Three Heroes (3,200 bonus)

Great Zhou World.

It was now the eighth year of Ping'an.

Ever since King Ding, Wu Zhi, had advanced by both land and water, leading an army of a hundred thousand into Lingzhou and striking terror into the Vassal Lords, the situation throughout the land and in Lingzhou had changed three times a day.

The people of Lingzhou had suffered from the ravages of war for far too long. Wu Zhi's army kept strict discipline and never so much as took a needle or thread from the people. Having rescued them from dire straits, it naturally won their hearts.

The bands of roving bandits and rebel generals were even less of a match for the tigers and wolves under her command. They were routed one after another, and within little more than a year, over half of Lingzhou had fallen under Wu Zhi's control. Everywhere her forces went, the people did not merely greet them with food baskets and wine jars—they cheered, rejoiced, and settled back into peaceful lives.

Wu Zhi recruited refugees and reclaimed wasteland on one hand, while seeking out renowned local scholars and inviting many members of the local Aristocratic Families to lend their support on the other. By reaching compromises with some of the landowners, she quickly established a firm foothold.

Although the regions she had occupied had not yet fully escaped their hardships, once the rice and wheat had been harvested a few times, the people would rally to her side and provide an endless supply of soldiers and provisions. It was only a matter of time.

In Xiangliu City.

A clone of Wu Ming sat high in the seat of honor, hosting a group of renowned scholars from Lingzhou and listening to them discourse at length.

When Wu Zhi marched into Lingzhou, this clone