Winter goes to spring and comes again, like water like years. In the blink of an eye, the new year has arrived.

Lu Qian is a year older, looking at the few gray hairs growing on his head, he can't help but feel a little nervous in his heart, and he has a sadness of "one day is difficult to come again, and the years do not treat others".

Old, old, it's going to be sixty.

Don't talk about anything else, just say that his force value at this time has dropped to the zero threshold of 90, and you can really know what it means to be old.

If it is said that Lu Qi ten years ago was an unknown sweeping monk, no matter how fierce the fierce general brother was not his opponent, but now, he has transformed from a sweeping monk to Xiao Yuanshan, and the increase in age has led to a decline in force, from Lu Bu to Guan Er Zhang San.

There is only one reason for this, and that is that he is really old.

Boxing is afraid that no one can overcome a hurdle that no one can overcome. When people are older, their muscles and bones are weak, their physical strength and energy are reduced, and their strength is also reduced.

Time is like an arrow urging people to grow old, and the sun and the moon are like a shuttle to catch up with the youth!

But Lu Qian didn't have much fear.

Reliving a lifetime, he has done everything he can.

To borrow a famous quote from Paul Kochakin: A man's life should be spent in such a way that when he recalls the past, he will not regret that he wasted his time, nor be ashamed of his inaction; When he was dying, he was able to say: "My whole life and all my energy have been dedicated to the most magnificent cause in the world and the struggle for the greatness of China." ”

As a 'young man' with anger in his bones, watching the Khitan, Dangxiang, and Jurchen surrender one by one, watching Goryeo, Japan, South Vietnam and other countries all serve the Han soil, watching Tianzhu kneel down and sing about conquest, Tianfang cried and cried and was beaten half-body, and then the Europeans were going to kiss his blade with their necks, so what about getting old?

This old one is meaningful, and the old one is worth it!

He didn't want to be an immortal emperor like the turtle king, so when he found that time was gone like a dog's meat bun, his mood was also very calm.

The pace of time should be so ruthless, otherwise, it is even more sad to go through a round of winter, summer, spring and autumn silently.

Watch the sunrise and sunset, the clouds roll up; Listen to the ebb and flow of the tide, and the flowers bloom!

As soon as the eyes are closed and opened, the day passes; If you don't close your eyes, your life will be over!

This is not the life he is going to live.

If so, busyness is also a kind of happiness, and tiredness is also a kind of enjoyment! Watching an unprecedented glorious empire born in his own hands little by little, this kind of spiritual satisfaction is the highest pursuit in life!

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The land of the Central Plains is full of joy, in the past year, Lu Qi's good news has been spread frequently, not to mention that just after the New Year's Festival, the Tianzhu battlefield has come with good news - Xu Huiyan led an army of 20,000 people to defeat the main army of the Chola country, and there were nearly 1,000 war elephants captured alive alone, plus thousands of good horses, and the total number of enemies destroyed was not less than 30,000!

It is said that the emperor of the Chola Kingdom, Kulu Tongga Chola II, was wounded on the battlefield.

It's really the icing on the cake.

With the weakness of the Seljuks, and as the situation on the battlefield of Tianzhu became more and more tilted in favor of the Lu Qi army, everyone believed that victory was no longer far away. The thigh of the goddess of victory has been forked to the Chinese, and everything is so wonderful!

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Innocent II wanted to reconcile the contradictions between Byzantium and the Crusader knights, and John II certainly agreed that under the current conditions, since Byzantium was no longer able to recover Antioch with a tough stance, then what was the harm in taking a step back?

It is to recover the homeland, and at least wait until the Chinese are repelled, right? It's like when Principal Chang wanted to suppress the Communist Party, he could only fight after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and he would play some small tricks and engage in some small frictions on weekdays!

But as I said earlier, the situation in the Middle East is really a big deal.

Among the four knightly kingdoms, the southernmost kingdom of Jerusalem, although the name is the most resounding, but its strength is definitely not outstanding. It's just the safest place to be.

The southern tip of the Kingdom of Jerusalem is the Sinai Peninsula and Egypt, but after a great defeat by the Fatimids forty years ago, the decaying empire had difficulty parrying the Ethiopians in the south and was no longer able to launch a powerful offensive against Jerusalem. On the contrary, the Kingdom of Jerusalem always had a heart to conquer Egypt.

It's just that its fragile national strength has also made the three successive kings more than capable of strength. This can be seen from the fact that the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Fatimid Dynasty maintained only small-scale low-intensity conflicts every year!

However, in a strange region south of Egypt, there is a force that belongs to the world of one god that is exuding vitality.

The Zagwe dynasty of the Ethiopians was on the rise, leaping into the eyes of John II with a dazzling gesture.

Although this was a group of black Shuli, only if it was helpful for the war, John II could not hesitate to admit that the slightly lighter skinned black Shuli in Ethiopia were white, God's loyal people.

But everyone knows that the Ethiopians have better relations with the Chinese.

They were afraid of Lu Qi's reaction and didn't want to send troops to stimulate the nerves of Lu Qi's court.

You must know that the reason why the Zagwe dynasty in Ethiopia has been able to grow rapidly is that Lu Qi's support for them over the years is crucial. And because the road to the west was completely blocked by the Famati dynasty of Egypt, the silk, porcelain and other goods that the Ethiopians brought in from Luqi every year were all sent to the deeper parts of Africa.

In later generations, in South Sudan, Congo, Central Africa, Uganda and other places, the tribes there were still at a fairly primitive level, and the Zagwe dynasty could earn a lot of profits from them.

In order to make trade with China easier and faster, they also launched a counter-offensive against the Bejas, the younger brothers of the Famati dynasty, and successfully established a foothold on the western shore of the Red Sea.

In order to defend trade, almost from the beginning of the Zagvi dynasty's foothold on the western shore of the Red Sea, they established a navy, and under the personal supervision and support of the emperor, the development rate was still very fast, and the strength of the fleet was constantly expanding, so that the Fatimid dynasty was already feeling the pressure.

Although they believe in Orthodoxy (belonging to the Coptic sect of Orthodoxy), it is no longer the time of the original state of Axum, and all ties of interest between them and the West have been severed. Even bilateral [Byzantine] ties have been attached only recently.

In this case, let them engage in a very likely act of war with Lu Qi, and the lifeblood of the Ethiopians, trade with China, will surely fall into the most desperate situation.

The biggest reason why they are living a very comfortable life now is because Lu Qi has very huge resources and countless commodities that exceed their own level. This gives them a place to use the gold in their hands, as well as rhino horns, ivory, and so on.

"I'm very sorry, my honorable majesty. The Ethiopians refused to start a war against the Chinese! Nikephoros was John II's brother-in-law and the heir to the throne recognized earlier by John II's mother, Irina.

Although the Chinese do not understand what makes a mother prefer her son-in-law to inherit the throne, she must also firmly oppose her son.

But Nikephoros backed down at a critical moment and allowed John II to succeed to the throne. And also won the trust of John II.

This time to Ethiopia, John II chose him as an envoy, which can be said to have high hopes. Unfortunately, the result still disappointed him.

"These damn niggas should be sent to the gallows, and then they should all go to hell. May a merciful God bless those children with peace. Then punish the infidels who hurt them! ”

Mosul had already been conquered, the Luqi army had entered Asia Minor, and the Byzantines were already bleeding.