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Chapter 1484: Chapter 578 Intense Battle Chapter 1484: Chapter 578 Intense Battle The military strategy had been decided, and the army immediately set out.

Qing Guanzi and Yi Dancheng, following the set strategy, immediately led the armies of Jintai Gate, Bihu Palace, and Xuan Turtle Mountain, which were vassals, towards Xiaye Country.

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According to the arrangement, they would launch an attack here in the central domain, trying to break through the frontline defenses while coordinating with allies to open up the Tianmen River basin.

It could be said that the Northern Expedition army of Taiping Dao was the most important on this route.

Yet, such an important force consisted, besides the two leading Earth Immortal True Persons, mainly of three vassal Immortal Sects.

Although the strength of Jintai Gate, Bihu Palace, and Xuan Turtle Mountain was decent, it was clearly a notch below the main force of Taiping Dao.

Moreover, the army was made up of several factions, which meant there was discord and hidden agendas, making it difficult to unite their efforts.

No matter how one looked at it, the composition of this army was not reasonable.

The decision for such an arrangement was certainly not because Lu Yuan was out of his mind or deliberately creating a trap; there clearly was a deeper meaning.

If forced to explain, to an outsider, it seemed like Taiping Dao was deliberately using up its vassals.

Yes, it was consuming its vassals.

Jintai Gate, Bihu Palace, and Xuan Turtle Mountain, with their current strength, had five True Persons and six thousand cultivators.

This massive power, not considering the Earth Immortals, was already equivalent to one-third of Taiping Dao’s regular forces.

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As the boss, it was impossible for Taiping Dao not to be worried about vassals becoming so powerful.

Moreover, these three “younger brothers” controlled the three nations of the Southern Domain, with territories nearly half the size of Taiping Dao’s, which was a significant chunk of interest.

Power attracts jealousy, and interests tempt hearts.

The overwhelming strength of the three Immortal Sects, combined with significant interests, had inevitably led Taiping Dao to envy and guard against them.

Thus, deploying them to the central domain battlefield as the main force, and slowly wearing down the three vassals through fierce battles, where they would all die, was an excellent method of boiling frogs in warm water.

This wasn’t even baseless speculation; there were precedents to follow.

More than a thousand years ago, during the decisive battle between Qing Immortal Sect and the Nine Provinces, Qing Immortal Sect had used this method to gradually reduce its nine vassals on the battlefield.

Then, as soon as the war ended, they immediately started to annex those nine Immortal Sects.

The two nations, Leshan and Anyang, which Lu Yuan currently occupied, had been forcibly obtained through diplomatic negotiations from Qing Immortal Sect.

The original masters of these two countries, Red Creek Valley and Flying Mist Mountain Sects, had long vanished into the river of history.

Over a thousand years had passed, and no one atop these two nations remembered the names of those sects.

With such a bloody example before them, especially as vassals within Changqing Domain where, apart from Taiping Dao, Qing Immortal Sect, and Jiuzhou Immortal Gate, only these three small Immortal Sects existed.

Jintai Gate, Bihu Palace, and Xuan Turtle Mountain couldn’t help feeling anxious.

Nor could outsiders help speculating upon seeing such arrangements.

However, because of this, Qing Immortal Sect, in view of the central domain battlefield where the Taiping Dao army was deployed, became very cautious.

There was no way around it; they were clearly coming to expend cannon fodder.

Since their forces consisted of vassals, they wouldn’t feel distressed and could afford to expend them mercilessly.

Moreover, the more disciples from the three sects died, the happier they would be.

And the more deaths there were, the more intense the war would become.

Regarding the casualties of the attacking side, except for the people from Jintai Gate, Bihu Palace, and Xuan Turtle Mountain, no one cared.

But for the defending side, which was the Qing Immortal Sect, they were all their own people.

The more deaths on the battlefield, the more it meant weakening their own power, and they couldn’t help but proceed with caution.

Hence, after the news that Taiping Dao had split into two groups spread and the enemy’s arrangements were learned through spies placed inside,

Zhang Xiuzhu, the Commander of the southern defense line of Qing Immortal Sect, immediately rushed to the central domain battlefield to personally resist this Taiping Dao force.

As for the enemy force led by Lu Yuan, they had no choice but to leave it to the local branch to defend, commanding their disciples to defend staunchly.

Lacking a peer Earth Immortal to lead, resisting an attack by an Earth Immortal was bound to be difficult, with heavy casualties.

Even with the backing of an Earth Immortal formation, the Eastern Territory frontline wouldn’t last long; perhaps in just three to five years, the enemy would break through the formation.

But there was no choice; lacking enough top-level combat strength, Qing Immortal Sect could only grit its teeth and hold on, using heavy casualties and territory to slowly buy time.

After mobilization, Qing Immortal Sect was ready to bear these costs.

By now, Zhang Xiuzhu could only trust the determination of the younger generations.

After all, compared to the Eastern Domain, the central domain battlefield he was in was more critical.

Taiping Dao and Jiuzhou Immortal Gate alone brought so much pressure to Qing Immortal Sect.

Now, in their resistance, they could only fight with all their might, holding on desperately.

In doing so, they could just manage to maintain the battle line without a total collapse.

But achieving this was already their limit.

If Taiping Dao managed to break through the Tianmen River basin and connect their army with Jiuzhou Immortal Gate, then they really wouldn’t need to fight anymore.

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