In the spring of 1970s and 1980s, the entire Far East was peaceful.

The war was over, and as early as March, the soldiers of the Far Eastern Race Army began to return from the army to their warm homes. They threw down their killing weapons, picked up rusted plowing tools, and sweated heavily in the fields. Do farm work.

In those villages and cities that were destroyed by the war, smoke emerged again and people appeared. People began to rebuild their homes, and their lives were quite peaceful. The orcs who returned from the front were lying beside their wives and enjoying their happiness, eating fat and fat. of.

In May, the Demon Far East Occupy Command (later renamed the Far East Governor's Office) sent a large number of demon troops to the capital cities of the Far East provinces, established governments in each province, and launched rule over the Far East. Everyone's nightmare began.

The first order issued by the headquarters was: The Far East race—regardless of which race—each household must pay 100 kilograms of millet per person in a month. Local officials of the demon clan explained: "This It is military rations, used to reward the liberation of the Far East who worked hard and made great contributions, and the great army of the gods."

In fact, as early as when Pai besieged the city, the demons had the idea of ​​collecting food from the Far East. However, Yun Qianxue, the commander of the demon army at that time, was worried that this would anger the soldiers of the Far East United Army, and they still needed their help at that time. And now, The situation changed drastically, and the new governor of the Far East, the Duke of Lu, was not afraid of the sky or the earth, and especially the people, he had no scruples.

This order has caused complaints from all races in the Far East.

The Far East is not a grain source. In the past, the food here was imported by the family. In addition, the war of destruction that destroyed the great war of destruction for two consecutive years, young and middle-aged people were transferred to the army, and the land was deserted, resulting in a significant reduction in grain production. Many families have no rice to cook, so it is really difficult to produce such a large sum of food at this time.

All races in the Far East complained, saying: "Even when the Zichuan family was in power, they would not collect food during this time of incompetence. We fought bloody battles and drove away the Zichuan family's rulers, but they were even worse!

What exactly are we sacrificing so many young people for?”

The reaction of the people was so intense that the grain collection team of the demon clan had to knock on the orcs, snake clans, and screamed, and handed over their last pair of pants. By early June, how could it be It was easy to finish half of the grain collection task. Lord Lu was very dissatisfied with this achievement. He said to his subordinates (that is, the chiefs of the provinces in the Far East): "You are just not capable enough."

Emperor Lu personally gave a demonstration for everyone in Dussa Province: the demon army arrested a person as a hostage in every family. If the family could not pay the prescribed food and grass within two weeks, they would take the hostages. Killed.

Two weeks passed, and the Dussa Province basically completed the task of collecting grain.

Governors from all over the Far East followed their superiors’ actions, but for some reason, the effect was not so ideal.

After cutting down tens of thousands of hostages, the task was only 70% or 80% completed.

At the turn of spring and summer in 1970s and 1980s, the entire Far East suffered a famine, starving to death forty-seventy-seven thousand people.

The hungry people who were struggling on the front line of life and death were unwilling to let their family and their wives and children starved to death with them, and they all got up to rob the demons' grain transport fleet. Thieves were everywhere in the Far East, and order was in chaos. The demons' garrison troops returned the most cruel means of suppression, and once they were caught, they were caught. All those who robbed the grain were peeled alive. For a time, from the easternmost Saga Province to the westernmost Fumingke Province, almost every tree on the roadside had skinned or burnt corpses hanging. The demon garrison runs back and forth every day, and is very busy.

The tense situation gradually eased by the end of August: it was the annual grain harvest season again.

It just so happened that the grain harvest in the Far East this year was good. With the harvest of batches of new grain, fewer robbers robbers robbing grain gradually, and almost all disappeared in the end.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the days of suffering had finally passed and that the days in the future would get better and better.

But they were still too happy and did not feel that disasters and pains were waiting for them at their doorstep than the experiences of war and the famine that had just passed.

In early September, the Governor General of the Far East issued the second grain collection task this year, each person collecting 400 kilograms of grain, and at the same time ordered each household to send one young and middle-aged man to serve labor.

Later generations often believe that it was the Demon Governor of the Far East, Emperor Lu, who was too eager for quick success and instant benefits, which led to the death of the Demon Governor of the Far East. They all said that if the Demon Governor of the Far East was not Emperor Lu, for example, if it was a more kind person. Yerma, or Yun Qianxue, whose means are more gentle - then the demons' rule in the Far East should last longer.

After all, when the demons first entered the Far East, the people in the Far East even cheered and welcomed the demons' army into the crossroads. The warm situation reminded people of the first chief of the Zichuan family, Zichuan Yun, marched into the Far East more than two hundred years ago. A scene.

But young historian Tang Chuan only holds his own opinion. He believes that history will not change by chance. No matter who serves as the governor of the Far East, the ending will be inevitable.

Although the Far East has been painted in the territory of the Demon Region, the Demon Kingdom did not regard the people of the Far East as their subjects.

The barren Far East is regarded as a logistics supply and colony for their war with humans by the demons. In the eyes of the demons, it is just a stepping stone needed to achieve their goal of conquering the Zichuan family and the human world - who will do the same What about the "stepping stone" any mercy and sympathy? There is reliable evidence that the second grain collection task in the summer and autumn of 1970s was entirely due to the instructing and orders of Emperor Lu from the upper class of the demons. Due to the war, Back then, the demons were delayed in spring plowing, and the food was not harvested, and there was a possibility of famine.

According to the minutes of the imperial meeting at hand, it can be confirmed that when it comes to how to deal with this problem, the second prince of the demon clan Karan proposed: "We can get some from the group of rural bullies in the Far East." He didn't even bother to call them. For the "Far East Friendship".

The imperial meeting passed the proposal with all votes of approval. This shows what kind of attitude the Demon Kingdom has towards the Far East. Emperor Lu's levy and taxation was just to execute the orders from the upper level, but he chose One of the simplest and most effective ways he thinks is the cruelest and most brutal way...

The sound of horse hooves of the demon garrisons sounded everywhere in the towns and towns. They shouted loudly and announced the latest grain collection order: "Each person has 400 kilograms of grain, hand it over immediately!" (Although the order from the country only requires each The man collected 200 kilograms, but Emperor Lu also had some selfishness. He wanted to accumulate some military rations for his troops and increase the amount of grain to 300. The governor and garrison leaders under his command followed suit, layer by layer Increasing the bid, it finally reached such a shocking number: 400 kilograms, enough for an adult orc to eat rations for a year.)

The demon soldiers searched door to door, searching those who could not hand over the food, smashing all the rice jars, boilers, and thatched houses were lit by a fire, and bears In the flames, the rising black smoke blackened the sky at dusk. The old, young, and children of orcs, snakes, elves and dragons were hung up and beaten with sticks. The sky above the village was filled with shrill screams of ghosts and wolves.

The entire Far East was bleeding under the iron hooves of the occupying troops, moaning...

The collection of food and grass has caused complaints, but the demand for the demons is not limited to food and grass.

In the last war, they had discovered that although the brave demon army fought field battles on the plains, in the attack on Pai City, nearly one million demon army could not bear the one who stood by the lonely city. A few human defenders exposed the weak links in combat capabilities of the demon army - they were not good at siegeing cities.

If the demons plan to continue to advance westward, the first battle they will encounter is the indestructible Fortress of Valen, which is a city that is hundreds of times stronger than Pai.

The Supreme Command of the Demon Clan believes that the weak ability to siege is mainly due to the lack of weapons and equipment.

Among the demon army, the number of siege weapons such as ladders, rushing cars, climbing cars, siege cars, armored shields, etc. is far less than that of humans, and is far behind in technology. This is the combat capability of the demon army that cannot be broken through. bottleneck.

In addition, in the last war, Sterling's armored cavalry rushing around Pai City also left a deep impression on the demon's staff headquarters. The demons were eager to have the same strategic special forces, in order to achieve the goal of Gain advantage in large-scale field battles with humans.

All these new tools and weapons require a lot of metal and coal.

A large number of young and middle-aged Far East races, driven by the whip of demon soldiers, entered the newly opened mine to carry out difficult and high-risk mining operations.

Among the mines dug by the demons - these mines are deeper than any mines dug so far - people struggle, falling sick and dying in groups. In the darkness of the sky, thousands of miners are because The collapse, the collapsed disaster and accident resulted in death. Their bodies were crushed into powder by hundreds of millions of tons of stones and buried deep underground.

By concentrating all production capacity on the military construction of the demons, the economy in the Far East was almost completely collapsed. In order to avoid labor and grain collection teams, the villagers left their hometowns and left their newly sown grain fields. Half of the land began to be deserted and covered with weeds.

People recalled the famine that had just passed and began to panic.

In October 1970s and 1980s, the five major races in the Far East—that is, the orcs, snakes, elves, dwarves, and dragons—each elected their own representatives and jointly petitioned the Governor General of the Far East. The representatives came to the Governor's Office, With tears in his eyes, Lord Lu begged to give the suffering people of the Far East a little breathing time, requesting

It can reduce the amount of grain collection tasks (at least keep the minimum grain that can survive and the rice seeds for the next year), and put some young and middle-aged men back home, even if they are allowed to go home for a few months. It is good to pass the slack season of winter.

Emperor Lu was very surprised and said, "You group of untouchables from the Far East do not think about how to repay the liberators of all ethnic groups in the Far East - our great Emperor of God and his loyal minister, Lord Lu, do not think about how many brave gods there are. The soldiers sacrificed their lives and passion for liberating you, but instead were petty and said that the task was too heavy to bear! This is completely nonsense! The current task is already the preferential grace of His Majesty the Emperor of God, and it is His Majesty’s greatest concern to the people of the Far East!

You are clearly trying to demagogue people and disrupt order! Fortunately, my Lord Lu's keen eyes can see through your attempts at a glance. Your conspiracy will never succeed. You will definitely not shake the loyalty and love of the people of the Far East to the gods. of!"

"As for you, you guys who are ungrateful and guilty, huh, killing you is really a good deal!" General Lu said as he killed them.

On the same day, the Governor's Office issued an order announcing that a few days will be the birthday of His Majesty the Great God Emperor, and each person will collect another 100 kilograms of grain to show the people of the Far East's love and loyalty to His Majesty the great God Emperor.

Generally speaking, the people of the Far East are simple and hardworking. They can endure poverty, hunger, and have nothing left. They have endured thousands of years of suffering, as gentle as camels, and as patience as old ox. , all this patience must have a minimum bottom line: as long as you can survive. Once this bottom line cannot be guaranteed, they will become very violent and unruly. This is why they can tolerate it. The Zichuan family ruled for two hundred years, but now they can't stand the tyranny of the demons for even a year.

The Saro Province in the Far East is famous for its tough folk customs and love of freedom. Back then, they were the first to rise up to resist the tyranny of the Zichuan family. Now, they have once again set a brilliant example for the entire Far East: in order to protest the demons. The tribe's levies were intensively entrusted, and a large-scale riot broke out in Longke City, the capital of the province.

Tens of thousands of ragged clothes, the orcs and snakes who were yelling and shouting occupied the city for two days. They loudly mocked and mocked the local demon governor, and the shouts drowned out a regular army leader of the demon clan. The threatening shouts. The angry riots threw mud blocks at the fully armed demon soldiers.

The angry local governor asked the garrison to send troops to suppress the army. The calm garrison leader had to point out: "There are more than 100,000 people in front of him, and the entire local armed forces of the demons were exhausted. , Once they are angry - no matter what the outcome is, they can break through the weak guard wall at the gate of the Governor's Mansion at any time, and the consequences are imagined by yourself, sir."

After understanding this, the Governor of the Demon Clan trembled and hid in the basement of the Governor's Office headquarters, becoming a prisoner.

The reaction of the Governor's Office in the Far East was very strong. The Zichuan family caused a small rebellion to spread and develop due to negligence and slow reaction, becoming a major disaster that swept the entire Far East, and eventually lost the entire Far East.

Emperor Lu was determined not to make the same mistake as the Zichuan family.

Twenty teams of demon regular troops were quickly sent to the rebellious area. Every road and every path leading there was blockade, and the entire rebellious area became a vacuum isolated from the outside world, and everything that happened there will be forever Not known to the world.

In the next few days, villagers from Minsk Province, located downstream of Saro Province, found that the water of the Blue River could no longer be drunk: the entire river, which was clear in the past, turned into a faint pink color, It emits a faint smell of blood. All the people in the Far East who saw this situation were so scared that their faces turned pale and they were silent.

The demon officials explained that large-scale water conservancy construction projects are underway upstream, and that red color is caused by the dissolving of a special red mud in the water. But among the people - especially in some provinces with Saro In the neighboring area, the orc villagers there have good ears and bad eyesight, but there is another saying: "The demons carried out a tragic massacre in the Saro Province."

This statement quickly spread throughout the Far East.

The people of the Far East also issued many protests and dissatisfactions for the previous extortion of Emperor Lu, but they returned the repressed and deadly silence for the incident in the Saro Province. Because they had realized that they were facing Opponents cannot be convinced by words and principles.

In a silence, the seeds of hatred take root and sprout day by day...
Chapter completed!