The young man used branches to draw a map underground.

"The world's top powers are four major forces, the Tang Dynasty in Central China, the various Di tribes on the northern plateau of Central China, the Fan Kingdom in Daxue Mountains, and the Black Yi Kingdom in the west. In addition to these four forces, there are also some sub-heavyweight forces, such as the Liumeng in the south of Meng, the Yu tribe in the south, the Wei tribe in the northeast, the Bei tribe in the northeast, etc.

Under the continuous conquest of the Tang army, the northern divisions have rebelled or surrendered. Although there are still wars, it is not enough to become a major threat to the Tang Dynasty. The Black Yi Kingdom is too far from the Tang Dynasty, and there is no big conflict between the two sides, but the Xuefan Kingdom..."

Hundreds of years ago, the Xuefan Kingdom was not a powerful country. However, the Tang Dynasty did a foolish thing, not only recognized the Xuefan Kingdom as the leader of the Daxue Mountains, but also married the princess to the King of Xuefan, and also dowed tens of thousands of craftsmen and countless books. As a result, the Xuefan Kingdom quickly became stronger.

Decades later, the army of Xuefan Kingdom went north to the Xihai area of ​​the Tang Kingdom, and several battlefields broke out with the Tang Dynasty. The Tang army suffered consecutive defeats, almost killing the lives of millions of soldiers. This situation continued to this day, and the two sides still sent many elite troops to stalemate in the West Sea.

The Tang Dynasty still did not learn from the lessons. The Xuefan Kingdom was in the west of the south of Mongolia. The Xuefan Kingdom sent troops to the east from time to time to plunder. Although most of the southern Mongolian tribes surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, the western part of the south of Mongolian was too far away from the Tang Dynasty, and the terrain was complicated, so the Tang Dynasty could not do anything about it.

It was not until more than ten years ago that the Ningbo-Mongolian divisions were forced to join forces to elect the Ningbo-Luo King as the leader of the Ningbo-Mongolian army. The Ningbo-Mongolian coalition then attacked the Xuefan army in Canghai Lake, almost annihilated the entire army of tens of thousands of Xuefan troops, which changed this situation.

In fact, there were some specialties in this battle. The army of Xuefan Kingdom was too deep. The army of Xuefan Kingdom was high and cold, with vast land and sparse population. The southern part of Mongolia was relatively hot, with many mountains and lush forests. Many soldiers of Xuefan Kingdom were not suitable for the terrain and climate of the cliff sea. The army sent out not elite troops, but took it lightly and did not take it seriously, which led to that disastrous defeat.

The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty suddenly had a whim and appointed King Yongluo as King Mengnan. His idea was very stupid and naive. Many of the tribes in the south of Mengnan belonged to the Tang Dynasty and received the title of King Mengnan. In name, King Yongluo became the king of Mengnan. Then King Yongluo could gather more power to fight against the Xuefan Kingdom and disperse the pressure of the Tang Dynasty.

The front was indeed realized, and the back... King Yongluo was named Queen of Mengnan, and more tribes surrendered to King Yongluo, which encouraged King Yongluo's ambition. He not only wanted to become the nominal king of Mengnan, but also wanted to become the actual king of Mengnan! So he turned his attention to the northeast direction of Mengnan, and Wumeng was the northeast direction of the northeast direction.

The environment in southern Meng was complex and the divisions were relatively closed. The Tang Dynasty had no intention of operating the place. Then, like hundreds of years, it only stationed some troops in Hulu City in front of Wumeng, and usually only collected some commercial taxes from passing caravans.

Two years ago, under the secret envoy of King Yongluo, many discussions suddenly came from the tribes around Hulu City. Some said that the Tang army was unfair to collect taxes, some said that the tax was too heavy, and some said that we were Mengnan, so why did the Tang people collect taxes? Some said that the Tang Dynasty officials and the army were extravagant and illegal, oppressing the people of Mengnan. Then they resisted the Tang Dynasty officials and soldiers to collect taxes, and more than a dozen tax-collecting officials were killed.

The officials stationed in Hulu City of the Tang Dynasty sent some troops to suppress them. One was determined and the other was unintentional. The Tang army was quickly defeated by various coalition forces.

"Did the Tang Dynasty officers and soldiers have committed illegal acts against Kejiazhai?"

Aman shook his head. How could the poor officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty come to Kejiazhai? Even Luohua City is rarely visited. It is not for tax collection. Some go to Luohua City to mediate conflicts between various departments, and some coordinate the construction of roads and bridges. They don’t stay for a long time. Luohua City pays at most a few days of entertainment for good wine and meat.

"Did the Tang Dynasty collect taxes from Kejiazhai?

Or the tribute is just some medicinal materials and local specialties, which Kejiazhai can tolerate. Then it is handed over to the hands of several leaders of Luohua City, and then handed over to the Tang Dynasty governor of Hulu City. In fact, this medicinal materials or other tributes are not completely handed over to the Tang Dynasty, and most of them are allowed to be detained by the leaders of Luohua City.

If the Tang Dynasty officers and soldiers withdrew from Wumeng, then if the Yongluo King comes, he will not collect taxes and will he be absolutely fair in his actions?

It is impossible, even if there is no taxation, as long as he exercises part of the jurisdiction, this bowl of water will not be able to be balanced."

But the unrest two years ago made the Tang Dynasty embarrassed.

At least the six Mengnan and Wumeng are the real territory of the Tang Kingdom in name, and Mengnan is not the four ultimate forces. If all the officials garrisoned their troops to withdraw from Wumeng, they would not be able to let go of their face. There is also a worry that as long as the officials garrisoned their troops in the Tang Kingdom will withdraw from Wumeng, the King of Yongluo will become more famous and may even truly unify Mengnan, will it invade the territory of the Tang Kingdom adjacent to Wumeng?

If we do not withdraw our troops, we can only send large troops to suppress them. We must not only suppress the rebellious tribes, but also defeat the King of Yongluo so that Wumeng will be stable.

However, it was not Mengnan that could really pose a danger to the Tang Kingdom, but Xuefan Kingdom, which led to nearly half of the elite troops of Tang Kingdom stationed in the Xihai area. For the sake of Mengnan, which could not get anything, was it worth it to send a large army to the place where Tang Kingdom worked hard to get money and money?

When the news came back to the Tang Dynasty, there was some controversy. It was not until this spring that the Tang Dynasty sent 100,000 officers and soldiers to suppress the various rebellious tribes in Hulu City. They are now preparing to use troops to King Yongluo.

It is a bit hard to say who is right and who is wrong, but this is the truth of the war on the Wumeng front line, not the statements mentioned by some elders in Kejiazhai.

"Master, are the officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty good?"

"It cannot be said that it is all good. There are good people and bad people everywhere, and the officers and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are the same. The turmoil two years ago was certainly related to the secret envoy of King Yongluo, but there must have been some officers and soldiers who did some bad things in normal times, which accumulated more conflicts.

Some elders in the village beat Tang soldiers to death with one stick, almost all of which were the sayings from Luohua City. No one saw the truth in Luohua City, but they just saw it. Their mentality did not want the people of the Tang Dynasty to ride on them and control them. In addition, the defeat of the Xuefan army by King Yongluo made them misjudgment, and then all kinds of sayings that they wished the Tang army would fail came.

The situation has come to this point, but it is very bad. There are some rumors in Kejia Village, and there will definitely be Hulu City. If the Tang army wins, the control will definitely be even more severe in the future. If the Tang army fails, there will inevitably be a second and third invasions. Where will the battle happen? Wumeng!

As the front line, including Luohua City, it will be implicated in the future."

Why do you have a happy mouth? Of course, because of this relatively closed environment, even if a merchant goes to the Tang State, it is just a border area of ​​the Tang State. If you cannot recognize the vastness, wealth and strength of Middle-earth, and you cannot recognize it, who can have a longer-term vision?

"No need to say these things back to the village."

Aman nodded vigorously: "Master, is the Tang Dynasty good?"

"There are many bad things in the Tang Dynasty, but compared with Mengnan, it is simply a paradise."

For example, practice and study.

Aman's talent is quite good. If a young man comes to Kejia Village in the future and no one teaches him the knowledge of cultivation, he can only become an ordinary person in the future. Even if the young man comes and teaches a lot of cultivation knowledge, he will fill in more cultivation knowledge and ghost-raising techniques in the next period of time. However, after the young man leaves, no one may teach him anymore, and all kinds of resources can only be obtained from Wushan.

But it is different in the Tang Dynasty. In order to maintain their high status, some aristocratic sects will not teach others their own cultivation techniques and various knowledge. However, there is also the court... The Tang Dynasty officials will print some basic cultivation techniques into books every year, and they can buy them at a little price. In other words, children of ordinary families can also start practicing since childhood.

Then there is a three-level college system. Every year, the county government will send a large number of people to select children with excellent qualifications and outstanding performance to send them to the prefecture school. The prefecture school will select outstanding young people to send them to the prefecture school. Each prefecture school will select outstanding young people to enter the national studies of the Tang Dynasty - Nanshan College.

Even if you do not enter Nanshan College, various prefectures still have a large number of books, exercises, and even provide some cultivation resources and trial venues for students to learn and practice better. At the same time, some supervision mechanisms have been established.

Although there are many unfairness and shady stories, most people with good talent will be selected. If Aman is placed in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, at least he can enter Taoism, and the upper limit will be infinitely magnified.

There is also the patriarch in the village who was worried that Aman was fighting with the wizard. In the Tang Dynasty, who dared to slaughter villages and destroy villages for some arable land?

The Luohuacheng area is quite good. There are many remote places in southern Mengnan, and there are many villages with slavery. Among these villages, except for a few people, the rest are slaves who are not as good as death, and they even exist as food.

There is also murder, which is normal in Mengnan.

There were also some strong men, robbers, and wealthy families in the Tang Dynasty who took human life into consideration, but even them, not many people dared to kill people in broad daylight.

There were also many poor people in the Tang Dynasty, but because they were not blocked, they were far richer than in southern Mongolia.

And those wizards were like evil cultivators. They didn’t dare to show up in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and they wanted to gain a lofty status?

"Why doesn't the Tang Dynasty care about Wumeng?"

"This kind of civilization and enlightenment are not a single thing. If you control it, you will offend more than 90% of the leaders of major tribes. You can only spend a lot of manpower and material resources and send a large number of troops to suppress it. The Tang Dynasty was first controlled by the Di people in the north, and then by the Fan people in the Daxueshan Mountain. Where can you draw out your strength to directly control Wumeng?"

Aman was very frustrated when he heard this.

Turning around a foot of a mountain, the Dream River appeared in front of me.

"So shallow!"

When Mengxi River arrived here, it was OK, and it was more than ten meters wide, but it became clearer and shallower, less than two feet deep, and it could almost be rolled over the corner of the pants. However, the river became turbulent, and the small river flowed north, and there were rustling sounds from time to time, and small whirlpools appeared on the river surface.

"Take out the kettle, fill it up immediately, and leave here."

"Okay," Aman said. He understood this. The day before yesterday his master told him that the stagnant water in the foggy mountain cannot be drunk. Only those mountain streams, springs and small rivers that flow rapidly can drink it. However, there will be powerful beasts in these places.

Filling the kettle, the two wade through the river, and the river hit the calves violently. Both of them were not ordinary people. This force didn't matter to them. After a moment, the two wade through Mengxi and continued to walk northwest.

Aman suddenly looked nervous again. He recalled the map and asked, "Master, this is..."

"Shh, a little bit of a sound, right, starting from here, gradually entering the inner circumference of the foggy mountain."

But the youth's expression was very normal. There were several more terrifying core areas in Wushan. He still "slides" several times. Of course, when he entered the inner circumference of Wushan, the youth became careful, and the two of them were moving forward slowly.

Suddenly, a rumble sound came from the grass in front of us.

The two stopped at the same time and saw a man in armored middle-aged Tang Dynasty general who looked like an armored man emerged from the grass. He seemed to be injured, with a lot of blood on his armor, looking very embarrassed. Then he asked the two: "Who are you? Why are you here?"
Chapter completed!