"Actually, the so-called [Heaven] can be simply understood as a broader and unparalleled paradise."
Zhang Fuyao has been in charge of the human world for eight hundred years, and has also studied the immortals in heaven for eight hundred years.
This is the conclusion reached by him after many years of research.
"Is it a paradise in the cave?"
Huang Longshi gently stroked his long beard on his chin, "According to Taoism: The Tao is originally nothing, but there is something because of the trance; the Qi Yuan rushes, takes advantage of the luck and transforms into fractal form. The essence of the image is mysterious, and the palaces are blocked in the clear scene; the quiet quality is latent and condensed
, open a cave in a famous mountain."
Xuanyuan Jingcheng added: "Heaven, earth, mountains, water and even people are all made of one Qi. The fairyland of Dongtian is also made of Qi, but the difference between the upper and lower is due to the difference in clearness and turbidity."
Cao Changqing finally spoke: "The universe has been established, and the clear and turbid are separated, and merged into rivers and formed mountains, which may be equipped with Chensusu above, or hidden in the cave sky below. Then there are spiritual palaces, secret palaces, jade universes, and golden platforms. Or they are made of condensed Qi, condensed.
The clouds are fictitious; or the jade pools and green marshes are in the four corners; or the pearl trees and green groves are sparse on them. It contains wind and rain, contains clouds and thunder, and is the hinge of heaven and earth, and the axis of yin and yang."
"So, the fairy world in the sky is actually a secret realm naturally formed by heaven and earth, but it was discovered and occupied by those immortals?"
Chi Yao asked.
"You can say that."
Zhang Fuyao tapped the palm of his hand with a ruler, "But it's not accurate enough. It may have been just a secret realm in the past, but now, after countless years of transformation by the immortals, there should be only that secret realm left in the entire sky."
"Have they put together all the secret caves scattered in the sky?"
This thing sounds a bit mysterious, but if you think about it carefully, it's not that weird.
After all, there are ways to find dragons in their caves and gather dragons to raise real dragons in the human world. It is not unimaginable that the immortals in the sky can integrate those scattered caves to form a huge heaven.
"So all we have to do is take them apart again?"
Chi Yao geared up, "It would be best to take down all the secret realms in the cave to balance the purity and turbidity in the human world."
"Then we must find the core initial cave."
Zhang Fuyao emphasized, "Whenever the cave and the sky merge, there must be a master and a sequence. Otherwise, the order will not be distinguished, and conflicts will be difficult to reconcile."
"Maybe I know something about this."
Chi Yao told the information he tortured from the mouth of the gatekeeper immortal, "It is said that there are five emperor palaces in the sky, and the central Shengde Huangdi Palace is the most magnificent and has the largest number of immortals gathered. If you must find a core, there
most likely,”
"Not impossible."
Several Confucian sages also agree with this view.
"To destroy it, we have to go to heaven."
"Just what I want! If they can come down and cause trouble, we can naturally go up too!"
"Heaven is no better than the human world. It is the home of the immortals. Without the suppression of heaven, the strength of every immortal will not be inferior to that of the saints of the three religions."
"Then let people below the realm of land gods not go up."
"It just so happens that this is the golden age of martial arts warriors. There is no shortage of people whose combat prowess has reached the realm of land gods. There are even more than one guy whose combat prowess is not inferior to that of the Five Heavenly Emperors."
A group of people spoke to each other, eagerly complementing and perfecting the "Splitting Sky Plan".
"Although we are not afraid of the competition among the top experts. But no one knows how many years the heaven has existed and how huge a group of gods it contains, so we'd better not force it."
"This is simple, we can use a trick to let the immortals divide their forces."
"Using the Liangmang War?"
"good."
The people gathered here are all the top Confucian scholars in the world, and the tricks of fishing for luck by the immortals in the sky cannot be hidden from their eyes.
"Those immortals will never want to see a truly unified human world."
Huang Longshi said categorically, "If one party has the upper hand, they will definitely make a move to help from the lower world. This is not the first time."
"So, we need to let Beiliang put enough pressure on Beimang to completely drain the trump cards of those in the sky?"
Chi Yao's voice changed, as if he had some idea.
"How about we just play a big one?"
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Although it was said to be a big game, preparations still took nearly a year.
This is already the fastest speed that Beiliang Shangxia can achieve. After all, they eat small things, so it is not easy to digest them.
But if you want to force Beimang, you can't just rely on a few masters. The most effective way is to have a large army march out.
Liaodong.
Gu Jiantang's troops have completely gone on the defensive.
Because King Jiaodong, who originally joined forces with him to resist Beimang, suddenly formed an alliance with Beimang. Although the situation was still two against one, his position changed from two to one.
Fortunately, the King of Jiaodong did not dare to go too far. After all, his army was far less elite than Gu Jiantang's. In addition, he was flying the banner of Liyang, so he was only hostile to the rebellious Beiliang. If he was too targeted at Gu Jiantang, it would be too much for him.
It is not a good thing to feel stable on your own.
The biggest impact of their change of attitude was to cut off Gu Jiantang's logistics.
But this is of little use, Liaodong won’t give it, and Beiliang still has it.
Ying Zheng kept his original promise very much. After he ascended the throne, he directly asked Chen Zhibao to take half of Beiliang's elite to serve as Gu Jiantang's deputy.
It is very similar to the situation when Xu Xiao commanded his troops to destroy the Six Kingdoms.
This made Gu Jiantang feel very happy.
Hasn't he been competing with Xu Xiao his whole life?
With the support of Beiliang's elite, he was no longer passive and began to actively seek battle with Beimang.
As for Liaodong next door, it quietly welcomed several special guests.
Jiaodong Prince's Mansion.
Side yard.
Because Zhao Ju, the king of Jiaodong, established himself as the new emperor of Liyang, the former palace was transformed into the new palace after renovation.
The young eunuch who retired from the country lived nearby so that he could absorb the dragon's energy and prolong his life.
On this day, he was meditating as usual, when suddenly his heart palpitated.
In a trance, he seemed to see blood all over the sky.
After suddenly waking up, he opened the door and prepared to change his mood and figure out what was going on.
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Because in that not-so-spacious courtyard, there were actually four auras that penetrated the sky and the earth!
There was a thump in his heart, and before he could react, he suddenly heard a vigorous scolding.
"Gentlemen, be careful what you say and do!"
Click——
The young eunuch's body suddenly froze, and he felt as if the world around him was constricting and compressing him, restricting his movements.
He couldn't move his body and couldn't even open his mouth to speak.
All he could do was stare wide-eyed.
He recognized this ability. Confucianism follows the law when speaking, and the constitution of heaven is spoken.
But who are you?
Even if he left Tai'an City, even if Liyang's national fortunes declined greatly and could not give him more support, he still did not fall below the bottom line of ordinary land gods.
Who can limit themselves in this way?
The young eunuch was puzzled.
And he was still very aggrieved.
If he could speak, he would like to retort loudly: "The Zajia are not gentlemen at all, why do you restrict me with the requirements of a gentleman?"
Of course, whether he understands it or not will not affect the final result.
"King Jiaodong, the evil thief has been captured. Can you fulfill your promise?"
A middle-aged man wearing a python robe came out from behind and bowed his head to several Confucian saints.
"Thank you so much for your help. I will immediately take up my title as king and declare myself a vassal of Great Liang."
Hearing this, the young eunuch who had been surrounded by several Confucian saints couldn't help but show a trace of despair in his eyes.
If Zhao Ju surrenders to Great Liang as the Emperor of Liyang, then Liyang's national destiny will be completely cut off, and the one who has always relied on the national destiny will also disappear.
He summoned up his last strength, broke through the restraint on his mouth, and shouted as sternly as a weeping cuckoo: "Zhao Ju! With me behind you and Beimang's support, even if Xu Xiao comes in person, he may not be able to
What to do with you! Why betray Li Yang!"
The young eunuch now really feels aggrieved: "The ministers are about to fight to the death, why does your majesty surrender first?"
There was obviously still a good situation, but the result was that he could not lead his teammates and was forced to surrender and die.
Hearing his question, Zhao Ju straightened up and snorted coldly, looking as if he was even angrier than the young eunuch: "I am the King of Jiaodong from Liyang! I have spent my whole life in Liaodong resisting the invasion of Beimang and guarding the gateway to the Central Plains! But you...
You want me to proclaim you the emperor, that’s all. You actually want to collude with Beimang and invade the Central Plains? Even if I, a descendant of the Zhao family in Liyang, die, I must die in a clean manner. I can’t do what it takes to lure a wolf into the house.
A scumbag!"
"you!"
The young eunuch pointed at Zhao Ju and was speechless for a long time.
Who do you think is a Xiaoxiao disciple?!
It wasn't until this moment that he suddenly realized.
I stayed in Tai'an City for too long, stayed in the palace for too long, and saw too many nasty things done by the two emperors before and after Li Yang in order to balance the court, and I felt that the children of the Zhao family were probably like that, for the sake of
The throne can be used to any extent.
But I didn’t expect that someone like Zhao Ju, King of Jiaodong, existed!
"hehe……"
Feeling the vitality gradually extinguishing in his body, he laughed miserably twice, his voice gradually fading away, "If you had been the emperor back then, Li Yang's ending might have been different... It's a pity, it's a pity..."
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The King of Jiaodong is worthy of being a person who once had a good relationship with Xu Xiao. He has the same resolute and resolute attitude in doing things.
On the one hand, he sent an envoy to Tai'an City to deliver a letter of surrender, and on the other hand, he mobilized an army to follow Gu Jiantang in the Northern Expedition.
This move was really cruel and caught Beimang completely off guard.
After all, no one could have imagined that people who were friendly forces yesterday would suddenly launch an attack on them today.
Even though Beimang's cavalry was much more elite than Liaodong's cavalry, they were caught off guard and were thrown into chaos in the rear.
On the other side, Gu Jiantang, who had received the news in advance, saw the opportunity and personally led his elite cavalry, together with Chen Zhibao's Beiliang cavalry, to launch a general attack on Beimang.
Beimang was defeated miserably.
In the first battle, three of the twelve generals died on the spot, and even Murong Baoding, the commander of Juzizhou, was killed by Gu Jiantang himself with his famous sword Fang Cun Lei.
Statistics after the war showed that the total number of casualties in Beimang was around 100,000, while in Great Liang in the Central Plains, there were less than 10,000.
Ten to one!
This is a battle-loss ratio that has never happened since the war between the Central Plains and Beimang!
This can no longer be called a great victory, but should be called a complete victory!
If it weren't for the lack of in-depth pursuit due to concerns about logistical issues, this ratio could be even larger.
After this battle, the opposing armies from the Central Plains crossed the Liangliao Mountains on a large scale for the first time and entered the Beimang Grassland.
The first one to bear the brunt is the leaderless Orange Island.
He holds the military and political power of a state in charge of the festival, and is a veritable feudal official, even a local emperor.
Murong Baoding's death had a great impact on Orange Island, and Gu Jiantang easily occupied some small towns near the border as strongholds.
But he hasn't decided yet on what to do next. He is waiting.
Beimang and Southern Dynasties, Xijing City.
As mentioned before, Beimang was originally just a nomadic dynasty. After absorbing many scholars who fled from the Central Plains through Hongjia Beimang, it gained the strength to covet the world.
However, there are gains and losses.
As strength increases, new problems also arise.
That is, in addition to the imperial city where the royal court is located, the Beimang Dynasty also established a new capital city in the south, the Southern Capital City and the Western Capital City.
The original imperial capital of Wangting became Beidi City.
The Beimang Dynasty was divided into two parts: the Southern Dynasty and the Northern Dynasty.
The Northern Dynasties followed the most primitive customs and wildness of the grassland tribes, while the Southern Dynasties had more of a Central Plains flavor.
When two waves of people with different ideas get along, conflicts will naturally arise.
Normally it doesn't matter, but when the external pressure is strong enough, this kind of contradiction becomes the biggest hidden danger and trigger, and may even cause internal suspicion.
As mentioned before, the official positions in Beimang are different from those in the Central Plains.
Under the emperor, there are eight great ministers and twelve generals. But above these ministers, there are two other positions that can lead the ministers, that is, the king of the northern and southern chambers.
How high is the status of the king of both houses?
Tuoba Bodhisattva, the former military god of Beimang, once served as the King of Beiyuan and took charge of all military power in the Northern Dynasty.
What a coincidence is that before him, the previous Beiyuan King of Beimang, or the Prime Minister of Beiyuan, did not die.
He has a very unusual name - Xu Huainan.
If I had to describe this person's status in Beimang in one sentence, it would be Beimang Xu Xiao.
Xu Huainan used to be the most powerful official in the Beimang royal court. He had already arrived in Beimang before the scholars fled north during the Hongjia period, and became the chief adviser to the Murong family to usurp the throne. He devoted all his knowledge to the Beimang government.
When Liyang first conquered the Central Plains, he took advantage of the general situation to attack Beimang. It was he who urged the empress, who had not yet firmly settled on the throne, to go south to conquer the country personally, which led to the subsequent division of the north and the south to rule the world. Liyang used the whole country to conquer the north for the second time.
, it was precisely after he had resigned and returned to his fields that he came back to formulate strategies, which enabled the upstart Tuoba Bodhisattva to successfully defeat the Liyang Three Fronts and be awarded the title of Military God.
But later, because of disagreements with Empress Murong about how to treat the Murong royal family, she was forced to retire from the royal court.
And the most important point is that Xu Huainan was born in Liaodong, so he is actually a distant relative of the Xu family who is a generation older than Xu Xiao. He is also an important chess piece buried by Hong Jiabei when he ran to Zhongbeiliang!
Once, when faced with Beiliang's demands, he chose Beimang.
Now, fate has put a second chance in his hands, what decision will he make?