Cangfeng country is governed by the Jiuli tribe sent by the representative parliament, and the state politics are decided by voting, although the high priest does not participate in political affairs, but enjoys the power of veto, and each high priest is lifelong, and the power is not small.

Before his death, the high priest will ask the heavens according to the edict of heaven to determine the successor, and then he will transfer his lifelong divine consciousness to the successor, which is the sense of heaven and man precipitated by the high priests of the past generations, which is undoubtedly a gift of the gods.

But before the High Priest was killed, no one knew who would receive this supreme honor.

Originally, this kind of succession ceremony is the least likely to cause internal strife and disagreement, and no one will engage in conspiracy and calculation for the sake of uncertain things, and arrange and win over in advance, theoretically everyone has a chance.

But because of this, everyone feels that they are the chosen ones, and they naturally have a lot of confidence in doing things, and they have formed a fierce folk custom.

The Jiuli tribes each have their own totems of belief, and there will also be their own independent priests, unlike the high priests who are above the various tribes, the priests of each tribe are collectively called 'divine servants', which means the attendants of the gods.

Now the representatives of all ethnic groups gathered in one place to discuss military affairs, Hua Miao Shenshou stood up and said: "This time the high priest helped the heavens to ask the sky, and came up with the proverb of 'the dragon and tiger assembly covers the sky, the body comes to the world with seven colors, the world disputes rise from the southwest, and the Qiankun unification climbs the immortal mountain', the dragon and tiger assembly is to say that the three kingdoms raised troops, and my Jiuli has seven colors corresponding to the seven colors, and the war started in the southwest, needless to say, then this proverb is indicating that my Jiuli can not only win, but also unify the continent. ”

"This indicates that you are still delaying, but I am afraid that the benefits will be occupied by Beihun and Dongwu, in my opinion, it is better to attack Yunzhou first, and then use this as a basis for Beitu Zhongzhou."

The ghost Miao god servant said: "Du Tianzhu, don't think that I don't know that your Hua Miao people have suffered losses in Yunzhou, you want to take the opportunity to save face, what is the desirability of a disaster land, it is better to take a detour and take Yingchuan, which is located in the plain with abundant money and grain, or the hometown of the students of Izumo Country occupies Yingchuan Izumo will be chaotic." ”

Gu Miao, who has always been silent, said: "You still know that Yingchuan is a plain, once the Northern Hungarian cavalry steps through Fengzhou, there will be a horse and a flat river, and our army will be in the plain at that time and there is no danger to defend, do you want to resist the Northern Hungarian for Izumo?" ”

Hua Miao Divine Servant Du Tianzhu responded: "Gu Tuo is right! Lai Buyi wants to take Yingchuan out of selfishness, it is said that there is a 'Great Wilderness Witch Sutra' hidden in the Yingchuan Wanjuan School Palace, what you want is a book and not for my Cangfeng. ”

Lai Buyi's entire face was covered by tattoos, and he couldn't see the change in his expression at all, but his pupils were beginning to shrink, which was a sign of wanting to kill, "That's just a rumor, no one has confirmed it, you're right, I do have selfish intentions, who is not selfish here!" If you think Yunzhou is desirable, you can bring the people of the headquarters to go, if you can beat my ghost Miao Department, you will not be greedy. ”

Cangfeng is vast and sparsely populated, although Hua Miao is a large tribe, but there are only seven or eight thousand military horses here, the population of the entire Yunzhou is not less than one million, and there are hundreds of thousands of residents in Baiyun City alone, and it is obviously unrealistic to occupy the entire Yunzhou.

But Du Tianzhu glanced at Gu Tuo and said, "If I take Yunzhou, Gu Tuo, you won't have any opinions." ”

Gu Tuo said: "I can count your ability, but the ugly thing can be said that if something goes wrong ahead, I will not carry it for you in front of the high priest, and I will hold you responsible for the defeat." ”

Du Tianzhu was waiting for their words, and immediately said: "That's it, if I take Yunzhou, don't think about sharing the benefits." ”

He is so sure that he can win because he has already formed an alliance with the Blue Hole and Yellow Cliff tribes in private, and the three tribes can have 20,000 people in one place, and it is better for the rest of the people not to compete with him for territory.

After everyone dispersed, Lai Buyi privately found Gu Tuo and said, "Do you really want Du Tianzhu to go to Yunzhou?" ”

Gu Tuo said: "He can go if he wants, if he takes Yunzhou, it will become the target of the primary attack of the Izumo Kingdom, and then it will be much easier for us to capture other states and counties, the reason why he did not move before was because Beihun and Dongwu did not make a move, why should Du Tianzhu stop him if he wants to be this bird." ”

Lai Buyi said yes again and again, in fact, he already knew this truth, otherwise he would not deliberately provoke Du Tianzhu, no matter whether Du Tianzhu succeeds or fails, he will always have benefits, if he loses, it will weaken the strength of Hua Miao, if he wins, it will become a nail used to contain Izumo's forces, then he can go to Yingchuan without scruples to find the "Great Wilderness Witch Sutra", if it is a big deal for Beihun to withdraw and attack other places.

As for what kind of calculations Gu Tuo is making, Lai Buyi is too lazy to care, as long as he said just now, it will be easy for the high priest to deal with this matter when asked about it in the future, anyway, the first person to violate military discipline is not himself.

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Du Tianzhu returned to the station and entered a well-defended camp, "Tomorrow, our troops will cross the Qilian Mountain and enter Yunzhou, what do you suggest?" ”

There was no one else in the tent, only an urn jar half a man high, on which grew a brightly colored hydrangea bud, and its rhizomes crawled all over the altar, and many of the roots penetrated deep into the interior through the tiny holes in the jar.

"The gathering of disaster victims in Yunzhou is the most suitable for spreading the epidemic with poison, and once it starts to spread, Baiyun City is a dead city, and it can be easily taken without a single soldier." The sound seemed to come from the bud.

It's hard to associate delicate buds with vicious words.

Du Tianzhu took out a sharp blade at this time and slashed his wrist, and the blood immediately dripped onto the flower bud, which seemed to be very eager for the watering of blood, and as the last drop of blood was absorbed, another tender leaf slowly grew between the original five green leaves on the rhizome.

"Imprisoned Immortal Demon Grass and Seven Leaves and One Branch, it's finally time for you to bloom, and the honor of feeding blood for the last time will be given to that Immortal City Lord, I think you will be very satisfied." Du Tianzhu said that, showing a mouthful of white teeth, and laughed.

And the Immortal Demon Lingcao also trembled slightly, as if he couldn't wait to taste the "fairy dew".

At this time, several captives of Izumo Province were taken into the tent, these people were hungry victims who went up to the mountains to find food, and when they were first caught, they were already dying, but they were raised with good food and drink every day, and they gained a lot of weight in a few days.

When these people were escorted, they did not feel any danger, but when they were called by the commander for questioning, but when they entered the tent, there was no half of a figure, only a strange flower bed standing in the middle, and when they were puzzled, a strange fragrance permeated the tent, and several people immediately staggered as if they were drunk, laughing and talking nonsense.

Outside the tent, Du Tianzhu ordered: "These people are sent into Baiyun City in batches, don't arouse the vigilance of the guards." ”

The sergeant took the order and left, and Du Tianzhu summoned the two tribes of Blue Cave and Yellow Cliff to work out with them to attack Yunzhou tomorrow, the point is that as long as Baiyun City takes all parts of Yunzhou, the Blue Hole and Yellow Cliff are responsible for attacking the rest of the towns, and Baiyun City will be taken by Du Tianzhu himself.