Chapter 316 The Second Ghost Army, fighting on the plateau!
“How could this be?”

Baochai and Daiyu walked to the map together.

Plans are always slower than changes. Before this, in order not to disrupt the internal situation of Daqian.

Jia Cong could only turn his attention outside Daqian and push for the southern expedition.

India is considered to be the best fertile ground for the development of Shinto.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Shunde had already given in before the southern expedition was over.

Except for the areas around the capital, Jia Cong can be allowed to develop Shintoism.

In this way, compared with the vast land within Daqian, Tianzhu naturally became Jia Cong’s second choice.

According to the previous estimates of several people, this round of Shinto expansion.

Under pressure from other forces, he was able to expand Shanxi, Henan, Jiangxi, Huguang and other densely populated provinces located in the heart of Daqian.

That’s the best outcome.

By then, Daqian will cover all directions, and the northeast will extend from the Korean Peninsula to outside the Liaodong Pass all the way to inside the Pass!

There were many protectorates along the eastern coast all the way to the Nanyang in the south.

There is also a large number of cities in the Huguang region in the central part of the country.

Leave Sichuan and Shaanxi as buffers and barriers.

Under the rule of Shinto, at least 200 million people have built a true kingdom of God on land.

In the countryside, there are mountain gods and land gods who monitor all directions.

Within the city, there is a county god, who is in charge of the area!
Shintoism is prosperous, and Jia Cong can react immediately to any unexpected events.

You can attack when you advance and defend when you retreat!
“No, Cong’er, the other party is preparing to…”

“Disperse our strength?”

Baochai frowned, looked at the map for a while, and suddenly remembered something.

The development trend of Shintoism can certainly expand rapidly.

In a short period of time, Jia Cong’s clerical rank will be upgraded.

But there is also a fatal flaw.

Judging from the current situation, this is a great struggle.

The third realm, which was respected in the past, is now just cannon fodder, and the fourth realm can only be the backbone force.

The one who can truly be called a master who decides victory or defeat is someone in the fifth realm.

Under Jia Cong!

In the late fifth realm, there is the Dharma body of Wenhou cut out by Jia Cong!
In the middle stage of the fifth realm are: the Heavenly Demon Guardian Marshal Baizu and Daiyu!

The rest are Jia Cong himself, Baochai, Miaoyu, Black Dragon King Selina, Huici, Zhuxie, and Medicine Spirit Goddess.

All of them are in the early stage of the fifth realm.

Adding up to a total of ten, there are the fifth realm!

When they come together, they are an absolutely invaluable first-rate force.

But if they were scattered across several provinces, they would not be able to defend such a large Shinto land.

There is even the possibility that they may be separated and defeated one by one.

After Shintoism expands, it takes some time to stabilize the believers and collect incense.

How to survive this period is the biggest crisis Jia Cong is currently facing!
“The royal family has made a good calculation. It seems like they are doing us a favor!”

“In fact, the entire capital area will be protected by our many Shinto gods in the future!”

After looking at the map, Baochai couldn’t help but say one more thing.

Jia Cong did not express any opinion on this.

In the great struggle, some forces choose to take an active part and fight for the rare opportunity of the great world that is rare in countless years.

Some forces will choose to adopt a conservative stance and make preserving their own strength their top priority.

The Daqian royal family chose a conservative attitude.

Everything has its pros and cons!

The royal family’s move seemed to be using Jia Cong’s power to form a large protective network outside the capital.

But in fact, once this Shinto is promoted, it will be unclear whether the imperial decrees will be able to leave the capital in the future.

It all depends on Jia Cong’s decision.

After the court meeting in the imperial palace during the day, Jia Cong had already given advice to Emperor Shunde through Xia Shouzhong.

With the little martial arts skills that Emperor Shunde had when he was a prince, even if he spent a lot of spiritual medicines on it at all costs, reaching the innate realm of martial arts would be insignificant to the situation.

It is nothing more than using the fact that the emperor has to practice to remind the other party of the crisis that this time.

What happens next ultimately depends on the royal family’s own choice.

“Brother Cong, the most urgent thing is to find out which family or families are plotting against us.”

“Otherwise, this half of the country is fertile land for the gods. I don’t know where the other party will attack from, and we will have nowhere to defend.”

At this time, Daiyu also expressed her own views.

“As long as the enemy who plotted against us doesn’t take action, we won’t be able to find out.”

“If you can’t defend it, then don’t defend it!”

After pondering over the map for a moment, Jia Cong’s eyes gradually became firm.

“Sister Bao, where are the three ghost armies of Xuanyou, Xuansha, and Xuanying now?”

Jia Cong’s imagined second ghost army.

It has five ghost armies under its command: Xuanyin, Xuansha, Xuanyou, Xuanming and Xuanying.

Among them, the Xuanyin and Xuansha branches had already been reorganized before and were stationed in Shu by Jia Cong, who also invited the Legalist semi-saint Tang Jianwen to help take charge.

Used to intimidate the U-Tsang Plateau.

The three ghost generals Xuanyou, Xuanming and Xuanying had previously followed Zhuxie on the expedition to the South Pacific islands.

Although the large and small countries on the islands had secretly learned many cultivation techniques from Daqian before, most of them were incomplete and had been integrated with the evil techniques developed locally.

It is a mess and difficult to form a system, and the potential for cultivation is extremely low.

In addition, there are few practitioners, and most of the skills are passed down from master to disciple.

Few people would do such thankless tasks as exorcising evil spirits for ordinary people.

On the contrary, many people would choose to borrow the power of evil spirits to cultivate supernatural powers and improve their strength.

As a result of countless years of accumulation, there are a large number of ghosts and evil spirits accumulated on the South Sea islands.

There are three ghost beings in the fourth realm alone!

Being supported by the three island countries just makes up for the defect that the South Sea island countries have no national spirit.

After the ghost army was cleared out and suppressed, the remaining three ghost armies of the Second Ghost Army were directly supplemented.

He also suppressed three fourth-level evil spirits.

He was escorted back to the capital and was conferred the title of one of the Three Ghost Generals by Jia Cong.

One of them was named: Ghost Killer, and he was incorporated into the First Ghost Army Corps, commanding the army to kill evil ghosts!
Let all five ghost generals in his legion return to their positions!

The remaining two were named Ghost General of the Underworld Spirit and Ghost General of the Underworld Jade!
Temporarily incorporated into the Third Ghost Soldier Corps which has just been established!

“The three ghost armies left the capital a few days ago. In order to avoid disturbing the people, they hid during the day and moved at night!”

“We should not have left Shanxi Province yet…”

Baochai knew the deployment of various forces under Jia Cong very well, and answered immediately when asked.

“it is good!”

“Let the expansion of Shinto in Daqian be managed by the Black and White Impermanence below.”

“Call Sister Miaoyu back first!”

Jia Cong said this and pointed at the map.

“Order the three ghost armies of Xuanyou, Xuansha, and Xuanying to go to Shu as soon as possible and join up with the two ghost armies of Xuanyin and Xuanming to form the second ghost army corps!”

“Appoint Baizu as the Grand Marshal of the Second Ghost Army Corps!”

“Make a big show of yourself, pass through the plateau, head to the border of India, and join up with the army led by Sui Maoxiang to the south!”

“Cong’er, what do you mean?”

“Since they want to paralyze us, let’s use their own tactics against them and seize this last opportunity!”

“Ask someone to go to the palace and inform His Majesty that the troops from the Protectorate of the South Sea Islands should be dispatched as soon as possible, and the First Ghost Army Corps should be withdrawn before the end of March at the latest.”

“Either, we can use the Tibetan Buddhist sect as a stepping stone for us to overcome the tribulations!” “Either, the Tibetan Buddhist sect can submit a letter of surrender to ensure that we have no worries when we conquer India!”

……

“Cong’er, what about the mansion?”

“Your Majesty has already told me that the royal family is prepared to take a conservative stance, but for the short term, the spirit of the state can still be relied upon…”

“But as time goes by…we can’t always rely on the help of others.”

Jia Cong closed his eyes and thought for a moment.

Treat people with sincerity and bind people with benefits!
This is the unshakable creed that the innate gods have always followed in their dealings with people.

Since the royal family has chosen a conservative stance, they can still rely on righteousness to shock the world in the short term.

But as time goes by, when various top-notch forces emerge, who will care about the power of the secular dynasty?

Not to mention anything else, the current Heavenly Master of Mount Longhu has not had an audience for a long time.

“Let me think about it. Who knows, maybe the Jing’an Marquis Mansion will give others another surprise in the future!”

With a chuckle, Jia Cong had made a decision.

“It’s getting late, Sister Bao, Sister Lin, you should go and rest first.”

“Okay, I’ll go and arrange things and then go rest.”

Baochai nodded.

……

After the New Year’s Day, the city of Shenjing fell back into its former tranquility.

As for the great struggle in the world, let alone ordinary people, even few of the powerful people in Shenjing are qualified to know the basics.

After the short festival, what we have to face is still the hustle and bustle of survival.

Another month and a half passed like this.

蜀中

Ancient Tea-Horse Road!

Starting from Yazhou, passing through Yazhou, Yingjing, Hanyuan, Luding and other places, head to the plateau!

It is an important hub road between the plateau and the plain.

Tea and horses were the main trading commodities, and horse caravans were used as transportation labor.

The trade route could even radiate to the east of the plateau, so it was called the Ancient Tea-Horse Road.

It is not only a trade route, but also an important hub for communication between the Central Plains dynasties and the plateau since ancient times.

Through the tea-horse trade, the U-Tsang Plateau was controlled to a certain extent.

Both sides of the trade route are also one of the most prosperous areas on the Tibetan Plateau.

Buddhism is extremely prosperous in Tibet.

In previous years, as long as the weather was slightly warmer, the ice and snow would melt.

A large number of horse caravans carrying goods will soon appear on this trade route.

However, at the end of January this year, the Yazhou government issued a notice.

Before March, all caravans are strictly prohibited from taking to the road. Those who violate the order will bear the consequences at their own risk!

A notice without a beginning or an end, with no reason and no consequences.

However, those old-timers who had been making a living on this road for many years and had become extremely slick suddenly smelled something unusual.

It’s only about a month, and no one wants to break the rules because of this.

A leader with a reckless character will not survive more than three months on this trade route.

……

February 16
Kangping Town
Two rivers flow in opposite directions, and three mountains stand between them!
This is the key throat leading to the plateau from Shu.

It is also one of the places with the most frequent commercial exchanges.

But today, outside the small town, there were no horse caravans carrying goods.

But a terrifying army.

The majestic evil spirit connected into a piece and rose into the sky!

A team of more than 50,000 people stood quietly outside the city. No movement was seen, and no noise was heard.

But this one is about enforcing orders and prohibiting them.

There is no other army in the world that can compare with the ghost soldiers under Jia Cong.

In mid-air, there were six figures standing in the air.

Five of them were of sturdy build and dressed in ferocious beast armor.

Their faces are covered with masks of different kinds, making it difficult to see their true appearance.

Exuding a terrifying aura of panic.

The strength ranges from the early fourth realm to the late fourth realm.

They are none other than the five ghost generals Xuanyin, Xuansha, Xuanyou, Xuanming and Xuanying under Jia Cong’s command!
Before the five ghost generals.

The Heavenly Demon Guardian Marshal Baizu, who had just taken office as the commander-in-chief of the Second Ghost Army Corps, was wearing a Taoist robe.

He looked like a virtuous man who practiced Taoism, and was looking at the small town of Kangping in front of him calmly.

This is the throat area leading to the plateau.

It was guarded by more than 30,000 warriors sent by several tribes on the plateau.

However, what Baizu really cares about is not these 30,000 plateau warriors.

“Immeasurable life and blessings, since you are here, fellow Taoist.”

“Why don’t you show up and see me!”

Baizu bowed towards the direction of the small town in front of him and spoke loudly.

“Om! What! What! Ba! Mi! Hum!”

The originally peaceful city was suddenly filled with a huge noise, as if countless monks were singing in unison.

It is the “Six-Syllable Heart Mantra” of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism!
This grandeur and domineeringness has a power that can bewitch people’s minds.

Unfortunately, when the soldiers of the Second Ghost Army Corps heard it below the centipede, it did not cause even the slightest ripple.

Ghost soldier!

It is indeed a weapon of gods!

It is the command of heaven and earth to pay for the karmic mistakes committed during life. After death, one will serve the gods and maintain the operation of heaven and earth.

How could he be bewitched by such magical power?

Seeing that his magical powers had no effect at all, the people hiding in the dark could no longer hold back.

An old monk gradually rose from the small town and walked step by step into the air.

His dress was extremely strange, with obvious plateau characteristics and some Central Plains Buddhist style.

“Amitabha!”

“The Taoist soldiers under Marquis Jing’an are indeed worthy of their reputation!”

“I admire you!”

Glancing at the soldiers of the Second Ghost Army.

A trace of fear flashed in the old monk’s eyes.

Hearing about it is one thing, seeing it with your own eyes is another.

However, the imagination that this inheritance of refining Taoist weapons can trigger is enough to make people feel frightened.

I couldn’t help but think of what the several major branches of Tibetan Buddhism discussed when they gathered in Sunlight City.

The foundation of Luotian Sect is really as unfathomable as the rumors!

“It’s just that on that day by the Brahmaputra River, our Tibetan Buddhist sect had already made a concession.”

“That’s not all. We will first deploy our troops in Shu and aim our swords at the plateau!”

“Now we have even reached the plateau directly!”

“How can Marquis Jing’an be so aggressive?”

“Do you really think that we Tibetan Buddhists are easy to bully?”

As the old monk spoke, his eyes widened with anger and his long pale eyebrows raised in the air!

(End of this chapter)