With wives as numerous as clouds and soldiers as numerous as a million, you say he's a useless

At Ye Cheng'an's signal, the gates of Yong'an City were opened.

Li Tieshan personally led a squad of soldiers to welcome the Nine City Commanders inside. "Lord Nie, Lord Gu, esteemed officials, please!"

Incidentally, this also serves to intimidate the troops of the nine cities outside the city, preventing them from taking advantage of the situation to invade.

Sure enough, with Li Tieshan and his imposing Tiger Roar Army present, the soldiers outside the city gasped in shock and dared not make any rash moves.

Nie Chongshan was secretly shocked to see the imposing presence of Ye Cheng'an's army, but he pretended to be nonchalant and walked inside with his accompanying officials after letting out a cold snort.

At that moment, Ye Cheng'an also came down from the city wall.

He looked at Nie Chongshan and his nine companions with a smile, "Who was it that just threatened Shen Jingchuan to open the city gates, or else he'd be in big trouble?"

"Who said they would lead the troops of the Nine Cities to conquer Yong'an City?"

"This..." Faced with Ye Cheng'an's questioning, Gu Mingxuan hesitated for a moment before quickly trying to smooth things over, "Young Master, what we said just now was just said in anger, please don't take it to heart."

After all, when you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. Their unauthorized troop deployment to besiege Yong'an City was already a serious crime. In addition, the enemy is strong and we are weak, and they still need Ye Cheng'an's help.

However, Ye Cheng'an sneered, unmoved by such words. "Talking nonsense? But why do I feel that the nine lords don't really respect me?"

"What makes you say that..." Gu Mingxuan said, "If we were dissatisfied with the young master, why would we leave our troops outside the city and enter Yong'an City alone? We are clearly acting with utmost sincerity!"

Ye Cheng'an looked at him coldly, "But if Lord Gu had truly submitted to me, he wouldn't have led his troops to Yong'an City with them today to force me."

"It seems that what happened in Jingyuan City that day didn't teach you a lesson, Lord Gu!"

"I only wish to seek a strategy to eradicate the locusts," Gu Mingxuan explained.

But Ye Cheng'an remained cold and stern. Who the hell brought such a large army to ask for help from a good family?

The official in charge of the nine cities clearly intended to take him by surprise.

They're trying to intimidate us with their power!

Seeing that Ye Cheng'an remained unmoved, Nie Chongshan lost his temper. "Young Master, we have already lowered our stance enough. Don't be ungrateful!"

"Hand over the locust eradication plan immediately, and we will lead the troops of the nine cities away, and we will live in peace. Otherwise, when we return, we will definitely file a joint complaint with the royal court and have the prince punish you!"

Damn it!

This Nie Chongshan is really arrogant to the extreme. Even though he's already in my hands, he still dares to bark like this!

Ye Cheng'an narrowed his eyes, then swung his fist towards the man's eye socket and cheek. "You're the leader of the Nine Cities' army, right?"

"If I heard correctly, you were the one shouting the loudest down below the city walls just now!"

"You've already entered my territory, and you still can't tell the situation right, daring to threaten me with the royal court? Today I'll show you what proper etiquette is!"

Bang bang bang.

Ye Cheng'an exchanged blows with his fists and feet, putting all his strength into each strike.

Strangely enough, Nie Chongshan, who was a military general, was beaten so badly by him that he was completely powerless to fight back.

When the other eight city officials saw this, they all wanted to step forward to help, but Li Tieshan stopped them.

Looking at the tall and mighty general in front of them, they dared not take a step forward.

The screams of Nie Chongshan echoed throughout Yong'an City, "Ahhh..."

"Ye Cheng'an, how dare you treat me like this! Just you wait! When I get back, I'll have the Prince and Princess teach you a lesson!"

go back?

Nie Chongshan is actually still fantasizing about going back?

Ye Cheng'an found it amusing. "Do you think you'd have a chance to go back without my permission?"

"They even jointly appealed to the royal court to punish me? Ask around, among the nine city officials present, besides you, who else would dare to do such a thing?"

As Nie Chongshan was being beaten, he looked to the other eight city officials for help.

However, at this moment, the eight city officials all frowned, turned their heads away, and dared not meet his gaze.

From the moment Ye Cheng'an made his move against Nie Chongshan, the eight city officials realized a serious problem: this supposedly kind and benevolent eldest son was probably far more terrifying than the rumors suggested.

Even honest people can go crazy when pushed to the limit.

Years of backstabbing and suppression have driven Ye Cheng'an insane!

The other party came to Liuzhou with a do-or-die mentality, and now anyone who tries to piss on his head will be met with his furious attack.

If you don't believe me, just look at Nie Chongshan. Not only was he beaten black and blue, but he also had several teeth knocked out.

His face was covered in blood, and he could no longer utter a complete sentence, only constant sobbing and wailing.

"Waaah..."

Ye Cheng'an stopped beating them when he was tired, and looked at the other eight people. "Come on, didn't you say you wanted to talk to me about locust eradication? Now I'll have a good talk with you."

"..." Gu Mingxuan and the others were intimidated and dared not step forward.

Seeing this, Ye Cheng'an's anger intensified, and he coldly shouted, "I want all of you to come here!"

The eight people exchanged glances and had no choice but to step forward.

"Cowards! You're all cowards! And yet you still dare to gather the troops of the Nine Cities to force me to submit? Hmph, you should all be glad that I'm not a barbarian, otherwise, you'd all be dead by now!" Ye Cheng'an cursed.

Gu Mingxuan and the others dared not speak out in anger, and could only hang their heads in silence.

Ye Cheng'an continued, "Actually, eradicating locusts is very simple, and your guess is correct. I have enough divine water to wipe out the locust plague in the entire Liuzhou. The reason I said it was only enough for one city is to sow discord among you."

"Now that all nine of you are here, I won't play those underhanded tricks with you anymore. I'll just tell you the truth: if you want me to eradicate the locusts, each city must bring 100,000 taels of silver to buy the locust-eradicating elixir!"

"Furthermore, I require your army to deliver every single locust captured using the locust-exterminating holy water to Yong'an City!"

"If you agree, send a message to your soldiers now, telling them to go back to the city and get money to come here and buy the holy water to kill the locusts. They can exchange the locusts they catch for your return to the city!"

"If you do not agree, then you nine men are guilty of treason for leading troops into rebellion, and I will kill you all and then take over the nine cities in a matter of course."

"Alright, whether you accept or refuse is up to you. I'm tired and need to go back and rest."

After saying that, Ye Chengan turned and left, handing over the finishing touches to Shen Jingchuan.

The beaten-up Nie Chongshan, barely alive, roared at Ye Cheng'an's retreating figure, "Robber! Ye Cheng'an, you're nothing but a robber!"

Ye Cheng'an didn't even turn his head. "Robbers? Didn't I learn that from you? You brought so many soldiers to Yong'an today just to force me to submit and give you the locust eradication method for free, didn't you?"

"It's a dog-eat-dog world, survival of the fittest. A loser is a loser, and no one can stand on some moral high ground to criticize me!"

"Those who obey me prosper, those who defy me perish! Shen Jingchuan, show no mercy. Whether you can stay by my side depends on your performance this time..."