Agriculture Escape: Ultimate Boss Has A Space Pocket! (ON-HOLD)

Chapter 38: Absolute Ruler

The soldiers spread out, and the military horse carrying an armored man appeared in their line of sight.

Everyone's hands froze in unison.

His arrogant gaze swept across everyone. When his gaze landed on Bai Wutong and the others' huge convoy, he smiled in satisfaction.

Very good. His trip had not been in vain.

When his gaze landed on Qing Feng's face, who was being held by Bai Wutong's axe, his eyes widened in shock. Then, he laughed arrogantly. "I was wondering who it was. To dare to fight in Beiyun City, it turns out to be the honorable commander of the Dark Guards Team!"

"The late emperor has passed away. Are you so eager to follow him? Your head actually landed in the hands of a woman. I wonder if you relied on your butt to become a commander... Hahaha..."

Wang Qiong was originally a small general under Duke Ping and had a blood relationship with Consort Ping. After Duke Ping killed the emperor, his status also rose.

On the day Duke Ping ascended the throne, he immediately sent a pigeon to give Wang Qiong an important task. He sent troops from Liyang to the Beiyun City to become the garrison commander. Now, even the magistrate of the Beiyun City had to listen to his orders.

Such glory, he had thought, but he had not expected it to come so soon.

In that case, he had to protect this hard-won right.

After the Fengming City, which was guarded by Lord Ning Yuan to death, was the Jiangyuan City and the Beiyun City.

Duke Ping had secretly recruited less than 300,000 troops, and 50,000 of them were elite troops that he dispatched to protect the Imperial City.

Of the remaining 250,000 troops, Fengming City had 150,000 soldiers, while Jiangyuan City and Beiyun City had 50,000 each.

If Lord Ning Yuan was defeated, how could they resist the 200,000 cavalry of Duke Chu?

Naturally, he had to plan for himself.

Beiyun City originally only had 10,000 troops. In addition to the 50,000 troops he had brought with him now, as well as the people he had recruited at the last minute, there were less than 80,000 people.

How could 80,000 people be enough to fight a war!

And most importantly, there was a shortage of food.

Fuyang was rich in water and soil. It was possible to support a certain area usually, but the Yan Kingdom was suffering from a severe famine and Duke Ping had moved into the palace and transported most of the rations to the Imperial City to win over the people.

Lord Ning Yuan was probably starving while waiting for the emperor's reinforcements.

If there was food, they would definitely not land at Beiyun City.

On the way here, he had his eyes on the 300,000 citizens of the Beiyun City.

The citizens in the city definitely still had some food. As long as he filled up the granary first and gained confidence, they naturally did not have to be afraid.

Therefore, he wanted to use the excuse of sharing the emperor's worries and difficulties to get the people to hand over all their food and force the men above the age of 15 to serve in the military.

If anyone dared to resist, they would kill their families.

Of course, Wang Qiong would not go too far.

After handing over the food, they set up a porridge shack in the city and rewarded these people with a bowl of porridge every day. This ensured that these people would beither starve to death nor be full. The men would then be forced to serve in the army and stay obedient, without any thoughts of escaping.