How big was the world? Even the cultivators who had lived the longest could not answer this question. In people's cognition, including the cultivators 'cognition, the entire Central Plains was already very vast. There were many people who had cultivated for a hundred years and had not stepped out of the Central Plains.
To the east of the Central Plains was an endless sea. No one knew where the end of the sea was, or those who had rushed into the depths of the sea had yet to return.
To the north of the Central Plains were endless grasslands and deserts. Further north was the icy plains where snow fell all year round. As for further north, it was as untrodden as the depths of the sea.
To the west of the Central Plains was the Western Region. There were as many countries in the Western Region as there were towns in the Central Plains. The political power of the country was not the highest ruler there, and the beliefs of the residents had supreme status. It was unknown what would happen to the places further west.
To the south of the Central Plains was the endless Hundred Thousand Mountains. Although the mountains were called Hundred Thousand Mountains, they were far more than that. There were mountains everywhere as far as the eye could see. As for what was to the south of the mountains, very few people knew about it. Because in the eyes of the Central Plains, the Hundred Thousand Mountains were like a forbidden area!
The entire Central Plains was now divided into three big countries, namely the Qin Country, the Yan Country, and the Yue Country. Between and around these three countries, there were many small countries living in the cracks as strategic cushions for the three countries.
Among the three countries, the Qin Country had the largest territory. The entire north of the Central Plains and a part of the hinterland of the Central Plains were occupied by the Qin Country. The Yan Country occupied the southwest of the Central Plains, while the Yue Country occupied the southeast and northeast of the Central Plains.
Great Qin had only been established for 100 years, but in that short 100 years, it had been extremely chaotic. Now, it was like the sun at its zenith, and no one dared to take even an inch of Great Qin's land.
It wasn't that they couldn't, but that they didn't dare to. When Qin and Chu fought for the Qin Dynasty and the Chu State, the Rong people from the northern border invaded, and the Yan State from the southern border also took over half of the land south of the Chu State. However, the customs of the Qin Kingdom were really incomprehensible. After several years of war between the Qin Kingdom and the Chu Kingdom, thieves were everywhere in the country, and the people were in dire straits. However, it was under such circumstances that the King of Qin, Ying Luo, who had not yet proclaimed himself emperor, personally led his exhausted army to conquer the northern border ten days after he broke through the capital of Chu, ignoring the opposition of the people. He was assisted by many civil and military officials and strange people.
On the morning of the day of the expedition, the sunrise rose from the east and the sun shone for thousands of miles. The king of Qin, Ying Luo, stood at the front of the army, facing tens of thousands of soldiers. These soldiers were not in a neat formation, nor were their clothes and armor bright. Most of them had broken clothes and half-destroyed weapons. Other than a portion who had some armor and weapons when they attacked the capital of Chu, the rest were dressed like bandits, with dried blood on their bodies. Emperor Ying Luo said in a clear voice,"A few days ago, I received a message from a merchant who had escaped from the northern border. The grassland Rong people, led by the Rong Khan, Moton Hater, invaded our border and massacred several cities. Many of the former border generals of Chu died in battle. Whether they were enemies or friends, I, Ying Luo, admire them. In the face of the life and death of the nation, they temporarily put aside their personal grudges and turned their blades to the common enemy. When brothers fought, it was just a matter of who was in charge. But if the family was gone, what was there to fight for?
Some people said that the Rong people had entered the pass to plunder, but there would always be a day when they returned to the grasslands. However, the Yan Country occupying half of their territory was a top priority. Waiting for the Yan Country to gain a firm foothold and then recovering the lost territory would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens. However, it was precisely because of this reason that the King of Yan would not treat the people too harshly in order to take care of the people. What did the Rong people think of us?!”
The king of Qin, Ying Luo, looked around and said fiercely,""The Rong people treated us, treated Great Qin's people, as livestock waiting to be slaughtered, and treated Great Qin's territory as their own backyard! If we were late by a day, countless brothers would have died tragically, and countless sisters would have been taken away, never to be able to return to their homeland!”
Ying Luo continued to announce," Today, I announce that under the witness of all the soldiers, I, Ying Luo, will establish a country here. The name of the country will be Great Qin. Great Qin does not need to offer sacrifices to the heavens and the earth. The people of Great Qin are the heavens and the earth of Great Qin!
"I will personally lead Great Qin's soldiers to the north and expel the Rong people. I will avenge our brothers and sisters who died in battle. Even if we all die in battle and Great Qin is destroyed, I will not regret it! Today, as long as there are people who withdraw, I will not blame them!”
"We are willing to live and die with the Emperor. We will never regret it!"”
His voice rumbled like thunder and soared into the sky. His battle intent was like smoke. Then, Emperor Ying Luo set off. His wife and children followed him. He did not leave a single soldier in the capital.
After that, Ying Luo fought a bloody battle on the northern border for more than 100 days. Every time he fought, he would take the lead, kill the generals, seize the flag, and kill the Rong people until they were terrified and fled. In the end, they fought to the death with the cavalry gathered by the Rong Khan, Morton Hater, on the banks of the Sunlight River in the Moon Bay, hundreds of miles away from the frontier. That battle lasted from dawn to midnight, and corpses were everywhere, and blood flowed like rivers!
It was as if there really was a red sun in the Riguang River. The river was red for dozens of miles. Moton Hatie and the two sons of the eldest son of Ying Luo died in battle. Countless soldiers died.
However, it was also this battle that brought peace to the northern borders for a hundred years. The battle caused the Rong people to suffer great losses, and the internal strife in Mobei continued. After Ying Luo went to the northern borders, the remaining Chu Kingdom forces that had yet to settle down in the country announced that they would submit to Great Qin. Meanwhile, the citizens of the territory occupied by the Yan Kingdom raised their flags of righteousness to resist the Yan Kingdom's invasion. This battle won the hearts of the people for ten years!
When Ying Luo returned to the capital, the wealthy families along the way donated money and food to help the newly born Great Qin survive its weakest period. Ying Luo once again passed through the capital city and did not enter. He personally led the army to resist the invasion of Yan Country.
The Yan Kingdom had never thought that Ying Luo's counterattack would be so fast and ruthless. Anyone who occupied Great Qin's territory would be killed, leaving no prisoners! In Ying Luo's words, every grain of food was precious now, and there was no need to keep captives to help him waste food.
This sentence became the standard for the Qin army to treat prisoners of war every time. It was not only the enemies from the grasslands, but also the enemies from the Central Plains. Wherever the Qin army passed, they would kill them all!
The Rong people and the Yan Country had used up all their resources in this battle. If Ying Luo had not been on good terms with many talented people and had had the help of a noble person, there would not have been any suspense in that battle. It was an era where a new generation of talents collided with the heroes of the past. Not only did the secular world suffer heavy losses, but many sects in the cultivation world were also destroyed. In the end, the biggest winner was the Great Qin of today!
From then on, there were no large groups of bandits and bandits in the devastated Qin country. Those people who were usually too lazy to even look at the high officials and nobles used their actions to show their integrity in this chaotic world.
When Ying Luo was conquering the Rong people, the bandits along the way rushed into the army. These people were struggling at the bottom of society, and there were also heroes who dreamed of conquering Zhuolu. However, their actions showed that although they were bandits, they were not born with blood! A hero at that time said," When brothers fight, they fight for the position of the master. When outsiders come to fight, they should put aside their personal grudges. Brothers are brothers after all. Blood is thicker than water."”
The leaders of the rebel army in the south, the former Chu generals, all raised the banner of Great Qin and used their actions to express their stance against the Yan Kingdom's invasion. As a result, not a single army occupied the Chu capital, Chang 'an. The big families in the city spontaneously organized guards to patrol and maintain law and order.
Back then, the Rong people had been used to looting, but now, it had become a life-and-death battle between two different races. Even though Great Qin had won, it had been an extremely miserable victory. The people who were holding wooden sticks and hoes were forcefully gathered together by Ying Luo, and the raiders, who were looked down upon by their own generals, fearlessly stood up and welcomed the Rong cavalry. The enemies who had hated each other to the point of wanting to fight to the death a few days ago were now standing back to back and defending against each other's deadly swords.
Back then, when the Rong people were chased out of the Central Plains, the army chased them across the border. When they crossed the Wei River and when they returned, less than 20 - 30% of the soldiers survived. The soldiers who died were all buried on the south bank of the Wei River, regardless of their rank. Their heroic souls were always guarding the border gates for Great Qin. As a result, there was still a local saying that the Wei River and Wei River flowed backwards, and heroes never looked back!”'
Ever since this battle, Ying Luo had adopted a more tolerant attitude towards the opposition forces in the country and the former Chu regime. He had integrated the forces in the country at a speed that outsiders could not imagine and fought against the invasion of Yan Country.
After Ying Luo established the country, he made his third son Ying Ji the Crown Prince to help him manage the government.
After that, Ying Luo ordered countless soldiers to retire and return to the fields, leaving only the border towns to defend against foreign enemies. They lowered taxes and appeased the country, and it took decades for Great Qin to walk out of the shadow of war. The population increased, the national treasury became more and more abundant, and the people lived and worked in peace.
However, Great Qin was now facing an unprecedented crisis!
Not long after the Great Qin Empire was established, the founding Emperor Ying Luo died of illness. When Ying Luo was young, he was also a martial artist with a high level of cultivation. Otherwise, he would not have stepped on piles of bones to achieve hegemony. However, after he ascended the throne, he put his heart and soul into the government. When facing the broken mountains and rivers that were riddled with holes, he must have spent more effort than facing the enemy's thousands of troops! In addition, he did not take care of his body when he was fighting for power. At that time, there was no accumulation of old illnesses, and in the end, it was inevitable that he would die.
As the cultivation increased, the lifespan of cultivators would also increase correspondingly. Of course, those who sacrificed their lifespan to increase their cultivation were not included. It was not that the emperors in the world did not want to live a long life, but because of the supreme glory and enjoyment brought by the power, they had to firmly grasp the power in their hands. If they wanted to grasp the power in their hands, they had to spend a lot of time and energy. Although they had rare herbs and elixirs, they could not win the invitation of the King of Hell.
This principle was simple and easy to see through. However, when it came to him, how many people could resist the temptation of the extreme wealth of the mortal world?
Ying Ji, the son of Ying Luo, was now in charge of the Great Qin Empire. In the first half of his life, Ying Ji had followed his father to conquer the world. He had seen a lot of things and was a wise ruler.
Originally, if Ying Ji had continued to be as wise as he was when he was young, the Great Qin Empire would at least be able to continue on, even though it was unknown whether it would last for thousands of years. However, for some reason, in the last few years of Ying Ji's life, perhaps because of the fear of death, this once wise Emperor had become moody and had made many foolish moves.
Killing meritorious officials, selecting palace maids, indulging in grandiose achievements, and building large-scale projects were all methods that Ying Ji had almost used up. Of course, the people could still bear with it bitterly because of the wisdom and generosity of this Emperor in the past. Although they knew that it was a great treason, they all thought that the Emperor did not have much time left to live, so they just had to endure it.
The common people could endure it, but it was unknown whether the officials in the court could endure it until the day the Emperor passed away.
At that time, Ying Ji had killed so many meritorious officials, and his methods were so ruthless that it made people shudder! The most serious incident happened during Ying Ji's birthday celebration. At that time, the Great Qin Empire went crazy. At that time, even though Great Qin's upper echelons did not manage to kill the commoners, they had cut off their last hope. At that time, the upper echelons of the Great Qin Empire had used a bloody knife to force the people of Great Qin and Great Qin into a state of madness.
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