At noon on the third day, Dongfang Shuo received two pieces of news one after another.

The first one was obtained before the meal, and the soldiers and horses with red shawls had already arrived at Zuoyang Pass, ready to charge.

The second one was obtained before preparing for a rest after dinner, Zuo Yang closed the door, and the soldiers and horses came out with the heads of the generals and surrendered.

In addition, there is also an article attached to the second article, the previous centurion was beheaded by the general before the Zuoyang Guan switch because the matter was revealed. It was precisely because the centurion was beheaded that the emotions of the soldiers and horses in the customs were even more aroused.

In addition, Jian'an arrived as scheduled and beheaded the generals, so that the red shawl was able to take Zuoyang Pass bloodlessly.

And all this is exactly what Dongfang Shuo expected.

Just as he said to the centurion, what he did to the red shawl was to win over the red shawl to do things for him, and what he said to the centurion was all to win over the centurion to do things for him.

Words alone may not be able to stir up the blood of the rebels, but the centurion's head can be a catalyst.

And when the rebels took the heads of the generals out of the customs and surrendered, their charges of rebellion were completely confirmed.

Coupled with the secret letter sent by the centurion in Dongfang Shuo's hand, then the name of the attack against the counties will also be there, and this army of soldiers and horses, Dongfang Shuo also has a reason not to return it.

After getting the second piece of news, Dongfang Shuo decided not to take a break, and ordered the camp to be pulled out immediately.

And when the sound of pulling out the camp outside came, Dongfang Shuo was still sitting in Shuaizhang, looking at the letter in his hand.

At this moment, he vaguely understood the mood of the emperor after seeing Feng Qingyang's rebellious letter.

Like the emperor at the time, Dongfang Shuo did not discern the authenticity of the letter, but believed that the letter was true at the first time and acted quickly. This is not because things are true, but because if things are true, it is more beneficial to Dongfang Shuo.

This letter was the beginning of the matter, and it eventually became Dongfang Shuo's unbreakable reason.

It doesn't matter whether they rebelled or not, or just a misunderstanding, what matters is that Dongfang Shuo really has a heavy army.

And if there was no letter, at this moment, Dongfang Shuo would have had to return after being stationed here for ten days and half a month at most, and return the soldiers and horses one by one.

"Lord Dongfang, may I ask if you want to start demolishing the tent?"

At this moment, a soldier ran in.

Dongfang Shuo got up and said, "Tear it down." ”

As soon as the words fell, he hurried out of the tent.

At this time, there were only a few gates left in the entire barracks.

And when Dongfang Shuo walked under the gate, he could easily see the lonely city in the distance.

In the past two days, there were many soldiers and horses walking around inside and outside the lonely city, retreating from the border to rest, as well as galloping to the border.

It was also the observation of these two days that Dongfang Shuo found that although the south would have some influence after the absence of Feng Qingyang, it seemed that because of Feng Qingyang's order before his death, the entire south could still operate on its own in a step-by-step manner.

So in a short period of time, Dongfang Shuo can ignore the affairs in the south for the time being.

Because they are all soldiers and horses brought out by Feng Qingyang, they are the most loyal to the empire.

Dongfang Shuo, who has no worries, can do his best to sweep away all obstacles within the empire, until he takes the empire into his own hands. After that, it will not be too late for Dongfang Shuo to go back and solve the problem of the head of the south.

However, the pace of sweeping the empire must be fast.

First, the feudal officials must be very sensitive to wind and grass, and Dongfang Shuo must take the initiative.

Second, once the news spreads out of the Longlin Empire, Dongfang Shuo's threat is not only within the empire, so he has to fight quickly.

Just as he was thinking about it, the gate was also demolished.

So, he stepped on his horse, walked at the forefront of the 150,000 army, and marched towards Zuoyang Pass.

Along the way, he received news that various passes had surrendered to him, and after about an hour after noon, the entire southern part of the empire became his foundation.

At the same time, he immediately assigned a team to escort Feng Qingyang's bones to the imperial city.

As for him and the army, they continued to go straight to Zuoyang Pass.

Arriving at Zuoyangguan, it was about sunset on the third day after departure.

And before that, he had already made a series of subordinates, and the map of the empire that Ji Zhaoning gave him before setting off also brought him great help.

Therefore, the moment he stepped into Zuoyang Pass, he immediately boarded the pass, promoted and distributed dozens of generals, and led by the red shawl, the soldiers were divided into three routes, and the soldiers were directed to the southwest of the empire.

"The soldiers and horses in the southwest are also experienced in a hundred battles, but the southern border is constantly in turmoil, and the southwest should be the same. In just a few days, even if they got the news, they couldn't react so quickly, let alone accurately predict what we would do next. Therefore, if you take the southwest quickly, then the purge of the empire is just around the corner. ”

This is Dongfang Shuo's order.

He was clever enough to end with 'Purge the Empire'.

This is just like the name of 'Qingjun Side', which makes him seem to care about his family and the royal family.

And the promotion and reward of useful generals, and the scandalization of their original bosses on the grounds of rebellion, naturally greatly strengthened the loyalty of these soldiers and horses to Dongfang Shuo.

So, as Dongfang Shuo expected, the strange attack method of the soldiers divided into three ways produced miraculous results, and in just five days, the main city of the southwest feudal officials was quickly besieged, and on the sixth day, Dongfang Shuo had just finished his morning cooking in Zuoyang Pass, and he received the good news of capturing the southwest feudal officials.

At this time, Dongfang Shuo owned the south and southwest of the empire, and also controlled most of the soldiers and horses of the southern counties of the imperial city, and the holy decree in his hand could play a great deterrent role, so it was equivalent to more than half of the empire had entered his control.

Then next, for what Dongfang Shuo did before, it was much simpler.

Coercion and temptation, envy and power, reined in the counties, and suppressed the powerful and feudal officials.

Before the surrounding countries took action, Dongfang Shuo had already connected more than a dozen counties, and forced more than a dozen counties to surrender on their own initiative.

As a result, almost the entire empire has been reorganized by him.

And before and after, the time was only three months.

However, this is only a preliminary purge, and more work is still needed to clean the empire again. Moreover, it will definitely not be just Dongfang Shuo's efforts alone.

The general trend is irresistible.

After three months, Dongfang Shuo's soldiers and horses finally arrived in the north of the empire.

At this time, he had left most of his soldiers and horses in the counties of the empire, but they were all arranged crosswise, so as to avoid the soldiers and horses of each county from garrisoning his original counties, and causing hidden dangers to Dongfang Shuo's own rear.

As for the one that was put last by Dongfang Shuo, it was Xishan County.

The 30,000 elite iron cavalry from the southwest of the empire did not go to Xishan County, but came to the city of Yuewei.

(End of chapter)