In the name of supporting Ji Gu, the former prince of Gao State, to restore his country, King Shao launched a war of annihilation against Hong State with the whole country. An army of 400,000 attacked Hong State, and it was expected that Hong State would be destroyed and annexed within a year.
King Che Yan of Shao wanted to destroy Hong State at the same time as Pan State was destroyed and annexed Zheng State, and finally form a situation of north-south confrontation with Pan State. In the worst case, they could rule by dividing the country along the river.
In less than half a year, Hong Kingdom lost most of its territory, Shao Kingdom captured 27 cities in a row, and a large number of noble families who were loyal to the former Gao Kingdom or were more optimistic about Shao Kingdom led their territories to surrender to Shao Kingdom. Together with the gods behind these noble families, they also surrendered to Hong Kingdom. A large number of practitioners and generals were unwilling to fight for E Hong.
The entire Hong Kingdom was defeated and was unable to resist the Shao Kingdom's attack. If it weren't for E Hong's army of over one hundred thousand and tens of thousands of barbarian cavalry, the Shao Kingdom would have destroyed it long ago.
However, they were still unable to resist the State of Shao. Their army was almost reaching Gaoyang, the capital of the State of Gao. Such a corrupt situation frightened the noble families in Gaoyang city and they fled.
The State of Hong was about to be destroyed. However, when Prince Ji Gu attended a banquet, the complacent Prince of Shao actually asked Prince Ji Gu to play the piano for him and humiliated Prince Ji Gu in public. Prince Ji Gu, who was nearly 40 years old, had to bow his head to the teenage Prince of Shao. He was filled with grief and anger and left the banquet before it was over.
Later, he was told that Shao would destroy Hong and Gao, and the so-called helping him to restore his country was just a cover. After King Shao decided to destroy Hong, Prince Ji Gu would be executed together with the rest of the former Gao royal family, and Hong would be completely annexed and turned into the territory of Shao. The dignified Gao royal family would not suffer the same fate as the descendants of the former Dahuan.
Prince Ji Gu was filled with grief and indignation, and woke up from a dream overnight. Regardless of whether the news was true or false, just looking at the attitude of the Shao royal family, his dream of restoring the country had been shattered.
His hair turned white overnight, but the next day he had people gather all the guests in Shaowangdu, and the hall was filled with drunkards and beautiful women.
With the sound of stringed instruments and the melodious piano, it seemed that Young Master Ji Gu was truly intoxicated in this final prosperity.
Prince Ji Gu raised his wine glass and shouted, "I heard that the living saint Tang Li once said that I have a heart like a swan, but I am actually a pheasant."
"Today, let everyone present here see! Is the one in my heart a swan or a pheasant?"
After saying this, Prince Ji Gu untied his luxurious robe, took out a dagger, cut open the woman's chest and took out her heart. All the guests in the room were shocked, and the beauty fell to her knees on the ground, her face pale with fright.
Prince Ji Gu, who had the blood of gods and demons, did not die immediately even though he had lost his heart and his blood was all over the ground, staining his clothes. Instead, he held his heart and let out one last miserable laugh and wail.
"So, it's just a mortal heart!" The boiling hot blood kept falling from his palm, but Ji Gu could only feel a chill.
After saying this, the former young master of Gao State instantly fell to the ground and died.
Rumors spread and the world was in an uproar. The twenty-seven cities that had originally surrendered to the State of Shao, after seeing the fate of Prince Ji Gu, became turbulent again overnight.
Several cities changed their flags again, and the noble families no longer believed in Shao's promises. They showed signs of reversal again, and even directly criticized Shao for forcing Gao's son Ji Gu to death.
Hundreds of thousands of troops of Shao State were stuck in the mud of Gao State. With the continuous support of Pan State, the destruction of Gao State, which was originally within reach, became out of reach.
At this time, Master Tang Li from the Shangxian Academy in Bucheng came out with a jade slip of teachings and threw it on the bank of the Li River. A red dragon broke through the water and carried Master Tang Li towards the capital of Pan State.
When the dragon passed through the sky of Pan State, the gods of the earth and water could be seen escorting it all the way. When it arrived at the capital of Pan State, the city gates were wide open, and the dragon turned into a dragon horse and carried Master Tang Li all the way through Xuanling Street.
Prince Pan personally walked out of the hall to greet him, and granted Master Tang Li the position of Sikong, one of the six ministers, and granted the entire Bu land to Tang Li, which became Tang Li's fiefdom.
After the Zheng State was destroyed, Jiaolong brought Master Tang Li to the palace of the Min State. At this time, the Min State had been under attack from the Shao State for many years and seemed extremely weak. If the Pan State destroyed the Hong State, they would probably be the next to be destroyed.
That night, Duke Ming had a night talk with Master Tang Li. With the momentum of a great victory and the influence of the power of the Min domestic academy, the next day Min announced its surrender to Pan, and Pan retained the title of Duke Ming.
The Li Kingdom, located between Pan and Min, had been in a remote corner and had rested for many years. Its strength had not declined like the two kingdoms of Zheng and Bai due to constant wars against each other. It was also not like the neighboring powerful country like Min, which was attacked every year but still retained its strength. Therefore, it still had the determination to rely on natural barriers to defend itself and wanted to sit back and watch the two kingdoms of Pan and Shao fight each other.
However, when the Pan army arrived at the national gate, it was besieged by both Pan and Mindi. It did not last more than a month. Before the army arrived at the royal capital, the king of Li led his ministers and knelt in front of the city gate to welcome the Pan army into the city.
As the Shao army marched into the capital of the Le Kingdom in a show of force, the King of Le had no choice but to lead the horse for the Pan general with his bare chest. Thus, the Le Kingdom was declared destroyed.
Afterwards, Shao State recuperated for a year, but the war between Hong State and Shao State was still not over. King Shao had to end this war, which was originally positioned as a war to annihilate the country, but he suffered a crushing defeat.
During this year, the king of Pan State died, and Prince Chao succeeded to the throne and became King of Pan, and appointed Master Tang Li as his grand tutor.
The following year, King Pan led a large army of 500,000 soldiers to attack the State of Shao.
The Pan army attacked the border of Shao directly and defeated Shao with unstoppable force. They captured Changdi in a few days and Tengguan in a month. They went down along Tenghe River and reached the capital of Shao in a few months.
The State of Shao launched a large-scale defense, with hundreds of thousands of people surrounding the capital of Shao. After months of continuous attacks, they still could not break through this fortified city.
Finally, Tang Li, the Grand Tutor of Pan State, took action personally. He held the jade slips of preaching and transformed into the image of a saint in the sky. He blasted open the city defense formation with one blow.
The sound of the city being broken heralded the end of this chaotic world.
However, after the army entered the city, they did not find King Pan Che Yan, nor did they find the legendary Pan State's national guardian tripod, the Donglong Ding. The tripod disappeared along with King Pan and became a legend.
The Pan Kingdom was also destroyed, leaving only the Hong Kingdom.
Hongguo, Gaoyang City!
In the gorgeous and extravagant palace, dozens of naked dancers danced to the sounds of chimes and string music, their robes half-undone and looming. This scene unfolded in the tall hall, but without any extravagant scenes of prosperity, but instead was filled with a heavy atmosphere of decadence, like the last glow of a country before its demise.
Sitting on the throne was an old man with one foot half in the coffin. His grey hair was dry and withered, but his eyes were extremely sharp, like a man-eating tiger, full of murderous intent.
Even though he is very old now, the madness and unruliness in his bones has not diminished in the slightest.
"Even if I can't live forever, I must make sure everyone in this world remembers my name!"
"Even if it means eternal infamy!"
"Only in this way can my life in this world be worthwhile!"
King Hong Ehong is old and feels that he can no longer fight for the world, let alone accomplish the feat of becoming an emperor after his death. Having lived for two hundred years, there is nothing in this world worth Ehong's nostalgia.
E Hong transformed into a great demon and showed his final madness, killing everyone in the entire palace and causing the blood to flow like a river.
Then a fire burned the entire Gaoyang City to the ground, destroying hundreds of years of prosperity and historical heritage of the Gao Kingdom.
He sat quietly on the throne of the palace, and amidst the raging flames, he and this ancient capital went to their doom together. Along with him went the souls of tens of thousands of wronged people in the palace and the capital.
King Pan sent envoys to Gaoyang, the capital of Hong State. However, before the envoys arrived in Gaoyang, the city had already turned into a sea of fire. When the convoy arrived in Gaoyang, thousands of refugees were migrating to various places on the road, and Gaoyang City had already turned into ruins.