Chapter 175, the Temple Guards on Stage, the Grassland Pattern of the Three Parties Gathering

That day, the uninvited Rat War surrounded the Prairie City.

He finally knew what was going on.

But it was too late.

He had no choice but to object and respond, as these guys had been sent to him.

And the ones sent here were those damned Rat Priests.

He couldn't swallow this breath.

So, he surrounded the Prairie City with the Rat Knights.

This was not a completely impulsive act.

On the contrary, this was the most effective response for Rat War.

That was to kill all the Rat Lords who arrived, and then delay the progress of this matter in an almost rogue state.

Not only this batch of Rat Lords who arrived, but also the next batch of guys who arrived would be stopped and killed by him.

He just didn't agree, didn't want to cooperate, and put on such a posture.

Either mobilize forces to suppress him here, or come to negotiate with him.

An open provocation.

This grassland is too far away from the Desolate Mountains, and the war here still needs Rat War to maintain.

I bet that Bai Shu would not mobilize a large force to punish him across such a long distance.

He could not accept that his lifeline and logistics were all in the hands of these damned rat priests.

This sudden incident interrupted his plan, and he needed room.

As for another possibility.

If Bai Shu did not care about the distance between the two sides, and did not care about the ongoing sacred war here.

This is a war dedicated to the great gods!

Bai Shu should not be so resolute! Shouldn't he?

Before arriving at the grassland city with the rat knights, Shu Zhan was still thinking about this matter and gave such comfort.

No, this is a war dedicated to the great gods!

Bai Shu must take this into consideration anyway.

Of course, it may not be considered.

Not much confidence.

But if Bai Shu is really so resolute, then Shu Zhan will not be polite.

Decisive to admit defeat!

This is certain, and there is no need for many reasons.

Is it really qualified to fight Bai Shu by relying on this grassland? Is he so stupid?

But if Bai Shu does not mobilize forces to suppress him, then this matter must be discussed with him.

At least some cities must be in his hands.

A decision was made.

It's just a pity that his little thought seems to have been predicted, and it's not even predicted by Bai Shu.

Shu Zhan was stopped outside the grassland city, outside the grassland city that he built and expanded.

This made him particularly angry.

He even wanted to attack by force.

It's just a pity that Shu Zhan, who returned with only the rat knights, had no ability to capture the grassland city.

He was blocked outside the city and furious.

The guys who confronted him in the city also gambled that Shu Zhan would return, and that Shu Zhan would return as quickly as possible.

Shu Zhan's actions were perfectly predicted.

This arrogant guy is indeed a little arrogant. A force entrenched in this grassland has been ignored by him for too long.

Those temple guards entrenched in the temple of the gods in front of the grassland city.

Five thousand temple guards entered the grassland city, and immediately took control of the base camp prepared by Shu Zhan on the grassland.

And joined the temple guards who arrived later.

Shu Zhan did not leave any forces in the grassland city, nor did he take precautions against the temple guards entrenched in the temple. In his opinion, these guys were just some idiots who were easily fooled by him to come and watch the gate.

This contempt created everything now.

Shu Zhan lost the initiative.

Unless he immediately turned back and gathered the rat army stationed in the grassland city, he could break through the city he built by himself.

But this takes time and costs a lot.

Is he really going to fight these guys to the death and fight a siege war to the death?

Is he really here to start a protracted civil war?

Is he so unwise?

As a last resort, Shu Zhan was forced to calm down, but he still couldn't swallow this breath, and could only block the gate of the grassland city with his army like a scoundrel.

He had no way to kill these rat lords who were taking office, so he could only block the door and prevent them from leaving the grassland city.

Obviously, such an action was meaningless, but after losing the initiative, he could only seek a leeway in such a helpless way.

He could not accept that his logistics were controlled by these rat priests, these senior rat priests who dealt with him all the time.

He just felt aggrieved.

In this way, the black-faced Rat War, the rat commander carrying the flag of the gods, wandered outside the grassland city with his personal guards like a rogue.

The rat lords who came to take office looked at each other in the city in such a shameless behavior of Rat War.

A very strange situation.

Of course, Rat War still has a way.

The city is currently in the hands of the temple guards, and it is these guys who blocked Rat War outside the city and blocked the door with a black face.

Is there a way to make these temple guards entrenched in the grassland city leave the city?

Yes! For example, try to move the currently unmanned temple of the gods outside the city.

But does Shu Zhan dare to do this?

The answer is obvious.

It's even more annoying.

At the beginning, Shu Zhan built the temple outside the grassland city in order to get the temple guards to defend the city for him. Now these temple guards not only occupied his city, but also blocked him outside the city. In a sense, the unattended temple is now guarded by him.

Even at this time, there is no enemy who can really reach the temple of this god.

But why is this feeling so subtle.

The boomerang thrown by Jiuyuan finally hit the current Shu Zhan, accompanied by Shu Zhan's constipated expression as if he had eaten a fly.

Shu Zhan squatted outside the grassland city for a full seven days. Such a stalemate was too undignified and meaningless for both parties.

So under the matchmaking of the middleman, the two sides sat together.

Shu Zhan was aggressive.

He put forward many demands.

The most important one was to protect Shu Zhan's most basic rights in these cities.

The first is the smooth logistics, and the second is the replenishment of troops, which must be guaranteed.

But the problem is that Shu Zhan does not trust these rat priests at all. Even if he reluctantly admits the ownership of these guys to the grassland city, the garrison in the city is unwilling to give up.

Each city must have 200,000 rat troops stationed.

The two sides disagreed on this point.

Then Shu Zhan was asked to leave. On that day, the furious Shu Zhan killed all the rat priests who appeared in his sight and hung them at the gate of the grassland city.

The temple guards did not impose martial law on the grassland city. They were not worried that Shu Zhan would send troops to sneak into the grassland city, and they were not worried that Shu Zhan would suddenly attack the city.

This is the absolute confidence brought by strength.

The temple guards are the absolute elite of the rat kingdom.

The scavenging team entering and leaving the city gate was checked by Shu Zhan, and the rat priests who were mixed in the scavenging team that day were in trouble.

Inexplicably, they were irritated by Shu Zhan and all of them were hanged in front of the grassland to vent their anger.

Another seven days.

Shu Zhan was invited back to the grassland city again.

This time, he finally gave in.

He chose a lose-lose option. He could not station troops in the city, but these rat lords were not allowed to have the right to recruit troops and form an army.

Shu Zhan directly broke one leg of these rat lords.

If these guys cannot have an army, then they will never be able to expand their influence along the city.

Otherwise, they will be blocked by these damn guys on the front line and unable to move forward or backward.

But this part of the vacancy must be filled by someone.

Undoubtedly, the disgusting guy with a smile on his face got this part of the rights, and the city guards will be handed over to the temple guards.

Shu Zhan was forced to withdraw from the management of the city and could only focus on the war.

The rat lord had his legs broken and became a de facto cripple.

The influence of the temple guards has been greatly improved on this grassland.

Rat War had no choice. Compared to those rat priests, even if the guy in front of him with a disgusting smile plotted against him, if he had to make a choice.

The temple guards were undoubtedly more trustworthy.

At least these guys were truly praying to the gods, and they were also fighting a sacred war to please the gods.

They would not be dragged down.

Compared to Rat War, these rat lords also had no choice.

Rat War really wanted to hang them all.

In fact, although Rat War had been blocking the grassland city in anger for so many days, the two city garrisons stationed there had been mobilized.

If the problem of this negotiation could not be solved, this irritable guy was really ready to storm the city.

They had no choice at all.

Either die, or leave in disgrace or compromise helplessly.

Of course, the news that Rat War mobilized the army was also revealed by the temple guard.

Accepting the appointment to become a ratman lord was already a betrayal of the ratman priests, and what was even more embarrassing was that he accepted the appointment but rolled back to the desolate mountains in disgrace.

Even though he could see what was going on, he could only swallow his anger.

In this way, the ratman lord and the rat war completed the negotiation, laying the foundation for the gathering of three parties on this grassland.

At the negotiation table, the ratman wearing a smooth armor with complex patterns, the leader of the temple guards, leisurely preached the regulations in front of the dark-faced rat war and the ratman lords who were looking at each other obscurely, and made the final confirmation.

These regulations will be engraved on a stone wall as a witness and as a formally established contract.

Of course, there will be no compulsory effect.

This contract is not qualified to be displayed in the temple of the great god as an eternal and unchanging principle.

The effectiveness of everything discussed depends entirely on the wrestling of the three parties.

Shu Zhan stood up first, his eyes fixed on the leader of the temple guards.

"The guards of the gods?"

The sarcastic words fell.

Shu Zhan was still so arrogant and merciless. When all this was settled, he did not leave any respect for the two parties in front of him.

He started to mock the most taboo point of the temple guards, even though he himself was once a member of the temple guards.

The temple guards who have not been blessed and recognized by the gods are indeed not the guards of the gods, although they have always claimed to be so.

But no one would be blind enough to mock on this point.

Except for Shu Zhan.

As for the group of rat lords, Shu Zhan did not even look at them.

The leader of the temple guards was not moved by Shu Zhan's mockery.

But these rat lords were indeed mad at Shu Zhan.

The rat priests were not united, but it did not prevent them from reaching a consensus on one thing.

Or, to put it another way, they reached a consensus on killing a guy.

Who could be that annoying guy? Who could it be?

In the following days, Shu Zhan, the insidious guy, squatted outside the grassland city for several days, but did not wait for the rat lord to leave the city.

Finally, he left angrily.

He really wanted to kill these damned senior rat priests.

But it would be meaningless if the matter continued to stalemate.

Especially after the temple guards entered the scene.

After all, it was the appointment of the white rat.

He led the army back to the depths of the grassland. Soon after, the garrison troops left by Rat Zhan in the city arrived in the deepest part of the grassland and joined the huge army in his hands.

The temple guards that joined together were not something that the garrison troops left behind could deal with.

The last bit of unwillingness was temporarily suppressed by the full amount of supplies and a large amount of blood mushrooms.

That was a huge amount of resources, so much that even Rat Zhan was a little dazed at the first sight.

Rat Zhan had never been so rich.

The temple guards were not ordinary rich.

Reluctantly accepted this situation, in that simple and unpretentious power.

More energy was invested in the war.

At the same time, the six cities in Rat Zhan's hands were officially taken over, and the pioneering tax system was retained.

The main focus was on the two types of taxes: slave tax and sacrifice tax.

The temple guards gave these rat lords some respect, and they did not take back the right to collect taxes, but in exchange, they agreed on one point.

That is, outside the city, the slave ranches on the vast grasslands must be preserved, and all of them must be kept as they were.

This small request was agreed to by all, and no unwise guy objected.

In this way, the fierce struggle that might have occurred was calmed down by the temple guards.

These guys also began to officially shake off the long-standing impression of silence and neutrality, and officially took the stage in the rat kingdom.