"Most of the people in the Immortal Dao don't involve themselves in the mortal world, but Immortals also have emotions. We are ultimately ordinary people who cultivated step by step. I don't cultivate the Way of the Great Oblivion, so naturally, it's the same.”
Li Xuanling waved his hand and pretended to be indifferent. It was as if his actions were casual and he didn't take it to heart.
The same words had different effects on different people. Diao Chan blushed when she heard this. Immortals were also humans. They had emotions too. Did that mean that immortals also had love?
"Exalted Immortal, may I ask, what can't Exalted Immortal see?”Cao Cao frowned and tried to put himself in a higher position to understand Li Xuanling's thoughts. However, he was still a mortal. There were some things that he couldn't see through.
If history really went according to the content of this book, Cao Cao really couldn't find anything wrong with it. The warlords were divided and the three sides fought for hegemony. Wasn't this the evolution of history? The so-called can't stand it, is it for the person or the matter?
Li Xuanling glanced at Cao Cao and sat down cross-legged. His bearing was completely different from that of the Carefree Immortal. He was like a high and mighty god.
Cao Cao quickly put away the chaotic thoughts in his heart. He knew that the Exalted Immortal was probably saying what he really cared about.
"Have you ever calculated how many wars were fought and how many people died in the book of the Three Kingdoms?”
"I haven't." Cao Cao subconsciously replied.
"Have you ever considered how many women and children were waiting at home, only to receive a letter of mourning?”
"Never…" Cold sweat appeared on Cao Cao's face. After being questioned, he realized how shallow he was. He only paid attention to the direction of the battle and the dynasty, but he never paid attention to the people.
"Have you ever thought about how many people in the Divine Great Land can withstand such consumption? After decades of internal friction, how powerful was the country and the people? Can rice be produced in the rice fields south of the Yangtze River? Can a land of five grains provide enough food and clothing?"
Li Xuanling's every question was like a sharp warning, making Cao Cao sweat profusely. How could there not be casualties in war? Just like how heavy the losses were when they annihilated the Yellow Turban Army.
They had been fighting like this for decades…
Cao Cao could no longer imagine the scene of broken flags, corpses strewn all over the ground, plagues spreading all over the battlefield, the people in the towns living in poverty, the people not having enough to eat, and the civilians not having enough to wear clothes…
"Shangxian Shengde!" Cao Cao was drenched in cold sweat. The scene in his mind made him feel like he was in a dream. He knelt on the ground and did not get up for a long time.
"I'm not a saint, and I don't have any saint virtue. If that's all I have, I'll be able to live a peaceful life for hundreds of years after the Three Kingdoms are unified.”
Li Xuanling sighed. He had once felt his blood boil for the Three Kingdoms, but what truly woke him up was the dark history of the Five Barbarians.
Every time he thought of the things recorded in the historical records, he felt his heart tremble. That era where humanity was lost and humans were eaten, even he, who was now an immortal, felt like he was in a nightmare.
"Exalted Immortal? After the Three Kingdoms…" Cao Cao kneeled on the ground and swallowed hard. He was already feeling ashamed after being questioned by Li Xuanling. He had read the books of sages for decades in vain, but now that he heard Li Xuanling's words, there were even more serious consequences?
" After the Three Kingdoms, they are called the Five Chaotic Chinese and Five Hu. They mainly refer to the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Qiang, and Di tribes. The chaotic Chinese are naturally the ones in the Great Land of China…" When Li Xuanling mentioned the words " Five Chaos Flowers " again, his face unconsciously darkened as he recounted the historical facts.
During the period of the Five Barbarians, the Jie, White Xiongnu, Ding Ling, Tie Fu, Lu Shuihu, Xianbei, Jiu Dashi Hu, and other tribes that invaded northern China were all blond and blue-eyed Caucasians.
These barbaric Hu tribes from the Desolate Realm still retained their primitive man-eating habits. Among them, the Jie tribe, the white Xiongnu tribe, and the Xianbei tribe were the most ferocious.
Especially the Jie tribe, they had a special fetish for eating people, especially women. During war, we are used to having our rations first before the troops move. This is the only way to stabilize the morale of the army and ensure the supply of military supplies. However, the Qiang troops were ridiculously free and easy. They never brought food with them when they marched into battle. Their food was people! They kidnapped Han women as military rations and called them 'two-legged sheep'. They would be raped at night and slaughtered and cooked during the day!
In the Later Zhao regime that they established, the Han people were almost on the verge of extinction.
According to historical records, Murong Xianbei once captured 50,000 Han women as military rations and ate them all in one winter! Outside Ye City, their broken bones and remains piled up into a small mountain. Lonely spirits and wild ghosts wailed day and night!
During the Rebellion of the Eight Princes, Wang Jun, the governor of Youzhou, brought in Murong Xianbei to deal with Wang Ying of Chengdu. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Murong Xianbei plundered countless wealth and tens of thousands of women!
On the way back to the army, he sang all the way, wantonly humiliated, slaughtered and cooked. When they reached Yishui in Hebei, there were only 8,000 girls left.
After the Youzhou governor Wang Jun found out, he asked Murong Xianbei to stop these inhumane acts. Murong Xianbei listened to Wang Jun's advice and stopped insulting and eating them. However, he did not completely listen to Wang Jun's words. Instead, he drowned all eight thousand girls in the Yi River, causing the Yi River to stop flowing.
Li Xuanling began to narrate the history. There were some things that he didn't want to show Cao Cao the history books. He wanted to narrate them personally. Firstly, he wanted to use this opportunity to relieve the pent-up frustration in his heart. Secondly, he used the emperor's aura of the Nine Heavens Monarch Art.
This Emperor's Qi could not only increase the speed of cultivation, but it could also terrify people's minds.
Diao Chan had been listening to the narration from the side. Although the Emperor's aura was not directed at her and did not leak out at all, she, who was kind by nature, had already covered her mouth from the beginning. Her expression was filled with panic and fear, and her beautiful face was even paler.
Did such history really exist? Were those inhumane tribes now eyeing the Great Han like tigers outside their territory?
She wasn't doubting her lord, but this kind of history was really hard to accept. Man-made pigs and sheep were slaughtered and cooked. Just hearing about such evil deeds made one's hair stand on end. As a woman, how could she accept such a cruel reality?
She couldn't imagine how sad and desperate the people of that era were under the iron hooves of the Five Barbarians.
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P.S.: I didn't want to explain at first, but recently, I've seen readers in the book review section who have a sense of superiority. They've been criticizing me for being mentally retarded. They've been saying why the main character didn't support Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, but recruited Liu Bei and Cao Cao to work for the Han Dynasty. They've also said that he destroyed Dong Zhuo himself and conquered the world. Putting aside the fact that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was still a brat, the various vassals at the end of the Han Dynasty no longer had any reverence for the imperial court. Everyone wanted to be independent. Wasn't it a joke to ask the protagonist to support a devilish brat? After the main character left, would he be able to manage this devilish brat's affairs?
He even asked why the stupid protagonist didn't fight for his own country. It would be awesome if he could kill Dong Zhuo and the Western Liang soldiers alone.
Please, fighting for power is not just about killing people, okay? It didn't take time to govern the world? Would the main character have the time to stay in the Three Kingdoms for a few years or even a decade? He had only come to take control of the plane and couldn't stand the fact that the three countries had been at war for years, resulting in a sharp decline in the Han population. This principle was like going to a village with the sole purpose of enjoying a farmhouse. Seeing that the village was poor, you wanted to help. Just because of this, he wanted to run for the position of village chief?
The emperor of the three kingdoms was like a child's play to the main character. He said it as if he would lose his cool if he didn't become the emperor. I'm really laughing. You're an immortal. You went to a mortal country to fight for the world with mortals just to be a local emperor. That's a disgrace, okay?
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