Chapter 348
348 The White ghouls going south again
The Lu family was not joking when they wanted to take the Xue state under their control. They moved very quickly and didn’t give him any time to delay.
Sun Zhanghai still wanted to delay this matter, wondering if he could do it after the White ghouls had finished going south.
However, the Lu family would definitely not accept such a thing.
By the time the White ghouls ended their journey to the South, the Xue state would not encounter any major difficulties for at least 40 to 50 years. Without external pressure, it would be hard to say if they wanted to push forward this kind of thing in the future.
There were still at least two years before the outbreak of the White ghouls in the South. The Lu family wanted to make the Xue state their home in these two years.
If they couldn’t stop or delay it, what else could they do?
He could only lie down and wait for Ren Qi.
As it turned out, this matter didn’t need too much time at all. In just a year, the Lu clan and the Qingfeng sect had a clear understanding of the situation of the two sects.
The Lu family had received reports on finance and human resources. Above, all sorts of statistics were very clear. During this time, the cultivators of the Lu clan who were stationed in the three sects had also carefully checked the reports they had sent out and confirmed that there were no problems.
From now on, the three major forces of the Xue state would have their Mingmen in the hands of the Lu family. The appointment and removal of the elders, Grand elders, and sect leader could be decided by them, but they had to report to the Lu family in the end. The Lu family usually did not interfere with their own decisions, but they retained their veto power. What he meant was that if the Lu clan wanted to dismiss the higher-ups of the White sun sect and the Qing you Valley, they could do so.
The Gongsun family was basically the same. The only difference was that the head of the family had been changed to Marquis Liao.
At this point, the three famous sects of the Xue state had truly been integrated into the entire system that the Lu clan had established.
Lu Qing was very sure of this. This was because he had received a notification from the system when he was on Yuyan mountain.
The sect subsystem had been updated, and qingyou Valley and white sun sect had been included. At the same time, the sub-system had also been updated. The Gongsun family had entered the sub-system.
Even though their current control was not as great as the Lu clan’s vassals in the Feiyun state or the Qingfeng sect, Lu Qing did not feel that there was anything to be anxious about. If the timeline was drawn out longer, the control rate would definitely increase.
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The great grand Elder of the white sheep sect, sun Zhanghai, would definitely be unwilling to let the White sun sect become a subordinate sect of the Lu family. But no matter what, even though they were unwilling, in terms of action, they still actively cooperated.
As the saying went, one could only judge a book by its cover and not by its cover. Under such circumstances, the Lu clan would naturally return the favor and allow sun Zhanghai to become the leader of the Xue state’s Allied army.
Of course, this was also the most suitable appointment. Sun Zhanghai had spent his entire life fighting the White ghouls. There was probably no one in this world who knew better than him how to fight against the White ghouls ‘invasion to the South. He was the most suitable person to be the commander.
At the moment, there were five golden core cultivators gathered in Xue state.
Sun Zhanghai and Gongsun Qian were there as well. Yun Xuan and Lu Chaohe were also there. As for Li Yanling, the Empress of Great Yan, she would stay in the Xue state until the White ghouls were completely eliminated.
The cultivators of the Xue state felt a greater sense of security than ever.
In the past, when the White ghouls went south, there would always be golden core cultivators guarding the place, but it was not as luxurious as having five at once.
Perhaps, this year’s disaster would not cause so many deaths.
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Two years later, the White ghouls came to the South as promised. In the Xue state, there were already 80000 cultivators gathered.
Among these 70000 cultivators, almost 50000 of them were from the Xue state.
After all, this was Xue state’s own matter. Xue state would definitely have to put in the greatest effort.
The White sun sect, qingyou Valley, and the Gongsun family didn’t have that many cultivator legions. They only had about 20000 in total. The rest were all small clans, small groups, and itinerant cultivators recruited from all over the Xue state.
It could not be said that all the cultivators in the Xue state had participated in the battle, but it was still a vast majority.
The other 20000 cultivators came from the Feiyun state. There were cultivators and itinerant cultivators from the Qingfeng sect and the local clans of the Feiyun state.
The other 10,000 troops were the first reinforcements that Xue state had received from the South.
Three years ago, after the Imperial court received news from Xue state, Lu chaoxi came up with an idea. He wanted to conscript the garrison troops of Jin state and Ji state in the South, as well as cultivators from the various official families, to send reinforcements to the Northern Territory.
The original official power of Great Yan imperial court actually came from three aspects. One was the Imperial Army of the central region, which was now gone. The second was the private army of the four great clans, the Li royal family, and even some second-and third-tier official clans. The third aspect was the local garrisons, which were the weakest in overall strength.
Out of these three, the only one that the Lu royal family could truly control was the Imperial Army of the central. After all, it was rebuilt by itself, although it was still very weak.
As for the other two, the private armies of the aristocratic families were also a mess. Three of the four great clans were gone, but the Li royal family’s private army was still there, but they didn’t dare to use it. They would have to find a way to disband it later. The loyalty of the second and third-tier families could not be guaranteed. The local garrisons were in a similar situation and were a little ambiguous with the orders of the central Dynasty.
He might as well take advantage of the Xue state’s need for reinforcements to specially transfer this portion of strength from other places.
Firstly, they were to be transferred away from their base. When they arrived at the Xue state, their logistics supplies would have to be provided by the Xue state and the Feiyun state. Furthermore, this was the Lu family’s traditional lair. They could not cause any trouble even if they wanted to.
Secondly, the most important thing was to see who was obedient. Those who listened to the transfer orders obediently could be regarded as their own people who would be focused on development in the future; Those who were full of complaints but still moved in the end were secondary. Those who found all sorts of excuses not to move out would be forced to do so. When they reached Xue Zhou, there were many ways to deal with them. In Lu chaoxi’s eyes, it was no different from a rebellion if they refused to do anything even if they were ordered to. Even if there were internal and external problems that were difficult to deal with, he would find an opportunity to solve them in the future.
This was a very good way to distinguish between friend and foe.
Of course, he had to be careful when carrying out this matter. He couldn’t just give a direct order rashly. It was not like the local armies and aristocratic families did not have any connections with each other. If a rebel group was formed, it would be troublesome.
But thankfully, Lu chaoxi had handled it well. After all, the biggest opposition on the surface, the Zhao, Guan, and Zhang families, were already finished. Among the original four families, the mo family, which was the last surviving family, stood on the side of the Lu family.
After a series of operations, there were some who didn’t even listen to the forced orders, but there weren’t many.
All sorts of political games were taking place in the South, both openly and secretly. However, none of them were as reliable as the 20000 cultivators who had come here in person.
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