Chapter 157

He shouted; at this moment, he was truly furious!

Upon hearing these words, Xuan Jian, Yan Ri, and Jing Ni wasted no time and departed immediately to carry out their mission!

Meanwhile, Zhao Gao knelt on the ground, trembling and shivering uncontrollably!

At this very moment, he still wished to persuade Seeing Ying Zheng!

Previously, no matter how Seeing Ying Zheng raged, he had never spoken of killing Facing Ying Su.

And Facing Ying Su had never once said he would harm the First Emperor!

Though the two fought, they had never intended to kill either side!

This was an unspoken understanding!

An understanding that would not lead to mutual destruction!

But now, Seeing Ying Zheng intended to kill the Sixth Young Master!

This completely shattered that understanding!

Seeing Ying Zheng's actions were nothing less than forcing the Sixth Young Master into mutual destruction!

If the Sixth Young Master grew angry, he would not need to dispatch a vast army; sending just Li Cunxiao or Li Yuanba alone would be enough to level this courtyard immediately!

He truly wished to persuade Seeing Ying Zheng!

To urge him not to be so impulsive!

But... he dared not; truly, he dared not!

With Seeing Ying Zheng in such a rage, he did not dare speak recklessly either!

Moments later, Seeing Ying Zheng returned.

Zhao Gao immediately sent people to block Xuan Jian, Yan Ri, and Jing Ni!

Ordering them not to depart hastily but to await his command before acting!

After arranging this matter, he immediately began to devise a plan!

Now, relying on himself alone, he could not persuade the First Emperor at all!

He could only seek help from others!

Who should he ask?

Old Wang Jian!

Zhao Gao immediately thought of this person!

And just as he had thought of Wang Jian!

Suddenly, a figure appeared in the distance!

It was no one else!

It was precisely Wang Jian!

Seeing him, Zhao Gao rushed toward Wang Jian as if he were a savior, crying out:

"Old General, Old General, quickly, quickly persuade Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty intends to kill the Sixth Young Master!"

Weeping and shouting, he recounted everything that had just happened to Wang Jian!

Upon hearing this, Wang Jian was utterly shocked!

At that moment, even he could not help but swallow hard!

Then, bowing to Zhao Gao, he said: "Please trouble the Estate Steward to announce that Wang Jian requests an audience!"

"Good, good, good!"

"Old General, you must persuade the First Emperor; the Sixth Young Master cannot be killed, truly he cannot be killed!"

"If he is killed, the entire world will descend into chaos!"

"Just Li Yuanba and Li Cunxiao alone are forces no human can withstand!"

"At that time, everyone around the Emperor will die; among these people are not only me, but also you, Old General!"

He kowtowed again and again, shouted again and again, and finally rushed swiftly toward the courtyard!

In the blink of an eye, Wang Jian saw Seeing Ying Zheng!

Bowing respectfully before Seeing Ying Zheng, he said: "Your subject, Wang Jian, pays homage to the First Emperor!"

Seeing Ying Zheng, still seething with anger, let out a furious grunt and paid him no heed!

Wang Jian simply stood respectfully to the side, saying nothing!

After a long while, Seeing Ying Zheng's anger subsided somewhat, and he turned to Wang Jian, shouting:

"Did you see what happened just now?"

Wang Jian nodded:

"I saw it!"

Seeing Ying Zheng ground his teeth and asked: "What are your thoughts?"

Wang Jian closed his eyes and sighed: "Very powerful!"

"The Eight Trigrams Formation arranged by these thirty thousand men cannot be broken by fewer than two hundred thousand!"

"The Taiji Two-Forms Formation arranged by these thirty thousand men cannot be broken by fewer than one hundred and fifty thousand!"

"The Four Symbols Formation—whether the Azure Dragon, Bai Hu, Zhu Que, or Black Tortoise—cannot be broken by fewer than one hundred thousand!"

"Very strong!"

"Very formidable!"

Wang Jian said, trembling!

These words were spoken with complete sincerity!

Before, after playing a sand-table game with Han Xin, he only knew Han Xin was formidable; even after speaking with Han Xin personally, he still felt the same!

But all of this gave him no clear understanding of Han Xin's true strength!

Yet today, he felt he had glimpsed just the tip of the iceberg regarding Han Xin's power!

Each of these great military formations, if taken out individually, would be worthy of being written into military treatises for repeated study and contemplation!

But Han Xin, in one breath, laid out all of these formations!

Moreover, these formations were unpredictable and ever-changing, simply overwhelming to the eye; even after Wang Jian finished viewing them, he could not grasp their essence immediately!

Upon hearing Wang Jian's words, Seeing Ying Zheng was stunned:

"Isn't it just one military formation? Does it possess such power?"

Wang Jian couldn't help but laugh inwardly!

The First Emperor truly knows nothing of war!

He sighed, yet patiently explained to Seeing Ying Zheng: "Military formations are a mandatory subject for any general!"

"For instance, when two armies face each other, shield-bearers stand in front, halberdiers behind, and archers at the very rear!"

"This is the most basic arrangement of troops!"

"Almost any general knows how to use this formation!"

"Because archers can shoot at a distance, shields can block arrows, and halberdiers in the middle are the safest!"

"And when charging, chariots lead the way; this way, they can scatter the enemy formation, forcing shield-bearers to move aside, unable to block the arrows!"

"But... such a formation is too simple, yet too practical; almost every general knows it!"

"Therefore, some began to study various kinds of military formations based on this foundation!"

"It's just... up to now, the only formations truly capable of great use are the ones Han Xin arranged today!"

"Other formations are mostly flashy but impractical, unable to be applied on actual battlefields!"

"And this man, Han Xin, is truly a military genius; by watching ants fight, he actually deciphered military formations, and moreover, researched so many formations capable of great use!"

"This man can truly be called the greatest general of all ages!"

He was shaken.

And upon hearing these words, Seeing Ying Zheng was utterly stunned!

Although what Wang Jian said was still not entirely clear to him, yet... to hear Wang Jian offer such a high praise, Seeing Ying Zheng was truly shocked!

Remember, that was the greatest general of all ages!

Moreover, it was spoken by Wang Jian himself.

It truly shook Seeing Ying Zheng!

"Then... then..."

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but for a moment, he actually didn't know what to say!