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Chapter 200: All the princes come to the west [End of this volume, please subscribe]

When the Chu State split into five countries, the King of Qin and everyone in the Qin State knew that their opportunity had come.

What's more, the meaning of the King of Chu's offering of the tripod is so obvious.

Jiuding represents the fortune of Jiuzhou and the fortune of a country. The offering of the tripod by the King of Chu means that the country is dedicated to the King of Qin.

Qin should be unified.

Starting from Qin Xiaogong, the Qin State, which has gone through six generations, is finally about to realize the dreams of its ancestors.

That is: Sweep the world and dominate the world!

This also made Ying Zheng very excited and happy. He could hardly contain the joy in his heart.

In the sixth year of the Qin Dynasty, the King of Qin issued an order and was willing to help the King of Chu to put down the rebellion.

The troops were divided into five groups.

With Chen Zan as the main general, he was in charge of the central army, and Meng Wu, Wang Jian, Li Mu, and Li Xin were the side generals, each leading an army of 100,000 to attack the four Chus in the east, west, north, and south.

If this battle is successful, the world will be unified.

Zhangtai Palace

Ying Zheng's face once again had a rare look of anxiety. He looked at Chen Zhong sitting next to him with anxiety on his face: "Teacher, do you think Qin's attack on Chu will be successful this time?"

"Can I fulfill the wishes of my ancestors?"

Chen Zhong looked at the anxious Ying Zheng and sighed helplessly. In fact, Ying Zheng's anxiety was completely unreasonable.

Chu State could not defeat Qin State in the first place, let alone now that it has split into five countries?

The most powerful country among them has surrendered directly, waiting until the remaining four countries surrounding it are destroyed?

However, Chen Zhong could also understand Ying Zheng's mood at this time. After all, he was as excited as Ying Zheng. ,

This is a great cause to unify the world and sweep across the world!

Who can not be excited after experiencing it personally?

He comforted Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. The Four Chus are not enemies of Qin. This war will definitely go smoothly."

Chen Zhong thought deeply and said: "If nothing happens, this war will be over within two years, and Qin will be unified!"

He smiled: "The king does not need to worry about these things at this time. Instead, you need to consider another thing, and that is what will happen after the unification of Qin!"

"After the unification of Qin, the world's system will definitely undergo some changes."

"After the unification of the Qin State, no matter what you call yourself or the country's reign name, it will naturally change."

After Chen Zhong hesitated for a while, he did not say the last sentence. He just said in his heart: "After unification, the Chen family and the imperial court will naturally change."

Ying Zheng didn't notice his teacher's emotions at this time, but slowly calmed down his own emotions.

Qin will be unified! This is destiny!

In fact, the evaluation of this war by later generations is also very simple. There are only four words of "War of Destiny", but there are not many records about this war.

When kings of all dynasties read the Book of Qin, they would evaluate this war. In the eyes of everyone, this war can be said to be an unquestionable "standard" battle.

It was also a textbook battle.

In the history of Chinese wars, nearly thirty pages were written specifically for this war. You must know that the book "History of War" only has more than five hundred pages in total, and it only records many famous battles.

This shows the impact of this battle.

"The battle between Qin and Chu was the last hurdle on the road to Qin's unification of the world. Compared with previous battles, the invincible soldiers of Qin encountered some new problems this time."

"Geographical and climatic factors are the most important."

"There are many rivers in the Chu State, and the soldiers of the Four Chu States are all good at water warfare, while the soldiers of the Qin State are northerners who are not very familiar with water, and some soldiers are seasick."

"This may be the same sex as the Northern soldiers."

"And when the war actually started, both sides were a little confused."

"The soldiers of Chu felt that the soldiers of Qin were not as strong as they thought, and the soldiers of Qin also discovered that the soldiers of Chu were stronger than the soldiers of several countries they had encountered before."

"Perhaps because of the favorable geographical location, the soldiers of the Qin State were not as invincible and invincible as usual, and they destroyed the four Chu states like a broken bamboo."

"The commander of this army at that time was Wu'an Lord Chen Zan. After discovering the unsuitability of the soldiers, Chen Zan immediately adjusted his strategy. They changed from "fast attack" to "slow attack."

"The subsequent Marquis of Wu Cheng, Wang Jian, Marquis of Wu'an, Li Mu, Marquis of Wu Xin, Li Xin, and Marquis of Wu Meng, Meng Yu, also followed Chen Zan in adjusting their strategies against the enemy, so the battle between Qin and Chu lasted the longest."

"From the end of the fifth year of the Qin Dynasty to the beginning of the tenth year of the Qin Dynasty, it took nearly five years."

"The victory of this battle marks that the Qin State has officially unified the world, and it also means that the Zhuhua and Zhuxia regions have officially entered a peaceful and unified environment."

"This is the first time that this land has entered a unified and peaceful environment since the establishment of Zhou Dynasty eight hundred years ago. This is exciting, and it is also a war and war that will eventually leave its name in history. A historical event.”

"Since then, the name Huaxia has been widely circulated."

"A great country, a domineering country, a true feudal unified dynasty, a unified feudal country with multi-ethnic integration, finally shines with its own light on this land."

"The significance of the battle between Qin and Chu is the most grand compared to other battles."

"Because it marks the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, the first feudal unified dynasty in the history of our country." - "History of Chinese Wars: The Battle of Qin and Chu".

Compared with the records of this battle in war history, another seemingly unrelated category records more about the waves beneath the surface of this battle.

For example, "History of the Development of Ancient Chinese Mythology".

Some people may wonder, why is part of the battle between Qin and Chu recorded in the "History of the Development of Ancient Chinese Myths"?

Because the spiritual system of Chu State is different from that of the Central Plains region

"When Qin launched a war against Chu, Qin should not have expected that what they experienced and suffered in this war was not just about the "mortal" level."

"What they encountered were more about "witches" and "gods" sacrifices."

"Yes, the mythological system of Chu State was barbaric and traditional feudal and bloody during this period. During this period, Qin State and the Central Plains region had already abolished the system of human sacrifice, even if it was used to worship heaven, it was nothing more than Just three animals."

"But Chu State still uses people. Living people."

"They call them "boys and girls." In the Chu mythology system, the concept of "witch" seems to occupy most of the place. "Witches" believe that humans are the spirits of all things and are the most favored by the gods. Existence, and boys and girls are the purest existences in heaven and earth. They have undivided yin and yang in their bodies." "They have not yet come into contact with this dirty world, so when such pure people are sacrificed alive, the gods will Feel the pain of human beings to the greatest extent, and thus help human beings fulfill their wishes.”

"It is precisely for this reason that Chu State has never stopped killing people."

"In this battle, both Chen Zan and Wang Jian and others saw children who were forced to "die alive" in order to resist the rule of Qin in the constant war."

"Those children looked at them with the most innocent and vicious eyes. They were ignorant and simple."

"According to the later memories of Wu'an Lord Chen Zan, in order to prevent those ignorant tribes from continuing to sacrifice more children, they almost exhausted all their strength, but in the end they were unable to stop them."

"Just when everyone was at their wits' end, the head of the Chen family, the then An Guojun, stood up and announced that the Chu people were working for the evil gods, not the orthodox gods."

"When everyone was confused and disbelieving, An Guojun Chen Su said that his ancestor "Chen Ye" was a human god and gave him great power."

"He personally came to the Chu Kingdom and changed the climate in a certain place in the northern Chu Kingdom with the "Lei Gong's Order". When Chen Su's order fell, it really started raining heavily in the sky."

"It is precisely because of this that the barbaric tribes in Chu State began to believe what Chen Su said, and began to believe in the "human god" Chen Ye."

"After learning the news, An Guojun Chen Su once again stated that his ancestor Chen Ye was a "human" god, not a "god". He came because he saw the people of Chu State being deceived by evil gods. "

"After this incident, Chen Ye will not take action again."

"The barbaric mythology system of Chu State gradually merged with the mythology system of the Central Plains over time."

"The development of the first mythological system in ancient China benefited from the promotion of this war."

"According to our speculation, Chen Su should have used some scientific method at that time to seemingly control the local climate."

"Chu is already in the rainy season in the south, so rainfall is normal."

"It's just that later people still believed in An Guojun Chen Ye, so they gradually consecrated temples to Chen Ye. In the future, many monarchs in the past dynasties also consecrated Chen Ye."

"Chen Ye has almost truly become a "god". This is also the most special point in our country's mythology system. Most of our gods come from the sages in our history, and they are all our ancestors."

"But the Chen family has refused to admit from the beginning to the end that the "Tai Shang Da Luo Tian Jiu Xiao Zi Lightning Fei Xiao Yin Yang De Dao Tianzun" enshrined in the temple is their ancestor."

"This may also be a special situation in the history of Chinese mythology." - "History of the Development of Ancient Chinese Mythology"

Of course, these are relevant records from later generations, but in the records of Qin Shu, this battle is recorded very simply.

In other words, there are very few records of "victory" wars in the past dynasties.

The Chinese nation is a humble nation. They are not used to recording records of their attacks on other countries. Instead, because of their "humility" and "elegance", they record all the "beatings" they received bit by bit.

If you read it carefully, you can see that most of the records about war victory are "XX year, XX battle, victory/big victory, defeating the enemy xxx."

The record of the failed war is very detailed, including the year, month and day, the reasons for the failure, who hit me, and the following sentence: "Later generations must not forget the shame of xx."

China is really a humble nation!

In the sixth year of King Qin's reign, Lord Wu'an Chen Zan defeated Northern Chu and killed tens of thousands of enemies.

In the seventh year of King Qin's reign, Wuchenghou Wang Jian conquered Southern Chu, killing thousands of enemies and capturing tens of thousands.

In the eighth year of King Qin's reign, Wu Xinhou Li Xin attacked Western Chu, killing tens of thousands of enemies and defeating them.

In the ninth year of the Qin Dynasty, Li Mu, the Marquis of Wu'an, defeated the Eastern Chu and attacked the Xiang family. He killed Xiang Yan in front of the army. Later, he defeated Xiang Liang and defeated the enemy.

In the tenth year of King Qin's reign, the battle against Chu was completed.

This is all that is recorded in history about this crucial battle.

After the Four Chus were destroyed by Qin, it happened to be the tenth year of King Qin's reign, and it also happened to be the day when the alliance between Qin and Chu ended. King Chu was also very shocked when he received the good news in the palace.

Of course he remembered what year it was, so King Chu felt that this was God's guidance and destiny.

Therefore, he decisively handed over his credentials, indicating that he was willing to reduce his title to an uncle. Like Uncle Han and Uncle Zhao, he was willing to stay in Xianyang City and never go out.

At the same time, he is willing to recommend worthy ministers in the court.

Of course, there were not many virtuous ministers in the Chu Kingdom at this time. After all, many of them either followed the Four Chus, established themselves as one of the Four Chus, or were killed.

In the tenth year of the Qin Dynasty (230 BC), the Qin State unified all China and Xia.

This was eleven years earlier than the unification of the Qin State in the original history. It was also in the tenth year of the Qin Dynasty in the original history that the Qin State began to attack the other six countries and launched the "War of Conquest."

However, this history has not been corrected by "history", perhaps because in the long history, the short eleven years cannot affect anything.

In short, since Duke Xiao, it has gone through the twenty-three years of Duke Xiao, the twenty-sixth year of King Huiwen, the fifty-five years of King Zhaoxiang, the fifth year of King Xiaowen, the fifth year of King Zhuangxiang, and the tenth year of King Qin Yingzheng. After a total of six generations of Qin kings and one hundred and twenty-four years, this land was finally unified again.

This new empire stands in the city of Xianyang, and its brilliance shines on the heaven and earth like the sun.

No one can deny that this is a majestic and powerful empire.

The master of this empire is sitting high in the hall, looking down at everyone on this land like the king of kings.

The low cry of the black bird in the air, which symbolizes Qin's destiny, symbolizes the coming of a new era.

Countless people prostrate themselves at the feet of this empire, watching its rise.

秦！

秦！

Jiujiao Lao Qin!

This moment, this scene, is just like what was written in that poem.

The king of Qin swept Liuhe, what a majestic sight!

Swing your sword to cut through the floating clouds, and all the princes will come to the west.

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"In the tenth year of King Qin's reign, all the generals returned, and Qin was unified. It was built with nine tripods and returned by destiny. - "Book of Qin: The Chronicles of the First Emperor"

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