Acai's Sky

Chapter 712: What Does the Heroine's Escape Have to Do with Me?

The resourceful military advisor, with a smile on his face, ordered his men to bring up dozens of huge iron pots.

These iron pots were lined up on the defensive wall, and raging fires burned at the bottom of the pots.

The firemen held large palm-leaf fans and fanned the flames desperately, while also blowing the aroma of food in the pot continuously towards the enemy camp in the north.

The rich aroma of food filled the air, like an invisible rope, tightly wrapping around the nose of the northern barbarian opposite.

Many Northern Barbarian soldiers couldn't help swallowing their saliva after smelling the tempting smell, with envy and desire in their eyes.

Some soldiers even began to whisper and talk to each other, and their originally firm fighting will seemed to be shaken at this moment.

It must be said that this military advisor was truly brilliant. With just such a simple yet ingenious strategy, he had given his side an absolute upper hand.

Perhaps it is just as people expected, the aroma of delicious food alone will probably attract many northern barbarian soldiers to come and surrender!

The Northern Barbarian soldiers were already salivating at the aroma of food, their eyes were red as if they were about to spit fire.

At this moment, the cavalry from the opposite side came roaring like a hurricane, unstoppable.

These northern barbarian soldiers were instantly frightened out of their wits. They no longer had the slightest desire to resist. They knelt on the ground, raised their hands, and begged for mercy loudly: "Please spare our lives! We surrender! As long as you can give us food!"

Seeing this scene, even the battle-hardened Liu Yong couldn't help but be dumbfounded. He muttered to himself, "In all my years in the army, this is the first time I've seen the enemy's willpower so fragile and vulnerable."

Shen Wei on the side happily commanded his soldiers to quickly step forward and tie up the surrendered northern barbarians one by one, and strung them together like a string of candied haws.

Then, he rode up to Liu Yong on horseback and said with a smile on his face, "That's nothing, brother. Just wait and see. If we don't tear the Northern Barbarian King's Court to pieces this time, you won't be able to come back!"

Hearing this, Liu Yong's eyes suddenly widened and he asked in disbelief, "Really? We can completely conquer the Northern Barbarians this time?"

However, before he could react, Shen Wei suddenly raised the whip in his hand and whipped the mount under Liu Yong's crotch hard.

The horse neighed in pain, spread out its four hooves and galloped out wildly, carrying Liu Yong far away in a blink of an eye.

Shen Wei looked at the receding figure, smiled, shook his head and sighed: "With such little determination, how can you accomplish anything great?"

...

When the forces in the north were aggressively attacking Fengyu Kingdom, Shang Qiu in the west could not hold back and joined the dispute.

However, unlike the north, Shangqiu's action this time was not an all-out attack, but merely a coercive attempt to force Fengyu Kingdom to exchange a large amount of food with it.

You know, the Fengyu Kingdom is a place blessed by heaven and full of auspicious signs.

Faced with such a blessed country, even someone as strong as Shangqiu would feel a bit apprehensive, fearing that a rash invasion would bring punishment from Heaven.

Once the divine punishment comes, the innocent people in Shangqiu will suffer.

What is even more troublesome is that the secret passages leading to Fengyu Kingdom have been blocked tightly at some point.

Many businessmen could no longer sneak into Fengyu country as they did in the past.

In desperation, Shang Qiu had to take tough measures to force Fengyu Kingdom to open its doors in order to restore trade between the two countries.

Having said that, all these incidents were caused by the Fengyu Kingdom's long-term policy of seclusion.

Because the country has always kept its border ports closed, it has been difficult for merchants from various countries to pass through customs normally and go to Fengyu Country to conduct trade activities.

Especially during this drought, this situation made Shang Qiu feel even more desperate.

Because as early as two years ago, they heard that Fengyu Country had obtained a high-quality seed that could bring high yields, but they had never had the opportunity to see it with their own eyes, let alone introduce it for planting!

...

The Maonan Kingdom in the south pretended to launch an offensive against the Fengyu Kingdom, but in fact its real purpose was exactly the same as Shangqiu's - to force the Fengyu Kingdom to open its border ports to achieve free trade between the two sides.

Therefore, the Maonan Kingdom sent many smart and capable businessmen to search for the tunnels that had been dug in advance.

These merchants worked tirelessly to wander around the area where the tunnel entrance might exist, but after several rounds, they still failed to find the exact location of the entrance.

Some of them finally found the suspected entrance based on the marking clues they had, and hurried forward with joy to dig up the sealing stone, but they were greatly disappointed.

I saw that the inside of the cave had been filled with thick sand and fine stones, making it airtight and watertight.

This scene made the merchants who had been to Fengyu Country for business activities very angry. They couldn't help but curse:

"Who on earth is this?! So bored, causing such trouble for no reason. They even sealed off this crucial secret passage so tightly. They're simply bored and have nothing better to do!"

You know, digging such a tunnel is not an easy task.

It often takes two to three years from the start of construction to final completion.

During this period, they not only had to ensure the accuracy of the excavation direction to avoid going astray or getting lost, but they also hired tomb robbers to dig tunnels for them.

The tunnels must also be continuously reinforced to prevent collapse accidents.

In order to enhance the stability of the tunnel structure, some people even spend a lot of manpower and material resources to use blue bricks to build it.

But what about now?

Even the passage that had not been fully completed and was only half dug was blocked.

"You're so ungrateful! Don't let us think about you. You'll make me so angry!"

...

The golden raccoon dog was wagging its tail and eating the chicken legs fried by Aunt Gu.

“Ah…”

"Ah!"

"Who is it? How dare you curse me, your master!"

The golden raccoon dog kept sneezing loudly, as if shaking the whole room, while it still tightly grasped the fragrant fried chicken leg and devoured it greedily.

Oil stains flowed down the corners of its mouth and dripped onto the ground, but it didn't care and continued to eat with relish.

Ah Cai, who was standing by, shrugged slightly after hearing the Golden Raccoon's complaint, and said with a helpless smile:

"There's a war going on at the border now. The enemy troops are probably trying to find an underground passage that leads directly to our Fengyu country so they can surprise us!

It's a pity that this passage was blocked long ago, so they naturally couldn't get in, which is why they were so furious and cursed the person who blocked the passage!"

At this time, Aunt Gu also laughed and nodded in agreement, "That's right! These guys can't get in, so they can only worry. Besides cursing and venting their anger, what else can they do? Haha..."

On the other side, Rong Mama nimbly brought over a large basin of freshly squeezed juice and carefully placed it in front of the golden raccoon dog.

With a loving face, he said, "Come on, come on, our little one who has done such a great service, you must eat and drink more! You must quickly gain back the little fat you lost!"

As he spoke, he gently touched the golden raccoon dog's round belly.