#2008 - Control the frontier
Jun Wuxie left the Ministry of Public Works at dawn.
He didn't return to the palace but went to the inn.
He had been busy these past few days and hadn't spent time with Jing Ya's clone for several days.
Walking into the courtyard, he saw Jing Ya's clone waiting for him.
Obviously, as the Heavenly Dao, she already knew he was coming.
"Are you tired?"
After Jun Wuxie sat down, Jing Ya's clone came behind him and massaged his temples.
"Judging from the current situation, the ultimate conflict with Lanling King will be brought forward considerably.
But in that case, how will you face the Heavenly God Realm experts of Lanling King's Mansion?"
"Before I enter the True God Realm, completely moving against Lanling King is unrealistic.
The key lies in those Heavenly God experts in Lanling King's Mansion.
I can't deal with them now. Once the Heavenly Gods are mobilized, I can only protect myself.
Therefore, I will grasp the degree and will not push Lanling King into a desperate situation."
"But aren't you having the Ministry of Public Works manufacture rune war weapons?
You should be planning to use them on the border battlefield.
Once that kind of thing is put into use, Lanling King will see its power, and his sense of crisis will inevitably deepen, perhaps leading him to raise troops ahead of schedule."
"I let Jing Yi lead the army in person. As the ruler of the dynasty, her being away from the imperial capital means Lanling King won't miss such an opportunity.
He will definitely send people to assassinate her on the way, and if the assassination fails, they will assassinate her on the battlefield.
If both fail, he should lead troops to attack the imperial city.
Once the imperial city is taken, Jing Yi will not be able to return, and the entire dynasty will fall into Lanling King's hands.
Of course, this is only from Lanling King's perspective.
In fact, he cannot conquer the imperial city.
Unless he lets the Xiao clan's Heavenly God experts come out.
But in that case, it will inevitably have a huge impact on the entire dynasty's strength.
In this world, the number of Heavenly Gods in each state and each dynasty should be roughly the same, right?
Otherwise, there wouldn't be a situation of eternal balance.
The royal family has two veteran Heavenly Gods whose strength is not weaker than any Heavenly God of the Xiao clan.
If they mobilize the Heavenly Gods, even if they kill the royal family's Heavenly God experts, some of the Xiao clan's Heavenly Gods may fall or suffer heavy injuries.
At that time, whether the Heavenly God experts from other states will take advantage of the situation and join forces to destroy the Xiao clan is something Lanling King has to consider.
Therefore, as long as I don't push Lanling King into a desperate situation, he should not choose to take that final step.
Firstly, Lanling King aims to seize the country. If the overall strength of the dynasty is greatly weakened, the Lanling Dynasty will be at risk of being destroyed, and even if he sits on the throne, he will become the king of a fallen nation.
This point he will inevitably consider.
Secondly, he also has to consider the rise and fall of the Xiao clan.
If he causes the Xiao clan's strength to fall to be significantly weaker than other strongest families in order to seize power, it would also be a huge risk for the Xiao clan.
The war weapons I had the Ministry of Public Works manufacture will only have a small portion deployed to the border.
In a month's time, they can only manufacture up to a few dozen.
At that time, I will have to leave half to the two elite legions guarding the imperial capital.
The remaining half will be taken to the border.
Although the rune war weapons are amazingly powerful and will make Lanling King feel apprehensive, the quantity is limited after all.
He certainly won't think I can manufacture this thing; he will probably think I obtained it by chance.
As long as I don't bring out more rune war weapons later, Lanling King won't waver in his view.
In this way, I can both deter Lanling King, preventing him from raising troops to rebel in the short term, and not make him feel hopeless about seizing the throne.
The power of the court is diluted. Raising troops in the short term is unwise. He can only choose to spend more time cultivating a powerful army.
Then I will have time to wait for the state competition, get the Divine Rank Three High-Grade Divine Fruit, and break through to the True God Realm."
Jun Wuxie had naturally thought about these things long ago.
It is inevitable that Lanling King will raise troops to rebel ahead of schedule.
After they leave the imperial capital, Lanling King will mobilize a large army to surround the imperial city.
However, it is impossible for them to conquer the imperial city.
Because the imperial city is guarded by the two strongest legions, as well as the dozens of rune war crossbow beds he left behind.
It is foreseeable that there should be a stalemate situation at that time.
When they are in trouble at the border, they can directly lead half of the border soldiers to aid the imperial capital.
In that situation, Lanling King will inevitably retreat, otherwise, he will have to suffer attacks from both sides.
At that time, Lanling King may choose to retreat to a certain prefectural city and establish himself as emperor, confronting the imperial court.
As long as he doesn't take the initiative to attack him, he can buy ample time.
Lanling King will not take the initiative to attack either.
He will only frantically cultivate an elite army of demigod realm experts, and only when he is confident that he can eat up the two strongest elite forces controlled by the royal family will he act again.
"That day you asked Nalan Jingyi if she was willing to hand over the army to you, but she did not respond.
What do you think about this matter?"
"After all, she is the ruler of the dynasty. Regarding this kind of matter, she cannot stand from a personal perspective to give me a response, which is within my expectations.
Regardless of whether she is willing or not, I will inevitably take away part of the army at that time.
If she is unwilling, I can leave her the original Lanling Dynasty's army.
However, the armies of the other conquered dynasties, I will inevitably take to the outside world.
This matter is not up to her."
"Alas, she may think that she will not be impacted by darkness in this world.
But in this era, darkness will eventually sweep across the heavens. No matter where you are, one day you will have to face the torrent of doomsday, and no one can stay out of it.
By the way, after you left that day, she cried for a long time."
Jun Wuxie was silent upon hearing this.
He stayed here for a whole day.
The next day at dawn, he left the imperial capital and took the top-grade divine boat given by Nalan Jingyi all the way to the border.
A month later, Nalan Jingyi would personally lead the army.
Before that, he had to solve the problem of controlling military power at the border.
The journey to the border was far away.
Fortunately, the speed of the top-grade divine boat was fast enough, several times faster than the divine boat obtained from the Wu family.
Thus, day and night, after more than ten days, he finally arrived at the border.
The border is mostly mountainous.
The border city is built in front of a mountain range, located just at the junction of the Lanling Dynasty and the Langya Dynasty, also the border area of the two states.
Here, it is relatively flat, and the terrain is very open.
Although there are many mountains, the mountains are relatively small, and the area of flat land is also quite large.
This place belongs to Yushan Prefecture, and the border city, Yushan City, is the prefectural city of Yushan Prefecture.
This city is larger than other prefectural cities, and the city walls are very thick.
The shape of the entire city is long and narrow. The depth from front to back is not large, but the east-west length is very long, making the city wall facing the direction of Langya Prefecture very long.
A border town should not be built like this in principle.
The narrower the city wall facing the enemy country, the more conducive it is to defense, because in that case, the number of troops the enemy can arrange for each attack is limited, and there is not enough space to deploy.
But this Yushan City is different.
It is quite special. The location is exactly where the Langya army can most easily break through on the border line.
In this area, there is a mountain only after a long distance, and there is no natural danger.
If the city walls were not built in this way, once the Langya army came to attack, it would simply be a direct drive in.
In addition to this gate blocked by the city, there are dozens of fortress points on the border line.
Those places are all possible routes for the Langya border army to attack.
On the entire border line, all available military locations have troops stationed.
Jun Wuxie overlooked the border line from the divine boat, taking everything into his eyes.
He drove the divine boat and landed in the mountains behind Yushan City.
Then, he used the Eighty-Nine Arcane Art to transform into the appearance of Lanling King and headed towards the city.
He swaggered into the city and entered the City Lord's Mansion.
The City Lord of this city is also concurrently the Tiger Might General, Qi Zhenshan.
Qi Zhenshan is completely a local emperor here, holding military power and possessing 20 million troops.
Moreover, since it is a border army, its combat power is much stronger than other armies.
Among the 20 million border troops, there are millions of elites, all composed of demigod realm cultivators.
Qi Zhenshan is a middle-aged man who looks about forty years old.
He wears armor, his figure is not burly, but rather slender, and there is even a bit of scholarly air on his face.
If he took off his armor and saw him elsewhere, it would be difficult to associate him with the identity of the Tiger Might General.
Seeing "Lanling King" arrive, Qi Zhenshan was shocked. He didn't have time to think much and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
He felt strange in his heart. Why would the King suddenly come to the border? He hadn't received any news in advance.
Could it be that something major happened in the imperial capital?
Or is it that the King is going to the Langya border army camp to discuss something important with them?
"Your Highness, why are you here?"
Qi Zhenshan asked after paying his respects.
"I have a very important matter to discuss.
Find a place. I have something to say to you."
Qi Zhenshan was slightly startled and then led the way.
Soon, they entered a secret room.
Qi Zhenshan was curious in his heart. What kind of words would make the King personally come to the border to tell him?
As he was thinking, he didn't expect the King to suddenly attack.
He didn't even have time to react. He was stunned for a moment, and just as he was about to fight back, he was suppressed.
"You are not the King!"
His eyes burst with cold light, and he operated his divine power to try to break free.
But he had been careless just now. For a moment, he fell into a disadvantage, and the golden mountain pressing down from above was too heavy.
He held it up with both hands, his arms trembling.
"It's too late to know now.
If I hadn't transformed into Lanling King, it would have been really difficult for me to completely suppress you, a half-step Heavenly God Realm expert, in an instant.
In your territory, if I couldn't subdue you with one move, it would inevitably alarm a large number of experts."
“Who exactly are you? Could you be a Heavenly God Realm cultivator?”
Qi Zhenshan was both shocked and furious.
The newcomer was simply too strong. Although he had been momentarily careless, he was still a half-step Heavenly God Realm expert.
Yet now, he was being suppressed by the mountains manifested from the opponent's divine abilities and secret techniques, finding it difficult to break free.
“You should be grateful that you still have value. Otherwise, you would surely die today.
Aiding King Lanling in his evil deeds and challenging the imperial authority makes you a traitorous subject!”
Jun Wuxie dispelled the Eight Nine Mysterious Techniques and said, “My surname is Yue, a first-class imperial bodyguard and concurrently Minister of Revenue and Minister of War.”
“It’s you!”
Qi Zhenshan was filled with shock and anger.
He had long heard of the events in the imperial capital.
He knew that a capable person had emerged by the Emperor's side, helping him successively regain control of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War.
Who would have thought that this person would come to the frontier and attack him?
“You surnamed Yue, you are audacious!
Do you know that this is the frontier, not the imperial capital!
What do you intend to do?
Could it be that you want to threaten this general into betraying the King and siding with the Emperor?
The current Emperor is just a young boy. Although he sits on the throne, the King holds all the power of the dynasty in his hands.
Do you think I would betray the King and work for a puppet Emperor whose power is hollowed out?”
“Since when has being a traitorous subject become something to be so proud of?”
Jun Wuxie sized up Qi Zhenshan, then stopped wasting words and directly used the Scripture of Salvation.
The sound of chanting echoed within the secret chamber.
Qi Zhenshan felt a powerful consciousness invading his sea of consciousness, causing him intense pain in his brain, his primordial spirit on the verge of splitting, and parts of his will were being forcibly erased.
He was greatly alarmed and enraged, roaring hysterically, his divine power pouring out frantically, trying to lift the golden mountains suppressing him from above.
However, he failed.
The golden mountains were too heavy, interwoven with divine laws, constantly dropping golden blood energy, impacting his body.
In addition, the chanting sound impacted his sea of consciousness and primordial spirit, making him feel increasingly powerless.
As time passed, Qi Zhenshan's struggles gradually ceased.
It took Jun Wuxie a full two quarters of an hour to completely convert him, longer than it took to convert others.
After all, he was a half-step Heavenly God Realm expert, and the mighty Tiger威 Great General, guarding the frontier and fighting on the battlefield for many years, his will was particularly tenacious.
The golden mountains evolved from the military path dissipated.
Qi Zhenshan knelt reverently on the ground, “Qi Zhenshan has realized his errors and returned. Thank you, Master, for lighting a lamp in the vast sea of suffering to guide me forward, to reach the other shore, and to see the truth.”
“Go, summon all the major and minor generals in the army, in batches, and have them all come to this secret chamber. I want to save all of them from the sea of suffering.”
“Yes, I receive Master’s decree!”
Qi Zhenshan bowed deeply and hurriedly left the secret chamber to carry out his orders.
