Chapter 768 767The real battle is never on the battlefield

Author: Ye Tianxia

Chapter 768 767The real battle is never on the battlefield

It's not like Shi Zhongkui has never tried to enter the underworld to conquer his subordinates in recent years.

However, he ordered the governor's office to promote the generals, but he had not yet sent out troops, and even the soldiers and generals had not been gathered together.

Just discuss who to fight and decide on a plan.

Jia Lan and Judge Cui reported that many ghost kings in the underworld had taken people into hiding.

There is no need to guess that someone must have tipped off the news.

It's not impossible to forcefully continue to send troops, but Shi Zhongkui doesn't need to be reminded, he knows that if he attacks a certain ghost king, countless ghost soldiers will appear behind him.

Once they are attacked from both sides, or even surrounded from all sides, in order to reduce the casualties of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, the only option left is to retreat.

And if the army is defeated, it will be difficult to enter the underworld again in the future.

Moreover, even if the blow to Shi Zhongkui's reputation is not fatal, many people who have long had objections to him will jump out to oppose him in the future.

So what Shi Zhongkui wanted was very simple. Although the Buddha had promised him before, the Demon-Conquering Governor's Mansion could send troops into the underworld.

But the fact that the Buddha agreed does not mean that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and those Western disciples who have received filial piety in the underworld agreed.

Helping cover up the scandals of Western religions and forcing Western religions in the underworld to compromise is the issue that must be resolved before sending troops.

And the monsters in Journey to the West alone are really not enough for Shi Zhongkui to gain millions of merit points in a short period of time.

The most powerful forces that can be counted are Shituoling, Huaguo Mountain and Jilei Mountain represented by the Niu Demon King and his family.

Huaguoshan is a thing of the past.

With Sun Wukong defecting to the Western religion, Huaguo Mountain has been semi-surrendered and semi-retired. Without enough reasons, Shi Zhongkui has no legitimate name to conquer.

Shituoling has been destroyed once, even if the Buddha will still send blue lions, white elephants and rocs to occupy Shituoling again.

But if Shi Zhongkui leads his troops for a second expedition, I believe that among the three of them, Qing Shi, White Elephant and Dapeng, Qing Shi and White Elephant will definitely surrender immediately.

Shi Zhongkui was able to perform meritorious service again, but everyone had surrendered, so he couldn't raise the butcher's knife again and kill everyone up and down Shituoling.

Since there is no way to gain merit, Shi Zhongkui will not be a bad person.

The Bull Demon King and his family had already been surrendered by Shi Zhongkui five hundred years ago.

You can't beat your own people, right?

On the other hand, Laojun's mounts, the One-horned Si King, the Green Bull Spirit, the Golden Horned Silver Horn, Maitreya Buddha's boy, the Yellow-browed King, and Kui Mulang, the yellow-robed monster, also have many of his subordinates, which are worthy of Shi Zhongkui's concern.

But even monsters have feelings.

If Shi Zhongkui kills the bull demons under Qing Niu Jing without hesitation, Qing Niu Jing will definitely hate Shi Zhongkui secretly in his heart even if he talks a lot about them.

And even if several forces were added together, there would still be no more monsters than one Shituoling.

Therefore, if Shi Zhongkui wanted to earn enough merit, he had to set his sights on the underworld.

As for the ghost kings in the underworld who dominate the mountains, their soldiers and generals are very poor in cultivation.

But the victory lies in having enough people.

It can range from a few thousand to tens of thousands. It is even said that the most powerful ghost kings such as the Ghost King of Mangshan, the Ghost King of Spreading Disaster, and the Ghost King of Carrying Gold, have not only 100,000 but also 70, 80,000 men.

These are generals who serve as soldiers and feed the soldiers. If the population within the ruling sphere of influence is included, it would be normal to exceed 200,000.

The old Black Mountain demon who was exterminated by Shi Zhongkui had hundreds of thousands of residents and 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers in his Black Mountain city.

Moreover, in addition to the ordinary ghosts who were forcibly abducted, the ghosts who are willing to live within these rebellious forces are basically ruthless characters who can enter the eighteen levels of hell, and even have to go through the punishment of many levels of hell before they can atone for their sins.

The cultivation level of these ghosts may not be very high, but their fear and dissatisfaction with the underworld are not fake at all.

Kill them and no one in the underworld can say anything.

As for why some people want to become rebels and traitors, it is actually quite understandable.

Instead of receiving tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years of punishment in the eighteen levels of hell, once these ghosts find a chance to escape, nine out of ten they will be willing to serve for rebellion because they are afraid of those punishments.

Even in special years, when the eighteenth level of hell is overcrowded, the underworld still vaguely acquiesces that some ghosts go to the accounts of those ghost kings.

On the one hand, it can be regarded as a diversion, and on the other hand, there are actually fights between the ghost kings. As they consume each other, they will occasionally be short of manpower.

The third point is the most important. Whether it is a dynasty on earth, heaven or underworld, making extra money is something that can never be avoided.

Even when Shi Zhongkui's Demon-Suppressing Governor's Mansion went down to earth to strangle the demons causing trouble, some of the Taoist priests who turned to the Governor's Mansion for help would offer gold and silver to the heavenly soldiers and generals who descended to earth.

This has almost become an unspoken rule. If Shi Zhongkui wants to take care of this, then his subordinates will hate him as the governor.

As long as the bottom line and authority are not involved, sometimes confusion is the real great wisdom.

It’s like this in heaven, and it’s definitely going to be even worse in hell.

Moreover, in the underworld where Buddhism and Taoism are competing, Buddha also said in front of many Bodhisattvas, Buddhas, and Arhats that temples should collect filial piety from believers.

If you are too strict in controlling Taoism, it is tantamount to pushing people towards Western religions.

This is a confusing account that cannot be managed or managed.

In this case, trying to wipe out the ghost kings who dominate the underworld is naturally empty talk.

It was just like Shi Zhongkui just wanted to lead troops to the underworld, and someone tipped him off.

On the first day, the underworld decided to conquer a certain ghost king. The next day, the ghost king had received the news and made arrangements on how to resist the underworld's conquest army, and also sent gold and silver to certain people.

These are just some disobedient and ignorant ghost kings. Shi Zhongkui absolutely believes that there are many ghost kings in the underworld who are non-staff forces secretly cultivated by Western religions and Xuanmen.

Therefore, he wanted to lead troops into the underworld, but that was not enough to deal with those with vested interests in Xuanmen. He had to convince Western religions to minimize the chance of being held back.

They even took the opportunity to surround Shi Zhongkui and the soldiers of the Governor's Mansion.

Buddha only hesitated for a moment before agreeing. He knew very well that even if he did not agree, if Shi Zhongkui insisted on causing trouble, even the Jade Emperor would not be able to stop him from doing so.

After all, the Jade Emperor himself appointed Shi Zhongkui as the Demon-Suppressing Emperor, and told the Three Realms that all demons and ghosts causing trouble would be under the control of the Metropolitan Governor.

With this name, it is equivalent to occupying the great righteousness. Shi Zhongkui stood still and greeted the Western Sect and Xuanmen first. He was already very restrained and a director.

And even if it delays Shi Zhongkui's time to become a quasi-sage, it will only be a waste of dozens or hundreds of years of his time.

Not only is there no benefit, but it is really unwise to offend someone who is destined to become the top fighting force in the three realms.
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