In the following days, Wu City began to bustle with activity.
First, the reinforcements from the Protectorate of the South finally arrived.
Five thousand soldiers swept through almost half of the north. Upon entering Tianjing Basin, the reinforcements split into five teams and attacked at the same time.
Thanks to Ren Baqian's previous arrangements, many cities directly opened their gates and surrendered. This reduced casualties and saved a lot of time. For cities that surrendered directly, the reinforcements passed through the city without stopping, leaving only a few dozen people to guard the city.
After all, a few dozen Man Wheel experts were considered a formidable force in an ordinary city.
Even the elite soldiers of Great Xia needed ten times the number of soldiers to contend with them, let alone these defenders with bone knives. Even if something happened, as long as no Earth Wheel experts or above attacked, some of these soldiers would be able to escape.
When Ren Baqian returned from the Golden Ring Residence, the winged cavalry warriors that he sent out almost wiped out all the Earth Wheel experts and above in the north. Even if there were any experts who escaped, they were now hiding in the dark and didn't dare to show themselves.
There were also a few cities that resisted resolutely. The separated troops gathered together and attacked. After breaking through the city, all the officials were killed, and the air in the entire city was filled with the smell of blood.
As for the chaos that occurred after they left because there were no officials, they didn't care. How to settle the city down was a problem that others had to consider. Killing all those who dared to resist was what they should do.
Under such circumstances, it took a full 40 days for them to reach Wu City, which they could have reached in 15 days. They also wiped out the scattered resistance forces in the north.
The person who led the reinforcements was an acquaintance of Ren Baqian, Hong Cheng.
He was Hong Wu's son and Hong Xian's father.
Previously, during the battle with Great Xia in the north, Hong Wu had led the reinforcements from the Protectorate of the South to the north. Ren Baqian had met him before, and this was the second time he had seen him.
Wu City was just a small city, and the arrival of more than 4,000 reinforcements almost filled the city.
At the same time, the problem was the lack of food in Wu City. Previously, the 1,000 soldiers and 800 winged cavalry warriors had eaten up almost all the provisions in Wu City. Even the rations of the defenders were looted.
Now that this batch of reinforcements had arrived, Wu City was completely out of food.
"Your Majesty, there's not enough food in the city. We can only last for three days at most," Xi Wanya told the empress.
"In my opinion, everyone in the city can only keep five days worth of rations. The rest must be handed over. It should be enough to make up for a week's worth of rations."
"If we only send them out from Wu City, we'll be forcing the civilians to die. Even with five days of rations, he could only live for about ten days. Looking at the crops outside the city, it will take at least a month before they can be harvested. "Ren Baqian shook his head.
"Does Sir Ren have any ideas?"
"Wu City has to provide grain. However, Wu City was not the only place to send supplies. Every city in the north had to hand over two thousand dans of rations, which was a hundred carts. They would be responsible for their own personnel and losses. In this way, 30 cities can have 60 days of rations. 60 days is enough to quell the rebels in the south. It doesn't matter even if it's not enough, "Ren Baqian said. As long as they took down the three rivers, there would be a large amount of rations there.
In this world, one stone weighed about 50 kilograms. Two thousand stones weighed about 100,000 kilograms, which was barely enough to feed 6,000 soldiers and 800 winged cavalry warriors for two days.
There was a lot of grain in Tianjing Basin, but very little livestock. Ordinary soldiers could only eat one or two kilograms of millet a day, while the winged cavalry warriors needed 25 kilograms.
These days, the smoke from kitchen chimneys in the city had never stopped.
It had to be said that the aboriginals' strong fighting power was supported by their huge appetite.
Previously, when they fought with Great Xia, there were many livestock in the north and abundant meat. This wasn't obvious. After all, ordinary meat could provide five times more energy than the rations. Now that they had arrived in Tianjing Basin, this problem was completely exposed.
Ren Baqian only wanted to say that the aboriginals were really a bunch of foodies.
"The nearest cities, Sifeng and Chendi, will take less than two days to reach Wu City. The further cities, Mingcheng and Xinyu, will take less than three days to reach here. The rations from these four cities will be able to last for eight days. With this time, they would be able to deliver the rations to the faraway cities. Therefore, there is no need to consider the issue of rations. "After Ren Baqian finished speaking, the empress nodded.
"As for the issue of rations, do as Principal Ren said. In addition, transfer a batch of livestock from Gu City over. Before the war, they have to eat their fill. Otherwise, they will be weak," the empress said faintly.
"Yes!" Xi Wanya replied.
"In addition, we have stayed here for too long and should move south. Now that the rebels have retreated and gathered in the Three Rivers Valley, they probably want to rely on the Wang Estuary and Dullong Ridge, these two strategic locations to fight against the army of the imperial court.
They have abandoned six cities between the Three Rivers Valley and Wu City: Lingdong, Jiangbei, Liugou, Jinsha, Pingjiang, and Han 'an. Just the day before yesterday, the garrisons of these six cities have already been withdrawn. Presumably, the people of these six cities are in chaos and suffering. They are looking forward to the army of the imperial court, hoping to see Her Majesty's face as soon as possible and rescue them as soon as possible.
Now, the time is almost right. In my opinion, we should first take down these six cities and face the rebels across the Three Rivers Valley. This will increase the pressure on them, "Ren Baqian said. He had heard about the withdrawal of the garrisons of these six cities from the practitioners who had rushed to Wu City in the past two days.
He had to admit that these practitioners were really useful at times. Ren Baqian was even considering using these practitioners to form a cavalry battalion.
Whether it was in Tianjing Basin or against the other countries, they would be useful.
Xi Wanya scratched his head. Looking forward? How can you tell, Principal Ren?
Why do I see that they are so scared?
Xi Wanya pointed at the spear tip and the metal chain on Ren Baqian's head and said subconsciously, "Sir Ren, they have appeared again!"
"It's fine. They are just kids who find everything new and can't stay put. They will be fine after some time. "Ren Baqian didn't care.
A Heaven-grade weapon would only gain consciousness after the death of its owner. The newly born consciousness was like a baby, looking at everything new and active. This was very normal. A kitten or puppy would still sniff around.
It would be fine after a long time. Didn't the metal chain rarely appear now?
Xi Wanya stared at the iron chain wrapped around the tip of the spear. It looked like a whip …
After some discussion, Xi Wanya sent people to inform the cities to prepare provisions. Ren Baqian looked for Zuo Cheng and asked him to deploy manpower and set off with 2,000 soldiers to suppress the riots in the cities that had lost all the officials and garrisons. At the same time, he would do a good job of pacifying them.
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