Standing in front of the lobby of the City Lord's Mansion, Yi Xingchen looked proudly at the group of officials of Nantu City who were kneeling below.

To be precise, these are already former officials of Nantucheng, and from now on, they have been included in the temporarily formed Nantucheng City Guard of Xinghua Kingdom.

In Yi Xingchen's conception, so far, Nantucheng has been included in the territory of Xinghua Kingdom, so Yi Xingchen has subconsciously renamed Nantucheng as Nantucheng of Xinghua Kingdom. In fact, from this moment on, Yi Xingchen had no intention of returning Nantu City to anyone.

These kneeling officials of Nantu City had different expressions on their faces, but they were all unanimously frightened and uneasy in their hearts. The reason why they appeared in front of the lobby of the City Lord's Mansion was not because they voluntarily surrendered to Yi Xingchen, the leader of the enemy army. After the fall of Nantu City, the soldiers of the Second Legion of the Xinghua Royal Army were ordered to either break into their homes to arrest them, or threaten and lure them, before they came to the city lord's mansion.

Therefore, the panic in their hearts comes from the unknown of their own fate. The so-called generals of the defeated army, they know very well that they have become prisoners, their lives no longer belong to them, and the person in front of them will be their "god", and it is he who will decide their life and death.

Yi Xingchen was silent, but he was constantly thinking. Nantu City has been captured, and the next thing is to subdue the hearts of the people.

But dealing with civilian officials and dealing with military attaches are two completely different things, and Yi Xingchen needs to think of two different strategies to stabilize their minds.

Dealing with military attachés is relatively straightforward and simple, as long as the killing is decisive, use force to control the force. and tame them. In a feudal country. As long as the military attache believes that force is invincible. It's easy for them to lower their heads. Of course, there are also stubborn generals among them, this kind of people, stubborn in thought, even if they have to bow their heads for a while, but as long as he gains power, or has the right time, they will still resurrect. They made a comeback in an attempt to overthrow the new policy of Xinghua and restore the power of their previous dynasty. For this kind of people, Yi Xingchen knows very well that he can only kill! The remaining military attachés, in the face of the powerful Xinghua Kingdom, naturally do not dare to have any rebellious thoughts, and will definitely bow down and perform desperately in order to save their lives.

But against civilian officials. You need to pay attention to some strategy, but you don't have to use knives and guns. These civil servants. Most people care about themselves and their family reputation, so their loyalty to the country is relatively limited. If you want to subdue them, you need to know the reason, and use it to lure or convince them. If you encounter someone who refuses to give in, but you can't kill them, it will cause other civil officials to rebel, and you can only keep persecuting them and give them a reason to surrender.

Yi Xingchen thought for a long time, and finally looked up at the former officials of Nantucheng again, and gestured to an officer of Xinghua Kingdom beside him. The officer was immediately ordered to step forward, take a copy of the article, and read it to the kneeling officials in the hall.

"The Xinghua Legion ordered that it was a great crime to follow Cheng Yingjun, the lord of Nantu City, to send soldiers to invade the territory of Xinghua and slaughter civilians...... Otherwise, there will be no forgiveness for killing!"

After the article was read out, Yi Xingchen took the opportunity to look at the civil officials of the former South Tucheng below, paying attention to their reactions.

In fact, Yi Xingchen arranged for the civil officials of Xinghua State to write such an article integrating conquest and surrender, and read it to a group of former officials of Nantucheng, but he was not idle and had nothing to do.

Just as Yi Xingchen meant, at present, the Xinghua Kingdom has occupied Nantucheng, and Yi Xingchen's original intention is not to rob the resources of this land and harm the people's livelihood here, but to subdue the people's hearts in a real sense, not only to geographically include Nantucheng into the territory of Xinghua, but more importantly, to let the people here return to Xinghua.

Therefore, Xinghua needs to grasp the righteousness!

What is righteousness?

According to the agreement signed between Dongli and Xinghua, Dongli Wang has ceded the Xilin region to Xinghua, and their invasion of Xilin is not only an invasion of Xinghua, but also an attack by Xinghua's army, which is naturally a righteous party.

Yi Xingchen needs to first let all the people in Nantu City understand this clearly, which is very important. Because, if you don't understand these prerequisites, the people of Nantucheng will think that Xilin City still belongs to the Dongli Kingdom, and the matter of Xinghua Guo's army has become a barbaric act of robbing other people's property.

Therefore, in any case, the recitation of this article is the first and foremost act to win over the hearts and minds of the people. Let the people who left the country understand some necessary background factors, so that they can get rid of the rebellion in their hearts.

For example, after occupying Nantucheng, he killed all the people who resisted, and the remaining people slowly had a reason to accept the rule of Xinghua Kingdom. After all, it was the king of Dongli who tore up the agreement first, and he had no credibility. A king who has no credibility, coupled with the influence of some external forces, will eventually be abandoned by his own people.

Yi Xingchen, who was staring at the reaction of an official, saw clearly that some civil officials were watching to see if there was anyone who took the lead. Seeing this, the corners of Yi Xingchen's mouth lifted and he smiled slightly. In fact, Yi Xingchen and the others had already prepared and arranged a few civil officials to take the lead in surrendering.

"I'm willing to surrender!"

"I'm willing to surrender too!"

The three former Yugoslav civil officials replied back and forth.

"Very well, who else wants to surrender?"

Just when many people were willing to accept this fact and surrender to the new lord, suddenly, a righteous Nantu official stood up, his eyes were full of anger, and he shouted angrily on the spot: "You traitors, don't you fear that the king of Dongli will come ...... you?"

I saw a Xinghua officer take out a pistol and aim it at the righteous Nantucheng official, and hit him in the forehead with a single shot! The official, unable to utter a single word, fell to the ground on the spot and died!

Then, in the panic of the former officials of Nantu City, two guards stepped forward and dragged the body away, as if all this had happened so naturally.

"I'm willing to surrender!"

"I'm willing to surrender!"

This really had a deterrent effect, and more than a dozen officials expressed their surrender on the spot.

As for the remaining hesitant officials, Yi Xingchen did not kill them, but ordered Nantucheng to surrender his army and imprison them in the official office of Nantucheng, where there was a ready-made prison for prisoners.

For Yi Xingchen, all this is not in a hurry to be realized, and it takes time to solve the matter of people's hearts. As long as they are in chaos, they will no longer be twisted into a rope, and they will always think that if they overthrow the new rule of Xinghua Kingdom. (To be continued......)