He looked at Jiang Yu: "What should we do? Should we continue to attack and interfere with Qingmu?" Jiang Yu took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, looking calm: "interference?" "Easier said than done!" "If we continue to move south now, we will definitely be obstructed by Gan Tie and others." "They have already occupied several cities of Shenju and are ready to fight." "Besides, half of Shenju's territory has not yet been occupied by us." "With our current military strength, it is undoubtedly a foolish dream to occupy the territories of Shenju, Kuangba, Yingwu, and Fentian at the same time and then turn around to deal with Qingmu." "You can't get fat in one go. We must first concentrate our strength and take down Shenju's base camp!" Upon hearing this, Shui Qinglan and Luo Yucheng both nodded silently in agreement.

They understood that the current situation did not allow them to have too much hesitation and fantasy. You can only deal with the enemy in front of you first, and then make plans for the future. So, Jiang Yu and his two companions led the army and continued to attack Shen Ju's territory. Their goal was clear, which was to take over the remaining territories of Shenju in one fell swoop. After fierce fighting, they finally occupied Shenju's most core main city - Shenyuan City. The fall of this city marked the official demise of the Shenju forces. In order to consolidate the results of the battle, they left a part of the troops and generals to garrison in Shenyuan City to prevent the enemy's counterattack. At the same time, they continued to sweep across Shenju's territory. In just a few days, the remaining six cities of Shenju were occupied by them one by one. So far, the human race has occupied a total of six cities of Shenju! However, during these few days, Aoki was not idle either. He led the Cuilin tribe's army and completely swept through the territories of Kuangba and Fentian, completing their plunder and occupation. It is worth mentioning that even a strong man like Qingmu would find it difficult to take over the territories of Kuangba and Fentian in one breath. Moreover, the Cuilin people have always hated races with fire attributes, so Qingmu simply disdained Fentian's territory and chose to abandon it directly. Aoki felt hot and uncomfortable in that place, let alone letting his soldiers guard it. With the demise of Shenju and Qingmu's occupation of the territories of Kuangba and Fentian, this war initiated by the human race finally came to an end. So, did the human race win? Judging from the results, it can probably be considered a win. After all, Shenju had fallen, his main city had been occupied, and his power had been destroyed.

However, the human race only occupied half of Shenju's territory, so such a victory can only be described as a "soft win". The situation was finally stabilized, and Jiang Yu, Shui Qinglan and Luo Yucheng immediately began to count the spoils. Since most of Shenju's resources were concentrated in his core city, Shenyuan City, the spoils of war were quite rich. They successfully obtained most of the resources, which was a pretty good result for them. Shen Ju’s available resources are not particularly abundant, otherwise he would have been able to upgrade to level 16 long ago. But the resources in his territory are relatively rich. The main reason why he failed to reach level 16 was because he had many territories and his expenses were relatively huge. In terms of equipment and props, they found a lot from Shenju's warehouse, and these supplies just made up for the material losses caused by this army's expedition. In addition to Shen Ju, most of the relics of Kuang Ba, Fentian, and Ying Wu were also obtained by killing them. The reason why it is called most of them is that many of the relics are scattered among their subordinates. Generals in the elite zone are more important than relics, so during battles, many lords will give relics to their subordinates to carry with them for use in battle. Just like the Shenju before. All in all, the large and rare relics of these three lords add up to as many as 16 pieces! It's pretty good. However, the three of them had different opinions on the ownership of Shenju territory. Jiang Yu spoke first: "You guys can take Shenju's territory. I will be responsible for leading people to block the Ten Thousand Beasts Demon Cave." Shui Qinglan immediately retorted after hearing this: "Jiang Yu, I have said this before, right?" "Your territory is too small. Taking advantage of this opportunity to occupy Shenju's territory, I will give you these six cities. Add to your current two cities, and you will have eight cities in total. This will save you from having to look so thin!" Jiang Yu shook his head helplessly: "You want me to manage eight cities, this is really too difficult for me." "And if I occupy this place, you guys will basically have to block the Ten Thousand Beasts Cave, and the efficiency will be greatly reduced..." This is indeed a tricky question. Jiang Yu's 400,000 troops can block eight demon caves, and each demon cave only requires one general to garrison. But if Shui Qinglan and Luo Yucheng were asked to guard the caves, due to the average quality of their military officers, it might take more than thirty generals to defend the twelve magic caves, which would almost empty their military reserve. Shui Qinglan thought for a moment and said, "That's true, but I think it's worth it." "Jiang Yu, your generals are all very powerful. If you block outside, it will be convenient for them to go into battle." "If all your generals are used to guard the Demon Cave, it will be difficult for you to temporarily transfer generals if we go to war with Qingmu in the future." The prerequisite for temporarily transferring generals is that the generals cannot leave too far, otherwise once the monsters in Wanshou Mountain go berserk, it will be difficult for the generals to get back in time. Jiang Yu felt that Shui Qinglan's words made sense, but he still had some concerns: "But managing eight cities is too inflexible. Are there enough territory teleportation talismans?" Shui Qinglan smiled and replied: "Don't worry, it's enough." "We have seized a lot in Shenju's territory... and when you only had two cities before, I didn't see you teleporting your territory often."

What a joke! She didn’t feel anything at all! Hearing this, Jiang Yu could only compromise helplessly: "Okay, at worst I can just stock up on more territory teleportation talismans in the future." He thought to himself that as long as he had enough teleportation talismans, he could adjust his strategy according to the changing situation and escape at any time! In this situation, Jiang Yu decided to take action. He quickly activated the territory teleportation function and teleported his two main cities at the foot of Wanshou Mountain to the newly occupied territory. With the arrival of these two main cities, the number of cities under Jiang Yu's jurisdiction finally reached 8. This was an important milestone, meaning that his sphere of influence and impact had been greatly expanded. Next, Jiang Yu’s work priorities became very clear. He would first need to migrate part of the population to these new cities to ensure that each city had adequate human resource support. During this process, he carefully planned the routes and timing of population migration to ensure that the migration process was orderly and efficient. Migrating the population was only the first step. Jiang Yu then began to develop the population of these cities. He knew very well that population was the foundation of urban development and the key to increasing military strength. Therefore, he invested a lot of resources and energy in increasing the city's fertility rate, attracting outsiders, and improving residents' living conditions. Jiang Yu formulated a series of population growth plans. This includes increasing food production to support a larger population, building more housing to meet residents' housing needs, and providing rich entertainment and educational facilities to enhance the city's attractiveness. (End of this chapter)