Liangzhou is actually not cool most of the time, the whole Xiliang is not cool, the climate here is much hotter than the Central Plains, dry and hot.

Especially in the summer, it is the hardest, and it gives people the illusion that the day will never end.

The temperature difference between day and night here is very large, and it is clear that during the day, it can dry people out of oil, and it is cool at night, and at night, when the night breeze sweeps away, it can blow people shivering.

Standing on the city of Liangzhou and looking out, the endless Gobi is not an exaggeration to say that there is no grass, and it looks desolate.

In order to avoid sunburn from the harsh sun during the day, people here have to wrap themselves tightly, and it is difficult to distinguish who is who when walking on the street.

It was in such a place that the people of the Tantai family had been stationed for several generations, just because of the promise made by the first generation of General Xiliang to the great general Xu Qiyu.

Lantai is in, Liangzhou is in.

Three generations later, the people have become accustomed to the imprint of the Shantai family in this ancient city, and they are also accustomed to the stability and tranquility brought to them by this imprint.

On the city wall of Liangzhou, when the general appeared on the platform, the soldiers stood and saluted, and here, the platform was the god in the heart of every soldier.

When he walked to the edge of the city wall and looked down at the battlements, some of the people who passed by the city also saw him and bowed down.

Whether it is a person from the Central Plains or the Western Regions, they will immediately stop and express their respect with the most sincere gesture.

This is not persecution, but their respect from the heart, even the people of the Western Regions.

This is so because of the rules set by the platform.

The strong make the rules, and the weak follow the rules.

As a border general of the Central Plains, he naturally did not allow people from outside the territory to violate the laws of Great Chu here, and anyone who touched it would be severely punished.

However, the rules formulated by the platform are not only for the people of the Western Regions, but also for the people of the Central Plains, within his rules, no one is allowed to cheat and cheat in business, and no one is allowed to bully and dominate the market.

I once said that I am a soldier, so no matter whether things on the battlefield are right or wrong, as long as someone violates Da Chu, my soldiers and I will fight for our lives.

But there is a right and wrong in business, and no one can be wrong.

Under such rules, the people of the Western Regions have also received the greatest guarantee for doing business in Liangzhou City.

For a long time, these merchants in the Western Regions even began to feel that the Taiqi was not only the patron saint of the Chu people in the border pass, but also their patron saint.

In fact, I don't know when it started, and the birthday of the Taiqi has become the grandest festival in Liangzhou City.

That grandiose, indescribable come out.

However, some people recall that it should be the hand of the people from the Western Regions who made the first move......

It is impossible to determine that it was a few years ago, on this day, there were people from the Western Regions singing and dancing in the city, setting off fireworks, and taking to the streets.

Someone inquired and learned that they were celebrating the birthday of General Yutai.

Since then, more people have gathered since the second year, and it is also after that, on this day every year, the entire city of Liangzhou is extremely lively.

There will be a procession of people from the Western Regions, singing and dancing as they walk, and sprinkling flowers and water.

There will be a lion dance team composed of Central Plains people, a stilt team, and various performances will also be performed at the same time.

Later, the monarchs of the Western Regions began to perform, and they vied with each other to send congratulatory gifts, which became more and more numerous and grand every year.

It was not because of vanity that the Taiqi did not stop it, but in it, the Taiqi discovered the beauty of balancing the countries of the Western Regions.

Those countries are not big, but there are many, and what the Taiqi is most afraid of is that these scattered small countries in the Western Regions suddenly learn to unite.

Once this is the case, the Liangzhou army will be elite and good

The war could not stop the onslaught of the coalition army of hundreds of thousands of people from the Western Regions.

Since many years ago, the Liangzhou army has had to be self-sufficient, and there has long been no supplies from the imperial court.

This also restricts the development of the Liangzhou Army, and the scale can only be maintained so large, no matter how big it is, whether it is financial, material or manpower, it cannot be supported.

Therefore, if you want to maintain the stability of Xiliang, you can't rely on being able to fight, and you have to rely on the contradictions between those small countries.

On the city wall, General Helian Lianlian looked at the people on the road who were leaning over and saluting, smiled and said, "General, now there are more and more people celebrating the general's birthday every year. ”

He pointed down: "There are still more than 20 days left, and the number of people entering the city has begun to increase, and the envoys of various countries are not far behind, and they are coming earlier and earlier every year. ”

Holding on to the city wall and looking at the city, the general was silent for a while, and then waved to the people under the city.

"Helian."

"Do you know why they respect me?" ”

Helian replied: "Because the general is serious and fair, because the general makes them feel safe and afraid. ”

"You're wrong."

"What they respect is not my Taiqi, but the military might of Liangzhou." ”

Helian Lianlian was stunned.

He continued to speak in a very flat tone, but every word seemed so heavy.

"Do you know what it means for an army to be strong? Look at these people in the city, especially those from the Western Regions, they are respectfully saluting me and obeying the rules I have set. ”

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"But if our Liangzhou army can't fight, or if there is no team here at all, will they still behave like this? They have already killed all the Central Plains people here. ”

"Helian, ......"

"We want a strong and invincible army, not only so that we can fight whoever we want, but more importantly, so that no one dares to attack us casually." ”

"The ancient sage said that people can be polite, if you treat him with courtesy, he will return the courtesy, which is not right or wrong."

"If the country has a good weapon, if you treat him politely or not, he treats you politely, if you are poor and weak, he will treat you politely? Especially if your fields are fertile and abundant, will they politely come and buy them from you? ”

The hand of the platform slapped vigorously on the city wall.

"Now, except for Liangzhou, all parts of Western Xinjiang have been bullied and insulted by the people of the Western Regions, and we are okay because we can fight ...... The biggest effect of being able to fight is to let people know that they must follow the rules, and if they don't follow the rules, they will be beaten. ”

Helian Lian lowered her head: "The general's words, the subordinates should keep them in mind. ”

After exhaling slowly, he asked, "Is there still no news of the realm?" ”

Helian Lian nodded: "The general only asked yesterday, and no one has returned today, but the general's birthday is getting closer and closer, and it is expected that the young general will definitely rush back." ”

He snorted and didn't say anything more, but the expectation and fear in his eyes became clearer and clearer.

He was looking forward to his son's return as soon as possible, and what he was afraid of was that his son was not by his side for this birthday.

When a father has such a complicated thing in his eyes, it is actually because he knows that he is old.

"The scouts sent out before once found out that the major general seems to have fought fiercely with a group of powerful horse thieves in Saibei with some friends on the side of Saibei, and won, and then the major general left with those friends."

Helian Lian said: "It's just that the news came later, and I haven't found it yet." ”

"He has such an arrogant temperament, and he can meet some friends, which shows that these friends can convince him, this is."

Good thing, he's too self-righteous. ”

While they were talking, in the queue waiting to enter the city under the city, there was actually a birthday celebration team from the Western Regions.

This team is from the Western Regions Uli Country. The scale of national power is among the best among the many small countries in this area.

However, the Uli country is a country that has only been established for less than a year.

Originally, the name of this country was Feidingtan, and the monarch was an old man who was very kind to the Chu people, named Takri, and he had personally visited Liangzhou City to ask for a meeting with Taiqi.

Takri had no sons, but had three daughters, the eldest of whom was forty years old and the younger one about twenty years old.

Whether in the Central Plains or elsewhere, if the monarch has no sons, the inheritance of the monarch's throne will become very unstable.

Takri's nephew, Lidun, is a good candidate for succession, and the old king has been training him since a few years ago.

But less than a year ago, the younger brother of Empress Feidingtan and the general of Feidingtan, Qihuali, suddenly launched a rebellion.

After killing the old king and his own sister, and killing the two princesses, only Lidun and the king's youngest daughter, Tik Huaqing, escaped.

After Qi Huali seized the throne, the first thing he did was to send someone to deliver the credentials to the Taiqi and announce that Fei Ding Tan had destroyed the country.

As the first emperor of the Maoli Kingdom, he was willing to make friends with the Great Chu and maintain the previous close contact.

He didn't reply, because he didn't like such people, and besides, he had a good relationship with the old king.

In the birthday procession, the chief official of the Uli Kingdom is named Umbrella Ding, who is a middle-aged man who looks to be about forty years old, with a trademark beard and a burly and muscular body.

Gu Panjian, his eyes were sharp, he was originally from the army, he was the first person to lead troops into the palace in the Qihuali Rebellion, and he also cut off the old king's head with a knife.

"You all remember that after entering the city, we may be targeted and oppressed by the Liangzhou army, but we all have to be patient."

Umbrella Ding lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty speculates that Lidun and Tike Huaqing have fled to Liangzhou City, that is, they are protected by the Tai Taiqi, and the main thing for us to come this time is to arrest the two traitors back and put them to death, and other things are not important." ”

"Yes!"

His men whispered in response.

The umbrella man raised his head to look at the old man on the city wall, and saluted as respectfully as the people around him.

He bowed and lowered his voice and said, "The Taiqi is close to the old thing whose head was cut off by me, if they really come here from the shield, the Taiqi will definitely not be handed over easily...... If you can, get rid of the shield and then get rid of the platform. ”

He exhaled slowly, and said to himself: "Your Majesty once went to the Central Plains, that was twenty years ago, and went to the capital of Chu with the envoys to meet you, and in the past twenty years, Your Majesty has never forgotten how prosperous and splendid the Central Plains are. ”

Since a few years ago, when he heard about the continuous civil strife in Dachu, the general Qi Huali kept asking the old king to send troops to unite the countries and invade the Central Plains.

The old king scolded him and wanted to remove him from military power, but it was Qihuali's sister who pleaded hard to avoid punishment.

Qi Huali's sister should have said that she didn't expect that when her brother raised the butcher knife, even she would not be spared.

The entire royal family was almost exterminated, all the courtiers loyal to the royal family were executed, and in the rebellion, at least three or four thousand people were killed.

Qi Huali has never forgotten the scenes he saw in the Central Plains, although when he saw it, the state of Chu was already on the road of decline.

"There is fertile land, beautiful women, innumerable treasures of gold and silver, and the most magnificent mountains and rivers."

Umbrella Ding said yearningly: "Your Majesty has seen it, I haven't seen it yet, Your Majesty said that he will take us to see it in the future." ”