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

Chapter 399 The Battle of Changping: Styx's Thoughts!

Wei Zhuang, who was by Ying Zheng's side, played a significant role in sowing discord.

Dozens of spies were dispatched to travel between the states of Zhao and Qi, and it took them a year to sow discord between the two countries.

Afterwards, Ying Zheng dispatched Bai Qi and Wang Jian, with their troops divided into two routes, to attack the State of Zhao.

Within the state of Zhao, there were also extremely capable military strategists.

The ruler of Zhao dispatched Li Mu, the military genius of Zhao. Li Mu's military skills were unparalleled in the world, and the troops he commanded were highly mobile and swift.

Even with Bai Qi and Wang Jian working together, they could only outmaneuver him and could not make any effective progress.

With 200,000 Qin troops exhausted and without any fighting for a long time, defeat was inevitable.

Ying Zheng remained calm and once again dispatched Wei Zhuang to spread the news within the territory of Zhao.

He also bribed Guo Kai, a favorite minister of the King of Zhao, with a large sum of money.

They slandered Li Mu to the emperor, saying that Li Mu was holding onto his military power and that the prolonged war was a deliberate act to seize control of the army and rebel to establish himself as emperor!

The ruler of Zhao was narrow-minded and held power firmly in his hands. Upon hearing the news, he immediately dismissed Li Mu from his military command.

They then replaced Zhao Cong and Yan Ju with incompetent officers. Zhao Cong and Yan Ju were both complete fools; they suffered repeated defeats after only one month in command.

Finally, they were surrounded by Bai Qi and Wang Jian at Changping.

The news that an army of 400,000 was besieged at Changping shocked the nations.

An army of 400,000 was besieged at Changping, cut off from water and food.

In the main camp at Changping, Zhao Cong and Yan Ju were both pale-faced, shouting angrily, "How could this happen? How could this happen!"

"Where is the food I need?"

Changping is a depression surrounded by rolling mountains, making it a place that is easy to attack but difficult to defend.

Fortunately, there was a water source inside, but it wouldn't do for hundreds of thousands of troops to only have water to drink but no food to eat.

The grain transport officer, trembling, said, "General Bing, Qin troops are everywhere outside. We simply can't get the grain in!"

"How much food and fodder do we have left in our army? Enough to sustain the army for several days?"

"That's enough for only three days."

The grain transport official had a long face. He knew that if the grain couldn't be transported in three days, he would be the first to die.

"Three days."

Zhao Cong and Yan Ju's faces suddenly darkened. Three days' worth of food supplies were practically nonexistent.

"Send a message to the outside world, at all costs, to get the supplies in, or I'll be the first to cut off your head."

"Yes."

The grain transport official ran out in a miserable state, trying to get grain supplies.

Outside Changping, in a Qin army tent, Wang Jian, Bai Qi, and Meng Yi were playing chess.

Meng Yi said, "Generals, our army has now surrounded Changping, and Zhao's hundreds of thousands of troops are trapped like turtles in a jar. What should we do?"

Wang Jian and Bai Qi exchanged a glance, a smile playing on their lips.

"No rush. Zhao's hundreds of thousands of troops are now trapped like turtles in a jar. Why should we rush to attack?"

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and under the siege of the Qin army, not a single grain or fodder was transported in, let alone provisions.

Zhao Cong and Yan Ju were furious. They killed the grain transport officer, then ordered the army to kill the horses and break out of the encirclement.

However, the terrain of Changping made a breakout impossible.

Three attempts to break through the encirclement failed, and they were forced back to their original positions by a barrage of arrows.

In the blink of an eye, another ten days passed. Without food supplies, the hundreds of thousands of Zhao soldiers were in great danger. Everyone was in fear, and some even broke down and rushed out of their tents, willingly being shot by the Qin army.

Outside Changping, he calculated the time and saw that the opportunity was about right.

Bai Qi and Wang Jian suddenly waved their hands, launching a general offensive!

The Qin army, well-rested, well-fed, strong, and well-equipped, was ready to fight. Against the Zhao army, which was so hungry that they couldn't even lift their weapons or fire their arrows, the Qin army was utterly crushed. No, "crushed" doesn't even begin to describe it. Before the Qin army even arrived, the Zhao army had already abandoned their armor and fled in disarray.

Meng Yi hesitated for a moment, then said, "With so many people, why not try to persuade them to surrender?"

Bai Qi and Wang Jian exchanged a glance and surprisingly shook their heads in unison, "They cannot be persuaded to surrender; they must all be killed!"

Indeed, the struggle for supremacy among the various states has been going on for hundreds of years.

The rule of various states has taken deep root in people's hearts. Now, after the Battle of Changping, the elite troops of Qin are about to attack Handan, capture the King of Zhao, and destroy the State of Zhao.

For Zhao Jun, this was no less than a disaster that would lead to the extermination of his clan.

Leaving such a large number of Zhao soldiers behind at this point creates too many uncertainties.

Bai Qi and Wang Jian dared not take this risk, and Ying Zheng dared not take it even more.

"Kill them all, this, this..."

Meng Yi was clearly too young and not mentally prepared.

"If we don't kill him, how can you and I sleep at night?"

Bai Qi, Wang Jian shook his head slightly, then suddenly waved his hand and gave the order.

Let alone hundreds of thousands of people, even hundreds of thousands of pigs cannot be slaughtered in a short period of time.

The slaughter lasted for three days and three nights before it finally ended.

When it was over, the entire Changping was covered in blood.

The river of blood converged into a stream, gurgling and flowing, with corpses piled up like mountains. The thick, almost tangible stench of blood permeated the air, making people nauseous.

Hundreds of thousands of people perished in Changping, and the blood-red aura spread, soaring straight to the heavens and the earth!

In the Immortal Realm, all the myriad races of the primordial world frowned slightly. "What a ruthless Qin Kingdom!"

But then everyone breathed a sigh of relief; the Qin language was a last resort.

Only in this way can we end the chaos of the past few centuries and unify the world!

Amidst the endless sea of ​​blood, Styx was enveloped in the aura of a Primordial Great Luo Immortal, supreme and unparalleled. A smile crept across his lips. "Bai Qi of Qin... interesting!"

The desire to take on disciples, which had not arisen in Styx for billions of years, suddenly stirred within him.

In the Thirty-Three Heavens, in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, beside the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, Cundi and Jieyin unconsciously looked towards the human realm.

When Jieyin saw that hundreds of thousands of Zhao soldiers had been slaughtered, his brow twitched slightly.

"What a pity! These hundreds of thousands of people are all talented and promising individuals. If they could come to my West, that would be truly wonderful."

If the West wants to rise, the first priority is talent.

If there are enough talented people, prosperity will naturally follow; if there are no talented people, decline is only a matter of time.

Zhunti looked distressed. "If only so many talented people could join my Western Paradise!"

Zhunti's voice stopped abruptly. He suddenly raised his head and said, "Senior brother, I have a solution."

"What method?"

"Ksitigarbha, having received the true teachings of the Heart Sutra of Salvation in Mahayana Buddhism, would it not be a great act of merit to send him to the underworld to gather these remnant souls and enable them to be reborn in the Western Paradise?"

Jieyin's eyes lit up. "Great idea! But what about Houtu?"

The Netherworld is Houtu's territory, so Ksitigarbha might not be able to do much there.

"Hou Tu? How could she possibly be a match for us fellow disciples?"

Zhunti was full of confidence, "Besides, Ksitigarbha went to the underworld not to cause trouble, but with a sincere heart to save the souls of the dead. He stands on the side of righteousness, so what can Houtu say?"

"When should we send Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva out?"

"No rush. Let's wait until the battle gets fiercer and the number of people increases before sending Ksitigarbha out."

"it is good."

In the human realm, during the Battle of Changping, the Qin army slaughtered 500,000, shocking all the nations.

For the first time since the destruction of Han, the states felt fear towards Qin.

In Xianyang, Qin, Ying Zheng was overjoyed upon reading the report on the Battle of Changping.

Bai Qi was ordered to lead Wang Jian to immediately attack Handan, the capital of Zhao.

After receiving the king's order, Bai Qi and Wang Jian immediately led their large army to besiege Handan.

The entire 400,000-strong army of the Zhao state perished in the Battle of Changping.

At this time, the remaining forces of the Zhao state totaled less than 50,000.

How could 50,000 soldiers withstand hundreds of thousands of Qin cavalry?

(End of this chapter)