Capítulo 2019: Chapter 171: The Unfathomable Mandate of Heaven
Zhongxuan Sheng’s feelings were known only by Shisi before.
Now, only Jiang Wang knows as well.
Shisi rarely spoke in front of others. Hence, Jiang Wang spoke up: “We have not wasted a single day during these tis, today is just like yesterday, and I believe tomorrow will be like today.”
We work hard today as we did yesterday, and we will work hard tomorrow as we do today.
Then the success we reaped yesterday, we will reap again tomorrow.
This is certainly a beautiful expectation.
But it is also an affirmation of the path Zhongxuan Sheng and I have traveled together.
After all, many things we accomplished together were once considered impossible!
Zhongxuan Sheng chuckled: “I’ve exhausted myself thin!”
Then he said, “What we want will co true. Tomorrow will be like yesterday!”
“War, the great affair of the state, a question of life and death, a path of survival or extinction.” Zhongxuan Chuliang said at this ti: “Do not think of war as sothing you can manipulate at will. If you go to the battlefield with this ntality, I’m afraid I can only collect your corpse!”
Jiang Wang and Zhongxuan Sheng both beca solemn.
In matters of war, Zhongxuan Chuliang undoubtedly had the authority to speak.
This ti, both Zhongxuan Sheng and Jiang Wang were going to the battlefield. Zhongxuan Chuliang specifically brought Jiang Wang to the Marquis of Ding Yuan Mansion, wanting to give him a last-minute training before the war. It’s not expected for Jiang Wang to beco a military strategist, but at least he should understand the commander’s intentions during war.
At this mont of war, the whole Qi Country was preparing, everyone sharpening their swords. If Zhongxuan Chuliang wasn’t waiting for the Son of Heaven’s final decision, he wouldn’t have ti to attend to them.
At this point, Zhongxuan Chuliang looked at these two young n across the desk, but his words were mainly directed at his too-smart, overly reliant on intelligence nephew.
“What do you think of Sumr Country?”
“The Southern Territory is divided in two, separated by Book Mountain. The Major Sects are powerful, the great countries exist in great numbers, wars have been frequent over the millennia. How do you think the Sumr Country fought its way out of the quagmire, uniting the eastern part of the Southern Territory, extinguishing Li Country and swallowing Liang Country, with its military might pointing northeast?”
Li Country and Liang Country were both destroyed by Sumr Country in history, but these are not the only countries Sumr Country extinguished… It is just that only these two managed to reestablish themselves, making this part of history noteworthy.
At this mont, Zhongxuan Chuliang’s gaze was filled with a sense of historical weight: “Do you think that defeating Sumr Country is an achievent easily obtained?”
“Do you think Sumr Country is like Yang Country, a soft target, with its calendar and script eradicated before the war even started?”
“Do you think I submitted that military order to the Son of Heaven because there was no danger, so I was recklessly seeking glory?”
“Do you think I and the War God, and Marshal Cao, and the General-in-Chief, are competing for sothing?”
“How dare you underestimate Sumr Country?”
“Ah Sheng, you must know. Before that war started, half of the court supported peace! Many feared Sumr as they would a tiger, with cries of grief echoing in thousands of households even before the great battle comnced. There were soldiers who broke their own legs just to avoid going to the front lines!”
Zhongxuan Chuliang paused here, then said: “You must understand… that the battle then was won with extre difficulty!”
Zhongxuan Sheng certainly understood what he left unsaid.
There are those who cannot speak, and those who dare not speak.
The forr includes the deposed Crown Prince Jiang Wuliang.
The latter includes the already deceased Zhongxuan Mingtu, Zhongxuan Mingshan, and many other renowned figures of that ti who are now forgotten.
A sea of bones, just to exchange for one commander’s success.
Millions of corpses, only then could a hegemony be born.
In such a massive war, even the True Monarchs may fall, and True n may not be able to protect themselves, while Godly cultivators may disappear in a single charge.
As for the so-called geniuses… how are they any different from dust?
Zhongxuan Sheng sat very upright, and he sincerely said: “I was indeed arrogant.”
And then he asked: “Uncle, in your opinion, who are the individuals in today’s Sumr Country worth noting?”
Zhongxuan Chuliang glanced at him lightly: “There are too many people worth your attention.”
Jiang Wang listened carefully.
“And who are the individuals worth your attention?” Zhongxuan Sheng asked again.
Zhongxuan Chuliang remained silent for a mont, then said: “First, of course, is the Empress Dowager Xia!”
“In that battle back then, the Emperor of Sumr died among ten thousand troops, his head taken by our Emperor. The Crown Prince of Sumr, the Second Prince, the Fourth Prince, the Fifth Imperial Princess, all died! The Third Prince of Sumr was personally killed by …
At that ti, the Emperor of Sumr, who could be called a hero, left only a nine-year-old son in the world, so the Queen governed the country.
At the first opportunity, she reached an alliance with Jinguo, and secretly constructed the Yi Tian Observatory.
Then she wore a phoenix crown and ceremonial dress, stationed at the walls of the Capital of Sumr, gazing eastward towards our Daqi troops, saying ‘If the dragon vein of Da Xia is to be severed, it should start with the mother of the nation.’ Thus, she heavily bribed neighboring countries, negotiated peace with eight sides, and decreed the kingdom to act with diligence.
Even after the Emperor of Sumr’s death, our army encountered very determined resistance, and by the ti we finally approached the Capital of Sumr…the Yi Tian Observatory was completed.
We had to withdraw from the Southern Territory, returning to the Eastern Land, thus allowing Sumr Country to secure its foundation.
And so, she beca today’s Empress Dowager Xia!”
Zhongxuan Sheng praised: “So matters read from books do not seem extraordinary. But hearing you recount them today, Uncle, I truly feel that she is indeed a mother of the nation, a heroine of her ti.”
Jiang Wang was more concerned about the “Third Prince of Sumr” that the Marquis of Ding Yuan lightly ntioned.
Though it may have been ntioned lightly, anyone rembered by a murderer could not be simple.
Back then, Zhongxuan Chuliang ventured alone into Sumr Country, fought thousands of miles, an endeavor still seen as a great feat today, and the process was undoubtedly extrely perilous. Opponents like the Third Prince of Sumr were certainly not the only ones he encountered within Sumr Country. But eventually, he managed to break through the rear of the Xia Army, moving freely as if in uninhabited territory.
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