203. Retribution brought by two monks (3rd monthly ticket)
Some people in the hall were puzzled, while others looked ugly.
Uninformed people are confused when they hear this.
Those who knew it felt as if a huge mountain was weighing on their hearts.
King Zhou looked calm: "Send envoys to Chang'an to congratulate the Eastern Tang Dynasty on the change of ownership."
The ministers responded quickly: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Anyone familiar with the situation understood that the envoy had more important things besides congratulating Chang'an on occupying the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
That is, we must appease Chang'an. The Western Zhou Dynasty must clean up the matter of coaxing Monk Faxin to go to the ground in Chang'an.
It would be best to form an alliance with Chang'an and jointly send troops to the north to fight the Northern Qi, or to the south to fight the Western Chu.
In this way, the Western Zhou Dynasty can maintain stability and even take the opportunity to increase its own strength.
Just as the kings and ministers of the Western Zhou Dynasty were discussing the candidates for envoys, bad news suddenly came from the east.
The Chang'an army, led by Xueying Laomo and other masters, brazenly crossed the Tielun Mountains on the border and invaded the territory of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Not only Tiexi County, which borders Hexi County, was invaded, but Moyin and Moyang to the north, Gaotang and Sushun to the south, all had traces of Chang'an's invasion.
"Your Majesty, the old devil who led the other party said...said..." The person who reported the report was hesitant and found it difficult to speak.
"...Speak." King Zhou took a deep breath.
The other party knelt down and kowtowed: "He said this was the retribution brought by those two monks."
The King of Zhou had just held his breath, and now he exhaled slowly: "Chang'an is full of desires and desires. After occupying the Eastern Tang Dynasty, its ambitions have only increased. Now that it is attacking our great Zhou Dynasty, he must know that it is not his turn to be lawless in Eastern Xinjiang!"
All the officials in the palace responded in unison: "I sincerely comply with the king's order, and I will make sure that the madmen in Chang'an never come back!"
If before, you could consider secretly compensating Chang'an as an appeasement, then now, everything is unimportant.
The only important thing is that the Western Zhou Dynasty's territory is invaded, and we must fight back!
The Western Zhou Dynasty originally stationed heavy troops on the eastern border.
But this attack on Chang'an was too strong and too fierce.
The defending Zhou army was completely unable to gain a foothold and was almost pushed away from Tiexi and other five counties.
After finally getting support to stabilize their position, Zhou Jun found out that the five counties of Moyin, Moyang, Tiexi, Gaotang, and Sushun were basically controlled by Chang'an.
They tried to take it back, but were always repelled by Chang'an.
The high-level powerful men of the Western Zhou Dynasty began to gather together, and at the same time contacted Northern Qi, Western Chu, Nanliang and other countries, hoping to work together to encircle and suppress Chang'an City, which now unified the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
The Northern Qi Dynasty, which had been continuously beaten by Chang'an, was overjoyed after hearing the news.
The Western Zhou Dynasty hit it off with them.
The two dynasties, which had often clashed and fought at the border, immediately became closer.
Zhang Dongyun, who was in the Daming Palace in Chang'an City, seemed to have no idea that he had offended both dynasties at once and remained calm.
The problem he is thinking about right now is actually the number of wage earners under his command, which seems to be a little short.
Strictly speaking, quite a few.
But now that the entire Eastern Tang Dynasty has been captured at once, and the area of control has increased significantly, it seems that the manpower is a bit thin.
I have to admit that during the process of Chang'an's capture of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, there was a serious internal conflict among the talents of the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
Zhang Dongyun did not go on a killing spree and captured most of the people as prisoners.
Captured prisoners need to be reformed through labor in batches, so that they can remember the lesson and stop thinking nonsense.
In this way, it will take some time for people to come in handy.
In the Daming Palace, Zhang Dongyun stood up and moved his body.
Since the quantity is a bit low, let’s improve the quality.
With so much Xuanyuan Fruit on hand and a group of seventh and eighth level warriors, of course it cannot be wasted.
Who said there are few masters in the Ninth Realm of the Eastern Tang Dynasty?
It will be available soon.
However, rewards need to be proportional, and this aspect must be carefully considered.
While Zhang Dongyun was thinking, someone came to Tianshu Hall to pay homage to Mr. Wu Yun.
After Mr. Wu Yun suddenly appeared in Xihai County in the north, he immediately returned to Chang'an.
Now I am meeting the other party in Tianshu Hall.
Ren Yichao, the elder of Lingxiao Sect, has been in Chang'an for quite some time now.
Seeing the earth-shaking changes in the Eastern Tang Dynasty, he thought for a long time and finally made up his mind to come to Tianshu Hall.
"Sir, I want to leave the city for a few days and go to the snowy mountains of the Northeast to look for my fellow disciples." Ren Yichao said respectfully.
Mr. Wuyun said indifferently: "What then?"
Ren Yichao replied: "I would like to ask your majesty and sir to grant permission to our sect to rebuild the mountain gate on the land of the old Tang Dynasty and to flourish and develop."
Mr. Wu Yun looked at him and suddenly smiled: "Your classmates, are they willing to do this?"
Ren Yichao felt that his thoughts were completely seen through by Mr. Wuyun.
After taking a few deep breaths, he replied softly: "Everyone has his or her own ambitions. I believe that there will be classmates who think the same as me."
"What's different?" Mr. Wu Yun's tone was calm.
Ren Yichao said with some difficulty: "Please... Your Majesty and Sir, please have mercy and allow them to leave the land of their old Tang Dynasty."
Mr. Wu Yun stared at him for a long time, and then smiled slightly: "As you said, everyone has his own ambitions. Your Majesty is open to all rivers, and Chang'an tolerates all living beings. As long as you abide by the rules of Chang'an, you can stay in the city, but the same is true the other way around."
"Junior understands, thank you Your Majesty and senior for your kindness." Ren Yichao bowed solemnly to Mr. Wu Yun, then said goodbye and left.
In the Daming Palace, Zhang Dongyun was thoughtful.
The former number one martial arts school in the Eastern Tang Dynasty is now in decline, which is inevitable.
I just don’t know if a genius will appear in the future and lead his disciples to rise again?
Or is it that the Lingxiao sect will completely decline and eventually disappear in the long river of history?
The possibility of the latter is probably even greater.
The land of the Tang Dynasty under the rule of Chang'an was completely reshuffled this time.
If someone takes advantage of the situation and rises, someone will surely fall because of it.
At the same time, the forces that surrender to Chang'an will develop differently in the future.
Xuan Yiyi, Wangzhen Guan, Dahe Longmen, Tingshan Academy and other forces have already seized the opportunity.
For places like He Family, Jingyue Tower, Zhao Family, Zheng Family, etc., if you want to catch up, you will have to work harder and harder.
However, being in Dongtang, they are one step ahead of people in other places in the future.
Zhang Dongyun was thinking wildly when another person came to Tianshu Hall to see Mr. Wu Yun.
This time, the elder of Dahe Longmen, Han Zhe, came.
With the help of the Vast Sea Mind Technique, Han Zhe has been practicing in seclusion these days, and has successfully broken through the original realm and reached the eighth realm of martial arts, the realm of ghost hero.
It's just that he has just broken through and the evil energy he has gathered is still a little weak.
"There is progress, not bad." Mr. Wu Yun praised him generously.
"It's all because of your Majesty and Sir," Han Zheyan said.
"Your Majesty and I never hesitate to reward those who have made meritorious deeds," Mr. Wu Yun said.
After Han Zhe thanked him again, he said: "Sir, the land of the old Tang Dynasty is now under the control of Chang'an. I would like to ask you, sir, to allow me to go out for a while."
Zhang Dongyun already knew the other party's purpose, but the Mr. Wuyun he projected did not speak and only looked at the other party quietly.
"Senior brother, the leader of our sect, has been missing from the news for several months. There has been no reply. I want to find him." Han Zhe said solemnly.
"Are you yourself, or everyone in Dahelongmen?" Mr. Wuyun asked.
Han Zhe replied: "There are too few clues about the whereabouts of the head brother, so I only plan to try my luck first."
Mr. Wu Yun nodded slightly: "Are you planning to go to Northern Qi?"
Han Zhe replied: "This is the initial plan. However, Senior Brother Li has been missing for a long time, and I am not sure whether he is still in Northern Qi. I have to go there first to have a look, and then decide whether other places are needed."
"Your Majesty is magnanimous, and I have always followed your example. What happened today is human nature, and I will not stop you."
Mr. Wu Yun said: "Be careful, lest Li Jie doesn't find it, you will be blamed for it."
"Mr. Xie, I will keep your teachings in mind." Han Zhe was overjoyed and bowed to Mr. Wu Yun before leaving.
In the Daming Palace, Zhang Dongyun watched the other party pack up and leave the city on the road.
He was actually a little curious in his heart.
Li Jie, the leader of Dahe Longmen, is already a martial arts master in the ninth level.
Although he was injured by the Tang King, since he finally escaped, there were not many people on the ground in Northern Qi who could do anything to him.
The only people who could make him disappear from the world and whose whereabouts are unknown are just a few ninth masters from Northern Qi.
And these people may not necessarily want to take Li Jie's life.
So where is Li Jie now?
Why is there no news at all?
I hope Han Zhe can find him this time. I'm quite curious about where this guy went... Zhang Dongyun smacked his lips.
He reopened the system task list.
Now that there are defense tasks, it is much easier to accumulate upgrade points for guardian experience than before.
But the points for construction tasks still have to be gained slowly, little by little.
[Construction Task 7.1 - The scope of Chang'an is expanding day by day. The common communication methods in the past have become backward. Please ask the city owner to establish a more developed communication network to facilitate the flow of information inside and outside the city]
Zhang Dongyun shook his head slightly.
The difficulty of this matter is quite high.
Although he can use various communication methods such as video calls within the scope of Invincible City as long as he is willing, in the final analysis, he, the city lord, is helping the people in the city to cheat.
Firstly, this cannot satisfy the communication connection between the city and outside the city, and secondly, City Lord Zhang does not have the time to serve others.
This world is much bigger than Blue Star in his previous life.
Transportation and communication are naturally much more difficult.
As a fantasy world, the indigenous people have developed many fantasy methods for communication, but the current foundation in the land of the ancient Tang Dynasty is still poor.
While Zhang Dongyun was thinking, something appeared in his hand.
A sky-blue orb.
The royal family of the Eastern Tang Dynasty had a most precious treasure, which was a pair of blue eyes.
One of them was previously given by the crown prince Li Hong to his fourth brother Li Dan with the intention of spying on the truth about Chang'an, but ended up falling into the hands of Chang'an.
Later, after Shen Herong improved the blue sky eye, he often carried it with him so that Zhang Dongyun could watch it.
The other one paired with it is in the hands of Tang Wang Li Xuanxin himself.
As Li Xuanxin was killed by Zhang Dongyun in Liuquan Mountain, all his belongings were also in Zhang Dongyun's hands.
City Lord Zhang looked at such a blue sky.
It's a good thing, but it alone won't help him complete his mission.