Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

It took a full seven days for Song Zhicai and his soldiers from the Phoenix Kingdom to turn the situation in Xuancheng around.

The people gradually recovered their vitality, began to rebuild their homes, and worked hard to get their lives back on track.

It is not a solution to keep giving out porridge. No matter how much gold and silver there is, it must be eaten up.

So Song Zhi said it very clearly that the porridge distribution would only last for half a month, and after half a month, they would have to use silver to buy food.

Those who don’t have money can go to Phoenix Country to look for work opportunities. Men and women can go there, and at least they will have enough food and clothing.

However, the strong laborers must come back to farm after the spring, otherwise they will still have a hard time without food next year.

The people had no complaints about this, because they knew very well that Song Zhi's steps would not stop in Xuancheng, and there were still too many cities in Tianqi that needed to be saved.

Being able to provide them with porridge for half a month and provide them with a way out is already a great blessing.

During this period, Song Zhi had already spread the news that Mu Yuanzhi asked Qi Feng to use poison on the battlefield.

As expected, Mu Yuanzhi received a lot of contempt and scolding.

Other countries already looked down on him for his disregard for the lives of the people, so many countries even began to openly support Song Zhi in unifying Tianqi.

The most supportive state among them was Wei, because Wei accidentally learned that Li and Tianqi were allies, and at the same time laughed at Jiang Li for making mistakes and choosing such a bad person to cooperate with.

At the same time, she began to send a message to the Huang Kingdom, saying that she would help her deal with Tianqi as soon as she dealt with the Li Kingdom.

Although Wei State spoke big words, the fact was that Li State had always had a slight advantage in the battle against Wei State.

Therefore, the State of Wei was unable to capture any city of the State of Li.

Song Zhi was happy to watch the fun and took the time to spread the news, saying that there was no need to go through so much trouble and that he would help her deal with Li State as soon as she finished dealing with Tianqi.

When the Wei Kingdom heard about this good thing, they started dividing the spoils they hadn't gotten yet, even before Jiang Li died. They said they would split it 50-50 with the Huang Kingdom after they conquered the Li Kingdom.

Song Zhi did not pass on the message any more. If he passed on too much, it would really make Jiang Li desperate and that would be bad.

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that this kind of joking and ridicule was just for fun. With Jiang Li in charge of a big country like the Li Kingdom, how could it be conquered so easily?

In the end, Wei State thought it was fun, Huang State followed suit, Li State didn't take it seriously, and Tianqi Muyuanzhi became anxious!

He felt that he had suffered a great humiliation. Not only did the State of Wei mock him as a bad person, it also tacitly agreed that the State of Huang could defeat Tianqi and then cooperate with them to take down the State of Wei.

He was so angry that he was about to smash the glass cups that the late emperor loved the most, but suddenly he learned something that made him even more crazy: Xuancheng was also lost!

No, to be precise, it was not lost, but his people opened the city gates and welcomed the enemy in.

The escaping cavalrymen finally returned after a long and arduous journey and brought back this news.

Mu Yuanzhi couldn't help it, and raised his hand to throw the glass cup to the ground.

As the glass lamp shattered into pieces, he roared, "Traitors, all of them are traitors. How dare they defect to the enemy? They have no backbone at all. How could Tianqi have such people!"

Then he pointed at the returning cavalry and said, "And you, you are all a bunch of cowardly losers. How could you allow the Phoenix Nation's troops to enter the city without a single soldier? Anyone who dares to open the city gate will be killed!"

The cavalryman said helplessly: "The situation is difficult, and it is no longer something we subordinates can control."

Along the way, they thought that the situation in other cities would be better and they could get some supplies. However, it turned out that the situation in other cities was miserable in their own way, and they had to hold on and walk back.

They also fantasized that things would be better once they returned to the capital. After all, the emperor was in the capital. It was difficult for him to control other cities because he was far away. But the capital was right under their noses, so they would be able to escape the famine.

But they were disappointed again.

There were still people starving to death everywhere in the capital, and the streets had changed drastically, with no trace of the previous prosperity.

No one could figure out why things had turned out like this in just over a month.

They were tired and hungry, and dragged their exhausted bodies into the palace to report. The only thing that comforted them was that the situation in the palace was finally better.

But the good thing about this is that no one has starved to death yet.

The palace ladies could only eat one meal a day and were not allowed to eat meat.

The emperor, on the other hand, ate meat and fish without restraint every day, and his diet was not much different from before the famine.

Resentment rose in their hearts involuntarily, and they suddenly felt a little unbalanced.

Such thoughts would not occur to the Iron Cavalry themselves, but after seeing so many horrific sufferings, even they would not be without any emotions after their bodies reached their limits.

The people were starving to death in pain and despair because the emperor did nothing.

When they were in Xuancheng, in order to save food, they only had one steamed bun a day to survive, and the emperor did not care about their lives or the lives of those ordinary soldiers.

Now that I have finally returned, I am still being accused and scolded.

I want the horse to run, but I don’t want the horse to eat grass.

They don’t even think about how their physical condition compares to the soldiers of the Phoenix Country.

Do they really want to work for someone like this?!

In fact, when they were in Xuancheng, the ordinary soldiers in Xuancheng also persuaded them to surrender together and analyzed everything to them very thoroughly, but they still maintained their loyalty and would rather retreat than surrender.

Now thinking about what those soldiers said, it suddenly dawned on me.

It seems like they can overturn all the bullshit they were raised on in an instant.

The cavalry knelt there, enduring Mu Yuanzhi's wrath, their thoughts racing.

Mu Yuanzhi didn't have the time to guess what the cavalrymen were thinking. In the end, he let them retreat because he was tired of scolding them.

If these cavalrymen were not the basis of his current survival, he would even want to sentence them to death directly.

Mu Yuanzhi's brows became more and more gloomy, and he finally decided that he would lead the army in person!

Everyone says it’s so difficult to defeat Song Zhi, is it really that difficult?

He just didn't believe that he couldn't do what Song Zhi, a woman, could do!

He wanted to take all the last of his food as rations and fight a desperate battle.

Mu Yuanzhi, who made this decision, didn't know that the surrender of Xuancheng was just the beginning.

As Xuancheng recovered, the situation after Xuancheng's surrender was soon known to other cities in Tianqi.

After everyone learned that they could survive by following Song Zhi, the city lords sent letters of surrender to Song Zhi, begging him to occupy their city as soon as possible.

Song Zhi also acted very quickly. Within two days, he captured the cities that came with the letters of surrender.

The people and soldiers in the city welcomed them. Song Zhi was not stingy and really took out food and started to distribute porridge.

One after another, the dying people were rescued. All the people cried bitterly, knelt on the ground to thank Song Zhi, and shouted that the Empress was their reborn parents.

However, Song Zhi's rule was to provide free porridge for a month and then start to support himself.

Those who are in real difficulty and have no money to buy food and cannot go to Phoenix Country to work, regardless of gender, can join the army.