In the following days, Bai Zhizhan, accompanied by Lian Xusheng and Li Qing among others, toured various places.
It was during these days, especially what he witnessed and heard, that Bai Zhizhan gained a new understanding of the Army and ground warfare.
In summary, it could be put in one sentence.
Capturing and occupying are two completely different things!
Take Lower High Kingdom, for example—its situation was much better. After all, before the last war, Ice Storm Peninsula had only one kingdom, the Gaoju Kingdom, which was a vassal state of the Liangxia Empire. The people had long recognized and accepted their status as a vassal state, preferring that to being ruled by the Saiyi Imperial Kingdom.
As vassal states, Gaoju Kingdom and the Saiyi Imperial Kingdom were considered equals, and their envoys stood together during imperial audiences.
Even so, the Imperial Army still had to face and solve a plethora of emerging problems.
