"Take Duan Yanqing, escort these pawns, and return to the village quickly!"

"Gather troops in Tubo and invade Dali, and inform the Yongzhou military judge You Shixiong!"

"Don't pay attention to the other orders, wait for me to come back!"

"Yes!"

Huang Shang ordered, Wang Sunchen received the order, without dragging the mud and water, and immediately took more than 500 forbidden troops to the east.

Return to the Great Song Dynasty.

Yang Xing Shen patted his head, and the ten battalions of the forbidden army rescued Duan Yanqing, but the soldiers were lost, and less than 1,000 people fled back in the first batch, and even if this batch was added, more than half of them were killed or wounded.

Dying in the land of Dali is really not worth it.

However, Duan Yanqing finally brought it back.

The prince of Dali, who was originally still sitting and returning to the capital, immediately ascended the throne as the emperor and integrated the sweet dream of various departments, but the pressure of Tubo made him wake up like a dream, and decided to follow the forbidden army to the Great Song Dynasty and ask for support from the kingdom to help him restore the throne.

Huang Shang was noncommittal about this, arranged everything, and then turned to Qu Yun: "Please tell the girl in detail!" ”

Qu Yun originally thought that the four words of opening up the territory and expanding the territory could have a great temptation to the people in front of her, after all, it represented a name in history and supreme glory, but the word "don't want to" made her brewing big demagogic words come to an abrupt end, and even broke out in a cold sweat.

She no longer dared to deceive: "A few months ago, the ghost lord of Luodian was killed, and all the departments attacked, and the remnants of my Nanzhao were not tolerated by all places, and they were even more miserable, so they wanted to take advantage of the Dali rebellion to cut off the east and make it a place to live." Now that Tubo is coming, Dali is not in a hurry, and it can be wiped out by the Luo Palace and included in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty! ”

"Luo Dian?"

Huang Shang was a little surprised.

Originally, he heard Qu Yun claim to be a remnant of Nanzhao, and he felt that the Five Poisons Sect led by this woman must be incompatible with the Dali country.

How did Dali come about?

It was founded after Duan Siping destroyed the Southern Zhao Dynasty and split the regime.

Duan Siping has a person in history, his family has been a military general of Nanzhao for generations, but when he grew up, Nanzhao had already entered the last dynasty, was divided and controlled by three regimes, and existed in name only.

Duan Siping rose and wiped out these three small countries one after another, and then founded the country and became the emperor, and then there was Dali.

In this way, in a sense, Nanzhao was also destroyed by Duan Siping, and the remnants of Nanzhao naturally had enmity with the Duan clan in Dali.

Therefore, for expanding the territory, Huang Shang refused.

He subdued this woman, how could he be used as a gun by his subordinates?

Taking a step back, there are no other interests involved, and the destruction of the country is only good on the surface, and the benefits are the key.

Why did all the Chinese dynasties have no interest in the small countries around them and did not send large armies to destroy the country?

The reason is simple, the cost of sending troops far outweighs the benefits.

Where are the poor mountains and bad waters, and the resources are poor, what is the use?

It's like Dali.

Can the Great Song Dynasty destroy Dali?

Absolutely.

But what can be done after it is destroyed?

Those who live here are actually still Bai barbarians, and the Song people are reluctant to come to these remote places.

As for Dali's minerals and horses, they still need to be exploited and domesticated by the locals, and if you offend the local aborigines, you will still be dumbfounded.

The opening of the river, which will take place soon in history, is the best example.

Throughout the Northern Song Dynasty, this was the largest expansion of territory.

Expand more than 2,000 miles of land and recover the old frontier of the Han and Tang Dynasties, what a glory!

But the real situation is that even if you win, you will lose.

The key reason is that the follow-up attack on Western Xia was a failure, and it was only to gain the land of Hehuang, which made the conservatives have something to say, spending a lot of manpower and material resources to seize a large area of empty and uninhabited land of the surrounding ethnic groups, which is just a means for the courtiers to obtain merit, and it is not beneficial to the country!

Don't mention the position, just look at that, right?

Right!

Hehuang Kaibian not only consumed a huge amount of manpower, material and financial resources, but after the completion of the development, the continuous resistance of the local Tubo people made the imperial court very passive and forced to invest more troops to maintain the rule.

There is also the issue of war horses.

The lack of sufficient war horses has always been a problem that plagued the Great Song Dynasty, and the Tibetan tribes, which were dominated by nomadic economy, had more good horses, and the two sides launched a tea and horse trade.

But after the battle for the river and the Huang, there was less tea in Tubo and less war horses in the Great Song Dynasty, who lost more?

For these reasons, the Jin Kingdom rose rapidly in the north later, knowing that it was a big trouble, but at that time, the Great Song Dynasty did not have much energy and strength to contain it, so it could only sit back and watch it grow and eventually lose the country.

To sum up, failing to achieve the strategic goal, simply expanding the territory is only a good reputation, and the actual benefits are minimal.

This is the case in Dali, and the same is true for Luo Dian.

At this time, the Luo Palace, corresponding to later generations, is Anshun City, Guizhou Province and the surrounding area, the area is not small, equivalent to half of the current Jiaozhi.

But even if you win Luo Dian, the benefits are still too small.

Moreover, the idea of the Five Poisons Sect Leader is also too young, too simple.

Even if King Luodian is dead, and all the domestic departments are in turmoil, they will unite with the outside world when they encounter foreign enemies.

Don't look at that little country, if you really want to resist, tens of thousands of forbidden troops may not be able to take it.

Huang Shang didn't have time to spend in Luo Dian, and with that kind of kung fu, it was better to study more intangible sword qi to be practical.

Seeing that Huang Shang was still unshaken, Qu Yun suddenly bowed down: "The wind and clouds are felt, the stars are born, and the prince can obey his gods from far and near, so that Luo Dian will surrender without a fight!" ”

Huang Shang didn't understand for a while, and looked at her.

Speak human words.

Qu Yun's eyes showed awe: "Luo Dian worships ghosts and gods, and the prince is immeasurably powerful, he can deter all departments, elect ghost kings, serve the country, and descend to the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

"You're thinking a lot!"

Huang Shang's eyebrows raised, surprised in his heart.

He was really limited, and he was awakened by a word.

The land immortal was originally just a praise, which meant that he could do things that ordinary people couldn't do at all, just like an immortal.

But Wenqu Xing is indeed the only god in this world!

It is a god created by him with his own hands after condensing the spirit of thousands of years!

Since you are a god, you should not only focus on its combat effectiveness, but also show your divinity in front of people who especially worship ghosts and gods!

The Five Poisons Sect is in the company of poisonous insects, and is good at training the most primitive beasts, and has the most acute sense in this regard.

Huang Shang instantly thought a lot in his mind, not only Luo Dian, but also the situation in the world.

After a while, he looked at Qu Yun, his eyes shining: "Look at your demeanor and conversation, didn't you grow up here?" ”

Qu Yun's face changed slightly: "The little woman does have some past events that she doesn't want to recall. ”

In short, the rain girl has no melons!

Huang Shang smiled and said: "Don't get me wrong, I don't want to explore your past, I just entrust it to someone who has seen the market, more assured!" ”

The words fell, and the hexagram outside the Wenqu star lit up.

Mountain! Water!

Going up the mountain and going down to the water, this is a hexagram.

Meng, there is danger under the mountain, and the danger stops. To be upright, the holy merit is also.

Translated, it means that there is danger at the bottom of the mountain, and when there is danger, it stops, and this is the state of ignorance. And when you are ignorant, you can use it to cultivate the right path, which is the work of making saints.

To simplify, when ignorance is not opened, it is better to deceive and give education.

At this moment, the power of the hexagram fell into Qu Yun's body, and the silk thread between the two not only became thicker and larger rapidly, but also injected a stream of Wen Qi into her body.

This kind of injection is not integration, it is completely dependent on the existence of the hexagram, allowing her to invoke part of her power.

"It worked!"

When Huang Shang finished this, his eyebrows couldn't help but show tiredness, but it felt unprecedented novelty.

Is he making an angel of God?

No, not yet.

The true messenger should be fed back to the gods.

He can only give strength in such a form.

"Anyway, it's a whim, so you should try!"

With this attitude, Huang Shang took out the Zhuge pen and handed it to Qu Yun: "Go, in my name, spread the divine power of Wenqu and educate the barbarians!" ”

The harms of expanding territory have been talked about so much, and the benefits are obvious.

Since Taizong, the Great Song Dynasty has not opened up its territory and expanded its territory, but has lost territory one after another.

In this case, whoever can make the Great Song Dynasty expand its territory, even if it is to increase the territory of several states, is a great inspiration.

Supreme merit!

Huang Shang will not specifically target small places like Dali and Luodian, spend his efforts and pretend to be forced in front of that group of natives, but since Qu Yun has an idea, she can borrow her hand to try one or two, success is good, and failure will not be a loss.

Qu Yun doesn't see it as an attempt.

Because this matter is related to the life and death of her tens of thousands of people, and it is also related to whether the remnants of Nanzhao can live in a safe environment in the future.

She felt the miraculous power surging in her body, held the Zhuge pen with both hands, and bowed down as if looking at the gods: "Obey the text and bend the order, when I return, the territory of three hundred miles will be offered!" ”