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Chapter 104 Barbarians go south

After Lu Chen hosted Xuan Yuan Chen, Wen Ren Lie, and other generals at the Prince's Mansion, he inquired about the remnants of the Great Yu Dynasty.

After the war ends, Lu Chen plans to relocate all the remnants of the Great Yu to Beijun, as the construction of Beijun requires a large population.

The current population of Beijun is insufficient to support his plan to develop Beijun.

Although there were only 500,000 remnants of the Great Yu Dynasty, their migration to Beijun was a huge boost to the population of Beijun.

The northern region is sparsely populated, with many wastelands still empty. It can easily accommodate 500,000 people, let alone an additional 3 million.

At the welcoming banquet, listening to Lu Chen and the Black Cavalry generals' discussion, Mu Changtian and the others finally understood why he had no idea that Lu Chen had trained such a large cavalry force.

It turns out that these Black Cavalrymen were not in North County at all, but in a place even further north, a place with a population of 500,000.

There are barbarian tribes in the north, and the armies of the Great Xia rarely enter the north, so few people know that there are actually 500,000 remnants of the Great Yu in the north.

Mu Changtian and the others had to admire Lu Chen. Lu Chen not only found these 500,000 remnants of the Great Yu, but also subdued these 50,000 Black Cavalry.

As expected, Lu Chen was blessed by the gods, and the defection of the remnants of the Great Yu Dynasty further convinced Mu Changtian and the others that Lu Chen was the chosen one.

Nowadays, the loyalty of generals and soldiers like Mu Changtian, who were not summoned by the system, to Lu Chen has basically reached 100%. The strength and ambition shown by the Northern King have indeed given them a glimpse of the possibility of unifying the world. They believe that by following the Northern King, they will one day become loyal subjects of the dragon.

After the banquet, Lu Chen immediately led his generals to his study and began to plan the war against the barbarians.

……

a few days later.

North County, Tianguang City.

A large cavalry force surrounded Tianguang City. Xiao Hongbo, riding high on horseback, looked at the dilapidated city before him and declared, "Northern Commandery, I have arrived!"

"From this day forward, the Northern Commandery will be my territory!"

If you looked out from Tianguang City at this moment, you would see a dense array of cavalry stretching as far as the eye could see.

Unfortunately, there is no one left in Tianguang City now, so no one can see this magnificent scene.

Tianguang City is the city in Beijun that is closest to the northern lands, so it is the first city that the barbarians want to attack.

Xiao Hongbo's 300,000-strong army has not yet been divided up and is all outside Tianguang City.

Xiao Hongbo didn't believe that Tianguang City could withstand the barbarian cavalry. He directly told the soldiers beside him, "Immediately shout to the Great Xia garrison in Tianguang City that if they surrender, the Northern King will not only spare their lives but also allow them to join my army and share in my future glory and wealth!"

Before setting out, Yelü Nanyan instructed Xiao Hongbo that this time, he should not think about killing people, but try to reduce the fear of the barbarians among the people of the north.

The country they want to establish in the future will be difficult to build without the people of Daxia. The barbarians have always been a nomadic people on the grasslands and have no experience in building a country. The people of Daxia in Beijun are very important to the barbarians, so we cannot overly intensify the conflict between the people of Daxia and the barbarians.

Of course, if the garrison of Beijun insists on resisting to the end, then a bloody suppression will still be necessary.

At this moment, the barbarian soldiers rode their horses to the city of Tianguang and shouted directly at the city, ordering the garrison inside to come out and surrender.

However, despite the soldiers shouting with all their might, they received no response from the garrison inside Tianguang City, and did not even see any soldiers from Tianguang City appear.

Seeing this, Xiao Hongbo couldn't help but wonder if the soldiers of Tianguang City planned to wait until their army got close and then suddenly appear to attack them.

In the past, when barbarian soldiers marched south to plunder grain and women, the Great Xia garrison liked to do this: they would pretend that the city was deserted, and as soon as the barbarian soldiers got close, they would fire arrows wildly, which often caught the barbarian soldiers off guard.

Xiao Hongbo then sent several soldiers to shout messages to the city of Tianguang. This time, the soldiers were even closer to the city, less than twenty meters from the city gate.

However, no one answered, and it seemed that Tianguang City really had no garrison.

Xiao Hongbo frowned.

He didn't believe that the Great Xia people had directly abandoned Tianguang City. In his view, the soldiers of Tianguang City had gone into hiding, waiting for the barbarian army to approach before launching a sudden attack on them.

Thinking of this, Xiao Hongbo couldn't help but feel extremely angry.

These people from Great Xia are really asking for trouble!

Since they insist on defending the city and refuse to surrender, death is the only path awaiting them.

Immediately, Xiao Hongbo picked up a massive axe and shouted towards Tianguang City, "Attack!"

The next moment, a dozen soldiers carrying horns blew them, and the sound of the horns echoed across the entire grassland.

Before long, the soldiers in charge of the siege used siege engines to break open the city gate of Tianguang City. In order to occupy Beijun, the Tianlang King tribe made ample preparations this time.

They didn't just bring 300,000 cavalry; they also had siege equipment ready long ago.

This time, the goal isn't to plunder food or women, but to conquer cities and seize territory, so siege equipment is essential.

Seeing that the barbarian soldiers easily broke through the city gates of Tianguang City, Xiao Hongbo was extremely puzzled, and even the attacking barbarian soldiers were stunned.

Normally, a city gate would take dozens of ramming attacks to open, but the gate of Tianguang City was opened in an instant.

How is that possible?

Could it be that the soldiers of Tianguang City plan to wait until the barbarian cavalry enter the city before engaging them in a decisive battle?

Having considered this possibility, the barbarian soldiers cautiously charged directly into Tianguang City.

Xiao Hongbo rode his horse and stood in the middle of the army, quietly waiting for news from Tianguang City.

After a while, Xiao Pengtian rode his horse out of Tianguang City and came directly to Xiao Hongbo.

"Your Majesty! There is no one left in Skylight City!"

"Not only were there no garrison troops from Great Xia, but not a single civilian from Great Xia was found either."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Hongbo was taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter and said, "Hahaha, I understand now! It must be that brat, the Northern King, who was so frightened by my arrival that he fled the Northern Prefecture in a panic, taking the people with him!"

At this moment, Xiao Pengtian reminded us, "Your Majesty, the Queen Consort instructed us to capture as many Great Xia people as possible during our conquest of Beijun. If all the Great Xia people run away, we will have no laborers to work for us after we establish our country."

Upon hearing Xiao Pengtian's words, Xiao Hongbo's smile instantly froze. How could he have forgotten about this?

Xiao Hongbo then said, "Xiao Pengtian, you immediately take 100,000 soldiers to Qucheng in Beijun, and Mantie, you immediately take 50,000 soldiers to Huangcheng."

Xiao Pengtian and another barbarian general immediately replied, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Soon, the barbarians split into three groups and continued their advance southward.

However, they soon discovered that as they continued south, they saw no Xia garrison in the North County and hardly any civilians.

Even if they captured some civilians, they were mostly elderly, weak, sick, and disabled people who were unwilling to leave North County.

This made Xiao Hongbo very unhappy. This time, when he went south to attack Beijun, he wanted more than just the land of Beijun. He also wanted the people of Beijun.

As a result, all the people fled, and even if they occupied Beijun, they wouldn't know how to manage the entire Beijun.

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