Lei Haomiao swallowed the poison and murmured weakly. He knew that the figure who had walked into the hall would definitely hear his words.

After all, he is an unprecedented Wenkui in Dingzhou, a special case who pursues the road to immortality without being rejected by the dragon spirit. What a promising young monarch.

At the last moment of his life, Lei Haomiao was not thinking about what would happen after his death, but recalling Zhou Bai's experiences along the way, of which he was a witness.

He is indeed a legend. He is about to take charge of Dingzhou despite his humble status. Is it really possible to compete for that position in the future?

I really look forward to looking forward to what kind of dynasty a wise monarch who can practice Taoism and live forever will establish in this era when spiritual energy is revived.

Expensive toxins flowed through the body, and the heart gradually stopped beating. With a hint of regret in Lei Haomiao's eyes, he finally looked at Zhou Bai.

It's a pity that I have to give an explanation after all...

"Junhou has passed away!"

Following Zhongzhong's exclamation, hundreds of guards who had already fought and retreated to the main hall, nodded and looked at each other, and killed themselves one after another.

"Your Majesty, take the first step, and we will protect you when you reach the underworld!"

The breath of life in the palace suddenly disappeared, and Zhou Bai sighed and remained speechless.

The officers and soldiers of the Anbei Army who followed behind him had solemn faces and went in to collect the corpses in an orderly manner.

At any time, those who are loyal and loyal will always be respected.

Lei Haomiao declared his death, and a weak dragon carp emerged from his body. Before he could make any move, it collapsed under Zhou Bai's gaze.

Three-thirds of lavender dragon energy was swirling around the gilded "Dragon Chair". After Zhou Bai took a few steps forward, it fell into his arms like a bird returning to the forest.

At this time, a huge fish dragon shot straight into the sky behind him.

In Dingzhou City, above the night sky, dragons sing in the sky.

The increasingly slender fish head has tough beards, and the body of the red and yellow croaker has transformed into a complete dragon skin, and the scales shine in the moonlight...

During the powerful swing of the fish's tail, the sea of ​​clouds surges, and the country's bad luck swarms in.

This time, it is an announcement to Dingzhou, which can be heard by those who are related to the cause and effect, and can also be heard by many people in Dingzhou who are not asleep.

After swallowing Lei Haomiao's collapsing dragon energy, a complete three-toed dragon claw finally grew from the belly of the fish dragon. This represents the strength of Anbei Kingdom and Zhou Bai's own luck pattern has entered a new realm.

Then there are ordinary carps, snakes and pythons. If you fight against them, you will naturally be crushed.

If you successfully transform into a dragon, you will already have a certain status among hidden dragons in the world, and you will appear at the forefront of the intelligence of all nations.

No, in the direction of Dingxi, a young khaki three-clawed dragon roared at the fish and dragon in an extremely unwilling manner, but it was just a bluff.

Because it knows that it has no choice but to provoke rashly, it will only destroy its luck out of thin air.

In terms of the Qianlong personality and the foundation of destiny, the two sides are already on the same level, but in terms of the amount of luck that the Dragon and the Elephant can mobilize, it is obvious that the Fish and the Dragon exceed it by too much.

The Huajiao Pass was broken, and the fish and dragons traveled around in all directions, and began to lead Anbei to the French Open without stopping, trying to minimize the loss of luck caused by the demise of Dingguo.

No matter what the considerations are, Dingzhou City must be the capital of the country.

After confirming that Lei Haomiao's dragon energy did not remain and had not been dispersed among his bloodline relatives, Zhou Bai bowed his hands towards the body that was slumped with eyes closed.

Lei Ming, who didn't know when he appeared at the side, immediately breathed a sigh of relief. If Zhou Bai had to forcefully prevent Lei Haomiao's soul from entering the underworld, it would be possible.

He had heard that a divine court with close ties to Anbei officials had appeared on the territory of Dingzhou, and there were many holders of the underworld priesthood under its command.

During the war, Lei Ming had seen with his own eyes that some clearly well-organized ghost soldiers were gathering the souls of wandering soldiers to avoid causing harm to the people of the Yang world.

Occasionally, ghosts will not enter the underworld and want to gather together to cause trouble, but they are immediately suppressed by the gods of Shenting.

As the founder of Dingguo Blessed Land, if Lei Haomiao could not take over after his death, it would be difficult for the blessed land to last for three hundred years.

"Master Lei, please take Lord Lei back to your ancestral home and bury him with the honors of a marquis." Zhou Bai stopped in front of the steps and said calmly.

After Lei Ming surrendered, he was immediately assigned a new position, stationed in the Xuanwu Mountains where fate had backfired, and became the head of the Xuanwu Sect.

His duty is to drive away the evil spirit of Xuanwu Mountain and restore its spiritual veins to their original appearance. He is also responsible for recommending a certain number of Tao seed seedlings to Tianya Pavilion every year.

In other words, for a long time, Lei Mingtang's job was all hard work.

And this was something he was willing to do, just because Zhou Bai promised to keep the Lei family's ancestral home and allow his family to worship incense.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. This is the list of the descendants of the Lei family. Please tell me." Before Lei Ming went up to carry Lei Haomiao away, he respectfully presented a thick list.

Zhou Baikai just glanced at it, then nodded slightly and said: "After the review of the six departments, except for the guilty ones, they will be broken up and moved to border towns, Baishazhou Special Economic Zone and other places, to open up wasteland and farm, and start from scratch."

The core elites who deserve to be killed have actually died in the secret passage, and the rest is irrelevant.

Maybe this is also the tacit understanding between Lei Haomiao and Lei Ming?

Unlike Sun Yucheng, Dingguo's dragon energy did not have a dragon vein foundation, and Lei Haomiao did not pass it down to his bloodline relatives after his death.

Moreover, the Lei Ming lineage left behind focuses on cultivating immortals and is naturally repelled by dragon energy.

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News of the complete destruction of the Ding Kingdom spread wildly to the Northern Territory. This was the first kingdom to fall in the Northern Territory. Isn't it too fast?

Spies from major countries in the north were heading to Dingzhou one after another, and the number of business caravans suddenly increased several times.

Anbei Kingdom's attention has been greatly increased. From now on, only the east and west countries will be at odds in Dingzhou, and the situation is extremely tense.

Judging from the superficial strength and record of the Dingxi Kingdom, if Zhou Bai goes all out with military force, he will most likely be able to complete the unification of the entire Dingzhou within one to two years.

The early appearance of the state will pose a great threat to the still divided forces in the remaining states. They will be unable to stop such a behemoth.

Lei Haomiao knew that he would be a little complacent. He never expected that his death would cause a sensation in the entire northern border.

The situation is changing, and many northern countries are scrambling to adjust their merger and development strategies and vigorously expand their armaments.

The development plan that had lasted ten years or eight years in the past was quickly changed to three years or even less. Especially in Daizhou, Liangzhou and other state-level countries adjacent to Dingzhou, war plans were already brewing.

At the very least, preparations were made to move the capital, and within a month of the ceremony, the Xuanyi Guards sent back no less than ten pieces of news about disputes and attacks.

Lin, Hu, and Loufan, who initially accepted Daxu's recruitment and went north, and were later beaten back to Daizhou by Li Dingguo, now continue to form an alliance and launch wars against other Daizhou countries.

They are well aware of the dangers posed by their northern neighbors. If they do not gain strategic depth quickly, there will be no room for easing in the future.

Of course, no matter how fierce the battle in Daizhou was, Zhou Bai was not worried. Lou Jinpeng had already led his army south to Dingdai border.

The first is to sit in the south to prevent unexpected changes, such as those reckless men in Daizhou who have no idea and come across the border to harass; the second is to threaten Yongquan County in Dingxi at any time, so he can take a naval ship to cross the Yangtze River to the west at any time.

The two-front battle turned into a single-line battle, and the Anbei Kingdom took a complete lead over the Dingxi Kingdom. The navy that was once a headache for Zhou Bai now became a headache for Lu Ding.

On April 2, the navy landed at Pinghe County with 20,000 imperial troops, intending to cut off the retreat of Dingxi's main force trapped in Biancheng County.

Lu Ding cut off his tail to survive, leaving tens of thousands of elite cutters behind before retreating all the way out of the border town, not even daring to stay at the gate he finally won.

Then he paid a huge price to avoid being attacked from both sides.

There were 100,000 troops during the Northern Expedition, but only 60,000 were left when they returned to Pinghe County, including many elite soldiers such as the Tiger Guards.

The strength of the Dingxi Navy could not stop the Anbei Navy's landing offensive. After suffering such a heavy loss, Lu Ding followed Zhou Bai's previous approach and issued the "River Relocation Order".

In addition to the large ports in Yongquan County, which were used for the navy to dock and station, most of the ports along the river were blocked, and the people along the river were moved hundreds of miles inward.

Forget it, Lu Ding learned from the useful experience of Dingguo. When the Anbei Army attacked the mainland of Dingzhou County, they faced a large number of ravines and earthen forts, but it was delayed a lot of time.

Soldiers who were killed or injured in battle mostly occurred when they captured and cleared fortresses. Casualties in normal field battles would never be so large.

The hundreds of miles along the river in Dingxi was named the River Territory Boundary Trench Zone by the Dingxi imperial court. Within this hundred miles, they would build a large number of military forts and draw thousands of ravines.

It can be expected that the Anbei Navy will never be able to land easily and cross this trench zone.

There was no way, both Lu Ding and Dingxi senior officials knew that it would be too late to develop the navy. It was a blessing to have such an effective boundary trench strategy.

At least after the prototype of the river boundary trench appeared, the Anbei generals no longer thoughtlessly said that they would take advantage of the situation of destroying the country to cross west and destroy Dingxi in one fell swoop.

Swallowing two counties, it will take time to fully accept them. In addition, moving the capital is also a big project. Zhou Bai's proclaiming ceremony was delayed for a month.

April 27, southern suburb of Dingzhou City.

The place is still the same, but the people are no longer the same. The political power has changed, and new vassal states will appear here.

There were numerous imperial guards and gentry and common people from the five counties of Anbei Kingdom, surrounding the heaven-sacrifice site.

This may be a benefit of postponing the ceremony. At least it gives enough time so that people from far away can make it.

Especially the envoys sent by the northern countries, they stayed in an official area with complicated expressions and communicated with each other in low voices.

The closer it is to Dingzhou, the larger the size of the envoys. According to the status of the vassal states, it is necessary to provide residences for the embassies of other countries.

This is an official communication bridge. If you use this to get information, I can't do the same.

Amid the majestic Zhonghe Shao music, the civil and military ministers entered in an orderly manner, most of them wearing scarlet robes and red robes, led by cabinet ministers wearing purple robes.

In the past, in the entire Dingzhou, only Dingguo had purple-robed officials. Now Anbei, which is about to become a vassal state, can also accommodate such third-grade officials.

Zhou Bai wears a seven-pin crown and a seven-piece crown, fully demonstrating the graceful and generous temperament of a prince.

Without squinting his eyes, he walked step by step on the loess road, feeling the attention of all the people and gathering the luck from all directions.

This ceremony of proclaiming a marquis is not only for the purpose of offering sacrifices to the Heavenly Court and having the Heavenly Court recognize the status, but also to stabilize people's hearts and gain recognition from the citizens and foreign countries.

Ritual is very important in the path of luck.

So no matter how complicated the ceremony was, Zhou Bai still had to follow the rules and complete it successfully.

Climbing up to the high platform for offering sacrifices to the sky, what comes to you is still the three animal sacrifices on the table, as well as a dazzling array of spiritual fruits and drinks.
To be continued...