Both the Wanshi Kingdom and the Heiqing Kingdom sent troops to seize this territory, but due to the infiltration of both sides, no one took over this place in the end despite their achievements. Later, the southern part of the Black Qing Kingdom rebelled, and Hongzhou took the opportunity to segregate itself.
After the split of the Wanshi Kingdom, due to the continuous catastrophic natural disasters, both countries tacitly agreed not to conquer this territory. In this way, a very unique culture was formed in the political base, and it also became the relationship between the Wanshi Kingdom and the Wanshi Kingdom.
The special status of the information exchange area between the Heiqing Kingdom and other countries has been retained as a lawless zone.
Ma Xiaoquan withdrew his eyes from the map, looked at Leng Jianguo, and said: "A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. You, a small tribe in Hongzhou, really can't compete with Wanshi Guoxiang. But I don't understand. Even if you win,
The Tatas have received the greatest share of the benefits, but they are still unable to compete with the Mi tribe."
Leng Jianguo shook his head: "So, your long-cherished wish to unify Hongzhou will ultimately have to be fulfilled by your Shadow Clan."
If Ma Xiaoquan doesn't know that there is a powerful Wanshi Kingdom behind the Mi clan, he really thinks that the Shadow Clan can finally unify Hongzhou step by step, but if the monarchy behind the Mi clan really is the Wanshi Kingdom, then no matter what the Shadow Clan does
The Shadow Clan has no chance of winning against the Wanshi Kingdom, which is so powerful. With the rebellion of the Yue King in the southern part of the Black Qing Kingdom, coupled with the uncertainty of unification, the Black Qing Kingdom cannot spare any effort to collide with the Wanshi Kingdom in Hongzhou.
What's more, Hongzhou is currently in a state of internal separatism and the situation is unstable. Even if the Heiqing Kingdom comes to help, I am afraid that it will be killed by the tribes within Hongzhou first.
This is why Yang Jie, the king of Heiqing, ordered Ma Xiaoquan to unite with his relatives, and then unite with the alliance to conquer Hongzhou, because on a certain level, Yang Jie just gave Ma Xiaoquan a blank check, and his ultimate goal was to delay time.
, as long as you give him time, and after he puts down the rebellion of the Yue King in the south, he will still have a chance to conquer Hongzhou in person.
It's a pity that Yang Jie's calculation was half correct. United United did indeed show the greatest sincerity. Their Princess Ting and Ma Xiaoquan got married, and Ma Xiaoquan also changed from the "Prince of Mountains and Rivers" of Heiqing Kingdom to United's Prince Consort.
, but Zhao Yuntai did not give Ma Xiaoquan the most effective immediate combat power. It can be said that Ma Xiaoquan and Princess Ting worked hard to become an independent shadow clan in Hongzhou today. It was completely done by the two of them. Of course, Ma Xiaoquan just did it.
At the beginning, the Shadow Clan currently controls the entire northern part of Hongzhou. Although its strength cannot compete with the three major tribes, it is enough if it can stay in a corner.
Ma Xiaoquan pointed at the map and said to Leng Jianguo: "The north of Hongzhou is the Shadow Tribe, the south is the Tata Tribe, the middle Mi Tribe, and the west is the Leng Tribe. The east is surrounded by mountains and forests. There are no big tribes unless all the tribes unite to attack the Mi Tribe.
Otherwise, there is no chance of winning. Furthermore, in the past few years that I have traveled to Hongzhou, although the Mi people are in the central part, they have actually controlled the east. In other words, the Mi people control the eastern and central parts of Hongzhou.
The eastern part has the closest contact with the lawless land 'Zheng'. In other words, from 'Zheng', the Mi people can obtain almost unlimited benefits and assistance from the Wanshi Kingdom. Therefore, even if the tribes unite to defeat the Mi people,
It just gives the United States a good excuse to serve it all in one pot."
Listening to Ma Xiaoquan's analysis, Leng Jianguo dragged his chin and thought for a moment, nodded and said: "You are right, but have you ever thought about it. Over the past few hundred years, although Wanshiguo has been supporting the Mi people to continue to grow,
But the Mi people have lived in Hongzhou for a long time, and they have the idea of self-reliance. After all, no one likes others to tell them what to do from behind."
“Do the Mi people want to be independent?”
Leng Jianguo sneered: "Although Wanshiguo helped the Mi people become stronger, it also kept restricting the development of the Mi people. A child that is too powerful cannot be controlled. If Wanshiguo wasn't worried that the Mi people would become too powerful and difficult to control, I'm afraid.
Now that the entire Hongzhou has been unified by the Mi tribe, it is not the turn of your Shadow tribe to jump around. Of course, it is impossible for our Leng tribe to exist. Therefore, Hongzhou looks like a mess of tribes, but in fact it is
It has its own unique balance.”
"Hongzhou wants to be independent?" Ma Xiaoquan asked again.
Leng Jianguo shook his head: "The large number of tribes in Hongzhou means that he does not have enough trump cards to become independent. Moreover, to the south of Hongzhou is the powerful Wanshi Kingdom, and to the north is the powerful Heiqing Kingdom. Even though the Heiqing Kingdom has been experiencing constant civil strife in recent years,
Once you regain your composure, there will be no problem in taking Hongzhou, after all, Hongzhou originally belongs to the Black and Green Kingdom."
"I don't understand what you want to express."
Leng Jianguo said: "What I want to say is that I hope we can cooperate. You help me kill the leader of the Tata tribe, and I will unite with other tribes to devour the Tata tribe in one fell swoop..."
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "I had plans to behead someone a few years ago, but now I have changed my mind. I said that I am different from you, and you have also seen that crack. I have it at any time."
The bargaining chip for leaving here is that I don’t have to take such a big risk for an unrelated matter. Besides, the Shadow Clan cannot stay in a corner forever. When the Shadow Clan’s iron hooves sound, it will ring the bell for the reunification of Hongzhou.”
Leng Jianguo blushed and said, "Aren't you afraid of Wanshiguo disrupting the situation?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Leng Jianguo, you also said that the Mi people have been in Hongzhou for hundreds of years. In these hundreds of years, they must have repeatedly deduced the scenario of themselves becoming king, not to mention that Hongzhou has always been
In the Heiqing Kingdom, even if the Mi people want to be king, the most they want is to achieve one country, two systems like a unified country, rather than a complete break with the Heiqing Kingdom. After all, in fact, the people of Hongzhou are the people of the Heiqing Kingdom, and
People from the Heiqing country are not from the Wanshi country."
Leng Jianguo fell silent. Although he wanted to argue with Ma Xiaoquan again, he found that he had no better reason.
Indeed, as Ma Xiaoquan said, whether it is the Mi tribe, the Leng tribe, the Tata tribe, or the tribes that once prospered in Hongzhou, what they think most about is a status like a unified unity, and
It is not about becoming an independent country.
"Then what are you going to do?" Leng Jianguo asked.
Ma Xiaoquan smiled: "Accelerate the progress of Hongzhou's unification."
Leng Jianguo's eyes narrowed: "What do you want to do?"
Ma Xiaoquan stretched out his hand to beckon, Leng Jianguo narrowed his eyes, but still cooperated and moved forward...
Two hours later, Leng Jianguo and Ma Xiaoquan walked out of the study. They shook hands politely. They had reached a certain tacit understanding after the discussion just now.
After Ma Xiaoquan and Linglong left, the woman asked Leng Jianguo: "What did you talk about?"
Leng Jianguo chuckled: "The great cause of unification."
"Humph, forget it if you don't want to say it."
Leng Jianguo stopped teasing the woman. He looked at Ma Xiaoquan's retreating back and said calmly: "We'll see."
...
Ma Xiaoquan and Linglong returned to Leng Qingqiu's manor and met Leng Qingqiu.
Seeing Leng Qingqiu with a wound band around his abdomen, Ma Xiaoquan couldn't bear it. He asked about the injury, but after seeing the other person's cold and emotionless expression, he finally said nothing.
Leng Qingqiu did not greet Ma Xiaoquan politely. She ignored Linglong beside her and just said coldly to Ma Xiaoquan: "Someone from the Wu League wants to see you."
"Wu Meng?" Ma Xiaoquan asked, "I don't have any direct contact with people from Wu Meng, right?"
"You are now the deputy director of the Extreme Martial Arts Gym, so it certainly has something to do with it." Leng Qingqiu still had a cold demeanor. Even though the injury on her abdomen was aching, she still spoke forcefully despite her cold and arrogant tone.
"Okay, when?"
Leng Qingqiu pointed to the main hall of the manor: "Now, in the main hall."
"I'm going, isn't this too fast?" Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment and looked at Linglong. Linglong seemed to be very surprised. Even though she knew the existence of Wu Meng, she had dealt with people from Wu Meng many times.
, but this was the first time she had heard of someone from the Martial Alliance coming to look for him.
Entering the main hall, Ma Xiaoquan saw two men and one woman. The man was short, fat and kind, and the other was tall, thin and cold. The woman was pretty good-looking, but she was still a lot worse than Leng Qingqiu and Linglong, but she was round and pretty.
Her face gives people a very friendly feeling, giving people an impulse to make friends with her.
Ma Xiaoquan stepped forward and politely raised his hand: "Who are you?"
"Haha..." The short and fat man stepped forward and returned the greeting, "I am Zhao Chunqiu of the Martial Alliance, and this is my friend Qingluan..." the short and fat man said, pointing to the tall and thin man, the man
Ignoring Ma Xiaoquan, his eyes were full of arrogance and disdain.
The short, fat man smiled awkwardly, pointed at the round-faced woman and said, "This is my niece Zhao Bi'er."
"Hello~" Zhao Bi'er nodded to Ma Xiaoquan. When she smiled, her eyes narrowed into two slits, which was very beautiful.
Ma Xiaoquan had a good impression of Zhao Bi'er, and he responded politely: "Hello, Miss Zhao."
The short and fat man laughed and patted Ma Xiaoquan on the shoulder familiarly: "Deputy Curator Ma was really powerful in that battle. Carl was killed by one move from you."
Ma Xiaoquan's eyes flashed, and he thought that the people in the martial arts alliance were indeed well-informed. Although the competition between him and Karl took place outside the martial arts hall, it did not attract much attention.
"You're welcome." Ma Xiaoquan said modestly, "I just tried my luck." Then he changed the subject, "I wonder what the three of you want to do when you suddenly come to me?"
Zhao Chunqiu said: "I don't have anything else to do. I just want to invite Deputy Director Ma to participate in a martial arts competition."
Ma Xiaoquan frowned, thinking that he was going to participate in some bullshit competition before he even figured out what was going on. He was afraid that he would be used as cannon fodder, right?
"Haha..." Ma Xiaoquan did not refuse immediately, but took a sip of tea first and said, "I'm a newbie here, so I don't understand many things. For things like martial arts competitions, I need three people to explain it to me.