In the evening, a team of more than 2,000 people and hundreds of carriages were on the road from Gu City to Tianjing Basin.
Between Tianjing Basin and Gu City, there was an endless stream of various caravans. Although caravans with more than 1,000 people weren't rare, they could occasionally be seen.
In particular, when many caravans traveled together, it was impossible to tell if they were a single team or if there were even more people.
It was just that in the past two months, the number of caravans traveling between Tianjing Basin and Gu City had decreased significantly.
The war in Tianjing Basin had hindered the footsteps of many caravans.
Furthermore, the checkpoints on the road from Tianjing Basin to Gu City were stricter. Many large caravans couldn't get a pass, and some caravans with the backing of the three major powers were even killed. Following that, a few small caravans that were previously unknown developed extremely quickly within the past month or so and monopolized most of the supplies in Tianjing Basin.
Behind these small caravans were the shadows of one or even several sects.
Behind these sects was the shadow of an organization called the Rearguard Commandery.
However, this team was different from the other caravans.
This was an army, an army that would make people lower their heads at a glance from afar, not daring to offend them in the slightest.
The winged cavalry!
The strongest combat force of Dayao, which had entered Tianjing Basin three months ago, had returned.
At the same time, the imperial carriage of Dayao's empress, Qi Zixiao, who was ranked fifth in the world, also returned.
Almost no one outside of Tianjing Basin knew about the death of Spirit Spear Teng Yue. Otherwise, if the news of Qi Zixiao killing Teng Yue spread, it would probably cause another shock.
In addition to the winged cavalry and the empress's imperial carriage, the most surprising thing was that there were many people from Tianjing Basin in the team.
This surprised many people.
"This is Gu City!" Qingyun Sword muttered to himself in the team.
"First time here?" Ren Baqian heard him and turned to ask.
"No, the last time was 70 years ago. It's so long ago that I can't remember." Qingyun Sword shook his head. His eyes flickered, and it seemed like he was very uneasy.
The people who followed behind Ren Baqian all had uneasy looks in their eyes.
After 70 years, they had finally come out.
This time, they didn't come to Gu City with the caravans to purchase all kinds of supplies like before. No matter where they went, they felt like they were inferior.
By coming here this time, they had become a part of this place.
"This is the first time this old man has come here. Last time, I came down from the mountains." Li Fu stroked his beard and smiled.
Li Fu, Qingyun Sword, Zuo Cheng, Zuo Leng, a few guards, two newly promoted Qianhu, a few Baihu, and the three Confucian scholars from the Great Xia were all in the group.
Xie Kun had been killed a month ago, but the crow general had escaped. It was just a strange beast, so no matter how strong it was, no one would take it seriously.
After that, Xi Wanya was mainly responsible for clearing up the fleeing rebels. Ren Baqian, on the other hand, arranged for the purge of many sects in the south, dealt with the matters of the Rearguard Commandery, and formulated a new system for Tianjing Basin.
First, Tianjing Basin was divided into six districts. There were three districts in the north and three in the south, and they were known as the six lower prefectures.
Each prefecture was garrisoned with a thousand aboriginal soldiers and a newly established prefecture army.
If the people of Tianjing Basin wanted to go from one prefecture to another, they would need to have Dao Guidance.
The cities in the six lower prefectures only had city commanders who were responsible for issuing decrees and handling government affairs. They didn't have military power. The guards in the cities were under the jurisdiction of the prefectural army of the six lower prefectures and had to be rotated every three years.
As a result, the six lower prefectures were firmly under the control of the imperial court, and it would be extremely difficult to rebel again.
In addition, Ren Baqian scattered the Rearguard Commandery across the six lower prefectures and recruited a large number of strong men to ensure that there was a Baihu in every three cities. In addition to the cities where the Baihu was located, the other two cities had to have at least one Zongqi, two Xiaoqi, 20 Tiqi, and hundreds of strong men from all walks of life hidden among the people.
This wasn't a difficult task for the sects that had invested their wealth in the Rearguard Commandery.
As a result, any movement in the six lower prefectures could be heard by Ren Baqian through the Rearguard Commandery.
The headquarters of the Rearguard Commandery in Tianjing Basin was called the Tiannan Garrison, and it was located in Gu City.
After all, they could only contact Ren Baqian through the radio station outside of Tianjing Basin.
Other than the winged cavalry warriors and 300 soldiers from the Protectorate of the South, the rest of the people in this group were people from Tianjing Basin.
Most of them were craftsmen and a small number of commoners who were brought back from the north. This time, there were very few casualties in the north. Most of the rebels came from the south, so the control in the south was stricter than in the north. This time, the people selected were also from the north.
There was no need to mention the craftsmen. The commoners were prepared to stay in Lan City as small vendors or do odd jobs in the city. This was to let the aboriginals get used to seeing people from Tianjing Basin from time to time and get along well.
Ren Baqian was working hard in the direction of what he had told Qingyun Sword before.
This wasn't only for the people of Tianjing Basin, but also for Dayao.
It was unstable to walk on one leg, and Dayao was currently walking on one leg. Ren Baqian had high expectations for the role that these remnant people of Tianjing Basin could play.
Sitting on the fork-horned cow, Ren Baqian thought for a while and said to the people behind him, "Don't call yourselves remnant people in the future. It will always remind people of your past. In the future, you should be at ease and integrate into Dayao as part of Dayao."
Qingyun Sword understood what Ren Baqian meant, exchanged glances with Zuo Cheng, and replied, "In that case, let's call ourselves the Jing Tribe."
"The Jing Tribe of Tianjing Basin. In that case, let's call them that." Ren Baqian nodded. It seemed that not only the aboriginals, but even they couldn't let it go so easily.
As the group began to enter Gu City, the people behind Ren Baqian sized up the city entrance with apprehensive and hopeful eyes.
The commoners in the city also began to size up some people at the back of the group with curious eyes.
For the next few days, the empress contacted Lan City and the other protectorates to handle various matters. Although there were reports sent every day, it wasn't as convenient as using the radio to chat in the group chat.
On the other hand, Ren Baqian settled down the people from the Rearguard Commandery. At the same time, he asked Gong Zheng to allocate some manpower to send the commoners and craftsmen to Lan City.
Of course, there were also the hundreds of carts of goods, which were the biggest material harvest from this rebellion.
Other than the sects in the south that had surrendered, the rest of the sects had all been wiped out. The materials and gold from those sects were naturally used to enrich the national treasury and the empress's small treasure house. All the secret manuals were given to Ren Baqian.
Ren Baqian was preparing to build a huge library in Lan City!
All the secret manuals of the sects would be placed in it.
After that, he would also collect the secret manuals of the aboriginals and fill them in.
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