The rise of planes

Chapter 145 Five Powers After the War
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In just over ten days, the situation in Qingyun Kingdom has changed extremely rapidly. The land of eight counties covers more than 2000 square kilometers, and six counties have lost control, and the land area has shrunk greatly. Perhaps it is a hundred years of peace under the imperial court's rule, and all the malpractice broke out at once. Come out, no one can suppress them all.

During this period, the imperial court also sent people to Heishui County to inform Xuan Lingzong that they wanted to discuss some matters with Su Yang, but Xuan Lingzong avoided Su Yang on the grounds of retreat.

In the past half month, only Heishui County, which is governed by Xuanlingzong, is still peaceful.

The other counties have already shed blood like rivers.

The uprising forces in various places were fighting with the imperial court and other forces, and their manpower and financial resources were consumed extremely quickly. As a last resort, they began to forcibly recruit soldiers in the towns they controlled to search for people's wealth. Even the two counties controlled by the imperial court did not escape this crisis. destiny.

Especially the forces that control few cities and towns. They lack young and middle-aged soldiers under their command. In order to increase the number of troops, even the elderly and women aged 70 to [-] are not spared.

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Once the signs of war flourish, the biggest victims are the common people in the war.

Compared with them, Heishui County seems to be a pure land in Qingyun Kingdom's troubled times.

More and more refugees poured into Heishui County, and the luck of Heishui County continued to rise. Su Yang was immersed in his cultivation, and he didn't hear anything outside the window. All things were managed by his subordinates.

However, as the troubled times intensified, Heishui County was inevitably affected, and many people in some marginal towns disappeared mysteriously. Their families flocked to the entrance of Xuanlingzong to report. After searching, I finally found out where these people went.

It turned out that the towns controlled by some forces had run out of troops to recruit, so they targeted Heishui County, whose population had skyrocketed due to the war, and they came to steal people.

Xuanlingzong had to arrange for people to set up a defense line on the border of Heishui County, set up patrol teams to patrol, and ask the churches in various places to strictly guard the location, so as to prevent such things from happening again.

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Time is advancing, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye. It has been more than a month since the rebellion in Xijiang County.

On this day, the main peak of the Xuanling Sect gathered for a whole hour, and the wind was raging, and it didn't calm down until Su Yang restrained his breath.

Afterwards, Su Yang left the customs, walked out from the Yangxin Pavilion, and came to the main hall, where he summoned two guardians, Luo Mi and Zhan Gao.

The duty of the guardian is to manage the area ruled by the sect, so the power to manage the halls established by the Xuanling Sect in various places is in their hands, and they are the most informed about changes in the news situation.

Therefore, as soon as Su Yang came out of the seclusion, he recruited two people to ask about the changes in Heishui County and Qingyun Kingdom during the period of seclusion.

"Reporting to the suzerain, during your one month of retreat, there were constant disputes in the counties of Qingyun Kingdom. There were no less than a thousand wars, large and small. On average, they fought forty or fifty times a day. Some rebel forces even fought to the point of no return. The soldiers of the war, the high-level people went to battle in person, the population of the counties dropped sharply, and the estimated number of casualties was 10.

"Because there is no war in Heishui County under the Zongmen's rule, many refugees who fled have poured into Heishui County. According to preliminary statistics, there have been more than 40 refugees who have migrated to Heishui County since this month. This number is still rising. Your Majesty has ordered the churches in various places to temporarily recruit people to build temporary residences and temporarily resettle them, and also ordered Xuanlingzong disciples to form patrol teams to patrol the various places to prevent accidents."

"The current Qingyun Kingdom, after more than a thousand wars, has temporarily formed a balanced situation. Those who have gained a firm foothold include the Xijiang County Zongmen Alliance, the Cao Gang and some alliances of chambers of commerce, the alliance of the three major families, the imperial court forces, and Xuanyuan. The five major forces of the Lingzong. The rest of the forces were slaughtered or annexed within this month. A meddlesome person from the outside world who claimed to be the Seven Xiaosheng of the Jianghu set up a ranking for the current five major forces without authorization, and wrote it into a book. Spending money to hire people It has been publicized in all the counties of Qingyun Country, and it has been known to everyone." Luo Mi and Zhan Gao said, clasping their hands.

After finishing speaking, Zhan Gao took out a booklet from his pocket and handed it to Su Yang.

Su Yang frowned, took the booklet and opened the first page.

Comparison of Qingyun Kingdom's power rankings.

First place: the imperial court.

Reason: Ruled the territory of Qingyun Kingdom in 630 and has a profound foundation. Even though the uprisings in various counties continue and are out of the control of the imperial court, the lean camels are bigger than horses, and there are still many forces supporting them. Let's count them as ranking among the five major forces one.

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Second place: Zongmen Alliance of Xijiang County.

Reason: Gathering the forces of four of the ten sects of the original Qingyun Kingdom, plus other forces, there are so many masters, and there seems to be a powerful force behind it, but after occupying Xijiang County, they have not made much progress, so they are ranked second.

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Third place: Caobang Chamber of Commerce Alliance.

The Cao Gang is a large force spanning the eight counties of the Qingyun Kingdom, with more than [-] members. Its status among the three sects and nine streams is comparable to that of the Jianya Sect, the head of the top ten sects, and it has the support of many chambers of commerce. They won nearly two counties, but according to their previous battle with the Zongmen Alliance of Xijiang County, they were defeated, so they ranked third.

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Fourth place: Xuanlingzong.

This faction was originally the sect at the bottom of the top ten sects in Qingyun Kingdom. Although it merged with the eighth-ranked Tianfeng Wumen a month ago, it has the weakest foundation among the five major sects today. It only defends Heishui County and has not launched a single Foreign wars, but it can keep a county from being invaded by other forces, and half a month ago, the four masters of the Cao Gang mysteriously disappeared in Heishui County. It is guessed that it was Xuanlingzong's hand, so it is guessed to be ranked fourth.

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Fifth place: Three major family alliances.

The three families of Liu, Guan, and Zhang in Beizi County are big families that have been passed down for hundreds of years in Qingyun Kingdom, and their strength ranks among the top in Qingyun Kingdom. Coupled with the addition of Wudian, who rose suddenly a while ago, they quickly became the sole master of the Qingyun Kingdom when they fought together. One county, and has a firm foothold, but only defends Beizi County, and has not launched a war against other counties for the time being, so it ranks fifth.

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There are a total of five pages in the booklet, and each page has only a few fonts, all of which are made of ink, and the black and white characters are extremely eye-catching.

Su Yang sat at the top, flipping through the booklet, frowning slightly.

The five major forces mentioned above are only the reason why the self-proclaimed Jianghu Qixiaosheng believes that each force is ranked. There is no other explanation, and the accuracy is not great.

Anyone who can compile such a booklet is really a good person.

Su Yang put the pamphlet on the table beside him, signaling Zhan Gao to continue talking about the current situation in Qingyun Kingdom.

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(End of this chapter)