Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 111 Auspicious Signs and the Destruction of the City

Xiao Qiao found a bronze artifact hidden well under a pile of Shu soldiers' corpses.

This thing is just a round wheel, the size and thickness are very similar to a steering wheel.
To be honest, apart from not getting bloodstained, Deng Chanyu couldn't see what the use of this thing was.

"Miss, do you want to put this away?" Xiao Qiao asked in a low voice.

Deng Chanyu pondered for a moment, "Maybe it's a sacrificial item. Let's keep it."

A stick of incense later, Su Quanxiao, with a look of horror on his face, brought over two elephants, which were also trophies.

It was really difficult for the people of Shu. They transported this thing all the way to Yongcheng. I heard that they wanted to use elephants to attack the city.

Deng Chanyu harshly criticized Su Quanxiao for his unusual surprise. "Are you frightened by a four-meter-tall elephant? That's because you haven't seen the eight-meter-tall Mo Liqing!" In front of the Mo brothers, this elephant was nothing more than a moving ingredient.

The golden staff, golden mask, and bronze steering wheel might be useful in the future, but the elephant was completely useless! She was absolutely certain of that.

"In the name of the Marquis of Jingzhou, send these two 'auspicious signs' to Chaoge!"

Pack them up and send them to King Zhou, and let the elephants contribute to King Zhou’s altar.

She was cleaning up the battlefield when Sun He, the defender of Yongcheng, came to pay her a visit.

Sun He was a military general of Sanshan Pass. He followed the Deng family on their southern expedition and was later appointed as the defender of Yongcheng.

This man's martial arts and abilities were average. In the original time and space, when Deng Jiugong led his army to attack Xiqi, Sanshan Pass and the remaining troops were taken over by Kong Xuan. Later, Kong Xuan also went to attack Xiqi, and Sun He was killed by Jiang Ziya's disciple Wu Ji on the battlefield.

This person is probably at the level of Li Feng and Liang Gang under Yuan Shu of the Three Kingdoms period. He can defend a city in an orderly manner, but don't expect anything else.

"General Deng, I have something important to report." Sun He said.

Deng Chanyu replied casually, "What's the matter?"

"According to the prisoners of war, there was internal strife within Jinsha City. Three high priests led their tribes out of Jinsha City and built a city in the middle reaches of the Han River, six hundred miles west of Yongcheng."

"Show me the map."

Deng Chanyu examined the map carefully. Cartography technology was so crude back then that she could only guess west of Yongcheng. Was this the future Hanzhong? It was the middle reaches of the Han River, hence the name Hanzhong?
Sun He continued, "General Deng, these barbarians have just been defeated, and their morale has plummeted. We can lead our army to destroy their new city, capture their people, and make them farm for us."

His thinking was the standard warrior mentality of the era: if you lack food, then conquer the land; if you lack people, then rob them. If you can't win, then there's nothing you can do. If you can fight, then why not?
Deng Chanyu thought more far-reachingly.

After taking Hanzhong, should we enter Shu?
In this era, the Chengdu Plain is a first-class treasure land.

The area south of Nanjun is basically a barren land, full of mosquitoes and flies, and disease is rampant. Sacrificing Lu Yue to the heaven? Killing ten thousand Lu Yues would be useless. It would take hundreds of years to develop these places bit by bit.

Bashu was different. At least the Chengdu Plain had been developed by the Shu Kingdom. If the Deng family could no longer survive in the Central Plains, they could simply close the gates of Bashu and survive for another hundred or eighty years.

She has always advocated trading with Xiqi, exchanging furs, minerals and timber for food, precisely because of the food shortage. Now that a developed grain-producing area is before her, what should she choose?
"General Sun."

"The end will be here."

She said, "First, prepare some food for the soldiers I brought with me. We only brought enough fodder for ten days. Then feed the horses and wait for my news."

"Yes."

Deng Chanyu closed her eyes slightly, and soon, a hawk was inspired and landed on her arm like an arrow. "Go, investigate for me, and then tell me everything you see."

She released the goshawk, and two hours later, she got news of the enemy's new city.

The city has not been fully built, but it looks very large.

The news of the defeat had not yet been passed back. Even though the high priest in the city was the loser in the political struggle in Jinsha City, they still lived an extremely luxurious life. The city was inhabited by nobles and some civilians, while the outside of the city was densely populated with slaves.

The city was completely defenseless, Deng Chanyu made a prompt decision and attacked!

The previous eight days were spent marching 1200 miles, and now the distance is about 600 miles. However, the mountain road is rugged and difficult to travel. Deng Chanyu used a hawk to scout the sky to find the way, and with troops, he marched quickly for three days and two nights and arrived at the Shu people's new city.

At this time, the news of the great defeat at the front had been reported back. The slaves were somewhat restless, and the nobles were frantically suppressing them. The two old high priests blamed each other, and finally Deng Chanyu led his troops to directly break through the city gate. More than 100,000 slaves, 10,000 civilians, and 3,000 soldiers were all captured.

A high priest was beheaded by Deng Chanyu, and the last one chose to surrender.

"Yu Fu has appeared! Yu Fu has appeared! Our ancestors said that in the future there will be a woman who will rule the country. She is the so-called Holy Mother and Divine Emperor! We are talking about you, General!" The oldest high priest seemed happier than Deng Chanyu. He spoke fluent Yin language and kept saying flattering words, pushing the confused Xiao Qiao aside.

Deng Chanyu carefully observed the high priest wearing a golden mask. The other party nodded and bowed, as if he was surrendering sincerely.

She was not planning to kill people indiscriminately, but having a guide might be convenient when she attacked Sands City and Samsung City in the future.

"What is the priest's name?"

The high priest spoke Yin dialect with a strong regional accent, and Deng Chanyu only heard his name clearly after he said it twice.

His name is "Jiu", which refers to a black stone in Shu State.

The old priest always wore a golden mask. Deng Chanyu respected their customs and didn't care about such trivial matters. She asked, "Jiu, isn't Sanxing City farther than Jinsha City? What is the population of Jinsha City?"

"It's still a bit far. If it's Jinsha City, the population should be over a million."

Deng Chanyu sneered, "Nonsense! The population of Chaoge City is barely over a million."

The old priest quickly put on a humble attitude and said, "Then I must have remembered it wrongly. Jinsha City should have a population of 500,000."

"Think about it again. I'll give you a chance to reorganize your words."

The old man knelt on the ground and said, "Originally, there were 500,000! After the old king died, several high priests wanted to seize our people, which triggered a war. After the war, we were expelled, taking with us over 100,000 slaves. Now, Jinsha City has a population of about 300,000."

This number is more accurate.

Deng Chanyu signaled the soldiers to put this guy in solitary confinement, and she continued to take out the map to study.

Too far, really too far!

There were no roads in those days, and the road from the new city she named Hanzhong to Jinsha City was extremely winding and covered thousands of miles.

Her troops had reached their limit and could no longer attack.

(End of this chapter)