C54

After a short rest and replenishment of the Wolf Drinking Town, the Fire Phoenix Army once again embarked on their journey.

Before leaving, Xiu'er fulfilled her promise and allowed her soldiers to enter the city to carry out a round of kidnapping and plunder. At this time, the Wolf Drinking Town had already become an empty city. Gold, silver, and jewelry were not scattered all over the ground, but they could be said to be easily obtainable. There were often a few, or even more than a dozen soldiers who fought over a box of jewelry, causing them to have to trouble Fat Cui to go over there with a whip and a rod to solve the problem.

Many ordinary soldiers and first ranked battalion Warriors who came from farmers had already turned red in the face of this affluence. After stealing the gold, they stole the silver, the silver, the jewelry, the calligraphy and painting. After snatching the gold, they stole the silver, the silver, the jewelry, the calligraphy and painting. As the instigator of this, even Chen Chu could not stand watching from the side. He pursed his lips and led his men to hide far away. He didn't even snuggle up to the edge of the city. On the other hand, the eyes of the soldiers under Xu Keding's command turned round, and their expressions changed again and again.

On the afternoon of the third day, Fat Cui sent people all over the city to withdraw their troops while he himself brought five or six soldiers and a small carriage over to Xiu'er. He said to the Xiu'er with a flattering smile, "Lord Xiu, these are some jewels that the small ones have carefully selected and also quite a few gold ingots.

Xiu'er frowned and looked up, there were six boxes on the small carriage. She didn't even need to open the chests. Just by looking at how deep the rut marks were, she could guess how heavy these six chests were. She looked at the box, then at Fat Cui's smiling face, then looked at the expressionless Chen Chu and Qu Feizhi. Xiu'er waved her hand and said, "I understand, but it's inconvenient for me to bring these with me during a war, let's find a place to bury them, and we can bring them out when we return to the army."

Fat Cui immediately nodded his head and bowed, then led a group of soldiers to find a place to bury the treasure. On the other hand, Chen Chu surprisingly raised his eyebrows and revealed a slight smile in his surprise.

After the army departed, they still followed their previous plans. Xiu'er, strong man and Fat Cui led the new set of battalion to stand in the middle, while Chen Chu and Qu Feizhi covered them from the left and right. But this time was different from last time. They had a clearer goal, which was to show it to the Ninth Tiger King.

Therefore, all along the way, Chen Chu and Qu Feizhi had specially found various kinds of guerrillas, Battalion of Death, and National Guard to fight. In the vast grassland, the advantage of the Northwest horses was vividly displayed. Coupled with the outstanding qualities of the Empire's Knights, a small group of three to five hundred people was not even worth looking at. The Red Camp Warriors started their assault from a distance of three hundred meters away. After two rounds of handheld crossbow s, the opposing team had basically dispersed. This way, the civilian troops under five hundred people could not organize an effective defense.

However, Moqiu State was worthy of being called a prairie race. The "Warriors" who were momentarily riled up but after seeing their companions pierced through their bodies by bolt, did not turn around to run. Their martial skills might be similar, but the coordination and tacit understanding that they had developed over a long period of time was not something that a few robust men who did not lose out in terms of physical strength could solve by standing back to back. Furthermore, the one in front of them was the Empire's elite, Red Camp.

In these five or six days, Chen Chu and Qu Feizhi had led a total of more than fifteen battles, defeating nearly ten thousand people of different kinds of civil society in Mo Qiu. In one of the classic battles, there were two people who changed positions and broke a team of nearly ten thousand players. And this battle also had another meaning, that was, the new generation of battalion would officially enter the battle.

Chen Chu was to the left and Qu Feizhi was to the right. Under the interference of the two cavalry, the enemy's nearly ten thousand soldiers were sliced into several parts. It was at this time that Fat Cui brought the new generation of battalion and rushed forward. With scimitars and shields in hand, under the lead of the army officers formed from Wulian Border Army, they charged towards their opponents who had the same accent as them.

strong man brought his two hundred bodyguards and stood in the distance, quietly watching. Behind them, the valley was filled with the thousand soldiers that were originally Xu Keding's subordinates. He didn't know what Xu Keding had instructed them before he left, but these thousands of real soldiers didn't have any thoughts of resisting. Even if some of them were slightly dissatisfied, they would immediately be suppressed by the military officer. However, strong man was not worried about them, but the Xiu'er beside him.

Ever since the army entered the Moqiu State, strong man felt that the Xiu'er had changed.

Back then at Wulian Border Army, Xiu'er was still a delicate yet strong personality girl. She spoke little but was upright and had outstanding strength but she was a kind and loving smile. In those days, everyone in the Wulian Border Army liked this girl. Otherwise, that stubborn old man Shi Donglai wouldn't have taken her as his daughter.

But now? strong man couldn't really describe it, but he knew that the Xiu'er had changed. In order to allow the Expeditionary Forces to survive in a foreign land, she had already made many changes. Although she was still quiet most of the time, whenever Chen Chu suggested something that people would find hard to accept, she would always ask for his support. She wanted everyone to accept the suggestion that had nothing to do with the spirit of the Knights, and even something that had lost humanity in strong man's eyes.

Is this change good or bad? strong man was truly unable to say, but he understood one thing, that the charming and cheerful Xiu'er at the Wulian Mountain Range back then, would definitely not be able to come back.

On the eighth day after leaving the Wolf Drinking Town, the expedition troops once again found themselves in a predicament. According to the old custom, they had to find a town to replenish their supplies. However, the surrounding villages and towns had already become empty cities. The villagers had already left with their homes and their mouths full of food. It would be useless to enter such a place, but they didn't dare to go to those large cities.

Ever since the battle between Tiger Roar City, the garrison forces left behind by the various Tiger King s had not come out. Fourth Tiger King, Ninth Tiger King and Tenth Tiger King had suffered greatly and didn't make any movements for a while. Everyone hid behind the thick walls of the city as they coldly watched this army charge recklessly. No matter how powerful the army was, they still had to eat and drink, especially if they were warriors. They could live on just the grass roots and the bark, but if they didn't eat meat, they would lack the strength to fight. Not only do humans need to eat meat, but also good beancurd and buckwheat. Looking at the boundless prairie land of Mo Qiu, how about letting a war horse live on grass every day? Why can't the horses of a nomadic people of the Black Hills outrun those of the Northwest? This was proof! When they were thirsty and hungry and tired, they would have to obediently scram from Mo Qiu without a single soldier!

This view has become a kind of tacit agreement, no longer sending troops, just to defend their city. Any village or town outside could be taken over by them. In any case, as long as the grains were transported away and burned, the rest could be taken care of.

Qu Feizhi intentionally brought his men to return back to the town they had taken down previously, but was stopped by the Xiu'er. Not to mention whether or not there would be any ambushes or resistance in the little village, just whether or not they would be able to gather the food of so many people was a big question. Even if they didn't resist, they had already gathered all of them. Then how would they transport them back? Qu Feizhi only had a hundred and fifty-six people under his command, and if the prairie were to rampage freely, there was a difference of one to ten, but what about when they were escorting the food? Or did he use the Knights of the Empire as laborers and bring them back with fifty catties and a hundred catties each? The problem was that there wasn't enough to eat.

Right now, Qu Feizhi's body, troops under Chen Chu's command and all of the new set of battalion s had a total of one thousand and five hundred people. According to this number, every day, the consumption rate would be one thousand five hundred and fifty meters of flour and seven hundred and fifty kilograms of meat. This wasn't even counting the horses' consumption rate. There were still a few thousand prisoners of war. Since they had decided to stay behind as bargaining chips with the Ninth Tiger King back then, they could not just watch as they starved to death. Even if they did not follow the normal soldiers' standards, they would still be given half a day.

Therefore, the only thing he could do now was to take the city. They had to seize a city with a large enough grain reserve. Otherwise, they would starve to death, and the prisoners of war would be enough to wipe them out.

Xiu'er looked at the map quietly for a long time before she asked Fat Cui, "Which city has the most reserves in the surrounding cities?"

Fat Cui was startled for a moment, then pointed: "Then it must be here."

The place where his finger was pointing, was at Tiger Running City.

Ever since Xiu'er and the rest used their Tiger Running City to attack from the east and attack west to reinforce him, the city guards Du Mingfa had become a bird of prey, and especially after the expedition team cleared his surroundings, he felt an even stronger sense of crisis. Knowing that there would be no reinforcements, Du Mingfa started to frantically stock up the food and build city walls. At the same time, he recruited a large number of refugees, bringing the displaced peasants near the city and letting them build walls with the people there, then eating with them as a form of work for money.

Chen Chu looked at Xiu'er, and then looked at Qu Feizhi. In the face of such a Tiger Running City, she still decided to try again, was it because this lady had a stubborn personality? Did she feel uncomfortable without pulling the nail out?

Xiu'er could clearly see the doubt in everyone's hearts. She explained her plan in a low voice, which was to slip in and put on makeup. She had sneaked into the Tiger Running City herself, opened the gates to the city when she had the chance, and let the great army in.

"No!" "Absolutely not!" strong man became anxious when he heard that, "Lord Xiu is the general of the army, how can she risk her life so easily? I object! "

"This, is indeed a bit unsafe ~ ~" Qu Feizhi began to scratch his chin. It was not that he suspected the Xiu'er's strength, but the moment this lady had entered the Phoenix City Pass, the strength she displayed was especially astonishing. But the problem was that this matter wasn't easy to handle. It definitely wasn't realistic for her to go alone, so who would she go with? Both of them were people from Fire Phoenix Empire, so their accents were different. It would be easy to find three or five of them, but if there were more, it would definitely be revealed.

Moreover, putting Xiu'er's strength aside, after entering the city, the only thing left was to open the city gates, and the other thing to do was to preserve the grain depot. Otherwise, if Du Mingfa were to burn down the grain depot, wouldn't this trip have been in vain? At least there were a few small villages around here that were able to gather more food. If they were to run to the Tiger Running City and return empty-handed, then it would really be a dead end. Thinking about that, Qu Feizhi suddenly looked at Xiu'er, and thought: Could it be that Lord Xiu has already decided to leave? What if she couldn't hit the Tiger Running City, and directly changed routes to return to the Wulian Mountain Range?

The Xiu'er ignored them, and continued, "I will personally lead the operation this time, and select thirty to fifty reliable people from the new generation battalion to follow. Qu Chen and Qu Chen are in charge of surprise attacks, brother strong man, you are in charge of bringing the other people to build up momentum, to cover up our real intentions. "

"I object!" strong man refused to listen to him even if he died, his tone carried a bit of stubbornness.

Qu Feizhi did not make a sound, and only silently shook his head.

Fat Cui did not know what to do, and looked at the crowd blankly. He knew that he did not have much of a say, so he could only wait for their decisions. However, from what he remembered, these four had never been in such a stalemate before, and strong man's attitude was especially intense.

After a long stalemate, Chen Chu said, "I feel that the Lord Xiu's method is feasible. But I need a small correction. " When he said till here, he did not care about strong man's gaze that was about to spew fire, and pointed at Fat Cui: "You must go."

Without waiting for Fat Cui to speak, strong man had already stood up and stared deadly at Chen Chu, "Do you know how dangerous this trip will be? Do you really want to put Lord Xiu at risk?! "

Chen Chu said indifferently, "As your subordinate, shouldn't you listen to the commander-in-chief's orders and try your best to help the commander-in-chief complete his mission better?"

"You!" strong man was choked to the point that he could not say anything, he turned around and sat back down, then angrily slammed the table: "Anyway, I don't agree!"

"Stop messing around!" The cold voice of the Xiu'er resounded. "I am human, and the brothers from Red Camp and the first battalion are also human! Since they decided to follow me, as the commander, I have the responsibility to take care of them. For the sake of our brothers having eaten and drank to their heart's content, it is my duty to make this trip. "

Reaching this point, Xiu'er took a deep breath, and her tone became a bit gentler, "Please believe in me, believe in my ability. Since I dare to say it out loud, I must have some thoughts. At this moment, I need your help and trust to perfect this plan for me. I dare not say that it's a foolproof plan, but at the same time, I need to do my best to complete this plan and reduce the casualties. "

"Also, even if I want to act recklessly, with such a small Tiger Running City, how many people can stop me?!" These words were said by the Xiu'er in a heroic manner!