Douluo: Law of Heaven and Earth

Chapter 1058 A Guarantee to the People of Wendester

While marching, they would not traverse the Sunset Forest, but the route they could take was surrounded by mountains and dense coniferous forests, making it ideal for the Red Turban soldiers to fight.

Even if Xueye already knew the Red Turban Army's fighting methods, what could he do?

We had no choice but to grit our teeth and traverse the mountains and forests!

Winter has passed, but the weather has not warmed up; instead, it has become frozen. Even among the 10,000-strong Royal Knights, whose entire ranks consist of Soul Masters, some soldiers were rubbing their hands and breathing on them to keep warm, let alone the other 40,000 ordinary soldiers.

The Red Turban Army was different.

Silves IX and the Red Turban Army were on good terms for eternity. They had already prepared supplies along the route Zhou Qing and the others would take, ensuring the Red Turban soldiers were well-fed and clothed. In addition, Tang San had stored a large number of medicinal pills for treating illnesses and injuries in his inner world, making them completely different from the Heavenly Dou Army that was pursuing them.

One side was exhausted and suffering from the spring chill, while the other side was warmly dressed, high-spirited, and full of morale. Moreover, the latter side was always shrewd in battle, rarely engaging in direct combat with the enemy, but rather moving through the forest and being good at guerrilla warfare.

Thus, after marching for half a month, of the 50,000 troops led by Xueye, only 8,000 remained from the 10,000 Royal Knights, and only 20,000 remained from the remaining 40,000 troops.

Of the remaining 20,000, some were dead and others were wounded. The dead were left to rot in the wilderness, and the wounded were simply abandoned, left alone in the forest in despair.

However, the Red Turban soldiers would not abandon the corpses and wounded of these enemies. They would simply deal with the corpses and bury them, and if the survivors were still alive, they would not finish them off but would do their best to treat them and send them along with the army to Winterstir.

These wounded soldiers of the Heavenly Fighting Army thought they were going to die, but to their surprise, the Red Turban Soldiers did not take their lives. Instead, they treated them and took them as prisoners.

What puzzled them was that, despite being prisoners of war, they lived more like soldiers than they had in the Heavenly Dou Army.

In the Tiandou Army, if soldiers are not disciplined in the slightest, their superiors will either beat or scold them, or even behead them as a warning to others. Otherwise, it will be difficult to establish military authority.

But the Red Turban Army was different.

They were disciplined, but not harsh, and they all trusted Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Xiao Lan, as if following them guaranteed victory...

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Instead of pursuing them, they chose to retreat to the snowy night at Jialing Pass. They learned that the southward-bound troops had already engaged in battle with the Xingluo Army and would be safe in the short term. So they prepared to withdraw 100,000 troops from Jialing Pass to pursue them again.

The outside must be safe first!

He couldn't swallow this breath!
As long as the Red Society remains on the land of Tiandou, they must be on guard at all times, and they must go to great lengths to eliminate them.

"Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, it would be best not to pursue them."

One of the generals advised, "Although the Crimson Society is a persistent problem in the Heavenly Battle, if they want to seize the Heavenly Battle, they will inevitably have to confront the Star Luo Empire... Why not temporarily unite with them and fight together? Zhou Qing and Tang San's strength is unfathomable. Even if they use such skills, it will consume their soul power and cause some damage to their bodies. But if we can win them over, we can reduce the pressure on the Star Luo Army."

But Xueye had already made up her mind, believing that the Crimson Society was a more dangerous force in the Star Luo Empire, and ordered that this "traitor" who "had the tendency to defect" be taken out and executed in order to restore morale.

At this point, no general or marshal dared to offer any further advice, fearing for their own lives.

the other side.

The Red Turban soldiers led by Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Xiao Lan, along with the prisoners, have returned to Winterster City.

Wang Sheng also led 5,000 troops from the southwest. The two sides attacked from both sides and once again captured Winterst City, killing 7,000 enemy soldiers and capturing 3,000.

Thus, Winterstaff fell into the hands of the Red Society once again!

When the people in the city saw that the Red Society had actually fought back, they all ran out to watch. Not one of them was afraid, because the Red Society treated them and the Heavenly Fighting Army treated them in a completely different way!
The former pays for their meals and groceries, is easygoing, and will even stand up for them.

The latter were nothing short of bandits, even worse than bandits. It was as if they could eat and drink at their expense for free while they were fighting, and afterwards they had to greet them with smiles, otherwise they would be labeled as traitors and collaborators, causing panic in the city.

Therefore, when Xueye occupied Winterster, he pinned all the blame on the traitorous Red Society.

The common people simply lack the powerful individual strength of a Soul Master; they are not stupid or foolish.

Who is good to them?
They all had their own judgment and knew exactly what was going on. The Red Turban soldiers of the Red Society acted completely differently from what Xue Ye had spread, especially after personally experiencing the difference in treatment during this special period. The common people were more willing to believe that the Red Society had been forced into rebellion!
As ordinary citizens, they dared not openly take sides.

but.

When the Red Gathering returns, they won't hide at home; instead, they'll go out to watch, expressing their joy in this way.

Conversely, the large and small Soul Master families in the city began to tremble with fear.

After all, during the period when the Heavenly Dou Army regained control of Wendist City, the large and small families in the city once again resumed their former arrogance.

In addition, Xueye led an army of 800,000, and the amount of food and fodder he consumed in a single day was astronomical. In order to replenish supplies, the people of Winterst City would naturally have to suffer.

Therefore.

When the Red Turban soldiers arrived in Winterster for the second time, they found that the city's inhabitants were even thinner than before, with sallow faces and sunken eyes, looking like sickly skeletons.

Therefore, the first thing the Red Society did after capturing Winterster for the second time was to take out all the grain and fodder they had obtained from Jialing Pass and distribute it to the people in the city.

The weapons and armor were sold to the Seven Treasures Pavilion in exchange for more food.

"I didn't realize that your Seven Treasures Pavilion had stockpiled so much grain."

As Ning Tian arrived at the storage warehouse of Qibaoge, Zhou Qing joked.

“These were all purchased with real money, and most of them were purchased from the Fasno Province. We didn’t forcibly take them from the common people in the city.” Ning Tian kept wiping the cold sweat seeping from his forehead, afraid that Zhou Qing would label him as a “nouveau riche” and then take over this branch of Qibaoge.

"You must be Ning Rongrong's older brother? Don't be nervous. She's doing very well with the Red Society, and they even involve her in these kinds of things."

Zhou Qing patted Ning Tian on the shoulder, calming his fear, "We're trading ironware and armor with you, aren't we?"

Ning Tian secretly breathed a sigh of relief and made a small joke: "The weapons and armor equipped by the Tiandou Army are all top-quality and extremely valuable, but there are not many merchants in the world who dare to buy them."

That's why I came to you.

Zhou Qing smiled and said meaningfully, "It's just that Wendist City doesn't truly belong to the Red Society yet. Otherwise, we could exchange goods with the cities in the southwest that we've conquered and that have resumed production."

Um--

We still need to build the road first.

Ning Tian broke out in a cold sweat again, thinking to himself: Are you guys from the Red Society road-building maniacs? Building roads every day?
"Wait, you're saying that Winterstead doesn't belong to you yet?"

After calming down, Ning Tian looked at the Red Turban soldiers who were already loading rice and rations, and suddenly asked, "You didn't manage to deal with Emperor Xue Ye?"

Because the entire city was under martial law, not a single carrier pigeon could fly in before, so Ning Tian didn't know what the battle between the Crimson Society and the Heavenly Fighting Army was like.

But if they hadn't won, how did the Reds manage to fight their way back to Wendester City?
"It will be soon."

Zhou Qing did not answer, but only smiled mysteriously.

Ning Tian was bewildered but dared not ask. He then recalled another sentence his father had once told him: "When dealing with Chi Hui, do more and talk less; just do your duty as a businessman."

Thus, under the leadership of the Red Society, Winterstead City got back on track, but not for long, only two and a half months, before the Red Society left again.

"Fellow villagers, take care! You must hold on! We will definitely come back! We promise that next time we return, we will never let the Heavenly Fighting Army come back!"

(End of this chapter)