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Since the chaos in the world and the rise of the heroes, it seems that it has only been overnight, and the gods have lost their former prosperity and fallen into chaos. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As the center of the world, the core of Middle-earth, God is the place where all forces must fight, courts, rivers and lakes, and battlefields...... All kinds of battles in the open and in the dark, like a big stage, staged tragicomedy after scenes, and all parties sang and I appeared. Shendu did not escape the disaster of swords and soldiers in the end, and more than once, the armies of all forces competed and killed, and Shendu also became a place where thieves wantonly burned and looted, and some people took advantage of the fire to rob, several fires burned down nearly one-third of the buildings of Shendu, some of the original powerful families were wiped out, and many ordinary people also died, so they had to drag their families and flee from Shendu, and go away to avoid trouble, but the whole Middle Earth fell into war, and I don't know how many people died on the way to escape.

Since Zhou Guogong entered the Shendu, the people of Shendu can finally live a more stable life, after a period of time, Shendu has also restored some of the prosperity of the past, there are a lot more people on the street, coming and going, the cries of small merchants and hawkers sounded again, and Goolan Washe also flourished again. People seem to have forgotten the horrors of not long ago, and only the remnants of burned houses tell of the tragedy after disaster.

On this day, the capital of the gods suddenly came alive with a festive atmosphere, the streets were cleaned and cleaned, many shops were lit up, and the streets were patrolled by teams of energetic soldiers to maintain law and order.

The east side of the Shendu has always been the mansion of the magnates, and it is a relatively quiet area on weekdays, but at this time, there is a congestion scene on the wide East Street, only to see the luxurious carriages and horses one after another, the real traffic, each one is surrounded by many servants and guards, the queue moves forward slowly, no one is noisy, but there are many people and horses, some people speak quietly, mixed with the sound of horses' nose and footsteps, gathered together, a hustle and bustle.

At the end of the queue is a large-scale mansion, the door plaque is written "Zhou Guogong Mansion" four big characters, the porter shouts one by one official titles, "Lord so-and-so, come to congratulate the birthday!" "It turns out that today is Zhou Guogong's birthday.

Zhou Guogong, as the person in charge of the strongest force today, is in a high position, although he has supported a prince to ascend the throne, but everyone knows that the young prince is just a puppet, and Zhou Guogong will have to ascend to the throne sooner or later, which everyone knows. Today, Zhou Guogong has occupied seventy percent of the territory of Middle Earth, under his command of fierce generals such as clouds, strategists such as rain, and Zhou Guogong accepted many officials and generals in the original Great Xia, for the old ministers of Great Xia, Zhou Guogong behaved very generously, and the wealthy families have surrendered, according to the convention, with the support of these wealthy families, the foundation of Zhou Guogong is as stable as Mount Tai, yes, it is favored by many people, and it is expected to dominate the world and establish a new dynasty.

Zhou Guogong's birthday will naturally not be like an ordinary birthday banquet, that is, eating and drinking, more with political implications, such as many small forces are in a wait-and-see state today, these small forces must not have a chance to dominate the world, just waiting for a suitable force to take refuge, Zhou Guogong took the opportunity to show his strength and attitude, and then it depends on the attitude and choice of other forces.

There are a little powerful people in the world who come to congratulate them in person or send people to congratulate them, such as wealthy families, Jianghu sects, local tycoons, celebrities and hermits...... It can be said that some of the most outstanding figures of the present day have been gathered, and even hostile forces have sent envoys, whether it is really to congratulate the birthday or just to find out the details of Zhou Guogong, in short, this birthday banquet is unprecedented, lively and extraordinary.

The birthday banquet has also become a place for all parties to communicate, because the best friends separated by the war meet, tell their respective experiences, some enemies on the battlefield, also talk and laugh together, many people are coming with a purpose, to inquire about the news, to watch the direction of the wind, or to directly take refuge in Zhou Guogong, and so on.

Basically, the guests still have their own circles, the military generals like to be with the generals, the scribes like to be with the scribes, the wealthy families get together, the old-school officials loyal to Daxia are all the way, and some guests wander around and insert into some circles.

Many people don't actually know each other, but heroes emerge in troubled times, and some people stand in the crowd without being conspicuous, but as long as they say their names, many of them are famous people in the world. However, there are too many such characters, each person's mind and personality are different, and their performance is also different, some of them act in a low-key manner, observe others secretly, and some make friends everywhere, talk loudly, or laugh loudly, or whisper, even if it is not appropriate to talk about business and some grievances on this occasion, however, there are some wits implied in the words, and it is common to test each other.

The main hall of Zhou Guogong's mansion was festive, and the protagonist of the birthday banquet, Zhou Guogong, wore a festive red robe and sat high, and the guests from outside came forward one by one to pay their respects.

Listening to all kinds of birthday words, Zhou Guogong replied one by one, his words were modest and decent, full of smiles, he was in a very good mood today, not all because of his birthday, but also because of a major matter related to life and death - the invasion of Beiliang.

Just a few days ago, the army of Bei Liang broke through an important pass guarding Middle-earth overnight, Zhou Guogong was frightened at that time, it can be said that he was shocked, although he has occupied most of the territory of Middle-earth, and has achieved a considerable advantage, but, repeated battles, has almost exhausted the potential of the war, and then as long as you recuperate, accumulate strength, in order to compete for the world in the future, but at this time out of such a big basket, the army of Beiliang is about to wave down, Zhou Guogong had to transfer troops to resist, It's just that in this way, his military strength is dragged down, and he has no advantage over other hostile forces, and he may be bitten back at any time.

The good situation suddenly turned into a critical situation of life and death, Zhou Guogong became depressed and sick, bedridden, fortunately, there are many capable people under him, especially several strategists are first-class figures in the world, and the strategists have offered a clever plan to solve the threat of Beiliang's invasion without wasting a single soldier.

This method is to take advantage of a hidden danger in Beiliang, you must know that some of the ministers of Beiliang are not satisfied with the Empress Dowager Xiao's control of the power of Beiliang by a woman, and the Xiao family of Beiliang was originally a big family in Middle Earth, so these imperial relatives of Beiliang have always asked the emperor to govern in person. Another point is that Emperor Beiliang is different from Empress Dowager Xiao, who was taught by some teachers in Middle-earth since he was a child, and Emperor Beiliang loved Middle-earth culture, and it is said that he also studied some academic studies of the sect and recruited some scribes from Middle-earth as staff. Regarding the attitude towards Middle-earth, Emperor Beiliang and Empress Dowager Xiao were also very different, and did not approve of Xiao Tianlei's invasion of Middle-earth by force.

In view of these two points, Zhou Guogong sent some envoys to Beiliang, some bright and some dark, Mingli sent people to meet the Beiliang Emperor, secretly moved around, spread rumors, and bribed some Beiliang magnates, in short, tried every means to provoke the contradiction between the Beiliang Emperor and the Empress Dowager Xiao, and now, the Beiliang court fell into the dispute between the young emperor and the Empress Dowager Xiao, and the two sides were deadlocked, and the Beiliang army was temporarily unable to enter the customs.

In this way, Zhou Guogong can be regarded as relieved, without the threat of Beiliang, he can continue to recover Middle-earth and compete with other forces for dominance.

"I wish the country good fortune like the East China Sea, and longevity than Nanshan! Every year there is today, every year there is today! ”

Yes, when it was the turn of Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and others to congratulate the birthday of a group of strategists, a few people had just bowed down, Zhou Guogong hurriedly got up from his seat and shouted: "Gentlemen, please get up quickly!" Personally supported one by one, the closeness and affection were overflowing, "You gentlemen are talented, without your gentlemen, how can I have today?" In the future, I hope that you gentlemen will teach you more. ”

"The Guogong doesn't have to be like this, the Guogong is generous and benevolent, and it is our honor to assist the Guogong, if there is no Guogong, how can I have the opportunity to show my ambitions?"

A cadre of strategists even said that they did not dare, but from their expressions can be seen that they are excited and happy at the moment, it can be described as a spring breeze, if it is a peaceful season, many of them are really difficult to get ahead, only in the troubled times, they can shine, not only strategists, some officials and generals on the side also nodded in agreement, many of them are grateful for the grace of Zhou Guogong's knowledge, chanting "Zhou Guogong is benevolent, should save the people of the world from fire and water!" ”

Many people outside this scene saw that such a monarch and ministers got along, and the gods were now prosperous, and Zhou Guogong was also stable under his rule, so it can be seen that Zhou Guogong's side has a new dynasty atmosphere, and many people secretly made the decision to take refuge in Zhou Guogong.

By this time, most of the people had already taken their seats, leaving some guests who had arrived late.

"General Yangwu congratulates the country on his birthday!"

With this shout, the eyes of many guests couldn't help but look at the main hall, General Yang Wu Qi Zhenyue many people know, Qi Zhenyue is not only General Yangwu, on behalf of the Qi family, the Qi family is also a strong party, since the chaos of the gods, in addition to the family involved in the struggle for hegemony in the world, there are also like the Qi family to move back to the territory controlled by each family, and do not expand, just seek self-preservation. Of course, the Qi family is not much of a force, and one of the reasons why people pay attention to Qi Zhenyue is because of some rumors, it is said that Qi Zhenyue's daughter ran to Lingzhou and became the concubine of the leader of the brotherhood.

Immediately, many people whispered secretly, saying naturally some anecdotes about the brotherhood, of course, everyone basically has nothing good to say about the brotherhood, the brotherhood's style of acting is too peculiar, rampant and domineering, and no one's account is sold, just say that this time Zhou Guogong's birthday, all the forces in the world have basically sent people to congratulate the birthday, the brotherhood has no such thing at all, this point makes some generals under the command of Zhou Guogong unhappy, and he said bluntly: "I don't know the current affairs, the army will go south in Japan, We're going to wipe out the Brotherhood! The rest of the generals also said that one day they would clean up the brotherhood, and the brotherhood would be vulnerable.

Qi Zhenyue also heard some of the words of the people around him, he didn't hear anything, and he went step by step, and the people who came with him gave Zhou Guogong a birthday greeting, and he didn't say anything about Zhou Guogong's solicitation words, and responded politely, and did not express his position. Although he also saw some of Zhou Guogong's might, it was not easy for Qi Zhenyue to make his own decisions, after all, it was about the entire family, and if he bet on the wrong treasure, he might not recover, and there was no time to bet on it.

Another reason is that Qi Zhenyue knows some about the brotherhood, and it is because Qi Wushuang often sends letters home, and the content of the letter is mainly for him and his wife to go to Lingzhou, and he did not deliberately say some information about the brotherhood, but Qi Wushuang is a little arrogant, and he writes what he thinks of, some of the things he sees and hears in Lingzhou, snacks, going to Funan for his honeymoon, and fighting with the Naga Kingdom...... Although there are some fragments, some of the information revealed in it has made Qi Zhenyue tremble, but it is really a little unimaginable, but for his daughter's understanding, Qi Zhenyue knows that Qi Wushuang will not make things up. These messages about the Brotherhood are so shocking that Qi Zhenyue doesn't dare to reveal them to outsiders, even if it is a member of the Qi family, everything is hidden in the stomach, and every time he and his wife read Qi Wushuang's letter, they will immediately burn it, leaving no trace.

Qi Zhenyue wanted to go to Lingzhou to take a look in person, but there was a big family behind him, and it was a troubled time, he didn't dare to leave without permission, but, if the situation was true, everything in the future was not easy to say, and he and his wife didn't mind going to Lingzhou, but the rules of the brotherhood were very large, and it was estimated that it was difficult for the clansmen to adapt, and Qi Zhenyue had been thinking about it and it was difficult to make up his mind.

For Zhou Guogong, it doesn't matter if the Qi family takes refuge at this time or not, the Qi family is nothing compared to those big forces, anyway, to celebrate his birthday is a statement, Zhou Guogong smiled and responded to the guests, in fact, he kept repeating some words, he was already a little tired, at this time, there were some special guests, so that Zhou Guogong was in good spirits, and it was some monks who came to celebrate his birthday.

In the troubled times, even the big family does not necessarily protect itself, many people pray for the blessing of God and Buddha, ask for a psychological comfort, Buddhist temples and Taoist temples have also become a place for many people to take refuge, Buddhist temples and Taoist temples have not withered because of the war. At this time, in addition to the high-ranking monks of Middle Earth, there were also some foreign monks who were dressed in peculiar clothes, which made Zhou Guogong a little strange.

I inquired about the origin of these foreign monks, and learned that it was a monk from the distant Naga Kingdom, for the Naga Kingdom, the Middle-earth people who believe in Buddhism will naturally think of the Buddha country, because many Middle-earth monks went to seek scriptures and learn Buddhism, there are many rumors about Naga among the people, and some of the gods and Buddhas of the Naga Kingdom are also recorded in the Buddhist scriptures.

Now has not yet dominated the world, there are monks from the Buddha country to worship, it can be said to be a good omen, Zhou Guogong also experienced in advance the satisfaction of all countries to come to the court, yes, Zhou Guogong for a dry monk showed very enthusiasm, Naga monks behaved very respectfully, but also let Zhou Guogong feel comfortable, I heard that these Naga monks have some requirements, a happy, I don't know what it is, Zhou Guogong agreed, but, Naga monks' next words made Zhou Guogong stunned.

"The Pure Land of the Buddha is facing the invasion of the demon army, the demon army is mad and wantonly destroys the Buddha, spreads the cult, and hopes that the king will send troops to help and repel the demon army, so as to ensure that the Dharma spreads endlessly!"

The Naga monk prayed, Zhou Guogong was a little confused, and even felt ridiculous, the Naga Kingdom was attacked by the demon army? If the Buddha country is not protected, the Dharma will be destroyed? But what does that matter to you? Not to mention what kind of goods the demon army is, how far away is the Naga Kingdom, sending a soldier and horse, it is not easy to reach the Naga Kingdom, it can be said to be an expedition of labor, and I don't know what the situation will be after arriving, besides, what reason is there for him to rescue a country thousands of miles away?

Immediately, the Naga monks handed over a letter of state written by Baye, from the Naga king's own handwriting, it turned out that these Naga monks were actually the messengers of the Naga Kingdom, and now the Naga Kingdom is facing the encroachment of the Brotherhood, seeing that the land is occupied day by day, but there is nothing to do, the Naga King tried his best, from some of the Middle-earth monks who studied in the Naga Kingdom learned that the Middle-earth Dynasty was strong, the Naga King had the idea of giving it a try, and sent these monks to Middle-earth, but they did not expect that Middle-earth was in a state of separation, After some twists and turns, with the help of the monks of Middle Earth, they took advantage of this birthday banquet to meet Zhou Guogong, who is the strongest today.

The Naga monks were waiting for Zhou Guogong's reply with great anticipation, Zhou Guogong could make a mistake now, just now he agreed to this matter in front of so many people, he couldn't immediately regret it, otherwise he would lose face, he was already very face-loving, there was no way, so he had to quickly find a strategist to save the scene.

The strategists rushed to hear about it and felt incredible, the Naga Kingdom is really wonderful, how did they ask for help to come to Middle-earth, thousands of miles away? They are now too busy to take care of themselves, how can they have the time to take care of things thousands of miles away! However, for the sake of Zhou Guogong's face, a strategist still had to think of ways to deal with this matter.

"Ahem, what do you mean by the Demon Army?" Lu Qian came forward to ask.

"They are terrible and occupy Funan...... Wearing a horned helmet...... They drove everyone to build roads...... A demon riding a terrible boar...... Loud weapons......" the Naga monk recalled, describing it roughly.

Originally, Lu Qian just wanted to try to perfunctory these Naga monks, but when he heard the characteristics described by the monks, not only him, but also the rest of Xu Changqing and others were surprised, and an army appeared in their minds, however, they were not immediately sure, Lu Qian asked again, asking those Naga monks to be more detailed, as the Naga monks continued to add some details, the answer in everyone's minds was clear, in fact, not only them, but others on the side had already guessed, these characteristics could not be more obvious, the so-called demon army, It must be the army of the Brotherhood Star Sea Empire!

"How far is the Naga Kingdom from Middle-earth?"

"I'm afraid it's not more than a thousand miles away!"

"Listen to them, the demon army occupied Funan a few years ago?"

"Where is Funan?"

"To the west of Lingzhou, separated by dense forests and mountains, I am afraid that there are two or three hundred miles away."

Hearing this answer, the strategists couldn't help but think of one of the things that the Brotherhood did best--building roads, and a picture had already appeared in their minds, the Brotherhood's army built a road, directly across the mountains and dense forests to Funan.

"How big is Funan?"

"I have heard that the countries of Funan combined, I am afraid that there are no less than ten states."

"How big is the Naga Kingdom?" No one knows about this question, but there are Naga monks present.

The Naga monks also have a vague idea of how big the Naga kingdom is, but simple math is not enough for these highly intelligent strategists, and after estimating it, everyone looks at each other.

"Naga Kingdom, Funan, Lingzhou, Yuezhou, Maozhou, Rongzhou, Mozhou......" Xu Changqing counted with his fingers, and said a place name, and everyone's faces trembled involuntarily.

Just a rough calculation, they already knew that the Brotherhood had occupied an extremely vast territory, and everyone looked at each other, all of them felt a little dry, at this moment, Lu Qian laughed: "Hahaha, the Brotherhood is really some guts bandits, pretending to be ghosts, and only dare to bully some foreign barbarians!" ”

Of course, the strategists realized the seriousness of the matter, but now is Zhou Guogong's birthday, but it is not the occasion to say these words, no matter how serious, the scene of Zhou Guogong's birthday still has to be supported, and the other strategists also reacted and echoed: "Exactly, the mere brotherhood occupies some wild land, don't worry!" ”

The other guests didn't think about it so much, most of them just knew that the Brotherhood had actually hit the Naga Kingdom and seemed to be going to destroy the Buddha Kingdom, they were quite surprised, to say how powerful the Brotherhood was, they didn't think so, the Outer Nation could be compared to the Middle-earth God Dynasty? It's nothing more than some small countries, when the Great Xia Dynasty came to the dynasty, Great Xia didn't bother to bully these small countries, so, even if they beat those countries, they don't necessarily have much ability, if they are really capable, why don't they compete with the heroes of Middle Earth? I must not dare to run to the territory of a foreign country!

With this idea, everyone agreed with the words of Lu Qian and others, and after that, the birthday banquet resumed its lively and festive atmosphere, and the guests continued to drink and have fun, talk highly, and celebrate the birthday of Zhou Guogong together, but the matter of the brotherhood occupying Funan and attacking the Naga Kingdom still spread among the guests.

At the same time, Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and other strategists were not in the mood to eat and drink at all, and secretly instructed some subordinates to quickly find some businessmen from the Western Regions and the south. The reason for this was of course that Lu Qian and the others wanted to learn some information about the Brotherhood from these merchants, and the matter was quickly completed, and dozens of merchants were invited to the Zhou State Mansion.

I don't know if I don't ask, but I'm shocked when I ask! Originally, Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and others still had some luck in their hearts, hoping that their guesses were wrong, but with the inquiries of a group of businessmen and sorting out some gossip they heard in the course of doing business, Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and others suddenly discovered that the Xinghai Empire of the Brotherhood, the so-called empire is not blown, it is already a behemoth, and its territory is not much better than that of Great Xia, and it may even be larger!

Although most of the areas occupied by the Brotherhood are either barbaric lands or barren and barren desert Gobi in the eyes of the Middle-earthers, it is just that the Brotherhood is good at management and is well known. And according to the business travelers from Mozhou, the Brotherhood destroyed the countries of the Western Regions, sent everyone to build new cities, dig culverts, and complained at the beginning, but, as time went by, some areas of Mozhou have changed greatly, and a large area of fertile land has been reclaimed.

"That's not good!" Lu Qian paced back and forth, and couldn't help but mutter.

It's not just bad, it's just a big bad! The faces of all the counselors were not good-looking, white, blue, black, and red...... It's like opening a dye shop, as a strategist, the first element is to keep calm at all times, all the top strategists present are present, most of the time they are strategizing and confident, and at this time, in the face of the brotherhood, they are also unmotivated, completely blind, and it is inevitable that they will be anxious.

"Not good!" Xu Changqing suddenly screamed, starting from the stool, his face was hideous, as if he was greatly frightened.

"Brother Changqing, what's wrong?" Lu Qian was puzzled, what was the big thing worth Xu Changqing so excited about?

"Our outcasts!" Xu Changqing said in a daze.

"Oops!" Lu Qian slapped his head violently, slapped his face several times, jumped to his feet and exclaimed: "Oops! This is not only stealing chickens but not rice, not only ah, but it is simply a tiger for trouble! How can I ...... How can you ......" Lu Qian was so angry that he didn't know what to do, he was so anxious that his hands and feet were swinging wildly, and the other strategists looked back at this time, and they all regretted it.

At the beginning, in order to deal with the Brotherhood, they deliberately designed, colluded everywhere, explained many forces, and drove many displaced people from Middle-earth to the territory of the Brotherhood, hoping that the influx of a large number of refugees would drag down the Brotherhood. Later, they learned that the Brotherhood had begun to drive out some outcasts, and they thought that they had reached the limit of the Brotherhood, so they increased their efforts, and now it seems that this strategy is simply a stupid trick, and they can't be fainted anymore, and they spend so much effort that not only can not drag the Brotherhood to death, but make it stronger! You know, although the Brotherhood's territory is large, there is a shortcoming, that is, the population is insufficient, which is good, they have sent a lot of people to the Brotherhood! What is it called? Raise a tiger for trouble! Meat buns beat dogs!

A cadre of strategists are all wise and arrogant people, this time, but they have encountered unprecedented frustration, and there is a sense of fear, the source of fear is still the Brotherhood, if the Brotherhood is just blindly attacking foreign countries, it will be fine, but, as far as they know, the Brotherhood is not at ease with Middle-earth, let's just say that a while ago, Beiliang broke through the defense of Northern Xinjiang, one of the important reasons is that the Brotherhood provided artillery and powerful explosives, it can be seen that the Brotherhood is not without ideas about Middle-earth, but is just waiting for the opportunity!

Originally, for the general trend of the world, Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and other strategists thought that they were all in control, and if nothing else, everything developed according to their ideas, but who would have thought that such a freak as the Brotherhood would play cards completely out of common sense, and the situation in the world suddenly became a different situation!

Just when Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and others racked their brains and tried to break the situation, all kinds of news about the brotherhood had spread, and Lu Qian and others covered up the affairs of the brotherhood at the birthday banquet, but, but, not everyone is easy to deceive, the guests who can participate in Zhou Guogong's birthday banquet are not simple characters, there is no shortage of smart people, and there is no impermeable wall in the world, all kinds of the brotherhood were quickly exposed, like an unprecedented natural disaster, sweeping the whole world...... (To be continued.) )