At the foot of Yucheng Mountain, a group of dozens of people, a caravan from the Central Plains quietly arrived at the mountain puppet city.

The person who led the team, wearing a hat, looking in his thirties, with a big beard, this person was Wu Xie, the chief strategist of Gongzisheng's mansion, he heard that Gongzisheng had accidentally become the lord of the mountain puppet, so he traveled thousands of miles to this place to see it.

Wu Xie looked up at the city built on the top of the mountain for a long time, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It is really the first male city in the world, with such a foundation, why worry about the big thing......

After that, Wu Xie led the caravan to Yucheng, Wu Xie entered the city, and saw the exotic customs in this Yucheng that were different from the Central Plains, and the streets were full of people and prosperous, so that he was also lingering for a while, and almost forgot the purpose of coming here.

After Wu Xie led the caravan to find a hotel in Yucheng and settle down, he rode to the castle in the center of Yucheng and the mountain puppet palace.

When Wu Xie arrived in front of the castle, he took out a copper token from his bosom and handed it to the palace guards.

However, after a stick of incense, the gate of the palace opened, and the Praetorian Guards saw that the Immortal Emperor actually went out to greet this merchant from the Central Plains, and after the Emperor warmly invited Wu Xie to enter the palace together, a group of guards whispered in private, guessing what the identity of this mysterious visitor from the Central Plains was, and he could make the Emperor condescend to greet him.

Mu Sheng and Wu Xie entered the palace hall, and Mu Sheng beckoned the waiter to serve wine and food, and solemnly feasted Wu Xie.

Mu Sheng said enthusiastically: "Mr. has worked hard, he has come to the mountain puppet from afar, and he has worked hard." ”

Wu Xie smiled and said: "It's okay along the way, I came here to visit the king, and I also came to Yucheng to open my eyes, I originally thought that the king you were the lord of the barbarians, and you were in a foreign land, but I wronged you, I didn't want to wait for me to really get to Yucheng, look around, the prosperity of Yucheng, is indeed greatly beyond my expectations." ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, he secretly sighed, he knew that the vision of the intellectual elite of this era was limited to the Central Plains, and Lao Wu was naturally surprised by everything he saw with foreign countries when he traveled abroad for the first time.

Mu Sheng said with a smile: "Mr. Wu, although my mountain puppet is only a small country compared to the Central Plains, but in this southern Xinjiang country, it is also the number one in the row, Mr. has lived in the Central Plains for a long time, and it is not easy to come here, just live here, have a good tour, Guo Jue is also here, you can find him to play chess or something." ”

When Wu Xie heard this, he smiled and said, "It's so good, I didn't expect Lao Guo to be here." ”

The two talked for a long time, and Mu Sheng told Wu Xie how he came here and how he accidentally became the master of the mountain puppet.

After hearing this, Wu Xie said with emotion: "I thought that I Wu and the king have been separated for a long time, but I really never expected to meet here, and I didn't expect that you would actually be the master of this mountain puppet." ”

Mu Sheng laughed and said: "Mr. Wu, don't say it's you, I sometimes think about all this, it's like a dream, I didn't expect that the defeat and capture of the Southern Expedition could actually help me ascend to the throne." ”

Wu Xie bowed slightly, changed his words again, and asked: "Now that the king has 100,000 barbarian soldiers, he does have the capital to compete for the world, how does the king plan in the future?" ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, he got up and invited Wu Xie to come to the topographic map of the sand table in the back hall, he pointed to the topographic map of the entire southern Xinjiang, and said: "I plan to rely on the mountain puppet to gradually go south to encroach on Taisha, and gradually grow in strength, one day, or to achieve the imperial industry, the customs and customs here are very different from the Central Plains......"

Mu Sheng pointed to the map, gushing endlessly, and introduced the national conditions of the southern Xinjiang countries and the future strategic concept to Wu Xie in detail, he actually wanted to keep Wu Xie by his side again, to be his military adviser and think tank, he was very detailed, and he also felt that Wu Xie was not here on the surface, he must have his own purpose.

Wu Xie naturally could hear what Mu Sheng wanted to keep him, he stepped forward and glanced at the map of the whole southern Xinjiang, and said: "It seems that the king wants to go south with all his strength in the future and fight for the entire southern Xinjiang, I don't know if you have ever thought about going north, the king?" ”

Mu Sheng was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "Go north?" Why did you say that, sir? My mountain puppet finally formed an alliance with the imperial court, the so-called back to the big tree is good to enjoy the shade, and the imperial court has millions of soldiers, when today's son Shengming, how can it be that my little mountain puppet can provoke? ”

When Wu Xie heard this, he smiled and said: "The king has now decided to go south to encroach on Taisha, this is not a problem, as the king just said, Taisha seems to have a vast area on the surface, with a million armor, but in fact, there are many princes in the country, and it is just a surface, and it is indeed a good hunting object for mountain golems." ”

Wu Xie changed his words and said: "For now, it is better to continue to go south according to the king's wishes, as for going north, you have to wait for the opportunity, and one day, the world will be in chaos, and the opportunity for you to go north to chase the Central Plains will come." ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, he was a little shocked and said: "The world is in chaos? Mr. Wu, what do you mean? Are you saying that there will be chaos in the Central Plains in the future? ”

Wu Xie bowed his head slightly and said: "Yes, sooner or later, there will be this catastrophe in the Central Plains, after my dynasty entered the Jin Dynasty to change the law, reward and cultivate the war, behead the meritorious service, and the first military merit to be knighted, and the belligerence of the whole country is particularly prevalent." When the second emperor was in power, only the first Central Plains War, he defeated 600,000 coalition troops of the countries, and all those who surrendered were pitted, even if they were peaceful for more than 20 years today, especially the old people of Kwantung, the resentment of the Jin people was not so easy to dissipate. ”

"Since the succession of the third emperor today, he has unified the world so far, conquering the barbarians in the south, the Huns in the north, the eight patrols of the world, the Weijia Hainai, and the four Yi Binfu, so the emperor's exploits, shaking the past and the present, can indeed be called the Ming monarch who is not in the world, but there are many mistakes in the government for many years."

"Your Majesty is the country, and he does not care for the people, and every year he levies and sends forced labor, builds rivers and builds cities, so that the people are scattered and their bones are abandoned in the wilderness. Not to mention, His Majesty is now obsessed with cultivating immortals and refining pills, and he actually sent 700,000 people from Kanto to build Taiji Palace, and the people complained. In order to create this imperial feat, His Majesty's actions have made the people of the world deviate from morality, especially the old people of Kanto are the main force of conscription and labor, and the people have long been tossed and miserable, and many old people of Kanto are still nostalgic for their homeland. ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, he thought it was true, the unification of the world seems to be glorious for all generations, and the merits are unparalleled, but that is to look at the problem from the perspective of the upper level, in fact, the unification of the world is never a dinner party, nor is it possible to reunify peacefully, everyone sits together, has a good voice, holds a meeting, makes a statement, and the world is unified? How can it be? As long as the monarchs of the vassal states are not fools, no one will willingly offer the ancestral inheritance that has been passed down for hundreds or thousands of years. Whether it is the Qin Empire in later generations or the Jin Empire today, if you want to unify the world, you will inevitably offend all strata in the world.

Mu Sheng is naturally familiar with the history of this different world, in the unification war led by the Jin State, the vassal states of the Kwantung region, from the ministers and nobles, to the common people of Li, were all engulfed by the torrent of the times, and there were countless people who destroyed their families and destroyed their families. The vast majority of people just dare to be angry but don't dare to speak, just as Wu Xie said, as long as the puppet is angry and ascends to the heights, the whole world will inevitably repeat the mistakes of the Qin Empire.

When Mu Sheng heard this, he sighed for a long time and said: "Rejuvenating water conservancy, repairing the road, building the Great Wall, the car is on the same track, and the book is the same text, this is the work of eternity!" ”

When Wu Xie heard this, he sighed and said: "What the king said is right, what Your Majesty has done today is in the present and beneficial in the future, but Your Majesty's descendants will inevitably inherit its cause and effect." ”

Mu Sheng remembered the regrettable history of the Great Qin Empire in later generations, and said: "Mr. Wu, I remember that most of the old nobles of the Kanto region recognized His Royal Highness the former prince, if the former prince was still alive and could succeed to the throne smoothly, maybe the world would be spared this catastrophe, right?" ”

Wu Xie shook his head when he heard this, and said: "No, no matter who inherits the throne in the world, it will be chaotic, it is just the difference between small chaos and big chaos, the unification of the world has only been more than 20 years, whether it is the old people of Kanto and the old nobles of Kanto, they all have their homeland in their hearts, which takes time to heal the old grudges, if Your Majesty can really cultivate the immortal path and reign for a longer time, the world may really be able to avoid this catastrophe." ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, he bowed his head and said, "Mr. is reasonable. ”

Mu Sheng summoned the waiter to spread out a map of the Central Plains and asked Wu Xie, "Mr. Wu, I want to know your strategy for going north." ”

Wu Xie smiled slightly, hearing that Mu Sheng had the intention of chasing the world, he knew that what he had learned all his life finally had a place to use, so he was shocked, pointed to the map and explained: "When it seems to be nothing on the surface today, in fact, the dark tide is turbulent, but the world is afraid of the power of the ancestral dragon, and dare not make a slight move. ”

"If the future is really as I expected, there will be changes in the world, and the king should take the mountain puppet city as a base, send troops to forcibly seize the four counties of Lingnan, and enter, then chase the Central Plains, become the emperor's business, retreat, or divide one side and become a hegemon."

"At that time, my Yue people can also take the opportunity to revive the Yue Guo Sheji with the help of your troops, the three counties of Yue Di are already bordering the four counties of Lingnan, and after the revival of the Yue Kingdom, the four counties of Lingnan can fight each other, attacking and defending each other."

"If the king still wants to go further north to compete for the world, he can take the opportunity of the decisive battle between the Kwantung countries and the main force of the Jin army, when the garrison in the Guanzhong is empty, respond to the Kwantung princes, borrow the road from the Yue country, from the south to the north, the army drives straight in, surprises, crosses the valley, attacks Shao Pass, enters the main pass, kills the tyrant, and then Chen Binggu Pass, and rejects the princes of the world in the east."

"At that time, the king will have the first merit of destroying the Jin Dynasty and killing the tyrant, and the world will look at it sideways, and sit on the country of Guanzhong, the land of thousands of miles of fertile fields, build a high city, accumulate grain, and wait for the day to change, the three armies will go east, chase the Central Plains, and whip the princes of the world, then the emperor can succeed."

When Mu Sheng heard this, his mood was agitated, and he said, "What Mr. said is very much in line with my wishes. ”

After that, Mu Sheng sighed again and said: "Poor people in the world will suffer from the chaos again, after the chaos, I don't know how many people will survive, alas! ”

When Wu Xie heard this, he sighed and said: "The king is kind-hearted, this is a catastrophe, and it is beyond human power to stop it. ”

Mu Sheng waved to Wu Xie and said: "Mr. is from afar, he can be the military advisor of this king, from now on, you and I will work together to seek a great cause?" ”

When Wu Xie heard this, he smiled and said: "Thank you for the king's love, Wu is here with this intention, one is to revive my Yue Guo Sheji, and the other is to help the king to compete in the Central Plains and achieve the emperor's cause." ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, he laughed and said, "Good, great good!" With the help of Mr. Wang, he is like a tiger with wings. ”

Mu Sheng saw that Wu Xie wanted to stay to assist him, and his heart was settled, in fact, he didn't pay much attention to Wu Xie's strategy to go north, he was not interested in going north to fight for the throne in the Central Plains, and the reason why he took the initiative was also to take care of Wu Xie's mood.

Even if there is a big chaos in the Central Plains in the future, I don't know how many years later, and now it is the top priority to go south to encroach on Taisha and become bigger and stronger.

Mu Sheng has thousands of years of civilization history in his mind, and he understands very well the huge risk of going north to the Central Plains.

The Jin Empire in this other world has 74 counties in the world, with a population of more than 70 million, and only a standing army of more than 500,000 that is completely out of production, which is not something that ordinary countries can afford, the national territory of the Jin Empire is equivalent to the size of the two Qin Empires combined, and in this era, the territory actually controlled by the empire has reached a terrifying 10 million square kilometers, which is only two or three million less than the Qing Dynasty in later generations. That's not a big problem, it's the kind of genuine, genuine army of millions, not boasted in the history books of later generations, even counting the grain transporters, and the million-dollar army that has been fattened several times.

If he plans to go north to enter the game, with this little bit of people in his hands, it will definitely be a hell-level battle royale survival mode, or go south to open up the wasteland, and it is better to fight Taisha, a rookie, with weak combat effectiveness, and fat and juicy.

However, he must also be prepared to go north to take advantage of the opportunity, Mu Sheng has already calculated in his heart, if the Central Plains will really be chaotic in the future, he will go north to fight for hegemony under the banner of his true identity An Lehou, in case the situation in the Central Plains changes, he will abandon the banner of An Lehou, return to the mountain puppet, and continue to be the emperor of the soil in the name of the second generation of immortal emperor Bordesa.

I want to come to that time, after a great chaos in the Central Plains, the overall strength of the country must have plummeted, and the imperial court is no longer able to send troops south to interfere in southern Xinjiang.