My God, I am the emperor, the lord of mankind.

Chapter 112 The dark tide is surging
"Xiong Bai is dead, you no longer have the protection of the witch, and you are surrounded by demons. Do you know how to deal with yourself in the future?"

After dealing with Xiong Granpo, Luo An looked at the hundreds of villagers in front of him and asked.

After hearing this, the villagers looked at each other and their expressions became extremely frightened.

"I'm willing to listen to my superior's arrangements!"

A respected elder in the village was the first to kneel down, and everyone else followed suit.

Yes, there are countless man-eating demons in the mountains, and the surrounding chieftains are even more exploitative.

They only care about exploiting men and women for money, who cares about their life and death.

Although Xiong Bai was hypocritical and cruel, he still had some magic powers in his possession, and the local chieftain did not dare to infringe upon him at will.

There is also an agreement with the demons. As long as humans and animals are regularly offered, the Xiong Village can generally be safe.

Now in Xiong Village, the inheritance of witch doctors has been cut off, Xiong Bai was killed, and Luo An and others will also leave tomorrow.

The situation at this time is really a piece of cake on the chopping board.

"Please come on and save me!"

In the face of life and death, the villagers couldn't help but kneel down and beg.

Luo An knew the time had come.

He looked around, looking at the hundreds of people in Xiongjiazhai who were kneeling around him, and said.

"There is another way."

"Please tell me."

The old man in the village immediately raised his hands and begged.

Qiu Luan stood aside, not understanding what the commander wanted at this moment.

"Today's people, as virtuous as heaven, cannot sit back and watch the people suffer without saving them. However, there are so many things in the world, and it is impossible to cover them all. You need to risk your lives to find a way to survive."

"When the imperial army arrives here, you need to stop and petition. Write a blood letter to report that the local chieftains have collaborated with traitors and abused the ladies. Please ask the imperial court to abolish the chieftains along the Jinsha River and turn them into guard posts."

"The Emperor will be furious when the time comes and he will send soldiers and generals to bring the chiefs to the tents for questioning. All you have to do is go to the guard station and sign up. Someone from the imperial court will collect you. Your lives will be safe."

Luo An said slowly, and the faces of the surrounding Xiongjiazhai villagers flashed with fear when they heard that they were about to confront the local chieftain directly.

Luo An turned around and glanced at the mountain temple behind him where pieces of flesh were flying everywhere and the broken limbs and broken arms of mortals bitten by evil spirits were piled high.

He let out a long sigh, seeming to lament the fate of the residents here.

There is no way to survive if you retreat, but there may be a chance of improvement if you move forward.

Seeing this, Muramasa, who is over 80 years old here, gritted his teeth.

"The superior's words are so sincere, how can we not obey them?"

……

Immediately Qiu Luan and Luo An went side by side to attack the Sophora Demon.

"You're confused."

"some--"

After hearing Luo An's inquiry, Qiu Luan replied.

"Although the imperial court intends to set up a guard station in the southwest to control the chieftains from various places, the chieftain here has promised to surrender to the imperial court. If the villagers of Xiongjiazhai are asked to petition again, I am afraid it is not the behavior of a gentleman?"

"The barbarians are cunning. They will surrender today and betray me tomorrow. Don't trust the words they say."

"Besides, the villagers in Xiongjiazhai are so eloquent that they probably don't know anything about what Xiong Bai did as they said. Why do you have to be so kind and consider it for them?" Unexpectedly, Luo An shook his head after hearing this and sighed. As expected, Qiu Luan was worthy of being from a noble family in the capital.

Although he has rich experience in battle, he is too deeply influenced by the glory of his family and the virtues of his scholars, and is unaware of the changes in the world.

"Your Majesty indeed wants to set up refugees in various places in the southwest and respect the wishes of the chieftains in various places to set up guard posts, but this will never be included."

"During the Zhengtong years, the imperial court conquered Luchuan in all directions, and each time they were fighting at a distance. Each time, the barbarians in Luchuan saw the superiority of our army, so they petitioned the imperial court to surrender. When our army left, they revolted. !”

"It's because this place is located in a wilderness, with many chieftains, and the imperial court cannot control it. Once there is a change, it will take half a month for the state capitals along the route to receive military reports before reporting them to the imperial court. By then, the Luchuan rebels have swept across the southwest, and they are no longer a faction. If some soldiers go into the mountain and capture the leader of the bandits, they will be able to subdue them."

"And here is located south of the Jinsha River. The land is fertile, the population is densely populated, the roads are relatively accessible, and it has the advantage of river transportation. It can travel in all directions, and there are no natural dangers to defend in the north. If a military town is set up here and a general is ordered to command it, once Luchuan comes back again If something unexpected happens, we can go north and attack directly into the hinterland of Luchuan, so we won't have to sit back and watch the barbarians grow and spread to the entire southwest like we did during the Zhengtong years."

"Besides, Your Majesty is going on this expedition with the intention of deciding the southwest in one battle. How can he continue to hand over such a dangerous place to the chieftain barbarians?"

Qiu Luan was silent after listening to Luo An's words.

"Where can the wealth needed for the people used by the military and town guards come from?"

Qiu Luan asked, he already had the answer in his mind.

"The chieftain here has two heads and two heads. He has been standing for a hundred years and accumulated a lot of wealth. When the imperial army arrives, he will plunder his population, seize his land, and confiscate his wealth for the needs of the military town. He will wipe out his entire family and spread it to the southwest. Everywhere, to warn the barbarians in the southwest not to be disobedient, so that for thousands of generations, the southwest can always be the border barrier of the Ming Dynasty, and there will be no more rebellion."

Luo An's tone was sonorous.

But Qiu Luan was unmoved, and then said quietly.

"If the imperial court sets up a military town here, it will need people with high magical power to avoid being easily assassinated and plotted after leaving the battle formation, which will affect the imperial court's plans. Also, it cannot use the wealthy families of Qin Tianjian to prevent the powerful from becoming bigger. The only people who can be used are the emperor's close ministers. , the suitable ones are no more than two or three..."

Qiu Luan raised his head. He just didn't want to think too much, but it didn't mean that he didn't understand the undercurrent rising above the court as the Ming army advanced in the southwest.

"Now that the Mu family's orphan has not been found, the position in Prince Mu's palace is vacant. Commander Luo, do you want to imitate Mu Ying and become the King of Yunnan?"

Luo An was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said.

"I am over fifty years old. Even though I have been gifted by the emperor and ordered to ban the army and fight against all kinds of demons. The journey is dangerous and I have to survive several times. If not for God's mercy, I would have died in the southwest? I died for your majesty's grand plan. I am willing, but I only have a young son at my knees, and I am determined not to let him join the Forbidden Army again in order to continue the legacy of my Luo family."

"I must make arrangements for my posthumous affairs in advance."

Qiu Luan shook his head and sighed.

"Is it because thousands of armies are fighting to the death in the southwest just for the sake of your family's wealth?"

The two were silent.

And the locust tree is in front of us again.

The locust demon in front of him had already seen through the ubiquitous locust trees near Xiongjiazhai that the two men were coming with bad intentions.

At this time, there was a dark wind in the forest, and the locust trees were swaying, and the branches and leaves were rustling.

The branches of the surrounding trees are all a bloody color, and if you look closely, their outlines look like blood vessels in the human body, with scarlet liquid flowing in them.

From the largest old locust tree in the forest, there were bursts of wailing sounds like a woman crying, which sent chills down one's spine.

The two dismounted with swords in hand. Even though they were unhappy with each other's conversation just now, they still stood facing each other and fought against the enemy together.

"Commander Luo, what you said just now is your opinion alone, or is it someone in the court who wants to use you to express their dissatisfaction, and then influence the emperor's decision!"

Qiu Luan clenched his long knife, cut off the flying vines, and asked.

"Since Xiaozong, the central government has declined, and the imperial court has relied on the support of the world's wealthy families, emphasizing civility and suppressing military affairs. Military generals have long lost the glory of the Hongwu period when military generals of the same level rode horses and civilian officials knelt to welcome them! Now the emperor is a saint, and the Ming Dynasty is about to be rejuvenated. Commander Qiu was born in the martial arts Why should we stand with those wealthy families in the world who have passed the imperial examination and entered the court?"

Luo An spit out a mouthful of green bird divine fire, burning the blood vines around him and retreating in fear, he said.

(End of this chapter)