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Since the more than 100,000 men led by Yu Hou were incorporated into the "Black Wind Army" system and reorganized, time seems to have been accelerated.

Of course, this "acceleration" is relative to the past of the "Black Wind Army".

In fact, this is the relatively normal pace.

March 8th.

After discussions among Liu Mu, Song Mingzhu, Tie Lang, Yu Hou, and others, it was decided that the Black Wind Army, with a total strength of nearly 350,000, would only deploy 200,000 troops.

The remaining troops will be used to consolidate and manage the base area and to control the entire Canglan Mountain area.

The Canglan Mountain area, spanning thousands of miles, is the most fertile and densely populated region within Youzhou.

Among them, the area along the Hanghe River and the banks of the Canglan River are the most affected.

The most exquisite spot is Canglan Bay, where the Canglan River and the Hang River meet.

This place not only boasts the largest city and dense population within Youzhou, but is also a shipbuilding center and a spontaneously formed handicraft center due to the abundance of artisans.

The core pillar supporting Dong Guan's hegemony, the breeding farm that specializes in cultivating Xuanyou horses, is also located near Canglan Bay.

Not only because there are excellent horse farms there, but also because the extensive waterways provide the greatest convenience for the biggest obstacle to breeding Xuanyou horses – the massive demand for food.

Dong Guan's most important temporary palace was built here.

Since he unified the two states of Xuan and You, he has spent almost half of his time here.

Such a precious place is usually guarded by tens of thousands of Xuanyou Iron Cavalry.

With the addition of a large number of guards and servants, the total military strength was no less than 50,000.

But now, because of Dong Guan's repeated blood-drawing, almost all of the Xuan You Iron Cavalry and other guards and servants have been drawn away by Dong Guan.

Especially when he led his army to the edge of Canglan Mountain, he spent a lot of effort building a city along the river while stabilizing the morale of the troops. He even concentrated all the troops scattered elsewhere in Canglan Mountain into the camp, only to be wiped out by Geng Xuan.

Currently, the troops scattered around Canglan Mountain number less than two or three thousand, and their quality is extremely poor, with almost all of them concentrated in the Canglan Bay and horse farm areas.

With such limited strength, relying solely on Dong Guan's past influence as a mere facade, they could barely maintain order.

While Geng Xuanhua was busy reorganizing the internal affairs and rebuilding his strength, the vast Canglan Mountain was thrown into chaos as one "escaped fish" after another brought in bad news.

Panic, blindness, everyone was running around aimlessly like headless flies.

Taking advantage of the chaos, they scattered and fled...

When Geng Xuan personally led his army along the Canglan River into Canglan Bay, this was the chaotic scene he saw.

As for the battle?

That's not the case.

Wherever the army passed, it was as if a cold wind had swept through, instantly ending the chaotic and panicked situation, as if people had been frozen in place.

After acquiring Canglan Bay, they immediately made new adjustments.

Having gradually become accustomed to overseeing all kinds of affairs, Song Mingzhu moved to Canglan Bay to handle various affairs west of Canglan Mountain.

Iron Wolf was responsible for clearing and integrating Canglan Mountain and all settlements to the west.

Liu Mu then personally led 50,000 troops eastward, taking over various sand tribe settlements along the way.

The other 150,000 troops, led by Yu Hou and assisted by Ha Ke, sailed out of Canglan Bay on a large number of ships seized from Canglan Bay, entered the Hang River, and rushed downstream.

As planned, the army, sailing downstream, will capture the limited garrisons on both banks when it reaches the "throat waterway" where Xuanqinghai and Hanghe meet.

Then, some landed and entered Xuanzhou, accepting surrenders and rebellions along the way.

One group was responsible for bringing the "God's Gospel" to the tribesmen who had scattered into the wilderness and suffered greatly during this period of calamity and heavy casualties.

Those sand tribe soldiers who were being hunted down by Dong Guan on his orders would face a merciless crackdown. However, due to Dong Guan's repeated acts of bloodsucking, the number of these soldiers was not large.

The primary task is to guide the surviving tribal people back to their homes and to properly resettle them.

This area was to be overseen by Haq, who personally led an army of 30,000.

After repeatedly dividing his forces, Yu Hou personally led his army, which now numbered less than 100,000, onto ships again and continued eastward along the Hang River.

Then, the troops were divided three more times along the way.

Each time the troops were divided, anywhere from tens of thousands to twenty or thirty thousand would land.

After dividing his forces into three groups, Yu Hou himself led 30,000 troops ashore.

This place is near the easternmost border of Xuanzhou.

Because of the long-standing bloody battles with Minzhou, the two sides have accumulated deep grudges. Even though Dong Guan has been "sucking blood" from various places, gathering his directly subordinate and affiliated troops, and then "sending" them to the slaughter of the "Black Wind Army" or making them members of the "Black Wind Army".

Near this border, a Xuanyou Iron Cavalry still remains.

On the one hand, information was blocked to prevent the Minzhou region from learning about the earth-shattering changes that had occurred in the Xuanyou and You regions too early, so as to avoid any inappropriate thoughts.

On the other hand, it is also something that has to be done.

Given the deep-seated grievances between the two sides, once all troops are withdrawn, Minzhou, which has suffered decades of humiliation, will certainly react.

For Dong Guan, whether he was devoured by the "Black Wind Army" or swallowed up by Minzhou, the nature of the situation was the same, and both needed to be avoided at all costs.

After Dong Guan was beheaded and hundreds of thousands of troops were forcibly reorganized into the "Black Wind Army," this Xuanyou Iron Cavalry became the toughest and most difficult nut to crack in the two prefectures.

The task of taking down this iron cavalry was handed over to Yu Hou, who had volunteered for the mission.

Geng Xuan didn't hesitate much before assigning the task to him.

Apart from Geng Xuan, other senior executives had doubts about this.

An ambitious fellow who had just turned against his former master was immediately given the important task of leading an army alone.

In everyone's opinion, this is simply outrageous.

However, Geng Xuan insisted on his own way and immediately made the decision, agreeing to Yu Hou's request.

After landing his troops, Yu Hou did not delay and immediately led his army eastward.

Among the 30,000 troops who accompanied him, there were 10,000 Xuanyou Iron Cavalry.

When he personally led his 10,000 iron cavalry to the military camp, the Xuanyou iron cavalry left behind looked at them with astonished and puzzled eyes.

Clearly, the news of Dong Guan's execution and the upheaval in the two prefectures had not yet reached their ears.

Yu Hou's subsequent actions were not particularly noteworthy.

He easily annihilated the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry.

They didn't even cause a big commotion. After he led his troops away, no one in the Minzhou direction knew that the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry that had been confronting them had become another group of people.

After completing the "restructuring and upgrading," Yu Hou personally led a large army westward.

They continuously accepted surrenders and defections, bringing the settlements along the way under their control, and constantly reuniting with the large army that had landed ahead.

As they continue to converge, it signifies that their respective actions and the territories they have taken over are being connected into a larger whole.

Eight days later.

On March 16th, Yu Hou, Ha Ke, and others met up with Geng Xuan on the east bank of the "throat waterway".

The two states of Xuan and You have completely changed hands. (End of this chapter)