No. 552 West of the Western Regions (1)

In 371, the Will of the World unlocked the level 13 cap on time, and the Immortals group once again ushered in a wave of upgrades.

In terms of Sima Jin's room, Sima Yi advanced to level 10, Sima Yan and Sima Rui advanced to level 9, Sima Shi, Sima Zhao, Wang Dao, and Xie An advanced to level 8, and Wang Dun, Zu Ti, Tao Kan, Huan Wen, Yin Hao, Wang Xizhi, Xie Xuan, etc. advanced to level 7. Yu Liang, who was already a level 7 immortal before, was depressed and stagnant at level 7.

At the same time, the so-called Level 5 barrier is suspected to be linked to the maximum level cap. Not long after the World Will unlocked the level 13 upper limit, a group of celebrities from the old era, such as Sun Quan, Lu Meng, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Zhao Yun, successively advanced to level 6 immortals, as if the level 5 barrier was instantly raised to a level 6 barrier.

However, Level 5 barriers remain.

Wei Dongsheng summarized these newly promoted level 6 immortals and found that the law could be summarized as the favor of celebrities second only to the emperor's favor. Counting around, these new level 6 immortals are all well-known historical celebrities in the real world such as Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, and Zhao Yun, and the little less historical ministers have missed level 6.

The level 6 barrier can be simply called the dragon qi barrier, and it can only be broken through by sensing the favor of dragon qi or with the help of a country's national fortune. The Dragon Qi Barrier may be the compensation of the Mandate of Heaven mechanism for the Western Regions of Kyushu, but now only the heroes of Kyushu can calmly cross the level 6 Dragon Qi Barrier.

Level 5 Barrier can simply be called the Celebrity Barrier, and it may be a privilege given by the will of the world to real-world historical celebrities. Unlike the Mandate of Heaven mechanism, the celebrity mechanism is fair to the world, and historical celebrities from the Japanese archipelago to the British Isles, from various states and tribes, have the opportunity to enjoy celebrity privileges.

But perhaps it is still compensation for the cage of the Mandate of Heaven in the Western Regions of Kyushu, and when the celebrity mechanism judges who are historical celebrities and the quality of celebrities, it actually refers to the subjective feelings of the Chinese people in Kyushu in the real world. In the case of the Roman Empire, for example, someone may be famous in real-world European history, but if the Chinese people in Kyushu in the real world know little about him, he will not be able to enjoy the privilege of celebrity. All this, the historical celebrities of the Western Regions of Kyushu unknowingly took advantage of it.

For example, Liu Bei, Zhao Yun and other historical celebrities have successively advanced to level 6 immortals, and the barbarian tribes such as the old department of rest, the old department of the Dayue clan, and the old department of Dawan who fought against him can be said to be only a handful of new level 6 immortals. With the powerful addition of the celebrity mechanism, Liu Bei's military superiority was even more significant, and he quickly surrendered to countless tribal states.

There are countless celebrities in the Wei and Jin dynasties in real-world history, and most of them choose to be loyal to Sima Jinguo. As soon as the celebrity mechanism took effect, South China was surging, and level 6 immortals emerged everywhere, and Sima Jinguo's strength jumped sharply, indirectly bringing a trace of pressure to the Absolute Holy Gate.

Of course, the Absolute Holy Gate was not afraid of Sima Jinguo.

The national fortunes of the Duan Xianbei Qi State and the Murong Xianbei Yan State have all escaped, and only the Tuoba Dai Kingdom and the Di Fu Qin State are left in the puppet kingdom controlled by the Absolute Holy Gate. Tuoba Shiyiqian, the acting lord of the Tuoba Ministry, has lived a long life to this day, not to mention him, the transfer of the Qin State to Xiao Qunqi and Chu Yonghe's national fortunes made Xiao Qunqi and Chu Yonghe catch up with the wave of escalation in 371 in time. Not long after Sima Yi advanced to level 10, Xiao Qunqi advanced to level 10 immortals, Chu Yonghe advanced to level 9 immortals, plus Wei Dongsheng, who had just accumulated experience and reached level 11 two years ago, the quality of immortals in the Absolute Holy Gate still firmly surpassed Sima Jinguo.

In fact, there is no need to taboo Sima Jinguo, Sima Yi has no intention of fighting with the Absolute Holy Gate.

Level 10 Immortals will be able to wait and see how the fortunes of the country will change in the next 38 years.

371 + 38 = 409 years.

Sima Yi waited and saw how the fortunes of the country would change in the next 38 years: in 373, the Jin state lost the luck of Yizhou and Liangzhou; In 383, the fortune of the Jin State declined and resurged, not only regaining the luck of Yizhou and Liangzhou, but also pocketing part of the luck of Yuzhou and Qingzhou. Unfortunately, in 402, the Jin Kingdom suddenly lost the favor of national fortune; In 404, the fortunes of the Jin state were lost: in 405, the Jin state lost the luck of Yizhou and Liangzhou again, and it was not recovered until 408.

From 190 to 371, the Immortals became more and more familiar with the mechanics of the Mandate of Heaven. First of all, there is no luck in the south, and the national fortune will immediately degrade from purple to crimson, and the immortal level protected by the national fortune will also miss the wave of promotion twenty years later. Secondly, the loss and recovery of national fortune means a short-term change of dynasty, which is very likely to be the harbinger of the complete loss of national fortune of Sima Jinguo.

Sima Yi did not dare to fight against the production of the Mandate of Heaven.

In order to keep the Sima family's foundation, he must seize the Southern Wilderness south of Jiaozhi as soon as possible and establish an eternal empire outside the cage of the Mandate of Heaven. Sima Yi's limited manpower and material resources are currently being used to open up territory in the south of Jiaozhi, immigrate to the real border, and change customs. The foundation of the south of Jiaozhi is Sima Yi's heart, and he is unwilling to fight to the death for the destined national fortune and the Absolute Holy Gate.

Shi Hu and Liu Bei, who had already come to an end, and Sima Yi, who was about to take a curtain call, all set their sights on the fertile soil outside the cage of the Mandate of Heaven.

Of course, Wei Dongsheng will not ignore it.

After the integration of the north was completed, the Absolute Holy Gate began to expand westward.

However, expanding westward was not easy.

By 372 years, the total number of immortal seeds had swelled to 8,779, of which the share of human immortals was between 3,000 and 4,000. Because of the advantages of time and experience, the proportion of human immortals in the Western Regions of Kyushu is extremely high, with a preliminary estimate of 2,800, and there is no shortage of immortals in the counties and counties. The proliferation of the immortals also caused a flood of cultural customs derived from the immortal lineage, which in turn restricts Wei Dongsheng's work of reproducing the science and technology tree.

Because, the brilliant people of the Western Regions of Kyushu are racking their brains to find opportunities to advance to the immortals, and they are unwilling and unwilling to spend their time studying the laws of natural science. Dragged down by the culture of the immortals, there is no way to talk about the commodity economy, no capitalism, no steam revolution. The rich peasants had a little savings, so they thought of traveling thousands of miles to take risks, and did not hesitate to gamble in search of one percent of the opportunity to advance to the immortals; The family of the immortals also thinks about raising the level of the immortals or expanding the number of the clan, so that the idle eggs will work hard to make money.

Everything is on par with immortality.

The counties and counties were full of impetuousness.

As a result of this culture, the average level of economic construction of the Gates of the Holy Gods was at most comparable to that of the real world at the end of the 17th century. Considering that all the immortals have supernatural powers, it is absolutely impossible to rush into the construction of the railway, because the cost of convincing the local government to build a railway is incredibly high, and the cost of preventing the immortals from destroying the railway is also incredibly high. Without enough immortals actively patrolling the railway line, a dozen or so ill-intentioned immortals would be able to frequently interfere with railway transportation.

Without rail transport, it would be difficult to migrate over long distances.

Moreover, after the establishment of Shuozhou, the Absolute Holy Gate had just established de facto rule in the real-world regions of Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia with great difficulty. If you look at the topographic map of the world, you should understand that it is a fool's dream to want to immigrate from Shuozhou to Lingzhou on a large scale. Only the Silk Road under the rule of Zhang's Liangguo barely has the slightest operational possibility, and it can be a small-scale migration like Liu Bei.

If you want to expand westward, you must first get the Liang Kingdom of the Zhang family.

The current ruler of Zhang's Liangguo is Zhang Tianci, but the power of Liangzhou has always been in the hands of Zhang Jun. After obtaining the diplomatic documents of the Absolute Holy Gate, Zhang Jun had no choice but to gather Zhang Chonghua, Zhang Zuo, Yang Xuan, Xie Ai and other important ministers: "Shall we surrender or not?" ”

Zhang Chonghua, Zhang Zuo, Yang Xuan, Xie Ai and others were speechless.

The Mandate of Heaven mechanic is quite harsh, and if you have long luck in the cool country, you may be able to try to fight it. However, there are only four years of national fortune left in the Zhang family's Liang Kingdom, so why should he be the enemy of the Absolute Holy Gate for the sake of four years of national fortune? After several days of discussion, Zhang Jun was inclined to surrender early. Considering that the Absolute Holy Gate treated Liu Bei leniently, Zhang Jun tentatively put forward conditions: "Can I allow the entire Zhang clan to move west to a foreign country?" ”

Wei Dongsheng knew that Zhang Jun was used to being a local king and did not want to be a minister anymore, so he approved Zhang Jun's request with the idea that more things are better than less: "As long as Qing and others are willing to sincerely help me to incorporate Liangzhou and the Western Regions, not only can the entire Zhang clan move west at will, but you can also recruit your cronies and subordinates." ”

Zhang Jun was overjoyed and immediately agreed to surrender ahead of schedule.

Wei Dongsheng abolished Zhang's Liangguo system and assigned the real-world Gansu Province, Qinghai Province, Ningxia Province and other regions to the jurisdiction of Liangzhou; The Governor's Mansion of the Western Regions and the local cities and states were revised to the jurisdiction of the Western Prefecture. Soon, the Absolute Holy Gate took advantage of the situation to puppet Wusun Kingdom and assigned its territory to the jurisdiction of Xizhou. The only pity is that the quality of the dragon qi of the Wusun Kingdom is extremely poor, and it is impossible to increase the immortal level of the core disciples of the Absolute Holy Gate through the transfer of dragon qi.

All kinds of trivialities took another three years.

In 375, Wei Dongsheng belatedly informed Liu Bei: "The ten-year period has been overdue for four years!" ”

The camera turns to Liu Bei.

Yang Qiuchi's national fortunes escaped in 371, but Liu Bei was very lucky, he caught up with the upgrade wave in 371 and was lucky to advance to level 8 immortals. In addition to the achievements of the immortal level, Liu Bei has also used the banner of the Absolute Holy Gate to join forces in Central Asia and Southwest Asia for more than 20 years, and has achieved many immeasurable outstanding achievements.

In 366, fearing the news of the imminent large-scale westward expedition of the Holy Gate, Shi Hu consciously abandoned the eastern territory of Sassanid Persia and continued to conquer eastward. Perhaps the sea demon clan threatened, or perhaps the western army of the Roman Empire was stronger, Shi Hu took the initiative to abandon the shortcut route to the east to fight the Roman Empire, and instead expanded to the northwest along the inland hinterland. From 366 to 370, Shihu swept through the real-world Caucasus and Russia, and then attacked Hungary and other places along the direction of Ukraine. Perhaps disgusted by the poverty and poverty of Russia, Shi Hu immediately made the Roman Empire his primary target, and officially invaded the western part of the Roman Empire in 373.

The latest news from afar, Shi Hu announced the rebuilding of the Great Zhao Empire and the restoration of the Great Zhao Heavenly King in the Munich area of the real world. The reborn Shihu Zhao State, with the new city "Xiye" as the national capital, while killing Liwei, while accepting the political heritage of the western part of the Roman Empire, quite a generation of heroic atmosphere.

The reason why Shi Hu moved the capital to Xiye was most likely to use the distant geography to isolate the pursuit of the Holy Gate. However, Shi Hu moved the political center to Xiye, and the old land of Rest suddenly fell into a power vacuum. Liu Bei dispatched at the right time, or suppressed it with an iron fist, or sacrificed the old power of Shihu, or held high the banner of the Absolute Holy Gate, and gradually became the new master of peace.