After occupying Zhengding City, the atmosphere among the allied forces became strange.
In this battle, the allied forces captured four Yellow Turban Generals, Zhang Liang, Bo Cai, Han Zhong and Guan Hai, over 20 Yellow Turban Generals and over 80,000 Yellow Turban soldiers.
How would such a large cake be distributed?
Apart from that, there was also Zhengding Prefecture, which was occupied by the Yellow Turban. Especially Zhengding City, who would occupy it?
The benefits were too great.
The lords were not fools. To prevent Handan County from monopolizing the spoils of war, they had secretly formed a small alliance to fight against the Handan Alliance led by Di Chen.
Di Chen had his own ambitions. If he could take advantage of this battle to kill the donkey once it was no longer of use, then the whole of the capital would belong to Handan County.
Unfortunately, Di Chen was facing a group of shrewd people. No one was more foolish than the other. After this battle, the lords of the Capital would only be more cautious of Handan County.
In this encirclement, Handan County was much stronger than other territories, be it in terms of their generals, equipment, or individual combat ability.
Therefore, a group of lords with their own agendas began to compete in Zhengding City. Both sides stayed in Zhengding City for five days, wrangling over and over again before the cake was distributed.
In the end, Handan County gained General Guan Hai, two Yellow Turban Generals, and 10,000 Yellow Turban soldiers. The rest was divided among the other allies.
Finally, Zhengding City was too far from Handan County, so Di Chen had to give up.
The five nearby territories would form an alliance to manage Zhengding City.
After dividing the cake, the alliance officially disbanded and everyone went their separate ways.
Riding on his warhorse, Di Chen looked back at Zhengding City, which was gradually disappearing into the distance. He muttered to himself, "Heh, the benefits that were distributed today will return to me in the future."
The end of the Yellow Turban Rebellion was just a microcosm of the chaos in China.
The second year of Gaia was a war-torn year.
As time entered the second half of the second year of Gaia, various places began to encircle and suppress the rebels.
The Central Plains.
Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's rebel army was wreaking havoc in the Central Plains.
Lord Chunshen was in Xiangyang District, Piao Linghuan and Military Kill Ripper in Xianyang District, and Feng Qiuhuang in Taiyuan. The three forces formed a pincer attack on the Central Plains, but they were too far away in a short period of time.
The closest city was Fallen Phoenix City.
Unlike Tao Wu, who was isolated and helpless, Feng Qiuhuang had already integrated the Mountain and Sea Alliance-Phoenix Alliance, preparing to form an alliance army to deal with Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's rebel army.
Chun Shen Lord, Wandering Huan and Army Kill Ripper, these 3 members of the Yan Huang Alliance, even if they had grudges against each other, would still work together to resist Chen Sheng's Revolutionary Army.
The Central Plains was different from the capital. It was too big, and it was impossible to replicate Di Chen's method. The only force that could fight against Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's Revolutionary Army was the Central Plains Province's regional alliance, the Luoyang Alliance.
It was not that the [Luoyang Alliance] did not ask for help from Feng Qiuhuang and Lord Chunshen. Unfortunately, they had the same considerations as Ouyang Shuo. Neither side was willing to send out their troops now, allowing the rebel army to wreak havoc in the Central Plains.
The Central Plains was still struggling under the trampling of the Revolutionary Army.
It was only a matter of time before the Revolutionary Army occupied the entire Central Plains. At that time, it would be the time for Lord Chunshen, Feng Qiuhuang, Piao Linghuan, Sha Po Po and the rest to show their might.
The only variable was the Central Plains Province's Royal City, Luoyang.
If Chen Sheng and Wu Guang did not know the immensity of heaven and earth, and wanted to lead troops to attack Luoyang, destruction would be right in front of them. Ouyang Shuo knew that every Royal City had at least hundreds of thousands of elite Imperial Guards stationed there.
In the first few years of the game, there was no territory that dared to touch the tiger's whiskers.
South East Region.
Compared to the Central Plains, the South East Region was much larger, spanning 5 to 6 provinces. War Wolves, Mighty Tyrant, Siege Lion and Dragon Seeking Acupuncture Point each occupied a province.
Unfortunately, the Huang Chao Revolutionary Army's base was located in the Wannan Province.
Adjacent to the Wannan Province were Red Blood County's Jianye District, Bawang County's Jiangnan Province and Black Lion County's Jiangchuan Province.
As for Dragon Seeking Acupuncture Point's Quanzhou District, it was basically not fated to annihilate the Revolutionary Army. The Dragon Seeking Acupuncture Point's only way to join this feast was to teleport to Black Lion County and join forces with Siege Lion.
The only difference from the Central Plains was that Jianye District was a long and narrow area. War Wolves' Red Blood County was only 200 to 300 kilometers away from the Wannan Province.
It was reported that War Wolves had long followed Di Chen's example and organized the lords of Jianye District to form an alliance to attack the Huang Chao Revolutionary Army's base, Fengyang City.
Of course, compared to the Capital District, Jianye District was only a quarter of the size of the Capital District. It would not be easy for War Wolves to destroy the Huang Chao Revolutionary Army in one fell swoop.
Especially the destruction of Yellow Turban, it would definitely arouse the vigilance of other Revolutionary Armies.
War Wolves' goal was to earn merit points and advance to Marquis as soon as possible.
The strangest part was, of course, the Southwest Region.
Feng Qingyang's territory was located in Shu, which was out of reach. Shanhai City, Lingxi City and Tianshuang County were attacking the Taiping Revolutionary Army from three sides.
However, Ouyang Shuo's attitude was unclear. At this time, Shanhai City did not attack the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but attacked Leizhou. Both Bai Hua and Song Wen had asked Ouyang Shuo about his intentions.
Ouyang Shuo stated clearly that he had no plans to attack the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for the time being.
Bai Hua and Song Wen were speechless.
After all, Shanhai City was the only place that was connected to the Taiping Revolutionary Army.
Whether it was Lingxi City or Tianshuang County, they were separated by some distance. Especially Tianshuang County, which was separated by Chiyou City, basically cutting off the path to attack the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Since Shanhai City did not move, Bai Hua and Song Wen could only bide their time.
The only one who suffered was the [Deathmatch Alliance] in Guangxi Province.
Just as Shanhai City attacked Leizhou County, the Northern and Western Armies of the Taiping Revolutionary Army had successfully conquered Guilin County and Zhen 'an County.
The [Death Alliance] vanished into thin air.
Hong Xiuquan officially announced the establishment of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Tianjing.
Hong Xiuquan was still rational. After the establishment of the Taiping Nation, he did not rush to expand outwards. Instead, he was busy integrating the newly conquered Guilin County and Zhen 'an County.
At the same time, Hong Xiuquan ordered his generals to start reorganizing the army, training the original peasant army into a real regular army.
The strength of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was growing like a rolling snowball.
Naturally, Ouyang Shuo was not completely indifferent to this.
Whether it was the Military Intelligence Bureau or the Black Snake Guards, they were all taking advantage of the chaos to speed up their infiltration of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
The strategy that Shanhai City had formulated was still progressing steadily.
For the entire month of June, the flames of war raged in the China region.
Other than the two giants, the Shanhai Alliance and the Yan Huang Alliance, the other major alliances also began to stand out. Among them, the most eye-catching were naturally the [Deathmatch Alliance], the [Luoyang Alliance], and the [Wannan Alliance].
The common characteristic of the three alliances was that they faced the invasion of the Revolutionary Army.
The [Deathmatch Alliance] had already been destroyed. How long could the [Luoyang Alliance] and [Wannan Alliance] last?
It was noisy. After you sing, I'll appear.
Who would stand at the head of the tide, and who would be drowned by the huge waves?
Everything was just the beginning.
The flames of war in the second half of the year would only burn more and more fiercely.
On the 1st of July, the first day of the second half of the year, a System Announcement sounded.
"System Announcement: Congratulations to Player Di Chen for becoming the fourth Lord of a Level 1 County in the China region. The reward is 3800 Merit Points!"
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In just one week, Handan City had completed its promotion.
Handan City's promotion meant that the era of a County City was quietly approaching.
After the promotion, Handan City was once again on the same starting line as Shanhai City. On the day of the promotion, Di Chen announced on the National Channel that Handan City would be recruiting 200,000 adventurer players to settle in Handan City.
200,000 players was enough to wipe out the population advantage that Shanhai City had accumulated over the past half a year.
To attract players to settle in Handan City, Di Chen announced a series of preferential policies on the forum. Among them, the most coveted was that Handan City would provide every family with a house for free.
When the news came out, the China region was in an uproar.
The adventurer players exploded with unimaginable enthusiasm. Too many players had had enough of the 'humble' life in the capital. If they could get a house, they would be willing to do anything. Moreover, Handan City did not have any additional requirements. It was truly free.
As the competition between the guilds became more and more intense, too many players, especially those in small groups, were in a difficult situation. They could not bear the hardship and wanted to escape the capital.
Di Chen's suggestion coincided with the needs of the players.
On the day of the announcement, Handan City received more than 100,000 applications to settle in.
Obviously, Handan City was going to embark on a completely different path of development from Shanhai City. With the support of his family, Di Chen was confident that he could manage a group of hundreds of thousands of players.
Not only that, with his outstanding performance in suppressing the Yellow Turban Uprising, Di Chen's position in the family was further stabilized. All the previous unstable factors were temporarily put to rest.
The Di Family had reached an agreement to fully support the development of Handan City. All kinds of family resources, both on the surface and in the dark, began to tilt towards Handan City.
Although the promotion was delayed by half a year, Handan City's development would not be slower than Shanhai City's. The further they progressed, the more the family's power would be displayed, and the more obvious the advantage would be.
The most terrifying thing was that compared to the arrogance and youthful vigor he had when he first entered the game, the current Di Chen had become more pragmatic and calm, which made him more terrifying.
It had to be said that the Lord mode designed by Gaia was really good training.
Di Chen's transformation and growth was the best example of this.
To Gaia, there was no difference between the people who stood out in the end, be it the commoners or the people from the big powers. They would never be biased towards one side.
Presumably, the Di Family would also be very pleased about this.
Compared to the achievements in the game, an outstanding heir was the greatest gain for the family.
[PS: New week, shamelessly asking for a wave of monthly votes and recommendation votes!!!] (To be continued.)
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