Alien star

Since the world was in chaos and the heroes rose together, it seems that only overnight, Gods have lost their former prosperity and fallen into chaos.

As the center of the world, the core of Zhongtu, God is a place where all forces must fight for, courts, rivers and lakes, battlefields... Open and secretly fight, like a big stage, staged tragedy and comedy, and you and I will appear. God did not escape the disaster of war, and more than once, the army of various forces fought, Goddu became the place where bandits wanted to burn, kill and loot. Some people took advantage of the fire to rob nearly one-third of the buildings of Shentu. Some original powerful families were destroyed. Many ordinary people also died of misfortune and had to take their families to escape from Shentu and go far away to avoid disaster. However, the entire Middle Turkish was in war, and countless people died on the way to escape.

Since Duke Zhou entered the capital of Shendu, the people of Shendu can finally live a more stable life. After a period of time, Shendu has also regained some of the prosperity of the past. There are a lot of people on the streets. When we come and go, the hawkings of small vendors sounded again, and the tiles and tiles flourished again. People seem to have forgotten the panic that was not long ago, and there are only some ruins left by burning down houses, telling the story of disasters and tragedies.

On this day, Gods suddenly became lively and brought a festive atmosphere. The streets were cleaned up, and many shops were decorated with lights and teams of energetic soldiers patrolling and maintaining public order.

The east side of the capital of Shendu has always been the residence of the powerful and powerful, and it is a quiet area on weekdays. At this time, there were congestion on the wide East Street. There were luxurious cars and horses one by one, and there were really a lot of traffic. Each car was surrounded by many servants and guards. The queues slowly moved forward, and no one was making noise, but there were too many people and horses. Some people whispered, mixed with the sound of horses and stepping sounds, gathered together, and there was a hustle and bustle.

At the end of the queue is a large mansion with four big words "Zhou Duke Mansion" written on the plaque on the gate. The gatekeeper shouted the names of official positions, "Sir, come to celebrate the birthday!" It turned out that today was Duke Zhou's birthday.

As the leader of the strongest power today, Duke Zhou was in power with a high position and power. Although he supported a prince to ascend the throne, anyone knew that the young prince was just a puppet, and Duke Zhou would sooner or later become a throne. Everyone was tacitly aware of this. To this day, Duke Zhou had occupied 70% of the territory of Middle-earth, with strong generals under his command and advisers as rain. Duke Zhou had already taken over many officials and military generals of Daxia. Duke Zhou was very generous to the old ministers of Daxia, and the wealthy families participated in it. According to convention, with the support of these wealthy families, Duke Zhou's foundation was as stable as Mount Tai. Therefore, it was favored by many people and was expected to unify the world and establish a new dynasty.

The birthday of Duke Zhou will naturally not be like eating and drinking with ordinary birthday parties, and it is more political. For example, many small forces are in a wait-and-see state today, and these small forces will definitely not have the opportunity to fight for dominance of the world. They just wait and see a suitable force to surrender. Duke Zhou takes the opportunity to show his strength and attitude, and then it depends on the attitude and choices of other forces.

People with a little more powerful people in the world personally sent people to celebrate their birthdays, including wealthy families, sects, local tyrants, famous hermits... It can be said that they gathered some of the most outstanding figures today. Even hostile forces sent envoys to celebrate their birthdays or just to inquire about the details of Duke Zhou. In short, this birthday party was unprecedented and lively.

This birthday party has also become a place for people from all walks of life to communicate. Because of the separation of war, friends meet each other, telling their own experiences, some enemies on the battlefield are also chatting and laughing together. Many people come with a purpose, inquiring about news, watching the wind direction, or directly seeking over Duke Zhou, which is not the same.

Basically, the guests still have their own circles. Generals like to be with generals, literati like to be with scholars, wealthy families gather together, old-school officials loyal to Daxia were all the way, and some guests wandered around and inserted into some circles.

Many people actually don’t know each other, but heroes come from troubled times, and some people stand in the crowd at all. However, many of them are famous people all over the world. However, there are too many such characters, and each person has different thoughts and personalities and different performances. Some act low-key, observe others secretly, and make friends everywhere, talk loudly, laugh loudly, or whisper. Even if it is not appropriate to talk about business affairs and some grudges on this occasion, it is common for them to test each other.

The main hall of Duke Zhou’s mansion was full of festiveness. The protagonist of the birthday banquet, Duke Zhou, sat high in a festive red robe, and guests from outside came forward to pay their birthday one by one.

Listening to various birthday words, Duke Zhou replied one by one, with a modest and decent expression and a smile on his face. He was in a very good mood today, not entirely because of his birthday. Another reason was that he had just solved a major event related to life and death - the invasion of Beiliang.

Just a few days ago, the army of Beiliang broke through an important pass to defend Middle-earth overnight. Duke Zhou was shocked at that time, and it could be said that he was frightened. Although he had occupied most of the territory of Middle-earth and had gained considerable advantages, the successive battles almost exhausted the potential of the war. Next, he only had to recuperate and accumulate strength to fight for the world in the future. But at this time, the army of Beiliang was about to rush down, so Duke Zhou had to dispatch troops to resist. However, in this way, his military strength was dragged down and he had no advantage over other hostile forces, and he might be bitten back at any time.

The good situation suddenly turned into a critical situation of life and death. Duke Zhou suddenly became depressed and bedridden. Fortunately, he had many capable people, especially several strategists, who were all top figures in the world. The strategists offered a clever plan to solve the threat of the Northern Liang invasion without abandoning one soldier.

This method is to take advantage of a hidden danger of Northern Liang. You should know that some ministers and relatives of Northern Liang were not satisfied with the power of Empress Dowager Xiao, a woman who controlled the power of Northern Liang. The Xiao family of Northern Liang was originally a Zhongtu clan. Therefore, these royal relatives of Northern Liang have always asked the emperor to take charge of the rule. Another point is that Emperor Beiliang is different from Empress Dowager Xiao. He was probably taught by some teachers from Zhongtu since childhood. Emperor Beiliang loved Middle-earth culture and was said to have studied the academics of some sects and recruited some Zhongtu scholars as staff. Emperor Beiliang and Empress Dowager Xiao were also very different from Empress Dowager Xiao, and did not agree with Xiao Tianlei's force invasion of Middle-earth.

In view of these two points, Duke Zhou sent some envoys to Beiliang, some of which were both obvious and some of which were secretly sent people to visit Emperor Beiliang, secretly spread rumors, and bribed some of the powerful and powerful people in Beiliang. In short, he tried every means to provoke conflicts between Emperor Beiliang and Empress Dowager Xiao. Now, the Beiliang court is in a dispute between the young emperor and Empress Dowager Xiao. The two sides are stalemate, and the Beiliang army is temporarily unable to enter the pass.

In this way, Duke Zhou was relieved. Without the threat from Beiliang, he had the strength to continue to regain Middle-earth and compete with other forces to dominate the world.

"I wish the Duke a blessing as good as the East China Sea and a long life than the South Mountain! There is a today every year, and a day every year!"

Therefore, when it was Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and others' turn to celebrate the birthday of a group of strategists, just as they bowed, Duke Zhou quickly stood up from his seat and shouted, "Sirs, please get up!" He personally helped him one by one, and his love was beyond words, "Sirs, great talents, without you, how could I have today? I hope you will teach you more in the future."

"The Duke of the State does not have to be like this. It is our honor to assist the Duke of the State. If there is no Duke of the State, how can we have the opportunity to show our ambitions?"

A group of strategists said they did not dare, but from their expressions, they could see their inner joy and pleasure at this moment, which was a pride. If it were a peaceful time, many of them would really be difficult to stand out. Only in troubled times can they shine. Not only strategists, but some officials and generals on the side nodded in agreement. Many of them were grateful for the kindness of the Duke of Zhou, shouting, "Duke of Zhou is kind, and he should save the people of the world from the fire!"

Many people outside this scene saw that the king and ministers got along with each other, and the gods have now recovered their prosperity, and the rule of Duke Zhou was stable. It can be seen that Duke Zhou had a new atmosphere, and many people secretly made the decision to surrender to Duke Zhou.

At this time, most of the people had already attended the banquet, leaving some late guests.

"General Yang Wu celebrates his birthday to the Duke!"

With this shout, many guests looked at the main hall. General Yangwu Qi Zhenyue, many people knew him. Qi Zhenyue was not only General Yangwu, but also represented the Qi family. The Qi family was also a powerful person. Since the Shendu was in chaos, in addition to being involved in the struggle for world domination, there were also families who moved their families back to the territory controlled by each family like the Qi family, and they did not expand, but just seeking self-protection. Of course, the Qi family is not a big force, and people pay attention to Qi Zhenyue. One of the reasons is that some rumors are said that Qi Zhenyue's daughter ran to Lingzhou and became a concubine of the leader of the fraternity.

Immediately, many people whispered secretly, saying some anecdotes about the Brotherhood. Of course, everyone basically had nothing good to say about the Brotherhood. The Brotherhood's style of behavior is too special, domineering, and no one's accounts are sold. Just say that this time, during Duke Zhou's birthday, all forces in the world sent people to celebrate the birthday. The Brotherhood thought it was not so much. This made some generals under Duke Zhou's command unhappy and said directly: "If you don't know the current affairs, the army will go south in the future, and you will definitely wipe out the Brotherhood!" The other generals also said that one day they would deal with the Brotherhood, and the Brotherhood would be vulnerable.

Qi Zhenyue also heard some of the words of the people around him. He pretended that he had not heard anything. He followed the people who came with him to pay his birthday to Duke Zhou. He did not object to Duke Zhou's words and responded politely, and did not express his opinion. Although he also saw some of the power of Duke Zhou, Qi Zhenyue was not good at making decisions without authorization. After all, it was related to the entire family. If he bet the wrong treasure, he might never be able to recover. At present, there is no time to bet on the bet.

Another reason is that Qi Zhenyue’s understanding of the Brotherhood is because Qi Wushuang often sends letters to his home. The content of the letter was mainly to ask him and his wife to go to Lingzhou, and he did not deliberately talk about some information about the Brotherhood. However, Qi Wushuang was a little careless, and wrote whatever he thought of when writing the letter, some experiences, snacks, honeymoons in Funan, and war with the Naga Kingdom... Although there were some fragmentary information, some of the information revealed in it had already made Qi Zhenyue frightened, but it was really unimaginable. However, Qi Zhenyue knew that Qi Wushuang would not make up random things with his daughter. These information about the Brotherhood was too amazing. Qi Zhenyue dared not reveal to outsiders that even the members of the Qi family were hidden in their stomachs. Every time he and his wife read Qi Wushuang’s letter, they would burn it immediately without leaving any trace.

Qi Zhenyue wanted to go to Lingzhou to take a look, but there was a big family behind him, and in a chaotic world, so he didn't dare to leave without him. However, if the situation was true, everything in the future would be hard to say. His wife didn't mind going to Lingzhou. However, the rules of the Brotherhood were extremely high, and it was estimated that the tribe members would find it difficult to adapt. Qi Zhenyue had been considering it and it was difficult to make up her mind.

For Duke Zhou, it doesn’t matter whether the Qi family surrenders or not. The Qi family is nothing compared to those major forces. Anyway, coming to celebrate his birthday is a statement. Duke Zhou responded to the guests with a smile, but in fact he was a little tired after repeating some words. At this time, some special guests came, which made Duke Zhou cheer up, and some monks came to celebrate his birthday.

In the chaotic times, even the big family may not protect themselves. Many people pray for blessings from gods and Buddhas and psychological comfort. Buddhist temples and Taoist temples have become places for many people to take refuge. Buddhist temples and Taoist temples have not withered due to war. At this time, in addition to the eminent monks from Middle-earth, there are also some Gentile monks with special dress, which makes Duke Zhou a little strange.

After asking about the origins of these Gentile monks, I learned that they were monks from the distant Naga Kingdom. For the Naga Kingdom, the Middle-earth people who believe in Buddhism would naturally think of the Buddha Kingdom. Since many Middle-earth monks went to seek scriptures and study Buddhism, there were many rumors about Naga in the folk, and some stories of gods and Buddhas in the Naga Kingdom also recorded in the Buddhist scriptures.

Now that the world has not been unified, monks from the Buddha's kingdom worship it, which can be said to be a good omen. Duke Zhou also experienced the satisfaction of the coming of all nations in advance. Therefore, Duke Zhou was very enthusiastic about a group of monks, and the Naga monk was very respectful, which made Duke Zhou feel relieved. When he heard that these Naga monks had some requests, he was happy and didn't know what was going on, Duke Zhou agreed. However, the Naga monk's next words shocked Duke Zhou.

"The Pure Land of the Buddha Kingdom is facing the invasion of the Demon Army. The Demon Army is furious and destroys the Buddha and spreads the cult. I also hope that the king will send troops to help and defeat the Demon Army to ensure that the Dharma is spread endlessly!"

The Naga monk prayed that Duke Zhou was a little confused and even felt that he was absurd. The Naga Kingdom was attacked by the demon army? The Buddha Kingdom was not protected and the Buddhism was destroyed? But what was the matter with him? Not to mention what the devil army was, how far the Naga Kingdom was, it was not easy to send a military force alone. It can be said that it was a hard expedition. I don’t know what the situation would be after arriving. Besides, what is the reason for him to rescue a country thousands of miles away?

Then, the Naga monk handed over a letter written by Baye, which was written by King Naga. It turned out that these Naga monks were actually envoys of the Naga kingdom. Now the Naga kingdom is facing the erosion of the brotherhood. Seeing that the land is occupied day by day, they were helpless. King Naga tried every means. After learning from some Middle-earth monks who studied in the Naga kingdom, King Naga sent these monks to Middle-earth with the idea of ​​giving it a try. However, they did not expect that Middle-earth was in a state of separatist rule and went through some twists and turns. With the help of Middle-earth monks, they took advantage of this birthday party to meet the strongest Duke of Zhou, who is now at the strongest today.

The Naga monks were waiting for Duke Zhou's reply with anticipation. Duke Zhou was in trouble now. He just agreed to this matter in front of so many people, so he could not repent immediately, otherwise he would be embarrassed. He was already very fond of face and had no choice but to find a group of strategists to save the situation.

The strategists arrived and found it incredible when they heard about this. The Naga Kingdom was really weird. Why did they come to Zhongdi thousands of miles away for help? They are now unable to take care of themselves and have no time to deal with things thousands of miles away! However, for the sake of Duke Zhou, a group of strategists still had to find a way to deal with this matter.

"Well, what is the Demon Army you are talking about?" Lu Qian asked.

"They were very terrible and occupied Funan... wearing cow horn helmets... They drove everyone to build roads... The demon riding a terrifying wild boar... made a loud weapon..." The Naga monk recalled and described it roughly.

Originally, Lu Qian just wanted to try to perfunctory these Naga monks. But when he heard the characteristics described by the monks, it was not only him, but the rest of Xu Changqing and others were also surprised. An army appeared in their minds. However, they were not sure immediately. Lu Qian asked again, asking those Naga monks to explain in detail. As the Naga monks continued to add some details, the answers in everyone's minds were clear. In fact, it was not only them. Others on the side had already guessed that these characteristics were obvious. The so-called demon army must be the army of the brotherhood Xinghai Empire!

"How far is the Naga Kingdom from Middle-earth?"

"I'm afraid it's not far away!"

"I heard from them that the Demon Army occupied Funan a few years ago?"

"Where is Funan?"

"Lingzhou is far away from the dense forest and mountains, and I am afraid it will be two or three hundred miles away from it."

Hearing this answer, the strategists couldn't help but remember what the Brotherhood was best at - building roads. A scene had appeared in their minds. The Brotherhood's army built a road, directly crossing the mountains, rivers and forests to Funan.

“How big is Funan?”

"I have heard that the countries of Funan combined will probably not be less than ten states."

"How big is the Naga Kingdom?" No one knows this question, but there are Naga monks present.

The Naga monks also had a vague concept of how big the Naga kingdom was, but simple mathematics could not defeat these high IQ strategists. After estimating, everyone was disgraced.

"Naga Kingdom, Funan, Lingzhou, Yuezhou, Maozhou, Rongzhou, Mozhou..." Xu Changqing counted his fingers and said a place name, and everyone's faces trembled involuntarily.

Just a rough calculation, they already knew that the Brotherhood had occupied an extremely vast territory. Everyone looked at each other and felt a little dry. At this moment, Lu Qian laughed: "Hahaha, the Brotherhood is indeed some brave bandits who pretend to be a god and only dare to bully some foreign barbarians!"

Of course, a group of strategists realized the seriousness of the matter. However, it is now the birthday of Duke Zhou, which is not the occasion for saying these words. No matter how serious it is, the scene of Duke Zhou’s birthday still needs to be supported. Other strategists also reacted and agreed: "It is precisely, the brotherhood has occupied some wild lands, which is not worth worrying!"

The other guests would not think so much. Most of them were just surprised to know that the Brotherhood had actually fought to the Naga Kingdom and seemed to destroy the Buddha Kingdom. If the Brotherhood was so powerful, they would not think so. Can foreign countries be comparable to the Middle Earth Divine Dynasty? It was just some small countries. When the Great Xia Dynasty was in the Great Xia Dynasty, all nations came to pay tribute, and the Great Xia was unwilling to bully these small countries. Therefore, even if they conquered those countries, they might not be able to really have great ability. If they were really capable, why wouldn’t they compete with the Middle Earth heroes? They definitely didn’t dare to go to the territory of the foreign countries!

With this idea in mind, everyone agreed with Lu Qian and others. After that, the birthday party returned to the lively and festive atmosphere. The guests continued to drink and have fun, talk loudly, and celebrated the birthday of Duke Zhou. However, the brotherhood occupied Funan and attacked the Naga Kingdom spread among the guests.

At the same time, Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and other strategists were not in the mood to eat and drink. They secretly ordered some subordinates to quickly find some merchants from the Western Regions and the South. The reason for this was of course that Lu Qian and others wanted to learn some information about the Brotherhood from these merchants. The matter was done quickly, and dozens of merchants were invited to Duke Zhou's mansion.

I didn't know if I asked, but I was shocked when I asked! Originally, Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and others were still lucky and hoped that their guess would be wrong. However, as they asked a group of merchants and sorted out some gossips they heard during business operations, Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and others suddenly discovered that the so-called empire of the Brotherhood, the so-called empire, was not a blow, it was already a giant, and its territory was no less than that of Daxia, and it might even be larger!

Although the majority of the areas occupied by the Brotherhood are either smoky and wilderness or barren deserts, the Brotherhood is well-known, and Lingzhou was also a wilderness at the time, but now it is the most prosperous area in the world. Moreover, according to the business travelers from Mozhou, the Brotherhood destroyed the Western Regions countries and sent everyone to build new cities and dig hibernation channels. At the beginning, it was full of complaints. However, as time went by, some areas of Mozhou have changed a lot and have reclaimed large areas of fertile land. Originally, many horse thieves and bandits in Mozhou are now honest and are only looking forward to dividing a piece of land and living a stable life.

"It's not good!" Lu Qian paced back and forth, and couldn't help but mutter.

It's not just not good, it's simply a big bad! The faces of the strategists are not good-looking, white, blue, black, and red... It's like opening a dyeing workshop. As a strategist, the first element is to keep calm at all times. They are all top strategists, and most of the time they look calm and confident. At this time, they are also unsure of facing the Brotherhood. They are completely blind and they are inevitably anxious.

"Not good!" Xu Changqing suddenly screamed, starting from the stool, with a ferocious expression and a huge frightened look.

"Brother Changqing, what's wrong?" Lu Qian was puzzled. Is there anything important to Xu Changqing be so excited?

"Our plan for refugees!" Xu Changqing said blankly.

"Oh!" Lu Qian slapped his head suddenly, patted his face several times, and jumped to his feet and exclaimed: "Oh! I can't steal chickens and lose rice, not stopping, it's just a disaster! Why... Why..." Lu Qian was so angry that he didn't know what to do, and his hands and feet were swaying in a hurry, as if he was crazy. The other strategists came back at this time, and they all regretted it.

At the beginning, in order to deal with the Brotherhood, they deliberately designed and colluded with many forces, and drove many refugees from Middle-earth to the Brotherhood territory, hoping that a large number of refugees could drag down the Brotherhood. This move was not bad, but the effect of this move seemed to be not great. At that time, they also suspected it, but they didn't care much. Later, they learned that the Brotherhood began to drive away some refugees. They believed that they had reached the limit of the Brotherhood and increased their efforts. Now it seems that this strategy is simply a foolish move, so stupid that they can't be dull anymore. Spending so much effort not only can't drag the Brotherhood to death, but instead makes it stronger! You know, although the Brotherhood has a large territory, it has one shortcoming, that is, the population is insufficient. Now, they have sent a lot of people to the Brotherhood! What is this called? Raising a tiger is a disaster! Fighting a dog with meat buns!

All the strategists were all wise and arrogant. This time, they encountered unprecedented frustration and a sense of fear. The source of fear was the Brotherhood. It would be fine if the Brotherhood just blindly attacked the Gentiles. However, as far as they know, the Brotherhood was not kind toward Middle-earth. Just say that Beiliang had broken through the defense of Northern Xinjiang a while ago. One of the important reasons was that the Brotherhood provided artillery and powerful explosives. It can be seen that the Brotherhood did not have no idea about Middle-earth, but was just waiting for the opportunity!

Originally, Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and other strategists believed that they were in control of the general trend of the world. If nothing unexpected happened, everything would develop according to their ideas. However, they did not expect that such a freak in the Brotherhood would play cards completely without the norm, and the situation in the world suddenly turned into a different situation!

Just as Lu Qian, Xu Changqing and others racked their brains to break the deadlock, various news about the Brotherhood had spread. Lu Qian and others covered up the Brotherhood at the birthday party. However, not everyone was easy to cheat. The guests who could attend the birthday party of Duke Zhou were not simple characters. There were many smart people, and there was no airtight wall in the world. All the Brotherhood was exposed soon, like an unprecedented natural disaster that swept the whole world...

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