"The soul of Great Qin, what is it?"

"It's the domineering of others, it's the invincible toughness of the soldiers, it's the deterrence that makes all those who dare to despise cease to exist, and nothing else."

"Therefore, this king has decided to recruit brave men in the Qin kingdom and form a great army to conquer the distant and unknown lands, so as to remove the threat of foreign races for our descendants. Heavenly Master Dao, if you want to become the state religion of Great Qin, then please ask Heavenly Master to think about how to use it for my army's westward expedition. ”

Li Yuan's words were earth-shattering.

Zhang Liang was stunned, but also felt Li Yuan's extraordinary mind and courage. Comparatively speaking, Xiang Yu's vision is just to emulate the Spring and Autumn Period as a hegemon, Liu Bang's ambition is to replace the first emperor and become the emperor of the thirty-six counties, while Li Yuan's vision has crossed the existing territory of the Qin State and looked far into the unknown, which may be the reason why Li Yuan was able to defeat Liu Bang and Xiang Yu and win the world.

"Before my army marches westward, the Heavenly Master Dao must take the first step, go to the Western Regions, Wusun, Anxi, and even more distant places to spread the teachings of my Eastern civilization and develop the cult members who believe in my Yanhuang Holy Line, if this cannot be done, then there is no need for the Heavenly Master Dao to exist."

"Isn't that too cruel?" Zhang Liangqiang swallowed his saliva, and said in a difficult voice, Li Yuan guided him step by step, and showed Zhang Liang a Hongda scene of the westward expedition of the Qin army, and in this wave of westward expansion of oriental civilization, the Heavenly Master Dao was like a subordinate tied to a chariot, and there was no other choice.

"The rise and fall of civilization is a historical necessity, and the war between nations for the right to exist has always been bloody and unsentimental, and if we do not do this today, then one day in the future. There will be strong people of foreign races who will occupy our land in turn and enslave our descendants, and when the time comes, those of us who have missed the opportunity, will be mentioned again and again by future generations, and more importantly, today we are complacent, do not want to forge ahead, and are only satisfied with the land in front of us, then our descendants will also learn from Handan. See only these things under your nose, and not imagine, what is at the end of the West, and what is at the other end of the sea? ”

"So, what I want to do is not for myself, but for my children and grandchildren, for the sake of our future generations in a few years. No longer bewitched by heresies, no more innocent people will bleed to death due to the horrific assassination of foreign races, and the iron-blooded army of my Great Qin will cross the Western Desert next. Passing through the vast mountains and marching westward, along the way, all the countries and tribes that are enemies of our Great Qin Army. It will be ruthlessly swept away, and only those who obey and believe in our Eastern civilization will have the possibility of survival. And the one who gave them the faith of these foreign believers is you, the Heavenly Master. ”

Li Yuan's words can be described as murderous.

In the history of later generations, although China treated the ethnic minorities in the border areas with generosity and support, the effect was not ideal

"I-, Bixia is doing this, aren't you afraid that the slaughter will be too prosperous, and my Great Qin will be unkind and unjust?" Zhang Liang's chest fluctuated for a while, and some of the insights Li Yuan said were beyond this era, and when it came to the general trend of Shijie civilization and national development, this was too shocking for Zhang Liang.

"What is unkindness, what is unrighteousness, natural selection, the law of the jungle, this is the reason of heaven. If one day in the future, my Great Qin falls, will those foreign barbarians let us go? Therefore, in this era, it is not by persuasion and generosity to survive, the real way to conquer is to use bloody killing to make them remember that they should never be the enemy of our Great Qin. Only by using a butcher's knife and blood to confirm, only by letting those barbarians from other countries know the power of my Great Qin, will they be afraid and willingly submit. These words, can you haode think about it? ”

In the cold wind of Zhongnan Mountain, Li Yuan's words were like a bolt of lightning, splitting the gloomy night sky. Only a smart person like Zhang Liang can exchange ideas with Li Yuan at this level, if Xiao He and others were replaced, I am afraid that he would have already fallen to the ground and was at a loss.

"Heavenly Master Dao, can you take on this heavy responsibility?" Looking at Zhang Liang in silence, Li Yuan's eyes flashed with hope, and he asked word by word.

In this era of ignorance and civilization, it is not easy to find a like-minded person who can understand his words and deeds. It is conceivable that once Li Yuan ordered the mobilization order to start the Western Expedition, it would not only cause a big controversy in the Western Regions, but also in the Qin State.

Five years is enough time to make people forget many things. After the pacification of the four seas, the luxury of the Qin State gradually rose, and the trend of not wanting to make progress has affected all aspects of the country. And once Li Yuan's decision is announced, it will inevitably shock those with vested interests who are content with the status quo.

"It's—of course." Zhang Liang groaned for a while, and finally met Li Yuan's fiery gaze. The situation is persecuted, and it is not up to him to decide, Li Yuan's meaning is already very clear, if Zhang Liang does not agree, then there is no need for the Heavenly Master Dao to exist, and Li Yuan will also find another faction to find other spiritual religions to replace the Heavenly Master Dao.

"In this way, the king of this book will welcome the arrival of the Heavenly Master in Chang'an, and when the time comes, there will be envoys from the Western Regions, the thirty-six counties and the tribes in the border areas to gather, I hope that the Heavenly Master will prepare well during this time, and show some real skills for those Hu people to see, how is the ability of my wise man in Daqin?" Li Yuan Haha smiled and said.

Zhang Liang agreed, this is the most ideal result, between the secular and the religious, Li Yuan needs to find a collaborator, and Zhang Liang is undoubtedly the most suitable one.

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The spring breeze in February is like scissors.

The land of Guanzhong is gradually warming up from the frost, and the caravans and pedestrians on the east-west gallop road have also increased, judging from the clothing of these pedestrians, there are many Hu merchants from the Western Regions and even resting in peace, and they are staring at the camels around them with excited expressions, as if they are looking at their beloved women.

The Silk Road starts from Chang'an in the east, passes through the Hexi Corridor in the west, the Thirty-six Kingdoms of the Western Regions, Wusun, Daxia, and Anxi, and then goes west to Western Qin (Rome). A trip to Chang'an, if it goes well in the area of Great Xia and Anxi, the safety of the eastern end will be guaranteed by the Qin army, and the benefits that Hu Shang can obtain will be extremely rich, allowing them to earn a full plate, and all this is thanks to the man in the chariot of the Great Qin King in front of him.

Coming down from Zhongnan Mountain, Li Yuan immediately began to implement the "Western Expedition" Jihua, and the first step to realize this grand strategy was to win the support of the generals in the army.

In the seventh year of the Qin New Calendar, the ninth day of the second month.

Emperor Li Yuan of Shenwu issued an edict in Chang'an, and at the request of King Wusun Hunting, the Qin army formed a Western Expeditionary Corps and went to the area west of the Green Mountains to quell the rebellion, so as to protect the safety of the merchant groups traveling on the Silk Road. In the edict, Li Yuan made it clear that the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Corps would be selected from the armies of the whole country, and the first condition was that they were willing to endure hardships, be willing to contribute, and be willing to sacrifice their lives for honor and ideals.

In just one month, the edict was issued by the counties one after another, and the news spread, welcoming and encouraging people, and there were many people who questioned private discussions.

Five years of recuperation.

The knives and guns are put into storage, and the horses are put in Nanshan.

Some of the generals who made great achievements during the Unification War gradually lost themselves in the gentle township, their bodies have been embroidered and blessed, and they began to get used to traveling by car, rather than stepping on war horses to kill, among these people, there are not only the older Zhong Liwu and Zhang Ping, but also the backbone of the Qin army such as Wang Shang.

After Wang Shang was the county guard of Nanhai and Xiang County for three years, he resigned and returned to Chen County, appointed Chen County and Dangjun Guard, bid farewell to the bleak and bitter north, and returned to his homeland Han Xin, who gradually became proud of the villagers, accepted a multi-room concubine, and had a large amount of fertile land.

Such a Wang Shang can no longer afford the long yellow sand on the road to the west, and of course, not all soldiers are as depraved as Wang Shang. In stark contrast to this is Yan Wang Han Xin.

Guarding the bitter cold land of Yandi in Liaodong, and the remnants of the Xiongnu Qiuli tribe and the Goguryeo tribe on the peninsula attacked and harassed, which allowed Han Xin to continue to have a chance to try his skills in his spare time. After losing the territory around the Changbai Mountains, they were successively beaten back to the Yalu River and Hanshui basins, and Zuihou only relied on begging for mercy and surrendering to gain a small piece of land in the southernmost part of the peninsula.

At the same time as sending troops to Goguryeo, the Qin naval division troops under the command of Han Xin also began to conquer the Fusang Islands across the sea, and the easternmost island of Kyushu was the first to be occupied.

With its strong strength, the Qin army conquered in the east, and for the Qin soldiers, the challenge of this conquest was almost negligible, on the contrary, the bad weather and the long and unpredictable sea routes were the places they feared the most.

Within three days, under the encouragement of generals at all levels, the Qin army of Yandi signed up to join the Western Army There were more than 1,000 generals, and in the petition sent to Chang'an by Kuaima Post, Han Xin's name was listed in the first place. (To be continued......)

PS: The status of the codeword is being retrieved little by little, so everyone has been waiting for a long time. Xiexie, you continue to support you.