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After Wang Xiaoming jumped down, the hall erupted in screams. The ministers who had witnessed the General's head explode were thrown into chaos.

However, Wang Xiaoming didn't care how chaotic they became; he had already completed what he needed to do.

He jumped from the high platform and landed carelessly on the tracks, just like when he fell onto the aircraft carrier in the Highschool of the Dead world, flattening him into a pancake.

Although it hurt a bit, it didn't matter to Wang Xiaoming. His hands were the first to recover from their flattened state, and then he pried his body out of the gaps in the tracks, returning to his normal human shape.

He glanced back at the terrace above. With a 'bang,' the sound of a grenade explosion echoed, followed by even more frantic screams.

Wang Xiaoming nodded in satisfaction and turned to walk towards the station.

From now on, the Kongokaku would be quite busy.

93. Cult Propaganda Chief, Yomogawa Kurusu

News of the General's death, along with the numerous casualties among the ministers, spread throughout Japan within a day. The station system, originally established because of the General, was immediately challenged.

Who would be the General's successor? Would they maintain the original system after inheriting the position, or would they change it? All the lords focused their attention on Kongokaku, while inside Kongokaku, the power struggle began.

The General's death was too sudden, without any warning. He wasn't too old and could have continued for many years, so he hadn't decided on a successor. Now, his several sons all had the right to inherit, and chaos immediately ensued.

The second son directly sent troops from Hokkaido, rushing towards Kongokaku. Inside Kongokaku, the third son hadn't yet secured the position. As Wang Xiaoming had anticipated, the General's daughters also had ambitious individuals manipulating events from behind the scenes.

In short, Kongokaku and the areas north of Kongokaku became completely lively. All of Japan was watching the commotion in Kongokaku.

Of course, some ambitious individuals were also considering whether to take advantage of the chaos in Kongokaku to do something for themselves, just like what Kurusu hoped Wang Xiaoming would do: develop locally and then dominate Japan.

However, before they could figure out exactly what to do, Aragane Station had already begun its own actions.

Wang Xiaoming spent two days traveling from Kongokaku back to Aragane Station. Upon returning, he immediately had Kurusu gather all the samurai. Except for the necessary personnel guarding the city walls, all other samurai were assembled in the square outside the lord's mansion.

"Everyone, the reason I've gathered you here today is to tell you some news!"

At the entrance of the lord's mansion, Wang Xiaoming leaned back in the chair his subordinates had brought for him, leisurely drinking a cup of tea with his right hand. In front of him, Kurusu was loudly addressing the samurai below, using a loudspeaker Wang Xiaoming had specially made for him because so many people had come this time.

"Yesterday, I received news that the General in Kongokaku is dead! Killed by divine punishment!"

"What? The General is dead!?"

"This, divine punishment, what divine punishment is that?"

"How could this happen!?"

The samurai were all surprised upon hearing this news. Although they had never met the General, the General's status was still very high in the samurai class. He was the pinnacle of the aristocracy.

"I think you are all very surprised, but there is no need to be surprised, because the General's death has nothing to do with us!"

"You should be thinking that what I said is a bit strange, but don't worry, I will tell you why I said that."

Kurusu's face was full of smiles. Having decided to support Wang Xiaoming's domination of Japan, he was now in high spirits.

"Everyone, who helped Aragane Station overcome the crisis of destruction!?"

"It was Lord Xiaoming!"

"Who researched the antidote to combat the Kabane!?"

"It was Lord Xiaoming!"

"And who led us to exterminate the Kabane that we once feared!?"

"It was Lord Xiaoming!"

"That's right, Aragane Station owes everything it has today to Lord Xiaoming!"

Kurusu stretched out his right hand and clenched his fist at the samurai below.

"It was Lord Xiaoming's appearance that allowed us to have such a comfortable life now, it was Lord Xiaoming's appearance that allowed us to have a bright future, all of this is because of Lord Xiaoming!"

Kurusu's current appearance looked like a fanatical religious propagandist, making Wang Xiaoming, who was supposed to speak after him, feel a bit strange.

"That's right, Aragane Station, where we are, has already become the envy of all the stations in Japan. All of this is thanks to Lord Xiaoming! It has nothing to do with that General hiding in Kongokaku!"

After saying so much, Kurusu's real purpose was also revealed.

"Everyone, do you think what I said is right!?"

"That's right!"

"Yes!"

"Lord Kurusu is right!"

Some of the samurai in the lord's mansion had already received Kurusu's instructions and immediately shouted. In addition, what Kurusu had said before was indeed the truth, which immediately resonated with the samurai, and they all shouted.

"That's right, Lord Kurusu is right! The General hiding in Kongokaku is useless!"

"That's right, exactly! That General hiding in Kongokaku is of no use to our Aragane Station, he can't help us!"

Kurusu raised both hands.

"Therefore, that General's death has nothing to do with us. What does it matter if he dies or doesn't die? It has no impact on us!"

"Because we don't rely on that General, we rely on Lord Xiaoming!"

"Yes!!"

"Very good, it's good that everyone understands."

Kurusu was very satisfied with the effect of this speech.

"This is the first piece of news I want to tell you. Next, I want to tell you the second piece of news!"

Kurusu turned to look at Wang Xiaoming, who was sitting in the chair. The visible excitement on his face made Wang Xiaoming feel a bit strange.

"Lord Xiaoming, please tell them."

"Okay."

Wang Xiaoming nodded, stood up from the chair, and walked in front of Kurusu, facing the hundreds and thousands of samurai below.

"Hello, my lackeys."

It was still the same greeting as always, but after so much time, the samurai of Aragane Station had also become accustomed to Wang Xiaoming's strange personality. Not only was he always elusive (passively reducing his presence), but he would also always say all kinds of strange things. However, they also knew that Wang Xiaoming had a very good personality and was basically unpretentious, so they all recognized this new lord, not to mention that Wang Xiaoming had also created the antidote and the enchanted samurai sword.

"Kurusu has just told you about the General's death. Next, I will tell you another thing."

Everyone looked at Wang Xiaoming intently, waiting for the news from his mouth.

"From today onwards, Aragane Station will enter a state of combat readiness. All the samurai of Aragane Station will enter a state of training. From now on, your task is not only to capture Kabane, but you must also begin to learn how to fight against people, siege warfare! You must begin to train in all combat!"

"Lord Xiaoming, could it be that..."

Some smart samurai had already realized Wang Xiaoming's purpose in doing so.

"That's right!"

Wang Xiaoming, like Kurusu just now, stretched out his right hand and clenched it tightly into a fist.

"From now on, Kongokaku is no longer a threat. We, Aragane Station, will dominate Japan!"

All the samurai were shocked, but after a brief shock, they all cheered.

"Oh!!!!!"

94. Dividing Japan into Three!

After the goal of dominating Japan was proposed, the samurai of Aragane Station were all excited. In this country with a long history of subordinates overcoming superiors, the goal of dominating Japan and replacing the General was naturally warmly welcomed. Of course, this was also related to Wang Xiaoming having enough strength.

If Kurusu had said that he wanted to dominate Japan, the result would have been different.

After Wang Xiaoming announced that he wanted to dominate Japan, the entire Aragane Station mobilized. Kurusu was responsible for coordinating the logistics of the entire Aragane Station, while Wang Xiaoming began to lead the samurai into action.

In addition to Kongokaku and the north, there were still many stations throughout Japan. What Wang Xiaoming had to do was to conquer them one by one.

The samurai liked the training content that Wang Xiaoming had arranged for them very much, because to be honest, they didn't have much experience in fighting the Kabane before. The recent subjugation of the Kabane was entirely based on using numerical superiority to beat up the Kabane. They didn't have weapons to fight the Kabane before, but now that they had them, wouldn't they just go up and slash?

In reality, fighting humans is what samurai excel at. The samurai class was born to oppress the common people, so they don't need much training to fight humans.

After a brief training, Wang Xiaoming directly led the samurai out in the armored train, Ketsujo. His goal was to conquer other citadels!

With Wang Xiaoming present, the samurai could conquer other citadels with ease. Walls and drawbridges were nonexistent in Wang Xiaoming's eyes.

While the people of other citadels were still wondering about the arrival of Ketsujo, Wang Xiaoming had already reduced his presence and rushed into the station, manually lowering the drawbridge. Anyone who tried to stop him was met with a righteous backstab, instantly taken out.

And just like that, a city was conquered by the samurai.

As for the city lords or nobles, those who surrendered were allowed to live, but if they uttered a single complaint, Wang Xiaoming would immediately behead them.

Because those kinds of people always complain in these situations, they're definitely troublesome. Every noble in this era deserves to die!

In this way, Wang Xiaoming advanced rapidly towards the southwest at a rate of one city every two days. In a month, he had conquered the entire Kansai region. As for Kyushu and Shikoku, those were matters for later; he would leave them alone for now.

After conquering the entire Kansai region, Wang Xiaoming returned to the Aragane Station. After this period of development, especially after conquering Kansai, the population of Aragane Station had grown considerably.

Every time he conquered a city, Wang Xiaoming would have the samurai drag away many civilians to populate Aragane Station. These civilians were both labor and potential soldiers. Moreover, taking away the civilians reduced the population of these citadels, leaving them without enough strength to resist.

Wang Xiaoming couldn't possibly station people in every city to defend them. Splitting his forces like that would leave him with hardly any main force left. So, for the time being, he would conquer the citadels, loot the nobles, take some civilians, and then leave.

Hmm, he learned this trick from the Great Eagle Empire: You pay me to station troops here – a win-win!

After conquering Kansai, Aragane Station began to concentrate its forces and head north. The farce within Kongokaku hadn't completely stopped.

Using the spies he had planted in Kongokaku and other citadels, Jian Jiang clearly knew every major event happening around Kongokaku!

The internal strife in Kongokaku had temporarily stopped. The third brother had temporarily seized power within Kongokaku, but not completely. The youngest brother hadn't been killed but was temporarily imprisoned in Kongokaku. It seemed hopeless, but in reality, he still controlled a portion of the power. Also, the general's daughters all held some power, but they were temporarily suppressed by the third brother.

Meanwhile, the second brother, leading the people from Hokkaido, had conquered a citadel north of Kongokaku. Now, the distance between them and Kongokaku was very close, and war could break out at any time. The two sides were deadlocked. The third brother didn't want the second brother to enter the city, and the second brother wanted to enter the city. The two sides went from arguing at the beginning to small-scale skirmishes now. In short, they had plenty of time to fight.

After Jian Jiang summarized these messages and reported them to Wang Xiaoming, Wang Xiaoming didn't care. He directly ordered the armored trains, Ketsujo and Kotetsujo, to set off together, leading two trainloads of fully armed samurai towards Kongokaku.

The citadels outside Kongokaku that tried to stop them all had their gates blown open by Wang Xiaoming. Once the gates were blown open, they naturally had no way to defend. The city lords and nobles were treated as before, directly beheaded by Wang Xiaoming. As for the rest, half of the civilians were taken away. The outer city being built outside Aragane Station was the perfect place for these civilians to live.

Then, the area around Kongokaku became like this: the third brother occupied Kongokaku, the second brother occupied all the area north of Kongokaku, including Hokkaido, and Wang Xiaoming occupied all the area south of Kongokaku, including the entire Kansai region.

The situation in all of Hinomoto became a three-way confrontation centered on Kongokaku.

The third brother was completely dumbfounded. He finally managed to occupy Kongokaku, but as a result, the north was occupied by the second brother, and a Lord Xiaoming came to the south. He only had Kongokaku left!

Therefore, the third brother took the initiative to send someone to find Wang Xiaoming, wanting to negotiate a peace, because Wang Xiaoming had conquered the entire south, and the second brother, who was originally in control of Hokkaido, had only conquered one more city. Wang Xiaoming was truly powerful, conquering so many by himself, so the third brother felt that Wang Xiaoming was more powerful and wanted to stabilize him first. After he dealt with the second brother and integrated the northern forces, he would then fight Wang Xiaoming.

He told Wang Xiaoming that if Wang Xiaoming insisted on attacking, he would join forces with the second brother to resist Wang Xiaoming.

Wang Xiaoming wasn't in a hurry to attack immediately but wanted to see how the third brother and the second brother would play it out. So, he agreed to the third brother's peace talks, but demanded that the third brother give him sufficient supplies, otherwise he wouldn't withdraw his troops.

Kongokaku stored a large amount of supplies, which were used to prevent the outer citadels from being breached and for the people living inside to survive. After agreeing, they directly took out one-third of them and gave them to Wang Xiaoming.

Thus, the era of the three-way division of Hinomoto arrived!

Then, this era of the three-way division ended after a month.

95. Warring States Heroes: Dominating Hinomoto

Peaceful coexistence, dividing the world into three – how could that be possible!

Wang Xiaoming was just planning to let the rear Aragane Station produce more soldiers. As a citizen of the Celestial Dynasty, this many people weren't enough! Not nearly enough!

Because of the rapid increase in population in Aragane Station, the labor force increased as quickly as possible, and the number of soldiers also began to increase rapidly. These soldiers were usually arranged by Wang Xiaoming to cut down trees, mine ore, and build new outer city walls. Although the Kabane were no longer a threat to the samurai, they were still a threat to ordinary people. Wang Xiaoming hadn't planned to have all the civilians injected with the antitoxin yet.

Wang Xiaoming had the army first build a relatively simple outer wall, and then had the samurai patrol the outer wall. The civilians who had just arrived at Aragane Station lived inside the outer wall.

During this month, Wang Xiaoming had Jian Jiang select people from these civilians who could be used as cannon fodder soldiers, and then had the samurai lead them in training, quickly boosting the number of soldiers under his command to more than ten thousand. After the month of basic training was over, Wang Xiaoming directly led his people to Kongokaku.

Under the cover of night, Wang Xiaoming single-handedly snuck onto the city wall of the south gate station of Kongokaku and righteously assassinated all the samurai on the city wall.

Without anyone noticing at all, Wang Xiaoming lowered the drawbridge, allowing Ketsujo and Kotetsujo to enter the station. Then, the samurai led the cannon fodder out of the station and began to attack the city.

The third brother, who occupied Kongokaku, never expected that the city gate would be broken while he was sleeping. He was even thinking about how to deal with the second brother, but the south gate was broken.

The third brother, who got out of bed, was dumbfounded and hurriedly called for people to resist. But unfortunately, he couldn't call anyone over. The samurai were all panicked, and only a few people could come over. But these few people were only his guards. How could these few people fight against the army brought by Wang Xiaoming?

Therefore, under the leadership of Wang Xiaoming's various righteous backstabs, Kongokaku changed hands overnight. When the civilians who had been hiding in their houses all night opened their doors the next morning, they discovered that the entire city wall of Kongokaku was covered with different flags.

On the city wall of Kongokaku, what was originally hanging was the family crest belonging to the General, but now it had been replaced by Wang Xiaoming's emblem. Wang Xiaoming's emblem was naturally the emblem of the Hestia Familia, symbolizing Hestia's fire wrapped around Wang Xiaoming's sword.

The sudden change of the family crest made the residents of Kongokaku understand that this city was no longer under the General's control, or rather, the General had been replaced.

For these ordinary people, this matter had no special significance, because who the General was wasn't something they could decide, nor would it affect them.

Oh no, that's not right, it would still affect them, for example, whether the new General's policies would make their lives difficult or make them even more difficult.