"Hahaha! Is this the army of your Great Qin? Is your Great Qin so weak now? To only gather tens of thousands of soldiers, how utterly laughable!!"
"Hmph! So what if there are only tens of thousands of soldiers? Tens of thousands of soldiers can still kill you traitors!!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!!"
Although the Great Qin soldiers were few in number, and many commoners were mixed among them, their will was the same – they all wanted to kill these old Chu nobles and their wicked soldiers.
Even the hatred in the hearts of the commoners was stronger than that of the soldiers.
Because of this, their shouts of "kill" carried even more fervor.
However, such fervor did not frighten the old Chu soldiers.
They had been driven mad by forced labor and harbored immense hatred for Great Qin.
Therefore, their hatred was no less than anyone else's.
After the Great Qin soldiers and commoners shouted "kill," they did not hesitate to respond.
"Kill!!"
Then, without any further words, both sides engaged in direct combat.
This direct confrontation involved a very large number of participants, totaling two hundred thousand.
However, their fighting methods were astonishing.
The old Chu soldiers possessed few weapons, and many among them still used farming tools.
The commoners of Great Qin also lacked weapons, using farming tools as well.
This meant that at the start of the conflict, many on both sides did not even have a proper weapon.
Only the legitimate army of Great Qin wore armor and wielded sharp swords.
Thus, their killing was the most ferocious, and a large number of soldiers fell beneath their blades.
However, their numbers were ultimately too few.
Therefore, despite their powerful fighting strength, they were eventually overwhelmed by sheer numbers.
Their battle lasted for an entire day.
After a day, both sides had suffered heavy casualties.
But in the end, Great Qin was defeated.
Only a few hundred Great Qin soldiers remained.
While the old Chu forces still had tens of thousands of soldiers.
This disparity in numbers made the Great Qin soldiers realize they could not continue fighting, so they directly retreated.
This retreat caused the old Chu soldiers to become ecstatic.
"Hahaha! The soldiers of Great Qin are nothing special! Without Lin Tian, the army of Great Qin is a bunch of trash!!"
"Exactly! Qin's Lin Tian must have died on his expedition. For such a Great Qin to challenge us is a fool's dream!!"
"Soldiers, take their armor and weapons, put them on, and continue to attack Great Qin! Conquer all of Great Qin for us!!"
"Roar! Kill! Kill! Kill!!"
Upon hearing their general's words, many of them were greatly moved.
Originally, they had only wanted to vent their dissatisfaction, which was why they joined the old nobles.
They did not harbor many ambitions in their hearts.
However, after defeating the army of Great Qin, everything changed.
They felt that the army of Great Qin was not as powerful as they had imagined.
They could completely defeat such a Great Qin.
As long as they defeated Great Qin, high positions and generous rewards would be within easy reach.
They could even take revenge on many people they had wanted to get revenge on previously.
Thinking of this, many became excited.
They organized themselves and marched towards the direction of Xianyang City.
And it was not only the old Chu nobles who wanted to march to Xianyang City, but also the old nobles from the other five states.
Their intentions were very clear: to rebel against Qin.
For this purpose, many of them proclaimed themselves kings.
Of course, their titles as kings were not arbitrary; they were based on the old kings of their six states.
For example, King of Chu, King of Han, King of Zhao, and so on.
With such titles appearing, the people of Great Qin fell into deeper despair.
They even felt that the entire Great Qin was about to be conquered by these people, and they were about to face true suffering.
Therefore, every single one of them lived in constant fear.
At the same time, each of them prayed for Lin Tian to return to Great Qin and suppress all the rebellions.
However, upon hearing such words, the old nobles of the six states could not help but sneer.
"Lin Tian? He has probably died on his expedition, and he will never return in this life!"
"You are still expecting him to return and save you, what a foolish dream!!"
"I advise you to surrender at our feet obediently, or you will all die!!"
With these words, the old nobles of the six states burst into unrestrained laughter.
Without Lin Tian, they felt the entire world belonged to them.
However, they were unaware that as they planned to attack Xianyang City, Lin Tian's army had already appeared in the waters of Great Qin.
"We're back!! We're about to land, it's wonderful!!"
"Yes! We've been away for so long, I miss home terribly. I wonder what has become of it!"
"After drifting for so long, we've finally returned. This time, I want my whole family to enjoy the good life with me!!"
Although they had been away for a very long time, these soldiers had reaped abundant rewards.
Lin Tian never begrudged their rewards.
Because of this, every soldier had become rich.
As long as they brought back their wealth, their families could live a prosperous life.
Combined with their existing military merits, their families would never have to worry for generations to come.
Therefore, many among them eagerly anticipated seeing their families again.
However, when they finally landed, they discovered that the situation in Great Qin seemed to be somewhat different from what they had expected.
In their anticipation, the people of Great Qin should have been living very peacefully and prospering.
But now, as their ships docked, they saw no one to welcome or observe them. Instead, they saw corpses everywhere.
The appearance of such corpses made many of them change color.
Even Lin Tian's expression turned grim.
"What is going on? Why are the people of our Great Qin dead here? And with no one to collect their bodies?"
"No, we don't know! Could it be pirates?"
"Go and find out exactly what happened! Why are the people of our Great Qin dying at our doorstep, their bodies left unburied!"
Lin Tian could see that these people had not died recently.
Having been dead for so long without anyone collecting their bodies was highly suspicious.
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