I am already immortal, why should I ascend to become an immortal?

Chapter 196: The Central Plains’ best troops hidden deep in the Qin State; Tang King Li Yingtai personally visits Hangu Pass

That night.

The hundreds of thousands of Jin family soldiers dragged their weak legs and relied on each other to support each other to barely return to the tents.

Once they entered the tent, 99% of the people could no longer hold on.

Some collapsed directly to the ground, without even having time to remove their armor and the weights on their bodies.

Some of them leaned against the tent pillars and slowly sat down with their eyes closed. Only the heavy breathing could be heard.

"Is this the amount of training for the Qin regular army? Damn it, I feel like my body is going to explode!"

"I can't feel my legs anymore. They're as hard as if they were filled with molten iron. I can't even lift them up!"

"You are all lucky. After I fainted just now, I seemed to see Xiao Huang coming to pick me up."

"Xiao Huang? Your wife?"

"My big yellow dog, who died seven years ago, was a great guard dog and made great contributions to our family!"

At this time, the thousands of tents in the camp were the same, all complaining, but at the same time it was also lively and bustling.

"By the way, have you heard that our king donated 300 miles of national destiny outside Hangu Pass, and with just one person, he resisted the million-strong coalition army of Chu, Tang, and Qi."

"No way! I heard from the previous boss that the king is in poor health, is extremely licentious, and treats the people as worthless. It's even a question whether he can survive next year. How can he donate so much national fortune?"

"Boss, where do you get the title of boss? We only have one boss now, and that is Boss Jin."

"Also, are you stupid? Your former boss wanted to rebel and kill the king. He couldn't tell you that the current King of Qin is a man of both civil and military skills, in good health, and loves his people like his own children. Otherwise, why would he rebel?"

"What you said seems to make sense."

Just as everyone was lying on the straw mats, chatting left and right.

Jin Chan pulled open the leather curtain of the tent with one hand.

“Just put the things here!”

I saw the people in the baggage camp placing three full jars of rice wine and some food steadily on the ground.

"Boss Jin, no, General Jin, why are you here?"

On that day in Yongcheng, Jin Chan's bravery of fighting one against a thousand and taking off people's heads as easily as chopping melons and vegetables had already been deeply embedded in the hearts of all the Jin family soldiers.

Although he has surrendered and turned from an enemy into a comrade-in-arms, he still can't help feeling a little scared when he meets Jin Chan in person.

"Everyone doesn't have to get up, just lie down."

Jin Chan quickly pressed down his palms, signaling those who were on the verge of disability to lie down and not move.

He picked up the empty bowl on the ground and filled it with rice wine.

"Drink it. It's not strong enough to intoxicate you. There are many high-quality medicinal herbs in it. I guarantee that you will feel refreshed when you wake up."

Jin Chan smiled and handed the bowl to the soldier closest to him, then leaned over and continued to scoop.

"Oh my god, the general actually poured wine for me himself. Second brother, please tell me, I am dreaming!"

He had no airs of a superior and his people-friendly attitude made everyone in the tent flattered.

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After everyone drank the wine in the bowl, they instantly felt a warm current flowing down their throats into their stomachs, and then spreading to the meridians throughout the body.

It’s the coldest time of the year in December, but I can’t feel a bit of cold at this moment.

"General, I'm a doctor at home, so I'm curious and would like to ask you, what did you add to this? I can't taste it at all, but I'm afraid that even a hundred-year-old ginseng combined with a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum can't achieve the same medicinal effect."

A boy with a fair complexion, who was a little thinner than the others, held the empty bowl in both hands, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"These are all rewards from the king. They are rare treasures collected from the Western Regions and the Southern Wilderness. They are colorless and tasteless!"

Jin Chan said casually, after all, he couldn't say that there was only a drop of his own blood in there.

It was just this casual remark, but a few days later, a rumor spread among the army that "General Jin, in order to ensure the safety of his men, did not hesitate to spend a fortune and reluctantly gave up the treasures bestowed by the King of Qin to the entire army."

"Everyone, eat and drink well, and continue training tomorrow. I don't want to see you die on the battlefield of Hangu Pass in the spring!"

After saying that, Jin Chan patted the shoulder of the soldier beside him, left the tent and returned to the main general's camp.

But I don't know when.

Zi'an and Mu Xuanzi also came to the camp with a few jars of fine wine.

"Brother Jin, this is the first day of the establishment of your Jin Family Army. The brothers are here to celebrate with you!"

Zi'an patted the edge of the altar and laughed.

Then he ordered his subordinates to prepare a few side dishes.

"Haha, I won't go home until I'm drunk tonight!"

Jin Chan did not refuse. After laughing a few times, he agreed directly and readily.

To be honest, Jin Chan likes this feeling from the bottom of his heart.

In the previous twenty years, whether it was Ying Lou or Jin Chan, the two bodies were scheming against each other all the time, and every step was done with caution.

If you are not careful, you will be doomed.

In Taohuayuan, the golden cicada needs to be on guard every day, for fear that if it accidentally reveals a flaw, it will be locked in iron cages by thousands of villagers and raised like a pig.

In the Afang Palace, half of the eunuchs in the Yinglou Palace alone came from various forces. Not only did he have to maintain the king's majesty and prevent them from taking action rashly, but he also couldn't go too far and make the other side desperate.

This balance between the two kept Ying Lou's nerves tense.

However, all of this no longer existed after Jin Chan left Peach Blossom Spring, left Southern Wilderness, and came to Daqin.

"Boss Jin, look at what happened at Yuetan Mountain. When are you going to tell the king?"

After three rounds of drinking.

The young Taoist priest Mu Xuanzi's face had turned pink, and he even began to stutter when speaking.

"Xuan Zi, I wanted to ask you before, aren't you an orthodox Taoist? How come you can drink with us after entering the secular world?"

Zi'an put his arm around Mu Xuanzi's shoulders and burped, which smelled heavily of alcohol, directly onto the other's face.

"No flowers, no wine, no immortals. We in Yuetan Mountain don't mind these things. We only want to restore the glory of Xuanmen!"

Restoration?

Jin Chan, who couldn't get drunk, was stunned when he heard this.

I don’t know whether it’s because Mu Xuanzi is not well educated or if there is some other hidden meaning.

"I went to see the king last night and told him about your Yuetan Mountain!"

After Jin Chan finished the wine in the bowl in one gulp, he filled another bowl for Mu Xuanzi.

"What does the king say?"

Mu Xuanzi asked immediately.

Although life in the secular world is indeed much happier than life in the mountains, he is still a disciple of Yuetan Mountain after all.

The things assigned to this sect must not be delayed.

"The Qin Empire is in danger right now. In front of us, a million-strong army from Chu, Tang, and Qi is approaching Hangu Pass, and behind us is the king's coronation ceremony. If the whole country were to look for someone for you at this moment, it would probably cause instability among the people and chaos in the court."

Jin Chan held his face with one hand, lowered his head and sighed, his words full of helplessness.

"Well, this"

The words were on the tip of Mu Xuanzi's tongue, but perhaps because he had drunk too much and his tongue was tied, or perhaps because his brain was not working properly, he couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.

"But you don't have to worry. The king and I discussed it last night and came up with a solution that would satisfy both parties."

Jin Chan slapped the table with a sudden sound, startling the three people at the table.

"any solution?"

"The king said that as long as you can make military achievements for the Qin State and become one of the sixteen great ministers, and then the Yuetan Mountain religion can be moved to Qin State and become the state religion of Qin State, then even if the whole country is looking for someone for you, no one in the people or the court will complain."

"This"

Upon hearing this, Mu Xuanzi's brows were wrinkled into the shape of a "川" character, and his eyes were full of difficulty.

"Boss Jin, there is nothing wrong with the first thing you said, but I am afraid that the master and the elders will not agree to move Yuetan Mountain to Qin State. After all, Yuetan Mountain was founded in Chu State hundreds of years ago and there has never been a record of its relocation."

Mu Xuanzi said in embarrassment.

"Tell your master that the Great Qin will allocate a Feng Shui treasure land for its sect in the Zhongnan Mountains of the Qinling Mountains and treat it as a state religion." "But this..."

"Don't say but. I have arranged for someone to go to Chu tomorrow. You can ask first. What if your master agrees right away?"

Now that things have come to this, Mu Xuanzi has no better idea.

He simply nodded and agreed.

"Boss Jin, this is the token of Yuetan Mountain. With this, you can go to the sect smoothly and meet my master."

After Mu Xuanzi finished speaking, he took out the jade ruler that Taoist Huang had thrown to him in Yongcheng that day.

"Why are you so sad? Our Great Qin is vast and rich in resources, and the Qinling Mountains have excellent feng shui. It won't make your Yuetan Mountain suffer. Come, have a drink."

Zi'an picked up the jar of wine and filled the empty bowl in front of Mu Xuanzi.

In this way, the four of them continued to drink and eat meat until the second half of the night, when they all fell asleep one by one.

Only the slightly tipsy Jin Chan was left, drinking alone.

The following days.

Jin Chan spends most of his time in the army, getting familiar with the military environment and reading military strategies.

He will also simulate the various possibilities of the Battle of Hangu Pass on the sand table with Li Xin and Zi'an.

As for Xiao Luoyang, he became more diligent since that night. He studied with Li Si during the day and read by lamplight in the Lanshu Tower at night.

I sleep less than two and a half hours a day, and sometimes I even dream about the contents of the book.

This made Mr. Huo, who was in his sixties, very distressed.

However, bad things happened one after another in Yinglou.

The first thing was Huayang’s growing belly.

I don’t know why, suddenly one day.

Huayang came to Zhangtai Palace with a big belly and insisted that Yinglou make her unborn child the next crown prince of Qin right away.

Even, it is not clear whether the child is a boy or a girl.

This absurd behavior was actually because Huayang had been dreaming every night in recent days. He dreamed that a woman in the Central Plains gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, for Ying Lou.

Even the twin boys, a boy and a girl, became the kings of the world in the future.

After hearing this, Ying Lou was too lazy to dwell on this matter any more.

As long as the Longguan nobles hand over the appointments of prefects of the six towns and twelve cities in the northwest, Ying Lou can now issue a national decree to make the child in Huayang's belly the next crown prince, regardless of boy or girl.

Of the 18 towns and 36 cities in the northwest, 30% had to be handed over at once. Even Huayang did not dare to agree on his own and could only discuss it with his clansmen.

After twenty days of discussion and negotiation.

In the end, both sides compromised and reached an agreement.

The Longguan gentry gave up three towns and five cities, but the locations of these three towns and five cities were where the Qin Straight Road passed through the entire northwest.

Ying Lou also promised Huayang that as long as the baby in her belly was a boy, she would directly announce it to the Qin State on the day of birth and make him the crown prince of Qin.

The second thing was that Lu Buwei, Bai Qi, Wang Jian and other front-line generals jointly submitted a memorial.

Let Ying Lou use the Central Plains' unique weapon that had been buried deep in the Afang Palace for many years and belonged to the Qin State.

The reason was that a few days ago, Xiang Yu had driven a Lanjing cart alone, climbed up the tower, and launched an attack on Hangu Pass in the midst of ice, snow and heavy rain.

According to the front-line war reports.

This time's climbing is far different from the previous ones. The height is equal to the Tianxiayiguan, which is hundreds of meters high, and the size is even slightly larger.

Although the extremely cold temperature froze 90% of the arrow platforms on the tower, Xiang Yu only launched a single attack, killing more than 1,800 craftsmen who were repairing Hangu Pass and destroying a corner of the gate.

If Lu Buwei had not paid out of his own pocket and mobilized the financial resources and connections of banks all over the world, the construction period would probably have been delayed, and Hangu Pass would most likely not have been completely repaired before the end of the national fortune of giving alms outside the pass.

Although the threat from Xiang Yu and Deng Lou was beyond his expectations, Ying Lou thought again and again and decided not to use the Qin's unique weapon in the Central Plains for the time being.

After all, this unique weapon from the Central Plains is different from the growing Fish Belly and Climbing Tower. As long as it appears in the world, it will burst out with the strongest power.

Although the consequences cannot be described as a total destruction, the price is also extremely heavy.

Otherwise, even when King Zhao was conquering the world, he never used it once.

Time moves forward.

Forty-five days had passed since Ying Lou donated the country's fortune at Mount Zhongnan.

The armies of Li Xin and Zi'an have already headed to Hangu Pass one after another.

Jin Chan's Jin Family Army, with the help of special medicine, has also grown to a certain size after increasingly rigorous training day and night.

Although their actual combat experience is far less than that of the regular army of the Qin Dynasty.

But the rest is not inferior.

Even among 150,000 people, there are more than 600 who can condense the military spirit of 500.

There are as many as eight people with the morale of ten thousand soldiers.

Among them, Su Nan, who could originally condense the military spirit of 10,000 soldiers, has increased the amount of military spirit he can condense to 15,000 after training.

He became the person with the most morale in the Jin family army.

"Let's go to Hangu Pass!"

The morning of the sixtieth day.

At this moment, the Qin State has entered spring. The temperature is gradually rising and green buds are slowly emerging from the earth.

A ray of golden sunlight shines on the cicada's face.

He was seen wearing dark red armor, holding the belly of a fish up to the sky, while the black horse under him was kicking its front legs, raising its head and neighing.

Behind Jin Chan were rows and rows of well-trained soldiers.

One thousand black water dragon flags with the word "gold" printed on them were inserted horizontally in each square formation, fluttering in the wind and raising layer upon layer of black waves.

"Jin's army, follow me to the Hangu Pass to destroy the coalition forces of the three kingdoms. The enemy's heads are all in our arms. We will not stop fighting until our blood is drained and we die."

The sound of the cicada was loud and powerful, echoing among the mighty troops.

"The war will not end until the blood is shed and the people die. The war will not end until the blood is shed and the people die."

The roar of 150,000 people and the stomping of the cavalry made the distant city of Xianyang tremble.

The other side at this time.

King Li Yingtai of Tang and 880,000 Tang troops have arrived at Hangu Pass and joined forces with the states of Chu and Qi.

The main general who led the Tang army was General Li Cunxiao, who came back from the southern border and was known as the army of one man.

There have long been rumors among the people of the Tang Dynasty that if it weren't for the old Tang King's incompetence in the past decade.

I'm afraid Li Cunxiao has long been listed among the four famous generals in the Central Plains.

"The King of Tang has come to the front line in person. I am terrified!"

In the camp of the Three Kingdoms, the elderly Chang Lingjun bowed and said to Li Yingtai.

"Lord Chang Ling, please stand up. No need to be polite."

"I came here this time just to see something with my own eyes!"

After only a few months, Li Yingtai's face no longer had any trace of shyness, and his every word and action was full of the majesty of a king.

"What is the purpose of the Tang King's visit?"

"I have to go to Xianyang City!"

Li Yingtai smiled lightly and spoke.

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