Chapter 586: Evil Guard

Chapter 586: Evil Guard

Chapter 586: Evil Guard
In the twelfth month of the twentieth year of Yongqing, Prince Yong of Southern Liang ascended the throne.

After the three ceremonies of enthronement, offering sacrifice to heaven and the sacred beast, Jiang He became the de facto emperor of Southern Liang. His legitimacy was not flawless, but it was not a big problem either.

The matter of changing the reign title had to wait until the New Year was over. First, the cabinet had to be reorganized. This was inevitable. The two ministers, Pei Yuwu and Pei Ge Lao, father and son, had the former be conferred the title of Grand Secretary and was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, while the latter became a senior official in the Ministry of Personnel. The original Prime Minister Xie was reduced to the Minister of War.

Given the new emperor's prestige in the military, this was a significant marginalization for "Minister Xie", but he was still in the core power layer.

Jiang He handed over the position of the seal holder of the Imperial Household Department to Wuhe, including the Night Guard and Xuanjin Villa. After the joint promotion mission was completed, Lao Hei and Wuhe were promoted to the peak of gold, and Zhuang Ya became an ordinary hero. The little guy's current mission is to follow Wuhe and speed up the inheritance of the previous dynasty's legacy as a top combat force.

At the same time, Jiang He transferred A Da and Gui Man, appointed generals to each of them, and set off for the west with General Cao. Relying on the three states of Yong, Jing and Xiang, they established the three-state army corps and defense lines to guard against the Pingxi Palace, which had a tendency to become independent.

The Three Wu Legions returned to their local areas, and Lao Hei was granted the title of Grand Commander-in-Chief of the Nation and concurrently served as the Minister of Six Ministries. He was fully responsible for all military and political affairs in Qing and Xu states, and could promote subordinates on his own. He had all the powers including conscription, death penalty, declaration of war, and peace negotiation, and in fact became the executive vice emperor of Southern Liang.

The 120,000 elite soldiers of the Xuzhou Legion, together with 10,000 Evil Destroying Front Army and 6,000 Skeleton Dragon Riders, were reorganized into the Qingxu Legion to guard the north. Because there were many imperial guards in it, under the leadership of Xie Annan, the aristocratic family group gradually gave up control. This was the result of prior discussion.

Late December.

The control of the Qingxu Legion in the north and the Sanzhou Legion in the west officially fell into the hands of Jiang He. A'er handed over the power of the Gaomi general to the Esha soldier, and returned to the capital to serve as the commander of the new imperial army - the Changling Legion.

It is worth mentioning that fierce fighting is still going on in Dengfeng City, Qingzhou. Especially after the Qingxu Legion was born and the Northern Wei army had occupied half of Xuzhou, the main breakthrough point became Dengfeng, so Asan was facing increasing pressure.

However, after training the 6,000 evil soldiers obtained by defeating the Tianwu Army, Jiang He transferred them to the Sanzhou Legion to improve their loyalty and combat effectiveness. The Battle of Dengfeng was Asan's great achievement, and he was just waiting for the other side to succeed, or to rescue them after they were defeated.

As early as the second day after he ascended the throne, Jiang He had already sent out the Ansai Cavalry, with the goal of suppressing the three bandit kings between Guangxi and Xiang states. When the army arrived, he would go there in person.

……

The gates of Jiankang Palace were closed.

Five thousand vicious soldiers belonging to the Changling Legion, wearing armor and holding swords, arrested eunuchs and palace maids in the palace. Since the founding of the Southern Liang Dynasty, there have been endless problems in the palace such as reselling of objects, stealing money, and unknown identities.

Wuhe didn't have the energy to interrogate and assess the crimes one by one, so he directly issued an order to start the purge. As for the place where the boss lived, he demanded that it be clean inside and out.

At the same time, the "hunt" for small and medium-sized families has begun. The charges are collusion with bandits and usurpation of power. The families that participated in the Battle of Changling had their land confiscated as imperial farms, their money turned over, all male members of the family killed, and their women sent to Huayue Tower behind the government camp.

Jiang He stood on the top of the imperial palace. Half of the evil Changling Army had entered the city. The common people on the streets hid in their homes with their doors and windows closed, secretly watching the former wealthy families reduced to dust.

Not far away, Xie Annan no longer had a smile on his face.

What he called division only referred to land, status and power, not the extermination of the clan. As soon as he ascended the throne, the new emperor showed his true colors. Killing was going on everywhere in the Sanfu and Jingji areas. Land was being concentrated in the court and uniformly distributed to farmers and evil soldiers.

Jiang He took a sip of the wine and said calmly, "It's poisonous."

Xie Annan said coldly: "Your Majesty has already executed seventeen families, killing more than tens of thousands of people. The Sanzhou Army and Qingxu Army have just stabilized, but now they are in turmoil again. The three kings gathered between Guangxi and Xiang, the false emperor established himself, and the military equipment and food are endless. Compared with these, a cup of poisoned wine that no one knows who put it is too light."

Faced with fundamental extinction, the aristocratic families began their greatest counterattack. The Three Wu Legions stayed out of the matter, but the Guangxiang Pseudo-Emperor nominally had an army of one million and was attacking Lin'an, preparing to use it as the capital.

Surrounded by enemies externally and rebellion and turmoil internally, these were signs of the country's demise. The changes since he ascended the throne were much more drastic than those during the reign of Emperor Wu of Liang.

Swish!
Under the city wall, two vicious soldiers caught up with the eunuch and hacked him to death, then dragged the body to the Altar of Land and Grain, where corpses had already been piled up like a mountain, the stench was overwhelming, and flies were everywhere.

Jiang He looked at the flames rising from the buildings outside the city, raised his hand and waved, and several vicious soldiers immediately escorted a woman from the Le family over.

"The Fufeng Le family is a prominent family that has been married to the Yan family for generations. They provided great assistance to the Dashun Army during the Battle of Changling. During the establishment of the Nuxiang Army, the Le family contributed more than half of the funds, so their contribution is unparalleled." Under the imperial city, thousands of people from the Le family were tied up.

Jiang He turned to look at Xie Annan, his eyes cold and he said, "Do you want to know how all the royal family members died?"

For some reason, a trace of fear suddenly arose in Xie Annan's heart.

Jiang He pointed with one finger, and the sub-legendary poison swept through the whole body of the Le family girl. At the same time, thousands of people in the imperial city fell to the ground, their eyeballs melted, their bodies cracked and blackened, and finally turned into pus.

At this moment, the fear in Xie Annan's heart had turned into horror. He looked at his hands in disbelief that he had actually pledged allegiance to such a devil.

"The whole world belongs to the king. This move has no distance limit. And because the poison is of high quality, under normal circumstances, I can completely destroy a family in about half a day of rest."

"The Xie family is no exception."

Jiang He turned around and walked down the city wall towards the Altar of Land and Grain. Xie Annan struggled for a while, and finally followed behind him in a daze.

Jiang He was not surprised by Xie Annan's choice. It was not that the head of a thousand-year-old family would necessarily be concerned about the family, but that a family that could not cultivate such a head would not be able to pass on for a thousand years.

The two men came to the altar of land and grain.

If he was in a state of disarray just now, then at this moment, Xie Annan had completely lost the ability to think. He stood there with a look of horror and fear on his face.

Densely packed corpses were piled up here, most of them were old men, with countless faces looking at them all at once. Even the immortals on earth had never seen such a hellish scene.

Jiang He's face was calm. He moved some of the prisoners into the Land of Gluttony to accelerate their reproduction over time. He would take out the prisoners and their offspring when they died or grew old. The production of evil soldiers did not require war, only complete materials.

But this method is not endless. First of all, the golden creatures will fall into the Silver Age after reproducing for three generations in the blessed land. Secondly, the growth of these guys consumes the energy between heaven and earth. If they cannot return to heaven and earth, it means that the overall energy of the blessed land will be reduced.

"Two million, four hundred and three thousand people." Jiang He read out the shocking figure. The energy of the blessed land had been consumed by 20%, which was already the limit.

The gluttonous black light swept through, and these materials gave birth to 81 evil soldiers, who were then further refined and turned into 27 evil guards. Further refinement turned into 9 evil imperial guards, which were equivalent to the peak of gold.

Jiang He opened the time ring and continued to refine. This time, he made an epic prop. The 9 Evil Guards were eventually transformed into 3000 Evil Guards. The cost increased tenfold, but each one had the strength of a sub-hero, which almost reached the limit of epic puppet props, and originated from the Iron Man technology of the Eternal Dark World.

Three thousand evil divine guards.

The sin of gluttony and the creativity of the top alchemy master are fully demonstrated. Even if he does not have the strength to be the second best in the world, Jiang He can obviously thrive in the world of competition, but the process will be slower and more cautious.

Xie Annan slumped on the ground. Even if all the Northern Wei, Southern Liang and Western Barbarians were added together, there might not be so many masters of the fourth realm.

Jiang He said seriously: "In fact, as long as we conquer the world and kill everyone, the results will be greater. It's just that some of the people I care about care about this matter, so I have restrained myself very much. You should join me in carefully maintaining this kindness."

Xie Annan tried his best to regain his thoughts, and managed to calm down, and said: "The Xie family is willing to lead the horse for your majesty, just asking for it to be safe."

Jiang He nodded and said, "Take me to see Dang Kang."

"Yes." Xie Annan lowered his head. He had always been considered harsh in the eyes of his clansmen, but compared to their cruelty and viciousness, the emperor in front of him was simply the best.

(End of this chapter)