"Do you think Tu Zhi will always listen to our Da Zhou?"
Long Chen continued to eat the leg of lamb.
Emperor Lingyi shook his head slightly: "The barbarians have never been trustworthy. Now they are just asking for help from us. When Tuzhi takes control of the grassland, there is no guarantee that they will not bite back."
It is said that those who are not from our race must have different minds. Barbarians and Central Plains people have never been the same people.
When Tuzhi firmly controls the grassland and his tribes begin to prosper, they will probably also invade the borders of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
"So I kept Yeluhong's son. After ten years, when the two of them grew up, civil strife began."
"After a civil war, the barbarians are weakened again, and we will take advantage of the opportunity to take action. In this way, the northern border will have peace for at least 20 years."
Long Chen slowly ate the leg of mutton, and Emperor Lingyi felt chilled in his heart. Long Chen was too calculating. If he really wanted to harm Da Zhou, who could prevent him?
Why would the Queen Mother use such a vicious person? Isn't she afraid?
But having said that, doing this is indeed the most beneficial to Dazhou.
"Then we don't care?"
"No matter what, when the snow melts, we will go to Buhan Mountain."
After Long Chen finished eating the leg of lamb, he arrived at the Tianxiahui camp and found Chen Dong.
"Congratulations to General Long for completely pacifying the barbarians. Yeluhong has been crowned the leader. From now on, there will be no more wars in the north."
Chen Dong smiled and congratulated.
"Thank you so much, Shopkeeper Chen. If the world hadn't come to my aid, I wouldn't have been able to win this battle."
"There is no land in the world, but you can control the power of the world. You are worthy of being an uncrowned king."
Long Chen now has a deeper understanding of the Tianxia Association and no longer regards them as a chamber of commerce.
Chen Dong smiled and said: "General Long is very smart, but he said it wrong this time."
Long Chen chuckled and said, "Where did you say something wrong?"
Chen Dong smiled and said: "What is a country? What is an emperor?"
Long Chen said: "Having land and people is for the country, and having land and people is for the emperor."
Chen Dong smiled and said: "The general has fallen out of fashion. I remember the poster said that an emperor is nothing more than being able to control people and property in a region and possessing supreme authority."
"Although our Tianxiahui does not occupy an inch of land, the people and property of the world are under our control. Our Tianxiahui is the de facto emperor."
"Moreover, the world is divided into three parts, and the three emperors can only control one area. Only I, the Tianxia Association, can control the people and property of the world, so I, the Tianxia Association, are the dynasty that unifies the world."
Long Chen nodded slightly and praised: "I'm afraid it was the president who said this, thank you very much!"
I have to say that these words refreshed Long Chen's ideas. He never expected that the world would see the world from this perspective.
In the eyes of Tianxiahui, land is nothing, and only the people and property on the land are the most fundamental. They do not compete for land, they only control people, property, and thus establish their own power.
Wonderful, wonderful!
Chen Dong was a little surprised and asked: "General, have you met the president?"
Long Chen smiled and said: "It's just a one-sided relationship."
Chen Dong was very envious and said: "There are not many people who have seen the true appearance of the president, especially outsiders. The general is the only one."
Long Chen smiled and said: "I didn't expect that I would have such an honor. I didn't know it at the time."
Long Chen secretly thought in his heart: Ji Ba designed to frame the Long family, and his identity was very special. Many people speculated that he was Long Chen.
When Ji Ba saw him, he probably wanted to confirm it himself.
"Can the general tell me what the president looks like?"
Chen Dong lowered his voice, and Long Chen smiled and said, "You can ask this?"
Mr. Wu next to him smiled and said, "We really shouldn't ask about this."
Chen Dong laughed and said: "Yeah, you shouldn't ask, and... that's all."
"Does General Long plan to retreat when the ice and snow melt?"
Long Chen shook his head and said: "No, I still want to go to Buhan Mountain."
Chen Dong nodded and said: "The general wants to send Tu Zhi on his last journey, allowing him to sacrifice to the Wolf God and become the official Chanyu."
Long Chen smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Chen can take the first step, there should be no fighting later."
Chen Dong smiled and said: "We businessmen are the most trustworthy. If the general doesn't leave, we won't leave."
Long Chen smiled and said: "You are indeed trustworthy, thank you very much."
After leaving the Tianxiahui camp, Long Chen secretly laughed in his heart: Chen Dong just wanted to monitor the whole journey.
As for what I said just now, it seems good, but in fact it is full of loopholes.
The Tianxiahui does not occupy the land, but wants to control the local people and property. The premise for this is that the world is in dispute and the three countries all need the resources of the Tianxiahui.
If a country is internally stable and the emperor is determined to eradicate the power of the Tianxiahui, then the Tianxiahui will be unable to compete with the imperial court's hundreds of thousands of troops.
What Tianxiahui can do is incite the other two countries to attack and make this country surrender and compromise.
This is why the world will try its best to maintain the balance of power in the world.
However, Long Chen wanted to break this balance.
The north is stable, the new Shan is supported by Long Chen, and there will be no more wars in the north.
Even if the world knows how to stir up trouble, kill Tuzhi, and support a Shanyu to come to power, all the barbarian warriors will be wiped out.
This is also the reason why Long Chen killed the prisoners in Snow Valley. Only by killing all the toughest warriors of the barbarians can complete peace be achieved.
The north is stable, Long Chen only needs to deal with Xixia and Nanliang.
Now that the Great Zhou Dynasty has this strength, we need to plan carefully in the future, first easy and then difficult, first destroy Xixia, and then break through Nanliang.
When the three-part situation in the world is broken, the world will become a rootless duckweed.
The world society must be eradicated!
Back at the camp, Long Chen waited for the ice and snow to melt, and the soldiers ate, drank and trained every day.
....
Ten days later, the ice and snow completely melted. Long Chen left the wounded behind while the other soldiers rode towards Buhan Mountain.
Tu Zhi led the barbarian warriors, leaders, and Yeluhong's wife and children to follow Long Chen.
Buhan Mountain is still quite far away from Ahebo, and the army walked for four days before reaching it.
A tall snow mountain stands in the desert. There is still some snow at the foot of the mountain and thick white snow on the top. Thick clouds are always floating in the sky, just like pressing on the top of Buhan Mountain.
"This is Buhan Mountain, the sacred mountain of our wolf clan."
Tuzhi saluted respectfully towards Buhan Mountain, and Manzi and other leaders followed suit and saluted from a distance.
Long Chen looked up at the top of the mountain and felt a sense of divine oppression.
"No wonder the barbarians regard this place as a sacred mountain."
Emperor Lingyi also lamented that Buhan Mountain was indeed spectacular.
"Where is the place to worship the wolf god?"
Long Chen asked Tu Zhi, but Tu Zhi didn't know either. He had never been here.
"Which of you knows?"
Tu Zhi turned around and asked the tribe leader.
"General, Shanyu, I know where the Wolf God is, you follow me."
The army stayed at the foot of the mountain, with the leader leading the way. Tuzhi took some soldiers, brought up the cattle and sheep for sacrifice, and a pair of Yeluhong's children.
Long Chen and his group walked up the mountain with the leader of the tribe.
Before leaving, Zhang Qian ordered the barbarians to search for snow lotus in the holy mountain. Whoever finds it can become the leader of the tribe.
There is snow on the mountain and the road is very steep, so the horse will not go there.
Climbing from morning until noon, we gradually approached the location of the Wolf God.
Finally, almost at the top of the mountain, I saw a small sunken valley, inside was a dark cave, and a cold wind blew out of the cave.
"The Wolf God is inside."
The leader seemed a little scared.
"What are you afraid of? I don't believe in ghosts and gods!"
Gongsun Linglong walked forward carelessly, but Long Chen grabbed him and said: "This is the sacred mountain of the wolf tribe, please Shan Yu and the other leaders go ahead!"
