The Central Plains is the middle of the world, in the traditional concept, the world is out of the Central Plains, and the Quartet is the neglected corner, but as the chessboard has the golden horn and silver edge grass belly said, the four sides of the world are not dispensable, Yan from Liaodong, it can be seen.

More than ten years ago, Luo Xing's grandson Luo Wu returned to the Western Regions from Zhaocheng, and purged Wushuang City in the chaotic Western Regions, vowing to guard this land for the family, for more than ten years, he has been paying attention to the news of the Central Plains and the grassland, because of the geographical location of the Western Regions, it has always been the hub of many major power conflicts, and the general trend of the Central Plains and the grassland will greatly affect the Western Regions.

Luo Wu died of illness three years ago, and his son Luo Gu succeeded him as the high priest of the temple, and began to try to rein in the chaotic Western Regions and form a coalition of states around the temple, and then news from the Wei State spread to the Western Regions one by one.

When the Wei State conquered Shu, the scholars all surrendered, the leaders of the scholars moved to Chang'an, Sima Yi's prestige was rising, and he had taken the lead among the ministers of Tuogu, far better than the relatives of the emperor, when he led the army back to Chang'an, countless scholars cheered for it, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was born, after the Han Emperor and Emperor Sheng, he entered the Cao Wei Dynasty, and Emperor Wu had to be reused, after Emperor Wu, Emperor Wen, Emperor Ming, Emperor Tuo Gu, the old ministers of the four dynasties, the pillar of the Qing stream, the leader of the scholars, he almost reached the apex of the prestige of the ministers.

With the capture of Chengdu this great victory, the Wei State did not settle down, the political dispute became more and more intense, the contradiction between the scholars and the clan became more and more profound, the success of the Jiangdong Shi clan gave Wei a great inspiration, since the Cao Cao era adopted the heavy clan policy, in the clan is not a weapon at the moment, ushered in a huge backlash, the Wei clan is unwilling to succumb to the clan, Sima Yi in this wave is praised higher and higher.

Sima Yi naturally felt the danger of his own situation, so he had the idea of retreating bravely, which made his sons quite puzzled, the ultimate goal of any scholar clan is to become a powerful minister who controls everything, why should his father give up when he has this opportunity?

Sima Yi explained coldly: "How many courtiers of the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty relied on their temporary power to occupy a more noble position than the royal family, but who died well in the end?

Only the Luo clan can retreat with his whole body, if Huo Guang, the Marquis of Bowang Wulie, does not have the Luo clan, the fate of his regent will not be good, and how many benevolent kings like King Zhou Yi and Emperor Xiaohui of Hanrenzong are there, either one step closer to Emperor Wu, or the three clans will die without a place to be buried.

The scholars asked me to do the sword that fought for power, it was a dream, even if it was a moment, but since the Qin and Han dynasties, how could there be a courtier who could fight with the royal family, now it is no longer the state of Shiqing Shilu, only the emperor is not easy for a thousand years, even if it is the power of the father, can you still inherit this power, can the grandchildren still support the wealth?

On that day, the reckoning of the royal family will come, and the destruction of the family will come, which is the so-called, those who do not seek eternity are not enough to seek a moment, and the position under one person is poison, do not be contaminated. ”

Sima Yi's words are like a hammer smashed in everyone's hearts, but it is not easy to retreat bravely, the credit is too great, can not be rewarded, the position of the three dukes, the knighthood of the land, and the honor of Jiuxi, Sima Yi is extremely frightened, he just returned to Chang'an and was relieved of the military power, and now he is held very high, and then someone plucked Cao Shuang to attack Hedong or Nanyang, if he can conquer these two places for the Wei State, the credit is not inferior to Sima Yi.

Today's Bingzhou Jin State can be described as a plate of scattered sand, the Han State once tried to incorporate it into the rule, but ultimately failed, now the large and small princes are scattered, but in the face of foreign enemies can be united, so Wei and Yan have not been aggressively attacked here, as for the Han State is even more impossible, once the attack and the state, the grain road will be cut off by the roaring Yan Iron Cavalry.

Murong Chengguang after getting the source of Xianbei troops in Liaodong, finally made up his mind to conquer and merge the state, among the princes of the world, it should be the easiest to attack the Yan State of Bingzhou, because the Wei State and the Han State attacked such a mountainous and river-shaped place as Bingzhou, they had to go through natural mountains and rivers, only the Yan State was above and below, and the Yan Dynasty was one, whether it was through the Great Wall of the North Land, or through the passage in the mountains, it was able to drive straight into several major basins of the state.

The news of the Central Plains turmoil again was intercepted by Xianbei Shan Yu Yanhui, who had been paying attention to the news of the Central Plains, and he immediately understood that the opportunity he had been waiting for had come, and the Golden Horde of the Royal Court launched a conscription to the entire grassland, "The heavens are bell, all the Xianbei people are Shan Yu, according to the orders of God, all the tribes will lead a large army to follow the royal court to fight, after the war, the number of households and cattle and sheep of each tribe will be redivided, and those who get the merit will be rebuilt, even if the tribe is destroyed, this single Yu will also rebuild for you, and if there is no merit, this single Yu will deprive you of your glory and tribe, Only the most heroic sons can stand on the grassland and be loved by the heavens. ”

The entire Xianbei Xia Kingdom actively responded to the call of the royal court, which is not only the prestige of Yan Hui is extremely high, but also related to the strong system of Xianbei unity, the people who whistled the bow from the Xiongnu gathered again on the grassland, Yan Hui claimed that 30,000 cavalry hunted in the west, in fact, more than 100,000 cavalry gathered, all of them were strong and tyrannical.

When the elite of the grassland tribes gathered in the royal court to reorganize the army, the envoy of the Xianbei Xia Kingdom appeared in Chang'an, Wei State, and Murong Xiang, who had gone to Liaodong, respectfully bowed to the little emperor Cao Fang, and bowed three times and nine times, which was Yan Hui's strong request, and he did not dare to disobey, "The Supreme and Noble Emperor of Wei, let me pay you the highest respect, you are truly loved by the heavens, surrounded by the sun and the moon, and the mountains and rivers are all operating according to your will." ”

This naked sycophant made the ministers in the palace very uncomfortable, after all, they were all scholars with outstanding reputation, and they couldn't say such sensual words, so they hurriedly asked Shan Yu what was the big thing to send a messenger, and Murong said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the lord of the Western Regions slandered Shan Yu's attack on Great Xia, and the people of the grassland were angry at their rudeness, and asked Shan Yu to attack the Western Regions, cut off their heads, and sacrifice to the sky, but the Western Regions have a vast land, many people, and strong strength, and it is a generational hatred to hear that the Western Regions and your Great Wei are hatreds, Emperor Wu was at war with the Western Regions, so I solemnly ask you to send troops to assist Shan Yu in attacking the Western Regions, if you can take revenge for Shan Yu, hundreds of thousands of people who surrender to Shan Yu will praise your honorific title, pray for you, the supreme Great Wei Tiansheng Emperor! ”

I see, it is really rare for Hu people to talk about rules like this, especially when Wei tried to attack Hedong, Xianbei also went to war, which naturally made Wei overjoyed, but Wei's goal was not the Western Regions, but Hedong, and it was impossible for Wei to start a war on two fronts, so he refused: "Messenger, please return to Shan Yu, the Great Wei Emperor has suffered the same humiliation as Shan Yu, our country will use troops against Hedong, and cannot attack the Western Regions with the nobles, the two countries have friendly diplomatic relations, and our Wei State is willing to increase the scale of the mutual market and exchange more grain for your country's materials." ”

Murong Shen didn't expect such a good thing, after being entertained, Xingchong rushed out of the pass and returned to the grassland, as far as Wei was concerned, the little grain sold to Xianbei was nothing, as for Xianbei wanted to attack the Western Regions, Wei didn't care, he didn't care whether the Western Regions died or not, he also felt that although the Western Regions were weak, Xianbei was not strong, just now the envoy said that the people were only hundreds of thousands, and the elite were probably only tens of thousands, and they should be dragged in the Western Regions, so the northern border of Wei would be safer.

After testing the Wei State, Yan Hui determined that the Wei State really didn't care, and immediately continued the previous plan and began to arrange the next stage of the battle plan.

Wei did not pay attention to the affairs of the grassland, but as early as more than ten years ago, he learned that the Hu people wanted to prosper in the Western Regions, but he always paid attention to the changes in the grassland, although he could not do everything clearly, but the general situation was still understood, and now the grassland is divided into many tribes on the surface, but in fact, they all obey the orders of the Xianbei royal court, and the Xianbei royal court has already gotten the news from the Western Regions where there are spies on the grassland.

The verdant grassland covers this magnificent land, at the intersection of the river valleys, the unrivaled city stands in it, the most fertile land in the whole Western Regions, the herdsmen graze under the branches of the Tianshan Mountains and the Kunlun Mountains, the melodious pastoral songs rise with the wind, mixed with the words of Buddhism, every day there are countless people in the Western Regions come to worship in the Suwang Temple, this land has a magical magic, the Buddhism and Taoism have changed greatly here, very different from the Central Plains, even if it is the belief of the Suwang here, it is gradually changing in a strange direction.

Luo Gu looked at the believers of various sects that filled Wushuang City, and only felt a little headache, after the collapse of the Xia Kingdom in the Western Regions, it was not only politically fragmented, but also in faith, almost every day in Wushuang City, there were believers of different sects arguing, accusing each other of wrong doctrines, in fact, it was just a slight difference, Buddhism and Taoism are both polytheistic religions, and the gods that each sect worships are different, if it is not in the Suwang Temple, it will not only quarrel, but will pick up a knife and fight.

The theory of King Su's incarnation of tens of millions is one of the root causes of this kind of problem, the time has changed, in order to swallow the two religions of Buddhism and Taoism and the various sects that are full of the Western Regions, and let it create the theory, which has become an obstacle to the unification of the Luo clan in the Western Regions, coupled with the promotion of many lords of the Western Regions, in the minds of the people of the Western Regions, King Su is always in the sky, but he will be reincarnated as a variety of great kings, before the Xia King of the Western Regions just wanted Luo Xing to recognize him as the only reincarnated king.

Since Luo Xing succeeded as the high priest, the high priests of all dynasties have been military generals holding scepters, not Luo Minggong's cultural leaders who are good at academic theories, knives are very useful, but sometimes the knife is wielded, and it can't change the deep-rooted thoughts, as long as the thoughts don't change, the turmoil can only be calmed down for a while.

Luo's deeply understands this truth, why it is so easy for Wei to capture Shu, because the people and scholars of Shu believe that there is no difference between living under Chu and Wei, and there is almost no resistance among the entire people, which is the reason why the difficulty of all the monarchs to unify the world is greatly reduced after the great unification.

Is there a great idea of unification in the Western Regions now?

If not, even the most humble herdsmen will sing about the great light given by King Su when they hear the name of King Su, but if there is, then the wide variety of King Su is reincarnated as King of the Golden Wheel and the Dharma Protector God, which means that they are not all the way.

Luo Gu can't even take the initiative to identify one of the teachings as correct, if he does, it will set off a big debate, if that faction loses, the result is unimaginable, even if it wins, then the only end is to completely start a war in the Western Regions.

Those who believe in other factions will never give up, the weapon of criticism cannot replace the weapon of criticism, the premise of unifying the mind is to pinch the body, and anyone who is unwilling to accept the new idea will die.

As the high priest of Suwang Temple, he has to sit high on the high platform, and he can't go down at will to do it to the people of Suwang, which requires a strong secular leader to do it with him, and now there is no such strongman in the Western Regions, which makes Luogu feel desperate, with the withering of talents in the Central Plains, the death of excellent kings, the Western Regions also ushered in such a result, since the previous Xia King was assassinated, there is no hero who can unify the Western Regions, in the face of this situation, I can only say one sentence, Providence is like a knife, Inadvertently cut off all life.

There is neither territorial unity nor birth that can pinch all the thoughts in the Western Regions, Luo Gu is facing this complex situation, how much he hopes that he is not a martial artist who can only dance with swords and guns, but those sages in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, who can create a method to unify the thoughts of the entire Western Regions.

But Luo Gu knew that the army of the Xianbei Xia Kingdom might come to the Western Regions at any time, and it would be difficult to resist just relying on the temple army of Wushuang City, if even the first wave of attacks on the grassland could not be stopped, how could it be said to protect Zhuxia.

At this time, there was no time to do those things that could not be done for him, and the only thing he could do now was to use the high status of Suwang Temple in the Western Regions to summon the lords of the Western Regions and all the people, merchants, monks, and Taoists to resist the invasion of the Xianbei people.

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The grace of the Emperor Mengsu, the high priest of the temple obeyed the oracle: the Western Regions, the land of the king's eyes, the place of the light of the summer, the joy of all the tribes, and the harmony of all nations, now there are jackals of the Western Regions, the genus of the extraterritorial heavenly demons, carrying the darkness and leaving the abyss, wanting to trample on the holy land of the Western Regions, so that the gods will be covered with dust, and the royal road will fall, and the lords of the Western Regions will receive the grace of the gods, and they should walk the way of heaven, and the temple is here, and gather all the subordinates, each holding a sharp blade, commanding the divine soldiers, gathering in the peerless, overcoming the difficulties together, and the day when the king awakens, he will give the lords of heaven and earth, and when he ascends to bliss, when there is great blessing, All the people should be superior to reincarnation, call the king their ancestors, boundless vast, boundless and vast, and proclaim 5,000 miles of the holy land of the Western Regions, 1.2 million people, admiration. ——"The Book of the People of the Western Regions of the Temple"

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