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Chapter 216 Demon Hunting Expedition, Expanding the Border Town Westward

The speed at which Zhou Bai took down Ruinan County greatly stimulated Lei Haomiao. This meant that Longfeng County controlled by the state government would border on the Anbei Governor's Mansion, and the territorial risk would increase greatly.

For this reason, the state government paid a certain price and forcibly wiped out the last general ship in Dingzhou County on August [-]th. The result ended in the death of the general ship.

Beginning on August [-]th, [-] elite state soldiers and more than [-] members of the state Taoist corps entered Longfeng County one after another, and there was an endless stream of convoys transporting various supplies.

Obviously, this is to prevent the Anbei Army from going south.

Zhou Bai was a little helpless, because at this point in time, Lu Ding of Dingxi was also aggressively attacking Yongquan County, which was one of the few large counties still under the direct control of the state government.

Now that Lei Haomiao had withdrawn the elite main force to guard against Zhou Bai, Yongquan County would definitely not be able to take care of it, and at most could only support and assist.

It is equivalent to saying that in the heart of this great official in the frontier, Zhou Bai, a country boy who originated from a border area, is more threatening than Lu Ding, a son of a family who has been a general for many generations.

What else could Zhou Bai say, in order not to benefit Lu Ding, he had no choice but to change the direction of expansion.

Twenty thousand militiamen with battlefield experience were transferred to the Ruinan garrison on the spot, plus [-] surrendered soldiers who were being reorganized, and cooperated with [-] elite government troops, a total of [-] troops guarded Ruinan County.

With an army of [-], apart from Zhou Bai himself, only Zhou Yuan is qualified to be trusted in the Anbei Dudufu.

So Zhou Bai also named Zhou Yuan as the inspector of Ruinan County, and ordered him to stay in the town to be responsible for fighting against possible threats from Longfeng County.

In general, the defense is still the main focus, and we will try our best to protect Ruinan without losing any ground, and check the various arrangements of the state soldiers in Longfeng County at the right time.

Because of the eunuch Wang Xiu's inside information, the decree of closing the country would be issued at the latest in autumn, so Zhou Bai returned to Bei'an County on August [-]th, and set off again on August [-]th.

The luck of the world is limited, for those like him who are planning to establish their own country, it is best to hurry up before the Daxu court seals it, otherwise it may cause the foundation of the country's fortune to be weak.

From the current point of view, there are only three people in Dingzhou who can be called the most important state tripod, Lei Haomiao, Lu Ding, and Zhou Bai.

One step first, step by step first, this principle is very suitable for the law of qi circulation.

If you are number one, you will definitely get more people's attention. At least the basic impression is that your country is very strong.

However, no matter how many benefits there are, they are all relatively imaginary, and the key is the news from heaven.

After Zhao Qi called Liang Hou and established the Liang Kingdom, Chi Qing revealed through Tiandish that all the countries in the Tianyuan Continent would be recruited to fight in the outer plane.

She spoke vaguely, probably because the Heavenly Court, the Qingxu Alliance, and a group of half-planes and plane worlds reached some kind of agreement, using the secular countries as pawns to play games.

The chessboard battlefield is the many planes between the Tianyuan world and the Qingxu world. These plane worlds are mixed between the two giants, and they don't have much autonomy.

Now both worlds have announced that as long as they win the national confrontation, they can intercept the corresponding luck.

If you don't want luck, you can still negotiate with the two "hosts" in exchange for a certain period of time, allowing the world to develop freely without interference.

The higher-ups of these worlds communicated with the will of the world, and naturally agreed to this request. The overall strength of the competition is to shake the tree, but it is only the power of the mundane countries who are afraid of the other.

Qingxu didn't mention it, he was already on the verge of collapse, and he could only go on expeditions to suck blood, which was well known.

The Heavenly Court may have greatly recovered its strength since ancient times, but its control over the mortal world of the Tianyuan Continent is not as good as before.

What kind of powerful country can there be in a divided and chaotic Tianyuan Continent?

The immortals and gods in the heaven seek personal detachment, so they suppress the development of human nature for a long time.

But other small worlds are not necessarily the case. Many small worlds seek the overall leap, the upgrade of the world, and the power of the dynastic system will always be above the individual.

In the kingdom of Tianyuan Continent, most of the luck has to be offered to the Heavenly Court. As a result, even if it is a unified central dynasty, it cannot be regarded as a top dynasty in the many vassal worlds when the ancient Heavenly Court was at its peak.

It may be facing the country of Qingxu Realm, or it may be the "indigenous" country facing the plane world, and it will be randomly released.

For this reason, when Chi Qing told Zhou Bai the news, she was very heavy, because even the Heavenly Court itself had no confidence in the Tianyuan kingdoms.

But in order to raise the Gu King, and also to isolate the flames of the war between the two realms from outside the territory, the Heavenly Court still wanted to recruit the countries of the Tianyuan Continent to participate.

These include the vassal states outside the current territory of the Central Dynasty, which will also be their chance to stand up.

If they can return victorious in the ensuing recruitment war, they might be able to try to get a glimpse of the Central Plains.

Expedition outside the territory, with the country as the unit?The winner can take away the fortune and food, probably more than that.

Chi Qing's news has gone beyond Zhou Bai's past life derivation. He can't even imagine what kind of supernatural powers and laws of manipulation can realize this kind of plane battle.

And he didn't understand why the Heavenly Court had to facilitate this agreement between the heavens when they would obviously be at a disadvantage in the competition for the strength of the mortal country.

It wasn't until Huangdi's envoy and Qing Yi who had helped him not long ago contacted him, and Zhou Bai combined the three parties' information, that he finally figured it out.

It turned out that the third invasion of the Qingxu Realm suffered a lot of losses, and it was basically classified as a failure. The Qingxu people clearly realized that even if the Taoist ancestor did not show up, the strength of the Tianyuan Realm was extremely top-notch.

Therefore, the top management of the Qingxu Alliance decided to change their thinking, no longer blindly pursue radical and rapid, but chose to attack the outer planes of the Tianyuan world and other world planes between the two worlds first.

One is to plunder resources that are easy to plunder to replenish, and the other is to firmly lock up the Tianyuan Realm, and then rely on many surrounding plane strongholds to launch an all-round attack.

Losing a demiplane would increase the defense pressure of the local area, not to mention being enemies with many complete worlds.

However, Heavenly Court has not gone out to the outer domain for too long, and the expedition fleet is still in the process of being formed, so it is a "gambling war" by agreeing to the Qingxu Realm and the relevant worlds of the heavens.

Now the agreement has been reached, so in fact the most basic purpose of the Heavenly Court has been achieved, which is to delay time.

It would be good for the Tianyuan kingdoms to win more, but if they couldn't, it wouldn't affect the larger situation.

One of the most ambitious plans, the Demon Hunt Expedition!
Repeat the glory of Tianyuan, open up the blueprint of the star sea, counterattack and hunt the intruders from the Qingxu world!
Only the Tianyuan Realm has ever fought against other worlds, so why was it blocked at the door by other expeditionary fleets.

When Qingyi revealed this plan, Zhou Bai almost didn't dare to listen to it. I'm afraid that such secrets are not known to ordinary middle and lower heavenly organs.

For this reason, he also took the initiative to swear by his heart demon that he would never spread it, so he was relieved.

But it was just like this that Qing Yi became a little belated, her mouth tightened a lot, and she realized that it was a secret.

Because of this, Zhou Bai kept an eye on his mind, confused?

The status of this female fairy is probably not low, so she has to maintain her relationship well.

Of course, Qingyi still told Zhou Bai solemnly that if he wanted to go to the last step, he had to establish the country in advance to obtain the admission ticket and strive to win.

As for the Yellow Emperor's envoy, like Qing Yi, he did not know where to get the authority, and contacted Zhou Bai from Tiandish.

But this one is rather meek, just testing Zhou Bai, whether he has the idea of ​​inheriting Tude's destiny.

Zhou Bai replied very cautiously, just perfunctory without any trace, saying that he has not made a decision yet, so there is no more to say.

After all, if it really counts, apart from Zhou Bai's status as a celestial being, the power of the Anbei Dudufu is nothing. The land of the two counties is not worthy of people's over-enthusiasm.

The people above reminded that Zhou Bai must of course hurry up and try to capture the border towns and build a country.

Otherwise, it can only be like Jiang Yuanlong in Western Shu, who used the land of two counties to forcefully establish Boguo, but Xishu is far more populated than Dingzhou and other frontier states. With the population base there, strong establishment will not leave much Many hidden dangers.

Under Zhou Bai's rule, Bei'an County had a population of up to 110 million, which was the result of the recent absorption of some exiles from other prefectures and the naturalization of mountain people from all over the country.

Looking at Ruinan County, there are only 80 people, which is still not up to the requirements of the ancient system of humane luck, and a county can be established with a million people.

Even in the current chaotic world, the impact of such regulations will not be too great, but if the country is forcibly established under the condition of insufficient population, there may be problems with luck.

Therefore, Zhou Bai must take down the border towns to make up for the insufficient population base.

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On August [-], the Anbei Army swore to march westward.

Although Zhou Yuan was not there, Gao Hu, Lou Jinpeng, Jiao Tu, Xu Yun, Yan Cheng and other generals accompanied him.

Among them, Lou Jinpeng and Jiao Tu can both take on the commanding role.

The number of troops of the Western Expeditionary Army was far less than the main force attacking Ruinan County. There were only 5000 government troops, [-] Fumo Army, and [-] cavalry, totaling [-] people.

However, the main force is only 1, and there are many auxiliary (militia) soldiers accompanying the army, a total of [-].

In addition, nearly [-] civilians were responsible for escorting the luggage, and there were also reserve officials drawn from the luggage team to accompany them.

It is difficult to accumulate a family fortune, but it is very easy to squander it.

Just like Zhou Bai opened his door to seek talents, but just filling the vacancies in Ruinan County and Biancheng County, the talent reserve has been exhausted.

Most of those who went to become officials in Ruinan County were promoted. Bei'an Township officials changed to Ruinan County officials, and county officials changed to county officials.

Those who went to Biancheng County, after careful observation, found that many officials had been in office for less than half a year, barely passing an evaluation period.

If he wanted to fight the fourth county again, it would be a problem just to digest, so Zhou Bai thought of the first major event after the founding of the People's Republic of China, to open a course to obtain a scholar.

At that time, there was enough luck to give these imperial examination talents...

Just thinking about it on the march made me feel more and more the importance of this opportunity for recruitment.

Only by winning and capturing enough national luck to return can the country develop rapidly.

On August [-]th, Zhou Bai had already appeared in Baisha Town on the tiptoe. This place was only [-] miles deep into Baishazhou, but it was still more than [-] miles away from Shazhou City, the stronghold set up by the next border town.

Even the elite of the government army who have practiced martial arts can only march two hundred miles a day normally, and if they don't save their energy, they can march three hundred miles at most.

In this way, it usually takes more than ten days to reach Shazhou City, not to mention whether they can get supplies in Shazhou City and Border Town County is another matter.

Because according to the previous strategic deployment, Biancheng County was neglected by all departments, including Xuanyiwei. They only knew that it was poorer than Cangbei County.

In the absence of experience, Zhou Bai chose the insurance method, that is, to dispatch more grain trucks to deliver supplies.

The gate of the town was closed tightly, and the guards shouted angrily, so they had no choice but to reveal their identities.

The deputy general of the guard battalion, and Dian Shi Yan Luo, who had just arrived in office for a few days, hurried out of the city to greet him.

"He Zhiwu, the deputy commander of the Baisha town guard camp, and Yan Luo, the envoy of Baisha town, have met the governor. Please forgive me for being late." The deputy general and Yan Luo bowed and saluted. They looked flustered and were obviously caught off guard.

However, Zhou Bai was not so narrow-minded, and instead explained: "The journey is fast, and the main force will arrive tonight. By the way, where is Chu Kai, and how is the situation ahead?"

He Zhiwu immediately took a step forward and reported back: "Captain, the guard has brought people to Shazhou City and they haven't returned yet, but according to our field investigation during this period, there should be no problem with the march."

"The main thing is to walk along the ancient business road, which is the safest and won't get lost."

"This is the latest map of Baishazhou. There are new water sources on it. We have all drank it. The salinity is very low, which can already quench our thirst."

After receiving the map, Zhou Bai opened it up to take a look. It clearly marked important information such as marching routes, water sources, suitable places to camp, and the location of Shazhou City.

"Did you draw this picture or who drew it? It shouldn't be Chu Kai, this guy is not so careful." Zhou Bai glanced at He Zhiwu and asked curiously.

Speaking of which, the expansion of the territory was too fast. In places like Baisha Town, which were laid out casually, he only remembered one Chu Kai.

"This map was drawn by a certain general when he followed the guards to check the route. The rough parts made the governor laugh at him." He Zhiwu was very modest, seeing Zhou Bai's appreciation, he was not arrogant or impetuous.

Zhou Bai suddenly remembered something: "It looks like you have studied, and your surname is He. Could it be that you are from the He family of the township of Pingcang?"

He Zhiwu couldn't hold himself together now, he never expected that Zhou Bai could still remember an ordinary villager in Pingcang.

He said excitedly: "Back to the governor, a certain general is the son of He's parents. He has studied, but was not selected as a scholar, so he abandoned his pen and joined the army, and wants to follow the governor to make contributions!"

Looking at his own destiny, the fate of the red out of the county, the thriving Universiade gathers, and there is a chance of breakthrough.

From Pingcang, has read books, is capable of both literature and martial arts, and is meticulous and thoughtful in his work.

This great luck should refer to Zhou Bai's favor, but the various characteristics and background of this son really made him want to be promoted.

Genzhengmiaohong still has the ability to use it, who else can use it.

Silently making a decision in his heart, Zhou Bai looked at Yan Luo again: "Do you have an idea about what I want you to do?"

In fact, he didn't specify what it was at all, but he did it on purpose, wanting to see if this former talent really wanted to do things faithfully.

Yan Luo seemed to know that Zhou Bai had asked this question a long time ago, so he immediately eloquently said: "After this spiritual change, Baishazhou has vast hectares of fertile land and has great potential. The officials think that it is feasible to develop here... In less than two years, this place can It will become the largest grain producing area in Dingzhou."

"In addition, the salt soil is sinking. If the salt mines can be developed for profit, it will not only solve the salt consumption of the domestic people, but also sell it abroad, earning millions of dollars a year..."

(End of this chapter)