Daqin: The Greatest Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

What he had to do now was to bring these 100,000 elite soldiers back to Zhao State, and then send people to find out why Qin State was able to destroy two countries in such a short period of time.

But he was destined not to have this opportunity, because Su Xuan had already driven the Soldier Demon God to the sky above the Zhao army camp.

The sky had completely darkened, which also meant that Zhao Jun's hope of leaving was completely shattered.

A huge figure that blocked out the sky and the sun appeared in Pang Yuan's sight. At this moment, he knew the real reason why the Han and Wei countries were destroyed.

Is this a mechanical beast?

"Archers, get ready, release!" As a veteran of many battles, he responded immediately and arranged his soldiers to counterattack in an orderly manner.

shhhhhh!

Arrows rained down like a tide, overwhelming the sky and the earth and shot towards the God of War, but they only heard the sound of metal clashing, and did not cause any actual harm to the God of War.

Su Xuan gathered his energy into a sword, and a broadsword that was more than ten meters long appeared in the hands of the Soldier Demon God. As the sword chopped vertically, the ground cracked and the mountains collapsed. The earth was like thin paper and was cut in an instant, forming a crack that was a hundred meters long and dozens of meters deep.

Thousands of soldiers fell into the cracks of the abyss, and bursts of screams were heard. The surviving soldiers were all terrified and looked at the monster in front of them with fear.

Su Xuan slowly emerged from the Soldier Demon God, looking disdainfully at the Zhao soldiers, and finally turned his gaze to Pang Yuan, with a slight smile on his face, "General Pang Yuan, can we sit down and have a good chat now?"

Pang Yuan's pupils contracted and he stared at Su Xuan without blinking. He knew that was the Prime Minister of Qin, Su Xuan!

He glanced again at the Zhao soldiers who were terrified and had lost all morale.

There was a deep crack in the abyss of dozens of meters, and the top of the Baiyun Mountain was flattened by sword energy. If it was only the Soldier Demon God, he could still try to organize a counterattack, because although the Soldier Demon God had great destructive power, he was also bulky and bloated. As long as he used Taoist Qi-refining techniques and attacked the weak points of the Soldier Demon God, he could cause effective damage to him.

But Su Xuan's advanced Qi training made him give up his inner thoughts.

His existence makes up for the shortcomings of the Demon God of War, turning him into a real war killing machine. Once he is put into the battlefield, he is invincible.

The result of confronting it is likely to be the annihilation of the entire army.

Not to mention the demon soldiers in front of them, as long as the cavalry from dozens of miles away came and attacked them, given their current state, they would inevitably suffer an unprecedented rout.

"The young are to be feared!" He finally said with emotion.

Su Xuan jumped off the Soldier Demon God and landed several meters in front of Pang Yuan. "Sun Tzu's Art of War says, 'The best strategy is to attack the enemy's plans, the next best is to attack their alliances, the next best is to attack their troops, and the worst is to attack their cities. To defeat the enemy without fighting is the best of all strategies.'"

"General Pang Yuan, do you think it is necessary for us to continue fighting?"

"Do you want us to surrender?" Pang Yuan turned his gaze from Su Xuan to the Demon God of Soldiers. "If my guess is correct, this mechanical beast should need human control to move, right? You just appear in front of me like this, aren't you afraid that I will kill you and then take this mechanical beast away?"

"If General Pang is sure, you can give it a try." Su Xuan chuckled, his expression remained unchanged from beginning to end, "But if you fail, there will be no option of surrender. I will never show mercy to enemies who want to kill me."

"You're willing to bet the lives of 100,000 people on my life. Do you dare, General Pang?"

"How can you guarantee that after surrender, the 100,000 troops of my Zhao State will not be killed by you like Wu'an Jun in the past!" After a long silence, Pang Yuan asked.

"The weak do not have the right to choose, only the fate of being chosen." Su Xuan glanced at him calmly, "You are not qualified to negotiate with me. If you surrender, you can be spared from death. If you insist on resisting, then this is where you will be buried."

Chapter 220 Jing Ke and Gongsun Li

Su Xuan and Pang Yuan looked at each other, and the conversation ended with Pang Yuan sighing.

The strength of both sides is not at the same level, how can this battle be fought? Failure is inevitable!

Having lost these 100,000 elite soldiers, the State of Zhao will no longer have the opportunity to take the initiative to attack. Pang Yuan closed his eyes in pain, because he could already foresee the future outcome of the State of Zhao.

Not long after, Meng Wu and Meng Tian arrived here with the Golden Fire Cavalry and took over the surrendered Zhao army.

"General Mengwu greets His Excellency the Prime Minister!"

"General Meng Tian greets His Excellency the Prime Minister!"

Meng Wu and his son saluted respectfully with reverence in their eyes. Having participated in several wars, they were full of admiration for Su Xuan.

In the whole world, perhaps only the Prime Minister can achieve such great results in such a short time!

After the battles to destroy Han and Wei, I'm afraid the whole world will be shocked!

Su Xuan nodded slightly, and then asked about the main business, "After receiving these surrendered soldiers from Zhao State, will there be enough food?"

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister, the Zhao army already has food and fodder, so they should be safe within three months." Meng Wu thought about it for a while and then answered.

"After receiving them, let them undergo labor reform and produce products. Also, send someone to write a letter to the State of Zhao, asking them to provide food and fodder for the 100,000-strong army." Su glanced at the Zhao prisoners and immediately made arrangements.

"Well, my Lord Prime Minister, I'm afraid it won't be so easy for Zhao to provide us with food and grass." Meng Wu looked hesitant.

"Isn't that perfect? ​​If they give, keep asking them for it. If they don't, tell these soldiers that Zhao has given up on them and doesn't care about their lives at all." Su Xuan paused and continued, "Also tell them that those who perform well during the labor reform can obtain Qin citizenship and settle down in Qin after one year. They can continue to serve in the army or engage in any other profession. If they don't want to leave, they can continue to work and we will pay them corresponding salaries."

Meng Wu's eyes lit up, feeling that this matter had great potential. After a year of labor reform, perhaps these people would become Qin's soldiers. When he thought about the increasing number of soldiers, the corners of his mouth could not help but rise.

Su Xuan did not avoid Pang Yuan when he said these words. The veteran was looking at Su Xuan with a complicated expression, "Do I have to participate in labor reform too?"

"All the generals will go to another place." Su Xuan would naturally not arrange them all together. He would disperse them all and assign them to several or even a dozen places to prevent someone from causing a riot.

"General Pang, don't worry about dying of old age in there. If any of you are willing to serve Qin, you can also take up corresponding positions in the army after passing Qin's assessment. In addition, considering your identity as Zhao people, we will not let you attack Zhao. The only targets you will fight are Chu, Yan, Qi, or the Xiongnu."

"If I ask you to join us now, you will definitely not be willing to do so. But it doesn't matter. Time will allow you to make the right decision."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Meng Wu and his son and instructed, "Take them all to Daliang. I'll go first."

With a roar, the Demon God of War soared into the air and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Meng Tian looked at the Demon God of War with longing, thinking that sooner or later, he would have his own mecha.

He firmly believed in this, because his right arm was equipped with the latest exoskeleton power arm developed by the Institute of Gewu. Now he could exert a force of over a thousand pounds with a casual strike. If everyone had one of this thing, which army could be the opponent of the Golden Fire Cavalry?

Pang Yuan naturally discovered the peculiarities of the Golden Fire Cavalry. He looked at the high-bridge saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes on the war horses, and could see at a glance the wonderful uses of these things.

"General Mengwu, can I ride your horse?" he asked.

Meng Wu smiled and nodded, "General Pang Yuan, please."

There is always a sense of mutual admiration between famous generals, and this is the case with Meng Wu and Pang Yuan.

The existence of the harness was no longer kept as strictly secret as before, because after the war, its leakage was inevitable.

Pang Yuan put her feet on the stirrups and felt like she was walking on flat ground. She could easily exert force with her legs and waist, and her hands were completely free.

He looked at the majestic Golden Fire Cavalry and smiled bitterly. Not to mention the Demon God of War, just the Golden Fire Cavalry in front of him, even if there were only 10,000 of them, without knowing the specific information, he might be defeated even if he had an army of 100,000.

He now only hopes that Li Mu can know the news as soon as possible, because horse harnesses can also greatly increase the strength of Zhao State.

But, can we really win?

Looking at the unknown metal equipment on Meng Tian's arm and thinking of the terrifying and despairing Demon God of War, Pang Yuan couldn't help but think that perhaps it would not be long before she would be able to meet Li Mu.

......

Wei State, a vassal state of Wei State.

"Brother, have you heard? Recently, the State of Qin has been attacking the States of Han and Wei, causing panic among the people." On a mountain peak, surrounded by mist, Gongsun Li and Jing Ke sat on the grass discussing recent major events.

"Hmm." Jing Ke looked at the clouds in the sky, feeling a little upset, because the person leading the troops this time was his elder brother Su Xuan. If the State of Wei was destroyed, then the Qin army would definitely arrive at Puyang. At that time, what choice should he make?

"The commander of the Qin army seems to be the prime minister of Qin, your elder brother Su Xuan." When mentioning Su Xuan, Gongsun Li subconsciously glanced at the jade bracelet in her hand.

Come to think of it, I should thank him. If it weren't for him, I don't know how long this idiot would have stayed like this.

The iron flowers were very beautiful, and she also liked the jade bracelet. She sat one foot away from Jing Ke, and her hand, which was originally on the grass, slowly moved to the side of Jing Ke's palm and touched it inadvertently.

Jing Ke's face flushed, but he held Gongsun Li's hand with his backhand and said seriously, "Junior sister, don't worry, no matter what happens, I will protect your safety."

Gongsun Li nodded with a smile, a hint of playfulness flashing in her eyes, "Come to think of it, I would like to meet your elder brother."

Jing Ke snorted coldly, "He's not that good, except that he roasts chicken."

Gongsun Li chuckled and covered her lips with her bare hands. "Brother, why are you still thinking about roast chicken? Is it really that delicious?"

Jing Ke swallowed subconsciously and used actions to replace his answer.

"Brother, tell me about your experience going out this time." Gongsun Li bent her legs and put them together, put her elbows on her kneecaps, held her chin in her hands and looked at Jing Ke with shining eyes.

Jing Ke was a little stunned. He felt that his junior sister was more beautiful than anything else in the world at that moment.

When he came back to his senses, his face flushed and he told the story of himself and Xiao Gao.

Naturally, he had to show his wise and brave side in front of his junior sister, so he could only let Xiao Gao serve as a background.

At the same time, he also regretted not taking a further step. It was obviously quite easy for his elder brother to do it, but when it came to him, he just didn't have the courage to take that step.

He felt that this was much more difficult than practicing sword!

Chapter 221 Goodbye Jing Ke

It only took Su Xuan one day to capture Wei State without bloodshed.

He only did three things: the first step was to let tens of thousands of Qin's elite troops approach the city, then let King Anxi of Wei be the envoy to persuade the king of Wei to surrender, and finally, he deployed the military demon god to prepare to break the city.

The first step was to deter them and make them afraid. The second step was to let King Anxi of Wei further explain the strength of the Qin army and lower their psychological defenses. After all, the monarch of the main country had surrendered. Could it be that he, a vassal state, was stronger than the main country? Surrendering could still give them a life of glory and worry-free. If they resisted stubbornly, they would die when the city was broken.

The Soldier Demon God is the final step in breaking down his psychological defenses.

This tells him that in the face of absolute power, any resistance is useless.

Faced with the huge gap in power and the obvious outcome, Wei Anjun made a rational decision, which was to open the city and accept surrender.

Perhaps because he was pampered, Lord Wei An was plump and white. When he brought the court officials of Wei to pay a visit to Su Xuan, his eyes almost narrowed into slits when he smiled.

With the respectful welcome from the king and his ministers of Wei, Su Xu rode into the gate of Puyang. When he passed by Lord Wei An, he pulled the reins and paused for a moment, "You should thank my second brother Jing Ke, because it was he who saved your Wei from the disaster of war."

Wei Anjun looked surprised, "Does the Prime Minister know Mr. Gongsun's disciple?"

Behind Wei Anjun, a white-haired old man looked up. He had a complicated expression and it seemed that he had not expected such a connection.

When the Qin army was at the gates of the city, he advocated resistance to the end. However, when King Anxi of Wei appeared in the court of Wei and confirmed that Han and Wei would be destroyed one after another within a month, the generals who had originally advocated war suddenly became silent, and even he remained silent for a long time.

The appearance of the Soldier Demon God brought despair! With such a huge gap in strength, no one would choose to seek death!

"Gongsun Yu greets His Excellency the Prime Minister." He bowed.

Su Xuan looked at the energetic Gongsun Yu in front of him, dismounted and helped him up, "Mr. Gongsun, you don't have to be so polite. Jing Ke and I are like brothers, and you can be said to be half my teacher."

Gongsun Yu was obviously flattered. You know, when Wei Anjun saluted just now, he just nodded slightly without saying much. But he was so serious to himself. After thinking about it for a while, he understood the key. It was mainly because of Jing Ke.

"How is Jing Ke these days?" Su Xuan asked with concern.

"Not bad." Gongsun Yu certainly couldn't say in public that Jing Ke did nothing all day and wandered around with his granddaughter every day.

"Then please trouble Mr. Gongsun to take me to see Xiao Ke later." Su Xuan held Gongsun Yu's hand and saluted with proper manners. His words and actions showed that he truly treated Gongsun Yu as a half-teacher and displayed the proper respect.

"I heard that the knight Jing Ke has always loved wine. I will deliver my collection of fine wine to Mr. Gongsun's mansion later." Wei Anjun instructed the guards beside him.

"Lord Prime Minister and the chivalrous warrior Jing Ke have reunited after a long separation. These jars of fine wine may just be the right thing to cheer you two up." Wei Anjun said with a flattering smile.

In response to his kindness, Su Xuan nodded calmly.

He looked at Gongsun Yu and asked the question in his mind, "I have something I want to ask you, Mr. Gongsun. Shang Yang also came from Wei State. I wonder if he is related to you."

Shang Yang, also known as Wei Yang and Gongsun Yang, asked this question because both of their surnames are Gongsun.

"Shang Yang was born into the royal family of Wei State, and was from Diqiu, the capital of Wei State." Gongsun Yu explained, "Although my lineage is also from the nobility, there is no blood relationship between the two."

Su Xuan nodded slightly, feeling in his heart that Wei and Wei were definitely bases for the supply of talent.

Let’s not talk about Wei State for now and just talk about Wei State. In addition to Shang Yang, Lu Buwei was also from Wei State, but they both became prime ministers of Qin State in the end.

The reason why Yan Dan asked Jing Ke to assassinate Qin was actually to imitate the famous assassin Nie Zheng of Wei State who assassinated Han Prime Minister Xia Lei.

There were four great assassins during the Warring States Period: Zhuan Zhu, Nie Zheng, Yu Rang, and Jing Ke.

Zhuan Zhu who hid a sword in the belly of a fish, Nie Zheng who assassinated Xia Lei to repay his kindness, Yu Rang who died for his friend, and Jing Ke who led the King of Qin around a pillar.

Given Jing Ke's current experience, he naturally would not become an assassin again. Su Xuan was actually quite curious about who would fill this vacancy at that time.

He felt that he was very likely on their assassination list. He was not afraid of himself, but he had to take precautions in advance for the people around him.

Puyang City is not very big, but after a while, Su Xuan arrived at Gongsun Yu’s mansion under the leadership of Gongsun Yu.

When Su Xuan saw Jing Ke, he was practicing the Eighteen Swords. Standing under the shade of a tree next to him was a pretty woman with a graceful figure and elegant temperament.

Gongsun Yu wanted to interrupt Jing Ke, but was stopped by Su Xuan.

It was not until Jing Ke finished practicing his sword moves that Su Xuan spoke, "Xiao Ke, long time no see."

He smiled and greeted the two of them.

Jing Ke looked surprised, "Brother, why are you here?"

"Master." His expression changed slightly when he saw Gongsun Yu beside Su Xuan.

Gongsun Li stood beside Jing Ke, looking at Su Xuan with curiosity.