Chapter 846

The Shu Kingdom can develop, but the Wei Kingdom occupied seventy percent of the territory and population of the Han at that time; if they were to rest and build up their strength, the final result would be that their potential would be even more formidable than that of Shu and Jiangdong.

Especially in terms of population, as the Wei Kingdom sat upon the Central Plains, Shu and Jiangdong could not compare to them in any way.

After all, it was the end of the Han Dynasty, and the Guanzhong region was still the true breadbasket, while the South had not yet been developed.

The Central Plains were the land where dragons rose; the combined potential of Shu and Jiangdong was far inferior to that of the Central Plains.

This is why, before the Ming Dynasty, occupying the North was the key to contending for the dragon throne.

Historically, all major dynasties began their conquest of the world from the North.

It was only after the Ming Dynasty that the South was developed and became a major granary for food production, and the potential of the South gradually grew stronger.

But during the Han Dynasty, the South was still a barren wasteland.

Especially Jiangdong, which was largely vast and sparsely populated; its war potential was far inferior to the North.

The Shu region at least had the title of the "Land of Abundance."

But regardless, compared to the Central Plains where the Wei Kingdom was located, the gap between the two regions was too great.

If they truly rested and built up their strength, the gap between them and the Wei Kingdom would only grow larger and larger.

War is fought with comprehensive strength; population and food are the most important factors, while things like military strategy and tactics are secondary.

Even if Zhuge Kongming had heaven-defying talent, as long as the Wei Kingdom's generals were not of that "War God" type, they would eventually exhaust the Shu Kingdom to death by utilizing resource attrition.

And clearly, when Kongming was in power, the Shu Kingdom was being ground down by sheer attrition, and after Kongming died, although that Jiang Wei had no lack of ability, unfortunately, by then, the potential of the Shu Kingdom had become even weaker.

Eventually, they were caught in a surprise attack, and then the sovereign surrendered.

Population can be said to be the most important thing.

In the Mythical World, the more people there are, the more luck the human race will have, and the more geniuses will be born.

In the Mythical World, the population of the Great Qin reached several hundred million, while the Six States combined did not exceed one billion.

The war potential of both sides was not vastly different, but the Six States were not united, so the Great Qin defeated them one by one and eventually unified the world.

With luck unified, the luck of the Great Qin was gathered very quickly.

Especially that First Emperor, who insisted on "same tracks for carriages and same script for writing," truly unifying the world in a meaningful sense; in his hands, the luck of the Great Qin was majestic, far exceeding what came before, and even more terrifying than the Great Zhou.

This is why the Great Qin dared to resist the Heavenly Court, because the stronger the luck, the stronger the national power of the Great Qin, and powerful figures were constantly being born.

Bai Qi, Wang Jian, and the others were all at the Golden Immortal level, or even stronger; this point could not be matched even by the Yin Shang of that year.

The Yin Shang was powerful, but it relied more on those Jie Sect disciples, while its own powerful figures were actually not numerous.

For example, the traitorous Huang Feihu and the others—their individual strength barely reached the Immortal level; as for whether it was Heavenly Immortal or True Immortal, it was actually about the same.

At that time, the Yin Shang clan itself did not have many top-tier powerful figures.

But the Great Qin of today is different; not to mention those from the Hundred Schools of Thought, the experts in the Great Qin military alone, as well as the experts of the Great Qin royal family, are endless.

Why is the Great Qin so powerful? Of course, it is caused by the majestic luck of the Great Qin.

The stronger the luck, the more powerful figures are born.

Currently, the luck controlled by the human race itself is less than thirty percent, and the Great Qin, as the human dynasty and the most important human dynasty in the Earth Immortal World, possesses nearly ten percent of that luck.

Naturally, more and more powerful figures will be born.

Luck is the kind of thing that even the Saints are plotting for, so one can imagine how strong its effect is.

That is why the strength of Bai Qi and the others is so powerful.

As representatives of the Military School, Bai Qi and the others not only possess the luck of the Military School, but as high-level officials of the Great Qin, they also occupy a portion of the Great Qin's luck.

Discerning people have seen this benefit, and naturally, the Great Qin wants more.

If Golden Immortals or even Great Luo Immortals are appearing now, then once they obtain more luck, doesn't that mean there is also a chance for even stronger Quasi-Sages?

The moment the Hundred Schools of Thought erupted could not be forced; it was the result of the great trend of the Heavenly Dao, and such a probability was truly too small.

But the Great Qin unified the world, and its national power and luck are flourishing; this is something clearly visible to discerning eyes.

The Great Qin hopes to become stronger and stronger, and it wants more luck.

And other forces naturally saw the changes in the Great Qin and naturally wanted a piece of the pie; the luck they plotted from the Great Zhou back then was clearly small fry compared to the Great Qin of today.

The Son of Heaven of the Great Zhou offered up half of the human dynasty's luck again, but when it came to the Great Qin, the Great Qin did not care.

They directly overthrew it and ignored the Heavenly Court entirely.

It is precisely because of this that the luck of the Great Qin Dynasty is so majestic and has surged rapidly.

But the Heavenly Court is not happy about this; losing such a large amount of luck, for the Heavenly Court, to say it was a blow to their foundations would be alarmist.

After all, the Great Qin cannot represent the entire human race; the Great Qin is just one of the most powerful human dynasties. Outside the Jiuzhou, there are actually many other humans.

There is no shortage of humans in the other three Divine Continents either.

Those humans are still under the rule of the Heavenly Court, and furthermore, the Four Divine Continents are also under the rule of the Heavenly Court; these all provide massive amounts of luck to the Heavenly Court.

It is just that the human race is the hegemon of the Earth Immortal World, and their luck is the most abundant.

So, having lost the Great Qin of the Jiuzhou, the Heavenly Court lost a small portion, and naturally, they are unhappy.

The previous descent of the Gouchen Great Emperor was also intended to test and intimidate, but unexpectedly, the Great Qin directly took action and suppressed and killed Gouchen; this was something the Heavenly Court did not anticipate.

They did not expect the Great Qin to be so decisive and ruthless.

From this point on, the Heavenly Court fully understood the Great Qin's resolve, so the Heavenly Court stopped holding back and directly utilized the Emperor Star, as well as instigating the remnants of the local Six States to rebel.

The constant rebellions across the Great Qin now are all the methods of the Heavenly Court and even the Buddhist Sect.

The goal is to consume the Great Qin's luck and weaken the Great Qin from the inside out; they need the Great Qin's luck, not the Great Qin's power.

What they need is the Zhou Dynasty established by King Wu; although the Great Zhou Dynasty's luck was not as good as the Great Qin's, no matter how majestic the Great Qin's luck is, they cannot collect any of it.

Since that is the case, then destroy it.

This is the contradiction between the two, and the Great Qin wants more.

The great war between the two sides will only end when one side is finished.

This process might give birth to many powerful figures, because the Heavenly Calamity has already appeared, and this calamity is the Great Qin.

This can also be considered a test from Heaven and Earth for the Great Qin; once they pass it, the human race and the Great Qin will become even stronger.

Once they cannot pass it, then everything is over.

Many people with lofty ideals have also fully understood this.

Therefore, people like Zhang Liang have abandoned their previous concepts of restoring their states; compared to restoring their states, the Great Qin, or rather the human race, is even more important.

A powerful Great Qin also represents the power of the human race.

If the Great Qin wins, the human race wins.