Chapter 439: The Western Regions with a Dark Tide

Just when Liu Ji led his troops to fight with the Red Turban Army in the southeast of the Great Jin Dynasty, in the distant Western Regions, a group of people gathered in the Holy Fire Sect in Dawan City, the capital of Dawan Kingdom, and the reason why this group of people gathered here was to deal with Liu Ji and the newly established Western Regions Protectorate.

In one of the chambers of the Holy Fire Sect, the Holy Fire Sect's Pope Fico said in a deep voice: "Four Prime Ministers, the purpose of this Pope's invitation to gather in our Holy Fire Holy See today is to restore normal order in the Western Regions and drive the Jin people out of the Western Regions. ”

At this time, in the council hall, in addition to Pope Fico of the Holy Fire Sect, there were also the Prime Minister Shafige of the Dawan Kingdom, the first power in the Western Regions, the Prime Minister Mengtai Suier of the Gaochang Kingdom, the second most powerful country in the Western Regions, Aham, the Prime Minister of the Cheshi Kingdom, the third strongest country in the Western Regions, Yasar, the Prime Minister of the Rest Kingdom, the fourth powerful country in the Western Regions, and the Bishop of the Eastern Diocese of the Holy Fire Sect, Os.

This time, Pope Fico sent an invitation to the four great powers of the Western Regions to discuss the issue of the Jin invasion of the Western Regions, and all countries attached more importance to it, although the kings of the four countries did not attend in person, but they sent the prime ministers of the four countries, among the countries of the Western Regions, the prime minister is the head of the civil officials of each country.

Bishop Oss of the Eastern Diocese of the Holy Fire Cult, as well as the remnants of the Eastern Diocese, have all returned to the Holy See of the Holy Fire Cult, and the city of Talas, where the original Holy Fire Diocese of the East is located, has been renamed Pingxi City, which also means that a holy place of the Holy Fire Sect no longer exists, and the remnants of the Eastern Diocese are now homeless and can only return to the Holy See temporarily.

As one of the six bishops of the Holy Fire Sect, Oss is also qualified to participate in today's meeting, not to mention that Pope Fico today is to persuade the four great powers of the Western Regions to support the Holy Fire Sect and launch a holy war against Liu Ji and his army.

Among the high-level leaders of the Holy Fire Sect, if you talk about hatred for Liu Ji, Bishop Oss is not in the first place, and the one who hates Liu Ji the most is Pope Fico of the Holy Fire Sect.

In the last assassination of Liu Ji by the Holy Fire Sect, two Guardian Elders of the Holy Fire Sect, seven Diamond-level Sacred Fire Guards, twelve Gold-level Sacred Fire Guards, twenty Silver-level Sacred Fire Guards, and thirty-six Bronze-level Holy Fire Guards, as well as the four major desert horse thieves controlled by the Holy Fire Sect, dispatched twenty-two horse thieves whose strength was equivalent to that of Diamond-level Holy Fire Guards, forty-eight horse thieves whose strength was equivalent to that of Gold-level Holy Fire Guards, and eighty-eight horse thieves whose strength was equivalent to that of Silver-level Holy Fire Guards. One hundred and sixty-two horse thieves whose strength was equivalent to that of a bronze-level Flame Guard, and a huge assassination team of nearly four hundred people in total were finally wiped out.

You must know that the assassination team is the leader of the Holy Flame Sect's Holy Ground Guard, and Gayasi is the illegitimate son of Pope Fico and the only descendant of Pope Fico.

The revenge of killing his son made Pope Fico eager to devour Liu Ji alive, so Pope Fico summoned the four major powers of the Western Regions in the name of the Holy Fire Sect, and prepared to launch a holy war against Liu Ji and the broken army under Liu Ji's command.

And for the launch of the holy war, Pope Fico has already received the support of the six bishops in the Holy Fire Sect, after all, the Western Regions Protectorate established by Liu Ji is forbidden to spread the Holy Fire Cult, which has touched the bottom line of the Holy Fire Sect, not to mention that Liu Ji has killed so many Holy Fire Guardians of the Holy Fire Sect and forcibly occupied so many Holy Fire Sect holy women!

As soon as Pope Fico finished speaking, Yasar, the prime minister of the Sabbath Country, frowned and said: "Your Majesty the Pope, it is not trivial to launch a holy war, the holy war a hundred and fifty years ago, but let us have not recovered from the rest of the country until now, His Majesty the Pope had better think twice!" ”

One hundred and fifty years ago, the Holy Fire Cult launched a holy war against the Western Orthodox Church in the Western Continent, at that time, the Holy Fire Cult's influence on the four major powers in the Western Regions was much stronger than now, and the Holy Fire Sect was among the four major powers in the Western Regions, and even surpassed the royal families of the four countries, so when the Holy Fire Cult wanted to launch a holy war, the entire Western Regions almost responded to the call, and soon organized a holy war army dominated by the armies of the four great powers, and the strength of this holy war army was as high as more than 10 million.

It is a pity that this holy war one hundred and fifty years ago finally failed, and the countries of the Western Regions that participated in the holy war suffered heavy losses, especially the country of rest in this holy war, at least one-sixth of the territory was captured by the European Empire, the first power of the Western continent, and to this day, one-sixth of the territory of the country of peace is still controlled by the hands of the Europa Empire.

The upper and lower levels of the Resting State were very apprehensive about the Holy Fire Sect's holy war, so before Yasar, the prime minister of the Resting Country, came to the capital of the Dawan Kingdom, the king of the Resting Country, who knew about the Holy Fire Sect's intentions, told Prime Minister Yasar that the Holy Fire Sect was going to launch the holy war, and the Rest Country must not join it, and whoever was willing to play with the Holy Fire Sect would go and play together, anyway, the Resting Kingdom would not enter any holy war again.

Pope Fico sighed and said: "Prime Minister Yasar, in that holy war back then, the biggest loss was actually our Holy Fire Sect, if it wasn't for that Liu Ji of the Jin Kingdom, who destroyed the order of the entire Western Regions, this pope would not be willing to launch a holy war again!" ”

In fact, it was also because of this holy war one hundred and fifty years ago that the influence of the Holy Fire Sect among the countries of the Western Regions had declined sharply, especially the four great powers of the Western Regions, which had almost gotten rid of the control of the Holy Fire Cult, and now the four great powers were completely controlled by the royal families of various countries.

Bishop Oss of the Eastern Diocese of the Holy Fire Sect next to him suddenly interjected at this time: "Prime Minister Yasar, at this time and that time, the enemy that our holy war army faced back then was the coalition army of dozens of countries in the Western Continent, and the enemy we are facing today is only a small general of the Jin State, even if the Broken Army under Liu Ji is very strong, after all, it is only a local force in the Jin State, if the countries of the Western Regions can form a huge jihadist army, it is enough to crush it, It is not impossible to drive Liu Ji and his army out of the Western Regions, or even counterattack into the territory of the Jin Kingdom! ”

Yasar, the prime minister of the Sabbath Kingdom, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Your Majesty, Bishop Os, you should ask the meaning of the other three kingdoms!" Not long ago, our Sabbatarian State had a border conflict with the Europa Empire, and now this conflict has not been resolved, and our Sabbatarian State has gathered more than 1.5 million troops on the border adjacent to the Europa Empire, even if our Sabbath Country supports the Holy Fire Cult to launch a holy war, we will not be able to send troops to the war! ”

Pope Fico turned to Gao Changguo's Prime Minister Meng Tai Sui'er at this time and asked, "Prime Minister Meng Tai Sui'er, what is your attitude towards this holy war that our Holy Fire Sect is preparing to launch?" ”

Meng Taisuier, the prime minister of Gaochang State, immediately said in a deep voice: "That Liu Ji of the Jin Kingdom, with the strong combat effectiveness of the army under his command, forced our Gaochang Kingdom to cede the twelve provinces and twenty-eight vassal states to which the former Eastern Governorate belonged, such a shame our Gaochang Kingdom will never forget, if the Holy Fire Sect launches a holy war, our Gaochang Kingdom will definitely fully support it!" ”

Pope Fico and Bishop Oss of the Eastern Diocese, listened to the words of Meng Tai Suier, the prime minister of Gaochang State, and breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts at the same time, finally there is a country that can support the holy war, so as not to make the holy war that the Holy Fire Sect is preparing to launch become a joke, if the four major powers in the Western Regions ignore the holy war that the Holy Fire Sect is going to launch, then the Holy Fire Sect will lose its face.

Then Meng Taisuier, the prime minister of Gaochang State, said: "However, there is a premise for our Gaochang Kingdom to join the Holy Fire Sect's holy war, and the countries participating in the holy war must promise that the twelve provinces of Gaochang State forcibly occupied by Liu Ji and his army, as well as the twenty-eight vassal states belonging to our Gaochang State, will still belong to our Gaochang Kingdom after the victory of the Holy War. ”

Sha Feige, the prime minister of the Dawan Kingdom, then said with a smile: "Prime Minister Mengtai Suier, according to the meaning of your Gaochang Kingdom, then the other countries that have joined this holy war are all busy in vain, and this holy war has become a war to help your Gaochang Kingdom recover the lost territory, so what good can other countries that join this holy war?" ”

Meng Taisuier, the prime minister of Gaochang State, had been prepared for this for a long time, so he immediately replied: "We, Gaochang State, are willing to give up all the spoils, including all the spoils seized if we invade the territory of the Jin State, and our Gaochang Kingdom only needs the land that was originally forcibly occupied by the Jin people!" ”

Aham, the prime minister of the Cheshi Kingdom, frowned and said: "If the countries can really form a jihadist army, then there should be no problem in recapturing the territory of Gaochang Kingdom that was forcibly occupied by the Jin people, and it is not a problem for the jihadist army to counterattack into the territory of the Jin State, but what about the territory of the occupied Jin State?" The Jin State is adjacent to the Gaochang State, so the territory of the Jin State that was captured can't also be assigned to the Gaochang State, right? And how should the spoils of jihad be divided? ”

As soon as the words of Aham, the prime minister of the Cheshi State, fell, Pope Fico said: "This Pope believes that all countries can follow the principle of distribution of the spoils of war set by the countries of the Western Regions one hundred and fifty years ago when they launched a holy war against the Western Continent, and distribute the spoils according to the number of troops sent by each country and the size of the merits. ”

Meng Taisuier, the prime minister of Gaochang State, immediately said: "Our Gaochang Kingdom will not have any ideas about the land of the Jin State, we only hope to recover the original twelve provinces and twenty-eight vassal states of our Gaochang State, and the holy war army will counterattack the land occupied by the Jin State, and we Gaochang Kingdom will not want an inch, and support your three countries to establish an enclave in each of the Jin Kingdom!" ”

When Yasar, the prime minister of the State of Anxi, heard that Gao Changguo promised not to want the land of the Jin State, and supported the Dawan Kingdom, the Cheshi State and the State of Anxi to establish an enclave in the territory of the Jin State, he originally insisted on not joining the holy war, and he couldn't help but be a little loose, if the State of Anxi could obtain a piece of land in the territory of the Jin State, it would be of great benefit to the State of Anxi, the richness of the Jin State was famous in the Western Regions, and there were almost no nasty deserts in the Jin Kingdom.

Pope Fico asked Shafige, the prime minister of the Dawan Kingdom, with an anxious face: "Prime Minister Shafige, what do you think about the distribution of spoils according to this principle?" ”

Shafige, the prime minister of the Great Wan Kingdom, smiled at Pope Fico and said: "Your Majesty, joining the holy war launched by the Holy Fire Sect this time is not something that I can decide as a prime minister, I will immediately report this matter to His Majesty the King of the Great Wan Kingdom, as for whether our Great Wan Kingdom can join this holy war against the general and his army of the Jin Kingdom, it must be decided by His Majesty the King." ”

Pope Fico's brows furrowed slightly, when he sent an invitation to the four great powers of the Western Regions, Pope Feco had already revealed the news of the holy war, and now that the prime minister of the Great Wan Kingdom, Sha Feige, said this, he couldn't help but have some prevarication.

"Prime Minister Shafig is right, joining the holy war is indeed not a trivial matter, and it is impossible for this prime minister to make the decision, we must wait for His Majesty the King of our Cheshi country to make a decision." Aham, the prime minister of the Coach Kingdom, followed.

Yasar, the prime minister of the Sabbath Country, then hesitated for a moment and said: "Whether or not our Sabbath Country joins the holy war must wait for His Majesty the King to decide, and I, the Prime Minister, have no right to decide. ”

Pope Feco nodded slowly and said: "In this case, the three prime ministers had better convey the meaning of our Holy Fire Sect to the three kings as soon as possible, according to the information of our Holy Fire Sect, because there was a rebellion in the territory of the Jin Kingdom, Liu Ji has already rushed to the southeast of the Jin Kingdom with hundreds of thousands of broken troops to quell the rebellion, if you want to launch a holy war, it is best before Liu Ji returns with his troops, in this case, the resistance we encounter will be weaker." ”

Shafige, the prime minister of Dawan Kingdom, Ahham, the prime minister of Cheshi Kingdom, and Yasar, the prime minister of Anxi, all heard the news for the first time, and immediately made the eyes of these three prime ministers light up, if the news is true, then this holy war against Liu Ji may become very easy.

After all, there was a rebellion in the Jin Kingdom, and the Jin court could not give Liu Ji a lot of support, and now even Liu Ji rushed to the southeast of the Jin State with hundreds of thousands of troops to quell the rebellion, and the territory under Liu Ji's command must be empty, and it is the best opportunity to take advantage of the fire to rob.

Shafige, the prime minister of the Great Wan Kingdom, immediately asked, "Your Majesty, is this news accurate?" Did Liu Ji really lead his troops to the southeast of the Jin Kingdom? ”

Before Pope Fico could speak, the Prime Minister of Gaochang State, Meng Tai Suier, said: "Prime Minister Shafige, this matter is absolutely true, our Gaochang Kingdom also got the same information, and in order to confirm the accuracy of this news, our Gaochang Kingdom also sent people into the hinterland of the Jin State to understand the situation, and our Gaochang Kingdom can guarantee that there is indeed a major rebellion in the seven southeastern states of the Jin Kingdom, and the number of rebels has even reached millions, and Liu Ji did take hundreds of thousands of broken troops to the southeast of the Jin State to participate in the counterinsurgency. ”

Sha Feige, the prime minister of the Dawan Kingdom, touched the beard on his chin and said: "If this is the case, the chances of our King of the Dawan Kingdom agreeing to join the holy war are very high, and this rebellion of the Jin Kingdom is a good opportunity for several countries in our Western Regions to meddle in the Jin Kingdom." ”