Primordial Era: A God-Level Choice, Possessing Zhao Gongming at the Start.

Chapter 374 The Traitor of the Human Race Who Devoured Luck

In this expedition, nearly 90% of the generals who accompanied the army were killed in battle, leaving only a few remnants of defeated soldiers.

In this war, Xiqi had already squeezed its people to the extreme, leaving it with no financial resources.

If you don't surrender, you'll die sooner or later; if you surrender, you might have a glimmer of hope.

Above the main hall, Boyi Kao's face was extremely gloomy, and he even felt heartbroken for Ji Chang.

The Ji family raised so many scholars and warriors, but in the end, they were all cowards who clung to life!

Bo Yikao said coldly, "My father died because of the Shang Dynasty, and my second brother was captured by the Shang Dynasty. Our Xiqi and the Shang Dynasty are sworn enemies. If anyone dares to make peace again in the future, don't blame me for punishing them severely."

Bo Yikao was the eldest son of the legitimate wife. Now that Ji Chang was dead and Ji Fa had been captured, all the factors that hindered Bo Yikao's ascension to the throne had been removed. Bo Yikao was now the king of Xiqi.

Hearing Boyi Kao's murderous words, the civil and military officials looked at each other and fell silent, not daring to say another word!

Time flew by, and a month passed. The Shang Dynasty's elite forces surrounded the city without attacking, which increased the pressure on the civil and military officials of Xiqi.

A month has passed, and it's unclear how much patience the business still has.

Once war breaks out, Xiqi City will fall at that moment. Not only will they die, but their entire families will die with them.

The desire to surrender grew stronger among the civil and military officials.

Who wants to die when they can live, let alone those who don't live a life of luxury and wealth?

The following day at the Xiqi court meeting, Boyi Kao, despite his illness, handled some government affairs and then prepared to leave the court.

Boyi Kao fell ill the day the Shang army besieged the city.

At first, it was just a cold, and no one paid attention to it. After taking a few doses of medicine, it got better.

Unexpectedly, the medicine didn't work, and the condition hasn't healed yet; in fact, it's getting worse.

At this moment, among the civil and military officials, someone finally couldn't help but stand up and said, "My lord, a wise man submits to circumstances. Grand Tutor Wen Zhong said that as long as we surrender, we will not start a bloodbath. Our Xiqi is really powerless to resist the Shang Dynasty. Let's give the people a chance to recuperate."

After that man finished speaking, another general stepped forward and said, "My lord, Xiqi currently has less than 500,000 soldiers capable of fighting, while the Shang Dynasty has more than a million troops just outside Xiqi. If such a disparity were to lead to war, it would be the common people of Xiqi who would suffer the most casualties."

Both of them were rare loyal ministers, and what they offered was heartfelt advice.

Unexpectedly, Boyi Kao flew into a rage, slammed down his pen, and stared intently at the two of them, as if he wanted to devour them alive.

"I've said it before: anyone who dares to speak of surrender will be killed without mercy! Have you all taken my words as a joke?"

"Someone come here!"

Bo Yikao suddenly stood up, his whole body radiating murderous intent!

Outside the main hall, golden-armored guards entered in response to the call.

"In the main hall, you are spouting treasonous words. Are you subjects of the Great Shang Dynasty or subjects of my Western Qi? Drag them away and beat them to death."

"Yes."

Two golden-armored guards stepped forward to drag them away, but the two men had their mouths and noses covered and were dragged off.

A short while later, muffled groans were heard outside the hall.

In just a few moments, there was no more sound.

Bo Yikao surveyed the civil and military officials with satisfaction, then coldly asked, "Is there anyone else who wants to persuade us to surrender?"

Everyone fell silent, not daring to utter a single word.

After guarding outside Xiqi City for more than a month, veteran generals such as Han Rong and Xu Fang finally could not bear it any longer and came to find Grand Tutor Wen.

"Grand Tutor, it's not good for us to just keep guarding like this. Let's attack directly. We will surely take the city within three days."

Han Rong patted his chest and said confidently.

"Grand Tutor, are we willing to sign a military pledge that if we fail to breach the city within three days, we will be punished according to military law?"

Xu Fang quickly followed.

The Grand Tutor shook his head and said confidently, "It would be good if we could take Xiqi without bloodshed. If I'm not mistaken, the vast city of Xiqi should already be in chaos."

Time flies like water, and in the blink of an eye, another half month has passed.

In Xiqi City, all the civil and military officials gathered together without prior arrangement.

"The elite troops of the Shang Dynasty have besieged the city. The fall of Chaoge is imminent, and now the Marquis refuses to surrender."

"If we surrender, our whole family can have a chance to survive; otherwise, if the Chaoge army really attacks, it will be too late."

"Since the Marquis refuses to surrender, then we might as well take his place."

The civil and military officials discussed matters for a full half-day before hurriedly departing.

Two days later, the civil and military officials gathered again to discuss matters.

Three days later, they gathered together again to discuss matters.

A month has passed since Boyi Kao had the two ministers beaten to death.

On this day, Bo Yikao was awakened from his sleep by a murderous aura.

When he saw the guards and subordinates surrounding him, his face darkened. "What do you want?"

But before he could utter the last word, he was dragged off the bed and tied up tightly with rope.

The next morning, Shang Jun woke up to find, to his surprise, that the gates of Xiqi City had been opened at some point.

The civil and military officials of Xiqi pushed Boyi Kao, who was bound tightly, out of the city gate together.

Xiqi has completely surrendered!

When Xiqi surrendered, the war was averted. Wen Zhong was overjoyed and made a series of arrangements. After preparations, he led a large army into Xiqi City.

The moment Wen Zhong entered Xiqi City, the two-thousand-foot-tall dragon of fortune above Xiqi trembled violently and disintegrated into countless points of light.

In the central imperial city of the Great Shang Dynasty, a five-clawed golden dragon of fortune, stretching for 100,000 feet, suddenly opened its mouth and inhaled!

"Splash!"

The boundless golden fortune was completely absorbed by the five-clawed golden dragon.

The Dao body, stretching over 100,000 feet, suddenly grew another length, emitting a satisfied dragon roar from the darkness.

News of Wen Zhong's capture of Chaoge and the capture of Boyi Kao quickly reached Chaoge.

Emperor Xin was overjoyed and ordered Grand Tutor Wen Zhong to personally escort Ji Fa and Boyi Kao to the capital to offer sacrifices to Heaven.

At the same time, the government made an exception for all civil and military officials in Xiqi City, reducing or exempting the people from taxes, and also introduced divine items such as the curved plow, refined white sugar, and salt to Xiqi.

A month later, Xiqi gradually stabilized, and Grand Tutor Wen Zhong escorted Ji Fa and Boyi Kao to Chaoge.

Emperor Xin held an incredibly grand meeting in front of the Nuwa Palace.

He rebuked Ji Fa and Boyi Kao, calling them traitors to the human race.

That's right, he's a traitor to the human race, not a traitor to the Shang Dynasty.

The Ji family allied themselves with the sages, and in order to seize the throne of the Human Emperor, they stood on the opposite side of the human race.

If the plan succeeds, the Ji family will firmly sit on the throne of the Human Emperor, and the human race will no longer be on equal footing with the saints, but will be completely reduced to playthings for the saints to extract their fortune.

It is no exaggeration to call Ji Fa and Boyi Kao traitors to the human race.

Before the Nuwa Palace, a raging fire was set off. This was no ordinary fire, but a fire of humanity, containing the wrath of billions of people, capable of burning the heavens and the earth!

At Emperor Xin's command, Ji Fa and Boyi Kao were thrown directly into the large cauldron.

The flames burned, and almost in the blink of an eye, all sound ceased. The soul vanished, the true spirit dissipated, and it ceased to exist in the world.

They couldn't even make it onto the Investiture of the Gods list, and truly vanished into the world.

(End of this chapter)