Half of the officials were able to stay in their original posts, and the alternate officials from the governor's office successfully took control of one county and five counties. Another 21 officials at all levels with family backgrounds needed to study at the Anbei governor's government school.
The end of the county dynasty caused an earthquake in the political world. No one expected this outcome.
The Ning and Wang families, who were the most powerful and could even control the border troops, and the six county magnates who were trying to speak out were ordered to go to Baishazhou to open up wasteland.
Half of Longbei City was empty. Once the order was issued, a large number of tribesmen had to leave early, lest the master's family would not even have a place to stay.
The entire Border City County has experienced a power reshuffle. Among the top officials of the county government, apart from the officials sent by the Governor's Office, only Zhu Weng is the local representative.
However, if you say that Zhou Bai killed the donkey and deceived people into surrendering, it would not be a big deal. After all, the political status that should be given was given to him.
The Ning family even gave birth to Ning Zhuo, who became the governor of Bei'an County and put his knowledge to use in the most prosperous and safe area.
Confiscating most of the clan's property and relocating the clan to farmland is not annihilating the clan. Why do they want to be greedy?
Originally, according to the foundation of these families in Border City County, public opinion would be biased towards them.
But when the county government announced that the money and grain collected could fully fill the treasury, the people were in an uproar and expressed their support for the clan relocation order.
During the famine years, there was actually so much food in stock, and not even 10% of it was used for disaster relief. Instead, they continued to plunder.
Now that the governor's office has taken over Border City County, all food is used for people's livelihood. Even if the autumn harvest is reduced, famine will not happen again.
The army was reorganized, the militia was formed, government decrees were propagated, water channels were dredged, and Taoist priests inspected various counties...
After a series of combination punches, Biancheng County was unstable but had to be stabilized.
Just when Zhou Bai unified the three northern counties of Dingzhou, the third wave of invading warships from the Qingxu Realm were basically eliminated, and even Xuzhou was recovered by the Daxu court.
Several new armies showed strong combat power, and several Yang Shen Zhenjun from the Royal Enshrinement Corps went out, which shocked all the feudal towns all over the world.
Suddenly, I almost saw some shadows of the Great Xu ZTE, but then the establishment of independent countries in various places told the world that this was just the afterglow.
At this time, Lu Ding still did not look back. Yongquan County was supported by the Ningjiang Navy and could not attack for a long time, so he could not take care of the border counties.
At most, it was to prevent Anbei's army from moving south. A large number of sentries appeared outside Mengouguan. Pinghe County received some military reinforcements and the border was under martial law.
On September 4th, the Daxu court took advantage of the power of Xuzhou's "military exercises" and issued an order to seal the country.
The forty-eight prefectures and vassal towns in Daxu were enfeoffed in turn.
The first batch is the Central Region. Except for Zhongzhou, Luozhou, and Bianzhou, which have no feudal states, the remaining twelve states are divided into four major princely states, seven major uncle states, and thirty-one viscounty states and barony states.
These vassal towns were most influenced by the imperial court, and most of them were controlled by the royal family or their relatives, so they all accepted the imperial edict of the feudal state.
After that, under the leadership of the four major princely states, half of the feudal states successively held recognition ceremonies to recognize the Daxu Court as the suzerain state, and the Daxu Court had the corresponding powers of the suzerain state.
Such as ennobling the king, mediating wars, accepting offerings, etc.
At this point, the Daxu court's strategy of "conferring princes with respect to Zhengshuo" has actually completed a key step.
The Central Region, the ancient Central Plains land, is also the Central Plains region in the narrow sense of the Tianyuan Continent. Now more than half of the countries recognize it as the suzerain, and the foundation has been laid.
However, Zhou Bai didn't care about the major forces outside at this time. Because of the accelerated annexation that the feudal order had begun, he had already led his troops out of the country.
The Daxu imperial court enfeoffs countries in batches. After the Central Region is over, it will definitely be too early for Dingzhou's turn.
Therefore, in addition to explaining to Chen Zhongbang and preparing for the founding of the country, Zhou Bai left the Great Wall himself.
Of course, there are 2,500 cavalry accompanying him, and another 3,000 demon-subduing troops are hanging behind. He is not going to enjoy the scenery of the grassland, but to show off his power!
There were 2,500 cavalry, including two teams of dragon horse cavalry, some of which were captured, and some of which were transported by Hu Jiang, the original state army cavalry general.
It was also in the pastures of Hujiang and Anbei Dudufu that there were a dozen uncastrated horses that could be used for breeding.
Hu Jiang made too many moves and was unable to survive in the state army, so Zhou Bai was appointed as the captain of Jiaoqi.
With two hundred dragon cavalry as the core, the dragon dragon cavalry was formed, which had a special status in the horse army and was under the direct command of Zhou Bai.
Now that the command of the horse army is vacant, Chu Kai, the deputy commander, must obtain an independent tiger talisman if he wants to mobilize Jiaoqi.
Three hundred miles ahead, looking at the vast grassland, Zhou Bai said with emotion: "Daxu's country has been in decline for a hundred years, and our Xia people's cavalry has not set foot on this vast grassland for a hundred years."
A dark-skinned young man without armor showed off his riding skills on horseback and stopped beside Zhou Bai: "Captain, I don't know anything else. I only know that after the construction of the Great Wall, the grassland people's invasion of the south became more and more rampant. "
"People of my grandfather's generation often talked about how fresh the cattle and sheep in the grassland were, but my father could only complain about how annoying the horses' hooves in the grassland were. Whenever the autumn is high and the horses are fat, they have to stay away from the gaps in the Great Wall. There will be dangers at any time. The cavalry from all major tribes rushed into the fortress."
Zhou Bai tightened his grip on the reins, looked at the young guide and said, "So, attacking is the best way to attack the Great Wall. There is a severe drought and famine this year, and winter on the grassland is even more unbearable. It is better to strike first."
"It is better for my enemies to die than for my people to die."
"Am I right, Feiguang?"
The full name of the young man known as Feiguang is Huo Feiguang. He is only seventeen years old and his riding skills are already the best in the border towns.
He most likes to ride the wild horses he catches and go hunting in the fortress. He never thinks that the grassland can only be owned by the Jin people, Xianbei people, or those nomads.
In the past two years, because he escaped the detection of the Jin sentry cavalry, the Great Wall defenders were able to prepare in advance in the direction of the Jin's main attack and block the gap that had been in disrepair.
Huo Feiguang was so impressed that he fell to the ground and said excitedly: "That's how it should be, Governor, you are a hero of the Tianxia people."
"Lead the way. The tribes close to the Great Wall will either surrender and offer war horses, cattle and sheep, or they will be exterminated." Zhou Bai smiled slightly and said coldly.
Huo Feiguang nodded, with murderous intent in his clear eyes: "Within a radius of 500 miles, there are three tribes with more than 5,000 people. They have all moved here in recent years, and they are also the tribes that like to invade the south the most..."
In the next half month, the Anbei Army's iron hooves traveled thousands of miles outside the Great Wall, and their reputation resounded throughout the grasslands.
Along the way to the north, they slaughtered several tribes and attracted nearly 10,000 herdsmen.
On September 21st, Zhou Bai broke through the weak blockade of the Northern Jin Kingdom and drove straight to the Yinshan Mountain, the holy land of the Jin Kingdom, three hundred miles away.
For no other reason than to exchange for another group of war horses and gallop in the north. It is really difficult to do without enough cavalry.
Yinshan Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles. Due to long-term weathering and erosion, the peaks gradually become wavy. Low and low peaks connect the undulating peaks, forming a rocky mountain that is like a layer of texture. It is very majestic.
Zhou Bai stood there and looked into the distance, feeling quite emotional, no wonder it was the Holy Land of the Kingdom of Jin.
In the endless prairie with no danger to defend, Yinshan Mountain is the center of civilization. Based on this, everything can be started from scratch.
On the steep and sharp peaks, the Ancestral Temple of the Kingdom of Jin is located. From there, you can overlook the boundless grassland and embrace the land of the Kingdom of Jin.
Between the Northern Jin Kingdom and the Southern Jin Kingdom, whoever can occupy the ancestral temple will have legal legitimacy and can win the hearts of the people.
From a military point of view, if you occupy the commanding heights and send two shamans to keep an eye on it, all the enemy's deployments in Yinshan will be in vain.
Zhou Baida dared to go deep alone because the two main forces of the Jin Kingdom were now gathered near the ancestral temple.
Just looking at the red clouds and mist, one can tell that Yinshan Mountain is now a millstone of flesh and blood, and a large number of lives are lost every day.
Chu Kai saw Zhou Bai looking at Yinshan and thinking deeply, and reminded him in a low voice: "Captain, the demon-subduing army remains outside the hinterland of the Kingdom of Jin and cannot move forward any further."
"Li Yuan led the Taoist priests to fly far away to be on guard, and wait and see the unusual military spirit, don't let others make dumplings. The rest are repairing in place, just waiting here, Hu Yanhe must come." Zhou Bai's expression showed no emotion or anger. , Dan Ran ordered.
Immediately, streams of light flew out from all directions, and their realms were all in the second realm.
The spiritual energy was revived, three counties were annexed, and the Taoist priest group was greatly expanded.
There is no longer a shortage of monks in the second realm as before, there are only enough to be able to sit in each county, and now it is common to accompany the army to provide support.
Ever since he learned that Hu Yanhe had the upper hand over the Northern Jin Kingdom and was advancing steadily in Yinshan, Zhou Bai had been thinking about when to make a deal.
Now occupying the border town, the grassland is well-informed, and he happened to know that the war in Yinshan was at its most anxious, so he sent a message to Hu Yanhe without hesitation, asking for 5,000 strong war horses.
If they don't give it, the Anbei Army will cut off the north-south trade route and send troops to help the Northern Jin Kingdom.
Of course, in order to prevent Hu Yanhe from breaking the jar, Zhou Bai still gave him a corresponding reward, five thousand taels of gold and one thousand low-grade spiritual stones.
To a certain extent, it is an equal exchange, but it is difficult to find sellers when purchasing war horses in such large quantities.
After a whole day, Zhou Bai finally got the goods he wanted.
The sound of horse hooves was like thunder, shaking the grassland. Chu Kai ordered the whole army to be on alert and put on their armor and mount their horses.
No one dared to withstand the impact of five thousand war horses.
Hu Yanhe's side actually just sent a team of a thousand people to trade. Each knight rode a horse and followed with four horses, showing amazing riding skills.
"The master of your country doesn't give you a chance to reminisce about the past." Zhou Bai smiled, as if there was some pity in his words.
This Hu Yanhe is sure that Zhou Bai does not dare to take advantage of others. If you dare to take advantage of others, he will dare to ignore the family business and go out to destroy you first in the grassland.
The leading captain said neither humble nor arrogantly: "The war in the ancestral temple is fierce, and my king dare not leave without authorization, so I sent my general to come to trade and ask the governor to send someone to do an inventory."
Zhou Bai threw a storage bag over and let the shaman next to him inspect it.
After that, it’s time to count the horses and check their health...
A very smooth transaction, just paying gold and spiritual stones, and making a "big profit" from five thousand war horses.
Everyone in Dingzhou knows that Zhou Bai, the governor of Anbei, led his cavalry out of the fortress on the eve of the founding of the country and drove back countless cattle, sheep and horses, so that the grassland tribes did not dare to look south this year...
