Capítulo 7: Birth of the Heavenly Dragon General
In a far-away future
There were bright lights and camera flashing as Professor Dr. Xiang Lu made his entrance to the press conference, which was going to be about the
discovery of the tomb of "Qin Shi Huang," the first emperor of China and present-day Mongolia and Korea.
He was the first king to unite those lands and even conquer 2 more nations. If he lived 10 more years, China might have expanded further. Very little is known about him, as The founder of Han dynasty, Emperor Han WuDi, decided to destroy most of the Qin dynasty records and histories.
A lot of people believe that he actually fabricated the history to establish the Han dynasty and undermine the Qin, but there were only bits and pieces of records found in the Shiji records. At least until now, that is.
Everyone quieted down as Dr. Xiang Lu sat down and took the mic. He smiled and said, " Thank you all for gathering here today. As you may know, we discovered the tomb of Our founding emperor about 3 months ago.
We have found some amazing things in there, which was all displayed to the world. But what if I told you, aside from the terracotta soldiers, the unimaginable wealth and the historical artifacts, including the imperial seal of Qin dynasty, We have found something far more valuable and confusing at the same time."
Everyone gasped at the shocking announcement and started muttering among themselves. Dr. Xiang Lu started again: "We have been searching for some documents in the tomb that were supposedly the true history of the warring states and how the Qin Empire was founded.
We never found anything but a week ago, one of my assistants actually broke an ornate box by accident, from which we got a key and a note saying, "The future needs to know about the past. So I left my story with the man who started this journey to unite China. "
We looked everywhere after finding the clue, and then all of a sudden I found a small keyhole directly in the coffin of the emperor. We could barely see it as it was blocked with sand and dust.
When we opened it, we saw a beautiful piece of silk with a modern-looking design, covering what seems to be a book that is definitely older than 2,000 years, and it was handwritten with over thousands of pages.
We were shocked and excited to see this, but something confused us. There was the name of the author, Xiang Long, who was probably the most famous general under the emperor and one of my ancestors, if we are to believe my family records. He smiled fondly.
There was a note that was actually written in modern English. It said, "Every end is another beginning. One needs to only seek out the path.".
One of the reporters asked, "But how can that be possible? Even if they encountered an English person at that time, they would be speaking mostly literary English; the chance of that is basically zero! Also, I thought good-quality paper came much later, around 50 BCE."
Dr. Xiang Lu replied, "I don't know about all that. But all I can say is that the words were actually written by him and will finally tell us about the true history of China.
We all know about Sun Tzu's "Art of War," but Great General Xiang Long was the one who embodied the teachings of it and was known as the one who was "exalted by heavens like none other."
In his early life, he was mostly famous for his strategies. Remember that he was only 20 when he retired for the first time due to a conflict with the king, and he was tired of the pointless wars.
He only returned because he saw promise in young King Ying Zheng, and his desire to unite China was something he shared. He conquered most of the territories of the Qin Empire and is said to have suffered no real defeat among the battles in which he was the commanding general.
I believe we will learn more about his adventure soon after we finish reading the book."
Present time
A few months of leisure were good, but now I have to go to war again. I trained with all my effort in spearmanship with Zhao Yun, as I decided to use my spear for now. It was a beautiful weapon. I called it "Destiny Breaker," as with it, I shall overwrite my destiny itself.
I was probably supposed to be another victim of wars who was meant to die in that village. But my reincarnation took place and a new fate was born. I'll make sure to take this chance and write my name in history, no matter the hardship.
Our target was Chu this time. Qin was looking to push Chu back behind the Yangtze River, and Chu tried their best to maintain a strong presence in the Central Plains. Although we have heard rumours about Chu switching their capital to Danyang, right on the Yangtze River's south side, it's still a rumor.
If we can take their capital, Shouchun, they will definitely pull back, but that seems impossible to most people. I would be taking Zhuge Liang this time, as I have appointed a few scholars to keep up the work and just follow the guidance given by Zhuge Liang.
I, of course, checked if they were spies or not, but none of them were. One of them, a young scholar named Ma Jung, was pretty decent at management and fiercely loyal, like other people in Shangjun. So we trained him well and left him in charge before heading out to battle.
This time, I went Under one of the six greats of Qin, Oukotsu. He was a violent man, always seeking blood. and aside from his strength, he was quite poor with strategies. His method was always brute force, forcing through any battle. I wonder why they made him a great general.
But still, as a member of the Six Greats, he holds a lot of authority and can basically do whatever he wants. So I need to follow his direct orders this time, unless it threatens my army. An expedition force of 130,000 is quite a number, but we don't know how many soldiers they actually had.
I think they have around 700,000 soldiers if they go all out—maybe a bit more. But for this campaign, they would be sending around 150,000 or so. We had some other generals in the army.
The main army was 70,000 under Oukotsu. The second army is under General Mougou, who had another 40,000. The third army had only 20,000, and I was in it. Along with me, there was an old general named Raigen who commanded the rest of the 12,000.
He was a nice fellow. He decided to tell me about the battles of the six greats, the three great heavens, the fire dragons, and so on. It was actually more real listening from someone who participated in those battles.
At that moment, a messenger came with our orders. We were to take a longer route to reach Jiangnan. As there might be an ambush, the armies have moved separately. Me and Raigen decided to go through our orders, and it was our lucky day.
As it turns out, this was the battle where Oukotsu got wrecked by Han Ming. There was a brief clash, and he got beaten within minutes. That idiot lost half of his troops, and his deputy ordered a full retreat. I was pissed off, but suddenly Zhuge Liang came up with an idea.
He said, "I was thinking, since Oukotsu has ordered a retreat and is knocked out. Why doesn't my lord take over Jiangling with the Mougou army? He has these new lieutenants, Ousen and Kanki, who are said to be quite good, especially Ousen, whom even my lord has an eye out for. Including those two, he should have enough firepower."
I replied,But to make Ousen join, I need to make a plan that ensures absolute certainty of victory. That guy is too cautious and basically lacks any pride in general. The only way I can think of is to attack the returning Chu army at night, as they won't be ready for it.
They have about 150,000 soldiers, so it won't be easy. But I believe if we have Mougou's 40,000, it is possible. I'll just have to make sure that KouEn has gone back to capital before I strike. That guy is a monster. I'm not really afraid if its only Han Ming."
Zhang Liao nodded and said, "With our fewer numbers, it will be difficult but doable."
I looked towards Zhao Yun, and he just shrugged and said, "I'll follow whatever your commands are."
I smiled and said, "I think I have an idea, but if we get caught, the entire battle will be lost. But if we succeed, it's our win, surely."
Zhuge Liang asked curiously, "Are you thinking about using those things, my lord?"
I just smirked and nodded.
So I immediately sent a letter to General Mougou detailing my plan. We need to wait 5 days to attack, as there will be no moon that night, so it'll be easier to sneak into their camp.
In the one month I was at home, I actually gathered some talented doctors to gather herbs and make antidotes and medicines for all sorts of poisons and diseases. In the process, I have collected some types of poison as well. The one I'll use is nothing too harmful, but it will give you explosive diarrhea and stomach pain.
I did so that they could at least stand up and fight; otherwise, I'd just be known as a mass poisoner who cowardly killed people with poison. Mougou agreed to strike at that time, and he went with his whole army.
So, on the 5th night, we snuck into the Chu camp using camouflage in the darkness. It was way too easy, as the Chu army wasn't at guard at all. They thought they had won after beating Oukotsu and decided to return home as soon as they saw the Oukotsu army retreating and letting down their guard.
We waltzed into their camp and poisoned all the water supplies, as we had only enough for that. Chu soldiers, believing they had defeated the invaders, were basically partying; it was going to cost them dearly.
As I planned, the idiots were puking and shitting themselves like crazy by morning. Although the mixture was diluted and had less potency to be odorless and tasteless, it worked well enough.
To their surprise, an army of 60,000 Qin soldiers was upon them when they decided to march in the morning. Before they could understand anything, we ran to their camp, putting them out of their misery.
It took us a few hours until we chased out the last of the survivors to their deaths. Not a single soul was alive in that camp of 100,000 soldiers. It seems KouEn returned with his main army and generals and left another general called Rengoku to oversee their return.
He was killed by me during the battle, so that's the end of him. It looks like the name Rengoku is cursed. We decided to leave immediately after we finished the massacre. I actually pitied these poor souls, but it had to be done. If we let even a single one leave this place alive, they would alert KouEn immediately.
This way, they will think the army is delayed and wait, which will give us more time to take Jiangnan, and we can also ask for reinforcements in the meantime. I actually sent the letter to the capital immediately after our win so the reinforcements could come early.
We decided to head towards Jiangling City, which was defended by their general, Rinbukun. He had about 50,000 soldiers with him. Thankfully, as soon as he got the news of our arrival, he pulled all the soldiers of Jiangnan into Jiangling, which now had 80,000 troops.
Since he's a dumb musclehead, let's give him a proper thrashing before sending him off. I decided to use my spear for now rather than the Glaive, as I had good skills from practicing with Zhao Yun ever since the last battle.
In the 3 days it took us to reach Jiangling, I honed the new techniques I'd learned from him. I wanted to duel that baldy, so I just straight up challenged him and said to face me if he had the balls for it.
Just as predicted, the baldy spouted some bullshit about Chu being superior and was killed by my new move, "Thousand Birds Become Phoenix," Zhao Yun's signature move. Although it wasn't truly perfect, it was enough to take out a muscle like Rinbukun.
The battle lasted for about 10 minutes or so. As he fell, his army rushed at us like their idiot general, and we managed to take over Jiangling within a day.
I sent Zhang Liao to take one city, while Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang took one each. The rest of the 2 cities were taken by Ousen and Kanki.
It took us 2 days to take the entire Jiangnan, which was a surprise after the main army got crushed. I decided to scout out any lingering threats outside, but here I would come across someone who I didn't think I would see at this time.
I was out on a mission to hunt some bandits that roam here. I had only Zhao Yun and 1,000 riders. Suddenly we were ambushed, and the bandits showed extremely cunning tactics to distract and slowly lower our numbers.
It was quite amusing to watch, but I won't let my troops die so easily, so I decided to charge directly at the center where the commands were given. They tried to protect their leader as I broke through, but it was pointless. I saw the leader trying to escape amidst the chaos, but I went directly towards him, and with a flick, my blade was resting at his throat.
A small drop of blood came out of his throat as I spoke, " What's your name? How do you know these advanced tactics? I refuse to believe you are just a common bandit. "
The leader took off the helmet and I was surprised to see a Woman under it. She turned to face me and spoke with a sneer, "Why don't you just go ahead and kill me? I will crush your balls if you plan to take me alive and violate me and I sure as hell won't tell you anything."
I smirked and replied, "What if we were both consenting?"
She glared at me with a huff and said, "That will never happen, bastard! Just let me go or kill me."
I smiled and said, "How about I tell you your name, bandit leader KaRin?"
She immediately snapped and hissed as her hand went to her sword. "How the hell do you know my name, you bastard? What do you want from me? "
I just lazily replied, "Absolute honesty. Tell me your story without any lies and maybe I'll think about letting you live."
She glared at me for a while and eventually gave up and said, "Can we talk alone?"
I nodded and we went to my tent to speak while the others tied up her bandit gang. Zhao Yun wanted to tag along but I reassured that it was alright.
In my tent, I listened to her story for a while. KaRin was actually the princess of the Kingdom of Ba, which ceased to exist about 7 years ago. She was only 12 years old back then. She was the last remaining heir, as her brother in this world was actually killed by Chu.
She decided to take whatever she could from their treasury and escape with her most loyal vassals and soldiers. Through the years she grew up, her only desire was to gain power and obtain revenge for her brother.
But as she became older, she realized it couldn't be achieved with her current strength, so she started gathering bandits and ex-soldiers to form a gang and maybe join the Chu army to climb up the ranks. Once she had enough power, she would then exact her revenge on the people who killed her family.
She had tried hard but somehow Chu court knew about her being former royalty and decided to make her a concubine to the Chu King, upon which she escaped and decided to cause as much damage possible.
She only started becoming strong last year after plundering some rich nobles and forming a 10,000-strong army with about 5–6 elephants. She didn't know that Jiangnan had already fallen to Qin, so she came here to collect some supplies from the nearby battlefield and maybe get some from us as well.
Sadly, I happened to go on patrol that day. She had only around 1,500 or so regular bandits with her when she spotted us. The rest happened, as I said.
After finishing her story, she asked with a shaky voice, "What will happen to me now? Will you put me out of my misery or let me go?"
I stood up and thought for a few moments before saying, "I can give you two choices. You can leave and continue with your revenge. Perhaps you will find it one day or die without ever getting close. Or, you can join my army as an officer.
I am someone pretty reputable in Qin, and I can definitely help you start over. Most importantly, as long as you stay loyal to me and prove that you are worthy of my trust, I will grant you what you desire most. You will accompany me as I conquer Chu.
It will be a long time but you will get your revenge. I just want your strength and knowledge as you fight beside me and my army. Who knows, maybe you will become one of my "Heavenly Generals," like Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, and Zhuge Liang.
KaRin was surprised to hear my offer and she went silent for a while. She then asked slowly, "Can you truly promise such a thing? I have been trying for years, but I have gotten nowhere. At some point, I even thought it would be impossible. Don't give me any false hope."
I just walked towards her and patted her head. She flinched at first but calmed as I said, "I believe you have the talent and the strength required for it. You just didn't have someone to rely on. You can rely on me, as what I said wasn't a false hope but a promise. Afterall, how would I be the Greatest general under the Heavens if I lied about simple things like that?"
At this point, she finally let go and hugged me while sobbing, Thank you. I just let her vent, as it must have been hard to put on that strong face when, in truth, she was just a young girl who lost her family and kingdom and had to survive the chaos.
After a while, when she calmed down, she pushed me away with a blush and spoke, "Don't get any idea! I just lost control of my emotions."
I just laughed and said, "How can I not have any idea when you say that with such an expression?"
She looked like she would pop a vein but calmed herself and said, Thank you for accepting me. I, KaRin, princess of Ba, hereby swear to follow you. Please promise you will take care of my men."
I just nodded and smiled before exiting the tent and saying with a wink, "I'll take good care of you too," to which she gave a glare but couldn't hide the redness in her cheeks. She looked quite cute If I must say so, compared to the twisted person she was in the original world, this is much better.
I went out and delivered the good news, and her troops were confused at first but decided to follow her will. She brought back her entire army, along with her gold and treasures. It took a while, but she got used to the life here. I told her that once we get back to Qin, she can settle them anywhere in my territory, but the elephants would be an issue as elephants can't survive in the cold weather of the north.
So I have to build a special stable for them. Considering I have over 50,000 gold to spare, I will earnestly start training my troops. I will build the most famous army, like the Roman legion or the Yennicheri army.
Meanwhile, our reinforcements arrived a week later, much earlier than predicted. After all, by Securing Jiangling, Qin has basically monopoly over the developing silk and spice routes. So the king immediately sent out the troops.
For Chu, it was a strong and humiliating blow. General KouEn was ashamed at this failure and the Chu king was furious with rage. But they could do nothing as the area was close to the Baiyue tribes and they could ambush the Chu army on route.
Not to mention they need over 100,000 troops or more just to take back Jiangling city. So they could only grudgingly give up Jiangnan, which officially became Qin territory.
This news reached Kanyou, and once again, the entirety of China was marveled at by the 16-year-old KouRyu. All the states decided to increase their military power to prepare for the upcoming storm.
I was once again in Kanyou, and that too within a year, receiving two rewards for two separate achievements. This time, it was another huge achievement, as I managed to not only secure Jiangnan, where Oukotsu failed, but I also took down a Chu army of 100,000, which would further weaken them.
Yet even this time, I wasn't promoted to general, as they wanted me to be more experienced. Although the King claimed that once I became general, I would be a candidate to join the 6 greats of Qin,.
I did get promoted to 5,000-man commander, and Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao became 3,000-man commanders.
Zhuge Liang was also popular with his ingenious tactics. People started calling them "the Three Heavenly Generals of KouRyo," kind of like RenPa. My army was said to be perfectly balanced, as it had 3 of them supporting me. The next battle will be the one where I become general.
Now with 11,000 soldiers, I was sent to the Wei front again in the beginning of 256 BCE. I mostly fought daily skirmishes and against some unlucky bandits. There was one major battle where I took Fan castle from Wei Fire dragon Choukotsu and killed him.
Choukotsu wasn't that good but he was still a fire dragon. This time, Wei was truly angry at me, as I had cost them two great generals. They started raising all their available soldiers and sending them to the Qin front along with Reiou and Earl Shi. I actually faced them once but it was more like a skirmish.
KaRin and Zhang Liao came before they could push on the attack and decided to retreat.Earl Shi was a good match for me, as the fight with him gave me a better understanding of spear mastery. Then there was a rumour that Wei is planning to send their strongest generals to set up a trap for me. So the Qin King decided to replace me at the Chu front again, as Wei might commit to an all-out attack just to kill me, which they didn't want to happen.
But I finally did become a full-fledged general after this battle. Not only was I awarded a reward, I was bestowed the title "Heavenly Dragon General," and Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Zhuge Liang, and KaRin became known as the "4 Heavenly Generals of KouRyu."
Now I had both Shangjun, Hanzhong, and Jincheng as my territories, which were basically just near the Qin northern border as the second line of defense. Which Means I will have to deal with the mess Lu Bu created.
The Xiongnu are too afraid to attack Zhao, so they will now look west towards Qin. What a pain! On the plus side, we have a standing army of 20,000 now, with Zhao Yun, KaRin, and Zhang Liao becoming vice generals with 5,000 troops. Zhuge Liang was named the master strategist "Sleeping Dragon.".
After I was promoted, I was given two weeks to rest and head towards eastern Chu lands. If we could conquer Jiangxia, Runan and Lujiang, We will be exactly next to their capital.
They are planning to move their capital due to continuous Qin attacks, so we must take over these territories soon before they could move. But we all know that's not possible. They would muster all living Chu soldiers before they let their capital fall before they relocated. But I'll take my chances, as the Chu army were surprisingly of low quality.
But the most amazing thing happened before I set out. I got a sudden prompt from the system.
Ding! The host has broken into the Supreme General of Heavens (Beginner). Congratulations on taking the first steps into becoming a legend!
Ding! host has gained a welcome reward pack.
Please choose which rewards host wants. Can only choose 3
General pack: Obtain a random general of choice from the 5 options. (The remaining generals will be distributed to other Kingdoms.)
Supply pack ( gives the host 10,000 modern-quality weapons of their choice)
Resources pack ( gives a random amount of gold, horses or food)
Crafting pack ( Has 1,000 best engineers and blacksmiths from three Kingdoms era who can craft basically all kinds of machinery and weapons)
Weapons pack ( Will give a few random legendary weapons of any kind.)
Soldiers pack (gives a random legendary unit of 5,000)
Damn this is a difficult choice! I thought hard on what should be chosen and decided to go with General pack, the soldier pack and Crafting pack. I chose them because I need another general and some good troops to defend my lands better. And the craftsmen would help me further improve my defenses and make better-quality weapons.
Ding! rewards have been chosen. The craftsmen have been sent to your territory in the iron mining town Gaoliang.
Ding! Generating legendary unit, unit from different countries will have chinese appearance to blend in; their background will be from northern tribes.
Ding! Unit chosen. Congratulations to host for obtaining 5,000 Spartans.
Holy shit! I have lucked out with this one! I still have the modern-grade spears left and when I build some shields for them, they will probably be the most dangerous army to exist.
Looking at them, they look like the Qiang tribes of Northern Qin but they are larger. All of them are 6 feet tall and over. They had their armor on, along with shields. It looks like I can put them to use immediately. The Spartans kneeled in front of me and spoke in unison, "We pledge our undying loyalty to the Lord. Our spears are yours, as well as our lives."
Ding! Due to the host getting a legendary tier unit, other states will receive an additional general to even the balance.
Zhang He - Zhao
Jia Xu - Wei
Fa Zheng - Yan
Wei Yan - Chu
At least they are not that strong. I just need to watch out for Jia Xu and Fa Zheng. Zhang He and Wei Yan are strong, but they don't have their original troops.
Ding! Each general will receive 10,000 of their original troops. So Zhang He and Wei Yan have their original troops, along with Jia Xu's Xiliang cavalry and Fa Zheng's Shu army.
Son of a bitch!
Ding! please refrain from verbally abusing system.
I felt the spirit of a certain bald black pirate with eyepatch suddenly as I yelled internally, "Motherf$&ker!"
Whatever, its like the game adjusting difficulty as you level up and get stronger.
I relocated all the troops and ordered the craftsmen to make as many good-quality weapons and armor as possible, and some of them started working on the building structures. I sent Gao Shun to Jincheng along with the Spartans and 10,000 more troops, while KaRin and Zhuge Liang held Shangjun with 30,000 troops.
I also left them the order to mobilize the reserves if necessary. After finishing all these preparations, I started to train like a madman to test out my new strength. It took me till the end of the year to reach the next level of strength. I can go against Houken now and even win easily if I play some mind games. My spear skills and archery were improved along with my training with the Glaive. I didn't need much sword training, as I don't plan to use it too much, but I kept up my skills.
In the beginning of Year 254 BCE, at the age of 18 years old, I marched towards Jiangxia along with the great general Kyo, who was apparently Ouki's fiance. I had to leave KaRin and Zhuge Liang to manage the defense of my lands, as it was a large area and needed more manpower. Not to mention the increasing Xiongnu raids. With the Spartans there now, I can rest assured that no barbarian will get through the north.
KaRin was not happy with this, as she wanted to come too. I placated her, saying I would bring her next time. I had a gut feeling that, for some reasons, this campaign could go badly. So, I brought only Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun, along with Gao Shun, my new infantry commander. He was a quiet guy and mostly spent his time training and organizing the troops.
With me becoming a general now, I had 10,000 soldiers under me directly. 5,000 formation-breaker infantry, 2,000 heavy spearmen, 2,000 archers, and 1,000 light cavalry. Not to mention the armies of Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao that accompany me. With them, a great army of 20,000 is formed that is capable enough to wage war and even conquer any castles.
When I met with Kyou, she took a shine to me for some reason and decided I would be like her little brother and I couldn't persuade her otherwise. She enjoyed ruining my hair whenever we met, not to mention the hugs, so I actually hid from her on occasion.
She was beautiful and strong, with a gentle demeanor outside of battle. Her future fiancé was a different case altogether. I actually met Ouki in the capital last year but the dude scared the crap out of me. For some reason, hearing his laugh would make me clench my buttocks in fear.
I was confused if he was actually like that or just acting. The acting looks too real. We also had general ChoTou accompanying us on this campaign . He actually smiled after seeing me and we talked for a while. He advised me to get to know my troops deeply, as they would be the core of my army in the future.
He also talked about me becoming one of the 6 greats in future and I jokingly said I will be retiring after 252 BCE so I might not become one. He was quite pissed hearing this from me and started ranting about responsibility, the mantle of Qin in general, and all the duties and shit that come with it.
I just shrugged and said, "I joined the army for the minimum service of 5 years, as I plan to return home and just defend my lands, maybe have some kids, and settle down." He grumbled for a while after hearing this, then left. Meh, he will get over it.
Anyway, it was a total of 200,000 soldiers. I had my own 20,000 and some other generals called Enkei and Aizen. So I had 40,000 soldiers under my command, which was a shocker, as very few commanded so many troops only after becoming a general.
ChoTou had 60,000 soldiers and Kyo had 100,000. soldiers. The plan was to enter Jiangxia together and, after that, move as 3 armies to gather more speed. I was really excited to finally lead an army as a general.
The feeling of having 40,000 soldiers under you is amazing. Sadly, this campaign won't go as I planned it to.
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Fun Fact, Shin caused the biggest screwup in Qin's campaigns as a General in the campaign against Chu where he lost more than 100,000 troops.
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