In two years, Zhou Dynasty successfully expanded its power to the south.
After all, the Great Zhou is orthodox. In the past, the Great Zhou had no strength, and the vassal states had no choice but to submit to their powerful neighbors. Now that the Great Zhou has an unparalleled army, they naturally surrendered.
There are nine states in the world, and the Zhou Dynasty now controls four continents: Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou.
The remaining major states are Jingzhou and Yangzhou in the south, Liangzhou in the west and southwest, Yongzhou in the northwest and north, and Jizhou in the north.
The south has always been a restricted area of the Zhou Dynasty. Although such a vast land is relatively wild, after all, it is the entire south, and it is still a bit scary to have only Chu State as a big country.
No wonder the Chu State was so powerful in the later period. As long as it developed the south, it was basically the foundation of the country.
Chu State, Danyang.
The Chu people have loose hair, tattoos, and carved inscriptions on their joints, a typical Southern barbarian dress.
The architecture of the royal city can be seen everywhere with patterns of flames and black birds. The construction of the houses is somewhat similar to that of Hao Jing, and there are even black iron workshops that emit black smoke.
Within the palace.
A young man wearing a mysterious robe, with flame patterns on his face, and black bird and red patterns on his clothes listened to the reports of his subordinates, and gave opinions or scolded him from time to time.
This person's name is Xiong Ai, the son of the state of Chu.
Xiong Ai was a wise king of the generation, and he had been studying various systems of the Zhou Dynasty over the years.
Dazhou established the six officials of heaven and earth, and he followed suit. Dazhou smelted iron, and he specially sent people to steal the masters, and he also learned all kinds of techniques secretly.
Regardless of the opposition from all parties, Xiong Ai will continue to implement it with force.
Within five years, the national strength would be ten times what it was before the reform.
The Chu army also abandoned the chariot fighting method and replaced it with systems such as cavalry, infantry, and archers.
The Chu army numbered as many as 200,000, even tens of thousands more than Zhou Dynasty. It can be said that the Chu army was extremely aggressive.
Only barbarians like the Chu State dare to do this, and are not afraid of rebellion by the countrymen.
Xiong Ai was full of confidence. He thought about it and said to Da Zai:
"Send a message to the Emperor of Zhou not to allow Zhou's troops to enter the south, otherwise they will be attacked!"
Of course, Xiong Ai didn't think he could scare the hero.
He just allowed the Zhou army to take the initiative to attack him, so that he could have an excuse to proclaim himself king and confront the Zhou family from north to south.
Becoming stronger has always been the theme of Chu State.
Back then, our ancestors didn't even have anything to offer sacrifices to, so they went to a neighboring country and stole a cow.
When Da Zai was ordered to go out, Xiong Ai looked to the north with an inexplicable fire in his eyes.
"Come on, Ji Man, let me see your strength!"
boom!
The bright red fire wraps Xiong Ai's body, and Xiong Ai is like a god of fire, controlling the fire of heaven and earth.
Imperial realm!
The twenty-fourth year of King Mu of Zhou.
The emperor raised troops to attack Chu on the grounds that Chu was tyrannical.
The inner cave of the Sun Jade Car.
Song Lin and Ju Mang were sitting opposite each other. The green dragon was swimming around Ju Mang, and the divine light was shining brightly. It was obvious that he was in excellent condition.
After absorbing the energy of the fourth cauldron, Jumang successfully entered the mythical realm and possessed the power of the soul.
"How about this god Zhu Rong?"
Song Lin asked.
"He has a bad temper, and it is impossible to make him surrender without defeating him."
Gou Mang said.
"Looks like we have no choice but to start a war."
Song Lin was a little helpless.
The character of a deity is easy to figure out, and sometimes it is easy to lose your mind.
After several years of preparation, the Zhou army was invincible, and the Jingman army was completely vulnerable to the regular army.
The Chu army also knew how powerful it was, so they abandoned all the cities along the way and retained their strength, leaving only the city and the hungry people, adding to the burden on the Zhou army, which prided itself on being a righteous army.
Of course, Song Lin would not fall into the trap. Whoever wants it will want it. After conquering the Chu Kingdom, he will have nothing. How can he care about the gains and losses of a city or a place?
The armies of both sides fought and retreated all the way to Danyang.
As the troops approached the city, Xiong Ai looked at Song Lin from the air.
"You're finally here, Ji Man!"
Xiong Ai's voice traveled dozens of miles and came to Song Lin's side.
"Hmph! Rebellious ministers and traitors will be punished by everyone!"
Whoosh!
Song Lin stepped forward to meet the attack.
The sky is filled with divine swords, and the earth is restored to life.
Divine swords fell like rain, and vegetation grew wildly.
To grow, vegetation needs to absorb vitality. If Song Lin does not provide it, it will absorb it from all around.
The vegetation withered for thousands of miles around, and the vitality of the barbarians was robbed.
Instead, there are thicker summoning trees.
The barbarians who had absorbed their vitality became extremely weak. Before they could react, hard vines pierced their bodies, roots wrapped around their ankles, and leaves cut off their flesh like blades.
one move!
With one move, the spring breeze transformed trees and defeated the barbarian army.
At the same time, a goddess flew out of the jade chariot of the sun, stepping on two green dragons, and her hair was like a luan bird.
The moment this woman appears, everything becomes full of vitality.
"Jumang!"
Xiong Ai was shocked.
Why did even the gods help him?
boom!
At this time, Song Lin fell from the sky, not afraid of this burning man who was covered in fire.
The trees under the ground integrated into grass dragons, which were frantically chasing the retreating Chu army with the Zhou army.
Xiong Ai had been dormant for more than ten years and was vulnerable to Song Lin's heaven-defying knowledge of future generations.
Zhou Jun not only has advanced weapons, but also has military knowledge from later generations, which is simply a dimensionality reduction strike.
"Well done!"
Xiong Ai sneered.
Just in time to capture the thief, capture the king first.
Although the Chu army was unexpectedly weak, as long as they captured the Emperor of Zhou, they could be forced to cede territory and seek peace.
Xiong Ai's pupils turned into golden vertical pupils, and his whole person turned into a burning man.
What flows in the body is not blood, but the blood of Mi's Phoenix and the power of Zhu Rong.
Phew!
Xiong Ai transformed into a fire phoenix.
The wings covered most of the sky, and countless sulfur fires fell down, as if they were going to turn the earth into ashes.
"Jumang! The creatures below are left to you."
Song Lin secretly thought that this person was really despicable, he dared to disregard the life and death of living beings.
He took the form of a thousand-foot-long Buddha with three heads and six arms.
One hand holds the Human Emperor Sword, another holds the Dragon Mansion Jade Gourd, one holds the Bagua Furnace, and the other holds the Nine Elder Immortal Capital Seal.
The remaining two hands pinched the small Three Emperors Sutra and cast the Divine General's Guarding Charm, summoning thousands of golden gates and awns to block the falling fireworks.
At the same time, the dharma body faced the flames.
Xiong Ai felt cruel in his heart.
This person is so crazy that he is not afraid of his own Phoenix Fire.
Might as well burn it to ashes.
The phoenix opened its mouth and spit out bright red flames.
Then the flames formed into swords, guns, swords and halberds, as well as various types of fire birds, fire crows, fire turtles, fire snakes, half-human, half-fire flame Taoist soldiers, etc.
Phoenix True Fire is one of the most amazing fires in the world.
Xiong Ai relied on this move to defeat the mighty Jingchu and dominate the two states.
Song Lin ignored it and rushed straight into the flames.
At first, I felt hot, as if my body was about to be scorched, but then I got used to it.
The Nine Turns Golden Body is too powerful.
Perhaps you are afraid of curses, of being bound and sealed.
The only thing I'm not afraid of is flames. After all, my body has been roasted.
Song Lin came to Xiong Ai in an instant, threw away the magical weapon in his hand, grabbed the bird's feathers with six hands, and threw it to the ground.
Then it fell down again, picked up the phoenix's tail, and threw it to the ground.
Fifty or sixty times in a row, the Phoenix became a bloody mess.
Song Lin was still about to finish off the attack, but suddenly sensed something and flew back dozens of miles.
boom!
The Phoenix True Fire exploded, and a mushroom cloud appeared on the spot.
The heat wave and sound wave of the explosion swept across all directions.
"Back off!"
Jumang's expression changed drastically, he made a gesture with his hands, and countless strange trees grew out, forming wooden walls.
Unfortunately, the flames were so powerful that they broke through dozens of wooden walls and still showed no signs of stopping.
If it can't be stopped, I'm afraid all the Zhou troops present will be finished.
Jumang gritted his silver teeth, two green dragons sank into the ground, and two jade trees appeared on the ground.
The jade trees formed a wooden wall, finally blocking the flames this time.
Song Lin was not idle either. After blocking the flames, he controlled the Human Emperor Sword to slash towards the center of the flames.
The True Shape Map of the Five Mountains suppressed and descended.
boom!
There was another violent explosion.
Ju Mang and Song Lin cooperated tacitly, and the magical weapons and magical powers continued to blast out. The two of them worked together to deal with the mysterious existence in the flames.
In a pure competition between wood power and fire power, the wood power was at a disadvantage, but with the blessing of Song Lin's many mysterious techniques, the two sides fought vigorously.
The earth is full of magma, like a hell on earth, but behind Song Lin and the two of them, there is greenery.
The magma and tree realms continue to expand.
"Zhu Rong, if this continues, all your people will soon die." Song Lin said loudly.
Both sides stopped at the same time.
The flames dissipated, and on the opposite side was a strong man with red eyebrows and red hair, a body as strong as a black bear, disheveled hair, flame tattoos, and two dragons on his feet.
This person is the Fire God Zhurong.
Zhu Rong's power is obvious to all. After so many rounds of fighting between the two sides, hundreds of miles of Chu land were almost destroyed.
Zhu Rong's red pupils looked at the two of them calmly.
"I want you to be buried with your clan members!"
Zhu Rong said word by word.
He didn't expect that Gou Mang would seek refuge with Song Lin.
But someone must be held responsible for Xiong Ai's death.
Song Lin ignored Zhu Rong's threats, the imperial seal between his eyebrows flashed with golden light, and said with a smile: "Then continue to fight until the last Chu person dies."
"Emperor?"
Looking at the imperial seal between Song Lin's eyebrows, Zhu Rong fell silent for a moment.
He knows what this means.
This person is a successor valued by the Emperor of Heaven.
"The Lord of Chu is a minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty. I will not destroy his country. I will only give you a small punishment. If you want to fight, the Great Zhou Dynasty will accompany you."
Song Lin was not aggressive, but started from the imperial power.
Chu Junyang followed Yin and violated the law, which is not in line with morality.
Zhu Rong is not an evil god. As the founder of Jingchu humanities, and since he and others are still hard-nosed, he will definitely be reasonable.
Zhu Rong thought for a long time and finally surrendered.
"I am willing to surrender!"
The two sides made peace, and the South successfully captured it.
Jingzhou should have been captured, and the remaining Yangzhou may have to wipe out Baiyue.
But this is relatively simple.
Lin of the Song Dynasty gathered all the princes, and the status of Chu State remained unchanged. He was even promoted from son to uncle, and a new king was established.
Later, he was granted the title of Yongguo, Suiguo, Quanguo, Jiaoguo, Yangguo, Jingguo...
A large number of princes were granted the title of feudal lord, and these newly-established countries were guarded by people from Haojing Academy as ministers.
Song Lin granted Zhu Rong the title of Fire Emperor.
Zhu Rong's Fire Zhenggong is Zhu Rong's secret skill. When he asked how to learn this skill, Zhu Rong said that it cannot be taught orally.
As soon as these words came out, Song Lin was shocked on the spot.
"There is a fire pool in Danyang. Xiong Ai realized this by bathing in the fire pool. Hey, why are you sweating?"
"It's okay, it's a little hot." Song Lin breathed a sigh of relief.
After that, Emperor Zhou sat in the south and devoted himself to practicing Huozhenggong, practicing with the help of the blazing prairie realm on the fifth level of the Qiankun Baojian.
Before I knew it, another two years had passed.
Song Lin Dacheng came out of seclusion.
Finally understood Zhu Ronghuo Zhenggong.
At this time, it was time to prepare to go to Lingbao to beg for the corpse.
…
In the real world, Song Lin comes out of seclusion.
At this time, he was not filled with wooden energy, but his whole body was filled with the heat of fire, and his whole body felt as warm as a big sun.
This is the sign of Zhu Ronghuo's successful entry into the profession.
Song Lin has mastered the power of flames, and those who practice the Way of Zhurong must choose a natal flame.
Song Lin thought for a long time and finally chose the Six Ding Divine Fire in the Bagua Furnace.
The Six Ding Divine Fire is capable of refining everything, and it has the ability to recreate the universe.
His method of alchemy has been stagnant in the realm of Zhonghuan Dan for a long time.
If one can completely master the Six Ding Divine Fire, then the method of Nine Transformations of Great Returning Pills will be just around the corner.