Because of the changes in the Zixiao Sect, all the sects and cultivators in the entire Ming Dynasty, except for the Yu Kingdom, focused their energy on the competition for the training resources that the Zixiao Sect was about to spit out. There was no spare power to deal with Zhong Yu. This also contributed to the rapid expansion of Zhong Yu's strength. time to gain digestion time.
These sects are still too short-sighted, or people tend to only care about immediate interests.
Not without. Those with foresight have seen the impact of the rise of the Zhong Yu Empire on their sects in the cultivation world.
But even if it is discovered, so what, they have no way to punish it.
After all, when most sects tend to encroach on the benefits ceded by the Zixiao sect, if one's own sect acts independently, it will in turn restrict the development of Yuguo.
Then there is only one final outcome. Those sects annexed most of the benefits ceded by the Zixiao sect. After their strength increased greatly, they in turn annexed these maverick sects, and their strength became stronger and stronger.
This is the bad nature of human beings, or in other words, the bad nature of all intelligent creatures. This is also the fundamental reason why people often say that before letting go of the outside world, you must first settle the inside.
Just when all the cultivation circles in the Ming Dynasty were joining in sharing the resources of the Zixiao Sect, the strength of the Yu Kingdom in the south was quietly growing.
Without the banner of Shen Xing Dao, other small sects and sects sometimes wanted to resist, but they were unable to go against the general trend.
Not everyone has the strength of Shen Xingdao.
Most sects in Yuguo basically only have one sixth-level heavenly master in charge, and the better ones can have several. As for the forces with seventh-level earthly immortals, except for the Divine Star Dao, there is no one.
However, there was a wandering Earth Immortal who was alone and without any influence. He was just studying alone in the barren mountains and mountains, and had never been involved in the world.
Zhong Yu naturally wanted to recruit this wandering earth immortal.
He began to send envoys to invite him, but was declined by this earthly immortal. However, this Earth Immortal is also a sensible person. In the past two years, Yuguo's reputation has become famous in the Ming Dynasty and surrounding countries. Even this Earth Immortal who is studying in the barren mountains and ridges has heard about it.
Especially the deeds of annihilating the famous Shenxing Dao some time ago, this Earth Immortal felt the same way, and was quite sad.
Zhong Yu was naturally unwilling to accept his invitation being rejected.
Whether it is to enhance the foundation of his empire and fill the lack of high-level combat power. It is a huge hidden danger for a seventh-level master to wander around the imperial country without any restraint.
Zhong Yu didn't even intend to let it go.
So one day, Zhong Yu personally came to the training place of the Earth Immortal and had a friendly exchange with him, which made him deeply feel his enthusiasm. And the Earth Immortal was moved to tears with gratitude. Mingwu Zhong Yu's sincerity followed him to the imperial capital. As a worshiper of the empire, he became a figure within the system from then on.
With the joining of the Earth Immortal, the small sects and families in Yuguo who were still waiting and watching and had not yet been affected were even more frightened and took the initiative to seek refuge, further accelerating the incorporation process.
Three months after the destruction of Shen Xing Dao, the incorporation of sects in the entire empire has been completely completed. All the large and small forces have been incorporated into the empire's system and have become officials with high grades. .
Correspondingly, those stubborn rebels who tried to maintain their previous aloof status were dealt with for crimes such as treason, causing turmoil in the empire, conspiracy to rebel, etc., and these stubborn diseases were completely eliminated.
After the entire empire was sorted out, Zhong Yu's high-level combat power finally expanded several times, even better than other dynasties on the mainland.
Today's Yuguo already has two seventh-level warriors including Zhong Yu, 71 sixth-level warriors, and more than 400 fifth-level warriors. It can be said that the high-level combat power has completely reached the level of the general empire.
Even the lower-level legion has been expanded.
Not to mention those third-level ordinary soldiers. Although the number has increased, for this world of extraordinary manifestations, they are not the key to the outcome of the war.
Only after reaching the fourth level and forming a certain number, can one be qualified to participate in battles above the sixth level.
Zhong Yu's fourth-level legion is in addition to the original 15,000 mystical master legion. By recruiting local strong men and people recruited from those sect families, a fourth-level legion with an army size of about 40,000 was formed.
It's just that the composition of this legion is too mixed, including warriors, Taoists, monks, scholars, and other religions.
In short, basically everyone in society has it, it’s like a hodgepodge, too mixed and messy.
At present, in order to allow these people who are used to wandering alone to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible and truly become an army capable of conquering and fighting, Zhong Yu specially ordered Cao Cao as the new commander of this army to be responsible for training them.
Thinking about it, with Cao Cao's ability and means, it wouldn't take long for these people who are usually high-minded to become an army that obeys orders and prohibitions, expanding everywhere and conquering cities and territories for Zhong Yu.
Because of the absorption of those sects from within his own territory, although Zhong Yu's territory did not increase, his strength increased many times.
However, this is completely squeezing the potential of one's own country. Although the strength is growing rapidly now, there is no way to improve it on a large scale in the future, except for expansion.
For Zhong Yu, the main goal now is to integrate the major sects that have just joined the system, so that they can completely return to the country and enjoy the benefits and treatment within the system, so that they can specially integrate into it.
In addition, when there are strong enemies around and it is difficult for anyone to take action, it is just a matter of watching quietly.
The important goal is the Ming Dynasty.
The war has reached this point, and the Jin Dynasty has completely consolidated the five northern provinces it occupied in the Ming Dynasty, turning these five provinces into the land of the Jin Dynasty.
However, the Ming Dynasty wanted to continue to invade the south. As its territory shrank massively, it was almost half of the previous one, and if it was lost again, it would be almost the end of the country. The Ming Dynasty also tried its best and refused to lose any territory again.
On the battlefield with the Jin Dynasty on the front line, a full 500,000 troops were deployed, and food and pay were rarely sufficient, which greatly increased the morale of the army and increased its combat effectiveness.
Coupled with the strong men that the Ming Dynasty gathered from all over the place and the reinforcements it requested from some local sects, it had a certain advantage over the Jin Dynasty at the master level and completely stabilized the situation on the battlefield.
Now that the Jin Dynasty has occupied the five northern provinces, it has become somewhat incapable of succeeding, and it is no longer possible to make any effective breakthrough against the Ming Dynasty's northern defense line.
In contrast, Ming Dynasty has completely stabilized its defense line, and due to the life and death crisis, the entire country has shown signs of ZTE.
Not only have many domestic officials begun to do practical things, making local government affairs clearer and less gloomy than before, but the lives of ordinary people have also become much easier.
Moreover, some new armies have also begun to be organized and trained in the army, intending to fundamentally enhance the strength of the Ming Dynasty as the basis for protecting the country.
In this way, Ming's strength began to grow slowly.
(End of chapter)