High Above

  Chapter 634 Rectifying Laian City (first update)

The black armor is advancing on the street, and the body of Martin Xuanfeng who was burnt to fly ash has begun to settle. Both the Xuanfeng Department and the leader of the rebellious mountain people have been killed. There is no one in the entire city of Lai'an. Individuals or forces that can resist Ian.

  【Residents in Lai’an City, please don’t panic, I am the new Lord of Lai’an appointed by the empire, Ian】

Walking slowly, a somewhat distorted but clear enough voice came from the loudspeaker: [The rebels and those who disturbed the hearts of the people have been killed, and the chaos that has occurred in Laian City in recent days is about to end, but now, I Everyone is asked to stay at home until noon the next day, when a grain convoy from Nauman City will arrive]

  【Those who want to get food, have enough food, and live a stable life, I order you to return home immediately. An hour later, if there are still random pedestrians on the street, and they cannot give a proper reason, they will all be shot dead as remnants of the rebellion, please let me know]

  There is no trace of tenderness in this voice, only cold orders, the arrogance that demands obedience from others.

  So, while being terrified, all the citizens of Lai'an City could understand this simple order.

  —go home, wait. There is food. Walk around and die.

   This is the normal state when the sublimators of Terra continent give orders.

   And Ian, who just killed the other three sublimators, is obviously the strongest one.

   So they obey.

  The crowd that originally gathered because of Martin's speech dispersed.

  But in the city, there are still some unwilling remnants who still want to struggle.

  In the corner of the city not far away, a group of almost crazy mountain people pushed an alchemy cannon to aim at the Cyclops.

   They launch.

A several-meter-long electric arc blasted out, and the high-explosive warhead flew at several times the speed of sound, but the black armor raised its hand, and layers of ice condensed in mid-air, condensing into a surface more than one meter thick. Opaque ice shield.

  Bang—A huge explosion fire cloud over ten meters high spread and bloomed on the street. The boiling hot wind and water vapor formed a white impact cloud visible to the naked eye in the city of Lai'an for a while.

   But when the clouds cleared, the Cyclops remained intact.

   More than a dozen beams of light focused from afar, turning the last group of mountain people who dared to resist into the carbon **** of molten iron.

  After that, there have been continuous beams of light shooting out, turning the remnants of the mountain people who escaped from Laian City into torches.

They trembled, they begged for mercy, they wanted to resist with swords, guns and artillery—there were other sublimators of the first energy level who intended to attack the positions of the soldiers of the White People, but they did not have the second energy level to surpass the nerve reflex speed of ordinary people How could it be possible to escape the beam focus?

   They were all wiped out.

  No one can stay. This is what Ian said, and these young people of Bai Zhimin, who are determined to make contributions, faithfully fulfill the orders of the Patriarch.

  —Cruel? bloody? Violence?

  The black armor just walked forward silently, towards the highest point of Laian City, the ancient castle standing on the cliff.

  It took off slowly, and landed on the top of the castle under the awe-inspiring eyes of all the residents of Laian City through the windows, and on the other side was the golden-red gap where part of the castle was melted.

  The giant turned around and looked down at the city.

-neither. This is just the killing necessary for peace.

   And not enough kills.

Ian stared at the city indifferently. He had been here half a year ago at the invitation of Baron Ryan, and he had seen the beautiful scenery of Ryanland—the Xiahui Nursery surrounding the city, the deep sanctuary behind the castle. The lake, the blue and clear sky, the faint fragrance of flowers filling the air, although the whole city is a little boring, but generally speaking, the people live and work in peace and contentment, Baron Ryan did not eat the weeds of his own city no matter how crazy he was.

   But now? The peaceful city had disappeared, and what appeared in front of Ian was a ruin full of barricades and fortifications, a group of people who had been numb by the rebellious mountain people and the Xuanfeng Ministry.

  The air here is full of gunpowder smoke. The Xiahui grass nursery outside the city has been violently exploited. It is an euphemism to say that the whole city is half abandoned. If there is no special method, it will take a year or two for the general lord to restore it to its original state.

  Ian doesn't have that much time. He doesn't have time to wrestle with anyone, to engage in a "democratic game" with a group of local gentry and representatives of the mountain people in the countryside...

  Whoever does not obey his will, then go to see the first emperor.

  He kills fewer people and is more lonely. Unlike Axel, he must be welcomed by a lively crowd when he goes to hell.

   "Scott, don't leave any of the rebel mountain people. If you run far from the Xuanfeng tribe, don't chase them. If you can kill them, kill them all."

At this moment, Scott has led the team approaching, and Ian said to him through the communication device: "As for those mountain knights, and all the local businessmen in Laian City, those who can speak, those Lai who cooperate with the Xuanfeng Department Baron Ann's old department—tell them to come here and obey orders."

   "Yes!" Scott carried out the order without hesitation—not to mention Ian, even he knows that no rebels can stay... let the other party survive to spread independent ideas? Make everyone think that the rebellion can be immortal?

  Even if a group of idiots are needed, as a happy comparison for the development of the territory in the future, aren't there other mountain tribes that can be used?

  The backbone of the Yamaguchi Department and the Hard Valley Department should be removed.

   Of course, there is the most important point.

   "There are only thirty people in the army, and it is difficult to defend them. Where can they come to watch the prisoners?"

Thinking of this, Scott breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Ian's merciless instructions: "If Ian suddenly becomes kind, I'd like to persuade him not to kill him at such a time, and not to talk about the future. There's going to be big trouble."

  When Scott reported to Ian that all the talkative people in Laian City knew Ian's order and were preparing to come to Laian Castle to obey orders, the young man who was still thinking in the armor raised his head slightly.

   "Very good, it proves that they are not stupid, and the number of chickens that need to be killed can be reduced."

  The red electronic eyes of the Cyclops squinted at the iron people who reported: "How is the atmosphere in Lai'an City? Are they welcoming us or not, and what is the trend of the people?"

Scott thought for a while, and then replied: "The atmosphere is very bad and low. Martin Xuanfeng's speech has indeed moved many people. There are indeed a lot of mixed-blood mountain people in Lean, and they all really believe that the empire People don't treat them sincerely... even if Martin is dead, they can't get rid of this idea for a while."

   "As for the welcome...it's just average. Although the people's hearts don't seem to be on our side, they are still willing to obey."

"This is enough."

  Ian's voice was not at all discouraged: "People's hearts are the most useful thing, but also the most useless thing."

   "Whether they support me or not, they can't prevent me from winning and Martin's defeat. This is why people's hearts are useless. Even if the whole city works together, it can't beat a piece of armor."

"What's useful is that if I really want to rule Leanland instead of completely destroying the city, I need to win the support of the people in the land. Let them think that I can bring them stability and security. Believe in me ability, then they will cooperate with my work without orders, and even help me imagine some benefits that I don’t know about.”

   "At that time, they can help me make more armor, better armor, and even new things that are beyond my expectations."

Having said that, Scott heard Ian's voice showing a trace of emotion: "Scott, remember it. If one day you are like Martin, when you encounter this situation, you think you have the support of the Lean leader. You can achieve military victory in a certain area ... and you will definitely suffer defeat."

   "The verbal support and the inclination in the heart are all the misty moon in the mirror. They are all illusory. They can't bring any benefit to the actual battle at all, and they will also bring illusory illusions."

"what?"

After saying this, Scott was a little confused, and after getting Ian's permission, he asked suspiciously: "But if there is support from the local people, both supply and intelligence work will be easy to carry out... People's hearts are still very useful, right?"

  This is also where Ian appreciates Scott. Although the other party is loyal and obeys orders, Ian will definitely complete the instructions, but he also has his own ideas, and he will speak out boldly when he has doubts.

"Yes." Ian nodded slightly, and he controlled the armored camera to point at the entire Lai'an City: "If the gap between the two sides in the battle has reached the point where they will provide intelligence and supplies for one side, then the so-called 'popularity' has already From pure 'inclination' and 'verbal support' to 'practical support', it will naturally have strength."

"However, it is absolutely impossible for one side to be kind to the people like this. It must be that one side is oppressing the people, and the other side is helping the people, so that this tendency can be turned into reality. It is too harsh. For today's Terra It’s almost impossible for this to happen.”

"The problem is that even this kind of power is not what determines the real frontal battlefield, especially for sublimators who don't care about destroying the active forces in the target area... The purpose of my saying this is to tell you that we don't need To get those people to buy into what we're doing, it's just a matter of making them think we're 'okay, too.'"

   “We can be their rulers more than others.”

   "It's enough to get to this point."

  Ian's gaze was indifferent. He never planned to appear as a savior and rule the Leonland.

   What he wants to be is a dictator who orders and prohibits, and says what he says.

  If you want this group of people to understand the deep meaning of his various policies and new technologies, you have to wait seven or eight years, or wait for the next generation.

  Since they don't understand, then stop talking and listen to him.

   It sounds scary.

   But in fact... this is the most common noble practice in the world of Terra.

  The rule method most accepted by the people of this world.

  —So needs to change. but not now.

Quietly thinking about what to do next, Ian sat in the armored driver's seat, closed his eyes, and rubbed between his brows wearily: "At least I have killed all the qualified and My leadership guy ... that's a really good start."

   "The next step is to clean up the non-cooperatives and squires in the territory... You have to kill some to make them obedient. Otherwise, there will be no room."

  Although he said that the team killed more people today than in the past few years combined, he showed a smile instead: "The plan has been mostly successful."

  The Cyclops stood on top of the castle, staring at the entire city, suppressing all restless little thoughts.

  At the same time, in the city of Lai'an, those people who were not sublimated, but who could be regarded as important figures in the eyes of ordinary people, also gathered towards Lai'an Castle full of fear and trepidation.

  Whether it is the rebellious mountain people or the Xuanfeng tribe, when they settled in Lai'an City, they searched for a layer of oil and water. To be honest, it can be regarded as the normal state of war in Terra.

   Among other things, there must be supplies, right? Especially in this kind of rural chaos in a small place, all parties do not have a complete logistics system, so naturally they can only use it locally.

The chambers of commerce and shopkeepers in Lai'an City related to alchemy, food, transportation and construction are all named. They are all acquaintances with each other. Before they actually went to Lai'an Castle to meet the lord, they were discussing with each other softly. , to discuss the current situation.

   "This big man, who is obviously still there, can open a special armor in a small place like ours. What kind of background is this?"

The person who spoke was the boss of the Xiaguang Chamber of Commerce. He was once the owner of the Chamber of Commerce under Baron Laian who was in charge of purchasing and selling raw materials for alchemy potions. They are full of fighting spirit, even if they are not from the background of the regular army, they are the most elite private army of our 'new lord'."

"See those beam guns? Yishui's alchemy guns, these weapons alone, together with a hundred or so ordinary militiamen to protect the front row, can pull and push the original rebels and mountain tribes in the city together! "

  As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere of everyone on the field was a little dull. Although it is a good thing to have a stronger lord as shelter in this war-torn period, who knows the character of this new lord?

Although Baron Ryan may indeed have joined some cult and did a lot of unimaginable evil things, but he is really lenient to his subordinates, with little management and low taxes. Distributing benefits to the people—from now on, I'm afraid it's just using money to numb the crowd, but for those of them who work under the aristocracy, that kind of day is really a day like heaven.

   And this new lord...

   Among other things, the killing intent is very serious!

  That group of people speaks one word, and does not allow anyone to discuss and refute the tone. It can be heard that the rules in the future must be very strict.

   Days are going to be hard.

  The people on one side of the chamber of commerce gathered together, and also noticed that on the other side, the old guards and sublimators of the original Lean leader were also approaching.

  Obviously, none of them dared to be negligent. After hearing the order, they all set off immediately and headed to Laian Castle, preparing to listen to that person's instructions.

   Those who notice this can't help but nod thoughtfully.

  —All the important people arrived at the first time. It seems that their new lord is really resolute in his actions, and he has no intention of slowing down after killing people.

   "What kind of person is the new lord?"

  With this in mind, they all came to the castle, waiting in the hall with anxiety.

   Then they heard the sound of stairs creaking.

  (end of this chapter)