EFB Chapter 2057: The Fate of the Demon's Running Dog
Chapter 2057: The Fate of the Demon's Running Dog
Chapter 2057: The Fate of the Demon's Running Dog
Two years ago, when Xue Zongwu passed through Mangzhou, he complained that the array boards behind the gate had not been repaired for many years. Later, when Bai Tan strengthened the defense of the five cities, he also asked someone to make the array, but this array was still somewhat lacking.
Sure enough, hemp ropes are specially cut at thin spots.
Just three days after conquering Mangzhou, He Lingchuan led the reorganized Dragon God Army to continue northward with only one goal:
Tianshui City.
At this point, Bai Tan was already in despair.
He sat in Tianshui City and looked out, surrounded by enemies on all sides. This once famous Yao Kingdom capital had been surrounded by a vast army of dragon gods, like a small isolated island in the stormy sea.
Qingyang is dead, the entire territory of Yao Kingdom has fallen, his loyal followers and capable generals are gone, and even the army in Tianshui City is trembling in fear.
Where can I get support? Bai Tan went to the temple again, but it was quiet inside. No matter how he prayed, he got no response.
The gods had given up on him.
Even the gods are helpless in dealing with the current situation in Yao State.
Bai Tan could not find any chance of winning, nor could he see any hope of turning defeat into victory.
He was trapped in the city of sorrow for a long time before he sent someone to convey a message to the Great Emperor Jiuyou, saying that he was willing to give up Tianshui City, but asked the Great Emperor Jiuyou to spare his life and let him leave Yaodi safely.
But the people he sent out were sent back without even seeing Emperor Jiuyou.
"You want to come to an agreement by simply delivering a message? General Bai, you are kidding me."
The fight has come to this point, what is there for He Lingchuan to worry about?
The four cities captured earlier immediately solved the army's urgent problems, such as food shortage and insufficient supply of materials.
It’s okay. Tianshui City will be in his possession sooner or later. Now he just needs to slowly polish it.
Bai Tan had no choice but to write a letter himself and send it to Emperor Jiuyou.
This time, Emperor Jiuyou rejected him readily, announced the letter of surrender to the public, and sent people to read it aloud at the front line of the confrontation between the two armies!
General Tao Ran, under the command of Emperor Jiuyou, stepped out to convey the Dragon God's will:
Bai Tan killed the emperor and innocent people, stirred up civil strife, colluded with the devil, reaped lives, and left poison and gold. His crimes are so heinous that ten deaths are not enough to atone for his sins!
Therefore, the Dragon God will never accept Bai Tan's surrender!
The Dragon God wants everyone to see what happens to the devil’s lackeys!
The Yao army was in an uproar.
I fought hard for Bai Tan here, but he turned around and sold Tianshui City, only wanting to be rich and safe for myself.
Bai Tan had never imagined that his opponent was so vicious, and he hurriedly refuted the rumor, saying that it was just a conspiracy of the enemy army, and that he had never asked for surrender to the Dragon God, and that he would definitely lead Tianshui City to fight to the end, and so on.
But once the seeds of doubt have been planted, they will surely blossom and bear fruit.
The Dragon God Army's attacks became more and more fierce, while the morale in Tianshui City was low. The army neglected their duties, was passive and slack, and almost failed to defend the city gates several times.
The Dragon God Army outside the city even started to persuade Bai Tan to surrender. They counted all the sins Bai Tan had committed in his life, listed several of Bai Tan's crimes every day, distinguished Bai Tan from the other people in the city, and encouraged them to leave the city and surrender.
So some people escaped from the city at night and joined the Dragon God camp.
Bai Tan was furious and ordered the beheading of a hundred people.
The Yao army was already dissatisfied with him, and this further aroused public anger. The "spies" that He Lingchuan had sent in advance to Tianshui City also stepped up their efforts to fan the flames and create confrontational emotions.
Finally, on the thirty-first day of being besieged by the Dragon God Army, the generals in Tianshui City revolted!
Bai Tan was shocked and angry and launched a massive crackdown.
His reaction was quick, but the "rebel general" still opened the south gate of Tianshui City before being killed!
The Dragon God Army, which had been waiting on the side, rushed towards the city.
Once the South Gate is opened, it can never be closed again.
Just three hours later, the street fighting ended and Bai Tan was captured.
Just as the sun was rising, the Dragon God ordered Bai Tan to be pushed to the central square of Tianshui City, and this "sinner" was beheaded in front of all the soldiers in the city, young and old!
Before Bai Tan died, he looked up to the sky and sighed:
"Qingyang misled me!"
If he had not believed the lies of that old witch Qingyang, how could he, the great General Bai of Yao State, have ended up like this!
When they saw him kneeling down and surrendering, there was thunderous applause and many people were in tears.
The death of Bai Tan marked the complete end of the Yao people's resistance. Yao land was truly incorporated into the territory of the Dragon God and officially renamed "Yaozhou".
Afterwards, the Dragon God Army opened the warehouses to release food and appeased the people.
Because of the civil unrest, the grain production in Yaodi has dropped significantly in the past year and a half. Although Bai Tan transported all the looted grain to the five cities, most of it was stored in the military warehouses. How could the civilians get any?
During the more than one month that Bai Tan held on to Tianshui City, more than 2,500 citizens starved to death, and more than 5,000 died from theft, illness, and other reasons.
No matter what people originally thought of the Dragon God, the Dragon God’s army opened the granaries and released grain as soon as it arrived, which still caused cheers from the whole city.
Especially the residents of Tianshui City, who had lived the most affluent life in the whole of Shanjin for decades, but since Bai Tan killed the king, they often went hungry, and no one could accept such a gap. Now, they received the food distributed by the conqueror, and the resistance in their hearts was reduced a lot.
He Lingchuan had already prepared a complete administrative team for the local area in advance. He took office on the day Bai Tan was killed. The first decree he issued was to reclaim wasteland and organize late summer production.
The civil unrest in Yao lasted for more than a year, and the refugees were displaced and the land lost its owner. Although Bai Tan won in the end, he was busy preparing for war and had no time to focus on production, and a large amount of fertile land was left uncultivated.
He Lingchuan knew very well that in order for Yaozhou to quickly restore order after the war, the most important thing was to ensure production and supply, so that there would be stability.
It was summer, and with the frequent flow of divine fluid, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged, and the land on earth was temporarily in a state where "anything planted would survive" and "anything raised would grow quickly". He Lingchuan's think tank estimated that if they rushed to sow now, they could harvest at the latest in late autumn, and there was a high probability that they could harvest earlier.
This period is truly the time when "time is money".
The land that was conquered in the early stage has already been organized for production, and not a moment of time is wasted.
One of the important reasons why He Lingchuan rushed to attack Yaodi was that he could not waste such a precious opportunity. Otherwise, when autumn came, everything would be depressed and the civilians' food would become a big problem.
Without food, people will be unstable.
When fighting, what he thought about most was the post-war period.
So far, the central and eastern parts of Shanjin have been completely pacified, and the Dragon God Army has also received strong supplies.
The money and food He Lingchuan had stockpiled for the Dragon God War had actually been used up! They were already stretched to the limit in the late stage of the training camp. When they attacked Yao Kingdom, the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce and the army logistics were robbing Peter to pay Paul every day, and they were worried about the food and supplies for the soldiers. Ding Zuodong was worried all day and all night, his hair turned half white again, his gums were swollen, and he had two teeth pulled out.