Chapter 157 Commodity dumping

  The chariot formation ripped through the dark cloud formation like a whirlwind, and Xiong Zhitong also realized that something was wrong. If the chariot formation was not destroyed, the Chu army's formation would be disrupted sooner or later.

  Whether it is the car suspension formation or the dark cloud formation, both formations have extremely high requirements for the cooperation of the soldiers. If there is confusion, it may lead to a crushing defeat!

   "Soldiers, charge with me!" Xiong Zhitong led his Overlord Army to try to tear a hole in the Che Xuan formation.

   "Kill!" The Overlord Army was brave and fearless, and followed Xiong Zhitong to the center of the whirlwind.

   When the cavalry clashed, the Che Xuan formation was indeed torn apart, and Xiong Zhitong even killed the formation by himself.

  The heavy infantry and archers formed the formation within the formation, converging their spiritual power to form six Ding Liujia and twelve golden phantoms to fight Xiong Zhitong.

  Xiong Zhitong won't lose with one enemy and twelve!

  However, the car suspension formation that she had just torn apart quickly closed and formed again as the soldiers moved.

  Xiong Zhitong saw that something was wrong, turned around and killed him.

  Although she is at the pinnacle of the Holy Realm, she can't fight hundreds of thousands of well-trained soldiers by herself. What's more, these soldiers are not ordinary people, and they all have cultivation bases.

  Xiong Zhitong failed to tear it up the first time, so she tried two more times.

  By the third time, she did!

  Zhang Beichen was watching the battle from a high place, only to see Xiong Zhitong and her Overlord Army were like a thunderbolt tearing through the whirlwind, forcibly split the car suspension formation in half!

   "Torn!" Xiong Zhitong was overjoyed, the enemy's formation was about to be broken, right?

  However, after a while, her brows frowned again, because the soldiers who were separated into two sides not only did not break up, but quickly joined together to form a formation again.

   "It's him!" Xiong Zhitong looked in Zhang Beichen's direction, and saw a picture of a soldier formation emerging behind Zhang Beichen, with spiritual power flowing on the formation, and each spiritual power was pulling a soldier on the battlefield!

   "Sage of the military family! The picture of the military formation!" Xiong Zhitong secretly exclaimed in his heart, Zhang Beichen was using the cultivation of the holy land of the military family to guide every soldier.

  In this way, soldiers will not easily feel afraid, panic, or collapse because they cannot distinguish the chaotic battlefield situation.

   "This kid is so terrifying!" Fan Lue also saw Zhang Beichen's actions.

  He is also a sage of military strategists, and he can also lead soldiers with a military formation map, but he can't pull hundreds of thousands of soldiers at a time. One hundred thousand is his limit!

"This requires an extremely powerful spiritual sense! He not only has military cultivation, but also has the blessings of the holy land of other methods." Fan Lue realized that Zhang Beichen is not a saint with a single path. He reformed in the country of Yan. He is a double saint, so his spiritual consciousness is much stronger than his own.

  However, he still underestimated Zhang Beichen. Although Zhang Beichen is only in the early stage of the Holy Realm, he is a trinity, holding the three holy positions of Military School, Legalism, and Confucianism.

  His cultivation bases of the Mo family and the farm family have also touched the edge of the holy realm, while the cultivation bases of other doctors and Yin-Yang families are slightly weaker.

  Guided by Zhang Beichen, the Che Xuan Formation showed its power again. It charged wantonly in the dark cloud formation, and wherever it went, the Chu army was defeated.

  Xiong Zhitong wanted to behead him, and directly killed Zhang Beichen.

  She flew in the sky and went straight to Zhang Beichen to kill him.

  Zhang Beichen was already on guard, and a group of soldiers formed a formation to block Xiong Zhitong. They only defended and did not attack, making Xiong Zhitong unable to break through for a while.

   "Your Majesty!" Fan Lue sent a voice transmission to Xiong Zhitong, saying, "Our formation has become chaotic, and the soldiers' fighting spirit has diminished. Today is not suitable for another battle!"

   Xiong Zhitong observed the battlefield and found that it was indeed the case.

  In the past, she would definitely fight to the end, but today she was not impulsive, but said: "Forget it, Ming Jin withdraws troops, and we will fight again in the future!"

   "Retreat!" Fan Lue asked someone to beat the drum, and the Chu army began to withdraw.

   "Chasing and killing!" Zhang Beichen naturally refused to miss this opportunity.

  The Chu army retreated while fighting, and lost some troops, but with Xiong Zhitong around, these casualties were not serious, and the Chu army still retained enough strength.

   Soon, the Yan army had pursued for more than ten miles.

   "Still chasing?" Fan Lue realized that something was wrong, "If you continue to chase, you will arrive at our army camp, and the Yan army will definitely be ambushed."

   "Zhang Beichen is not a simple person, and he will definitely not be so impulsive."

   "There must be a problem!"

  Fan Lue was about to send someone to investigate the situation, when a scout came to report: "My lord, I found an army more than ten miles behind our army, and they are rushing towards us!"

   "What? Where did the army come from?" Fan Lue was taken aback. They had been paying attention to the movements of the Yan army, and basically all the soldiers capable of fighting in the country of Yan had been sent here.

   These people are definitely not from the country of Yan.

   "Not good! It's the Wei Army!" Fan Lue hurriedly said to Xiong Zhitong, "The Wei Army pretended to attack Ying City, but in fact the main force bypassed Ying City and joined the Yan Army, ambush us here!"

   "Kill!" Xiong Zhitong knew that the rear was intercepted, so he simply led the troops to fight out.

   Soon, hundreds of thousands of Wei troops led by Pang Ming came from the rear and flanked the Chu army with the Yan army.

  Xiong Zhitong aimed her main attack at Wei Jun. She knew that Yan Jun had Zhang Beichen, so she would definitely be able to stop her.

  【The King of Chu leads the Overlord Army to charge in the direction of the Wei Army. The Overlord Army confronts the Wei soldiers. 】

  Pang Ming's face is ugly, he is extremely conceited, Zhang Beichen can block the Chu army, but he can't, doesn't it mean that he is not as good as Zhang Beichen?

   "Kill, kill as much as you can!" Pang Ming gritted his teeth.

   "Yes!" Wei Jun continued to chase and kill Chu Jun.

  Zhang Beichen also sent cavalry to pursue.

  【The two armies of Wei and Yan chased and killed the Chu army for more than a hundred miles, beheaded more than 100,000 people, and captured tens of thousands of Chu troops. The king of Chu fled back to Yingcheng with a hundred thousand remnants. 】

   "Chu, the general situation is over!" Although he didn't kill the King of Chu this time, Zhang Beichen knew very well that with the remaining power of the King of Chu, he couldn't do anything big.

  He joined forces with Pang Ming and continued to rush to Yingcheng.

  【The Wei army combined more than 500,000 troops and surrounded Ying City, the capital of Chu State. 】

  【After three months of siege, the city of Ying ran out of ammunition and food, and the soldiers mutinied. The king of Chu suppressed the rebellious soldiers. 】

  Under the city wall, Pang Ming shouted to the King of Chu: "King Chu, you have nowhere to go. It is better to surrender to Wei, the King of Wei has promised to still regard you as the king of princes!"

  Xiong Zhitong ignored him and said, "Where's Zhang Beichen? Let him talk to me!"

   "It's Zhang Beichen again!" Pang Ming held back his anger. When joining forces, he wanted to seize the command, but the King of Wei actually ordered him to listen to Zhang Beichen.

  Pang Ming was very depressed, he was the general of Wei State, why did King Wei treat outsiders?

  Also, the king of Chu only talked to Zhang Beichen, could it be because he was a jerk?

  When Zhang Beichen saw Xiong Zhitong, he thought that Xiong Zhitong was going to fight him one-on-one or something, but who knew that Xiong Zhitong actually said: "This king can surrender."

   "Yes?" Now it was Zhang Beichen's turn to be surprised. After so many simulations, the King of Chu has never surrendered! Why this time.

   "The King of Chu really wants to surrender?" Zhang Beichen asked doubtfully.

   "Yes." Xiong Zhitong said calmly, "The fall of the Chu Kingdom is a foregone conclusion, but this king does not want to die here. After so many times, this king has truly comprehended the realm of the emperor."

   "This king wants to leave here and concentrate on practicing."

   "Of course it can!" Zhang Beichen said, Xiong Zhitong is a peak saint, if he wanted to leave, he would have left long ago. Tell Zhang Beichen now, just tell him that King Chu will not recruit troops to fight against him again.

   "Zhang Beichen, are you crazy?" Pang Ming scolded, "Our victory is imminent, how can we let the King of Chu go? If she makes a comeback in the future, I will be dereliction of duty!"

   "I am responsible for this matter alone. I am the commander-in-chief of the coalition army. If King Wei asks, General Pang just needs to say that it is my responsibility." Zhang Beichen said calmly.

   "Zhang Beichen, you don't understand the principle of cutting the grass without eradicating the roots, and the spring breeze blows to regenerate it. You are not worthy of commanding the coalition army!" Pang Ming cursed, pointing at him.

  Zhang Beichen didn't care, he asked someone to open a way and let Xiong Zhitong leave.

  The other Chu troops naturally surrendered to the two countries.

  The next step is to divide the land with Wei Guo. Zhang Beichen entrusted this task to the civil servants of Yan State, and led his troops back to Yan State.

  【After King Chu left, there was no news. It is said that someone once saw her in the Shiwanda Mountain in Nanban. 】

  【Wei State and Yan State carve up the land of Chu State, and the world is divided into two. 】

  …

  Jicheng, Zhang Beichen reported the matter to Yan Qingwu.

   "As long as she doesn't come to disturb me, what's the matter with letting her go?" Yan Qingwu didn't blame Zhang Beichen.

  Zhang Beichen looked at Yan Qingwu. Yan Qingwu had already become a wife, but she still looked so playful and cute as before.

  He stepped forward and took Yan Qingwu's hand, and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, do you want to be a husband?"

   "What are you doing?" Yan Qingwu blushed, she was still not quite used to this situation.

   "I still have some private matters to report to the king!"

   "No, it's still daytime!"

  Yan Qingwu's exclamation had no effect, and Zhang Beichen didn't return from Yan Palace until noon the next day.

  When I got home, I had to comfort Hao Ziyi.

   In addition, there is Zhao Yun waiting for him at his house.

  Zhang Beichen couldn't help but feel that these days are too tiring, but fortunately these women are restrained. If Wei Yao is added, he can be squeezed dry directly.

  …

  【Wei and Yan have entered a period of development. The two countries recruit talents, develop agriculture and handicrafts, and train soldiers. 】

  【The Xiongnu in the north is getting stronger and stronger, and the Xiongnu Shanyu pretends to be emperor, calling himself the Great Chanyu. He began to covet the territory of the Central Plains and the original Donghu, and frequently sent troops to invade. 】

  【In order to resist the Xiongnu, Yan State and Wei State built the Great Wall in the north and set up northern counties to defend against the Xiongnu. 】

   Both countries have experience in resisting the Huns, so although the Huns developed rapidly, they were all blocked.

   Ten years passed.

   Yan State and Wei State have always lived in peace, and both countries are very clear that small fights will not work unless one side is ready to completely destroy the other country.

   At this time, a new message came.

  【The Nanman holy temple was breached, many Nanman masters died in battle, and the Nanman kingdoms fell into chaos. It is rumored that the one who shot was a mysterious woman with unparalleled power. 】

   "It must be the King of Chu!" Zhang Beichen could only think of Xiong Zhitong when he saw the information. Those with this strength, apart from the King of Chu, were the spokespersons of the gods.

  But according to Zhang Beichen's experience, the spokesperson of the gods cannot suddenly become very strong, and must rely on enough power of faith.

  For example, Maotai, the spokesperson of the Beast God, became stronger after the unification of the Huns. In a simulation, the Nanban's witch gods and Gu gods stole enough power in the Central Plains to cultivate a spokesperson for the emperor's realm.

  During this period, the southern barbarian kingdoms were still very weak, and I am afraid that they have not been able to produce such strong people.

   "Since Xiong Zhitong has solved the biggest danger of Nanman, why not send troops to take Nanman directly!"

  【You wrote to the King of Yan, requesting to send troops to Nanman. 】

  【Yan Wang appointed Qing Bai as a general, and led 300,000 troops to march against the Southern Man. 】

  Qing Bai is now at the Ninth Realm. If it was the former Nanman, his ability is not enough to conquer, but now the Nanman has been severely injured by the king of Chu, and Qing Bai faces much less resistance.

  【Three years later, Qing Bai pacified the south. King Yan set up three southern counties in the south and ordered Qingbai to guard the south. 】

  …

   "It's time to prepare for the final unification cause!"

   Now the only one standing in front of Yan State is Wei State.

  The current state of Wei is also full of talents and prosperous.

  Normal attack, Zhang Beichen is not sure, so he can only find a way to play other routines.

   At this time, the handicraft industry of Yan State was already very developed, and porcelain, cloth and silk had even begun to be exported to the Western Regions. Iron forging, salt industry, fishery, etc. are also leading the world.

  Zhang Beichen established the Shibo Department, which specializes in managing merchants and markets. Under such management, the business of Yan State developed unprecedentedly.

  【You lowered the tariffs on the export of products from Wei, and increased the tariffs on imports from Wei. 】

  【One year after the implementation of the policy, Yan State’s commodity exports to Wei State increased greatly, while Wei State’s merchandise export volume to Yan State decreased greatly, and Wei State began to become a dumping ground for Yan State’s commercial products. 】

  【Wei State adjusted its national policy and also increased the taxation on Yan State’s products. 】

  This time Wei Yao has a long memory, knowing that Zhang Beichen once used the method of food war to destroy Wei State, so the policy adjustment is very timely.

  But she didn't expect that the difference in productivity is the key!

  Wei's loom is as efficient as a hundred people. Since Zhang Beichen invented the textile machine, he has taken strict measures to prevent it from spreading.

   This thing is now similar to Zhang Beichen's original space-time lithography machine, which belongs to cutting-edge technology!

  In addition to this, there are leading technologies such as pottery firing, crude salt purification, metal smelting, pottery firing, etc.

  Even if Wei State raises the tariffs on Yan State’s imported goods, it cannot stop Wei State from producing goods with higher efficiency, lower cost, and better looking and useful products. Wei State’s products are still not competitive.

  Wei Yao wants to change this situation, but no one understands these technologies at all. Spy might be able to steal a thing or two, but it doesn't change the overall situation.

  【Five years later, Wei's handicraft industry was further sluggish. In order to exchange for enough commodities, Wei people had to engage in a large number of agricultural production. 】

  Wei Yao originally thought that if more people engaged in agriculture in his country, the country would be strong. However, she soon discovered that this was not the case.

  The land is in the hands of the nobles. The nobles got the grain, but did not distribute it to the peasants. Instead, they exported it to the country of Yan in exchange for goods from the country of Yan.

   Domestic farmers are still starving, and because of the prosperity of Yan State, Wei State began to experience population outflow. Many Wei State people smuggled into Yan State, and Yan State did not reject anyone who came, and took them all in.

  (end of this chapter)

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