Chapter 168: Immortality, Immortality, Immortality...

The so-called war, apart from factors such as military formation, equipment, weather, terrain, etc., the most primitive competition is the competition of numbers and physical fitness of both sides.

In terms of physical fitness, Wang Jian boasted that his Hundred Formations Armored Army was among the best among the Seven Kingdoms.

In terms of numbers, there was a huge gap of 60,000 versus 100,000, but Li Mu actually blocked Wang Jian's first wave of attack.

Fusu also saw the problem at this time, so he asked Gongsun Ce, "Sir, may I ask why General Li Mu was able to hold off our army's attack?"

"Does Fusu still remember the theory of favorable times, favorable places and favorable people?"

Fusu nodded and said, "As for the weather, the sky is clear and our army is facing the sun while the Zhao army is facing the sun, which is disadvantageous.

In terms of geographical advantages, the area outside Handan city is flat, and the Zhao army is outside the moat, so neither the enemy nor us has an advantage.

Only people can understand. I am a little confused, so please help me. "

Gongsun Ce patted Fusu's head and said, "After the Battle of Changping, the Zhao army's hatred for our Qin army has been growing day by day. This is one of the reasons.

At this time, we are attacking Handan. If we take it, Zhao will be in danger, and the Zhao army will be reluctant to leave their homeland. This is the second reason.

The gates of Handan were closed, and it was clear that the Zhao army had no way to retreat, so they had no choice but to fight to the death. This is the third reason.

Fusu nodded to show that he had learned it. Seeing this, Gongsun Ce returned to the bronze chariot and waited for Wang Jian to withdraw his troops.

Even if Wang Jian could capture Handan today, it would slow down the progress of swallowing up Zhao's territory, not to mention that Wang Jian could not defeat Li Mu in this battle.

Wang Jian's style is to take things step by step. To put it bluntly, he will take steady steps and attack only when he is confident of his success.

Li Mu's style is to defend while being surprising, that is, to look for opportunities to achieve a surprise victory while defending.

When both sides find that they cannot defeat the other side in one wave, they will choose the strategy of defending first and then talking about it.

After this wave of confrontation is over, Huan Xi and Yang Duanhe will continue to attack the cities in the west and south of Zhao State, gradually capture the cities bordering Qin State, and carry out education.

Wang Jian would retreat to Wu'an City and confront Li Mu outside Handan.

With Li Mu here, the cities in the east of Zhao will not be lost for a while.

In order to prevent the Huns from joining in the fun, the Qin State would not move the cities to the north of the Zhao State for the time being, unless the Huns invaded the north of the Zhao State.

Therefore, the speed of Zhao's demise would be effectively curbed.

However, the situation for Zhao State is not optimistic either. Yan State and Wei State will soon take advantage of the situation and harass Zhao State's border.

Originally, Qi State also bordered Zhao State, but King Jian of Qi had no intention of expanding its territory. Moreover, even if he completed the expansion of the territory, he might not be able to keep it.

Therefore, Zhao will soon face pressure from all sides:
1. Winter is approaching, and the Huns will go south to plunder food to ensure they can survive the winter.

2. Qin attacked the western and southern cities of Zhao.

3. The State of Wei moved northward to expand its territory.

4. The State of Yan went south to seek revenge.

It depends on whether Zhao can survive this winter. After all, although Li Mu is strong, he is unable to cope with all the other tasks.

Time passed minute by minute, night slowly fell, and the shouting and screaming gradually faded.

The troops of Wang Jian and Li Mu were recuperating, and Gongsun Ce was also preparing to take Fusu away from the front line.

Gongsun Ce has confirmed that the Zhao royal family no longer has the Seven Stars of the Blue Dragon. Feixue Pavilion has also checked in, and Li Mu has also met with them. Li Mu is the only grandmaster left in Zhao State.

Gongsun Ce temporarily lost the intention to stay on the front line. The reason why he had not left was because Guannei Hou had not yet arrived to take over his shift.

If you don’t bring a grandmaster with you to a war to annihilate a nation, you are simply disregarding the commander’s safety.

Although Wang Jian is old, he is not a grandmaster, but only in the late stage of grandmaster level. Facing a grandmaster, he is like a piece of cake.

That night, Guannei Hou arrived, and Gongsun Ce took Fusu and quickly left the front line.

Every man has a dream of becoming a general, but after staying on the front line for too long, even the most unrealistic dream will turn into a nightmare.

Ten days later, Gongsun Ce looked at the city of Xianyang not far away and felt inexplicably touched.

After entering the Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng would review government affairs in the Zhangtai Palace as usual, but today was an exception.

Lord Yunzhong Xu Fu and his sister-in-law Yueshen are both in Zhangtai Palace.

Gongsun Ce glanced at the configuration and realized that this was the Canglong Project initiated by the Yin-Yang School at his instruction.

In addition to unlocking the secrets of the Blue Dragon's Seven Stars, this plan also includes a plan for refining an elixir of immortality.

Gongsun Ce agreed to start the plan and let Donghuang Taiyi arrange the time for the prelude on his own. He did not expect that Donghuang Taiyi was so efficient.

The so-called prelude is Yun Zhongjun's alchemy. Ying Zheng has many old illnesses. In addition to occasional headaches, he also has a certain degree of asthma.

Other doctors, even Nian Duan, could only prescribe medicine for Ying Zheng that would not affect his daily life, but there was no way to cure his disease.

Yun Zhongjun's elixir is equivalent to a special medicine, which can make Ying Zheng completely free from disease during this period of time.

However, Yun Zhongjun's elixir has a side effect, which is elixir poison.

Medicines are three-part toxic. Chinese medicine emphasizes monarch, minister, assistant and guiding drugs. The meanings of the guiding drugs are threefold:

The first meaning is auxiliary medicine. It is used to treat secondary symptoms, such as throat discomfort caused by cough. The second meaning is auxiliary medicine. It is used to eliminate or reduce the toxicity or potency of the main medicine and the auxiliary medicine.

For example, if used improperly, Tripterygium wilfordii can damage the kidneys, hematopoietic system, nervous system and mucous membranes.

However, if the dosage is appropriate, and it is supplemented with adjuvant drugs such as toad venom, honeysuckle, and saposhnikovia divaricata, it can promote blood circulation and dredge meridians, kill insects and detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve pain, and dispel wind and dampness.

The third meaning is to use the anti-adjuvant drug, that is, according to the needs of the disease, use the drug that has the opposite property to the main drug but can play a complementary role in the treatment.

For example, Pinellia ternata and Scutellaria baicalensis.

Pinellia is pungent and warm, and can disperse lumps and relieve abdominal distension.

Scutellaria baicalensis is bitter and cold, and can relieve heat and eliminate abdominal distension.

Both of them can be used together to treat cold and hot symptoms, and are important medicines for treating the symptoms of cold and heat combined.

Other doctors have to consider the issue of adjuvants to eliminate toxicity, but Yun Zhongjun does not need to.

What Yun Zhongjun was most concerned about was how to enhance the medicinal properties so that the refined pills would achieve his expected effects.

Therefore, Ying Zheng believed Yun Zhongjun and the Yin-Yang School's claim to be looking for the elixir of life.

Gongsun Ce touched his chin. In fact, in the novel "The Legend of Qin" originally written by Mr. Wen, Duanmu Rong and Yue Shen were sisters, and they together refined the elixir of immortality.

However, this is not a novel, but a world of animation, and Duanmu Rong and Yue Shen don’t even know each other.

So whether anyone can concoct the elixir of immortality is a mystery.

When Ying Zheng saw Gongsun Ce and Fusu, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

After the introduction of Yun Zhongjun and Yueshen, Ying Zheng already knew that the real controller of Yin Yang School at this time was Gongsun Ce.

So Ying Zheng raised his hand and pointed to the empty seat beside him, "Please take a seat, sir. Fusu will sit with Yunzhongjun."

After Gongsun Ce and Fusu sat down, Yun Zhongjun continued to deceive Ying Zheng, "Your Majesty, as far as I know, there are three immortal mountains overseas, named Penglai, Yingzhou, and Fangzhang. The mountains are fairyland and have elixirs of immortality."

Ying Zheng was not so eager for immortality at this time, but he began to be interested. "So how should we get to the Three Mountains?"

Yun Zhongjun began to describe the necessary conditions for going to Sanshan, "First, you need a big ship. There are big fish and wind and waves on the sea that can overturn the ship, so you must have a big ship that can withstand the wind and waves and the beating of big fish.

Secondly, you need to find the legendary Fusang sacred tree in Bashu. The Three Mountains are the residence of immortals, and you must enter under the guidance of the Fusang sacred tree that connects the three realms.

Finally, we need manpower. It takes a lot of manpower to operate the ship and protect the elixir."

Ying Zheng nodded, "I'll think about it."

What Ying Zheng meant was that he didn't need them for the time being, but he would consider it, so Yue Shen and Yun Zhongjun could leave.

Yun Zhongjun and Yueshen bowed to Ying Zheng and then left.

After the two left, Ying Zheng asked Gongsun Ce whether the elixir of immortality was real or not, "Sir, how credible are Yun Zhongjun's words?"

"If you want to be immortal, don't believe it. Immortality is actually somewhat credible. And there are indeed relevant records in the Yin-Yang School's classics."

Gongsun Ce was not lying. There were indeed legends in the Yin-Yang School classics such as the story of King Mu of Zhou visiting the Queen Mother of the West, and there were also some prescriptions for prolonging life.

A prescription that is more powerful than Yun Zhongjun's elixir, suitable for grandmasters. It is said that after taking it, if you can bear it, you can live ten more years.

But no one has been able to resist it so far. In addition to the grandmasters trained by the Yin-Yang Family, grandmasters from other forces have also tried these pills.

The result was naturally that no one was spared and everyone died. The scene was forced to cause a huge explosion, leaving no trace behind.

It can be seen that there is a reason why Yin and Yang families have poor relationships.

Ying Zheng's hope for the elixir of immortality suddenly faded a lot. The records were all false and had no practical significance.

"Sir, did you gain anything from your trip to Zhao State this time?"

"After killing Zhao Qi and Zhao Yan, the two great masters of Zhao, Li Mu was the only one left. He successively conquered more than a dozen cities including Yanyu, Liaoyang, Yecheng, and Anyang.

King Qian of Zhao was extremely concerned about Guo Kai's new appointment. If he offered him great benefits, Guo Kai might take the initiative to kill Li Mu.

Besides, Zhao Wu is really good, and the new top dancer of Feixue Pavilion is excellent."

Ying Zheng nodded, but he couldn't suppress the excitement in his eyes. The military report from Wang Jian and others had been delivered, but it did not mention that Gongsun Ce had killed two great masters of Zhao State in a row.

Because military reports were delayed, the carriages pulled by Dian Qing, the former Grand Sima Ming and the Chief of Arms ran very fast, far faster than the fast horses that escorted the military reports.

"Sir, do you think it is possible to persuade Li Mu to surrender?"

Gongsun Ce nodded, then shook his head, "It's impossible now, but if King Zhao Qian wants to kill Li Mu, it's hard to say whether Li Mu will surrender."

The sky gradually darkened. Ying Zheng looked at the sky and decided not to keep Gongsun Ce for dinner.

Ying Zheng's food, clothing and other expenses are relatively not as good as those of the other five kings. Apart from his love of dyeing his clothes black, he currently has no particularly extravagant hobbies.

Therefore, Gongsun Ce could say that Ying Zheng’s dinner was indeed average.

Ying Zheng was also aware of this, but it was too late to make arrangements now, so it was better for him to let Gongsun Ce go home to eat.

(End of this chapter)