Infinite war begins with Cao thief.

Chapter 366 Jing Ke assassinates King Qin

It is the most unexplainable thing to hurt people with your own nature.

The Qin Dynasty, which had recovered, learned from its mistakes and became braver. Every soldier rushed to the front in order to wash away the shame of losing troops and territory.

Of course, there was another important reason why the Qin people fought so hard. After the land of many traitors, war agents, etc. was taken back by the state, the Qin's system of granting land based on military merit became full of vitality again, and there were plenty of fertile fields to reward.

In addition, Qin's war agents were also anxious. They understood that if they could not defeat Dayu and Qin could not achieve unification, they might not be able to wait until the day when they could complete the task of founding the country.

Dayu will not give them the opportunity to complete the task of building a country.

In fact, the war agents' chance only came after the Qin Dynasty unified the world, Qin Shi Huang died, and the world was in chaos. Only then would they have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and establish a state. If Dayu was really allowed to unify the world, then death would be the only way waiting for them.

Due to various factors, the overall combat effectiveness of the Qin army has been greatly improved.

Although the army is filled with a large number of new recruits, both the number of elite troops and the overall combat effectiveness have almost recovered to their peak levels.

The peak here refers to the peak of the Bai Qi era.

The number of Qin elite soldiers and quasi-Qin elite soldiers in the country could probably reach 800,000.

Facing the fierce army of Qin, Zhao could only rely on Li Mu for support. But even if the confrontation continued, Zhao would be doomed.

Even though Qin still needs to leave a large number of elite troops to guard against Dayu, even the troops that can be mobilized are enough to give Zhao a hard time.

The national strength of Zhao State had long since fallen behind.

At this time, Qin and Zhao were like Da Mao and Er Mao. Da Mao seemed exhausted, but actually he still had some strength left. On the other hand, Er Mao seemed to still have room for maneuver, but his men were almost exhausted.

Even with Li Mu's training, even though the elite border guards were almost exhausted, even though the last of the Central Army's resources were used, and even with the strong support of the war agents, the number of the National Defense Corps and Quasi-National Defense Corps in Li Mu's hands was only about 350,000.

Besides the 150,000 men trained by Li Mu himself and the remaining 50,000 Hufu Cavalry and Archery Corps, it is somewhat of a stretch to call the remaining 150,000 elite troops the National Defense Corps.

But this has indeed left Zhao with only an empty troop.

If Li Mu's troops were destroyed, the State of Zhao would also be destroyed.

The people of Zhao were actually very angry: If you have the ability, go and attack Dayu. What’s the point of bullying a weakling like us?
But who makes it so easy to pick on the weak?

"The only solution now is to assassinate Qin!"

In order to "save" the State of Zhao, Li Ru once again found the Six-Fingered Black Knight and sold him his plan to save the country.

"Assassinate Qin?"

The Six-Fingered Black Knight looked at Li Ru in surprise. This assassination strategy was not in line with the chivalrous spirit in his mind.

And can assassinating Qin really bring peace?

"Yes, assassinate Qin!"

Li Ru introduced a well-known person to the Six-Fingered Black Knight: "Master, this is the Yandi hero Tian Guang, he is also the current leader of the Farmer Family."

"Meet Xia Kui!"

The six-fingered black knight looked at the emaciated man in front of him. Although he had some doubts in his heart, he still greeted him politely.

"Meet the giant!"

Tian Guang returned the greeting politely.

Being well-informed, he had actually seen the doubt in the eyes of the Six-Fingered Black Knight, but he did not explain. It was Li Ru who spoke up and took the initiative to introduce his deeds.

"The hero was in Qin State in the past, and he wanted to help Lord Changping to restore his country.

During the Battle of Bashu, Xia Kui organized the barbarians to fight against the State of Yu in the barren land. As a result, the barbarians were instigated by the State of Yu. After Xia Kui escaped from the malaria-ridden land in the southwest, he crossed the mountains and ridges and walked all the way to Jiaozhi. From Jiaozhi, he crossed the border of the State of Yu, first went to Qi, and then came to Zhao. It took nearly four years in total! "

Li Ru stroked his beard and continued with admiration: "Because of traveling through dense forests and mountains full of miasma for many years, Xia Kui was not only attacked by wild beasts and poisonous insects countless times, but also had to eat wild fruits and beasts to fill his stomach. But even so, Xia Kui still used blood as ink to record geography and secret passages on his clothes, preparing to use them when the army attacked Yu. Unfortunately..."

As he spoke, Li Ru took out the map that Tian Guang had given him.

Tian Guang was indeed a remarkable man. After being defeated in the war, he crossed the Yunnan-Guizhou Mountains with great perseverance. Along the way, he almost repeated Shennong's feat of tasting hundreds of herbs. He not only wrote down the maps along the way, but also recorded many southern wild herbs.

In order to record these, he even used all his clothes for writing. He only wrapped himself in unnitred animal skins. Even his shoes had long been worn out. His whole body was covered with wounds and calluses, and he looked like a savage.

Because he went in the wrong direction, Tian Guang even ended up in Jiaozhi.

Afterwards, Tian Guang went north from Jiaozhi, passed through Lingnan and other places, and along the way he wrote down the troop deployment of the Yu army, and finally went to Qi from Huainan.

Because of his previous prestige and this feat, Tian Guang was officially recognized as the leader of the heroes by the elders and disciples of the farming family after he returned.

However, the State of Qi, which was a farming base at the time, had already perished.

In order to practice his chivalry and find a way out for the farmers, Tian Guang finally chose Zhao State and chose Li Ru, the Lord of Yanchun, who had become famous in Zhao State in recent years.

Not only did he present the map to Li Ru, he also gave Li Ru a detailed introduction to the situation of Dayu that he had learned.

Li Ru, the intelligence chief of Dayu, felt that this scene was absurd, but was still "deeply moved" and accepted Tian Guang. He first asked famous doctors in Yanzhao to examine Tian Guang's body, and then generously allowed Tian Guang to choose a location in Yanzhao as the new headquarters of the farming family, and took good care of Tian Guang.

Tian Guang was deeply moved and felt that Li Ru was the Mengchangjun of the new era. He vowed to repay and be loyal to Li Mengchang.

"You are truly the modern Shennong!"

The six-fingered black hero bowed deeply.

He knew very well that Tian Guang was the top master of the farming family. His martial arts gave him the ability to resist poison, and he knew how to identify the toxicity of plants and trees. Anyone else would die in the endless mountains, and even he was no exception.

"How dare you?"

Tian Guang smiled bitterly, then explained: "He is just a defeated general. I will first tell the young master and the great master about the situation in Dayu."

The young master that Tian Guang mentioned was naturally Li Ru.

The vicious and cruel Li Ru was actually touted as the "Fifth Young Master of the Warring States Period" in this world, and both the chivalrous leader Tian Guang of the Farmers' School and the giants of the Mohist School agreed with him.

Reality is sometimes so absurd.

The greatest enemy of Zhao State, the master of Queen Zhao, and the biological father of the young prince of Zhao State were actually recognized as the great hero and savior of Zhao State.

"Dayu is a very strange country. The king calls himself the emperor. He is extremely lustful and does not work properly. He has many children and grandchildren, but he does not have a crown prince. Many of his descendants are training in the army or serving as civil servants, and are treated the same as ordinary civil and military officials.

On weekdays, the military and national affairs of Dayu were controlled by the cabinet headed by Jia Xu. The monarch would even not attend court for years, and was like a puppet.
The military system of Dayu was also very strange. The generals of each army had extremely high autonomy. They could not only recruit soldiers and expand the army at will, but also march freely without listening to the orders of the central government. The generals and soldiers were all arrogant and brave.

Moreover, Dayu seemed extremely obsessed with territorial expansion.

When I was in the south, I found that the army of Dayu had already destroyed Yelang, Baipu and the Dian Kingdom established by the Chu general Zhuang Qiao; the Baiyue lands such as Jiaozhi and Yangyue were also occupied by the Yu State.

In terms of territory alone, the area of ​​Yu State was probably five or even ten times that of Qin and Zhao - of course, most of these places were barren and would only waste the national strength of Yu.

If Dayu mobilizes all these pioneering troops to the north, I am afraid that Zhao will also be destroyed by Dayu. "

Tian Guang explained from his perspective and insights.

"What does Xia Kui mean?"

The six-fingered black hero seemed to have grasped something, but it was not clear enough.

It feels like the girl from Shang K. Even though you have grasped her key points and you both have a good chat, you are still not sure whether she is willing to go to the toilet with you?

Would you like me to go out with you?

What exactly is Plum Warts?

It is a struggle between masculinity, passion stimulated by alcohol, and reason, but reason will usually be beaten half to death in advance, leaving only the ability to fulfill the biological instinctive impulse.

But many young ladies only like to use hand brewing or micro-brewing, and don’t want to explode at all.

The Six-Fingered Black Knight is now at the stage where he thinks the young lady might go to the toilet with him, but he feels that there is little hope.

"The Emperor of Dayu is the foundation of Dayu. If the Emperor dies, Dayu will inevitably fall apart. All the arrogant and powerful generals will probably support their own friendly princes. At that time, Dayu will inevitably split and fall into civil war. Maybe there will be a three-way division of Jin!"

Li Ru began to explain.

"Sir, do you mean to assassinate not only Qin but also Yu?"

The six-fingered black hero was a little confused.

The first thing we were talking about was the assassination of Qin, right?
I can understand assassinating the King of Qin. If the King of Qin is assassinated, Qin will not have time to attack Zhao for a while. But assassinating Yu? It sounds like assassinating Yu will cause great suffering to the people!
"Master, this is what I think."

Li Ru took out a triangle and a quadrilateral made of wooden sticks. He pressed the three sides of the triangle, but the triangle did not move. He pressed the four sides of the quadrilateral, and the quadrilateral turned into a parallelogram.

Six-Fingered Black Knight: ...

Tian Guang: ...

The two were silent for a while, not knowing what Li Ru wanted to do.

"Cough cough."

Li Ru coughed softly to cover up his embarrassment, but he was complaining in his heart: Isn't Mohism a pioneer of physics? How can he not understand such a simple truth?
He could only explain himself: "The triangle is stable."

"I see!"

Six-Fingered Black Knight and Tian Guang both looked as if they had suddenly realized something.

Li Ru didn't care whether they really had an epiphany or not, and continued to explain: "With the current situation in the world, it is impossible to restore the situation during the time of the Seven Kingdoms. Besides, even among the Seven Kingdoms, aren't there wars of justice all day long?
Therefore, I believe that if we want to achieve peace in today's world, the balance of power among the three countries is the best option.

The three countries are equally powerful. If two countries go to war, another country may take advantage of it. Only by checking and balancing each other can the world be peaceful!
so……"

"So we must assassinate Qin and Yu!"

The two of them suddenly realized and were impressed by Li Ru's far-sighted strategic thinking.

In their view, as long as Qin and Yu were in trouble, Zhao would inevitably get a chance to catch its breath. Once Zhao became strong, the three parties could check and balance each other.

very perfect.

Especially for the Mohists who advocated universal love and non-aggression but did not know how to truly stop the war, being able to maintain a balance under the checks and balances of the Three Kingdoms was already a visible "non-aggression".

Being able to achieve this level of "non-aggression", the Six-Fingered Black Knight felt that he had surpassed all the great masters of all ages.

At this moment, his recognition of Li Ru soared, and he felt more and more that Li Ru was the talent that Mohism needed. He even considered giving the position of leader to Li Ru.

Tian Guang was also full of admiration.

He felt that Li Ru was much more chivalrous and ambitious than the Queen Mother Huayang or the Lord Changping.

He is a hero worthy of Tian Guang and the farmers' loyalty.

Seeing that the two ancients who were trapped by their knowledge were almost moved, Li Ru continued, "If this plan fails, the only way for the world to be peaceful is to unify the world."

Li Ru's true intentions were exposed.

However, Six-Fingered Black Knight and Tian Guang, whose minds were still in the mode of fighting for supremacy among the princes, did not realize Li Ru's true intention.

"How can it be!"

Tian Guang muttered subconsciously.

"The plan to assassinate Qin and Yu will surely be implemented smoothly!"

The six-fingered black knight was firm in his attitude. It was obvious that neither of them had realized the importance of unifying the world.

"Yes, Emperor Dayu and King Qin are the biggest obstacles to world peace."

Tian Guang also agreed, and then couldn't help asking: "But how to stab Qin and Yu?"

"The King of Qin is young and ambitious. It is not difficult to see from his visit to Handan that he can't wait to control the court with the support of the military. In this case, why don't we help him achieve a great feat?"

Li Ru habitually wanted to smile sinisterly, but he subconsciously held it back.

"great merit?"

Tian Guang and Six-Fingered Black Knight were both very confused.

"I want to persuade the king to seek peace with the King of Qin, present the map of Julu to the King of Qin, and cede Julu in exchange for Qin's truce and withdrawal of troops. By then, the King of Qin will surely receive the envoy, and this is the opportunity to take action!"

Li Ru told his plan.

"Sir, if this happens, your reputation will be ..."

Tian Guang and the Six-Fingered Black Knight stepped aside and bowed.

Before this plan comes to fruition, Li Ru will inevitably become a rat crossing the street that everyone in Zhao State will shout and beat; if the plan fails, he may even be sent to Qin State by the King of Zhao to appease Qin State's anger; even if it succeeds by any chance, Qin State will retaliate against him sooner or later, and may even threaten to destroy the country and force the King of Zhao to send him to Qin State!

Sir, you are totally not considering yourself by doing this!
The two of them were completely impressed by Li Ru's great sentiment of sacrificing his life for the country.

"For the sake of the country and the world, why should I care about a mere reputation? If necessary, what's the harm in offering my head?"

Li Ru said righteously.

To be honest, he kind of enjoyed the feeling of being popular as a positive character.

I look forward to the day when everyone can see the truth!
This feeling of playing with people's hearts made him feel extremely happy.

"But, there are no warriors available!"

Li Ru suddenly sighed and continued to play with the two of them.

"Don't worry, sir. Just leave it to us two!"

Tian Guang and Six-Fingered Black Knight spoke hurriedly.

They both have many subordinates. The Mohist School is a first-class and famous school, and the Nong School is said to have 100,000 disciples. They are not short of brave warriors who dare to risk their lives.

There are many people who want to do something like assassinating Qin Shi Huang, which would be recorded in history. What they need to consider is who to send so that there will be no mistakes.

The Six-Fingered Black Knight has a candidate in his hand—Jing Ke.

Tian Guang had two very promising candidates - Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, and he himself was also very good.

Of course, whether it is the Agricultural School or the Mohist School, there are too many elites, and there is no need to rush to make specific choices.

"Sir, you mentioned earlier that you wanted to assassinate Yu. From what I have seen, it seems that you do not want to send troops to assassinate like you did to assassinate Qin?"

Tian Guang, who was more politically minded and sensitive than the Six-Fingered Black Knight, couldn't help but ask a question that he had always cared about.

In fact, the State of Yu was the country that had destroyed the most countries at that time.

Since Dayu came into being, Chu and Qi were successively destroyed by Dayu, Han was directly annexed, and now almost all of Wei has become Dayu's territory. When it comes to greed for territory, Dayu is even more greedy than Dayu, but Dayu's reputation is much better than that of Qin.

The Qin State engaged in too much bullying when it had no rivals and has lost the possibility of whitewashing itself; on the other hand, Dayu either had a legitimate reason to fight or implemented benevolent policies, and is now dealing with the Yellow River flood area issues for the Qin and Zhao States!
In terms of reputation, Dayu has absolutely no problems.

Recently, Dayu has even been promoting an imperial examination system, which is divided into civil examinations and military examinations. As long as you are able to pass the examination, you can become an official in Dayu. This has immediately captured the hearts of the middle and lower class scholars. In the past, they could only serve as retainers, but now? They have a chance to soar to the sky and have retainers?
At the same time, Dayu also implemented the military merit system, and the land grants at each level were higher than those in Qin.

Dayu is also happy to promote capable people out of turn.

The taxes and labor service of Dayu were lighter than those of other countries.

As a result, within Dayu's ruling area, except for a few former top nobles who were still dissatisfied, the vast majority of the middle and lower classes became Dayu's community of interests.

And how many of the former top nobles of the six countries are there? It would be fine if those people didn't show up, but if they did, they would die and their clans would be destroyed. Dayu would not be merciful to these people.

If it weren't for their different positions, Tian Guang would have been attracted to Dayu.

"The guards around Emperor Dayu are too strong. What can we give to Emperor Dayu if we want to send someone to assassinate him? We can't give him the entire State of Zhao, right? And assassination is something that can only happen once, so if we want to assassinate Emperor Dayu, we must use other methods."

Having said that, Li Ru sighed in shame, as if he was too embarrassed to speak.

However, this aroused their interest even more.

"I wonder what clever plan you have, sir?"

The two couldn't help but ask.

"Do you two know that I have robbed all the courtesans of Feixue Pavilion?"

Li Ru talked about something that seemed insignificant.

Speaking of which, this is one of the few stains on Mr. Li, who is dedicated to the public and upright.

"Have heard a little bit."

The Six-Fingered Black Knight was a little embarrassed.

It was because of hearing this news that he thought Li Ru might be a lustful villain, so he only sent Jing Ke to make contact and did not stay in person. This time Li Ru took the initiative to say this, which made him realize that there might be some hidden story.

Tian Guang also pricked up his ears at this time.

"I adopted the most beautiful girls from Feixue Pavilion as my adopted daughters, and I even harmed a girl from a medical family."

Li Ru was busy exposing his own shortcomings.

When he mentioned the girl from the medical family, the Six-Fingered Black Knight's expression changed noticeably, and it was obvious that he also thought of Nian Duan and Duanmu Rong from the medical family.

The Mohist School had heard about the disappearance of these two people and had looked for them, but unfortunately there was no result.

After hearing what Li Ru said today, the Six-Fingered Black Knight realized that things were not that simple.

"I presented them to the Emperor of Dayu along with the other courtesans!"

Li Rushi broke the shocking truth.

"Honey trap?"

Six-Fingered Black Knight and Tian Guang looked up at the same time.

They obviously would not think that this was Li Ru's flattery to please Emperor Dayu.

After eliminating one correct answer, the two people who were misled by Li Ru thought that Li Ru wanted to use the beauty trap to assassinate Dong Huang.

"Not only them, when I was in Handan, I presented a prostitute who was the most beautiful in Handan to His Majesty the Emperor of Dayu. As far as I know, she was quite favored. However, prostitutes are not capable of handling important matters after all. All these things are just to make the Emperor of Dayu relax his vigilance.

I'm not afraid of you two laughing at me. These days I have been looking for beautiful women and plan to cultivate them from a young age.

Now the Emperor of Dayu has basically lost his vigilance towards the women I sent him, and there is indeed nothing wrong with them. When the right person is trained, I will send her over to assassinate him!"

Li Ru told about his plan to assassinate Yu.

You know what, this plan actually sounds plausible.

Six-Fingered Black Knight and Tian Guang not only did not have any doubts, but they admired Li Ru's foresight even more.

"Does the young master have a suitable candidate?"

The six-fingered black hero couldn't help but ask.

"Not yet."

Li Ru shook his head and sighed helplessly: It is so helpless that I cannot send more high-quality beauties to Your Majesty!

"The Mohist School has a disciple named Gongsun Liji, who is beautiful, polite and righteous, and can handle great tasks!"

The six-fingered black hero couldn't help but say.

Gongsun Liji is the most beautiful girl among the disciples of Mohist School. In the anime plot, she is the mother of Tianming, the male protagonist of "The Legend of Qin", and also the concubine of Qin Shihuang.

(Li Ji)
The Six-Fingered Black Knight did not think there was anything wrong with sending a woman to carry out such a great mission. Instead, he felt that it was an honor for Gongsun Li Ji.

For a woman to be able to accomplish such a great thing and leave her name in history is definitely the greatest compliment to her.

Regardless of whether she succeeded or not, her evaluation in history books is probably better than that of Ru Ji, who helped Wei Wuji steal the seal to save Zhao.

"The farmer's family has a disciple named Tian Mi, who has a charming figure and is good at using poison and illusion. We can go with you to take on this important task!"

In this kind of situation, the chivalrous leader Tian Guang naturally would not be willing to lag behind.

(Tian Mi)
Speaking of chivalry, Tian Guang is even better than the Six-Fingered Black Knight.

In history, Tian Guang was a chivalrous man who committed suicide after helping Prince Dan plan the assassination of Qin Shi Huang. He did so just because Prince Dan told him to keep it a secret. For such a big event, he only regretted that he was not a beautiful woman.

Thus, the assassination of Yu was settled.

The Six-Fingered Black Knight soon sent Gongsun Liji over, and Tian Guang also sent Tian Mi over. After undergoing rigorous training, the two of them will take on the mission of assassinating Yu.

Of course, it is difficult to say whether they were the ones who committed the assassination or were stabbed.

Luowang had previously sent out two female assassins. Now, they have gone from being stabbed to being in love to being stabbed to being in love. From the different strengths of the slaps on the buttocks, you can tell whether it is a dog lying down, raising fish, or fully automatic...

Very sensible.

The gifts prepared for His Majesty Emperor Dayu have been selected, and the gifts prepared for King Qin are also ready.

The candidates for assassinating Qin were finally decided to be Tian Guang and Jing Ke.

Tian Guang insisted on going this time.

He had plenty of reasons.

First, he had connections with the Queen Mother Huayang and Lord Changping of the Chu clan, and he could pretend to persuade Zhao to surrender in order to repay them.

Second, the four years of torture had allowed him to perfect his Shennong Gong and reach the third level of mythical strength, but it had also severely overdrawn his body, leaving too many hidden dangers. He would not live much longer.

Third, he developed a technique that allowed him to kill people without weapons, thus evading the most stringent inspections of the Qin State.

As for Jing Ke, he was also full of passion and ambition, and wanted to do something great and go down in history.

After the list was finalized, it became very easy to persuade King Zhao to offer land to Qin in exchange for peace.

The current King of Zhao has actually become confused and terminally ill due to the constant overdrawing of his body and the control of the charm and incense of Song Ji and others. He is simply unable to refuse Li Ru and Song Ji's request.

Afterwards, Li Ru played the zither by the Yishui River to see the two off.

Li Ru sang with emotion: "The wind is whistling and the Yi River is cold. Once the warrior leaves, he will never come back!"

Tian Guang, Jing Ke, the Six-Fingered Black Knight and others sang in unison.

Before leaving, Tian Guang handed over the Shennong Order to Li Ru in the presence of the six-fingered Black Knight and the Nong family hall masters Zhu Jia, Chen Sheng, Tian Meng and others who came to see him off. He not only handed over the Lieshan Hall, one of the six Nong family halls directly under him, to Li Ru, but also appointed Li Ru as the acting leader of the knights and wrote a letter to the six elders recommending Li Ru to take over as the next leader of the knights.

(End of this chapter)