General Qin

To the east of Yingshui, the mighty black armor army is marching.

They are still two days away from Xiacai.

At the vanguard of this army, General Pi Qiang Li stood on his chariot, the spring breeze blowing on his cheeks made him feel very comfortable.

The Qiang general remembered the news from Huainan he had received a few days ago, turned his head and smiled at the knights on the left and right: "That General Zhao ran very fast. People are going straight to the capital of Chu. Such a spirit of striving for success is no worse than that of Li Xin last year. I just don’t know if this general Zhao can defeat Na Shouchun and capture the king of Chu alive?”

As soon as the surrounding knights heard it, they knew that their general had begun to sarcastic again.

Shouchun is a majestic city in Huainan, with high walls and strong walls, and tens of thousands of soldiers guarding the city. Twenty or thirty thousand people want to break the city. Is it possible?

The knights knew that Qiang Li had always been at odds with Zhao Tuo, and now seeing his general sarcasm, they could only agree with him: "General Zhao with 20,000 troops, it is impossible to break through Chu. Stopped under Shouchun City. If you want to break the city, you still have to wait until the generals lead the army to arrive."

"Of course. This kid overestimated his strength. He thought that after a few victories, he felt that he could destroy the king of the country? He thought that coming to Shouchun Jian City would definitely dampen his arrogance. It's his end."

As Qiang Yan spoke, he remembered Zhao Tuo's record of defeating 100,000 Qi troops, and his heart was burning with jealousy. He sarcastically said: "He, Zhao Tuo, wants to capture Shouchun with 20,000 people, so it's better to expect the king of Chu to take the initiative." Surrender, hehe."

Will the dignified king of Chu, guarding the city with tens of thousands of soldiers, surrender to a Qin general who has only more than 20,000 people?

impossible.

...

"Great Chu is dead, and I will surrender!"

"The gods ordained that the state of Chu must perish!"

"The one who destroys Chu is Zhao Tuo!"

In the depths of the Chu Palace, even the towering palace walls could not stop the shouting Chu Yin from outside the wall.

The king of Chu plugged his ears with silk and satin, but he still couldn't expel the words that were deeply imprinted in his mind.

"A group of rebellious officials and thieves are all traitors from Chu!"

King Chu gritted his teeth and scolded angrily, his face was ashen.

Because outside the palace walls, it was not the people of Qin who shouted all kinds of words about destroying Chu, but the nobles of Chu who were originally loyal to him.

When the nobles of the Chu Kingdom saw that Zhao Tuo had no plans to attack the Chu Palace, they were disappointed and couldn't help thinking differently.

In particular, some people said that the reason why General Zhao was unwilling to enter the city to attack the Chu Palace might be that they suspected that they had two intentions, fearing that they wanted to lure the Qin army into the city, and then colluded with the Chu army in the palace to ambush the Qin people.

After all, the Qin army only had more than 20,000 people, far less than the Chu people in the city.

Although the logic of this statement is not very logical, many nobles of Chu State still chose to go along with it, because they urgently hope that Chu State will perish.

For those who surrendered, the palace city of King Chu in Shouchun City was very eye-catching, especially the red phoenix flag flying on the palace wall, which seemed to remind them of their treason every moment .

"Only when the state of Chu is destroyed and the country surrenders, can we feel at ease."

"There are few Qin soldiers outside the city now. In order to maintain the stability of the situation, Zhao Tuo did not attack us. But if we wait until the Qin army arrives, the Qin people will have the upper hand at that time, and they will definitely not treat us preferentially like they do now."

"So we have to show our loyalty to the Qin people and make contributions! Only in this way can we gain the trust of the Qin people. When Wang Jian's army arrives, we can keep our wealth and wealth!"

"Yes, even sooner. Otherwise, we will have no chance to make meritorious deeds when the Qin army arrives, and then we will not have the right to seek benefits from the Qin people."

"General Zhao doesn't want to enter the city to attack the Chu Palace, so we will let that bearer surrender himself!"

With this in mind, those Chu nobles who chose to surrender in Shouchun City became radical in their methods.

While mobilizing soldiers to kill all the people in the city who were loyal to Chu and did not want to surrender to Qin, they used the heads of these righteous soldiers of Chu to plead for their loyalty to the Qin army outside the city.

On the other side, they kept sending people outside the palace to persuade them, hoping that Xiang Chu could see the situation clearly and surrender voluntarily.

Not to mention, their actions really worked.

The Qin army broke through Shouchun's outer gate, but did not enter the city to kill and loot, so that Shouchun City maintained a certain order, and the lives and properties of the nobles, wealthy and civilians were not violated by the Qin army. This is a huge attraction in itself.

The Chu people inside the palace walls, except for some loyal people who are indeed loyal to the Chu country and are willing to die with the country.

A large group of people are actually swingers. Some of them were coerced into the palace by General Ye Bai, and some fled into the palace because they were afraid of the massacre by the Qin army.

Seeing the stability outside the city and the wealth and status of those who surrendered, these people lost their resistance in their hearts.

Then I heard that Qin's army was about to arrive, and when the palace was broken, there would be death but no life, so the desire to survive kept coming out of my heart.

No matter whether it was the nobles in the Chu palace or the soldiers holding weapons, many of them already had the intention of surrendering in their hearts.

In the past few days in the Chu Palace, someone has publicly persuaded the Chu King to surrender.

The king of Chu was furious and beheaded the person who persuaded him to surrender on the spot.

Although this kind of killing did stop the mouths of those who persuaded them to surrender.

But in Miyagi, the undercurrent of wanting to surrender not only did not disappear, but became more and more turbulent.

Even the two loyal ministers, the left disciple Sun Chang and the general Ye Bai, were hard to suppress. Even the king of Chu heard that several ministers were plotting to open the palace gate, colluding with the traitors of the Chu state outside the city, and selling him to the king of Chu. good price.

Such a situation made King Chu Chu feel even more frightened.

"Although Zhao Tuo didn't come to attack, Wang Jian's army is coming soon."

"If Shouchun is still in his hands, Bugu can still hold on for a while, but now there is only this small palace city left, how can it resist Wang Jian's 600,000 army."

"In Miyagi, there are more and more traitors. These people want to betray Bugu to flatter the people of Qin."

"Instead of being betrayed by these traitors and becoming a prisoner of the Qin army. If you surrender yourself, you can negotiate a condition with Zhao Tuo and let him treat you with courtesy."

Rather than being sold cheaply by others, it is better to sell yourself, and you can negotiate a good price with Qin Jun and sell yourself for a good price.

When such thoughts popped up in my heart, it was hard to hold back.

"I don't want to surrender."

When the king of Chu summoned his ministers and announced this decision.

The left disciple Sun Chang and the general Ye Bai were both stunned.

A few days ago, the king was full of enthusiasm, and even distributed the property in the palace to encourage the soldiers, so he wanted to resist the Qin people to the end?

Why did he take the initiative to ask for surrender in a few days.

"The ministers are about to fight to the death, why did the king surrender first?"

Ye Bai's eyes were weeping, he had already made the choice to defend Miyagi and die with the King.

Compared to Sun Chang who was speechless, Ye Bai was in tears.

The other Chu officials all cheered.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"When the king returns, the people of Qin will definitely treat him favorably!"

"The Qin army is powerful, and it is absolutely impossible for us to resist. Only those who obey the destiny will retain their wealth!"

...

Amidst the bursts of cheers, the King of Chu stretched out his hand to point at these courtiers who were about to surrender, and said expressionlessly: "This is the intention of the courtiers."

Sun Chang and Ye Bai fell silent.

In the palace city, there are so many people who want to surrender.

The king of Chu said again: "Zuotu is an important minister of the country, and he is also the most important person in Bugu. Regarding today's surrender, please invite Zuotu to go to Qin to do business, and the people of Qin must treat each other with courtesy."

"Let that Qin general, Zhao Tuo, give Bugu some face."

The left disciple often closes his eyes.

Chu died.

After he secretly sighed, he finally kowtowed and saluted.

"promise."

...

In the camp of the Qin army.

Zhao Tuo is discussing with the generals to choose a place to build a camp for the incoming army.

According to the report from the messenger, the general Wang Jian led the army to the vicinity of Xiacai. Judging from the time, the whole army can cross the Huai River in at most three days and reach Shouchun.

While the generals were discussing, suddenly Xi Qigu, who was in charge of patrolling the barracks, reported excitedly.

"General, the king of Chu in the palace city sent an envoy, saying that he wants to surrender to the general!"

As soon as these words came out, all the generals were in an uproar.

The King of Chu's request to surrender is completely different from their initiative to attack the Chu Palace.

Only Zhao Tuo was not only displeased, but frowned.

This king of Chu is a loser, he really doesn't understand the rules.

Thanks to book friends 20210301106526159908 and Jiuliu Xuanbian for their rewards, and all book friends for their votes, thank you!