I opened a mall in ancient times

The last time Luo Chaochao met Musa was when he just went to the capital to open a store, but at that time both of them were busy, one was busy opening a store, and the other was busy going to the palace to meet the emperor. Sa Kong was free, and Luo Chaochao was sent to another place by the emperor, and the two sides happened to be staggered.

As the king of Chabuchara, Musa couldn't stay in Sheng Kingdom for too long, so he had to go back first.

After all, it was the first time we met again after a long time.

Time has not left any traces on the two of them. They are no different from three years ago, only Musa smiles more steadily, and his skin has turned a light bronze color because of the vicious sun in the Western Regions.

"Luo! Long time no see!" Musa stood at the door for some reason, refusing to go in, looking into the distance like a watchman, and waved his hand excitedly when he saw Luo Chao Chao at the end of the road, "Finally See you!"

Luo Chaochao got off his horse, gave the horse to Xiao Er, looked at Musa, and couldn't help sighing, "Yeah, why did you come here? Isn't it good to just send generals like other countries? Come here in person How dangerous."

Hearing that Luo Chaoxi was concerned about him, Musa's smile became brighter, he patted Luo Chaoxi's shoulder, and led him inside: "Thank you for your concern, but I still think it's better to come here in person, By the way, that Lu who was by your side all the time... what happened to Lu? Where did he go?"

This guy was inseparable from Luo Chaochao before, why is Luo Chaochao alone today?

"He went out of town for work and didn't come back with him." Luo Chaoxi explained, "Do you need to find him?"

Hearing that Lu Juanchi was not here, Musa was obviously very happy, "It's okay, I'm just a little curious. After all, you and him have been inseparable. Let's go in and eat. I haven't eaten the food you cook here for a long time."

Although there are also tourist merchants on their side who brought various special products of Sheng Kingdom there, but cooking and eating by themselves is different from eating in Kangzhou City.

And what he misses the most is actually the people who ate together.

Luo Chaoxi shook his head helplessly: "If there is a fight, you still have to remember that your life is important."

"Isn't this a fight yet?" Musa didn't care, the two of them entered the restaurant, which was still the Jiushui restaurant under the name of Luo Chaochao. Knowing that Luo Chaochao is the big boss behind it, he served the food very attentively.

The two of them didn't talk about work, but instead talked about what happened during this period, and Luo Chaochao also picked up what he could talk about.

Musa quietly listened to Luo Chaochao's affairs in the south, and after a while he said, "Is it really so fun to do business?"

"Of course, making money is a very happy thing."

Musa shook his head.

"I can't understand that the whole country is mine, and the money earned by the people will be sent to the treasury."

The area of ​​Musa's Chabuchara is not the largest among the sixteen countries in the Western Regions, but it is one of the most powerful countries.Moreover, they love peace and have not attacked the small neighboring countries like other countries, so they have a good reputation among the sixteen countries in the Western Regions. Otherwise, he couldn't say it, and other countries followed suit.

On the surface, the excuse Musa used was that he wanted to come because of his opinion, but only Musa knew that he was not interested in drinking.

It's just never said.

It's not that he didn't think about talking, but when he saw Luo Chaoxi was with that Lu Juanchi, he felt that there was no need to say anything, and he might as well pretend that he didn't know anything.

What's more, now he no longer has the ability to be willful. He is the king of a country, and what he has to do is to make the whole country prosperous.

And...according to the development method of Sheng Kingdom, he always felt that the Western Regions could not be alone.

In the past, the three parties could barely maintain a balance, but now Beidi took the initiative to break the balance and took the lead in fighting, and the Western Regions were also dragged into the water by Shengguo.

Beidi's defeat is a certainty, as for the next one... it should be the Western Regions.

As the king of a country, Musa shouldn't have just compromised like this, but Musa also knew that compared with the huge Sheng Kingdom, the tiny Chapchara was powerless to resist, it was like hitting a stone with an egg.

Even if the sixteen countries of the Western Regions unite together, they cannot stop the behemoth of the Kingdom of Sheng.

Only compromise.

It is definitely not reconciled to worry, but what's the use of not being reconciled?

"Politics is of course different from businessmen like us." Luo Chaoxi said, "You don't have to think so much about the righteousness of the country, you only worry about your own one-acre three-point land, and the things you have to worry about are what you will eat tomorrow and how to make money , such a day is also very comfortable.”

Musa nodded thoughtfully.

Only in a country without war can one live such an ordinary life, and only the country of Sheng can have such conditions.

Also good.

Musa knew that this was the base camp of Luo Chao, and also knew that the people here were very strict with their mouths, so he didn't shy away from talking about some sensitive topics with Luo Chao.

"When you and Beidi finish fighting, it should be the Western Regions."

Luo Chaoxi shook his head: "I don't know, I'm just a businessman, and the emperor wouldn't tell me such things."

It's true that he won't say it, but Hu 99 will tell him what the emperor is going to do.

Emperor Qing did have this idea, but now that Beidi is at the front, they can't take care of this side for the time being, and they will attack the Western Regions when Beidi is defeated.

It would be great if the Western Regions could take the initiative to surrender.

Luo Chaochao doesn't mix in the officialdom, so there is no need to care about these things. Emperor Qing can fight whoever he wants, and he doesn't care, but Musa is his friend. If he really sends troops to attack the Western Regions, Luo Chaochao will also feel uncomfortable.

Who knows if today's meeting will be the last meeting between the two of them in the future.

Apparently, Musa knew too.

"That's right, you probably don't know anything." Musa shook his head: "Forget it, let's not talk about these spoilers, how long are you going to stay here? Just take advantage of this time to relax."

"Should...will stay for ten days and half a month." Luo Chaoxi said, "I came back this time to meet you specially."

"Okay! Then you have to take me around Kangzhou City."

The two skipped this topic, and instead talked about eating, drinking and having fun, temporarily forgetting their embarrassing identities, and getting along as pure friends.

At night, Musa did not even go back to the barracks, but stayed at an inn in the city.

The generals of several other small countries in the Western Regions did not have this treatment, but as long as those people thought that Musa came as a king, they would not be so unbalanced.

In the war with Beidi, Kangzhou City was not as important as Qing'an City in the north, but if Kangzhou City could be defeated, it would not be a bad thing to enter the hinterland of Sheng Kingdom from Kangzhou City, and it would still catch Sheng Kingdom by surprise.

Although the leaders of the Baitu tribe really wanted to take down Qing'an City in one go, they also knew that the overall situation was the most important thing. Hard support was not the best solution. Detours and attacking from the side were the best solution at present. .

Not long after Luo Chaochao came here, the soldiers patrolling Kangzhou City discovered the traces of Beidi soldiers.

Beidi soldiers thought that Kangzhou City hadn't found it, and observed Kangzhou City from a distance. However, Kangzhou City had a telescope in its hand and could see the scene more than ten kilometers away, let alone so many soldiers from Beidi gathered together , very conspicuous.

According to the reports of the spies, it is roughly estimated that Beidi sent about [-] to [-] soldiers to attack Kangzhou City.

At this time, the soldiers from the Western Regions who came earlier came into play.

That's right, 16 to [-] soldiers are a lot, but compared to the [-] troops of the sixteen countries in the Western Regions, it seems a little insufficient

In particular, the Western Regions also brought a considerable number of war elephant teams.

Before the Beidi soldiers approached, the soldiers of Kangzhou City told the troops stationed in Kangzhou City from the Western Regions about this incident, and brought weapons and equipment to teach them how to use the new weapons.

The troops in the Western Regions thought that Zhou Jiedu was joking, but that night, they saw Beidi soldiers coming from beyond the horizon. When they came, they didn't hold up torches, obviously they were here for a surprise attack.

The soldiers of the Western Regions were immediately dumbfounded.

Although the soldiers of Sheng Kingdom had told Beidi that Beidi's soldiers had arrived in advance, they really didn't believe it at all, and they didn't expect Beidi to be so fast that they would launch an offensive in the middle of the night.

In fact, for the safety of the residents in the city, these soldiers from the Western Regions should be stationed outside the city, but if a war really broke out, the soldiers from the Western Regions without the protection of the city walls would be delivering food, no different from courting death.

So Zhou Jiedushi arranged these soldiers between the old and new city walls, and assigned them to the ear city as the first line of defense.

Of course, the soldiers of Sheng Kingdom didn't just watch, they also needed to defend against the enemy on the city walls.

The soldiers in the Western Regions are not used to this kind of battle. They used to be the ones who attacked the city, but now they are the ones who defend the city. This kind of thinking change makes people feel a little helpless.

What was the process when they fought Sheng Guo a few years ago...

These soldiers thought about the process of fighting with Sheng State many years ago, but found that the soldiers of Sheng State took out many weapons and equipment that they had never seen before. Under the attack of these magical weapons, the Beidi soldiers of Jia were beaten to the ground and fled in a hurry.

They weren't even out of town for hand-to-hand combat.

The soldiers of the Western Regions were in a daze from the beginning to the end of the fight, and they didn't want to understand how to win.

Musa stood on the city wall, with the fire reflected in his eyes, and the picture of the Beidi soldiers being defeated like a mountain.

His hand stroked the knife hanging on his waist, which was given to him by Luo Chaoxi yesterday.

Considering that Musa is used to using scimitars, Luo Chaochao asked someone to make a crescent-shaped scimitar with an exquisite scabbard inlaid with various gemstones, which is more like a handicraft than a murder weapon.

"This is a knife forged in our studio, you can try it." Luo Chaochao explained when he gave the knife to the other party, "This is not mass-produced."

Musa took it suspiciously, and pulled out the machete facing the sun. The silver-white knife has forging lines like waves, and the smooth arc like a crescent moon is in line with Musa's way of exerting force.

What made Musa even more happy was that the decoration style of this scimitar was completely different from Luo Chaochao's favorite style, and it was obviously based on his own gaudy aesthetics.

Musa's interest immediately rose, and he drew a knife from the guard's waist, and slashed at the guard vigorously.

slap

With a clear and clear sound, the palace-style knife was so vulnerable that it was cut in half by the machete.

"Sheng Kingdom's weapons are all of this level of sharpness." Luo Chaochao said, "It's very powerful, right? But the one given to you is specially customized, and it's much better than the ones equipped by the soldiers."

What did Musa say?

He didn't believe it at first, because it was impossible for a knife of this quality to be distributed to everyone in the army.

But after witnessing this scene with his own eyes, Musa realized that Luo Chao Chao was not joking.

It can be regarded as a tactful way of persuading himself not to fight against Sheng Guo.

Even Beidi couldn't retreat from the threat of Sheng Kingdom, let alone the Western Regions?

Only they knew that they couldn't help but be shocked when they saw Beidi cavalry armed from head to toe.

Their war elephants are naturally powerful and have brought them many victories, but compared with iron cavalry, their war elephants are not enough. After all, elephants are also made of meat. There are only a few elephants, and the opponent's iron cavalry is counted according to ten thousand.

But Shengguo was able to come up with targeted weapons.

No wonder.

They couldn't help substituting themselves, if they were the ones blocking the gate of the city now, would they be able to hold on like Beidi soldiers.

And the result is impossible.

They can't.

Just one wave of arrows fired by this thousand arrows can kill more than half of them.

The current state of Sheng is so oppressive that ordinary people can't do anything about it, and they can't even arouse the thought of resistance.

They originally had some unspeakable expectations in their hearts, but after experiencing a war in person, they finally understood how invincible the current Sheng Kingdom is.

Beidi seemed to be ruthless, and mobilized all its troops. Hundreds of thousands of troops separated, tentatively attacking several cities in the north and northwest.

The two groups spent three days outside the city. When only [-] of the [-] army remained, Beidi's soldiers quickly retreated.

has it ended?

No.

Beidi is fierce, but not blindly reckless.

Since there is no way to break it separately, then concentrate all your strength on one point and attack from the weakest point.

The army they sent tested the six cities on the border, and finally chose Anqing City, which was less than [-] miles away from Qing'an City.

The geographical location of Anqing City is quite special. They are not on the hills that are easy to defend and difficult to attack like other cities, but near the grasslands. The surroundings are very open and easy to attack and difficult to defend. Gu, it can be regarded as surrounding them in a barely safe place.

However, compared to other cities with dangerous terrain, Anqing City is relatively easy to fight.

Beidi allocated half of its troops, and the 30 troops approached the city, feeling full of oppression.

And Anqing City has a total strength of less than [-] troops. Even if they guard the interior of the city, the difference in strength is still frightening.

They are going all out today, even if it costs them their lives, they will take down Anqing City.

Everyone knows that it has been three days since Anqing City was besieged. The Beidi soldiers who knew what it means to retreat in the face of adversity almost risked their lives in this siege battle. Under the circumstances, the soldiers of Beidi found an opportunity to turn over the city wall.

Even if he was quickly restrained and thrown down the city wall again, it still meant that Qing'an City's defense line was no longer monolithic.

They immediately asked for help, but the nearby cities did not dare to move their troops to Qing'an City, because the other half of Beidi's troops were eyeing other places. Will find the right time to swarm.

The army can only be mobilized from within.

The urgently dispatched [-] troops set off to Qing'an City for assistance, and Zhou Jiedushi also received news that soldiers from the Western Regions were sent to Qing'an City for assistance.

This is the real fight.

Luo Chaochao hesitated for a while, but decided to go to Qing'an City with Musa and the others.

He can ignore others, but Musa...

He found Zhou Jiedushi, and set off for Qing'an City with a few employees and the soldiers sent by Zhou Jiedushi to support him.

However, while they were on their way, the situation in Qing'an City became more and more serious.

The soldiers of Beidi suddenly became invulnerable, and their eyes were bloodshot, and they bit the soldiers of Sheng Kingdom as if they had been enchanted. Once their eyes were completely red, they would rush into the crowd and explode themselves.

And those soldiers who were bitten would also be infected and attack their comrades, but the soldiers of Sheng Kingdom couldn't dodge in time, and they were reluctant to attack their former comrades.

Fortunately, the generals guarding the city wall immediately blocked all the soldiers in the ear city, preventing this strange evil disease from spreading into the city.

Even Emperor Qing, who was far away in the capital, heard about this incident. He finally couldn't sit still after listening to the urgent battle reports one after another, talking about the abnormalities of Beidi soldiers and the panic of the people in Qing'an City.

"I want to drive myself to conquer."

"No! Absolutely no!"

Hearing that Emperor Qing wanted to conquest in person, the ministers couldn't sit still, "You can't go, if you go, wouldn't you follow Beidi's way?"

"So what." Emperor Qing was very calm, "Only by going there in person can the people's hearts be stabilized."

"But that evil disease is contagious!"

Then let Luo Chao Chao go with him.

Emperor Qing actually thought of Luo Chaochao at this moment.

As long as Luo Chao is around, he will not be in danger.

This idea took root in Emperor Qing's mind, and finally grew into a towering tree. There was no room for him to refuse what he said, even if there were ministers who wanted to threaten him with death, they could not stop Emperor Qing.

Only the queen supported him in his own conquest.

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven who is blessed by the dragon. There will be no worries about going this time." Hu 99 also heard about the evil disease in Qing'an City from other monsters, and he had some guesses in his mind, but he couldn't be sure.

It's just that Hu 99 couldn't go to check it himself, but thinking that Luo Chaochao would go there too, he didn't feel so nervous.

With Luo Chao Chao here, this so-called evil disease will never spread. As for whether the emperor wants to conquest by himself...

Just go, anyway, there will be no problem with Luo Chao Chao.

Hu 99 has enigmatic enthusiasm and trust in Luo Chaochao, not only Hu 99, other monsters are also full of trust in Luo Chaochao.

The monsters in Qing'an City also noticed something was wrong, but they dared not leave.

Now this "evil disease" has not spread to the whole city, thanks to the enchantment of these monsters, and this so-called evil is actually the miasma of a ghost king.

The ghost king never appeared from the beginning to the end, but his miasma was everywhere. At first, the monsters could absorb and purify all the miasma in the air with their own power, but then the concentration increased sharply, and all of them entered In the human body, these monsters have nothing to do.

The power attributes of these monsters are inherently destructive. It is not easy to solve the mild miasma, and there is no way to solve this kind of denser miasma.

Unless you find more powerful monsters, but Qing'an City is close to the border, and it can't compare with the prosperous south. Monsters don't like the harsh environment. It still looks too little, and it can't fight with the ghost king.

Mainly can't beat it.

Some monsters have already asked for help, but there is no new news yet.

When Luo Chaochao heard the news that Emperor Qing wanted to take the imperial conquest, his vision went dark.

He probably knew what was going on with this evil disease. It had nothing to do with infectious diseases, let alone the so-called zombie virus, but the obsession of the dead souls of the Lu family.

There are so many methods of monsters, it is very simple to create the effect of infectious diseases, and although the emperor has his own protection, he goes directly to the front line...

I have to say that he is really troublesome for people.

It would be good to just stay in the capital honestly, what are you doing at the border?The people under him will obviously help him solve it.

But when it comes, let it come.

Luo Chaochao had a big head, wishing he could teleport to Qing'an City right now.

It's a pity that it's hard to explain why he's leaving now, otherwise he would have run away long ago.

There are 8 soldiers from the Western Regions and the soldiers from Kangzhou City who came over. Naturally, with so many people, they can't go fast. Kangzhou City is nearly [-] miles away from Qing'an City, even if they are in a hurry , in addition to simple meals and rest, it took almost a week to rush to Qing'an City.

In order to prevent the situation from deteriorating again, Luo Chaochao asked the monster under his hand to send the dragon ball over in advance.

This dragon ball can last until he comes over, purify part of the miasma in advance, and protect the soldiers and people in Qing'an City. It can't last for too long, but it should last for more than half a month.

It was used in Qing'an City that day, and the effect was not bad.

Otherwise, Luo Chao Chao would not be able to go with the army.

When Luo Chaochao and the soldiers of Kangzhou City arrived at Qing'an City a week later, when they were still tens of miles away from Qing'an City, Luo Chaochao saw the soaring bad luck. A light-colored enchantment barely protected the people in the city from the erosion of bad luck.

Seeing that the barrier had been eroded to the point of crumbling, Luo Chaochao secretly protected the army behind him, and then followed the army in.

As soon as he came outside the city, the monsters in the city noticed his arrival and were overjoyed instantly.

When the Luo Chao tide arrived, there would be salvation here.

It's not that they didn't call other big monsters to help, but these big monsters were powerless.

This ghost king doesn't know how to cultivate, he is full of Yin Qi, and he can't stand it just by getting close, so how can he defeat him?

Can only wait.

After waiting, it was Luo Chao Chao.

"I'll stay in the inn." Luo Chaochao said to the generals leading the Kangzhou City team.

"Okay, if you have any problems, you must come to us, it's too dangerous outside."

"I know."

The soldiers who came to support them also entered the city, but they went to the place where the soldiers were stationed, and they were not in the same place as ordinary people like Luo Chao Chao and the others without military status.

After everyone else had left, Luo Chaochao waved his hand, waved away the stench lingering from his nose, and went to the best inn in Qing'an City to book a room.

Xiaoer looked at Luo Chaochao with the eyes of a fool, apparently not understanding why there are still people coming to Qing'an City when everyone wants to run out.

Isn't this courting death?

"Have you found out who it is?" Luo Chaoxi asked while sitting at the table.

After closing the door, a few monsters appeared out of nowhere in the room, all of them were big local monsters in Qing'an City. Now they saw Luo Chao Chao as if they had seen a savior. They explained everything during this period of time, and investigated The information that came out was also reported to Luo Chaochao.

Sure enough, as Luo Chaoxi guessed, it was the resentment of the Lu family who did it, and he became the ghost king.

He also absorbed the souls of the soldiers who died in Beidi's attack on the city before. After nearly 10 souls were absorbed, Lu Guiwang's strength reached a terrifying level, and even some thousand-year-old monsters who came to help him There was nothing he could do about it, so he could barely protect the people in the city with the dragon ball sent by Luo Chaoxi.

But if the Luo tide comes, there is no need to worry.

"How many monsters are there in the city now?"

"There are less than [-] monsters left that can fight." Those people were still a little angry when they said that, "That ghost king not only eats people, but also eats monsters. We will be targeted by him, so we dare not go out at all now, but Beidi has been attacking the city, and there is nothing we can do, it is almost unbearable."

Beidi is forcing them to show up, but once they show up, there will be casualties. If they don't go out, they will go to the next city. Qing'an City doesn't want to hurt other cities, so they can only come out.

Always control the loss within a certain range.

But fortunately, with Luo Chao Chao coming, they don't have to worry about it.