Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2184 Su Qin intervenes to aid the Han Dynasty; the Eight-Nation Alliance attacks the Song Dynasty.

After seeing the people who had been making a fuss quiet down one by one.

It was only at this moment that Xuanyuan Huang noticed the list in Feng Hou's hand.

He had even noticed that the expressions of several people in the tent were abnormal.

Although those people didn't hold high positions in the Great Yan Dynasty, it still infuriated Xuan Yuanhuang.

More than seventy aristocratic families—this number sounds like a lot, but Xuan Yuanhuang, who knew what kind of people these families were, didn't feel too much about it.

What truly pained him was the so-called twenty-one generals and officers, as well as civil and military officials.

Xuanyuan Huang had already grasped the list in Feng Hou's hand. Inside the tent, several people were actually feeling a tightness in their hearts at this moment.

However, Xuanyuan Huang did not open it. Instead, he took the candle from the side, placed the list directly on the candle, and burned it all.

The leaping flame suddenly licked, turning into a soaring orange-red flame, with wisps of smoke rising and spreading, carrying the unique burnt smell of burning paper and ink.

"You saw everything?" Xuan Yuanhuang's voice finally rang out again.

"I do not know, nor do I want to know, what the Celestial Guard has discovered."

His gaze slowly swept across the crowd, lingering briefly on a few generals whose expressions had clearly changed.

"Let bygones be bygones."

His voice wasn't loud, but it resonated like thunder in everyone's hearts: "I only care about the future!"

“I burned these things today not because I was confused or soft-hearted, but to tell you all, and also to tell that traitor Wang Pengfei.”

"My empire, my subjects, even if they stray from the right path for a time, that is my family matter!"

"It's none of our business to interfere! And it's even less your place to be disloyal and self-destructive!"

"This ashes represent the past! From this day forward, I want to see living loyal ministers, pillars who can protect this vast land for me, and a fierce army that can march eastward and crush the traitors!"

"Your lives, the honor and disgrace of your families, are not on these ashes of paper!"

"It's in your own hands! It's in the merits you will achieve for me and for the Great Yan in the future!"

"Raise your head! Look at me!" Xuanyuan's voice was like a resounding bell, shaking the palace.

"Tell me! Will you choose to be souls lost in these ashes, or will you become the sword in my hand, slaying the traitors?"

Dead!

Absolute silence!
next moment!
"Long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"

A deafening roar erupted suddenly, and all the ministers, regardless of whether they had any ulterior motives before, roared out in a thunderous wave.

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Meanwhile, in the southwest of the former Da Cang land, in the area where various dynasties were located.

The eight dynasties of Li, Yin, Ye, Feng, Zhao, Xi, Li, and Yang formed a coalition army of 200,000 men, swore an oath, and set out to attack the Song Dynasty.

Back then, Wang Yu adopted Wang Yingkan's plan to develop this area, and even had Guan Zhong and others refine it.

At that time, Wang Yu's initial intention was indeed to have Dali hinder Zhao Song's progress when he attacked Da Yan one day.

But in reality, Wang Yu never expected them to create such a big stir at that time.

In fact, this display of power was not actually created by Gu Ling and Yuan Shao, but by Su Qin, a disciple of Guigu School.

Guigu disciples are only accepted as two formal disciples in each generation, and even then, it is not always possible to have both disciples in every generation.

The Guigu sect, in the end, is still a bit small in scale, with only a few people.

Unlike Confucianism and Legalism, which spread their influence so widely, they didn't need to personally go out to find disciples; the disciples would come to them on their own.

Moreover, the various dynasties liked to add their own elements to the Hundred Schools of Thought, but even a small sect like this could have a huge impact if it joined in.

After all, the entire sect only has a handful of people.

Especially in Wang Xu's generation, both of the top two generals were brought in by other dynasties.

It can only be said that Wang Xu's master truly had a keen eye for talent, managing to win even with such a low probability of success.

Given their method of accepting disciples, it's quite a low probability that all those they recruit happen to be from the imperial dynasty.

Therefore, many major events did indeed occur in Wang Xu's generation.

As for the branch families like Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang, they were generally disciples taken in by the one who failed in the previous generation of the strategists.

If the main branch cannot gather two people, they will settle for second best under the name of the branch, and the traditional custom of the branch branch starting from the branch to fight each other will be adopted.

But regardless of whether it's the main lineage or a branch lineage, the custom of Guigu in accepting disciples is either not to accept any at all, or to accept exactly two, and then let them compete to see who is superior.

Following Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang from the branch lineage who descended the mountain, Zhang Yi and Su Qin from the main lineage also descended the mountain one after another.

As for Su Qin, under the influence of Wang Xu, he prepared to come to the Han Dynasty.

As for Zhang Yi, Wang Xu knew this grand-disciple well; his grand-disciple's only choices would be Chu, Wu, and Wei, which was also a stretch. He would choose one of these three.

He was the advisor, not his father. He could exert some influence without leaving a trace, but he couldn't directly assign them any places.

Furthermore, people with personalities like Zhang Yi and Su Qin would not obey such forceful orders.

Among the disciples and followers of Taiqing and Yuqing, a large number of rebellious and disobedient individuals emerged, not to mention Zhang Yi and Su Qin, who were cunning and shrewd.

If Wang Xu were to issue direct orders like Yuan Shi, it would only provoke their rebellious mentality.

Therefore, Wang Xu subtly offered some advice to Su Qin, who was the most likely candidate, while he didn't need to say anything to Zhang Yi.

These two people are on completely different paths in choosing their masters.

Zhang Yi wanted to choose one of the strongest, which also aligned with his own knowledge. Therefore, Chu, Wu, and Wei, the three relatively well-preserved imperial-level powers, were his first choices.

Originally, Da Chu would have been Zhang Yi's first choice, but losing the young people meant losing the future, so it became one of his options.

Wei is also an option, but the internal problems of this dynasty are too serious, and it can only use half of its full strength, so it can only be one of the choices.

As for Su Qin, his choice was to unite the weak against the strong.

Of course, the weak that Su Qin chose to be was only relatively weak, and not a small dynasty that was weak to the core like Li, Zhong, Jian, or Hao.

He was testing what he had learned, not courting death. Therefore, he didn't choose the strongest group, but rather the next strongest, or even the next weakest, not those who were truly beyond redemption.

The next batch includes Xiao and Han, and the next batch includes Yu, Tang, Yan, Ming, Zhao, and Xuan...

It was precisely because Han was within Su Qin's options that Wang Xu harbored such thoughts towards him, rather than towards Zhang Yi.

As for the Han dynasty, although it was within Su Qin's options, it was not his first choice.

The likes of Xiao and Han are actually very close to being among the first batch.

In fact, compared to the first batch which had various internal problems, the emerging Xiao and Han actually had an advantage in this regard, without as much internal self-destruction.

Wei, which suffered the most from internal strife, was certainly stronger on paper than the emerging Xiao and Han. However, if they were to actually fight each other, Su Qin was actually less optimistic about Wei.

As the heartland of the Central Plains and the birthplace and center of the Hundred Schools of Thought, the Great Wei possessed the most talented individuals, but it was also the largest source of talent. Why was this?
Isn't it because their internal court is in chaos and suffering heavy losses?

Unfortunately, the Great Wei Dynasty never produced a strong and ruthless ruler capable of reforming the chaos in the court.

Otherwise, given the talent pool of the Great Wei, there is absolutely much that could be accomplished.

Yang Jian was a good man, but it's a pity he didn't give Guo Longcheng the identity he was given.

As for Guo Longcheng, he was not a qualified politician at all, let alone a ruthless monarch; his ambitions lay elsewhere.

Su Qin's initial idea was to choose one from among the Yu, Tang, Yan, Ming, Zhao, Xuan, and others in each batch.

However, Wang Xu offered a suggestion, which Su Qin considered and found acceptable.

After all, the Han dynasty was more powerful than he had imagined.

However, even excluding the chaotic Wei in the south, there was Wu in the west and the Tuoba tribe in the north, making it a good place for him to test what he had learned.

Therefore, he made the Han dynasty his target in this line of work.

However, he did not come over directly, but instead prepared to present a substantial pledge of allegiance.

In this way, after entering the Han Dynasty, one can be valued and given a position of sufficient importance.

As a strategist, he also foresaw that the next step of the Han Dynasty's expansion would inevitably be hindered by various forces.

Therefore, his first stop was the small dynasties in the southwest of Cangdi.

Furthermore, as a disciple of Guigu, he successfully connected with a high-ranking official of the Dali Dynasty and made his initial entry into the Dali Dynasty's officialdom.

During the conflict between the two great dynasties of Dali and Dazhong, Su Qin was unaware that the Han dynasty had planted its pawns within Dali, but he recognized the role Dazhong played in the Song dynasty.

Therefore, he chose to help Dali, uniting with several other dynasties to share the Dazhong region with Dali.

This move completely disrupted the Song Dynasty's plans for the other dynasties.

He also served as an envoy to the remaining seven minor dynasties on behalf of the Dali Dynasty within a year, inviting the eight monarchs to form a blood alliance to counter the threats from Wu and Song, thus creating a strategic destiny union.

He was also given the seals of eight states and served as the liaison for eight dynasties.

As for those who were uncooperative, like Da Zhong, they were also dealt with by Su Qin through the Eight Dynasties.

When the Han Dynasty attacked Yan, Su Qin knew that his pledge of loyalty had been made.

Therefore, he took the initiative to persuade the eight minor dynasties to take advantage of the fact that the Song Dynasty's military forces were concentrated in the east and launch an attack on the Zhao Song Dynasty, so as to take a piece of flesh from the Zhao Song Dynasty.

The reason for persuading them was none other than the same reason Lu Xianlin had used to persuade the four minor dynasties.

The world is in chaos. If these small dynasties don't seize the opportunity to gamble on their national destiny, they won't even have the chance to gamble on it in the future.

Dali was naturally the first to respond. Among all the dynasties, their strength was already among the top, and they had a feud with the Song Dynasty. In addition, there were people within their own ranks who wanted to usurp their power to send troops against the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Dali was the first to respond at this time.

With the first response, the rest naturally became eager to join in, making it easier for Su Qin to persuade them.

Therefore, the eight minor dynasties organized 200,000 troops, bringing out the most elite forces of their respective dynasties, and launched a joint attack on the Song Dynasty.

Although the eight minor dynasties were weak and ranked last among all dynasties, none of them were worth mentioning.

However, it was precisely because its imperial court was weak that it provided fertile ground for the development of local martial arts factions.

When the imperial court is weak, the martial arts world will not be suppressed by the court as it would be in a dynasty, and thus will have the opportunity to develop.

Su Qin also took advantage of this.

Invited to come are the Four Gates and Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance of Da Xi, the Ten Thousand Saints Path and Fish Dragon Ox and Horse Gang of Da Yin, the Two Zen Temples and Landuo Mountain of Da Yang, and the Snow Moon City, Peerless City, Outer Heaven and Dark River of Da Li...

These eight minor dynasties may not have had many top talents in their courts, as many people left in search of a bigger stage.

But in the martial arts world, there is an abundance of talent, making this the best place for them to thrive.

The commotion caused by the eight minor dynasties truly surprised Zhao Kuangyin.

It's important to know that this region was originally Zhao Kuangyin's next target.

Once he has digested the recently conquered half of Hexi Road and Yangxi Road, he will be ready to take action in this region.

Although this region is poor in agriculture, it is rich in mineral resources, which can serve as a good supplement to the Song Dynasty.

However, the eight minor dynasties that they regarded as a piece of meat on their lips are about to turn on them first!
Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin directly ordered Mingwei, a general of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and Zong Ze, the general of the Yangxi Road Army, to fully cooperate with Mingwei and make sure to give these ignorant people a head-on blow.

As a powerful ruler, Zhao Kuangyin was well aware that such alliances were unlikely to achieve great things.

Was the alliance of the four minor dynasties so easily sown apart by the Han Dynasty?

If you really look closely, you can actually find quite a few contradictions among these eight minor dynasties that you can exploit!
However, Zhao Kuangyin was under considerable pressure from the fact that they had quietly deployed 20 troops in the southwest.

Of course, his pressure mainly came from Da Wu.

Not long ago, the delegation from Da Wu arrived.

At the beginning of this year, the Great Han hadn't even attacked the Great Yan yet!

Wu Bing'er and Su Dingfang had already started a local war. Although both sides only deployed a few hundred thousand troops there, for a dynasty of their size, it was indeed only a local war.

Moreover, their battle was not for the sake of the Great Yan.

However, it must be said that even if their starting point was not for the sake of the Great Yan, their fighting on the western front was at least helpful to the Great Yan.

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