Chapter 540 My Dragon Soul Has Awake! [Subscribe]

It was hot at noon.

Zoroastrian Pope Urmozd, wearing a thin robe, walked into the main hall of the palace.

King Vologases sat on his throne deep inside the palace.

Behind Urmozd followed the deputy chief Sassi who had just returned to the city of Nisa.

In Parthia and further west, the return of captives was not uncommon.

When Saxi came back, he was even able to sit on the position of vice-pope.

However, it was inevitable that the power under his command was greatly weakened and he was no longer as influential and trusted as before.

"His Majesty."

Urmozd and Sasi, together, performed the clergy's formal greetings.

"What's the news?"

Vologasis's sharp eyes, with a hint of fatigue, looked at the two of them.

"My sect's deputy leader, Gilbis, and the leader of the Great Yuezhi, Bodiao, were both executed by the Wei people."

Urmozd said: "The Great Yuezhi has been destroyed."

Vologasis took a deep breath. "What else?"

"Your Majesty, I have brought back some news about the Great Wei." said Saxi.

"Oh?" Vologasis straightened his expression.

"About twenty years ago, there was unrest in the Eastern Divine Land, and the Han Dynasty at that time lost control of the world."

Sa Xi said: "It was at that time that Emperor Wei began to accumulate power, and it took him more than ten years to unify Shenzhou."

"In the past six or seven years, we have defeated the powerful enemies Xianbei and Kushan one after another."

"From the information I have, Wei is likely to be a more powerful enemy than Rome."

Vologases and Urmozd remained silent.

The situation they least wanted to see has already happened.

The Wei people defeated the Kushans.

The Romans on the west side always wanted to expand eastward.

Rest is caught in the middle.

"Your Majesty sent people to negotiate peace with Rome. How is the situation?"

"Rome has agreed to a truce, but once we go east and fight the Wei people, Rome will definitely restart the offensive. They have always been untrustworthy."

Between countries, interests and strength have always come first, and the so-called trust and faith are nothing but lies built on the basis of the two.

"How is our eastern defense now?"

"The reinforcements to the eastern front were still on the way, but the Wei people launched the offensive first." Vologasis said with some shock and anger.

He believed that Parthia was a powerful country and the Wei people would not attack them when they attacked Kushan.

But the actual situation was that the Wei army took the lead in launching an offensive before they deployed their troops on the east side.

Zhao Yun led his troops, penetrated deep into the enemy's territory, and attacked the eastern border of Parthia.

He and Zhang Liao cooperated, one in front and one behind, to form a reverse pincer attack on Parthia's eastern border troops.

Vologases had not expected the decisiveness of the Wei army:

"Saxi, you were previously in charge of investigating the Wei Kingdom. Do you know how the Wei Kingdom could sustain such a huge consumption and continuous wars?"

Saxi: "When they fought against the Kushans, they consumed the resources of Wusun, Kangju, and Tianzhu, with a small amount of resources supplied from the Western Regions.

Especially India, with its vast land and abundant grain production. It is said that India, under the leadership of Mahavairocana and Mahavairocana, fully supported the Wei army, and even tightened its belt at home to ensure the supply of supplies for the Wei army.

Vologases and Urmozd had heard that the Indians were easy to rule.

Because they are pure theocracy.

The people have a high degree of belief in and worship theocracy.

The existence of the caste system has made it a habit for the upper class in India to exploit the people.

The Brahmins and Kshatriyas feel at ease oppressing the people.

The people have become accustomed to being treated like slaves, and there have been only a few cases of peasant uprisings in history.

Therefore, India is known as the best colonial country, working hard without complaint.

"I asked you to learn about the Wei people from other directions before. What progress have you made?" asked Vologasis.

Urmozd: "One of our teams has entered the Western Regions under the guise of trade. The news just came back is that they discovered that the relatives of the Emperor of Wei had traveled to the Western Regions.

But the area is heavily guarded..."

Sa Xi, who was standing by, felt his heart skip a beat.

Does Urmozd mean that Zoroastrianism sent people to attack the royal family of Wei?
Sa Xi really wanted to pass the news to Emperor Wei immediately as a favor.

However, he estimated that the Wei emperor's family must be well guarded and they were in Wei territory, so it was unlikely that the Zoroastrian team would succeed.

……

May.

In recent days, the Wei army has been sweeping away the remnants of the Kushan territory and sending additional troops from the Western Regions into Kushan.

Including the mainland of Wei, troops were also dispatched westward to reinforce the Western Regions.

At the junction of the Western Regions and Hexi, Cao Cao's concubines and descendants came to Crescent Lake and settled down.

The eldest princess Cao Ning takes after her father in character and is quite active.

After staying at Crescent Lake for a few days, she begged her mother to let her go to the Western Regions.

Yu Qing summoned Cao Cao to ask about it, and Cao Cao agreed. He let Chen Ying bring the guards to accompany Cao Ning into the Western Regions.

Prior to this, Zoroastrianism had sent Kanhar, the leader of the divine guard, to lead a divine guard to reinforce the Kushan Empire.

Kanhar, together with the Parthian general Sonus, met with Podia at the Kushan palace.

At that time, Bodiao asked Kanhar to lead the Divine Guard to reinforce the southern front and join forces with Pujes.

But later, Pujes abandoned the southern front and returned to Vlusha to assist in the defense. Kanhar and his Divine Guards disappeared and never returned to Vlusha.

From that time on, Kanhar received orders from Pope Urmozd to sneak into Wei territory.

They entered Hexi under the guise of merchants and saw the team of Emperor Wei's relatives heading to Crescent Lake.

It is rare to encounter the relatives of Emperor Wei traveling, and since it is located in Hexi, not in the heart of China, the defense will be relatively lax.

Kanhar couldn't help but be tempted.

Pope Urmozd immediately sent back orders to him, asking him to find an opportunity to capture the relatives of the Emperor of Wei. They could be used as hostages, and at the same time, they could show strength from the side and increase Cao Cao's concerns.

However, when it came to actual action, the Divine Guards led by Kanhar did not find any opportunities.

The Wei Dynasty’s defense of the royal family was so strict that not a single one could escape.

Kanhar hid in the dark and soon found that it was impossible for him to even get close to Crescent Lake, let alone sneak into it.

He considered taking advantage of the team that came in and out to purchase supplies, hiding his identity, and getting away with it.

However, if foreign materials want to enter Crescent Lake Palace, they must undergo multiple strict inspections.

Kanhar hesitated for a while, racking his brains to come up with a solution, but before he could put it into practice, he found that it didn't work.

The palace bans of Cao Wei were perfected bit by bit after Jia Xu's repeated consideration for more than ten years, and they were flawless.

But just when Kanhar decided to give up, he found a small team escorting Princess Cao Ning to the west.

Kanhar then followed Cao Ning and secretly entered the Western Regions.

On this day, Cao Ning put on men's clothes and turned into a beautiful young man, walking around the capital of Qiuci, a big city in the Western Regions.

Kanhar felt that the opportunity had come, so he ordered his Divine Guard team to work together and prepare to kidnap Cao Ning.

Kanhar personally disguised himself as a Hu merchant and approached Cao Ning.

There are many pedestrians on the street, coming and going.

The identity of the Hu merchant is not very prominent.

Cao Ning was followed by Chen Ying and others, and there were many spies hiding around.

Kanhar approached slowly, thinking about how to get rid of the guards and then escape to the north. The continuous sand dunes would help them get rid of the pursuers.

The sun was shining brightly at this time, the warm sun was high in the sky, and the long street was bustling.

When Kanhar was about seven or eight feet away from Cao Ning, the secret guard beside him looked at him.

Kanhar was about to make an effort when his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

He saw a man walking towards him from the side of the long street and holding Cao Ning's hand.

Cao Ning looked back, his expression excited.

Kanhar was so frightened that he almost let out a cry.

Although the man who held Cao Ning was wearing ordinary clothes, Kanhar had been trying to find out information about the Wei Dynasty recently.

Previously in Kushan, Bo Diao had obtained a portrait of Cao Cao from Bu Liugu and circulated it to everyone.

Kanhar was certain that the person holding Cao Ning hostage was the Emperor of Wei, who was now shaking Parthia and even the surrounding countries.

The ruler of Wei withdrew from Kushan?
The man had a sharp face and a deep gaze that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts. It was Cao Cao in casual clothes.

"Father, why are you back?"

Cao Ning was beaming with joy. He actually met his father while shopping on the street.

But I didn't expect a voice to sound quietly in my ears:
"Qing'er, I am your Aunt Qingyu, and someone is following you. I will show up as your father, and the people in the dark will not dare to commit suicide again. You come with your aunt."

As mentioned earlier, Bian Mei was good at disguising herself, and her progress in understanding the appearance of all living beings was very rapid.

She had discovered some clues in advance and realized that someone was following Cao Ning with ill intentions, so she hurried to find Cao Ning and took her away leisurely.

In fact, even if they fought on the spot, the people brought by Bian Mei and Cao Ning's guards would be enough to defeat the enemy.

Bian Mei just didn't want to alarm Cao Ning, so she killed people in front of him.

Kanhar knew that Cao Cao was accompanied by the mighty generals of the Wei Dynasty who never left his side for a moment.

He immediately sent out a signal for the team to withdraw.

In the evening of the same day, Bian Mei mobilized Cao Wei's spies and a group of good fighters to encircle and annihilate Kanhar and other divine guards who had sneaked into the Western Regions.

When the news reached Cao Cao, he was on the Pamir Plateau, which borders the Western Regions and Kushan.

The general's tent was stationed here.

Guo Jia, Zhuge Liang, Xi Zhicai, Lu Su and other people with good strategies are each following an army, scattered throughout the Kushan Empire, continuously clearing out its remnants in order to complete the integration of the Kushan Empire as soon as possible.

Inside the account.

When Cao Cao received the news, he knew that Bian Mei had used a little trick to eliminate a group of Parthians from entering the Western Regions, and he couldn't help but smile.

Bian Mei is meticulous and her methods are always good.

While waiting for the pacification of various Kushan regions, Cao Cao thought about it and decided to stay at Crescent Lake for a few days.

His location was not far from Crescent Lake.

The next day.

He then set out for Crescent Lake to meet and reunite with his concubines.

The situation in Kushan changed, and after nearly two months of continuous crackdown, it was initially stabilized.

When the time entered July, Cao Cao returned to Crescent Lake, and the entry gave a new push:
[The Wei army under your command is clearing out all the Kushan regions and eliminating the remaining troubles. The Wei army is annexing the Kushan population and land.]

[The great Wei's fortune is increasing, and your dragon soul is about to revive]

[Dragon Soul Evolution: 98.8…98.9…99…]

When the dragon soul's evolution reached level 99, the dragon soul in Cao Cao's sea of ​​consciousness, which was infinitely close to the level of the Ancestral Dragon, opened its dragon eyes.

At this moment, the loud dragon roar can be heard throughout the mountains and rivers!

"My dragon soul has awakened, and it's time to start the final plan!"

Ps: I will find a map of the current borders of Wei and will post it with the subsequent plot. Well, it is the ideal and perfect border. Please vote

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