The Prodigal Son of the Mystical Sect

The south is warm, as everyone in China knows.

Even though the rest of the country has gradually entered a bleak autumn, and even the snow has fallen into the middle of winter, in the south, it is still the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and the weather has not even cooled down yet.

It is precisely because of this warm climate that the water and grass in the south are rich and fertile, making it easy to raise war horses. This is also the origin of the barbarian troubles... However, in addition to the barbarians having access to this land and water and enjoying the weather, there is also an empire, also located in the south, which has great influence on the barbarians. The countries in the Central Plains are watching with eager eyes...

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Early morning hours.

The morning sun slightly penetrated the clouds, releasing some light.

On a green lotus by the river, there are some yesterday's raindrops. As the lotus leaf tilts, it falls with a crisp sound.

This could have been an excellent picture of early morning in the South.

If it weren't for the sudden sound of horse hooves in the distance...

Tap tap tap!

Thousands of cavalrymen wearing silver armors stepped onto the ground. After a while, they came to the river bank and lined up along a long line. Everyone got off their horses. People ate, horses drank, and began to replenish and recuperate.

They have been running around for several days, and each of them has a bit of weather on their face, but the bright and intense light in their eyes means that they can mount their horses and charge at any time, crushing all enemies in their way!

In fact, before they came here, they had killed several barbarian armies, ranging from more than a hundred people to as many as a thousand people, fighting all the way here... They were a prodigal army, but they were no longer the original prodigal army. military!

The prodigal army at this moment, even when resting and recuperating, is not angry and powerful.

"Young Master."

They saw Chu Tianxiao and others gathered around on the slightly withered lawn, pointing at a map. At this moment, Xueyan, who was not far away, walked up and held something in his hand. Things like jade slips.

"Latest information."

"Um."

Chu Tianxiao stretched out his hand to take the jade slip, knowing that this was the benefit of having a "organization". Of course... he also had the privilege of his own identity and military exploits to help him. Otherwise, he would probably not be able to get this kind of information during the war.

"Hmm..." With a slight thought in his mind, Chu Tianxiao unfolded the jade slips, immersed himself in his spiritual consciousness, and browsed carefully while clicking his tongue, "It's very interesting... There have been a lot of things recently. The general has gathered strong troops on a large scale. This Is he going to launch a general attack on the barbarians? Is it revenge? Or is Lu Xianhui scared by our achievements and wants to use his strength quickly? It seems that this barbarians are really like grasshoppers, and they won’t be able to survive for a few days.”

"It's a good thing we ran away after a fight. Otherwise, it would be hard to get credit for such troubled times, and there wouldn't be much of a big head..."

As Chu Tianxiao murmured, his consciousness gradually drifted to another place...

"Well, His Majesty has indeed taken action. The Alliance to Exterminate Demons in China is preparing closely. Da Qin, Yan State... are all wrangling, eh... eh?!"

"Zhao Guo, how dare you propose such conditions?"

After saying this, Xue Yan and other generals of the Prodigal Army were stunned, and saw Chu Tianxiao put down the jade slip: "You guys should take a look too."

Hearing the sound, they all quickly immersed their spiritual consciousness, and then, their expressions changed drastically.

"...because of the need to exterminate demons, we need to temporarily borrow nineteen second-class cities on Monday to settle the people in the rear? Such an excuse is clumsy!"

"It's said to be a loan, but in fact it's basically a gift, right? Returning nineteen second-class cities? What a shame that he has the nerve to ask for it! He's just borrowing a springboard from his country, Zhao, to attack the demons. To actually offer such a sky-high price, who do you think he is? Fool?"

"Zhao is taking this opportunity to blackmail! The lion is opening his mouth!"

"...Then what on earth are you thinking, Young Emperor Zhao? There is no way Dazhou can agree to this condition..."

When the last sound came out, especially when the words ‘Shao Di Zhao’ came out, everyone in the room showed strange expressions…

As we all know, although there are many empires in the vast land of China, the competition has been dominated by the Great Zhou and the Great Qin more than ten years ago. Most of the other countries are dependent on the two countries and do not have the core competitiveness to unify the vast land of China. .

This situation...until Zhao Shaodi was born!

Back then, Emperor Zhao was just a disgraced prince who was demoted from the capital of Zhao State for making mistakes. However, in just a few years, he had raised an elite army in the northern Xinjiang and recruited a group of talents at the same time. Good generals, each one is a momentary hero! The most mysterious thing, and what is most fearful to all the empires in China, is that the amazing talents under this person seem to fall from the sky, always appearing at the most critical moment, but they are unknown beforehand. If you investigate their life experiences, you will find that they are all "ordinary", and some even... can't be found to have any connection with Zhao Shaodi at all, but they were discovered by him!

The list goes on.

Over time, Emperor Zhao became known as the 'Smart Eye of China', and he gathered more and more talents under his command, including counselors, generals, handsome men, and even dead guards, all of whom were strong at the time.

With this group of ministers who followed the dragon, Emperor Zhao miraculously rose to prominence. He first fought against the Tang invaders in northern Xinjiang and defeated them, severely weakening their spirit. Then he quickly created public opinion to enhance his prestige, and finally The late Emperor Zhao valued him and transferred him back to Kyoto.

After that, Emperor Zhao became even more prosperous. First, with the help of his staff, he ruthlessly defeated several princes who were competing for the throne, and succeeded in seizing the heir apparent. Then... He was not even a year old, and he has always been in good health. The first emperor of Zhao Dynasty "suffered a serious illness" and "died".

Young Emperor Zhao has now ascended to the supreme position of the Zhao Kingdom. He changed the previous conservative strategic policies of Zhao State and instead trained a strong army, summoned strong generals, fought on all sides to plunder resources, and used war to support war. The more war he fought, the stronger he became!

At the same time, Emperor Zhao Shao discovered many civil officials who were good at governing internal affairs, and made drastic reforms to Zhao's internal affairs... In just over ten years, Emperor Zhao Shao, from the original marginal empire, has become one of the three major empires in Shenzhou!

So far, Shenzhou has entered the next era, that is, the three-legged tripod!

And Emperor Zhao Shao, who opened this three-legged tripod pattern with one move, has not even reached the age of forty this year!

When he ascended the throne, he was even just a young man!

Therefore, he was called "Emperor Zhao Shao" in the world, and countless people regarded him as the "true emperor sent by God to end the chaos and unify Shenzhou"! The reason, just look at his past series of almost "legendary" deeds to know.

Of course, this statement is mainly popular in Da Zhao and many weak countries, and the attitude of the Zhou people and the Qin people towards this... is a bit "strange".

To the Qin people, the rumors were ridiculous, but the Great Zhao was indeed an opponent worthy of vigilance. As for the Zhou people... the mainstream voice among them was to "look down" on the State of Zhao!

The reason was very simple and crude, just because Emperor Wu of Zhou, Lu Xuan, once commented on the Emperor Shao of Zhao...

"The Emperor Shao of Zhao is a young man who stole the time of heaven, and he is not to be feared. He relies on only counselors and generals, but I see that none of them will live long, and their successors are also weak. Once they are gone, this man will be vulnerable."

According to folk legend, this sentence was said by Emperor Wu of Zhou while flipping through the memorials...