The gap in strength between the two sides made the Wei army easily win the war without much effort.

The Southern Central regime looked powerful, but in fact it was like paper in front of the Wei army. With a little force, the window paper would be broken.

The first phase of the war is over, but the second phase of the war has just begun.

Fa Zheng presided over the second phase of the military meeting.

He suggested that the entire army immediately change from the main attack to the dispersed attack, and go to various places to kill the powerful clans, burn down the manors, wipe out the barbarians in the south, and set fire to the forests.

"It's early March now, and the weather is not hot yet. I can't feel it at this time. However, once April and May, the weather gets hot, the climate in South Central will have a certain impact on our army. For this reason, the task of burning forests and clearing land must be accelerated."

Fa Zheng put forward his own views and received support from Le Jin. So under Le Jin's arrangement, each army and battalion began to act scatteredly, each receiving tasks, and then galloping towards various places.

Le Jin and Fa Zheng led 10,000 main forces to Dianchi County and easily took Dianchi County.

It was the sixth day of the third month. The base was established with this place as the center, conquered cities and territories everywhere, and quickly defeated the various places, slaughtered the famous people in the local area, and then replaced them.

Other forces still have concerns and doubts about this, and are accustomed to taking simple measures, namely, appointing local people as officials to stabilize the local area, share power with local people, and obtain the right to govern.

However, the Guo-Wei Empire had enough size, officials, army and national strength to adopt a thorough conquering attitude towards Nanzhong, completely suppress Nanzhong, and establish a system to destroy its social upper class, and replace it with a brand new upper class.

Three of the four counties in the Nanzhong were completely controlled by the Wei army.

Also, it is the last Yongchang County.

Yongchang County is a stranger among Yizhou counties.

The reason is also very simple, because it has a very large population.

The predecessor of Yongchang County was a small country called Ailao. In the 12th year of Yongping of Emperor Ming of Han, Liu Maoju, the king of Ailao, was attached to the country. The population at that time was about 50,000 households. Emperor Ming of Han set up Yongchang County to rule them.

During the reign of Emperor He of Han, the Eastern Han government conducted a large-scale census, and such a border county actually had a population of 1.89 million.

It is true that the Han people have very small populations, most of which are Min, Pu, Jiuliao, Nai Pu, Yuyue, and people who are poisonous.

However, the number of such a number is far greater than that of the three of the four counties in Nanzhong, and it can even be ranked in Yizhou and even the whole world.

Therefore, the social situation in Yongchang County is also very complicated.

The Han people are the absolute leader. Any [big surname] living in the border areas is considered to be a Han family, and it is the ruling stronghold of the Western Han and Eastern Han governments stationed in the border areas.

They rely on intermarriage with local people and cooperate with local indigenous forces to obtain local rule and become [big surnames]. They often have strong economic control and political influence over the local area, and therefore have strong military power.

This is an important means by the Han government to rely on these local tyrants to control remote and inconvenient places.

Such methods are of course beneficial, but once the country weakens, the powerful men in this remote place will be extremely prone to bring their barbarians and Han tribes to cause trouble.

Mr. Guo doesn’t like this method, so when dealing with these people, you can basically eliminate them physically, then build rural areas and establish grassroots regimes.

They made immortal contributions to the Han government's ruling, but the current era requires them to withdraw from the stage of history.

The technique for Yongchang County is naturally the same. You will not treat Yongchang County differently just because the county clerk Lu Kai of Yongchang County said he was surrendering.

In fact, Lu Kai did a good job, defended himself, resisted Yong Kai, and controlled Yong Kai's rear. He also sent people to Chengdu many times to express his surrender.

Despite this, because the status of Yongchang County is really important, and the rich resources and population conditions of Yongchang County are what Mr. Guo dreams of drooling.

So no matter what, he could not agree to Yongchang County continue to maintain its throne.

Especially in such a complex environment, there are too many people of all ethnic groups living in Yongchang County. If effective governance cannot be carried out, Yongchang County is equivalent to nothing. Guo, who is coveting local resources, cannot accept this situation.

So Guo Peng told Fa Zheng that he would think of a way to get Yongchang County.

Fa Zheng was very clear that the emperor attached great importance to Yongchang County. The emperor's requirement for Yongchang County was to thoroughly possess and effectively govern. All the people in Yongchang County would become residents under the rule of His Majesty.

So Fa Zheng thought about it and after Le attacked Dianchi County, destroyed the entire Yongkai tribe and the upper class of society, he began to write letters to Lu Kai.

[Yong Kai is a frog in the well, and cannot speak to the sea. He can compete with the three counties in Nanzhong to compete with our Million-square-large army. How arrogant is it? When the emperor was angry, he raised 100,000 troops. When Yong Kai was defeated, his entire army was wiped out, and his clan was destroyed, and he became a joke. Isn’t it a story of Yelang’s arrogant?

Mr. Lu was very wise and loyal to the country. He sent envoys to Chengdu several times to tell him about his loyalty and righteousness. The envoy was favored by the emperor. When the emperor heard this, he also praised Mr. Lu's loyalty and righteousness. Now he is willing to pay his loyalty and righteousness to the official position in Luoyang. I hope Mr. Lu will return to the Central Plains with his family. Isn't it a good talk?]

Fa Zheng's letter was quite polite, because Guo Peng asked him to be polite, but he also had to convey the concept of "The Wei army must pacify Yongchang County" so that Lu Kai could know.

Lu Kai would know what Yong Kai would end, and would make some comparisons, weigh the pros and cons, and think about the difference between continuing to stay in Yongchang County and returning to the Central Plains with his family.

With comparison, Guo Peng believes that Lu Kai will make the right choice.

The letter was soon sent to Buwei County, the county seat of Yongchang County, along with the Wei army's public manifesto.

At this time, Yongchang County had received news that the Wei army had quelled the Yongqi Rebellion for more than half a month.

The Wei army had such a force that it completely wiped out the tyrannical Yong Kai in just half a month, and also destroyed his family. It is said that Meng Huo, who followed Yong Kai, was also killed. The Wei army acted vigorously and was killed in the three northern counties and one faction.

The Yi Han people who were prestigious and able to speak in Yongchang County gathered in Buwei County to hold a group meeting here to discuss countermeasures.

The Wei army's manifesto made it clear that when the Wei army took over the remnants of Yongkai's power in Yizhou County and those who had relied on him in the past, they would go south to Yongchang County.

At that time, I hope that the people of Yongchang County will not resist and open the city gate to welcome them in, which will benefit everyone.

It has been a long time since Yongchang County has not had a county magistrate, and the highest status is equivalent to Gongcao, but no one has done Gongcao, so Lu Kai, who serves as a facial agent, signed Gongcao.

In the era when counties were regarded as states, the prefect of the county was equivalent to the king, and Gongcao was equivalent to the prime minister. Without the prefect of the county, Gongcao naturally kept his word.

So Lu Kai also became the leader recommended by everyone, and his words are counted.

He believed that Yong Kai would not do anything, so he hoped that everyone would resist Yong Kai with him so as not to be settled in the future. Everyone thought it made sense, so most people were willing to obey his orders and resist Yong Kai with him. Yong Kai could never enter Yongchang County.

However, some people think that Yong Kai can accomplish something. The key is that Yong Kai gives more money, so they are very dissatisfied with Lu Kai. However, there are more people who support Lu Kai, so they have no good idea. They can only endure it and wait until the dust is settled.

Now that the dust has settled, Yong Kai is indeed finished, but the rewards and promises they expected from the central government did not seem to have come.
Chapter completed!