Zhang Li's words made several people nod and understand.
Besides, if you do this, you don’t know how many people will die in the endless desert.
The overlords naturally don't care about the life and death of these civilians.
But if countless people starve to death or die of thirst in the endless desert because of them, what will the relatives and friends of those who died do?
By then, I'm afraid the civilians will also fight against their troops.
It’s just that the gain outweighs the loss.
"Writing is really not what I'm good at." Zhang Li rubbed his temples.
What he is good at is strategizing and planning, but he is not good at commanding operations.
This is his weakness.
Lin Xiaofeng nodded and said: "Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses."
"I'll try my best to think of a way to save him," Zhang Li could only say.
At this time, a total of 120,000 troops were stationed in Shisha City.
Shisha City is far less prosperous than Desert City. There are only about 200,000 people in the entire city.
At this time, the entire city was already controlled by Sikong Yichen and his army.
In the city lord's palace, Sikong Yichen, Tree Demon King, and Lin Pingchuan were discussing how to continue their march tomorrow.
"There are still three cities, and we can attack Sand Dune City directly." Lin Pingchuan said with a smile on his face: "Once we reach Sand Dune City, we can kill the devil and eliminate future troubles forever."
The Tree Demon King nodded and said, "Let's start marching tomorrow and go to the next city."
Sikong Yichen frowned but said nothing.
Suddenly, a soldier ran in from outside the door, holding a letter in his hand. He said: "City Lord Sikong, an urgent message from Jiangnan City."
"Urgent letter? Show it to me quickly." Upon hearing this, Sikong Yichen reached out and took the letter.
After reading it, my eyebrows furrowed.
"What's wrong?" Lin Pingchuan said, and Sikong Yichen also handed the letter to him.
Lin Pingchuan and the Tree Demon King took turns reading the contents of the letter.
Neither of them looked particularly good-looking.
If the content of this letter is true.
The Tree Demon King frowned and said: "The content of this letter, cutting off our supplies, should not happen. We have already thought about this possibility before. We have arranged people and horses in every city, and all the people who can give orders
All the city lords below are also in our hands."
"How could those five cities cut off our supplies?"
Lin Pingchuan said: "But this letter also said that if Sand Dune City sends troops to intercept our supplies, our necks will be strangled."
"As long as we have more troops transporting supplies, we only have these city lords in our hands. The people under their command won't dare to make trouble with us casually, right?"
"Besides, we have a lot of manpower to transport supplies. If Sand Dune City wants to cut off our supply line, wouldn't it have to send an army of 40,000 to 50,000 to intercept it?"
"The 40,000 to 50,000 troops coming from Dune City cannot bypass us. We can directly stop them."
"That's right."
Sikong Yichen nodded slightly, looked at the letter and said, "I hope this won't happen. We have already come this far. No matter what, it is impossible to retreat."
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In the desert city, there are millions of people, but their lives are not very good at this time, and their moods are quite heavy.
After all, the city lord was robbed, and there were 5,000 elite soldiers from outsiders guarding the place.
Let the people here be a little miserable.
It's not that these elite soldiers oppressed the people.
But the soldiers who usually maintain law and order are being stared at by these elite troops. The security in the desert city has collapsed.
Various rumors spread, making these people worried.
Moreover, every one of the people in the city lived a miserable life and were bullied by all kinds of ruffians.
Five thousand elites are watching, but even five thousand of them can't manage such a big city.
We can only let it happen, wait for the war to end, and then slowly calm down.
At this time, supplies sent from Jiangnan City, Black Grass Plain, and Forest of Death were transported into Desert City one by one, and there were thousands of horse-drawn carriages transporting supplies.
The next day, it will be sent to the next city.
In a tavern, many foreigners were drinking in the tavern, expressing their dissatisfaction with the current situation.
"The city lord has been arrested and is being looked at like a prisoner by the people outside. I'm really upset."
"Isn't that right? Damn it, we have an army of fifty thousand in Desert City. At this time, we only have five thousand men and horses guarding us. They don't even dare to resist."
When the people around me heard this topic, they all became interested.
At this time, a man in black clothes said: "I have a relative who is a guard of the city lord's palace. I heard that we are going to run out of food here."
A person around said: "There are loads of supplies coming in today. It's impossible to run out of food."
The man in black clothes said: "What do you know? These supplies are sent to the army in front, not ours. Moreover, the food of us ordinary people will be plundered soon. Every household must give half of the food
Hand it over."
"Brother, I have never heard of such a thing. Who did you listen to?"
The man in black clothes said: "My relatives told me this personally."
"Believe it or not, I am planning to pack up some belongings and run away."
People around him immediately gathered around: "Brother, do you have any good way out?"
"Well, I'm telling you in a low voice, don't let it out." The man in black said with a smile: "We have formed some civilians privately and discussed a business to make a fortune. Once we made a fortune, we ran out of the desert city.
, enter the Black Grass Plains or the Forest of Death and live a comfortable life."
"Really or not, is there a way to make a fortune?"
The man spoke in a low voice.
This situation is not just in this tavern, but in Desert City, or in other words, in the other five cities, all taverns and places where there are many people, all kinds of rumors have arisen.
Rumors were spread that Sikong Yichen and his army of hundreds of thousands did not have enough rations and wanted to rob the people of their food supplies.
Of course, no one believed such rumors at first, but they spread quickly.
As the old saying goes, people's words are scary, but they are actually false. The more people say it, the more people will believe it.
And not even a handful of people believe it.
In the desert city, something suddenly happened that night.
A group of ten soldiers, wearing the same clothes as Sikong Yichen and his army, came to rob a family of food, then killed the whole family and took away all the food.
These five cities were like a powder keg that could explode at any time. This incident could be said to have completely aroused public anger.