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

Chapter 302 The Most Important Battle Before the Unification of the World

Chapter 302 The Most Important Battle Before the Unification of the World
The hour of Chou has just arrived.

Li Mu has fallen asleep.

But ever since Jin Chan came that day, he never took off his clothes when he slept, and he never let go of the Chunping Hou sword, which he kept inside the quilt, close to his arm.

Even when sleeping, he was only 70% shallow.

Sand, Sand, Sand
Although the sound was very subtle, it still woke Li Mu up.

"Alas, Qin and Zhao are forming an alliance. Your Majesty, you are so confused!"

Li Mu sighed secretly, seeming to be helpless.

These days he has been thinking over the contents of the alliance document.

Although he had thought about it before, if Zhao Qian was not worthy of the throne and the country was on the verge of destruction, then he would have the idea of supporting Zhao Qian's son, Prince Jia, to ascend the throne.

But even so, he never thought of killing the king and seizing the throne.

His students were Red, Green, Blue, Purple, and Black, including White, who lost his life outside Hangu Pass due to a moment of confusion.

These people and their followers are really too loyal.

Li Mu got up from the bed and pulled out the Chunpinghou sword in his hand an inch.

"Haha, there are more than 600,000 Wei troops and more than 600,000 Qin troops. This valley is a good place to bury them!"

Just when Li Mu laughed at himself.

suddenly.

The curtained ceiling was pierced by dense arrows.

And each of these arrows contains more or less military spirit.

Outside the tent.

The earth-shaking "kill" sound, the biting and roaring.

"One hundred thousand soldiers, painting the hills and valleys!"

Even though he knew he would die today, Li Mu would never sit and wait for death.

With the long sword in his hand, he chopped down horizontally and vertically.

The military energy and sword energy merged together, and a drawn hill suddenly appeared in front of Li Mu, blocking tens of thousands of arrows.

"General Li, surrender. I will sacrifice your life in exchange for the friendship between Qin and Wei. Zhao has abandoned you, but Wei will never forget your kindness."

Xinling Jun held a narrow knife in his hand and stood in front of all the Wei generals.

And all around him.

There is not only the archer who draws the bowstring taut.

There were also 100,000 Wei Wu soldiers who carried spears on their heads, wore helmets and swords, and were covered in heavy armor. It was rumored that they had defeated the Qin elite soldiers many times.

"Lord Xinling, I thought you were a wise man, but now it seems you are a fool. This alliance is our only chance. Can't you see it?"

The tied hair fell from the back of her head, blown wildly by the night wind from the valley.

Li Mu threw away his scabbard and faced Xinling Jun and his men as well as the endless Wei army. There was no trace of panic or timidity in his bright eyes.

"General Li, do you know why you ended up like this even though you were loyal to Zhao?"

"It's just a gap between the emperor and his subjects."

"Barrier? Haha, how can a loyal general be alienated from the king? Li Mu, you are looking too far ahead!"

"Looking too far?"

Li Mu became interested in what Xinling Jun said.

"Loyalty and power are contradictory. You can only have one of the two. What the king wants is not a powerful minister, but a loyal minister. Even if the king's ideas are wrong, the ministers can only persuade, but not act. Li Mu, do you really think I don't know that if the coalition fails this time, Wei will be in dire straits!"

Xinling Jun shook his head slightly, looked at Li Mu and thought of himself back then.

"Nonsense, how can we talk about loyalty when our country is destroyed?"

Li Mu looked surprised and slightly angry.

He couldn't believe that these words came from the mouth of Xinling Jun, one of the four great gentlemen.

"Before I set out from Daliang, I persuaded the King of Wei that the ambush should not consist of 600,000 troops, but should involve the whole country and the best soldiers from the Central Plains. But the King of Wei hesitated. He wanted to gamble with the alliance between Zhao and Chu, but he also wanted to avoid offending Qin and save his life."

"With a king like this, the State of Wei will surely be destroyed! However, the Central Plains is so vast that even if the State of Wei is destroyed, my son Wuji will still have a place to stay."

Lord Xinling, who was a member of the royal family, could actually utter such words. Duke Wen of Wei, who was also a member of the royal family, could not believe what he heard.

However, just as Prince Ji of Wei Wenhou had not yet opened his mouth to question.

I saw a long spear stabbed into his back and crushed his heart.

"Le Yang, Long Jia, Xi Shou, Prince Ji of Wei Wenhou is dead. He was killed by Zhao's general Li Mu. Tonight we will avenge Wei Wenhou and cut Li Mu into pieces."

Xinling Jun raised the sword in his hand and shouted loudly without even turning his head.

"Wei Wenhou is dead, killed by Li Mu. Wei Wenhou is dead, killed by Li Mu."

Le Yang, Long Jia, and even Xi Shou, who was wiping the blood from the tip of the spear, followed suit.

It didn't take long for this shouting and screaming to spread among the Wei army.

"Xinling Jun, what exactly are you after?"

Li Muqian closed his eyes and asked in a low voice.

"I want a good name, a good reputation, and I want power, but I want to be single in troubled times."

"It is no longer something I can stop Qin from unifying the world. It is better to plan for the future as soon as possible."

Wei Wenhou was originally a political enemy of Xinling Jun. If he were killed at this time, Xinling Jun would have the final say in the Wei court.

Regardless of whether he opened the country's doors to Qin in the future or fought stubbornly, he secretly fled Daliang before the country was destroyed and lived a life of wealth and honor in anonymity.

At least one of these two options will leave you with a good reputation.

"Humph, of the four gentlemen of the Central Plains, you, Lord Xinling, really don't deserve the title of 'gentleman'."

After Li Mu finished speaking, he no longer hesitated.

He raised his sword and charged towards the weakest point of the Wei army.

However, Li Mu knew very well that if he broke out today, he would have no chance of survival, even if he survived by chance.

There is no place for him in this vast world.

Even if he returned to Zhao, his only fate would be to be beheaded by Zhao Qian.

"Whoever kills Li Mu will be rewarded with a million dollars, a thousand acres of good farmland, and a hereditary title."

Xinling Jun held a long sword and gave orders from behind, seemingly having no intention of taking part in the battle himself.

Le Yang, Long Jia and Xi Shou rushed towards Li Mu at the same time.

Six hundred thousand people against one person.

with no doubt.

An hour later.

Li Mu knelt on one knee on the pile of corpses, lowered his head and gasped.

The dark blood stains messed up his scattered hair into clumps, which fell on his shoulders.

His hand was trembling with spasms, and the sword of Marquis Chunping given to him by the previous king of Zhao had long been bent.

The body is not full of holes, but there is not a single inch of intact skin.

The valley on the plain had already collapsed by half.

If Lord Xinling had not withdrawn the Wei troops below early, half of the Meng family army would probably have been buried here.

Of the Wei State's 100,000 elite Wei Wuzu troops, 40% were killed.

There were countless other casualties.

A rough calculation shows that it is at least 120,000.

Although Le Yang, Long Jia and Xi Shou are still alive, all three of them have reached their limits, and the wounds on their bodies can take their lives at any time.

Even Xinling Jun himself died with a sword.

"As expected of Li Mu, he is one of the four great generals of the Central Plains who are still alive. One of them is worth thousands of troops."

Although Xinling Jun praised Li Mu openly, the sword in his hand was pointed at Li Mu's head again.

And climbed up the hill of corpses step by step.

"Die!"

Just as Xinling Jun swung the sword in his hand.

In the sky, a bolt of thunder struck directly on the tip of his sword.

I felt a tingling sensation all over my body and almost fell down.

"This man is mine now, you can go away!"

The golden cicada fell from the sky, with thunder by his side and one hand behind his back, standing in front of Li Mu and speaking to Xinling Jun who looked a little embarrassed behind him.

"General Jin, what do you mean by that?"

Restraining his anger, Xinling Jun asked.

"You deserve to know? Go back and tell the King of Wei to cede ten cities in the southern border of Wei. Otherwise, the Qin cavalry will flatten Daliang within 30 days."

Just now in the sky, Jin Chan had already heard clearly the conversation between Xinling Jun and Li Mu.

Therefore, Jin Chan knew that Xinling Jun would not refuse any of his requests.

"General Jin, it was your Qin State that invaded the heartland of our Wei State first. Doesn't it seem a bit unreasonable to cede ten cities?"

As Xinling Jun spoke, he waved his hand and asked all the soldiers around him to retreat.

"Get lost! If I don't see the edict from the King of Wei to cede the city in five days, the State of Wei will be destroyed!"

After Jin Chan finished speaking, he gave Li Mu a look.

There is no need for much talk between smart people. Li Mu stood up from the pile of corpses despite his injuries, and then followed Jin Chan and walked down the valley.

After receiving the signal from Lord Xinling, the surrounding Wei troops made way for him.

"Xinling Jun, are you just going to let them go like this?"

Long Jia whispered, "What else? Are you going to resist the Qin army of one million?"

Xinling Jun had a gloomy expression and spoke in an unpleasant tone.

After leaving the valley.

Jin Chan did not ride the white dragon horse, but walked slowly towards the Qin army camp with Li Mu.

"You won't kill me?"

"What's the point of killing you?"

After one question and one answer, the air fell silent again.

Only the night wind and the noise of the two countries' armies could be heard.

"If you want me to surrender to Qin, kill me now!"

Sudden.

Li Mu stopped and threw the Chunpinghou sword in his hand forward.

Although the blade was bent, Chunpinghou's sword was still stuck straight into the ground.

Only the hilt of the sword was exposed.

"Haha, do you think that without you, my Great Qin will not be able to unify the Central Plains? Or, after I let you go, will you be able to stop my Great Qin's cavalry?"

Jin Chan turned around, his tone arrogant and extremely domineering.

"Yes!"

Li Mu was stunned at first, then he lowered his head and smiled, but this smile was full of helplessness and bitterness.

The Qin State had many soldiers and generals, and was also guarded by Jin Chan.

The court is not like Zhao.

The current King of Qin is tough and ambitious, the best among all the Kings of Qin.

Moreover, after the coming-of-age ceremony in Yongcheng, Lu Buwei was beheaded, the hidden dangers from the aristocratic families disappeared, and the emperor and his ministers were of one mind in the court.

Why would I need to join such a Qin State, and why would I be afraid of leaving?

"I shouldn't be worthy of the general to come and rescue me personally!"

"No, it's worth it."

Jin Chan's decisive answer surprised Li Mu.

"General, what do you mean? As you just said, the Qin Dynasty did not need me to unify the world. Now I am a stray dog, how can I be worthy of the word 'worth'?"

"The Qin Empire does not need you to unify the world, but tens of millions of people in the world need the general's help."

"People of the world?"

Li Mu was puzzled and had no idea what Jin Chan meant.

at this time.

Bai Longju rushed back from the Qin army's camp with a dozen jars of good wine in his mouth.

"Boy, I brought you what you wanted!"

After throwing two of the jars to Jin Chan, Bai Longju spoke.

"Horse, horse can actually speak human language?"

Although Li Mu was once a powerful official of the State of Zhao, he did not know much about the Jiufang Heavenly Palace and immortals.

Not to mention, I have seen a species like the white dragon colt.

"I am an immortal, a fairy horse born from heaven and earth. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will kick you back to Handan."

Bai Longju bit open the lid of the wine jar with his mouth, threatened Li Mu, then lay on the ground, raised his limbs and began to drink the wine.

"That's why I went to rescue you!"

We had a long conversation all night.

More than a dozen wine jars were empty and the morning glow rose again.

After arriving at the Qin army camp, Li Mu set out for Xianyang with two young soldiers.

As for whether to return to Qin.

Li Mu did not give a clear answer, but promised Jin Chan that he would wait for him in Xianyang.

"General!"

Meng Wu, Meng Tian, Meng Yi, including Wang Jian and his son Wang Ben, the five of them stood in a row at this time, all clasped their fists and shouted towards Jin Chan.

"Leave 30,000 men to take over the ten cities of Wei State, and all the rest will set out for the border of Han State."

"This battle will destroy Chu!"

The sound of the golden cicada pierced through the clouds and shattered the rocks, and hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers could hear it clearly.

Let’s put aside the feud with Qin and Chu for now.

The two strongest countries in the north and south of the Central Plains are about to face off.

Decide life and death.

Everyone.

At this moment, my heart was burning with flames, and I felt an excitement that was difficult to suppress.

"The Qin Empire is mighty, the general is mighty. The Qin Empire is mighty, the general is mighty."

Wave after wave of roars were as powerful as thunder, causing the Wei troops in the distance who had not yet had time to retreat to look back sideways.

Faced with this undefeated army with great momentum, even the Wei Wuzu felt a little frightened.

"Tell the king that Zhao has broken the alliance, causing Wei to be in danger. It must cede ten cities to Qin, otherwise Wei will be destroyed."

After meditating for a moment, Xinling Jun spoke to Le Yang and the others.

"promise!"

The State of Wei was temporarily thrown aside by Jin Chan.

However, Xinling Jun and his followers understood that it was an inevitable trend for Qin to unify the world and Wei would be destroyed sooner or later.

Only the old and blind King Wei on the throne of Daliang might still be immersed in the dream of the Wei Wuzu's defeat of the Qin army in his early years.

Thirty-six days later.

The Meng family army and Wang Jian's army were less than a hundred miles away from the Korean border.

However, it is already late today, so the army can only set up camp on the spot and set out again tomorrow.

Hot summer weather.

The southern part of the Central Plains is both hot and humid, which makes these northern men somewhat uncomfortable.

"General, according to the battle report sent by General Li Xin, the Chu army that has crossed the river now has at least 1.3 million soldiers, and the rest are still coming. Seven cities on the border of South Korea have been lost, and only three cities are left as the last line of defense."

The herald knelt on one knee and came into Jin Chan's tent and said.

And at this time.

Except Meng Wu, everyone else was discussing matters in the tent.

"Who is the commander of the Chu army?"

The Central Plains is divided into north and south by the river.

The Chu army needed to cross the river to enter Han.

In just over a month, the Chu State had a million troops crossing the river. It seemed that this time the Chu State was really determined to fight to the death with the Qin State.

"General, the leader of the Chu army is Xiang Yu, and he is accompanied by no less than 20 Chu generals, who are divided into three groups and are invading from the north."

"I heard rumors that the veteran general Dou Yujiang, who is second only to Xiang Yan in Chu, has led 400,000 troops and made a detour from the east to the direction of Lincheng, apparently intending to recover the lost territory."

Listen to the messenger's words.

Jin Chan thought in silence.

The victory or defeat of this battle may be the most important battle before the unification of the world.

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