The eldest prince Wang Fugui and the others have finally left. They have stayed here for too long and have had enough rest on vacation. It is time to go back to work.
Before leaving, Wang Fugui repeatedly invited Han Yun to build a teleportation array in the capital. Even if he did not build it in the imperial city, he could build one at his home. This would make it much more convenient for him when he comes to Yumen Pass in the future.
Of course, he said these words to Han Yun alone. It was impossible for him to say these words in front of the eldest prince, Eunuch Huang.
Han Yun was noncommittal and just said that he would build one next time he went to the capital.
After all, building a fixed-point teleportation array is a very troublesome matter. It would take half a month to build one here at Yumen Pass and then another one at the other end of the capital.m...
Han Yun didn't want to waste so much time.
Wang Fugui and the others used the teleportation array to go directly to the Yin Yang Sect from Yumen Pass, and then returned to the capital from the Yin Yang Sect.
After all, it takes a month and a half to walk back to the capital from Yumen Pass, but it only takes half a month to go to the capital from the Yin Yang Sect. If it's quick, it only takes a few days.
In fact, in comparison, it is closer to the capital from Tianshi Mansion. After all, Tianshi Mansion is at the junction of Luochuan, Qinchuan, Longchuan and Yanchuan, and Luodu is in the northwest of Luochuan, about 100 meters away from Tianshi Mansion.
It's very close.
However, outsiders are not allowed to enter the Tianshi Mansion without their consent, and they do not want the court to know where their home base is.
Therefore, these royal people can only transfer from Yin Yang Sect.
After sending Wang Fugui and the others away, Han Yun concentrated on teaching martial arts to the general and his disciples. He could just leave the military training to Zhao Long. He was relieved.
Today, when Han Yun was teaching his disciples, someone suddenly came over to report that Nie Ze had invited him to the commander's tent to discuss matters.
Yue Shuai's Mansion is also in the north of Yumen Pass, not far from the defense army camp. Han Yun put down the work at hand and flew directly to the camp.
Entering the handsome tent, Han Yun saw that many people had already arrived.
Nie Ze, the head of the Qi family, Zhao Long, Pan Dengyan, and some defense army generals are all here.
"What's wrong? Why are all the military people here?"
After asking, he looked at Pan Dengyan again,
"This is a military meeting, what are you doing here?"
Pan Dengyan thought for a while and said,
"I don't know why I'm here. I just passed by the door and was pulled in by Marshal Nie to discuss matters together."
"oh."
"You seem to look down on me. How about I leave?"
"I won't send it."
All the bosses looked at these two second-grade experts bickering like children, with black streaks all over their heads.
"You two, let's talk about the current situation."
Nie Ze pointed to the military map and said,
"Everyone, you see, this is Yumen Pass, which is where we are. To the west of us, there are dozens of small countries. They believe in Buddhism, and they all belong to theocratic countries that combine politics and religion.
Although there are occasional frictions and wars between each other, Buddhism is generally the one to adjudicate and mediate.
The Western Regions have not invaded our Central Plains for many years, because a few years ago, our Central Plains had a military god who scared all their countries, so that they could only recuperate their strength to restore their national strength, and were unable to invade us again.
But now, they are starting to take action again.
Note that these three countries are directly bordering us, namely Hami in the north and Longchuan, which are closest to our Yumen Pass.
The Luobu Kingdom in the central part borders Longchuan and Qinchuan, and Ruoqiang in the south borders Qinchuan.
Further west, there is Cheshi Kingdom in the south and Loulan Kingdom in the north.
Currently, these five countries are all gathering forces.
Hami, Luobu and Ruoqiang, which are relatively close, have each assembled hundreds of thousands of troops. These small countries are not strong in national strength and have small populations. With hundreds of thousands of soldiers, they have already devoted the entire country's strength. They are obviously going to launch a war.
National war, large-scale war.
The country of Cheshi, which was a little further away, also gathered an army of 100,000 troops.
The most terrifying thing was Loulan, where almost all the men from the country, young and old, were wearing armor and gathering.
Loulan is a small country among small countries, with a population of only 500,000 to 600,000, but it has assembled an army of 200,000 people. The profound meaning of this is worthy of our consideration."
After hearing this, Han Yun said calmly,
"Loulan has a population of 500,000 to 600,000. Excluding women, elderly people who cannot walk, and infants and young children, these 200,000 people are their entire labor force.
Stop all planting and production.
Under such circumstances, no king would be so confused as to do such a thing unless he was on the verge of national subjugation.
Is there any country that wants to attack Loulan recently?"
Hearing this, Pan Dengyan suddenly realized and said,
"I understand. Those four countries must be attacking Loulan, so Loulan has gathered all its forces to defend the country."
After hearing his words, everyone rolled their eyes, no one believed it.
Nie Ze also felt that it was really the wrong choice for him to bring this guy over for the meeting.
"Brother Pan, please sit down first. I just said that even if there are conflicts and wars in the countries in the Western Region, Buddhism will mediate them.
Buddhism has always been hypocritical and preaches the virtue of living a good life. In addition, the thirty-six countries have worshiped them and obeyed their orders. They will not allow Loulan to destroy the country for no reason. Otherwise, what will other countries think?
It is impossible for so many countries to attack Loulan for no reason. Loulan is barren, with not many resources and land. Even if Loulan is conquered, how much benefit can the four countries get?
They also have to bear the losses of the war and allocate funds to improve the people's livelihood in Loulan. This is a money-losing deal.
We don’t even want the great rivers in Loulan, let alone other countries?”
Hearing this, Pan Dengyan rubbed his nose in embarrassment and stopped talking.
Han Yun spoke,
"Among the thirty-six countries, only the five closest to us have assembled their troops. Moreover, it can make a king lose his head and commit suicide by gathering troops. The only ones who can do this are those with faith.
Strength.
Not surprisingly, Buddhism probably gave him a lot of chicken soup for the soul and made a lot of pie, which made the Lord of Loulan willing to gamble on the fate of his country.
You also said just now that Buddhism will not let them continue to fight, so Loulan will not go to neighboring countries.
So, now their target is very clear, it is our Dachuan."
The head of the Qi family nodded and said,
"Indeed, I have reason to suspect that the Buddhists are planning to attack our Dachuan. If they want to attack Dachuan, they must take the Yumen Pass road. The southwest of Longchuan and the west of Qinchuan are both high plateaus and mountains, making it difficult to march.
Only the Hexi Corridor is relatively flat. If you want to invade the Central Plains, you have to eat our Yumen Pass first."