Chapter 578: Conquering Cities and Plundering Land

After the Zhiren General finished speaking, the huge face dissipated, but in its place was an hourglass formed by the condensation of dark clouds and lightning.

The lightning within the hourglass was slowly falling from the top, representing that time was constantly passing. When all the lightning in the hourglass flowed to the bottom, that would be when the Zhiren army attacked!

The City Lord's face on the wall became even uglier, and the others around him cast their gazes upon him, gazes filled with deep malice.

Because they were also officials; if the city were breached, they would also have no place to be buried!

Feeling the gazes of his former subordinates, the City Lord wanted to muster the courage to say a few morale-boosting words, but the words stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them at all.

The enemy army was right outside the city, and any general could change the weather in an instant, which meant the enemy's strength was at least at the Fierce-Ghost level. Only Guidao Xiushi of this level could achieve this.

If there were only one such enemy, it wouldn't be scary, but the terrifying part was that there was clearly more than one general, and even the soldiers under their command gave people a feeling of extreme danger!

If they chose to resist, how long could they hold out, and what price would they have to pay?

If they failed, it wouldn't just be their own lives, but everyone, including their relatives, would be unable to escape the catastrophe!

"Sigh~"

After a long silence, just as most of the people around him were clearly unable to hold back any longer, the City Lord let out a long sigh, then helplessly said to the city defense general: "Open the city gates!"

"Yes!"

Hearing the City Lord say this, the hearts of the others instantly dropped, and they even felt an inexplicable sense of relief.

That feeling of rejoicing as if they had survived a disaster made it impossible for them to muster the courage to choose to resist the army outside the city ever again.

"Open the city gates! Open the city gates!"

Soon, under the command of the city defense general, the thick city gates were slowly opened by the soldiers. At this moment, the afterglow of the doomsday shone on the city walls, but everyone had the illusion that the world was about to change.

"General Pingkou, you lead a unit of two thousand men into the city!"

"Take the city walls, take over the city, count the population, and confiscate public property!"

Seeing the city gates slowly open, the Zhiren Marshal immediately waved his hand and issued the order. The other party being so sensible saved them from wasting time here.

However, the things that needed to be done still had to be done well. Taking over the city was necessary, and taking over all affairs in the city was also necessary. As for what to do next, Lin Feng would arrange it himself.

"Obey the order!"

Soon, a Zhiren General led two thousand Zhiren soldiers out of the military array and entered Jiang City. With this unit entering the city, many people became fearful and anxious again.

Although the other party had already said that as long as they surrendered, they wouldn't kill indiscriminately, no one could guarantee that these troops wouldn't suddenly go back on their word.

Therefore, when this army entered the city, many people were watching their movements both openly and secretly.

Ordinary people could only see that they were well-equipped, tall, and full of killing intent; just looking at them made people shudder, with the illusion that they might be beheaded at any moment.

However, in the eyes of Guidao Xiushi or those in the know, it was a completely different matter, because they discovered that these two thousand soldiers were all Ghost-Soldiers refined through special means!

And the strength of each soldier made them feel a hint of danger, which was enough to show that the origin of these Ghost-Soldiers was absolutely extraordinary. At the very least, ordinary sect forces did not have the ability to mass-produce so many Ghost-Soldiers of such strength.

After discovering this, while feeling fortunate, they recalled the words of the general earlier; this army seemed to belong to the Yuling Wang...

Due to the deterrent power of the Zhiren army, the process of taking over the entire Jiang City was exceptionally smooth. In less than half an hour, important positions throughout Jiang City were guarded by Zhiren soldiers.

Subsequently, the Zhiren General's progress in clearing out public property and various intelligence in the city was also quite smooth. After all, with things having reached this point, the City Lord and others dared not refuse his demands at all.

Two hours later, most of the important materials in the city had been brought under the control of the Zhiren army, thus completely mastering the lifeline of the entire Jiang City.

After completing this, the Zhiren army outside the city broke camp and continued to march toward the next city. They wanted to completely take down the entire prefecture within a few days, so they didn't have so much time to waste on one city.

The next day, Lin Feng received information from the Zhiren army that they had completely occupied more than half of the cities in the entire prefecture, and the remaining small half was already in their pocket; it would only take one more day to completely take them down.

Lin Feng was not at all surprised by this result, or rather, this was a result that had been destined long ago.

It was just that compared to occupying cities, managing them next was the real trouble.

Directly appointing the original officials was undoubtedly the stupidest choice. Without any popular foundation, letting the original officials continue to manage would be worse than letting the Zhiren army carry out militarized management; at least this way, there wouldn't be hidden dangers or big messes.

Of course, letting the Zhiren army manage in the long run was definitely not a good idea. After all, every profession has its own specialty; how to govern the people still required civil officials.

"Hong, Bai, you go back and have the Shuzhuan Gui find a way to produce a batch of civil official Zhiren who are good at handling various official duties, and then arrange them directly into each city to let these civil officials temporarily take over the miscellaneous affairs in the city."

After a moment of thought, Lin Feng called over the Shuangzi Gui and arranged it this way. To him, Zhiren were simply too easy to use; now that there were not enough people under his command, using Zhiren as replacements was also a good choice.

"Yes, Master!"

Hearing this, the Shuangzi Gui didn't ask much and immediately went to execute it. Producing a batch of civil official Zhiren who didn't need much combat power didn't actually take any effort.

"After taking down the prefecture, the next step is the surrounding areas, until finally taking down the entire Zhao Guo."

"However, it probably won't be so smooth next. Even if people in other places are poorly informed, they must have heard some rumors after the prefecture fell."

"I just don't know if those few in the capital will take action?"

After arranging this, Lin Feng looked at the map and thought again. He wasn't worried about whether he could defeat the other party, but wanted to wipe them all out to avoid further trouble.

And according to his understanding, the backer behind Zhao Guo seemed to be a medium-sized sect, and that sect was subordinate to the top-tier sect, the Yuanmu Dige.

What he feared was that after beating the small ones, the old ones would come, eventually turning into an endless situation, which was quite headache-inducing.

At this stage, Lin Feng still didn't want to clash with a top-tier sect, at least not until his main body's Barbarian Tyrant Body was completely perfected!

Only when his own strength reached that level would he have the confidence to face the Tianzun Zhenling, whose strength was terrifying beyond description. ===== CHAPTER 579 =====