I don’t know if it was an illusion, but Han Xin’s heart stopped beating and his breathing suddenly tightened.
Just as his hand touched the hard object through his clothes, he seemed to see the birdman who killed his eldest brother, his eyes moved from his face to his hand...
"kill!"
His strength is as great as that of a mountain and his courage is as unmatched as that of the world!
The Overlord roared and ordered the soldiers around him to retreat.
Dozens of Mohist disciples wearing black armor had their ears buzzing, their brains confused, stars in their eyes, and their hearts and courage seemed to be about to burst. They all fell backwards.
Their hearts are fearless and they move forward courageously, but their bodies are not as strong as their hearts.
The spear drew a circle of death, and the splattered blood merged together, making it impossible to tell whose it belonged. Today, the underworld was rushing to achieve results.
Xiang Yu, holding a long spear that had turned red after drinking countless blood, rode on his snow-treading black-thorn horse and charged towards Han Xin.
"Leave the battlefield to the general!"
With a deep voice, seven figures flew into the sky.
The top masters of the Mohist school, who had been waiting for a long time and were going crazy because Xiang Yu had been avoiding the battle, came forward one after another.
In their hands they held the newly forged fine iron weapons, be it knives, swords or rulers, they bit their tongues and lips, their eyes filled with hatred engraved in their bones.
Revenge for the giant!
The two sides faced off. Although Overlord was outnumbered by seven, he was not at a disadvantage. However, he was stopped in the end, and the Chu army behind him was also stopped.
Han Xin's voice was hoarse and he hadn't blinked for a long time.
The senses of smell, hearing, taste and touch all disappeared, and attention was highly concentrated, all turned to the eyes!
In this state, time seemed to slow down, and objects could be arbitrarily enlarged or reduced under his control. His sight followed his thoughts, and he could see the entire battlefield or the hair on the forehead of a single soldier.
This was a skill Han Xin had had since he was a child, and initially he could only move within fifty steps around himself.
After studying the military strategies of various masters under Wei Liao, he also received the legendary "Tai Gong Military Strategy" from Huang Shi Gong, and he could change everything he saw with the naked eye.
Among the three killing stars, only Po Jun can trap himself in the battle and dominate the world.
Qi Sha and Tan Lang are both hiding behind the scenes, using military tactics to manipulate soldiers to trap and kill the enemy.
The former is flawless in battle, stays in the middle, and uses his power to oppress others openly and honestly, disrupting the world.
The latter was insidious and cunning, well versed in the secrets of military tactics, and preferred to act in unusual ways. He commanded his soldiers like a pack of wolves, biting at the prey's most painful spot and killing it with one strike.
The combination of positive and odd is unparalleled in the world.
Zhao Gongming, who was the first to discover Han Xin's extraordinary talent, said something to Han Xin when he was about to leave Qi.
"There are two divisions in the past and present, one is my dear brother, and the other is you gentlemen."
Wei Liao, Huang Shigong and Guiguzi all agreed with this.
The Mohist school, which had been in a passive state, turned from defense to offense, and under the superb command of the military genius, they advanced and retreated according to their logic and launched a counterattack against the Chu army.
Without the incomparable and brave King of Chu to charge into battle, the advantages of the Chu army were visibly disappearing little by little, and it was unknown when they would turn into a disadvantage.
Xiang Liang, who was watching, involuntarily raised his body, clenched the reins tightly, and growled:
"With such great insight, who is the commander of the Qin army!"
Huan Chu, who was standing half a horse length behind Xiang Liang, opened his eyes wide, feeling shocked and terrified.
Huan Chu, who was standing outside the game and taking in the overall situation, knew that if he were the general, he would have lost the battle long ago.
He punched the uneasy Xiang Liang on the shoulder, his eyes drifted back for a moment, and then he laughed:
"No matter who the Qin general is, it's a waste to meet the young general!"
Xiang Liang immediately realized that he had lost his composure just now. His face regained its dignity, and he deliberately sat back, glancing at the faces behind him that were a little flustered because of his previous behavior, and said in a deep voice:
"This man has been able to hold out under Yu'er for so long, we can persuade him to surrender."
Turning his head, he said casually with unquestionable confidence:
"Yu'er will naturally not lose. It depends on how long this Qin general can hold out."
On the battlefield, Xiang Yu, who was like a human-shaped beast, had no time to care about anything else. He wielded his spear and killed people like cutting grass. It was like the god of war Xingtian reappeared in the world, wielding his Ganqi and beheading people.
He is gambling!
He bet that he could break through the encirclement of these seven top Mohist masters first and kill the Qin army commander first, the guy with the chest and abdomen that could bring him fatal danger!
There were flashes of swords and gleams of spears. In just a moment, Overlord's spear pierced the head of a top Mohist master, piercing him all the way through!
With one of the seven masters of the Mohist School gone, the siege was broken, just like a big hole in the dam that blocked the Yellow River. Overlord stabbed, picked, collapsed and split, and in another cup of tea, he killed six masters in a row!
Within two cups of tea, the seven top masters of the Mohist School died in disgrace. Two of them had fought against the Sword Saint Gai Nie and remained undefeated, and the remaining five were only one step away from Gai Nie.
This is not the achievement of Overlord alone, but the achievement of the Chu army as a whole.
If it weren't for the battlefield, even if the seven top masters of the Mohist School were defeated, they would never be defeated so quickly.
Overlord can defend himself perfectly, and Mohist disciples cannot hurt him, but the seven top masters of Mohist cannot do that.
Under the siege of the Xiang family army, which was well coordinated and skilled in battle formations, they died under Xiang Yu's spear before they could even catch their breath. Even without Xiang Yu, the seven of them could not have rushed far in the battle formation.
Before the Overlord's name became famous on the battlefield, it was an iron rule that no matter how powerful a master was, he could not defeat the army, and no one was an exception.
At this time, although the combat effectiveness of Zhang Chu's surrendered soldiers in the Chu army had dropped to 10% or 20% of the usual level and their positions were barely stable, they had not yet abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and they ran around in disorder, causing chaos in the Chu army.
The Overlord has broken the formation, but the God of War has not yet accomplished his mission.
Xiang Yu pulled the reins suddenly, raised his spear and roared, his bet was right!
The black horse walking on the snow raised its hooves and neighed loudly, as if cheering for its master or gathering strength for the next charge.
Peng~!
The chaotic noise of the battlefield could not conceal the sound of thunder!
Han Xin's pupils shrank sharply. He would never forget this sound! It was the sound of a gunshot! It was the sound of the pistol in his arms! Zhang Liang died right in front of his eyes!
His eyes were fixed on Xiang Yu without blinking. He put his hand into his arms and felt the cold touch from his palms into his mind.
It was not the pistol given to him by the second emperor, but the second pistol.
Xiang Yu tilted his head to the side, breaking out in a cold sweat. The Qin general he had been paying attention to still exuded a dangerous aura from his chest and abdomen, and the aura of death just passed through his forehead!
Just half an inch away and he would have died!
He didn't know what it was, but he knew that if he was hit he would die, he was absolutely certain of it.
His keen premonition of danger did not take effect in advance, and he did not react until death was imminent.
He looked in the direction where the death came from and saw a man wearing black armor, who seemed to be just an ordinary disciple of the Mohist School, holding a strange weapon with a black hole in his hand.
He didn't know this person, but he knew that this person must be the best assassin in the world, able to completely hide his murderous intent.
Jing Ke, a famous retainer in the palace of Lord Chang'an, nicknamed Reckless Man, was the best assassin in the world.
Bang bang bang bang bang~!
Tongues of fire spewed out continuously!
The Overlord tumbled off his horse!
The majestic black horse Treading Snow let out a dying cry, and blood splattered all over its body.
He can dodge it, but his horse can't!
"Black Horse!"
Overlord rushed forward with spear in hand, relying on his two legs, to kill Jing Ke, but was blocked by numerous Mohist disciples, making it difficult and time-consuming to kill them.
By the time he realized he needed to mount a horse and take advantage of the cavalry to charge forward, he roared and turned over to ride on the warhorse that nominally belonged to his uncle.
Looking around, Jing Ke was no longer visible, and he could no longer detect any murderous intent.
The swarm of black armors overwhelmed him, and the disciples of the Mohist School fought one after another, shielding themselves with their lives and enduring the tremendous wrath of the King of Chu.
The corpses fell to the ground like a mountain, and the blood splattered like the sea.
The Mohist attack was methodical, but not as watertight as the one just now.
The Military Genius Han Xin was abducted by Jing Ke. The two rode on the same horse. The good words were retreat, but in reality they were defeated and fled. The Military Genius lost to the Overlord.
"Sound the retreat."
The Second Emperor looked at Jing Ke and Han Xin who were fleeing back and immediately issued a military order.
The effective range of the three pistols was one hundred steps. Jing Ke had just gotten within fifty steps of Xiang Yu and fired when his horse stood up and Xiang Yu was venting his emotions.
If we can't kill him, then there's no point in thinking about winning this battle.
No matter how confident the Second Emperor was in his martial arts, he was not sure he could dodge Jing Ke's bullet within fifty steps. The world's number one assassin was extremely skilled in hiding.
Chang'an Junfu once conducted an experiment.
Sword Master Gai Nie was on guard when the spear-wielding Jing Ke approached him within fifty steps and shot him in the corner of his clothes, which was exactly the corner of his clothes Jing Ke had intended to hit.
Jing Ke was no match for top masters like Gai Nie and Lu Gou Jian in head-on combat. As long as he had a gun in his hand, there was no one in the world that he could not kill. This was the consensus of all the distinguished guests in Chang'an Jun's mansion.
Today, it was broken.
Xiang Yu, the King of Chu, cannot be killed by a pistol.
Ying Chengjiao was not particularly surprised by this. He did not want to fight such a battle in the first place. These were meaningless casualties to him.
The Records of the Grand Historian states:
In the Battle of Julu, Xiang Yu defeated Zhang Han with 200,000 troops, despite having 50,000.
In the Battle of Pengcheng, 30,000 cavalrymen defeated Liu Bang's coalition army of 560,000.
Xiang Yu fought innumerable battles of all sizes in his life, and except for the last battle at Gaixia, which he personally participated in, he never lost a single battle, defeating the Han army alone.
The military genius Han Xin always avoided the army led by Xiang Yu during the battles and captured and attacked Xiang Yu's subordinates.
In the Battle of Gaixia, Liu Bang appointed Han Xin as the main general, unified the command of various armies, launched flank attacks, and then formed a siege.
At night, Han Xin ordered the Han army to sing Chu songs on all sides, which eventually made the Chu army lose their fighting spirit and was annihilated by the Han army in one fell swoop. However, the Han army still avoided a direct battle with the Overlord of Chu and killed his heart.
The Chu army was defeated because they lost their fighting spirit, not because they were defeated by the Overlord.
Later, Overlord led 28 riders to escape. "Records of the Grand Historian" records that there were several thousand Han riders pursuing them.
Xiang Yu killed nearly a hundred people by himself, and later killed hundreds of people under the siege of the Han army. He fled to the bank of the Wujiang River and still showed no sign of exhaustion.
In the end, he crossed the Wujiang River and committed suicide.
Overlord is the only fierce man in history who killed thousands of people on the battlefield. No king can be better than Overlord!
In his previous life, Ying Chengjiao always believed that as long as Xiang Yu didn't want to die, no one could kill him.
Therefore, he has always been wary of the State of Chu and Xiang Yu, who was defeated by Han Xin in history.
In addition to Guiguzi's prophecy, if he wanted to quickly end the rebellion of the Six Kingdoms, he could not adopt Liu Bang's strategy of nibbling away and destroying Xiang Yu's heart, but had to win head-on.
As for head-on combat, according to historical records, Xiang Yu was invincible and never lost.
Han Xin and Jing Ke returned to their camp.
When the disciples of the Mohist School heard the retreat order, not a single one came back.
Wearing black armor, they charged towards Xiang Yu, whose flesh and blood were stained with blood, and died. They charged again and died again...
The Mohist school never left itself a way out.
Where justice lies, move forward courageously.
All others are white, except me who is black.
This was a boring massacre for Xiang Yu.
But for the Chu army, this was an extremely brutal battle.
After Han Xin escaped, the fighting spirit of the Mohist disciples did not diminish and the flames were still blazing. Even when the casualties exceeded 50%, no one fled.
But what about the Chu army?
The Xiang army regarded the Overlord with Double Pupils as a god, but the surrendered soldiers of Zhang Chu did not. They were afraid...
They were attacked frantically. The Mohist disciples, who felt no pain and were not afraid of life or death, were frightened out of their wits. They dropped their weapons and began to flee in panic.
The Xiang army's formation was disrupted, and the Chu army was on the verge of defeat!
If Xiang Liang had not immediately ordered the entire army to charge, this would have been the only battle so far in which an army with a great advantage ended up losing.
The surging Chu army stabilized its position, and within the next half hour, it killed all the Mohist disciples who participated in the battle, leaving no one standing in black armor on the battlefield.
They did not pursue the victory and attack Ying Chengjiao's army.
Although they won this battle, it was a pyrrhic victory!
The Mohist army, which fought to the last man, caused them huge casualties. The surviving Chu army also consumed a huge amount of physical strength and had to rest before fighting again.
Not to mention taking the initiative to attack, Xiang Liang was now afraid that Ying Chengjiao would launch a charge.
Xiang Yu, who had participated in the war from beginning to end and was still in high spirits at this time, wiped his face, and his blood and flesh were scattered on the sticky battlefield like drops of water into a river.
He was like a god or a demon. His tall body gave people infinite pressure out of thin air. He held his spear diagonally, with the tip of the spear pointing downwards and the shaft against his back, pointing at the second emperor in silver armor and shouting:
"The world has been in turmoil for several years, all because of the quarrel between Qin and Chu. I am willing to challenge the King of Qin to decide who is the better of us, so as not to waste the people's time!"
Xiang Yu, who had massacred five cities, challenged the second emperor to a duel for the sake of the people of the world.
Yue Nu was very nervous when she heard this. She knew that her husband was most interested in fighting alone. Before she met Xiang Yu, she thought her husband was the best in the world.
After meeting Xiang Yu, she didn't think her husband could win even if he was armed to the core with a pistol, wearing a bulletproof vest, silver armor and a silver helmet.
This man is so scary, so scary that he doesn't look like a human.
Throughout history, only one Overlord has been able to decide the outcome of a battlefield by his own strength.
Not only was Yue Nu nervous, but Liu Bang, Jing Ke, and all those who were in high positions in the Qin State and knew the second emperor's character were nervous.
Even Fan Kuai, who had just been talking about stopping Xiang Yu, became nervous and opened his mouth to persuade the Second Emperor, whose martial arts were far superior to his.
He is brave, not stupid.
"Your Majesty, this"
"Your Majesty, please."
"Your Majesty, you cannot do that."
“…”
The anxious Qin officials could only speak three words at a time, or four words particularly quickly, before the Second Emperor raised his hand and shut their microphones.
The coldness from the Second Emperor made them dare not say more.
"Stupid."
The second emperor spoke clearly and swung his raised palm forward vigorously.
"Blast him to death."
Behind the Qin formation, vehicles converted from crossbow carts were filled with extremely simple square blocks of unknown objects shaped like bricks.
The second emperor called this a cannon machine. It was after Li Mu saw the cannon machine that he decided to surrender.
The long thick wooden pole is pulled backwards, and even with the help of a lever to save effort, it still requires four people to pull it. Originally, the most labor-intensive giant crossbow cart of the Qin Dynasty only required two people to load the crossbow arrows.
The Qin soldiers were organized into groups, with one cannon machine for every five soldiers.
The four blocks sank to the bottom one by one, and the four men let go at the same time following the order of the sergeant . The four blocks soared into the sky under the huge thrust, and after reaching the highest point, they slid down in a parabola, and the landing point was the Chu army.
In an instant, more than five hundred square blocks flew into the sky, covering everything.
The Chu army reacted very quickly and raised their shields.
Xiang Liang frowned and looked at the sky. His eyesight was amazing and he could see the entire four blocks clearly. He didn't know what use this thing with no sharpness could be. It was no better than a feather arrow.
"Catapult? Could such a small object be very heavy?"
As he was muttering, he didn't notice that his nephew Xiang Yu, whom he cared about the most and valued the most, was horrified.
The King of Chu looked up at the sky, his body trembling. Every part of his soul and body was shaking. He felt the breath of death in the air.
"It's God's will to kill me! It's not my fault!"
He roared in grief and anger, stomped his foot on the ground and soared ten feet into the sky, raising his spear towards the sky! He stabbed a square with one spear!
This collision was triggered by the mechanism crafted by Mohist masters inside the four blocks. The subtle, inaudible clicking sound was caused by the violent friction of the flint inside.
Boom~!
The four blocks exploded!
There was a roar of thunder that was a hundred times louder than the sound of gunfire, and a blinding flame engulfed the Overlord!
The sky was filled with blood rain, like a huge firework exploding in the air...
Before the blood rain fell on the ground, square blocks of blood smashed into the Chu army one after another.
Boom boom boom boom boom~!
It was like the sky was collapsing and the earth was splitting apart. Everything disappeared in the flames. The battlefield was engulfed in smoke and dust. The world became quiet amidst an unprecedented noise.
No screams, no last words, no curses.
One by one, square blocks flew into the air and smashed into the smoke.
The flames in the white smoke brought out even more smoke.
Everything is hidden in the dust...
On May 16th of the first year of the Second Emperor's reign, the Qin army captured Yingdu and the State of Chu was destroyed.
On May 20 of the same year, King Tian Rong of Qi wrote a letter inviting the two emperors to meet in Tangcheng, Dongjun on June 3, expressing his intention to submit, and Ying Chengjiao agreed .
Two days later, the Yin-Yang doctors headed by Hou Sheng and Lu Sheng came to the emperor together and said that the sky was dark and obscure, as if it was blocked by someone, and that something big was bound to happen.
On June 3, a meteorite fell from the sky in Tang County, Dongjun, and the weather was raining down. The King of Qi died in Tang County without seeing the two emperors before his death, and his body was not found.
The Second Emperor witnessed the meteor shower from a hundred miles away, narrowed his eyes slightly, and uttered a word.
"show?"
On the fifth day of the same month, Qin raised an army of 200,000 and marched towards Qi, led by Han Xin.
On the eighth day of the same month , Wei Liao arrived with a letter of surrender from the newly appointed King of Qi, Tian Heng, and a head. The man looked ordinary, with dark skin, and Ying Chengjiao could not recognize him.
Wei Liao said:
"This person is Gan Xing, a descendant of Gan De. He can observe the stars in broad daylight. The meteorite in Tang County was caused by him. The eight volumes of "Astronomy and Astrology" reveal all the secrets of heaven."
After he finished speaking, he held up eight scrolls of bamboo slips and presented them to him. They were the "Astronomy and Astrology", and then he took out the letter of surrender from the King of Qi.
Ying Chengjiao collected "Astronomy and Astrology" and handed it to Lu Sheng to be placed in the Doctoral Office, and took the King of Qi's letter of surrender to read it.
The general idea is that knowing that the second emperor wants to wipe out all the nobles, the nobles of Qi are willing to live in the county town assigned by the second emperor, and they are not allowed to go out for the rest of their lives and have no children. In this way, the nobles of Qi can survive and it will not affect the second emperor's plan.
All the important officials disagreed.
The meteorite incident in Tang County scared everyone who heard about it. The second emperor almost lost his life here. How could he surrender? They should all be killed!
Ying Chengjiao thought about Tian Dan who died facing east, and Tian Rong who used his life as bait. Both kings of Qi died generously. After a moment of silence, he agreed to the conditions and allowed Qi to surrender.
The second emperor returned to Qin on the spot, and no one else was surprised by his trust in the new King of Qi, Tian Heng.
Some people, even if they are enemies, are worthy of admiration and trust.
On the tenth day of June in the reign of the Second Emperor, Han Xin and Wei Liao, master and apprentice, entered Qi as envoys from Qin. King Tian Heng of Qi knelt outside the city with his arms tied behind his back and surrendered with the seal in his mouth. The State of Qi was destroyed and the world was unified.
The Qi nobles went to Xianyang first, and King Tian Heng of Qi left two days later.
By the time the Qi nobles entered the Xianyang Palace and walked into the Xianyang Hall to bow to the two emperors, Tian Heng was still two days' walk away from Xianyang.
The old general Wang Jian, along with his grandson Wang Li, traveled with Tian Heng.
On that day, Tian Heng met Wang Jian with a sword in hand. Wang Jian waved away his personal soldiers and met him, showing respect for the three Tian brothers.
At the beginning of Qi's restoration, Wang Jian attacked it and was in danger of being destroyed, so the Donghu sent envoys to form an alliance with it.
He said that he could send reinforcements to kill Wang Jian, attack Wang Ben's heart, break through the northeastern border, enter the Central Plains, and divide the world with Qi.
Tian Dan, the King of Qi at the time, beheaded the Donghu envoy and said that he would rather die than sit with the barbarians.
The Great Qin's First God of War asked politely:
"I wonder what the King of Qi wants."
Tian Heng, the last king of Qi, drew his sword across his neck.
"In the past, the King of Qin and I were both kings, but now I have become a prisoner and have to meet him and listen to his orders. Is there anything more embarrassing than this? Anyway, the King of Qin only wants my head. Please take it to him for me, General."
Tian Heng committed suicide, and Wang Jian could have stopped him but did not.
Two days later, Wang Jian brought the wooden box into Xianyang, passed through the Xianyang Palace, and entered the Xianyang Palace.
He opened the box and presented Tian Heng's head to the second emperor.
The second emperor abdicated, covered Tian Heng's eyes, ordered skilled hands to sew Tian Heng back onto his body, and buried him with great honor.
When the Qi nobles heard the news, they all went to Tian Heng's tomb, knelt in front of the stele and cried bitterly.
Many of them came with swords and daggers in their hands. After crying and paying homage, they committed suicide and followed Tian Heng away. There were about five hundred of them.
The Second Emperor sighed and said:
"Tian Heng was a man of high integrity. He was a loyal guest who died for his loyalty. Isn't he a great man?"
Many wise men in Qi attached themselves to the three brothers of the Tian family. To be able to get such talented people was something that all knowledgeable people admired.
In August, Ba Qing visited Xianyang again and returned after three days of joy.
In the next two months, we will rest and recuperate, and exempt taxes to support people’s livelihood, so I will not go into details.
In the first year of the Second Emperor's reign, on October 1st, the new year began and good luck came to the world.
Climb up the high platform and present the sacrificial text.
At night, the second emperor took an old farmer outside the city and saw an old man with four moles on his head. It was Guiguzi.
The old farmer picked up a hoe and wanted to smash Wang Chan's head, but the two emperors stopped him.
"If you kill the prince, I will really be left alone."
The old farmer was stunned.
"What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
The old farmer in Chang'an Junfu, codenamed Farmer, has been busy in the fields. He has cultivated the latest variety of squat owl, with a yield of 800 kilograms per mu.
If you don't consider the soil fertility and fish in a dry pond, you will plant one year and eat for five years.
Taro, also known as taro in later generations, is a high-yield crop grown in China that can be compared to potatoes.
In fact, when potatoes were introduced to the Central Plains, they were called "yangyu", which means "foreigners' taro".
The peasants don’t understand. Everything is thriving, everyone is working together for development and gathering around Your Majesty. Why would Your Majesty suddenly say such a thing?
Guiguzi looks up at the sky.
"If there is no sky, there are still people. Your Majesty knew it would not succeed."
Ying Chengjiao laughed.
"If I had the life span of a prince, I might have a 10% chance of success, but unfortunately..."
Guiguzi looked sad and was speechless.
The peasants didn't know what it meant and were speechless.
Ying Chengjiao laughed loudly and hugged the two old men's necks.
"Happy New Year, smile."
The old farmer grinned, he could understand this.
"Happy New Year."
Guiguzi was helpless and couldn't bear to spoil the fun.
Everyone is born heading towards death.
Life is just a process, the result is always the same.
Thinking of this, Wang Chan didn’t feel so sad anymore.
The old man with four fleshy moles on his head nodded and smiled.
"Happy New Year."
(End of the book)