For a long time, the area that the empire could control was limited to the two sides of the Tianhe River on both sides of the rivers in the north and south of Tianfu, and extended to the upper reaches of these tributaries.

After more than 1,000 years of development, this area is already a familiar land, with few barbarians, and this area is divided into eight prefectures, which is now known as the eight prefectures of Tianfu Shuzhong, Shuzhong has always been isolated from other states because of the special geographical environment, and this barrier has always been the reason why Shuzhong is far away from war.

But since the empire 559, the war in Shuzhong has not been interrupted, in the Suzaku War defeated to the west of Xiangshui to the west of the Holy Sect army from the waterway sneak attack Shuzhong Pingyang, and then based on this, invade Shuzhong, successively captured the east of the eight provinces of Shuzhong, and in more places with the Shu army nobles and horses entangled.

And now the eight provinces in Shuzhong, nearly half of the territory has been taken by the Holy Sect, and the Shu army in the initial rout, after losing the county one after another, finally gained a firm foothold, using the elite aristocratic border army to stabilize the situation, and in recent years, although there are often wars on both sides, but there are mutual victories and defeats, and it is difficult to distinguish between them.

In the second year of the establishment of the Great Chu Dynasty, the Holy Sect was in the neutral country of Shu, and it owned the three prefectures of Shuzhong plus the two prefectures of Chuzhou and the land of the five prefectures, but for the Hunan level that had no natural danger and one horse and Pingchuan, it was not easy to defend, so the focus of the Holy Sect gradually shifted to Shuzhong, and the two prefectures of Chuzhou were only maintained.

The water of the Tianhe River, rolling and flowing in this huge basin, is like the blood of people, transporting nutrients, nourishing this heaven-sent land, if you want to get out of the river, the fastest tool is undoubtedly the boat, although Shuzhong is divided into two halves by two forces, but as the situation stabilizes, those merchants with energy soon open the door and carry out dangerous but violent trade.

Although at the beginning of the year, the Great Chu suddenly attacked the Holy Sect, and in the middle of two months, it took away the territory of the Holy Sect in Chuzhou, but the Holy Sect only shouted about it, and there was no follow-up, and on the surface of the Tianhe River, the merchant ships coming and going to and from the Great Chu gradually increased.

Shuzhong has abundant output, and there are natural dangers as a screen, coupled with dense population and abundant resources, although the Holy Sect State lost the two prefectures of Chuzhou, not only did the national strength decline, but because of the collection of strong troops from the two prefectures, it did not consume a lot of grain and grass, but the strength of the Holy Sect State was raised a lot.

There will be a war with Da Chu sooner or later, but before that, it is obviously more attractive to swallow the remaining mansions in Shu than to conquer Da Chu.

A big ship carved with a unicorn wood carving bow elephant in Shu is moored on the dock along the coast, this big ship starts from the westernmost Ya'an City wharf, all the way through the territory under the jurisdiction of the King of Shu, and docks at Dadukou, the city where the two forces are divided, here is the westernmost territory of the Holy Religion State, and here in the past few years, it has changed hands three times, and on the other side of the river, is the large military camp where the Shu army is stationed.

Here, some of the goods on the ship were unloaded, and then a lot of goods were loaded onto the ship, the Lifu were like ants back and forth, and the waterline of the big-bellied cargo ship also sank little by little, this unicorn ship can be regarded as unimpeded in Shuzhong, because it is very simple, this ship is the ship of Shuzhong's home.

Shu in the family, can be regarded as a heritage of eight hundred years of old family, in the Tang Dynasty, the An family is a large barbarian in Shu, is a barbarian king of many tribes, later, an ancestor of the An family married a princess of the Tang Dynasty, since then Shu only to stop the sword soldiers, in the efforts of this princess, Shu is considered to be peaceful, this over time, this has been out of several barbarian kings of the An family, gradually fused.

After the establishment of the Tianlong Empire, it was able to quickly settle Shu, to a large extent, because of the Anjia, so far the Anjia still has the Danshu iron coupon given by the founding emperor of the Tianlong Empire, and the status of the Anjia in Shu is equivalent to the energy of the court, the four great families, and the four wealthy families, and whether it is the eight mansions in Shu, or the barbarian land in the outer eight mansions, the An family is open.

On the deck of the unicorn ship, facing the side of the river, Jia Xu, dressed as a scribe in a green shirt, looked at the rolling river, and not far from her, but a handsome man with a height of more than eight feet, although he was not wearing armor, but the heroic spirit on his body was extraordinary, this big man was no one else, but the invincible general Lu Bu in Xiliang.

"This Shu is really rich, if you can enter Shu to develop, it can be much stronger than in the alpine grassland of Yongzhou!

Originally, Lu Bu was under the command of Prince Liang, but since the Tang army sent troops to the Liangzhou army, although Lu Bu was unrivaled on the battlefield, no matter how strong a person is, he can't stand the general trend, and the army of King Liang is no match for Li Tang's army.

And Jia Xu instigated Lu Bu to enter Yongzhou, Yongzhou has many mountains and rivers, there are dense forests everywhere, sparsely populated, after avoiding Li Tang here, he occupied a piece of territory in the west of Yongzhou, which is considered to have laid a foundation, but Yongzhou is really not a place for development, so Jia Xu has the heart to enter Sichuan, in the year before last, Jia Xu finally established a contact network with Chuzhou, although because of the separation of a state, but the news is also frequent.

Jia Xu narrowed his eyes and said: "Soon, from the young master's letter, it should be in Sichuan next year, I heard that the road in the south is going to be opened, but we have to go through some twists and turns if we want to enter Sichuan, this way to the south, but I found a lot of Tang troops, I think, not only the young master is fighting in Shuzhong's idea, Li Tang is also plotting in Shuzhong!"

"The land of Shuzhong, surrounded by mountains, can enter the passage of Shuzhong, only the Sword Pavilion that we go south is dangerous, and then there is the meridian road between the mountains, and there is the Tianhe water at the foot, but I heard that the Tianhe River is out of the mouth of the river, and there are also a lot of rapids, if you are prepared, it is also a husband and a man!"

"The meridian road is difficult to walk, the only way to enter the river is to take the Sword Pavilion and the Tianhe waterway, such as up and down the river today, the Tang Army is not good at sailors, this road is obviously impassable, only the Sword Pavilion can go, but this Sword Pavilion is guarded by heavy troops, and it is not easy to take it!" Jia Xu walked down through the Sword Pavilion, and carefully looked at the Sword Pavilion Pass, but he didn't have too many ideas for taking down this most dangerous pass.

After all, Jia Xu doesn't know much about Shu, although he has managed some contacts in the past two years, but he is not sure if he wants to win the Sword Pavilion, but this Sword Pavilion has to be taken, if Li Tang preempts it, they will be blocked in the north of the Sword Pavilion, and if they want to enter Shu, it will be extremely difficult, and in the same way, if they seize the Sword Pavilion, they will be able to seal the passage for Li Tang to go south.

Lu Bu didn't say anything about this, it was really too dangerous for the Sword Pavilion, he still can't forget the sword-like peak, the narrow road of the Sword Pavilion that stretches for dozens of miles, as long as one place is not passed, it will not be passable at all, although the iron cavalry under his command is good, it is estimated that the scalp blood flow will be touched here.

"This matter still has to be carefully planned, whether it can work, the most important thing is to see whether you can hold the An family, with the support of the An family, the young master entering Shu is like a tiger with wings, otherwise this road will be difficult!"

"Heh, didn't Li Guang marry the little lady of the An family?" Lu Bu said with a smile.

There are not many generals under the command of Liang, Yong, and Leng Zhuo, and there are only three people in Jiaxu, Wu and Lu Bu, Li Guang and Gao Shun, Li Guang is more lucky, Li Tang attacked Yong, Liang, and Li Guang's cavalry entered Yongzhou, and just saved the caravan that went north to Anjia, and the head of the caravan was the person of Anjia.

However, the Anjia has been inherited for 800 years, and it continues to spread out, in Shuzhong, the Anjia has several main veins, and dozens of side branches, of course, these Anjia who have taken root in the place also have an elders' meeting, alone in one place, which is the core of the Anjia, and the Anjia Xiaoniang married by Li Guang is just the daughter of one of the main veins, and it does not play a big role in the Anjia.

"Kuibei Anjia is only one in Anjia, there are only two elder seats, although they can speak in Anjia, but the weight is limited, the key is to rely on ourselves, but we also have to have this line, otherwise we would have drunk the northwest wind a long time ago!"

Most of the people's territory in Yongzhou is controlled by Li Tang, and they can only occupy a remote place to take root, and they can't even be self-sufficient in food, let alone weapons and materials, in order to maintain the more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under their command, they can be busy with all fours facing the sky, and they can't be idle.

"Open the boat!" "The ship is full of goods, on the deck, a sailor roared, the unicorn ship slowly left the dock, down the river, they entered Chu this time, one is to congratulate the establishment of the new dynasty, and the other is to plot the plan to seize Shuchuan, after all, although the two places have contact, but the news is back and forth, even if it is the fastest, it will take two months, and only rely on letter contact, want to cooperate with Sichuan, obviously unrealistic.

And this time, not only Jia Xu, Lu Bu is going to enter Chu, Gao Shun and Li Guang will also be present, except for Guan Yu and Han Xin, who are now in the Li Tang Empire in Zhongzhou, almost all of them will gather in Vermilion Bird City.

It can be said that for this founding ceremony, Leng Zhuo summoned all the hundred generals who could be recruited back, and because he had more than half a year to plan, he barely had time to do so, and even the Sibei Labyrinth Swamp, Ye Linglong's father, Jebe and Dolgon who crisscrossed the grassland, also received a message, and even Leng Zhuo specially asked Zheng Chenggong to take the Giant Whale Ghost to go north in person, and pick up the hundred generals who laid a small country in the Labyrinth Swamp.

Not to mention the generals in Chu and Yangzhou, even Bai Qi, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhang Liao and others in Qingzhou will also gather, it can be said that this is the first time that a hundred generals have gathered, although it may be a fly in the ointment, but it is unprecedented.

And in Suzaku City, for this grand celebration, it is even more after the seven-day pilgrimage, spending tens of millions of dollars and employing 100,000 yuan to prepare for this holy ceremony.