Xu Lai did not intend to launch a war against the entire earldom at the beginning.
The problem is still the same. The troops he carries are not enough to fight against the entire hell force.
He only has tens of thousands of people. Kerrigan may think that Xu Lai is suffering from scabies and is not important at all.
In fact, this is also true. He only brings tens of thousands of infantry or tens of thousands of cavalry, and at most he can clear the vicinity of Brilliant City. It will take a long time to conquer the earldom.
He originally planned to wait until Kerrigan and the Lionheart City army started fighting, and then spread out in full force.
Although Reina and others went back with his dispatch orders, they would not come alone. They would definitely bring logistics and enough luggage.
In this case, it cannot be arrived in three or two days. It will take at least more than a week. This is still an urgent situation.
As long as Xu Lai didn't rush them, it was normal for them to walk for half a month.
It doesn't matter if we change our strategy now and adopt the route of quick battle and quick victory. Although the threat to Hell has increased a lot, it has not increased our military strength after all.
At the very least, this level of threat will not cause Kerrigan to give up most of the strategy he has already implemented.
After capturing Brilliant City and taking back all the mines, wild buildings, windmills and watermills occupied by the demons, there will be no threat around Brilliant City.
Brandy wrote a letter saying that the castle had been cleaned for Xu Lai and asked him to go to the castle to rest.
Xu Lai took Roland and the others to take a look. Many buildings in the entire city had been transformed into hell city buildings.
In addition, the super-large altar that was interrupted is still there, with blood everywhere, and the disgusting smell still condenses in the air.
Xu Lai, who has been fighting for more than a year, can already keep a straight face to these things, but he cannot turn a blind eye.
In such an environment, it would be nice not to have nightmares, let alone have a good rest.
So Xu Lai had no idea of leaving the farm. It was better for the city to calm down first.
However, even if Xu Lai does not move in, the city still needs to be managed.
Brandy brought a group of people to Xu Lai, some of whom were rescued from the dungeon and were officials who had a certain reputation in the nearby area and had held some positions.
There are also some leaders who were spontaneously elected among the group of people who were taken as slaves by the devils in hell during this period.
Speaking of which, these two groups of people are not easy to deal with, and they both want to gain the dominance of Brilliant City.
As slaves, the latter did indeed do a lot of bad things under the oppression of demons. They were the ones who sent their own people to the altar like lambs.
However, they had no choice but to do so. At least they did not take the initiative to do these bad things like those traitors.
Of course, even so, most of the people rescued from the dungeon still hate these former slaves.
To be honest, these slaves did not dare to let this group of people take power, otherwise their fate would not be any better than the traitors who were executed before.
The smell of blood that Xu Lai smelled when he first entered the city was that Brandi used the demolished altar to hold a large-scale trial.
Before lunch, nearly a thousand people who were considered traitors by the people had been executed.
It was only after more than a thousand people died that the public grievances and anger subsided a little, and Brandy was able to call on these people to clean up the entire city.
However, the public anger has not yet been completely quelled. Brandi has sent out several priest captains to help purify and appease the people, but the effect is not satisfactory.
On the one hand, in just half a year, hundreds of thousands of people have been sacrificed to change the terrain.
This is still a city. If the entire earldom were added up, there would probably be hundreds of thousands of people.
On the other hand, the number of priests is too small. The recruited priests can treat diseases and add blood, but they can't do much else.
The masters of this city have suffered too much, and Xu Lai doesn’t want them to be hurt again.
Xu Lai will not use high-pressure policies, he wants to appease these civilians.
In the dungeon, those who originally had positions were promoted to one level for appointment.
People who do not have positions but have certain prestige, such as blacksmiths and retired military officers, are all assigned leadership positions.
Even the most important institution in the city, the Public Security Department, Xu Lai was handed over to these people.
His troops, as well as Brandi and others, are still only responsible for military work.
Most of the basic work, such as the cleaning of ruins, removal of corpses, burials, construction of urban houses, and allocation of refugee shelters, are basically handed over to these people.
Xu Lai promised that all houses in the city that no longer have owners will be allocated to ordinary people.
The value of each house varies, so in addition to the houses, the vacant land inside and outside the city, the contract rights of minerals, etc. are all given to the people of Brilliant City.
To put it bluntly, those who survived this turmoil will be able to live a good life in the future.
With this premise, the grievances and indignation of the people were immediately brought under control.
Of course, what Xu Lai said are the benefits that only citizens of the Eagle Kingdom have.
This also caused everyone to want to become a citizen of the Eagle Kingdom immediately, and almost everyone gathered in the temporary military camp.
Soon, Xu Lai sent out all his secretaries and asked Brandy to lead the troops and post announcements to every corner of the city.
The secretaries read out and explained in detail, repeatedly ensuring that everyone will become Eagle Kingdom citizens by default.
As soon as the city functions are operating normally, someone will come over to register them.
At this point, Brilliant City has not only returned to normal, but it is basically on the right track, and everyone is actively contributing to the operation of the city.
Xu Lai did not assign identities to those slaves, but he also refused the people's request to try these slaves.
His army of angels and knights were gone, but Brandi and the Qingfeng Legion still stood firmly behind their leader.
Not to mention, Xu Lai just provided them with such a big benefit.
As long as the territory is not taken back by hell again, almost everyone's fixed assets can at least double.
At the same time, Xu Lai is also the king of the Eagle Kingdom and the new king of these people.
He is the savior who defeats the demons of hell and saves them from life and death.
When Xu Lai spoke, no one dared not listen. He glanced over and found that even the representatives who had made the most violent noise just now could only lower their heads obediently.
"I am not indifferent to right from wrong. I am guilty and have been punished.
The remaining people are certainly at fault, but if you want to hold them accountable, how good do you think you are? Are you there?
Aren’t you locked in a cage by the demons of hell? Did you ever take up arms to resist when the demons attacked the city?”
Does Xu Lai dare? Those who said this were either killed or sacrificed immediately because they took up arms to resist.
The only ones left were basically the rebels outside the city, and these representatives standing in front of Xu Lai were all timid after all.
There is no shame in being afraid of death. If he, Xu Lai, were not a hero and the demons from hell came, he would surrender immediately.
But he doesn’t have the face to stand up and accuse others. After being reprimanded by Xu Lai, the leaders did not clamor to hold them accountable, and left angrily with their new mission.
Under Xu Lai's suppression, these people temporarily saved their lives.
However, Xu Lai can't always be here, and even if he can always be here, others can find other excuses if they want to target them.
After thinking for a moment, Xu Lai asked these representatives elected by the slaves:
"Do you have any relatives in this city?"
"Reporting to His Majesty the King, it is because we have relatives living in the city that we succumbed to those demons."
Someone cried: "Your Majesty the King, although we are greedy for life and afraid of death, we are also afraid of death. I didn’t do anything outrageous.
We are just slaves of those demons, not their masters. What those demons want to do is really beyond our ability to stop them. "
Xu Lai stared at the crying man and said: "Shut up, no matter how much you argue, you can't change the fact that you are doing things for the devil.
Carrying these things, you can only be sinners, and others will look down on you, your wives and children for the rest of your life.
Even if you are lucky enough to survive today, you and your family will definitely be liquidated in the future. "
The crying man became even more sad after hearing this, and collapsed on the ground.
Fortunately, these people, elected as representatives, are not all such brainless and courageous people.
The man who spoke earlier knelt down in front of Xu Lai and said:
"Your Majesty, if you are willing to protect us now, you must be willing to give us a way out.
Please be merciful and show us a clear path!"
Xu Lai nodded and said: "Now the entire Western Empire has been occupied by hell demons.
The Western Empire dare not say that there is nothing left, at least nine out of ten houses are empty.
At this time, everyone must bring out his best value.
You want me to give you a way out, I can give it to you, and I can also guarantee that you will not be held accountable in the future.
It depends on whether you dare to do it or not. "
The man said sadly: "My home is gone, my land is gone, and I still have to bear the burden of sin and be yelled at and beaten by everyone.
If there were not parents and children to take care of, it would be better to die early in such a life.
I am not afraid of death. As long as my parents, wife and children are not harmed, we will do whatever you say. "
"Yes, we owe you a life. As long as we don't harm our parents, wives and children, we are willing to take our lives away now. "Others behind him also followed.
Xu Lai shook his head and said: "I don't want your lives, but the devil will want your lives.
You can’t take back your original property in the city. Just outside the city, there are several abandoned villages and farms.
You can take your family there and rely on the village's output to be self-sufficient.
But if the stains on your body are not washed away, you will still be unable to hold your head up and be a good person in this life, and your children will still have no future.
My army is still short of manpower. Although you have not been trained, as long as you are not afraid of death and do not hesitate to live, you will always be useful.
Let's go back and discuss it. If you're willing, take your wives and children out of the city to find me before sunset tomorrow.
Since I dare to promise you, I will definitely settle your parents, wives and children.
I won’t force you if you don’t want to. What I want to set up is a death squad and a first-come-first-served approach.
If someone is timid and afraid and stays in my team, they are just like rat shit.
But if you encounter any injustice in the city, don't expect anyone to help you.
As long as it is within the scope of the law, no matter what others do to you, my people will not care.
And humans still have countless lands that are still in the hands of demons.
My army doesn't have time to stay in the city to protect you. They will inevitably leave.
So, the decision-making power is left to you. You can go back and consider it yourself, and then make a decision after considering it.
I don’t want anyone to come to me after everything is done and tell me that they regret it and want to join or leave. That’s all impossible.
Oh, by the way, you should know what daring to die and landing first mean, right? ”
Dare to die and Xianden are not words from another world, but Xu Lai has translated them in the language of another world. You should know what they are just by hearing the names.
"I know, I know."
As expected, after hearing this name, not many dared to continue speaking.
Even those who spoke up and said they knew, all stammered and were obviously extremely scared inside.
These two positions have the highest death rate in the army, but Xu Lai still wants to combine these two positions.
Xu Lai nodded and said: "It's good to know that only glory can wash away the stains on your body.
Go back and think about it by yourself. I hope I can see you before sunset tomorrow.
In addition, I also need to remind you that what I need to form is a death squad, not a death squad. There is no need for you to be too pessimistic.
Of course, it is okay to prepare for the worst.
I can only promise you that if you really die, your relatives will only live with honor for the rest of their lives and will never suffer any further grievances. ”
Xu Lai has plans to expand his army. It is obviously impossible to only rely on the small amount of troops in the Eagle Kingdom.
As he recaptured more and more cities, more and more recruits became available each month.
But Xu Lai could not do anything and relied on recruiting soldiers.
Although the soldiers he led this time were all new recruits, because they were all conscripted soldiers, they were particularly smooth and his command was particularly smooth.
If you are recruiting soldiers, it will take countless energy just to control those soldiers.
Not to mention, these recruited soldiers can do almost nothing except fight.
After all, Xu Lai would like other lords to mix recruitment and recruitment of soldiers to give full play to their respective strengths.
On the grassland, we can continue to recruit some, but if we recruit too many, it will delay the development of the grassland itself.
Besides, each of these soldiers recruited from the Western Empire has a great hatred for the devil.
When they actually go to the battlefield, Xu Lai doesn’t have to worry about them not working hard. (End of this chapter)