Chapter 131 Dao Zun Faith
According to the previous official report of the Great Qin, this time the registered disciples of the Hidden Immortal Peak and a number of Qin troops headed north and then headed west to the vast sea. After conquering a number of barbarians and foreign tribes, some of them headed south to the Maurya Dynasty.

In this case, if the Maurya Dynasty dared to attack the disciples of Yinxian Peak and the Qin army, they would probably be killed directly. Then, in Southeast Asia and Central Asia, the Qin army and the disciples of Yinxian Peak who were originally heading to the two regions would meet again?
"It seems that the Maurya Empire is not too far away from us. It is just separated by the desert and mountains in the west, so there is not much contact."

Zhang Liang took the newspaper that Tian Heng brought to him and started reading it. When he saw the news about the Maurya Dynasty encountered to the west of Xiangjun, he couldn't help but fall into deep thoughts.

If it weren't for the deserts and mountains in the west, the Qin Dynasty would have completely surrounded the Maurya Empire.

The west is now relatively desolate. Although there are many precious herbs, few people live there.

It is estimated that there were some scattered ancient Qiang tribes living there. The Qin Dynasty would occasionally send people to inspect, but no rule was established. The main reason was that the population was sparse and it was easy to get malaria. The locals called it mountain sickness, and later generations called it altitude sickness.

However, this situation is obviously improving now because Zhang Liang and others are paying attention.

During this period, with Yinxian Peak as the center, sparse spiritual material nodes have appeared in many places throughout Sishui County, and there will probably be more in the future.

After living and exercising at the spiritual material node for a period of time, various physical qualities, including endurance and strength, are enhanced.

Perhaps by then, more and more people in Daqin will not be afraid of malaria, and will naturally be able to go deeper into the west.

But of course, if one really needs to adapt to this kind of altitude sickness, it can be done by sending people to adapt slowly now, but the west is too barren now, so it is naturally not necessary for the Qin Dynasty to spend so much manpower and resources to develop and occupy it.

However, with the development of industry and the demand for many mineral resources, the Qin Dynasty will naturally consciously send people to explore everywhere. At that time, it will be natural to incorporate the west into its territory.

"I heard that the earth is round and if we keep going west, we will eventually return to us. Steam locomotives have been developed now, so I'm afraid steamboats won't be long. By then, maybe someone will be able to test whether this news is true or not."

Seeing that there was a powerful dynasty across the desert and mountains in the west, Zhang Liang couldn't help but think of a conjecture that had been published in the official newspaper before.

Now it's not just cultivation, it seems that the overall situation in the world is also undergoing tremendous changes.

Zhang Liang wished that this era could develop faster so that he could witness more things that he had never heard of before.

A few more days passed.

"Big news, big news, Uncle, Brother Yu, look!"

In a wilderness and forest, Xiang Zhuang walked back quickly with a few official newspapers in his hand, his face excited.

Seeing him acting like this, Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu came over to read the contents of the official newspaper.

They all couldn't help but exclaimed, and then their expressions gradually became complicated and excited.

"The construction of the Lishan Tomb has been stopped. More than 700,000 prisoners will go to the newly opened land to open up the new nine states. Those who have made meritorious contributions or have opened up the land for ten years will have their crimes forgiven."

Xiang Liang couldn't help but mutter to himself.

This was a great thing for the nobles of the six kingdoms, because among the more than 700,000 people who built Mount Li, there were a large number of nobles of the six kingdoms who were imprisoned but not beheaded when the Qin Dynasty conquered the six kingdoms.

They were originally dressed in gorgeous clothes and were high and mighty, but after the country was destroyed, they all became prisoners and built a huge tomb for Qin Shihuang.

But now, they go out to open up wasteland and cultivate the land, and in ten years they will be able to escape from this sea of ​​suffering.

If it had happened before, they would have been exploited to death in Mount Li and would have had no chance of escaping.

Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu and others were nobles of the Chu State, so naturally they also had relatives and friends imprisoned as prisoners in Mount Li. This was naturally good news.

"Not only the prisoners in Mount Li, but all the prisoners in the country will be sent to open up wasteland this time. Even fugitives can have all their crimes forgiven if they surrender and go to open up wasteland and cultivate the land." Liu Bang and Zhao Gao also got the news at this time, and Liu Bang couldn't help but mutter to himself.

In the past few years, Liu Bang had been hiding from place to place and living in anonymity, so his life was naturally not very good. So when he heard the news, he couldn't help but feel a little moved.

But in the end, he managed to keep his composure.

Not only Xiang Yu and Liu Bang, but also Zhang Liang, Tian Heng and other nobles of the six countries were also shaken by this news.

And this time.

On top of the Hidden Immortal Peak, Ye Yu couldn't help but slowly open his eyes.

"Sure enough, they started fighting again."

Ye Yu’s image of the Sun Emperor god suddenly jumped out, opened his divine eyes in an instant, and looked towards the west.

The Maurya Empire in the west was at its peak at this time, and its territory even reached Tocharistan, which was later known as Afghanistan.

The Maurya Empire, which spanned the territories of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan in later generations, was led by King Ashoka, who was also very famous in later generations.

Thousands of disciples from Hidden Immortal Peak and tens of thousands of Qin troops marched southward. As the Qin troops trampled into Central Asia and slaughtered hundreds of thousands of coalition forces, many small countries in the south had already been trembling with fear.

As the army arrived, the small countries surrendered one after another. Not only was the Great Qin's version expanding wildly, but the belief in Tao Zun was also spreading rapidly.

Subsequently, the Qin army and disciples of Yinxian Peak in Central Asia were notified to come and preach. This group of people continued to move south and soon arrived in Tocharistan, the territory of the Maurya Empire.

At this time, King Ashoka was conquering the east and the west, and his power was at its peak. However, he was not afraid of the mere 10,000 troops coming from the far east.

As for preaching, he did not allow it.

Now in the Maurya Empire, there are three religions propagating, namely Buddhism, Jainism and Brahmanism.

Ashoka believed in Buddhism, so Buddhism flourished during this period. Hundreds of years later, by the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Buddhism was even introduced to the Central Plains by the Yuezhi people.

From then on, Buddhism took root in China, absorbed the culture of Taoism and Confucianism, and completed its localization.

As a Buddhist, King Ashoka naturally did not want foreign religions to be introduced, not to mention that they had the protection of tens of thousands of cavalry.

However, Ashoka was not afraid. The Maurya Empire now had an army of hundreds of thousands, with 30,000 to 40,000 cavalry and tens of thousands of war elephants. How could it be afraid of just 10,000 people?

"kill!"

"Destroy them."

At Tocharistan, Ashoka led an army of more than 200,000 soldiers, including 20,000 to 30,000 cavalrymen and more than 7,000 to 8,000 elephant cavalrymen. Their shouts of killing shook the sky, and the rumbling sound reached the sky.

With so many people, Ashoka could foresee that soon the so-called Qin army and preachers would be torn to pieces.

But then, Ashoka soon saw a horrifying scene. Among the enemy troops, those charging out were actually thousands of unarmored preachers, and their bodies were covered with a faint golden light.

If only one person was covered with a faint golden light, it would not be noticeable, but when thousands of preachers were covered with golden light, the scene would be very shocking.

(End of this chapter)