After annexing the dojo shares of the two countries, the resources and support Zhong Yu received greatly increased, which was seven or eight times the expansion compared to the annexation of Deyu Country.
Judging from the support it has received, you can understand how backward and barren Dewa Country is.
Although the population is not much different, the level of wealth and overall potential are so different that they are not on the same level at all.
No wonder Dewa Country has been considered by everyone in Japan to be a barbarian land since ancient times, and it is indeed well-deserved.
After the annexation of Deyu Kingdom, Zhong Yu's dojo disciples totaled 3,000 people, and the other peripheral personnel numbered four to five thousand.
The combined strength can almost be said to dominate the entire Izumo Kingdom.
Of course, this is just secretly. On the surface, the permanent manpower of the dojo is only three to four hundred people, and the rest of the disciples are secretly hiding in powerful families in various places and disappearing.
This is also one of Zhong Yu's methods of protection.
If all these nearly ten thousand people gather in the dojo, it will definitely arouse the vigilance of the wealthy people in the entire Dewa Kingdom. By the way, the wealthy names in other countries will also resist and stop the expansion of the dojo.
Therefore, some concealment is very necessary before deciding to officially start an incident.
No, because Zhong Yu's hiding was inappropriate, the local wealthy families of Deyu Country did not find anything and continued to be immersed in the surprise of greatly increased strength.
Even the wealthy families from other countries did not find any problems. Instead, they happily accepted the expansion of the dojo and continued to provide help.
After completely annexing the dojo share of the two countries, the number of Zhong Yu's dojo disciples directly expanded to tens of thousands, and there were also twenty to thirty thousand other peripheral personnel.
This is not a small number, nor is it a force that can be ignored casually.
You must know that those who can become Zhong Yu's disciples must be at least a second-level strong man or above. Even among various wealthy families, they are considered elite forces.
In fact, the earlier batch of these disciples had already broken through to the third level. There are even some people with outstanding qualifications who are skilled investment experts, and their strength has reached the fourth level.
The strength of the fourth level is already very powerful in this island country.
Not to mention anything else, even in the entire Deyu Kingdom before Zhong Yu arrived, there were only five or six masters with fourth-level strength, and many of them were wandering swordsmen who lived in seclusion.
In other areas where the population is more prosperous and the martial arts culture is stronger, the number of fourth-level masters in a country often does not exceed a hundred.
Just like Echigo Province next to Dewa Province.
Echigo country is also a very famous country in the whole world of Japan. Among them, the local heroes are famous for their bravery and fighting skills, and the folk customs are even more sturdy, so many strong men have been born.
But even if all the fourth-order people in the entire Echigo Kingdom were added up, according to Zhong Yu's understanding, there would only be more than 70 people.
This also confirmed the decline of Deyu Country from the side.
Moreover, the peripheral personnel of Zhongyu Dojo are not simple things.
Most of these peripheral personnel have first-level cultivation, and some of the more outstanding ones even have second-level cultivation.
And the strength of the first level, in a powerful country like Echigo, already belongs to the category of elite soldiers.
As for the second level above the first level, no matter which country in the world of Japan, they all belong to samurai, but the status is different according to the overall strength of the country.
The strength of these disciples is getting stronger and the energy is expanding, which further confirms the fact.
That is, Zhong Yu has unknowingly mastered an elite army of up to 30,000 to 40,000 people.
Moreover, these armies did not need Zhong Yulai to provide money and food to support them. Within the radiation range of the dojo, the local tycoons in the three countries paid for him.
This has two advantages. The first is that it avoids a lot of expenses and management problems. The second is that when you start an uprising, you can make these soldiers defect as soon as possible and quickly collapse the resistance of local tyrants in various countries.
"It's been two years. It's time to start taking action. It's time for the world to see what I can do."
Sitting high on the main seat in the main hall of the dojo, Zhong Yu suddenly stood up, looked directly through the hall at the swirling fog outside, and said.
As the power of the dojo has expanded, it has gradually moved out of the northeastern region of Honshu Island, Japan, and expanded towards the central and southern regions.
During these expansions, what was originally an extremely smooth pace suddenly stalled and became extremely difficult.
The reason is ultimately inseparable from regional discrimination.
Dewa Country is located in the northeast of Japan. It has always been a barbarian country and is not accepted by people from other regions in Japan.
Although the two countries of Echigo and Mutsu that border Dewa Province are much more civilized, their culture and customs are ultimately very different from other long-civilized regions in Japan.
These differences lead to conflicts with cultures across Japan, and then discrimination occurs.
So when Zhongyu's dojo completely annexed the entire northeastern part of Japan, that is, the three countries of Dewa, Tsukigo, and Mutsu.
Then it expanded to the central and southern areas, but suffered great setbacks in these two regions.
The local powerful and powerful people, as well as the lower-level warrior people, are extremely repulsive to the outside disciples of Lingtian Dojo.
Even though these people all understood the power of Lingtian Dojo, out of contempt in their hearts, they were still extremely xenophobic and refused to enter the venue without hesitation.
With the support of the local powerful people and the people, the local dojo began to suffer a huge blow, which made the expansion of Lingtian dojo difficult. After several months, there was no progress at all.
Among them, in order to cope with this difficult situation, Zhong Yu did not make other efforts.
He sent people with money to lobby the local wealthy families to win their support, and even sent elite warriors to help these wealthy families win victory on the battlefield.
But these wealthy families were very welcoming at first, and were even happy to have someone help them.
But once it comes to matters about spreading the Taoist tradition, everything changes.
Some wealthy families who pay attention to their manners avoided seeing them and did not give the Taoist disciples a chance to speak.
Some wealthy families who were irritable, had no manners, and showed no respect for etiquette directly expelled the disciples from the Taoist temple without any regard for the kindness they had shown in helping them before.
Some even went so far as to surround and kill them, and their attitudes were extremely bad.
Faced with the provocation of these people, Zhong Yu once organized a group of 300 elite teams to retaliate.
This elite team directly slaughtered the local wealthy families who were ungrateful and surrounded and killed the disciples of the dojo. By allowing these wealthy families to leave no one alive, it can be regarded as maintaining the prestige of the dojo and avenging those who died.
Zhong Yu tried to use his strong strength to intimidate the local powerful and force them to accept the entry.
However, this only aroused the disgust of these powerful people. Not only did they not cooperate, but they connected with each other. The 300 Taoist disciples who went to take revenge were surrounded and killed.
In less than a month, all these elite disciples were killed and wounded under the encirclement and suppression by these local powerful men, and only 3 or 4 of them escaped.
At this point, Zhong Yu also understood that the expansion of the dojo had reached a limit. The next step was to ignore this almost peaceful expansion model and instead follow the war of the army.
A powerful army is needed to invade the countries that resist the dojo, massacre the cities and exterminate the clans, and use thunderous means to crush all the obstacles.
(End of chapter)