Chapter 990 Destroying the barbarians and becoming a sage
No one knew that the southern expedition with 2.5 million troops, which seemed destined to fail, was actually a national war.
If the human race wins this battle, the humans and barbarians will have the strength to compete with the monster race.
Similarly, if the barbarians win and the monsters take the opportunity to invade south, it will also be a catastrophe for the human race.
But judging from the current situation, neither the barbarians nor the demon tribe take this southern expedition to heart.
The demon clan is still fighting for power, and the barbarians are also clearing the way. They are even happy for the human race to eliminate the border barbarians. In the eyes of some tribes, the human race's southern expedition is just a joke. As long as the human race's attack is repelled, they will be able to fight without blood.
Take over the territory of the border barbarians and the thirty-five tribes.
The initial invasion went more smoothly than expected. In just a few days, Wang Xu's left army advanced 100,000 miles.
All along the way, they were destroyed without surrender, just like the German army that conquered Poland in 27 days, Denmark in 1 day, Norway in 23 days, the Netherlands in 5 days, Belgium in 18 days, and France in 39 days. Under the blitzkrieg method, everything was destroyed.
Look at you.
With the rapid advance of the troops, Wang Xu's troops fought more and more. In addition to his own troops, one million Yangzhou soldiers from Yangzhou also joined Wang Xu's command.
In addition, there were two million barbarian tribal coalition forces. At one time, the number of troops Wang Xu could mobilize reached 3.2 million.
At this time, Wang Xu was also on the bank of Lihe River and met his first opponent, the Lihe tribe among the twenty-four major tribes.
The Lihe tribe is a powerful tribe located in the middle of the Shiwan Mountains among the 24 major tribes of the barbarians.
When Wang Xu led his army to the banks of the Lihe River, the Lihe tribe was already waiting. In addition to the 550,000 soldiers from the tribe's headquarters, there were also 4.5 million allied troops from the central tribes, with a force of 5 million fighting against them.
The battle between the armies led by Wang Xu.
During this battle, Wang Xu wrote the poem "Linjiang Immortal".
the river is long and tempestuous, it was like a hero
It caused the Li River to overflow, the waves rolled, the heroes shed tears, and the sky was filled with floods that submerged the three armies.
This was Wang Xu’s battle to become a god. The military report was sent back to the capital. Within three days, an envoy went south. Wang Xu was conferred the title of Grand Governor of the Southern Conquest, and was awarded the title of second-grade military attache. He was given the Shangfang Sword, the third-grade official, and the Yingwu Palace University.
The title of knight.
There are also many human scribes coming with them. They will receive the chassis that Wang Xu knocked down, naturalize the barbarians on the spot, and establish local governments.
As long as the situation stabilizes a little, people will move from the Kyushu region and turn the barbarian territory into a human tribe state.
Wang Xu made a brief handover and continued to lead the army south.
In the first year, the outer reaches of the barbarians were pacified, the central barbarians were invaded, indigenous methods of steelmaking were invented, and the quality of weapons and armor was improved.
In the second year, he pacified the central part of the barbarians, led his army into the barbarian hinterland, and invented cement production, making civil fortifications and city building easier.
In the third year, the three armies gathered in the upper circle and directed their troops towards the entire barbarian territory. Penicillin was invented, which reduced the number of soldiers who died of infection by 99%.
In the fourth year, the demon clan from the North, seeing an unlucky opportunity, began to move south to contain the human soldiers and horses, trying to relieve the barbarians from the siege.
The battle between the two boundary mountains continued all day long. In the same year, Yang Shen, the commander-in-chief of the Central Army and Minister of War, attacked the Huangchi tribe. He was ambushed by the barbarian temple shaman and died of exhaustion. The Central Army retreated three thousand miles.
In the face of danger, Wang Xu was ordered to take charge of the Central Army as the governor of the Southern Conquest.
At one time, the number of troops was as high as six million, and they continued to attack the Huangchi tribe.
In the fifth year, some barbarian generals launched a rebellion in the occupied barbarian territory, and Jingzhou soldiers retreated to suppress it.
In the same year, Wang Xu wrote the poem "Man Jiang Hong".
He was so angry that he leaned against the railing, and the misty rain stopped.
Lift our sight, the sky and shouts, grand, vehement.
Thirty years of fame and dust, eight thousand miles of clouds and moon.
Don't wait any longer. The young man's head will turn gray, and he will feel empty and sad.
With his three major achievements of suppressing the barbarians, developing new learning, and discovering new crops, as well as countless smaller achievements, Wang Xu was promoted to a sage, his portrait was enshrined in the Confucius Temple, and he became a contemporary literary master and the first person to live in the Confucius Temple.
Soon, Wang Xu was selected by the military strategist again and entered the ancestral hall of the military strategist, known as the military strategist's restored saint.
In the sixth year, the last tribe of the barbarians was wiped out in Wan Zhang Mountain, leaving the barbarians no longer able to fight.
In the seventh year, the Barbarian Temple requested surrender on behalf of the Barbarians, only to preserve the sacrifices of the Barbarian Gods and allow the Barbarians to worship the Barbarian Gods.
The imperial court agreed, but also required the barbarian temples to worship literary sages, confirming that Wen Sheng was the first god of the barbarians, and making the barbarian gods his disciples.
The barbarian temple refused to comply and called on the barbarian people to resist bravely and not to compromise with the invaders.
For a time, many naturalized tribes within the barbarian territory rose up to resist.
Wang Xu led his troops to suppress the rebellion. On the grounds that the power of God was formidable and the ancestors were not lawful, he strangled countless rebellious barbarian tribes and attacked the barbarian temple again.
In the eighth year, when Wang Xu was thirty-eight years old, he killed the last high priest of the barbarians. Deep in the Shiwan Mountain, the barbarian resistance completely failed.
In this battle, Wang Xu fought one against six, killing the barbarian high priest, the barbarian chief priest shaman, and the four great generals of the barbarian gods east, south, west, and north. The whole world was shocked by the battle.
The barbarian's high priest and officiating shaman, together with the four great generals, are all masters comparable to the four emperors of Taoism and the four great bodhisattvas of Buddhism.
Wang Xu said that one enemy was against six, and he killed all six of them. For a while, the whole world was silent.
Affected by this, the imperial court granted Wang Xu the title of Grand Master, the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, and granted Wenhe the title of Duke, with the same title as the king.
In the tenth year, the barbarian territory had gradually stabilized, and some rebellions were harmless. Wang Xu, who was in his forties, began to return to the court with his troops.
This year, Wang Xu was forty years old and was recognized as the number one expert in the human race. There were even rumors that Wang Xu was also the number one expert in the world.
After five years of practicing with the people, Wang Xu asked the court for orders to attack the demon clan.
The emperor, who was already seventy years old, refused on the grounds that he had fought for years and the people wanted stability.
In fact, Wang Xu's prestige in the army was too high, and the emperor had no title. Moreover, the emperor was already in his old age, and he was really worried that after his death, no one would be able to control Wang Xu.
Three months after he petitioned for war, Xue Mushan, a former teacher and former cabinet minister who had retired and returned to his hometown, came to visit him.
During the secret conversation, Xue Mushan made a vague suggestion that he hoped Wang Xu would hand over military power, thank guests behind closed doors, and focus on writing books and biographies.
Wang Xu directly refused. If we say plain barbarian, it represents his path to becoming a sage.
Ping Yao represents his holy status. If he cannot pacify the demon clan, his greatest achievement will be to become a false saint like Mencius.
This matter is related to the Tao, let alone the teacher, even if the King of Heaven comes, I will not have to talk about it.
Soon, Wang Xu and his teacher broke up on bad terms. After returning home, Xue Mushan coughed up blood every day. Within a few days, there were rumors that Wang Xu was disobedient to his teacher and disrespected the sages.
Wang Xu was silent when he heard this. He knew that the teacher was loyal to the emperor, but he did not expect that the teacher could go to this extent. In order to prevent him from losing his fortune, he wanted to destroy his reputation and cut off his future.
Five days later, Xue Mushan died of a sudden illness. An imperial historian wrote that during his reign, he had excessive personal relations with the sixth prince and had evil intentions.
Three days later, the imperial court ordered a search of Xue's house, and found 80 million taels of silver and more than a dozen letters to the sixth prince, including many private letters supporting the sixth prince as emperor and attempting to change the dynasty.
When the emperor was furious, he issued an order to deprive Xue Mushan of his posthumous title and demote all the Xue family members to common people.
Wang Xu was noncommittal. He knew that this was the emperor's instructions to him, so he tried to make the big thing into a small matter.
But regarding the expedition to the north, the emperor kept silent. He only gave a small reward every three days and a big reward every five days, and continued to show favor to Wang Xu.
Wang Xu saw it with his eyesight but felt cold in his heart. He wanted to lead the army to conquer the north, but the emperor didn't want him to go to the expedition. This was an irresolvable contradiction.
Half a month later, the emperor caught wind and cold and was unconscious for three days. He died in his sleep on the fourth day.
There is a statement in the posthumous edict that the eighth prince will inherit the throne and will be assisted by both civil and military forces.
After three months of preparation, the Eighth Prince succeeded to the throne and changed the reign name to Datong, which means that the world is unified and the four seas are united.
In the same year, the new emperor appointed Wang Xu as the emperor's advisor and the marshal of the world's troops, and organized an army to conquer the north and pacify the demon clan.
This year, Wang Xu was forty-five years old. To this day, no one in the world can control him.