Are you the protagonist?
Is he considered a child of destiny?
Lu Yuan just thought about these two questions for a moment and then put them behind him.
Never mind the protagonist or the destined child, these things are all fictitious.
For him, being able to get the benefits is the reality.
Just like Lu Yuan's continuous northern expedition, besides wanting to find a place to survive, isn't his biggest motivation just to gather his luck and use it to cultivate immortality?
Now this goal has been almost half accomplished.
With most of Qingzhou and a small half of Yuzhou in hand, half of Zhongzhou has been occupied.
And the remaining half is also being captured at an extremely fast speed.
These are the realities.
As for luck, no one can say clearly how much influence this ethereal thing has.
Yes, although Lu Yuan himself practiced the method of luck, he still didn't know much about such a conceptual and illusory thing as luck.
How many years has he been practicing?
It adds up to less than fifty years.
Fifty years may be almost a lifetime for an ordinary person.
But for him, or for a monk, it was just a long retreat.
A blink of an eye.
In such a short period of time, it would be too much to expect Lu Yuan to understand and study something as mysterious and advanced as luck.
He has been practicing Taiping Taoism for more than forty years, but he has just been following the book, following the exercises and techniques recorded in the book, mechanically communicating with Tianzhu, and practicing Taoism according to the experience of his predecessors.
That's it, this Taoist method has not been cultivated to the end yet.
I haven’t finished studying yet.
It is expected to conduct in-depth research on the content of the study, understand the principles, and then innovate and produce papers and research results.
Isn't this a joke?
Lu Yuan himself is quite capable.
I know that I am not a genius. Whether it is qualifications or understanding, I am average.
The reason why he has achieved such great results now is not only due to his strong perseverance, but also to the impact of his talent of immortality.
Without the attribute template that comes with this talent, which can help him simplify his training and resist the backlash of luck and Taoism, Lu Yuan would still be hiding in the mountains of Luling Mansion as a savage.
So people, it’s not shameful to admit that you don’t have that much ability.
As long as you can keep making progress, have the opportunity to make progress, and have the determination to make progress, you will actually be much better than many people.
It is only natural that Lu Yuan, with his sufficient lifespan, attribute cultivation, and personal ambition, could achieve his current achievements with various blessings.
Although he had the talent of immortality, he did not rest on his talent, just waiting to die and slowly sinking into a waste.
Instead, he took advantage of his talents and worked hard to climb up within limited resources.
Immortality is not really immortal after all.
The world is destroyed, and the enemy is coming. If you can't withstand it, you won't be able to endure it no matter how long you live.
It was precisely because he saw this weakness that he worked so hard to learn martial arts and Taoism to enhance his ability to protect the Tao.
Holding a gun in your left hand and protecting your life in your right hand is the way to live forever.
Therefore, in the midst of his busy schedule, while dealing with official duties, Lu Yuan took the time to break through a realm after sensing an opportunity coming.
…
"After enduring for so long, I finally accumulated enough and crossed the threshold of condensing the four qi."
Lu Yuan, who had just passed a level in the Chu army camp and the Chu Emperor's residence, was just feeling the newly born Immortal Qi of the Wood Element in his body, and his heart was filled with joy.
Ever since he broke through and condensed the three qi in the 28th year of Shenwu, he has been practicing hard for fourteen years and finally conquered another level and entered a new realm of immortality.
In the realm of the Five Qi Chaoyuan, there are three levels: Ice Muscle, Jade Bone, and Immortal Soul. Now, he has completed the first two.
Now we just have to wait for the jade bones to be thoroughly refined to perfection and form a complete immortal body of ice muscles and jade bones, and then we can try to refine the divine soul into an immortal soul and impact the five qi to the vitality.
He has already completed more than half of his journey to become an immortal. How could he not feel happy about this?
Fortunately, as a person who pursues immortality, Lu Yuan was only happy for a while and did not get too carried away.
The three levels of the Immortal Road are just the beginning.
Even if you spend it all, it just means that you are qualified to become an immortal.
In the end, if you are unable to condense what you have learned throughout your life into the path to immortality, you will still be able to transform into an immortal and live a long and happy life.
"With the current situation in Kyushu, the best I can do is to cultivate to the point where the Five Qi Dynasty is complete. If I want to become an immortal, it's not that I don't have the potential, but due to insufficient resources, I will probably be stuck here in the end."
Lu Yuan looked a little unhappy when he thought about the future.
The more advanced your cultivation is, the deeper your understanding of the connection between heaven and earth will be.
At this time, he broke through and condensed the four qi, and his connection with the path of luck became even closer.
Therefore, with this close connection, after Lu Yuan communicated with the Tianzhu, he was able to initially observe the scene deep in the sky through the passage between heaven and earth created by the three ancient emperors.
Well, don't get me wrong, this is not some intuitive way of heaven, just soaring in place.
It's just to check the environment deep in the sky.
The world of Jiuzhou has long been dead, and Lu Yuan has never felt anything like the way of heaven.
When he cultivates, he communicates with heaven and earth, which is all he does to comprehend nature.
The so-called providence can only be understood from some vague descriptions in ancient books.
Therefore, relying on the Tianzhu to observe the way of heaven and understand the laws does not exist.
At least, not now.
Just like the Jiuzhou World, if you say it will be destroyed in the next moment, Lu Yuan will believe it.
In such a world that is on the verge of the end of the world, if the way of heaven still exists, I am afraid that it will only survive and be close to death.
In other words, it is precisely because the way of heaven is dead that the world collapsed.
Lu Yuan actually thought about all of the above when he occasionally thought about the changes in the world and the future of his life.
I think it is very likely that this is the reason why the world is going the way it is today.
However, this is just the superficial opinion of a young monk. No one knows the specific situation and the truth.
In ancient times, there were so many powerful monks, earthly immortals and human immortals, didn’t they finally figure out the reason for the decay of the world?
In the end, we still have to choose the path of Beiming Youdu to escape from this world that is destined to have no future.
Lu Yuan didn't think he could figure out things that even those who stood at the top of the world of immortality couldn't find out.
After all, even the protagonist must abide by certain basic rules.
If you don't go through the necessary training and discover the truth and details step by step, how can you find out the cause of the great changes in the world and come to save the world?
Not to mention, Lu Yuan was not sure whether he was the protagonist or not.
Therefore, he was too lazy to think more about these troublesome problems.
There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain.
Judging from the current situation in Kyushu, only the areas outside Zhongzhou are unlucky. Zhongzhou is still very likely to be preserved.
Even if Zhongzhou can't bear it anymore.
Lu Yuan also has a way to ascend, which can be used as a backup option.
With a way out and leeway, of course he was not in a hurry.
So with the good mood of making a breakthrough in cultivation, Lu Yuan started a new job: "Now that we have made a breakthrough, let's take advantage of the good news and deal with Zheng Guo's matter."
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It has been more than ten days since the Zheng State decided to send an envoy to seek peace from the Chu State.
For more than ten days, Ambassador Zheng hurriedly hurriedly, and under the escort of the Chu army along the way, he finally arrived at the foot of Daliang City.
"Your Majesty the Emperor of Chu, our country betrayed its alliance earlier and angered Chu, which led to a crusade by your army.
Now that the imperial capital of this country has fallen, the emperor has fled, lost his city and lost his land, and has already accepted the punishment.
Our emperor also knows his mistake, and he blames himself in his heart. But for the emperor’s mistake, how can the common people deserve it?
I also hope that Your Majesty will take pity on the tens of thousands of people in the Zheng Kingdom who are suffering from war and displacement, and can stop the war and forgive our country.
To show my sincerity, I, the Great Zheng, am willing to sever diplomatic relations with the Liang State and re-align with the Chu State. From now on, I will take the Great Chu as the leader and serve as brothers, and I will never dare to rebel. "
After seeing the ceremony, the Zheng envoy expressed his resignation to Lu Yuan in a clear and concise manner, and then begged for forgiveness.
There was no pretense during the process, and the sincerity was surprising.
'It seems that Zheng Guo really can't hold on any longer. '
Lu Yuan looked at the envoy of Zheng who was kneeling on the ground, showing no pretense as an envoy, crying and pleading, and couldn't help but think in his heart.
The other party's gesture was not only to show weakness and express sincerity.
On the other hand, it also illustrates the weakness of Zheng Guo.
Regarding Zheng Guo's current situation, Lu Yuan, as the person who created it, actually has a lot of understanding.
With the attack of Chu's two major camps, Zheng lost Gaomi and Changguang counties one after another this year, and even the imperial capital fell.
These areas are the essence of Zheng State.
In particular, the imperial capital was the political, economic, and cultural center of Zheng State, and it was also the symbol of the country.
The loss of such an important city had an incredible impact on Zheng Guo's morale, confidence, orthodoxy, etc. It was completely a super negative effect.
And with such a negative effect and such a huge loss, Zheng Guo still had to accept the more powerful Yuzhou camp attack in the south after integration.
Another person from the Tang Dynasty came to the north, and it was also a bad wolf.
Under the bite of these two ferocious beasts, Zheng Guo, who has declined and turned into a sick man, how can he still resist?
Now his only chance of survival is to cut off the wrist of a strong man, first cut off a wound that is bleeding continuously, and then turn around and deal with the other wound with all his heart.
Although this would make Zheng Guo disabled, no matter what, it would be better than dying suddenly.
Perhaps it was with this idea in mind that Zheng Guo still sent an envoy to Chu State, knowing that the trip would be humiliating and even costly.
"Previously, the state of Zheng was threatened by the state of Liang. The border was in danger and it was difficult to resist it on its own, so it asked me to come and save it."
Lu Yuan looked at the pleading envoy from Zheng and said calmly: "Remembering the friendship I had with your lord before and the friendship between Chu and Zheng, I agreed without any rejection.
So he sent a million-strong army, sailed across the sea, and crossed the vast oceans. Wherever he went, he guarded the borders of foreign countries.
But what did you, Zheng Guo, do to me?
When Chu defeated Liang, he secretly colluded with the Liang people to threaten our army's retreat.
It was an opportunity for a great victory, but it was wasted like this, allowing the Liang people to escape with millions of soldiers and horses, and also causing our great Chu to miss the opportunity to seize the eastern counties of Liang.
Can you, Zheng Guo, bear such a huge loss?
Or are you guys with no credibility at both ends of the spectrum, thinking that just admitting your mistake and admitting defeat can easily get rid of this matter?
A group of betrayers still want to form an alliance with me, Da Chu. Do you have the qualifications? "
There was a deep coldness in Lu Yuan's calm words, which made Zheng Shi tremble all over, and his heart felt cold.
really.
If it weren't for Zheng Guo's backstabbing last year, Chu State's Yangxia Xingying could successfully cooperate with Donglu Xingying, and they might have defeated Liang Guo Yan Yunqing's million-strong army by now.
At that time, if Liang Guo lost these one million main force, the entire rear hinterland would be completely empty, and there would no longer be any military power.
If the Chu State camped in two directions, they could march directly in and sweep the entire Liang State.
This harvest covers seven and eight counties, the entire Liang Kingdom, and the entire Qingzhou.
But even with such great prospects and huge gains, all was lost in the end because of Zheng Guo's backstab.
The original strategy of the Northern Expedition to destroy the Liang Kingdom in one year also went bankrupt.
In the end, what could have been a brilliant victory ended up being such a mess.
The Chu State's surprise attack on the Wei and Liang States turned into a one-on-one contest across all nine states, and they were completely plunged into the quagmire of war.
With such great hatred, tell me, can Lu Yuan forgive Zheng Guo?
No one would be able to forgive me.
Lu Yuan knew this, and Zheng Guo naturally knew it too.
But the survival of the State of Zheng depends on the thought of the State of Chu. If the Emperor of Chu cannot forgive him, the State of Zheng will be gone this year.
"Your Majesty, I know that my sin is so serious that it is difficult for Da Chu to forgive me."
Seeing that something was wrong, the Zheng envoy quickly threw out his bargaining chip: "But as long as Da Chu can forgive our country and stop the war, our emperor will be willing to abdicate as crown prince and give up the throne.
At the same time, he sent his eldest grandson to the State of Chu as a pledge.
He also ceded Haiyang County to the State of Chu to make amends. "
Well, the current Emperor Zheng's prestige has been greatly reduced after suffering such a disastrous defeat.
It was Emperor Zheng who brought Chu to Yangxia.
It was this emperor who betrayed Chu and defected to Liang.
The fall of the country and the loss of the imperial capital also happened during the reign of this emperor.
It can be said that without the current Emperor Zheng, Zheng State would not be in its current situation.
Having done so many wrong things, the current Zheng Emperor Zheng Lian certainly cannot sit down as emperor, and he no longer has the prestige.
There were many people in Zheng who were dissatisfied with him.
If it weren't for the crisis in the country now, which would threaten destruction at any time, I'm afraid someone would have started to make trouble and liquidate it.
Therefore, at this time, it became Zheng Lian's best choice to abdicate and take the blame, and then pass the throne to his son.
At least, the throne still belongs to his lineage and was not taken away by his younger brother.
There were many people who wanted to support his brother again to compete with him for the throne after Zheng Guo suffered a disastrous defeat.
As for sending the eldest grandson and the like.
The prince has more than a dozen sons, so sending the eldest son away is nothing.
Even in the future, the relationship between Zheng and Chu would turn against each other again.
As a result, the hostages were killed, and the prince also had enough sons to take over the throne, so he could not threaten Zheng Guo at all.
The only heartbreaking thing is probably that one more county will be given to Chu State in the little remaining territory.
However, after the fall of the capital, Haiyang County no longer meant much to Zheng Guo.
This area of Yuzhou can be roughly divided into three areas based on different cultural and geographical trends.
That is, south, northwest, and northeast.
The three areas are all about the same size, and they are all the territory of the five counties.
Among them, the State of Zheng occupied the northwest and south, and the State of Jin occupied the northeast.
However, this is the territory before the catastrophe.
With the wars over the years, Zheng and Jin, under the attack of Tang and Xu, successively lost their northern territories.
Now the Chu State came again, occupying the three counties in the south of Yuzhou in one fell swoop, and almost swallowed up this area.
The Haiyang County that Zheng planned to cede was in this southern area.
And his remaining three counties are all concentrated in the northwest area of Yuzhou.
So Zheng Guo's idea is actually very clear.
That is to give up Haiyang County, which is separated by a geographical area and has some inconvenient governance and communication, in exchange for Chu's forgiveness and withdrawal of troops.
Anyway, as long as the Chu State wants this territory, the Zhen State basically cannot keep it.
Rather than letting others take it away, it would be more cost-effective to use it now as a favor and as a bargaining chip.
certainly.
In addition to this purpose, Zheng Guo also had another secret idea.
There are five counties in the southern part of Yuzhou.
Chu State has already taken three counties, and Zheng State plans to give away one more county, so this will be the territory of the four counties.
Therefore, in this area, there was only one county left that did not belong to Chu State.
So who holds this territory?
The answer is of course Jin.
Since the Jin State was forced to move southward by the Xu State, it finally seized the opportunity to seize the territory of such a southern county from the Zheng State.
If you want to say that Zheng Guo has no resentment about this, it is of course impossible.
Although now, Jin State has come to help Zheng State fight against Tang State, and the two sides are considered allies.
But at the beginning, Chu and Zheng were also allies. Because of their interests, Zheng should have betrayed them. Wasn't that betrayal?
Therefore, if the Jin State can be tricked, at the same time, the trouble will be diverted to the east, so that the Chu State's attention will be transferred from itself to the Jin State.
Let the Jin State bear the firepower of the Chu State for itself, thereby giving itself a breathing space.
This is simply not good for Zheng Guo.
If the people of Jin are unlucky, what does it have to do with me, the people of Zheng?
As long as our country, Zheng, can survive this test, it will be bigger than the sky, the earth, and everything else.
As for the so-called allies, aren't they just for sale?
And the question of whether the Chu State Council will be fooled?
We have captured most of the southern part of Yuzhou, and are about to partially unify it. Do you think the Chu State will leave that unsightly piece of meat on the side and not eat it?
Zheng Guo felt that Chu State would not give up.
As long as the Chu State goes to eat, as the Jin State has already eaten the piece of meat in its mouth, no matter how unwilling it is, it can only bite the bullet and fight the Chu State.
In this way, Zheng Guo naturally achieved his goal of diverting disaster to the east.
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