Dark clouds rolled in the sky, as if dark mountains were floating in rows, covering the entire swamp. It's the rainy season and it's not surprising to have these heavy rains.

But the cool breeze that blew over it had an ominous meaning—it was too cold! Accustomed to the heat, the Inkthorn Snake Man stiffened a little, and he turned back and instructed his men: "Prepare the warriors of the gods, this heavy rain will make the swamp rise and force the humans back to higher ground." When the rain stopped, we raided their stronghold in the eastern highlands!"

"But~~~" The snake man beside him had a difficult face: "Recently, their bows and crossbows have become more and more powerful, and they have cut down the big trees around the highlands, and their vision is very broad. We'll be spotted as soon as we get closer. They almost have a crossbow in their hands, and they shoot non-stop when they fight, we ~~~~"

"You should be more religious!" the Inkthorn Snake Man became angry: "It is precisely because you are not pious and sincere that you cannot get the gift of the gods and will defeat the battle!" His eyes and throat suddenly burst out of a dark purple strange fire, and even splashed out of his body, startling the snake people next to him: "The real god warrior only has the greatest Xingyang in his heart! Even if he dies, his spirit will be approved by the gods! Everything is under the control of God, and now this difficulty is precisely God testing you. Choose you, and only by unconditionally dedicating a qiē to God will you receive eternal blessings from God!"

His spurting majesty made the surrounding snake people dare not raise their heads, and he himself didn't even notice this, but he pointed to the thunderous dark clouds in the sky even more excitedly: "This heavy rain is also choosing you, fearing God's election." He will be forsaken by God!"

At this moment, his thoughts and commands became God's election, and who would dare to oppose God's election? The serpents had no choice but to do what he said: "Set out before the rain and attack their fortresses in the rain, the rain will block their sight and their crossbows, and God will help us to defeat them in the rain!"

His angry words are completely contradictory to what he just said, 'We will raid them after the heavy rain stops', but his words are 'God's choice', who dares to disobey it? Recently, several clan leaders who secretly slandered him were defeated by his divine magic, and then ~~~~ and then he was dismantled. Swallow it in your stomach and make it a delicacy.

Of course. This is also a 'command of God.'"

Under the dark clouds, the snake people endured the colder and colder winds, and walked through the swamp and mud, praying for miracles as they went. Let them prevail in the pouring rain. Prayed, prayed. A miracle really came! And it fell from the sky early.

Down~~~Down~~~What is it???

The snake man, who had never seen snowflakes, didn't understand at first what the little white feathers that fell from the sky were. By the time they realized that the temperature had begun to plummet, the situation had taken a turn for the worse! They were stiff and dizzy, and many of the snake men even collapsed on the side of the road. Although their body structure is slightly different from that of real snakes. It doesn't really freeze into a popsicle, but if its strength drops rapidly and its reflexes become sluggish, where can you still fight?

"How did this happen?" When the snake people asked the Inkhorn Snake Man in confusion, the self-proclaimed 'prophet' was very clever to find the 'answer': "There must be someone who worships other gods behind my back!!" He roared angrily to the sky, as if this was really the case: "You have disobeyed the will of God, this is God's punishment for you!"

And Dong Hezi, who was in charge of punishing them, was riding a dinosaur full of spiritual light galloping above the rolling dark clouds, sprinkling a large amount of cold magic on the dark clouds, turning the original heavy rain into light snow. The snow is not heavy, but the temperature drops! Thin ice has appeared on the branches of some hills, and many animals in the swamp are wading in panic to escape the terrible cold area. The birds are even more chirping and flying around, a frightening scene!

But if it snows for hundreds of miles, it doesn't have that much magic at all. Only in a few key areas is snow production to cool down. Riding on the back of the dinosaur, Dong Hezi occasionally pierced through the clouds to see how the ground was cold and frozen, and as a result, he saw a long line of Inkhorn Snake people.

Hahahaha~~~~ Dong Hezi laughed a few times, it is better to come early than to come by chance! I used to look for you all over the swamp and couldn't find it, but now I actually took the initiative to go out of the mountain. Immediately summoned Midland: "If you find a main force on the other side, immediately gather our main force and fight them hard!

Despite the haste of the incident, the Midland army, which has a large number of teleportation spells, reacted quite quickly, and fought a beautiful siege battle: first, hundreds of mercenaries and battle mages flew in with a large number of long-range spell equipment to intercept the snake people's path. When the two armies fought each other until dusk, the army that followed behind and the Pastor Maehly released two or three stories of Beamon Tree Guard, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and immediately smashed the army of snake people to pieces. When the snake people fled and dispersed, more than 400 bodies were left at the scene.

The rest of the battle was much easier to fight - Dong Hezi covered an area with wind and snow, and the army took advantage of the ice and snow to launch a general attack on the snake people's camp and fortress, pulling out nails one by one, and then leveling the next area. It's a bit of 'artillery coverage, infantry follow-up'. Although it consumed a lot of raw materials and financial resources to create heavy snow, the snake people here were finally expelled.

Later, I learned from several captives that in the last few days, the guy killed a group of wavering snake people on the grounds of 'worshipping false gods and angering the true gods to send natural disasters', and then on the grounds that the river by the river was frozen with a layer of ice, he said, 'The true god has frozen the river, let us cross the river', and in one fell swoop encouraged all the remaining snake people to flee back to the depths of the snake country.

"This magic stick is really qualified. "The army of Donghezi and Midland, who had been tired for several days, ceased to pursue, and stopped at the edge of a large river, preparing to use it as a border. Although there are several mercenary teams and even some people from the Maykelly Church who encourage the army to continue to go deeper, taking advantage of the snake people's civil strife to occupy more territory. But Dong Hezi had a resolute attitude: "The first thing in this operation is to clear the border, and the second is to open up the road to the Great Lake. Both of these goals have been achieved. As long as you defend along the river, you can rely on the terrain to arrange several defense systems in depth. It is enough to resist the increasingly chaotic bandits of the Snake Country. Now we have 2 rivers that lead to the Great Lake, and some swamps and wetlands for Green Pine to develop. In addition, there is already high-quality wood such as teak, which is an important material for making zuò 'wood copper', and we will grow it while developing it, and we will definitely be rich in the future!"

Probably because the battle went so smoothly that even Midland had an 'enterprising' heart: "Let's fight some more." There are hills on the other side of the river, as well as arable land, which can be immigrated. Anyway, the snake country is also in chaos, and we can still pool the money to sell the materials of the ice and snow array, and occupy the best place in one go!"

But Dong Hezi shook his head like a rattle: "Don't do such stupid things! The main output is agricultural products. Most of the ruler's resources are also collected from the territory. So the bigger the territory, the better. But now it is a society with developed handicrafts and trade. Many resources are exchanged through industry and trade. Those small developed industrial and trading countries can even mobilize the grain and equipment that only big countries have! We should be more open-minded, and we should not mumble every day how much territory I want to occupy and how much territory I have lost. How did such a low-level vision go to such a high level? How many territories did the Arcane Federation have? Which king fought against them?"

"So. We want to keep: 1. The origin of the main raw materials. 2. Areas that are convenient for industrial production. 3. Main trade routes. The key is not the size of the territory, but whether the above three points are controlled. With three points, there is the right to control resources, and then the following two points are added: 4. Areas that are convenient for attack and defense. 5. Areas that are easy to assimilate. This adds security. ”

"The territory now occupied is in line with the above points. The hilly area on the other side of the river is mainly a grain producing area, but we do not lack food, but tropical timber and special plants, so the opposite area is not our 'main raw material producing area'. Once occupied, and there are no big rivers, mountains, or dense forests around us as barriers, we will have to face the siege of the snake people on three sides, which is quite unfavorable to us. Once an outside force intervenes and supports the snake people to rectify us, we will have to spend a lot of energy. It's not cost-effective. There have long been some forces that look at the duke unpleasantly, and if the steps are too big and there are too many flaws, they will give the enemy a chance. ”

The other generals and even some of the Rokko Guards of the Maikeli Church were a little regretful: "Really don't go to occupy it?" because the fight was too smooth. Dong Hezi said firmly: "I have already walked out of the naïve territory and paranoia! The Tang State was greedy for the distant Western Regions, so An Lushan stopped and cut it off. England coveted the distant and tortuous Shendu Kingdom, and did not achieve a thousand-year-old Atlantic Empire, and finally only got a Five Eyes Alliance. Knowing this, he made every effort to develop the land of the Five Eyes Alliance at the beginning, but he was the overlord of the world that could grow for a long time, and the thousand-year empire was not a utopian dream. There are also some people who are first blinded by the naïve view of territory, and they have to say that 'not an inch of land can be lost'. It is necessary to maintain the territory of the previous dynasty. He crossed thousands of mountains and rivers to rule over the land of foreign races and pagan religions, but did not seriously pursue the policy of assimilation, and every year he poured money and knelt down to lick the people, and finally ended up with the root of trouble! If he knew this, he should take the 800-mile desert as the boundary and guard the gate carefully. Implement a policy of 'tightening inside and loosening outside', purging foreign races and pagan religions inside the door, and making every effort to assimilate. The car is on the same track, the book is the same, the practice is the same, and the clothes are the same. Externally, it is friendly on the surface, and interests are constantly exchanged, and at the same time, it is strictly guarded against the invasion of foreign and pagan forces. In this way, there can be a thousand years of country. First of all, he was very happy, and then he was bound to benevolence and righteousness, and he was reversed and disordered!"

Therefore, we would rather not have the territory that cannot be digested, the benefits brought by it are less than the risks, the ones that cannot be defended, and the ones that cannot be assimilated would rather not! Only the iron-clad camps have a thousand-year-old country. It's not that you can't expand, but you have to expand steadily, don't be impatient!"

"Like us human beings, it is inconvenient to live in such a swampy and damp place, and it is good to be able to penetrate one or two hundred miles, and if we cross the river far, we will not be able to reach it! But in the long run, it is impossible for human beings to immigrate here on a large scale, and when the time comes, there will be the so-called 'snake people attached', do you accept it or not? If you don't accept it, they will make trouble everywhere, and human manpower is limited, and they can't be punished. If you accept it, then make it a bullshit clan and self-government system, let a series of local people hide under the wings of the main people, steal the people's fat and people's ointment, and all kinds of welfare, and then promote the local people to be generals to "protect the Sai Meritorious" and become the "Dragon and Tiger General", and then shout for the "Seven Hatreds" to rebel against you after they grow. ”

This kind of thing of first raising Wuhu and barbarians, Persian Anlu, and then raising Jianzhou and paganism, repeats it over and over again!!, making people vomit, if it is clear from the inside and outside, eliminating pluralism and unifying literature, those who assimilate are internal, and those who do not are external; If we accept them as vassals, we will be limited by internal morality and cannot let go of our hands and feet to rectify them. Isn't this short-sighted self-restraint?

Therefore, if you can't digest the territory, you should not be greedy for too much, and once you occupy it, you must assimilate it with a dead hand, otherwise you will be plagued for thousands of years! When you should not be greedy, when you should not be benevolent, you should be honest or not honest, you should be ruthless or not, and the mentality of the small people. How can it be a great thing?!!

The multitude is enslaved by greed. There was still regret on his face, but Dong Hezi's attitude was extremely resolute: "I won't accompany you! You can invite someone else to make snow!" Midland was afraid of stiffness, so he smiled and said, "It's all up to you." So Dong Hezi answered: "Then you should plant thorny hard shrubs and zigzag banyan trees along the border river, at least twenty miles wide." as a barrier for defense. ”

Then he joined forces with a group of Rokko Guards and Midland. Ride on a variety of cloud seal beasts and take off. I went to find a place to build a city. As for the Serpent King, he was triumphantly entrenched in the carriage, and said to Bonouk beside him, "I have already negotiated with them. In a few days, foreign mercenaries will be obtained, and when the time comes, the royal capital will be recovered, and the thieves will be pacified!hiss~~~~~ It is simpler and more efficient than your rotten method!hiss~~~~"

Bonook, who had been in a state of recuperation with his eyes closed, replied coldly: "Your negotiation skills are really good, and you can talk with those rich foreign businessmen for a whole day." I really admire. But they seemed to be more powerful, and a few more people came into their rooms and talked to them secretly. ”

"What?!" the Snake King was shocked and suspicious: "You don't fool me!" That room is heavily guarded, and all kinds of anti-prophecy spells cover it, how can you be a martial artist who knows what's going on inside. Still closed-eyed, Bonouk replied: "I don't use prophecy spells here, I can just communicate some information with the surrounding elements, and the elemental whispered a message to me, someone entered the room where you just stayed, it seems that there are two fat ones and one thin one." ”

The Serpent King didn't believe it: "What room was I in just now?" Ponouk finally narrowed his eyes: "The room on the left, there are some pears and oranges in it, as well as bloody mutton and some offal for you to eat. "Actually, 'Elemental Whispers' can only indirectly probe the superficial situation, and can't see and hear as clearly as 'Detective', so I don't know what they talked about.

But this information is enough to prove that Bonuuk has the ability to overcome interference and probe the inside of the building. The Serpent King pondered, "You mean—they're going to betray me?" Bonouk replied, "Wait for those people to come out, catch them, and you'll find out when you ask!"

The snake king looked forward and backward a little: "They are all characters with a strong background, I'm going to offend~~~~" Now Ponouk next to him is qualified to disdain him: "Aren't you the king? You owe me a favor. ”

The Snake King was a little annoyed: "You were killed by them, I am not responsible." Bonuuk snorted and did not speak. Just ordered the person pulling the cart to go around the street and stop in a nearby alley.

After nearly an hour, three merchants came out of the luxurious mansion where the rich merchant was, 2 fat and 1 thin, the same as what Bonook said. And although they are ordinary in appearance, they don't even have any magical aura. However, the ornaments are all carefully crafted, and eighty percent of them are magical equipment, and they cover the magic aura with masking spells.

But they didn't expect anyone to dare to do anything here—when an arrow-like figure flew down from the rooftop, the nearby guards didn't have time to react, and one of the merchants was wrapped in a sticky cloud-like thing, and fell to the ground as if it were entangled in spider silk. The second one was knocked out by the black shadow that fell to the ground, and he turned several times in the air, and when he fell to the ground, the third merchant was already picked up by the black shadow, jumped on the roof and ran!

The black shadow came and went so fast that when the guards flew up to the roof, they didn't even see a ghost, and easily robbed people. However, it was not easy for Bonuuk to do this. First, he shrunk his body and jumped down, and after releasing the powerful 'Snake Spider Tianluo', he switched from agility bonus to strength bonus on his body, and switched back to agility bonus after taking hostages and jumping upstairs. There is also the assistance of nerve acceleration, the release of several 'Five Yin Demon Evil' smoke bombs to cover it, and the 'Smashing Palm, Fixation Technique' of the spontaneous counterattack on the opponent's body in the middle, and then subdued the hostages with a shock fist. Replace someone else to rob, that's a place to die.

The hostage businessman who was choked and pressed to the ground by him only felt cramps all over his body and wanted to burn his internal organs! When he was in mid-air just now, he was hit by Bonuuk on several pivotal points on his body, and his muscles, endocrine, and nerves were all out of balance. Although it is possible to chant spells, it is no longer possible to concentrate silent spells. And the other party's two sharp fingers were already close to the eyeballs, and the slightest recitation of half a spell would be the end of piercing the brain! You and I both have roots, so why bother to break the net? Everything in the world is driven by interests, and everyone can negotiate interests. ”

The face of the person in front of him was hideous, quite like a half-orc, but it was the appearance of Bonuuk after his face, and even the words he said were quite like a rough half-orc: "If you want to support the pseudo-king, don't think about a good end!Say!How many mercenaries have you made for him~~~~" Before he finished speaking, the other party hurriedly said: "No, no, no! We just use him." The day he leads his army into the royal capital will be the day he dies!"

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