After the Zhou army pursued for dozens of miles, Bai Yutian finally gave the order to stop the attack.
They won the final victory in this battle, but also suffered heavy losses.
They lost countless soldiers and consumed supplies, and the money in the national treasury was almost at its bottom.
This was the first crisis in the Zhou treasury since the death of Gu Taizhong.
But the good news is that they defeated the last main force of the rebels.
Although the national treasury has bottomed out, Bai Yutian is not at all vague about the money that should be spent.
The original saying that "every battle must be rewarded" was not just a slogan.
As for those soldiers who died in battle, they were heroes of the Zhou Dynasty and should not be treated unfairly.
Moreover, even if the treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty is exhausted, as long as Yuzhou and other six states are recovered, there will be no money left.
I'm afraid that by then, I'll be able to find enough silver for Dazhou's needs by searching my house.
Originally, the rebels had the support of the Lin family, and now they have the support of all the local big, medium and small aristocratic families.
Therefore, the rebels' money may have accumulated to a terrifying level.
The next day, Bai Yutian directly reorganized his army, and after a short rest, he set out again for Yuzhou.
This time, they want to completely eliminate the rebels.
After the rebels were defeated, all the cities they occupied had been secretly evacuated and were reoccupied by the Zhou army without any suspense.
On the way forward, they also encountered several small-scale battles, all of which were rebels who had no time to retreat.
Facing the main force of the Zhou army, these small-scale rebels could not make any splash and were directly eliminated.
Even the Zhou Dynasty captured several major rebel generals.
Since the collapse of the Lin family and the Shi family, the main positions in the rebel army have been held by local small and medium-sized aristocratic families in Yuzhou and other six states.
These small and medium-sized aristocratic families valued profits the most. When the Dashun and Dachuan Kingdoms were established, at their peak, there was even the possibility of overthrowing the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Therefore, these small and medium-sized aristocratic families naturally turned to Gu Chengxuan and supported Gu Chengxuan.
Now that the rebels have suffered a disastrous defeat and are unable to fight anymore, most of these small and medium-sized aristocratic families have changed their direction.
Some generals and officials from small and medium-sized aristocratic families even surrendered directly to Great Zhou to open the way for Great Zhou.
Naturally, Bai Yutian didn't care about these people. As long as they were willing to sincerely join Dazhou, Bai Yutian would not target them.
The process of eliminating the rebels is already difficult enough, and Bai Yutian certainly does not want new enemies to appear.
Everything went smoothly until the Zhou army arrived around Xiangcheng.
There are large areas of mountainous terrain here and the roads are rugged. If you take a detour, it will take more time.
In order not to waste time, Bai Yutian could only choose here.
But here, it happens to be the ambush point arranged by Gu Chengxuan. He occupies a favorable terrain and cannot stand out, starting to fight against Da Zhou.
Everything was as Yuncheng expected. If Dazhou was not prepared, he might really be stopped here.
But what Gu Chengxuan didn't know was that Xu Hu had already sneaked in here.
In the end, by cooperating with Xu Hu inside and outside, Bai Yutian defeated the rebels and once again destroyed the main force of the rebels.
Gu Chengxuan had no choice but to continue fleeing eastward.
And at this time, the Great Zhou Dynasty had approached the capital of the so-called Dashun Kingdom, Yuzhou City.
Although there are rebels who desperately resist, but now they have the powerful Zhou army outside and the opposition and betrayal of the noble families inside, they are unable to stop the Zhou's steps.
Gu Chengxuan was defeated all the way, and finally had to escape to Yuzhou City first.
Here, there is his only relative in the world, Gu Lianxi.
Although Gu Lianxi is Gu Taizhong's adopted daughter, after years of getting along with her, Gu Chengxuan has long considered Gu Lianxi as the person closest to him.
Even though there is no blood relationship, Gu Chengxuan still regards Gu Lianxi as his relative.
After Gu Chengxuan became the prime minister and took control of the power of Dashun Kingdom, Gu Lianxi also moved to the newly built palace.
You know, even many people from the Shi family cannot set foot here, but Gu Lianxi can come and go at will.
One can imagine how powerful Gu Chengxuan's power has reached.
At this time, Tianjia had completely left Yuzhou City.
For the current Great Zhou, even if the Heavenly Armor comes out in full force, they may not be their opponents.
Gu Chengxuan himself was even less sure.
When Gu Lianxi saw Gu Chengxuan, she couldn't help being shocked and covered her cherry mouth with her delicate fingers.
At this time, Gu Chengxuan still had the high-spiritedness and guidance he had before.
Gu Chengxuan was not only in a miserable shape, but there was also a lot of blood on his clothes. He didn't know whether it was his own or someone else's.
"Second brother, what's going on? Are you injured?"
Gu Lianxi asked worriedly, and as she spoke, she called for her servants to heal Gu Chengxuan's injuries.