From the pure blood dragon clan, I started to become a human being

Late November.

After several days of travel, the team had already left the country and entered Hongxiang City in Orange State.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the nine kingdoms fought for supremacy and countless heroes and scholars emerged. As Li Yang unified the kingdoms, those declining powerful families and the people fleeing the war migrated northward and gradually formed another small kingdom under the jurisdiction of the grassland tribes.

There are nine provinces in Beimang, four in the north and four in the south, with vast land. The kings of the North and South Courts were established in name to be in charge of the military affairs of the two places, but in reality it is not worthy of the name. The real power is firmly in the hands of eight generals and twelve generals.

After the Battle of Jizhou, the position of general became vacant, and Dong Zhuo, an up-and-coming general who had gradually risen in the four states of Southern Court in recent years, filled it. This master of military strategy who would become the King of Southern Court in the original world line now had a harmless title of "deputy", and his promotion speed was much faster than before.

The Orange Prefecture was garrisoned by General Chen Yinzan with 60,000 white horse cavalry.

Since the influx of a large number of craftsmen and scholars, the national strength of Beimang has experienced a great explosion. Especially after the sophisticated animal husbandry technology and medical knowledge of the Central Plains were widely promoted by the Queen of Beimang, the number of tribes in Beiyuan has continued to grow rapidly.

After accumulating for twenty to thirty years, a whole generation, not to mention those who were just there to make up the numbers, Beimang now has an army of one million.

In the sixth national war, due to an accident on the central battlefield, the situation on the eastern front between the two Liaos was affected. Li Yang had already achieved a small victory, but it had not yet reached the point of changing the overall strength.

A crow flew low in the sky, nimbly dodging the hunter's upward shot, and flew forward until it landed on someone's shoulder.

"King Yanchi has rebelled." said Old Man Pei.

"Troubled times." Jiang Yuan made a simple assessment. He could now conclude that a huge accident had occurred in the world, but it was a good thing for him.

King Chi of Yan was the most powerful among the six kings of the Zhao clan, and his son Zhao Zhu was the one who would conquer the Central Plains in the future.

He is stationed on the southern border with 200,000 elite troops. He has kept a low profile over the years. Only a while ago, when the emperor personally ordered Prince Yan Chi and Western Chu to fight against each other, did he start to show his temper a little.

In this rebellion, King Chi of Yan quickly proclaimed himself emperor, leaving all parties puzzled. The four words "pioneer of the king" were like a curse. Most of the people like him had a miserable end since ancient times.

After he proclaimed himself emperor, he established the Southern Tang Kingdom, which included the old Southern Tang and Nanzhao. These Spring and Autumn Kingdoms were destroyed by Xu Xiao and Gu Jiantang, and King Yan Chi was very prestigious in the local area.

"The tomb bell has rung." Old man Pei's tone was very serious. The tomb bell had to be rung when the mass graves were filled with burials. The future was destined to be a tragic scene with corpses everywhere. At the same time, once the trend rose, it would never be extinguished easily.

"The Queen of Western Chu, Jiang Si, ascended the throne and made a marriage agreement with the King of Huainan, Zhao Ying, who had defected in the middle of a battle. She announced to the world that the bride price was the death of the governors of two local states, the destruction of 70,000 local troops, and the stability of the defense lines of three cities and four towns. Now it all depends on the ownership of Western Shu. Whoever among Northern Liang, Western Chu, and Southern Tang can get this piece of fat meat will have strategic depth and grain production."

Jiang Yuan lowered his eyes and saw four countries standing side by side on the map. Moving his sight further away, he saw a black and white chessboard dividing the north and the south. The first piece represented the turmoil in Western Chu, the second piece was Yan Chi who put down the rebellion, the third and fourth pieces were Yan Chi who founded a country and the empress ascended the throne. It was very much like the interlocking pattern of Go, and only four pieces were enough to activate the eye in the corner.

"What does the court say?"

"Among the eight generals, three generals including Yang Shenxing have been dispatched separately, with a total of 130,000 elite troops. They are preparing to build the Southeast Governor's Office first. We will have to wait until the war is over to see how it will work. The emperor did issue an edict to ask the Northern Liang Army to send cavalry south, but there has been no response so far. After all, Northern Liang has no navy on the Guangling River, so they are probably still waiting and watching."

"Go keep an eye on the two Liaos. Placing a piece in the northeast corner is almost like starting a new game."

"Um... no, Jiang boy, we are Zhao Gou from Liyang!"

"Don't the Qigong practitioners of the Northern Land Fulong lineage know what to do and when?"

"Mr. Yuan has done me a favor."

"His last name is Zhao?"

The crow was speechless. This guy was too bold.

The black shadow flew away. Unlike someone whose mind was divided into countless parts, Old Man Pei could not use multiple perspectives. This crow was quite busy.

Winter has arrived, and heavy snow is falling. Jiang Yuan walked out of the inn where he was staying and followed the Jiang Gang to Hongxiang City, which was an important border town and needed to deliver the first batch of supplies. Hongxiangyang died on the battlefield, and soon people left and tea was forgotten. Maybe he would not be able to return for a few years and it would be changed into a "silver storage" city.

"That's a good name."

Save money, save money. This new general might be good at budgeting.

Before the crow left, it left a note with the address of a blacksmith on it. Similar to Hengshui City, the business here was also well developed and attracted many strange people.

Jiang Yuan plans to find someone to forge a handy gun.

There is no need to consider the harm to the human body. As long as it is heavy and hard enough and exceeds a certain limit, it will become tough naturally.

"Brother Jiang, what are you doing?"

At the entrance of the inn, the leader of the Zoujiang Gang, who had moved a chair and sat for a long time, asked with a smile. He was guarding the door and collecting money. When the group of scholars arrived at the place, some of them started to go their separate ways.

"Buy something."

Jiang Yuan replied for the sake of being a guide.

The two said goodbye. Occasionally, white horse cavalry could be seen on the street. The city defense was weak some time ago, and the acting city lord invited many people from the martial arts world, but now it has become a problem.

Since the 60,000 white horse light cavalry failed to win the title of the Two Heroes of the Southern Courtyard, it basically shows that their quality is not very good.

Jiang Yuan specifically passed by the rice shop and found a bag of brown rice worth four cents, one cent less than in Hengshui City. There were big problems in it, but he was more interested in Confucianism and Taoism now and did not have the time and energy to explore more.

Based on the thoughts of the great sage, Confucianism and Taoism have extended into many branches. The two opposing branches are particularly prominent, namely the opposition and unity of human nature being good and human nature being evil, which even led to a dispute over the great way.

Jiang Yuan does not stand on either side. These two ideas are both subjective interpretations of the fundamental principles. Their vastness and breadth are beyond doubt, but blindly following them will not lead to success.

The Tao cannot be named, and the meaning of any scripture is ultimately subjective.

The three main lines of cultivation in Confucianism and Taoism are to establish merit, to establish virtue, and to establish words, which are known as the three immortalities.

Jiang Yuan chose to try Lide.

The Analects of Confucius has twenty chapters, and every word is about benevolence.

And benevolence is the philosophy that divides people into two.

After I subjectively confirmed this and perfected my own logic, a great Confucian and Taoist spirit flew over from the south.

All of it originated from the soldiers he had split in two on the battlefield.

Jiang Yuan didn't want to affect the purity of his martial arts, so a ray of acquired purple energy appeared, which was exactly the same as the martial arts foundation displayed by Tuoba Chunyun. It carried all the spirit and was then swallowed up and placed in a martial arts furnace, forging a white jade that left his body and merged with the cloud-patterned Qianniu jade pendant.

The fourth level of Confucianism and Taoism does not emphasize the thickness of foundation, potential, or specific combat power. This method of looking at one's understanding will help him advance rapidly.

As long as the jade pendant can be broken, he will lose his Confucian and Taoist power. As for whether it can be broken, it depends on the ability of the enemy. In addition to martial monks and Taoist swordsmen, it is not abnormal to have a kind of boxing Confucian.

(End of this chapter)