I started as an exile, and I relied on space to support my family of loyal heroes.

The ministers, who were having a headache, became curious when they heard the empress's order.

Yes, where did this small country come from? They dared to openly provoke the Xiliang Kingdom. They are really bold.

Thinking that Yongchang should be a small country, the Minister of Revenue immediately had an idea in his mind.

"Your Majesty, I have a plan..."

The empress frowned and looked at the Minister of Revenue, "Speak!"

All the ministers turned their heads to look at the Minister of Revenue.

The Minister of Revenue licked his lips and said, "Yongchang is a small country, so it will be easy to deal with. I think we can..."

The empress looked straight at the Minister of Revenue, and after he finished speaking, the entire study fell into silence.

After a while,

"Just do as you say. I'll leave this matter to you. Set off immediately."

"....Yes!" The Minister of Revenue responded and stood up trembling.

.......

Fantasy Lotus City...

Shi Jian stood on the city gate tower, frowning and looking in the direction of Chiyan City.

With a loud "boom", a muffled thunder came from the direction of Chiyan City.

On the official road leading to Chiyan City, a horse was galloping at full speed.

"Report!!!"

Shi Jian lowered his eyes and looked at the breathless soldiers standing at the foot of the city gate.

"Say!"

The personal soldier saluted and said, "General, it is raining in Chiyan City."

"It's raining!?" Shi Jian frowned, "Is it really that weird?"

Early in the morning, when it was just dawn, he heard a series of roars coming from the direction of Chiyan City.

The sound sounded like thunder and rain.

But it is winter now, and in his entire life, he has only heard thunder in winter a few times.

Thunder in winter is a very rare thing, especially when most parts of Xiliang Kingdom are experiencing cold weather, and it is even more difficult to hear thunder.

The thunder was too frequent and he was worried, so he sent someone to check it out.

But...isn't it too fast to come back?

Shi Jian frowned and looked at the soldier, "You got to Chiyan City so soon?"

Chiyan City is not that close to Huanlian City. In such a freezing cold day, it would take a whole day to go back and forth on horseback at full speed.

Calculating the time, the soldiers had only been running away for two or three hours.

The soldier shouted back, "We encountered heavy rain before we even reached Chiyan City."

"It's raining heavily one hour away from Chiyan City."

It was raining so heavily that he didn't care about his life and ran towards Chiyan City in the rain.

It started raining less than halfway through the run. It must be raining heavily in Chiyan City. Is there any point in going there?

Shi Jian frowned and looked towards the direction of Chiyan City.

If you look closely, you can indeed see a large area of ​​mist spreading in the distance.

It’s such a cold day and it’s raining so heavily. What a strange scene.

How come it is raining so heavily in Chiyan City that even peeing can freeze you?

Shi Jian frowned, thinking of the rumors in the city - the God Army led by King Zhenbei was here to save the people, and as long as the God Army passed by the city, the drought problem would be alleviated immediately.

Originally he thought it was just a trick used by the enemy to fool the people, but he didn't expect that it would actually rain in Chiyan City.

The rain is so heavy that the ground shouldn’t freeze for a while. It’s best if the ground doesn’t freeze. The water will flow to Huanlian City and alleviate the drought there.

This is the first time in all these years that Huanlian City has not seen any snow in this winter. It is dry and cold.

"Someone, go check if there is any water in the well."

Shi Jian raised his voice and gave the order.

The soldier responded and immediately went down the city gate tower.

Soon, the soldiers ran back to the city gate tower with joy on their faces.

"General, the water levels in the city's wells are slowly rising."

The terrain of Huanlian City is much lower than that of Chiyan City. As long as there is water in Chiyan City, there will definitely be water in Huanlian City.

This is really great. The city has been suffering from a severe water shortage these days. The soldiers' mouths are all cracked. Now we don't have to worry about water anymore.

When Shi Jian heard this, he felt mixed emotions.

The good news is that the drought problem has been solved and the soldiers can spend a happy new year with peace of mind.

What worries him is that the enemy has reached the doorstep, and he still doesn't know where the God Army came from, but they can actually call the wind and rain, which is even more powerful than the Wu Ma family.

Xiliang Kingdom has been suffering from drought for so long, but the people of the Wuma family have not seen even a drop of rain.

As soon as the Heavenly God Army arrived, they prayed for rain, which made him feel mysterious and a little panicked.

With a sigh, Shi Jian glanced at the soldiers around him.

"Have the Wu Ma family been invited?"

The guard shook his head and said, "The Wu Ma family's gate is tightly closed. No matter how much our subordinates ask to see them, they refuse to open the door."

Shi Jian was immediately furious when he heard this.

"The Wu Ma family is awesome!!"

"Usually he wants to get involved in everything, but when it comes to the critical moment, he becomes a coward."

"I want to see how long the Wu Ma family can continue to be so rampant."

Shi Jian was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but he didn't have the courage to lead his troops to surround the Wu Ma family's house.

The old house of the Wu Ma family is in Lingxiao City. If he attacks the Wu Ma family, a large number of assassins from the Wu Ma family in Lingxiao City will come overnight to kill him.

The Wu Ma family has become so cruel that they don't care about anyone's life.

Even though he was a great general with 200,000 or 300,000 soldiers under his command, he did not dare to challenge the Wu Ma family.

He really couldn't deal with the Wu Ma family's assassins.

Shi Jian took a deep breath and tried to calm down for a long time.

"Immediately go to the Wu Ma family's old house in Lingxiao City and ask for help from the Wu Ma family."

"The soldiers have no food to eat and cannot fight. Let the Wu Ma family provide some food and fodder."

The guard was slightly stunned, "Yes!"

It’s not so easy to borrow food from the Wu Ma family.

Shi Jian watched his personal soldiers leave with a heavy face, feeling extremely angry.

He requisitioned all the grain from the aristocratic families in Huanlian City, except for the Wu Ma family, from whom he was unable to borrow a single grain.

The members of the Wu Ma family seemed to have disappeared collectively, staying indoors for more than a month.

He sent people there several times, but they didn't see anyone from the Wu Ma family.

If no one dared to touch the Wu Ma family, he would have suspected that the Wu Ma family had been wiped out, which was why it was so quiet.

According to the Wu Ma family's usual nature of loving to join in the fun, when such a big thing happened in Chiyan City, how could the Wu Ma family not be curious and come out to take a look?

Shi Jian frowned in confusion and muttered softly,

"Are they afraid that I will ask them to borrow food, so they stay indoors?"

Thinking of this possibility, Shi Jian sneered.

When he was forced into a corner, he actually took people to rob the Wu Ma family's warehouse.

Shi Jian lowered his eyes and looked at the soldiers who had been guarding the city gate.

"Go to Chiyan City and find out what the Yongchang Kingdom is and where the Zhenbei King Tianshen Army came from."

"......" The soldier pursed his lips in embarrassment, "....Yes!"

It’s raining so hard, and you want him to go to Chiyan City? Do you want him to freeze to death?

The soldier took a deep breath, turned his horse around helplessly, and galloped towards Chiyan City.

.......