Taiping Inn

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In the early years of Tianbao, the Wei Dynasty was able to expel the Golden Horde, which shows that it still had some national strength. After Qin Qing seized the world, it had rested for ten years and had already had some prosperity.

At this juncture, the Great Xuan court decided to march west.

This expedition to the west was not a temporary idea, but a national policy that had been set as early as the establishment of the Great Xuan court. The fundamental purpose of this expedition to the west was to completely incorporate the Western Regions into the territory and use offense instead of defense.

The reason is also very simple. If you want to ensure that the hinterland is not lost, you must defend the border. At the beginning, the Wei Dynasty lost Qinzhou and Liangzhou, and Zhongzhou immediately became the frontier border. If Zhongzhou is lost again, the imperial capital will be in danger. But if the Great Xuan court can occupy the Western Regions, then the Western Regions will face the borders of the Golden Horde and the Rakshasa Kingdom, and the original borders of Liangzhou and Qinzhou will become the hinterland, which is to use offense instead of defense.

However, there is also a moral issue, that is, the just cause.

As the saying goes, you can't raise an unknown army. If the Daxuan court wants to conquer the Western Regions, it must have a convincing explanation. It can't say that it is a barbarian without morality.

This explanation is easy to find, because the Daxuan court claims to have inherited the legal system of Daqi, and Daqi was at its peak. It once established the Xizhou Protectorate in the Western Regions to manage the Western Regions south of the Great Snow Mountain.

After the second year of Longshuo, the Golden Horde and Daqi repeatedly fought for the four towns of Xizhou, and this place changed hands several times. After the civil strife in Daqi broke out, a large number of troops stationed in the Xizhou Protectorate were transferred to the inland to participate in the rebellion, resulting in the emptiness of the Xizhou Protectorate. The Golden Horde took the opportunity to march into Anxi, and the three towns of Xizhou fell one after another.

Qiuci City, the last town of the Western Region Army, twice annihilated the Golden Horde Army. After that, Qiuci City joined the Golden Horde as an autonomous force, but still under the banner of Daqi.

Until the white-haired veterans of the Western Region Army died one after another, the city of Qiuci finally went to Qi to rebuild Qiuci and converted to Buddhism in the Western Regions. The Western Region Protectorate ended from then on.

After the fall of the Great Qi, the Great Jin and the Great Wei failed to recover the Western Regions.

Today, the Great Xuan court will re-establish the Western Region Protectorate and take back the land lost by the Great Qi.

Now the Great Xuan court is in full swing, especially the firearms are unrivaled in the world. In addition, the world is united, there are many talents, and the help of the Taoist sect, so this Western Expedition can be said to be a sure win.

In this campaign, Qin Qing still appointed the veteran Qin Xiang as the commander-in-chief, holding the seal of the General of the Western Expedition, with an army of 150,000 and 400,000 auxiliary soldiers and civilians, claiming to be an army of 600,000, and marched to the Western Regions.

On the Taoist side, the Great Immortal Qin Su of the Taiping Dao, the Great Immortal Zhang Luanshan of the Zhengyi Dao, and 16 other Immortals accompanied them, and there were thousands of elite Taoist disciples, and the momentum was equally huge.

There were also people familiar with the situation in the Western Regions, such as the King of Qi's retainers, accompanying the army, which was absolutely safe.

Under this circumstance, the 36 countries in the Western Regions almost went down without a fight. Wherever the army went, it was invincible. Occasionally, there was a stubborn resistance, but it could not defeat the improved heavy artillery.

In fact, the key to recovering the Western Regions does not lie in the so-called 36 countries in the Western Regions, but in the Western Buddhist Sect, the Northwest Taoist Sect, and the Golden Horde. These three forces are the fundamental basis for dominating the direction of the Western Regions. Of course, now we have to add the Great Xuan Court and the Taoist Sect.

The four forces competed for supremacy. After Qin Qing and Li Xuandu discussed, they decided to first win over one faction, stabilize one faction, and kill one faction, leaving only two factions. Then win over another faction, kill another faction, leaving only one faction. Finally, kill the remaining faction, that faction is no longer able to resist, and can only let the Great Xuan Court and the Taoist Sect flatten and round.

The first thing to win over is the local power, the Western Region Buddhist Sect. They have a good relationship with the Taoist Sect, and are now in a weak position, making them the easiest to win over. For them, bringing the Great Xuan Court into the Western Region is like driving a tiger to swallow a wolf.

The second thing is to stabilize the Northwest Taoist Sect, that is, the Taoist forces headed by Tan Taiyun. After all, they are of the same origin. Even if the ideas are not in line, they can sit down and talk.

The last is to kill one faction and completely expel the Golden Horde forces from the Western Region.

These three steps must be taken step by step, not at the same time, otherwise you will trip yourself up.

How to win over the Western Region Buddhist forces? The Great Xuan Court is very sincere. Bai Xiushang, the queen, personally came forward, and Zhang Luanshan, the great Taoist master, personally accompanied them to visit the Western Region Buddhist base camp, the Three Great Palaces.

The Buddhist sect in the Western Regions heard the strings and understood the elegant intention. They put out all kinds of support, led by Wu Zhen and others, and there were more than 10,000 Buddhist disciples to welcome them. The momentum was so great that it was the largest in the past hundred years, not inferior to the ceremony of the replacement of the leaders of the Buddhist sect in the Western Regions.

After Bai Xiushang arrived at the Palace of the Three Victories, she had a secret talk with several leaders of the Buddhist sect in the Western Regions on behalf of Qin Qing, promising that as long as the Buddhist sect in the Western Regions agreed to return to the court, the Daxuan court would not interfere in the internal affairs of the Buddhist sect in the Western Regions. At the same time, the great heavenly master Zhang Luanshan also promised on behalf of Li Xuandu that although the Taoist sect would set up a corresponding branch in the Western Regions, it would only take the part that originally belonged to the Golden Tent. The Western Region is large enough to accommodate both the Taoist sect and the Buddhist sect.

On the other hand, the Taoist sect also contacted the Taoist sect in the northwest again, and this time Li Xuandu came forward in person.

There was no way. With Tan Taiyun's personality, if it were someone else, some uncontrollable situations might occur. Only Li Xuandu or Qin Qing could suppress Tan Taiyun.

Li Xuandu went alone this time, and Tan Taiyun also did not bring any entourage. The two agreed to meet in Loulan City, the largest city in the Western Region.

Loulan City is still the same, except that there is a Peacock Lake.

The last time Li Xuandu came to Loulan City was more than ten years ago. At that time, the geomancer had not yet ascended. When the two sides were fighting to a critical moment, Li Xuandu was captured by the geomancer and taken to Kunlun Mountain to open the Xuandu Purple Mansion.

Now revisiting the old place, it is really different from the people.

Li Xuandu stood alone by the lakeside of Peacock Lake, his black clothes moving with the wind.

A woman wearing a veiled hat walked slowly over, wearing a wide white robe, which largely made it impossible to judge her gender from her appearance.

However, for people who live in immortality, they can no longer use the six consciousnesses to observe people, but can distinguish similar people through some connection in the dark.

similar.

Are people who are regarded as human beings forever?

Li Xuan didn't turn around, but still stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the lake.

The woman with a hat came not far from Li Xuan, stood side by side with him, looked at the lake, and then said, "You said you want to talk to me, I'm here, let's talk."

Li Xuandu then withdrew his gaze and said, "According to the routine, I should first reminisce about the past, bring us closer to the relationship that is not close, and then turn to the main topic. If you want to reminisce about the past, then we have to mention our first. When we met, you punched me into the city wall. I rarely suffered such a big loss, and I remember it particularly deeply."

Tan Taiyun smiled and said, "If I had known today, I would have punched you to death."

Li Xuan didn't care: "It's hard to buy money, but I'd know it before I knew it before. In fact, I should be grateful to the Holy Lord. You've known it too many times, but you didn't really take my life in the end."

Dan Taiyun snorted: "When I can kill you, I have no grudges and you, and there is no need to kill you. When I want to kill you, I am already in a position but not in a strong position. If we take action now, we are afraid. I want to follow the footsteps of Old Man Long, you are the real number one person in the world."

Li Xuandu smiled slightly and said modestly: "There is no hero at that time, so the prince will become famous."

Dan Taiyun didn't comment.

She really wanted to admit this statement, but she didn't want to kill a thousand enemies and hurt herself. If Li Xuan was a stern person, then she was not as good as Li Xuandu, what would she be? So she simply didn't speak.

Li Xuandu continued, "There is enough reminiscence, let's talk about the serious matter."

Tan Taiyun said, "I know what you want to say is nothing more than this matter in the Western Regions."

Li Xuan did not deny it: "His Majesty the Emperor and I are determined to win the Western Regions."

"Your Majesty." Dan Tai Yun's face hidden under the veil was a little dissatisfied, "Who could have thought that Li Daoxu could not win the world, Xu Wugui could not win the world, and Song Zheng could not win the world, and in the end it was Qin. It can be clear to the world."

Li Xuan did not comment on this and simply said, "I can give two conditions for you to choose. The first condition is that you return to the Taoist sect and become the fourth real person, the first deputy head, second only to I am alone, superior to other great real people. Or if you enter the court, you will become the first vassal king of different surnames, Liangzhou and Qinzhou, for you to choose from."

Dan Taiyun reached out and took off the hat on his head, and said with a blank expression: "It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. After so many years, I am no longer used to living under others. Xu Wugui is not good, you and Qin It's not OK to be clear."

Li Xuandu said, "I don't mind letting you be the chief tutor, just because you are afraid you won't be able to sit steadily."

Dan Taiyun said, "Don't accept the food that comes from pity."

Li Xuandu laughed: "I am worthy of being the Queen's Holy Lord, I'm so brave. Then I'll talk about the second condition."

Dan Taiyun nodded.

Li Xuandu slowly restrained the smile on his face and said seriously: "Leave the Western Regions, do not return to the Central Plains, do not go to the Golden Tent. Go to the extreme west, or go to the New World."

Dan Taiyun asked, "What about the conditions? You can't let me leave my family and business in one word."

Li Xuandu said, "Of course there are conditions. The Holy Lord still remembers to stay in the fairy platform, right?"

Dan Taiyun was stunned: "The place where Xu Wugui survived the tribulation."

"That's right." Li Xuan took out the three treasures Ruyi. Except for sending Lu Wushen ascended to use a pearl, the other pearls were restored to their original state.

Dan Taiyun already understood the conditions offered by Li Xuandu.

Li Xuandu said softly: "I asked my father-in-law that he didn't plan to stay in the world for a long time. He would ascend to death as soon as the time came. If the Holy Lord is willing, I can give you this opportunity to stay in the Immortal Platform."

Dan Taiyun was really moved this time, but he still asked back: "What about you? Are you not afraid that I will become a disaster immortal, and I will cause trouble for you?"

Li Xuandu smiled slightly: "The Holy Lord has participated in the battle to siege Lu Wushen, and should know the principle of being outnumbered. Moreover, the Taoist sect now has the right time, place and people. Even if the reincarnation of the saint of the Heart is not sure to reverse the situation. As for me , at most thirty years, I will be sure to survive a heavenly tribulation."

Dan Taiyun asked again: "Where is your Miss Qin? No, it should be Mrs. Qin now."

Li Xuandu said, "We will probably die together. Even if I survived a heavenly tribulation, I would not stay in the world for too long."

"A gentleman does not win the favor of others." Dan Taiyun thought for a long time, but shook his head, "The opportunity to stay in Xiantai is better for your Miss Qin. I don't plan to stay in the world for a long time, as a hundred years is enough."

Li Xuandu asked, "What does the Holy Lord want?"

Dan Taiyun stretched out a finger: "Let me go out and go out and have weapons to defend myself, an immortal object."

Li Xuan pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "I happened to have a 'Seven Birds and Five Fire Fan' in my hand, and it has already nurtured an elf. I hope the Holy Lord will treat it well."

Dan Taiyun looked at Li Xuandu deeply: "That's all."