The Warrior of Love

"But you are now in my camp, and my master likes you very much, so there is no point in worrying about this."

The red-clothed Saber interrupted Jiang Liu's thoughts and looked at him with an expression that was hard to tell whether it was indifferent or serious.

"You have already asked the question, so I also want to ask you - who are you?"

"Uh……"

"You have the qualities of a hegemon, and you meet the criteria for being the chosen one. However, the person I guide should be only the Master, and you are an unexpected participant."

"Uh, don't be so serious."

Jiang Liu smiled nonchalantly: "Maybe I am a surprise to you, but you and I definitely have the same interests on some things."

"Ok?"

"I'm on Ritsuka's side."

Jiang Liu said seriously: "Because I am her brother."

Chapter 271: It's my turn now

The day of the decisive battle was getting closer. Ever since the Qin State obtained the twelve golden men as help, the White Huns no longer had the same aggressive momentum as before on the battlefield. Although they had conquered the original Zhao land, the battle line was firmly fixed on the Dan River line in Changping. The two sides were in a stalemate for a while with the long river as the boundary.

After the Six Kingdoms came into contact with and formed an alliance with Zhao Tuo, a military alliance of Qin, the Six Kingdoms, and Baiyue was theoretically formed, with a total of nearly 600,000 troops. The total strength of the White Huns was only about 200,000, and the situation was favorable to the alliance.

However, the soldiers of the White Huns had undergone some kind of mutation, and their fighting ability was like that of monsters, which was not comparable to that of ordinary humans. Therefore, even if their forces were three times that of the enemy, they still had to rely on the decisive weapons of the Jin people to compete with them.

After all, no matter how much they mutate, they are still just flesh and blood. In front of the "Gundam" like the Jinren, which seems like future technology, they still appear a little fragile.

So, just looking at it from the surface, this long-lasting war finally has an opportunity to end. As long as the three parties in the alliance can communicate smoothly, they can gather superior forces and defeat the White Huns in one fell swoop.

——Of course this is the best case scenario in theory.

In reality, these three parties each have their own thoughts, and they are not really comrades who can be trusted with life and death. It is not so easy to work together.

Secondly, how many troops each of the three parties will send, where will the decisive battle take place, who will provide the bulk of the logistics, how will the territory be divided after the war... Some things seem like unnecessary worry, as people are thinking about dividing the territory before the battle is won.

But laughing aside, seriously speaking these things do need to be discussed in advance, otherwise it will only lay the fuse for another war.

Of course, sometimes even if it is discussed in advance, it is useless if you are too incompetent to keep up with the plan (for example, the performance of the "Iron-Blooded Song Dynasty" when the Song and Jin alliance attacked Liao).

These problems will naturally be solved by professionals. Leaders like Xiang Yu, Fusu and Zhao Tuo only need to grasp the general direction.

As for Chaldea and others who hold no official position on either side, they have absolutely no say in such matters.

But this is not a bad thing. It should even be a good thing for Ritsuka, because she also knows that after the singularity is repaired, everything these people have worked so hard for will be wiped out and return to the "correct" state.

Knowing all this but pretending not to know when dealing with them... is too cruel for Ritsuka.

With the help of the communication equipment set up by Chaldea, the three parties no longer need to transmit information through messengers, but can communicate directly "face to face", which improves efficiency by more than a hundred times, and the battle plan also surfaced bit by bit.

It is worth mentioning that although a general battle plan has been formulated and some details are under intensive discussion, it will take more than one or two days to officially start the battle.

Because fighting a defensive war and launching an active attack are two completely different things. The Qin side is easy to deal with, as there is no need to send troops on a long expedition, but the coalition forces of the six countries need to select elite troops and travel thousands of miles to the battlefield. This is a huge project, and both logistics issues and marching routes need to be considered repeatedly.

Not to mention Zhao Tuo's southern expedition army, it was already quite difficult for him to lead his troops to withdraw from the land of Baiyue.

According to the example of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, even half a year of preparation might not be enough. Even the coalition led by Xiang Yu would need at least twenty days to reach the final battlefield without sacrificing combat effectiveness.

Don't think it's slow, this is the result of Xiang Yu's inherent military strategy, leadership qualities, cavalry commander and other skills.

The battlefield chosen by the three parties was Changping——

That’s right, it was finally decided on this ancient battlefield with dangerous terrain!

Firstly, the White Huns' main force was stationed here, making it convenient to attract the enemy's forces for a decisive battle.

Secondly, this place is not suitable for large-scale cavalry combat. Although it posed a certain hindrance to Xiang Yu, it had a greater impact on the White Huns.

While Xiang Yu and Yu Ji were busy mobilizing their troops, Jiang Liu and others left the territories of the six kingdoms one step ahead and returned to the Qin Dynasty's Xianyang City... although they felt like they were walking into a trap.

The reason for coming back is very simple: to strengthen myself as much as possible before the decisive battle.

There has not been much detailed information about the leader of the White Huns, Bai Diji. It is said that the few times she took action, the battlefield was as miserable as being hit by a meteorite. Therefore, Chaldea is very cautious about her and recommends Ritsuka to strengthen his combat power.

Li Xiang himself had no idea, but Jiang Liu thought that the Qin State had immortal techniques that might be able to be used.

Fusu showed great welcome to their return and enthusiastically joined the small team researching servant enhancement.

No matter how you look at it, it seems like they have ulterior motives...but the good thing is that almost all of Daqin's technology is open to them.

After this research, everyone was amazed to find that Qin Shihuang's development of ancient relics really went deep into extremely remote places, and even formed his own system. If he was not an emperor but a scholar, perhaps he could have added another lineage to the Hundred Schools of Thought.

In addition to the Taoism technology from the ancient Shang Dynasty - "Yinxu", Qin Shihuang also collected books from various schools of thought in the world, and roughly selected useful knowledge and theories from them to supplement his own.

Among them, the Yin-Yang School and Taoism are the main ones. Therefore, although the Qin Shihuang's theory of immortality has a bit of science fiction style, it is essentially still the system (base) of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements.

The most useful to Chaldea is "active mercury", or as Leonardo da Vinci gave it its official name, "true mercury".

This is a substance that exists in the imagination of Taoist monks. It is the purest mercury and is indispensable for condensing the "inner elixir".

The First Emperor's "True Mercury" is obviously a modified version, but the effect may be even more powerful.

You know, the "real mercury" mentioned by Taoists is only used to practice inner alchemy, but Qin Shihuang's is obviously focused on strengthening the outside, that is, focusing on the physical body, or weapons and equipment, and has nothing to do with quiet cultivation of a pure heart and few desires.

Jiang Liu had seen this thing once in actual combat. It was inside the bodies of the twelve golden men. It could not only repair the damage to the body, but also autonomously adjust the golden men's combat modes, giving people the feeling that it was more like a nanomachine.

According to Fusu, the real coffin of the First Emperor also contained "real mercury" to preserve his body.

Even combat weapons such as the Kuaiji Type 0 (Xiang Yu) and Baiqi Type 0 contain some "real mercury".

The "real mercury" required for different purposes naturally has slightly different "formulas", resulting in different emphasis on effects.

Theoretically, "true mercury" is a universal substance, it all depends on how the user handles it.

After getting the original formula, Leonardo da Vinci quickly concocted three different types of "real mercury" for medical assistance, machine repair, and magic costume making.

According to her, Ritsuka will receive a beautiful and powerful magic gift outfit after returning to Chaldea this time.

At the singularity, since the First Emperor had already left behind a large amount of real mercury, Jiang Liu and others did not need to mix it and could just use the ready-made one.

Mashu's weapon is just a large shield, which basically does not need any strengthening. Or it can be said that this large shield is already the best weapon, and it is enough for Mashu to be able to make good use of it.

On the contrary, Princess Saber Pingyang is very interested in "True Mercury". She has no treasure and relies entirely on her weapon that can be transformed freely to deal with battles. Now that she sees a wonderful existence that can strengthen weapons, how can she not be excited?

In particular, her weapon has a very good compatibility with "True Mercury". After the two were fused together, both the strength and destructive power were greatly improved.

As for Jiang Liu, the first thing he did was not to use this thing to strengthen his weapon (it was not enough for the Undead Slash), but to throw his own demon armor in, wanting to repair it and see if it could still be used.

After thinking about it again, he simply threw in Taira no Masakado's Dragon Gem as well as a lot of miscellaneous materials such as the materials on the fantasy species... Anyway, he didn't know what the Demon Armor would become, so he might as well just throw it away!

Maybe I can send out an SSR? !

With this mentality, Jiang Liu swallowed his pride and went to find the Second Emperor Fusu, asking her to invite the most famous craftsmen of Qin to cooperate with the alchemist to forge the demon armor for the second time.

The process was rather long and there were many twists and turns. Jiang Liu thought several times that this thing was going to be completely scrapped, but in the end, perhaps because he had accumulated a lot of character points by upholding justice, he actually became a golden legend.

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【Dragon Throne】

[Type: Against people/against the army/against oneself]

【Grade: A++】

[1. The dual forms are divided into armor form and chariot form. The former is a defensive equipment against humans, and the latter is an anti-military chariot weapon.

2. Super evolution;

It can make self-adjustments based on a variety of factors including the environment, the host's strength, its own growth, etc. It has a very strong adaptability and excellent resistance to abnormalities. Even in extreme environments (such as vacuum, magma, ice sea, swamp), it can protect the host's survival for a short period of time.

3. Although Greed is just a weapon, it has the eating instinct of animals and can accelerate its own growth by swallowing "mysterious" objects. 】

[Tank form release: Roar, dark nightmare dragon! Release a magical impact that can cover an army of thousands of people. If the chariot itself is used as a carrier for destruction, the physical attack power will increase again.

Armor form liberation (permanent):

Improved damage to dragons;

·Freely transform into 13 kinds of weapons, including the katana, naginata, knight sword, and crossbow, which can be switched. ·The sword weapons transformed by the armor have a certain degree of armor-breaking effect. 】

Chapter 272: Only War

“Is this Shangdang?”

Two travelers came to the ruins of a fortress with broken walls. One of them pulled down his cloak, looked at the sad scenery and sighed.

"It's really tragic."

"The whole city disappeared... What happened?"

The fox-eared girl's expression was also a little heavy. Although she had witnessed many tragedies along the way, the scene before her still gave her a very strong shock.

After all, probably no one can remain indifferent in the face of such a tragic scene.

It is not a cruel battlefield with mountains of corpses and seas of blood, but it is much more terrifying than that, because there is nothing here.

——Nothing is left!

What Jiang Liu and the fox girl Xiaoyu saw were only a few ruins. The broken walls and bricks and tiles formed a ring, surrounding the land that was supposed to be the "city".

But that piece of land has now become "blank".

A tiankeng with a radius of at least one kilometer and an unknown depth appeared here. No surviving objects could be seen. It was as if it had been erased from paper with an eraser. A slight breeze blew away and not a single residue was left.

If there are corpses and traces of battle, then no matter how horrific it is, you can still understand what the enemy is like.

But now...it's impossible to guess what happened.

No, Jiang Liu seemed to have noticed some clues.

"This is……"

Arriving at the edge of the tiankeng, Jiang Liu leaned down, gently pressed a piece of rock with his fingers, and observed it thoughtfully.

Xiaoyu noticed his movements and took a closer look: "This doesn't seem to be a naturally occurring shape."

"Yes, this is the result of cooling down after melting." Jiang Liu said calmly, "Generally speaking, it should appear near the crater after the eruption."

"A volcanic eruption?" The fox girl was surprised. "Can there be a volcanic eruption in a place like this?"

Jiang Liu smiled and shook his head to deny it: "Maybe, but definitely not this time."

Not to mention that Changping is not a high-incidence area of ​​volcanic activity. Even if it really is, the eruption should have formed a towering crater rather than a tiankeng.

"That must be some other high-temperature phenomenon." Xiaoyu thought for a moment, "With such a large area of ​​destruction, could it be a meteorite?"

"What meteorite could cause such massive destruction? If there was one, it's impossible that Qin State didn't know about it at all."

Jiang Liu paused: "Or rather, it's not a real meteorite, but something similar to a meteorite."

"You're not thinking that this is someone's magic, are you?" Xiaoyu forced a smile, "It's not ancient times, how can it be so outrageous."

"Well, no matter what, our mission is to pass the information back."

Jiang Liu took one last look at the land and sighed deeply: "This war is going to be more difficult than I imagined."

Xiaoyu also agreed with Jiang Liu's statement, with a rather heavy expression.

After all, no one would have thought that the Changping Defense Line, which had been fighting the White Huns for nearly half a year, would be broken so easily!

I had originally placed my hopes on this place, wanting it to be the final battlefield to decide the outcome, but now all my plans have become a bubble...

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Three days ago, Zhao Tuo's reinforcements joined Xiang Yu, and under the leadership of the King of Western Chu, they marched towards Changping at a speed far exceeding any army of the same period.

Although the top leaders of the coalition forces had not yet reached an agreement on the division of territory after the war, no one would doubt that once Xiang Yu arrived in Changping, this new force would completely break the original situation.

Before Xiang Yu came, the Qin army was already able to hold its own against the White Huns with the help of the Twelve Golden Men. With help, wouldn't victory be a sure thing?

However, accidents always come unexpectedly.

Before Xiang Yu arrived, an army of the White Huns sneaked around behind the Qin army's barrier without anyone noticing, and with an aggressive offensive, quickly cut off their retreat to Shangdang and occupied their important grain storage area.

Isolated and without food, with enemies both in front and behind, the Qin army commander had no choice but to order a breakout.

Fortunately, they had the help of the Twelve Golden Men. Although they suffered heavy losses, they still fought their way out and avoided repeating what happened to Zhao Kuo.

The Qin generals were keenly aware that something must have gone wrong in Shangdang, so they did not retreat directly, but instead took a detour back to Guanzhong. Although the journey was more difficult, it proved that they had avoided the ambush of the White Huns.

When Xiang Yu received the news, he realized that it was meaningless to come to Shangdang, so he led his troops to station outside Hangu Pass, waiting for the next opportunity to fight.

Jiang Liu and Xiao Yu came specially to check the situation in Shangdang area, wanting to know why they lost so miserably.