Chapter 356: Demon Slayer
Lin Wen swept across from west to north.
This elite force of 12,000 people is highly mobile and has strong combat capabilities.
Moreover, Lin Wen also cleared the fog of the battlefield, and the enemy was deeply trapped in the lag and lack of intelligence.
This is more than just a king beating a bronze player, it's like a superman beating an elementary school student.
Wherever he went, Lin Wen first killed all the blacks, then opened the granaries and distributed the grain. The people nearby cheered and gathered around.
Due to forced taxation and extortion, although Shizhou had a bumper harvest, it was in a state of semi-famine and almost everyone was not able to eat enough.
They had never seen so much food in their entire lives, never seen such a good army, and never seen those high-ranking figures suffer setbacks and misfortune.
As soon as Lin Wen arrived, they saw things that they had never seen in their lives.
They were full of enthusiasm and passion, and many young men wanted to join Lin Wen's army. Lin Wen accepted a limited number of them, and the majority of them stayed where they were.
They could understand and remained enthusiastic. They asked Lin Wen's name, his army, and whether he was a god from heaven who had come down to save them with gratitude.
Lin Wen told them that his name was Lin Wen, that he was from Changshan County, and that he was a human like them, at least in this world.
As for the name of the army, Lin Wen thought about it and decided to call it the Eighty-Eight Dragon and Tiger Army, the Eighty-Eight Dragon and Tiger Army from Changshan County.
As a result, the names of Lin Wen, Changshan County, and the Dragon and Tiger Army quickly spread throughout the northwest region of Shizhou.
It has become the biggest worry in the minds of wealthy people everywhere.
Some of them fled with their families, while others frantically urged the local county hall or town office to wipe out the bandits.
Those with connections even reported the matter to the Governor's Office, while the foolish ones even dreamed of organizing a self-defense force and setting up camps to stop Lin Wen's progress.
There were also some whimsical people who brought troops to wipe out the so-called "Dragon and Tiger Army". Lin Wen could only accept the meat buns that were delivered to his door.
For a time, urgent reports from the Governor's Office came in like snowflakes.
Gu Xuanli soon learned that a group of bandits had suddenly emerged in the northwest region and were said to be from Changshan County.
These days, bandit armies are popping up in large numbers, with all kinds of strange names. Gu Xuanli is no longer surprised by them.
As for why it is called Changshan County, perhaps it is because the remnants of Changshan County who fled to the northwest gathered together as bandits.
He immediately ordered three nearby divisions to suppress the bandits.
Soon, good news came from the front line. The broken towns were recovered in a short time. The generals from various units fought bloody battles and annihilated countless enemies.
Of course, this is actually impossible.
This is Lin Wen’s method.
Lin Wen is not an ordinary person. He knows the horror of the bandit army.
If one is not careful, there might be a lot of bad karma, which is something Lin Wen cannot accept.
Therefore, Lin Wen was very careful about how he did things, and specifically told the villagers not to pick up the corpses or take the floating property from their homes.
Otherwise, once the Shizhou army arrived, they would kill them all and take back their food.
This threat was very effective. The people of Shizhou seemed to have known the virtues of the Shizhou army for a long time and nodded in agreement.
So, after Lin Wen left, the Shizhou army arrived and saw an opportunity, so they immediately looted the ownerless mansion and dragged away the bodies of the tyrants.
As expected, he did not cause any more trouble to the civilians.
For these military ruffians, after cleaning out the mansions, they look at these mud and shabby houses and don’t think there is anything to gain.
Now that they have won the victory and the spoils of war, they are unwilling to cause trouble again.
But for the powerful people in Shizhou, it was the Dragon and Tiger Army that broke into the town and killed people, but it was the Shizhou Army that looted their property, so this hatred could not be blamed on the villagers.
Lin Wen successfully covered their whereabouts by using this method.
When he evacuated from Hailin City, he specially stuffed several train cars with enemy corpses.
When the main force withdrew from Pingpan City, they also left behind the bodies of the powerful people and some floating wealth that was too heavy and large to move.
The bodies on the train were directly used as war trophies. The bodies in Pingpan Castle were more miserable, as they were all destroyed by gunfire and fire before being used as war trophies.
After all, the powerful people in Pingpan City are quite powerful. There is no guarantee that the other party will not have family members, relatives, and friends who come to cause trouble. After the corpse was destroyed, all the blame was put on Changshan County.
As for the property in the mansion, it was naturally looted by Changshan County. Anything heavy and large was not a problem for them at all.
In this way, countless good news flooded the governor's office.
Everywhere was thriving and making rapid progress, while the enemy was left in disarray and suffered heavy losses.
Gu Xuanli was not surprised. Shizhou should have been this strong. Changshan County was just lucky to win a few games.
You can't always be lucky, right?
As for the bandits in the northwest region, they are even more common, and Gu Xuanli has seen too many of them.
Only a few can truly grow to the level of the rebels, and most of them rise and fall quickly.
Shizhou’s previous losing streak was just bad luck.
And now the transfer has happened.
It seems that my last visit to the Baiki Temple was useful.
Let’s go and worship next time.
But not long after, Gu Xuanli suddenly discovered that the western bandits who had been repeatedly annihilated always suddenly resurrected, captured many villages and towns, and killed many powerful people.
Although the bandits were wiped out as soon as the army arrived, they soon revived.
The army arrived again, wiped out the enemy again, and resurrected again.
"Could it be that the leader is a necromancer?"
This idea popped up in Gu Xuanli's mind, thanks to several strange novels he had read recently.
But he was the governor after all, so he quickly gave up the idea:
"Maybe some other gangster stole the name."
This kind of thing is also very common. Rural rebels often inherit a name that is very influential and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people to strengthen their momentum.
But to be on the safe side, Gu Xuanli called back Qiao Kuangren, who was fighting outside, to ask him about it.
Crazy Qiao replied, "There are many bandits. They scatter now and gather tomorrow. It's normal for them to steal names and titles."
Only then did Gu Xuanli feel relieved.
After all, there are more important things to worry about now. The resistance is very serious, and Changshan County has occupied Jiangkou City, which not only hinders his water trade, but also sticks in his throat like a fishbone.
However, the inner city of Jiangkou City was extremely difficult to attack. The walls were high and thick, the gates were made of pure steel, and the terrain was uphill.
The downtown area is crowded and narrow, and there are tunnels everywhere.
Changshan County defended the inner city, backed by the river, with continuous supply support, and could even take a detour through the sewers. Moreover, each time they came out, there were thousands of people, and they were often beaten into a miserable state.
Later, spies reported that there was a part of the sewer in Jiangkou City that was more than ten meters high and more than ten meters wide.
Gu Xuanli couldn't understand. Who was the idiot who built this?
Were these huge sewers built for giants to live in? Does a ten-meter-tall and ten-meter-wide shit need a sewer this big to fit through?
There are too many things that are difficult to understand. After all, no one would have thought that when Lin Wen was fighting the sewer battle in Jiangkou City, he often had excess spells but nowhere to use them, so he widened the sewers.
Later, when they discovered the advantages, they simply widened several large-capacity sewers to facilitate the passage of large troops.
I hope it won’t be filled with strange creatures like liches and sewer gods in the future.
Gu Xuanli couldn't understand Lin Wen's train of thought.
I'm afraid no one in this world can understand.
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Ever since Lin Wen entered Panwa County, the entire world has changed.
The color of the wasteland became the main tone. The land was dyed dark brown by blood, and the charred corners of the foundation and walls were just embellishments.
Along the way, there were villages and towns reduced to ruins everywhere, and twisted and broken corpses piled up in large pits.
Lin Wen led his troops for two hundred kilometers without seeing a single living person.
There were only broken corpses scattered along the road and wild dogs gnawing on the corpses.
Lin Wen remained silent. After occupying another deserted town, the team set up camp.
Many soldiers cried while cooking, and the officers stopped educating the soldiers and comforted them instead.
Lin Wen walked out of the town alone and saw dogs digging out corpses from the ground. Not far away, beside the railway, a large group of dogs were tearing apart the starving corpses.
A strange emotion was rising. Lin Wen looked around and instinctively activated his [Clairvoyance].
With the help of magic, he saw a Shizhou army marching westward. They held sharp knives and had rifles on their backs. They were so excited, as if the corpses on the roadside did not exist.
An inexplicable impulse took over my heart.
This is an action outside the route.
He activated [Ring of the Deep Bell].
"The whole army!"
The deep voice spread throughout the town.
Every soldier heard it, put down their work and looked in the direction of County Governor Lin.
"Get ready to go!"
Lin Wen raised his right fist high, and his voice resounded through heaven and earth.
"Follow me to slay the demon."
"Exorcist!"
(End of this chapter)
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