Lord of the Earth

Chapter 759 A military hero who is no less capable than Bai Qi!
"Your Majesty! The mansion of that outstanding person is just ahead..."

human race.

The city of saints.

Jia Xu, wearing a purple robe with ribbons, held his bamboo slips of military strategy in one hand and led the way, bringing King Xia Tian to an ordinary-looking building with a style similar to that of the "Warring States Period".

Kill, kill, kill!

However, the moment Xia Tian stepped into the building, he felt his vision suddenly change... and his figure suddenly appeared in an extremely large wasteland!

A blood-red sunset was bursting out from the horizon, dyeing the entire barren wilderness into rust color.

Boom, boom, boom!

A dull sound of war drums was heard, like the heartbeat of an ancient giant beast, shaking the scorched earth beneath the feet. The entire air was shrouded in a murderous atmosphere, and the sky hung low like an iron curtain.

Black and red gales were surging in the clouds, and every gust of wind was mixed with the sharp sound of metal clashing.

Just because, in the heart of this wilderness.

An army of about 10,000 people is fighting a desperate battle. They are wearing heavy bronze armor covered with runes, holding a single bronze crossbow, and have a bronze sword engraved with Taotie patterns on their waist. Behind them are hundreds of bronze arrows for shooting. It can be said that they are armed to the teeth.

The ground beneath his feet was rammed earth soaked in blood. Withered yellow grass grew in the cracks, and ice-like arrowheads condensed on the grass stems. They were the debris left over from thousands of battles.

One by one, the "armored soldiers" stood with their spears in hand, and the sounds of their armors colliding merged into dense waves of sound.

Fight, fight, fight!

When Xia Tian's gaze swept over them, the entire legion suddenly turned around and moved in unison as if they were one person.

Wow!

The bronze swords in their hands were raised together, and wherever the swords pointed, the air was cut into spider-web-like cracks by the fighting spirit!
Even Xia Tian, ​​who was at the peak of the eighth realm, felt a biting cold, which made him realize that the combat effectiveness of this army of 10,000 people was definitely extraordinary...

"stop!"

A voice sounded.

Xia Tian looked up and saw a man in his thirties with sharp features standing on the platform in the center of the martial arts field. He was wearing a wide-sleeved long robe with armor underneath. He was about thirty years old!
The man stood with his hands behind his back, with a peculiar rhythm.

His left hand was clenched, and his fingertips tapped lightly on his palm, as if he was rehearsing a battle formation. His right hand was hanging naturally, and between his middle and ring fingers was a piece of bamboo slip. The ink was not yet dry, and it actually read "cultivate literary virtues internally, and prepare for military preparations externally", "one person's life is enough to scare thousands of men" and so on...

What was even more bizarre was the position where he was standing. There was a tender sprout breaking through the soil next to his left foot, but under his right foot was a rusty arrowhead. Vitality and murderous intent were spreading on the scorched earth at the same time!
"Is the person coming the Lord of Qianxia?"

The man spoke, his voice like a bronze bell.

"Just now when I was practicing the formation, I suddenly felt the aura of the emperor approaching. Please forgive me for my rudeness."

Looking at Xia Tian, ​​his tone was very polite, but there was a hint of arrogance in his expression. He raised his hand to bow, and when his wide sleeves of his deep robe were lifted up, the dark golden fish scale armor lining was revealed. His fingertips gently brushed across a bronze arrow in his sleeve!
"Looking at your attire, it seems that you have studied the three ways of Confucianism, Law and Military?"

Xia Tian asked calmly.

But in my heart, I was already wondering where the words "cultivate literary virtues internally and strengthen military preparations externally" came from?

"Cultural virtue is the surface, military preparation is the interior, and criminal law is the use."

The man raised the corners of his lips slightly, revealing an intriguing smile, as if he saw what Xia Tian was thinking. His fingertips ran across the bamboo slips, and the words suddenly turned into names of soldiers, farmers, patrolmen... and formed a square formation in the void!
Although they were just farmers and patrolmen, the aura they exuded was no weaker than that of the elite military forces of the Qianxia Dynasty who had fought hundreds of battles...

"In my early years in Xihe County, I taught soldiers to read "Book of Songs" and "Book of Documents", and I also personally adjusted powerful crossbows for them."

The man seemed to be reminiscing about something, and his fingertips stroked a bronze arrow in his hand that had the word "kill" engraved on it.

Xia Tian noticed that when the other party said "Xihe County", a cold light flashed in the depths of his pupils, as if he was recalling some iron-blooded past.

"It's just some old things. I'm sorry to make you laugh, Your Majesty."

Surrounding the wilderness, there were nine bronze gates. Above each gate was a faded, blood-stained battle flag with the names of the countries "Wei", "Chu", "Qin" and so on...

At this moment, those battle flags seemed to be activated and fluttering. Although the names of the countries such as "Wei" and "Chu" had faded, there were still will-o'-the-wisp fires that condensed the fighting spirit jumping around!

Wind, wind, wind...

Along with the sound of war drums, human soldiers wearing costumes and attire of different countries suddenly rushed out from these "bronze gates" and attacked these soldiers like a tide...

Some of these soldiers rode bronze chariots, some wore clothes similar to those of the Hu people, and some held giant crossbows and shot thousands of arrows. The strength of each of them had reached more than five transformations!
In such a battle, most armies would be destroyed in an instant.

"Set up the formation..."

The man's expression suddenly changed. The corners of his eyes, which were warm just now, suddenly tightened, and his thin lips were pursed into a cold and hard straight line.

The bamboo slip in his hand quickly unfolded halfway, revealing the iron hooks and silver strokes on the inside, and the densely written blood words.

His entire temperament changed instantly, the armor under his Confucian robes seemed to suddenly appear, an iron-blooded aura rose from his body, the scholarly aura just now was gone, replaced by the power of a general who could scare away thousands of troops!

A great war broke out.

Fight, fight, fight!
These armies from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were originally full of disdain when faced with the interception of the "large army" commanded by the middle-aged man, but they soon discovered that the combat effectiveness of these soldiers wearing bronze armor was terrifyingly high. In a short period of time, their own side suffered casualties everywhere, while they themselves suffered almost no substantial damage!
Under his command, these soldiers acted like a whim.
With ease, he eliminated all enemies that were ten times his size...but his own losses were less than one-tenth of his own.

"This man is indeed extremely accomplished in military affairs, and judging from his aura, he is probably not only powerful in military affairs."

Xia Tian pondered in his heart.

This person possesses the three temperaments of "the elegance of a Confucian, the strictness of a Legalist, and the murderousness of a military strategist" in one.

Such a person is definitely famous in history, and the scroll of bamboo slips and the bronze arrow clearly reveal the pressure of a "divine weapon", indicating that he is accompanied by more than one "strange item"...

He is in no way inferior to Zhuge Liang, Bai Qi, Wang Yangming and other top geniuses in history.

Who is he?
Has there ever been such a person in the history books of various nations?
"No, these soldiers from various countries are just mortals after all. Even if they are elite, they are of no use... If we want to train our soldiers, we still need to go to the Land of Eternity!"

The middle-aged man who commanded the soldiers to victory shook his head.

At this moment, the wind blew up the hem of the man's long robe, revealing some residual "arrow wounds" on his body!
Xia Tian suddenly remembered the ruthless man in the Warring States Period who was rumored to have "killed his wife to become a general", the genius who implemented reforms in the Three Kingdoms of Lu, Wei and Chu, and the military strategist who made Sima Rangju look a little dim!

But the man before him was even more complex than the rumors said. He was like a piece of fine iron that had been tempered a thousand times by Confucianists, forged by Legalists, and finally condensed into this indestructible sword in the furnace of military strategists!

"I don't know, are you Wu..." Then, Xia Tian's eyes were very eager, wanting to inquire about the identity of this person.

The man raised his hand and put the bamboo slips into his sleeve, and the bronze arrow rang softly in his hand.

He bowed again, this time more deeply, his scholarly robe and combat skirt lifted up at the same time, drawing an arc that combined civil and military skills...

"I am just a passer-by, temporarily staying in this city of saints to practice the battle formation. If your majesty does not mind, you can watch the battle formation here for a while... After all, this chess game set up by the gods in the eternal land will eventually require the sword holder and the chess master to write a new chapter together."

He turned and pointed at the terracotta warriors arrayed in the distance. Those fully armed soldiers with extraordinary skills were changing their formations according to his wishes...

The will to fight surged to the sky, with the unparalleled ambition to kill the gods in the sky and bring them down...

"These soldiers are really surprising..."

In fact, Xia Tian was indeed a little surprised.

This is because those who can follow the arrival of heroes and geniuses are absolutely "die-hard fans".

In the past, Gao Shun had eighty soldiers following him. Even though Wang Yangming only had three thousand "Xinxue disciples", he had ten thousand soldiers. This was enough to show that he was very friendly to the soldiers and had a very high prestige among them...

"It's quite interesting. This person clearly knows about the Qianxia Dynasty. It is very likely that he is the first among all the human lords to be promoted to the dynasty, or even the only one..."

"But he still behaved neither servile nor overbearing, which is somewhat inconsistent with his reputation in history..."

Xia Tian naturally knew the other party's intention in saying this.

As an emperor, I am naturally the one who "controls the chessboard", but the emperor himself does not need to fight and kill. Fighting itself should be done by the "man who holds the sword"...

The other party's arrogance was further demonstrated, which meant that once they joined Qianxia, ​​they would have control over the "military" power!

"The general's ability to train soldiers is amazing. I'm afraid that the current military chief of Qianxia, ​​the Great Qin Wu'an Jun, is not as good as the general in this aspect!"

Xia Tian said.

"The Qin State is nothing more than a defeated general under my command..."

The middle-aged man has a confident expression on his face, and he is not bragging.

In fact, the broken "Qin" flag on the martial arts field proved that what he said was true. In the previous battle, "Qin soldiers" entered the field, but were defeated by one-tenth of the soldiers...

"Since there is no place for martial arts, does the place for literature still exist?"

Then, he frowned slightly and spoke again.

"The head of government affairs in our dynasty is Mr. Zhuge, who is respected as the 'Prime Minister' by most people..."

Xia Tian said again.

The person in front of him was definitely a rare "prodigy" in history, and he naturally knew the meaning of this title.

It represents his ability to handle internal affairs, which has been widely recognized by people in later generations... It also means that once you enter the Eternal Land, you will definitely gain top-level "talents, magical powers, and characteristics" in this regard...

In fact, the Qianxia Dynasty now has one civil official and one military official, and each of them is a "peerless genius".

This person is indeed a top Chinese talent, but it is undoubtedly impossible for him to replace these two people!
"Sir, you are good at military affairs. In the Qianxia Dynasty, there is a position of 'Suzaku Army Commander', whose status is not lower than that of the deputy army commander. He has millions of human soldiers under his command, and can mobilize tens of millions of naval forces..."

Seeing that the other person seemed a little disappointed, Xia Tian spoke.

"Suzaku Corps? Is it set up according to the Four Symbols?"

"So, there are still three great generals, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise. I wonder where they came from?"

The middle-aged man spoke, his eyes inquiring.

"The leader of our Qianxia Azure Dragon Army is General Zhao Yun, whose strength is second to none. He once went in and out of the enemy camp seven times and killed fifty-four enemy generals..."

"The commander of the White Tiger Army is General Xin Qiji, who is both civil and military, known as the 'Dragon in the Army'. He once broke into a camp of 50,000 people with only 50 men and captured a traitor alive..."

"The commander of the Xuanwu Army is General Qi Jiguang... The soldiers under his command have fought hundreds of battles in their lives, killing more than 10,000 enemies, with only a few hundred casualties. His ability in training soldiers should not be inferior to that of the general..."

Xia Tian spoke, his tone full of pride.

The three legion commanders of the Qianxia Dynasty each have their own strengths and are all the "prodigies" of China!
After hearing what Xia Tian said, the middle-aged man was silent for a moment.

The Qianxia Dynasty did not have just one standard for conferring official positions. Instead, rewards were based on merit, and anyone with talent could hold a high position.

Among the three "great army commanders", one is good at leading troops in battle, one is good at training troops, and the other is "both civil and military"...

Compared with his fellow students of "Confucianism, Legalism, and Military Science", he believes that he is better than them... In this case, if he really only becomes a "legion commander",

How could I fully display my talent which is as brilliant as the scorching sun?

"Your Majesty, I think you know that there was a man who killed his wife in front of Duke Mu of Lu to seek a general, cleared a thousand miles of land under the tent of Duke Wen of Wei, and destroyed the emperor's body in front of the coffin of King Dao of Chu?"

His voice suddenly became hoarse, with a sharp sound of metallic friction.

"Everyone in the world thinks he is greedy and violent, but they don't know that when he was teaching people to read in Xihe County, he bandaged the wounds of children with his own hands; when the Chu State carried out reforms, he used his own salary to pay the salaries of the soldiers..."

"I don't love money... I don't seek fame... What I want is nothing but power!"

The middle-aged man looked at Xia Tian with sharp eyes, and his tone could be said to be very "straightforward".

"I do have some understanding of the art of war... Why don't you and I practice a duel of military tactics here, so that I can also experience the might of your 'martial arts arena'..."

Xia Tian saw the man's hesitation.

We also know that his "ambition" is not comparable to that of ordinary people, but this ambition is also matched by his strength!
Therefore, although the other party's words already imply "rejection".

However, Xia Tian didn't want to give up.

After all, this was an ancient genius who was equal to Bai Qi in military terms, and even surpassed him in theory. He was also a very suitable candidate for the commander of the Suzaku Army...

(End of this chapter)