Munitions Empire

Chapter 1094: 1016 Spooky Calm

On the second morning of October, a faction of the troops stationed in Wanliang City by the Dahua Empire left the city, unwilling to surrender. The troops that had decided to surrender benevolently let them leave their station.

By noon of the same day, General Luo Xiao led his troops into Wanliang City, taking over all defense operations and at least 120,000 Dahua soldiers who had turned their coats and pledged allegiance.

The citizens inside Wanliang City rejoiced like thunder, signifying that they had finally put an end to the chaos of war and could harvest their own food before winter arrived.

The Fengjiang side was undoubtedly generous. On the day they took Wanliang City, Luo Xiao issued a decree abolishing all taxes for the year, leaving all locally produced food for the local people.

Actually, there wasn’t much to spare because the war had destroyed many fields, and so Wanliang had not really had a bountiful harvest that year.

But the significance of this was profound; it represented the will of the local people and ensured that the food supplies near Wanliang City would remain local and not become logistic supplies for the Dahua Empire’s troops.

The news of the loss of Wanliang City reached the Imperial Capital of the Dahua Empire, and the Ministers of the Empire were thrown into a panic. The loss of this vital granary threw the situation into complete disarray.

The last time such a significant change occurred was when Shanping changed hands, and the Dahua Empire’s troops lost Guiguang. Now, with the fall of Wanliang, Hezhe was no longer safe either.

Zhao Chen, who had been fiercely attacking Fengjiang, was now at risk on his flank. He had to carefully consider a retreat for the troops under his command.

If he continued the fierce attack on Fengjiang and Hezhe were to be captured, his nearly one million army would be effectively encircled, and within days would collapse.