Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

Doug's attitude towards the demons is very complicated. Having cooperated with the demons before, Doug naturally knows the demons' evil ambitions, but the demons are indeed a powerful force.

But what the demons demanded was far beyond what Doug could accept, which was the main reason why Doug had a falling out with the demons before.

What the demons wanted was too great. Those concessions had actually become their territories. However, the demons did not seem satisfied with this and they coveted even more.

After seeing that Doug was unwilling to give up, the demons went to the East Territory to find the nobles of the East Territory. The nobles of the East Territory, like Doug in the past, were very confident that they could control the demons and began to assist the demons in annexing the North Territory.

But now, the situation is different. Doug's collapse is faster than expected. These demons are keenly aware of this and have found Doug, the gambler, again.

"How dare you! Why don't you just let me give you the entire kingdom!"

When Doug heard the conditions offered by the demons, he frantically touched himself and finally pulled out a musket from his waist.

"Governor, you have to think it over carefully. This is definitely better than being caught by your nephew-in-law, right?"

The demon's messenger looked at Doug calmly, and even had the leisure to take a sip of tea.

"Besides, you are still the nominal governor, right? It's just a matter of dividing the territory and governing it accordingly."

The demons demanded that Doug surrender to Lind, cede most of the land and govern separately from Lind, while the demons stationed troops in Doug's territory to help Doug resist Lind.

As for where the border is drawn, it depends on where the final battle line remains.

Not only that, the demons also asked Doug to change his religious beliefs and convert from the original goddess to the demon god of the demon clan.

If Doug followed the demon clan's conditions completely, he wouldn't even have the power to mobilize troops in his own territory. Everything would have to be approved by the demon clan garrison. He wouldn't even be able to maintain the faith in his territory, and would completely lose his autonomy.

Doug aimed his musket at the demon envoy, but looking at the dark muzzle, the demon envoy teased, "What's wrong, Governor? You didn't hesitate like this when you invited us to kill your father together."

After his arms trembled for a few times, Doug put down the musket and said, "The situation was different back then. At that time, I had the help of Wangdu, but now, Wangdu is not on my side."

"This is simple."

The demon envoy replied: "Although we cannot change the attitude of the capital, we can help you negotiate with the East Territory. At least during the period of your counterattack, there will be no more unusual movements in the East Territory."

Seeing that the attitude of the demon envoy did not seem to be lying, Doug was a little surprised. Has the cooperation between the East Territory and the demons reached this level?

Doug thought for a moment and continued, "And it's not that I disagree. Now that the Gray-collars are attacking so fiercely, you must at least let me see if I can really stop them. Only then can we talk about this deal."

Doug has a good idea. He will use the demons as tools first to test their combat power level. If they are really stronger than the gray-collar workers, then Doug won't have to choose them.

Even if he is not as good as the gray-collar workers, he can still see the specific combat effectiveness of the demons now, and maybe he can weaken the demons.

The demon envoy raised his eyebrows, seeming to have guessed Doug's thoughts, and asked: "Of course it's possible, but we demons won't do small fights. If you want to come, come with a big one, how about that?"

"Big? What do you mean?"

Doug had a bad feeling in his heart.

"The Governor-General is now unable to stop the Gray-Collar Army, so he is planning a general attack, right?"

Doug nodded. Given the enemy's equipment advantage, Doug could not gain an advantage in either skirmishes or siege battles. His only hope was a large-scale battle.

After all, Doug is fighting at home, and he has been drawing on the manpower of those nobles for so long. Now the number of Doug's troops has swelled to an astonishing number, not to mention the number of professionals among them. Even if they are placed on the southwest border, they can fully confront the Kingdom of Anjou.

So when Doug heard that the Kingdom of Anjou was defeated by the Southwestern Frontier Army armed with new weapons, he was not even that depressed. It turned out that it was not that I was too weak, but that the opponent's weapons were really too strong. What about the professional legion of Anjou? Couldn't they be defeated by the new muskets?

And I actually held out for so long under the more powerful muskets. Thinking of this, Doug felt that we were much stronger than the army in Anjou.

"Since this is a general offensive, why not include our demon clan in it? We can take advantage of this general offensive to divide the governance boundary with the other side's governor, how do you think?"

This means that the demons will also join the general attack team.

Although it would be difficult to test the demon clan's strength in this way, the more people involved in the decisive battle, the better.

"Then how should the demons join?"

When asked this, Doug was actually a little tempted, after all, he had no other way out.

"What form? Of course, the form in which we take the lead."

The demon envoy said nonchalantly: "Our demon army has the right to mobilize your soldiers. The demon generals have higher command authority than your generals. Do you have any objections?"

"My personal guards are not capable of this, and the battlefield arrangements must be decided by me. I am still the overall commander."

The demon envoy also knew that his request was too outrageous and Doug would not agree to it directly, so when he heard what Doug said, he nodded.

"It doesn't matter. The final victory will definitely be ours."

Doug was a little puzzled. It was not like the demons had never fought against the gray-collar army and the resistance army before, and they had basically lost more than they won. Where did the demons get the confidence to defeat the gray-collar army?

Moreover, Doug had never heard of the demon god who asked him to convert. It was hard for him to imagine that a new god would suddenly appear in this era.

Doug has also investigated this god. He heard that it was dug out from the eternal frozen soil several years ago and has only recently begun to slowly awaken.

Doug didn't believe in the legends about this god at all. Many of the legends were made up on the spot and directly grafted from other gods. He was an evil god that couldn't be more standard, not to mention that he was dug out.

I heard that this so-called devil can really respond to believers, but Doug is not interested. The goddess also claims to be able to respond to believers, but the nobles with higher status also know what is going on.

In addition to the accumulation of many years, the belief in the goddess also comes from the magic and holy water of the Holy See. In its heyday, the Holy See was an existence that even kings had to look up to.

Besides, no one knows whether the goddess will suddenly start responding to believers again. This kind of thing has happened in history. Even if the Goddess Church has declined for a period of time, as long as the goddess starts responding to the believers' prayers again, the Goddess Church will rise again.

So although the nobles usually don’t attach much importance to faith, it is actually not an easy thing to get them to change their faith.

Doug then discussed the final battle with the demon envoy. Because they had to prepare to divide the territory with Linde, the valley army that was originally planned to be kept until the end had to be mobilized in advance and could not be kept until the end as originally planned.

Now all of Doug's troops must take action to keep Lind's troops out. The farther they are blocked, the larger Doug's territory will be when it comes to dividing the territory later.

And because they had to cooperate with the demons again, many permissions that were previously impossible to open were also opened to the demons, such as allowing a large number of demon troops to enter the country.

It is no longer the small-scale looting team like before, but a real army of demons is about to enter the northern border.