With no leader and beaten if they tried to hold together, the remnants of the million-strong army of the Kingdom of Stefano were shattered into warlords, large and small.

The largest group, which at one point reached 400,000 men, accepted an invitation from the kingdom of Pampos to go to the region close to the border in an attempt to carry out a major retreat.

But this retreat was stopped.

When crossing the river, the ferryboat and the troops to cross the river were subjected to a fierce air attack by the wind falcon; The receiving troops on the other side of the river were attacked by the special operations elite and were forced to withdraw.

Immediately after that, the remnants of Stefano, who lacked supplies and lost hope, finally had to choose to surrender completely in the attack of multiple armored brigades accompanied by infantry divisions.

After that, only a small part of the Alliance's army remained, leading the former Kingdom troops mobilized from the Kingdom of Luhmann, as well as the surrender troops selected from Stefano's prisoner of war camps, to form a defense force to ensure the maintenance of the capital and surrounding areas, as well as logistics supply lines.

The rest of the troops regrouped and headed for the Black Arrow Star next door, the first kingdom of the Black Arrow Star, Pampos.

At this time, the political turmoil caused by the terrible record of destroying the country in only 47 days since the start of the war has also spread throughout the world.

The Council of Kings was terrified, even desperate, and cried out 'The Raging Lords will rule the world';

In some kingdoms, however, more practical action has been taken.

In fact, at this moment, Queen Steppers is not the only one in the palace of Pincer.

Thirteen nations, either monarchs or ambassadors with dignified status, have arrived.

These are basically small countries, and of the seven most important kingdoms on Black Arrow, only Luman and Stefano are there.

At the same time, the King's Council, which had severed diplomatic relations with the Luhmann Kingdom, and the other five most important powers in it, also sent diplomats.

This is exactly what Gu Hang has been busy with during this time.

When he had signed the last paper, he finally looked up at the Queen of the Iron Curtain and said:

"I've kept you waiting."

"Listen to what I say next."

"There is no room for bargaining, this is a unilateral announcement, you only have the choice to agree, or not to agree."

Stepussie took a deep breath, "I see, you say. ”

The next thing the Governor had to say was the fate of her country. Although she can't change anything about it, she can only passively accept the judgment of fate, but she is still extremely solemn.

"First of all, all kingdoms will be preserved."

Gu Hang's first sentence made Stepsy breathe a sigh of relief.

This is the biggest existential issue.

What she fears most is that this governor is determined to destroy the kingdom of Stefano.

Although she judged rationally that the probability of this happening was actually very low, as long as it happened, the Stefano Kingdom was now powerless to resist.

Stepusie's demeanor was fully seen by Gu Hang.

He also sighed slightly in his heart.

If he could, why not want to directly implement the management system of the alliance in Black Arrow, and fully copy the system of the alliance government here, so as to ensure that a highly centralized government with strong control over local civil affairs, industry, and military can be established in Black Arrow?

But that's not realistic.

Gu Hang was able to build such a set from scratch in the Angry Owl Star, because he really spent two and a half years from head to toe to subvert almost all the original power levels up and down the Angry Owl Star.

It's an exaggeration, but it's not.

It's true that the Raging Owl is an entire planet, but with a population of 45 million, the scale is not as large as imagined; Second, in the largely wasteland environment of the Raging Owl, the original ruling class is also quite fragile, and it is not difficult to destroy it.

But it's different with Black Arrow.

This is a well-established feudal society, with a deep-rooted ruling class, and if you want to completely eliminate it, Gu Hang will face too much resistance. If he had enough strength to arrest all the nobles and hang them, it would have been a good idea, but he didn't.

After all these years of operation, the productivity of the Angry Owl Star is indeed much more developed than the feudal world of the Black Arrow Star, but the problem of insufficient population and short development time exists objectively. With a population of 55 million, eating the Black Arrow Star of 400 million people is really an act of swallowing an elephant.

It's not that it can't be swallowed, but it's unrealistic to expect it to be digested right away.

It is not easy to clean up the local ruling class, for example, although the kingdom of Stefano has now been destroyed, 200,000 people have been captured in the royal city, and 400,000 people have been captured in the border evacuation, but the aristocratic warlords and landlord warlords who are broken all over the ground have no threat; But if you want to clean it up, you have to send troops out for many years to gnaw it one by one.

But there are threats from other kingdoms, where does Gu Hang have the strength to gnaw at them?

Not to mention, if it's really gnawed, the follow-up is the real trouble.

In order to build a complete set of subsequent efficient administrative systems, a large number of loyal and reliable administrative personnel are required. In the alliance itself, this is still a bit difficult, and it requires the Loyal Heir Academy to make greater efforts to fight corruption, let alone on the Black Arrow Star.

Judging from various factors, Gu Hang still decided to adopt the strategy of eating first and then digesting.

In fact, he also adopted this strategy on the Angry Owl Star when he first conquered the Qinggu region and the eastern provinces, and had to temporarily leave a large number of the original ruling class, let alone on the alien planet.

On this basis, Gu Hang had to give the original kings and nobles a glimmer of hope, so that they could feel that the alliance was not going to wipe them out. If he hadn't, he would have met with the strongest resistance.

After clarifying the reservation of the kingdom, Gu Hang made it clear again.

"As long as the nobles act in accordance with the laws of the Alliance, the Alliance will fully respect your power."

This is the second guarantee given by Gu Hang.

At the same time, he also gave preferential conditions:

"The Alliance, as well as the Gu family, will continue to give all kinds of assistance to the Black Arrow Star to help gradually establish a more modern agricultural production and industrial system on the territory of the Black Arrow Star."

If it was a corrupt feudal emperor, it was possible that he would not be interested in this so-called support, but Aspus was not.

She even felt a surge of euphoria.

In the past, Black Arrow was not without people who wanted to make some changes. However, firstly, the conservative forces within the planet are too stubborn, and secondly, it is also difficult to import production lines from the outside, and the price is too high to obtain the equipment and technology needed for industrial upgrading through Gu's firm.

Now, it seems that both of these problems can be solved.

Governor Gu has done a great deal to clean up the conservative diehards of the past, and the latter's technical assistance sounds like it's even free.

This made Aspus seem a little incredulous.

Gu Hang said: "The alliance will not simply regard the Black Arrow Star as a ruled. Rather than harvesting 400 million slaves, I hope that the alliance can increase the number of citizens by 400 million, and I hope that the kingdoms of Black Arrow can truly become members of the alliance. ”

Anyone can say beautiful words, but Aspus heard a sense of sincerity from Governor Gu's words.

She felt that Gu Hang really thought so.

This made her a mixed bag.

Happily, her kingdom doesn't seem to be suffering much;

The worry is, after such a set is completed, will the kingdom still be a kingdom?

She couldn't help but ask, "So...... And at what cost? ”

Gu Hang chuckled softly: "First, in each kingdom, there will be special agencies of the alliance stationed there. From the military to the administrative to the economic development, the Union's special agencies have the power to intervene directly. Our correspondent will do everything in his power to help the kingdoms get on the right track. ”

"We will establish a new Council of Kings and invite the great kingdoms to join it. This new Council of Kings will take on even greater responsibilities than in the past. The succession of thrones in various countries must be approved by the King's Council; The military forces of each country will be uniformly deployed by the allied system established by the new King's Council. There will also be commissioners of the Union in the King's Council, who will be considered part of the Union Government as a whole......"

"On this basis, the King's Council guarantees the survival of the kingdoms and the rights of the royal families and nobles, but in the same way, you need to act according to the rules laid down by the King's Council."

This set of things made Stepus very heavy to hear.

She could realize the ambition of the Alliance, wrapped up in a series of words that sounded rather gentle.

The most important point is that after participating in the new king's parliament, the countries have essentially lost their independent military power.

All military power will be taken away by the Alliance.

This so-called new council of kings is clearly just a shell under the control of the Alliance. Parliament, parliament, what is there to discuss? It's nothing more than the kings sitting here, with an ear, and listening to the people of the Alliance.

And in the case of not being able to control one's own military strength, it is equivalent to holding a knife across the neck in the hands of others, and the so-called non-interference in internal affairs is pure nonsense.

People say that if you don't interfere, you won't interfere, but what can you do when you want to interfere? Isn't it just honest to do what people say?

As for others, such as the change of king, parliamentary approval is required; It is only natural that each country will have observers stationed and can meddle in specific government affairs. The knives are in the hands of others, so don't you do whatever you want?

She opened her mouth, instinctively wanting to bargain.

But looking at the smile on Gu Hang's face, she suddenly remembered what Governor Gu said just now.

There is no room for bargaining, this is a unilateral announcement.

So how is she going to choose?

Yes, Stefano will be digested into a member of the alliance in the future, and even this name may be transformed from a country to a simple place name. But at least, the kingdom can be preserved for the time being, and it sounds like the people here will be treated well.

And if you choose no, it's death.

She would die first, but she wasn't afraid. But what about the follow-up? The alliance has a way to find a descendant of the royal family of Stefano to be the king, and the final outcome will not be any different from her choice of 'yes'.

In the end, she could only nod helplessly, indicating that she understood.

……

The action of the alliance is fast.

The new King's Council, four days later, was convened.

After the protests of diplomats from the other five powers of Black Arrow, plus more than forty smaller countries, the new King's Council was proclaimed.

Four countries that came to participate in the new king's parliament ultimately chose to refuse to join.

It's okay, it's normal.

Gu Hang won't go to them for trouble for the time being.

The new Black Arrow Governor was still elected by Nes Luhmann, and the members included Stefano.

The strong performance of Stefano, the second largest country on the planet that has been destroyed in more than forty days of the alliance, has captured all the Queen of the Iron Curtain, which has indeed caused a great shock. Seven other small nations chose to join the new king's council.

According to the requirements, their army, totaling more than 200,000 people, will be assembled and form an alliance with the 300,000 troops of the Kingdom of Luman, under the leadership of Major General Perbov, the commander-in-chief of the alliance and the commander of the Black Arrow Star Army.

In addition, the new king's council will also take the authorization of Queen Stepussy to establish a new government of the kingdom of Stefano, and require the uncontrolled nobles, landlords and warlords everywhere to swear allegiance, otherwise they will be traitors and will be purged.

This part of the work was handed over to the new allies.

The new government of Stefano was composed of local nobles who had taken refuge, expatriates from the Kingdom of Luhmann, and officials of the alliance. They will also make every effort to convert the 600,000 captured Stefano troops, with the goal of selecting 200,000 of them to join the new Allied forces.

Aspsey made a big splash in it.

She's the head of state, she's the queen, she's not a hypocrisy, she's been a real ruler for the last dozen years. When she threw herself into the Alliance, she was of great help to the Alliance's actions in the Kingdom of Stefano.

Of course, because of this, the alliance is also wary of her.

Now, she has more than four witchers by her side at all times, and the areas she enters and exits must be guaranteed to be completely under the military control of the Alliance.

If she had escaped and been caught by the remnants of the resistance group in Stefanone, she would have been in great trouble.

Especially now that the coalition is not strong in occupation here.

At this moment, the number one target of the alliance army is still placed on the Kingdom of Pampos.

The main army has already entered the territory of the Kingdom of Pampos.

And at this moment, among the number one power of the Black Arrow Star, there are more than two million troops, more than two thousand sentinel mechas, and twelve knight titans.

This is already a military force that the army of the alliance cannot ignore.

(End of chapter)