The Izumo Empire is not that big, and the entire country only has more than forty cities in total.
Moreover, this country's national government is very special, but both the military strength and wealth are concentrated near the imperial city, so the defenses of other cities are extremely weak, and Zhao Rui captured them almost effortlessly.
Southern Xinjiang, Baihua City.
Because it was at a key location for waterway transportation, it was regarded as the most important city. All ships traveling from south to north had to dock here, which led to its development in a very short period of time.
Bai Hua sat steadily on the deck of the large ship, looking at the scene on both sides of the river and frowning.
Most of the land here is virgin forest, and it will probably take several years to fully develop it. The only way is to develop rapidly along the river, using local tribal cities as connecting points.
He came here this time to transport a group of officials from big merchants and let them work in various cities.
But when he arrived here, he discovered that Zhao Rui had conquered the vast land south of southern Xinjiang, so the officials he brought over seemed to be stretched thin.
We had no choice but to mobilize some officials and continue southward.
At the gate of Baihua City, Bai Hua read out the emperor's order and prepared to board the boat to continue southward.
At this moment, a group of people suddenly appeared.
These guys were not wearing the clothes of Dashang. Everyone's face was painted with heavy oil paint. You could tell at a glance that they were from the local indigenous tribes.
Bai Hua suddenly became nervous and immediately ordered his men to form a formation to meet the enemy, but he did not expect that the opponent had no intention of starting a war.
The leading man even got off his horse in a hurry and delivered a letter to Bai Hua.
"His Royal Highness King Zhao's military order is requested to be delivered to the hands of the supreme commander here!"
After saying these words, the man led the team and disappeared into the mountains and forests.
Bai Hua did not dare to neglect at all, and quickly opened the letter. After reading the contents clearly, he immediately led his soldiers all the way south.
Nowadays, the vast land south of Southern Xinjiang has been conquered, but no one is in charge.
Although the people here have been completely conquered and are unlikely to rebel, someone must be in charge of overall management.
After Zhao Rui destroyed the Izumo Empire, he continued his southern expedition with 30,000 troops.
He didn't know where the end of the main river was before, but now he got the map of the Izumo Empire and found that he could see the sea if he walked two thousand miles further south.
It's just that there are dozens of countries, large and small, in the middle, and there are even more tribes. If you want to find the entire river and bring it into the hands of the great merchants, they must all be wiped out.
On a relatively broad plain, Zhao Rui's camp was firmly located here.
The surrounding terrain is very special and is not suitable for camping at all. This is the only place that can accommodate an army of 30,000 people.
In the Chinese army's tent, Zhao Rui stared at the map in front of him and studied it carefully, and inadvertently called out Ziyun.
But no one around him responded at all, and then he remembered that Ziyun stayed in the royal capital of the Khmer Kingdom.
Zhao Rui smiled helplessly and leaned on the back of the chair. He seemed to have formed a special dependence on Ziyun.
As long as this little girl is by his side, she can prepare everything he needs in advance, and even know clearly what he wants to do.
He was really not used to not being around suddenly.