Rong Chengxuan also took this opportunity to vigorously promote the new policy, and promoted the policies in Shaping City here. The household registration officials who handled household registration for the people of Shaping City also came here soon. From then on, all residents of Daxing City moved to Beichen and no longer had any connection with the Western Zhou Dynasty.

What happened in Daxing City could not be hidden from General Jiang Younan who was far away in Anqing City. Ever since he learned that even the people of Daxing City were captured by Rong Chengxuan, he has been screaming in anger. In addition, the alliance of other small countries escaped in the face of the enemy, and after they came back, eight countries directly withdrew their troops, which made him even more furious.

Ever since he received the news, he had been cursing those cowards, but suddenly he lost his nerve. After all, not only did they run away, but he, a general of the Western Zhou Dynasty, also ran away with them.

But Jiang Younan had no choice. The battle had turned out like this and he felt ashamed and embarrassed. If he hadn't been afraid of death, he would have gone to his ancestors to confess long ago.

Even if the allied forces hadn't left, he wouldn't have been able to face their generals. Now that the allied forces had left, and had escaped without even participating in the resistance in Daxing City, at least he could still have something to say in front of the monarch when he returned to Kyoto. He could just put the blame on them.

It all depends on his eloquence. After all, the allied forces had already fled during the subsequent battles, and no one knew what had happened. As long as Jiang Younan made the story more emotional and found a few soldiers to cry with him, he could basically get away with it.

However, Yun Wanwan and Rong Chengxuan were just as worried as Jiang Younan. Retaking Daxing City had gone smoothly, but for Rong Chengxuan and Yun Wanwan, not everything was smooth sailing. If it had been, they would have gone to the temple to thank the Buddha during the next New Year.

Take, for example, the news Xiao Song reported today: "General, Master, the frontier army is running low on food and fodder. They can only hold out for another ten days at most. If the food and fodder from the capital is not transported to the frontier, the frontier army will be starved."

When Rong Chengxuan heard the news, he had just finished drawing the defense map of Daxing City. His brows, which had finally relaxed, frowned again.

He frowned, thinking with a brush in hand. "I've entrusted the transportation of the grain to Qin Ziyi. He's one of the few people I trust in the capital. The grain he carries will definitely be safe. I wonder who's behind the scenes tampering with it again. I'm afraid the journey to the border will be a bumpy one."

Yun Wanwan was even less optimistic than he was. "I'm afraid you've already fallen into the trap of those villains. You've made enemies in the court for years, and now they finally have the opportunity to deal with you. Once they get together and use their connections, I'm afraid the food and supplies have been stolen by many people along the way."

Rong Chengxuan turned his head and asked Ge Zichen, who was also in the tent, "Do we have enough to eat?"

Ge Zichen said, "Your Highness, we have enough. We still have some left over from what we brought earlier, and our master brought a lot more when he arrived, which is enough to sustain us for a while. Most importantly, we repelled the Western Zhou army, and we received a considerable amount of food and fodder from the granaries in Shaping and Daxing alone, which is more than enough to cover the expenses of the army."

Before the granary in Daxing City was found, Rong Chengxuan used the silver from Prince An's Mansion to buy food from the people of Western Zhou to provide daily meals for the army.

After Rong Chengxuan and his men found the granary in Daxing City, they didn't even need to hire a chainsmith; they personally led the team to pick the lock. This saved the army's daily food expenses. After all, the entire Daxing City belonged to Beichen, so what was wrong with taking a little food from their original army?

Rong Chengxuan nodded, "That's good. As for the border, I will allocate money and send people to purchase supplies from Shizhou and Lanzhou first. We'll deal with the emergency later."

Just as he finished speaking, Rong Chengxuan felt something was not right, so he added, "If there is no movement in the capital, we can't just sit and wait. We need to gradually expand the scope of our food and fodder procurement. We can't just rely on the cities in the border areas. A single border area can't support an army of 200,000."

He thought about it again and said, "We didn't give them this food for free. There must be some people taking advantage of the situation. We must find them as soon as possible. And those who were planted here by various forces must also be kicked out. Anyway, they are not here to fight. They are just here to join in the fun and cause trouble."

Yun Wanwan rolled her eyes and said, "We can't give them food and fodder so easily. Although the 200,000-man army is already in your hands, you're right. There are always some people who are trying to take advantage of the situation. Until the fish are hooked, don't allocate the food and fodder to them. This will also teach those border troops a lesson and let them remember who is the master now."

Rong Chengxuan agreed and confidently handed over the matter to Yun Wanwan. He also asked Yun Wanwan to take his capable subordinates with him. However, a day later, Rong Chengxuan regretted his decision. He should have left one behind for himself, rather than letting Yun Wanwan take them all away in a fit of rage.

The reputation of Rong Chengxuan's army had long spread throughout the border. Even the fact that Princess An followed Prince An to the battlefield and took over Daxing City together became a topic of conversation among the people of the entire border.

Everyone gave a thumbs-up when Princess An was mentioned, especially when it was mentioned that the celestial thunderbolt that so terrified the people of the Western Zhou Dynasty was crafted by Yun Wanwan. There was no one who failed to praise her. Some even said that such a heroic woman was destined to be paired with a war god like Prince An.

With the reputation of Rong Chengxuan's army and the name of Rong Chengxuan as a living signboard, Yun Wanwan's grain procurement operation went very smoothly. Without spending a penny more, she received a large amount of stored grain.

Some people even suggested that they could make reservations at farmers' homes and buy the rice directly when the harvest comes. This would save Yun Wanwan time in the future and also allow her to take the farmers' rice away, making it a win-win situation for both parties.

However, to be on the safe side, Yun Wanwan signed contracts with the farmers first. The terms of the contracts were agreed upon by Yun Wanwan and the farmers, and she also agreed on a penalty for breach of contract. After all, Yun Wanwan didn't want her money to be wasted by someone else. The farmers later saw that Yun Wanwan's contract format was good and asked her for templates.