Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 495 New Country Title
"In your barracks, it seems that many are recruits." Gu Xu commented while observing the surroundings.

As far as he could see, many young men who were similar to his age or even younger were fiddled with the weapons in their hands under the reprimand of the officer.

"When my father was the Duke of Yan, the Daqi court ordered us to reduce the size of the standing army in the northern border many times," Zhao Yan replied, with obvious worry on his brows, "When my father raised the flag to rebel, , and many soldiers fled to Daqi. For this reason, we had to recruit recruits on a large scale to supplement the number of troops."

"What about practitioners?" Gu Xu asked.

He knew that in this world with extraordinary power, it would be difficult for these ordinary soldiers without cultivation to play a decisive role in battle.They play more auxiliary roles such as duty, support, defense and alert.

Practitioners, especially high-level practitioners, are the key to victory.

"Cultivators," Zhao Yan sighed softly, "there will be more people leaving. As soon as my father announced his independence, the number of practitioners in the army immediately decreased by [-]%. Run [-]%.

"Currently on the border between Yan and Qi, in addition to the space blockade set up by the Great Qi Dynasty to arrest you, there is also the 'iron wall' that Dayan recently set up. Neither Qi people nor Yan people are allowed to pass through without authorization... Can't afford more loss of personnel."

Gu Xu listened silently and did not respond immediately.

He understands the choices of these practitioners.

Compared with the cold and barren Dayan, Daqi has a vast territory, a prosperous economy, and many strong men, and the Emperor Tianxing who holds the "Tai'a Sword" is his greatest reliance.

In their eyes, it is naturally the party with a better chance of winning.

In addition, hundreds of years have passed since the first Duke of Yan surrendered to Emperor Taizu of Great Qi.During this period, the concept of national boundaries has gradually faded. There are countless population movements, trade exchanges, and intermarriages between the north and the south. members.

If it weren't for the Fire God Temple as a spiritual link, maintaining the sense of belonging and cohesion of the Yan people for a long time, I am afraid that the entire Great Yan would have been naturalized long ago.

"Then your material supply...can still keep up?" Gu Xu asked after thinking about it.

"It's also very difficult," Zhao Yan replied with a slight frown, "on the day my father declared himself king, Princess Zhaoning ordered to cut off the business relationship between Daqi and Dayan. Over the years, we have refined many pills The resources of the country, such as hanzizhi, Wannianvine, Yinshenhua, Shuiyunguo, etc., are all dependent on the supply from the south.

"Although Dayan can also start cultivating these things by itself, the cost is much more expensive in comparison, and it is difficult to meet the massive demands of practitioners in the territory in a short period of time.

"The Department of Internal Affairs has already defaulted on the ration of pills for many monks' daily practice."

After hearing her narration, Gu Xu felt that Dayan's independence was an irrational decision.

But the key problem is that Zhao Changying wrongly estimated the strength of Emperor Tianxing.

If Zhao Changying succeeded in killing Emperor Tianxing together with Mangshan Ghost King on the day of the "Luoshui Conference", then the entire Daqi Dynasty would undoubtedly fall into chaos.

Among the princes and daughters of Emperor Tianxing, Xiao Shangyuan, the eldest prince with the highest cultivation, was only in the fifth realm, which was obviously not enough to suppress all the forces in the country.

At that time, Zhao Changying in the eighth realm will only need to raise his arms, and the world will definitely gather people who respond, whether voluntary or involuntary.

Taking a step back, even if Emperor Tianxing did not die, as long as Zhao Changying preserved his strength and retreated, he would be able to separate himself from one side and become the pillar of Dayan—after all, Emperor Tianxing could not use the power of Heavenly Tribulation without limit, and leave After Luojing City, it is no longer possible to freely use the power of the "Dragon Formation".

Instead of putting a country with an unstable foundation on Zhao Yan's young shoulders like it is now.

"Have you ever thought about how Dayan will go in the future?" After a brief silence, Gu Xu looked at Zhao Yan and asked seriously, "Although I rescued your father today, it is impossible for him to recover immediately. The cultivation level at the peak stage can only be [-]% to [-]% of what it used to be, and it is a blessing to be able to display the strength of a saint. These problems that Dayan is facing will surely exist for a long time."

Zhao Yan turned her head and looked at the serious expression in his eyes.

Before she knew it, she seemed to have returned to a thousand years ago, and became the [-]-year-old girl who always looked up at the figure of the master in her previous life.

"Do it with Master, isn't it all right?" She smiled and said softly, "As long as Master overthrows the Daqi Dynasty, then all these problems will be easily solved?"

"Now under my command, there are Luochuan from the eighth realm and Xu Man, the master of Jiange Pavilion from the seventh realm." Gu Xu looked at the distant sky and calmly talked about his next plan. There are thousands of cavalry from the Northwest Grassland and three shamans on the holy mountain as members of Ming'. If I try my best, I may be able to barely fight against the strong saints.

"In a few days, we will launch our first offensive on the northwestern border of Daqi. If there is no accident, we should be able to capture one or two cities and use them as bases for some time to come.

"If possible, I hope you can send Dayan's army to conduct some harassment and feigned attacks in the border area of ​​Yanqi to distract the attention of the Daqi court. In this way, we can relieve some pressure on the implementation of our plan .”

Zhao Yan listened carefully to his narrative.

She couldn't help thinking that not long ago, Gu Xu escaped from Luojing alone, and was cornered by the chasers sent by the Daqi court, including Zhu Qiuyi, the general soldier of Hedong, and almost died.

However, at this moment, two of Daqi's "Five Sages" are working for Gu Xu; those rebellious grassland people have also been brought under his command by some means; let alone hidden in the market However, the "Qingming" organization that secretly affects the current situation in Daqi.

Gu Xu's power is beyond comparison.

Faintly, he seemed to have the qualifications to sit at the table and play against the Great Qi Dynasty.

"Of course it's no problem." Zhao Yan tilted her head and put it on his shoulder, "You go and muddy the water in the west, so that the Daqi court is in a hurry, and I can live a little easier.

"However, have you thought about when our wedding will take place?
"Should it be held now, and by the way, take this opportunity to announce our alliance to the entire Dayan, or wait—"

"—Wait for me to lay down a territory first," Gu Xu said, "Luo Chuan thinks that I need a new national title as a banner to call on everyone. But I haven't thought of a suitable—"

"Today is the summer solstice, why don't we just call it 'Xia'!" Zhao Yan said in a joking tone, "I don't want to be this thankless king of Yan, it's better to be an idle prince who just eats and waits to die— Of course, it is Da Xia’s Yan Guogong, not Da Qi’s. When the sky falls, Master will carry it for me first.”

"Xia..." Gu Xu recited the word silently, feeling a little dazed for a while.

(End of this chapter)