Three armies pursued relentlessly, with yellow sand surging in all directions. The sounds of slaughter and shouts of war reached the heavens. Along the way, corpses littered the ground, shattered bodies strewn everywhere, their blood seeping into the yellow sand, turning it a dark red.
The three armies, wielding golden spears and long halberds, continued their onslaught, killing an unknown number of allied soldiers.
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North of Bingzhou lay eight border cities of the Jin Kingdom, tightly encircling the southern gateway to the Jin capital—Haiyue Pass.
The Liao Kingdom and the Great Han were separated by Langya and the Jin Kingdom. Thus, the allied forces of the two nations could only flee frantically towards the seven cities of Haiyue Pass in the Jin Kingdom.
The army marched north, advancing rapidly and capturing seven Jin cities in just one day. The Han army successfully converged at Haiyue Pass.
That night, Qi Jiguang, a cultivator at the first level of the Guiyuan realm, beheaded the commander of Haiyue Pass and occupied the southern gate of the Jin capital—Haiyue Pass!
The allied forces of the two nations pressed against the Han Kingdom's Bingzhou. No one had expected them to be so thoroughly defeated.
The eight cities on the northern march were not heavily guarded, with only Haiyue Pass having a single Guiyuan realm guardian.
Qi Jiguang divided his forces to march north, achieving excellent results. This battle not only annihilated the allied forces of the two nations but also pushed the army north, expanding the territory by a thousand li, capturing eight cities, and taking control of the southern gateway of the Jin Kingdom, thereby strangling its lifeline.
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On the tenth day of the first month of the first year of the Great Han calendar, news that shook all the nations swept through the land. The various countries were astonished, and warriors began to set out for the Great Han, eager to witness this great and powerful nation.
On the eighth day of the first month of the first year of the Great Han calendar, the King of Langya raised an army to attack the Great Han. Zhang Han led the army to meet them, ambushing the Langya army at Yixiantian Gorge. In one battle, the King of Langya met his demise on the frontier!
On the ninth day of the first month of the first year of the Great Han calendar, the Langya Kingdom, which had stood for a thousand years, was annihilated by Zhang Han's army!
On the ninth day of the first month of the first year of the Great Han calendar, the allied forces of the Liao Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom pressed against the Great Han's border, and war was imminent. Qi Jiguang fought fiercely against two Guiyuan realm cultivators, his battle astonishing the world. The forty thousand strong army was routed by the Great Han, with countless casualties. It was impossible to know how many died or survived, only that on that day, the border between the Jin Kingdom and the Han Kingdom became a scene of apocalyptic battle, with mountains of corpses and rivers of blood, its might shaking the heavens.
On the tenth day of the first month of the first year of the Great Han calendar, Qi Jiguang divided his forces into three routes to march north, capturing eight Jin cities in a single day and occupying Haiyue Pass. From then on, the path north led directly to the Jin capital, instantly causing shock and upheaval throughout the Jin court.
News of the border conflict spread like the sky falling and the earth collapsing, shocking all eight nations of the world, from their imperial courts to their common people and various sects.
The Jin and Liao Kingdoms were immensely powerful, often boasting that 'Xiantian cultivators walked everywhere, and Grandmasters were as common as dogs.' They even had several Guiyuan realm experts, each holding considerable power and deterring their rivals.
Yet, how could the Han Kingdom possess such a foundation? First, Xu Chu wreaked havoc in Chang'an City, killing Wanyan Wugunai, and now, the Guiyuan realm cultivator Qi Jiguang emerged, defeating two Guiyuan realm cultivators from the Jin and Liao Kingdoms in one battle.
The Han Kingdom continuously produced peerless powerhouses, surely supported by a great terror. Otherwise, how could such frequent emergence of divine soldiers and valiant generals occur in this impoverished land, and how could the Yang family establish a kingdom and pacify the world in just two years?
Now, they were overpowering the Jin and Liao Kingdoms, a far cry from the weakness of their former Wu Kingdom!
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Yang Hao, currently in the royal palace, was busy sorting through the spoils of the conquered Langya Kingdom and preparing for the summoning of an ancient hero. He was unaware of the events at the Bingzhou border fortress.
"System, use the summoning slot obtained from the Golden Blind Box!"
This was a Golden Blind Box he had spent two hundred thousand to purchase. One had yielded five thousand Qi family troops, while the other had provided one summoning opportunity.
The system had been quite generous with his first purchase, giving him a great boon.
The Wheel of Reincarnation Xuanhuang Tower emanated profound Daoist melodies, its aura magnificent, its heavenly sounds mysterious, ancient, and time-worn. The entire tower shimmered with golden light, which suddenly erupted.
Intricate carvings of human figures adorned the tower's body, bathed in flickering golden light!
A vast river of silver light unfurled, and as time flowed, the river of time instantly brought forth the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
Is it going to be a showdown with the late Han, Three Kingdoms period?
He already had several ancient heroes from the Three Kingdoms era under his command.
"The heavens are dead, the yellow heavens shall rise. The year is Jiazi, and the world shall be prosperous!"
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully summoning the Great Sage Teacher—Zhang Jiao!"
Upon hearing the system's prompt, a faint smile appeared on Yang Hao's lips. This Great Sage Teacher was an ancient hero who had saved his life when he first arrived in this異世 (otherworldly realm). At that time, his mental state was extremely poor. If he had used the Talisman of Peace from the start, Cheng Yaojin and the others would not have been injured, and Liao Hua would not have fallen into a coma.
He truly regretted it. It was all because he was new to this otherworldly realm and hadn't fully adapted to his role, only able to rage and roar, useless for anything else!
Although the Talisman of Peace he had drawn at the time was merely a trace of Zhang Jiao's sealed power, it was still terrifyingly potent, preventing even the Sword Gate from daring to challenge it.
Yang Hao gazed at the illuminated carvings on the Wheel of Reincarnation Xuanhuang Tower and couldn't help but recall that era of conflict. Speaking of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Jiao was an undeniable figure; he had initiated an era of heroes rising and a magnificent Three Kingdoms period.
"Check the profile of the Great Sage Teacher Zhang Jiao."
Yang Hao said in a deep voice.
"Name: Zhang Jiao"
"Dynasty: Late Eastern Han"
"Cultivation: Guiyuan Third Level"
"Cultivation Method: Taiping Jing"
"Troops: Top-tier troops—Three Thousand Yellow Turban Warriors."
Experience: The leader of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, a peasant uprising force in the late Eastern Han Dynasty of China.
Zhang Jiao practiced the Taiping Dao and, using certain religious concepts and socio-political ideas within it, organized the masses. He began preaching around the early Jianning era of Emperor Ling.
In the first year of Zhongping, Zhang Jiao, with the slogan "The heavens are dead, the yellow heavens shall rise. The year is Jiazi, and the world shall be prosperous," proclaimed himself "General of Heaven" and led the masses in an uprising, known in history as the "Yellow Turban Rebellion."
The flames of war instantly swept across the nine provinces of the land!
Shortly thereafter, Zhang Jiao died of illness, and the rebel army was quickly suppressed by the Han dynasty.
"Check the Three Thousand Yellow Turban Warriors!"
"Ding! Zhang Jiao's accompanying troops possess a cultivation of Houtian First Level!"
What a Great Sage Teacher, what a Zhang Jiao! Just the strength of his accompanying troops directly matched the Three Hundred Dead Soldiers. Three thousand Yellow Turban Warriors—imagine how powerful they would be if all were summoned into existence!
The northern border was jointly overseen by Qi Jiguang, Cheng Yaojin, and Shan Xiongxin, ensuring stability. The Langya Kingdom was destroyed, and its territory was incorporated into the Great Han. To the north of the Langya Kingdom lay the Liao Kingdom, to the west was Loulan, and to the south was the powerful Chu Kingdom.
At this time, the Great Han shared borders with multiple nations, and the pressure was considerable. With only Zhang Han, a single Grandmaster, it would be difficult to fend off multiple powerful states. Sudanshuwang.com
Currently, without a suitable ancient hero, Zhang Jiao could only be temporarily dispatched to the northwest to assist Zhang Han in garrisoning the border.
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