Chapter 218: "Fierce Rival"!
Southern Song Dynasty, Wuzhou.
Among the three kingdoms and nine states, the Southern Song Dynasty had the weakest national strength, which was inseparable from the terrain of the three states occupied by the Southern Song Dynasty.
Among them, although Shuzhou is the big granary of the Southern Song Dynasty, it has many mountains, inconvenient roads, and is the most easy to defend and difficult to attack, while most places in Chuzhou are primitive jungles, with water veins, and the traffic is also inconvenient, and the last Wuzhou is even more complicated.
Wuzhou is not only forested, but also close to the sea, with many water veins and swamps, which is the most difficult to develop.
The reason why the Southern Song Dynasty was able to compete with the strong national strength of the Northern Ming Dynasty and the Western Tang Dynasty was that the terrain of the three states was easy to defend and difficult to attack, plus the rotten land of the three states, the Northern Ming Dynasty and the Western Tang Dynasty really had a lot to do with it.
After all, the most in the Southern Song Dynasty is the primeval jungle, the control of the imperial court here is extremely weak, the local martial arts force is bigger, there are many cults and demon cults, and they have occupied it, and just governance is a very headache.
Among them, five of the nine major demon sects were in the land of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Chuzhou has the Miaojiang Moon Worship Sect and the Xiangxi Corpse Sect, Shuzhou has the Black Wood Cliff Divine Sect and the Netherworld Sect, and Wuzhou has the Gushan Five Immortals Sect.
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The transportation is inconvenient, they are all deep mountains and old forests, and there is no way to overwhelm the army on the one hand, and weak strength is the more critical reason.
If it weren't for the land of the three states of the Southern Song Dynasty, there were also many powerful top forces of the righteous path and the five of the nine demon sects to check and balance each other, and the three states of the Southern Song Dynasty would have been reduced to the paradise of the demon path.
Shuzhou and Chuzhou aside, among the top forces in Wuzhou, standing in the camp of the righteous path are the Yuenu Sword Sect among the six major sword factions, the Yaowang Valley among the eight major sects, the Eastern Wu Sun clan of the ten major families, and the Jianghai Gang of the seven major gangs.
However, although these are all top forces, they are not among the top forces, and only when several families unite together can they reach a balance with the Five Immortal Sects of Gu Mountain.
So in fact, Wuzhou's comprehensive strength is still one of the weaker states in Kyushu.
At this moment, in Wuzhou and Xudu County, Li Jing and his entourage have been waiting here for a long time.
Xudu County is a relatively remote place in Wuzhou, where for some reason the yin qi is extremely heavy, the yang qi is meager, and the aura of heaven and earth is unbalanced.
Legend has it that this is the junction of the two worlds of yin and yang, so most of the forces in the rivers and lakes established in the county of Yudu are good at yin and evil.
Among them, most of them are the forces of the rivers and lakes of the evil demons, especially the Impermanence Sect, which is the strongest force in the rivers and lakes of Xudu County and the overlord of a county.
Although the Impermanence Sect is not ranked among the Nine Great Demon Sects and is not considered a top force, it is also a powerful Demon Sect below the top power, and the sect master who is a great grandmaster is in charge.
It is also for this reason that Xudu County is actually a relatively chaotic county in Wuzhou, even if it is the Southern Song Dynasty court, the control of Xudu County is not too strong.
Fortunately, for this kind of thing, the Southern Song Dynasty court has long been accustomed to immunity, if it were the Western Tang Dynasty or the Northern Ming Dynasty, it would have flipped the table angrily.
I can acquiesce to your sphere of influence to occupy a state, but at the same time, you must also recognize my rule, at least the capital of each county must be within my control, otherwise the cost will be great, and I will have to overwhelm the territory with a large army, and the two sides will go through a few tricks first.
Compared with the Southern Song Dynasty, the Northern Ming Dynasty and the Western Tang Dynasty basically had a very tough attitude in this conflict between rivers and lakes and temples.
Of course, this is also a problem left over from history.
There is a saying that it is difficult to return, and the Southern Song Dynasty court did not want to straighten its waist and harden it, but it was really hard to get up.
In the Northern Ming Dynasty and the Western Tang Dynasty, the pattern between the imperial court and the rivers and lakes had long been established, and a balance was reached between the imperial court and the rivers and lakes, and they checked each other.
The various problems left over from the policies of the Southern Song Dynasty from the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China led to the Southern Song Dynasty martial arts, the imperial court and the rivers and lakes, and the imperial court was on the weak side.
In this case, if the two sides switch each other and put the Western Tang Dynasty or the Northern Ming Dynasty in the position of the Southern Song Dynasty, whether they want to really be hard and make a big move, the Western Tang Dynasty and the Northern Ming Dynasty themselves will have to think about it.
After all, sometimes it seems that it is only for one family, but the consequences are a chain reaction.
It's just that at this time period, the Impermanence Sect, which used to dominate Xudu County, had to be restrained a little at this time, just because there was about to have an ancient secret realm in Xudu County!
Under the temptation of the Middle Ages, many of the great forces of the Southern Song Dynasty martial arts sent disciples here, including disciples of some top forces.
If the news of the Middle Ages Secret Realm has not yet spread, the Impermanence Sect can still try to block the news and prohibit people from entering and leaving the Secret Realm and enjoying the secret realm exclusively.
But the news has already spread out, if the Impermanence Sect dares to do this in the face of the world's condemnation, then it will not be the disciples of the top forces.
The "Fire Cloud Secret Realm" that is about to appear in Xudu County is the place where the Shushan Sword Sect told Li Jing and the two of them where the Fire Spirit Bead is located.
Based on the idea of experience and the reason for the evil thoughts of the five immortals, it is impossible for the Shushan Sword Sect to let the Impermanence Sect clear the field no matter what, otherwise the Shushan Sword Sect will be the first force to fall.
Even in fact, the reason why the Huoyun Secret Realm spread so quickly throughout the Southern Song Dynasty martial arts was behind this, with the help of the Shushan Sword Sect.
The same is true of the three secret realms that Li Jing and the four of them have already experienced before.
When it comes to the evil thoughts of the Five Immortals, it is not good for the Shushan Sword Sect to end up in person, and they dare not collect the Five Spirit Beads in a big way, otherwise once the opponent finds out that something is wrong, it will be a headache for the Shushan Sword Sect.
Fortunately, not only the Southern Song Dynasty recently, but even the Northern Ming and Western Tang Dynasty and even the other four regions, the frequency of the appearance of secret realms is a bit more, at most, the Southern Song Dynasty has the most secret realms, but it will not attract too much attention.
Even just in case, the Shushan Sword Sect did not think about clearing the field and monopolizing the five secret realms, but spread the news out, and everyone explored together, anyway, the other sects did not know that the real purpose of the Shushan Sword Sect was five spirit beads!
As for the rest, the Shushan Sword Sect really doesn't care too much, and it doesn't look up to it too much.
With the experience of the previous three secret realms, this time as soon as the news of the Huoyun Secret Realm spread, many people had already set off to Yudu County, waiting for the opening of the secret realm.
Li Jing and the four of them are quite low-key.
It's just that no matter how low-key Li Jing and the four of them are, where are the identities of Tang Xue and Xu Changqing, once they are recognized, they will also be the most eye-catching.
There is no way, the two top forces of the Shuzhong Tang Sect and the Shushan Sword Sect, this team is not an ordinary team.
Fortunately at the beginning, the Shushan Sword Sect sent Li Jing and Xu Changqing, the two of them had small goals, and they were not famous at that time.
But after the two of them climbed up in the talent list, plus the addition of Tang Xue, the eldest lady of the Tangmen in Shuzhong after the first secret realm, this four-person team became a "fierce rival" team among many people of the same generation.
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