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The allied forces of fifteen nations launched a fierce attack on Hangu Pass for several months!

Outside the city gates, a million corpses lay strewn about, and blood flowed like rivers!

Despite the combined efforts of the fifteen allied forces, they were unable to budge Hangu Pass even slightly!

Zhao's army of 800,000 had suffered 70% losses in the previous ambush, and after repeated attacks, it was severely weakened, leaving less than 100,000 soldiers capable of fighting!

Looking at South Korea, they brought a total of 200,000 troops to the alliance meeting, but lost 90% of them in one battle and had already retreated to their capital!

Now, a million corpses lie beneath Hangu Pass!

The allied forces, which claimed to have a combined force of five million, now have only three million left, and most importantly, their elite troops have been completely wiped out!

Looking at the suffering and weakness of Qin, what about the Qin that was weak?

A million Qin soldiers bravely faced the national crisis, holding their ground and refusing to engage in battle, resulting in losses of less than 10%!

When Zhao Wang Yuanshi Tianzun saw that the Antarctic Immortal and Guang Chengzi had lost ninety percent of their main force, his face turned ashen and his expression became extremely gloomy!

The Primordial Celestial Venerable immediately ordered the Southern Pole and Guangchengzi to withdraw their troops and return to the capital!

It should be noted that the 800,000-strong army was the absolute main force of the Zhao state!

Now that we've lost 90% of our strength, we must conserve our resources!

Even if we manage to breach Hangu Pass and destroy Xianyang, what then?

After Xianyang was destroyed, the State of Zhao was left vulnerable.

Yuanshi Tianzun was not surprised at all that Qi, Chu, Wei and other countries would immediately turn their military forces against Zhao and annex the Zhao state!

Allies? What a load of rubbish!

Our ally betrayed us!

Frequent wars between nations: the strong become strong, and the weak perish—this is the truth!

then!

The Zhao state hastily withdrew its troops!

The fifteen-route allied army became a fourteen-route allied army!

Yangmei, Shichen, Luohou, and Hongjun met again to discuss the matter. "The threat from Qin is too great!"

"Li Yu is a treacherous and cunning man!"

"Destroy Qin at all costs!"

then!

The allied forces launched another fierce attack!

Three months of continuous fighting!

The allied forces of the various nations have suffered another million casualties!

Each country suffered heavy losses, leaving only a little over two million troops.

Zhang Kui, Li Jing, and Deng Jiugong laughed. "Using human lives to attack a formidable pass? No matter how many, it's useless!"

(What kind of human wave charge was this, trying to forcefully breach the Maginot Line?)

The consequences of a brute-force attack were that manpower was exhausted and all equipment was lost.

Hangu Pass, Joint Staff Headquarters.

"The First Emperor once taught us that in battle, the first attack should be launched with full force, the second with waning momentum, and the third with exhaustion!"

"The allied forces have suffered heavy losses, and morale is extremely low!"

"The best defense is a good offense!"

"It's time for a counter-attack!"

Styx nodded in understanding, "Pass on my order! Open the gates and prepare for battle!"

When the allied forces of the various countries began to consider retreating and hesitated!

The gates of Hangu Pass slowly opened!

Then we saw Zhang Kui, Zhang Guifang, Li Jing, and Deng Jiugong leading their troops in a counterattack and charge!

Then they saw tens of thousands of Qin soldiers, fearless of death, charging forward:

"How can we say we have no clothes? We share our robes with you!"

"The king is raising an army; let us prepare our weapons. We will fight together against this foe!"

"How can we say we have no clothes? We will share our garments with you!"

This is the cry of the Qin soldiers, fearless of death! They are ready to fight to the death!

The generals from all the states were dumbfounded at this scene. They never expected that the Qin army would dare to abandon the pass and rush out.

"Great! A great opportunity!"

"I'm afraid the Qin army won't come out!"

"Take this opportunity to wipe out their main force!"

"Conquer Xianyang!"

"No matter how you look at it, the enemy force is two million to eight hundred thousand, so the advantage is on my side!"

however!

When the two armies clashed, the famous generals of the various countries were dumbfounded!

What good is having superior troop strength?

The elite troops were all wiped out long ago!

Morale plummeted to rock bottom.

The Qin soldiers charged casually, and the allied forces collapsed.

The army collapsed like a house of cards!

The general doesn't know his soldiers, and the soldiers don't know their general!

The battlefield is crumbling!

The old soldiers of Qin pursued the fleeing enemy and charged into battle with unbridled ferocity!

The primordial world.

Billions of living beings and all the great powers were dumbfounded when they saw this scene!

"Did something happen to your kidneys?"

"I was stunned for a second, and the tide of battle turned?"

"Wasn't it a coalition of states attacking Qin? Why are they being chased and killed by the Qin army?"

"Holy crap! A five-million-strong allied army is being hunted down by a million Qin soldiers?"

"Fellow Daoist, snap out of it! Where did the five million go?"

All the powerful beings of the primordial world gasped in astonishment.

"That's a coalition of sixteen armies!"

"When they arrived, they were vast and imposing, determined to capture Xianyang, presenting a vibrant scene of flourishing life!"

"How did it suddenly become a burial ground for the Allied forces?"

Only now did all the great powers of the primordial world truly understand the true value of the "pinnacle of glory in human military history"!

The will of the Great Dao descends:

The allied forces of the various states knocked on the gates and attacked Qin.

The Qin people opened their gates to invite the enemy, and the armies of the sixteen states hesitated and dared not advance.

Qin suffered minimal losses of arrows and weapons, yet the other states were already exhausted.

As a result, they were scattered and defeated, and fought to cede territory to Qin as bribes.

The Qin soldiers launched a fierce offensive, and the other states were routed and unable to resist!

He immediately offered to give up fertile land to persuade Qin to abandon its pursuit and attack!

Styx negotiated with the King of Qin and agreed to the requests of the various states to cede territory and pay reparations!

Nothing more!

Since Shang Yang's reforms, the rise of Qin has been relatively short-lived!

Although our national strength has increased, it is far from being able to destroy other countries at this moment!

Qin still had 800,000 elite troops remaining. The other states were vast, and a forced attack would not even fill the battle lines.

This will surely be exploited by other countries.

Li Yu's national policy was to rise slowly, gradually annexing other states to strengthen Qin!

then!

Qin reclaimed the fertile lands and continued to recuperate and rebuild.

The fighting has temporarily ceased.

All nations should rest and recuperate, and conscript soldiers to strengthen their training!

At the same time, spies were sent to Xianyang to investigate the reasons for Qin's rise!

political reform!

"The rise of Qin was entirely due to Shang Yang's reforms!"

As a result, other states followed Qin's example and began to seek reforms to strengthen their national power!

It was during the Warring States period when all the powers were vying for supremacy.

With the second entry of various magnates into the WTO, the ideological and cultural clashes have reached their climax!

The second incarnation of Laozi of the Taiqing era was named Yang Zhu!

Yang Zhu further refined Taoist theory!

Taiqing originally thought that after his resurrection, he would be able to completely control Taoism.

The birth of Zhuangzi interrupted Taiqing's scheme!

Zhuangzi emerged out of nowhere, advocating the philosophy: "Heaven and earth and I were born together; all things are one with me!"

Zhuangzi's philosophy emphasizes the harmonious coexistence of humanity and all things.

Of course, what truly propelled Zhuangzi to the pinnacle of the Hundred Schools of Thought was his "Free and Easy Wandering"!

In the Northern Ocean there is a fish, its name is Kun. Kun is so large that no one knows how many thousands of miles it spans. It transforms into a bird, its name is Peng. The back of Peng is so large that no one knows how many thousands of miles it spans.

The core of the Free and Easy Wandering is selflessness, lack of merit, and lack of fame.

Simply put: 'Let them fight, what does it have to do with me?'

What? You have powerful magic and many magical treasures? What does that have to do with me?

The joy that comes from within is not as great as the offerings of physical and spiritual power (or magical treasures) that are inferior to those of others!

It is precisely this state of mind that enables one to: ride the righteousness of heaven and earth, and control the changes of the six qi, so as to roam the boundless!

There are too many cultivators whose ambitions are not fulfilled. They have worked hard for countless years, but to no avail. The cultivators gradually develop the idea of ​​giving up. The cultivators who give up have a strong emotional resonance with Zhuang Zhou!

then!

Zhuang Zhou rose to prominence with lightning speed the moment he was born!

This greatly challenged Taiqing's position as the top Taoist leader!

Taiqing was overwhelmed and had to deal with Zhuang Zhou's challenge!

At the same time!

The Confucian, Mohist, and Red Buddhist schools, which were once prominent schools of thought, failed to maintain their prosperity after reaching their peak and began to show signs of decline!

Nothing more!

The core of the Mohist school was to serve the people, which did not align with the needs of the Warring States hegemons who sought to reform and increase national strength.

Confucianism also cannot conform to this!

The same applies to the Red Release school!

In a corner of the Hundred Schools of Thought, Zhao Gongming, the patriarch of Legalism, is rubbing his hands together, eager to rise to power!