The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 797 Complete as soon as possible
Wen Yang and Zhou Chu split into two groups and completed a patrol within the controlled Japanese island.

According to the emperor's decree, the current Wo Island is divided into several different areas.

Yang Hu established counties in Tsushima, Malū, and the area west of Yamatai, and named the counties Malū County.

At this moment, Yang Hu came to Chenhan in person, and ships were constantly traveling back and forth between the two places.

Yang Hu sent a small number of Ningzhou people to Lu County, and also transported some local people to Ningzhou. At the same time, he established county towns in Lu County, a total of six county towns, and carried out a series of plans.

In places like Yamatai and Touma, they were planned in the form of feudal states, with the King of Wo County directly appointed, Cao Liang, a member of the royal family, to succeed him, and a prime minister to manage the country.

As for the Kingdom of Gou Nu, its original model was retained, but it still had to send a prime minister.

In the east, Yang Hu asked Wen Yang to tame the wild people and make them obey his orders at least in name.

Wen Yang did not know how to govern the local area, but he knew how to discipline the barbarians.

In fact, the Wa Island is not small. In the Central Plains, it can be considered a large state. However, the difference in civilization on the island is obvious to all.

Almost all the original countries gathered here in the west, crowded here, and divided into dozens of small countries. In most areas, there were savage tribes. They had not even reached the tribal alliance system and were still in the original primitive society. The chief was the strongest person, and there was no such thing as hereditary succession. Daily activities were basic fishing and hunting, and they could barely support themselves.

Of course, although they are all tribes, there are differences between them. Some of the more advanced ones have learned a lot from these people in the west. Their relationship with the Gounu Yamatai is like the relationship between the countries outside the Great Wall and the Central Plains. They occasionally come to plunder and are regarded as barbarians by the Yamatai and other countries.

Those who are even more backward are almost living a primitive life.

And the higher you go, the more you can feel the differences in language, culture, and even appearance.

The two sides do not seem to be the same kind of people.

Wen Yang usually disdains bullying savages.

But since he led his army here, there had been no battle for a long time.

Wen Yang himself was not greedy for military merit, but the soldiers under his command also needed military merit. They took great risks and came all the way to the Japanese island. We can't just let them go back like this, right?

At least they should be given some capital for promotion.

Wen Yang used Zhou Chu and Cheng Ji as the vanguard and divided his troops into two groups to attack the outside of the Great Wall. Oh, the savages outside the island.

In order to make these savage tribes obey his orders, Wen Yang felt that the only way to achieve his goal was through fighting.

Zhou Chu was quite steady. When he sent out troops, even when facing barbarians, he was cautious. He did not divide his troops, but led the army himself and sent scouts along the way to contact the barbarian tribes in various places and ask them to surrender.

But Zhou Chu's kindness did not receive the corresponding return.

Several messengers and scouts sent by Zhou Chu successively failed to bring back good news. Instead, several messengers were even killed by the other side.

On the contrary, the situation on Chengji's side was extremely smooth.

Cheng Ji, this reckless man, hardly needs to think about the issue of envoys and enlightenment. All he wants to do is kill the savages!

He didn't even send anyone to inform them. After leaving Wen Yang, he rode his horse at full speed and charged towards the enemy.

He doesn't waste time talking and just kills anyone he sees.

After leaving Wen Yang, Cheng Ji successively defeated six powerful barbarian forces. In order to gain military merit, he did not want to take prisoners and killed them all.

Of course the soldiers are happy. This is not just a brain, each of these is a military achievement!
In order to compete for the military merit, they fought their way forward. In order to gain more military merit, Cheng Ji even began to disperse his military forces to attack in multiple places.

However, Zhou Chu's results were not obvious, and he had only defeated one barbarian tribe so far.

The soldiers under Zhou Chu's command could no longer hold back.

When Zhou Chu marched calmly and defeated several barbarian tribes that killed the envoys, and was about to send envoys to the tribes that did not kill the envoys but did not agree, his deputy general advised:
"General, we went out with General Cheng. So far, his troops have defeated many bandits and achieved great military success. The barbarians along the way are so frightened by his flags that they dare not stay where they are. General Wen has sent people to reward us several times, but we haven't seen much success here so far."

"Since these tribes previously rejected your goodwill and sent their envoys back empty-handed, why not follow your example, General? I am willing to serve as a vanguard and kill the bandits for you!"

Hearing the deputy general's words, Zhou Chu was not anxious at all. He asked in return, "Compared to these barbarians and General Wen, who is more terrifying?"

"Of course it's General Wen."

"When I was in Ningzhou, I wasn't even afraid of General Wen. Now that I'm in charge of the army, could it be that I'm afraid of the barbarians and dare not fight them?"

The deputy general was immediately speechless.

Zhou Chu explained, "I have my own reasons for doing this. I will tell the soldiers not to worry. If the military achievements they receive this time do not satisfy them, I will submit a petition to Your Majesty requesting that I be punished!"

Zhou Chu was a ruthless man after all. The soldiers had seen him sparring with Wen Yang. Although they were somewhat unhappy, they did not oppose him.

This situation lasted for two months. In the third month, the situation suddenly changed dramatically.

Because of Cheng Ji's previous reckless advance, his logistics could not keep up. The wild people along the way were afraid of him and fled. His army could not move forward and encountered no enemies.

As for Zhou Chu, he had contacts with many barbarian tribes during these two months, and conquered them both in terms of strength and character. Especially after Cheng Ji's indiscriminate killing, barbarian tribes from all over the country began to come to Zhou Chu for help.

Zhou Chu recruited the elite among them, rewarded the surrendered leaders, made them his guides, and obtained supplies from these tribes along the way to supplement his logistics.

Because of Zhou Chu's powerful strength and respect for the leaders of various tribes, more and more savage tribes began to surrender. Zhou Chu actually came from behind and not only surpassed Cheng Ji, but also reached the northernmost part of the island.

Whenever he encountered tribes that were unwilling to surrender along the way, Zhou Chu didn't need to take any action, as the surrendered tribes would fight for him.

It took Zhou Chu four months to almost recapture these barbarian forces on the Wo Island. Although the number of heads was not as many as Cheng Ji, Cheng Ji was far behind in terms of the number of captives.

At this moment, the soldiers suddenly realized.

The deputy general even came in person to apologize to Zhou Chu.

When Wen Yang learned the local news from Zhou Chu, he was very happy. He immediately ordered them to withdraw their troops and called the leaders of various barbarians to come and explain the important matters to them.

The two armies returned at the same time and finally met at the Yacheng of the Nu Kingdom.

Cheng Ji frowned, looking very unhappy.

He felt that Zhou Chu was too cunning!
He fought bravely in the front and frightened the savages, and he followed behind and reaped the benefits. Without doing anything, he conquered so many tribes!
When the two met, the leaders around Zhou Chu looked at Cheng Ji with some unfriendly eyes.

But Cheng Ji ignored these small fry and just stared at Zhou Chu coldly.

"Mr. Zhou is truly capable. He is truly benevolent and righteous. Without any effort, he has made the barbarians surrender! He conquered the enemy without fighting? He is truly benevolent and righteous! I admire you! I admire you!"

Cheng Ji's words were full of sarcasm.

He finally found an opportunity to make a contribution, but in the end these people were persuaded to surrender by Zhou Chu, and he failed to get what he wanted. Cheng Ji was really angry to the extreme.

However, facing Cheng Ji's anger, Zhou Chu remained calm.

"General Cheng, General Wen instructed us long before we set out on the expedition to accept the surrender of the barbarians. Since we have accepted their surrender, how can we just slaughter them?"

Cheng Ji sneered, "If it weren't for me, could you have successfully recruited these people?!"

Zhou Chu didn't want to argue any further with this fool.

This guy was convinced that he had stolen his military merits, and no amount of explanation would help.

Cheng Ji originally wanted to say something, but considering Zhou Chu's fighting ability, he could only avoid further conflict.

Even when Wen Yang arrived, the atmosphere between the two was still a little off.

Wen Yang keenly discovered this problem.

In fact, Wen Yang had already received the report as early as when they returned, but both sides had their own opinions on the matter, and Wen Yang was not in a position to openly favor either side.

But he didn't want to see discord among his subordinates.

He grabbed a man with one hand and said with a smile: "I can hear your heroic deeds even in the Dog Slave Country!"

"Great! In less than half a year, they've pacified over a hundred tribes of barbarians. The two of them worked well together, one responsible for attacking and killing, the other for recruiting them. Not bad!"

After Wen Yang said this, Cheng Ji, who was about to complain to Wen Yang, was suddenly speechless.

Wen Yang chatted with them for a few minutes, and then asked Zhou Chu to introduce the barbarian leaders to him.

Wen Yang held a grand banquet in Yacheng to entertain these leaders.

Wen Yang's affinity is even stronger than Zhou Chu's. Wen Yang really knows how to deal with people from this kind of tribe. He has many special skills, such as performing some talents. Although Wen Yang does not like bone-breaking diplomacy, he likes wrestling diplomacy.

After the friendly talent show, everyone had a full understanding of this humorous and naturally strong general.

Wen Yang also immediately announced the establishment of a military governor's office to resolve disputes among the various tribes and command their policies.

Wen Yang did not have too many requirements for these savages. As long as they obeyed in name and did not disrupt their governance work in Yamatai and other places, it would be fine. These people were still at the fishing and hunting stage, and it was too difficult to educate them. So he let them stay there for now and wait until things in Yamatai were done.

Wen Yang also wanted to return to his homeland as soon as possible. He heard from the envoy that there were still remnants of the Xianbei people and he loved to play with them the most.

(End of this chapter)