I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

Colorful Cloud City.

Prince Zhao, who had just taken over the city, was extremely excited. Look at this city wall, it's indestructible!

If he hadn't brought the ladder with him and if he hadn't had the assistance of war machines, this tough battle would have lasted at least two or three more days.

Once the reinforcements led by Chen Liu arrived, this change of government would become a joke.

By then, he will no longer have Yunzhou, but only Yezhou and Qianzhou. All his troops will be surrounded on all sides, and he will definitely not have a good ending.

But now, Caiyun City is in his hands, and his troops control the three connected states, allowing them to attack or defend.

"Congratulations, Your Highness, for conquering another state capital." Kongwang smiled from the bottom of his heart.

As a remnant of the royal family from the previous dynasty, he had dreamed of this scene more than once.

Prince Zhao placed his hands on the city wall, his eyes already looking into the distance: "No, it's not enough. Only three and a half of the eighteen states have fallen into my hands. I still need to lead my troops back to the imperial capital!"

Speaking of this, Kongwang couldn't help but sigh. Jingzhou had already been taken under control.

However, in order to delay the arrival of reinforcements from Chenliu, they had to reluctantly dig up several large rivers, causing half of the state to be flooded.

"Your Highness has done a great job. I believe that if your father were still alive, he would also praise you."

Prince Zhao was silent for a moment before he softly asked, "How's the situation at the border? Did the Southern Liang dynasty break the contract?"

"Humph! These greedy guys!"

"We promised them three states before they were willing to help us hold Ning Fei back at the border!" There was a strong sense of unwillingness in Kongwang's eyes.

They spent money and manpower to attack Daduan, but if they won, they would have to give three states to Nanliang, which did not contribute much effort.

Even if they lost, what loss would Southern Liang suffer?

Maybe the other party is now hoping that they will lose. As long as their Prince Zhao is defeated, the dying counterattack of hundreds of thousands of soldiers will definitely deal a heavy blow to the Great Duan Dynasty.

If Southern Liang sends troops to attack Daduan again at that time, the outcome will be still unknown.

"It doesn't matter. It's just three states. It depends on whether they have the ability to defend it!" Prince Zhao laughed contemptuously.

"Has there been any news from Ding Yin? The only thing missing from the entire Yunzhou is Luoyun City."

Kong Wang nodded heavily. "Yesterday, I received news from Ding Yin that he is already attacking the city. Your Highness, don't worry. There are only 5,000 defenders in Luoyun City. I expect we will definitely take it in the next two days."

Prince Zhao nodded, turned around and called a soldier over: "Get the map of Yunzhou and erase Luoyun City and Caiyun City."

"Yes, Your Highness." Sui Jun spoke honestly.

When the troops finished writing, Prince Zhao couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Haha! The entire Yunzhou has fallen into our hands. Now we just need to repel the reinforcements led by Chenliu, and then we can march directly to Guzhou!"

Just as Prince Zhao was laughing triumphantly, a soldier beside him quietly wiped his sweat and said, "Your Highness, it seems that we haven't conquered all of Yunzhou yet."

Prince Zhao's laughter suddenly stopped. He turned and looked at Sui Jun in disbelief. "What did you say? Is there any city in Yunzhou that hasn't been taken?"

Even a provincial capital like Caiyun City has been captured. Could it be that there is another city in Yunzhou that is even harder to capture than Caiyun City?

The soldier's hand slowly pointed to the border of Yunzhou, and then he spoke softly: "Your Highness, according to the markings on the map, this city is called Taiping County..."

"It's located within the vast mountains and borders the grasslands. Although it's remote, it's truly part of Yunzhou."

When he heard the words "Taiping County", the disbelief on Prince Zhao's face disappeared visibly.

"Needless to say, Your Highness knows this city. I once led my troops to flee here."

"This city is just a small border town. In that battle, even the city walls were destroyed. The reason it wasn't taken was simply because it was forgotten for a while."

After saying this, Prince Zhao turned to look at Kong Wang and said, "Although this small city is of little value, it is at least part of Yunzhou. Immediately send a letter to Ding Yin in Luoyun City, asking him to lead his troops to take over this city."

"Your Highness, Ding Yin led 20,000 troops to attack Luoyun City. Judging from the casualties of the attackers and defenders since ancient times, Ding Yin probably only has 7,000 to 8,000 people left. I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to continue?" Kongwang said in a low voice.

"Haha! You're worrying too much!" Prince Zhao waved his hands repeatedly, laughing so hard that tears almost came out.

"You don't know that this small town is separated from the surrounding large towns by mountains and has no way of communicating with the outside world. The Great Duan doesn't attach much importance to this small town and has not sent any troops to garrison here."

"There are only a hundred local constables in the city at most. In my opinion, Ding Yin only needs to lead a thousand soldiers and the city will open the gates and surrender."

"Understood, Your Highness. I'll do it right away."

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At the same time, Tian Wen, who had just escaped from Luoyun City, was breathing heavily and looking back nervously.

"Are the enemy troops pursuing us?"

"Don't worry, sir. No one is chasing us." A lieutenant general said with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

This is what a civil servant is like. He has no heroism at all.

The enemy did not pursue them, and it seemed that all of his comrades who remained in Luoyun City must have died.

If Li Liang hadn't threatened him with his life, how could he have escaped with this guy? Governor? Bullshit governor!

"Well, where are we?" Tian Wen continued speaking, as if he didn't hear the sarcasm in the general's words.

The lieutenant immediately took a look at the terrain and shook his head, saying, "I don't know, I've never been here before, but I'm afraid the return route has been cut off. If you want to survive, just keep going forward."

Tian Wen nodded with a heavy face, waved to the dozens of soldiers left behind him and asked them to continue moving forward.

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

On this day, at the border of Yunzhou and Jingzhou, the entire Daduan government was shaken.

The reinforcements led by Chen Liu finally rushed all the way from Jingzhou to Caiyun City, while another group of reinforcements had also entered Qianzhou.

The rebels and the army of the Great Duan Dynasty are finally about to face a head-on confrontation.

Regardless of which side, morale was high and the shouts of killing were deafening.

But all this has nothing to do with a group of dejected soldiers.

"We should be reaching Luoyun City soon." Long Guangxian said weakly.

After breaking out of Caiyun City, the group traveled a hundred miles a day and were about to arrive at Luoyun City.

"That's right, but why is there no movement here?" Wang Kuo looked at the city in the distance with confusion.

"Could it be that the rebels have no intention of attacking here at all?"

The moment he heard these words, Long Guangxian's heart sank. He didn't even think about attacking?

What a joke, Luoyun City has a very good geographical advantage. It is also one of the few large cities in the western part of Yunzhou. How could they not send people to attack it?

"Wang Kuo, send someone to scout immediately."

Long Guangxian spoke without confidence. If there was no movement, it was likely that Luoyun City had been taken down.

"Yes, General."

Wang Kuo responded and rode away.

On the other side, Long Guangxian silently spread out the map.

If even Luoyun City falls, will there still be a city belonging to Daduan in the entire Yunzhou?

If not, what should he, Long Guangxian, do?