What happened next could not be considered a war at all.
All the territories of the leaders of Zhongzhou State added up were more than two West Continents, the population was five or six West Continents, and the army was more than tens of millions.
However, they had lost all their morale.
The moment they were completely betrayed by the Vulture Palace, the leaders of Zhongzhou State had completely lost all their fighting spirit.
Therefore, the so-called war of Zhongzhou State was like boiling water splashed on snow, melting in an instant.
When the five armies of the Council of Light entered Zhongzhou State from all directions, they almost did not encounter any decent resistance. All the troops collapsed at the first touch.
After these troops surrendered, they did not even change their clothes and flags. They directly picked up their weapons and charged all the way with the army of the Council of Light.
For the army of Zhongzhou State, there was no psychological barrier to surrendering to Yang Dingtian at all.
The middle and low-level armies in this world were Yang Dingtian's most solid supporters.
Therefore, the army of the Council of Light increased as they fought all the way.
From five million, it increased to ten million, and then to twenty million.
The only one who was unhappy should be Song Xiao, the commander-in-chief of this war of Zhongzhou State.
Damn it, he was ready to raise his butcher's knife and wash Zhongzhou State with blood.
As a result, the other party surrendered before he raised his knife.
What was even more outrageous was that as soon as his army arrived in front of their city, the city gate opened without saying a word. Then a group of guides came out and took him directly into the city.
That was not all. The most outrageous thing was.
Before he arrived in the city, all the troops had gathered outside the city.
At first, Song Xiao was ecstatic, thinking that there was a great war to fight.
As soon as he arrived, the neat army of Zhongzhou State immediately shouted excitedly, "Long live the Council of Light, long live Yang Dingtian."
Then, he could not wait to change the flag of the territory to the flag of the Council of Light.
This was not the most outrageous thing.
In the end, he was still hundreds of miles away from a territory to be attacked.
In the end, the army in the other party's territory rushed right in front of them. From their flags to their armor and badges, they changed everything to the Council of Light.
This caused many of the Council of Light's generals to feel extremely depressed. You guys are the ones leading the way. Not only did you guys prepare your own flags and weapons, you even prepared your own clothes and rations. This is too much.
Previously, Song Xiao had been holding back his anger, wanting to fight a great battle. Hence, he had always been at the forefront.
Half a month later, he left the frontline. He couldn't stand the excitement anymore.
What kind of war was this? They were simply taking everything in.
With regards to this situation, Yang Dingtian had never expected it.
It was only at this moment that everyone fully understood the power of the public opinion of the Chaos Times.
This was truly the will of the people.
Unknowingly, he had won the hearts of all the middle- and low-level martial artists and soldiers in Zhongzhou State.
Yang Dingtian did not have a good reputation among the people. He had done many things that crossed the line.
However, his image was welcomed by the soldiers like never before.
In order to save his fiancée, he dared to go to the territory of Evil ways.
After being pushed down by Dugu Fengwu, he actually dared to acknowledge Dugu Xiao as his father-in-law.
In short, all the stains on Yang Dingtian were things that all the soldiers yearned for.
They wanted him to become a person of flesh and blood. He would not be like Wu Youming, who was always illusory and high above.
Of course, in the eyes of the higher-ups of Zhongzhou State, Yang Dingtian and Wu Youming were the exact opposite.
Most of the leaders of Zhongzhou State did not have a good impression of Yang Dingtian. The reason was very simple. It was because Yang Dingtian wanted to touch their lifeblood and take away their army and territory.
In the face of such a situation, countless Zhongzhou State troops changed sides.
Yang Dingtian, who was supposed to be idle, suddenly became extremely busy.
He could not disappoint the hearts of these Zhongzhou State troops. They definitely did not change sides because they were afraid of death. They changed sides because they truly yearned for and agreed with him.
Such an army would be the backbone of the future Doomsday War and resist Evil ways.
Therefore, in the end, it was basically Yang Dingtian who went to different cities every day to take over different armies.
When he met with countless soldiers, he did not give any speeches. He just went to talk to the generals and representatives of these defected armies.
In the end, the entire war of Zhongzhou State was completely anticlimactic at the beginning.
Because there was almost no decent war. In the end, Yang Dingtian alone was not enough to take over these cities. The leaders of the Council of Light were all working round the clock.
The entire Council of Light did not fully estimate this situation.
Therefore, the specific division of administrative areas, the allocation of officials, the land policy, and other matters had not really started yet.
Therefore, they had to urgently transfer hundreds of thousands of people from the West Continent to the reorganization of Zhongzhou State.
Tang Bozhao and Song Lihua once again entered into an inhuman work.
The so-called reorganization before was just scratching an itch. They could only issue orders to the various leaders and vassals. They could not even really supervise the execution of the orders.
In total, he had only done two things.
The first was the division of defense areas. The second was the establishment of the Zhongzhou State Army.
As a result, the duel began before the second thing was completed. Because they were not optimistic about Yang Dingtian, the leaders of the forces of Zhongzhou State all turned to Yang Dingtian, causing the construction of the defense areas and the Zhongzhou State Army to be directly stopped.
Now, the Council of Light directly took over a complete Zhongzhou State.
All the forces that did not side with the Council of Light, all the vassals, were wiped out.
A huge power vacuum appeared in the entire Zhongzhou State in an instant.
The Council of Light had many discussions and finally decided.
All the first- and second-tier forces of the Tiandō League and forces with martial arts sect attributes would still be preserved.
However, a large number of territories would be reduced and replaced with the shares of the Central Chamber of Commerce of the Tiandō League and the Gold Shares of the Tiandō League.
All the purely territorial forces with vassals would be abolished and transformed into provinces, states, and counties. The Council of Light would directly send civil and military officials to govern.
All the territories obtained from the rebellious vassals would be distributed to the civilians according to the way of the Southwest Mainland, and all the serfs would be liberated.
The Tiandō League would unify the harvest, business tax, and agricultural tax!
All the strategic resources in the territories would be unified and owned by the Tiandō League.
In short, this was an extremely tedious work.
It would take hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions of people, and a few years to completely reorganize it.
However, the Tiandō League's order to reorganize Zhongzhou State had just been issued.
The entire Zhongzhou State was completely boiling.
Especially the serfs and civilians at the bottom, they instantly became the propertied class with land.
As for the people in the cities, the benefits were not so great, but at least they were not harmed and were still the same as before.
Influenced by the people of Zhongzhou State, and intimidated by the power of the Council of Light, they also raised both hands in approval.
Another group of people who benefited were the middle and low-level soldiers of Zhongzhou State, the Warriors!
Their salaries, fields, and houses were almost several times higher than before.
The bottom-level army of Zhongzhou State was the same as the army of West Continent before.
It was all because their families were poor and could not support them, so they sent the strong and healthy to the vassals to serve as soldiers and receive a meager salary, mainly to eat their fill.
Today, the army of the Council of Light completely adopted the meritorious service system.
The more meritorious service accumulated, the more generous the treatment. Moreover, the promotion channel was incomparably smooth. Even the son of a serf could be a staff leader, commander, or even general.
It was not like before, when all the officers were controlled by the children of the vassals in the territory. Even a pig could be a commander.
Therefore, as soon as the rectification edict of the Council of Light came out.
Those troops and people in the remote territories and cities of Zhongzhou State could not wait any longer. When they were still thousands of miles away from the Council of Light army, they changed the flags of the cities themselves. They could not wait to raise the flags of the Council of Light in all the towns and cities. They directly arrested the families and minions of the vassals, sealed all the accounts, and sealed all the accounts in boxes, waiting for the people of the Council of Light to come and take them.
Therefore, it was a huge war of Zhongzhou State.
In less than half a month, the victory had been completely decided.
In less than two months, it was completely over.
Of course, the real tedious rectification work had just begun!
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As for the leaders and vassals of Zhongzhou State, they could have used their territories to exchange for shares of the Tiandō League's Central Chamber of Commerce and the gold accounts. Now they could not even exchange these.
However, the Council of Light did not completely exterminate them.
They let the families of the vassals enter various cities with a large sum of money and quietly live there.
The general policy of the Council of Light was to take back the territories and the army. However, they could let the vassals keep a larger proportion of their property, so that their families could maintain a good life.
Of course, even under such circumstances, it was inevitable to kill people.
Among them, Wu Youming's hardcore supporters, who were complete enemies of the Council of Light, could not be let off. They were completely destroyed mentally and physically.
Not only that, but those who had done many evil things in the territories before would also be imprisoned or executed according to the laws of the Tiandō League.
Therefore, although the Council of Light had been relatively lenient, they still killed a large number of people.
They killed until rivers of blood flowed in the execution ground of Zhongjing.
As for the leaders of the fence-sitters, their Xuan meridians were locked, and they were half-monitored. They were half-free and half-under house arrest!
As for the leaders of the first-tier and second-tier martial arts forces of the Tiandō League, they had all replaced their leaders, and the Tiandō League publicly appointed them.
The original leaders were either put under house arrest or imprisoned.
In short, the Council of Light was very cautious against those with high cultivation and would not easily kill them.
Even so, there were still countless leaders, leaders, and vassals who fled and went into exile.
However, the entire Chaotic World now belonged to the Council of Light. Even if they wanted to go into exile, they could not find a place to go.
Therefore, they all chose a place, and that was the Dongli grassland.
Some leaders ignored their old grudges and went into exile in the Southern Barbarian Continent.
But no matter what!
After this so-called Great War of the Central Continent, Yang Dingtian's Council of Light truly unified the entire Chaotic World, the entire human countries for the first time.
The outcome of the Great War of the Central Continent was countless times better than expected. At almost the smallest price, the smallest number of casualties, those cities and lands that contained the most essence of humanity were conquered.
Just from this point alone, Yang Dingtian's achievements had already surpassed the past leaders of the Hidden Sect, including Nihility Piao Ling.
Because, no leader of the Hidden Sect, no leader of the Tiandō League, had truly unified the Chaotic World, had truly gathered all the fighting forces of the Chaotic World, and had not united everyone in the Chaotic World.
But Yang Dingtian had done it!
He had truly unified the entire human countries (except for the Netherworld Sea and the Vulture Palace).
And from start to finish, it had only taken slightly more than three years!
Among them, although his personal martial arts cultivation had played a crucial role in some key points, from the entire process of unifying the Chaotic World, the effect of his personal martial arts cultivation was next to nothing.
The only reason he had truly accomplished this great task was one word: Dao!
A just cause enjoys abundant support, while an unjust cause finds little support.
Using the greatest effort, the greatest tolerance, to obtain the support of the greatest number of people, to unite the majority of people.
Therefore, from Qin Huaiyu, Zhu Hongxue, Song Xiao, Qin Wanchou, Qiu Wanjie, Yun Cailin, Zhuo Qingchi, and countless others, they had all turned from enemies to comrades.
Of course, there was also a group of people that Yang Dingtian had never been able to successfully turn from enemies to comrades.
For example, the Vulture Palace, or the Netherworld Sea.
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Within these few months, Yang Dingtian's Council of Light had always entered the craziest and busiest state. Countless people were working hard to reorganize the Central Continent.
As for Ling Wu, within these few months, she had constantly distanced herself from the Central Continent, getting further and further away.
She steered a small crystal ship and searched island by island to find traces of Wu Youming.
By the time the Central Continent had started the war and the Council of Light had entered the Southern Middle Continent, she was already thirty thousand miles away from the Southern Middle Continent.
At this moment, it had already been a hundred days since she had left the Central Continent to search for Wu Youming.
At this moment, she was already more than seventy thousand miles away from the human countries.
At this moment, the sea region that she had entered could no longer be found on the map.
Furthermore, the clean water, food, and elixirs that she had brought were almost used up.
However, she still hadn't given up. She also wouldn't give up.
At the instant Wu Youming was defeated, the entire world had given up on Wu Youming. This included the Netherworld Sea, the Vulture Palace, and even his wife, the Vulture.
It was just like how the entire world had given up on Ling Wu when she had left Yang Dingtian.
The words that Wu Youming had said to her had been engraved in her heart until now.
"You have to finish the path that you've chosen even if you have to kneel down. Otherwise, you'll be worthless!"
Before the duel, how glorious was Wu Youming? He was only one step away from the pinnacle of the entire world.
Almost the entire world was prostrating at his feet.
At the moment of his defeat, he had instantly lost everything.
Everyone could abandon Wu Youming, but Ling Wu couldn't.
Because once she abandoned Wu Youming, it was equivalent to abandoning herself.
Therefore, she would continue to search until Wu Youming's death!
In this unfamiliar sea region, Ling Wu raised her head to take a look. It was a rotting island with an overwhelming stench.
She then looked inside the ship. The water was all gone, the food was all gone, and the elixirs were all gone.
If she still couldn't find Wu Youming on this island, then she wouldn't leave either. She would die on this rotting island!
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Note: I'll continue to write the second update!