My Hidden Strength Was Exposed by the Heavenly Dao Ranking List – Chapter 44

Chapter 44: Western Xia and Tubo

Peng Feng was taken aback for a moment upon hearing the words of Boche Jiacuo Living Buddha.

Then, he immediately understood.

Why did Boche Jiacuo Living Buddha want to kill Li Ganshun, the emperor of Western Xia?

This has to start with Tubo.

The Tantric Sect is the state religion of Tubo.

The head of the Tantric Sect represents Tubo.

However, Tubo during the Song Dynasty was completely different from Tubo during the Tang Dynasty.

Tubo during the Tang Dynasty was a powerful empire that could contend with the Tang Dynasty at its peak. It had also twice attacked the Ganges River basin in India, and its prestige was awe-inspiring.

However.

After the end of the 8th century, the internal contradictions of the Tubo ruling class intensified. The royal family fought among themselves, causing Tubo to fall into division. There were also internal conflicts among Tubo generals, which brought even greater disasters to the people.

Later on, Tubo was further scattered into various tribal forms and was no longer a centralized state.

Therefore, in the official records of the Great Song Dynasty, Tubo was not referred to as the Tubo State, but as the Tubo Tribes.

Because the current Tubo is not a real country at all.

Having become tribal in form, Tubo’s national strength naturally became quite weak.

At this time, there were five countries in East Asia.

Ranking them by national strength, they would be:

Liao State > Song State > Western Xia > Dali > Tubo.

That’s right.

The current national strength of Tubo is indeed not as good as that of the Dali Kingdom.

Dali, after all, is a centralized state with an army of 200,000.

And Tubo has become a collection of tribes, known as the Tubo Tribes.

Therefore, in *Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils*, it is quite absurd for the Tubo National Preceptor, Kumārajīva, to show off his power there. Tubo during the Northern Song Dynasty was basically keeping a low profile.

Tubo during the Northern Song Dynasty was a famous weakling.

Since Tubo was so weak.

As Tubo’s neighbor, the Western Xia State naturally would not let go of this piece of fat meat that was Tubo.

When the Western Xia State was fighting with the Song State, they would often come to Tubo to plunder and seize a few cities.

In 1004 AD.

At this time, the most powerful force in Tubo was Pan Luozhi, the great chieftain of the Six Valleys of Tubo.

Pan Luozhi was pro-Song and had even become an official of the Song Dynasty, serving as the military commissioner of Shuofang Army and the western patrol inspector of Lingzhou in the Song Dynasty.

Li Deming, the Emperor Taizong of Western Xia, sent troops and instigated the Dangxiang tribes of Miban Zhu and Ribu Jiluo Dan within Pan Luozhi’s territory to attack Pan Luozhi from both inside and outside, killing him and seizing Liangzhou.

In 1032 AD.

At this time, Tubo finally welcomed a ruler of average ability, the new Zanpu of Tubo, Gosir, who established laws and systems, and gathered hundreds of thousands of people （meaning his tribe had a total population of hundreds of thousands）, and the tribe gradually became stronger.

Of course, this Gosir was also pro-Song, and he was awarded the titles of General Ningyuan and Military Commissioner of Aizhou by the Northern Song Dynasty.

Since Emperor Jingzong Li Yuanhao of Western Xia ascended the throne, he had been constantly attacking Tubo.

Finally, in 1035, he personally led a large army to the Hehuang region, defeated Gosir, directly crushed Tubo, and occupied the two prefectures of Gansu and Shazhou, directly controlling the entire Hexi Corridor in the hands of Western Xia.

In recent years.

The Western Xia State would often seize Tubo’s cities and kill Tubo’s people.

If it were not for the fact that the Song Dynasty and Western Xia were constantly at war, which diverted Western Xia’s main energy.

With the national strength of Western Xia, they would have long since destroyed the extremely weak Tubo.

It can be said.

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In the last hundred years.

It has been a history of Tubo begging the Song Dynasty for help while being bullied by the Western Xia State.

As the head of the Tantric Sect, the state religion of Tubo, Boche Jiacuo Living Buddha, the person he most wanted to kill was definitely Li Ganshun, the emperor of Western Xia.

Western Xia currently only has one Land Immortal, which is Li Ganshun.

If Li Ganshun dies.

Then, although the national strength of Western Xia is still above Tubo.

The advantage will not be so great.

In this way, Tubo will have a chance to catch its breath.

However, what Peng Feng needs to ponder is.

Will killing Li Ganshun of Western Xia and weakening Western Xia cause Tubo to become stronger?

Don’t look at how Tubo has been calling the Northern Song Dynasty “daddy” for the past hundred years, and how the great chieftains of Tubo have been serving as officials of the Northern Song Dynasty.

But one must understand a principle—those who are not of our race will have different hearts.

He pondered in his heart that the reason why the Tubo Empire could appear during the Tang Dynasty was because the Tang Dynasty was the highest temperature point in the last few thousand years, and crops could also be grown very well on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

By the end of the Tang Dynasty, the temperature had dropped to normal levels, and not many crops could be grown on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

When a country lacks even the basic crops for survival, it cannot maintain a national form.

Therefore, an empire would fall apart and become the tribal form of the Tubo Tribes.

In the following thousand years, the temperature has never reached the high point of the Tang Dynasty, and the Tubo Tribes have always remained in tribal form and have never become strong.

Therefore, the possibility of Tubo becoming stronger is zero!!!

Therefore, helping Tubo kill Emperor Li Ganshun of Western Xia will not allow Tubo to take advantage of the situation to become stronger.

Moreover, killing Emperor Li Ganshun of Western Xia is also of great benefit to the Song Dynasty. After all, Western Xia and the Song Dynasty have been at war for many years.

In this case, this deal.

Is worth doing.

Peng Feng picked up the butter tea and slowly took a sip.

The butter tea was salty with a fragrant aroma and a very mellow taste.

Putting down the teacup, Peng Feng said, “Are you sure that I can kill Li Ganshun? Li Ganshun is, after all, at the Land Immortal Realm Fifth Level.”

“If Benefactor Peng reaches the Land Immortal Realm First Level, coupled with the twelve layers of one million catties of strength added by the twelfth layer of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill, he will be able to kill Li Ganshun,” Boche Jiacuo Living Buddha said unhurriedly.

Peng Feng slowly said, “Alright, then I agree to this deal.

However, I also hope that the news that I am cultivating the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill and have cultivated it to the twelfth layer must absolutely not be spread.”

“If it really gets out, you understand.”

Boche Jiacuo Living Buddha put his palms together, “Benefactor, please rest assured, this old monk will keep his mouth shut.”

Peng Feng smiled faintly, drank the butter tea in his cup in one gulp, and put down the cup, “Then thank you for the Living Buddha’s tea, goodbye.”

Having said that.

He walked out of the Potala Palace with a flourish.

Then.

He set off again on his thin horse.

This time, heading towards Western Xia.