Death Sutra

Du Guzhen came from Qianshouguan all the way, and was deeply disturbed by what he saw and heard. After arriving in Yuyu City, he wanted to see the Dragon King immediately. After waiting for two days, he was allowed to go up the mountain.

The Dragon King did not intend to scorn the left general. He was indeed too busy to be handed over: the Prince Shaole who escaped a few days ago was taken alive and kicked, and the singer Zhong Heng and the right general Shang Liao also escorted the prisoners to the Yucheng City, both for the sake of merit and for solving the two. The contradiction between people.

The Longjun soldiers stationed in Saitama City also brought great trouble to the Dragon King. The Daxueshan Swordsmen agreed to accept the Shangguan to become the One-Step King. From then on, the contact between Jinpengbao and the killer was completely cut off, but the soldiers from the country of Xiangji were Dissatisfied with the dissatisfaction, they still regard the woman as an enemy and feel that they have been left out.

The two-day delay is also beneficial. I can only think more deeply about the current situation. When I see the Dragon King, I can point out the core of the problem. "The Dragon Army needs a war, the sooner the better."

Inside the Jinpeng Fort, there is a stone-built house. Even in the daytime, there is no sunlight. It needs candle lighting. Gu Shen is sitting on a large chair and appreciates the true words of the left general. "Well, but playing Who is good?"

There are ready-made maps in the room of the Dragon King. The solitary singer uses the only remaining arm to point at it. "The countries in the eastern part of the Western Region intend to form a coalition. The Dragon Army can start with a strong force and push the border of the Yuyu City to the east. ""

"That is a thousand miles of desert Gobi, and it may also anger the Central Plains army."

The solitary fingers crossed a large blank area, then several country names, and finally stopped on the word Loulan. "It is to anger the Central Plains army, so that all the dragon soldiers know one thing - the war is always possible It happens, so that everyone will not slack off."

Du Guzhen turned to face the Dragon King. "Please ask the Dragon King to allow me to talk nonsense."

"But it's fine."

"Now think about it, the one-step king went to the official government to die too early, the Central Plains people also withdrew from the thousand rides, the Dragon King seems to think that the war is over, the rest is the merits. Many people are thinking In the land of the country of Xiangji, according to my observation, as long as the Dragon King said a sentence, more than half of the soldiers immediately put down their weapons and went to the farmer thousands of miles away."

When it was the Battle of the Happy Sea, Gu Shen gave the large land of the country of Xiangji to the newly recruited soldiers. This was a major task at the time, but now it has become a hidden danger.

"Everyone doesn't like war."

"Nobody likes it." Duo shrugged, his thoughts were very simple, and he was confident that he could get the support of the Dragon King. "But this is the meaning of the army. Without the war, the army will be scattered. The Dragon Army has already shown signs of scatter, which is a bit serious. If it is not stopped earlier, it is likely that a civil war will occur."

“Can Qianjiaguan block the Central Plains?”

"If the Central Plains soldiers press the border, Qianqiguan will certainly not stop, but--" Du Guzhen has been thinking for a long time. I am willing to take a risk. "The victory of the North Court New Khan is very good. Shulitu only needs to assemble the army and make a big move to the south. The Central Plains will not easily send more troops to the Western Region. The Dragon Army needs a clever war. Slightly angered the Central Plains, but don't overdo it, I mean. The Dragons need the right threat..."

Du Gu is not good at expressing, Gu Shenwei has already understood what he meant. "The military division is similar to the general."

"Is it?" Duo’s eyes lit up, and he knew that Fang Wen’s influence on the Dragon King was great.

"The military division is worried that the soldiers of the Dragon Army have lost their fighting spirit, and one or two wars have nothing to do."

"What should I do? Seeing the army are torn apart?"

"The idea of ​​the military division is like this. It is better to make a longer-term plan than to provoke it to the Central Plains."

"Longer? Is the Dragon King planning to fight with the Central Plains?" Duo was so surprised that he did not expect the Dragon King and the military division to be more radical than himself.

"Not now, but in the future, maybe five years, ten years, or even longer."

"But - even after another hundred years, the power of all the countries in the Western Region is not enough to fight the Central Plains."

"That is of course, only the North Court can compete with the Central Plains, so the key is to firmly control the Xin Khan Wang Shuli Tu, can not go back to the old road: North Court and the Central Plains to the final battle, they rushed to conquer the Western Region."

After solitary for a while, I found that the Dragon King had been watching himself and suddenly realized that "Dragon King wants to send me to the North Court?"

"Not just you, there are other people, I said, we must firmly control the new Khan."

This is not the same as the strategy previously planned by Du Guzhen. It is more ambitious and more complicated. It controls the entire grassland with a small half-walled western area. This is an unprecedented feat. "I... I will only fight."

"This is enough."

Fang Wen has developed an extremely large plan for the Dragon King. No one in this plan has full responsibility. Each person only performs a small task: first, Nie Zeng and other personal guards, they will go to the North Court for protection. In the name of the safety of the new Khan, he controlled the life of Shulitu; then it was Zhong Heng, who took over the civil servant of the North Court; then he was the one who was alone, his main duty was to gain the trust of the North Court army; I have to give him a size, and one of them must be a big snowy mountain woman.

The small system will not be a glimpse, Fang Wen is to weave an unprecedented network, not only to control the Shulitu, but also to cause too much resentment.

Gu Shenwei felt that she was not completely convinced, but it does not matter. Hundreds of thousands of Beiting cavalry are a huge temptation for any general. There is no reason not to accept it.

When Du Guzheng just said goodbye, Zhong Heng came. This is the fifth time he has met with the Dragon King in three days. Therefore, there are not many guest words. "The Dragon King has to take the idea as soon as possible. Although Xiaowan is weak at the moment, there is a Dragon King. The large amount of grain that had been hoarded before was Shangguanyun, and there were a large number of Jinpeng army remnants who went to rely on it. Even if Daxueshan had mercy on the Shangguan family, it would have to catch Shangguanyun back to Yuyucheng and not raise the tiger.

Gu Shenwei still did not make a decision, but said the plan of Fang Wen is.

Zhong Heng was even more surprised than Du Guzheng. After thinking for a while, he asked: "What is the ultimate purpose of the Dragon King? Occupy the Central Plains, do you call the emperor, or force the Central Plains to surrender the enemy through the war?"

"That is the future." In fact, Gu Shenwei has not thought about it.

Zhong Heng hopes that there is an answer now. "The Central Plains will not sit still. The North Court is not so easy to control. I hope the Dragon King will think twice."

"Do you think the plan of the military division is not feasible?" Gu Shenwei would like to hear different opinions.

Zhong Heng did not answer immediately. Like Du Guzhen, he did not expect that Long Wang would have such a big ambition. Many things have not been considered before. "I just think... Beiting people are very proud. If they hear that Xinhan Wang is outside, When the tribe controls, it may be another king of Khan. When the Dragon King has to fight for Shulitu, one after another, the old Khan Wang used it for decades to completely unify the grassland. How long will the Dragon King last? Ten years. Not enough. If the purpose of the Dragon King is to take revenge, I believe that the Dragon King’s enemies in the Central Plains will have died before the war."

Zhong Heng found that he had said too much. He did not get the appreciation of his superiors because he could not speak. I hurriedly changed my mind: "Of course, no matter what the ultimate purpose is, as long as you control the new Khan, there is no harm to the Western Region. I am willing to go to the North Court. The Dragon King can only order the order. But the Dragon King must first settle the Western Region, Shang Liao Trustworthy, he has been expanding his power and wants to get through the roads of the distant sea and the Shule country. There seems to be any plan."

Sending away the prime minister, Gu Shenwei thought for a while. Calling Fang Wen again.

The military division is confident in his own plan and adds a lot of details. However, he agrees with Zhong Heng's view that the Dragon King should think about the ultimate goal as soon as possible. In any case, he will seize the Central Plains territory and force the Central Plains to surrender several nobles and ministers. The difficulty gap between them is not the same.

Until the afternoon, Gu Shen was free to go to Jinpengbao.

The son of Shangguan’s family was not killed. The Shangguan did not need to commit suicide. Although she never admitted it, she was still regarded as the protector of the Shangguan family. Even Gu Shenwei thinks so.

"I hope you can look up Shangguancheng, he is too young."

Shangguan lived in his former small courtyard, but there was no protection from the shadow guard. "You really believe me." Then she understood that the dragon king's entrustment has a deep meaning, "you intend..."

"I have tried." Gu Shenwei said that he has seen many people in the past few days. Everyone has different ideas. He knows that the whole plan has no chance of success. "The military commander wants to control the North King Khan. It was a plan for pleasing me. He didn’t really have much confidence. No matter how many people I sent to the North Court, they would eventually become Beiting people, even myself.

"You want to... go alone?" Shangguan asked.

"And her."

"She is very dangerous."

"Because of this, I have to take her away. If there is an accident, my revenge will be over."

"You are the Dragon King, can't you end it yourself?"

"I can not do it."

He couldn't do it. Even if his skill still didn't recover, he was still controlled by hatred. With the death of the One-Step King, the interest in hegemony has vanished and can no longer be restored. Fang Wen saw the signs and the proposed solution did not. effect.

In the room of Shangguanru, Gu Shen wrote a few letters in person, hoping that they could solve the struggles of several forces, one of which was written to the elders of Long Tuanyun and Daxueshan. In this letter, he The last time he issued an order in the name of the Dragon King, allowing the Daxueshan Huagaifeng patriarch and the Yulongcheng master dragon to turn the two wives.

After writing the letter, Gu Shen left the room and saw Han Fen and the Dutch girl.

"Dragon King, I think the Imperial Master is a little better. She can basically recognize who I am now." Han Fen said happily.

"Don't call her a sergeant in the future."

"What is that? The lotus girl?"

"Huo Yun, that is her original name."

"Huo Yun, ah, this is a good name." Han Fen repeated over and over again, and decided to use this title in the future.

"Come with me."

"Where?"

"A far away place."

(The end of this volume, the next volume is the trip to Central Plains, the finale.) (To be continued.)