As a lord, I was forced to farm

Chapter 712: Two Counties at War

It was not only the Xinheng border guards who were rubbing their fists, at the same time, senior generals from many armies such as Fenghuang Town and Chaoyang Village all received upgraded magic weapons. Facing enemy provocations, the Suling army was more powerful than ever. For example, when Zhuoli County invaded again, they thought they could plunder more property and food from Xinheng's village, but they did not expect that the Suling army would fight back directly this time. Caught off guard, the Zhuoli army was driven back more than ten miles, and three villages including Lijia Village and Xinghua Village were occupied by Suling.

Once this land is taken, Suling County will naturally not return it.

The Princess of Zhuoli County was furious but could do nothing.

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"What kind of maintenance did the county lady do to our armor? He stabbed me with a sword, but I was not hurt at all. There was not even a mark left on the armor!"

"Once I get this divine armor, I will beat those bastards into submission!"

The soldiers were very excited to find out how powerful the well-maintained armor was during the battle! In every battle, the generals took the lead and were extremely brave, making the enemy suffer terribly.

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"My Lord, Qingsong County and Zeyan County are fighting!"

While frictions continued between Suling and Zhuoli counties, news came from afar that Qingsong and Zeyan counties had disrupted the relatively stable situation.

The trees turned withered, the temperature dropped slightly in November, and the people outside put on thin coats.

It was still dark during the morning court meeting. The news was like a bolt of thunder, and the officials' sleepiness was instantly gone.

"Things are getting more and more chaotic lately!" someone said panicking.

"What? Why did they suddenly start fighting?"

"It's not that sudden." Qiu Baishui stroked his chin, with a look of gloating, and said, "It's not surprising that Qingsong and Zeyan counties fought. More than a year ago, when we were planning to take over Chaoyang Town, Qingsong County took advantage of the situation and seized Huiguan Village and Xiaojin Village in Zeyan County. Although these two villages were later taken back by Zeyan County, Qingsong County still cheated Wen Yunsheng when it retreated."

"There is a shortage of food in the disaster years. Qingsong County has a bad geographical location. Most of the land is steep mountains, which makes it difficult to grow food crops. There is not much surplus food stored in the territory. With the drought this time, Qingsong County is probably seriously injured. It is rumored that a cannibal village has appeared in Qingsong County..."

Cannibal Village...

When everyone thought of that scene, they couldn't help but shudder and their faces looked grim.

I can't help but think, if the county princess hadn't been far-sighted and Li Nongsi hadn't predicted the drought in advance, would Suling County be filled with starving people and people would have to eat their own children?

Qiu Baishui continued, "On the contrary, Zeyan County is flat and open, with fertile land and abundant Zeyan salt. It is a wealthy county. The two places are separated by a distance, so it is normal for Qingsong County to target Zeyan County."

There was a lot of discussion in the meeting hall, and some people's words revealed some cruelty.

"Should we get involved? Zeyan County is sandwiched between my county and Qingsong County. If we cooperate with Qingsong County, we will definitely be able to get a piece of the pie from Zeyan County!"

Suling County and Zeyan County have been at odds for a long time. The person who said this felt no pressure at all. Moreover, there are many people who are thinking of taking advantage of the situation.

Of course, such a thought flashed through Jiang Ran's mind, but when she thought about the recent war between Suling and Zhuoli County, although she was not afraid of fighting with a small number of troops, and even thought that she had the strength to do so, she suppressed her thoughts considering that these old counties might have some backup plans.

From a strategic point of view, it would be more advantageous to let the two counties fight first and then have Suling react to the situation behind the scenes rather than blindly getting involved.

"What is the current situation of the war between the two counties?" Jiang Ran pointed at the handle of the main seat with his index finger. The dull voice broke into everyone's eardrums, and the lobby, which was a little noisy just now, suddenly became quiet.

"Qingsong County has the upper hand and occupied two villages in Zeyan County. However, it also caught Zeyan County off guard, and it is still unpredictable who will win in the end." Yang Guiying frowned and bowed, "The lord of Qingsong County, Wen Li'e, is a ruthless character. After the army entered the village of Zeyan, he directly ordered the massacre of the whole village, leaving no one alive." Everyone was in an uproar, "They didn't even let go of a child who was powerless?"

"That's right..." Yang Guiying's eyes flashed with disgust for Qingsong County's actions, and he said in a deep voice, "Qingsong County came here for Zeyan County's food, so naturally they won't keep villagers who waste their food..."

Qingsong County is truly cruel.

Suling County is separated from it by a large county, but the two are not at peace with each other.

When Suling County was recruiting workers, all the Zeyan workers died. Later, after investigation by the Ministry of Justice, it was found that the poison that killed more than a hundred workers was produced in Qingsong County.

The person died in Suling County. Even though Suling County provided evidence that it was not the cause, the impact was still great.

It was also because of that poisoning incident that the relationship between Zeyan County and them deteriorated rapidly.

Judging from the poisoning incident, isn't Qingsong County the one that would have liked it the most? So we have to suspect that Qingsong County was trying to shift the blame to Suling County.

Jiang Ran frowned. Massacring an entire village was against human ethics. She didn't want to get involved in the battle between the two counties for the time being, and now she didn't want to help Qingsong County deal with Zeyan County even more.

"As for Zeyan and Qingsong County, we will wait and see. For now, we should concentrate our forces to deal with Zhuoli County. However, we still need to strengthen border defense to prevent Zeyan from counterattacking our county."

Jiang Ran made the decision immediately.

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Although the outside world is changing, Biquan Bay remains as peaceful as ever.

In the early morning, fog rose by the spring and spread throughout the bamboo forest. The red sun rose in the fog, and the soft rays of light fell on the emerald green and bright red blood-red trident bamboo, which had a pure and enchanting beauty.

Jiang Ran asked his followers to wait outside Biquan Bay and entered the Biquan Bay mansion alone.

There was a small garden in the mansion. Jiang Ran looked over and saw a black frost-tree standing next to the flower stand.

The frost gathered by the frost-pulling tree had not been collected for a long time, and the frost on the wooden stake was as thick as a finger.

Jiang Ran took out a small knife and a clean porcelain bottle, and carefully harvested the monster food that was very beneficial to the monsters.

When Jiang Ran was scraping away the snow and frost, several demons that lived in Biquan Bay started to meow and call out to her nearby, which made her feel very happy.

When she had some free time, she touched Yunze's mother Sang Lingguai's chin like she was teasing a kitten.

“Yo Mi Yo Mi!!!”

But after only one was touched, the other monsters became dissatisfied and scrambled to stretch out their necks to be touched, especially the extremely jealous Ice Zhi Ling monster, whose icy blue body turned red from holding it in, and it was obvious that he was very angry.

The Ice Spirit Monster complained: "Yomi ah——!! Yoomi ah!!!"

The worried little prince-like Sang Ling monster tilted his head, with his curly grape-like hair hitting his face. He looked at his immature companion and called out disapprovingly: Yomi.

Don't be mean to your master.