluo cheered in unison, and ran up to their horses one after another.

Xiao Gang found his male Bai Yu at a glance, and ran over to hold him with emotion, turned his head and said: "Lei Er, you are a bit late."

The [-] soldiers at Zhennanguan came later, and now they are all ahead of them.He had just fought a battle with General Nanfeng named Luo Kai on the river beach in front, and easily broke up the opponent.

"Sorry, sorry." Lei Er laughed.

The rocky and rugged road to the south of Mengsnake Valley is narrow and difficult.Fortunately for the small team, it is not easy to pass through with [-] unmanned horses.

Lei Er simply turned around and headed north to Guangxin County first, and then went south through Zhennan Pass and Hushou Pass.Hurrying all the way, the meeting finally arrived at the agreed place.

He laughed and said: "The incident happened suddenly. I didn't expect that although Nanfeng has few people, it is very courageous. There are still teams secretly hiding in the mountains and forests to the west. It seems that they want to encircle Zhennanguan from behind. It's just that they just entered the cloud. Chui met the Guangxin County Captain who was guarding the border, and the two sides fought hard."

"It's easy for me to pass the battlefield with so many horses. I've been working hard, but it's just that I took such a big bend, so it's a bit slower."

Ren Ning came over and looked Lei Er up and down.

Seeing that he was fine, he casually asked about the battle in Guangxin County.

"Don't worry, general." Lei Er smiled: "If Guangxin has something to do, I can't come so soon, right?"

Suddenly, Ren Ning stopped paying attention to the affairs of the north.

He patted and kept rubbing against his chasing wind.

"Pass down the order, and everyone feeds the horses and arranges their weapons and equipment. Get on the horses and set off in two quarters of an hour. The target: Nanfeng Capital."

(End of this chapter)