The beacon fire shines in the eight states, and the sound of horses cries shakes the world.

Except for Middle-earth, the other eight states are completely in chaos. Floating corpses for thousands of miles, blood flowing.

All the dynasties and all the Jianghu sects in the eight states are in danger during this period of time, only a small part of those big sects or dynasties choose to accept the direct jurisdiction of the four empires, and the rest either still haven't figured out what's going on, or they already know what's going on but are still hesitating, and more are directly choosing to resist after knowing the news.

In the past, the four empires only relied on their strong national strength and posture to make the rest of the small dynasties and small sects bow their heads, call them respectful, and pay tribute every year. Those dynasties that are not strong or powerful but do not have a strong empire feel okay, and they don't want to make fearless sacrifices, so they bow their heads, but now they want to directly want to subdue them, let them be pawns, and send them to death, they are completely annoyed.

Let me bow my head and give you a tribute of silver and gold, but let me die, even if your empire is a hundred times stronger!

Many small states have expressed their preference for the burning of jade rather than submit to the empire and serve as pawns for the empire. Of course, they can't do it at all, they just hit the stone with an egg.

The heroes of each empire are like a rolling and shocking river, and those dynasties or sects rarely have a big river, most of them are trickles, and they can't withstand a random impact of the empire and fall down.

In the Eastern Regions, the first dynasty to rebel, the first to be attacked by the empire's soldiers and horses, was a relatively powerful kingdom almost immediately adjacent to the empire.

This dynasty is called the Western Chu Dynasty, which is a rare large dynasty in the Eastern Regions, and there are only a few small dynasties separated from the Eastern Pole Empire. Normally, this Western Chu Dynasty is reluctant to swallow its anger and bend down with low eyebrows against the empire as a neighbor, and it has not seen a single resistance, but the decision at this time is incredible, that is, the Eastern Pole Empire did not react for a while and suffered a loss, and was driven straight into the territory of the empire by the elite soldiers of the Western Chu Dynasty for eight hundred miles!

Shame!

The whole country of the East Pole Empire was in an uproar, and then the whole country was furious, and the generals from all walks of life wanted to set up a life and death situation, wanting to lead the troops to level the Western Chu Dynasty, and only by washing the enemy with blood could they save face!

On that day, the Son of Heaven of the Eastern Pole Empire directly convened hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss relevant matters. This time, the civil and military officials in the temple rarely reached a reunification agreement very quickly, that is, those scholars who usually studied the Lord and the faction came forward one after another to ask His Majesty to send troops to attack Chu.

In fact, the Son of Heaven of the Empire was just going through the motions, and he was even more angry in his heart, and there were four generals of the three grades in the court, and the Son of Heaven of the Empire personally put on armor and helmets for them, and personally poured wine to practice it.

On that day, the four generals led 100,000 dragon armor god troops, a total of 400,000 imperial elites, and slaughtered forward in four main lines.

Marching day and night, he rushed to the invaded place in the western part of the empire in three days and three nights, and it took two days and one night to defeat all the elites of Western Chu who invaded the empire.

In the western border region of the empire, there is a small city called Zhenbian City, which has been constantly burning for months.

Although it is small, it is more important, and in the western frontier of the empire, there are only towns and border cities where troops can be stationed, and there are water and plains. The rest of the place is full of towering and steep mountains, not to mention that the military horses have crossed the mountains, and even the elite soldiers are difficult to climb the mountains full of poisonous insects and snakes.

Zhenbian City finally ushered in a respite yesterday, because the Empire's Dragon Armor Divine Army came here like a god to destroy those soldiers from Western Chu.

However, the common people have a feeling at this time. I feel that those elites of my empire are not as good as the elites of Western Chu.

It's not that the strength is not good, the elite of the empire alone can be worth ten or more elite soldiers of the small dynasty. These people in the city felt that the elite temper of their empire was not very good, and they were not as good as the soldiers of the Western Chu Dynasty, even if they faced the people of the enemy country, they were extremely smiling and angry.

After those dragon armor divine armies wiped out those Western Chu elites, they forcibly requisitioned the grain stored in the city, and only left the common people with rice and noodles that were not enough to eat for three days. When the elites of the Western Chu Dynasty came to this city, they all brought their own dry food, even if they ate the grain stored in the city, they took it little by little, and took as much as they wanted.

Despite this, the common people still hope that the elite of the empire can defeat the Western Chu Dynasty as soon as possible, after all, they are imperial clans, and they all have a faint sense of pride and victory in their bones.

At this time, two young people came to the city, a man in his twenties and a girl in her teens. Both of them are handsome, and the man is in the wind, and his body is long. The woman is slender and beautiful, and her body is like water.

"Master, is it worth it for them to do this for the sake of a thousand years of fame, and to die so many people?" the girl asked the man beside her.

"Whether it is worth it for the Son of Heaven of the Eastern Pole Empire depends on the final result. And whether the Western Chu Dynasty is worth it or not is not what the Son of Heaven of the Western Chu Dynasty said, nor what I told you, but whether the people of Western Chu think it is worth it. But at present, it seems that those ordinary people think it is worth it. The man replied.

The girl thought for a moment and nodded, and then asked, "Master, you are about to leave the border of the empire, and you have seen so many armor soldiers along the way, do they all think it is worth it?"

"The vast majority of them are neither active nor passive when they go to the front, but most of them feel that there is nothing unworthy. Since they were born in the Eastern Pole Empire, they are a member of the Eastern Antarctic Empire, their family and friends also live in the Empire, and their descendants also want to survive in the Eastern Antarctic Empire. ”

"In fact, whether it is the war between the Western Chu Dynasty and the Eastern Pole Empire, or the dispute between the northern and southern Eastern Regions, or the rebellion in Kyushu, everyone is just seeking a foothold and a place of peace of mind. But a very small number of people in high positions have become greedy in their hearts and want more, which has led to such a general trend in the world. ”

Hearing this, the girl nodded, with a thoughtful look in her eyes, and said with a smile after a moment, "Master, I'm hungry." ”

"Then let's go to dinner. The man smiled and led the girl to the restaurant.

The girl is Zhao Zhishui, who is now eleven years old. The man, on the other hand, is Chu Chou, who has now traveled to the northwestern border of the empire with his apprentice.

The town on the edge of the town usually lacks everything, everything, but once the war starts, everything is lacking. It's just that no matter where or when it is, if there are only people there, then you can't go hungry if you have silver.

Chu Chou spent ten times the usual price to buy two bowls of "sky-high" noodles. It is said to be beef noodles, but the beef in it is nothing more than a few strands of shredded meat floating on the clear soup without oil.

Rather than beef noodles, it is more appropriate to call it "thin soup and low water surface".

When Chu Chou and Zhao Zhishui were eating noodles, many passers-by smelled the noodles and hurried by with saliva.

The middle-aged man, who was both the owner of the shop and the second shopkeeper, moved a stool and sat at the door of the store, lazily enjoying the spring breeze in April.

It is said that the most beautiful April day in the world, but in reality, April day is like purgatory on earth.

Chu Chou glanced at the shopkeeper of the six-grade realm who was sitting at the door, and began to eat noodles.

If it weren't for the fact that the owner of this shop is famous for his martial arts skills in the entire town, then his shop would probably be robbed like the noodle restaurant next door.

Fortunately, just today, the new officials sent by the empire have taken office one after another, and they have begun to repair the dilapidated town, and the situation makes people feel that it is gradually getting better.

Chu Chou ate a bowl of noodles, but Zhao Zhishui hadn't finished eating yet. Chu Chou looked out the window at the people of the government carrying the soldiers of Western Chu, ready to burn them all, so as to punish these disloyal people who dared to "commit crimes".

"This old brother, don't you know that there is a big gap between the real combat power of the imperial elite and those Western Chu elites?" Chu Chou asked the shopkeeper sitting at the door of the store.

Hearing this, the shopkeeper turned his head and grinned and replied: "This little brother, listening to your accent, you are not from the empire, and I can be regarded as traveling all over the empire back then." You can doubt the elite combat power of Western Chu, but the elite combat power of our empire can only be overestimated, not underestimated, otherwise it will inevitably suffer a big loss. A hundred years ago, which of the great dynasties that competed with each other for hegemony looked down on our current empire? But it was precisely by virtue of the contempt of the enemy that our Eastern Empire slowly stood up. Later, they were horrified to find out that our empire had become a climate, and it was too late to come and kill us again. In the end, the scene is that only one country in our Eastern Antarctic Empire will dominate the Eastern Regions. ”

"The Eastern Pole Empire is indeed powerful, but it is too strong and too ambitious. Chu Chou had no taboos in his mouth and said expressionlessly. As soon as he thought of the lilac-like woman who had died because of the plans of the Four Great Empires, he had no good feelings for the Four Great Empires.

The sword qi that he had cultivated in his heart for a hundred years, and the sword that he finally turned into was finally returned to the four empires, and karma had its own certainty.

"Childe, say okay in front of me, don't dare to say such things when you go out, now is the period of vigilance, the whole country is angry, and if you are not careful, disaster will come out of your mouth!" said the shopkeeper, shaking his head, he felt that this young man was not very stable and unreserved.

"Hmm. Chu Chou smiled faintly, which was a response to the shopkeeper's reminder, "The Western Chu Dynasty originally wanted to fight outside the country!"

Fighting outside the country, this Xichu has courage, but it has no strength to support it.

Chu Chou turned his head to look in the direction of Western Chu again, separated by several small dynasties, as if he saw the scene of the great dynasty called Western Chu guarding the whole country at this time, and saw that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were no longer intriguing, but working together to prepare to defend against the enemy, and saw the young man wearing armor and carrying a knife and riding a horse ready to fight, with death in his eyes. I saw that there were many women in the delicate and chic boudoir combing their hair in the mirror, and then leaning against the window of Xiaoxuan to look at the red beans in the courtyard that were already revealing purple stamens, waiting for their husbands who were far away from the battlefield......

Could it be that only Chang'an has the sound of thousands of households pounding clothes under the moon?

Chu Chou got up and stood up, and made a bow in the direction of West Chu, saluting all those who dared to resist and were not subject to submission.

Zhao Zhishui had already finished eating the noodles, looking at Chu Chou's face as deep as a lake, he didn't speak, just didn't blink. Watching slowly and intently.

Chu Chou didn't pay attention to Zhao Zhishui's gaze, just sat down, his dark and deep eyes looked in the direction of Middle-earth Shenzhou, his gaze seemed to have crossed thousands of mountains and rivers, thousands of rivers and mountains, and seemed to have crossed endless vicissitudes of time.

He seemed to see a woman, standing alone in the stormy place of Middle-earth, slender and weak, like a helpless white lilac in the midst of thunder and lightning and a downpour......

At this time, Chu was sad, his eyes were sad, and his expression was lonely.