Three days later, Ling Feng officially ascended the throne as King of Hanzhong and concurrently served as Mud of Jingzhou. He awarded hundreds of officials, established a small court, and improved the system.
As Ling Feng became king, his luck increased again and became more condensed and stable.
When the major families in Yizhou learned that Ling Feng had occupied Jingzhou and ascended to the throne of Hanzhong, with the prospect of imperial hegemony, they couldn't help but rush to join him and send their outstanding sons to serve as officials.
Later, Xiao Qiao was escorted to Xiangyang City by Lu Su and his troops.
Ling Feng met her and found that she was indeed a peerless beauty, and her cultivation was already at the peak of a master's level, not just a beauty. If you had just traveled across the earth and met such historical beauties, you would definitely be a little excited. But with how much cultivation he has at this time, he will naturally not lose his sense of proportion because of a beauty. Therefore, he did not immediately adopt her as his concubine, but placed her under house arrest.
Immediately, he sent Kuai Liang to discuss Cheng Pu and Xu Sheng's affairs with Lu Su.
However, Ling Feng still underestimated Sun Ce's background, because Lu Su actually agreed to pay 50,000 bottles of Gu Yuan Dan to redeem the two of them.
However, by doing this, Sun Ce gained fame and redeemed two generals, but the price he paid was certainly not small.
Later, Qinghu sent news about the Central Plains.
Cao Cao led an army of five million to attack Qingzhou, and Qingzhou governor Tian Kai asked Liu Bei for help. He was originally a subordinate of Gongsun Zan, but at this time Gongsun Zan was still fighting Yuan Shao and was beyond his reach.
Liu Bei was anxious for justice and led his army to join forces with Tian Kai to resist Cao Cao. However, due to the disparity in strength, they were still defeated.
Guangling King Liu Qing and Lu Bu raised troops to help, preparing to attack Chen Liudao and force Cao Cao to retreat.
At this time, Yuan Shu did not know how to be persuaded by Cao Cao to lead his army to attack Xuzhou. Liu Qing had no choice but to withdraw his troops and fight back against Yuan Shu. By the time Yuan Shu was defeated, Cao Cao had completely occupied Qingzhou.
Liu Bei was defeated and surrendered to Yuan Shao. It is said that Yuan Shao heard that Liu Bei was coming to surrender and went to greet him thirty miles away in person. However, Tian Kai was defeated and led his army back to Youzhou.
When Ling Feng heard the news, he could only secretly scold Yuan Shu for being an idiot. Now that Cao Cao has occupied Yanzhou and Qingzhou, as long as he rests for a few years, his strength will definitely increase greatly. Xuzhou and Yuzhou will definitely be unable to resist it. If Cao Cao were to unify these four states, he would have the foundation for his hegemony.
However, Ling Feng is not worried. As long as he can capture Yangzhou and Jiaozhou and unify the south, he will have no worries and can deal with Cao Cao with all his strength.
Now, what he needs is stable development and internal stability. As for the hidden dangers within, apart from the aristocratic families, there are barbarians. There are southwestern barbarians in Yizhou and southern barbarians in Jingzhou. These barbarians must be eliminated, otherwise if they suddenly rebel while he and Sun Ce are fighting, it will be troublesome.
Therefore, Ling Feng first sent people to Wuling to communicate with the southern barbarians, promising benefits and allowing them to move from the mountains to the city.
Of course, the result is not ideal, but it is also expected. Therefore, Ling Feng sent Wu Qu, Ju Men, and Lian Zhen to lead 300,000 Shura Blood Guards and 2 million state and county soldiers to encircle and suppress the Wuling barbarians.
The Wuling barbarians had a population of tens of millions and were strong. Facing Ling Feng's attack, they immediately raised three million troops and two hundred thousand Taoist soldiers. However, they were defeated in the first battle, with hundreds of thousands beheaded and more than two million captured.
After this battle, these 300,000 Shura Blood Guards also absorbed enough blood essence and vitality, and their cultivation level improved greatly. Among them, 200,000 new Shura Blood Guards were also promoted to above the middle stage of Xiantian.
Later, the leader of the Wuling Man surrendered, led his people down the mountain, merged into the state and county, and began to open up wasteland and farmland.
The reason why the barbarians always rebel is because their living customs have not been assimilated by the Han people, so that they can maintain their independence. Once the barbarians assimilated with the Han people and their thinking habits changed, even if the barbarian leader wanted to rebel, no one would follow him.
The Wuling Barbarians all surrendered, and the weaker Changsha Barbarians and Guiyang Barbarians naturally followed suit.
After Ling Feng pacified the southern barbarians in Jingzhou, it was time to deal with the southwestern barbarians in southern Yizhou. The Yizhou barbarians are actually the southern barbarians of the Shu Kingdom in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, including Meng Huo, King Mulu, and Wutu Gu, who are much stronger than the Wuling barbarians.
Ling Feng also used courtesy first and then sent troops to persuade them to surrender.
However, the Barbarian King Meng Huo cut off an ear of the envoy sent by Ling Feng and sent him back.
Therefore, Ling Feng personally led 300,000 Shura Blood Guards to attack them.
The Barbarian King Meng De knew that the army was attacking. He, his brother Meng You, his brother Meng Jie, and his wife Zhu Rong united all the ministries and raised five million troops to fight. Among them were one hundred thousand fire-type Taoist soldiers from his own army, as well as vine-armored Taoist soldiers with protruding bones. One hundred thousand, and King Mulu’s army of beasts.
However, it was of no use. Ling Feng gathered his fighting spirit, and the blood dragon turned into a blood-fiend divine light that filled the sky and swept away, turning one hundred thousand vine-armored soldiers into mummies. And Ling Feng unleashed the power of the true dragon bloodline to shock, and the beast army immediately turned into birds and beasts and dispersed.
In the end, the Barbarian King Meng Huo surrendered, led his army to serve Ling Feng, and was named Zhonglang General by Ling Feng.
After this battle, the three legions of Wu Qu, Lian Zhen, and Jumen absorbed enough blood essence and vitality, and their strength increased again, reaching at least the peak level of the middle innate level.
With all the Southern Barbarians pacified, Ling Feng began to focus on internal affairs, mainly in three aspects.
First of all, in terms of talents, build martial arts halls and academies to cultivate talents. There is also the recruitment of talents, such as Pang Degong, Mr. Shui Jing, Wolong, Fengchu and other top talents. Perhaps Ling Feng really stole Liu Bei's great fortune. After his several visits, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong both surrendered and were appointed by Ling Feng as the Prime Minister of the Hanzhong Palace and the administration of Jingzhou respectively.
In addition, Ling Feng established two high-end schools, Jingzhou Academy and Yizhou Academy, to attract young talents and teach strategies for governing the world and killing on the battlefield. Although Mr. Pang Degong and Mr. Shui Jing were unwilling to serve as officials, they were willing to teach and were hired by him respectively. Served as the head of the two universities.
The second is the military. He summoned all senior blacksmiths and swordsmiths and trained them into weapon refiners to refine magic weapon-level weapons and armor for each of the Dao soldiers.
Fifty thousand bottles of Guyuan Dan from Jiangdong have been delivered and were assigned by Ling Feng to the four Taoist legions of Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Gan Ning, and Wenpin. Together with Jingzhou's training resources, these four Taoist legions It will take shape quickly.
The third aspect is the economy and people's livelihood. Although land annexation in various places is serious and people's lives are difficult, the states and counties are actually still vast and sparsely populated. With the implementation of the farming system, a lot of fertile land has been opened up and can be rented to farmers. But the common people had another way out, and the wealthy families did not dare to force the tenants too much and lowered their rent collection.
In addition to the common people, there is also the treatment and pension system for soldiers, which requires a complete set of order. The fields gained from pioneering are named military fields. Anyone who enlists in the army can be given a certain amount of land. All soldiers who have made meritorious services can have their military ranks and financial rewards promoted, and the families of soldiers who died fighting for him can receive rewards according to their positions and military ranks. Receive corresponding military land and monetary compensation.
Of course, Ling Feng basically just grasped the general direction, and the specific details were implemented by officials from the Hanzhong Palace and Jingzhou Mu. The Qinglong Society, Suzaku Hall, Liumen and other agencies were secretly monitoring it, and Ling Feng could adjust it at any time. His main task is to practice and understand the laws of chaos. His current cultivation level is gradually approaching the limit. The Yang Shen has reached its peak, and the condensed Yuan Shen is imminent. Only by sublimating the power of laws into the power of the Dao can he condense the supreme Dao Yuan Shen.
