Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 23: Unification of the World (End of Tianlong World)

Cai Jing asked in confusion: "I wonder why your Majesty said that?"

Cheng Qian explained to Cai Jing: "If wars were really about who had more soldiers, then the Song Dynasty would have destroyed the Liao and Western Xia long ago and unified the world. Why would there be a hundred years of fighting among the three kingdoms?"

Cai Jing continued to ask: "Even so, it is also true that our army is short of soldiers. Your Majesty, what is your explanation for this matter?"

Cheng Qian went on to say: "Although we have few soldiers in Miaojiang now, the lands we occupy are all densely populated and rich in resources. As time goes by, Miaojiang's rule in various places will be established, and industry and trade routes will be opened up. The army under my command will only increase, and the enemy will only become weaker and weaker."

After that, he handed the memorial in his hand to Cai Jing, "Look, this is the news sent by the Prime Minister from Liaodong. He has recruited another 100,000 soldiers from Liaodong, Hebei and other places for support. They will be able to support the Liaodong battlefield in two months. There is no need for me to send more troops, and Shandong, Henan and Jiangnan have also recruited 300,000 soldiers, who will be able to support our army's main battlefield against Song and Xia in three months."

Cai Jing immediately bowed down and flattered him, saying, "The emperor's strategy is far-reaching, and we cannot catch up with him."

Cheng Qian waved his hand to signal Cai Jing to leave, "Okay, go down, pay more attention to the allocation of supplies at the front line, there can be no mistakes."

"As you command, I will take my leave."

Watching Cai Jing retreat, Cheng Qian's thoughts went back to the battle with the Sweeping Monk that day.

If it weren't for the limitations of this world, with the ability of the sweeping monk and the innate realm, how could he die so easily under the "war disaster and natural danger" that had not yet been deduced? It was because he did not use his innate ability at all, or it could not use the ability of this realm. This is why Cheng Qian said the word "what a pity" after the battle.

And Cheng Qian's injury was not caused by the Sweeping Monk's "Illuminating the Universe", but was the backlash caused by his unauthorized use of the "Six Forbidden Styles", which were moves that did not belong to this world.

However, the Shaolin Temple battle can be said to have provided tremendous help to Cheng Qian's future martial arts.

First of all, through the great battle with the Sweeping Monk and others, Cheng integrated a number of gold-related skills, such as the "Marrow Cleansing Sutra", "Dragon Subduing Palm" and the martial arts of the Xiaoyao Sect, into "Senluo Wanxiang".

Secondly, in the battle with the Sweeping Monk, through observing his innate state, he realized what this state was and paved the way for the future.

Now all Cheng Qian has to do is to destroy Song, Liao, Xia and a number of small countries, and realize the true meaning of war in this war, and then he can return to the main world.
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In October of the first year of the Miaojiang Shengli period, the Miaojiang nation, which had been established for less than a year, gathered more than 200,000 troops in Luoyang under the leadership of Miao Saint Ancestor Cangyue Guming (Chengqian), luring the enemy deep into their territory, causing the Song-Xia coalition to lose nearly 100,000 troops at the beginning of the war.

After that, the two sides were in a stalemate. Although the Miao side had the advantage of weapons, they were ultimately in the minority. Under the offensive of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia "Iron Harriers" without regard for casualties, they also suffered heavy losses. During the three months that they held Luoyang, more than 100,000 people were killed or wounded.

During this period, Miao Taizu went to the front line several times to kill the enemy in person and boost morale, which prevented the city wall from being lost, but the situation was still precarious.

Although the Song-Xia coalition forces had the advantage, they also paid the price of more than 300,000 casualties. Their elite troops, the Western Army and the "Iron Harriers", were also completely wiped out in this long war of attrition.

The Song-Xia coalition forces finally captured the city wall of Luoyang in February of the second year of the Miaojiang Shengli period. When the Miaojiang army switched to street fighting, they sent masters from the Song court and masters from the Western Xia Yipintang to break into the Luoyang Palace, intending to implement a decapitation strategy to offset the Miaojiang's determination to fight.

But what they didn't expect was that the intelligence was wrong. The strength displayed by Miao Shengzu was far greater than that day in Shaolin. Instead of beheading him, he was killed by him.

All the masters of the Song Dynasty and Western Xia died tragically at the hands of Emperor Miao Shengzu's "war disasters and natural dangers".

What was even more unexpected for the Song-Miao coalition was that after all the coalition forces entered the city, a huge army suddenly appeared outside the city and surrounded them. They were the more than 300,000 Miao troops who had completed training and were sent to the battlefield.

This group of Miao troops, armed with more advanced weapons, beat back the coalition forces that had intended to break out of the city, and the coalition forces were unable to capture the inner wall of Luoyang.

As a result, the coalition forces were unable to push forward or advance, and after being besieged for a month, they surrendered when all their food and grass were exhausted. Before the surrender, the leader of the Song-Xia coalition forces personally led a desperate charge and died heroically for their country.

Afterwards, the Miao army in Luoyang City left the city and joined the Miao army outside the city. After leaving a part of them to guard the prisoners, they headed straight for Tongguan.

Due to the lack of manpower, Tongguan was captured in less than a day, and then they attacked Chang'an where the Song Emperor was.

By the time the Song emperor received the news that the front-line army had been annihilated, the Miao army had already surrounded the entire Chang'an city. The Song emperor could only hope that the Liao Kingdom could win in Liaodong, causing his Miao army to call back for support.

In April of that year, the Liao Kingdom did not receive the news of a great victory in Liaodong. Instead, it received news of the fall of Sichuan and other places and Dali's request for help.

This meant that Chang'an had become an isolated city and could no longer receive any support. Bad news followed one after another.

In June of that year, Dali surrendered under the auspices of Duan Zhengchun, King of Zhennan, and the Dali Kingdom was destroyed.

In July of that year, the Miao Jiang army mobilized an army of 200,000 to surround Chang'an and adopted the "five-way attack on Xia" strategy. Western Xia had lost its elite troops in the previous battle of Luoyang and encountered the five-way Miao Jiang army, which made the Xia army exhausted and finally destroyed by the rescue Western Xia army at Shimenkou.

Subsequently, the Hengshan area of ​​Western Xia was conquered, and Western Xia lost its barrier and faced the danger of national destruction.

In the following month, the Miao army was unstoppable and won victory after victory. They successively conquered all the places in Hexi and Hehuang except the Xixia capital Xingzhou, and completed the siege of the Xixia capital.

The walls of the Xixia capital were blasted open by the Miao army's artillery in less than three days, and the entire city was completely defeated. The Xixia king had no choice but to leave the city and surrender.

At this point, the Western Xia, which had been fighting with the Western Army of the Song Dynasty for a long time, was destroyed in August of the second year of Miaojiang.

In October of that year, Emperor Zhao Xi of Song Dynasty received the news of the destruction of the Western Xia Kingdom in Chang'an City. He could not help but cry loudly and vomit blood continuously. His younger brother Zhao Ji (formerly Emperor Huizong of Song in history) had to take over the government, and Zhao Xi died ten days later.

After Zhao Xi's death, Zhao Ji became the new emperor of the Song court, and he then personally went out of the city to surrender.

At this point, the Song Dynasty was destroyed.

After the Liao Kingdom repeatedly attacked Shanhaiguan (newly built) in Miao territory but failed, it received the news of the demise of the Song Dynasty. Realizing that nothing could be done, it withdrew its troops back to the grassland.

It is the fifth year of the Shengli period in Miao territory. After three years of training, the Miao army has initially absorbed the territories of Song, Xia, Dali and other countries, and its military strength has increased again.

During this period, the Tubo king surrendered at the suggestion of the national teacher Mahavairocana Jiumozhi, and the Miao occupied Tibet, Qinghai and other places without losing a single soldier.

On the one hand, Emperor Miao ordered the assembly of troops to launch a war against the Liao Kingdom, and on the other hand, he ordered the collection of Taoist classics in the country, with Huang Shang as the leader, presiding over the compilation of the Wanshou Daozang. He also ordered the Shaolin Temple's 72 unique skills and Bodhidharma martial arts manuscripts to be sent to the royal armory for copying.

In the sixth year of the Shengli period in Miaojiang, the Miao army conquered the capital of Liao. The Liao emperor, Yelu Hongji, burned himself to death in the palace. Xiao Feng, the King of the Southern Court, fled with his father Xiao Yuanshan and his sister-in-law A Zi, and has been missing since then.

In the tenth year of the Miao Jiang Shengli period, Huang Shang brought the "Wanshou Daozang" he had compiled to the palace. The Miao Emperor suddenly made a move to test it, and all the ministers were shocked, because Huang Shang, who came from a literary family, was actually a peerless master.

It turned out that during the period when Huang Shang was compiling the Taoist scriptures, he learned everything from the Taoist Canon without a teacher, and became a peerless master by self-study, so Miao Shengzu ordered him to write down his own insights into martial arts secrets.

In the 15th year of the Miao calendar, with the support of the Miao Saint Ancestor, Huang Shang finally completed his work. On the day the book was completed, he handed it to the Saint Ancestor to name it, and specially gave it the title of "Nine Yin Scriptures", put it in the royal armory, and appointed Huang Shang as the general manager of the armory, with the right to consult the royal books at will.

Later, Emperor Shengzu of the Miao Dynasty felt that this skill placed too much emphasis on using softness to overcome hardness, so he created the "Nine Yang Manual" (yes, that book) as a countermeasure, and also included it in the royal arsenal.

In the 30th year of the Miao territories Holy Calendar, the Miao Emperor passed the throne to the crown prince Qiongxi Guming (now edited, it was Murong Xing before), and then broke through the void and left.

From the next chapter, the protagonist will start to make his debut, build his own power and do some things.

Well, that's it, stay tuned.

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