The war between Zhuang and Yong, which shook the Western Frontier, finally drew to a close, with outcomes that repeatedly defied expectations.

Firstly, the Zhuang Kingdom, despite its weaker national strength, surprisingly achieved a resounding victory.

Zhuang Gao Xian personally beheaded Han Yin, the formidable hero, ending Han Yin’s centuries-long reign over Yong. The Zhuang army breached Lock Dragon Pass, shocking the world!

At that moment, Yong’s lord, Han Xu, who had been seen as a puppet, stepped forward, leading troops to confront Zhuang Gao Xian, forcefully halting the Zhuang army’s northward advance.

Even so, Yong was still beset on all sides. Lock Dragon Pass, guarded by Han Yin, fell, and its guardian perished. Han Xu’s command on Yima Plain seemed even less promising.

However, the second shocking event occurred.

The Mo Sect’s sacred grounds, which had always maintained neutrality, dispatched a large number of disciples to join Yong. Overnight, a majestic iron city arose on the flat plains of Yong!

Directly facing Lock Dragon Pass.

Han Xu personally named it Yin Ge, in memory of his father, Han Yin.

Facing a three-front war, Han Xu, relying on Yin Ge, built overnight, reached a truce with Zhuang Gao Xian in the shortest possible time, erecting a monument as a testament. Zhuang Gao Xian promised not to advance further north, and Han Xu also promised to relinquish lost territories, thus ending the Zhuang-Yong war.

Zhuang Gao Xian led his troops back home, while Han Xu rushed back to Jing An Prefecture, personally leading the charge to repel the world-renowned Iron Cavalry Red Horse Guard of the Jing Kingdom, driving them three hundred miles out of the country.

Marquis Xue Mingyi of Yong then diverted troops westward to support Duke Beigong Yu of Ying. The two joined forces, driving the navies of Zhuang and Luo out of Lan An Prefecture, leaving a trail of severed heads.

On the same day, Han Xu announced the Mo Sect’s teachings as the national doctrine, abandoning the “using all schools for my benefit” approach like Qin and Chu, and choosing to govern with Moist principles. This choice was neither inherently good nor bad; different countries had different preferences. The Jing Kingdom, which revered the Daoist School, dominated the world, while the Qin, which controlled all schools of thought, was also a hegemon of the Western Frontier.

The greater significance lay in the fact that this was the first time the Mo Sect had, in a true sense, possessed a nation it supported.

In the past, Mo Sect disciples traveled throughout the kingdoms, upholding justice without being confined to a single place. Like the Legalist Three Punishment Palace and the Confucian Four Great Academies, they focused on doctrines and did not emphasize national boundaries.

But from now on, a large amount of the Mo Sect’s manpower and resources would inevitably tilt towards Yong. As a prominent sect of the world, the Mo Sect’s action might be a small experiment, yet no one could ignore the various changes it might trigger.

And the Mo Sect’s support undoubtedly proved Han Xu’s potential.

From then on, Yong emerged from a precarious situation, with its borders pacified.

From that day on, Han Xu was truly recognized by the world as the Yong Emperor. He turned the tide, saving the dying nation and rejuvenating the aging kingdom!

Looking back on the whole situation, the biggest winner of this war, which involved four countries and attracted countless eyes, was undoubtedly the Zhuang Kingdom.

In this war, Zhuang occupied the entire Qi Chang Mountain Range, the entire Ling Bei Prefecture, and half of the Yi Yang Prefecture south of Lock Dragon Pass.

Now, the territory from south of Lock Dragon Pass to the Qi Chang Mountain Range has been integrated and officially incorporated into the Zhuang Kingdom as its fourth prefecture, named Yong Chang.

Zhuang Gao Xian returned to the capital, leaving 100,000 troops stationed permanently in Yong Chang Prefecture, controlling Lock Dragon Pass and confronting Yin Ge City.

The Jing Kingdom, which dispatched its world-renowned cavalry, the Red Horse Guard, failed to seize Jing An Prefecture, defended by Yong’s Prime Minister, Qi Mao Xian. Instead, Han Xu, who had halted Zhuang Gao Xian’s advance, returned and drove them hundreds of miles out of Yong territory, inflicting heavy losses.

The Luo Kingdom’s navy, allied with the Qing Jiang Water Mansion, gained a short-term advantage in entering Lan An Prefecture, but after Marquis Wu Gong arrived, Beigong Yu suddenly exerted his strength, driving the Zhuang and Luo navies completely out of the territory.

In this war, Yong suffered heavy losses, sacrificing its only contemporary Real Man, Han Yin, and losing a large amount of territory in the south, counting as losing both people and land.

However, Han Xu formally took over the military and political power and gained the Mo Sect’s support. Thanks to this war, the reforms from top to bottom encountered little resistance, also marking a new beginning.

The Jing Kingdom, which came from afar, and the Luo Kingdom, which ventured to attack, ended up wasting their troops.

Of course, ordinary people would not know that Han Yin’s death was the result of Han Xu’s alliance with Zhuang Gao Xian. They would also not know that Duke Beigong Yu made a sudden effort only after the Mo Sect participated and the situation in the court was settled.

They did not know that Han Xu’s process of taking power was not as smooth as they felt. They knew nothing about the blood flowing in the dark and the heads being cut off.

The changes in the situation clearly affected millions of people, but the moments that determined those changes seemed to have nothing to do with ordinary people.

The people of Yong were either still in fear of Yong’s destruction or were already celebrating the new life.

Only the people of Yong in the original Ling Bei Prefecture were being relocated to Zhuang land in large numbers, while some of the remaining people had to start getting used to their identity as Zhuang people.

This was no longer Yong’s Ling Bei Prefecture; this was Zhuang’s Yong Chang Prefecture.

The standard for Zhuang to relocate local people was that those who had blood feuds with the Zhuang army were all dispersed and moved inland. Those who remained were mostly people who originally had no land or property, and these people had the lowest sense of identity with Yong. At the same time, a large number of displaced people from Zhuang were moved to fill Yong Chang Prefecture. After several generations of management, this place could truly be transformed into Zhuang land.

The group of people who were originally prepared to be driven to Lock Dragon Pass did not have to go to the pass to die because of the sudden changes in the war. Instead, they were driven across the Qi Chang Mountain Range and scattered throughout Zhuang to start a new life.

Jiang Liu Yue was responsible for such work.

The war had ended, and there were not many merits to be gained from this kind of work. It was understandable that not many National Academy disciples took over, but because his performance in the previous war was not satisfactory and he had obtained few merits, he could not refuse this job.

Driving ordinary people away from their homes was also something he could not accept, but it was much better than driving these people to their deaths.

At least under the rule of the Zhuang court, the lives of the people of Zhuang were generally good.

The entire Yong people relocation work was nominally under the responsibility of the National Academy Libationer, but in concrete terms, it was a senior brother named Fu Bao Song who was in charge.

Under Senior Brother Fu, Jiang Liu Yue felt much more relaxed and natural. This was because Senior Brother Fu’s attitude towards the relocated Yong people was not harsh. In his words to scold some violent students: “Why are you abusing the people?”

These people were now Zhuang people and could no longer be treated with the attitude of two armies fighting.

The mortality rate of such large-scale relocation was often not low. However, because of Fu Bao Song’s care and conscientiousness, not many people had accidents.

Compared to Senior Brother Lin Zheng Ren, Senior Brother Lin might be stronger, and there might be more benefits to following Senior Brother Lin, but following Senior Brother Fu made him feel the most at ease.

Fu Bao Song did not know what the senior and junior brothers were thinking, nor did he know how he was valued by the National Academy Libationer. He was just a down-to-earth person and did his work seriously, as he had been before, as he was now, and as he would be in the future.

It was cold, and he, at the cost of a worn-out tongue, got a large number of cotton clothes from the quartermaster and was leading his brothers to distribute them along the way.

When he looked up, he seemed to see a vaguely familiar profile in the crowd.

After thinking about it, it seemed to be Zhang Lin Chuan from Feng Lin City Taoist Academy, the cultivator who showed up at the Three City Dao Debate and was good at using thunder magic.

The man who broke into Wang Jiang City Taoist Academy that night also claimed to be Zhang Lin Chuan.

But the profile in the crowd flashed by.

Fu Bao Song put down what he was doing and searched carefully for a while, but he could not see him again.

(ps: Han Xu’s entire plan should be clear after this chapter. In fact, there are some scenes that I wanted to write, such as the moment when Yin Ge City rose from the ground, which must be shocking. But I was afraid that readers would not like it, so I skipped it. Basically, I will only follow my own creative ideas, but in fact, when there is room, I am also willing to consider your feelings.

It is a failure for the author to explain the plot to the readers in person, which means that the work itself is not persuasive enough, so I did not explain anything, but just asked you to give me some confidence.

Yesterday, I said at least four times to tell people not to watch Crimson Heart, which was a bit of a gaffe. I will try not to argue with everyone in the future.

Please bear with my glass heart sometimes.

Because I love this world so much, I am easily hurt by this world.)