Of course, in addition to the patriarchal faction and the Shangdang Gang, the strength of the other Xihe Gang and the Subjugation Faction has also developed rapidly, especially with the pace of expansion of the Iron Blood Army, the strength of the Subjugation Faction is increasing day by day.

The representatives of the Xihe Gang are the Lin family and the Mao family, the two big families in Lishicheng, and as Mao Qing and Mao Yu become more and more important in Chu Yun's hands, it is estimated that it is time to replace the number one family in Lishicheng. Mao Qing, the head of the Mao family, and his sister-in-law Mao Yu are now both high-ranking officials of the brigade commander, and the official positions of the father and son are the same, which can be regarded as a good story. Although neither of them is a master in charge, no one dares to underestimate the two members of the Mao family. And the Mao family still controls several horse farms of the Iron and Blood Army, they are the most important supply for the cavalry of the Iron and Blood Army, and the status of their Mao family is as stable as Mount Tai in this alone, Chu Yun dares to expand the cavalry on such a large scale, not because of the strength of the Mao family. However, Chu Yun is not ready to let the Mao family horse farm dominate, he is also ready to open a few new ones in Xihe County, as for the owner, it is not the Mao family.

Lin Yu, the patriarch of the Lin family, made the Lin family's position embarrassing because he found some unhappiness for the Iron Blood Army at that time, and made a wrong step. However, he is very familiar with current affairs, and after knowing that he has made a mistake, he immediately moved closer to the rights of the Iron and Blood Army, not only handed over the family's horse farm, but also arranged for the children of the family to go out. In addition, Lin Yu's cousin Lin Heng is also the brigade commander of the temporary Second Brigade, and his position is not low. The Mao family and the Lin family supported the backbone of the Xihe Gang, because Chu Yun recruited troops in Xihe County and formed several brigades, because the generals who were quickly promoted in the war did not know how many, so the power of the Xihe Gang in the army was not small, which was also the cornerstone of their becoming the third force under the iron-blooded army.

The Subjugation Faction can be said to be the faction with the greatest potential under the Predator Army, they can only get bigger and bigger with the expansion of the Predator Army, and many people from other factions are prisoners of the Predator Army, but they have joined other factions for various reasons, but it does not prevent the growth of the Subjugation faction. The Surrender Faction refers to the surrender of prisoners of foreign war after the Iron Blood Army established itself in Shangdang County. Chu Yun had two foreign wars, and many were captured in several defensive battles. Ma Liang, Gao Liangcheng, Lü Wang, and others among its Chinese ministers were all representatives, while Ma Hui, Zuo Song, and Ran Liang in the army were all representatives of military generals. To tell the truth, whether it is a civil servant or a military general, the quality of the subjugation faction is relatively high compared to other factions. However, this group of people rarely huddled, and they were eager to join other factions to win Chu Yun's trust. After all, demoting people to status is the most embarrassing, for example, Ma Liang, a newly rising civil official, will never form a gang, like Zhang Tong and Mo Han, this kind of person is the easiest to gain Chu Yun's trust.

As for the Hu faction, there are many less, after all, the purpose of the Iron and Blood Army is to restore the Han people, and the status of this group of people is more embarrassing than the demotion, but Chu Yun put forward the slogan of entering Huaxia and making them forget their Hu people's identity and fight desperately for the glory of their descendants. And because of the rejection of some Han people, they will surround Chu Yun even more firmly. After they joined the Iron Army, Chu Yun used a series of measures to ensure that they would not betray, such as killing the original nobles in public, writing a letter of guarantee to scold the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong and the leader of the Qi tribe, Shi Le, etc., which made them have to surround Chu Yun more loyally. In a sense, they are more loyal than most Han Chinese. Among them, Liu Bi, Lu Zhong, Liu Hai, Liu Sheng and others are representatives. Moreover, the opening of the hierarchy system in Xihe County also gave more Hu people motivation, and even many iron-blooded soldiers who settled in Shangdang County moved to settle in Xihe County.

Of course, there are some people who belong to the above factions or can be said not to belong, unlike some factions, although they belong to a certain faction in identity, they are mavericks in behavior. Mo Han, Zhang Tong, and Ma Liang in the Wenchen are all this kind of people, and Fang Dashan among the generals is also like this, although he belongs to the veteran faction, he has a good relationship with everyone.

These factions contain each other and form the entire system of the Iron Army. Chu Yun is waiting for the integration of the Iron and Blood Army to be completed, the Iron Blood Army now has a total of 148,000 soldiers, and the county soldiers and county soldiers add up to 50,000, and the total number of troops has reached 200,000, which is not counting the reserves, but don't look at so many troops, but they are still weak in the major forces in the world, that is, Liu Kun, the unlucky guy, is less than the Iron Army, but Liu Kun has a summoning technique, and he can summon hundreds of thousands of Xianbei Iron Horsemen at any time, and he will lose Chu Yun in an instant.

The reserve force has also been extended to 20,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry, and they are ready to replenish the losses of the soldiers at any time, the reserve infantry is led by Niu Gensheng as the commander-in-chief, and the level is the same as the division, and the cavalry is led by the Hun Lu Di, who defected to Chu Yun very early, as the commander-in-chief, this guy's personality is too soft and not suitable for the soldiers, so Chu Yun transferred him out of the combat unit.

The logistics support department is managed by Feng Chengjia, the former commander of the Supervision Department, who mainly manages the logistics support of the army, of course, once there is a war, Chu Yun will appoint other personnel to implement it, and Feng Chengjia mainly manages the overall situation, not specific to a specific battle. The Security Division has a lot of work, whether it is to manage materials, even the follow-up arrangements and rewards for wounded or killed generals, and they also need to manage the horse farms and weapons manufacturing workshops. Feng Chengjia came out of the special agency of the Supervision Department, and his rights are greater, and compared with the Supervision Department, which can make mistakes at every turn, the Security Department is more suitable for Feng Chengjia.

The Supervision Department is led by Huang Kai, and with the increase in the number of people, the Supervision Department is divided into the external and internal offices, and the power is increasing day by day, not only intelligence, but also responsible for some shady things, similar to the East Factory of the Ming Dynasty. With the increase of power, Huang Kai was full of apprehension, the ministers who managed intelligence work in history, although they were prominent for a while, most of them did not end well, and they also lost the reputation of a cool official, leaving a stench for thousands of years, just like Zhang Tang and Zhidu in the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Chu Yun talked to him a few times and told him that as long as he was loyal and Chu Yun would keep him safe for the rest of his life, he dispelled the idea of resigning. As long as it does not involve rebellion and collaborating with the enemy, the rest of Chu Yun will not be blamed. This Huang Kai is very talented in intelligence work, and of course Chu Yun will not let him be embarrassed.

And the Red Mansion, which complements the Supervision Department, is in charge of Chu Yinglu, and in order to appease her heart, Chu Yun accepted her as a righteous sister and gave him the surname Chu. The idea of the Red Chamber was to cooperate with the foreign government of the Supervision Department to collect intelligence from other forces, and now the nails have been laid in Pingyang, the capital of the Huns, Xiangguo, Shile's old nest, and Jinyang, Liu Kun's governing place, but it will take at least a few years to play a role.

In addition to the military reform, Chu Yun also began to vigorously develop education, and Chu Yun was ready to open schools in Shangdang County and Xihe County. Chu Yun couldn't do the nine-year compulsory education in later generations, but he could still afford to play for three years, and Chu Yun stipulated that all teenagers under the age of sixteen must go to study for three years. Although many people were against women going to the academy, Chu Yun still gave the order to die. The education within three years is free, all the expenses are out of the iron army, after three years you need to be assessed, if there is a need for further training, you can continue to study for free, of course, even if the assessment is not passed, you can also spend your own money. Chu Yun's academy will not learn any physical chemistry like later generations, Chu Yun wants them to learn, but someone has to teach it. What Chu Yun did was to synthesize the essence of a hundred schools of scholarship, completely abolishing the exclusive status of Confucianism, such as Mohist, Legalist, Yin and Yang and other things can be taught.

The development and development of Mojia is likely to become the physical chemistry of later generations, Legalism is to govern the country according to the law as the name suggests, and Yinyangism, Taoism or something is likely to develop into philosophy, Chu Yun can't put forward specific measures to help the seedlings grow, but it is not bad to develop slowly. This has become a larger and more complicated super project compared with the migration of 300,000 people to support Xihe County, Chu Yun appointed Lu Wang, the anchor of Shangdang County, to concurrently serve as a school administrator, focusing on this matter, Lu Wang's father is a generation of literary masters, and his literary literacy is also very high, and this is a good thing for generations, Lu Wang is very happy. Chu Yun is not in a hurry to produce results in a year and a half, education will give Chu Yun more and more benefits over time, if Chu Yun persists for ten years, he can even completely abolish the lifeblood of the family, isn't it because the family controls the knowledge of this era that it controls the government?

Although Chu Yun's three-year education plan made his subordinates fiercely opposed, and it was also easy to arouse the hostility of the world's families, Chu Yun unswervingly implemented it, and whoever disagreed with it would get out, Chu Yun was not used to them. Besides, the Iron and Blood Army has an army of 200,000, even if all the families in the world oppose it? The most powerful military force in the world is in the hands of the Hu people, and the Hu people don't care whether your family lives or dies. And not all families are self-cherished, at least those poor families support themselves, and the family has monopolized the power of this world for too long.

Chu Yun buried his head in development, and the prestige of the Iron Blood Army gradually spread to the ears of warlords all over Shenzhou, and Sima Bao, the king of Nanyang, was the first to get the news because he was the closest to Chang'an and had the closest relationship. The king of Nanyang was shocked, and said to his subordinates that he never knew that there was such a strong army in the world, and sighed with his close left and right, if the iron-blooded army obeyed his orders, why worry about the injustice of the world, and the throne would not come?

Obviously, Sima Bao is not a loyal and filial son, and the current emperor Sima Ye is just a yellow-haired child in his opinion, if it weren't for luck, the throne might be his. Chen An, the first military general under Sima Bao, offered a plan to use the entire state as a bait to recruit the iron-blooded army for his own use, and Sima Bao was overjoyed and sent an envoy to the city of the eldest son.

And Xiliang Zhang Wei also got the news not long after, Zhang Yu was shocked, and hurriedly summoned all the strategists to discuss.

After the Yongjia Rebellion, the whole world fell apart, but the Xiliang Thorn Shi Zhang Rail Gong envoys were endless, and sent the general Beigong Chun twice to the king of Qin, and both of these ended with the victory of the Liangzhou army, so the people of the world praised the Xiliang Iron Cavalry as "Liangzhou horse, rampant in the world." ”

Zhang Yu's father Zhang Liang acted in a bright and upright manner all his life, even the most picky opponents are difficult to find out anything wrong with Zhang Liang's body, he conscientiously helped the Chang'an court resist the Xiongnu army, and he did whatever the court said, and won the trust of the court.

However, Chu Yun felt that Zhang Liang might be really loyal in the early stage, but with the change of the environment, he was not purely a lackey of the imperial court. Otherwise, how could he have died before the imperial court counterattacked in May last year, this time is too coincidental.

Of course, it may really be a coincidence, but when the Liangzhou information collected by Chu Yun is summarized, it is not difficult to see that the mentality of Zhang Liang in the later period is indeed except for changes. In the first few years after the Yongjia Rebellion, Zhang Rail sent grain and grass and sent troops to help the imperial court, but in the next few years, Zhang Rail's strength increased greatly, but he rarely sent troops directly. Moreover, their Zhang family secretly controlled part of the territory of Xihe County and the vast majority of the territory of Shangjun, but did not report it to the imperial court, which obviously showed that Zhang Liang had a heart of disobedience.

Of course, some people pointed out that Zhang Liang suffered a serious stroke a few years ago, and his sons Zhang Mao and Zhang Yu took control of Liangzhou on their behalf, and they were disobedient. But how to explain that before Zhang Rail planned Liangzhou, he once asked people to occupy the Zong, and the result of the Zongzheng was that Zhang Rail had a "sign of hegemony", and Zhang Rail was overjoyed when he knew it? After he divined, he worked with all his strength to become the history of Liangzhou, thus laying the cornerstone of the Zhang family in Xiliang. If he is really loyal, how can he be overjoyed? A courtier actually divined that he had the omen of a tyrant, this is not a dissenting heart, what is this?

In Chu Yun's opinion, this Zhang Liang is not a real loyal minister, and the loyalty he shows is actually to maintain his rule. There are many Xiliang clans, and many times he was almost killed by the Xiliang clan, if it weren't for the many maintenance of the imperial court, his position as a assassin would have been long gone. The stability of his position as a assassin is also inseparable from the support of the imperial court and the maintenance of those loyal to the imperial court. In order to stabilize his rule, he had to show loyalty to the imperial court.

In addition, there are many Hu people in Xiliang, because the ethnic policy of the Jin Dynasty is mainly to win over the Hu people, so in fact, many Hu people are loyal to the imperial court, and in this regard, Zhang Liang also has to show his loyalty.

Therefore, Chu Yun felt that the father and son of the Zhang family might indeed be a little loyal in their early years, but later it was completely driven by interests, and Chu Yun analyzed the military generals of his subordinates many times before most people accepted the plan to plan Xiliang. From here, it can be seen that because of the so-called loyalty of the Zhang family, the corporal people in the world appreciate their Zhang family, and Zhang Liang's loyalty benefits far outweigh the pay.

In fact, not only Chu Yun was eyeing Xiliang, but Zhang Wei also saw the threat of the Iron Army, and he didn't want the court to become bigger. The Zhang family is now on one side, how can they be willing to hand over power. Therefore, after Zhang Yu convened his subordinates to discuss, Zhang Yu was ready to strike first.

Chu Yun didn't know that Zhang Yu had murderous intentions towards the Iron Blood Army, and even if he knew, he didn't care, he was worried that he had no excuse. In fact, Zhang Wei didn't believe in the achievements of the Iron Blood Army at all, especially after Chu Yun exaggerated the results, Zhang Wei just regarded Chu Yun as a grandiose clown, how many famous generals of the court were defeated in the hands of the Hu people, what kind of thing are you Chu Weizhong? You are so powerful, why don't you go to heaven?

This is not to blame Zhang Yu, it is really that the rise of the Iron Blood Army is too short, and the transmission of information in this era is too slow, Zhang Yu just knew Chu Yun's recital to the emperor from within the court, and the others did not know anything about the Iron Blood Army, and they did not blame him for coming to such a judgment. However, the decision made by Zhang Yu in a hot head made him pay a heavy price, and it also helped Chu Yun a lot.

Compared with Liu Kun, Zhao Han, Shi Le, and the Chang'an Imperial Court, as well as Sima Bao, the king of Nanyang, and Zhang Wei of Xiliang, who were already known for a long time, the news that the iron-blooded army of Shangdang County defeated hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu troops also slowly spread. Although many rumors are not entirely in line with the facts, and even some people say that the iron-blooded army defeated the million-strong Xiongnu army, this nonsense, but the basic fact that the iron-blooded army defeated the Huns is still correct, the Han people in the world and those loyal to the Jin family are all happy, and even many people who cannot move to Jiangnan began to move towards Shangdang County, in just a few months, Shangdang County accepted thousands of households of nearly 30,000 people, which no one expected, but correspondingly, let the iron-blooded army of uncertain people have a big headache, after all, it is very difficult to settle.

Compared to Chu Yun's happy troubles, Shi Le was really anxious, Youzhou had been fighting for a few months, Shi Le and Duan's Xianbei had no choice but to get anyone, and what made Shi Le even more headache was that his backyard caught fire again.

Wang Mi, the most powerful rebel leader in the north that year, was suddenly imprisoned by Shile, who collected all of his people and greatly increased his strength. Prior to this, Wang Mi's general Cao Wei wanted to return to Qingzhou because of his homesickness, Wang Mi was also Liu Cong's person at that time, and he praised Cao Wei as the general of Zhendong and asked him to return to Qingzhou to recruit troops. As a result, as soon as Cao Wei returned to Qingzhou, Wang Mi was defeated by Shi Le, Cao Wei was terrified, and at that time, the famous general Gou Xi of the Jin Dynasty won a hundred battles and repeatedly defeated Shi Le, Shi Le in order to contain Gou Xi, so he did not deal with Cao Wei, and Cao Wei successfully gained a firm foothold in Qingzhou.

Although Cao Wei was defeated by Gou Xi several times, and was almost wiped out by Gou Xi, but Cao Wei was indomitable, with the help of God, taking advantage of a stormy weather, taking advantage of the dark and unknown weather, attacked Gou Xi's army, Gou Xi was defeated, left Qingzhou, Cao Wei completely became the first force in Qingzhou.

Then Cao Wei took advantage of the situation to occupy most of Qingzhou, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and became a warlord, and his original master Wang Mi was finally killed by Shi Le, Cao Wei went to the last piece of heart in his heart, instead of avenging his master Wang Mi, he completely surrendered Shi Le, which made Shi Le get rid of the back, and after passing through Yizhou and Youzhou, he completely became a hegemon.

However, with the gains and losses of Youzhou and Shi Le's long-term attack, Cao Wei's ambitions swelled, and he drove Shi Le's subordinates and completely controlled the entire territory of Qingzhou. It became a big problem for Shile to the east, which made Shile have to stop the attack on Youzhou and withdraw his troops from Youzhou.

The more Shi Le thought about it, the more angry he became, and he went to the Xiongnu Emperor Liu Cong and said: "Cao Wei has the idea of dominating the East, please go and conquer him." Liu Cong, the lord of Han, was worried that Shi Le had eliminated Cao Wei and could no longer control Shi Le, so he disagreed.

Shi Le was furious and prepared to completely abandon the Xiongnu Han State and attack Cao Wei, but he was persuaded by his subordinates, and Shi Le had to send a large army to strictly defend Cao Wei, and Shi Le's situation became enemy on all sides, and the strategic environment was greatly reduced.

Chu Yun was overjoyed when he learned about it, and in April of the third year of the establishment of the Western Jin Dynasty, Chu Yun's strength skyrocketed after several months of army reorganization. Chu Yun appointed Guo Shuzi as the commander of the iron-blooded army of Shangdang County, commanding all the armies of Shangdang County, and appointed Liu Bi as the commander of Xihe County, responsible for all the armies of Xihe County. Then mobilize 30,000 troops of the Iron Division, the First Cavalry Division, the Second Cavalry Division, and the Fourth Cavalry Division to prepare to attack Shangjun, and at this time, Liu Ding, the third son of the imperial court envoy and Liu Kun's envoy, was sent to Chu Yun together with the Xihe County Emergency Military Report.