Chapter 87: Conquering Xiliang
In the training room, the thorny steel ball is just the appetizer.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
When the big steel balls were used up, marble-sized thorny steel balls were shot out from the wall. Due to their small size, they were even faster, like arrows shot from a bow, leaving a trail of afterimages in the air.
Qin Mo's skin was torn apart, and the thorny steel balls pierced into his flesh, causing blood to flow out...
Flesh and blood were mixed with steel spikes.
As you go further back, the steel balls become thinner, the speed becomes faster, and the number becomes larger.
Qin Mo was almost deflated after being stabbed...
All he could see were steel balls, front, back, left, right, up and down. Qin Mo had no way to avoid them. He was completely wrapped in steel balls, his entire body a bloody mess. There was a pool of blood on the ground, and flesh would fall off if he shook his body.
He is still holding on with his strong will.
When all the steel balls were shot out, the most terrifying level finally arrived. Thousands and thousands of steel needles shot out directly from those pinhole-sized holes.
It pierces the flesh, bones, and severs the meridians.
“Ah~~~”
Qin Mo could no longer bear it and let out an extremely suppressed scream. Because his meridians were broken, his legs were no longer able to support him and he collapsed to the ground.
The same goes for my hands, which are no longer able to stop it.
When everything calmed down, Qin Mo was lying on the cold steel floor, surrounded by steel balls and needles covered in blood and flesh, and the blood was flowing down the sewer.
Make a gurgling sound.
Anyone who looked over would think Qin Mo was already dead.
Actually, it’s pretty much the same.
Even with Qin Mo's tenacity, his nerves were almost broken under such torture. He was able to stay awake with only the last bit of willpower.
The reason he didn't die was because of his surging blood and the use of magic power to protect his heart.
After recovering from his shock, Qin Mo took a deep breath and used the secret techniques recorded in the "Eight-Nine Profound Art". The blood and energy in his body surged, and his bones and muscles vibrated irregularly.
All the steel needles and steel balls still inserted in the body were shaken off.
A lot of blood and flesh was inevitably taken away.
Qin Mo gritted his teeth. Since he couldn't stand up, he could only crawl all the way to the locker room. When he encountered the steel balls scattered on the ground on the way, he grimaced again.
It's like purgatory.
I finally crawled to the locker room, climbed into the bathtub with great effort, and soaked myself in it.
“Ah~~~”
Qin Mo screamed again. The moment the drug came into contact with his completely exposed flesh and blood, he felt as if he was being fried in a frying pan, the kind that was like cutting flowers.
Not daring to delay, he used his secret technique to guide the medicine to repair his broken body.
It's strange.
With the nourishment of the medicine, the severed meridians repaired at a speed visible to the naked eye, the bones became tougher, and the flesh and blood recovered at the fastest speed.
Hematopoietic stem cells divide wildly to produce blood and provide blood transfusions for Qin Mo.
In the end, the membrane recovered and became whiter than jade, but not a single hair could be seen, which looked a little creepy.
This is body regeneration.
Wait until the liquid in the bathtub changes from dark green to light green, pale green, and finally becomes transparent.
At this point, this round of training has officially come to an end.
Outside, it's daybreak!
Although his body was repairing under the effect of the medicine, Qin Mo felt indescribably tired. After taking a shower, he went back to the bedroom to sleep.
I slept for a whole day.
When night fell, Qin Mo woke up slowly, and most of his body hair had grown back.
I feel like I'm alive again.
But for Qin Mo, such hard days have just begun. If he wants to survive the golden catastrophe and regenerate his body like this, he needs to go through it 9981 times.
With each regeneration, Qin Mo's bones, flesh, blood, and membranes will become tougher and more vital.
After all eighty-one tribulations have been overcome, even without the nourishment of medicine, the flesh and blood in the body can be slowly regenerated as long as the damage is not too serious, which brings it one step closer to having a body of five elements.
With Qin Mo's strong will, he shuddered at the thought of having to do it another eighty times.
You know, every time you do this, because the muscles, bones, blood and flesh become stronger, if you want to break them all, you will have to endure longer torture.
It drives me crazy just thinking about it.
What’s even more unbearable is that the golden calamity is just the beginning, and it gets more and more perverted as time goes on.
"Eight-Nine Mysterious Skills" is a perfect interpretation of the term "self-abuse".
…
After eating something casually, Qin Mo entered "Honghuang" again.
Because it was the first time to practice, the new flesh and blood needed to be tempered again before it could truly take shape. Within a month, Qin Mo could not start the second practice.
In the future, when the regeneration function is improved, the recovery time will be shortened. Later on, it can be done once a week. It depends on whether Qin Mo has the mentality.
Meanwhile, in the Three Kingdoms subcontinent, preparations for the war against Xiliang were being made in full swing.
Xu Rong, who is stationed in Tongguan, has been ordered to investigate intelligence west of Tongguan.
The two intelligence chiefs, Jia Xu and Li Bingyun, cooperated.
A large amount of food and supplies have begun to gather in Hongnong County, which will serve as the army's food and supplies base in the rear for this expedition.
Tongguan served as a transit station for grain and fodder.
Among the Imperial Guards, the troops of Zhang Liao, Zhang Ji and Xu Huang had also received orders to leave their base camp in Duting one after another, leave Luoyang and enter the territory of Hongnong County.
The army's assembly point was also located in Hongnong County.
…
The dispatch of the Imperial Guards and the shipment of grain and supplies around Luoyang, such a big movement naturally could not be hidden from Yuan Shao and other interested people.
They soon found out that the imperial court was planning to send troops to Xiliang, but had no intention of taking advantage of the situation to send troops to Luoyang.
First, the incident happened suddenly, and there was no time to raise food and supplies. After all, they were local princes, and food and supplies were not ready, so it was not so fast to complete the deployment.
Secondly, there are still 140,000 troops stationed around Luoyang.
The various Guangka fortresses leading to Luoyang are all heavily guarded. How can we fight them?
In addition, the situation in the world was unclear and the imperial court was gaining prestige.
I dare not act rashly.
Yuan Shao and others were waiting and watching, hoping that Han Sui, Ma Teng and their ilk could create some trouble for the imperial army, and preferably make Qin Mo, the new Grand Tutor, suffer a defeat.
That's perfect.
At the very least, the battle in Xiliang could also provide some insight into the strength of the new army.
We will respond then.
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October 20, 1877.
Qin Mo finally moved. As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, he personally led 10,000 Youyun cavalry. Under the farewell of all the officials and the people of Luoyang, he set off for the front line in a mighty manner.
It also marked the official start of the war.
While the people were still on the road, Qin Mo issued several military orders in succession.
Xu Huang was ordered to lead his troops as the rear army, temporarily garrison Hongnong County, and be responsible for guarding the grain and fodder.
Xu Rong was ordered to lead his troops out of Tongguan immediately and capture Xinfeng and Zhengxian, two places west of Tongguan and south of Weishui River, within a week to lay an outpost base for the army to advance to Chang'an.
Zhang Ji was ordered to replace Xu Rong and lead his troops to enter Tongguan.
Zhang Liao was ordered to lead his troops, bypass Jingzhou, enter Wugu Pass, and attack into Guanzhong from the southeast.
After a few military orders were issued, the 60,000-strong army that had been ready for battle immediately moved . The official roads around Tongguan were filled with the movement and assembly of troops.
There was an endless stream of grain transport convoys.
This time, in order to defeat Ma Teng, Han Sui and other Xiliang rebels in a fair manner , completely subdue them, and re-establish the authority of the court, Qin Mo did not even hire player mercenaries.
Only some auxiliary tasks such as espionage and food transportation were released.
Unexpectedly, there are also players who like to play with fire. They take the opportunity to join the army of Ma Teng, Han Sui and others, act as traitors, and expose Qin Mo's marching deployment.
The shadow of war began to hang over Yong and Liang states.
This battle was watched not only by the imperial court, but also by local princes such as Yuan Shao, players, the people of Guanzhong, and even by foreign races such as the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Qiang and Hu.
It was indeed the most anticipated battle of the Han Dynasty.
