Infinite war begins with Cao thief.

Chapter 364 Persistence
"you you……"

The vixen obviously didn't expect Qin Yiluo to refuse in such an almost absurd way!
This directly overturned her three views.

Seeing a beautiful woman like me, shouldn't you immediately turn into a dog licker? I asked you to lick my feet, but you don't dare to lick my legs? How could that be? How could that be?
Could it be that there really are such loyal people in the world?

The vixen, whose soul was shaken and whose body was about to collapse due to the backlash of her charm, looked at Qin Yilu, who had a righteous look on his face, and then at Hu Che'er, who was grinning foolishly with his tent above his head after only using a little trick. She always felt that something was wrong.

Qin Yilu, whose mind had briefly regained clarity, immediately activated all the remaining talismans on his body. Then, he held the sword in one hand and the black donkey's hoof in the other, and at the same time activated the power of the totem. His whole body seemed to be burning with flames.

Under his inspiration, the remaining Dayu soldiers who broke into the tomb also activated the power of totem. Even Hu Che'er, who was unconscious, passively activated the power of totem under the stimulation of his comrades.

Further outside, the Dayu army, sensing a change in the situation, immediately activated the power of their totems and quickly entered the pit to provide support.

These forces condensed into a miniature sun bird totem above Qin Yilu's head.

"Eh? Black bird? Not exactly, but..."

It was as if the corpse of the king who looked down upon the world collapsed, and a residual soul that also looked down upon the world appeared in front of Qin Yilu.

He held the vixen, who was about to reveal her true form due to the backlash, in one hand, stroked her face gently, and said, "My beloved, that's enough~"

"Your Majesty~"

The vixen seemed to still want to struggle, but as the power of the totem and military formation on Qin Yilu became stronger and stronger, her strength became weaker and weaker.

Although the obsession from a thousand years ago managed to escape with the remaining soul, it was only barely alive. If the spiritual energy of heaven and earth had not changed drastically, she might have been able to persist with the remaining soul of the king who did not cultivate his primordial spirit, but when Chaoge was no longer the center of the world's dragon veins, when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth dropped sharply again, and the luck of the Shang Dynasty no longer provided them with protection, her final arrangement was ultimately in vain.

This time, even when facing a man, the vixen had to take over his body, simply because the remnant soul could no longer hold on.

If they don't meet the right person, they will be scared to death.

It’s a pity that who could have thought that he would meet such a weirdo Qin Yilu.

I don’t like beautiful women, I just like giving gifts to girls!

That’s very embarrassing!
After this severe blow, the vixen could no longer hold on. Trying her best to control her remaining soul and not turning into a beast was her last bit of dignity.

"With my beloved concubine by my side, I will die without regrets!"

The man who looked down upon the world hugged the remaining soul of the fox spirit and rushed towards the Sun Bird.

He knew that his beloved concubine could no longer hold on, so he couldn't let anyone see the ugly scene of her soul about to transform into a human. Without hesitation, he chose to burn himself in the flames along with her remaining soul.

At the same moment when their residual souls disappeared, Dong Huang, who was boredly playing with the fox spirit Tamamonomae's jade feet and fox tail, received a new space prompt.

[War Agents obtain the luck of the last emperor of the Shang Dynasty. In the mission world where the Shang Dynasty exists, they can obtain the favor of the Heavenly Destiny Black Bird and obtain the qualification to become the emperor of the Shang Dynasty! ]

[War Agent obtains the quest world card - Conferred Gods: Chaoge Storm (what the horse sees is determined by run)]

[War agents obtain the essence of the black bird. If they obtain the green knot and nurture it with national destiny, they can nurture the national guardian beast, the Sun Bird.]

It is not a particularly generous reward. The qualification to become the Human Emperor does not mean becoming the Human Emperor. To become the Human Emperor, to put it bluntly, it still depends on the army in your hands.

The Son of Heaven is the one who has strong soldiers and horses.

The same is true for the Human Emperor.

If you defeat all those who disobey you, you will naturally become the Emperor of Man.

The highest level of human beings is called the Emperor, and the assistant of the Emperor is called the Emperor.

Therefore, it does not make much difference whether or not you have this qualification, especially since there is also the restriction that "the mission world exists in the Shang Dynasty", which greatly reduces the value of this reward.

Of course, it would be good if combined with the mission of [Heavenly Destiny Black Bird].

It’s hard to say whether the mission world card is good or bad, I can only say it’s just okay.

As soon as he saw the note, Dong Huang knew which world of Fengshen this was.

It was a world of the movie Fengshen with a somewhat bizarre train of thought, so bizarre that the old Shang king actually agreed to hand over the hostages of many princes to Yin Shou, who was not the first heir to the throne, without fearing that he would take the opportunity to contact the princes and launch a coup; Yin Shou actually made a group of hostages his adopted sons, trained them as death warriors, and then sent them to charge into battle, wasting their time on the battlefield.

All I can say is that the internal logic is hard to describe in a few words, but it is better than some American comics and science fiction stories where the villain bosses have star destroyers that can roam the universe but instead use them to fight with the humans on Earth.

The combat system of this world is also speechless. It cannot be compared with the Fengshen novel or the Fengshen of the prehistoric times. It would be fine if the famous Shen Gongbao became Tongtian's apprentice, but the key point is that the backup Tongtian gave him was a few stone puppets that rotted while running, which is almost laughable.

Of course, Daji is very charming and the queen is also very attractive.

Overall, the difficulty of this world is relatively low.

However, no matter how low the difficulty is, there are still background characters like Yuanshi Tianzun, and who knows what kind of weird things the space will do.

Just like this mission world, according to normal history, the difficulty is extremely low, but a military formation suppressed Dong Huang in the early stage and made him dare not move. He was so humble that he could only act like a gangster. So what about this world where there is clearly a high-level martial arts background?
Moreover, no one can guarantee that there won't be another hodgepodge in the space, and by then, just mixing in a little bit of the primitive elements would be enough to kill Dong Huang.

Unless it is absolutely necessary, Dong Huang still prefers to take a steady approach. These world quest cards can only be used as a supplement when it is absolutely necessary.

But the last sun bird might be a little interesting.

The green knot of space prompt is actually in Dong Huang's hands.

"Strategies of the Warring States: Qin Strategy III" states: "Zhou has Di'e, Song has Jie Lu, Liang has Xuan Li, and Chu has He Pu."

These are all precious jades of the time. Among them, Di'e was made into the emperor's seal by King Wu of Zhou. After Qin conquered the Eastern and Western Zhou dynasties, it was returned to Qin.

Liang was the State of Wei, and after Meng Ao destroyed Wei, Xuanli of Wei also became the property of Qin.

Jie Lu originally belonged to the State of Song, which was also considered the direct descendant of the Shang Dynasty. Later, the State of Song was destroyed by the State of Qi, and Jie Lu was returned to Qi. After the five states attacked Qi, Jie Lu was obtained by the State of Yan. Then Lian Po destroyed Yan and presented the remaining treasures of Yan and the King of Yan to Dong Huang, and Jie Lu also came into the hands of Dong Huang.
He Pu is the He Chibi. When Dong Huang came to this world, the He Chibi had already arrived in the Qin State. Then Cheng Yu and others used the Han State to trick the He Chibi into the city when the other states were destroying the Chu State. It had already been integrated with Dong Huang's imperial seal.

So this is equivalent to directly giving a sun bird to Dong Huang.

It's not bad to just be a pet first.

After digesting the hint, Dong Huang couldn't help but have a new doubt: Which general is this, and why is he so brave?
Referring to the acquisition rate of mission world cards in the Lost Space, it does not seem that the difficulty of obtaining mission world cards in this mission space is very low. After all, those trash who were easily killed by Dong Huang were able to obtain so many mission world cards, including many high-difficulty mission world cards, so it seems reasonable that Dong Huang's men could obtain mission world cards.

But after all, the difficulty of Jiuzhou is much higher than other places, and it is a high-level martial arts world like the Shang Dynasty's Conferred Gods. It is absolutely impossible to obtain it so easily.

In addition, since one of his subordinates has mastered a way to obtain world mission cards, can we promote it and find more world mission cards? Maybe we can get other unexpected surprises like the Sun Bird!

There is such a rich resource in this world, but there is only one in four mission worlds, so we must seize the opportunity, right?
Dong Huang told Jia Xu and the cabinet about the situation.

As soon as Dong Huang opened his mouth, Jia Xu vaguely realized something. After checking, he found that Hu Che'er and Qin Yilu had encountered zongzi that looked like King Zhou of Shang and Su Daji...

Dong Huang was surprised that the two appeared in Chaoge, but he did not investigate further.

As the famous "Emperor who knows nothing about three things", he didn't care much about what his subordinates were doing or why they came to Chaoge. At this time, he was thinking about a serious question: should he dig up the tombs of emperors and philosophers of all dynasties?
As long as there is a one percent chance of getting the reward of the mission world card, it is still a profit.

However, this would inevitably be somewhat ugly, damage his reputation, and would be extremely detrimental to Dong Huang's rule over the Nine Provinces.

"Your Majesty greatly respects the ancestors and is willing to build tombs for the emperors, capable ministers, and heroes of all dynasties to continue their lineage. This is truly a good policy!"

Jia Xu saw through Dong Huang's thoughts and praised him repeatedly.

"Ah, yes, yes!"

Dong Huang nodded and said: I am not a tomb robber like the Qing Dynasty did when they built the Ming Tombs, but I have built a grand tomb for them! The scale is definitely bigger than before!
I'm a pretty nice person.

For a moment, Dong Huang actually had the illusion that he was a wise ruler.

Bah, I am a wise ruler!

Closer to home.

Dong Huang had a new goal, which was to carry out major civil engineering works in memory of the deceased sage. On the Zhao side, the second battle of Handan had basically come to an end.

Li Mu was defeated.

Li Mu's defeat this time was due to the crushing of absolute strength.

This battle is actually the kind of battle that Wang Jian likes most - crushing you with absolute strength.

On the Handan front, Wang Jian's troops were already larger and stronger than Li Mu's. Although the two sides had won and lost in many battles and the casualty ratio was similar, Li Mu found it difficult to defeat them because of his numerical advantage.

Then Li Yao, Li Xin, father and son, Yang Duanhe, Huan Xi and other famous generals also went out one after another. Especially Li Yao and Li Xin, father and son, who were determined to cut off Li Mu's army's retreat, made Li Mu feel tremendous pressure and a little ashamed.

Li Chong’s death was ultimately related to Li Mu, and Li Mu was speechless facing Li Yao and Li Xin, father and son.

Faced with an extremely critical situation, Li Mu adopted the same strategy as the Qin army - saving people but losing territory.

He ordered the defenders of Handan to hold their ground to the death, and threatened the soldiers and civilians of Handan with the brutality of Qin and the past affairs of the King of Qin in Handan, which gave them the courage to fight to the death. Later, Li Mu first defeated Yang Duanhe and then defeated Huan Xi, thus making a name for himself.

However, as a price, he was also held tightly by Wang Jian's troops.

Wang Jian's troops, who were well-rested, once again gained an overwhelming advantage over Li Mu's troops, which had suffered heavy casualties in multiple battles. The two sides fought a fierce battle near the city of Hao, and Li Mu was defeated.

The people of Zhao State also knew that the situation was critical. Zhao State almost mobilized all its troops to Li Mu. In addition, the resistance to the Qin army in the old Zhao territory was very fierce. There were volunteer soldiers everywhere who spontaneously attacked the rear of the Qin army and destroyed the Qin army's food supply, which made the Qin army's progress very difficult.

When Li Mu reunited with the reinforcements, the Qin army still had not been able to capture Handan, Haocheng, Julu and other important cities. But at this time, Wang Jian did not dare to order a massacre, because given the image of the Qin army in the minds of the Zhao people, once they massacred a city, the Zhao people would fight to the death in every remaining place.

Although the breach killed more people, it would not cause direct pain to everyone, and the responsibility could even be put on natural disasters, but the massacre in the city would make everyone in Zhao feel insecure.

Wang Jian had been waiting for a heavyweight city to surrender to set an example.

Li Mu could basically guess Wang Jian's thoughts, and he also knew that Qin was strong and Zhao was weak, but Zhao was not without advantages. Zhao's biggest advantage was its cavalry.

What Wang Jian didn't know was that in order to prepare for this war of annihilation, the State of Zhao had even withdrawn all of its border troops that had reached the eighth rank, leaving border defense to the people of Yan and the county soldiers. The war agents of the State of Zhao also fought desperately, gathering troops in the form of volunteer bravery to support Li Mu and the State of Zhao.

With the support of the whole country, Li Mu's cavalry had reached 200,000, including 100,000 elite soldiers. He ordered them to gather in the rear and not to come to the front. He also sent his deputy general Sima Shang and his sons Li Mil, Li Hong, and Li Xian to integrate and train them.

After showing weakness to the enemy for a long time, Li Mu personally led the cavalry in a major detour, retook Jingxing by surprise, and left his second son Li Hong to garrison with a large force.

Immediately afterwards, Li Mu launched a fierce attack on the troops led by Li Yao and Li Xin from the rear and surrounded Li Yao's troops.

Li Yao held his ground and waited for help, while Li Xin, who was a rare warrior, broke through and asked for help from the Qin army along the way.

The brave and powerful Li Xin first encountered Huan Xi and Yang Duanhe's troops, who had recently been defeated by Li Mu.

"Generals, Li Mu has led 200,000 cavalrymen to capture Jingxing by surprise, and has surrounded my father's troops in Fanwu (near Pingshan County, Hebei Province today, the birthplace of the Shang Dynasty). My father's troops have barely enough food and grass to survive for two months, and the situation is extremely critical."

Li Xin briefly explained the situation.

"Fango?"

"Two hundred thousand cavalry?"

Both of them looked embarrassed.

It's not that they didn't want to rescue, but the two of them didn't have much confidence in defeating Li Mu. They were afraid that they would be surrounded and attacked by Li Mu's troops, who were like a god in military strategy, and that this would become Li Mu's military exploit again.

"What you mean is, since Li Mu appeared in Fanwu, who is in charge of the main force of the Zhao army?"

Li Xin asked, pointing at the map.

A word of advice can wake people up. Huan Xi and Yang Duanhe are not mediocre. Their abilities are indeed a little worse than Li Mu and even Meng Ao, but they are still the top generals of this era. If there were no outsiders, and only compared with the generals of the same period in history, they should all be ranked in the top ten.

"If the two generals lead a large army to support General Wang Jian, with the abilities of the three generals, the large numbers of the Qin army, and the strategy of attacking the heart, they will be able to defeat the main force of the Zhao army. Without the main force, what use will it be for Li Mu to have 200,000 cavalry?"

Li Xin proposed a strategy of besieging Wei to save Zhao.

(For reference position)

This is an open conspiracy. If Li Mu still wants to wipe out Li Yao's troops, the main force of Zhao will be finished.

The main force of Zhao State is now in the hands of Li Mu. Li Mu is also the only famous general of Zhao State who is trusted by the army.

"What a great idea, nephew!"

Huan Xi and Yang Duanhe nodded repeatedly.

This is a good strategy. It doesn't require them to take risks and it can also earn them military merit. As for Li Yao, didn't you see that Li Xin himself didn't send the army to rescue?
"Nephew, you can come with us to join General Wang!"

Huan Xi took the initiative to invite.

He actually wanted to promote this clear-headed general.

Yang Duanhe, on the other hand, did not say anything. In his heart, although he admired Li Xin's clear thinking, he felt disgusted with his behavior of abandoning his father.

However, the tall and strong Li Xin knelt heavily on the ground and kowtowed, saying: "My father is surrounded. As a son, I deserve to die for not being able to ask for help. How can I sit back and watch my father being surrounded and do nothing? Now that the military intelligence has been passed on, I will return to Fanwu and live and die with the besieged troops! I have an unwelcome request. Please give me more than a thousand cavalrymen to help me break into the encirclement, so as to pass on the successful request for help and boost the morale of the army."

"I have five thousand cavalrymen, all for you!"

Yang Duanhe spoke happily, looking at Li Xin with eyes full of admiration.

"I have three thousand elite cavalrymen, my dear nephew, take them with you!"

Huan Xi was also very happy.

So, Li Xin led 8,000 elite cavalry, made a detour and broke into the encirclement, shouting "The Qin reinforcements have arrived" while charging, and finally succeeded in joining forces with Li Yao.

Although the actions of Li Xin's troops did not cause heavy losses to Li Mu's troops, it made Li Mu realize that this Qin army might be difficult to annihilate.

Li Mu decisively withdrew from the siege.

Because Li Mu knew very well that the news of his leaving the main force might have leaked. If he didn't go back, if Wang Jian seized the opportunity, he would lose everything.

Li Mu left his eldest son Li Mil with 50,000 troops to continue besieging and harassing Li Yao's troops, while he personally led 150,000 cavalry to quickly support the south. He finally returned after the main force had lost morale due to the news that "Li Mu fled without fighting" spread by the Qin army and more than a dozen camps were broken in succession.

Li Mu's return gave the Zhao army a shot in the arm.

In this battle, although Li Mu failed to defeat Li Yao's troops, he took back Jingxing. As a result, this army had only one way to break out to the south, otherwise they would be trapped and starved to death in Fanwu. This also meant that the Zhao army's retreat was finally saved.

Moreover, if the Qin army wanted to rescue Li Yao's troops, it would very likely reveal new flaws, giving the Zhao army an opportunity to take advantage.

However, what made Li Mu depressed was that Wang Jian's response was simple and crude. He relied on his military advantage to launch attacks continuously, delaying Li Mu and the main force of Li Mu's army, and keeping a close eye on Li Mu. At the same time, he sent Yang Duanhe to lead his army to support Li Yao's troops.

Yang Duan and his troops were equipped with a large number of chariots. These chariots were not pulled by four horses, but were modified chariots that could carry food and equipment. The chariots were outside, and the chariot formation included strong bows and crossbows, which focused on stability.

This chariot formation was devised by Wang Jian in order to deal with the Dayu cavalry. He absorbed the advice of his war agents, and this time he used it on the State of Zhao.

With Li Mu being held back, the Zhao army was helpless against the chariot formation. In the end, Yang Duanhe's troops successfully responded to Li Yao's troops.

After several battles between the two sides, although both won and lost, this time Li Mu at least stabilized the rear and no longer had to worry.

In the end, the two sides stabilized the war at the Xindu line and confronted each other across the Fuyang River.

Wang Jian’s purpose was very clear. Since he could not defeat Li Mu in a short period of time, he would stop Li Mu first and then take over the fertile places such as Handan.

Of course, Li Mu saw through the Qin army's tricks. Facing Wang Jian's conspiracy, although he sent troops many times to try to break through the Qin army's blockade, he ultimately ended in failure.

Just when the two sides were fighting fiercely across the river, a surprise force of Li Mu suddenly appeared in Julu.

It turned out that Li Mu had used the same old trick again, sending troops to cross the Fuyang River from the lower reaches and detour to Julu, intending to rescue Handan from the Julu defense line.

However, Wang Jian was prepared.

Li Mu also guessed that Wang Jian might be on guard, and just sighed.

He knew that the siege of Handan might not be lifted.

The two sides did not fight in Julu.

Li Mu sent troops into the city to strengthen Julu's defense. He knew that if he wanted to turn defense into offense, Julu's position would become very important.

Li Mu realized that the problem of the Zhao army was not only the number of soldiers, but also the level of their generals.

Li Mu had no generals under his command who could truly share the burden with him, while Qin had no fewer than ten generals who could stand on their own.

Li Mu felt very tired.

Qin and Zhao were in a mess, but because of the obstruction of mountains and the Yellow River floodplain, unless Yu directly attacked Zhao's Yan area or borrowed a passage from Zhao's Yan area, it would be impossible to effectively attack Qin.

Dayu can't just bite the bullet and take over Jiange, Wugu and Xunguan, right?

The only attack point of Dayu on the road was Sanchuan County on the Xingyang line. Sanchuan County was named after the three rivers, He, Luo and Yi, within its territory. Its scope included Luoyang and other places. The county seat was Xingyang, and Luoyang at this time was the fief of Lu Buwei.

The Qin army withdrew its forces and General Meng Ao personally stayed in Xingyang to guard Sanchuan County, making it completely invulnerable.

The Yu army had no other choice but to fight to the death at all costs.

But the question is, can we fight all the way to Xianyang by competing in consumption?

Instead of taking the time, it would be better for His Majesty the Emperor of Dayu to take the risk and seek solutions from Zhao Ji and Queen Dowager Huayang!

Now that the offensive and defensive situations have changed, Dayu's strategy has also changed. First, it tried to persecute famous generals such as Wang Jian and Li Mu to see if it could subdue them; secondly, it thought about how to make Qin surrender to Dayu wholeheartedly while preserving Qin's elite troops as much as possible.

The Qin Dynasty’s enemies are actually not outside, but within.

In history, if there were no Hu Hai and Zhao Gao, the Qin Dynasty would not have perished in the second generation; the Qin Dynasty in this time and space has Queen Dowager Zhao, Queen Dowager Huayang, and the Jingshan version of Zhao Gao, so it may not be without a chance.

As for Zhao, it was now a piece of meat on the chopping block. Dayu would attack, but only after Zhao and Qin were exhausted.

By that time, when both sides have stopped fighting, Dayu could persecute Li Mu and make Li Mu give up on Zhao. Then Zhao would have no value in existing.

Now in the Liaodong area in the northeast, Lian Po and others who have hidden their identities can hardly wait any longer!
Lian Po couldn't wait to launch a surprise attack from Liaodong to take revenge, but Dian Wei and others suggested waiting for the navy, taking the water route, and directly attacking Jicheng, imitating the battle when Dayu attacked Liao.

In short, no matter which method is used, the State of Zhao will not be able to hold on for long.

On the contrary, it was the famous Queen Zhao who held out under Dong Huang's fire for a very, very long time.

(End of this chapter)