Chapter 2088: Chapter 198: Only Then Realize that Weapons Are Instrunts of Evil
Sumr Country is indeed difficult to defeat.
Although Cao Jie led an army of a million from Jianfeng Mountain all the way to Tong Yang City, it truly was an unstoppable montum.
But this only proves the strength of the Qi Army and Cao Jie’s military talent, and it absolutely does not an that Sumr Country is easy to conquer.
Whether it’s the Da Xia’s Jing’an Marquis Hua Hongzhao who died on Jianfeng Mountain or the national defense army on Jiangyin Plains that charged against the one hundred thousand Wind Pursuit Mounted Army, it sufficiently demonstrates the tenacity of the Sumr Country people.
And when the National Defense Great Formation was activated, and Cao Jie chose to ignite the flas of war on every inch of Sumr Country’s territory… the Qi Army finally felt this country’s resolute resistance.
In Youping Prefecture and Linwu Mansion’s two armies, although both are decisively advancing, they indeed struggle with every inch of territory they break through.
Not to ntion a state where every inch of soil is a inch of blood, situations like those in Fengjie Prefecture where multiple cities surrendered at the first sight of the enemy almost never happened again.
But during the ti at Jianfeng Mountain, Zhongxuan Sheng didn’t say Sumr Country was hard to fight.
During the cavalry charge outside Tong Yang City, Zhongxuan Sheng didn’t say Sumr Country was hard to fight.
During the course in Linwu Mansion, witnessing the steadfast resistance of Linwu’s cities, Zhongxuan Sheng also didn’t say Sumr Country was hard to fight.
Yet, it was just passing through Liu Family Village, where there wasn’t even a presence of transcendent martial force, that made him sigh.
“Rember when we fought Yang Country, in Sunshine County, a few leaders were killed, defeated soldiers scattered, and the army imdiately collapsed.” Zhongxuan Sheng said: “Sumr Country won’t do that. As long as they are not abandoned by the Sumr Country high officials like how Fengjie Prefecture was abandoned, they won’t easily give up… To this day, I increasingly recognize how brilliant Pri Minister Yan and his extermination strategies were.”
Written words absolutely destructed, calendar wiped out, monarch and ministers decayed, personal conscience self-questioned… The downfall of Yang Country at that ti was indeed like water flowing naturally.
Today’s Sumr Country is different.
The glory of Sumr Country still exists long in the hearts of its people.
After leaving Liu Family Village, Jiang Wang, who had been silent for a long ti, spoke at this mont: “This is a country with a strong will, this country has great people… I see their determination to protect their holand.”
He once raised the banner in Yang Country, protected the civilians of a region, safeguarding Green Sheep Town from chaos.
He personally witnessed the corruption of Yang Country officials, saw the festering sores throughout the country.
Qi Army annexed Yang, treated it well for two years, and people’s hearts turned back in allegiance, perhaps that was the king’s army, the so-called “attack on the unrighteous.”
But today, Sumr Country?
What he saw in Sumr Country is the strongest elent of this nation.
It makes him today, although an officer of Qi, though holding military position, bound by national law military regulation, still reflect upon himself.
Am I unrighteous?
Zhongxuan Sheng gave Jiang Wang a deep look, he valued this issue very much.
Since ancient tis, those who have such confusion are not only Jiang Wang. On the battlefield, those who have Tao Path dilemmas are not only Jiang Wang.
War is an exceedingly cruel matter, the battlefield is too testing for human nature.
The poem says—”Black kites peck at human intestines, take flight and hang them on withered tree branches. Soldiers sar the grass, generals are empty-handed. It turns out soldiers are vicious tools, and saints use them only out of necessity!”
In previous years, Jing Country’s Yellow River Leader, who was famous worldwide and claid to make Jing Tianjiao victorious for a hundred years, wasn’t it that during an invasion war against other countries, witnessed the cruelest side of war, began to negate his Tao path, thus Taoist heart collapsed, fell to ruin?
In that war, Jing Country’s main commander in order to display might, deter various factions, chose to construct Capital Observation Towers, slaughter large cities, killed rivers as barriers, blood stained the highlands…
In an instant of contemplation, already pondered many tis, Zhongxuan Sheng slowly spoke: “Of course, there are millions and millions of civilians in Sumr Country safeguarding this nation, I do not deny this, I have seen it with my own eyes. But behind us, in the Qi Country behind us, there are even more counted in billions and trillions of people. Their interests need protection, their support needs response, their glory needs to be embodied. They need to eat well, wear warmly, live with dignity, an empire that is self-secluded can’t guarantee these. Competing in the world, it is inherently advance or retreat.”
“From a historical perspective, in the year Emperor Xia Xiang wielded troops to advance eastward, to lay the foundation Sumr Country’s dominance, in that war if Qi Country had lost, it would have already ceased to exist. After that war, Sumr Country used the martial god era, repeatedly recalled eastward advancent, this hundreds and thousands of years of national hatred, who can avoid? Last year, Sumr Country colluded with Equality Country, incited dostic discord, first assassinated the king, then mourned at the shrine, could it be a good type? At that ti, one improper response, an upheaval would have occurred in the nation.”
“From the perspective of world’s trend, in the future if we compete with Jing Country, Sumr Country will inevitably be the first to rush out. Sumr to Qi, is just like Sheng to Mu, it’s a heart-spine affliction, all are Jing Country’s sword in the hand. Strong Jing eyes the world with knives, views the Six Harmonies with majesty. If these knives can’t be broken, Jing Country’s hegemony is forever. This sword if left unbroken, once Qi Country is weak, it will surely penetrate the stomach!”
“From my personal perspective, I am a person of Qi, born to an aristocratic family of Qi Country, I want to make achievents for Qi, this is right and proper. I strive for the position of Family Head, I also need to gain sufficient accolades in this war. Both publicly and privately, how can I avoid this battle?”
“From a friend’s perspective, you’ve been leading the army together with , enduring hardship, is to help strive for rit. Just like you’ve always done. It’s the mutual friendship between you and .”
“And from your own perspective. You, Jiang Wang, have received nobility from Qi, held position in Qi, enjoyed salaries from Qi, are Qi people! Qi Country shields you from wind and rain, Qi Country stands firm against Jing Country for you, Qi Country forces Zhuang Country’s pri minister to Jade Capital Mountain to eat whips… Qi Country is at war, you can’t not go to war.”
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