The cute pet of the empire

In the year 454 of the mainland, in the spring and April, in the Battle of Bingshun, Luo Huan used the Leopard Army for the first time to defeat the border guards of the Shah Empire.

In May, Luo Huan regained the eastern border town of Royce, and set foot on the place where his ancestors fought in the past.

On May 25th, Dupont City, a border city of the Shah Empire, was broken; on the [-]th, Owen City was occupied; on the [-]th, Walsh was captured without bloodshed; on the [-]th, Shirley voluntarily surrendered; In just half a month, Royce's iron cavalry traveled like a broken bamboo all the way, penetrating thousands of miles into Shah's territory, and regained all the border towns passing by.

In June, the weather became hot, and at this time, Royce's army was only five hundred miles away from Barron City.

In the evening of that day, the setting sun was like blood, and Luo Huan stood on the newly occupied desert, looking back at the footprints of this month.

In the desolate and vast plains, in the lonely cities, the barren people work hard, spending their lives in a plain and difficult way.

"You know, every time I see these places, I think, I will change their fate." Luo Huan stretched out his hand and subconsciously rubbed the ear of the white leopard beside him, "I want to reclaim all these deserts, New cities will be built, filled with inhabitants, and where my footsteps tread, flowers will bloom from the gravel, and grains of wheat from the rocks."

The white leopard rubbed its head against Luo Huan's thigh. Those strong muscles were his favorite thing, especially when the ears were flattened by the elastic thigh muscles, the sensitive hairs on the ears, It will bring indescribable enjoyment to the leopard.

The evening wind was very comfortable on the leopard, so the leopard looked up at its master.The man had a handsome face, years of fighting, so that his young face was full of vicissitudes and majesty.His armor is not clean and new, but it is durable. Under the sunlight, it looks like a sculpture created by an artist with painstaking efforts.

"I've already written a letter to ask the scholars of Alanwei College to come to this land." The corners of Luo Huan's lips twitched slightly, "They will design and build a new city here, and my people will bring The food seeds from El are planted on this land. It won't take long for this place to become a rich and prosperous place."

The white leopard stuck out its tongue in time and licked Luo Huan's palm, expressing that he agreed with him.

And Luo Huan also sighed: "It's really unbelievable that Shah has ruled this place for nearly 50 years, and he didn't do anything except search." Immediately, his eyes turned to the unconquered place.

There is a mountain forest, behind the mountain forest, there are continuous hills, and cities built on the hills.

At the end of these cities is the so-called prosperous capital of the world, the gateway to the hinterland of Shah - Barron City, known as a thousand-year-old city and older than the Shah Empire.

"Jon, I want to be stationed in Baron, I want to go further, I want to connect these places into one country." Luo Huan gently stroked the leopard beside him, the soft and smooth fur made him obsessed , "Come with me, conquer these places and build a new Royce Empire."

The white leopard let out a deep roar, and swung its tail slightly, thinking silently in its heart: The Royce Empire doesn't matter to me, as long as you are happy with the male pet.

In July, Royce's army continued to penetrate. During these advancing battles, Luo Huan's army expanded a lot. He not only took in some slaves, but also recruited a lot of Shah people, even running through the Shah He captured thirty thousand soldiers of the Shah and incorporated them into his own army.

Luo Huan's conquest was not fast, and it was completely different from Ruth's imagination.

According to Ruth's prediction, when Luo Huan's iron cavalry fought against the vulnerable army of Shah slaves, it would only take two months at most to reach the city of Baron.

But in fact, the deeper Luo Huan's army went into Shah, the slower it moved.

He even spent half a year in an unremarkable small city mediating the relationship between his army and local residents.

"General Russ, you voluntarily gave up such a large piece of land, but Luo Huan's army is not as terrible as you said. Are you too dereliction of duty? Or have you been killed by the white leopard next to Luo Huan?" seduced me, and betrayed me?" King Shah Leuk III was very unhappy with this situation, and his land shrinking again and again meant a reduction in tax revenue, although those poor places could not pay much tax at all, but no matter how small the fly was, It's also meat, and it's never a comfortable thing to have less money.

Ruth, on the other hand, looked at the sand table in front of him, and shook his head gently. He was not at all displeased with the question raised by Luke III, nor did he explain it. He just advised in a solemn tone: "Your Majesty... It seems that we have all underestimated Luo Huan's ambitions. His expedition this time is not just about seeking justice from His Majesty, he simply..."

"What is it?"

"He simply wants to conquer this land, and even - replace you. You must be careful not to take it lightly."

"Hehe, he thinks too much, just by being friendly to those aborigines? Or by capturing an army of [-] lower Shahs, he thinks he can conquer all the Shahs?" Luke The third generation didn't take it seriously. He turned the golden wine glass in his hand and tasted the centuries-old wine intoxicatedly. The Shah surrender."

"Your Majesty, I heard that Luo Huan has hired a Shah to serve as a priest in his army..." Ruth reminded kindly, "Should you say something to our priest?"

"Heh!" Luke III smiled contemptuously, "Just because of that impostor with impure blood? Just wait and see, when Luo Huan arrives at Hume City, which is two hundred miles away from Baron, he will will understand that the true Shah is not so easily conquered."

In Hume City, about five hundred miles away from Barron City, Luo Huan encountered the most difficult thing in his life.

"The Shah people who were recruited before did not sincerely seek refuge, and they began to plan a rebellion." Sid threw the helmet in his hand on the ground, and said angrily, "The Shah people are simply a bunch of untrustworthy villains. , We have given them enough and good enough, not only giving them enough food and clothes, but also arranging priests for them, and even protecting their temples so that they have places to pray, but they are still not satisfied!"

Luo Huan sighed in his heart. Over the past few days, as he went deeper into Shah's territory step by step, the gap between the two races that could not be integrated was indeed getting deeper and deeper.Although he tried his best to restrain his troops, he gave preferential treatment to the Shah prisoners, and even after learning that the Shah people would go to the temple to pray every week, he specially supported a Shah priest.But these practices can't really win the hearts of those Shah people at all.

Luo Huan lowered his head slightly, and after a while, he raised his head, with a gleam of coldness in his eyes: "Since gentle means can't work, then use force. Behead the leader of the Shahe people who participated in the rebellion this time, Ling Chi, and the rest. "

"All those involved in the rebellion? A total of 700 people..." Sid hesitated.

Luo Huan nodded: "All beheaded. Of course, those who did not participate in the rebellion will continue to be given preferential treatment."

Luo Huan, who tried to conquer the Shah people with this method of giving both kindness and power, did not receive the result he wanted after executing more than 5000 rebels.

Shah's rebellion is still there, not only that, the local residents of Shah are also against Luo Huan everywhere.

"Luo Huan, you can no longer give higher status to those generals who have taken refuge in Shah. Otherwise, our own soldiers will be dissatisfied." Filger also reported the relevant situation in time.

In order to completely conquer Shah, the preferential treatment Luo Huan gave to those captives did not win much loyalty. On the contrary, the Royce soldiers who had followed Luo Huan for many years and fought in the South and North began to be dissatisfied with this situation.

"Those people are just our defeated generals. They should be slaves and captives. They don't deserve to be generals anymore!" Filger said.

"This is indeed a difficult problem." For the first time, Luo Huan felt that what he wanted to do was not that simple. After all, no one had ever done it before. "I want to build a strong, continent-spanning empire. But the Shah, the Shah who make up the majority of the population, are a big problem. Treat them well, and my soldiers will be displeased; give Their treatment is poor, and it is impossible for them to surrender willingly."

"Luo Huan, it's all because of your ambition." Perik, who was far away in Royce, heard about this situation and couldn't help but write a letter to advise his son, "You shouldn't go so far, You should learn from your father, if it was your father Philip, he would choose to attack the rich city of Shah, let his soldiers plunder the city, and return with countless spoils and wealth."

Luo Huan was not reconciled to following his father's old path. If he just wanted to snatch the spoils, he didn't have to put in such a lot of effort, and he didn't even need to unify the Luna Federation.

"This is the problem of our priests." As a scholar of Shah culture, Asdoratu's student, Su Lide suggested to Luo Huan after observing for a long time, "The Shah people have If they want to go to the temple to worship the gods, they firmly believe that it is the place where their souls belong after death, and the priest will lead their souls to the gate of heaven. And our priest is not recognized by the Shah people at all. The most important reason for their refusal to surrender - the fear of having nothing to support their souls."

Luo Huan sighed in his heart. After fighting Shah for so long, he certainly understood that this was the key to the problem.

Originally thought that other preferential treatment policies could subdue the Shah people, but now it seems that no matter how much I do, it will not be enough to find a suitable priest.

But in the entire Shah Empire, there are only three priests.

One is far away in Murang, the birthplace of Shah, where Luo Huan can't touch at all; one has died of illness three days ago, and Luo Huan can't bring it back to life; the other has been missing for many years without any news.

It is impossible for Luo Huan to own any of these three priests, and the question of the Shah people's beliefs is always unresolved.

In the dimly lit tent, Luo Huan, who was in trouble, wrote a letter to his teacher Asdoratus, while the white leopard lay quietly beside him, wrapping its tail around his feet.

"Teacher, most people don't understand my approach, including those Shah people. I want to integrate Shah's army, but no matter whether it is a gentle policy or harsh laws, it will not be effective. I want to go to At the end of the world, find the real home you said, but I don’t want the place where my footsteps step will only bring destruction and blood. Maybe the ideal must succumb to reality after all, maybe I should follow the advice of the people around me, don’t I wasted so much time here and did some useless homework, but I should directly occupy Barron, loot it, and leave here with countless wealth and slaves."

When writing this, Luo Huan felt sad in his heart. He stopped writing and reached out to touch his leopard.

The white leopard stuck out its tongue and licked Luo Huan's rough palm, making Luo Huan's restless heart instantly calm down.

He continued to write: "But doing that is tantamount to walking on my father's old road, looting everywhere, and then getting drunk and dreaming, abandoning your dreams in the most desolate corners, becoming a body that only knows pleasure. You are in my life. When I was young, you taught me the knowledge of this world and guided me in the direction so that I would not become the person I detest the most. Now, please help me and tell me how to choose..."

Asdoratu's letter came back sooner than Luo Huan expected. A month later, a letter from the Alan Guard Branch of El Alecian City, printed with bright red wax paint, was sent to Luo Huan. .

"Reply so quickly?" Luo Huan asked in surprise as he took the letter from his guard.

"Yes, Your Majesty, have you forgotten that the newly established post station has been extended from El to here, and an urgent letter can travel a thousand miles on the road every day." The guard's voice was full of pride, "In the world, there is no A quicker stop than this is the glory of our Royce."

Such an answer made Luo Huan feel better. He took out Asdoratu's reply and unfolded it.

Attached to this letter was a drawing of the entire city of Alexian.

The small town that was almost desolate two years ago has become a bustling cultural center after Luo Huan took over.

The branch of the Alan Guard College established in El occupies almost half of the city. The students in it include people from Luna, some from all over El, and even a small number of other small schools bordering El. The country's.

The pictures depict youths of various skin colors, wearing white robes, holding books in their hands, studying and researching at the Alan Guard Branch School. They bring their own culture and learn the technology of Alan Guard.

On the streets of Alecian City, merchants come and go, the streets are clean, prosperous and orderly.In the harbor outside the city, there are countless white sailboats moored. They carry goods and transport them to various places under Luo Huan's rule.

"Don't be discouraged, my student." Asdoratu's letter, written in two different languages, Luna and El, "Look at the city you once built, you have changed this place. The people here I am much happier than before. They carved your image in the highest place in the city. In El, you have become a god, and the people here love and love you sincerely."

"What you want to do has never been done before, and you will inevitably pay a huge price, but it is all worth it. Do you want to grow old in the future and leave this world with lifelong regrets? ?You have taken so many steps, just keep going. If you give up your dreams easily because of difficulties, then no matter how much you achieve in the future, you will always be a failure.”

"If you are a person who is willing to be mediocre, as a teacher, I will not persuade you like this. But you are not born like that. You have glory and dreams. That is the way you want to go, just keep going."

"You have conquered El and made them love you sincerely. This is all because of your understanding and respect for the El people. Although the Shah people are different from the El people, as long as you really respect them, seriously Get to know their culture, treat them the way they like, and they will love you."

Luo Huan read the letter over and over again, and finally he framed the painting sent by Asdora and hung it in his big tent.

"Have you seen this painting?" Luo Huan gently held Mao Xiaohua's hand, his gaze firm, "Even if the Shahe people don't like me now, I will always find a way to make them like it."

Despite everyone's opposition, Luo Huan still insisted on his own ideas. It took him a full year to reorganize the army outside the city of Hume and reorganize them.

But this kind of time spent does not make much progress and significance.

Luo Huan tried his best, but the Shah people were not satisfied, not only the Shah people were dissatisfied, even Royce's soldiers were slightly critical of this: "Why do we spend so long here? We Why not go directly to Barron City, grab the rich spoils, and win the honor that a soldier should have?"

"Luo Huan, you can't stay here any longer!" As the minister in charge of food and logistics in the army, Sid once again persuaded his childhood friend, "Our food, cloth, and military expenses can't afford this Seeing that Barron City is only five hundred miles away, we are stagnant, and if this continues, it will be a great blow to morale!"

Luo Huan understood that what Sid said was right, and he couldn't go on like this any longer.

He pondered for a while, and finally made a decision: "Notify the army tonight, before sunset tomorrow, capture the city of Hume. Within eight days, capture the city of Barron!"

"Eight days?!" The generals in the army, including Mao Xiaohua, were surprised when they heard the news, "Would it be too tight? Barron City is five hundred miles away from here, even if the army is non-stop day and night, just It will take six or seven days to complete the five hundred miles, and Hume City will be captured before that, and there will be battles after that..."

"Don't forget that Leuk III is still in Baron City, and Shah General Russ has been preparing for a long time. The Shah people in our army are still rebellious because of the priest..."

"Balun City is prosperous and prosperous. I don't want this thousand-year-old city to be destroyed too much. So... I want to capture it before Luke III can destroy this city!" Luo Huan said resolutely, " As for the issue of the Shah people, after the capture of Barron City, we will slowly resolve it.”

Now that Luo Huan has made a decision, the rest of the generals and ministers have nothing to say.This is a habit formed by everyone over the years. Before there is a decision, everyone can speak freely, but once the decision is made, they will implement it without complaint.

That night, Royce's army suddenly launched an attack on the city of Hume.

The city of Hume has been besieged for a year, and has already run out of ammunition and food, and has been struggling.When the guards of Hume City found some leopards quietly appearing behind them in the early hours of the morning, they knew that this was the real attack of Luo Huan's army.

It took only two hours to take the city of Hume, and most of the Shah people in the city refused to surrender. After worshiping toward the holy city of Shah, they chose to let their souls return to heaven.

Luo Huan was very annoyed by the suicide of nearly half of the Shah people, but this did not shake his determination to take down Barron.

After capturing Hume City, before dawn, Luo Huan led his cavalry and leopards to attack Baron City overnight.

"Your Majesty, it's not good. Luo Huan's army suddenly attacked, Hume City has been breached..." When Luke III received the news, he yawned casually.

"What's the rush? Baron City is impenetrable, and Luo Huan can't get in. Besides, Hume City is five hundred miles away, even if his army comes to the city, it will take at least half a month!" Luke III said slowly, " I also want to meet King Royce! Baron City is where he died."

The guards on the side offered Luke III's armor with both hands. It was a set of armor made of gold and steel. The pattern was exquisite and slightly coquettish. On the rose red cloak, the pattern of the Shah god was drawn.

"Your Majesty, you... you want to fight in person?" Ruth, who hurried over, was surprised when he saw Luke III's outfit, "Luo Huan has fought for many years, but you have never fought... Besides, he You must have come prepared, it is too dangerous for you to fight rashly. I suggest you make preparations as soon as possible, it is best to leave Barron temporarily and go to..."

"Leave?" Luke III blushed instantly, "Facing a country bumpkin five years younger than me, you actually said that I must lose? Heh, General Russ, it seems that I have given you too much power. You don't know where you are. You are the one who should leave this battle! I will personally command this battle, wipe out Luo Huan, and end this boring war!"

On September [-]st, the weather was unbearably hot, and the Royce cavalry, who had marched five hundred miles in a hurry, had their backs soaked in sweat.

Luo Huan's infantry phalanx hadn't arrived yet, and the heavy cavalry was still on the way. The only ones who could follow him were the leopards.

The leopards lay on the ground panting for heat, and Mao Xiaohua was no exception. He stretched out his tongue and opened his paws, trying to release the heat in his body.

But even so, it still feels like it's about to explode.

Roar!

Mao Xiaohua groaned repeatedly to relieve the discomfort caused by the scorching heat. Galen left wet footprints one by one, and muttered in a low voice: "Luo Huan is really getting more and more abnormal. He has sex with leopards every night, and he is still like this during the day." Hurry up..."

Mao Xiaohua subconsciously tightened her chrysanthemum, and then slapped Galen on the back, but she silently defended Luo Huan in her heart: how can there be every night...these days of marching in a hurry, it is just to seize the time, only one or two just once...