Eight hundred kilometers away from the City of Hope, there is a city called Shuize City. Shuize City is backed by a large lake, so it is named Shuize City.
At this moment, the lord of Shuize City, a beautiful young woman known as the Eight-Zhou Empress, was listening to reports from her subordinates.
"City Master, since the Castle of the Dead was renamed City of Hope, a series of new policies have been promulgated. These policies have had a considerable impact on our Shuize City.
According to our incomplete statistics, at least 30,000 residents have immigrated to the City of Hope. This is because of the recent limited housing supply in the City of Hope and the suspension of immigration.
They are expanding the city on a large scale and accepting reservations for immigrants. It is said that they have accepted reservations for 100,000 houses. Once the construction of their new city is completed, it is estimated that tens of thousands or even 100,000 people in our Shuize City will move to the City of Hope. This will be very important to us in Shuize. The city has a great influence.
Also, the prices of goods in the City of Death are only about 60% of those here. Now residents of Shuize City are flocking to the City of Hope to shop, making it difficult for our local business in Shuize City, and the vendors are complaining. "
After hearing this, the city lord Bazhao Empress said coldly with ice on her beautiful face,
"The city owner of the City of Hope acted like this and openly robbed our residents and businesses. This will still cause public outrage. What is the situation in other surrounding cities?"
"There are four cities within a thousand kilometers of the City of Hope. One of them, Titan City, has been annexed by them. According to our investigation, the entire population of Titan City will be moved to the City of Hope.
In addition to our Shuize City, there are two other cities, Cold Wind Valley and Firebird City, which have also been severely affected like us. "
A trace of evil flashed in the beautiful eyes of the Eight-Zhou Empress, and she said lightly,
"Young brat, Yang Xiao, challenged us so blatantly. Do you really think you are invincible? General Zuo, go to Cold Wind Valley and Firebird City, and invite the two city lords to come to our Shuize City to negotiate and work together." Deal with Yang Xiao in the City of Hope."
"Yes, City Lord's Empress."
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Three days later, Suo Nan, the lord of Cold Wind Valley, and Duan Shi, the lord of Firebird City, each came to Shuize City with a thousand elite guards.
The lord of Shuize City, the Eight-paw Empress, personally went outside the city to greet him.
The Eight-pawed Empress had a charming smile on her face, twisted her waist, and said with a charming smile,
"Oh, Brother Suo and Brother Duan came to our Shuize City this time and brought so many guards with them. Are you afraid that I will eat you?"
Suo Nan and Duan Shi are both about a hundred years old. According to the life span of two to three hundred years for the emperor-level extraordinary realm, they can be considered young and middle-aged people.
Suo Nan smiled faintly,
"Madam, since Yang Xiao from the City of Hope killed Da Crocodile, defeated Heimu, and annexed Titan City, we didn't dare to be careless. If we were ambushed by Yang Xiao's troops on the way, the consequences would be disastrous."
Duan Shi also said,
"That's right. Now that Yang Xiao has annexed Titan City, he has 10,000 elite guards, and with the help of Heimu, his power is so powerful that we have to guard against it."
The Eight-claw Empress snorted coldly,
"You two grown men were actually scared out of your wits by that kid Yang Xiao. I'm really disappointed. I was counting on you two to support me."
Suo Nan and Duan Shi looked at each other and smiled,
"Don't worry, Madam. Didn't you ask us to come over and discuss a solution? If our three cities can unite, we will naturally be more powerful than Yang Xiao. Why should we be afraid of Yang Xiao?"
"If he had just hit your mother-in-law's attention, I, Duan, would be shattered to pieces for her."
The Eight-pawed Empress smiled charmingly,
"It's not like I made friends with my two brothers in vain. Come on, go to the city first and let's have a good discussion."
The three of them entered Shuize City and arrived at the city lord's mansion.
"Ms. Bazhao, you called us over. Do you already have a good way to deal with Yang Xiao? Tell us and listen."
The Eight-Claw Empress smiled charmingly and said,
"I have two here, one is about fighting hard, and the other is about outsmarting. I don't know which one you want to hear."
Suonan said,
"Tell me about outsmarting first. How to outsmart?"
"The City of Hope is constantly expanding its city size. It is said that Yang Xiao's goal is to build a big city with a population of five million in his family. Have you ever thought about it? With a population of five million, his current two cities are only one million. Our three cities together only have over one million people.
In other words, the populations of our three cities have been calculated by Yang Xiao into his urban planning. If we don't act, we will be annexed by him sooner or later. "
Suo Nan and Duan Shi nodded, slapped the table and said angrily,
"This Yang Xiao is simply deceiving others. He has only been the city lord for a few days, and yet he has such great ambitions."
"Eight-clawed Empress, you haven't said how to outwit me yet?"
"Haha, it's easy to outwit the City of Hope. The City of Hope is constantly absorbing immigrants. We can take advantage of this trick and send some guards to pretend to be immigrants and enter the City of Hope. When we are going to attack the City of Hope one day, we can cooperate with the inside and outside. , destroy Yang Xiao in one fell swoop."
Suonan slapped her thigh,
"What a plan! Your Majesty is amazing!"
Duan Shi also nodded in approval,
"This is a good strategy. Each of our three cities will send a thousand guards, disguise themselves as immigrants, enter the City of Hope, and launch an attack at the critical moment. Great things can be accomplished!"
The Eight-claw Empress smiled lightly and said,
"This outsmarting also has risks."
"risk?"
Suonan and the two looked at the Eight-paw Empress.
"There are too many undercover agents dispatched. If one of the guards is lax and leaks the news, arousing Yang Xiao's vigilance, then everything will be lost.
In addition, the time cycle of this plan is relatively long. I heard that the current City of Hope is full of immigrants and there are no more houses for immigrants to live in. New houses are still under construction.
The number of immigrants who have reserved houses in the City of Hope has exceeded 100,000, and the specific timetable should be one year from now.
Even if we send people pretending to be immigrants to reserve houses now, the plan will not be implemented until a year later. No one can control what changes during this year. "
"Your Majesty's analysis is correct, but what about this hard-to-fight method?"
"Haha, fighting head-on is naturally easy. Our three cities each led their armies and besieged the City of Hope together to start a bloody battle.
Yang Xiao has just annexed Titan City, and his strength is limited. The troops in our three cities should be stronger than his, and we are still certain of winning, but,"
"But what?"
"This head-on fight is also risky. I heard that Yang Xiao is very powerful. He defeated Heimu in Taita City with two moves and forced Heimu to surrender. He also donated the 200 million wafers he had accumulated.
Think about it for yourselves. Compared with Heimu, how many moves can you make with Yang Xiao? "
Suonan said,
"Three of our cities unite. There are six powerful people in the emperor-level extraordinary realm. Yang Xiao can only defeat four. Six against four, we should have a chance of winning."
Duan Shi's face was solemn,
"Even if we win, both sides will probably suffer losses. The other side has ten thousand guards. Even if we dispatch all of them, we will only have about fifteen thousand. We will fight to the death, and in the end our vitality will be severely damaged, and the gain will not be worth the loss.
Don’t forget, there are still many people behind us waiting to pick up the slack. "
Empress Bazhao glanced at Duan Shi appreciatively,
"Brother Duan is right. In a head-to-head fight, both sides will suffer, and we may all become prey for others."
Suo Nan glanced at the two of them and sighed,
"In that case, not to mention that we can only watch Yang Xiao grow stronger and eventually annex us?"
"of course not!"
The Eight-paw Empress waved her hand and said coldly,
"I have been running Shuize City for fifty years. If anyone dares to steal my Shuize City, of course I will fight him to the death. We have another way."
"any solution?"
Suo Nan and Duan Shi looked at the Eight-paw Empress together.
The Eight-pawed Empress smiled mysteriously,
"The Vulture Chamber of Commerce."
"Vulture Chamber of Commerce?"
The two of them were stunned and confused.
"What does this have to do with the Vulture Chamber of Commerce?"
"Yes, the Vulture Chamber of Commerce has always been neutral and does not interfere in the battles between castles."
The Eight-pawed Empress smiled charmingly,
"The caravan formed by Yang Xiao has already monopolized the business in City of Hope and Titan City, and is affecting business in our three cities and beyond. Do you think the Vulture Chamber of Commerce will ignore it?"
