The death of Xibohou Jichang was a big event for Xiqi.
What can also be called a major event is that on the day of Ji Chang's sudden death, Chaoge's general who was guarding the Three Passes showed up in person and surrendered to Xiqi.
For a time, in the eyes of many ignorant people, it was destiny for Ji Fa to become the new Xibohou.
If it was not destiny, why not sooner rather than later, when the old marquis died suddenly and the young marquis came to power, the two generals of the Yin Shang who guarded the Xiqi gate came to Xiqi to ask for surrender.
You must know that there are two million armored soldiers in Xiqi and one million armored soldiers in Sanguan. The former does not have overwhelming strength against the latter.
Under such circumstances, the fact that the land of the Three Passes was included in Xiqi was naturally a symbol of the fate of the little marquis.
Wang Xu was noncommittal about this, since his appearance was more important than his face, and he didn't care what outsiders said.
What worries him is that the relationship between Zhou Sheng and Ji Fa seems to be a bit good. On the contrary, although Jiang Ziya treats Zhou Sheng as a junior in the teachings and usually takes care of him, he actually does not really accept him, and the relationship is always separated.
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This couldn't help but make Wang Xu think, the two of them have hooked up a long time ago, and Zhou Sheng has become the mastermind around Ji Fa?
Time passed by, and it was half a month before and after.
In the past half month, Xiqi mourned, crowned Ji Fa, and gathered the three passes.
For a time, when both sides combined their troops, Xiqi's available troops actually reached three million. You must know that Dongbohou Jiang Hengchu, the most powerful among the four princes, only had two and a half million troops at his peak.
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The weaker ones, such as Nanbohou E Chongyu and Northern Bohou Chongheihu, had only between 1.2 million and 1.5 million troops.
At this time, Xiqi's military strength was greater than that of the four hundred princes in the north and south combined, making it the first in the world, second only to the Yin and Shang dynasties as the lord of the world.
Sensing the power of Xiqi, Zhou Tong, the current garrison of Shengchi County, who succeeded Zhang Kui, panicked and went to Chaoge for help. He had the intention of abandoning the city and fleeing as soon as Xiqi's troops arrived.
In fact, Zhou Tong's worries were in vain. Now that Ji Chang had just died and Ji Fa had taken over, there were too many things to do in Xiqi, and expansion was not the first choice.
It's far away, so gathering military power and sorting out government affairs will keep Jiang Ziya busy for a while.
What's more, the era of one emperor and one courtier belonging to Ji Chang has passed. The new generation of Ji Fa Group will naturally redistribute the cake.
Half a month later, Qianyuan Mountain, Jinguang Cave
In the cave, Master Taiyi was meditating and practicing his Qi, when he suddenly saw an auspicious cloud descending.
After taking a closer look, the person who came turned out to be the Golden Immortal of Chanjiao Fu. Although he was not among the Twelve Golden Immortals, he was highly respected Yun Zhongzi.
"Senior Brother Yun Zhongzi, why are you here?"
Seeing that Yun Zhongzi was coming, Master Taiyi quickly stood up to greet him.
Yun Zhongzi sat down on a red cloud and wore a red Taoist robe. He got off Xiangyun and went to the cave with Zhenren Taiyi. As he walked, he said: "Did you hear that Xiqi Jichang died suddenly? The teacher is planning to give a list of gods.
Let Junior Brother Ziya do the important thing of becoming a god?"
When Master Taiyi heard this, he smiled bitterly and said: "How could I not know that my disciple Nezha should help Huang Feihu enter Xiqi and become a pioneer general. Who would have thought that Huang Feihu was killed by Zhang Kui in Shengchi County, and he was killed by Zhang Kui.
Nezha is still practicing in the cave, so he has no excuse to go to Xiqi."
"Oh, I'm here for this too. According to deductions, my disciple Lei Zhenzi should have accompanied Ji Chang in the expedition to Northern Bohou and become a general in the army. But Yang Jian's nephew occupied three passes and turned the Northern Expedition into a
During the Eastern Expedition, Ji Changdu is dead now, and Lei Zhenzi has not yet come down from the mountain."
Yun Zhongzi and Taiyi Zhenren looked at each other, with helplessness in their eyes.
Before, the saints deduced the great calamity and calculated that there were people in their respective sects who would be worthy of the calamity. Even the Twelve Golden Immortals were mostly on the list.
In order to resolve the murderous intention, each of the Twelve Golden Immortals accepted disciples, one to pass on the Taoist traditions, and the other to avoid disasters and spread their respective disasters on their disciples.
As the saying goes, if there is a problem, the disciple will do his duty. Yang Jian, Nezha, Lei Zhenzi, Tu Xingsun, and other disciples of the three religions are each the successors of the Jinxian Sect.
Overcoming the tribulation, overcoming the tribulation, if you overcome it, you will be a true immortal. If you cannot overcome it, you will be on the list of gods.
Now that the catastrophe has begun, and the heavenly punishment is killing people, Master Taiyi and Yun Zhongzi do not dare to delay it any longer.
Otherwise, if there is no disciple to go to the top of the mountain and a disaster occurs, you will have to deal with it yourself. One bad thing is that your whole body of practice will be wasted.
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"Nephew, please guard Xiqi for me temporarily. I want to go to Kunlun Mountain."
On Qianyuan Mountain, the two golden immortals were thinking about letting their disciples enter the world to cope with the calamity. On Xiqi's side, Jiang Ziya also made some moves.
"Yes, uncle."
Wang Xu agreed, naturally knowing that Jiang Ziya went to Kunlun in order to get back the List of Gods.
Only by getting back the list of gods, officially leading the direction of the great catastrophe, demarcating the 365 Zhou Tian gods, sealing the mountains and rivers, and transforming them into ten thousand realms, can the prehistoric world change the trend after the collapse of Mount Buzhou.
After receiving Wang Xu's assurance, Jiang Ziya rode on the clouds and headed straight for Kunlun Mountain.
The next day, before Jiang Ziya returned, two people came to Xiqi.
There was one person in the lead, one meter tall, wearing green armor and holding a steel ring. His appearance was indistinguishable from male to female, and he was endearing.
The other person has a face like indigo, hair like cinnabar, a huge mouth with fangs, and wings on his back. He holds a hammer with thunder and lightning runes in his hand, and an awl with lightning symbols engraved on it.
The two came to Xiqi in a cloud and saw Wang Xu, who was dressed in silver armor. He put away his escaping light and descended. He said loudly: "Nezha, a disciple of Taiyi Zhenren, and Lei Zhenzi, a disciple of Yun Zhongzi, see you."
Pass Senior Brother Yang Jian."
"Nezha, Lei Zhenzi?"
Wang Xu pretended not to know him and asked, "What are you doing in Xiqi?"
"Senior brother, we came down from the mountain to help Uncle Ziya in the name of Master." Nezha, who is a brat and smarter than the honest and responsible Lei Zhenzi, rushed to say, "Is Uncle Ziya in there? Please come."
Senior brother can make some recommendations for the two of us."
Wang Xu led the two of them to the main hall and said: "Uncle Ziya went to Kunlun Mountain. I don't know how long it will take to come back. Since the two of you are coming down from the mountain to help Uncle Ziya, please be in the hall first.
Lord Commander, I will introduce you to Master Ziya when he comes back."
"Thank you, senior brother."
Lei Zhenzi didn't realize he was there. After bowing respectfully, he asked: "Senior Brother, where is the grave of the Marquis? Marquis Jichang is my adoptive father. I am studying down the mountain this time. I wanted to help my adoptive father conquer the world, but instead
I don’t want to not even see him for the last time, I’m really guilty.”
Wang Xu called a servant and asked him to take Lei Zhenzi to worship.
Nezha Zha didn't go with him. He had nothing to do with Ji Chang. He came down the mountain only after his master's order. He was more interested in Wang Xu than paying homage to Ji Chang.
"Senior brother, senior brother, what is your current official position?"
Nezha was born in the Li family of Chentangguan, [m.] was originally a son of a general, and his sensitivity to positions in the military was not comparable to that of Lei Zhenzi who had never seen anyone on the market.
"Me"
Wang Xu paused for a moment and replied: "I am now the commander-in-chief of the Three Passes, with the rank of hussar general, commanding millions of soldiers. I am now the second military general in Xiqi, second only to the prime minister."
Ji Fa has been in office for more than a month, and the internal and external arrangements have been initially settled. Naturally, everyone who follows the dragon will have merit.
Nominally, Ji Fa is the lord of Xiqi, and Jiang Ziya takes the post of Prime Minister Zuo, plus the rank of general, commanding the civil and military affairs.
Under Jiang Ziya, the civilian officials were headed by You Xiangsan Yisheng, and the military attachés were headed by Wang Xu, the hussar general.
As for the generals before Xiqi, those who were capable were promoted and those who were incompetent were demoted. After seeing Wang Xu's martial arts, not one of them dared to attack him.
"General Hussars, the second general!"
As soon as Nezha heard Wang Xu's title, his little face suddenly became tangled, and he said angrily: "Senior brother, you are already a hussar general, why did you only give me a town hall captain instead of four towns and four expeditions, four peace and four security, etc.
A general with a real name, why should he be a general with an unnamed name? What does a captain mean?"
The position of general and officer is above the three ministers and complements the prime minister.
Following the general, there are the hussar general, the chariot general, and the guard general, three important military positions that are comparable to the three princes.
Further down, there are four generals of towns and generals of four expeditions, Zhendong, Zhennan, Zhenbei, Zhenxi and Zhengdong, Zhengnan, Zhengbei, Zhengxi, eight high-ranking military officers who are comparable to the rank of Jiuqing.
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After these generals, there are General Siping and General Si'an, whose ranks are generally in the fourth to fifth ranks.
The remaining miscellaneous generals are generals below the fifth rank, and their status is equivalent to that of county magistrates.
For example, when Wang Xu was in Chaoge before, General Fenwei, who was casually named by King Zhou, was a type of general with a miscellaneous title, and the rank he was awarded was the sixth grade.
As for Nezha and Lei Zhenzi's Zhendian Lieutenant, they sound quite impressive, but in fact they don't even have a grade. If they insist on imposing a grade, they can only be regarded as casual duties of the third grade.
Nezha was an arrogant person. Hearing that Wang Xu was a second-grade hussar general and that he was only an eighth-grade town hall captain, he immediately refused.