On the night when the rebel army massacred the city, Shen Zhao took tens of billions of supplies and became a refugee in the abandoned wilderness.
Behind her were three hundred old and weak people, and in front of them were officers and soldiers blocking the road. Everyone was waiting for her to die.
But she has grain, medicinal materials, cotton cloth, salt, iron and complete sets of agricultural tools.
While others gnawed tree bark, she opened warehouses to store grain; while others sold their children for food, she took in refugees, dug wastelands, dug canals, and built villages to train troops.
The county magistrate wants to seize food? She made it impossible for the other party to come back.
The rich family forced her to surrender? The next day, all the tenants of the wealthy family defected to her.
In just three years, the shabby thatched huts were transformed into thousands of acres of fertile farmland, and the refugee villages were transformed into fortified cities. One hundred thousand people only recognized Shen Zhao and not the imperial court.
Until the emperor sent 200,000 troops to force her to kneel down and surrender.
Shen Zhao put on his armor and climbed onto the city tower. The city gate behind him suddenly opened - and what came out of it was...