The Xuanwu Flying Boat from Tingfeng Pavilion left, leaving only a Taoist priest who was not too old and always smiled.
Li Mu arranged the Taoist priest on the spot in the city lord's palace, and he and his soldiers patrolled the city on horseback. He waited until he saw with his own eyes that both the Ganliang and Chunyang armies were in strict military discipline and did not commit any crimes against the people of Sichuan City. Relax a little.
All the way from the city to the outside of the city, I circled the city to check the construction progress of all the fortifications. When I was about to return, the sound of horse hooves came from the distant wilderness.
Li Mu looked away, raised his hand to build an awning, and murmured to himself, "There are so many good fields. It was supposed to be the time for the autumn harvest. It's a pity, it's such a pity..."
No one could answer his words.
Soon, the sound of horse hooves was approaching. Thousands of cavalry were galloping on the wilderness, and the dust they stirred up was like a small sandstorm. amazing.
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When the cavalry came closer, Li Mu discovered that the leader of the cavalry was actually Shen Jun.
"Greetings to Sir General Bi!" Shen Jun asked the cavalry behind him to return to the city first, and he brought a dozen cavalry soldiers to Li Mu to meet him.
"Didn't I ask you to go to Ganshui? Why did you come back with the large group of people?" Li Mu asked.
Shen Jun dismounted, took off his helmet, took off the water bag from the horse and drank heavily for a long time before taking a breath and said, "I asked Wang Junhou to lead the team to explore the sweet water. I will take a detour with my own team. When I came to Sichuan City, that group of people followed me too closely, and we contacted them several times along the way, which made me a little worried, so I made this arrangement."
Li Mu frowned slightly, "That group of people actually followed them all the way to the vicinity of Sichuan City?"
"Well," Shen Jun had an obviously angry look on his face, "I kept approaching until I was fifty miles away from Sichuan City before I stopped entangling you. Lord General Pi, this group of people came out of nowhere and killed many of our brothers. , didn’t you say that the masters from Tingfeng Pavilion are in the city right now? Please take action and kill that team of monks!”
"It's not that simple." Li Mu shook his head gently, "This should be Yun Bailou's method of staying here to disgust our cavalry. The prefect told us not to rush in and let them go for now."
Shen Jun looked obviously hesitant, but gritted his teeth bitterly and said nothing.
Li Mu could see his emotions and stretched out his hand to pat his arm hard and said, "Okay, there must be a battle between Li and Guang. There will always be a time when we meet again. What you have to do now is to wait until the next time you meet this person." Crowd of people, you have the ability to kill the formation, instead of always thinking about pretending to others. Next time, we may have the help of Tingfeng Pavilion, and Guang County will not be without the Golden Sword Sect. It is always impossible to rely on others. of."
"But..." Shen Jun said hesitantly, "But at the level of a cultivator... Lord General Pi, my subordinates have been stuck in the Four Realms for many years..."
"Personal cultivation is only one aspect, there are always other ways. I heard that the Grand Administrator came back from Xingcheng this time and brought back many middle and third level guards. If there are any from our army, I will give them priority to you. , but..." Li Mu saw Shen Jun immediately beaming, and poured cold water on his face, "But...?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? A team of a thousand people can form an array!"
Shen Jun immediately wilted, "General Pi, form a formation... That is something only Lijun Qingqi can do. We..."
"If you can't form a formation of a thousand people, it doesn't matter if you are assigned a middle-level guard officer. If you encounter a team of pure cultivators of that level, you will still be embarrassed. Although this level of harassment is very It will hardly affect the overall situation of the war, but it is really embarrassing." Li Mu didn't give him a chance to argue, turned around and led his horse back into the city.
Shen Jun led the horse and walked a few steps quickly to Li Mu and asked, "General Bi, are we going to go deep into the hinterland of Guang County and attack Shuzhou City this time?!"
Li Mu shook his head and told him the situation in the city last night, "It was easy to get Sichuan City last night. If you advance rashly, you will most likely be tricked. Especially Shuzhou City is different from Sichuan City and is run by Guangjun." The city has been guarded by military forces for hundreds of years, but with our current manpower, trying to capture Shuzhou City is nothing more than a dream."
The two of them walked and chatted, and soon entered the city. This was Shen Jun's first time entering this big city. When he saw the deserted streets and many places stained with blood, he couldn't help but sigh, "This is a Sichuan city. It has experienced three wars and lost two hands in one year, and now it no longer has the lushness of a big city."
Li Mu's voice was also a little deep, "The population is only two out of ten, business exchanges have been cut off, the city is full of vacant houses, and none of the shops are open. If you want to restore the prosperity of the big city in the past, even the prefect is willing to do this Migrating people will be even more difficult..."
Shen Jun curled his lips and said, "Based on the convex geographical location of Sichuan City, anyone can see that it is the front line among the front lines. Maybe one day the Guangjun army will come around again and relocate the population? Who is willing to move? Come here."
"The people of Li County are not happy, but the refugees are always happy, right? You have to know that winter is coming soon, and there are so many vacant houses in this city. As long as you are willing to give some away, why do you have to worry about not having enough people?" Li Mu sighed softly. He said, "What I'm afraid of is not the lack of population, but the lack of food..."
Shen Jun also sighed, "In this battle with Guangjun, I am afraid that the food supply will be completely gone. When I went deep into Guangjun, I originally thought of taking the opportunity to grab a granary, but now it's all gone."
Li Mu pointed at Shen Jun and smiled bitterly.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Zhang Cai stood up and dismounted, saluted and said, "I pay my respects to Sir General Pi and Lord Commander, and I have a message to report!"
Shen Jun quickly stepped forward to take the letter and handed it to Li Mu without opening it.
Li Mu opened it and looked at it, then handed it to Shen Jun.
Shen Jun frowned as soon as he saw it, "Guangjun Navy's warship was discovered on the upper reaches of Ganshui?!" He looked at Li Mu and said in surprise, "Is this to use the Ganshui defense line to cut off our connection with Sancang Land?"
"What connection can a mere ten warships cut off?" Li Mu snorted. "It should be to prevent us from rushing to build a pontoon bridge on the upper reaches of the Ganshui River."
"Rush to build? Floating bridge?" Shen Jun quickly calculated in his mind, and then said in surprise, "Guang County is afraid of our army going north?!"
Li Mu nodded, "It was too easy to get to this Sichuan city. With the strength of Guangjun, even if all the attention is on the eastern front, the western front will not be so stretched. The quality of the soldiers and the equipment for defending the city are poor. Not to mention, the treasury in the city is empty, and the food and grass are very little. If we count the residents in the city, even if we don't attack the city, the city will not survive for a few days before it will start to starve and collapse without attack. In the final analysis, Yun Bai Lou must have been prepared early in the morning to give this Sichuan City to us!"
"Give...let's give up a city?!" Shen Jun was a bit confused.
Li Mu sighed, "Yes, we gave up a city... an empty city..."
