Yan Xiong will be very busy in the near future.
First of all, the Tianxiahui had just occupied the border town and did not yet have much control over the cities, so there were many rebels causing trouble in each city.
Therefore, Yan Xiong must establish branch offices in each city as soon as possible.
In order to get all the cities to return to their loyalty as soon as possible, Yan Xiong sent out all the current eighth-grade people of the Tianxiahui.
The Tianxiahui today is naturally not just a few cats and dogs like before.
Ever since Yan Xiong became famous in the battle of Songyao and then gained some fame in the battle of Xueyuan, many independent masters saw the potential of Tianxiahui and joined in.
The Tianxia Association now has one person of the fourth rank, six people of the fifth rank, two people of the sixth rank, fifteen people of the seventh rank, nineteen people of the eighth rank, and as for the ninth rank, there are already nearly forty people.
Among them, the fourth-rank person is naturally Yan Xiong himself.
In addition to Old Man Weng and his four companions, there are two other people of the fifth rank.
These two people were introduced by Old Man Weng and others. They were also masters on the black list and had joined the Blood Knife Sect.
What makes Yan Xiong depressed is that there are very few people of the sixth rank between the seventh rank and the fifth rank in the world.
The only two are the brothers Zhu Wusi and Zhu Wuwen.
If these two brothers had not broken through to the sixth rank a few days ago, there would probably not be even one sixth rank person in the world.
The reason why there are suddenly so many more people from the seventh rank to the ninth rank is that after the Tianxia Hui swept across the border towns, they incorporated those forces under their command.
And because most of the senior members of Tianxiahui are now people who surrendered, Yan Xiong felt something was wrong.
Because it developed too fast, the old people who had followed him since the founding of Tianxiahui have now become unknown in the entire Tianxiahui.
This situation is not acceptable.
If these confidants cannot keep up with the development speed of Tianxiahui, then in the future Tianxiahui may be in a situation where Yan Xiong has no one to use.
Yan Xiong naturally didn't want to see this situation.
Therefore, after dispersing those eighth- and ninth-grade fish who had surrendered to various cities, Yan Xiong distributed the scaled fish brought back by Nie Feng and others to Feng Liu and even Shen Xu and others.
At the same time, he also began to provide resources to these elderly people so that they could devote themselves to practicing martial arts.
To this end, he even asked Xu's Company to buy a large number of elixirs that could enhance internal energy from the Southern Region.
While the Tianxiahui was quietly developing and improving its own strength, the entire Mobei region fell into war again.
Just five days after Nie Feng and others returned, the Eighteen Cities of Qilian suddenly gathered forces and launched a surprise attack on the neighboring Shahai Sect and Vajra Temple.
The raid on the Eighteen Cities of Qilian was not an assassination of the masters of various factions.
Instead, just like the army in the previous life conquered cities, they attacked the cities under the command of Shahai Sect and Vajra Temple.
The first city to be captured was Beiyuan City, the buffer zone between the three factions.
Lu Renjia from the Eighteen Cities of Qilian City killed Qi Ruhei, the best master of Beiyuan City, with a sword in the name of sword fighting. Afterwards, a large number of people lurking in the Eighteen Cities of Qilian City quickly took action and killed all the people from the Shahai Sect and the Vajra Temple in the city.
After taking Beiyuan City, the Eighteen Cities of Qilian did not stop, but instead charged towards the territories of the Shahai Sect and the Vajra Temple before the two factions could react.
In just seven days, nearly twenty cities under the control of the two factions were captured by the Eighteen Cities of Qilian, greatly reducing the territories of the two factions.
Afterwards, the two factions were furious and immediately sent their disciples down the mountain to fight two against one, temporarily curbing the attack of the Eighteen Cities of Qilian.
However, although the attack on the Eighteen Cities of Qilian was curbed.
However, both factions were completely trapped in a low position. Not only could they not gain the upper hand over low-priced disciples, but even the battles between the top leaders were lost seven out of ten times.
This is different from the last time the Blood Knife Sect caused chaos.
This time, the battle between the three families was truly fierce.
Not only were all the forces under its command called into action, but even the core forces of the three famous Mobei families were thrown into this battle.
Among them, the Shahai Sect sent in their most brutal Shahai Yixin Hall.
There are not many people in this hall, only about three hundred.
But it is said that the three hundred people are all above the ninth rank.
Three hundred ninth grades, what does this mean
The total number of nine ranks in the Tianxiahui is not even one-tenth of theirs.
In addition to the Shahai Sect, the Vajra Temple also dispatched their group of warrior monks.
The exact number of people is unknown, but it is said that this group looks a bit like the Shaolin Arhat Formation, a former Buddhist holy land.
However, facing the counterattacks of the two factions, the Eighteen Cities of Qilian were not vague.
The Qilian Guard, who had killed so many people in the south that the Tianmeng Sect dared not go north, was sent out by them.
The three parties used the Tianliu Mountain outside Tianliu City as the boundary and fought till the sky was dark.
Because of the three-way war, the entire Mobei region fell into panic and chaos.
Especially those who are closer to the north.
Nothing else.
Since the war began, Qilian City has completely blocked the route from Mobei to the southern region.
Be it the Shahai Sect, the Vajra Temple, or even ordinary caravans in the north, almost no caravan can cross the Hengduan Mountains to the southern region.
This blockade directly led to a sudden surge in prices in the north.
And this price increase is still continuing.
There is no way. Mobei is located in the extreme north, although it borders the Western Regions and even the Central Plains and the Southern Regions.
However, the border with the Central Plains and the Western Regions is the steepest and most difficult part of the Hengduan Mountains.
Therefore, if people in Mobei want to go out, they usually go through the Broken Cliff Pass in the direction of Qilian Eighteen Cities.
Now, that place has been blocked, and the way out of Mobei is almost blocked.
The blocked trade routes were a slow death for the impoverished Mobei.
Without the white rice from the Southern Region and the various supplies provided by the Southern Region, Mobei would soon return to the ancient times when people only ate beef, horse and mutton and wore cowhide and wool.
Faced with this situation, the Shahai Sect and the Vajra Temple also have countermeasures.
They directly called on all the people in the north to join them in destroying the Eighteen Cities of Qilian.
Only by destroying them can the supplies in the North be alleviated.
However, the target of the Eighteen Cities of Qilian is the Shahai Sect and the Vajra Temple, so they naturally do not want to completely arouse the resistance of the entire north against them.
Therefore, after learning about the countermeasures of the Shahai Sect and the Vajra Temple, they immediately began to recruit these ordinary people.
Anyone who joins their Eighteen Cities of Qilian can enter and exit the northern and southern regions normally.
As soon as the strategy of the Eighteen Cities of Qilian came out, the strategies of the Shahai Sect and the Vajra Temple were instantly shattered.
Moreover, because the conditions of the Eighteen Cities of Qilian are relatively realistic, many wandering people in the north have directly joined the camp of the Eighteen Cities of Qilian.
While the Eighteen Cities of Qilian were fighting against the Shahai Sect, the Tianxia Society was also not idle.
Train, train, and train again.
Just like a hermit who turns a deaf ear to the world outside, the whole world will suddenly become invisible.
Faced with several letters from Shahai Zong Ding Sheng, Yan Xiong ignored them and stayed in Songyao City with peace of mind.
Unlike the territories of Shahai Sect and Vajra Temple which were in turmoil due to the blockade of trade routes, the Tianxiahui was relatively peaceful.
There is no way, no one dares to make trouble! .
Almost every day, groups of Tianxiahui members walked down the street carrying weapons.
Those who cause trouble will be beheaded!
Anyone who spreads rumors will be beheaded!
Those who drive up prices will be beheaded!
Three beheadings, but the blood has already turned red. I don’t know how many people have lost their lives because of it.
So naturally no one dared to make trouble.
Yan Xiong couldn't help but frown at the helpless behavior of the Eighteen Villages of Qilian to block the trade route.
There is no way around it. Tianxiahui is also in the north and will also be affected by this factor.
Fortunately, because the two parties are currently allies, the Tianxiahui’s caravan can pass through there.
But what about the future
Yan Xiong didn't believe that the relationship between the two families would always be so good.
Not to mention whether the Eighteen Cities of Qilian and the Shahai Sect will take action against the Tianxiahui after the war between them ends.
Even the Tianxiahui is planning to move out.
If they want to go out, the two sides will definitely collide.
Therefore, he had to find a way to solve the blockade of the eighteen cities in Qilian.
Otherwise, when the two families start fighting and the material balance is also affected, the balance of victory and defeat will probably tip towards the Eighteen Cities of Qilian.
After thinking about it, Yan Xiong finally came up with a plan.
That is, if you want to go to war with the Eighteen Cities of Qilian, you must seize one of the two exits currently occupied by the Eighteen Cities of Qilian.
Yan Xiong hadn't figured out a specific plan.
However, he was not idle either. Instead, he sent a large number of men to lurk in the two cities built at the entrance of the Hengduan Mountains.