Xu Xiao, the king of Northern Liang, dominated the three northwest states and controlled the most elite Northern Liang cavalry in the entire dynasty.
As the only king with a different surname in the Liyang Dynasty, Xu Xiao joined the army at the age of ten and fought from the northeast to Jiangnan, and from Jiangnan to the southwest, killing most of the world.
The 300,000 Northern Liang cavalry under his command are invincible in the world.
Even the 120,000-strong army of Western Chu's famous protector of the country, which was once unparalleled in the past, was completely wiped out in a battle with Beiliang's cavalry Jinghe.
Western Chu also lost its most elite troops in this battle, paving the way for the subsequent destruction of the country.
It was precisely because of the presence of these 300,000 Northern Liang cavalry that the Liyang royal family was extremely wary of Xu Xiao, but they did not dare to make any move.
In addition, Beiliang is the front line against Beimang, and 300,000 Beiliang cavalry form the most important line of defense to defend the Central Plains.
Even though there was a lot of criticism against Xu Xiao in the court, many people even called him the "Second Emperor" in private.
But Liyang's senior officials clearly understood that only Xu Xiao's Beiliang could resist the ambitious Beimang.
Therefore, Xu Xiao's throne of Northern Liang is still as stable as Mount Tai.
Since the collapse of the Dafeng Dynasty four hundred years ago, chaos among the various kingdoms in the Spring and Autumn Period began.
There were nine kingdoms in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
They are Liyang, Western Chu, Northern Han, Southern Tang, Eastern Yue, Western Shu, Later Sui, Great Wei, and Later Song. The nine kingdoms were in constant disputes and heroes emerged in large numbers.
At the time of the storm, the prince Zhao Dun became the final winner of the Kowloon throne. He appointed the French general Xun Ping and the general Xu Xiao, and the country's power rose rapidly.
The country became one of the four famous generals, and Li Yang finally unified the world.
There were originally nine kingdoms in the Spring and Autumn Period, including Liyang, Western Chu, Western Shu, Northern Han, Great Wei, Later Song, Later Sui, East Yue, and Southern Tang. Xu Xiao destroyed the six kingdoms, Later Sui, Western Chu, Later Song, and Western
Shu, the Northern Han Dynasty, the Great Wei Dynasty. Gu Jiantang destroyed Dongyue and the Southern Tang Dynasty.
The Liyang Dynasty also added thirteen states to the eight kingdoms of Spring and Autumn Period from the original six states, for a total of nineteen states.
Three of them are owned by Beiliang.
The Beimang Dynasty occupied eight states, namely Gusai, Longyao, Dongjin, Xihe, Jinchan, Yuchan, Baoping, and Orange.
Beiliang resists Beimang with the land of three states, which can be called a barrier from Liyang.
As for the Northern Liang King Xu Xiao, who was the backbone of the barrier, he had two daughters and three sons. Except for the third son, they were all weird.
The eldest daughter, Xu Zhihu, married into a famous family in the south of the Yangtze River. She married three husbands and became the widow with the prettiest face and the largest dowry in the dynasty. She became famous in the five counties of Jiangnan Province for her dissolute style.
The second daughter, Xu Weixiong, although plain in appearance, was erudite and skilled in latitude and longitude. She studied under Han Guzi and Han Jia in Shangyin Academy, and became the junior sister of Xu Huang, a master of military art, Sima Can, a strategist, and other celebrities in the empire.
The second son, Xu Longxiang, is named after "Dragon is the most powerful in water travel, elephant is the most powerful in land travel, and is as powerful as King Kong, so it is called Dragon Elephant." Don't look at the silly son nicknamed Huang Maner, who is stupid and stupid, and he still has big characters.
I don't know, my skin is sickly dark yellow, and my figure is thinner than that of others my age, but my natural supernatural power is first-rate and terrifying.
When he was twelve years old, he was accepted as a disciple by an old immortal from the Longhu Mountain Patriarch level.
You must know that it is the first sect in the world, and the Taoist sects in the world stand on three pillars. Longhumen is highly regarded by the Liyang royal family and is the first sect in the world.
The headmaster of Longhu Mountain is the leader in the Taoist sect.
The four heavenly masters in the sect have more mysterious powers than the last.
Xu Longxiang has to worship one of the four great heavenly masters as his disciple, and his future is bound to be limitless.
But compared to the Crown Prince of Northern Liang, they are all small and dwarfed.
The eldest son Xu Fengnian, as the eldest son of Xu Xiao, has had a ridiculous reputation since he was a child, and even the capital has heard about it.
When mentioning Xu Xiao of Dazhu Kingdom, Xu Fengnian will inevitably be mentioned. After praising him, everyone will pity him as the future heir to the throne of Northern Liang.
But he is a prodigal who competes in the romantic field.
The most ridiculous thing he ever did was that a foreign ranger fought with a local swordsman on the border of Liangzhou over a disagreement.
The two of them fought all the way from the street vegetable stall to the lakeside.
Finally, they alarmed the prince, who was playing chess with the oiran on the roof of the Yixiang Building, the largest kiln in Liangzhou by the lake.
The prince didn't care that the cannons were about to roll over the mountain. The general and the oiran applauded loudly from the window for their victory.
Afterwards, due to the interference of His Highness the Crown Prince, the government not only did not pursue the case, but almost gave the knight a great medal of Liangzhou Good Man. He even asked the servant to rush over and deliver a large stack of 100,000 silver notes.
When the crown prince was driven out of the palace to travel with a sword at his neck, dozens of oirans, big and small, bid farewell to him in tears.
Let the dandies and serious women in Liangzhou say that the days without the prince are the good days.
Among Xu Xiao's five children, Xu Tianjiao, the youngest, is actually the most normal one.
As a sibling of Xu Longxiang, he was born only a quarter of an hour later than him.
He doesn't have the natural power like Xu Longxiang, who can tear apart tigers and leopards.
They are not as independent as the two sisters and brothers above him.
Because he behaved too normally, Xu Tianjiao's life seemed transparent under the radiance of his four brothers and sisters in the palace.
As the youngest prince in the royal family, he started studying literature at the age of three and martial arts at the age of five.
The whole process is like how most aristocratic families in the world train their own children. They are taught by famous teachers since childhood.
He entered the third rank at a young age and was proficient in the six arts of a gentleman.
He looks like a rising star of the younger generation
Although it may not look like this, in the eyes of other forces that are at odds with Beiliang, it is nothing more than this.
Take the top-grade elixir refined by the world-famous Taoist sect and Wudang Mountain every day as well as the tribute elixir collected in the palace.
The eldest sister married Jiangnan, the second sister married into Shangyin, the third brother was a prodigal, and the fourth brother was a fool.
The four brothers and sisters ranked in front of Xu Tianjiao each had their own reasons and did not study in the palace for long.
Therefore, the fifth son of Beiliang Prince's Palace naturally has full control of the palace's resources.
Since childhood, the royal family invited great Confucians to teach him.
With all these resources thrown at him, even a son from a well-qualified family can achieve the second level and be both civil and military.
But when it comes to Xu Tianjiao, he is only in the third level, and his talent is evident.
Compared with ordinary children of aristocratic families, his strength is certainly much stronger.
But compared with the descendants of top forces such as Longhu Mountain, Wudang Mountain, Jianzhong, and Emperor Wu City, they are far behind.
Many people who hated Xu Xiao deeply cried out for retribution.
Xu Xiao, who destroyed the country and massacred countless cities, and was known as the "human massacre", could not escape the retribution of karma after all.
Of the three sons, one has no ambition, one is born stupid, and the last one also has mediocre qualifications.
The fourth son, Xu Longxiang, was born with supernatural powers, but he was unconscious and unable to command Beiliang's 300,000 cavalry.
Lao Wu didn't need to think about it. With his mediocre qualifications, he couldn't suppress the arrogant and powerful generals in the Beiliang Army.
This huge Northern Liang foundation will surely fall apart after Xu Xiao's death.
This is also the reason why the Liyang royal family sat back and watched Xu Xiao, the Shangzhu Kingdom, dominate the three states.
They only need to wait for Xu Xiao for a hundred years before the Liyang royal family can take back Beiliang.
As for Xu Fengnian and the others, they can just arrange to support them through their free time.
In this way, the friendship between the old emperor and Xu Xiao can be preserved, and the court's reputation for treating heroes well can be maintained.