The rebellion of the Soviet Union has lasted for half a year.

In fact, when Lu Yuan sent an envoy in January and arrived in the Soviet State in February.

At that time, Su Xuange had already led his troops to quell the rebellion of the Seven Islands Society.

Not only did he recover Ningyue Mansion in one fell swoop, but he also personally led the troops to go out to sea to sweep the seven main islands of the Seven Islands Society.

also killed most of the elite members of the association, and even the president, vice president and other top chairs in the association were also killed one by one under Su Xuange's sword.

Without these characters to lead, although some remnants escaped, they will never become a climate again. At most, they will become pirates, and they will be slowly cleared up in the future.

As soon as this meeting was removed, Su Xuange suddenly relieved the worries of his henchmen near the national capital, and then went north to crusade against Guangchang Dao without stopping.

By the time the envoy of Chu State arrived, Su Xuange had already led his troops to clear out the Guangchang Dao thieves in Shi'an Mansion, and was preparing to make persistent efforts to attack Cangwu Mansion, the old nest of Guangchang Dao, and completely exterminate this bandit.

It can be said that at that time, it was the most critical moment to go abroad to quell the rebellion.

Therefore, in the face of the envoy from the Chu State, he said that he wanted to invite the Su State to crusade against the Southwest Yi together.

Su Xuange was shocked, but he also had to say, and his heart moved.

Lu Yuan and the courtiers had discussed well before.

With the situation of the Su State, it is true that he can't raise too many soldiers and horses, and he can't support Su Xuange's ambitions.

Now that the rebellion that has spread to half of the country has been forced, even if it can be quelled now, it will only slightly eliminate the immediate disaster.

If we do not solve the problem of the salary of the huge army of the Soviet Union, even if the current rebellion is removed, the poor financial situation will still be a huge hidden danger, like a bomb planted, which will be ignited at any time.

So for Su Xuange.

Either he gave up his ambitions, cut the army, and completely recuperated and restored his national strength after the flat rebellion.

Or find another place and send troops to conquer. Through external pressure, by obtaining benefits from the outside, we can alleviate domestic contradictions.

What should be the two choices, with Su Xuange's temperament, it is naturally self-evident.

Without hesitation, he chose to join the joint column and conquer the southwest Yi together.

It's just that now the rebellion within the Soviet Union has not been quelled, so even if Su Xuange is very moved in his heart, he has not responded to it.

Only let the envoys of Chu State rest well, so that the domestic students can receive them.

Then he concentrated on quelling the rebellion with all his might.

With the strength of an innate grandmaster, Su Xuange successively gathered the scattered prefecture and county soldiers in various places, and at the same time sent a group of militia groups to embrace each other, plus the forbidden army he brought, and soon pulled up a counterinsurgency army of 100,000 people.

With this kind of power, if you want to win the peace of Guangchang Dao, it will naturally not be too difficult.

Just after a month of the war, Brother Su Xuan led his troops to break through Guangchang Dao, beheaded more than 30,000 prisoners, and killed the main force of these thieves in one fell swoop.

Not only did he recover Cangwu Mansion, but even the mountain gate of Guangchang Road was breached, and his Daoist master was beheaded by the sword.

As soon as the Daoist Master of Guangchang died, the believers gathered by him, as well as some of the remaining Taoists, also fell into a situation where the dragons were leaderless.

However, in more than ten days, the remaining tens of thousands of Guangchang Dao thieves dispersed, so the northern part of the Soviet Union rebelled.

At this point, Su Xuange finally put down most of the rebellion in the country. …

The remaining rebel Du Chang, although he has also been sending troops to attack these days, wants to support the Seven Islands Society and Guangchang Dao.

But as early as before, Su Xuange ordered the county soldiers of Yongxi and Hepu Prefectures on the north and west sides of Gaoliang Mansion occupied by Du Chang to strictly guard the main roads everywhere, and directly blocked the road of Gaoliang County to the north and west.

The soldiers of these two prefectures and counties together are 10,000 people. and requisition some militia townships, with no less than 40,000 soldiers and horses.

Although Du Chang has continued to recruit troops since the uprising, he has expanded his troops to as many as 50,000.

But that's mostly a rabble, and few are elites.

If you want to break through the blockade of these two prefectures, it is even more difficult, even impossible.

Therefore, in the past half a year, even if Du Chang was anxious, he could only watch the Seven Islands Society and Guangchang Dao being pacified one after another.

Now that the news of the destruction of Guangchang Road in the north has come back, the rebels in Gaoliang Mansion have heard the news and know that there is only one rebel left in the country.

One by one, morale was greatly reduced.

Many traitors who were afraid of Su Xuange's soldiers directly packed up their packages and fled back to the countryside, becoming good citizens again.

There are even some people who cross the sea directly by boat and choose to go south to the ocean to avoid this inevitable battle.

There are also some people who have contacted the South China Sea Kingdom to the east and joined the past.

Under this series of fleeing or hiding, most of the more than 50,000 soldiers originally waved by Du Chang suddenly dissipated.

There were only more than 10,000 people left who had no way out and hated Su Guo to the core, and continued to retreat in Gaoliang Mansion City, intending to make this last stubborn resistance.

But at this point, it was a foregone conclusion that this last group of traitors would be put down.

As long as Su Xuange led his troops to Gaoliang Mansion, it would not take ten days and a half months to completely defeat Du Chang.

It was in this situation that Su Xuange could finally spare his energy to respond to Lu Yuan's request.

He quickly found a messenger and simply said: "I and the King of Chu have always been allies. Now that the king of Chu has the ambition of conquering the people and opening up a new land for the descendants of my three emperors, the lonely man naturally cannot fall under the people.

The envoy went back to inform the king of Chu that he would wait for the first month of next year, after Gu Kan had put down the rebellion in the country and stabilized the country a little.

Set up 100,000 troops to fight for the people in the west.

At that time, the two kingdoms of Su and Chu will meet under the Erhai Lake. ”

Erhai Lake is one of the three major Yi countries in the southwest, and the capital of Dali is located in the middle.

Su Xuange said that he wanted to meet here, obviously it was also clear that a mere Changhe country could not satisfy the appetites of Su and Chu.

At the same time, its main target is also placed on the side of Dali.

As for the Dachanghe country, which borders more Chu State, it is selectively ceded to the other party.

I have to say that as a careerist, Su Xuange still has some understanding of Lu Yuan's thoughts.

In this way, the division of the interests of the two sides was decided on the joint dispatch of troops to the southwest, and at the same time on the direction of the two sides' troops.

And after saying this, when the envoy of Chu was about to return, Su Xuange said with some dissatisfaction: "Su and Chu are allies, and our country will send money and grain to Chu every year, year after year, which can be described as benevolence and righteousness."

But now our country is in rebellion, and at the border, we are collecting fugitives and rebels everywhere. …

Is this the work of allies?

After the envoy returned, he also hoped to tell the king of Chu that if he didn't want to hurt the harmony between the two families, he also hoped to send these fugitives back.

In this way, my two families will be fine, and don't be disgraced because of these small profits.

In addition, there is not a single county in our country that has not been affected by this rebellion, and the taxes of the past and this year have been greatly reduced.

Tomorrow and the next two years, it is also difficult to recover.

Therefore, in the past few years, I am afraid that the assistance to the Chu State will not be possible.

I hope that the envoy will convey this to the king of Chu, so as not to cause misunderstanding. ”

In the past six months, with the rebellion of the Soviet Union, there are a large number of people in the northern provinces of the country who are unwilling to participate in the rebellion, and who also choose to flee to Chu in order to escape the war.

After Guangchang Dao was pacified, a large number of Taoist people who participated in the rebellion, fearing that they would be held accountable by the imperial court, chose to drag their families and flee to Chu together.

The two waves of fleeing, coupled with the deaths and injuries of a war, directly reduced more than half of the household registration in the three northern provinces of the Soviet Union.

The loss of these 300,000 or 400,000 people is almost more than 10% of the original household registration of the Soviet Union.

In the face of this huge loss, Su Xuange was of course extremely heartbroken.

Those who have been killed cannot be recovered, but those who fled to Chu can indeed be recovered.

Although he also didn't know, how many people fled to the state of Chu.

But how can there be a hundred thousand, right?

Chasing these 100,000 people back first will restore some vitality to the local area.

Therefore, at this time, taking the opportunity of Chu State's invitation to join the Zong, Su Xuange put forward his dissatisfaction and requirements in a timely manner.

……

"The meat that Gu has already eaten, and he still wants me to spit it out. This Su Xuange, at this time, still had this kind of delusion. ”

When the envoy returned to the country and truthfully conveyed Su Xuange's opinions and requests, Lu Yuan couldn't help laughing.

Seriously, this time the Soviet State rebelled, although the Chu State was not involved, but it just gathered some fugitives on the border, and it was already full of oil.

As Su Xuange guessed, the State of Chu collected 100,000 fugitives, and there were some discrepancies.

The number of people from the Soviet Union who were taken in by Lu Yuan in this wave was actually far more than 100,000, but as many as 230,000.

With these many people, almost the population of a province, of course it is impossible for Lu Yuan to return them.

In fact, he had already planned for the arrangements for these fugitives.

Aren't you planning to conquer the Great Cho and Kingdom now?

This land of two counties of Yi State, such a vast territory, after the Chu State was defeated, of course, it was impossible not to put energy into governance.

It is certain to set up prefectures and counties, and it is also certain to organize households and people.

But this newly conquered prefecture and county can't all be the original people, so that the customs here still maintain the original customs of immigrants, right?

In that case, how long will it take to stabilize the place?

Therefore, it is necessary to immigrate, so that the descendants of the three emperors who were originally bathed in the king can go to this newly developed territory, change customs, and help assimilate the original Yi people.

Within the territory of the state of Chu.

The people who had originally migrated from Zhou and Xichuan County had just settled down and gained a firm foothold in the local area.

Seeing that he can pay taxes and provide a steady stream of output for the great cause of the Chu State. …

At this critical moment, of course, Lu Yuan could no longer force these immigrants to relocate and go to that wild land to open up.

In the same way, these immigrants can't move, and the people in the original Chu State can't move.

If you take strong action, it is very likely to cause riots.

So at this time, where to find new immigrants has become a problem.

At the right time.

There was civil strife in the Soviet Union, and he sent 230,000 fugitives, isn't this the immigration sent by God?

Although 230,000 people is not much, it is the population of a prefecture, and in the prefectures and counties opened up by Dachang and Guoxin, if they are divided one by one, each prefecture can also be divided into 10,000 or 20,000 people.

Although this population base is not large, as a seed of early assimilation, it can almost meet the requirements to help the imperial court gain a firm foothold there.

Therefore, for these fugitives who are of great use, Lu Yuan is of course impossible to return them.

However, now he is still counting on Su Xuange to join forces with him to attack the country, and it is not very appropriate to directly respond to the dissatisfaction and demands of the absolute party at the moment.

Therefore, Lu Yuan thought about it, and finally made an order: "Order the local government to have a division, select 10,000 people from the fugitives from the Soviet countries, and send them back to the Soviet countries." ”

Well, it's impossible to send them all back, but you can't completely ignore them, so it's good to send 10,000 people.

Although there are not many people, they have given some responses, and the attitude cannot be said to be too bad.

Although Su Xuange is destined to be dissatisfied with this, there is at least a lot better on the face of such a step.

There is also a huge advantage of attacking the southwest Yi together, and the other party will most likely endure this breath.

After all, compared to the 100,000 fugitives guessed by Su Xuange, if the attack on Southwest Yi is successful this time, then Su Guo is very likely to obtain the land of one county and millions of people.

With such a big benefit in front of you, what's the point of calculating the 100,000 people with the Chu State?

If it hurts the relations between the two countries, it will also affect this cooperation, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Not to mention.

Didn't they send back 10,000 people?

It's more or less a bit of vitality, and it's not such a loss.

Regarding the pacification of the Soviet Union, it was so decided. As for the suspended assistance requested by Su Xuange, Lu Yuan, who had long been mentally prepared, also readily agreed.

Anyway, after receiving the meeting gift of 10 million taels of silver from Danding Dao in front, the military expenses in Lu Yuan's hands were instantly abundant, and counting the savings of the past two years, there was no shortage at all.

Whether or not there is Soviet aid does not have much impact on him.

On the contrary, it is the Soviet State, whether there is this money or not, it has a great impact on them.

At the moment, it is also difficult for the Soviet Union.

Instead of forcing the other party, take out money to help yourself. It's better to let Su Xuange keep the money and use it to fight the Southwest Yi people in the next Hezong War.

This is the strategy for giving full play to the strength of the Soviet Union.

……

The matter of the Soviet side is so clear.

And with Su Xuange's statement, this is like a signal, and there is also good news coming from Xichuan Kingdom and Jiuzhen County one after another.

First of all, Xichuan Kingdom, after a few years of recuperation, the Xichuan Kingdom, which was originally poor and white, finally recovered a little bit of vitality. I have saved up some money and food, and I have the spare energy to do other things. …

Therefore, after the initial transformation of Xichuan Kingdom into a Buddha country, Ji Hui, who has been a Buddha king for a few years, can't help but indulge in this feeling of being called a Buddha in the world.

Therefore, when he received Lu Yuan's proposal to go south together, conquer the southwest, and spread Buddhism to this wild land that has never been before.

I have to say that Ji Hui was instantly moved.

As a devout Buddha king, he had achieved the achievement of establishing a Buddhist kingdom on earth at this time, and became a holy king in the hearts of many Buddhist disciples.

The prestige can be said to far surpass many sages and virtues, reaching the point where there are no ancients in Yangzhou, and I don't know if there will be anyone in the future.

But human desires are always endless.

Although Buddhism pays attention to purity of heart and few desires, who can really abandon all this when they are born as human beings?

At least for now, it seems that Ji Hui, who has come into contact with the title of Buddha King, cannot abandon these.

Therefore, in terms of today's achievements, it can help Buddhism open up the southwest land, and preach Buddhism to educate the people here in this wild land. Once again, a great achievement.

For Ji Hui, nature is very tempting.

Not to mention, in these troubled times, if you can open up more territory for the Xichuan Buddha Country and increase the strength of the Buddha Country. Let the foundation of the Buddha country be more solid and not easily perish, this kind of realistic consideration.

Therefore, after receiving Lu Yuan's request, Ji Hui immediately held several rounds of debate in the country, and after discussing with many eminent monks, he finally decided to join this occasion.

At the same time, give a clear answer.

In the first month of next year, on the side of Xichuan Buddhism, Ji Hui will personally take action, leading 20,000 Buddhas from the north to respond to Lu Yuan's westward expedition.

In this way, in this occasional alliance, after the Su State, the Xichuan State also joined in.

Since the Su Kingdom and the Xichuan Kingdom have responded, then the rest will naturally be left only Jiuzhen County Shaining.

And the Marquis of Wuping, the head of Jiuzhen County, the Ningguo Imperial Court, after receiving Lu Yuan's invitation and promise, the wavering in his heart was also obvious.

Founding the country and establishing the state, calling the king's side.

In the face of such temptations, who can not be tempted?

Xie Ning has been in charge of a county for ten years, and the Jinling court, which he is loyal to, is separated by the Su State and the South China Sea State, and is thousands of miles away.

Now that the imperial court wants to revivenation, the hope is getting smaller and smaller.

If Jiuzhen County wants to restore contact with the imperial court again, it is impossible in thirty or fifty years.

And around Jiuzhen County, as far as the eye can see, it is either a barbarian or an enemy country. There is also a surge of traitors in the country, and it has not yet stabilized.

In this situation, anyone who is in Shainin's position will start to think.

Myself, and Jiuzhen County, where should I go?

Originally, Shainin was still very entangled in this thinking.

Born in a Linhai family, he has a sense of recognition of the Jinling court and concerns about the future of the family.

It is still difficult for him to make plans to rebel against the imperial court and establish an independent state.

But after the arrival of Lu Yuan's envoy, after Lu Yuan's promise of help, and Jiuzhen County's participation in the attack on Southwest Yi, the vast prospects and benefits that can be seen with the naked eye.

The original tangle has completely dissipated.

Therefore, after sending people to return to Linhai, communicate with their own family, and obtain the announcement that Shaining was expelled from the clan and never became a family.

Xie Ning finally had no worries, and officially built an altar outside Jiaozhi City to worship the sky on the seventh day of the fourth month of the fourth year of Shenwu, and officially ascended the throne and became the king.

At the same time, the ancestor of the Xie family, the country name used when he was called emperor in Jinling-Song, was restored.

Subsequently, Xie Ning issued an edict, and the Song State continued to respect the Jinling court as Zhengshuo, followed the name of the Jianwu era, and made itself a vassal state.

Then he changed the name of the capital city of Jiaozhi to Song Ping, in order to show his intention to calm the world.

After doing this series of actions, the new King of Song finally responded to Lu Yuan, in the first month of next year, the Song State will send 50,000 troops, especially personally to lead the northern expedition to the southwest.

At this point, the alliance of the Southwest Yihe, which was started by the Chu State and participated by the three kingdoms of Su, Song and Xichuan, was finally announced.

A war of the three emperors and Miao Yi to conquer the Yi people is about to kick off.