Hearing the system announcement, whether it is Chinese or foreign, it is natural to exclaim.

Many forces have even made up their minds to adjust the pace of development and the direction of their main attack. In particular, some hostile countries colluded with each other and prepared to form a siege posture against China at the first moment of the start of the national war.

Of course, Ye Teng didn't have time to pay attention to all this.

After issuing a series of orders for the promotion of officials in Tianma County, with Lin Feng as the long history, Ye Teng instructed them to upgrade all the dependent territories as quickly as possible.

After all, the territory is the player's strongest foundation! Therefore, the development of Tianma City and Zhenbei City is far more priority than the development of Yanmen County, Changshan Kingdom, Zhao Kingdom, etc.

It's just that this upgrade has consumed most of the various resources that Ye Teng has accumulated for a long time.

can't help but sigh that in "The Princes of the World", whether it is merit value, gold coins, and various resources, it is never enough.

Fortunately, for the upgrading of the Divine Stone Space, Ye Teng's pace of acquiring ore, wood, ingredients and other resources has never stopped. Therefore, this time, we still have the ability to upgrade all the affiliated territories of Tianma City in place at the fastest speed, so that Tianma City can enter a new round of rapid development channel.

By the time all this had been arranged, it was the end of August 191 C.E.

At this time, the army under the rule of Tianma City had been completely expanded and formed a combat force.

With the effect of the Shenshi space, Ye Teng captured the two counties of Taiyuan and Shangdang almost at the same time, and for a while public opinion was in an uproar and the hostile forces were terrified.

So far, Ye Teng's territory has undergone a new round of adjustment of civil and military officials.

In line with the principle of separation of military and government, Ye Teng took the position of general of Zhenbei and took charge of all the armies under his command. And Chen Gong is in charge of all the political affairs under the command of Tianma City.

Under this premise, the military and political governors of Tianma County and Zhenbei County were both concurrently served by Ye Teng himself, and Zhao Qing was selected as the magistrate of Tianma County, and Cheng Xiao was selected as the county governor of Zhenbei County to assist Ye Teng in managing government affairs. At the same time, Wan Hao was appointed as the governor of Tianma County and Gong Du as the county lieutenant of Zhenbei County, in charge of the military of the territory.

Other counties:

Yanmen County: Taishou Buqi, Du Wei Cai Hui;

Taiyuan County: Taishou Lu Fan, Du Wei Huang Zhong;

Shangdang County: Taishou Lin Feng, Du Wei Zhang Liao;

Changshan Country: Gu Yong, Minister of State, Xie Gengxin, Governor;

Zhao Guo: The Minister of State is Wei Qian, and the Governor is Liaohua.

Zhao Yun, Zhou Tai, Cao Xing, Dian Wei, etc., still led the field army, ready to support all parties at any time, or follow Ye Teng to the south and the north.

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In October, without notifying anyone, Ye Teng suddenly sent troops to capture the three counties of Lishi, Zhongyang, and Lin County in Xihe County, and swept all the civilian officials in the county, and then notified Yan Ruoyu to send someone to hand over.

At this point, the Yan family has occupied almost the entire territory of Xihe County, except for Pingzhou County.

By the end of December, the Yan family had taken the entire territory of Xihe County and Dingyang County of Shangjun County, and had secured the position of second-level princes. The Badao Alliance also exchanged interests with the Jade Emperor Palace, and took Shuofang County, as well as Shangjun except Dingyang County, and sat on the land of two counties. Of course, many of the county towns in the upper county were in the hands of its vassal forces.

And Xue Weiyang and its affiliated forces all took the three counties of Wuyuan, Yunzhong, and Dingxiang, of which Dingxiang County was mainly in the hands of Xue Weiyang's subsidiary forces.

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In addition to the Merge State Alliance, other top players in the Huaxia Region have also achieved fruitful results.

Among them, after absorbing some of the military elites, although some members of the Shenzhou League also flowed to wealthy families, the overall strength was not only undamaged, but also slightly improved. After a year of attacking, it continued to march vigorously, and all of them were occupied by Youbeiping, Liaoxi County, Liaodong Subject, Xuansu County, and part of Liaodong County.

With the strong support of the old chief and the strong leadership of Liu Tao, the Chinese League, which has no internal friction, has lost much strength compared to the original Chinese League, but after a year of integration, it can be said that it has been reborn.

Not only is Hepu County thriving under its rule, but it has also established effective rule over almost the entire Zhuya Island (i.e., Hainan Island) in addition to the deep mountains and old forests. Although compared with the mainland, Zhuya Island at this time can only be described as sparsely populated, but it is fertile and extremely rich in resources.

The Tianshan faction took all Longxi County, and the Li Dynasty all took Jincheng County, both of which successfully achieved the position of second-level princes, and formed an effective rule, transforming the territory and population at hand into strength. The two fought in a group, although they did not yet have the strength to challenge Ma Teng or Han Sui, but they finally gained a firm foothold and laid a good foundation for further attacking the city next year.

Comparatively speaking, the Xuanyuan League and the Kunlun Gang were not so smooth.

Although there is no shortage of good generals and many elites in the Xuanyuan League, Danyang County has not been fully captured, and it has been a long time to fight, with heavy losses, and even many generals have been abolished because of too many sacrifices, and they can only practice in vain.

What's even more tragic is that they found that they had encountered hard stubble in Danyang County.

Liu Bei took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Jian Yong, etc., not only to gain a firm foothold in Moling, but also Guan Yu became the magistrate of Hu Yi County, Jian Yong became the magistrate of Shicheng County, and the late-blooming big-eared thief is firmly taking the step of expansion.

The Xuanyuan League wanted to unify Danyang County and achieve the second-level princes, so it had to change its target to Lujiang, Jiujiang, Wujun, Huiji and other counties. The road of the second-level princes is long and bumpy compared to other top player forces.

The target of the Kunlun Gang, Yuzhang County, is too vast, and the strength of the family is relatively strong, with twenty-one counties under its jurisdiction (two of which are Hou Guo), so, with the strong strength of the Kunlun Gang, 11 counties were captured, plus the two counties captured before the game update, a total of thirteen counties, but it is still far away from the whole Yuzhang, and even the governance of Nanchang has not been captured.

Therefore, although the Xuanyuan League and the Kunlun Gang are not small in territory and have a population of tens of millions, they are still third-level princes.

Of course, among the top forces in China, there are not only the two of them who have not mixed with the second-level princes, but there are many people who have the same disease.

Among the three alliances in the southwest, the Shennu Peak in Yongchang County and the Jade Emperor Palace in Hanzhong County are still at the level of third-level princes.

Yongchang County has a vast area, barbarians are rampant, and the proportion of Han people is small.

The Jade Emperor Palace is facing strong competition from Liu Yan and Tianshi Dao (i.e., Wudou Mi Sect) in Hanzhong, if you don't change your course, if you want to gain a foothold in Hanzhong and achieve the position of second-level princes, it can be said that it is a long way to go.

Only Wang Mujiu, an old gentleman, has a unique vision, not only based on Qianwei, which has only two counties, and achieved the position of second-level princes, but also captured Pingyi County and Yelang Country in the east.

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In terms of NPCs, Yuan Shao's forces, Fu Zhu and Yan Liang are both civil and military, and they have firmly controlled the rich Yuzhou. In Jizhou, except for Ye Teng's occasional trouble, no one else competed with him, and he successfully mastered most of Jizhou. It's just that Zang Hong of Qingzhou, although he is a protégé of the Yuan family, is inseparable from Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao can only roughly control the plain county and Jinan country of Qingzhou through other county guards and generals, and the other counties are roughly in the hands of Zang Hong, Kong Ronghe and even some players.

Cao Cao defeated and recruited the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army who surrendered Mount Tai, and his strength soared. In just one year, he had already occupied the entire territory of Yanzhou and formed an effective rule, becoming one of the most powerful princes in the world.

At the same time, those who firmly occupy the land of a state include Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Liu Yan in Yizhou, and Tao Qian in Xuzhou; actually occupies the land of Banzhou, but it is also strong, including Dong Zhuo of Sili and Liu Yu of Youzhou; Others who have the name of state pastor or assassin history, but their strength is limited, there are Liu Miao in Yangzhou, Zang Hong in Qingzhou, and Shixie in Jiaozhou.

As for the players below the second level and the NPC princes, they are all working hard to conquer cities, govern places, and enhance their strength.

In short, this year is a year of gaining a foothold and confirming power, and all the princes and ambitious people of all parties are seizing the vacuum of power in the world, and they have not even had time to start a battle between the princes.

Therefore, although there were frequent wars in the land of China, there were no large-scale battles.

The common problem encountered by all the princes is that the player does not have enough governance talents, and the NPC military power is insufficient, all of which limit their further expansion.