The ministers who were having a headache became curious when they heard the empress's order.
Yes, where did this small country come from? They dared to openly provoke the Western Liang Kingdom. They are really bold.
Thinking that Yongchang State should be a small country, the Minister of Revenue immediately had an idea in his mind.
"Your Majesty, I have a plan..."
The empress frowned and looked at the Minister of Revenue, "Speak!"
All the ministers turned their heads to look at the Minister of Revenue.
The Minister of Revenue licked his lips and said, "Yongchang is a small country, so it will be easy to deal with. I think it can be done..."
The empress looked straight at the Minister of Revenue, and after he finished speaking, the entire study fell into silence.
A moment later,
"Just do as you say. I'll leave this matter to you. Let's set off immediately."
"....Yes!" The Minister of Revenue responded and stood up trembling.
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Huanlian City...
Shi Jian stood on the city gate tower, frowning and looking towards the direction of Chiyan City.
With a loud "boom", a muffled thunder came from the direction of Chiyan City.
On the official road leading to Chiyan City, a horse was galloping at full speed.
“Report!!!”
Shi Jian lowered his eyes to look at the breathless personal guards standing at the foot of the city gate.
"explain!"
The personal guard saluted and said, "General, it's raining in Chiyan City."
"It's raining!?" Shi Jian frowned. "Is it really that weird?"
Early in the morning, at dawn, he heard a series of roars coming from the direction of Chiyan City.
The sound sounded like thunder and rain.
But it is winter now, and in his entire life, he has only heard thunder in winter a few times.
Thunder in winter is a very rare thing, especially when most parts of Xiliang Kingdom are cold, and it is even more difficult to hear thunder.
The thunder was too frequent, so he was worried and sent someone to check it out.
But...isn't it too soon to come back?
Shi Jian frowned and looked at the soldier, "You arrived in Chiyan City so soon?"
Chiyan City is not close to Huanlian City. In such freezing weather, it would take a whole day to go back and forth even if you ride at full speed.
Calculating the time, the soldiers had only been running away for two or three hours.
The soldier shouted back, "We encountered heavy rain before we even reached Chiyan City."
"It's pouring rain one hour away from Chiyan City."
It was raining so heavily that he didn't care about his life and ran towards Chiyan City in the rain.
It started raining less than halfway through the run. It must be raining heavily in Chiyan City. Is there any point in going there?
Shi Jian frowned and looked towards the direction of Chiyan City.
If you look closely, you can indeed see a large amount of mist spreading in the distance.
It’s such a cold day and it’s raining so heavily, what a weird scene.
In Chiyan City, even peeing can freeze you, so how come it is raining so heavily?
Shi Jian frowned, thinking of the rumors in the city - the God Army led by the King of Zhenbei was here to save the people, and as long as the God Army passed by the city, the drought problem would be alleviated immediately.
Originally, he thought it was just a trick used by the enemy to fool the people, but he didn't expect that it would actually rain in Chiyan City.
The rain is so heavy that the ground shouldn’t freeze for a while. It’s best if the ground doesn’t freeze. The water will flow to Huanlian City, which can also alleviate the drought in Huanlian City.
This is the first time in all these years that Huanlian City has not seen any snow in this winter. It is dry and cold.
"Someone, go check if there's any water in the well."
Shi Jian raised his voice and gave the order.
The soldier responded and immediately went down the city gate tower.
Soon, the soldiers ran back to the city gate tower with joy on their faces.
"General, the water levels in the city's wells are slowly rising."
Huanlian City is much lower than Chiyan City. As long as there is water in Chiyan City, there will definitely be water in Huanlian City.
This is really great. The city has been suffering from a severe water shortage these days. The soldiers' mouths are cracked. Now they don't have to worry about water anymore.
When Shi Jian heard this, he felt mixed emotions.
The good news is that the drought problem has been solved, and the soldiers can now spend a happy new year with peace of mind.
What worries him is that the enemy army has reached the door, and he still doesn't know where the Heavenly God Army came from, but they can actually call the wind and rain, which is even more powerful than the Wu Ma family.
Xiliang Kingdom has been suffering from drought for so long, but the people of the Wuma family have not been able to pray for even a drop of rain.
As soon as the Heavenly God Army arrived, they prayed for rain, which made him feel very mysterious and panicked.
With a sigh, Shi Jian glanced at the soldiers around him.
"Have the Wu Ma family been invited?"
The guard shook his head. "The Wu Ma family's gates are tightly shut. No matter how much our subordinates ask to see them, they refuse to open the door."
Shi Jian was furious when he heard this.
"The Wu Ma family is really great!!"
"He usually wants to get involved in everything, but when it comes to the critical moment, he becomes a coward."
"I want to see how long the Wu Ma family can continue to be so rampant."
Shi Jian was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but he didn't have the courage to lead his troops to surround the Wu Ma family's house.
The old house of the Wu Ma family is in Lingxiao City. If he attacks the Wu Ma family, a large number of death warriors from the Wu Ma family in Lingxiao City will come overnight to kill him.
The Wu Ma family has become so cruel that they don't care about anyone's life.
Even though he was a general with 200,000 to 300,000 soldiers under his command, he did not dare to challenge the Wu Ma family.
He really couldn't deal with the Wu Ma family's assassins.
Shi Jian took a deep breath and tried to calm down for a long time.
"Immediately go to the Wu Ma family's old house in Lingxiao City and ask for their help."
"The soldiers have no food to eat and cannot fight. Let's ask the Wu Ma family to provide some food and fodder."
The guard was slightly stunned, "Yes!"
It’s not so easy to borrow food from the Wu Ma family.
Shi Jian watched his personal guards leave with a heavy face, feeling extremely angry.
He requisitioned all the grain from the aristocratic families in Huanlian City, but he was unable to borrow any grain from the Wuma family.
The members of the Wu Ma family seemed to have disappeared collectively, staying indoors for over a month.
He sent people there several times, but they didn't see anyone from the Wu Ma family.
If no one dared to touch the Wu Ma family, he would have suspected that the Wu Ma family had been wiped out, which was why it was so quiet.
According to the Wu Ma family's usual nature of loving to join in the fun, how could they not be curious and come out to see what was happening in Chiyan City when such a big thing happened?
Shi Jian frowned in confusion and muttered softly,
"Are they afraid that I'll have to borrow food from them, so they stay indoors?"
Thinking of this possibility, Shi Jian curled his lips and sneered.
When he was forced into a corner, he actually led people to rob the Wu Ma family's warehouse.
Shi Jian lowered his eyes and looked at the soldiers who had been guarding the city gate.
"Go to Chiyan City and find out what the Yongchang Kingdom is, and where the Zhenbei King Tianshen Army came from."
"......" The soldier pursed his lips in embarrassment, "....Yes!"
It’s raining so hard, and you want him to go to Chiyan City? Do you want him to freeze to death?
The soldier took a deep breath, turned his horse around helplessly, and ran towards Chiyan City.
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