aircannonsinc #341 - In front of him, everyone is an enemy! Turn the world into a chessboard!
#341 - In front of him, everyone is an enemy! Turn the world into a chessboard!
Regardless of what Wang Yi was thinking.
From the moment he resolutely launched his soldiers and ordered them to attack Ying Zheng in the carriage.
In Ying Zheng's heart, Wang Yi was a complete traitor.
With Dong Jun and the others present, even if the soldiers of Qin and Han joined forces, the carriage remained as stable as Mount Tai in a short period of time.
Before taking action, Luo Fu reminded, "If the King wants to seize the Pingyang Heavy Armor, then Wang Yi cannot be easily killed here. Wang Yi has been in charge of the Pingyang Heavy Armor for many years. Even if he is killed, it should be done through proper legal procedures, otherwise, it may be detrimental to the King's subsequent takeover of the Pingyang Heavy Armor."
"Sir, there is no need to worry, I have already made arrangements." Ying Zheng said confidently, "I expect that the Pingyang Heavy Armor is already under my control."
With a thought, Luo Fu said, "It's Mr. Gai Nie, it seems that the King was indeed prepared."
Although Luo Fu left Xin Zheng with Ying Zheng this time.
In fact, when leaving Xin Zheng, Gai Nie, as Ying Zheng's guard, left one step ahead.
If Luo Fu's guess was correct, Gai Nie, who left Ying Zheng, must have gone to find Meng Tian according to Ying Zheng's instructions, entrusting the task of managing the 100,000 Pingyang Heavy Armor to Meng Tian's people.
However, although doing so seemed like a natural progression, everything seemed to fall into place.
Ying Zheng took an extraordinary risk.
After all, since Wang Yi wanted to assassinate the King, he would definitely prepare perfectly.
At the very least, the soldiers he brought with him were definitely Wang Yi's confidants.
Whether in terms of loyalty or individual strength, these people were the absolute elites in Wang Yi's hands.
If Ying Zheng wanted to lure the tiger away from the mountain and create an opportunity for Meng Tian and others to control the Pingyang Heavy Armor, then he had to bear the pressure from Wang Yi and his personal soldiers.
Now that Ying Zheng and Luo Fu were sitting together, this pressure obviously needed to be borne by Luo Fu.
If Ying Zheng was killed by Wang Yi, then even if Meng Tian seized the military power of the 100,000 Pingyang Heavy Armor, for Ying Zheng, everything would still be in vain.
Ying Zheng's current approach was tantamount to entrusting his life entirely to Luo Fu's hands.
With the carriage as the center, the soldiers of Qin and Han around it, as if mad, frantically charged towards the carriage regardless of consumption and sacrifice.
But with the protection of Dong Jun and others.
The carriage was as solid as a rock, like a reef in a stormy sea, indestructible, enduring wave after wave of attacks from the army, but always safe and sound.
"Sir, are you not planning to take action?" Ying Zheng looked at Luo Fu with a curious expression, "I wanted to see Sir's methods and strength, but it seems that I will not be able to get my wish today."
"Since the King has such an interest, how can I disappoint the King."
Luo Fu naturally felt that there was some probing of himself in Ying Zheng's approach.
But in this regard, he would naturally not disappoint Ying Zheng.
With a flip of his hand, he opened the curtain of the carriage, Luo Fu said, "Your Majesty, please see."
At the moment when Luo Fu's voice fell, outside Hangu Pass, on the desolate land, a trace of green suddenly sprouted.
As a Qin state checkpoint, Hangu Pass is both a bridgehead for invading the six kingdoms of Shandong and a gateway to protect the Guanzhong Plain.
Outside Hangu Pass, the Qin state has fought countless fierce wars with the six kingdoms of Shandong.
Any factors that could threaten Hangu Pass have naturally been eliminated long ago.
But at this moment, with the germination of a strand of emerald green.
In an instant, this strand of green quickly expanded.
The earth surged.
One thick plant after another, as if having experienced thousands of years of growth, formed a dense jungle in a short period of time.
And the soldiers of Qin and Han who bore the brunt of the attack fell miserably into the control of these plants the moment they grew.
The power of Wood Release from the ninja world, displayed in Luo Fu's hands at this moment, was simply staggering.
These plants that grew up in a short period of time,
Not only was the speed amazingly fast, but the range also covered an unknown distance.
And the personal soldiers under Wang Yi and the elite Korean soldiers under Ji Wuye.
Only these densely growing plants, after holding on for only a few breaths, were instantly swept away by the rapidly growing trees.
Even though Ying Zheng had guessed how terrifying Luo Fu's strength was when he was in Xin Zheng.
But at this moment, the power displayed by Luo Fu still shocked Ying Zheng.
It was really because, despite the fact that there were not many personal soldiers under Wang Yi and elite Korean soldiers under Ji Wuye.
But when the two were added together, the number far exceeded four digits.
In other words, in this instant, thousands of elite soldiers from Qin and Han were easily destroyed in Luo Fu's hands.
Even Gai Nie, who will have the name of Sword Saint in the future, confronted three hundred Qin soldiers with his sword alone, which made his record instantly shock the world.
But Luo Fu's performance now is even more terrifying.
With just a few casual strokes, thousands of elite soldiers from Qin and Han were drained of all their vitality by the instantly growing plants.
Such an ability, even if placed on the battlefield, can achieve the point of one person resisting the enemy, and even if replaced by a weak country, like South Korea, Luo Fu alone can achieve the record of destroying the country.
After witnessing Luo Fu's incredible strength with his own eyes, Ying Zheng felt an unprecedented sense of crisis while being enthusiastic.
Regarding Han Fei's saying in Five Vermin that Confucian scholars disrupt the law with literature and knights violate the ban with martial arts, Ying Zheng deeply agreed.
It's just that knights who have mastered martial arts skills will still rely on their own strength to act recklessly and disrupt the law.
Then what about Luo Fu?
The power he possesses is truly capable of threatening a country's existence.
In front of him, wouldn't everyone be an enemy of the country?
Ying Zheng didn't have time to think too much.
The moment Luo Fu took action, soon, the entire area outside Hangu Pass turned into a lush primeval forest.
One towering tree after another was generated in a short period of time, completely turning this war-torn area into a deep mountain and old forest.
While Ying Zheng was deeply shocked by Luo Fu's strength.
Dong Jun, who was still desperately using the Soul-based Dragon Roam to resist the elite soldiers of Qin and Han around him with the fiery Dragon Roam energy.
Looked at Luo Fu's direction with blurred eyes.
As the number one strange woman in Yin-Yang arts, Dong Jun has never had the feeling of admiring the strong.
But Luo Fu's performance at this moment really gave Dong Jun this feeling.
When all the elite soldiers of Qin and Han died in the plants that Luo Fu had created.
Two embarrassed figures wearing armor, bound by tough branches, were directly hung up by the plants and sent to Luo Fu and Ying Zheng.
"Sorcery."
As a loser, Wang Yi, who was unable to move due to being bound by plants, did not mean to surrender and beg for mercy at all. He glared at Luo Fu angrily and said, "Sorcery that helps the tyrant to do evil. I didn't expect that Luo Zi, a Confucian sage in the eyes of the world, would actually have such a strange evil art."
Luo Fu didn't pay any attention to Wang Yi's meaning at all.
And Ying Zheng, who was on the side, took the initiative to come to Wang Yi and said, "Wang Yi, your purpose is to assassinate the king, to kill me, right?"
Wang Yi was silent for a moment, and said, "I am sorry that I cannot salute at this moment, Your Majesty, but do you want to ask me why I want to do such a rebellious thing?"
Ying Zheng said calmly, "Old General, is it for Marquis Wu'an?"
Seemingly not expecting that Ying Zheng would directly reveal his thoughts, Wang Yi nodded directly after being stunned for a moment and said, "That's right, hahaha... I didn't expect that Your Majesty would be so intelligent that he could see through my thoughts. In that case, I wonder if Your Majesty thinks that Wu'an Jun was wronged?"
Ying Zheng sighed faintly and said, "Old General, whether Wu'an Jun's merits and demerits are right or wrong is already in the past, why are you so obsessed?"
"I am not reconciled!" Wang Yi glared at Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, Wu'an Jun has worked hard and made great contributions, and he does not know what crime he has committed that he should be killed?"
Ying Zheng was silent for a moment, and then said, "So Old General, for Wu'an Jun, you do not hesitate to do such a rebellious thing?"
"Exactly!" Wang Yi stared at Ying Zheng and said, "I just want to get justice for Wu'an Jun."
"Even if you bet on the three clans for this? Old General, are you willing to do so?"
"That's right!" Wang Yi said stubbornly.
"Okay! Then I will fulfill you. Old General, take a step first, and I will let the Old General's three clans follow the Old General soon!"
At the moment when Ying Zheng's voice fell, his eyes looked towards the direction of Hangu Pass.
A solitary figure on horseback was galloping towards their location.
From afar, Ying Zheng recognized at a glance that the figure on horseback was none other than Gai Nie, who had been sent out by himself not long ago to notify Meng Tian and others.
After coming to Ying Zheng in a hurry.
Before Gai Nie could salute, Ying Zheng directly ordered, "Mr. Gai Nie, give General Wang Yi a quick death, and by the way, help me give an order to Meng Tian to kill Wang Yi's three clans."
Gai Nie hesitated slightly, but quickly, according to Ying Zheng's instructions, with a wave of his hand, he slashed off Wang Yi's head.
After wrapping Wang Yi's head, Gai Nie immediately followed Ying Zheng's instructions again and galloped towards the garrison of the Pingyang Heavy Armor.
Although with Ying Zheng's instructions, Meng Tian led the future Golden Flame Cavalry to take over the military power of the Pingyang Heavy Armor.
But unfortunately, the news of Wang Yi's death has not been transmitted to the army.
After all, it is somewhat unsafe.
If there is Wang Yi's head, then it can quickly help Meng Tian win over the hearts of the people and completely control the 100,000 Pingyang Heavy Armor.
Watching Gai Nie's departing figure, Luo Fu said, "Mr. Gai Nie is so compassionate, he doesn't seem like a disciple of the School of Diplomacy at all, but rather more like a Mohist who advocates universal love and non-aggression."
If Buddhism didn't exist yet, Luo Fu would have thought Gai Nie was more like a compassionate monk.
After all, even the Mohists, who advocate universal love and non-aggression, don't show unconditional pity for all living beings.
Yet Gai Nie feels pity even for Wang Yi, who intended to assassinate the king and rebel.
Ying Zheng nodded noncommittally and said, "Mr. Gai Nie indeed doesn't seem like the disciples of the School of Diplomacy that I know. Even his junior brother, Wei Zhuang, has a bit of a rough and untamed air about him."
Before Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang, the School of Diplomacy had produced too many brilliant and outstanding individuals.
The various states knew a lot about the School of Diplomacy.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be the saying, 'One anger makes the lords fear, one residence brings peace to the world.'
But Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang, these two contemporary disciples of the School of Diplomacy, completely overturned Ying Zheng's perception of the Ghost Valley lineage.
Although Gai Nie does have remarkable swordsmanship, no matter how powerful swordsmanship is, in this world, it's just the ability to defeat a hundred men.
And mastering the true knowledge of the School of Diplomacy can turn the world into a chessboard.
Yet, both Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang failed to learn the essence of Ghost Valley's School of Diplomacy.
The former is compassionate, while the latter is arrogant and aloof. At best, the two of them only give people the feeling of being untamed martial artists.
Obviously, through Ying Zheng's words, it's not difficult to feel that he doesn't have much trust in this swordsmanship teacher.
Or, to be precise, Ying Zheng purely regards Gai Nie as a guard, a bodyguard.
He doesn't consider Gai Nie to be a contemporary disciple of the School of Diplomacy at all.
Perhaps Gai Nie himself has sensed this.
After all, even in the Qin court, as Ying Zheng's swordsmanship teacher, his understanding of Qin is far deeper than that of his junior brother, Wei Zhuang, who has always roamed the martial world, regarding Korea.
The more they understand, the more they realize the difference between themselves and the predecessors of Ghost Valley's School of Diplomacy.
That is a difference like a chasm, like a gulf between heaven and earth.
The topic about Gai Nie was brought to a halt between Luo Fu and Ying Zheng.
Then, the two of them turned their attention to Ji Wuye.
Staring at Ji Wuye, Ying Zheng quickly fell into deep thought.
Ji Wuye was a pleasant surprise for Ying Zheng, but he also made Ying Zheng unsure of how to deal with him.
In any case, Ji Wuye is a great general of Korea.
This time, he was responsible for escorting Luo Fu to Qin.
But the number of people who knew that Ying Zheng was in the carriage was very few.
Ying Zheng couldn't possibly throw the blame for killing Ji Wuye on Luo Fu, could he?
Moreover, although in Qin's eyes, the weak Korea is nothing.
But now, Ying Zheng, who has only mastered the Pingyang Heavy Armor Soldiers through Meng Tian, is at a crucial point in his own administration.
Under such circumstances, creating unnecessary complications is naturally undesirable.
But Ying Zheng was also unwilling to let Ji Wuye go so easily.
Although Ji Wuye is tyrannical in Korea.
But at this moment, after his personal guards were completely wiped out.
Ji Wuye, who was captured by Luo Fu using wood-based techniques, didn't mean to beg for mercy at all.
Even after the initial anger and roar, Ji Wuye calmed down.
He seemed to have put life and death aside, just like Wang Yi, who had just died at Gai Nie's hands.
"General Ji Wuye, it seems that your plan today has completely failed," Luo Fu said jokingly.
Ji Wuye glanced at Luo Fu lightly, then quickly turned his gaze to Ying Zheng.
With a self-deprecating smile, Ji Wuye said, "This general just didn't expect that Mr. Luozi, as a Confucian sage, would have such evil methods. Success or failure is the way of the world. Since I have fallen into your hands, sir, you can kill or cut me as you please."
The phrase 'success or failure is the way of the world' is not something that ordinary people are qualified to say.
After all, the current era is still a time of kings, lords, generals, and ministers, passed down from generation to generation.
It wasn't until Daze Township, when the earth-shattering strongest voice, 'Are kings, lords, generals, and ministers born with a special seed?' appeared, that ordinary people had a chance.
Of course, Qin's military meritocracy system is an exception.
The military meritocracy system truly gave the lower class a chance to rise, no matter how slim that chance was.
Earning merit on the battlefield was the only opportunity for ordinary people.
And now, Ji Wuye has the qualification to say the phrase 'success or failure is the way of the world'.
The reason is simple: Ji Wuye's surname is Ji.
And the Zongzhou royal family also has the surname Ji. To put it simply, Ji Wuye is a descendant of the declining Zongzhou royal family, passed down for who knows how many generations.
If it weren't for Luo Fu's involvement, Ji Wuye might even have had the idea of marrying Princess Honglian in the future and playing the game of the Tian family replacing Qi in Korea.
Even if Ji Wuye's goal failed, it is undeniable that the surname Ji gave Ji Wuye such confidence.
Luo Fu wasn't in a hurry to deal with Ji Wuye.
Although, before transmigrating, Luo Fu, as a so-called bystander, also deeply hated Ji Wuye as a villain.
But after he came to this world, Ji Wuye didn't show much hostility towards Luo Fu.
Even Yan Lingji was sent over by Ji Wuye voluntarily.
Under such circumstances, Luo Fu actually has no reason to kill Ji Wuye.
And Luo Fu also gave the right to deal with Ji Wuye to Ying Zheng beside him.
"Your Majesty, may I ask how to deal with General Ji Wuye?"
Ying Zheng raised an eyebrow and fell into deep thought.
For Luo Fu, Ji Wuye is a trouble, but for Ying Zheng, dealing with Ji Wuye is also somewhat棘手.
It's still the same saying, who made the current Ying Zheng not truly in power yet?
Although Qin is powerful, if Korea, in the process of Ying Zheng taking charge of the Pingyang Heavy Armor Soldiers and completely seizing power, were to launch a new round of alliances with the other states under the pretext of Ji Wuye's death.
Then, even if Qin could withstand the pressure of the alliances, it would inevitably suffer a great loss of vitality under internal and external troubles.
It might even affect Qin's plan to unify the six states of Shandong.
Killing Ji Wuye directly is indeed a trouble, but Ying Zheng also doesn't want to let Ji Wuye go so easily.
After a moment of contemplation, Ying Zheng said, "Ji Wuye, I want to know, who wanted the people of Nightfall to assassinate me?"
"Hahaha..." Ji Wuye laughed loudly and said sarcastically, "Qin King's scheming is so deep, doesn't he already know who wants to kill you? Why pretend to be deaf and dumb?"
His expression seemed to be unaffected by Ji Wuye's words.
Ying Zheng said, "I just want to confirm the truth from your mouth."
With a glint in his eyes, Ji Wuye said, "If I tell the Qin King the news, I wonder how the Qin King plans to deal with me?"
"In my Great Qin, although General Ji cannot hold great power, my Great Qin is in need of talents, and will certainly not bury General Ji's talent," Ying Zheng said confidently.
Ji Wuye sneered and said, "Just as His Highness the Qin King thought, the person who wants to assassinate the king and get rid of the Qin King is none other than that Chancellor."
Ying Zheng's eyes lit up and he said, "Does General Ji have any evidence?"
"The Qin King wouldn't think that in order to assassinate the king of a country, that Chancellor Lu would leave such obvious evidence, would he?" Ji Wuye smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Qin is strong, although I am a general of Korea, but the one who contacted me was just Qin's Net. If the Qin King wants to obtain evidence from me to prove the identity of the assassin, then it seems that the Qin King will be disappointed."
Ying Zheng was indeed somewhat disappointed.
After all, if he could really know from Ji Wuye's mouth that Lu Buwei had once had the idea and action of assassinating the king, then Ying Zheng's plan to seize power would be even more successful.
Unfortunately, Lu Buwei is indeed worthy of being an old fox.
From beginning to end, he didn't leave any evidence.
But in Ying Zheng's heart, the Net has already become an untrustworthy organization.
In the future, Ying Zheng let Zhao Gao take charge of the Net, and even simply built another Shadow Secret Guard specifically to confront the Net. It is difficult to guarantee that there was no reason for the Net to have assassinated Ying Zheng in the past.
After a moment of contemplation, Ying Zheng said to Luo Fu, "Please, sir, let General Ji go."
Luo Fu looked at Ying Zheng in surprise. When he realized that Ying Zheng was not joking, but really intended to let Ji Wuye go.
Suddenly, a thought flashed in his mind, and Luo Fu instantly understood Ying Zheng's thoughts.
In Korea, the discord between civil and military officials is already well known to the various states.
Ji Wuye, who holds military power and symbolizes military generals, and the Zhang family, who holds power in the court and represents civil officials, have been fighting for who knows how many years.
This kind of struggle has indirectly weakened Korea's potential.
Different from Qin General Wang Yi.
Killing Wang Yi is entirely beneficial to Ying Zheng.
If he killed Ji Wuye out of momentary resentment, although he could vent his anger, it would give Korea a chance to consolidate.
This is obviously not a good choice for Ying Zheng, who intends to march eastward, destroy the six states, and unify the world.
Under rationality, Ying Zheng quickly distinguished the most suitable choice for himself.
Understanding Ying Zheng's thoughts, Luo Fu released the branches that were binding Ji Wuye with a backhand.
His figure suddenly fell, Ji Wuye staggered, and after standing firm, he glanced at Ying Zheng and Luo Fu, and cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, Qin King, thank you, Mr. Luozi."
At the moment the words fell, as if afraid that Ying Zheng and Luo Fu would go back on their word, Ji Wuye turned around without hesitation and headed straight for Xin Zheng, the capital of Korea.
In his eagerness, Ji Wuye even forgot his mount.
Outside Hangu Pass, they solved Wang Yi and deliberately let Ji Wuye, the strongest general in Korea in a century, go, specifically to cause trouble for Korea.
After watching Ji Wuye disappear from sight.