Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 6915 Start Watching

Chen Xi was pessimistic about the upcoming war, otherwise he would not have actively verified it and organized three million main forces to prepare for a round of defeating the Kushans.

To put it bluntly, Chen Xi has realized that after Lu Su's incident, the Han Dynasty no longer has the ability to steadily and steadily defeat the Kushan Empire as planned in the earlier strategic plan. Fortunately, Chen Xi did have measures prepared in case of unexpected events.

Or to put it more directly, Chen Xi believed that with dynamic development, its own growth speed would far exceed that of any other force. Sooner or later, it would accumulate a huge logistical force, and then exert overwhelming power to completely solve the problem.

After all, Chen Xi may not have enough confidence when competing in other things, but if he still loses in the competition for development, it can only be said that Chen Xi really needs to be dealt with.

"I know you are pessimistic about the upcoming war, and you even sent Wen Ze to the Ganges to be mentally prepared for defeat. But I still want to say that even if you are pessimistic, you must try your best to save the situation." Liu Bei looked at Chen Xi, without any sadness on his face due to facing difficulties.

"Zichuan, your life is so smooth. After I met you, my life was also very smooth. Just like you said, we have no rivals in front of us and we are invincible. You really did it." Liu Bei bent slightly and got closer to Chen Xi. "You never considered whether you could defeat Kushan, but how to defeat Kushan with less loss and let the people get more benefits. You saw the result early, so you will accept certain realities in advance."

Chen Xi was a little dazed when he heard this. Indeed, from the moment Lu Su slammed the table at him, he actually saw the follow-up and knew the possible results, but did this incident really have a big impact on Chen Xi's conquest of the Ganges? In fact, it didn't. Chen Xi's development speed was there, and the snowball that rolled up could not be stopped sooner or later.

"I had experienced many failures before I met you." Liu Bei sat up straight, leaning against the backrest and said in a very free and easy manner, "It can be said that before I met you, I never knew that life could be so smooth. I never thought that everything could be done so naturally, as if it was ordained by God."

"These failures have taught me some experience. Although they are insignificant compared to the success I gained after meeting you, these experiences tell me that there is no need to give up before the results come." Liu Bei's eyes were extremely sharp, completely different from the demeanor of an elegant elder before.

"I believe you can see the result, but Zichuan, give it a try. Even if it's for me, how about trusting them again? Just like you told me before, greed and ambition are human instincts. They can only be restrained by morality, but greed and ambition are never wrong. They are the driving force for progress!" Liu Bei stretched out his hand and said solemnly, "Zichuan, how about trusting them again?"

"I haven't run away yet!" Chen Xi said with a somewhat amusing look.

"But you have already shown your intention to run away." Liu Bei said very solemnly, and then stretched out his hand in front of Chen Xi.

"I don't think greed and ambition are bad things." Chen Xi slowly stretched out his hand and shook it with Liu Bei. "If you want to believe me again, Lord Xuande, how about we take another gamble, just like when we were heading from Yingchuan to Mount Tai, I said on horseback that in three years, Yingchuan would surrender. How about we take another gamble?"

"At that time, I really didn't think it would only take three years." Liu Bei recalled the situation when he passed through Yingchuan that year and did not recruit any civil officials except Xu Shu who was going to study.

"Occasionally we have to let them know that they are the ones who are wrong." Chen Xi said with a smile.

"Okay, what do you want to bet on?" Liu Bei said with interest.

"Let's bet on the situation after the war between the Han Dynasty and the Kushans." Chen Xi restrained his smile.

"Since you started the bet, how about I choose?" Liu Bei also became serious.

"There are only two results: the court continues to push for war and the court stops pushing for war. Which one do you think it will be, Lord Xuande?" Chen Xi shook his head and gave two results directly.

"Isn't this saying directly that we will lose the next battle?" Liu Bei raised his eyebrows and looked at Chen Xi with displeasure, as if he was a little dissatisfied. "Zichuan, you look down on me too much. After all, I will be in Ganges next time."

"I don't think I can win." Chen Xi shook his head and said, "So Lord Xuande, who do you think I should choose? This should be the last chance for the noble families and bureaucrats in the world to use the people to rebel against me. It is also the only chance for Zijing to return to the central government. Of course, Zijing may not be willing to come back, but if he doesn't come back, I'm afraid others will not accept it. After all, only if he stands in front of me can I stop him."

"Zichuan!" Liu Bei seemed to have connected everything together. He suddenly looked at Chen Xi with an extremely solemn expression.

"The reformists will face the most intense conflicts, and then they will die. The reformists will have their bottom line tested through repeated compromises, and then they will be able to cut out the greatest benefits possible." When Chen Xi said this, he did not seem furious, but calm.

Chen Xi originally thought that he could feed these people with benefits, but the Yanzhou case proved that people's hearts are fickle, the Jizhou case proved that desires are insatiable, and the Situ case proved what it means to be greedy.

"It's impossible for someone to play chess to this extent in front of you." Liu Bei shook his head and said, "I believe in your wisdom. Even if others are extremely talented, it's impossible for them to do things to this extent under your nose. With such intelligence, why not cooperate with you?"

Since you already have such capabilities, why bother to confront each other? Just agree with Chen Xi on the general direction and go with the flow. Why bother to confront Chen Xi head-on? Even if there is a winner, it will be a lose-lose situation.

"Well, this judgment is correct." Chen Xi nodded, "But some things don't require planning. Just a push will naturally develop in this direction."

"Is that so?" Liu Bei looked at Chen Xi's seemingly indifferent expression and felt inexplicably sad.

"Lord Xuande, in essence, if we talk about everything openly, they just want more benefits. But when everyone thinks so, there won't be that much benefit to be shared." Chen Xi was calm, not at all panicked.

"Then I'm going to go even more." After listening to Chen Xi's explanation, Liu Bei's frown suddenly relaxed, and his expression became extremely carefree. "I want to see who dares to say something bad about me, Liu Xuande. If I lose the fight and want to fight back, will they dare to refute? I'll kill them!"

Chen Xi was stunned for a moment, then quickly pulled Liu Bei back, "If this happens, it will have a great impact on the subsequent tours of inspection on behalf of the emperor, and will directly affect your reputation after your death, Lord Xuande."

"What's wrong? You lost the fight, and heard some strange things. I'll go over and ask them one by one, who is not convinced? Let's try. Zichuan, you follow the rules, you have extremely high morals, you are the saintly virtue of the Yingchuan Chen family, but I'm different. I'm a country boy. The bloodline and morality of the Han emperor are already very shallow in me. I, Liu Xuande, seized the orthodoxy by force!" Liu Bei said very seriously, revealing the rogue and heroic spirit of Emperor Gaozu, "I really asked about the weight of the tripod!"

Chen Xi said nothing, then couldn't help but sneer twice. What kind of rules are they? They are just means established to restrain other people. How can they restrain me?

During the Heyin Rebellion by Erzhu Rong, the princes and nobles were thrown into the river and made to dive for hundreds of years. During the Baimayi Disaster by Zhu Wen, it was directly likened to a Yellow River diving competition. It goes without saying who sets the rules!

"Alright, alright." Chen Xi said with a somewhat uninhibited smile, "Lord Xuande, in the eleventh year of Yuanfeng, I might do something out of the ordinary, and I might exile the Nine Ministers. You must be mentally prepared."

"Where was he exiled?" Liu Bei asked curiously.

"Exiled to the North Sea to herd sheep, I will carry on the aspirations of the ancient sages." Chen Xi said with a smile, "I will also be unbridled and see what kind of trouble I can cause."

"We can win." Liu Bei did not respond to this sentence, but gave Chen Xi an accurate answer.

"Bring Zhongkang with you when the time comes. I remember there is a legion prepared for Zhongkang." Chen Xi thought for a moment and said, "It would be best if we can win, but Lord Xuande, are you really prepared to put your reputation on the battlefield like this?"

"Why not press on?" Liu Bei was unusually carefree. "What does fame matter? What does prestige matter? I, Liu Bei, am still Liu Bei."

"Then I, Chen Xi, will still be Chen Xi." Chen Xi said softly, and then involuntarily looked at the empty seat on the side. Lu Su was no longer there, what a pity.

Ganges River, Lu Su, who was teaching his son swordsmanship, suddenly sneezed, and Lu Shu couldn't help but look around, "Dad, are you still cold today?"

"It's not cold. It should be your mother's incarnation coming down from the outside world. You practice first, I'll go see what's going on." Lu Su called to his son. Since coming to the Ganges, his life has been much more leisurely, but this leisure makes Lu Su feel a little lost.

"Isn't your sister coming down?" Lu Su walked through the courtyard and soon came to the room where Ji Xiang often stayed. He found that there was only one wife, so he asked curiously.

"He just came back and said he was going to bring down the dressing mirror from the outside world. He said he found something very interesting and wanted to take us to see it." Xu Ning explained casually when he saw it was Lu Su.

"What about your sister's body?" Lu Su didn't think there was anything wrong. When Ji Xiang's body slipped down from the outside of the world, she often brought some gifts. Although some of the gifts were indeed from the underworld, things like the Xihe Mirror, the fragments of the Golden Crow Ring, and the Tianlu Stone, the core component of the List of Gods, still had some practical value.

"It is said that they got an interesting thing from the Brahmins and are studying it." Xu Ning said with a sigh. Since her sister came to the Ganges, she felt happier than when she was in China. On the contrary, Xu Ning missed the girls' school in Chang'an to some extent. She was almost elected as the principal of the girls' school.

"What strange thing is this? I'll go and take a look first. Your sister has come down sideways, ask her to come find us." Lu Su was a little worried that Ji Xiang would not learn her lesson. After all, Brahmins could often come up with some weird things, which made Lu Su somewhat worried.

However, at this moment, the etching ritual on the ground emitted a black and red light, and then a cocoon-like deep mist emerged, and then Ji Xiang appeared, wearing a black dress with red sleeves and a simple bun tied with a dark red bow.

As the dark red light and mist dissipated, Lu Su could clearly see that his wife was holding a bronze mirror that was not too big, but the front of the mirror was as smooth as the surface of water.

"Sister." Xu Ning greeted Ji Xiang sideways. She was too lazy to figure out which Ji Xiang was the cousin born by her cousin's aunt. They were the same anyway.

Ji Xiang nodded slightly, handed the bronze mirror to Xu Ning, and then pounced towards Lu Su. Ji Xiang, who was about 1.5 meters tall, hugged Lu Su and started to rub against him.

Xu Ning took a look and left with the mirror. Even though she had been married for so many years, she really didn't know how to describe her sister. For her sister, having sex in broad daylight was really stress-free. She would just do it whenever she wanted! What etiquette? Forget it!
After Lu Su suppressed Ji Xiang's side body and Ji Xiang's body, he changed Ji Xiang's side body into a new set of clothes and restrained him before coming out, holding his old waist. It was already dark at this time, but Lu Su didn't care. He asked for some roasted bananas and fried eggs. After a simple meal, he began to study the dressing mirror that Ji Xiang's side body brought back from the outside world.

"Kunlun Mirror?" Lu Su looked at Ji Xiang in amazement and asked sideways.

"Yes, I picked it up from the ruins of the Yu State. However, it should be a phantom of the original left in time, but it can also be used." Ji Xiang said proudly, turning sideways.

"You use this as a dressing mirror?" Lu Su looked as if he had seen a ghost.

"Yes." Ji Xiang turned sideways and nodded.

"Then take this down with you, what will you use it for later?" Lu Su asked with some confusion.

"I brought it here because I feel my past karma is about to dissipate, and I want to show it to you." Ji Xiang jumped sideways and squeezed into Lu Su's arms, pushing Ji Xiang aside. Xu Ning was holding the coconut milk and sago with some resentment. "Are you guys done yet? It's okay to indulge in lust during the day, but you also want to occupy me at night. You have occupied all the space in my husband's arms."

"Past karma?" Lu Su said in confusion.

"It's predicted by divination. We'll be able to see it before dawn tomorrow." Ji Xiang leaned sideways in Lu Su's arms, found a suitable position, and then huddled his head together with the main body.

"What is that?" Lu Su was confused.

"My intuition tells me that it's very interesting, so I brought it here specially for you to see." Ji Xiang turned sideways as if he had picked up something good and wanted to show it to everyone.

"Since we can see it before dawn tomorrow..." Xu Ning said expressionlessly.

Lu Su touched his chin. Indeed, if he could see them before dawn tomorrow, he would have to send these two guys to another room today. Both Ji Xiangs were typical people with no moral integrity at all. It was just that their humanity was indifferent and they would just say what they wanted at most. As for those from the outside world, they would really attack Lu Su forcefully.

By the way, Lu Su deeply suspected that Ji Xiang's side had special strengthening abilities.

When the two Ji Xiangs heard this, they both grinned and didn't want to leave, but in the end Lu Su picked them up one by one and threw them back to the room prepared for them in the inner courtyard.

"It's really weird, this thing can actually see the scenery of Chang'an?" The next day before dawn, Lu Su, who was awakened by the two Ji Xiangs jumping on the bed, watched Ji Xiang activate the Kunlun mirror, and then the real-time picture of Chang'an appeared. Lu Su was completely stunned. What kind of incredible technology was this.

"This is a method of observation based on the ruins of the Nine-Layered Heaven Palace, and Chang'an happens to be the former node, so it can be observed." Ji Xiang replied with his head tilted sideways.

"Isn't this thing a little too magical?" Xu Ning was also woken up. She felt helpless when she saw her sister, but she had realized over the years that her sister was abnormal and she was more or less used to it. Moreover, after waking up, most of her resentment had dissipated. When Xu Ning looked at her sisters, the look on her face was not as resentful as yesterday.

"I don't know, but it's suitable for watching movies." Ji Xiang turned sideways to activate the Kunlun mirror, and then enlarged it. Several people could clearly see what was happening in Chang'an.

"We've all seen the Government Affairs Office, but no one has reacted." Lu Su looked at Zhuge Liang, who was sitting in the main seat, with a complicated expression, "This is too incredible."

Xu Ning and Lu Su were both smart men and they quickly realized how outrageous this thing was. The Han Dynasty had very good defenses for the confidential areas in Chang'an, and many bureaucrats' offices were moved to the Weiyang Palace for the purpose of unified management. However, facing the observation of the Kunlun Mirror, no one responded at all. This was too incredible.

"Can this be used to observe the Kushans?" Lu Su turned his head and looked at Ji Xiang sideways and asked.

"No." Ji Xiang shook his head and said, "The observation point of this thing is random. It just happened to fall into Chang'an of the Han Dynasty recently, and there happened to be an event in Chang'an, so I brought it. Normally, this mirror is just an ordinary dressing mirror."

"Is that so? But even so, this technical strength is amazing." Lu Su said with some emotion, then imitated Ji Xiang's sideways movement, began to adjust and observe, and had a smooth journey until he met Si Niang, when he was stopped.

"What's wrong? Si Niang?" Liu Tong looked at Si Niang, who was in a trance before, and suddenly opened her eyes, then looked around sharply, which was somewhat strange.

"It seems like someone is observing us from a special perspective." Si Niang looked around, looking for the source of the special perspective. However, the thing that Ji Xiang used sideways was of a very high level. Even if it was a trace left over from the years, its level was very outrageous. Therefore, even Si Niang could not find the source of the perspective after observing back and forth.

"That's quite normal. My old Beigui veterans will think of a way to take a look once they have time." Liu Tong said casually. She was not afraid of being seen. Humph, pride!

"But I can't find the source of the sight." Si Niang tilted her head and said, "Every time someone spied before, I found the source. This is the first time this has happened."

"Tell me what's going on." Liu Tong realized something was wrong when he heard that.

Si Niang started calculating on the spot, and then her face became tense, and she finally came to the conclusion with difficulty, "The perspective of observation is from the Ganges, tens of thousands of miles away."

"Okay, that completely fits the situation of the Kushan group." Liu Tong was too lazy to continue asking. From a perspective thousands of miles away, who else could it be except the Kushan.

"Hmm, there's another one." Si Niang frowned.

"Probably from Rome." Liu Tong said casually.

Si Niang has already started to calculate, "It still comes from the Ganges."

Liu Tong was silent for a while, not knowing what to say.

"Has the other party discovered us?" At around three o'clock in the morning, Vasudeva I brought a group of old guys from the current Northern Nobles and core members to sit in the hall of Mathura to watch Liu Tong and Si Niang projected on the super-large three-dimensional screen. After discovering that the communication between the two was not right, he immediately asked Ansena.

"Even though we did it very secretly, it's impossible not to be discovered." Ansena said truthfully, "But the other party didn't retaliate directly, which should mean they tacitly approved of the behavior."

"What do you mean by tacit consent? We expended resources to develop this secret technique that can conduct ultra-long-range reconnaissance for future wars. Moreover, such behavior consumes a huge amount of energy reserves every minute and every second. I gathered all the high-ranking nobles so that you can rely on this secret technique to collect intelligence! You must know that the Han Dynasty is going to hold a large-scale military exercise today. This is our best opportunity to collect intelligence." Vasudeva I slapped his thigh and said righteously.

The high-ranking nobles from the Northern Nobles all echoed what was said, saying that they were indeed here with a mission.

In fact, the so-called intelligence gathering is all nonsense. Every veteran who participated in the grand military exercise has intelligence in the corresponding defense zone. After all, there are only so many of them above the fifth level of smelting. After so many years of fighting, if the Kushans haven't established any archives yet, then what's the point of it!

The Kushan fighters and commanders at all levels mainly came from the Dayuezhi who originated in East Asia. The system they used was the same as that of the Qin and Han dynasties. They had been fighting for so many years, how could they not know what those people were capable of? To put it bluntly, they came here to watch the big screen just to see the Han princess.

There may be some people on the Beigui side who take the mission seriously, such as Oswin, Fuward and the like, but to say that they don't care about the princess at all is a joke. They are also human beings and were born into this group. How could they completely deviate from the habits of this group?

On the contrary, Kusroyi was really collecting intelligence to understand the true situation of the Han Dynasty. After all, he was really looking for a way out for Dalit, but he just didn't trust other people.

As for the others, in the current situation, there are quite a few Dayuezhi who want to fight a fierce battle with the Han Dynasty, show their value, and send their boss to death!
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