The Supreme Hall's campaign of pacification proceeded exceptionally smoothly. In a mere half year, relying on three armies, the Supreme Hall had already conquered half the territory of the former Later Zhou.
The six hundred thousand troops that had set out to war had, after being tempered through hundreds of battles great and small, expanded to a full million. Looking across the entire territory, no one could match them any longer.
Among them, Chu Feng's forces had achieved the most outstanding merits. After the bloody battle at Yang Guan, Chu Feng rested for a full month and a half. With the reinforcements that arrived afterward, he cut through passes and slew generals all the way, capturing thirty cities large and small. In merely three months, he reclaimed the entire southwest. As a result, the southwestern border became the point where the three great powers of the Supreme Hall, the Former Qin Dynasty, and the Western Sea met.
In order to stabilize the territory under their control, Shen Yi decided that the entire army would rest for one year, sharpening weapons and feeding horses while rectifying public security throughout the territory, ensuring that the people's livelihoods would not be affected by war.
"Now, the sect's influence covers half of the former lands, with a population of over ten million. Yet within the sect, all disciples capable of taking on important responsibilities in various regions have already been dispatched. Even so, the shortage of administrative talent still cannot be filled."
At the sect meeting, Three Thousand Demons reported to everyone on the conditions he had learned from investigations across the various regions during this time. The situation was especially severe in the southwest under Chu Feng's command. Even for this sect assembly, Chu Feng could not personally return because he needed to