First Year of Qiongyu
Qin Shuren was directly included in the Investiture of the Gods the Gods by Ma Feifei. Although the Qin Army lost its commander, it did not lose its composure. There was only a brief commotion before it continued to fight against the 400,000-strong Yan Army.
However, this was not the death of an ordinary commander. The one who suppressed Qin Shuren was the owner of the Mysterious Bookstore, and the army fighting against the Qin Army was not an ordinary Yan Army, but the Yan State God of War Luan Feng and her Luanfeng Army.
For the Qin Army, this was already a tough battle, and now that their commander had been suppressed, they were at an even greater disadvantage. On the other hand, the Yan Army was riding high on momentum. With the Qin Army gaining ground while the Yan army lost ground, they began to retreat in defeat.
The deputy general who had taken over the entire Qin Army witnessed the confrontation between the owner of the Mysterious Bookstore and his own commander. Now that his commander had been suppressed, he dared not act rashly. He gathered his troops while hiding among them.
From the air, the 400,000 Qin Army began to form a semi-circle, gradually converging backward, directly switching from an offensive to a defensive posture.
Luan Feng naturally saw this scene as well and began to command the Yan Army to change formation. The 400,000 Yan Army formed three huge cone shapes and went straight through the Qin Army's defenses.
With the amplification effect, the Yan Army's strength increased dramatically, allowing them to Infiltrator the Qin Army's defenses.
The Qin Army suffered a crushing defeat and began to retreat.
Although the Yan Army held the upper hand, it was unable to inflict fatal damage on the Qin Army. In the end, the Qin Army retreated steadily to a distance of over a hundred miles and set up camp.
The entire continent was watching this battle closely, and Ma Feifei once again became famous because of it, directly suppressing Qin Shuren, the commander of the Qin State, and intimidating all sides.
Meanwhile, Ma Feifei's actions also sparked a lot of speculation. Everyone believed that this was a signal from the Mysterious Bookstore that Ma Feifei was going to help the Yan State and prevent the Qin State from unifying the world.
This news instantly swept across the entire Azure Dragon Continent.
At the Mysterious Bookstore, Ma Feifei had just returned when he received news that Qin Shi Huang wanted to see him.
However, at this time, Ma Feifei had no right to meet Qin Shi Huang. He was the one who got rid of Qin Shuren, and the Qin Army's defeat was indirectly caused by Qin Shuren's disappearance. In the end, they could only camp two hundred miles away from Baichuan City and confront the Yan Army.
The Qin Army, having lost its commander once again, was certainly unable to launch another effective offensive. However, the Qin State could no longer find a general capable of commanding 400,000 Qin Army. As a result, there were more and more proposals for withdrawal within the Qin State. If it weren't for the fact that Qin Shi Huang had ruled the Qin State for more than two thousand years and had extremely high prestige, the Qin State might have already issued a withdrawal order.
Even so, Qin Shi Huang, who was in Dubian Town, was still harassed every day by taxi drivers sent by Qin State officials, all of whom requested that Qin Shi Huang order the withdrawal of the Qin Army that had retreated from the heart of Yan State.
Qin Shi Huang, who had never been inferior to anyone in his life, let alone now, was unwilling to listen to these ministers. Instead, he went directly to Ma Feifei's door to demand an explanation.
"I'm sorry, the shop owner has just returned and is tired from his journey, so he cannot see you for the time being," Zhang Yunji said to Qin Shi Huang, who lingered at the door of the Bookstore.
Upon hearing this, Qin Shi Huang remained silent, and finally turned and left.
Zhang Yunji watched Qin Shi Huang's disappearing figure and sighed. Given Qin Shi Huang's current mental state, even if the shopkeeper didn't stop him, he would eventually attract the attack of the four-nation coalition. It would be better to withdraw the troops as soon as possible, recuperate, and wait for an opportunity.
At least a few days ago, he received news that the Chu Kingdom had sent ambassadors to Dubian Town to meet with the kings of Yan State, Qi State, and Zhao State, but not with Qin Shi Huang.
The implication is self-evident.
If the Qin Army continues its attack, the other three kingdoms will certainly not allow the Yan State to perish. The five kingdoms standing in a tripartite balance is the best situation on the Azure Dragon Continent at present.
If the Qin State were to actually conquer the Yan State, it would mean a real shift in the global power structure, and the next state to be destroyed could very well be one of these three kingdoms.
With its strategic location situated in the heart of the Azure Dragon, Qin State could conquer Yan to the north, attack Chu to the south, subdue Zhao to the west, and fight Qi to the east. Occupying an exceptionally advantageous geographical position, no other state could allow Qin State to become too powerful.
"But then again, does the shop owner really want to change the existing landscape of the mainland?" Zhang Yunji shook his head, stepped down the stairs, and walked towards his home.
On December 1st of the 351st year of the Zhonghe era of the Great Chu, the Qin Yan Army, which had been confronting the Qin Army outside Baichuan City for nearly half a month, finally chose to retreat, and this retreat directly withdrew from the territory of the Yan State.
Luan Feng, the God of War of Yan State, led the Yan Army in Pursuit, conquering dozens of cities that had been occupied by the Qin Army, and finally reaching Changping City, completely recovering all the cities.
A heavy snowfall covering the entire Azure Dragon Continent signifies that the turbulent Azure Dragon Continent has once again returned to peace. However, beneath this calm lies an undercurrent of turmoil, especially in this small town on the border of the Great Chu Kingdom, which has become the focus of the attention of the five kingdoms.
Dubian Town has also begun a new round of population explosion and expansion, becoming a mixed bag of people, where you can now see people wearing all kinds of clothing everywhere.
Dubian Town thus became a 'mini Azure Dragon Continent '.
Especially in the northern part of Watanabe Town, the flow of people is always packed from morning to night, and the daily revenue of the Magic Bookstore is getting bigger and bigger. With thirty-five important figures sitting at the entrance, Ma Feifei has been making a fortune during this period.
On January 1st of the 352nd year of the Great Chu Dynasty, several major events occurred.
The first thing was that the new Empress of the Chu Kingdom ascended the throne. Out of respect for the previous King of Chu, the reign title was not changed upon Empress ascension. Instead, the change was scheduled for the new year.
That is, on January 1st of the 352nd year of the Zhonghe era of the Great Chu, the Chu Kingdom abolished the reign title of the former king and changed the reign title to 'Qiongyu', which was called the First Year of Qiongyu.
The method of calculating time also changed from this moment to the first day of the first month of the first year of the Great Chu Qiongyu era.
This was a major event for the entire Chu Kingdom, but for Mysterious Bookstore, a major event also occurred today.
That is, Ma Feifei suddenly obtained the progress bar for 'the Flourishing of the Confucian Way'.
In other words, he now has a benchmark for 'the Flourishing of the Confucian Way'.
The progress bar is as follows:
Confucianism flourishing: 85% completion rate
Taoism's prosperity completion rate: 100%
"Taoism has reached the required level of prosperity; now only Confucianism remains." Ma Feifei sat in the rocking chair in the backyard, looking at the information provided by the system, and stroked his chin as he thought.
After he released the suppressed Vast Righteousness from the stone tablet last time, he delivered the message to Gongsun Qiong. Gongsun Qiong then took Zhao Xiaodao to travel throughout the Confucian Dao Academy in the entire Chu Kingdom, stimulating all the Righteous Qi and directly restoring the Confucian Dao Academy to their original prosperity, even surpassing their previous glory.