Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 357 Destruction of the Country
At the foot of the Tatar Sacred Mountain, there were almost ten times more people than usual.

This period of time was not the time for activities to be held at the Tatar Sacred Mountain. The extra people were all those who had fled here because of the war.

The sudden increase of so many people caught the several temples at the foot of the Tatar sacred mountain off guard.

They couldn't possibly watch these people starve, but with a population ten times greater than this, even if the temple was wealthy, it would not be able to buy enough food in a short period of time.

Fortunately, those who escaped all brought their own cattle and sheep, so they could hold on for a while.

But these people's eyes were full of fear. As soon as they arrived at the Tatar Sacred Mountain, they rushed into the temple to pray for the protection of the gods.

The Venerable of the Tatar Sacred Mountain had no good solution for Daqian's sudden invasion of the Tatar tribe.

They are indeed extremely powerful, so powerful that they are called gods by the world.

But they are not invincible in this world. As long as any of them cultivate to a certain level, they will not be able to approach the fortune of secular countries, and the backlash of fortune will greatly harm them.

Therefore, it is unrealistic to ask the Tatar Sacred Mountain to stop the Daqian Army. Even if the invasion of the Daqian Army affects the Tatar Sacred Mountain’s gains in faith, they can do nothing about it.

The first, second and third venerables looked at the scene below the mountain, and they were silent to each other.

They helped the Tatar tribe a lot. If it weren't for their help, where would the Tatar tribe get the Tatar guards and Tatar Jebie? Without these two extraordinary combat powers, how could the Tatar tribe fight against the powerful generals of Daqian.

For a long time, the Tatar tribe has been able to match Daqian in high-end combat power and surpass Daqian in ordinary military forces, which is why they robbed Daqian every few years.

It’s not like Daqian had attacked the Tatar steppes before, but never on such a scale as this one. According to the intelligence from His Holiness, Daqian has occupied more than half of the Tatar tribe.

"Contact the Waqir and see if we can get them to send troops!" said the First Honored One.

"No, I have contacted the Venerable of Waqif. Waqif does not want to get involved in the conflict between Tatar and Daqian!" The third Venerable shook his head and replied.

The Venerable of the Oirats, like the Venerable of the Tatar Sacred Mountain, has a very high status in the Oirats and can give orders to the Oirats.

However, when it comes to matters concerning their own life and death, the Waqif tribe will also refuse the request of the Waqif Master.

Perhaps the Venerable Waqira said this just to express his attitude, but the Tatar Sacred Mountain could not blame the Venerable Waqira.

"The lips and teeth are interdependent, and the Waqir don't even understand this truth!" said the First Honored One with a sigh.

Looking at the terrifying Daqian army now, the Tatar tribe will definitely not be the last one. The Waqif is right next to the Tatar tribe. Who can guarantee that after Daqian destroys the Tatar tribe, it will also destroy the Waqif.

Suddenly, a ray of light flew towards the direction of the three venerables. The first venerable stretched out his hand to take the light. It was a dagger.

He shook his hand slightly, and the dagger turned into a piece of paper.

This is the special method of sending messages from the Tatar Sacred Mountain. It is not usually used and is only used in important matters.

The First Venerable opened the paper and saw the words on it, his heart skipped a beat.

He recognized the owner of the handwriting, who was the imperial tutor he had arranged in the Tatar royal court.

The Tatar state teacher brought news that the Tatar royal court had fled the royal city with the remaining Tatars and retreated towards the Oirats.

"How dare they!" the First Honored One said through gritting his teeth.

The paper was crumpled into a ball in his hands. If he used more force, the information would be destroyed.

"First Venerable, what happened?" the Second Venerable asked hurriedly.

"The Tatar royal court fled the royal city with the remnants and has entered the Oirat tribe!" The First Honorable handed the paper ball in his hand to the Second Honorable and said with a wry smile.

The retreat of the Tatar royal court completely disrupted the many years of planning of the Tatar Sacred Mountain.

Today, the Tatar Holy Mountain has become an isolated place in the Tatar tribe. Apart from the current people of the Tatar Holy Mountain, no one else will obey the orders of the Tatar Holy Mountain.

When Daqian has completely taken control of the Tatar tribe, it will be time to take action against the Tatar sacred mountain.

The Tatar Sacred Mountain is not the immortal of Daqian. The immortals of Daqian are generally in the fairyland, which is a small world opened up by the immortals.

But the Tatar Sacred Mountain is different. Since the Venerable needs the faith of the Tatar tribe, the Tatar Sacred Mountain is built on the top of this high mountain.

Even if there is a way to create another space on the top of the Tatar Sacred Mountain, entering the top of the Tatar Sacred Mountain only requires breaking the restriction on the top of the mountain.

Besides, even though a large population gathers in the Sacred Mountain of Tatar, once the food is consumed to a certain extent, these people will migrate out in large numbers.

Since ancient times, there has never been a sect that could successfully confront an empire head-on. The country's fortune has placed great restrictions on immortals and venerables.

Although the three venerables were angered by the news on the paper, they had no choice but to remain silent again.

On the other side, Wu Hou looked at the Tatar royal city in front of him and made a gesture.

In the sky, a Tianlong airship flew towards the Tatar Royal City. Wu Hou was waiting for the reconnaissance results of the Tianlong airship to decide how to attack the Tatar Royal City.

The Tatar Royal City is the most important city of the Tatar tribe, where members of the Tatar royal family live.

On the Tianlong airship, five powerful archers carefully watched the ground below. In case any long-range attack weapons appeared, they needed to attack first and not let the attack fall on the Tianlong airship.

But when the Tianlong airship arrived above the Tatar royal city, they saw an empty city.

The eyesight of the five fierce archers far exceeded that of any scouts. They clearly sensed that the Tatar royal city below was an empty city.

In order to ensure the accuracy of the reconnaissance, the fierce archer tried to shoot a few arrows, which landed on the places where people were most likely to hide.

They even dropped three explosive bombs, randomly selecting three locations for destruction.

Similarly, no movement was detected at the explosion site, which confirmed that the Tatar royal city was an empty city.

The Tianlong airship delivered the news to Wu Hou, who entered the Tatar royal city with five hundred ninth-level warriors.

The Tatar royal city was indeed a deserted city, and all the people in the city had left.

"The Tatar King runs so fast!" Wu Hou said very dissatisfiedly.

If the Tatar king did not run away, he could capture the king alive.

Most importantly, when the Tatar king left, he took away all the property of the entire Tatar royal city, leaving him with less spoils to hand over.

A few days later, the First Guard of the Beijing Camp led by Zang Feiyu also arrived at the Tatar Royal City.

However, when he arrived at the Tatar king's city, Wu Hou had already led the artillery army to pursue the Tatar king.

Zang Feiyu entered the Tatar palace and came to the main hall of the palace.

"From now on, this will be the Daqian government office. My general seal will be used as the official seal. I, Zang Feiyu, will temporarily serve as the chief officer!" He took out his general seal and placed it on the king's desk, not daring to touch the dragon throne at all, and said.

Li Qiang was in the main hall of Daming Palace. He felt that the fortune of Daqian had undergone tremendous changes.

The luck gained from occupying each piece of Tatar territory before was nothing compared to this time. The current luck change almost doubled Daqian's luck. Dragon roars sounded above the palace. Ordinary mortals could not hear these dragon roars, only those who practiced could feel them.

In several temples and Taoist temples on the outskirts of the capital, many practitioners stood up in shock and looked towards the direction of the capital.

They all used various methods, even if it was a method like "Qi-Watching Technique" to directly check the luck of Daqian, which might cause backlash, but they could not care less at this time.

As practitioners, they must know what happened in Daqian, as this is closely related to their practice.

Afterwards, they all saw the dragon of luck that had expanded several times in size above the imperial palace in the capital. The dragon of luck had no time to pay attention to these small fishes. It was flying happily, feeling its own power.

Of course, the strengthening of the dragon of Daqian's destiny is also reflected in Li Qiang's body.

When the luck of the Tatar tribe was merged into Daqian, the dragon of luck above the imperial palace instantly shrank and rushed into Li Qiang's body.

The dragon of luck traveled back and forth in Li Qiang's body, cleansing his body.

It's funny to say that the immortals who are able to practice don't dare to come into contact with the Dragon of Daqian's Luck, let alone accept the strengthening of the body by the Dragon of Daqian's Luck. And every emperor in the past, even if he accepted the strengthening of the Dragon of Daqian's Luck, still couldn't change the result of himself becoming a mortal.

Instead, he accepted the cleansing of the dragon of Daqian's destiny with his mortal body, which affected his lifespan.

This is also why many emperors, despite enjoying the best food, the most advanced medical care, and the safest protection, could only live to their forties before dying.

"It seems that the Tatar tribe has been destroyed!" Li Qiang said to himself with a smile.

The changes in the dragon of Daqian's destiny this time made him guess the reason.

"Jin Dong, put off all of today's affairs. Let the cabinet handle any important matters!" Li Qiang instructed Jin Dong.

Without waiting for Jin Dong's response, he disappeared.

When he appeared again, he was already in the illusory world.

As his mind moved slightly, an illusory picture appeared.

In this illusory picture, the entire terrain of the Tatar tribe appears on the screen.

Of course, apart from the Tatar Sacred Mountain, there is a blank space where the Tatar Sacred Mountain is located, but that blank space is only an area of ​​fifty miles in radius with the Tatar Sacred Mountain as the radius.

Li Qiang would not let the artillery army or the First Guard of the Beijing Camp attack the Tatar Sacred Mountain.

Although he knew that the Venerable could not attack the Daqian army, he still had to prevent accidents.

The number of people in the main artillery army and the First Guard of the Beijing Camp was still a little small, and the military spirit concentrated together was not very strong.

When he mobilizes an army of 100,000, with the military spirit condensed by this army, he will definitely be able to flatten the Tatar Sacred Mountain.

While Li Qiang was thinking, he had already opened the gate leading to the Tatar royal city. Based on his connection with Zang Feiyu, he opened the gate next to Zang Feiyu.

He walked out of the door and appeared in a Tatar-style hall.

"Your Majesty, I am here to see you!" When Zang Feiyu saw Li Qiang suddenly appear, he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to pay his respects.

The rest of the soldiers in the hall also knelt down and saluted.

Li Qiang didn't care about being seen by other soldiers. After all, all the soldiers participating in the war this time were 100% loyal and brave.

"Stand up, where is the Tatar king?" Li Qiang came to the Tatar throne, patted it twice, sat on it and asked.

"The Tatar king fled with his remnants a few days before we arrived, and the artillery army is pursuing them!" Zang Feiyu stood up and answered.

"Escaped? Take the First Guard of the Beijing Camp with you to chase them. No matter where they escape to, catch up with them. If they are attacked along the way, I will allow you to destroy their country!" Li Qiang ordered lightly.

Zang Feiyu's eyes lit up. This time, he was not the first to arrive at the royal city, as Wu Hou got there first.

Regardless of whether there were people in the Tatar Royal City, Wu Hou was indeed the first Daqian military officer to lead troops into the Tatar Royal City, and this is enough to be recorded in history.

Judging from what Li Qiang meant, it was obvious that pursuing the Tatar King was a means to find an excuse to destroy a few more countries.

"Zang Feiyu, listen to my orders!" Zang Feiyu knelt down and responded loudly.

"Let's set off immediately, there's no need to keep anyone here!" Li Qiang said, waving his hand.

Zang Feiyu immediately gathered his troops and chased in the direction of the artillery army.

Li Qiang was the only one left in the Tatar royal city. In a flash, he stood on the roof of the main hall of the Tatar royal palace.

From here you can see the entire Tatar royal city. The city is very dilapidated and imitates the architecture of Daqian in many aspects, but also has some unique Tatar marks.

"Let's keep this city. It can be regarded as a kind of commemoration!" Li Qiang thought about it and decided.

In terms of practicality, he did not think highly of this royal city, a city built by nomadic people. Even if it was copied, the essence of it was not captured in many places.

Not to mention that today's Daqian has made great progress in construction and the transformation of the city is in full swing.

Although Daqian’s biggest enemy was gone, Li Qiang did not feel very excited.

Perhaps the Tatars were no longer the enemies he had imagined. Years of military construction had made the Daqian army strong enough to crush the Tatars.

In his eyes, perhaps the Western countries hundreds of years later will be his imaginary enemies.

What he needs to do is to resolve possible crises as soon as possible and make Daqian the most powerful country.

Li Qiang did not stay long. He opened the portal and returned to the Land of Illusion, and then returned to the main hall of Daming Palace from the Land of Illusion.

"Lord Lin wants to see you and has been waiting in the side hall for some time!" When Jin Dong saw Li Qiang appear, he hurriedly walked over and reported.

Among the officials of Daqian, only Lin Ruhai enjoyed such special treatment.

"Please come over, Lord Lin!" Li Qiang said, waving her hand.

He did not sit back on the dragon throne, but came to the reception chair beside him, took out the teapot and started to make tea.

Lin Ruhai walked into the main hall and saw Li Qiang motioning to him, so he sat on the chair next to Li Qiang.

"Father-in-law, come and have a cup of tea!" Li Qiang said with a smile as she handed a cup of tea to Lin Ruhai.

In private, he never referred to Lin Ruhai as the father-in-law of the country, but rather the more intimate father-in-law.

"Your Majesty, we have encountered some troubles with the purchase of land!" Lin Ruhai took the cup and spoke without drinking the tea first.

"What kind of trouble is it?" Li Qiang asked nonchalantly.

"You can no longer buy land with silver now!" Lin Ruhai replied with a sigh.

(End of this chapter)