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There are thousands of roads in the world, wide or narrow, flat or rugged, intricately intertwined. However, as long as the goal is unique, it can always achieve the goal of the same goal.

For example, for the occupied town of Bran, the Northern Barbarians are accustomed to being domineering, using thunder and bloody means to suppress it strongly, and killing if they do not obey, which can achieve the effect of suppressing the will to resist in a short time.

The Grey Army is different, they like to use gentle means to soothe the will to resist. And they also have the capital to do so, relying on the good reputation and character accumulated over the years. In summary, this is the so-called royal road.

To be honest, these royal and domineering statements, in fact, under the premise of simply achieving the goal, there is no clear distinction between superior and inferior. The so-called difference may be that the domineering focuses on the present, and the royal road pays more attention to the long-term, and that's it.

Of course, no matter which Dao it is, it is the Bran Empire as a victim, so naturally it is not very happy.

In just three days, the gray-clothed army quickly defeated five or six large and small cities around it with a completely unreasonable posture like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and had initially formed a small strategic circle with Shanhai City as the center and several surrounding cities as satellite cities.

Such a proud record, although it is not shocking the past and the present, is enough to make those in the know speechless. And more importantly, the Grey Army has already made a reputation, and there is no need to bother with propaganda like in Shanhai City, lest the people mistake them for bandits and bandits. The well-informed ones sent their messages to all parts of the north and fed them back, which eased the Grey Army's resistance in the ensuing battle. Speed up the pace of conquest.

And compared to the growing momentum of the gray army. Bran's military side is naturally even more anxious. Let's be honest. The situation was out of their control from the beginning. They couldn't understand why the cities around the 100,000 Mountains with high walls and heavy guards would be broken by the other party so lightly, and they would break six cities in three days...... This is especially a village of six bandits, shouldn't it be so efficient, tell fairy tales?

Obviously, this is true!

And, for the time being, how exactly the Grey Army did it. The bigwigs of the Northern Armaments Department can only continue to mobilize troops to block it. Of course, now they also know that second-rate soldiers are useless, so they can only transfer the regular southern army that was originally going to be sent to the front line, and secretly do some other back-up......

As a result, the military bosses naturally no longer cared about the situation on the front line, but focused all their attention on their own fires in their backyards......

......

A few days later, in the morning, Shanhai City.

Today's Shanhai City has been transformed into the rear base camp of the Gray Army. It is still a military-controlled area, and it is not as prosperous as it used to be. However, compared to the lifeless of the previous days. Today's Shanhai City is a little more angry after all. There was also a slight pedestrian traffic on the streets, although more of them were patrolling soldiers. But the picture of the two sides getting along safely does not seem so abrupt.

It is precisely because of this that on this street in Xicheng District, a few unfamiliar faces that appeared out of nowhere were not strictly investigated.

Of course, from the point of view of appearance and temperament, the one in the center of these people is a middle-aged man with slightly frosty temples, and he is well dressed. Although the other expressionless men did not have weapons in their hands, judging from the pace of closely following and their vigilant demeanor, they should be first-class guards. On the whole, that is, a wealthy businessman came out with an escort to relax, and there was nothing strange about it, and it was not worth investigating and asking.

At this time, a burly guard seemed to have discovered something, and was talking to the middle-aged man in a low voice, with a faint mocking smile on the corner of his mouth.

After a moment, he shook his head slightly, "Before, I was thinking about what kind of whimsical coping strategy the Bran military would have, but now it seems that ......" The middle-aged man with slightly frosty temples pursed his lips and smiled, "It's actually using the rest of our tricks, tsk, interesting......"

"Hehe, yes, who would have thought that...... In the past, when the leader of Losha led us around, they thought of sending someone to assassinate the leader of Losha, and the reward notice was hung at the top of each union's task board. Now I still play this hand, that is, I changed the target object to Miss Josia, and learned that we exchanged the bounty for the martial arts cheats. Ha, it's not too crooked!"

The corners of his mouth grinned, and the guard's expression was disapproving. However, after a slight sarcasm, the middle-aged man thought of something, and narrowed his narrow eyes: "Although this method is a bit old-fashioned, for us, it can be regarded as targeted and to the point." ”

"Oh?"

"There's nothing strange about it, the truth that shoots a man first shoots a horse, and a thief captures the king first is simple. It's just that the nature of the gray-clothed army is a little special, well, if it is the Bran and Northern Wilderness armies, even if the general dies, there will be a deputy general on top, and the impact on the battle situation will not be too great. Oh, unless the person who died was the god of war, Ziyi, or the ...... of Ambrose, the commander of the Northern Wilderness."

Speaking of this, the middle-aged man seemed to think of something, his expression was even sentimental and strange, and he immediately shook his head and continued, "But the Gray Army is different, everyone in the Gray Army is too dependent on the leader, that is, the former Losha and the current Josia. It is precisely because of this that after the previous battle of Dawning City, the strength of the Gray-clothed Army was actually not weaker than that of the pursuing soldiers, but it still retreated thousands of miles, and simply retreated into the depths of the 100,000 mountains, until Josia became the new leader, and everyone was relieved from the sorrow of Luosha's sacrifice. ”

After a pause, "So, don't look at the gray-clothed army now, the momentum is getting higher and higher, and it seems unstoppable." But if something goes wrong with Josia...... Well, the old guys in Bran's military also saw this, so they used this trick repeatedly. And if I'm not mistaken, the assassination will be even more violent than before......"

"Well, why?"

"Because Josia is not the leader of Losha, there is no great god like Zorfan by his side. The middle-aged man shook his head, "Zuo Fan's origin and true identity, the other party should know, at least those bigwigs in the Northern Armaments Department must be clear." Although the sword god is laissez-faire, he doesn't seem to care about this disciple. But the military bigwigs didn't dare to take this risk, and at most, they hung Luosha's bounty notice in the guilds. Then let those warriors who don't know whether they are alive or dead come to assassinate them. I didn't dare to let it go. But it's a different story now......"

"I don't think it's any different. He shrugged. Interrupting the words, the guard looked at the middle-aged man and said, "Although Miss Josia doesn't have a big brother Zorfan, she has a boss, don't you?"

"Uh...... This fart is so good, I like it!" patted the guard on the shoulder, and the middle-aged man smiled with a look that was completely inconsistent with his identity and temperament.

"Haha......" The guards couldn't help but laugh when they heard this, and a guard with a black hat in the back lowered his forehead. It looks gloomy. But then he raised it slightly, pursed his lips and smiled lightly, a little bitter.

Touching his nose and looking at the crowd gathered at the street in front of him, the middle-aged man smiled and said casually, "The information of the generals of the garrisons in the surrounding cities has been collected, well, restart the killer organization and issue tasks to assassinate one by one." The reward for the quest is still the Dou Qi Circulation Channel...... Hehe, play with this hand. It seems that it is necessary to let them know the real difference between a copycat and a genuine one!"

"No problem. After a pause, the guard asked again, "But the sword god Wu Ding ......."

"There's no way, this time and that time, after all, you have to be offended. Waving his hand, the middle-aged man looked at the street corner refusing to gather the crowd, seemed to be a little interested, and walked forward, "Anyway, it's not the first time we've done this kind of thing, it's better to eat it or something, it doesn't matter ......"

"Uh......"

......

Needless to say, these people are naturally Don and David.

After the gray-clothed army came out of the depths of the 100,000 mountains, Tang En, who had been paying attention, naturally received the news as soon as possible. It was supposed to come over early, but halfway through Don took the gray space to do some other things, so he didn't arrive until now.

He didn't rush to notify Josia and the others to greet him, after all, Tang En's identity was still very sensitive in the gray army, so not only did he disguise his appearance, but he even used special means to sneak in when he entered the city just now.

After entering the city, Tang En had actually been paying close attention, and the scenes he saw in the city also made him nod his head secretly, and even sighed a little. The prestige and character that the Gray Coats have accumulated for a long time is indeed excellent, even if it has disappeared from the public eye for a whole year, and now that it is carrying this gold signboard, there are still a lot of people who are willing to buy it, it is simply ...... Bunker up!

To be honest, Don doesn't really understand this phenomenon. If it is said that a great evil man who is full of evil disappears for a while, and then suddenly hears that he is going to come out to do evil, and immediately stirs up the storm in the city or something, Don can still understand it. But at the moment, this touching phenomenon full of positive energy ...... Well, Donn doesn't understand it anyway. Therefore, when I saw that the people who should have cursed the besiegers a few days ago, they were now gathered in the streets without any pressure, and immediately surrounded them with interest.

"It has to be Claire, a vampire! I've been working for his family for more than ten years, and I've been working all the time......"

"Father and son, please vote for these brutes, my daughter was ruined by them—she's only fourteen, fourteen—please—everybody—"

"I'm cǎo, what's going on, let's stop voting for Claire, vote for this pair of beasts together, and let them die now!"

"And Yuraia...... He knocked over my vegetable stall, but blamed me for blocking his path and broke my left leg...... It's this leg! It's the wound! Kill him......"

......

As soon as they got closer, what Tang En and the others saw was the angry people, as well as the various accusations and hysterical denunciations that kept coming into their ears.

Stunned for a moment, through the gap in the crowd, Don saw a large wooden sign with paper pasted, on which were densely written the names of Claire, Mores and others, and there were more or less unclear traces drawn under the names.

Next to the wooden sign, there is also a gray-clothed soldier in armor, as long as the surrounding people come forward to report their names, this soldier will add a mark under the corresponding name, it seems that everyone has only one chance......

After a moment of watching, Don finally understood what was happening.

This is a public trial! The wooden plaque bears the names of all the nobles, wealthy merchants, celebrities, and so on in the city, that is, the defendants. These people were the plaintiffs, shouting out the name of the crime, and calling on the surrounding crowd to cast a vote for the soldiers to record...... Eventually, lock in the trial object!

Of course, under these countless innumerable charges, the trial is just a formality, and these selected trial subjects will definitely die!

However, the public does not seem to be very satisfied......

"Sir, are there only ten places?"

"That's too little! a lot of people deserve to die!"

"Yes, kill them, kill them all......"

......

"Quiet, everybody......" The soldier stepped forward, waved his hand and shouted, "I'm sorry, there are only ten places now, and we will try the ten sinners with the most votes." As for the others who are also guilty of crimes, we will confiscate one of their belongings and drive them out of the city!"

When the words fell, the applause suddenly rang out.

"Good!"

"Well done......"

"That's how it should be, let them become poor bastards, and see how they oppress people in the future......"

......

"Hehe, this method is really simple and rude!" Hearing this, the corners of Tang En's mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, and then he waved his hand to lead people away, turned his head and smiled, "It is said that the eyes of the masses are bright, and Josia has made a good move!"

"I like it! haha...... In this way, those noble lords who usually do a lot of evil will definitely not be able to escape the head stab!" The burly guard, that is, David, also laughed and nodded, overjoyed.

"That's not all. Tang En smiled and shook his head, "The biggest advantage of this hand is that while satisfying the wishes of the people, it can also help the Gray Army win the hearts of the people in the shortest possible time and stabilize the situation in the city." Oh, and the aristocrats who were once reduced to vagabonds. If you don't kill them and send them out of the city, not only can you humiliate them, but judging from the intertwined relationship of each noble, it is certain to create chaos in the rear...... Ha, it's amazing!"

"I see, I just wondered if it was too cheap for those nobles who were lucky enough not to die...... But that's fine, for these nobles, taking away the noble capital he relies on is even more uncomfortable than killing him. Touching his chin, David nodded and said.

"That's pretty much it, well, let's go. It's not too early, go find Josia and them. Identifying the next direction, Tang En first walked towards the center of the city, that is, the original City Lord's Mansion.

"Haha, it's been a long time since I've seen Brother Frey and them, and I really miss them...... Well, I hope they will enjoy the welcome gift we brought this time. ”

"That's a must!"

............ (To be continued......)