Prime Minister Shang Rong looked at the battle situation on the bamboo slips and nodded slightly.
The war has broken out in recent months, and battle reports are coming from the front line every three days, but the contents are mostly the same.
The king's division swept forward and advanced slowly, but made little gains.
As a general, you should balance hardness with softness and not just rely on your bravery. Huang Feihu kept in mind the military skills taught by Gu Cheng, fully utilized the advantages of the Dashan army, and pushed through with absolute superiority.
Of course, this also requires Chao Ge’s patience and support.
At least now, some people in the government and the public are criticizing King Wu Cheng for being too cautious, timid, and losing the face of the great merchants.
"Fortunately, Your Majesty does not have a royal chariot to march in person!"
Shang Rong is extremely happy about this.
If King Zhou personally conquers, it is impossible to adopt such conservative tactics. He really can't afford to lose face. It would be much better if he were replaced by King Wucheng. If this continues, Dongyi will be destroyed. All he has to worry about is the sacrifice required.
How much does it cost?
Thinking about the commotion caused by the Dongyi High Priest, Shang Rong was still worried, so he went to the Wenhua Hall with the battle report.
In the main hall, Queen Jiang and Imperial Concubine Huang were accompanying Gu Cheng, their red sleeves were fragrant and their bare hands were grinding ink.
Following the military strategists, Confucianists, Mohists, Legalists, and Farmers, the sixth volume of The Way of the Doctor has been published, and a medical museum has been opened on Chaoyang Mountain to train military doctors.
This caused some resistance.
It's interesting to say that there is not much difference in status between men and women in this era, and the atmosphere can be described as open, but the tolerance for doctors is not high.
Because that is the prerogative of the priests.
The status of priests is high, on the one hand they offer sacrifices to heaven for divination, and on the other hand they have medical skills.
They relied on their medical skills to cure high-ranking officials and nobles, and they had such great influence. Otherwise, they would be unsustainable simply by pretending to be gods and ghosts.
In fact, this is one of the influences of the witch clan on the human race. Gu Cheng naturally wants to eliminate this influence and must use medical methods.
What's more, after destroying Dongyi, that territory still needs to be managed, and doctors are needed to deal with the miasma poison.
The book "The Way of a Medical Doctor" was completed, half of the twelve volumes of Tianshu were completed, and the pressure in the world suddenly doubled.
So in the seventh volume, Gu Cheng chose the way of yin and yang.
He started dabbling in the Yin-Yang Dao in the world of the Song Dynasty. In the world of the Qin Dynasty, he entered the Yin-Yang family through a combination of circumstances, and finally practiced with the Queen Mother of the West. In terms of the degree of immersion, it is the deepest among the twelve volumes of Tianshu.
Therefore, at this turning point, he chose the Yin and Yang Dao without hesitation and began to combine it with the previous six paths.
There is another use.
"Yin and Yang are the way of heaven and earth, the order of all things, the parents of change, the origin of life and death, and the home of gods..."
Jiang and Huang Feiyan looked at Gu Cheng's book with deep thoughts and feelings.
"It's done!"
While Shang Rong stood waiting outside the hall, Gu Chengkan finished writing the last word, Yin Yang and Five Elements, and the divine light flowed on the bamboo slips.
Compared with the previous Six Paths, this scroll created a different kind of pressure, and its aura spread far away, shaking the spiritual atmosphere of heaven and earth.
If the Six Paths are mainly about imparting knowledge, this volume of The Way of Yin and Yang is a magic weapon. It was personally refined by Gu Cheng, the Hunyuan Taoist, and carries the Yin and Yang Way. Compared with the artifact, it only lacks the Primordial Spirit of Chaos.
Gu Cheng admired the scroll of Yin and Yang Dao and smiled: "Call Shang Rong to come in."
Shang Rong entered the palace and reported to the army: "Your Majesty, King Wu Cheng has led his army to approach the Jiuli Ancestral Court. Dongyi cannot avoid it. In a head-on battle, our army will definitely win. However, the Jiuli Ancestral Court has passed on the news from the soldiers.
Chi You, witchcraft is strange, there may be twists and turns..."
Shang Rong was trying to take precautions so that he could plead guilty to King Wu Cheng in case of heavy losses.
Gu Cheng did not need this kind of maturity and prudentness: "Old Prime Minister, don't worry too much. Dongyi's strength has long been exhausted, and everything is dead. It's just their extravagant hope."
Shang Rong did not have such confidence: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Grand Master is leading his troops to resist the Dog Rong. If there are no generals who are skilled in the art of channeling, how can we guard against Dongyi's strange arts?"
In the original preparations for the war, Taishi Wen Zhong and Wucheng King Huang Feihu were going to the battle together. One was proficient in Taoism and the other was a talented general. Based on the many years of confrontation between Jiuyi and Dashang, they deserved such treatment.
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Unfortunately, just a month ago, Quanrong invaded Dashang territory again, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of evil.
The Quan Rong were good at riding, and Dong Yi's Quan Rong, who was good at riding horses, came and went like the wind. Xiqi's troops could not stop them, so they could only report them to Chaoge.
Gu Cheng ordered Wen Zhong to send troops to guard the west. Wen Zhong was unwilling to accept it and recommended several people before leaving.
Deng Jiugong, the commander-in-chief of Sanshan Pass, Zhang Guifang, the commander-in-chief of Qinglong Pass, Li Jing, the commander-in-chief of Chentangguan, and the four generals of the Magic Family of Jiameng Pass.
However, Gu Cheng rejected them one by one.
The reason is very simple. These generals are guarding key arteries. The purpose of attacking Dongyi is to solve external worries, not to demolish the east wall to repair the west wall.
But as a result, without an expert who was proficient in Taoism accompanying the army, both Shang Rong and Wen Zhong felt uneasy. Huang Feihu could cope with the confrontation between the two armies and the battle on the battlefield, but he could not defend himself against the divine channel method.
"To drive rocks into the sea and push mountains flat, it's time to use magical powers to solve the problem."
Gu Cheng nodded and threw the Yin and Yang Dao upwards, and two rays of light twisted and flew upwards.
Chirp! Chirp!
The three people in the hall stared blankly at this brilliant brilliance. Huang Feiyan suddenly listened and wondered: "What is the sound?"
Queen Jiang said: "It seems to be the song of birds, but it sounds so nice!"
Shang Rong looked outside.
I saw a five-color cloud floating above Chaoge, and inside it was a peacock with shining eyes, looking down.
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Ten miles outside the Jiuli ancestral court.
The earth trembled, dust heads rose up, and billowing dust smoke rushed in like a tide.
The army practiced for half a year and advanced for more than a month, until finally a war broke out.
Just as Shang Rong said, at this point, you have to fight even if you don't want to. The nine tribes of Dongyi gathered seven thousand young men and formed a military formation. In an instant, arrows were like meteors, strings were like thunderbolts, and countless cold rays of light swept from the wind.
Pass.
"shield!"
The generals shouted in unison, and countless shields blocked the sunlight above their heads. These shields made by the Mohists were naturally not as sophisticated as those of later generations. Fortunately, they were enough to deal with the more crude arrows of Dongyi.
These generals are the disciples who graduated from the army. It is impossible to cultivate talents like Huang Feihu and Wen Zhong in a short time, but it is not difficult for middle-level generals, and they are the key to improving military strength.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
When the first wave of the fiercest arrow rain was blocked, Dashang became even more powerful, the thunderous war drums boiled the blood, and the running chariots rolled up smoke and dust in the sky, and rushed towards Dongyi.
No surprise, it was devastating.
However, there was no joy on Huang Feihu's face. Instead, his eyes were solemn and he looked towards the ancestral court without blinking.
From beginning to end, "Yi", the leader of the Dongyi clan, never appeared.