Cultivating Immortality, Starts with Green Plum

Chapter 643 Unification of the Kingdom of Myriad Formations

After the great battle, Bai Libing completely seized control of the court.

Bai Libing is now an emperor who completely controls real power.

No one in the entire court dared to speak ill of Bai Libing anymore.

After Bai Libing quelled the rebellion, both those who supported her and those who had previously opposed her changed their minds.

Their attitude toward Bai Libing is now singular!
That is respect!
It is true respect!
Their respect for Bai Libing must have increased dramatically.

After this battle, Bai Libing's imperial power was consolidated.

Moreover, everyone looked at Bai Libing with new respect.

Some people even say that Bai Libing has the spirit of the founding ancestor of the nation!
After all, Bai Libing's actions were not merely a matter of personally leading an expedition in the superficial sense.

Bai Libing is truly dedicated when there's something to do!

During the battle, Bai Libing, clad in armor, led the army out and charged directly to the forefront of the battle formation.

This performance undoubtedly earned the respect of all the soldiers of the Kingdom of Vientiane.

Moreover, this performance was a slap in the face to all the court officials in the Wanxiang Kingdom who were waiting for Bai Libing to embarrass herself.

It was still hitting loudly.

Now, everyone in the court praises their emperor.

There was such a valiant emperor.

Even though she's a woman, so what?

And needless to say, His Majesty quelled the rebellion of those three vassal kings.

With such a great achievement, how could Your Majesty be anything less than worthy?
At that time, nobody had high hopes for His Majesty.

Therefore, when Bai Libing returned to the capital in triumph, she was not welcomed by the people of the Wanxiang Kingdom who lined the streets to welcome her.

Countless flowers were thrown out from both sides of the capital of the Kingdom of Vientiane.

Those vassal kings who had originally wanted to rebel suddenly became obedient.

Initially, those feudal lords were all planning a rebellion.

But they just wanted to wait for those three vassal kings to make a name for themselves before they entered the fray.

After all, things like rebellion are very unpredictable.

In many cases, whether it's the Southern Demon Kingdom or the Human Kingdom.

Those vassal kings who rebelled first were basically all killed.

Those who enter first may not be the ones who stay until the end.

However, if you enter from the middle, you have a much higher chance of winning in the end.

Now that Bai Libing has completely eliminated those three vassal kings, she has taken over their Shu Kingdom.

Other vassal kings naturally bowed their heads and submitted, not daring to utter a single word.

But how could Bai Libing possibly stop?

At the beginning, Bai Libing had no authority in the entire Wanxiang Kingdom.

Even the army harbored a sense of distrust towards their own emperor.

But it's different now.

After witnessing their emperor's bravery and his fearless spirit as he charged into the battlefield, they saw him truly embodied in the spirit of not fearing death.

They all admired him from the bottom of their hearts.

Even those soldiers who did not go to war with their emperor had heard more or less about what their emperor was doing in the army.

Therefore, most of the army in the Kingdom of Wanxiang is now aligned with Bai Libing.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Gui was doing his best to stabilize the rear of the Kingdom of Wanxiang.

Without Prime Minister Gui, Bai Li's expedition would not have gone so smoothly.

Although Vientiane has stabilized overall, undercurrents are still swirling, and many vassal kings still harbor their own ambitions.

After the Kingdom of Wanxiang won the great battle, Prime Minister Gui directly requested Bai Libing to reduce the power of the vassal states.

Actually, there was no need for Prime Minister Turtle to make a request.

Bai Libing originally planned to take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate the three vassal kings and then carry out a large-scale reduction of their power.

Otherwise, I could have won this first time.

What about the second time?

What about the third and fourth time?
And regardless of the circumstances.

Those powerful vassal kings were ultimately unsettling.

If she didn't get rid of them, Bai Libing felt she would be restless and unable to sleep well for a whole day.

Bai Libing believed that only by truly controlling the military and concentrating all power in one's own hands could a country be considered truly stable.

Otherwise, if local authorities have too much power, or even an army, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble.

Upon hearing that Bai Libing wanted to reduce the power of the feudal lords.

Each vassal king harbored some degree of preparation in his heart.

After all, those three guys represented their own group of vassal kings.

They were defeated, and they themselves might suffer the consequences.

It is perfectly reasonable for Bai Libing to take advantage of the situation to reduce the power of some of the vassal kings.

But this time, Bai Libing's reduction of the power of the vassal states was far too severe.

In the past, the Vientiane royal family's efforts to reduce the power of the vassal kings were mostly superficial and minor, without touching the core of the vassal kings.

But this time it's different.

This round of reduction of the power of the vassal kings effectively rendered them powerless.

No vassal king was allowed to keep an army of more than 1000 men.

If an army of more than 1000 men is left behind, it will be treated as a rebellion.

But now, among all the feudal lords, which one does not have an army of more than 1000?

Let alone an army of 1000 men, these vassal kings' territories contain hundreds of thousands of fully armed soldiers.

All the vassal kings were shocked upon hearing this order.

In their view, Bai Libing must have become arrogant.

This level of reduction in power is undoubtedly a declaration of war against those who are talking about themselves.

Almost all the vassal kings had reached their limit; they were unwilling to relinquish their military power.

They wanted to try again.

Although they could become wealthy men after relinquishing their military power.

He was still a prince of the Kingdom of Wanxiang.

But how could they possibly tolerate a life without military power?
Without military power, it's the same as having no weapons.

It's like a lion without teeth.

They will be at the mercy of others.

If you have military power, your troops are still in your own hands, but if you lose military power, then everything is uncertain.

Therefore, in Vientiane, all the small vassal kings rebelled.

These vassal kings raised an army to attack the capital of Vientiane.

Bai Libing, however, remained completely calm.

Bai Libing only needs to prove herself through one great battle after another, and that will be enough.

And in proving themselves in battle after battle.

Bai Libing's authority continued to rise.

These vassal kings' military expeditions were already illegitimate in the first place.

The more these vassal kings lose, the more disloyal their subordinates will become.

By then, it won't matter how many people they have under their command.

Every time Bai Libing went to the battlefield, she was always the one charging at the forefront.

It seemed as if Bai Libing was afraid of having her credit stolen. Bai Libing's fearless spirit inspired every soldier who followed her.

In the midst of one great calamity after another, the morale of those vassal kings grew weaker and weaker.

Some of the vassal kings haven't even started fighting Bai Libing yet.
Some of his soldiers and officers were preparing to desert or rebel.

Because they genuinely didn't want to fight their own emperor.

Moreover, they were attacking their own people, so they felt it was completely unnecessary.

Furthermore, he himself was a traitor.

Does the reputation of a traitor sound good?
That definitely doesn't sound good.

Not to mention that His Majesty has won many battles and has dealt with half of the vassal kings.

In that case, who knows if he could win against His Majesty?

As a result of this unrest, more and more people secretly fled the prince's camp.

They fled directly to Bai Libing's army, declaring that they had come to surrender.

Bai Libing naturally accepted all the soldiers who surrendered.

However, Bai Libing did not organize all the surrendered soldiers into one team.

Bai Libing dispersed the surrendered soldiers and assigned them to other units, allowing them to form a numerical advantage and integrate directly into the overall army formation.

In a short time, the balance of power between Bai Libing and those vassal kings shifted, with one side gaining and the other losing ground.

Just six months later, while Bai Libing continued to quell the rebellion, the 50 troops he originally led had grown to 70.

Moreover, those soldiers who surrendered to Bai Libing all performed with great enthusiasm.

This actually has a sense of fanaticism among converts.

After all, they surrendered.

Those who surrendered were already inferior to the soldiers who were originally standing next to Bai Libing.

Therefore, in order to prove their own worth.

The same goal is to achieve success and make a name for oneself.

These demon soldiers who escaped to Bai Libing's side were all very hardworking.

Every time a battle begins, they are always at the forefront, showing no fear of death whatsoever.

They were ruthless in killing their own people, each one more ruthless than the last, for fear of making His Majesty think they were disloyal.

One by one, the feudal lords were eliminated.

Meanwhile, the vassal kings did attempt to form an alliance.

They thought that if they could form an alliance, all their forces could be combined, and attacking Bai Libing would be incredibly easy.

The problem is that everyone has their own agenda.

Moreover, each of the feudal lords was not actually on the same side.

So, when the capital is attacked, who will sit in that supreme position?
So there's a small boat on this path that capsizes easily.

Different thoughts began to take root in the hearts of these vassal kings.

Some on the dark web wanted to fight Bai Libing to the end, believing that if they worked together, they could definitely kill Bai Libing.

However, many people believe that Bai Libing's morale is currently high.

Basically, the ruler and his ministers were of one mind.

In addition, Bai Libing also has a human sword cultivator whose strength is comparable to that of an immortal by her side.

Therefore, they were all very uneasy, feeling that they were bound to lose this great battle.

The most crucial point is that the morale on our side has already begun to fluctuate.

There was no justification for them to send troops in the first place.

Moreover, no matter what, even those people from their vassal states were originally from the Kingdom of Vientiane.

So he risked his life just so that his prince could ascend to that position.

How could these soldiers possibly accept this?

In the midst of this fierce argument, the alliance formed by the feudal lords completely shattered.

Some of the vassal kings directly turned to Bai Libing.

Some of the vassal kings continued to resist Bai Libing.

For those vassal kings who came to submit to him.

Bai Libing naturally welcomed them.

However, Bai Libing did make it clear to them that this was only going to happen once.

If they dare to cause trouble again next time, they will basically only have one way out: death.

Moreover, the first thing these vassal kings did after surrendering was to hand over their military power.

These vassal kings naturally had no objections.

They handed over military power to Bai Libing, who then took over the troops of these vassal kings and used them to deal with other vassal kings.

In terms of troop strength, Bai Libing was at a disadvantage, but now the situation has been completely reversed.

In less than two years, Lieutenant General Bai Libing defeated all the rebellious vassal kings.

Those feudal lords either died, fled, or surrendered.

In the end, Bai Libing subdued all the vassal states of the vassal kings.

From then on, Bai Libing gained control of all military power in the land.

Any vassal king was merely a leisurely prince in his locality.

They could have an army of no more than 1000 men.

But what kind of waves can these 1000 people stir up?

Apart from that, they only had the right to advise on the politics of the vassal states where the vassal kings resided, but not the right to directly participate.

Bai Libing also dispatched some ministers to various vassal states to oversee the overall situation.

Once the Kingdom of Wanxiang is completely stable, Prime Minister Gui will retire and return to his hometown.

For the past few years, Prime Minister Turtle has been working day and night without taking a single day off.

Finally, he was able to retire and return to his hometown, and he was able to see His Majesty grow to this point. In fact, Prime Minister Gui was already at ease.

This time, Prime Minister Gui's resignation was truly sincere, without any hint of falsehood.

Bai Bing also knew that Prime Minister Gui no longer wanted to stay in the court; he wanted to retire to nature.

Therefore, Bai Libing did not try to persuade Prime Minister Gui to stay.

However, before leaving, Prime Minister Turtle gave Bai Libing a list.

This list was compiled by Prime Minister Turtle over the past few years.

He discovered some capable, ambitious, and spirited young people among those in and out of the imperial court.

The positions that these young people can fill are all clearly written out.

The Turtle Prime Minister himself also recommended a candidate for Prime Minister.

Of course, Prime Minister Gui only said that these lists were for His Majesty's reference only.

He had no further connection with the imperial court.

Bai Libing used most of the people recommended by Prime Minister Gui.

indeed.

Just as Prime Minister Gui said, these people all have certain abilities.

He was simply ostracized and suppressed before, and ultimately failed to achieve his goals.

After Bai Libing put them to use, they naturally became loyal to her wholeheartedly and had no ulterior motives; they only wanted to build up the Wanxiang Kingdom.

In an instant, the entire court of the Vientiane Kingdom was filled with clarity.

In the fifth year since Xu Ming arrived in Wanxiang Kingdom, he was about to leave.

For Xu Ming, the Kingdom of Wanxiang had completely settled down, and there was no longer any need for him to stay there.

(End of this chapter)