"Why does it feel so simple if you say this?" Zhuang Lexian scratched his head and said to Huang Yuchen: "He puts such effort into this for this?"

"You may not have lived in the empire for a long time." Huang Yuchen looked at Zhuang Lexian, sighed lightly, and said, "If you are an official of the empire and the lord of a city, you may understand his state of mind."

"In the bureaucratic system of the empire, it is difficult to climb up. He may be the most glorious time in his life to be the lord of Mingyuan City."

"This sounds good, but you have to know that Mingyuan City is just a city in the border province of the empire, not a big city. There are countless such city lords in the empire."

"If you swing your level and go to the imperial capital, he is afraid he is not as powerful as a pavilion chief in the imperial capital."

"And the normal path to promotion is either to enter the imperial capital and become a Beijing official, to be transferred after several terms, and become a senior official, or to climb up step by step outside the imperial capital."

"There is a Futai above the city lord, a Zhouzhen above the Futai, and a provincial governor above the prefecture. I don't know how long it will take to climb upward at this level."

"But if he took down many other cities in troubled times, if the empire rises, he can say that he helped the empire to suppress the rebellion and recovered many lost lands, the empire will naturally reward him."

"If the empire is weak and at risk of being destroyed, he can rely on the city in his hands to have greater voice. No matter whether he joins any party, the benefits he gets are unimaginable to a city lord now."

"So, this type of people will not have too many ideals, and they will only think about this direction."

"So, I said that when they gather together, as long as I appear and express the imperial edict, Shi Fei and his subordinates will definitely surrender when their lives are threatened."

"I really want to bet on my life. His city master Shi Fei is definitely not like this."

Huang Yuchen finished speaking in one breath, and Zhuang Lexian, who was standing beside him, was a little stunned.

After a while, Zhuang Lexian looked at Huang Yuchen and said, "I didn't expect you to think so much, no wonder you are so anxious to leave the city."

"When I heard the Mingyuan City Master Flying, I started to think about it, but there was too little information in my hand, and I couldn't draw this conclusion yet."

Huang Yuchen chuckled and said, "Yesterday you interrogated Fan Liao. From him, I roughly understood the structure of Mingyuan City. In the border, Mingyuan City is very prosperous and has many good places that other cities do not have."

"As the lord of such a city, I can probably understand one or two of his moods."

"In the chaotic times, if he does not advance, he will retreat. If he wants to ensure his previous extravagant life, he must gather forces to expand his territory, otherwise what is waiting for him will definitely end up being destroyed."

"Think about it yourself. If Shi Fei does not gather troops to attack the Xiwang Mansion and wait for him later, what will happen?"

Zhuang Lexian frowned when he heard this and said, "The prisoner under the stairs?"

"I'm afraid it won't be better than this." Huang Yuchen said: "It is precisely because of this that Shi Fei has exhausted ways to win over soldiers nearby to expand his power, and then started a war with the Western Prince's Mansion this morning."

"If he fails, what is waiting for him is likely to be a dead end."

"You have to know that during the rebellion of the Three Kings, the Western King's Mansion was the farthest from the imperial capital. How did their army reach the imperial capital?"

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Lexian immediately understood what Huang Yuchen was going to say and said, "Is this the new and old accounts cleared together?"

"Not only the Western Prince's Mansion wants to settle the score with him, but the Empire will also settle the score with him sooner or later." Huang Yuchen said: "So if he doesn't do anything now, it will definitely be ugly if he dies."

"In fact, it's not just him. All provincial officials in the previous rebellion of the Three Kings had this idea. They watched the Three Kings gather in the imperial capital and force His Majesty to commit suicide. This is absolutely not allowed in the imperial law."

"Now my elder brother has just ascended the throne and is in a mess. If he doesn't take advantage of this time to make more achievements for himself, once the empire starts to liquidate, do you think these people will run away?"

"So, the current empire's chaos is basically because of this. They are trying to protect themselves, but to see what this matter can develop."

"If the empire rises again, they will surrender, but before surrender, they must have the means to save their lives."

"If the empire is sluggish, there will inevitably be people who are greedy for magical tools and fight each other. In the troubled times, only the population and cities in their hands are hard currency."

"So, now the empire is in chaos, and it seems that they are following this principle."

In recent days, Huang Yuchen has combined everything that happened before and has thoroughly understood the thoughts of these imperial provincial officials. No matter how they did it, their thoughts are generally inseparable from what Huang Yuchen said.

In troubled times, the first thing is to protect yourself and attack others is exactly the same.

Big cities eat small cities, small cities eat villages and towns, and villages and towns live on their own.

When Huang Yuchen entered Chihong Mountain, he saw that many villages and towns were empty, and he had already guessed this direction.

However, the rebellion and war across the country have not yet begun, and he must dare to calm all this before this.

If rebellion really becomes a climate, it will be difficult.

"Okay, I'm underestimating you." Zhuang Lexian saw Huang Yuchen talking, smiled slightly and said, "Since you have already made a detailed plan, I'll listen to you."

Huang Yuchen nodded and said, "The reason why he Shifei attacked the Western Prince's Mansion must be because something happened to the Western Prince's Mansion recently. It may be that there are stronger enemies to deal with."

"We must take advantage of this time to accumulate more strength. If we want to restore Qi Tian, ​​we must first take down Emperor Chengbi!"

"Huang Chengbi? A person from the Western Prince's Mansion?" This was the first time Zhuang Lexian heard this name.

"He is the current Western King." Huang Yuchen said softly: "During the rebellion of the Three Kings, he lost to the Northern King's Mansion in the imperial capital and fled in a panic. My elder brother finally defeated the Northern King's Mansion before he was able to enter the imperial capital."

"But I don't know many details in this, but I know the West Prince's Mansion. The West Prince's Mansion is the farthest from the imperial capital, and there is also a Siteng Sand land between us and Qitian. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an independent small kingdom."

"There are only the Eastern Palaces among all the border guards, which can match the Western Palace's combat power, but now..."

Huang Yuchen suddenly remembered the incident in the East Prince's Mansion and felt sad.

I don’t know what the Eastern Prince Mansion looks like now, and whether my brothers and friends are still safe.

Are the people of the Western Prince's Mansion still stable? Zhuang Lexian reached out and patted Huang Yuchen on the shoulder and said, "Okay, don't think too much. When the matter here is over, I'll go to the Eastern Prince's Mansion with you. What about Tianqing City, let's find a way to take it down for him."

Huang Yuchen smiled slightly at Zhuang Lexian. He knew that Zhuang Lexian was comforting him. Tianqing City had several venerables, but it could not be won in just one sentence.

After about an hour of repairing, Huang Yuchen ordered to set off again.

But this time, the speed of moving forward has obviously slowed down a lot.

Even in such a place where the jungle secret book was covered with snow, Huang Yuchen allowed everyone to make as no abnormal noise as possible.

He has begun to approach the vicinity of Yifeng City, and it is very likely that he will encounter Shi Fei's scouts behind the palace. The news they appear must not be known in advance by Shi Fei, otherwise it will affect the overall plan.

Although he slowed down, Huang Yuchen and others were still very fast. At ten noon the next day, you could already see a city next to the riverside on the mountain from afar, which was Yifeng City.

When he arrived here, Huang Yuchen ordered all the members to stop moving forward, and he jumped up to the big tree for a moment and looked forward from afar.

Zhuang Lexian also jumped up to the big tree and looked into the distance, but the distance was still far and he couldn't see anything at all.

"What are you looking at?" Zhuang Lexian asked.

"There are no flags above the top of Yifeng City, which is very strange." Huang Yuchen had a very good eye, but because the distance was still far, he couldn't see it in detail.

However, the temperament of power is usually inserted on the top of the city. This kind of flag is very large and you should be able to see it at this distance, but after looking at it for a long time, he did not see the flags on the walls of Yifeng City.

"What's the problem?" Zhuang Lexian didn't understand much.

"Without the flag, the city may have been abandoned." Huang Yuchen frowned and said to Zhuang Lexian: "The distance is still far, and you can only wait until you get closer to the point where you can completely distinguish it."

After saying that, Huang Yuchen took Zhuang Lexian and twenty survivors to quickly leave the current area and head towards Yifeng City.

But this time Huang Yuchen was more careful when he advanced because he had entered the scope of Yifeng City and could find Shi Fei's scout at any time.

Until the afternoon of that day, Huang Yuchen, Zhuang Lexian and others, touched the vicinity of Yifeng City, and could clearly see the walls of Yifeng City through the bushes by the river.

As Huang Yuchen said, there were no flags of the Western Prince's Mansion on the city wall, but were bare, and there were no defenders on the city wall, which really looked similar to an empty city.

And near this, Huang Yuchen did not discover Shi Fei's army, and he didn't know what was going on.

"I think this city is really as you said, it seems to be a dead city." Zhuang Lexian said softly to Huang Yuchen: "I didn't see Shi Fei's troops on both sides. Have you calculated it wrong?"

When Huang Yuchen heard this, his brows frowned.

There is no problem with his deduction of all directions. If Shi Fei was not a fool, he would definitely come to attack Yifeng City. As long as he took Yifeng City, he could connect Mingyuan City and Zhangyang City, which really became a climate.

His Shi Fei would definitely not be confused about this situation.

But now, what's going on in front of you?

"You are fast. Can you touch the front and see what's going on?" Huang Yuchen turned around and looked at Zhuang Lexian.
Chapter completed!