Chapter 255 Did you do it on purpose? Or accidentally?

The difficulty for warriors to improve their skills cannot be blamed on their training methods.

If other beings who were at the state of unity of man and nature had not left the Qin world in large numbers and failed to provide the Qin world with the coordinates of the new world, the Qin world would not have had a situation where it was difficult for warriors to practice.

Gongsun Ce sometimes felt that Qin Shitiandao was too generous. So many beings carrying the origin of the world just left without saying goodbye, and he didn't even know how to stop them.

If Gongsun Ce had not helped the Qin world to devour the Ever Night world, perhaps after a while, the Qin world would have been downgraded.

By then, not only will the state of unity of man and nature no longer exist, but the state of half-step unity of man and nature will be rare, and it will be difficult for a grand master to achieve it.

Rather, the state of half-step unity between man and nature does not exist, grand masters are rare, and grand masters are difficult to achieve.

...so much so that in the distant future, there may be no warriors in the world who can cultivate true qi.

Now with the World of Evernight as a tonic, the situation is very different. Perhaps martial arts will become more prosperous until it recovers its ancient glory.

In addition to Gongsun Ce, there may also be beings comparable to ancient gods such as Zhulong.

Gongsun Ce can even go a step further in his martial arts practice, breaking through the shackles of the state of unity between man and nature and reaching a higher level.

Yan Qi quickly finished reading the information transmitted to him by Gongsun Ce, and Yan Qi's face became increasingly gloomy.

Gongsun Ce was very curious about what choice Yan Qi would make at this moment.

Should he give up protecting King Xi of Yan? Or should he hold on until the last moment?
Yan Qi's mood at the moment was very complicated. From childhood to old age, he had always known that he was an orphan, an orphan adopted by the royal family of Yan.

If it weren't for the royal family of Yan, he might have been a starving person on the roadside.

However, now he learned that the reason he became an orphan was because of the royal family of Yan.

However, Yan Qi also understood that a full meal was something that common people desired but could not obtain.

If his relatives were still alive, he might not be able to have enough food to eat.

The hatred of having his parents taken away from him and the gratitude for having his parents saved his life continued to conflict in Yan Qi's heart.

Moreover, he was taught since childhood to protect the royal family, and this idea has become deeply rooted and difficult to eradicate.

This made Yan Qi's heart full of contradictions.

He began to doubt his beliefs and the meaning of his existence.

"Why should I protect such a coward?" Yan Qi questioned in his heart as he looked at King Yan Xi who was trembling behind him.

Yan Qi then glanced at the surrounding situation and made a decision.

Yan Qi was quick-witted and quick-handed. He picked up Yan Wangxi and threw him out.

Gongsun Ce judged based on the principle of parabola that if no one caught King Xi of Yan, he would most likely fall to his death.

Yan Qi was stunned. He didn't expect that he would do such a thing.

However, when he saw King Xi of Yan's panic-stricken expression in the air, he felt relieved.

"Perhaps, this is my fate." Yan Qi sighed, and then shouted to the Luowang killer beside him, "Come on! Fight me!"

Gongsun Ce can now judge that the other party really has not considered whether King Xi of Yan will be killed by the fall.

"Paji!"

When Prince Xi of Yan landed on the ground, the Luowang assassin closest to him stepped forward to feel his breath, then nodded to Gongsun Ce, testing whether Prince Xi of Yan was still alive.

"I really don't understand whether you really didn't think of killing King Xi of Yan by throwing him to death, or you wanted to kill him on purpose." Gongsun Ce shook his head.

An unnatural look flashed across Yan Qi's eyes as he said, "Of course it was an accident. Prepare to die! Don't make trouble!"

"Hahahahaha..."

Gongsun Ce smiled happily. The human heart is really hard to predict.

He could see that Yan Qi did it on purpose. It would be best if Yan Wangxi could be killed, but if he didn't die, that was God's will. Yan Qi himself had never thought about the issue of survival.

"Stop the water."

"My subordinate is here."

“Don’t resist, just follow my control.” After Gongsun Ce said this, his mental power instantly enveloped Duan Shui and he successfully took control of Duan Shui’s body.

"Yes." Although Duan Shui felt a little uncomfortable, he did not think of resisting. He would only obey the orders of his superiors.

Yan Qi's arm blades overlapped in front of his body to form an "X" shape, and then he rushed towards Gongsun Ce like a bull.

At this moment, under the control of Gongsun Ce, Duan Shui stuck the blade of the Duan Shui sword firmly at the overlapping point of Yan Qi's arm blade.

Yan Qi could feel that Duan Shui's strength was inferior to his, but strangely, the Duan Shui sword was able to hold his arm blade firmly.

It is like a child raising a dagger to block the iron rod that an adult is swinging at him.

Although they are not in the same league, it does not affect the confrontation between them at all.

Then Gongsun Ce shook the wrist that controlled Duan Shui, and an indescribable force flowed along the arm blade towards Yan Qi's arms.

The sudden burst of force from Duan Shui made Yan Qi's arms numb.

The next moment, the Broken Water Sword, which had swept away the blade of Yan Qi's arm, pierced straight into Yan Qi's dantian. Once the Broken Water Sword pierced Yan Qi, he would surely become a cripple.

Yan Qi was so scared that he almost died. Regardless of the numbness in his arms, he raised his arm blades and struck Duan Shui's temples on the left and right.

If Duan Shui did not return to defend in time, he would definitely be killed by Yan Qi in one blow.

The loss of Yan Qi was only to become a disabled person. Yan Qi was attacking the enemy and saving him.

Gongsun Ce was naturally able to discover Yan Qi's intention. Then Gongsun Ce controlled Duan Shui to lower his waist and kick his feet forward, and Duan Shui suddenly avoided Yan Qi's attack.

At the same time, Duan Shui held the Duan Shui sword in a posture of man and sword becoming one, and stabbed Yan Qi's dantian directly with no reduction in force, and even more powerful.

"Ding!"

Yan Qi drew a circle with his arms and gathered them in front of his dantian, and the two arm blades blocked the tip of the Broken Water Sword.

Just when Yan Qi breathed a sigh of relief, Duan Shui, under Gongsun Ce's control, turned his sword against his arm blade, causing Duan Shui's body to turn.

During this rotation, Duan Shui's figure gradually stood still.

Afterwards, Duan Shui turned into a series of afterimages under Gongsun Ce's control, and scraped Yan Qi madly.

Yan Qi blocked frantically, but was unable to withstand Duan Shui's quick attack. As time went by, Yan Qi's physical strength was gradually exhausted.

There were more and more wounds on his body, and the blood dyed Yan Qi's soft armor red.

Although Yan Qi tried his best to seal the wound with his true energy, it was of no use, and blood was still flowing out madly.

The smile on Duan Shui's mouth became more and more intense, and it was obvious that Duan Shui was very interested in this torturous scraping method.

Gua Sha? Not interested.

Continuous bleeding? No fun.

Scraping + continuous bleeding? Perfect!
"Use it to draw water, and once it opens, it won't close." - "Records of Lost Things, Volume 10, Famous Mountains"

This means that after the blade of the Broken Water Sword passes through the water, the water flow will not close but will be cut off.

Therefore, the characteristic of the Broken Water Sword is that wounds are difficult to heal.

The wound left by the Broken Water Sword will be lingering with sword energy. Unless the sword energy can be wiped out with extremely strong true energy or the master's will, the wound will continue to bleed until the victim dies.

Therefore, Duan Shui's position among the Six Sword Slaves is an assassin, who can kill with one strike, leaving no chance of survival.

At this moment, the water was cut off under Gongsun Ce's control, which felt very wonderful.

To put it simply, it means that an assassin becomes invincible, or a squishy assassin suddenly becomes invincible.

In addition to the discomfort caused by the water deprivation, there is also some inexplicable feeling of being high.

Yan Qi, whose body was shaky, took a deep breath and used all his energy to deliver a final blow.

This blow contained his anger, sadness and determination, as well as his catharsis for the unfair treatment of his father and ancestors and his insistence on protecting the royal family that he had received since childhood.

As the sword flashed, Duan Shui, under Gongsun Ce's control, dodged Yan Qi's dying counterattack, and then the Duan Shui sword swept across Yan Qi's throat.

Yan Qi also fell to the ground after this attack. He lay in a pool of blood, looking at the sky that was about to dawn, with a relieved smile on his face.

"I am finally free..." Yan Qi muttered in his heart. He closed his eyes and left this world forever.

"Buy him a coffin and bury him." Gongsun Ce looked at Yan Qi who was lying on the ground and threw two pearls to Jueying.

"Yes." Jueying bowed to Gongsun Ce and slowly retreated carrying Yan Qi's body.

"Lin'er." Gongsun Ce called out, and the black jade Qilin walked out from the group of Jue-level killers.

"I'm here." The black jade Qilin bowed towards Gongsun Ce somewhat awkwardly.

Gongsun Ce's original plan was to control King Xi of Yan, and then change the generals defending the city of Yan, delay military pay, and allow King Xi of Yan to complete the special achievement of a stupid teammate.

It now seems that the only option is to activate the backup plan, which is to let the Black Jade Qilin impersonate King Xi of Yan and implement the plan.

Although Gongsun Ce had the ability to raze the State of Yan to the ground, it would be meaningless.

He needs a sufficiently powerful Qin State as his subordinate. If he has to do everything by himself, how can he be considered a big boss?

Plowing down the State of Yan would require subsequent reconstruction, so it would be safest to let Wang Jian advance slowly and take over the entire State of Yan with the least loss.

After all, the money used for reconstruction is, in a sense, Gongsun Ce's private property, so he should save as much as possible.

The Qin treasury? That was Gongsun Ce's private treasury.

Therefore, Wang Jian was a little depressed. There was no challenge and attacking Yan State was easier than turning on the easy mode.

Seven days later, Wang Jian looked at the city gate in front of him that suddenly opened with a look of surprise.

After the city gate was opened, the defending general led his troops to line up in front of the gate. Looking at the crooked square formation, Wang Jian felt that his obsessive-compulsive disorder was becoming more and more serious.

Forming a battle array is the basic skill for these children of military strategists, similar to the running lines in crosstalk.

A square formation is not simply a formation filled with people.

A qualified phalanx requires the generals to be able to arrange the troops neatly, with reasonable spacing, and to enforce discipline...

But the square formation that appeared in front of Wang Jian really made Wang Jian feel like he was in trouble - his eyes were opened.

It can be said that even the building blocks that children play with are neater than this.

Yan Zhe was a member of the side branch of the royal family of Yan. Logically speaking, it was impossible for a marginal figure of the royal family like him to catch the attention of King Xi of Yan.

But six days ago, King Xi of Yan went crazy for some unknown reason. He forcibly pulled out a bunch of members from the royal family tree to replace the defenders of many cities.

Yan Zhe was one of the newly appointed garrison generals. In fact, Yan Zhe had no idea how to lead troops. He had only read some novels and historical records.

Therefore, Yan Zhe was quite confident in lining up to meet the enemy, as if Wang Jian was just a nobody. Wang Jian had already understood in his heart at this moment that this was Gongsun Ce's ability as a hidden agent, which was so powerful that he could replace the defenders of a city at will.

Wang Jian began to wonder who Gongsun Ce's secret agent was, and why he was so brave.

However, Yanzhe, whose confidence was greatly inflated, could hardly contain his excitement.

"Old man, tell me your name. This general will not kill nameless people!" Yan Zhe shouted loudly, with arrogance as his main theme.

Wei Zhuang, who came from the border of Chu State, also began to doubt his life after hearing Yan Zhe's words. Would it dirty the Shark-Tooth Sword if he killed such a smart man?

"General Wei Zhuang, are you willing to take this opportunity?" Wang Jian looked at Wei Zhuang beside him and asked.

"Interesting." Wei Zhuang drew out the shark-tooth sword, "If the enemy is embarrassed, I will take off his clothes!"

After saying this, Wei Zhuang rode away from the Qin army and headed straight for Yanzhe.

When Yan Zhe saw someone coming to die, he immediately ordered his deputy general to step forward and fight.

And then, nothing happened. The Grandmaster-level warriors were almost all in the capital, and the guards were generally at the level of Half-Step Grandmaster or below.

Not to mention the defending general's deputies, most of them are only of second-rate level.

"Swish! Bang!"

At the first encounter, Wei Zhuang cut off the deputy general's head, and then Wei Zhuang went straight towards Yan Zhe without slowing down.

Yan Zhe hurriedly recalled the historical novels he had read before, and he shouted loudly: "Shoot!"

But there was no response. The archers were all on the city wall. Yan Zhe brought out spearmen and shield soldiers. There were no cavalry in the city at all.

"Damn it!" Yan Zhe was stupid, but he valued his life very much. Faced with this situation, he never thought that he could organize soldiers to encircle and suppress Wei Zhuang.

So, when facing Wei Zhuang charging alone, Yan Zhe left behind thousands of guards and ran directly back to the city.

"close the door!"

Yan Zhe's escape caused an uproar among the guards outside the city gate, and soon some people followed Yan Zhe and ran into the city.

Dozens of defenders fell and were trampled to death along the way.

Wei Zhuang became more silent. There were still too many fools in this world and too few wise men like him.

Just after Yan Zhe rode his horse into the city gate, the gate slowly closed.

At this moment, Wei Zhuang rode his horse over the trampled corpses on the ground and picked up a spear with his shark-tooth sword.

Wei Zhuang put away the shark-tooth sword and raised his spear. The next moment, he threw the spear and it sank into the ground in front of the city gate.

Under the obstruction of the spears, the city gate was not closed immediately, so the remaining defenders behind Yan Zhe began to attack the city gate.

Wei Zhuang stopped moving forward, and Wang Jian, seeing this, ordered a pursuit.

The defenders looked at the aggressive pursuers behind them and found it increasingly difficult to stop their momentum in attacking the city gate.

Seeing that the city gate could not be defended, Yan Zhe spinelessly abandoned the city and fled.

"It's rare in my life." Wang Jian stroked his forehead, "If every city was as difficult as today, not to mention me, Lao Ai would be a famous general in the world."

"Boring." Wei Zhuang rode his horse back to Wang Jian's side and made a concise evaluation.

Wang Jian naturally understood Wei Zhuang's thoughts. Wei Zhuang sought fame and achievement. What he wanted was to achieve achievements that surpassed those of Guiguzi in all previous generations.

That's why Wei Zhuang easily agreed to Gongsun Ce's request to join the army.

At this moment, Wei Zhuang was somewhat doubtful as to whether his decision to come to Yan State was correct.

Meng Wu and Meng Yi were still stationed on the border of Chu, while Meng Tian went to assist in the attack on Wei.

The strategy Wang Ben adopted after dividing the State of Wei into two was the double-blooming strategy.

That is to say, attacking from the heartland of Wei State in both directions. The capital of Wei State, Daliang, was in the south of Wei State. Meng Tian attacked Wei State from the former territory of Chu State, which just formed a cheese sandwich with Wang Ben.

Wei Zhuang had deduced in his mind the difficulty of attacking Yan and Wei. After careful consideration, he felt that attacking Yan would be even more difficult.

After all, Yan State still has many cities, and after Chu State lost a large number of cities, Wei State has lost its natural barrier, and it is only a matter of time to capture Daliang.

What Wei Zhuang never expected was that the difficulty level of Yan State was so shockingly low.

Wang Jian guessed that Gongsun Ce's secret agent in Yan State might be Yan Chunjun or some generals. Because Wang Jian's thinking was a little cautious, he put Gongsun Ce's perspective from the perspective of a minister.

So Wang Jian would never have thought that King Xi of Yan had been replaced.

Wei Zhuang, on the other hand, thought from the perspective of an individual, so he guessed that Gongsun Ce might have already controlled King Xi of Yan.

Compared with Wang Ben and Meng Tian's two-pronged attack, Wang Jian's advance was faster and more courageous.

half a month later.

"Mr. Gongsun, the armies of Yan and Wei are marching quickly, and perhaps they will be able to capture Daliang and Ji before the New Year." Ying Zheng took a look at the new military report and handed it to Gongsun Ce.

"It would be strange if they didn't have this speed." Gongsun Ce put the military newspaper aside and said calmly.

"That's right." Ying Zheng nodded, then he looked at the map of the seven countries, feeling an indescribable emotion. Of the seven countries, only Qi and Chu would be left, and the territory of Qin would soon achieve the largest expansion in history.

However, Ying Zheng also had some doubts. So he asked: "Mr. Gongsun, attacking Chu with 600,000 troops, isn't that a bit of a waste of talent?"

The successive victories made Ying Zheng more confident in his generals and soldiers.

Gongsun Ce looked at Ying Zheng helplessly. They had discussed the details of attacking Chu before. Unexpectedly, the rain stopped and the sky cleared. Ying Zheng felt that he was fine again.

Gongsun Ce took out a bronze bell from his arms. This bell was an upgraded version of the Baidi Chessboard, an experimental version of the Qin Dynasty's virtual reality technology.

It has to be said that Jiang Ye's rune technique was very inspiring to Gongsun Ce, and the high degree of freedom of runes also gave Gongsun Ce a lot of ideas.

Among all these fantastic ideas, Gongsun Ce first completed the casting of the model of the Twelve Golden Men, followed by the bronze bell in front of him.

Once upon a time, this bronze bell stored a living spirit. Later, Gongsun Ce rebuilt the bronze bell and used the runes of the Night World as the basis to create a prototype that could be called the Qin Dynasty version of virtual reality.

Gongsun Ce threw out a bronze bell, and then two virtual screens appeared in front of Gongsun Ce and Ying Zheng.

ID: Ying Zheng

Power: Qin

Available troops: 1 million (infantry? cavalry?)
Generals: Wang Jian, Meng Wu, Wang Ben...

Food: () stone
Armaments: Hand crossbow () handle, bed crossbow () stand, siege ladder () stand, earth-breaking three-legged (stand), earth-breaking seven-legged (stand)...

"What is this?" Ying Zheng was stunned as he looked at the virtual screen that suddenly appeared in front of him.

"This is the upgraded version of the Baidi Chessboard." Gongsun Ce pointed to the virtual screen in front of Ying Zheng, "We no longer need a physical chessboard, but a virtual screen.

The greeting card and the blank space on it are optional parts, representing the mobilization of troops and materials.

Ah Zheng, you control the forces representing our Great Qin, and I control the Qin State. The two of us can freely choose the deployment of materials and personnel, and we will simulate them based on the actual situation. "

"That means I can order any general to fight, and they will simulate the subsequent war according to the general's ability?" Ying Zheng's tone was a little surprised.

Compared with the complexity of the operation of the Baidi All Living Beings chessboard, the war simulator in front of us is undoubtedly simpler and closer to reality.

“There may be slight differences, but it should be pretty close.” Gongsun Ce replied after thinking for a moment.

After all, human hearts are unpredictable. Even Gongsun Ce cannot guarantee that he can guess what the other party is thinking, not to mention the ever-changing situation on the battlefield.

"Then let me give it a try. Can an army of 200,000 conquer the State of Chu?" Ying Zheng was eager to try.

To be on the safe side, Ying Zheng chose Wang Jian as the general and Meng Wu as his deputy general.

Grain and grass: 200,000 shi (two months' grain for an army of 200,000)

Strength: 180,000 infantry, 20,000 cavalry

Generals: Chief General Wang Jian, Deputy General Meng Wu
Armaments: 1,000 hand crossbows, 10 bed crossbows, 10 siege ladders, 1 earth-breaking saburo, 100 earth-breaking saburos...

Should we send troops?

whether

Ying Zheng clicked "Yes", and then changes occurred on the virtual screen in front of Ying Zheng.

The lifelike Wang Jian led an army of 200,000 elite soldiers, sweeping towards the State of Chu like an unstoppable torrent.

The Chu State controlled by Gongsun Ce, led by the famous general Xiang Yan, had an army of 400,000 to fight against Wang Jian.

"Mr. Gongsun, Xiang Yan has already defected." Ying Zheng felt that Gongsun Ce was somewhat suspected of cheating.

"There are many generals in the State of Chu, but I only know Xiang Yan." Gongsun Ce shrugged as if it was a matter of course.

The two armies faced each other on the battlefield, with flags covering the sky and war drums deafening the heavens.

Wang Jian's Qin army, with its shining black iron armor and neat formations, exuded a murderous aura.

Xiang Yan's Chu army was clad in bronze armor and held sharp spears, looking extremely powerful.

As the war drums beat, the two armies began to advance slowly.

The Chu army's war horses neighed and raised clouds of dust, while the Qin army's cavalry came rolling in like a steel torrent.

Arrows from both sides fell like raindrops, cutting through the sky with a sharp whistling sound, followed by a "whoosh" sound, and countless soldiers fell down.

In the center of the battlefield, Wang Jian and Xiang Yan each rode on a war horse, leading elite assault troops and launched a fierce attack on the other side.

Wang Jian held a long sword in his hand, his black armor shining brightly, and every time he swung the sword, a blood mist arose.

Xiang Yan was wearing heavy armor and holding a spear. He led the charge. His charge was like a tiger descending from a mountain, unstoppable.

The two armies collided with each other, making a deafening noise.

The collision of spears and shields, and the collision of war horses, stirred up a cloud of dust, and in the dust, endless bloody smell spread.

The shouts of the soldiers, the neighing of horses, and the clash of weapons intertwined together to form a tragic war song.

"Hiss!" Ying Zheng took a slight breath of cold air. Not only was the picture on the virtual screen clear, but the sound was also extremely realistic, as if a real battlefield was right next to his ears.

In every corner of the battlefield, a fight of life and death is taking place.

The Qin cavalry tore at the Chu army's defenses like tigers, while the Chu army's warriors relied on their tenacious will to resist the Qin army's charge again and again.

The two sides fought back and forth on the battlefield, neither side gave in, and the situation was stalemate.

As time went by, the war entered a white-hot stage.

The Qin army's arrows and spears poured down like a rainstorm, while the Chu army also fired arrows frantically.

Countless soldiers fell in a pool of blood. Their lives were like meteors across the sky, leaving behind a series of poignant tracks.

(End of this chapter)