General Qin

Wuyou, the king of Yue, was captured by the Qin army. He immediately knelt in front of Zhao Tuo's horse and begged for surrender.

Many generals in the Qin army were angry at the fact that these Yue people broke their promises and attacked the Qin army camp at night.

He clamored to kill the king of Yue, cut off his head and put it on a spear, to warn those barbaric Yue people and let them know what would happen if they fought against the Qin army.

Zhao Tuo just thought about it for a while, and ruled out the idea of ​​killing King Yue.

The reason is simple. Although the Qin army defeated the Yue people's army, there are still more Yue people in this land of Yu Yue.

If Zhao Tuo really killed King Wuyou of Yue, the people of Yue would definitely retaliate and harass and kill the Qin army on the way back. If a more powerful hero leader appeared among the Yue people at this time, it would be even more troublesome.

Instead of this, it is better to let this Yue Wang Wuyou, who was afraid of being beaten by the Qin army and was willing to surrender, continue to exist. With his cooperation, it can actually guarantee the safety of Qin Jun's return journey.

Take stock of the situation, control your anger, and make the choices that are best for you.

This is also a very important quality of a commander in a war, except for battle command.

If it were a brainless general who cut off King Yue's head in one go, it would have been fun at the time, but the consequences would be unpredictable.

Although he chose to forgive, Zhao Tuo would not give the other party a good face.

When King Wuyou of Yue surrendered, he spoke Chu dialect, so Zhao Tuo replied in Chu dialect.

He sneered and said, "How dare you call yourself 'King' if you surrender in battle?"

Yue Wang Wuyou was stunned, sweating profusely.

The nearby Zou hurriedly reminded him in a low voice, "Your Majesty, be a minister."

King Wuyou of Yue hurriedly bowed his head to the ground, his fat belly sticking to the ground, and shouted: "Your servant, Wuyou, is willing to surrender, please spare your life, general, I am willing to surrender!"

Zhao Tuo nodded.

The original meaning of the word "Chen" is a slave servant, a male slave is a minister, and a female slave is a concubine, so it is called a slave minister and concubine.

At this moment, Yue Wang Wuyou surrendered to the Qin army as a defeated man, that is, he regarded himself as a servant. This is the correct surrender posture.

"Since the king of Yue surrendered sincerely. My state of Qin is a big country in the world. Apart from conquest, I also have a heart of benevolence and forgiveness. I will not kill the king. Now I will accept your surrender and spare your life."

In Zhao Tuo's flat voice, there is a kind of majesty and self-confidence, showing the demeanor of a great country.

Yue Wang Wuyou was overjoyed, and immediately kowtowed: "Thank you, General, thank you, General!"

After accepting the surrender, Zhao Tuo spoke again.

Only this time, his voice was stern.

Zhao Tuo scolded loudly: "Accepting the surrender and forgiving you is the demeanor of our great country and the benevolence of our king. But if you wait for a small country and don't know good and bad, and if you have the intention of repeating it in the future, Qin soldiers will definitely come. To , then destroy your country and behead your head!"

"If you dare to repeat it, you will destroy your country and your head!"

Li Shang and a group of short soldiers immediately followed the general and shouted.

Immediately afterwards, thousands of Qin soldiers who stayed outside the city shouted together, their voices were like thunder and deafening.

Yue Wang Wuyou's face turned pale with fright, he couldn't stop kowtowing and said, "I don't dare. I don't dare!"

Seeing that King Wuyou of Yue was completely overwhelmed by him using both forgiveness and threats, Zhao Tuo let him go and turned his eyes to Zou Wuyue who was beside him.

Zhao Tuo had a playful look on his face.

"Messenger, do you still remember that when I signed the covenant, I said that if you are deceitful, then it will not be a matter of fifty gold or two hundred gold. Now, is it true?"

Two hundred gold?

Yue Wang Wuyou on the side was stunned.

Didn't he just ask Qin Jun for a hundred gold?

How did it become two hundred gold again?

Immediately afterwards, he came to his senses and glared fiercely at the cronies beside him.

This traitor dared to increase the price without permission!

"The villain hasn't touched the fifty gold at all, and I would like to return it to the general. Please, the general, please spare me!"

Zou Wuyue was terrified and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

"Return the original and spare your life."

Zhao Tuo smiled lightly. From the words of the other party and the expression of Yue Wang next to him, he guessed that Zou Wuyue probably took kickbacks and asked for money privately. He was a typical treacherous villain.

In this way, Zhao Tuo had no intention of killing the other party.

If Zou Wuyue was a loyal and capable minister, he would kill him.

But if this kind of treacherous villain is greedy for money, you don't need to worry about it, maybe it will be useful in the future.

There are traitors in the enemy country, and it is our side that can help.

Next, after accepting the surrender, Zhao Tuo handed over the affairs of Yue Wang Wuyou and the entire Yueren King City to Shejian.

Then he took Li Shang and other soldiers to the place where Xiong Qi was being held.

...

"This Xiong Qi can be considered a smart person, he never thought that he would fall into the hands of a group of barbarians in the end."

Zhao Tuo shook his head and sighed as he walked.

From Yue Wang Wuyou and Zou Wuyue's confession, he roughly understood Xiong Qi's experience after leaving Wu.

The king of Chu, who was supported by Xiang Yan, saw that he could not stay any longer after a massacre in Wu, so he searched for a batch of goods and went south, planning to use these things to make friends with the Yue people, and use the power of the Yue people to reach Qin Army's pursuit.

Unexpectedly, his general named Zoupi was a 25-year-old boy, and together with the greedy Yue Wang Wuyou, he took advantage of the opportunity of drinking and negotiating to detain Xiong Qi, and attacked the more than 2,000 Chu troops at the same time, turning them all into... A slave of the Yue people.

A traitor is always a traitor.

Zhao Tuo sighed softly and walked to a wooden house.

Because of the siege of the Qin army, the Yue warriors who were in charge of guarding this place went out to fight, or took the opportunity to run away, and there was no one guarding here. However, there is a special locking device made by Yueren on the door, so there is no need to worry about the people inside running out.

"General, Xiong Bugu is in this room."

Zou Wuyue, who was leading the way, immediately smiled flatteringly and stepped forward to open the door.

Without Zhao Tuo's opening, Li Shang immediately strode into the house with two short soldiers. After making a round of inspection, he came out to tell Zhao Tuo that there was no danger in the house.

Zhao Tuo stepped forward and walked into the room.

The light inside was not very good. As soon as Zhao Tuo entered the room, he saw two women kneeling down, begging for mercy.

This is the person sent by King Yue to monitor Xiong Qi.

Zhao Tuo waved his hand, and Zou Wuyue who followed in immediately shouted, "General, spare your lives, get out of here."

The two women left with gratitude.

Zhao Tuo's eyes fell on the strange bed in the corner.

A middle-aged man was lying on the bed, his clothes were disheveled, his face was pale and tired, his eyes were blank, and he was staring straight ahead.

This desolate appearance is very different from the elegant prince Zhao Tuo saw in Xianyang and Huaiyang in the past.

"Your Majesty, you have run so far."

Zhao Tuo spoke with a smile.

Hearing the title "junhou", the middle-aged man on the bed trembled.

Xiong Qi slowly turned his head to the side, refocused his eyes, and stared at Zhao Tuo firmly.

After a while, he showed a wry smile: "No matter how far you run, you will still catch up."

Zhao Tuo laughed, and he said loudly: "I once said in front of the king, no matter if you Xiong Qi goes to Jiangdong, Baiyue, or any corner of the world, I, Zhao Tuo, will definitely chase after you!"

"The king..."

Hearing Zhao Tuo's words, Xiong Qi had a complicated expression on his face, and he whispered, "Your Majesty is very angry, right?"

"My lord, I want you to die."

Zhao Tuo said calmly.

"You want me to die? That's right, the king hates people who betray him the most."

Xiong Qi murmured: "More than ten years ago, the king's younger brother Cheng Yu first rebelled when he attacked Zhao. Later, the empress dowager conspired with Lai Ai to coax Wang Yuxi and the empress dowager Xi to send troops to attack Qinian Palace to cause chaos..."

Next to him, Li Shang's face changed drastically, and he quickly let the short soldiers who followed into the house escort Zou out without an appointment.

How can they listen to the king's private affairs?

After driving away the short soldiers and the Yue people, Li Shang also went outside and closed the door.

Then quietly stood in the corner, raised his ears high, and paid attention to the movement in the room.

He didn't want to eavesdrop, but he was just afraid that if Xiong Qi became aggressive and wanted to attack the general, he would immediately rush into the house for protection.

"My elder brother and I followed Wen Xinhou to suppress the rebellion. Later, because of the matter of Lai Ai and the Queen Mother, Wen Xinhou returned to Henan and sealed it. The relationship is very close, so the king sent someone to send a letter to each other..."

Xiong Qixu chattered.

Zhao Tuo didn't stop him either, because he was also very curious about these palace secrets, and wanted to know whether they were the same as those stories handed down from later generations.

After a while, Xiong Qi finished talking about his memories and sighed to himself: "The king has experienced many betrayals in his life. I betrayed Qin and returned to Chu this time. He naturally wants me to die."

"As far as Qin is concerned, I deserve to die."

"I'm sorry Your Majesty."

Xiong Qi said, with tears in his eyes, he seemed to be tortured by the guilt in his heart.

Zhao Tuo said softly: "Since you know that you are sorry for the king, why did you rebel in the past? Is it just to become the so-called king of Chu?"

Hearing this, Xiong Qi screamed.

"King Chu?"

"No, I don't want to be the King of Chu at all!"

"I, Xiong Qi, just don't want Chu to perish!"

When Xiong Qi spoke here, his voice became high.

"I am the descendant of Emperor Gaoyang, and the blood of Huozheng Zhurong flows in my body!"

"It has been 800 years since the ancestor of my Xiong family named Mi was entrusted to Jingchu! Eight hundred years ago, countless ancestors surnamed Mi have gone all the way to conquer this huge state of Chu. How can I let the 800-year-old The Chu State was destroyed by my generation, or by the Qin State I assisted. I can't accept such a thing!"

"If Your Majesty does not destroy the state of Chu, and is willing to be like it has been for hundreds of years. Qin and Chu live in one place and live in harmony with each other. How can I rebel against Qin and return to Chu? Even if Your Majesty destroys Jin, Yan, and Qi, as long as you If Chu is not destroyed, I will never betray him!"

"It's not my original intention to betray the king and the state of Qin, I just don't want the state of Chu to perish!"

In Xiong Qi's excited voice.

Zhao Tuo nodded imperceptibly.

He knew the reason why the other party rebelled against Qin.

Surname, bloodline, family, community.

For the nobles of this era, they are all very important things.

After Xiong Qi shouted, he calmed down instead. He looked straight at Zhao Tuo in front of him, and suddenly smiled coldly.

"Zhao Tuo, you are also a descendant of the Zhao family with the surname Ying, and you are also the descendant of the Zhao family."

"Are you really willing to assist Qin and let the Zhao family fall?"

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