Chapter nine hundred and sixty-one, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away
Due to the defeat of the four factions of coalition forces, the internal political situation was unstable and it was impossible to send troops to attack Wangqing Pavilion in the short term. Fang Jie turned his strategic focus to the Lingjiu Palace, a sect affiliated to Wangqing Pavilion, which was also besieged by the four factions of coalition forces.
The four coalition forces that besieged Lingjiu Palace this time came from the Xingsu Sect, Ouyang Family, Five Poison Sect, and Donghai Sect (Shangjiabao). The total number of coalition forces was as high as more than one million. Compared with the four coalition forces that besieged Wangqing Pavilion, the number was twice as low as that of Wangqing Pavilion. However, Lingjiu Palace was no more than Wangqing Pavilion. Attacking such a sect, one million people were enough.
However, more than one million people are said to be a coalition of four factions. In fact, the other three factions only symbolically sent a team of 100,000 people to help. Their main force is the players of the Xingsu Sect. So strictly speaking, the one who fought with Lingjiu Palace this time was actually Long Xiaotian's Xingsu Sect. It was slightly different from the situation facing Wangqing Pavilion.
This time, Long Xiaotian gathered the four-sect coalition forces to attack Lingjiu Palace. In addition to taking advantage of the opportunity to take revenge on Fang Jie, he also took into account the future strategic interests of the sect and had to try to destroy Lingjiu Palace.
Because from a geographical perspective, the sect bases of Lingjiu Palace, Xingsu Sect and Ouyang Family are all located in the Tianshan Mountains of the Western Regions. Therefore, they are also known as the "Three Sects of the Western Regions". Among them, the Ouyang Family is still a little bit better. Bai Mengshan where it is located is farther away from the sect bases of Xingsu Sect and Lingjiu Palace. It will not be as high as the other two factions.
But Lingjiu Palace and Xingsu Sect are different. Lingjiu Palace is the northwest sect in the world, with its header at the top of the Piaomiao Peak of Tianshan. The Xingsu Sea where Xingsu Sect is located is at the foot of Tianshan Mountain east of Piaomiao Peak. The two sect bases are almost next to each other, and there is almost no buffer zone between them.
In fact, if the geographical relationship between the two factions is in the Central Plains region, it is no big deal. For example, the Beggars' Sect is close to the Xiaoyao Sect, the Murong Family and Guiyun Village are across the lake, while the Quanzhen Sect and the Ancient Tomb Sect are on the mountain and at the foot of the mountain. Although these sects also have many conflicts with each other, they have been guarding against each other, but they are not yet at the point of life and death.
If Lingjiu Palace had not been controlled by Wangqing Pavilion, it would be no big problem if the two factions were so close, but now Long Xiaotian has broken up with Fang Jie, and Lingjiu Palace has completely defected to Wangqing Pavilion. This forced Long Xiaotian to take the initiative to attack Lingjiu Palace. After all, a hostile sect is behind him. The Star Constellation Sect wants to take military action to the outside world. It has to consider the huge risk of being suddenly scattered by others due to the emptiness of the base.
It is also because of this. When he learned that the Wangqing Pavilion was besieged by the four sects of Jueqing Valley, Ming Cult, Wudang and Shaolin, Long Xiaotian knew that this was an excellent opportunity to destroy the Wangqing Pavilion and suppress Fang Jie. He could only stare at the side and temporarily point the finger of the struggle at Lingjiu Palace.
It can be said that if the Lingjiu Palace is not removed for a day, the Xingsu Sect will never make a breakthrough!
However, just when Long Xiaotian gathered the four sects of troops and was about to launch a large-scale attack to destroy Lingjiu Palace, he received news that Wangqing Pavilion had wiped out 2.6 million coalition forces in Xiangyang City.
This news was a wake-up call for Long Xiaotian and his vassal leaders, which made everyone sweat!
There are more than two million people. It is still a big sect like Shaolin, Wudang, and Ming Cult. They were actually taken over by the weak Wangqing Pavilion. Isn’t this too incredible?
After this shocking news was further confirmed, Long Xiaotian immediately cursed in front of the top leaders of his sect regardless of his demeanor. He cursed the leaders of the four sects of the coalition forces surrounding the Wuqing Pavilion as a group of complete waste. He was defeated so miserably with an absolute advantage!
In fact, if the four factions are defeated, they will be defeated. It is not a big deal at all. The key is that they are defeated too quickly. So fast that Long Xiaotian had not yet launched a siege on Lingjiu Palace, the entire army was wiped out. In this way, the situation would be extremely unfavorable to the Xingsu Sect. Fang Jie, who had already made a free move, would definitely not ignore the Xingsu Sect's actions to siege on Lingjiu Palace.
Even if the four factions of coalition forces only delayed the war in Fantian, Long Xiaotian had enough confidence to defeat Lingjiu Palace, but the four factions of coalition forces were wiped out overnight. And he had just assembled the team and had not started fighting yet. At this time, the fight still did not fight. It became the most tangled problem in Long Xiaotian's mind.
If we attack Lingjiu Palace according to the original plan, Fang Jie would definitely not sit idly by, and Wangqing Pavilion just fought a lot of red houses. It was the time of morale. The morale of the people on his side would be more or less affected by the defeat there. If we really want to fight, the combat effectiveness will probably be greatly reduced. So now is not a good time.
But if you give up and don’t attack Lingjiu Palace, you will be unable to get over the face. Everyone in the world knows that Long Xiaotian has declared war on Lingjiu Palace or Wangqing Pavilion. Now he suddenly retreats in the face and becomes a turtle. This kind of timid action with heavy thunder and little rain is definitely a big joke today. It also further helps Fang Jie and Wangqing Pavilion to arrogance. As one goes up and down, it will definitely be extremely unfavorable to the future development of the Star Constellation School.
Secondly, now Long Xiaotian has had to fire the arrow on the string. In order to gather people to fight against Lingjiu Palace, Long Xiaotian promised many benefits to the leaders of the other three sects. Due to the inconvenience of transportation in the Western Regions, it has consumed a lot of his energy. If he just stopped like this, it would be difficult to find an opportunity to destroy Lingjiu Palace in the future. Moreover, from a strategic perspective, no matter what the result is in the main part of the Wangqing Pavilion, for the Xingsu Sect, which is like pins and needles, Lingjiu Palace is a spike inserted on its back. Therefore, it must be removed and the future troubles must be eliminated forever!
In fact, the problems Long Xiaotian is facing are also specifically explored. Fang Jie and the senior management of Wangqing Pavilion have also specifically explored. Most people's opinion is that after Wangqing Pavilion won the battle in Xiangyang, it has already had a high status and reputation in the world. With this east wind, countless players of various sects will come. The future situation of Wangqing Pavilion will be very good. Under this situation, I believe that Long Xiaotian should not dare to take any action against Lingjiu Palace again. After all, with the lessons of the annihilation of the four-sect coalition forces, Long Xiaotian should be very clear about the consequences of offending Wangqing Pavilion.
Chapter completed!