There is a continuous mountain range called Lingyun Mountain to the north of Dengzhou. The Lingyun Mountain is L-shaped, which is exactly the dividing line between the three kingdoms of Xian, Chen, and Zhou.

Lingyun Mountain starts from the south bank of Qingjiang River in the north. When the Xian Kingdom was broken, the remnants of the Qingjiang Army fled downstream, but were stopped by the Zhou Dynasty. They had to abandon their boats and enter Lingyun Mountain to join the border guards of Lingyun Mountain.

At this time, a secret meeting was underway among the senior leaders of the Qingjiang Army.

"General Yun, the Datong envoy has urged us several times today. If we don't give a reply, they will leave. It's time to make a decision."

"Can't you shirk it?"

"No, if the envoy leaves, our Xian Kingdom will have no hope and can only be enslaved by the Zhou Dynasty from generation to generation. General Yun, make a decision."

A general under his command said to Yun Ye, the chief of the Qingjiang Army. When this was said, everyone looked very gloomy.

When they fled to Lingyun Mountain, the Zhou Dynasty quickly contacted them and supported them. They thought that the Zhou Dynasty was selfless, and they were grateful.

However, gradually, they realized that things had changed. Zhou Chao's support was not a price, and it could not even be a fair exchange. It was an exploitation.

Lingyun Mountain was rugged and did not produce much. Zhou Chao used food, cloth, salt, weapons and other things to exchange for their proud martial arts skills, alchemy inheritance, and countless wealth and children.

In addition to the unequal transactions, there were also several increasingly arrogant bullies. Because the lifeblood of the Qingjiang Corps was in the hands of Zhou Chao, Zhou Chao's bullying of them was very serious.

"Why don't we want to leave, but can we leave?"

Yun Ye sighed. They were to the north of Qingjiang, to the west of the demons, to the east of Zhou Dynasty, and to the south of Datong State. But they had to pass through thousands of miles of mountains first. These thousands of miles of mountains were no-man's land, without any roads. How could hundreds of thousands of Qingjiang Corps pass through? Even if they could, what about their families and people?

"Marshal Yun, if you don't leave, you will die. The Zhou Dynasty's wolfish ambitions are well known to everyone. Seven out of ten martial arts skills inherited by our fairy country have been plundered by them. Once we have nothing to exchange, we will only be cannon fodder.

Over the years, the strength of the monsters has grown stronger, and they are fighting with the Datong Kingdom in the south. If the Datong Kingdom is also annihilated, then we humans will no longer have any chance."

"Marshal Yun, General Chen is right. The reason why our fairy country failed back then was because of the Zhou Dynasty. The Chen Kingdom sat back and watched, letting us fight alone. If we don't unite now, we will also be destroyed."

"Marshal Yun, it is also a depressing life to live in disgrace. It has been more than 20 years, and we are all old, but are our descendants going to be dogs for the Zhou Dynasty?"

"What if the Datong Kingdom is the same as the Zhou Dynasty?"

"Marshal Yun, there is still a 50% chance of meeting good people in Datong, but Zhou Chao is 100% a bad guy."

A group of senior officials advised. They have been very dissatisfied with Zhou Chao for a long time. They had no chance to leave before, but now they have the chance, how can they not fight to seize the opportunity.

Seeing that everyone's attitude was very determined, Yun Ye no longer hesitated, and went to find the envoy of Datong the next day.

The man from Datong was called Wang Xingzhi, a descendant of the Wang family in Yuanzhou. With his courage, he crossed Lingyun Mountain and persuaded most of the senior officials of the Qingjiang Corps.

"Lord Wang, if we agree to your country's request, how to ensure our safety, I will not only take away my soldiers, but also the people of my fairy country."

Yun Ye said to Wang Xingzhi. The river of the change of gate has been explored almost, and now it is necessary to talk about how to ensure their safety. After all, if they do this, it is almost like stabbing Zhou Chao in the back, and Zhou Chao will definitely not allow it.

"Marshal Yun, as long as you follow our instructions, we guarantee that most of you can safely escape from the control of the Zhou Dynasty."

"Please give your instructions, Lord Wang."

"Okay, Marshal Yun, please look. This is a map of Lingyun Mountain. Lingyun Mountain is thousands of miles long from north to south, spanning the Fairyland and the Zhou Dynasty. Within these thousands of miles, there are a total of eighteen passes that lead directly to the Zhou Dynasty, and now your army is guarding these eighteen passes.

We have been preparing for your army's evacuation plan for more than half a year. We have waded through dozens of mountain paths in the mountains and forests in the southern part of Lingyun Mountain, and there are hundreds of grain storage points..."

Wang Xingzhi took out a map and pointed it to Yun Ye one by one. According to the plan of the Datong Army, the Qingjiang Corps of the Fairyland did not want all its troops to withdraw to the Datong Kingdom. It only needed to withdraw most of the troops from the north to the south. Of the eighteen passes, the Qingjiang Corps only retained three passes, and the others were all left to the Zhou Dynasty, letting them guard them themselves.

The Qingjiang Army will withdraw to the northern part of Dengzhou. The Datong Army will provide them with all the food and supplies, and support them in reclaiming Lingyun Mountain so that they can become self-reliant.

And Wang Xingzhi gave a detailed plan, such as how to evacuate, etc., all of which were carefully planned. He repeatedly stated that the Qingjiang Corps could throw away all the supplies, as long as the people left, and Datong would make up for it. The entire evacuation plan lasted for more than half a year.

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In the

spring of the Xia calendar, Lin Jiang inspected Dengzhou. Yun Ye of the Qingjiang Corps brought high-level

officials to pay a visit. They did not belong to Datong Country, but were still people from the Immortal Country, but now they were dependent on others. Yun Ye took out the top three martial arts techniques

of the Immortal Country as a gift and gave them to Lin Jiang. After Lin Jiang knew about it, he laughed three times and gave him five top martial arts techniques in return. Datong Country is not short of this stuff now. Lin Jiang has left almost 20 top martial arts techniques for the Martial Arts Academy. Basically, he gave whatever he thought of, without any reservations.

And Lin Jiang's behavior also moved Yun Ye greatly, and his enthusiasm afterwards was naturally needless to say.

"The Qingjiang Corps has three Martial Saints, the Great Wall Corps has four Martial Saints, and these are the remnants of the Immortal Kingdom. We in the great Datong have only nine Martial Saints, it's really shameful."

After seeing Yun Ye off, Lin Jiang sighed to everyone. The remnants of the Immortal Kingdom still have nine Martial Saints, while the great Datong with a population of 700 to 800 million now has only nine Martial Saints, and four of them are unwilling to be officials and only want to be rich. It's really shameful to tell others about it.

"Your Majesty, why do you belittle yourself? The Datong Kingdom was newly established, and the people have been living in poverty after years of civil strife. How can a large number of people have enough food to eat? How can they have the energy to practice martial arts? Can they rely on those few aristocratic families? How many of them can endure the hardship of practicing martial arts?

Now it is different. Your Majesty is wise, the world is peaceful, the people are getting richer, and their lives are getting better and better. More people will study and practice martial arts. I heard from my classmates in the martial arts academy that this year, there are more talented new disciples in the academy, and many of them are simply monsters. In a few years, there will be a blowout of masters."

After Lin Jiang finished speaking, a young official stood up and said, not forgetting to step on those aristocratic families. Xie Yunfeng and others beside Lin Jiang did not change their expressions, as if they were not scolded.

"That's good. I also lament that there are so few masters in Datong. If there are no large numbers of warriors, how can we fight against the monsters?"

Lin Jiang nodded. What the young official said actually made sense. For example, Fengzhou has been under the rule of the Datong Army for more than ten years. The people are already quite wealthy. After becoming wealthy, the people also have aspirations and will provide their children with opportunities to study and practice martial arts. Therefore, a large number of talents will emerge.

Other prefectures are not as grand as Fengzhou, but they are also divided into regions. Some regions with good locations are naturally richer. If we look at the entire Datong Kingdom, the situation is different. What everyone sees is a blowout of warriors.

Take the innate warriors as an example. There were more than 23,000 people in the past two years, and now it is about to break through 30,000. The number of martial arts masters and grand masters has doubled. Even the martial arts saints have not appeared yet, but it is only a matter of time.

Everyone talked about Zhou Chao's reaction after Yun Ye and others went south. Zhou Chao was very angry because although Yun Ye and others had evacuated for more than half a year, they never knew about it, so there was no one at the pass, and the monster almost rushed directly to Zhou Chao.

After that, Zhou Chao sent an envoy to scold Yun Ye and others. Yun Ye was already a veteran and had a much better temper, but his men couldn't help it. They didn't dare to talk back because they were controlled by you before, so they are afraid of you now?

After a quarrel, the two sides parted unhappily. After that, there were a lot of frictions between the two sides, but they were still restrained and did not fight.

Zhou Chao also vented his anger on Datong. The relationship between the two countries is not salty or bland now, but the people's exchanges are very frequent, especially trade. After Yun Ye and others arrived in Dengzhou, Zhou Chao detained hundreds of merchants from Datong in one breath.

Datong also retaliated and detained Zhou Chao's merchants. After a while, the two sides could not do anything to each other and could only slowly calm down.

"Zhou Chao's temper is really bad. He still won't give in even though it's obviously a good thing for everyone."

After learning that Zhou Chao still didn't agree to the alliance, Lin Jiang sighed. Zhou Chao's temper was very hard. He refused to cooperate with Datong Kingdom despite all the trouble.

And Lin Jiang had to force them to cooperate. Even if they didn't cooperate, he had to force Zhou Chao to fight the demons because Datong Kingdom and Zhou Dynasty had a historical entanglement. If Datong Kingdom attacked fiercely, Zhou Dynasty would be the one who benefited. This was something Lin Jiang would never agree to.