On the second day after the capture of Lianshan Pass, Fang Yun led the central, left, right and rear armies of the Pearl River Army back, while the front army and Lumen army remained in Lianshan Pass.
Wang Li, former general of the Pearl River Army, served as the commander of Lianshan Pass and temporarily stayed in Lianshan Pass with Xun Tianling.
Xun Tianling realized his recent gains, absorbed the power of Wenquxing, and after a few days, went to look for the Barbarian King around Lianshan Pass to hone himself.
The army returned south. On the morning of the first day of April, the civil and military officials of Zhucheng, as well as hundreds of thousands of residents, who had received the news long ago, went to the outside of the south city and looked at the huge army in front of them.
Among the returning Pearl River Army, only one big flag was raised.
It was a somewhat old flag, with a blood-red background and golden tassels on the edges. When the spring breeze blew, the flag fluttered, as if breaking through an ancient battlefield sealed in the long river of history, bringing out hundreds of millions of fighting spirits, and vaguely revealing three black official script characters.
Pearl River Army!
The fluttering blood-red flag captures the color of heaven and earth.
Behind the big flag, there were some armored ox carts, each of which was piled with a large number of barbarian heads.
The moment they saw the flag of the Pearl River Army, many people in Zhucheng felt a lump in their throats and tears rolled down their cheeks, and some elderly people even burst into tears.
Soon, Fang Yun led the army to the city gate.
Fang Yun was riding a black dragon horse at the forefront of the army, with a man behind him holding a tall Pearl River Army flag.
The people of Zhucheng on both sides of the road kept shouting, and many women even kept throwing homemade purses, handkerchiefs and other items to Fang Yun to express their love.
Many veterans shed tears. Ever since Zhang Wankong disappeared, the Zhujiang Army had been constantly suppressed and defeated over and over again. In the past two years, they had almost retreated to the city and became a laughing stock among the people of Zhucheng.
And now, the Pearl River Army has finally achieved an unprecedented victory. Even when Zhang Wankong was there, he was able to kill hundreds of thousands of barbarians and five barbarian kings in one battle.
The flag of the Pearl River Army has seen the light of day again, displaying its heroic appearance once again.
Fang Yun rode on his horse, greeted the elders of Zhucheng with a smile, and accepted their cheers calmly.
After entering South City, Fang Yun took out the official seal and checked the various letters.
Qin's Prime Minister Zhu Fengqiong praised him repeatedly and said that the previous unpleasantness was over. He hoped that "Zhang Longxiang" would continue to work hard and surpass Fang Yun not only in literary reputation but also in military exploits. Zhu Fengqiong conveyed a message that if nothing unexpected happened, the King of Chu would send Fang Yun to Liangjie Mountain.
In addition to Zhu Fengqiong's letter, scholars from the State of Chu and other countries sent congratulatory letters, congratulating Fang Yun on killing the five barbarian kings and completing an immortal feat.
In the history of Confucius' literary world, no university scholar had ever been able to kill five barbarian kings in one battle.
Even some Chu families who had cold relations with the Zhujiang Marquisate sent letters of congratulations.
The highest institution in the Confucian literary world, the Hall of Great Confucian Scholars, issued a formal congratulatory letter, not only congratulating Fang Yun, but also recording this achievement in the Hall of Great Confucian Scholars. With this military achievement, Fang Yun could exchange some treasures such as literary treasures or holy pages from the Hall of Great Confucian Scholars.
Fang Yun quickly browsed through the letters, which included all kinds of letters, even one that Zhang Jing'an had asked the president of Zhurong Academy to write on his behalf.
"Father, today the flag of the Pearl River Army is planted on Lianshan Pass. I hope that in the near future, the flag of the Pearl River Army can stand on Liangjie Mountain! I want all the students of Zhurong Academy to know that we, the Zhang family, are not bragging, we can really do it!"
Fang Yun shook his head gently. Zhurong Academy was not a paradise. Most of the students there were descendants of the powerful people of Chu State, and many of them had grudges against the Zhujiang Marquisate. Zhang Jingan must have mentioned during the quarrel that Zhang Wankong had once set foot on Liangjie Mountain, and was laughed at by many students in the academy.
Fang Yun sent a letter to the prefect of Zhucheng, wanting to know if there was any imperial edict from the King of Chu or any commendation document from the military.
The result was disappointing. The court did discuss it, but the King of Chu stopped the topic. Without the King of Chu's order, neither the Prime Minister nor the Grand Commandant could issue a commendation document.
However, the families of the Prime Minister and the Grand Commandant of Chu State sent congratulatory letters, which made Fang Yun realize that the two high-ranking officials were different from Marquis Lumen.
When the army entered the South City, Fang Yun allowed all the members of the Pearl River Army to take turns to rest. He and some of the personal guards moved into the Marshal's Mansion. He packed up the belongings of the Lumen Army and Lumen Hou and had them sent to the capital city of Jingzhou.
After Fang Yun entered the study of the Marshal's Mansion, he quickly picked up his pen and wrote a memorial, describing his experiences along the way in a style that was more personal to him. At the same time, he clearly pointed out in the memorial that he was a Grand Secretary and now the leader of the Pearl River Army.
The memorial was made in two copies, one of which was delivered by the official post station. After it was sealed with wax at the post station for record, Fang Yun sent the other copy to the court.
Fang Yun knew that things would not end easily, so he began to consolidate his position as Marquis of Zhujiang.
At the celebration banquet that day, Fang Yun summoned the military, civil servants, literary academy and prestigious scholars of Zhucheng. On the surface, it was just a casual chat, but in fact he was sending them a signal that he was already the complete Marquis of Zhujiang. From now on, he was the master of Zhujiang City. Anyone who did not stop would have his arm chopped off.
At the banquet, no one dared to object.
In the literary world of Confucius, the status of the Grand Secretary was extremely high, and even the king could not scold him. On the contrary, it was common for the Grand Secretary to scold the king so badly that the king dared not scold back.
A new official has to make three big moves when he takes office, and killing a chicken to scare the monkeys is something he must do.
That night, the Pearl River Army raided eleven families in Pearl City. Some of the families had persecuted the people of the Pearl River Marquis, some had close contacts with the enemy families of the Pearl River Marquis, some had trade with the barbarians, and some were even branches of the family of the King of Chu's concubine.
The heads of these families basically all had official titles and could not be killed at will, but they were all imprisoned in the worst prisons in Zhucheng and treated like death row prisoners.
As for those people without literary status, Fang Yun announced to the whole city after dawn, asking the people of Zhucheng to expose the crimes of those people, and at the same time asked the prefect of Zhucheng to send people to investigate.
In just one day, Zhucheng changed dramatically.
Fang Yun was not prepared to start a bigger fire or kill more chickens. If this was the Shengyuan Continent, he would have definitely started a massacre and enforced strict control to turn Zhucheng into his own territory. However, Zhucheng was just a springboard, a springboard leading to the Liangjie Mountain.
The only thing that is truly valuable is the Pearl River Army. There is no need to waste too much energy on other aspects.
Fang Yun didn't care about other affairs in Zhucheng at all. He thought that this house raid was enough to stabilize Zhucheng until he could leave, so he focused on reorganizing his army.
The most important thing for the army is money. For other armies, the military expenses are always controlled by the court. But for the current Zhujiang Army, the silver, gold, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, cultural treasures, land deeds and other properties seized from the eleven families are enough to arm the Zhujiang Army to the teeth.
Fang Yun immediately started planning.
After a battle, the Pearl River Army has less than 150,000 troops left, and less than 100,000 can participate in the war in the near future, so another 100,000 troops are needed to supplement it.
Fang Yun aimed at the Lumen Army and issued a military order to Wang Li of Lianshan Pass, asking him to pick out 50,000 elite troops from the Lumen Army. At the same time, all Hanlin, Jinshi, Juren and Xiucai should be incorporated into the new army, and then supplemented to the Pearl River Army in time.
On the afternoon of the second day of April, Fang Yun received a series of troublesome negative news.
.(To be continued.)