In the 3868th year of the Xia calendar,

any seemingly outrageous policy of the Xia Dynasty was introduced because of something even more outrageous.

It took less than a year from the Yijun to the Zhenguojun, and less than a year from the Zhenguojun to the Datongjun. After Lin Jiang set up his own camp, Fengzhou and Taizhou, which had just stabilized, also experienced considerable unrest. Many officials left on their own initiative. They could not accept Lin Jiang's self-establishment.

This included many social elites, including some of the five major aristocratic families. Lin Jiang did not obstruct the departure of these people. When one of them left, Lin Jiang promoted one from the bottom. The two states had a total population of more than 10 million, and there was enough talent reserve.

There are always good horses, but there are not often good horse trainers. There have always been talents, but no one has discovered them. Lin Jiang just gave them a chance to develop their talents.

From last winter to summer, what Lin Jiang did most was to publicize the policies of the Datongjun, which still attracted a large number of people to come and join him, especially Lin Jiang's Seeking Talents Platform, where people recommended themselves every day. After multiple levels of assessment, they would be arranged to serve in various places.

The army has also been training. The two states have recruited 200,000 new soldiers. They have gone through more than half a year of rigorous training. They only need a test of fire and blood to become an elite army.

At the end of the summer harvest, with sufficient food and elite soldiers, Lin Jiang could no longer bear it and launched a war of annexation again.

"The State of Chen is divided into north and south by Yunshan Mountain, and the south of the State of Chen is divided into north and south by Yunjiang River. Our navy has not yet been trained, so this war is mainly to annex the states south of Yunjiang River. The troops

will be divided into two routes. I will be the commander of the western route, commanding an army of 100,000 to attack the three states of Taizhou, Hezhou, and Shizhou. Qin Yong will be the commander of the eastern route, with Fang Rui, Xie Yunfeng, and Yuan Shan as assistants. I will also hand over the first batch of students from the martial arts academy to you, with the goal of capturing Taizhou, Fenzhou, and Yunzhou. If the situation permits, you can also capture the southern part of Zhongzhou."

"The two armies will each be mainly composed of 50,000 veteran elite soldiers, and 50,000 newly recruited soldiers..."

"Tian Heng is stationed in Taizhou, and the military advisor is stationed in Fengzhou to guard against enemies such as Pingzhou and Jiaozhou. At the same time, they continue to train troops. After each state is conquered, each state must have more than 30,000 internal affairs talents to manage it..."

Lin Jiang continued. Xie Yunfeng and others on the side did not change their expressions. They had already sensed Lin Jiang's distrust of the noble families, and their five families were actually suppressed.

However, the five people did not leave Lin Jiang because they saw Lin Jiang's huge potential. In their view, the war last year was a battle that even if Chen Baxian, the founder of the Chen Kingdom, was reborn, there was no reason to win, but Lin Jiang won it.

With thousands of cavalry, he fought for tens of thousands of miles, fought more than a dozen battles, and won every battle. What a terrifying combat power this is, they dare not imagine it at all.

In addition, they admire Lin Jiang's personal integrity very much. He holds great power, is not fond of women, power, has no luxury hobbies, and is respectful to the wise and humble, working until very late every day. If this kind of person does not succeed, who can succeed?

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After offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, Lin Jiang led his troops to Daizhou. The army had already marched to the vicinity of Daizhou. As soon as Lin Jiang arrived, the war broke out.

Daizhou, an important border town, was taken in one day. Then Lin Jiang divided 100,000 people into three groups, two of which went south to capture other county governments, while he went straight to Daizhou City.

King Dai and Li Xiang did not flee, but gathered all their forces to defend the city, and asked for help from all around, asking the forces in Hezhou, Shizhou and other places to send troops to rescue.

Lin Jiang led 30,000 troops to the foot of Daizhou City, rested for three days, built siege equipment, and then launched a fierce attack on Daizhou City. As before, Lin Jiang still led the charge and personally climbed the city wall.

The city gate was opened, and the Datong army rushed into the city. King Dai escaped from other city gates under the protection of his guards. Li Xiang fought desperately with his servants, troops, and guards, but was killed by Lin Jiang, and Daizhou City was broken.

After breaking Daizhou, Lin Jiang sent troops back to Fengzhou. Internal affairs personnel began to enter Daizhou on a large scale. Someone was stationed in Daizhou. Lin Jiang led his troops to continue to capture cities.

The rest of the prefectures and counties almost surrendered. The troops of the states of Southern Chen only had more than 100,000 elite soldiers. The other troops were rubbish. They had lost 40,000 to 50,000 in Fengzhou and were already weak.

The King of Dai fled to Hezhou. Lin Jiang led his troops to Hezhou. Hezhou was also controlled by several warlords. They directly killed the King of Dai and sent him to Lin Jiang's army, hoping to make Lin Jiang withdraw his troops. Lin Jiang did not agree and continued to attack.

Hezhou was a wasteland and could not withstand a fight, but the terrain of Hezhou was more complicated, with many mountains. Several warlords hid in the deep mountains and old forests. Some of them were originally bandits. In the mountains, they were more like fish in water.

Lin Jiang was stationed in Hezhou. On the one hand, he arranged people to govern Hezhou, and on the other hand, he went to Fengzhou to dispatch new soldiers. This low-intensity war was suitable for training new soldiers and training them in actual combat.

By the winter of the 3868th year of the lunar calendar, the Datong Army had already taken Hezhou and Daizhou. The remaining things were governance and bandit suppression. The overall situation was set.

Qin Yong also took Taizhou. Although he had more people around him, such as Fang Rui, to assist him, the results of the battle were not as good as Lin Jiang's side, and there were more remaining enemies, making governance more difficult.

In winter, there was heavy snow in Hezhou and Daizhou, making it more difficult to suppress bandits. Lin Jiang personally took action and dispersed several large groups of bandits. He only took more than 10,000 people to the south to attack Shizhou.

Shizhou is not strong. Although they did not suffer much loss last year, once Linjiang arrived and defeated the main force of the enemy, the enemy soon fell into internal strife. The enemy's main general was killed, and the rest surrendered to Linjiang.

For these surrenderers, Linjiang's rules are fair. The big families split up and migrated, but they would be guaranteed to be prosperous and wealthy, and the benefits they should give would never be owed. If the people of their family are willing to continue to be officials, they can take office after the assessment. If they do not want to be officials, they can be guaranteed to be prosperous and wealthy for life, provided that their bottom line is touched.

Shizhou is located in the southernmost part of Chen State. The climate is more humid and hot, and there is no heavy snow in winter. The geographical environment is somewhat like Minyue, with many mountains and little land, and the overall strength is very weak.

This kind of place is more difficult to govern, but Linjiang does not care. He leaves people to garrison and govern, and gives them a task, which is to continue to expand southward until the seaside.

When Linjiang went to find Pengzu, Pengzu said that it was possible to reach the seaside by continuing to go south, but the environment was bad at that time, and there were few people and much land, so no one went to expand.

Today, Shizhou and other places outside Shizhou are occupied by indigenous people. They developed from primitive people, but lack the population base and have not been able to develop an independent civilization. In fact, even the Zhou State, which is now north of the Chen State, is much less civilized than the Chen State. It is a bit like the Liao State in Lin Jiang's memory, which is still dominated by tribes and has a low degree of centralization.

"The world has changed a lot. The former Yinxian Gorge is still there, but the

Peng family is no longer there." Lin Jiang made a special trip to Yinxian Gorge. Yinxian Gorge is still there, but there are many more people. There are not many people with the surname Peng, and the Peng family is no longer there.

Lin Jiang also went to some indigenous tribes to see that the indigenous people near Shizhou or in Shizhou are greatly influenced by the Chinese civilization and are being assimilated, but the indigenous people in remote areas are still slash-and-burn farming, with a low level of civilization and no writing.

No one knows how far it is from the sea. Anyway, there are merchants and indigenous people in Shizhou trading. After walking thousands of miles, there are still mountains and the environment is very bad, so they dare not go deeper. It may take more than a few hundred years for Shizhou to expand to the seaside.

Leaving behind a general, Lin Jiang returned to Hezhou. At this time, it was already the 3869th year of the Xia calendar. It only took one year for the newly conquered prefectures and counties to be completely stable, because in one year, the people could see the fairness and integrity of the government and would know who they should support. Sincerity for sincerity.

Seeing that the situation in Hezhou and Daizhou had stabilized, Lin Jiang returned to Fengzhou. Since the year before last, Lin Jiang had focused on the development of the navy. Now, in almost two years, the navy has trained thousands of people and has hundreds of warships, but they are all small and medium-sized, and the navy has not formed combat effectiveness.

"One year for the army, a hundred years for the navy, there is really some truth."

Lin Jiang inspected the shipyard and sighed. The construction of large warships still needs to overcome some technical difficulties. It seems that we have to find a way to overtake on the curve.

Large timber has always existed. There are many deep mountains and old forests in several states. There are countless trees that are thick enough for several people to hug. It is completely a technical problem.

The city of Haizhou had the most advanced shipbuilding technology in the State of Chen, because Haizhou had been building seagoing ships, all of which were large ones. They had to find a way to dig some people over, or they could fight all the way to Haizhou.