Spring is warm and flowers are blooming. At the eastern foot of the Andes Mountains, a city is being built on the plain in front of a snow mountain. The construction site by the river was in full swing. Thousands of busy aborigines were either moving various stones or beating the foundation amidst the shouts of the monks. The scene was orderly.
On the top of the snow mountain above the clouds, Su Emei stood facing the wind, her clothes fluttering. In her calm eyes, the gradually formed city is only the size of a chessboard, and the people running around are not much different from ants.
She watched the city from planning to construction. According to the native monks, it was a gift to the gods. In their plan, there will be a magnificent temple in the center of the city.
Su Emei has seen the model they built. The entire temple will be built with white boulders weighing more than 10,000 jin, without any piece of gravel. The main body is cone-shaped, and the layers are gathered upwards, eventually reaching a height of more than 20 feet. .
There are ninety-one stone steps on each side of the temple, plus the top step, a total of three hundred and sixty-five steps, and there will be fifty-two reliefs on all four sides.
The whole building is simple and grand. Although the structure is simple, it obviously coincides with some kind of Taoism. There will also be mysterious buildings on the top temple platform mountain. With Su Emei's knowledge, she can only see that they are some magic tools, but she doesn't know what they are used for.
"As a gift to you, this city will be named after you after it is completed. These people's worship and loyalty to you are really unimaginable, and I don't know what they think." Chu Nan Huai came to Su Emei's side, looking at the city below her with a lot of emotion.
He looks a little jealous.
Su E's brows were indifferent, as if all this had nothing to do with her.
She was obviously not as optimistic as Chu Nanhuai, and said slowly: "These people's rules for building the city are entirely their own. already confirmed."
The brown-skinned old man turned his head to look at his disciple, and he actually saw some tricks.
Sure enough, Su Emei continued: "This temple is actually a magic circle, and it is a magic circle to invite gods!"
Chu Nanhuai is naturally very familiar with the so-called magical array. The Five Great Dao Gates of the Tang Dynasty all have this kind of array, which intends to borrow immortal power from the fairy court through secret methods. Back in front of Fengqi Mountain, the Five Great Daomen used to deal with Li Ye's Zhuxian Grand Formation, which was of this type.
Chu Nanhuai understood Su Emei's subtext, "Although you are now considered by these monks to be their god, we all know this is wrong. When the temple is completed, it will be fine if they can't communicate with their god. If it is successful Communication, it is easy to find your flaws. At that time, our situation will not be very good."
Su Emei didn't answer.
Chu Nanhuai laughed to himself, "But in my opinion, you are worrying too much. If they can communicate with their gods, why would they mistake your identity?"
Having been with these natives for more than a year, they have already learned the language here, and there is no obstacle in communicating with the local monks, so Chu Nanhuai already knows a lot about the natives.
Unlike the Tang Dynasty, there is no unified country here. Every city inhabited is a city-state. Noble monks treat ordinary people extremely harshly. There is not even a commoner class here, only nobles and slaves.
The only thing that unites them is the same belief.
And now, their faith is being challenged because the gods have not answered their prayers for many years. The strength of monks is declining, no matter in terms of realm or number. The power of the nobility weakened, the slaves were ready to move, the people were panicked, and the society was uneasy.
In this case, conflicts broke out between noble monks and slaves. In order to appease people's hearts, many monks and nobles said that other city-states had blasphemed the gods, causing the gods to be angry, so they stopped responding to their prayers, so they brazenly launched a war to divert the hatred of the people.
Their wars are not aimed at unification, so there is no such thing as governance. Defeating a city-state will kill all the so-called blasphemers in it, rob them of their wealth, and burn the city.
When Su Emei and others came here, the war had been going on for decades, countless city-states had disappeared, the population had been greatly reduced, and even small cities could no longer resist the invasion of wild beasts.
"The cultivators here practice differently from us. We are on the basis of pursuing the unity of heaven and man, comprehending the energy of heaven and earth, absorbing the aura of heaven and earth, and opening up our own small world. The basis of their cultivation is to obtain The power of the gods, use the power of the gods to open up the sea of qi, and then absorb the spiritual energy of the world."
Chu Nanhuai said thoughtfully, "Without the blessing of the gods, the power of the gods in the temple is constantly weakening, which is no longer enough to maintain the normal operation of the comprehension group. This is one of the reasons why they launched the city-state war. The only way to plunder other city-states With the power of the gods in the temple, they can guarantee their temporary strength.
"But this is drinking poison to quench thirst. The remaining divine power in the temple will be used up sooner or later. The disappearance of the world of self-cultivation here is inevitable. Those indigenous monks will surrender so simply when they feel the immortal power in you. I am afraid they are not without illness It means rushing to the doctor."
Su Emei was still silent.
Seeing her not answering for a long time, Chu Nanhuai asked strangely, "You don't have any ideas? Don't you really plan to do something?"
Su Emei glanced at Master, "Why am I doing something? What does this have to do with us?"
Chu Nanhuai was momentarily at a loss for words. On the contrary, he has great ambitions to make contributions, to develop the power of Quanzhen Temple, and to contribute to the Tang Dynasty. The Bailu Cave was supposed to stir up the world.
But this disciple of his obviously didn't have the slightest sense of utilitarianism. After finding potatoes and corn and completing the tasks assigned by Li Ye, she kept aloof from everything, just like waiting for an official on duty.
Chu Nanhuai naturally knew the heart of his disciples very clearly, and he understood that it was useless to tell Su Emei anything else, so he directly explained the reason why he came to her now, "Your Majesty has ordered us to lead the local monks to fight , Open up a new world here!"
After saying this, Chu Nanhuai laughed out loud at the disrespectful old man, and looked at Su Emei jokingly, making it clear that he wanted to see her jokes.
Su Emei was still calm and unmoved by external objects, she hummed lightly, and was about to turn around and leave.
Chu Nanhuai asked in surprise, "Where are you going?" Judging by Su Emei's appearance, could it be that she intends not to obey Li Ye's order
Su Emei turned her head and gave Master a strange look, "Naturally, I'm going to pick people."
Chu Nanhuai was so choked that he couldn't speak. Seeing that Su Emei had already flown down the snow mountain, he could only use his body skills to keep up.
After convening the monks, Su Emei only said a word, and ordered the scouts to explore the way first, lock the target, and the brigade followed.
Here's what she said: "From now on, wars will no longer be about killing, but about conquering."
What Su Emei couldn't know at this time was that her words changed the fate of a race's self-destruction.
What she didn't even know was that in the vast world outside the sky, there was a pair of eyes watching here in the void.
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In autumn, Chang'an leaves are fluttering.
Li Ye received the latest battle report from the Western Regions. After several victories, the Guiyi Army and Yulin Army led by Zhang Huaishen and Nan Gongyi had captured Xizhou. Yao Ge Luolu took the remnants of the Xizhou Uighurs and fled westward all the way.
The Tang army followed closely along the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, passing through Yanqi and Qiuci all the way, and encountered a cavalry in black who came to stop them in the east of Shule. The opponent was quite capable, and after a fierce battle for a long time, Yao Ge Luolu took tens of thousands of remnants and escaped from the pursuit of the Guiyi army.
Now the Guiyi Army has proven that the black cavalry is the Black Khanate (Kha
The army of the Rahan Dynasty), they assembled a heavy army in Shule, and they were ready to fight the Tang army.
Zhang Huaishen asked for instructions on whether to gather all the troops to capture Shule.
Li Ye's reply to Zhang Huaishen was to suspend the recovery of Shule, and first establish military towns in Yanqi and Qiuci, and wipe out the vast area originally controlled by the Uyghurs in Xizhou, and only need to monitor and guard against the Black Khanate.
"The Xizhou Uighurs control the vast area north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. There are many fertile lands in it. However, because of the desert and the isolation of the region, it is not an easy task to completely capture and manage it."
Cui Keli stroked his beard and said, "The two armies of Guiyi and Yubayashi have fought fiercely for several months in a difficult place. Now that they have defeated Yaoge Luolu, the soldiers are already blunt. Here are the two towns, stabilize the place, recharge your energy, hoard military resources, and plan to move forward, it is indeed a good strategy, Your Majesty is wise!"
Li Zhen said indignantly: "The Uighurs to the west of Congling are just a group of bereaved dogs. Now they really dare to associate with the Uighurs in Xizhou and confront the royal masters head-on. They really want to die!"
Compared to the prudent Cui Keli, the young Li Zhenrui is more energetic. It's not surprising that Li Ye has such an attitude. In fact, many national policies of Datang were finalized amidst the debate between the two.
Just as Cui Keli was about to say something, Li Ye waved his hand, signaling that they don't need to fight, and said to himself: "In the Western Regions, there are now three forces. It is the Khotan Kingdom that dominates the family. Although it is slightly weaker than the Xizhou Uighurs, it can be regarded as one of the vassals;
"The Kingdom of Khotan has sent envoys to the east, and they are on their way now. With their usual state policy, there is a great possibility that they will voluntarily submit to the imperial court. To the west of Shule is the land occupied by Hei Khan. In terms of the area under his jurisdiction, he is the largest Yes. We also know the least about them, for the time being.
"Right now, the Black Khan army is occupying Shule and has reserved the last piece of land for the drug Ge Luolu. It has actually started a war with the Tang Dynasty. When the construction of the Western Regions has initial results, it is natural to attack them."
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Heihan would rescue the drug Ge Luolu, which was actually expected by Li Ye.
In the Western Regions, he didn't plan to complete all his achievements in one battle, which is not realistic. The Guiyi Army and the Habayashi Army were able to defeat the Xizhou Uighurs in this battle and open up the situation in the Western Regions, which achieved their goal.
The topography of the Western Regions consists of three mountains and two basins. The foot of the mountains is a fertile land, densely covered with rivers, and the people live together. The center of the basin is desert and uninhabited. The four Anxi towns are all built near the foothills and rivers.
The original Anxi four towns, Yanqi, Qiuci, Shule, and Khotan, except for Khotan, were all under the control of Xizhou Uighurs; later, when the Tang army expanded westward, the four towns of Anxi changed, and Yanqi was withdrawn. Suiye Town was established on the banks of Suiye River.
Suiye Town is now in the country of Black Khan, and it is still the country of Black Khan, named Balasagon.
In fact, most of the land of the Black Khanate was the territory under the jurisdiction of the Anxi and Beiting Protectorates during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Ye sent troops to the Western Regions, restored the entire territory of the four towns of Anxi, and reproduced the territory of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. It is obvious that not only the Suiye City will be captured, but also the vast land of the Black Khanate will be taken back—Yao Ge Luolu only needs to explain this to the Black Khanate One point, it is difficult for the other party not to unite with him.
"In the next two years, the focus of the Western Regions is to rebuild the Anxi Protectorate to ensure absolute control over the territory under its jurisdiction. At the same time, build a military fort and stockpile the supplies transported from Chang'an. When the armaments are sufficient, it will be the time for Datang to use troops westward again! "Li Ye set a general direction for the affairs of the Western Regions, which is also a strategy in line with the general trend of his country.
These three to five years were a critical period for Li Ye to completely flatten the vassals and enhance the cultivation power of the Tang Dynasty.
When the Great Tang monk army was formed and the war in the Western Regions started again, Li Ye was mentally prepared even if he directly hit Talas and confronted the Great Cannibal and the New Moon Sect head-on.