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nChapter 513: The Emperor’s Trump Card

nTranslator: 549690339

nWhen the emperor heard the news in Haojing, his expression was cold.

nBefore the Qin army had broken through Futian Pass, the emperor had been unable to sleep at night, afraid that something unexpected would happen. Now that the Qin army had entered the Central Plains, he was much calmer.

nWhen the Tiandu clan split up, the Great Zhou was still the country with the strongest military strength among the six countries.

nOtherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to occupy such a good spot.

nAs for the Qin State, it was undoubtedly one of the most peripheral countries among the six states at that time. If it was not for the fact that the Qin Lord’s personal martial strength was sufficiently powerful at that time, it was estimated that he would not have a share of the spoils of the feast.

nHowever, as time passed.

nThe Great Zhou, which had superior terrain and rich resources, was getting worse with each generation, and its national strength was declining day by day.

nAs for those dukes who had been sealed in a place where there were many barbarians and miasma everywhere, who did not have enough to eat or drink all year round, who were exposed to the wind and sun, they were constantly expanding. Now, their strength was stronger than the previous one.

nThe emperor felt both angry and furious.

nHowever, if the Qin army thought that they could defeat the Great Zhou so easily, they were simply daydreaming. The Great Zhou had been able to occupy the most fertile land and survive for nearly ten thousand years. Naturally, they could not have no trump cards.

nHe only hoped that the Qin army would not go overboard.

nOtherwise, they would really fall out and force the Qin army to fight the Great Zhou inside the pass. In the end, it was still unknown who would win.

nThe Qin army went south, killing and looting.

nThe towns and villages that it visited were filled with smoke and corpses.

nWar was like a machine with blood and flesh flying everywhere, crushing everything that was involved.

nWho knew how much gold, silver, jewelry, cattle, sheep, horses, and even people and armor had been taken away.

nThe Qin army transported these loots back along the logistics line.

nIn less than half a month, the Qin army had plundered countless resources.

nThe soldiers who had come with the army were excited when they first saw the treasures. However, as the amount of treasures accumulated increased, and now they were being sent away one cart after another, their excited nerves could not help but feel a little numb.

nThey were stunned by the wealth of the Great Zhou Central Plains.

nFor many years, the Qin army had been active outside the Great Wall.

nUnder the deliberate promotion of many elders and merchants, most of the Qin soldiers had heard of the wealth of the Great Zhou since they were young.

nLegend had it that it was a place full of gold.

nThe climate there was very warm. In spring, they only needed to sow seeds into the soil. After being nourished by the rain in summer, they could grow heavy food in autumn. In winter, it was not like scraping bones and digging meat outside the frontier. They could even go out to play and hunt.

nIt was also because of these words that the tens of millions of people in Qin Country looked forward to the Central Plains.

nIt was also under such circumstances that countless seniors of the Qin Country advanced wave after wave in order to attack the Central Plains. Day after day, they reorganized the army and nurtured soldiers.

nAs the successive Qin monarchs worked hard to push the reform to become more and more perfect, the Qin country’s military strength also continued to expand.

nFinally, the Qin army, a small country that was not eye-catching among the six nations, mustered up their courage and began to send troops to attack the Great Zhou, this legendary and incomparably rich golden country.

nHowever, due to the barrier of the northwest, after thousands of years of military conflict, the Qin army was powerless against the Great Zhou.

nIn recent years, Qin Jun had begun to doubt his life.

nWhether it was the western frontier that they had come into contact with a long time ago or the northern land that they had only accepted in recent years, some places were even poorer than their Qin country.

nThe legendary Great Zhou that was filled with gold…Did it really exist?

nNow that they had finally bypassed the two regions in the northwest and broke through the outer shell of the Great Zhou Dynasty with lightning speed and entered the Central Plains, countless Qin soldiers felt as if they were dreaming.

nSo there really was such a rich place in this world!

nThe rice would not be affected by extreme weather, and it could ripen twice a year. In some places with more pleasant climates, it could even ripen three times.

nThe densely-packed civilians gathered on the fertile plains to plant crops. They only needed a little irrigation and did not even need to apply too much fertilizer, and the crops would take root and germinate in suitable places.

nAlong the way, Qin Jun had seen too much.

nUnder such circumstances, the Qin soldiers ‘desire for the Great Zhou’s land was also growing.

nIf such a rich piece of land could be occupied by the Qin country, then not only would the Qin country have the strongest military strength in the world, but it would also have the most fertile crop planting area.

nWith the double blessing of land and grain, it would not be long before the Qin country would be able to form an army that could sweep through the other countries in the world.

nHe would be able to create miracles and become the sole overlord of the six dynasties.

nOf course, the prerequisite for all of this was that the Qin army had to destroy the Great Zhou and occupy all the land of the Great Zhou.

nA million Qin soldiers sounded like a ridiculous number.

nHowever, they were now on the territory of the Great Zhou.

nEven though the defense line had been broken, the citizens were in an uproar, and countless aristocratic families and scholars were in a constant state of panic, the Zhou Dynasty’s counterattack was still quite powerful. When the Qin army broke through Futian Pass and headed towards Haojing..

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