The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

At first, Xu Lai did not intend to launch a war against the entire earldom.

The problem was still the same. The troops he brought were not enough to fight against the entire hell force.

He only had tens of thousands of people. Kerrigan might think that Xu Lai was a minor problem and was not important at all.

In fact, this was true. He only brought tens of thousands of infantry or cavalry. At most, he could clear the vicinity of Brilliant City. It would take a long time to conquer the earldom.

He originally planned to wait until Kerrigan and the Lionheart City army started fighting and could not get away, and then he would deploy all the troops.

Although Lena and others returned with his dispatch order, they would not come alone. They must bring logistics and enough baggage.

In this case, it would not take three or two days to arrive. It would take at least a week, and this was an expedited situation.

As long as Xu Lai did not urge them, it would be normal for them to walk for half a month.

Now it doesn't matter if the strategy is changed and a quick battle is taken. Although the threat to hell has increased a lot, there is no increase in troops after all.

At least, this level of threat would not make Kerrigan give up the strategy that had been implemented for most of the time.

Take over the Brilliant City, take back all the resource points such as the mines, field buildings, windmills and waterwheels occupied by the demons, and the threat around the Brilliant City will be gone.

Brandy wrote to say that he had cleaned up the castle for Xu Lai and asked him to go to the castle to rest.

Xu Lai took Roland and others to see that many buildings in the whole city had been transformed into hell city buildings.

In addition, the interrupted super-large altar was still there, with blood stains everywhere, and the air was still condensed with disgusting fishy smells.

Xu Lai, who had been fighting for more than a year, could already be expressionless about these things, but he could not turn a blind eye.

In such an environment, it would be good not to have nightmares, let alone a good rest.

So Xu Lai had no idea of ​​leaving the farm, and the city should be allowed to calm down first.

However, although Xu Lai did not move in, the city still had to be managed.

Brandi brought a group of people to Xu Lai, some of whom were rescued from the dungeon. They were officials with a certain reputation in the nearby area and had held some positions.

Others were leaders who were spontaneously elected by the group of people who were treated as slaves by the hell demons during this period.

Speaking of which, these two groups of people are not very good at dealing with each other, and both want to gain the dominance of the brilliant city.

As slaves, the latter did a lot of bad things under the oppression of the demons, and it was they who sent their own people to the altar like lambs.

However, they were also forced 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 hated these former slaves.

And to be honest, these slaves did not dare to let this group of people take power, otherwise their fate would not be much better than those traitors who were executed before.

The bloody smell 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 the death of more than a thousand people 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 been completely quelled. Brandy has sent out several pastor captains to help purify and appease the people, but the effect is not satisfactory.

On the one hand, in just half a year, more than 100,000 people have been sacrificed to change the terrain.

This is just one city. If the entire earldom is added together, there must be hundreds of thousands of people.

On the other hand, there are too few pastors. The recruited pastors can treat diseases and add blood, but they can't do much else.

The masters of this city have suffered too much pain, and Xu Lai doesn't want them to be hurt again.

Xu Lai will not use a high-pressure policy. He wants to appease these civilians.

In the dungeon, all those who originally had positions were promoted one level for appointment.

Those who have no positions but have a certain prestige, such as blacksmiths and retired officers, are all arranged for leadership positions.

Even the most important institution in the city, the Public Security Bureau, was handed over to these people by Xu Lai.

His troops and Brandi and others were still only responsible for military work.

Most of the basic work, such as the cleaning of ruins, the removal and burial of corpses, the construction of urban houses, the allocation of refugee housing, etc., were basically handed over to these people.

Xu Lai promised that all the houses in the city, as long as they had no owners, would be distributed to ordinary people.

The value of each house was different, so in addition to the houses, the vacant land inside and outside the city, the contracting rights of minerals, etc., were all handed over to the people of their Brilliant City.

To put it bluntly, those who survived this turmoil will have a good life in the future.

With such a premise, the public grievances and anger were immediately controlled.

Of course, what Xu Lai said were the treatments that only the citizens of the Eagle Kingdom had.

This also led to everyone wanting to immediately become citizens of the Eagle Kingdom, and almost everyone was blocked in the temporary military camp.

Soon, Xu Lai sent all his secretaries out and asked Brandi to lead the troops to post the notice in every corner of the city.

The secretaries read and explained in detail, repeatedly guaranteeing that everyone would become citizens of the Eagle Kingdom by default.

If the functions of the first-class city are normal, someone will come to register them immediately.

So far, Brilliant City has not 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 the slaves, but also rejected the people's request to judge these slaves.

His angels and knights were not there, 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 land is not taken back by hell, almost everyone's fixed assets can at least double.

At the same time, Xu Lai is the king of the Eagle Kingdom and the new king of these people.

He is also the savior who defeated the devils of hell and saved them from life and death.

Xu Lai spoke, and no one dared not listen. He swept his eyes over, and even the representatives who had made the most noise just now could only lower their heads obediently.

"I am not indiscriminate. Those who are guilty have been punished.

The rest of the people are certainly at fault, but if you want to hold them accountable, how good do you think you are?

Aren't you still imprisoned by the devils of hell? When the devils attacked the city, did you take up arms to resist?"

Xu Lai dared to say this, because those who took up arms to resist were either killed or sacrificed at the first time.

The rest were basically only the rebels outside the city. The representatives standing in front of Xu Lai were all cowards.

It is not shameful to be afraid of death. If Xu Lai was not a hero, he would surrender at the first time when the devils of hell attacked.

But he didn't have the face to stand up and accuse others.

After being scolded by Xu Lai, the leaders did not clamor to hold them accountable, and left with their new missions in a huff.

Under Xu Lai's suppression, these people temporarily saved their lives.

However, Xu Lai couldn't stay here all the time, and even if he could, others could find other excuses to target them.

After thinking for a while, Xu Lai asked the representatives elected by the slaves:

"Do you have relatives in this city?"

"Reporting to His Majesty, we succumbed to those demons because we have relatives living in the city."

Someone else cried, "Your Majesty, although we are afraid of death, we haven't done anything that harms the world.

We are just servants of those demons, not their masters. We can't stop those demons from doing anything."

Xu Lai's eyes condensed, looking at the crying man and said, "Shut up, no matter how you argue, you can't change the fact that you are doing things for the demons.

Carrying these things, you can only be sinners, and others will look down on you and your wives and children for the rest of your life.

Even if you can survive today, you and your family will definitely be liquidated in the future."

The crying man was even more sad when he heard this, and he fell to the ground with his buttocks.

Fortunately, these people who were elected as representatives are not all such brainless and cowardly 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 way out!"

Xu Lai nodded and said: "Now the entire Western Empire has been occupied by the devils of hell.

Western Empire dare not say that only one out of a hundred people survive, but at least nine out of ten houses are empty.

At this time, everyone must play his greatest value.

You want me to give you a way out, I can give it, and I can also guarantee that you will not be held accountable in the future.

It depends on whether you dare to do it."

The man said sadly: "I have lost my home and land, and I have to bear all the sins and be beaten by everyone.

If it weren't for my parents and children who need to be taken care of, such a life would be better than dying early.

I am not afraid of death. As long as it does not implicate my parents, wife and children, we will do whatever you say."

"Yes, we owe you a life. As long as it does not implicate my parents, wife and children, you take our lives now, and we are willing." The others behind him also said.

Xu Lai shook his head and said, "I don't want your lives, but the devil will.

You can't take your original property in the city. There are several abandoned villages and farms outside the city.

You can take your family there. Relying on the output of the village, it should be no problem to be self-sufficient.

But if you don't wash away the stains on your bodies, you will still not be able to hold your head up and live a life of humanity, 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 cherish your life, there will always be a place for you to be useful.

However, you go back and discuss it. If you are 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 are unwilling. I want to set up a death squad and the first to climb.

If someone is timid and fearful, staying in my team will be a rat shit.

But if you encounter any injustice in the city, don't expect anyone to help you out.

As long as it is within the scope of the law, no matter what others do to you, my people will not care.

And there are countless lands of mankind, which are still in the hands of the devil.

My army does not have time to stay in the city to protect you, they must leave.

Therefore, the decision-making power is left to you, you go back and consider it yourself, and make a decision after considering it.

I don’t want someone to come to me and say that they regret it after everything is done, and want to join or leave, that is all impossible.

Oh, by the way, you should know what dare to die and go first, right? "

Dare to die and go first are not words in the other world, but Xu Lai has translated them into the language of the other world, and you should know what they are just by listening to the name.

"Know, know. "

Sure enough, after hearing this name, not many people dared to continue speaking.

Even those who said they knew were all stuttering, and they were obviously very scared.

These two positions have the highest mortality rate in the army, but Xu Lai wanted to combine these two positions.

Xu Lai nodded and said, "It's good to know. Only glory can wash away the stains on you.

Go back and think about it carefully. 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 suicide squad, and you don't need to think too pessimistically.

Of course, it's okay to make the worst plan for everything.

I can only promise you that if you really die, your relatives will only carry the honor for the rest of their lives and will never suffer any grievances again. "

Xu Lai has plans to expand the army, and it is obviously impossible to rely on the Eagle Kingdom's limited military strength.

As he recovers more and more cities, more and more soldiers can be recruited every month.

But Xu Lai can't rely on recruiting soldiers for everything.

Although he brought all the recruits this time, because they were all conscripted soldiers, it was particularly easy to command.

If they were all recruited soldiers, it would take countless energy just to control those soldiers.

Not to mention, these recruited soldiers can do almost nothing except fighting.

Xu Lai will eventually have to mix recruited soldiers and conscripted soldiers like other lords to give full play to their respective strengths.

In the grassland, some can still be recruited, but if too many are recruited, the development of the grassland itself will be delayed.

Besides, each of these soldiers recruited from the Western Empire has a great hatred for demons.

When they really go to the battlefield, Xu Lai doesn't have to worry about them not working hard. (End of this chapter)