Kang Zuo listened to everyone's request to be promoted to lord, and said with a smile: "How can you be called a lord when you don't even have a lord's palace?"
Shan Jie said: "The Lord's Mansion just hangs a sign. Our City Lord's Mansion in Lado City will immediately become the Lord's Mansion."
Nowadays, almost everyone in the Central Continent calls themselves lords, and I still call myself city lord. It does feel wrong, or at least my face is disgraceful.
"Okay, send a notice immediately to declare the lord. The lord's palace will be located in Lado City. After returning to Lado City, all personnel will be rewarded." Kang Zuo said with a hearty smile.
"Thank you, Lord." Everyone thanked him.
In the wilderness to the west of Valley City, Niudang gathered the remnants of the army and formed an army of about two thousand people.
It only lasted two or three days, but the army had no resources and half of the soldiers fled. If this continues, within a week, the army will be gone.
In the past, the combat power of the cities was not strong, and the bandits and soldiers in the wild could plunder the surrounding villages and towns. Now that the cities are built one after another, the combat power has been greatly improved. The original bandits and soldiers have been almost wiped out, even if there are some remaining , and did not dare to attack the city, even the towns and villages outside the city, lest they provoke the city lord and send troops to destroy them, they could only rob the passing merchants.
Unfortunately, there was a war going on nearby and no traders passed by at all.
Niudang calculated that he still had about a thousand troops. To the west was Zhang Shunxiao's territory. He would definitely be wiped out if he went there. To the east, he had just been defeated by Kang Zuo. To the north, it was still Kang Zuo's territory. To the south, there was no road.
If he didn't solve the problem of resources, he would definitely starve to death. Niu Dang was so anxious that he scratched his scalp and thought of ideas.
"Flag commander, the commander of the Four Lien Three Songs ran away with a dozen soldiers." A commander shouted to Niudang in a panic.
Running again, Niudang was almost numb: "Let them go."
The joint commander knew that there was nothing he could do. He lowered his head and thought for a long time, then raised his head and said, "Flag Commander, this is not the way to go. Otherwise, we surrender to Kang Zuo. After all, our home is in Valley City, and the brothers will not have any objections." .”
Niu Dang raised his head fiercely and stared hard at the commander. He was so frightened that the commander took two steps back and said in horror: "Flag Commander, I, I'll just say whatever I want."
Niu Dang said nothing, retracting his murderous and ferocious gaze, and said feebly: "That's fine, it's better than being a bandit or a wandering army."
The joint commander didn't expect Niudang to agree. He didn't react for a moment. Only when he saw that Niudang had left did he react: "Flag Commander, wait for me."
Kang Zuo was about to return to Lado City when he heard news from outside the city that Niudang had come to surrender with about a battalion of troops. He was overjoyed.
"Hahaha, this Niudang has good combat power and has a thousand troops, good." Kang Zuo was overjoyed and immediately ordered to recruit Niudang's army.
May of the 224th year of the Central Continent Calendar.
In Sesha City in the eastern part of Central Continent, news of the rise of another lord reached Luo Feng's office.
Prime Minister Tuoba stood next to Jiang Yuxuan and said to Luo Feng with a nonchalant expression: "City Lord, in fact, there is nothing unusual about this lord. The key is combat power, but what we lack most now is territory. As long as we have territory, There will be resources and troops.”
Luo Feng looked at Jiang Yuxuan and asked, "What is Jiang Shangguan's strategy?"
Jiang Yuxuan said: "The continent of Central Continent has been carved up by the major lords. Counting the just-announced Kang Zuo, there are already nineteen. Plus He Zhangwen from Lupo City. Although he did not claim to be a lord, he looted everywhere, accumulated a lot of resources, and recruited There are a lot of troops, and there are two cities, Huimu and Rujie, and their combat power is no different from that of the lords. If we want to compete with those twenty forces, we must expand our territory."
"Okay, then let's fight." Luo Feng said passionately: "None of the heroes is afraid of fighting."
"If you want to fight, the key is who to fight." Jiang Yuxuan said.
Luo Feng smiled and said: "Since you said that, you must have a strategy, tell me quickly."
Jiang Yuxuan also laughed and said: "Avoid the strong and choose the weak, fight in close combat and make friends with distant enemies. Recruit heroes, recruit troops, and accumulate resources."
"Okay, it's really a secret." Prime Minister Tuoba said excitedly: "These few words summarize our general military, political, economic and diplomatic policies in the future."
Luo Feng frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Whether it's good or not, the key is to solve the problem at hand. According to this strategy, who should we hit?"
Tuoba Xiangchang said: "If we can capture Miaoka City and Tongjia City, we can compete with those twenty forces for supremacy."
"That's ideal." Jiang Yuxuan said: "Miaoka and Tongjia can only win one."
"Why?" Luo Feng asked.
Jiang Yuxuan said: "Qin Pei is eyeing Miaoka City. The army has been near Miaoka City. It is only because of our relationship with Miaoka City that we did not go south. If we attack Miaoka City, we will break the agreement and harm us. Reputation, second, Qin Pei will also go south to reap the benefits."
"It goes without saying, let's get through Jiacheng first," Luo Feng said.
Jiang Yuxuan said: "This is the only way, but if we send troops to Tongjia City, Qin Pei will definitely send troops to Miaoka City. Miaoka City will definitely not be able to resist it. By then our territory will be directly connected with Qin Pei."
Qin Pei already had a gap with Luo Feng. If their territories were connected, they would definitely send troops to attack, and it would be difficult to resist them.
Luo Feng's face darkened: "Qin Pei is indeed a serious problem."
Prime Minister Tuoba was upset after thinking about it. He couldn't help but take out the wine bottle from his waist, took a few sips and said, "Tongjia City must be attacked. As for Qin Pei, maybe he is thinking of other cities and will not attack Miaoka."
"That was a fluke." Jiang Yuxuan said.
Tuoba Xiangchang said: "Is there any better strategy than defeating Tongjia?"
"No." Jiang Yuxuan replied directly.
"Then don't think about it, City Lord, I suggest you get rid of Tongjia."
"Yes." Jiang Yuxuan said with a hint of helplessness: "We have to fight, otherwise they will get stronger and destroy us. As for Qin Pei, if he really takes Miaoka City, I will naturally have a strategy to deal with it."
"Hahaha, I knew you could do it." Prime Minister Tuoba said with a smile.
Hearing that Jiang Yuxuan had another strategy for dealing with Qin Pei, Luo Feng felt relieved and said with a smile: "Okay." He immediately raised his head and shouted to the soldiers outside: "Call Murong Yi and Zhang Xuli over."
Luo Feng's escort work was in charge of the Red Robe Alliance. Zhang Xinyi happened to be outside. When she heard Luo Feng's shouting, she immediately ordered a female soldier to pass the message and walked into Luo Feng's office.
Seeing that Jiang Yuxuan and Tuoba Xiangchang were also there, after saying hello, Zhang Xinyi said: "City Lord, Zhang Xuli took his wife and children out of the city to play, I'm afraid it's too late to come over."
"This Zhang Xuli didn't even say a word when he left the city." Luo Feng said without any expression.
"City Lord." Zhang Xinyi continued: "Actually, Zhang Qizhang asked you for leave. He said that there are many heroes under the City Lord anyway, and if there is something to do, let them go first."
