The Battle of Shushan ended as easily as Meng Tian expected from the beginning. Although the people of Shushan were very stubborn in resisting, they were eventually captured by the imperial army with ease.
Including the guards of Yu Yuan who were guarding under the sacred tree, they were easily defeated by Yueshen and others.
After the Sun Festival, the Fuso Sacred Tree will fall into its weakest state, and it will take at least hundreds of years to recover. As the power of the Sacred Tree weakens, the strength that Yu Yuan's guards can exert will also drop to the freezing point.
It is inevitable that God and others will be easily defeated.
Thanks to the gift of the Fuso sacred tree and Meng Tian's repeated orders before the war, the number of deaths in Shushan was not many, and the losses should be said to be very small.
But looking at it from another perspective, almost everyone in the clan has become a prisoner, which is not a good thing in any case.
The fate that awaits them is to be escorted to Shu County to govern Chengdu and wait for their punishment - to be more specific, it is probably to serve in the army to pay for their crimes.
It sounds miserable, but Gu Xun didn't take care of them anymore.
Because... the lives of the people all over the world now basically have this kind of life. One word can describe it as dire straits, and there is really nothing to take care of. We can't let Meng Tian take them back and interpose them, right?
It cannot be said that their lives have become worse after the establishment of the empire. During the war between the seven kingdoms, the lives of the people were almost at this level. Even comparing vertically among several countries at that time, the people of Qin, which was known as the country of tigers and wolves.
Not worse than the Six Kingdoms of Shandong.
In the final analysis, hundreds of years of chaos, coupled with the elimination of slavery in just two hundred years, the ruling class has squeezed the people so severely, otherwise how could they launch super wars involving hundreds of thousands of people at every turn
What?
Is it possible to count on the patriotism of the people?
It's just that people's minds have changed. Although the people know that their lives are still the same, the problem is that now that the war is over, shouldn't their lives get better?
The situation has improved, but life has not changed much. Isn’t this a different kind of deterioration?
Back to the topic, Meng Tian has successfully completed the first step of the emperor's mission, and it is also the step most likely to cause an accident. The rest is nothing more than a transportation problem.
Although transporting the hibiscus sacred tree, which is dozens of feet high, is indeed a grueling job, in the final analysis it is just a matter of time.
Even if a young person pays attention to this sacred tree, there is really nothing to worry about. It is impossible to steal it, so I want to destroy it... It is more difficult than stealing it - Meng Tian secretly tried it, and set the tree on fire.
No, it can't be cut with a sharp weapon, nor can it be smashed with a blunt weapon. It is even harder than fine steel.
The only person he saw who could harm the Fuso sacred tree was Gu Xun, who casually took off a large branch and leaf from the tree, saying it was useful.
Meng Tian doesn't need to think about it to know that what Gu Xun can do is completely different from what others can do.
In this way, the safety of the tree can be said to be foolproof.
The only headache that Meng Tian has now is that his military morale has been lost...
It can be said that the scene of the fuso sacred tree showing its power was clearly seen by all the living creatures with eyes in and around Shushan.
Regardless of what the beasts in the mountains and forests think, no one cares. Anyway, the thousands of imperial soldiers who attacked the mountains felt that their outlook on life had been baptized.
Speaking of which, the land of Guanzhong also has a lot of belief in gods. Although it is not as active as the land of Jingchu, it is still quite popular.
If these soldiers are asked about the theory of gods and ghosts, most of them will more or less believe it. However, this kind of thing is similar to Mr. Ye's love for dragons. When no one can touch anyone, they can maintain a simple relationship of faith, but the gods are really
’s appearance, definitely more frightening than pleasant.
What's even more terrible is that the miracle that happened before their eyes was obviously protecting their opponents.
So here’s the question…is this considered offensive to the gods?
It is impossible for the top soldiers of the empire to understand that the sacred tree is just a tree after all, not a god. Of course, they also cannot understand the above problem.
So... morale collapsed immediately.
This is normal.
Even Lord Yue Shen, the Right Protector of the Yin Yang Family who has been dealing with this kind of thing, couldn't help but feel a little afraid and withdrawn after seeing the effect of the legendary Sun Festival in Shu Mountain, not to mention that he didn't understand anything.
soldiers.
But in the end, it was Meng Tian who suffered the most. It took a lot of effort to barely maintain the stability of the army, so that the soldiers did not directly collapse.
The next thing is to dig out the sacred tree completely from the mountain peak and transport it away.
Even with the Gongshu family's machine beast as the main power source, this is still an extremely troublesome matter.
But this had nothing to do with Gu Xun. He was not interested in accompanying Meng Tian in digging trees. After breaking off the branches from the Fusang sacred tree for the last time, he took Yan Lingji and left first.
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At the same time that Shushan fell, dozens of miles away in the mountains, the Shushan youth team headed by Yu Ziqi finally completed their arduous journey out of the mountain.
In order to ensure that they would not be discovered by the enemy, they chose a branch road that almost no one had traveled. It was basically the same as cutting a new road through the mountains. You can imagine the difficulty.
Fortunately, this group of people, both men and women, have basically practiced Shushan's jumping fighting skills since childhood, and their physical fitness is not bad. In Yu Ziqi, they still managed to come over after being led by a few top-notch experts.
Everyone's body is more or less bruised, their clothes are frayed in many places, and their bodies are almost exhausted.
However, before they could take a few more breaths to catch their breath, they heard a burst of triumphant laughter:
"Hahaha, Lord Donghuang's calculation is indeed true. I really caught you little guys in this area!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man wearing a loose cloud-patterned robe and carrying a curved-edged sword appeared in front of everyone in Shushan.
Anyone who knows something about the Yin-Yang family can immediately recognize who this man is - Elder Jin of the Yin-Yang family, Yun Zhongjun!
Looking at the old man's smiling face, Yu Ziqi immediately made a judgment - he was an enemy, not a friend!
He held on for a breath, stepped forward to block the front, and asked sternly, "Who are you?"
"Ha!" Yun Zhongjun just smiled contemptuously and did not bother to answer Yu Ziqi's question.
In his eyes, these young people in front of him are just his experimental materials.
In order to test the elixir he refined, Yun Zhongjun collected various human body materials over the years. When the empire was preparing to attack Shushan, Yun Zhongjun immediately started using the new material he had been thinking about for a long time -
