Facing Zhao Changling who called himself an immortal, Tantai Pingjing showed a hint of disdain. "Banished immortals are banished immortals. Do you think that you are a Daoist spiritual master of the mortal world, and that no matter where you are, you are seen as an unreachable immortal by the people?"
Tantai Pingjing was undoubtedly the only remaining great grandmaster of the Qi cultivators in the mortal world. She exposed Zhao Changling's past. When immortals came to the mortal world, they were no longer immortals of longevity. They were like a powerful central official who had been banished out of the capital and wandered thousands of miles. While they would not become homeless dogs, their power was far less than in the past. When in Rome, do as the Romans do, and follow the local rules. Back then, in the battle outside the Imperial Astronomer, Hsu Fengnian had used his power to kill countless ancestors of Longhu Mountain who had walked out of the statues. He had the advantage of the mortal world. If Hsu Fengnian was someone who had ascended from the mortal world, and met so many ancestors of Longhu Mountain who had achieved longevity, he would undoubtedly lose. Compared to Zhao Changling's bravado at this moment, Tantai Pingjing was more curious about how this person had been able to escape the heavenly way, and escape as a scholar after death, and not become an incomplete soul in the well.
Zhao Changling did not continue forward. He stood near the railing of the bridge and looked at the quietly flowing river. The river flowed endlessly, and did not give up day or night. The old man dressed in ancient Spring and Autumn scholarly robes had his hands behind his back as he thought of the past. He frowned as though he thought of many heavy matters that could not be mentioned.
One of the three great demons of the Spring and Autumn Period, the butcher Xu Xiao. This great general of Liyang whose achievements shocked the emperor, his life could be divided into two parts. Before this, he had worked for the old emperor of Liyang, Zhao Li. After that, the incense that the Xu and Zhao families had accumulated over the years was almost completely gone. Zhao Dun had won the battle for the throne, and the new emperor had been the most meritorious official of the previous dynasty before ascending the throne. There was a grudge between the two families. The Xu and Zhao families started to be strangers. Zhang Julu's court reached the top, and opened the peak of the imperial court's secret encirclement and suppression of the Beiliang Frontier Army. In the imperial examinations, there was a threshold for Beiliang scholars to enter the bureaucracy of the Central Plains. He used Cai Nan, a direct descendant of Gu Jiantang, and the Duke of Huainan Zhao Ying to work together to impede the Beiliang. In the end, the Xu family, including the Xu family, became non-human beings. They lived in a corner of the northwest of the Central Plains, and were not seen as people of the Central Plains. The reason why Li Yishan was seen as the least outstanding of the top strategists of the Spring and Autumn Period was largely because after Zhao Changling's death, he did not turn the tide and successfully help the Xu family and Beiliang integrate into the Central Plains. This caused the Zhao imperial court to view Beiliang as a great threat. Because of this, the Xu family and Zhao families had no victories to speak of. The Xu family's cavalry, as the cornerstone of the border army, had never received the financial support of the Central Plains.
On the other hand, the Zhao family also buried the roots of the two Guangling River rebellions. While they secretly pushed for West Chu to revive, and barely achieved the goal of weakening the vassal kings and generals, the progress of the war was not smooth. The loss of Liyang's power was great, clearly far exceeding the expectations of the old Grand Secretary Zhang Julu when he was alive. This caused the ambitious Yan King Zhao Bing, who had been bitterly suppressed in the south for twenty years, to develop the desire to fight for the Central Plains. Similarly, the Xu Family also continuously fought bitter battles, greatly damaging their vitality. Even though they obtained a great victory in the first Great Battle of Liang Mang, the Northern Mang Cavalry still wasn't willing to pinch the Liangliao Border Army and the Ji Province Border Army that were even easier to deal with. They decided to first go down to Northern Liang and then swallow up the Central Plains. That was why from the current situation, Northern Liang's Xu Family, Liyang's Zhao Shi, and the Northern Mang Empress, all three of them had lost. On the contrary, it was the Yan King Zhao Bing and that puppet King Jingan Zhao Xun who was about to proclaim himself emperor who benefited the most. As for the great pillar state Gu Jiantang who had been biding his time until now, how this martial artist of the Spring and Autumn Four Great Generals would make his decision was still full of suspense.
With Zhao Changling's assistance, even though Xu Xiao's achievements shocked the emperor, he was not cooked by the hounds. He was given the title of king and spent his later years in the northwest border.
After Zhao Changling died on the Western Shu battlefield, it was Li Yishan's turn to support the Xu family alone. But now, with the four hundred thousand cavalry of Beimang pressing against the northern city, the young king was likely to die young. The two Xu family strategists, Xu Xiao's right and left arms, had obvious achievements.
Zhao Changling did not insist on going north into the city, so Tantai Pingjing did not attack.
A crossing bridge could create a world of its own. With Tantai Pingjing's superb Celestial Being cultivation and her great luck, it might be a little far-fetched to ask her to open up a Fairyland. However, it would be very easy to just isolate the other Celestial Beings' senses and set up a prison at a certain time and place.
Zhao Changling said to himself, "In the Spring and Autumn Period, I was a strategist, and a strategist to my bones. Also, unlike the sages of the Qin Dynasty, who were not nobles, I, Zhao Changling, came from a top class family. So at that time, the rulers, ministers, and ministers of the countries were willing to treat me as an honored guest even though I was in the enemy camp. I went out on General's orders again and again, and was always successful. I won the reputation of 'unhindered eloquence and unparalleled flexibility.' Some of the scholars under General's command even felt that I, Zhao Changling, could shoulder both strategy and decisiveness, and did not need Li Yishan, who came from a poor background, to worry."
Zhao Changling slowly shook his head and said emotionally, "How would the world know that this is not the case. Righteousness is Confucianism on the outside, and Dao on the inside. This is the foundation of the Xu family's army, and caused General to be able to keep on fighting in the Spring and Autumn War. In the end, I, Zhao Changling, am just the face of the Xu family's cavalry, and the icing on the cake. Righteousness is indispensable, and is helping General in his hour of need. Twenty years ago, Righteousness might not have been able to do better than me, or worse. But in the Spring and Autumn War, I am far inferior to Righteousness. I fear that the so-called three hundred thousand Beiliang cavalry in the world has already fallen apart, or become a wedding dress for others. "
Zhao Changling suddenly turned and smiled. "The heavens are clear, and retribution is not good. Sect Master Tantai, are you curious why the heavens have opened a path for me? "
Tantai Pingjing was cold and silent, and did not speak.
Zhao Changling did not care. He looked up at the sky. "Because among my disciples, Chen Zhibao, Yao Jian, Ye Xizhen, and General's brother-in-law Wu Qi are all important pawns to the immortals in the heavens. Chen Zhibao is especially important. Of the Spring and Autumn War, the Zhao family of Li Yang destroyed eight countries and took them into one. They are at odds with the north and south of Beimang. This is still the arrangement approved by the immortals. But if one side can rest for twenty years and unify the world, the territory of the dynasty far surpasses the Qin at its peak, and then the people of the world will obtain peace for at least a hundred years, it will go against the original intention. "
Zhao Changling looked away, and pointed at North Jiebei City. "So even if Hsu Fengnian can succeed in inheriting the throne, he should die outside Liangzhou Pass, under the hooves of the grassland warhorses. Then the Beiliang cavalry will be given to Chen Zhibao. He will guard the northwest, and form a triangle with Li Yang and Beimang. The three sides will fight for supremacy, and the flames of war will never end. In the end, the Zhao family of Li Yang will be able to continue for more than a hundred years. During this time, the Beimang grasslands will fall into internal strife. After that woman's death, the Imperial Family's Yelu Dongchuang, his relative Murong Baoding, and the military's leader Dong Zhuo will be in a triangle. The internal strife will not end, and they will be greatly weakened. Chen Zhibao will take the initiative to attack twice. The first time, he will attack the grasslands in the north. He will fight all the way to the heart of the Beimang court, but he will be trapped in the cold weather and cannot make the final decision. In his twilight years, he will choose to attack Li Yang. The latter will send an envoy to the grasslands, and at the great price of ceding Ji Zhou, ask the grasslands to send troops to harass Chen Zhibao's Liangzhou rear. Chen Zhibao finally reached Great Peace City but was unable to break through. He regretfully retreated, and had no chance of taking over the world. The Emperor of Li Yang, Zhao Zhuan, in his prime and in his later years, fought two great battles against Beiliang. There were no results. Li Yang lost but did not fall. Beiliang won but lost the overall situation. In the end, the King of Beiliang that Chen Zhibao created will die after three generations, and he will withdraw from the fight for hegemony. "
Zhao Changling laughed out loud. "This may be the earliest trend of the world in the eyes of that strange person, Huang Longshi. But it is a pity that the talented Hsu Fengnian sought his own death. He changed the established situation on the spur of the moment, and caused Hsu Fengnian's rise to be unstoppable. It forced Chen Zhibao, who retreated in order to advance, to still be unable to smoothly take over the three hundred thousand cavalry. Everything is in chaos. If Zhao Ningshen invited the first grandmasters of Longhu Mountain to fight Hsu Fengnian at the Spring God Lake, it was just a clever test by the mastermind behind the scenes, to test the bottom line of a certain great person in the heavens, then after Li Yang Zhao Shi broke the rules and invited the grandmasters of Longhu Mountain who have been worshipped for countless years. The immortals in the heavens turned a blind eye, and broke the rules they set. As to the recent almost blatant plans to increase Beimang's power, they are shedding all pretense. "
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