Even if he had the strength of a grandmaster, he didn't dare to underestimate the hunched old man with a strange temperament in front of him, because he knew very well that without the Divine Book Zongbei, it would be impossible to get to where he was by himself. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The palace hangs magnificently on the surrounding walls, and the ruined part of the imperial city, which has been renovated in these days. In the inner city, there are flowers and wine everywhere, but the vast outer city is dead and silent. The sun went down to the northwest, and the magnificent capital was covered with a pale shadow, as if last year's cold winter had not yet dispersed.

In one street, after drinking, the brute soldiers who hooked their shoulders roared away, and behind them, the owner of the restaurant accompanied the smiling face, constantly bowing behind them. Swaggering cavalry galloped through the streets, and people dodged blankly.

The old man in the imperial city let out a long sigh: "Yes, that is our only way out, the only way out for the barbarians, if we want to understand this, we must first know ...... What is Huaxia? ”

Meng Cha asked slowly, "In the end...... What is Huaxia? ”

"Huaxia is a kind of culture, a kind of civilization, it's hard for you to tell what it is, but it is so distinctive, when it comes to geography, several states in the north, after turning over Helan Mountain, is Yinchuan, Jiangnan is far away, but Hua is Hua, quite barbaric, we don't even need to distinguish between them, they are so obvious." The old man sat there, hunched over, "They live in the north and south, and even the customs are different, but they have a strong cohesion, they see themselves as civilized people, and everything outside them as barbarians, even if we conquer them, trample on them, take their land, and then whip them, we cannot erase this innate pride."

"The Chinese people in the world are different, but one thing is the same, that is, they are different from us after all, even those Tianxiao soldiers who do things for us are the same, they are Chinese, we are barbarians, they are the real family, and we are barbarians, no matter how we kill them, how we beat them, this kind of difference in the bones is everywhere. Whether it is a southerner or a northerner, no matter how they quarrel with each other, for them, it is a conflict between family members, and we are the enemies who invade their homeland. Why is it more cruel for the Tianxiao army to kill those who resist? Because they are weak-hearted, because they were originally part of Huaxia, but they betrayed their families in order to make a living. Why do those Chinese people hate Tianxiao Jun more than we do? Because the betrayal of the family is far more worthy of hatred than the invasion of the enemy. And no matter how Huaxia fights himself, for them, we will always be outsiders...... Forever and ever! ”

Slam Thorn frowned tightly, he had to admit that it was true. Even if they occupy this land, they are incompatible with the people who live on this land after all.

"Is this difference because of the bloodline? Is it because of the culture? No one can say for sure, but it's there, and it can't be crossed no matter what. "For the Chinese people, no matter how far away they are, they always want to be a family, and once a civil war breaks out, they must fight until one of them is completely overthrown. The concept of great unification is deeply rooted in the hearts of everyone in China, so that no matter what price is paid for it, it seems to be taken for granted. And outsiders are outsiders after all, no matter what advantage we occupy now, how many people we rule, for them, we are outsiders after all. Those who are enslaved, those who are forced to submit, those who resist, no matter what choice they make, in the final analysis, they are a family, and we are outsiders, they are civilized people, we are savages, we cannot change this fact, this cohesion with culture and blood as a bond, we can never break it. Even if we rely on our strength to temporarily oppress them, as long as this cohesion and centripetal force remains, we will be like sitting on a volcanic crater, and sooner or later we will be destroyed by an erupting volcano, until we die and have no place to bury. ”

Fierce Thorn sat there quietly until the light and shadow outside became more and more dim, he tried to refute something, but after a long time he asked, "So ......"

The old man continued: "Even if we can conquer this land temporarily, we will not be able to conquer this entire civilization, the only thing we can do is to learn their culture, use their customs, and reuse their talents. We can only keep changing ourselves for decades...... Or even hundreds of years to make us a part of them. We work hard to conquer them and change ourselves, until one day, we can take it for granted to them, look...... We are also part of Huaxia. That's the only way to ...... Only then can we preserve it, and we can truly live in peace of mind on this land. ”

Meng Cha's gaze moved to the outside of the main hall, and he seemed a little cold: "So, we are working so hard to occupy them and rule them, just so that we can be successfully absorbed by them in the future and become a part of this so-called 'Huaxia'?" ”

The Divine Book Sect sighed: "Although it is very helpless, this is the only way out, and what's worse is that now...... Even this is the only way out. ”

Meng Cha stabbed: "What do you say? ”

"The centripetal force of the Chinese people is a powerful inertia, and we can't change it, not even themselves. But this centripetal force, sometimes, is not necessarily a good thing. For the barbarians, even if one tribe is exterminated, it will have no effect on the other tribes. However, the whole of China is one, and this unified pattern makes them accustomed to having a 'parent', even if it is only in name, there must be one. In the barbarians, each tribe fights on its own, and in Huaxia, when something happens, everyone is used to looking at the Son of Heaven and the court, because that is their 'parent'. ”

continued: "This kind of centripetal force makes a few people at the top extremely important for the entire Huaxia states, when the parents wither, the whole Huaxia will collapse, and when the parents rise up, the power that erupts is also amazing. That's why I conspired with Zoroastrianism to send people to the south to preach the so-called Cixue, and why I kept secretly courting Song Hong and giving him the illusion of peace. The extraordinary cohesion of the Chinese people, once they find the right direction, is an unimaginable dragon, and no one can stop it, but once they go the wrong way, they may also get into a dead end, without causing earth-shaking changes, and there will be completely different 'parents', no one will want to pull it back. The high-level of China led a way, but in the end even they were pushed along, it is because of this amazing cohesion built on the entire Chinese civilization, the strong inertia brought about by it, it has both a good side, in fact there is also a bad side, but in the end, if we want to live in this land, we can only spend a lot of time to successfully integrate into such a civilization. But now, before we had time to integrate, this force had been led by someone and rushed towards us, to be honest...... We can't stop it. ”

Meng Cha Thorn said coldly: "It's because of ...... A Ningjiang? ”

"Yes, it's because of a Ningjiang." The Divine Book Sect said helplessly, "The unbreakable centripetal force of the Chinese civilization makes them have to make a 'parent' no matter what, if not, then choose one, if they can't choose, then play one, anyway, they just can't stand the feeling that everyone is not a family...... Hehe, tomorrow and tomorrow, the south and the north, isn't it good to have their own lives? But they just can't, even if they kill a river of blood, they have to kill until everyone is a family again, this is the so-called 'great unification'. Ming Tianzi is so incompetent, why do everyone still respect him? This practice of Huaxia is incomprehensible to us barbarians, and is ridiculed and despised by many people, but it is precisely because no matter what you do, you must have a 'great righteousness', that Huaxia is Huaxia.

"And now, Ningjiang has become the de facto 'parent' of Huaxia, holding up the righteousness of rebellion against us, so that the whole of Huaxia has formed an unstoppable torrent, I can't know which direction this torrent will push, but there is no doubt that we can't stop it...... We can't stop this resurgence of the dragon. ”

Then, the whole hall was so quiet, quiet for a long time, the people outside were cautious and did not dare to come in, but the two people in the hall did not speak. The night slowly eroded, and someone outside whispered: "Your Majesty? Your Majesty? ”

The Tiger Emperor stood up, his burly and strong body, still as straight as a tower, took a few steps outside, he held his hands, and looked up at the night outside: "My idea is very simple, this large piece of fertile land should not only belong to the Chinese people." We barbarians, our ancestors have lived in the icy and snowy Yinchuan in the north for generations, the old people are left to fend for themselves, the children are helpless, everyone is accompanied by evil spirits, accompanied by tigers and wolves, I hope that one day, all of us barbarians can also live a good life, instead of the sinister days of chasing water and grass all the time and never being able to settle down...... I...... Am I too demanding? ”

"Hmm...... This request is too extravagant! The old man behind him let out a long sigh.

"In this way, there is nothing to say," Fierce Cha Thorn stepped away, "since you can't rule those Huaxia people, then kill them all." ”

The night came like a tsunami, and the tower-like figure faced the frenzy and walked into the night without hesitation......

***

The war between the Chinese and the barbarians broke out further.

At the end of March, the mother and son of the queen of the Hu, who could not stop the attack of the Weiyuan army and the Red Turban army, were forced to withdraw from Gwangju.

In April, he tried to directly attack the main force of the southern official army and killed the generalissimo Ningjiang's Xi Yanshou elite soldiers, and was trapped in the middle of the plan, during which Xi Mengfang desperately rescued, but still failed to save Xi Yanshou, and Xi Yanshou and the 24,000 elite cavalry led by him were annihilated.

By the middle of April, Xi Meng's main barbarian army confronted the Tunpeng army, unable to resist the Xi Mengmad of the Tunpeng army's artillery, and continued to retreat to the northern section of the Qinling Mountains. Gan Yushu led the rebels from all walks of life to surround and intercept the barbarian troops who rushed to support, and finally succeeded in cutting off Xi Meng's crazy grain route. Xi Mengmad was forced to fight a head-on battle with the Tunpeng army, and was defeated again, and Xi Mengmad died on the battlefield.

The Huaxia Army, led by Ningjiang, swept a large area south of the Qinling Mountains and north of the Changhe River, and the Confucian Temple, which was the holy place of Confucianism, was also recaptured by the Huaxia Army.

With Xingyangzhou, Yingzhou, Chengzhou, and Juanzhou in the upper reaches of the Huanghe River as the main battlefields, the queen personally led the army and formed a repeated tug-of-war with the Red Turban Army and the Weiyuan Army, and once successfully blocked the offensive of the two armies.

However, at this time, as Meng Shenjun was forced to lead his troops further north to quell the civil strife of the barbarians themselves, the Northern Righteous Army, represented by the Zongjia Army led by Zong Nuan and Fuyunzhai led by Sun Hu, took advantage of the situation to expand their territory.

In the end, Sang Han, the tiger general under the original Cha Cutting Seat, was forced to retreat to the Qianjin Wall, and the Zongjia army, which was supported by a large amount of materials transported by Bashu, connected the states and rolled to the upper reaches of the Huang River from the side. In the siege of the heroes, the queen of the Falcon Yue Liduo was not supported, forced to retreat, the angry Li Hu failed to obey his mother's order to withdraw his troops, forcibly attacked the Zongjia army, in the battle, led the elite soldiers to Wang Keyuan, Yue Qingbu joined the war group in time, Li Hu led the brute army was defeated, Li Hu was captured by the generals, beheaded in front of the battle.

With the contraction of the barbarian front, the price paid by the war became more and more heavy, there was famine everywhere, and the displaced people were wandering around, among them, of course, there were barbarian troops plundering a large amount of grain and grass, and at the same time venting their resentment on the Chinese people at the bottom in order to avenge the defeat in front, there were also some "righteous troops" who took advantage of this to do evil, and even burned, killed, looted, and grabbed turf.

In May, the weather was hot, poisonous insects were everywhere, the food consumption was too large, and it was no longer possible to scavenge the fierce thorns of the military rations, so he ordered to catch the Chinese people as two-legged sheep, and after a large number of military rations were replenished, he personally led the army to fight.

At this time, there were also some unstable factors in the rear of the Huaxia Army.

When the things done by some undercurrents in the south were sent to Ning Jiang through a secret channel, Ning Jiang was not angry but laughed: "If you don't die, you won't die...... Hehe, why don't they just get it? ”