"General Mukai, how do you think of us men?"

Elder Shi Liu, who was standing aside, asked with a smile that Mu Kai, who was directing his subordinates to train those Gao Yue's recruits who had only been selected.

"Not bad, quite good! As long as the equipment is in place and I only have half a year, I promise to train them into an iron armored hero!"

Mu Kai nodded and said proudly: "We Gaoyue people are not good at physical fitness. It is difficult to find a few that can be compared on the mainland."

"Yes, General Mu Kai, then when can you let them become one of you?" Shi Liujin's subsequent words made the smile on the proud Mu Kai's face froze.

"It's almost done. When Lord Qin and his friends take down Loulan, we will go and meet with Lord Qin and then we can officially join Lord Qin and become one of them."

After being stunned for a moment, Mu Kai quickly followed up to comfort Shi Liu, but he knew in his heart that the trick he had played before he could fool him and put a big question mark.

"Deputy Commander of Mukai Division, have you received the approval of Lord Qin?"

Mu Haoran, deputy director of the Northwest Administration Office, asked in confusion. According to what he learned, Lord Qin had promised Director Liang Qiming not to expand his army in the near future. Why is Mu Kai reorganizing his army here again?

"Of course, without the approval of Lord Qin, who dares to expand the army without authorization? I have reported it specifically for this when I came." Mu Kai pretended to be righteous.

"Is that so? But I heard from Director Liang Qiming that Lord Qin has decided not to add troops in the near future!" Mu Haoran still looked confused.

"Oh, the situation of the war has changed so much. Maybe Lord Qin has changed his attention again." Although Mu Kai felt guilty, he had to bite the bullet and hold on. The feeling of confidence just now had long disappeared.

Mu Haoran stopped saying anything. But he also decided to report this situation back to Qingyang as soon as possible to report it to his direct boss Liang Qiming.

Just as Qin Mu's army quickly marched towards Vito City, an important city in northeastern Loulan, the entire Vito City was already in panic. Many noble and wealthy businessmen dragged their children and brought their children to their carriages, and fled southward. The remaining 10,000 troops in Vito City were also led by the guard Clement a day ago, and quietly left the city to retreat to Manlong in the middle. In order to prevent the people in the city from consciously chasing the chaos that affected their march, Clement did not even say hello to anyone, but only pulled some important officials and their families in the city and left overnight.

The next day, when people got up, they found that the scattered soldiers were missing, and the military camp was closed, and even the yamen was quiet. They were nimble and had already noticed something was wrong, while those who were well-informed had already begun to pack up and flee south.

Soon, all kinds of rumors spread in the city. Some said that the army of Emperor Qin had invaded in full swing, some said that the Western Regions countries jointly sent troops to Loulan, and some said that a large group of bandits of unknown origin were about to rob Vito City. The situation in the city suddenly became uncontrollable, and the lack of public security forces and the social security in the army was in chaos. Many criminals took the opportunity to rob, burned, killed and plundered in groups. The originally picturesque city of Vito was about to become a paradise for rioters.

Just as people were fleeing out of the city and flocking to the south, no one noticed that a cavalry team had quickly approached the north gate of Vito City.

"Sir! General Liu Wu reported urgently!"

A burst of rapid footsteps interrupted Qin Mu's beautiful dream. In the dream, Shangguan Zixi and Yuzhu two women's silk skirts were half-exposed. They wanted to welcome him but refused. The shy and seductive charm made Qin Mu, who was in the dream, couldn't help but salivate. Seeing the two women, they wanted to share the light and hug them into their arms, but the sound of a great disgrace of the scenery interrupted this most charming moment.

Qin Mu opened his eyes in disappointment and wiped the saliva remaining from his mouth. He turned over and got out of bed with great unhappiness. He stretched his waist long before he asked lazily: "What's the matter?"

"General Liu Wu from the front line sent an urgent report!"

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"According to the information, Vito City is now in chaos, and there are no defenders or officials. The subordinates have led their troops to march first to rectify public order, and report to the Lord, and hope for the Lord's instructions and meet as soon as possible."

"Well, I understand, put it there." Qin Mu stood up and thought while paced in the tent.

"Come on! Pour me a cup of coffee."

"Yes, sir!" The answer was the guard on duty outside the tent.

It seems that he can't sleep well again tonight, Qin Mu sighed helplessly. He was really uncomfortable without a woman around him, and he didn't know how the days without a woman came about before.

It seems that the Loulan people are preparing to give up Vito City. After occupying Vito City, should they continue to march south to gain greater benefits, or should they take a break and observe the changes in the situation? Until now, Qin Mu has not made up his mind.

With his existing military strength, Qin Mu has absolute confidence to take advantage of the opportunity to take over the central Manlong City in the short term, but Qin Mu is not sure what kind of reaction the Loulan people will respond. If the Loulan people draw troops from the south to support the Manlong defense, then whether the Loulan army, which was already at a disadvantage, can withstand the impact of the superior Pasha people, is the most worried about this issue.

If the Loulan people continue to give up Manlong City, this is also the result that Qin Mu is most willing to see and get the greatest profit at the lowest cost. But can the Loulan people act according to their own ideas?

If you stop there, not to mention that the generals of the army will be very regretful, even if you feel a pity, you should know that Manlong City and its surrounding areas are quite rich areas of the Grand Duchy of Loulan, far from comparable to North Loulan. If you take this area, you can improve your financial difficulties.

This is indeed a double-edged sword. If you don’t get any profit, you will hurt yourself and put yourself in a passive situation. Qin Mu fell into deep thought.

...

General Solon, who was full of despair, watched the tragic image in front of him. The raging fire was still burning. The soldiers like ants were helplessly lifting water from the adjacent reservoir to try to suppress the fire. However, all this seemed so futile. Forage and food, as well as a large number of wooden siege equipment had long been burned.

The fire that has been burning for more than three hours in a row is no longer controlled by manpower. The fire is taking advantage of the wind, and you can see the rolling smoke coming out here even if you don’t have a few dozen miles away. If you want to extinguish the fire, you can only hope to open your eyes. However, it is already late autumn. The land of Loulan has already passed the rainy season and entered the dry season. Where can you find this heavy rain?

There may also be a pungent smell of meat burning in the air. I don’t know whether it was the dead horse or the dead soldiers’ bodies being swept into the fire circle. As the head coach of Comine on the Western Front battlefield, Solon clearly realized what it would be to wait for him.

This fire has completely destroyed the hope of the Comini army advancing east. You must know that this is the bridgehead of the Comini army's eastern expedition and the most important supply center for the army. After careful search, even though we knew that there was no decent armed force nearby, Solon still arranged 20,000 troops to garrison here to ensure the absolute safety of this logistics center. I never thought that such a big mistake would still happen!

In addition to the more than 100,000 troops stationed on the front line, the second batch of reinforcements of 100,000 troops are also ready to set off. The current situation is that there is no grain of food stored. How can this more than 200,000 troops live together?! Solon was so desperate that he was about to go crazy. He could even imagine what his ending would be. A noose would definitely not be able to escape. He could even imagine that his wives, concubines and children would be demoted to slaves and trampled on others. When he thought that his beautiful wives, concubines and daughters would be ravaged by those political enemies with human faces and beasts, he felt that his heart was bleeding.
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