The reason is actually quite simple.

That is Li Xiong's identity as outsiders, and they were finally exposed.

Originally, the Barbarian Country's statement to the Divine Palace was that it was painstakingly cultivated in its own country, and it took hundreds of years to finally cultivate an innate grandmaster.

Therefore, Li Xiong and the others were regarded as pure Chili people at first.

And this kind of smoke did confuse many people, including the shrine.

But gradually, as the war between the Barbarian State and the Great Changhe Kingdom became more and more intense, the two sides not only fought on the frontal battlefield, but also fought fiercely.

Even in the rear, all kinds of detailed sabotage began to be staged one after another.

In these many rear operations, it is naturally the top priority to find out what the origin of that innate grandmaster is and what his roots are.

And with such a probe, the problem arises.

Although the Barbarian State has begun to rebel, he has been subjugating the Great Changhe Kingdom for hundreds of years.

For a long time, it is absolutely impossible to say that the country has not cultivated a group of pro-elders and national factions.

Originally, the rebellion of the Ukrainian Barbarian State was smooth sailing, and when the Dachangwa Kingdom was defeated and retreated rapidly, these pro-Yamato factions may not dare to make any moves when they see this situation.

After all, if the Barbarian State can really win, then their status will naturally rise, and they don't have to be close to the Great Changhe Country at that time.

But as the first two years of the rebellion, the momentum was contained, and the country gradually gained a firm foothold, came to his senses, and began to confront the rebels fiercely.

The two sides fought back and forth, and even the Ukrainian barbarians forced back a lot, showing a disadvantage.

In this case, there are many variables.

Some people who were originally close to Dachang and the country, seeing that the situation seemed to be a little bad, began to think about it, wanting to leave a way back for themselves.

In addition, Li Xiong and others came to this barbarian country to stir up trouble and help them raise troops to rebel, naturally it is impossible for the good of the barbarian country.

Their real purpose is to take the opportunity to disturb the situation in Dachanghe, and then take advantage of this war to gradually control the court of the Barbarian State, and finally occupy the magpie's nest, go public through the backdoor, and rebuild the Xishu Kingdom here.

In fact, these plans are also being implemented smoothly.

After the Great War, the original control system of the Great Changhe Kingdom over the entire Kunhai region fell apart in an instant, and the place fell into war.

And because of the fierce war with the Great Changhe Kingdom, the Barbarian State had to rely more and more on Li Xiong and the group of capable henchmen under Li Xiong.

In particular, the front-line war became increasingly fierce, and many high-level generals of the original Ukrainian barbarian country died in battle, and in the absence of qualified generals, many posts were slowly replaced by Li Xiong's henchmen, and gradually mastered the military power of the Ukrainian barbarian country.

This kind of erosion has been eroded step by step, and after four years of fighting, eighty percent of the troops in the country have been controlled by Li Xiong's henchmen.

Even his vassals and allies have about sixty percent of the troops, which are controlled by him.

Under this trend, there are naturally people in the country who are vigilant.

And some people who realized that they had been deceived began to look for other ways out.

Therefore, under the leadership of these pro-Dachang and the country, as well as those who want to get rid of this puppet state and regain the sovereignty of the country.

It has become the consensus of many people to contact the Great Divine Palace and ask all the great witch sacrifices respected by the Chili people to come forward to help the Wubarian country clean up the source and end this endless internal friction for the Chili people.

In this trend, the rest is simpler.

A group of ministers of the Barbarian Kingdom who saw the faces of Li Xiong and others clearly found the Divine Palace and explained the identities of Li Xiong and these outsiders, as well as what was happening to the Barbarian Country.

Under the severe pain, the Great Witch Festival of the Shrine also realized the seriousness of the matter.

If he doesn't come forward again, then let things develop, I'm afraid that the Chili people will really be manipulated by these outsiders and become the enslaved clan of the other party.

Therefore, after learning the truth, the Great Witch Festival of the Shrine directly came forward and announced the truth of the matter.

Then he announced that Li Xiong and others, who had almost mastered the court of the Barbarian State, were the enemies of all the Chili people, and called on all the Chili people to rise up and punish them.

I've said it before.

In the hearts of all the barbarian people, the Great Witch Sacrifice of the Divine Palace represents the highest faith.

He opened his mouth to declare Li Xiong as an enemy of the clan, and there were many ministers of the Barbarian State to testify that under this series of offensives, the blow to the hearts of the people of the Barbarian State camp was simply not too big.

A few days after the Divine Palace made a sound, some small countries that were attached to the Barbarian State announced on the spot that they were anyway, and they simply eradicated Li Xiong's henchmen who were planted in their own country, and ran to the camp of the Great Changhe Kingdom.

And Li Xiong's deep control of the Barbarian State and the Nongdong State, although they have maintained general stability, within these two countries, there are also many people who are anyway.

There are also a large number of people fleeing every day in the army.

In just two or three months, the camp of the Barbarian State, which originally had more than 100,000 troops, collapsed in an instant, not only lost a large amount of territory that was originally aggressive, but also shrank to the east of Laochaoling.

Even the strength of the camp of the Barbarian State is only about 80,000 or 90,000 people.

Among these remaining people, the hearts of the people are also floating, they will have no will to fight, they will have no fighting spirit, and they will collapse at any time.

On the other hand, on the side of the Great Changhe Kingdom, after receiving the assistance of the Divine Palace, not only did they recover a large area of lost land, but the soldiers and horses also quickly swelled to nearly 200,000, which was twice the size of the Barbarian Kingdom.

The territory is three times larger.

In addition, with the help of the Great Witch Sacrifice of the Divine Palace, there are already two innate grandmasters of the Great Changhe Kingdom.

On the frontal battlefield, it has already occupied an absolute advantage.

Judging from the current trend, it is no surprise that Dachang and the country have set things right, put down the rebellion, and restored domestic stability.

But Li Xiong finally started a new stove here, and with a new piece of fluid, how could he be willing to let go like this?

And at this very moment.

He received a report from his subordinates that he had noticed that the Chu State in the east, which was close to the Barbarian State, had been going to the prefectures and counties on the border between the two countries in recent months, mobilizing troops and horses to hoard grain and grass, and it seemed that there was something unusual.

Without thinking too much, Li Xiong, who had fought with Lu Yuan, instantly thought of the thoughts of this King of Chu.

The other party definitely saw the civil strife in Dachang and the country, and had a plan to intervene in it and take the opportunity to make a fortune.

It's hard to support it on its own, and it's about to be overwhelmed, and it's in urgent need of external resources.

And the state of Chu is strong and strong, and the national strength is strong, and it has enough spare strength to launch a big war.

The intentions of the two sides are simply a match made in heaven.

Therefore, without hesitation, between losing all and trying to fight, Li Xiong chose the latter.

So he sent his younger brother Li Shou to envoy Chu and asked Lu Yuan to send troops to help him repel the Great Changhe State.

"My brother has a saying, as long as Da Chu can send troops, then my brother is willing to pay tribute and be a great Chu vassal forever. Not only that, but even in the land of Lingdong, which is occupied by the Barbarian State, my brother is willing to sacrifice it as a thank you gift for this military trip. ”

After Li Shou finished talking about all the reasons, and then said his brother's conditions, he knelt down directly and said to Lu Yuan: "I hope that the king will have mercy and can send troops to help me, and the foreign ministers are grateful." ”

“……”

Silence, long silence.

After listening to Li Shou talk about all the things before and after, Lu Yuan couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Li Xiong was really as he had expected, this restless guy, after running to the Southwest Yi region, immediately stirred up this huge storm in Dachanghe and China.

At the same time, the process of this rebellion in Dachang and China was much faster than he expected.

The intervention of the Divine Palace, the influence of theocracy on the world, is really terrible in the Southwest Yi region.

A war involving hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses and affecting the land of the two armies was decided in such a neat way.

If he doesn't make a move this time, then according to what Li Shou said, Li Xiong is estimated to not be able to last half a year with the 80,000 or 90,000 panicked soldiers and horses, and he will be completely defeated.

When Li Xiong lost, patted his buttocks, and led Li Shou and them away.

But on Lu Yuan's side, he has to face a great Changhe country that has ended the civil strife and can work together to fight against foreign enemies.

In this case, if Lu Yuan wants to invade the Great Changhe Kingdom, it will not be so easy.

Other words.

Either he will intervene in the civil strife of Dachang and the country within this half a year, while Li Xiong is still there.

Or just sit back and watch this opportunity pass and completely abandon the idea of invading the Great Cho and the country.

It stands to reason that I've been preparing for so long, so I can't afford to miss the opportunity. But now Su Guo, Xichuan State, and Jiuzhen County Xie Ning haven't given me a reply at this time.

At this time, the preparation is not sufficient at all, and the risk is still too great.

But if this opportunity is lost, and then the conquest of the Great Changhe Kingdom in the future, you will have to face the combination of divine power and royal power, and face the union of the secular and the divine palace.

Moreover, this large-scale invasion will inevitably arouse the uneasiness of other Dali and Nanzhao, and the difficulty will rise sharply by several steps.

On the contrary, at this time, the conquest of the Great Changhe Country can add such a help as Li Xiong.

In the end, he is also an innate grandmaster, eighty or ninety thousand soldiers and horses, if he can collect it for his own use, the benefits are still great. ’

Lu Yuan thought in his heart.

Now sending troops, there are advantages and disadvantages.

Waiting for the countries to reply and forming a joint coalition before sending troops will also have advantages and disadvantages.

Looking up and down, there doesn't seem to be much difference between the two.

"No, no, if you send troops now, if you can open up some situations, even as Li Xiong said, he is willing to fence for me and become a vassal state of Great Chu."

Then with this harvest, Da Chu's momentum will inevitably go to the next level in an instant.

Just like the old Da Yue.

Although there are only five counties in the core land, the other five feudal states can also be regarded as vassals of Da Yue.

Relying on this righteous name and tributary system, Dayue can also maintain the personality and momentum of Yangzhou's overlord.

Therefore, I subdued Li Xiong, even if it was only as a vassal state, and I could still regard him and the state he founded as my ministers of Great Chu.

At that time, with one more vassal state and one innate state, the state of Chu will become more and more prosperous, and I will be able to reap another wave of luck.

In this situation of facing the threat of Danding Dao, it can undoubtedly help me improve more strength, which is the most obvious short-term benefit.

Under the greater threat of Danding Dao, some disadvantages of sending troops in advance can also be ignored. ’

Thinking of this, Lu Yuan finally ended his silence, raised his head, looked at Li Shou below, and said, "Lone can agree to Li Xiong's request and send troops to Dachang and the country." But let me send troops to Da Chu, and the request made by Li Xiong is far from enough.

My Great Chu laborers went on an expedition and spent money and food, how can I be rewarded for being a mere Lingdong land?

In this expedition to the west, in addition to the land of Lingdong, the land of the five countries in the north of Huichuan Country, and the land of Kunhai in the Great Changhe Country, I want these three places. ”

When Li Shou heard this condition, his face changed, and his tone was slightly bad: "If the king is called to divide like this, then wouldn't we only be able to share the land of the four countries?" ”

It sounds like there are four countries, and the territory is not small. But in fact, this area adds up to only two and a half prefectures.

Not even the three mansions.

With such a little territory, how could it be possible to satisfy Li Xiong's appetite?

If they really agreed to this condition, then wouldn't they be busy in vain.

It's just that for Li Shou's change of color, Lu Yuan said: "It's already good to have the land of the Four Kingdoms." The four countries under the jurisdiction of the Langdong country, although the place is a little smaller, it can barely be regarded as the land of three prefectures, and the territory of the small half of the county.

In this expedition to the west, my Da Chu is the main force, and I have contributed the most, and I need to face the pressure of Dachang and the country.

And Li Xiong's subordinates, there are only eighty or ninety thousand soldiers, and they are all the kind of people who are fluctuating in people's hearts and unbearable to fight.

Seriously.

I fancy him, the innate grandmaster, not those rabble-like soldiers.

Being able to give the land of the Three Prefectures and reward a congenital grandmaster for making a move, this treatment is already good.

Of course, you can also refuse and choose to carry the Great Chang and the country alone.

It doesn't matter if these orphans are alone.

It's a big deal, when you are defeated, I will personally carry the male soldiers and go to Dachang and the country to seize the territory mentioned above.

But when the time comes, let alone wanting to get a share of the land of the four countries, it will be a little beneficial, and Li Xiong will not want to get it. ”

When Lu Yuan said this, he glanced at Li Shou, and said with a chuckle: "The conditions for loneliness are here. Do you want me to make a move, can you accept it, you go back and ask Li Xiong.

Get back to me sooner.

The lonely king can afford to wait, but Li Xiong's side, hehe, may not be able to wait. ”

After speaking, he closed his eyes and put on a send-off appearance.

And when Li Shou saw this, even if he knew that the situation was stronger than people, he couldn't help but feel humiliated.

Fortunately, after accepting the blows of these years and the upheaval of his life, he has also been sharpened a lot by life, but he didn't say anything angry.

Taking a deep breath, Li Shou saluted Lu Yuan: "The king's words, the foreign minister must bring it." If there is a reply, it will be sent immediately. There are many disturbances today, I am very sorry, I wish the great Chu prosperity, and the country will last for ten thousand years. ”

With that, he turned his head and went out of the palace.

Today's envoy said that there was a harvest, but it was not a harvest.

said that there was no gain, but there was also a little gain.

The State of Chu is willing to send troops, and this young King of Chu also has a lot of coveting for the Great Changhe Kingdom.

But it is precisely because of this coveting too much that the other party's ambition is too great, and he wants to swallow most of the Great Changhe Kingdom in one go.

In the end, the only thing willing to leave to Li Xiong was the land of the four countries.

This small two-and-a-half-mansion territory, can my brother really be satisfied with it?

Li Shou walked out of the palace gate, looking at the scorching sun above his head, looking at the psychedelic halo, and his heart was full of confusion.

Originally, they were in a county and called Emperor Xichuan, how did they fall to this point?

My brother is obviously an innate grandmaster, the top of the world, why did he fall into this situation today?

In the poor countryside of Southwest Yi, he was bullied by the local natives. came to this big Chu, and was bullied by the king of Chu who faintly had the name of the first general in the south of the Yangtze River.

When did an innate grandmaster become like this?

'Is it really that God does not bless my Qiang tribe? ’

Li Shou lamented like this in his heart, and then returned to the barbarian country with a sense of desolation.

The elder brother over there is still waiting for news from him, and the Barbarian Kingdom has also been defeated by the Great Chang and the country.

As Lu Yuan said.

Without the help of the Chu State, then in a few months, they may really have nothing left.

Until then.

Whether the State of Chu can conquer the entire Great Changhe Kingdom as Lu Yuan said, Li Shou is not clear.

But it is certain that these people will become lost dogs again and flee in all directions.

Between losing everything and humiliating the retention of a part of the family, this choice is really difficult.

Fortunately, this choice is not Li Shou's turn, and Li Xiong has to bear the final entanglement.

Life in the world, if you want to live, if you want to live well, why is it so difficult?

……

Li Shou quickly left.

After he left, Lu Yuan also moved faster.

First of all, he summoned the important ministers of the court, told Cui Changqing about the changes on the side of the country, and then entrusted him with the government and asked him to be responsible for the domestic affairs after the army marched westward.

Yes.

As I said to Li Shou before.

Regardless of whether Li Xiong will accept the conditions in the end, it has already been decided to send troops to the Great Changhe Country.

It's just that now, under the pressure of Danding Dao and the changes in the situation in Dachanghe, this decision has to be slightly advanced, and the date of the expedition has been changed from next year to the second half of this year, half a year in advance.

The government was entrusted to Cui Changqing.

Then in terms of military affairs, Lu Yuan also had a detailed discussion with Lan Caier, and after giving enough instructions, he ordered her to supervise the country as the queen and take charge of the defense of the country after she left.

As for Sun Siwen's cultivation, Lu Yuan had also asked him to pack his luggage and go north to Xiangyang.

When he went out on the expedition, it was naturally impossible to take Sun Siwen with him.

But this friend cultivates, and no one can watch it.

It just so happens that Zhou Qing and Lu Yuan's cultivation methods come from the same source, and there is no difference between master and apprentice, but they can also help him watch Sun Siwen.

With the relationship between Zhou Qing and his friends, there is no need to worry, the other party will not care.

Moreover, after this disciple breaks through the innate nature, he can take the opportunity of teaching Sun Siwen to reorganize what he has learned, which should also help him stabilize his realm as soon as possible.

It's the best of both worlds.

In this way, after making all the arrangements, Lu Yuan officially issued an edict to form a camp to march westward.

With the national abbot Lan Zhaoyun as the envoy to the north of the camp, he led a forbidden army of 20,000 soldiers and horses, stationed in Wuling Mansion, and peeked into the land of the five northern countries led by Dachang and the Chuan State of Congress.

With his disciple Li Liang as the envoy to the south of the camp, he led a forbidden army of 20,000 soldiers and horses, stationed in Lingling Mansion, and peeked into the land of the four southern countries led by Dachang and Guo Lang Dongguo.

As for Lu Yuan, he was the Chinese army, leading the main three forbidden armies of 60,000 soldiers and horses, stationed in Shaoyang Mansion, and the soldiers pointed directly at the cold winter land where the barbarian country was located.

In May of the fourth year of Shenwu, with the formation of the camp to conquer the west, the news that Dachu intended to conquer the southwest Yi suddenly spread and spread in all directions.

When the surrounding countries heard the news, they all had frequent changes and reactions.

And in the midst of this turmoil, the envoy who had previously sent to communicate with the Soviet Union finally returned with the news of the Soviet Union.

Regarding the strategy proposed by the Chu State, the King of Su really did not refuse, and agreed to the invitation to join the expedition.