The Eastern Jin Dynasty was located to the east of the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
Their envoys had to cross the entire northern part of the Eastern Tang Dynasty to Chang 'an City, which was located in the northwest corner of the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
Of course, they could also go further north and bypass the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
However, further north was the Northern Qi Dynasty, which had always been on good terms with the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, even if the Eastern Jin envoys wanted to pass through Northern Qi, they couldn't make it public. They could only keep a low profile.
In order to avoid being discovered by the Eastern Tang Dynasty and Northern Qi Dynasty, they couldn't send an official envoy group with a guard of honor.
At most, they would send a few of King Jin's trusted aides to avoid detection and cross the mountains and rivers to reach the vicinity of Chang 'an.
After receiving Mr. Dark Cloud's order, Hu Yingjie immediately returned to Yunzhong County.
There, the head of the Hu family, Hu Yinghua, had already invited the guests from the Eastern Jin Dynasty to stay.
After listening to his seventh brother's report, Hu Yinghua nodded slightly. "Since Mr. Dark Cloud has said so, we'll do as he says."
In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Prince Sima Yuan of Zhaowu Commandery Prince, who was in charge of secretly sending an envoy to Chang 'an, was secretly relieved when he received the news from the Hu family.
Accompanied by Hu Yingjie, he immediately went from Yunzhong County to Longbei to officially visit Chang 'an City.
Seeing the three outer cities surrounding Chang 'an City, Sima Yuan, like everyone else, was shocked and speechless for a long time.
"No wonder the Ninth Realm Hong Xiao was defeated …" he thought to himself.
After following Hu Yingjie all the way to Tianshu Hall, Sima Yuan calmed himself down and entered the main hall.
In the central hall, an old man in black sat there quietly drinking tea.
Sima Yuan saw this and knew that the old man must be the legendary Mr. Dark Cloud.
This old man wasn't the real owner of Chang 'an City.
However, if one wanted to visit the owner of Chang 'an City, they had to go through the old man in black first.
He was in charge of the daily affairs of Chang 'an City. To a certain extent, he was half the owner of the City.
"I'm Sima Yuan of the State of Jin. I've heard a lot about Mr. Dark Cloud."
The Prince of the East Jin Dynasty followed the etiquette of martial artists and cupped his fists to Mr. Dark Cloud.
Mr. Dark Cloud put down his teacup and nodded slightly. "What brings you here?"
"His Majesty ordered me to visit Chang 'an. I hope that I can express His Majesty's goodwill to the City Lord of Chang' an. I hope that we can join forces and punish the barbaric Eastern Tang Li Xuanxin together," Sima Yuan said in a deep voice.
Mr Dark Cloud, who was projected by Zhang Dongyun, said in an indifferent tone, "There's no need to join forces. Chang 'an can also destroy the Eastern Tang."
His firm tone and vicious words caused Sima Yuan's breathing to stop slightly.
Mr Dark Cloud said casually, "It's just that His Majesty is magnanimous and doesn't care about worldly affairs. That's why he gave the Eastern Tang a few days of peace."
Sima Yuan said, "Your City Lord is resourceful and detached from the world. He's really admirable."
He changed the topic and said, "I admire you for having enough confidence to destroy the Eastern Tang. However, Li Xuanxin's perverse behavior cannot be tolerated. I've always wanted to send troops to suppress him. If Chang 'an wants to send troops, I'm willing to cooperate."
"That's your business," Mr Dark Cloud said indifferently.
Sima Yuan continued, "In terms of military affairs, Chang 'an doesn't need my cooperation. But I believe that we can communicate more in other aspects."
Mr Dark Cloud said indifferently, "For example?"
"For example, various business dealings," Sima Yuan said.
Zhang Dongyun laughed inwardly when he heard that.
Between Chang 'an and the East Jin Dynasty was the entire Eastern Tang and even Northern Qi.
The detour to the south was simply too far.
There was no business route between the two, and transportation was inconvenient. How could there be business dealings?
What the East Jin Dynasty meant was that they occupied the north of Eastern Tang and opened up a new business route.
"It's okay if your merchant group can come over," Mr Dark Cloud said.
"Thank you for your consideration." Sima Yuan smiled slightly.
As long as they reached a tacit understanding, it was okay.
Even if Chang 'an did not send a single soldier, it was okay.
Their presence would attract most of the Eastern Tang's attention.
East Jin could enter the west without worry. When the time came, not only would they open up a path, but they could also occupy a large amount of land in the north of Eastern Tang.
Eastern Tang was worried about Chang 'an, so they would not be able to fight back.
Sima Yuan was satisfied and left Chang 'an.
Within Daming Palace, Zhang Dongyun smiled slightly.
It was tough on the East Jin Dynasty.
In recent years, East Jin had been bullied badly by Eastern Tang.
Eastern Tang's achievements in opening up new territory and making the King of Tang worship the Imperial Ancestral Temple were all obtained from East Jin.
Half a year ago, the King of Tang attacked East Jin once more and won.
If not for the chaos caused by Chang 'an, the King of Tang would not have retreated so early, and East Jin would not have been able to reclaim their lost land.
Now, while the Eastern Tang was distracted by Chang 'an, they finally had a chance to take revenge.
Now, it was time for East Jin to find trouble with Eastern Tang.
Zhang Dongyun did not care about this.
Anyways, as long as Invincible City could continue to expand, be it Tang or Jin, they would all be surnamed Zhang sooner or later.
East Jin was really quick.
Before Sima Yuan returned, he sent the news back.
The East Jin Dynasty also knew that speed was the most important thing in war.
The moment they received the news, they charged into the northern border of Eastern Tang.
The Eastern Tang Dynasty was caught off guard, and the few prefectures in the north quickly changed hands.
This was not only the territory of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, but it was also the territory of the White Horse College.
However, now that the Eastern Tang Dynasty and White Horse College were both empty, the East Jin Dynasty army was like a hot knife through butter.
After the Eastern Tang Dynasty came back to their senses, they immediately counterattacked.
However, as expected, the Eastern Tang Dynasty's counterattack was limited.
Most of their attention was still on the northwest.
Hence, the Eastern Tang side was unable to take back the lost land in the north, and both sides entered a temporary stalemate.
This was a huge blow to the Eastern Tang's rule in the northern prefectures.
Such an action infuriated the Eastern Tang, and it also attracted the attention of the other dynasties.
However, everyone's focus was on why did the East Jin Dynasty choose to invade the Eastern Tang?
After all, that place was connected to Northern Qi.
Northern Qi and the Eastern Tang Dynasty had always been close.
The reason why East Jin was always suppressed by Eastern Tang was because they were facing the threat of Northern Qi at the same time.
Both sides suppressed East Jin from the south and north, making it difficult for East Jin.
Now that East Jin was attacking the north of Eastern Tang, if Northern Qi and Eastern Tang attacked the Jin Army, what would they do?
It was a rare chance to counterattack, and East Jin would not waste it.
There was only one reason for attacking the north of Eastern Tang and not the east or south.
They had joined forces with Chang 'an.
If one looked at it from this angle, both sides had broken through the Eastern Tang and even split the Eastern Tang and Northern Qi apart.
Although Chang 'an did not continue east after occupying Yunzhong Prefecture, on the other side, the East Jin Dynasty followed the north of Eastern Tang and headed west to meet up with Chang' an.
If they did not have a tacit understanding with Chang 'an, they would not have made such a decision.
This was definitely not because East Jin was full of tricks to trick the Eastern Tang and Northern Qi.
The sudden appearance of Chang 'an was both strong and mysterious.
If one did not greet it and bumped into it, one could be beaten up at any moment.
When the time came, East Jin would definitely not be able to take it.
They must have contacted Chang 'an in the dark and reached a tacit understanding.
Although Chang 'an did not seem to be cooperating, with it standing there, Eastern Tang had to be wary.
It was precisely because of this that Eastern Jin had been able to attack like a raging fire, taking advantage of the situation while the Eastern Tang could only barely resist.
This made the other few dynasties start to have all sorts of thoughts.
Firstly, it was not surprising that East Jin would contact Chang 'an.
However, why would Chang 'an accept East Jin's good intentions?
They did business with Western Zhou because Western Zhou was right next to Hexi Prefecture.
They had no contact with East Jin before this.
Now, East Jin had a huge advantage, and Chang 'an did not do anything.
If one were to look at it from the perspective of befriending distant enemies and attacking nearby enemies, then it would make sense.
However, Chang 'an needed to befriend distant enemies and attack nearby enemies. This in itself explained a lot of problems.
Hong Xiao, the Ninth Realm Dean of White Horse College, was defeated in Chang 'an, which indeed showed their strength.
However, did this mean that Chang 'an was starting to feel pressured in the face of the remaining two Ninth Realm experts of Eastern Tang who might join forces, the King of Tang and the Green Cloud Monastery, or the group of experts from Eastern Tang's ally, Northern Qi Dynasty?
Secondly, Chang 'an and East Jin joined forces to block Northern Qi Dynasty in the north and bring great pressure to Eastern Tang.
Could the others also take this opportunity to make a move?
Even if they could not completely take over the Eastern Tang Dynasty, the other dynasties would also tear off a piece of Eastern Tang from all directions. Would Eastern Tang have the strength to do anything?
Looking at how the Eastern Tang was currently dealing with the north, the answer was gradually becoming clear to everyone.
The other countries were also starting to feel tempted.
The envoys of Eastern Tang Dynasty visited all over the place. They talked so much that their mouths were almost dry, but they could not stop the undercurrents of the surrounding countries.
However, everyone was also thinking about a problem.
It did not matter whether Chang 'an really could not withstand the pressure and joined forces with East Jin, or if everyone guessed wrong.
However, no matter what, reaching a tacit understanding with Chang 'an and dividing up the Eastern Tang Dynasty together was undoubtedly the most beneficial.
As for what would happen to Chang 'an after dividing up the Eastern Tang, that could be discussed later.
After dividing up and absorbing the resources and talents of Eastern Tang, the strength of their own country would definitely increase …
Before that, they might as well be on good terms with Chang 'an first, just like East Jin Dynasty.
After making up their minds, the other countries all secretly sent out envoys to Chang 'an.
In the sky of Longnan County, a blood-red light flew past.
After entering Longnan County, the blood-red light landed and revealed its form. It was a giant roc that was as tall as three people. Its body was snow-white, but its wings were dark red like blood.
The giant roc shook its wings, and its body shrank into a human's appearance.
The middle-aged man tidied up his clothes and walked toward the city in front of him.
After entering the city and inquiring about it, he left the city and turned into a Blood Cloud Roc again, flying to the next city.
In the next city, he found the person he was looking for.
Looking at the Taoist priest in front of him, the middle-aged man said, "I am Tang Ze of the Great Chu Dynasty. On the orders of His Majesty, I am on a diplomatic mission to Chang 'an to seek an audience with the City Lord of Chang' an. Please pass the message on my behalf."
Gu Hechuan's expression was slightly cautious as he sized up the other party.
This was a great devil who had already reached the eighth realm and cultivated a demonic soul.
"Are you the envoy of West Chu?" Gu Hechuan asked.
Tang Ze nodded. "His Majesty did not abandon me and took me in. I am the commander of the Dark Guards and serve His Majesty."
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