Chapter 164: Surrender

Chapter 164

Dan Zeng cursed for a while, but the issue that needed to be resolved still had to be resolved, so he braced himself and climbed onto the city wall, yelling in awkward Da Xia language: “What do you want to do?”

Yuan Yun yelled angrily: “What do we want to do? You must have seen our Da Xia's national letter! Not only did you not send the Da Xia princess back, you even dared to extort money. Who gave you the courage?”

"This general will give you a chance today. If you put down your weapons and surrender now, I can spare your lives. If you resist stubbornly, I will send you to the Western Paradise immediately!"

Dan Zeng still had some backbone after all. Although afraid, he was not easily frightened by Yuan Yun’s words. His response to the Da Xia army was a rain of arrows.

The range of arrows was limited. Plus, their city walls were not high enough and the Da Xia troops were somewhat far away.

Most of these feeble volleys landed on open ground, with only a few arrows left, which were also blocked by the shield formations in front. They didn't even hurt a single hair on the Da Xia troops.

Yuan Yun asked Jing Yan, "Your Highness, do we attack?"

Jing Yan said, "I told you before. I have only read military books and have never fought in battles. The battlefield is ever-changing. General Yuan and the generals are all veteran commanders who have led troops. You should make the decisions."

"I came this time firstly to bring my elder sister back to the capital, and secondly to learn from the generals. I don't dare to point fingers rashly. In case I was just an armchair strategist, it would be a minor matter to become a laughing stock, but a major disaster if I disrupted the battle."

Yuan Yun grinned, "Thank you for Your Highness's trust."

As he spoke, his expression changed sharply and he waved his right hand domineeringly, "Thunderbolt, blow it up for me. Blast their damn city gate down!"

The Princess said that people were more important than weapons or anything else. Try to use gunpowder to solve problems whenever possible instead of manpower, to minimize casualties on our side to the greatest extent possible.

There were no more thunderbolts that could be produced again, but people were gone forever once dead.

Just as his voice fell, the front shield formations retreated in unison, and a row of grenadiers threaded their way to the front, with several fist-sized black thunderbolts hanging on them.

These were grenadiers who had received professional training. Among them, there were even some who were as good as divine archers, throwing very far and accurately, blowing up wherever they wanted.

The adjutant yelled, "Grenadiers - Prepare - Light fuses - Explode -"

Countless black thunderbolts, carrying the crackling flames of fury, flew into the sky instantly, like black hailstones, cutting across the bright sky, and landed on the Tubo city head, the city gates, and even at the Tubo soldiers' feet.

Before they could react, deafening huge explosions sounded everywhere.

Mushroom clouds of black smoke rose up all around, and the thick city gates collapsed instantly. The stone-built city walls were cut in half in an instant, and even whole sections were blown apart.

It was as if the whole earth was shaking.

Countless people were either blown to pieces directly by the explosions, or were blown into the air by the shockwaves.

The Tubo soldiers who were ignited by gunpowder rolled on the ground in agony, screaming and desperately crying for help. The surroundings instantly became a hellscape.

Just as Yuan Yun was about to order an attack after the smoke cleared, a white flag was surprisingly raised high on the city head, "Stop bombing, we surrender. We are willing to surrender and become Da Xia's citizens."

The person raising the white flag was a Tubo deputy general. As for Commander Dan Zeng, he had already been sent to the Western Paradise to see Buddha by the thunderbolts in the previous explosions.

The Da Xia troops were instantly delighted, laughing, "Why didn't you just do this earlier? You had to make us do it the hard way. Did you learn your lesson this time? What a pointless waste of our brothers' lives!"

Even Jing Yan showed a rare smile.

Yuan Yun waved his big hand, "Brothers, let's go. Enter the pass and collect the spoils of war!

Pay attention to military discipline, we are the mighty division of Da Xia, the division of civilization. Don't let me catch you making Prince Regent and the Princess laugh at us."

The soldiers immediately responded happily, "We can't do that! Then we would just be rogue soldiers!"

"Alright, less nonsense, into the city!"

Jiang Yuqing also went into the city with the army medics.

There were less than 30,000 surrendering soldiers left. This small number was no match for the 200,000 well-equipped Da Xia wolf soldiers.

That deputy general was also lucky that he had surrendered quickly. Otherwise, with so few people, they wouldn't even have been enough to plug the gaps between the teeth of the Da Xia army.

She said to Jing Yan, "Watch closely, don't blink!"

Then she inputted Wood elemental spiritual power to stimulate growth.

Right in her palm, the two tiny seeds instantly sprouted, grew leaves, blossomed, and grew into two lush green plants identical to the mother plant.

Jing Yan stared at her palm, unable to speak for a long time.

After a good while, he finally reached out and touched the plants in her hand, "It really happened."

Jiang Yuqing asked him, "Are you afraid?"

He smiled and stroked her head: "Don't be afraid. I said that even if Qingqing is a demon, she is still my Jing Yan's demon."

Jiang Yuqing chuckled: "It's not that serious. I'm not a demon, just a person with some special abilities.

There are not only ordinary people in this world, but also a very small number of people with special physiques, which can also be called spiritual roots.

Those with spiritual roots can absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth and eliminate impurities in the body by practicing exercises, cultivating their state of mind, and increasing their cultivation level, thereby achieving the purpose of longevity.

We might call it cultivating immortality.

Cultivators of immortality are also called cultivators. The lifespan of cultivators will increase as their cultivation level increases.

At the same time, his (her) abilities will become greater and greater, to the point where he can fly freely, and even move mountains and seas."

She paused and then said, "So far, I have only discovered four people with spiritual roots in Da Xia.

One is Huayang Zi of the Three Purities Temple, one is his former disciple, but the latter is already dead. It's a pity that these master and disciple did not have the opportunity to truly cultivate immortality.

The third is me. I already have the cultivation base at the late Foundation Establishment stage.

What does this mean? I currently have at least 300 years of life. In terms of ability, although I can't move mountains or fill seas yet, I can still travel thousands of miles in a day.

That is to say, for me to return from here to the capital city, riding a sword and flying, it would only take half a day."

“And the fourth person with spiritual roots is you."

As soon as she finished speaking, Jing Yan immediately pulled her into his arms and held her tightly.

His voice was shaking as he pleaded, "Qingqing, teach me. I want to gain immortality together with you."

Jiang Yuqing felt the fear in the depths of this man's heart. She patted his back to comfort him, "Alright, don't be afraid.

The reason why I told you this today is because I want to bring you into the path of cultivation.

Because in the long life ahead, I don't want to be the only one left in the end."

Saying this, she gently pushed him away and pulled him to sit on the simple bed.

Then she took out a basic introductory exercise manual from her bag and gave it to him, "Just like when you usually practice qigong, sit cross-legged, empty your mind, then stick this jade slip on your forehead."

Jing Yan did as she said, then stuck the jade slip on his forehead.

Immediately afterwards, a large amount of information flowed into his consciousness from the jade slip. This feeling was truly magical.

He was excited and was about to open his eyes when he heard his wife say, "Don't get distracted, carefully read the jade slip.

Then, recite the spell to guard the original spirit, and concentrate on sensing the existence of spiritual energy and drawing it into your body.

You have a chaos physique favored by the Heavenly Dao. I believe absorbing spiritual energy into your body will not be difficult for you. Do your best!"

Since the ambient spiritual energy in the outside world was deficient, Jiang Yuqing was afraid he would not be able to feel the presence of spiritual energy particles as a beginner. She simply arranged a spiritual energy gathering formation around him using a large amount of spiritual crystals.

Then she stood quietly next to him to protect him with her energy.