Douluo: Law of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 1041 is simply like a saint!

After correcting some of Xiao Wu's misconceptions, Zhou Qing produced a map of the Heaven Dou Empire.

"Tian Dou City is located in the Tian Dou Plain area, while Fasno Province is to its southwest. Judging from the map, if Goron wants to come to Fasno Province, he will not take the route through the Northern Province and Fasno Province. There is a mountain range between the two provinces, starting from the West Sea, crossing the northern border between the Kingdom of Silves and the Tian Dou Empire, and leading directly to Jialing Pass. It is called the Tianling Mountain Range."

"Although the Tianling Mountains are broken between the Fasno Province and the Silves, allowing for marching, it still requires crossing the Barak River, which spans the Kingdom of Barak, the Kingdom of Silves, and the Idov Province."

"The widest part of this river is 1,200 meters, and on average it is about 950 meters. The best way to cross this river is to go around it."

As he spoke, Zhou Qing pointed to Jialing Pass, slid to Silvers City, then passed the border of the Hagendas Kingdom, arrived at Xilu City, crossed the western end of the Starry Sky Forest Mountains, bypassed it, passed through Baola City, bypassed the source of the Barak River, and moved along the river to reach Notting City.

"The path I'm gliding along seems to be a detour around the original route, but along the way there are cities like Jianlinguan, Silveshen, Xilu City, Paula City, and Soto City, all of which can provide supplies for the Goron army."

"If he were to depart from the Northern Province and pass through the Tiandou Plain, the road would indeed be flat, but there would be many rivers to cross. It would not be a wise choice to bypass the Frost River, which is shaped like the Chinese character '几' (ji), as it would be time-consuming and laborious. Moreover, there are few major cities along the way. If supplies were to be cut off for any reason, and they were unable to breach the Fasno city gate outside the mountains in a short time, they would surely run out of water and food."

“But if the Kingdom of Silves or the Kingdom of Barak have ulterior motives and cut off supplies, they could subtly create this predicament by taking the route I mentioned earlier.”

Romantina also suggested a route, saying, "What if they travel by boat? Starting from Tiandou City, they can travel along the Frost River and reach the Barak River, directly to the east of Notting City."

“Inland cities don’t have many navigation professionals, so it’s impossible to travel by water.”

Zhou Qing pointed to Fasno City and Soto City, "At most, we can take the two routes I mentioned, sail into the Barak River, and arrive at the border of Fasno Province directly east of Notting City. But the probability of this is very small. If the army rashly takes a boat, there is a chance that the soldiers will get seasick."

"In other words, we need to guard against these two paths."

Tang San didn't understand military affairs, but after Zhou Qing's explanation, he understood a little. "From now on, the targets we need to guard against are the Barak Kingdom and the Silves Kingdom, right?"

"We do need to be on guard, but we don't need to send too many people." Although Zhou Qing had previously instructed Xiao Wu that if necessary, Di Tian and others could go directly to the capitals of the two kingdoms to show off their power, the kingdoms within Tian Dou each had their own agendas. They outwardly submitted to Tian Dou, but secretly they were extremely unwilling to send troops to help Marshal Ge Long and deplete their own forces... However, supplies would definitely be provided.

"So you're going to cut off our food and supplies?" Tang San's eyes lit up.

"unnecessary."

Zhou Qing glanced at Tang San, who shared similar thoughts with the Great God King Tang, and dismissed the guess. "The Fasno Province is surrounded by rivers and mountains, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. It can withstand the Heaven Dou Army, but for us, it is also a kind of confinement. Although it doesn't matter much if we are besieged and can no longer communicate with the major cities of the Heaven Dou side, it is still too passive."

"so?"

Xiao Wu seemed to understand Zhou Qing's thoughts.

"Therefore, the first thing we need to do next is to bring the entire Fasno Province under the control of the Red Society. Due to the spread of our ideas, the urban residents throughout the province have a good impression of the Red Society. Although we have not cultivated many talents in the past five years, there are quite a few small and medium-sized families in major cities who are willing to support the Red Society. By uniting with them for the time being, we can stabilize the situation in a short period of time."

Without hesitation, Zhou Qing said, "Afterwards, we built a pontoon bridge on the Barak River in the northeast of Fasno Province and took over the Northern Province as quickly as possible."

Having acquired this northern province, with the geographical advantages of the Tianling Mountains and the Shuangchi River, once we have established a firm foothold, the Tiandou Empire will never be able to take it back!
"As long as we guard the gap between the upper reaches of the Barak River and the border of the Star Luo Empire, we can prevent Golong from invading!" Tang San understood: "In other words, if Golong chooses to go through the Northern Province, then we will first conquer that area, and then, relying on the natural barriers of the Frost River and the Heavenly Spirit Mountains, we can force them to take the route through the Kingdom of Silves and the Kingdom of Barak."

If they were to remain entrenched in the Barak Kingdom's territory for an extended period, the Barak royal family would object, and the Silves Kingdom would also face pressure.

“What about the province of Idov?” Romantina asked.

"This province, which is even larger than the Kingdom of Barak, does not need to be deliberately taken. As long as we obtain the Northern Province, the Idov Province will be cut off from the Heavenly Dou Empire. Moreover, our Red Society's products are sold to the Kingdom of Barak and the Kingdom of Silves, and also to the Idov Province."

Zhou Qing said, "If we take over the Northern Province, we can take over the Idov Province without bloodshed, and this province will even voluntarily integrate."

Once the plan was finalized, everyone immediately began to act.

However, before that, Zhou Qing took out 100,000 spirit orbs and distributed them to all the official members of the Red Society and the Workers' and Peasants' Council. With the help of Romantina's interior, everyone could communicate in real time.

In addition, Romantina also "manifested her divine power" once, that is, she used her spiritual power to cover the entire Fasno Province, as well as the towns and small cities on the Star Luo Empire side that also had branches of the Red Society and the Workers' and Peasants' Council. Zhou Qing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Romantina, Wang Sheng, Xiao Lan and others forcibly contacted the members of the branches, the township heads and mayors, and the city lords of the small cities, announcing the cause and effect of Emperor Xue Ye's decision to send troops to attack the Red Society, and expressing their determination to fight against the nobles to the end.

They didn't say much else, but the city lords of the various small towns were shocked that the Crimson Society had such power, like a god, and their hearts were filled with even greater awe.

This greatly facilitated the work of the Red Army in the Fasno province.

In just half a month, the entire province of Fasno had completely submitted to the Red Society. During this period, rumors from outside the province also reached Fasno, saying that the Red Society and its residents had underpaid taxes, which was why Emperor Xueye had launched a campaign against them.

However, due to Romantina's divine intervention and Zhou Qing and others explaining the cause and effect, the vast majority of people in Fasno Province cursed Emperor Xueye, Li Ai, and others.

Who treats them well, and who treats them badly?

The people have their own scales to measure things.

Compared to the distant Heaven Dou Imperial Family, the Crimson Society naturally better meets the needs and interests of the common people. Even the official members of the Crimson Society, whether powerful Soul Masters or weak Soul Warriors, treat ordinary people equally and are never as aloof as the officials and nobles of the Heaven Dou Empire.

More importantly, during the change of government in the Fasno province, the Red Society's militia maintained strict discipline when entering the corresponding cities!

Arson, murder, looting, and bullying of local people are strictly prohibited!

It was precisely these disciplines and precautions that made the city residents of Fasno Province realize that the militia trained by the Red Society were completely different from the patrolling soldiers and garrison soldiers in the city, and that they would not deliberately beat or scold the undercover agents hidden in the city.

Of course, it's impossible to have absolutely none; Romanaque even directly "beheaded" the envoy—Li Ai.

However, compared to the original soldiers, the Red Society's militia and army were practically saints!

(End of this chapter)