Spring is in full bloom, and the eastern foot of the Andes Mountains, the plains in front of a snow-capped mountain are now building a city. The construction site by the river is in full swing, and thousands of busy indigenous people are either carrying various stones or pounding the foundations amid the shouts of monks. The scene is in an orderly manner.

On the top of the snow-capped mountain on the clouds, Su E's eyebrows stood in the wind and her clothes fluttered. In her calm eyes, the gradually formed city was only the size of a chessboard, and the people running back and forth were not much different from ants.

She watched the city from planning to construction, and in the mouths of the indigenous monks, it was a gift to the gods. In their plan, there would be a magnificent temple in the center of the city.

Su Emei saw the model they built. The entire temple would be built with more than 10,000 kilograms of white stones, without any gravel, the main body was cone-shaped, and it would be tied up layer by layer, and finally reached a height of more than 20 feet.

There are ninety-one stone steps on the four sides of the temple, plus the first level at the top, a total of three hundred and sixty-five levels, and there will be fifty-two reliefs on all sides.

The whole building is simple and grand. Although the structure is simple, it obviously conforms to some kind of Taoist mechanism. There are also mysterious buildings on the top temple platform mountain. With Su Emei's knowledge, she can only see that they are some magic weapons, but she doesn't know what they are for.

"As a gift to you, this city will be named after you after it is built. The worship and loyalty of these people to you are so high that they are unimaginable. I don't know what they think." Chu Nanhuai came to Su Emei and looked at the city beneath her feet and sighed with emotion.

He looked a little jealous.

Su E's eyebrows and eyebrows were calm, as if everything in front of her had nothing to do with her.

She was obviously not as optimistic as Chu Nanhuai and said slowly: "The way these people built cities is entirely their own, and they are in line with the great way. I have been meditating for a long time, but I have not fully understood the Taoist mechanism. But one thing I have confirmed."

The old man in brown skin turned to look at his disciples, and he actually saw some tricks.

Sure enough, Su Emei continued: "This temple is actually a magic circle, and it is a magic circle for the gods!"

Chu Nanhuai is naturally familiar with the so-called magic array for asking for divine magic array. The five great Dao Sects of the Tang Dynasty all have this magic array, which is intended to borrow the power of immortals from the immortal court through secret techniques. In front of Fengqi Mountain, the Zhuxian formation used by the five great Dao Sects to deal with Li Ye was this type.

Chu Nanhuai understood Su Emei's subtext, "Although you are now considered by these monks as their gods, we all know that this is wrong. It would be fine if they cannot communicate with their gods when the temple is built. If you communicate successfully, you will easily find your flaws. At that time, our situation will not be very good."

Su Emei did not answer the conversation.

Chu Nanhuai laughed at himself, "But in my opinion, you are too worried. If they can communicate with their own gods, how could they still make your identity wrong?"

After spending more than a year with these natives, they have learned the language here, and there is no obstacle to communicating with local monks, so Chu Nanhuai has already learned a lot of knowledge about the natives.

Unlike the Tang Dynasty, there is no unified country here, and each city living in a city-state is a city-state. The noble monks treated ordinary people very harshly. There was even no civilian class here, only nobles and slaves.

The only thing that unites them is the unity of faith.

And now, their beliefs are challenged because the gods have not responded to their prayers for many years. The power of monks is declining, both in realm and in number. The strength of the nobles has weakened, the slaves are ready to move, people are panic, and society is uneasy.

Under such circumstances, the noble monks and slaves often clashed. In order to appease the hearts of the people, many monks and nobles said that other city-states had blasphemed the gods and caused the gods to get angry. They no longer responded to their prayers, so they brazenly launched a war to divert the hatred of the people.

Their war does not aim at unification, so there is no such thing as governance. Defeating a city-state will kill all the so-called blasphemy people in it, snatch their wealth into nothing, and then burn the city.

When Su Emei and others came here, the war had lasted for decades, countless city-states disappeared, the population was greatly reduced, and small cities could not even resist the invasion of wild beasts.

"The cultivators here practice different skills from us. We comprehend the energy of heaven and earth on the basis of pursuing the unity of man and nature, absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and open up our own small world. However, the basis of their cultivation is to obtain the power of gods, use the power of gods to open up the sea of ​​qi, and then absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

Chu Nanhuai said thoughtfully, "Now that the gods have lost their protection, the power of the gods in the temple has been weakening, which is no longer enough to maintain the normal operation of the cultivation clan. This is also one of the reasons why they launched a battle between the city-states. Only by plundering the power of the gods in the temples of other city-states can they ensure 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 native monks will surrender so simply when they feel the immortal power on you, and they may not be astonished to seek medical treatment."

Su Emei was still pondering and silent.

Seeing that she didn't answer for a long time, Chu Nanhuai said strangely: "You don't have any ideas? Are you really not going to do anything?"

Su Emei glanced at the master, "Why do I do? What does the matter here have to do with us?"

Chu Nanhuai was speechless for a while. He had the ambition to make achievements, develop the power of Quanzhen Temple, and contribute to the Tang Dynasty's country. Bailu Cave was originally intended to shake the world's storm.

But his disciple obviously had no utilitarian intention. After finding potatoes and corn and completing the tasks assigned by Li Ye, she looked out of the matter, just like an official waiting for the money.

Chu Nanhuai naturally knew the nature of his disciples very clearly, and understood that saying anything else to Su Emei was useless, which directly explained the reason why he came to her now, "Your Majesty has an order to lead local monks to fight and open up a new world here!"

After saying this, Chu Nanhuai laughed out loud for the disrespectful old man, looking at Su Emei with a playful look on his face, clearly showing that he wanted to see her joke.

Su Emei still looked calm and unmoved by external objects. She nodded lightly and was about to turn around and leave.

Chu Nanhuai said in surprise: "Where are you going?" Looking at Su Emei's appearance, was she planning to not even obey Li Ye's orders?

Su Emei turned her head and glanced at the master strangely, "Of course we are going to select the personnel."

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 summoning the monks, Su Emei only said one sentence and ordered the scouts to explore the way first and lock in the target. The large group of people followed.

What she said was: "From now on, war is no longer aimed at killing, but conquering."

What Su Emei couldn't know at this time was that her words changed the fate of self-destruction of a race.

What she didn't know even more was that in the vast world outside the sky, there were eyes staring here in the void.

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In autumn, the fallen leaves in Chang'an are floating.

Li Ye received the latest battle report from the Western Regions. Zhang Huaishen, the Guiyi Army led by Nangong Yi, and the Yulin Army, had captured Xizhou after several big victories. Yao Ge Luoluo and the remnants of Xizhou Uighurs fled westward.

The Tang army pursued the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and passed by Yanqi and Kucha. They met a group of black-clad cavalry in Shuledong. The other side was quite strong. After a long battle, Yao Ge Luoluo and tens of thousands of remaining troops broke free from the pursuit of Guiyi Army.

Now the Guiyi Army has discovered that the black cavalry is the army of the Black Khanate (Karakhan Dynasty). They gathered heavy troops in Shule and were in a strong position to fight against the Tang army.

Zhang Huaishen asked whether to gather all military forces and conquer Shule.

Li Ye’s reply to Zhang Huaishen was to temporarily suspend the resumption of Shule, establish a military town in Yanqi and Kucha, and wipe out the vast areas originally controlled by the Uighurs in Xizhou. Only monitoring and precautions for the Black Khanate were needed.

"The Uighurs in Xizhou control the vast area north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and there are many rich places here, but because of the desert and the isolation of the area, it is not an easy task to completely capture and manage it."

Cui Keli stroked his beard and said, "Guiyi, the two armies of Yulin fought in a difficult place for several months. Now they have defeated Yao Ge Luoluo, and their troops are dull. They are indeed not suitable to fight against the Black Khan Kingdom again. First, rebuild the two towns of Yanqi and Kucha, stabilize the place, accumulate strength, hoard military resources, and then carry out the next step. This is indeed a good strategy. Your Majesty is wise!"

Li Zhen said indignantly: "The Uighurs west of the Pamir Mountains are just a group of devastated dogs. They are now really brave enough to hook up with the Xizhou Uighurs and conflict with the imperial royal army head-on, and they are really looking for death!"

Compared with the steady Cui Keli, the young Li Zhenrui was even more energetic. It was not surprising that Li Ye was a little bit dissatisfied with his attitude. In fact, many national policies of the Tang Dynasty were finalized amid the debate between the two.

Just as Cui Keli was about to say something, Li Ye waved his hand and signaled that they did not have to fight each other. He said: "There are now three forces in the Western Regions. The north and south of the Tianshan Mountains are controlled by the Xizhou Uighurs, and now they have entered our pockets; the northern foot of the Kunlun Mountains is the dominant state of Khotan. Although it is slightly weaker than the Xizhou Uighurs, it is also considered a prince;

"The Kingdom of Khotan has sent envoys to the east, and now it is on the way. It is very likely that they will voluntarily surrender to the dynasty with their usual national policies. To the west of Shule, there is a place where the Black Khan is occupied. In terms of the area of ​​the jurisdiction, he is the largest. At present, we know the least about them.

"At present, the Hei Shan army occupied Shule, retaining the last piece of land for Yao Geluolu, and in fact started a war with the Tang Dynasty. When the construction of the Western Regions has initial results, we will naturally have to take action against them."

The Black Sweat Rescue Drug Groluo, which was actually within Li Ye's expectations.

He did not intend to make a contribution to the Western Regions, which was not realistic. Guiyi Army and Yulin Army were able to defeat the Western Regions and open up the situation in the Western Regions, so he achieved his goal.

The terrain of the Western Regions is three mountains and two basins. The foothills are rich, with rivers densely populated and people living in it. The center of the basin is deserted and deserted. The four towns in Anxi are all built near rivers at the foothills.

The first four Anxi towns, Yanqi, Kucha, Shule, and Khotan, except for the country of Khotan, were all within the control of the Uighurs in Xizhou a few days ago. Later, the Tang army expanded westward, and the four Anxi towns changed. Yanqi was removed and established the town on the banks of the Shuye River.

Suiye Town is now in the country of Hei Khan, and is still in the country of Hei Khan, called Balashaguen.

In fact, most of the territory of the Black Khanate was the jurisdiction of the two Protectors of Anxi and Beiting during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Ye sent troops to the Western Regions to restore the entire territory of the four Anxi towns and restore the prosperous territory of the Tang Dynasty. Not only was the Sailye City going to be captured, but a large area of ​​land in the Black Khanate would also be recovered. As long as Yao Ge Luoluoluo explained this to the Black Khanate, it would be difficult for the other party not to unite with him.

"In the next two years, the focus of the Western Regions will be to rebuild the Anxi Protectorate and ensure absolute control of the jurisdiction. At the same time, build military forts and hoard materials transported from Chang'an. When the military is sufficient, it is the opportunity for the Tang Dynasty to use troops west again!" Li Ye set a general direction for the affairs of the Western Regions, which is also a strategy that is in line with the general trend of other countries.

These three or five years were a critical period for Li Ye to completely eliminate the vassal states and enhance the power of cultivation in the Tang Dynasty.
Chapter completed!