This book will be available on November 1st. Please support us when booking your guaranteed monthly ticket.

########

Zhao Qinghan's beautiful eyes slowly swept across the faces of the people in the hall, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "The main army of the Western Legion has been destroyed. The Mingyue Empire's more than 300,000 troops may march straight into the sky at any time. The situation is very dangerous. I decided to give up all the cities on the periphery and concentrate all the troops to defend Xiling..."

"Qinghan's noble lady!"

Before Zhao Qinghan finished speaking, Sun Ji, the guardian of Sanjiang City, hurriedly stepped out and said, "You can't give up Sanjiang!"

"Girl Qing Han, although the Governor has been killed in battle, you are the only legal heir, but the emperor's order has not been delivered, and the Lord Priest has not presided over the coronation ceremony for you. What qualifications do you have to exercise the Governor's power? Why did you decide to give up a city?"

Compared with Sun Ji, the tone of Shi Da, the priest of Sanjiang Prefecture, seemed very impolite.

Shida is the main priest of the Sanjiang Prefecture Diocese of the Holy See of Light. In Middle-earth, the Holy See of Light is a very special existence. The Holy See of Light believes in the goddess of light and is a religion that is common to the Middle-earth world.

In ancient times when theocracy was supreme, the influence of the Holy See was very huge. Even the new emperors of the major empires had to invite the saints to preside over the coronation ceremony for them. Only in this way could their throne be legal.

However, after thousands of years of development and evolution, the influence of the Holy See of Light has been much worse than before. Many great empires such as the Glorious Empire, the Moon Empire, and the Galaxy Empire have successively built local churches that are completely uncontrolled by the Holy See of Light, and exercised the theocracy with local churches instead of the Holy See of Light.

Therefore, the existence of the Holy See has become more symbolic than practical. However, the privileges of the monks of the Holy See have been preserved and together with the secular nobles, they have become the top of the pyramid of the empire's power.

As the main priest of the Sanjiang Prefecture Diocese, Shida has huge wealth in Sanjiang Prefecture. Zhao Qinghan's decision to give up Sanjiang Prefecture means that his huge property will be gone in an instant. Of course, Shida is unwilling to turn his property into nothing, so he can't wait to jump out to express his objection.

"That's right, why give up Sanjiang Prefecture?"

"Although the main force of the Western Legion has been destroyed, aren't there any guards in the city?"

"As long as we hold on for two months, the empire will send a large army of condemnation to reinforce. What's there to be afraid of?"

As Shida finished speaking, almost all the gentry and nobles in the hall started to clamor.

Zhao Qinghan's face was cold and cold. The reactions of these people were long as she expected. The invading Mingyue Empire Army might not plunder the property of ordinary civilians, but would never let go of the private property of the church and the nobles. The property of the enemy's church and the nobles has always been the most important part of the trophy.

"Clam!"

Zhan Ying suddenly drew his sword, took a step forward and shouted loudly: "Silent!"

Seeing the fierce expression of the War Eagle, the nobles who were clamoring were silent.

Zhao Qinghan said coldly: "This time I asked you to announce my decision, not to ask your opinions. You can do it if you don't want to evacuate Sanjiang Prefecture. I will never force you, but the security corps stationed in Sanjiang must withdraw to Xiling, and the money and food in the Sanjiang Prefecture's treasury will be transported away together."

After saying that, Zhao Qinghan turned around and left, ignoring the aristocrats in the hall.

▲▲▲

Five days later, more than 300,000 bright moon troops drove to the outside of Sanjiang City in a mighty manner.

Chief of staff Yan Ting rushed to Situ Rui's chariot and said respectfully: "Governor General, Zhao Qinghan, the only daughter of Zhao Yue, has withdrawn the city's guard five days ago, and also took away the money and food from the treasury. At present, there is only a miscellaneous army from the church and aristocratic private equity in Sanjiang City, with a total of about five or six thousand people."

"Hmph." Situ Rui groaned and said coldly, "The mantis arm is overestimating his ability!"

Yan Ting said again: "Shida, the chief priest of Sanjiang Diocese, sent someone to come, saying that as long as the Governor promised to ensure the safety of their lives and property, they would immediately give it to the city."

"Ensure the safety of their lives and property? What does the 350,000 troops of the governor eat? Where does the bounty come from?"

Situ Rui felt cold in his heart. After the Seven Kings Rebellion three years ago, the national strength of the Mingyue Empire was no longer as strong as before. Otherwise, there would not be only three legions of troops in this Eastern Expedition. The Mingyue Empire did not have enough troops, but did not have enough food and salary! If the property of the enemy's church and nobles was not plundered, Situ Rui's army of more than 300,000 would not last long.

"but……"

Situ Rui suddenly sighed quietly and said, "We seem to have underestimated Zhao Yue's daughter. This little girl dared to give up Sanjiang Mansion directly. Aren't she afraid that the Emperor of the Guanghui Empire would hold her responsible for the loss of the city? What's worse is that she took away the money and food from the treasury, which is not good news for us."

The Sanjiang Plain is a famous fertile land in the western provinces of the Glorious Empire. Almost all the money and grain of the western legion came from the Sanjiang Plain. As the city of Sanjiang Prefecture, the amount of money and grain accumulated in the Sanjiang Prefecture treasury is undoubtedly quite considerable. Situ Rui had already made the idea of ​​this money and grain for a long time.

But now, the money and food that was about to be obtained has flew away, and Situ Rui couldn't help but feel heavy.

Yan Ting said: "Governor General, don't worry. The enemy will definitely not be able to walk fast with a lot of money and food. General Yao Mingyuan and General Qin Qi's cavalry will definitely be able to intercept them before they arrive at Hedong Prefecture."

▲▲▲

On the official road from Sanjiang Prefecture to Hedong Prefecture, the Fourth Division, more than 10,000 remaining soldiers from the Cavalry Regiment and the Sanjiang Guard Regiment were escorting nearly a thousand large vehicles to Hedong Prefecture.

The War Eagle's Cavalry Regiment protected Zhao Qinghan and walked in the front of the team.

Looking back at the slow convoy, a hint of anxiety flashed across Zhao Qinghan's face.

Wu Junyi, who was walking beside Zhao Qinghan, also said anxiously: "Sister Qinghan, it will take at least five days to reach Hedong at this speed, and it will take ten days to reach Xiling in ten days, but the light cavalry of the Mingyue Empire may catch up at any time. Let's go back to Xiling first, and leave the money and food to Brother Zhanying to escort."

A trace of anger flashed through the eyes of Zhanying, but he endured it without an attack.

"no."

Zhao Qinghan directly rejected Ng Junyi's proposal and said coldly, "This batch of money and food is of great importance, and I must take it back to Xiling in person."

Zhao Qinghan understood that sticking to Xiling would be a protracted war of attrition. If there was no enough money and grain support, Xiling City would not be able to be held for too long. Although there was a lot of money and grain reserves in Xiling Prefecture's treasury, when the Mingyue bandits army approached, a large number of refugees would inevitably pour into the city. At that time, the money and grain stored in the city alone would not be enough to last for too long.

What's more, Meng Hu specifically reminded him before leaving that this money and grain had another more important purpose.

Therefore, the huge amount of money and grain in front of us is particularly important to Xiling, and there is no way to make any mistakes!

Ng Junyi, the unruly woman, didn't know this truth, and she said nonsense: "But Sister Qinghan..."

"Enough." Zhao Qinghan scolded, "If you are really scared, you can ask Tiancheng to escort you back to Xiling first."

Ng Junyi curled her lips and didn't dare to say anything more. She just looked at Zhao Qinghan's eyes secretly, but there was a trace of dissatisfaction.
Chapter completed!