After two days of preparation, the army was dispatched again, this time Ji Ya's troops broke through 20,000 people in one fell swoop, of which 5,000 followed Ruan Yu to clear the border troubles one step earlier, while the remaining main force went straight to the Generalissimo's Mansion.

Although the Generalissimo's Mansion is so called, it is actually not a simple mansion, before Yunzhong County was established as the Yunzhong Military Region, it was the seat of governance of the state, that is, the city of the state. At the beginning, in addition to the Grand Master and the Generalissimo, the position of the Taishou of the Prefecture was actually owned by him. Later, Yunzhong County established a military region, and the military and political integration of the state city was officially renamed the Generalissimo's Office, becoming the center of the entire military region.

When it was still a state city, the walls here were high and the city was deep and unusually strong, and after the Demon Cloud Sea was renamed, it was constantly strengthened and built, becoming a huge fortress, and then the nobles and merchants in the city slowly moved away actively or passively, and there were only soldiers and military families here. And all the daily operations are all done by the military family, that is, any shop junior will be able to subdue the Tiger Divine Fist and the Flying Dragon Divine Spear, and someone in the family will inevitably join the army.

The whole city is also militarized, and there are few restaurants, theaters, and inns other than daily needs. Outsiders are not welcome in the city, but also to prevent spies from entering, and if necessary, there is a place to arrange food and accommodation.

As soon as the northern army of Hongshankou was defeated, Ji Ya suffered almost no losses, and the army was almost at the Generalissimo's Mansion.

Yue Zaitian and Xu Shicheng were silent after listening to the soldiers' reports, thinking that Hongshankou could hold out for at least a month or more, but they didn't expect it to be broken through in just a few days, and now the northern part of the Yunzhong Military Region is no longer able to fight Ji Yayi for a long time.

Xu Shicheng asked again: "Then how did they deal with the demotion of troops and generals?"

The soldier replied: "My lord, all the surrendered troops were disorganized, and the captured generals in the Red Mountain Pass, they offered to pay for their families to redeem ......."

After the soldier's explanation, both of them were also relieved, so it seems that at least Ji Ya is not a murderous person. I heard the soldiers say that they broke a few traitors in front of the whole army, which greatly shocked the three armies, and now no one dares to disobey or despise Ji Yayang anymore.

Xu Shicheng nodded, both benevolent and ruthless. In this case, it is not impossible to surrender, and the Generalissimo's Mansion now has no soldiers inside and no help from outside. Why resist any longer?

Yue Zaitian naturally knew that he had already prepared to surrender, but when the Demon Cloud Sea was alive, how powerful the Yunzhong Military Region was, and at that time he was still a junior general of the Chinese army, and he was proud of being here. Now that the time has passed, although he is still in the prime of life, he wants to represent the pride of the original and surrender to a woman. Even if she's a princess, even if she's capable. But this is really a bit painful for the moon in the sky.

It's one thing to be unhappy, but he knows what he should do, maybe it's better this way, but in the end, if it's not helpless, what if there is a dignified general who is willing to give the order to surrender?

Yue Zaitian said slowly: "Rectify military affairs, pack up supplies, open the city gate tomorrow, and everyone will go out of the city to surrender to Princess Ji Ya." After speaking, it seemed that there was no strength in his body.

Xu Shicheng also nodded: "I'll go down and prepare." ”

The next day, Yue Zaitian and Xu Shicheng opened the city gate, and went out of the city for ten miles to meet Ji Ya's army, Ji Ya helped up the two fallen defectors, and then led the army into the generalissimo's mansion of the Yunzhong Military Region.

More than half a month passed in a flash, during which the situation on all sides also changed, Ji Ya collected the ransom and released the captured generals, and sent orders to the generals everywhere to gather in the Generalissimo's Mansion. Lin Yue, who was far away in the south, also got the news and went north with Chang Xiu, and he had to help this disciple of his again.

After coming to the Generalissimo's Mansion, Monmonda was a little dazzled, he originally came to learn all kinds of knowledge, in order to allow the military children of the Generalissimo's Mansion to strengthen their studies and train future generals. Moyunhai once organized a collection of books, including the art of war, geography, astronomy, medicine, smelting, and other knowledge that could be applied to warfare.

For the sake of these books, Monmonda almost left Ji Ya's official business and ran away. Ji Ya said that she persuaded her, after all, there is a shortage of talents around her now.

On the other hand, Ruan Yu's partial division went around and hit all the way to the foot of the Great Wall, basically taking all the east of the Generalissimo's Mansion, and only a few military towns in the west of the entire Yunzhong Military Region failed to return to Shun, they are a bit similar to enclaves, although administratively they belong to the Yunzhong Military Region, but they are actually close to the Ganman grassland where border people are mixed, and Yunzhong County is separated by a loess stone forest and a large Gobi.

Ji Ya gathered the officers of the existing Yunzhong Military Region together in order to be able to pass the government order in the future. And many people have also seen the punishment of car splitting, and most of them dare not have any dissent.

In the hall of the military council, Ji Ya has not yet come, many generals and officials, whether they have seen it or not, all gathered together to whisper hello, Princess Ji Ya's strong arrival, there will inevitably be many changes, and it is difficult to say whether this is good or bad. And Lin Yue's arrival made everyone think more.

First of all, Lin Yue's fame is big enough, even the people in the northwest are respected as Tianhuo, and secondly, his identity is the teacher of Princess Ji Ya, so what role does he play here?

As for Princess Ji Ya, although everyone knows that she is not a delicate golden branch and jade leaf, she can also charge into battle, and she also has military strategies. But there has never been a woman as the head of the clouds, even if the Great Zhou Zhanji Chai Shengnan is only a Zhonglang general until he dies, he is still a general directly under the imperial court rather than the so-called leader. Others can praise her for being loyal and righteous, but they can't say that she is the respect of one party, crisscrossing the world, and tearing the earth to dominate.

Lin Yue walked to Yue Zaitian and Xu Shicheng's side: "Lord Xu, I haven't seen you for more than ten years, don't come?"

Xu Shicheng said with a smile: "I didn't expect the prince to remember the lower officials, and the lower officials haven't had a chance to repay the princes." ”

Yue Zaitian asked, "Master Xu knows the Marquis of Anling?" Everyone knows that Lin Yue is young, if he really hasn't seen him for more than ten years as they said, Lin Yue will only be eleven or twelve years old at that time, right!?

Xu Shicheng said with a smile: "Yes, the prince is still the lifesaver of my family, I will tell you the details later." ”

Lin Yue actually didn't expect to meet an old acquaintance here, Xu Shicheng was originally the county lieutenant of Zhongyang County under the rule of Kangzhou, and since he was an official, he loved the people like a son, and then because the brother-in-law of Huang Kui, the general soldier of Kangzhou, raped the people's daughter, and beat the three members of the bitter master's family to death, Xu Shicheng immediately ordered his arrest. Let his coercion and temptation remain unmoved, and finally the prisoner will be beheaded. It was precisely because of this that he was framed and lost his official position, and returned to his hometown with his family.

After that, Lin Yue's senior sister and brother Qianli Fuling first came out of the rivers and lakes, and met the bandit Nanlin Flying Shark to collect money to attack and kill Xu Shicheng's family, and Mo Qingyu also got the inheritance of Nanlin Daoju. It's been more than ten years since this time, and it's embarrassing for the two to see each other like this.

Yue Zaitian didn't know much about the relationship between the two, but seeing that the atmosphere seemed to be good, he also leaned forward and asked: "Lin Junhou, now that Her Royal Highness the princess has unified the military region, what are you going to do after this, can the prince reveal a thing or two?"

Lin Yue didn't say much, just said: "Don't worry, general, what you are worried about will have a good result." ”

In fact, the more he said this, the more bottomless the moon was in the heart of the sky, but he didn't dare to ask in detail, the generals who came to the meeting today actually had different purposes, the simplest example, there are people here who want to go to war, and some people don't want to go to war.

The Yunzhong Military Region is trapped in one place, most of the sergeants' income is not rich, and it is also a general's long-cherished wish to realize value on the battlefield, and the military region that used to seem to be a whole but is actually divided has finally been integrated, so that it can reverse the current poverty situation by fighting a few foreign battles and seizing some money and grain territory.

And those who don't want to go to war are naturally because the soldiers are living in hardship, and there is a shortage of materials here, and once the army is exhausted, the consequences are really unpredictable. Lin Yue should also be aware of this, but before Yue Zaitian could say his position in detail, Lin Yue said that Ji Ya must be okay and can satisfy everyone, how can this not make him vague in his heart.

Ji Ya finally came to the hall, and the generals sat down in order, Lin Yue, who was the highest rank among them, naturally sat in the most conspicuous place except for Ji Ya, while Meng Mengda continued to stand behind Ji Ya as a clerk.

Ji Ya clenched his fists and said: "Today is the first time I have opened a general here, you are all seniors in the army, you will get along for a long time in the future, I will have a lot of things I don't understand to ask you, and please guide you when the time comes, and always supervise." The generals didn't dare to hear this, and their hearts eased a little, originally worried that the blondes would give them a dismount first, but they didn't expect Ji Ya to put her attitude very low.

"Okay, that's all for the kind words, the main purpose of convening everyone recently is to announce a few things, one of them, Master, please. Ji Ya waved her hand and saluted.

Lin Yue got up and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this marquis has obtained His Majesty's will, and is now appointed as the envoy of Yunzhong Pacification, and everyone will be colleagues in the future." The will and the golden seal are here, Mr. Wu, please read them out. Wu Yan got up and read the will, and then spread out to the left and right to make it clear to everyone.

A group of generals were also surprised, of course they understood what the position of the 'pacification envoy' was. Although it is not a permanent official position, it can also serve as a civil and military envoy and a pacification envoy, and has the right to arbitrarily decide on the spot. It can also be said that the imperial court recognized that he had the highest authority in Yunzhong County.

This also made everyone understand a question in their hearts, even if Ji Ya defeated the Yunzhong Military Region, what name would she have to rely on to give orders? Originally, all the military orders and government orders here came from the Generalissimo's Mansion, and the official documents were stamped with the Generalissimo's seal of the Demon Cloud Sea. However, since the old lady went south, the Generalissimo's Mansion has no fixed seal, and all approvals can only indicate the wholesale of the Generalissimo's Mansion. And Yue Zaitian, as an agent, can only exercise some deployment authority, but as long as he has real power in his hands, he will not be forced to do so.

Ji Ya unified the Yunzhong Military Region with great momentum, and everyone was afraid of its power and chose to obey, but in fact, Ji Ya could not justifiably dominate Yunzhong County, if she met an opponent in the future, such as the Ma family. In front of the two armies, the other party only needs to shout a sentence, the princess is unauthorized to lead the military power and steal from a high position. Immediately you will be able to occupy righteousness and fame. Even if it is not a war, how can the administration be stamped on weekdays? Create another generalissimo's seal? But this only belongs to the old lady, and others will not recognize it. Can't you finally stamp the seal of the princess of the Great Zhou, right? What reason does the princess's seal have to transfer troops to administration?

Now Lin Yue's appearance just solved this problem, and after Lin Yue finished speaking, he handed over the will and the golden seal to Ji Ya, and Meng Mengda immediately took it with a tray. Needless to say, everyone understands this, Lin Yue is loyal to Princess Ji Ya in the name of the Yunzhong Pacification Envoy. From then on, they were nominally Lin Yue's subordinates, but in fact Ji Ya was the master here.

Ji Ya nodded, confirming the name of righteousness, and she continued: "The second thing is to abolish the system of the Yunzhong Military Region. ”

On the whole, this matter is not out of everyone's expectations, although Yunzhong is administratively classified as a military region, but in reality, whether it is ordinary people or reckless, colloquially this side is still Yunzhong County, if it is informally written, the embodiment of the word military region is not clear, at least it is not commonly used.

The military region was not built overnight, and it was only after the invasion of the demon clan ten years ago that the position of the Taishou of the four states in Yunzhong was canceled and officially became a military area. The officers were also mixed about the matter. The good news is that there are no civil officials to hinder it, and the local power and military are dominant, but the worry is that the people's livelihood, criminal investigation, and even miscellaneous affairs in a region need to be solved by the generals. That's why the people in the clouds have been fierce for decades, after all, many problems are also dealt with by simple and rude.

Ji Ya said to everyone: "Wu Yan, Jian Tu, Xu Shicheng ......"

"The subordinates are here. The three of them immediately responded.

"From today onwards, the three of you will be appointed as the state guard, and each will receive one place except for the state, so you don't need to go to take office, you can continue to work here. ”

Several people looked at each other: "Yes, Your Highness." ”

They understood what Ji Ya meant, in the land of the four states of Yunzhong County, Ji Ya led one state alone, and the three of them were in charge of one place, and they still had to stay here in peace, but they had to deal with the affairs of their respective state capitals in private, which could be described as a clear priority. However, Xu Shicheng didn't expect that he would be called and serve as a state guard.

"The third thing, from next month, Yunzhong County will implement public slavery, all slaves will be forcibly taken into public ownership, and after a while, whoever has slaves will go to Monmonda to report. After the next month, all those who have not been reported will be confiscated, and those who have been reported can continue to be used, but they will not cause injury or death, and violators will be punished according to their crimes. ”

The generals were in an uproar, this order was a bit like the bill of slave state ownership promulgated by King Mourning (Ji Ya's second brother Ji Xiong's name) at the beginning, after all, the Great Zhou Dynasty was a slave country, and the master had the absolute sovereignty of the slave, and life and death could be decided in a word. And all the value generated by the slave belongs to the master.

And this order means that the slaves of the whole country will no longer belong to their respective masters, but will all belong to the state, and the original masters will only have the right to use. If the nobles were to continue to use slaves, they had to pay rent to the state on a per capita basis. Moreover, slaves belong to the state, and the original owner can no longer damage them at will, and he can kill or chop them, but he has to pay the state money.

This decree once caused an uproar across the country, and countless nobles of the family were very opposed, and after Ji Xiong's death, he was called the 'King of Mourning', and I am afraid that this move is inseparable.

However, Ji Ya is not afraid, because since the implementation of military management in the Yunzhong Military Region, in order to prevent corruption among generals, the bottom line of officers' slavery has been restricted, and the strong and powerful places with a little strength have also been solved by the sea of demons. This place emphasizes efficiency, and the commander's military orders must be executed as soon as they are issued, so those nobles who can't do anything and look for the first place really have no need and space to survive.

So in this regard, Ji Ya wants to thank the old lady for paving the way, and some of the generals here are slightly implicated, but it has not reached the point where it is as difficult to accept as the Central Plains. In the Central Plains, the interests of the family are the first, and the slightest infringement by the imperial court will make a fuss, and the military order here is greater than the sky, as long as it is not a random order to die, there will basically be no one to bargain. If it is the military order of the old lady, then even if he really goes to death, there will be no objection.