However, after seeing Yang Hu and others' confusion, the imperial envoy called Yang Hu to the back, took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Yang Hu, saying, "Governor Yang, this is the secret letter that Your Majesty has given to you. After reading it, you will know everything."

After Yang Hu sent off the imperial envoy, he opened the secret letter alone. After reading it, he finally realized that the imperial edict was quite general and vague. Only in the secret letter did Cao Liang tell Yang Hu the whole story. It turned out that what Cao Liang planned was not just a small Pan Yue Kingdom, but a wider land behind Pan Yue Kingdom.

This time, even Yang Hu was shocked by Cao Liang's ambition. How courage did he have to be able to create another territory beyond the territory of thousands of miles.

After Yang Hu saw this secret letter, the blood on his body began to boil. Although he was no longer young, he could still feel the blood in his blood vessels rushing, and the long-lost passion was stirring in his chest.

The Wei people, including Yang Hu, knew nothing about the situation outside the southern and central territory. Their understanding of the external world was only in the records of the predecessors, that is, the Silk Road to the West through the Western Regions, and knew the existence of Anxi and the Qin Dynasty. However, they did not understand what the situation was like. As for the South Asian subcontinent, due to the natural geographical isolation, the Wei people did not know its existence at all.

Yang Hu was very curious about how Cao Liang knew that there was a heaven outside the sky and a person outside the world. Logically speaking, even those who were familiar with the geography of Nanzhong only knew that there was Panyue, Cheli, and Daguang. As for places farther apart, they only had little understanding.

People from the Central Plains do not know where there is anything outside the Panyue Kingdom. Even people like Yang Hu are completely ignorant of the geography of the Nanzhong area, let alone other people.

Cao Liang's plan was not only amazing but also magical, but simply incredible. Yang Hu didn't even know how many secrets he had hidden in Cao Liang. The more he knew about Cao Liang, the more he felt that he became unfamiliar.

Although Cao Liang was Yang Hu's brother-in-law, and before Cao Liang became famous, Yang Hu had already followed him. It can be said that Yang Hu had the power to follow the dragon and was also an important figure in the current Great Wei Dynasty.

But his awe of Cao Liang is increasing day by day. Of course, Yang Hu needs to implement the imperial edict issued by Cao Liang this time.

Yang Hu then immediately summoned Deng Zhong. Deng Zhong was a little confused about Cao Liang's sudden appointment as the prefect of Pan Yue. He was not sure what the situation was. Yang Hu explained to him in detail, but of course he was saying what he should have said and did not disclose a word he should not have said.

After listening to Yang Hu's statement, Deng Zhong also understood a rough idea. Since this decision was made by His Majesty, Deng Zhong naturally had no right to object.

Although Shamoke, the king of Panyue Kingdom, had already died in battle, Panyue Kingdom was not included in the territory of Wei Kingdom, so Deng Zhong's expedition this time was with the important task of expanding territory.

In addition to the backbone camp led by Deng Zhong, Cao Liang also gave him a 15,000-strong organization, but these troops needed them to recruit from the barbarians in the south.

The main reason why Cao Liang decided to recruit barbarians as soldiers and control the ratio of barbarians to Wei soldiers to one-to-one was that the barbarians were familiar with the environment in the southern middle and neighboring regions, and the barbarians had relatively strong individual combat capabilities. What the Wei army needed was to provide them with weapons and equipment, and to maintain the fighting spirit of these barbarians through certain incentives.

To put it bluntly, it is to cultivate a mercenary with relatively strong combat power, just like the Wudang Feijun recruited by Shu Kingdom in the South Central, and became an elite force that the Wei army could rely on in the western expedition.

It is not a simple matter to conquer Pan Yue Kingdom, incorporate Pan Yue Kingdom into the territory of Wei Kingdom, and truly establish Pan Yue County. Therefore, in terms of military equipment, there must be a team that is good at fighting. Relying on the backbone alone may face a problem of disagreement. Therefore, only by recruiting some strong men from the barbarians in the South Central to form a mercenary army can we adapt to the battle of Pan Yue Kingdom.

Now, Yang Hu and his friends know very little about Pan Yue Kingdom. The only thing they know is that they killed the king Shamoke in Ye Yu's battle and wiped out most of the Pan Yue Kingdom's elephant soldiers. As for what the situation was like for Pan Yue Kingdom, which was thousands of miles away, they really didn't know anything.

Yang Hu summoned Meng Li over and after conquering Wei County, Meng Li also vented his anger. Moreover, the robbery of Wei County for several hours also made the barbarians return with a full load, and finally made them fulfill their wish.

Originally, Meng Li was about to get up and return to Chiyan Mountain in the past few days. He and Yang Hu had reached an agreement to maintain the principle of governing the Yi people and controlling the Han people in the southern middle. In addition to the prefect of Jingke County, which was served by Meng Nan, the other six counties including Jianning would still be selected by the Wei court to select the prefects, and the Yi people's tribes would still maintain their previous territory and take charge of their own.

As for the three prefects that Huo Yi had promised Meng Li, including Xinggu County, Meng Li did not dare to make any requests from Yang Hu. After all, that was promised by Huo Yi. Now Huo Yi has been chopped into meat paste, and there is no reason why Yang Hu will fulfill his promise for him.

For Meng Li and others, it was already a huge advantage to save their lives and go back. As for other things, they didn't dare to make any extravagant wishes.

The biggest beneficiary this time was Meng Nan, who voluntarily surrendered after being captured for the first time. It was because Meng Nan and them went their separate ways that they were valued and became the prefect of Jingke County.

Since becoming the prefect of Jingke, Meng Nan has stopped contacting the other three brothers. He devoted himself to the Wei State and established a post road passage from Jingke County to Wuling County.

This undoubtedly made the other three brothers envious. Isn’t the reason why Meng Nan received such preferential treatment because he surrendered earlier. They just resisted twice more, but the result was a difference.

If they had known this, why would they have wasted their efforts? If they surrendered earlier, the benefits they should have been gained are also indispensable. If they had known this now, why would they have been there?

It’s a pity that there are no regrets in this world. If there are any ones, the three brothers must buy them back and try them, and they won’t miss this opportunity.
Chapter completed!