The cavalry's tail finally disappeared on the horizon.
Sun Jian withdrew his gaze and led many generals back to the city with a depressed look on his face. At the top of the city, three figures with lowered hats stood there.
"I hope they can go smoothly..."
One of the figures spoke slowly, revealing his face under the hat as he spoke. It was Wang Yue.
At this time, Wang Yue did not see the displeasure flashing deep in the eyes of Liu Xie, who was standing in the middle while he was speaking.
The departure of Ling Tian and Lu Bu became a major event in the entire Central Plains. The princes who were originally frightened by the combination of Ling Tian, Lu Bu and Sun Jian began to become active.
Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, and Liu Yan began to mobilize their troops.
The clouds of war shrouded the entire Central Plains. However, although Ling Tian and Lu Bu left, Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Yizhou had already been connected together, and the areas bordering other states and counties were heavily guarded.
Although Ling Tian and Lu Bu took away many powerful generals, the remaining generals were all prudent, so that neither Yuan Shao nor Gongsun Zan had any chance to take advantage of them.
Only Sun Jian's Jiangdong is a little bit in danger, and it is an enclave. However, Sun Jian's layout is obviously not simple, and Jiangdong is stable.
Under such circumstances, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, and Liu Yan began to take action against each other.
Liu Yan began to attack Liu Biao, while Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao sent troops to Yangzhou and Xuzhou respectively.
The war began to break out, and Luoyang and other places seemed to stay out of it.
However, just as the war between the princes was in full swing, strange changes suddenly occurred in the land of Jiangdong. Sun Jian in the land of Luoyang began to lose information from Jiangdong, because an invisible force instantly isolated Jiangdong from the world.
At the same time, Sun Jian discovered in Luoyang that Liu Xie who had been staying in the palace was not the real Liu Xie, but was actually just a young eunuch disguised as Liu Xie using some kind of disguise technique.
"Da Rong, tell me, do I want to go back to Jiangdong..."
Sun Jian stood in front of the palace and looked forward with a depressed expression.
The emperor is gone, and Jiangdong seems to be gone as well. Sun Jian has never been so powerless at this moment, and everything he has done in the past seems to be just a joke.
Zu Mao reached out and pressed Sun Jian's shoulder hard.
As Sun Jian's friend and confidant, Zu Mao knew that what Sun Jian needed at this time was not a subordinate, but a brother. With Sun Jian's character, the reason why he was so rude at this time was not because the little emperor disappeared, nor was it because of the Jiangdong where his roots were.
Lost message.
It's because Sun Jian's family are all in Jiangdong.
No one knows better than Zu Mao how much Sun Jian cares about his family.
"Darong, help me watch Luoyang. You must watch Luoyang. I want to go back to Jiangdong..."
The expression on Sun Jian's face returned, and he looked at Zu Mao firmly.
"Bring them to justice..."
Zu Mao did not object, but spoke slowly.
At this time, no one in Jiangdong knew what was going on, but since the news was lost, it would definitely not be a good thing.
Zu Mao had no objection to Sun Jian's return to Jiangdong. Any man in Sun Jian's position would return to Jiangdong at all costs. However, Zu Mao knew that Sun Jian's return to Jiangdong would not be smooth sailing.
"This Luoyang is not only the capital of the Han Dynasty, it is also an important piece of the puzzle to ensure that Xiliang and Yizhou are not threatened. Ling Tian and Lu Bu will leave this place to me. If you can't hold it, Darong, you know
, that would cause him more pain than killing me..."
Sun Jian patted Zu Mao hard on the shoulder.
At this time, Sun Jian was by no means a prince or a general, but just an ordinary person telling his friends.
Zu Mao sighed helplessly and then fell silent.
He knew that no words could dissuade Sun Jian at this moment, and if Luoyang was taken away because of Sun Jian, it would really make Sun Jian extremely painful.
Soon after, Sun Jian left Luoyang quietly with a group of troops.
However, similarly, when Sun Jian left Luoyang, he didn't know that there was a pair of eyes secretly staring at him all the time, belonging to Wang Yue's eyes.
At this time, Wang Yue's whole person had a kind of violence, and there was even more ghost-like madness hidden deep in his eyes.
The woman in palace clothes was no longer around him.
Ling Tian didn't know all this at this time. After he and Lu Bu led many generals and soldiers out of the pass, the two of them were extremely fast. They have already passed the Wusun Kingdom, Dawan and other countries.
As a country that was originally suppressed by the Western Region Protectorate of the Han Dynasty, although the Han Dynasty gradually lost sight of the Han Dynasty as the Eastern Han Dynasty weakened, Ling Tian and Lu Bu came back with their army and easily suppressed it again.
Xi Zhicai then successfully absorbed the Jiao Qi from these countries.
However, after passing through these countries and gradually entering the territory of Kangju, some cavalry that were very different from those in the Western Regions gradually began to appear around the armies led by Ling Tian and Lu Bu.
"They are Kushan people..."
On the horseback, Xi Zhi, with dry lips without any trace of blood, looked at the looming shadow in the distance and slowly spoke.
"Ban Chao is just a bunch of weaklings who can be swept away by a mob..."
Next to him, Lu Bu snorted disdainfully.
During these days, Lu Fengxian and Xi Zhicai studied something carefully.
It was also during this march that Ling Tiancai understood why in ancient times it was normal for the grassland peoples to go south many times, but the Central Plains dynasty rarely went north once.
The influence of the natural environment is secondary, and the most important thing is the change in mentality.
The endless grassland is a kind of landscape, but it is also a kind of torture, just like the sea. If you float on the sea every day without any other scenery, most people will go crazy.
This is also the reason why navigation was so dangerous in ancient times, not only because of the natural environment itself, but also because of people's psychological endurance.
Although Lu Bu is a tiger, tigers can go crazy even more. Fortunately, tigers also know how to divert their attention.
This was entirely the danger that Lu Bu's beast-like intuition sensed, and he used learning to divert his attention.
"In Ban Chao's time, the Han Dynasty was so powerful. The countries in the Western Regions were naturally at Ban Chao's disposal at all costs. But now, if the two generals were not so tyrannical, how could those countries allow us to absorb their Jiao Qi..."
Xi Zhicai smiled calmly.
He didn't say much, but both Ling Tian and Lu Bu knew what Xi Zhicai meant.
It is impossible for the current Han Dynasty and those countries in the Western Regions to help fight against the Kushans. In fact, they may even help the Kushans to deal with them.
Even though I have seen how powerful they are before, no matter how powerful they are, they are only tens of thousands of people, and Kushan is a huge empire. Most importantly, the distance between Kushan and the Han Dynasty is average, but now,
The Han Dynasty fell into civil strife, but Kuishang remained strong.
Under this circumstance, those countries in the Western Regions would obviously choose Kushan instead of the Han Dynasty.
"It doesn't matter, our goal is actually almost completed..."
Ling Tian looked at Xi Zhi and smiled.
Kushan, Parthian, Rome, and Han are collectively called the four great empires of this era. Even if Parthian and Kushan are suspected of making up the numbers, it also means that these two empires are absolutely powerful.
In the case of civil strife in the Han Dynasty, Kushan was indeed qualified to replace the Han Dynasty's position in the Western Regions.
However, these did not have a great impact on Ling Tian.
He came to the grassland just for Jiao Qi, to replace Liu Han's control of the Nine Provinces Formation, and after this period of time, he has basically completed his goal.
Now, it doesn't matter to him whether he is Kushan or Anxi, or whether Rome comes.
He will return to Dahan soon.
Although the Han Dynasty is currently in civil strife, with the power of him, Lu Bu and Sun Jian, it is still easy to assemble an army of hundreds of thousands. The hundreds of thousands of Han cavalry plus infantry and crossbowmen are enough to defy any empire in the world today.
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"Who..."
However, at this moment, Ling Tian and Lu Bu's expressions suddenly changed at the same time.
Next to them, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others reacted, and Dian Wei roared angrily. The short halberd appeared in his hand and he would throw it out in the next second.
A little further away, a figure appeared directly when several people looked at it.
Golden curly hair, a suit of leather armor, and a short sword in his hand...
This is a young boy from the West who seems to be a scout.
Ling Tian's eyes moved slightly, and then, he and Lu Bu left the horse at the same time, and they fell to the side. From the side, a slender long sword appeared, and the brilliant sword light stabbed like raindrops.
And out.
Typical Western rapier.
In another time period and in a different way of fighting, such swordsmanship might have caused some trouble for Ling Tian and Lu Bu. However, at this time, on the battlefield, Lu Bu and Ling Tian had long weapons in their hands.
The ghost and god's square halberd and spear penetrated down at the same time.
The terrifying energy surged, and smoke and dust swept across the ground. The sword's power suddenly stagnated, and then, the milky white luster exploded, and a figure smashed out from behind.
A little further away, the young man who seemed to be the first person to be seen suddenly disappeared, and then, like a ghost, appeared in front of Lu Bu and Ling Tian.
A trace of sharp energy pulled past Ling Tian and Lu Bu.
This energy was like an invisible blade. If anyone were in Ling Tian and Lu Bu's position, they would definitely be cut. However, Ling Tian and Lu Bu's weapons turned upside down at the same time, and the violent energy hit the ground hard.
The energy that the young man exerted suddenly dissipated.
"Pig, pig's trotter... you're sure to get in, Mr. Jiang..."
An awkward Chinese voice sounded.
The young man whose energy was broken by Ling Tian and Lu Bu shouted loudly.
"We are envoys from Rome. Are the two generals from the Han Dynasty..."
Behind the young man, the figure that was knocked out fell to the ground, staggered, and then stood up straight. It turned out to be a girl with a typical Western face.
Ling Tian raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at this Western girl who in future generations would definitely be able to surpass any beauty in Hollywood. This girl spoke Chinese extremely smoothly.
"My ancestors once went to Han Dynasty as representatives of Rome. My family has traveled to Han Dynasty countless times. My blood is the testimony of the friendship between Han Dynasty and Rome... Gauls, Reti, commander of the Roman Third Legion
Ya has met the Han general..."
The girl stood firm and then made an extremely orthodox Confucian etiquette towards Lu Bu and Ling Tian.
Before Ling Tian and Lu Bu could react, Xi Zhicai had already jumped off the horse. Then, he straightened his clothes, straightened his hands, stacked them up, and returned a salute to the girl.
"The military advisor of the Han Dynasty's expedition to the Northern Army sacrificed wine and played to Zhicai..."
Xi Zhi returned the salute, and then looked at the girl with great curiosity as she spoke.
"Look at General Laetia's appearance, has something happened..."
It seemed that they were just asking out of curiosity, but Ling Tian and Lu Bu glanced at Xi Zhicai subconsciously. Their experiences along the way made them subconsciously feel that Xi Zhicai was trying to play some tricks.
"Ledia was assigned by the Holy Emperor of the Roman Empire to go to the Han Dynasty to seek help..."
The girl's voice sounded crisply.
Ling Tian and Lu Bu looked at each other and saw the look in each other's eyes.
Sure enough, drama has a purpose.
Ask the big man for help.
Rome.
Not to mention that Ling Tian was no stranger to Rome. During this period, Lu Bu had received guidance from Xi Zhicai, and he was no stranger to Rome either.
An empire as huge as the Han Dynasty, an empire equally invincible in all directions, an empire that had exchanged possessions with the Han Dynasty and had exchanges with each other.
Such an empire should have such an exaggerated and terrifying dragon spirit.
If there is no reason or excuse for such an empire, and tens of thousands of them want to fight in and seek dragon energy, even if the empire is in troubled times, it will be absolutely impossible.
But, if the emperor of this empire invites them.
Then they have a great chance to rush in and seek dragon energy.
However, Ling Tian was a little confused. In his memory, the Roman Empire seemed to have lasted until about 400 to 500 years ago and was beaten by Attila, a descendant of the Huns who was called the whip of God in the West. This would
Why would Rome need to ask for help from the Han Dynasty?
Ling Tian, who is not a good student of history, does not know that Rome has had countless royal families since the beginning of the emperor. What is even more exaggerated is that the royal family has changed from people of different races, even different skin colors, to using different systems, except for the name of Rome.
The central area of rule has not changed, but the rest has changed to an unknown extent.
"According to the order of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, General Zhengbei has the obligation to settle all disputes in the West. Upholding the friendship between the Han Dynasty and Rome for many years, if General Laetia does not dislike it, the two generals will follow General Laetia to Rome to quell the rebellion..."
Xi Zhicai looked at Laidiya with a serious expression and said.
Ling Tian and Lu Bu only knew about Xi Zhicai and wanted to find excuses from Laidia. However, Xi Zhicai himself knew that his fortune-telling skills had already revealed that Laidia's king was already dead at this time, and
In the future, a real dragon will appear in the branch where Laetia belongs.
Therefore, from this woman, they can have the opportunity to absorb more dragon energy than they imagined.
Letia hesitated slightly after looking at Xi Zhi. Rome, one of the four great empires, had such a huge rebellion in the country. Letia really didn't think there could be anything done by tens of thousands of people including Ling Tian and Lu Bu.
At this moment, the dull sound of horse hooves sounded in the distance, and Laetia's expression suddenly changed.
