On the day House was defeated, Ye Ling immediately sent troops to Monterey and Barstow to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation and seizing his victory.
At this time, all the available direct armed forces had been drawn into the army, and the local affiliated forces did not dare to resist. Ye Ling successfully became the new master of the two cities.
The people of Barstow were afraid that the new lord would take it out on them because of his appointment, but Ye Ling did not. Apart from the change of ownership, the city's operation had almost remained the same as before.
With this kind of territorial annexation accompanied by war, the new lord will always encounter some problems, that is, how to deal with the former lord's armed forces.
When House came to the ancient wilderness, he trained a group of his most loyal soldiers, about three hundred people. However, he brought all of those people to the field and were killed in the battle due to their stubborn resistance. Already.
Although House's legion was completely defeated, a lot of soldiers survived. Most of the nearly 10,000 people survived, and a rough estimate of 6,000 people remained. This was mainly because those soldiers who were swallowed by the shadow of death were just I was so frightened that I lost consciousness. There was no physical damage, but some mental trauma, but I could recover after a period of time.
In addition, Ye Ling specifically warned that more people should be left alive. Therefore, some of those who fought with his men were only wounded and incapacitated, but were not killed. In addition, many of those who surrendered were actually killed. It's basically just the work of monsters.
However, even so, the soldiers who surrendered were still a little bit resentful towards the new lord, because many of the soldiers who died on the field were their partners and comrades-in-arms. They had suffered misfortune, and they must have had a grudge in their hearts.
If this grudge is not resolved and you cannot win their hearts and minds, you will not be able to make good use of this new infusion of power.
So, this was the first problem Ye Ling had to solve after becoming the new owner of Barstow.
A few days later, after the post-war affairs were decided and the city's management changes were basically completed, Ye Ling gathered the soldiers from the original Barstow.
When Ye Ling appeared, he found that many of them were staring at him with anger and resentment.
Although they were forced by the situation to surrender in order to survive, they were dissatisfied with the new lord.
Ye Ling had already expected this, and was not surprised. He spoke slowly: "I know that many of you hate me to the core, right?"
There was silence below, and no one answered. Of course, they did not dare to say "yes", but they expressed their dissatisfaction with silence.
"That's right, because I killed your friends, your partners, and your brothers. Many of them died miserably. Some of the bodies were incomplete, and some even had no residue left!" Ye Ling's eyes narrowed. Get up: "But, so what, to be honest, I feel that not enough people have been killed, and their deaths are not miserable enough!"
His words immediately made the soldiers angry. This lord who massacred thousands of his own people was so cruel!
"Lord Jiuyang, you devil, my brother died at your hands, and you still dare to say such sarcastic words!" A soldier with a bad temper was furious: "Although we are not related by blood, we are better than brothers. Want to be closer, but now he has been killed by you. Do you know that he still has parents to support, a wife and a daughter who was only two months old to take care of? You have cut off the hope of his family and let They will live in sorrow forever!"
The soldier's curse surprised everyone. Although they also hated Lord Jiuyang, they could only curse in their hearts. If they spoke out, it would lead to the disaster of death.
The soldier who scolded Ye Ling seemed to have given up, because he had a deep relationship with that brother. Although he surrendered at the time, when he thought about it later, he was heartbroken and felt that there was no point in continuing to live in this world.
Now that Ye Ling was provoking him, he couldn't help but explode.
Ye Ling didn't respond, just looked at him coldly and said nothing.
The soldier cursed and cursed, and suddenly ran out, raised his long sword and struck at Ye Ling: "Devil, I'm going to kill you to avenge my brother, go die!"
Everyone sighed, knowing that this soldier was doomed, yet he dared to openly contradict and even confront the new lord. No one could save him.
Of course, compared to Ye Ling, the strength of this soldier was pitifully weak.
Before hitting the opponent, there was a flash of orange light. The soldier could not see Ye Ling's movements clearly, and the long sword in his hand was kicked out. Ye Ling took advantage of this kick and kicked him in the stomach, completely beating the soldier's body.
He was kicked away, his abdomen felt like a knife, and he was in severe pain. He could no longer get up, but he kept yelling and cursing.
Ye Ling came to him, squatted down, and raised his hand.
Many soldiers closed their eyes, unable to bear to see their comrades being killed on the spot.
Of course, all they heard was two crisp sounds.
"Pah, pah!"
Ye Ling opened his bow from left to right and struck the fallen soldier on the face: "Do you know the reason why I really want to kill all of you?"
The soldier said angrily: "Needless to say, of course it's because you have a cruel personality and treat life as nothing!"
"Of course, you can think so!" Ye Ling said expressionlessly: "But, for me, there is only one reason why I want to kill you all, and that is because my brother is also dead!"
The soldier checked, but he didn't expect that Ye Ling's answer would be this.
"Fuck, your brother is the only one in the world who has died, but my brother is not dead? Your brother is the only one in the world who has parents, wife and children, but my brother does not!" Ye Ling's emotions suddenly erupted like a volcano: "I
Is your brother's life so damn worthless? Your brother's death deserves death, because, you
We are the shameful invaders. As for my brothers, originally we just wanted to live well and enjoy a peaceful life. However, because of your appearance, you wanted to invade our city. In order to protect their relatives, they
And if they lose their lives, how can their parents, wives and children survive?"
The soldier's face turned red and white after being scolded by Ye Ling. The pain of losing his brother filled his heart with hatred. Now that he was scolded by Ye Ling, he remembered that it was the original lord who led him to attack others first.