Zhutian: From Douluo, the illusion becomes real

Chapter 684, Section 683: Loyalty (Part Two)

Martial arts masters and the military are two different terms.

Martial arts masters are more adept at street fighting.

They excel at fighting in complex environments.

Take Xinzheng as an example.

Imagine three thousand innate masters, under the command of a professional tactician, engaging in street fighting. Without the assistance of martial arts masters or Jianghu experts, even the Qin state, with its formidable army, would not be able to conquer Xinzheng from the front.

There is only one usable method.

That is a siege.

Imagine a small squad of a dozen Qin soldiers who might only need to enter a small alley to never come out again. Even if the internal energy of a Xiantian martial artist is exhausted under high-intensity combat, and there is a moment when they are physically exhausted, the tacit cooperation of three thousand Xiantian martial artists is enough to allow one group to rest while another group continues to fight, adopting different tactics according to different battlefield situations to wear down the enemy's manpower.

During the day, the main activities are blocking and defense.

Although innate martial artists are still human.

Even if you face a barrage of crossbow bolts, you will still die.

But what if you're just being pointed at by three or five arrows or crossbows?

In a relatively open environment.

It still poses no threat.

To pose a threat, it often requires more than ten bows and arrows or crossbows.

Moreover, a certain number of armored soldiers are required.

That is, the person responsible for melee combat.

It can be said that this applies even in plains areas.

The kind without any cover whatsoever.

To kill a Xiantian martial artist, you need to deploy a properly equipped squad of fifty people. If you have fewer than that number, the Xiantian martial artist will divide you up one by one and wipe you out with his superior mobility.

Needless to say, this is even more true in urban warfare.

Imagine two innate martial artists fighting together.

Even if they were facing an army of a hundred men.

Alternatively, they can be defeated one by one.

For example, one of the innate martial artists could hide in a roadside house or ruins. As the Qin army squad passes by, the martial artist could suddenly jump out and kill a few of them. The goal isn't to kill a large number of enemies, but simply to draw the Qin army's attention. In other words, killing even one enemy is a bonus. Before the Qin army can aim their arrows or crossbows, the martial artist could quickly take cover and use the surrounding ruins to escape. As we all know, ruins are natural cover. Collapsed beams or stones, while not necessarily able to withstand a dense rain of arrows, are certainly not effective against sustained firepower. Even if arrows could provide sustained firepower, the other innate martial artist could follow suit and charge into the archers' ranks, either by killing a few Qin soldiers and drawing their attention before immediately retreating. This would prevent the Qin army squad from being able to defend both sides.

In this situation, the commander of this Qin army squad faced a difficult problem: whether to pursue or not. Sending ten men to hunt them down would be suicide, and sending twenty would be the same. They would need to gather a group of archers to reinforce the position, but archers were arguably the most valuable military personnel in the current era. Training a qualified archer often took at least three years. Even a hundred-man squad composed entirely of elite troops would never have more than thirty archers. The starting point would be to draw one-third of the troops, and perhaps twenty armored soldiers responsible for melee combat, just to surround and kill a Xiantian martial artist whose whereabouts were uncertain. Moreover, there was another Xiantian martial artist lurking nearby. It could be said that no matter what they did, it was a mistake.

If thirty or forty people are separated.

Go after that innate martial artist.

The other innate martial artist who was cooperating could have easily let go of the remaining fifty or sixty men in the Qin army squad and gone directly to meet up with the innate martial artist who was being chased. With the two innate martial artists in advantageous terrain, killing thirty or forty Qin soldiers who had little experience in street fighting would have been a piece of cake.

One of them draws fire from the front.

Another one charged straight in from behind.

A pincer attack from both sides, a single charge and the army would crumble.

After dealing with the small team of thirty or forty men, the two innate martial artists could choose to either trust their teammates and let the smaller team of fifty or sixty men, who had split up, pass through, using the time to recover their strength. This would allow them to look out for each other, with one meditating to recover their inner energy while the other kept watch. Once the other had recovered enough, the other would take over the task of recovering their inner energy while keeping watch. The same applied to meals; the two of them would work in pairs. With the innate martial artists' exceptional endurance, they wouldn't go hungry even if they didn't eat for a day, which would allow them to stay in their positions for a long time. Alternatively, if they didn't trust their teammates who were responsible for blocking the way, they could turn back and repeat the same tactic, handing the problem over to the commander of the Qin army team that had split up.

Dividing forces is tantamount to a slow death.

Not dividing the troops is like falling into a pond.

A bunch of piranhas.

This will bite you.

That one will bite you.

We can't even hit them.

Assuming each attack by a master of innate level kills one person, there are two masters of innate level.

One strike.

Two Qin soldiers are about to die.

How many houses are there on a street?

How many households are there in Xinzheng?
A Qin army squad could be wiped out before they could even explore a single street.

Especially in the homes of high-ranking officials and nobles.

There is also the imperial city.

Whether it's a secret room or a hidden passage.

There were so many.

Once you understand these things...

The Qin army had no way to fight.

Moreover, once the number of people is reduced to a certain extent, the innate martial artists no longer need to fight this kind of guerrilla warfare. When there are fewer than thirty people, they can go side by side, one feigning an attack to attract fire, and the other launching the main attack to take out the archers first. Two charges can end the battle.

Therefore, when faced with a behemoth like the Net, they had to contend with it.

Although the Luo Net does not have three thousand innate martial artists.

However, the Luo Wang (Net of Heaven) has a great many first-rate, second-rate, and third-rate martial artists.

In addition, there are hundreds of innate martial artists.

And eight grandmasters.

Or eight or more grandmasters.

Because there are always some master-level martial artists who run away after committing crimes.

For example, assassinating a powerful figure in a certain country.

A united group of masters is very powerful.

Scattered grandmasters are nothing special.

Just like Confucius leading a procession through various states in his time.

With three thousand disciples ranging from first-rate to innate level, seventy-two sages, nearly half of whom are grandmasters, plus Confucius, who in the world of Qin's Moon is a Celestial Realm warrior who can rival a nation, who wouldn't be afraid of such a lineup? Which king could be at ease with this lineup?
Although Luo Wang couldn't field a lineup similar to Confucius's.

But it's definitely enough to deal with Bai Yifei.

That's enough to deal with Ji Wuye.

At most, it could only deal with all the aristocratic families within Korea; that might not even be enough.

Because there were many aristocratic families in this era.

The most prosperous state was Chu.

The relationships between aristocratic families were often based on marriage.

It's possible that the grandson of a certain aristocratic clan leader in Korea is a descendant of the Xiang clan of Chu, and that the grandmother of this descendant of the Xiang clan might be a member of the royal family of Qin. The relationships could be quite complicated.

Therefore, in this day and age.

To be an enemy of the gentry is tantamount to being an enemy of the entire nation.

The best way is to use the gentry to check and balance the gentry.

For example, several clans in the Qin state.

Including members of the royal family.

Why is it so quiet?
Because the Wang family, to which Wang Jian belonged, the Meng family, to which Meng Tian and Meng Yi belonged, the Li family, to which Li Xin belonged, and other military families that were not top-tier, such as the Sima family and the Yang family, were able to counterbalance the old clans.

(End of this chapter)