While the Divine Army occupied Guanzhong, Yulin and other places, the battle in the Shuofang area had already come to a conclusion.
Under the relentless pressure from the Shenji Army, Shence Army, and Shenyou Army, the Shenyi Army, located in the Shuofang area, also launched a counterattack.
The grassland bandits north of Shuofang immediately retreated from the Shuofang area upon hearing of the arrival of the Shenyou Army and other forces.
For a time, not a single grassland bandit could be found in the entire Shuofang area.
After the war in Shuofang ended, no trace of grassland bandits could be found along the entire border of the Dagang Kingdom, except for places like Liaodong.
These steppe bandits also seemed shocked by the defeat of the Left Khan, and were consolidating their forces to recuperate.
After the war with the grassland bandits subsided, the Shenyi Army in the Shuofang area also received orders from His Majesty Li Xin.
In late May, nearly 40,000 Shenyi Army troops marched westward from the Shuofang area along the Yellow River and the Hetao region.
At the end of May, the Shenyi Army entered the territory of Western Xia and Hexi.
Prince Qing and Prince Su, who were located in this area, were terrified upon hearing of the arrival of the Divine Army.
Especially after hearing that the King of Qin in Guanzhong had surrendered, the King of Qing and the King of Su had no choice but to order their soldiers to lay down their weapons and surrender as well.
Prince Qing and Prince Su had close ties with Li Xin. Moreover, these two princes were among the first to form an alliance with Li Xin.
Therefore, they had no courage to resist the arrival of the large army.
After Prince Qing and Prince Su surrendered, the entire Western Xia and Hexi regions were pacified with a simple proclamation!
The Shenyi Army, numbering 40,000, also entered these areas.
With this, the entire northwestern region of the Great Gan Kingdom was completely pacified!
After the situation in the Northwest stabilized, the news reached the capital.
The capital city, the Wuying Hall.
"His Majesty,"
Holding the memorial, Zhao Bingzhang said, "I have just received urgent military intelligence that the Prince of Qing and the Prince of Su in the Northwest have surrendered, and the entire Northwest region is now under the jurisdiction of our court!"
"This was expected!"
Li Xin nodded, not particularly surprised.
After all, with the retreat of the grassland bandits from places like Shuofang, the entire army along the border became more active.
Anyone with eyes can see that the Shenyi Army's westward advance was just the vanguard.
Even if Prince Qing and Prince Su still amassed a large army and resisted stubbornly, how many soldiers could they possibly recruit?
The Shenyi Army is no match for them, but Li Qiu's Shenyou Army is also in the rear!
There are also Zhou Liang's Shenji Army and Liu Deming's Shence Army!
They can hold off one large army, but can they hold off three large armies from behind?
Therefore, Li Xin was not particularly surprised by the surrender of Prince Qing and Prince Su.
After the Northwest region was pacified, the situation in the Southwest and Jiangnan regions became clearer.
Li Xin's forces held an absolute advantage.
Mr. Zhao,
Li Xin said with a smile, "It seems we can pacify the entire Da Gan Kingdom before winter!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Zhao Bingzhang nodded and said, "After the bandits of the northern grasslands retreat, our war in the north will temporarily come to an end. The entire army along the border will then be able to be mobilized."
"Especially during this period, our armies have expanded considerably, now numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Such a large army, if fully mobilized, is sufficient to deal with all sorts of dangers. Therefore, it is only natural to transfer troops from the north to the south!"
"Your Majesty, now that the Northwest region has been pacified, the Divine Will Army and the Divine Valiant Army are gathered there. It is not good for them to remain idle. I suggest that a large army be dispatched south to Sichuan to quell the forces of the King of Dian as soon as possible!"
"Uh-huh!"
Hearing Zhao Bingzhang's words, Li Xin nodded slightly and said, "I had the same idea long ago!"
"Zhang Jingzhi!"
Li Xin shouted something outside.
Before long, Zhang Jingzhi strode in from the side hall, "Your Majesty!"
"Jingzhi,"
Looking at Zhang Jingzhi, Li Xin said, "Make a note of this. I've made the following adjustments to the plan!"
"The Divine Guard Army is stationed in the Shuofang, Xuanfu, and Hedong areas to guard against grassland bandits."
"The Tiger Warriors and the Divine Machine Army are stationed in the areas of Beijing, Zhili, Jizhou, and Yuguan to safeguard the security of these important towns in the capital region!"
"The Divine Might Army, the Valiant Cavalry Army, and the Flying Cavalry Army will be stationed in Liaodong, Dongning, and Sanjiang, awaiting an opportunity to march north to the grasslands!"
"The Divine Will Army is stationed in the Northwest region, taking over Hexi, Western Xia, Longxi, Guanzhong, Yulin and other places! Qualified soldiers will be selected from the local surrendered troops to expand the army!"
"in addition,"
Li Xin swallowed hard and continued, "The Divine Valiant Army should immediately reorganize its forces and march south to Hanzhong, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Dianchi, joining forces with Gu Shisan's troops at Guiling to launch a pincer attack on the forces of the King of Han and the King of Dian, striving to pacify the southwest region as soon as possible!"
"Transfer Zhou Liang's Shence Army southward to strengthen the troop deployment in the south. Together with the Shenwu Army, march south to Jiangnan! Order Yuan Weiwen, Zhao Shuisheng, and their troops in Lingnan and other places to move north and launch a joint attack on Jiangnan!"
"In addition, newly recruited soldiers from Zhili, Hedong and other places will be transferred south to the Shenwu Army to replenish its manpower!"
"In this battle, we must strive to completely annihilate the forces of Li Ming, the King of Dian, and the King of Han before winter arrives! And pacify the entire Da Gan Kingdom!"
"yes!"
Zhang Jingzhi quickly agreed.
"Say it again!"
Li Xin said in a deep voice.
Immediately, Zhang Jingzhi repeated Li Xin's deployment adjustment order.
"good!"
Li Xin nodded and said, "Immediately issue orders to all armies to complete the deployment adjustments before June!"
"yes!"
Zhang Jingzhi nodded in agreement and immediately returned to the side hall of Wuying Hall, instructing his staff to begin drafting orders and distributing them to the various armies.
In addition to the deployment and adjustment of the armies in various places, Li Xin, Zhao Bingzhang, Yu Maocai and others also discussed the candidates for governors of the provinces in the Northwest region.
After some discussion, Li Xin decided to continue to select deputy governors from provinces such as Dongning, Liaodong, Sanjiang, Zhili, and Daiyue to serve in the Northwest region.
In addition, Li Xin also transferred a number of prefects, county magistrates and other officials from these provinces to the Northwest region.
Even Lin Qing, the militia chief, personally went to the Northwest region to take charge of the establishment of the militia in the region.
With the pacification of various regions of the Great Gan Kingdom, there was a significant shortage of administrative officials at all levels.
Even in Dongning and Liaodong, where many officials have been trained, there are not enough to allocate them all for the time being.
Therefore, Li Xin was still thinking about how to quickly replenish officials at all levels.
After all, once the Jiangnan and Southwest regions are pacified before the end of this year, a large number of officials will need to be appointed.
Such a gap is enormous.
Relying solely on Dongning, Liaodong, and Xinluo will likely be unsustainable!
"His Majesty,"
Zhao Bingzhang frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Regarding the shortage of officials, I suggest that we follow past practice and hold imperial examinations to select officials. Implementing the imperial examination system will allow us to appoint officials based on their abilities! In this way, all regions will have a sufficient number of officials!"
"The imperial examination?"
Li Xin frowned, but shook his head and said, "No! I will not use the imperial examination!"
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