Chapter 62: Capture the King of Chu Alive
Xiang Yan's body fell to the ground, her eyes wide open, full of doubts or not>
He was a general of Chu State and had a high position and power. Even if he fell into the hands of Qin Yiren, according to common sense, Qin Yiren should advise him to surrender. Even if he did not surrender, Qin Yiren would have to kill him, and he would have to count his guilt and behead him. As in front of him, he would not ask at all and kill him directly. It was really puzzling to him.
"No matter how big your eyes are, it's useless. You should die. Who told you to be the grandfather of King Chu?" Qin Yiren looked at Xiang Yan's body and said in his heart.
"Dad!" Xiang Chao was shocked when Xiang Yan was killed. He thought that Qin Yiren would persuade him to surrender. Qin Yiren directly ordered the killing, but he really couldn't understand.
Qin Yiren's eyes were on Xiang Chao, but his eyes were not sharp. However, for Xiang Chao at this time, Qin Yiren's eyes were like swords and as if he was about to draw hearts. He quickly looked away and did not dare to look at Qin Yiren.
"Emperor Qin, I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender." Xiang Chao knelt on the ground with a loud bang and begged for his life to Qin Yiren.
Xiang Chao was very brave, but Qin Yiren killed him without asking questions, which really shocked him. It means that their father and son had no weight in Qin Yiren's mind, so they killed him as soon as they said they killed him.
"Surrender?" Qin Yiren was quite surprised. Why was Chu Bawang's father so brave?
The King of Chu was disturbing the wind and rain in the peasant war at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and hated the Qin Dynasty. Everything that the Qin Dynasty did was destroyed without any matters. Burning the Afang Palace was just one of them. There were also many "people's livelihood" projects that benefited later generations were also destroyed by the King of Chu. It can be said that the King of Chu was a violent criminal.
Qin Yiren originally thought that Chu Bawang's father should be brave, but he didn't expect that he would kneel down and beg for surrender. He was not brave enough.
"Emperor Qin, I know a lot of secrets of Chu State, and I also know the reality of Jiangdong. As long as I spare my life, I am willing to lead the way for the Qin Dynasty. With me, the Qin army will definitely be very smooth to conquer cities and territories." Xiang Chao kept talking about his value in order to survive, as if he was afraid that he would be killed by Qin Yiren.
"The State of Chu is about to perish. Can't I know the secrets of the State of Chu? The land in Jiangdong is all from the Great Qin. Does the Qin still know the path? Kill him." Qin Yiren's mouth curled up and he ordered loudly.
"No!" Zhu Hai received the order and smashed the huge hammer in his hand towards Xiang Chao's head.
"Why do you want to kill me?" Xiang Chao's head burst out like a rotten watermelon, blood and brain matter splattered everywhere, and he yelled before he died.
He gave up the suyan of the aristocratic family and knelt in front of Qin Yiren to surrender. Even if Qin Yiren did not accept his surrender, he would have to give him a chance to speak. Qin Yiren was fine. He didn't listen to him or killed him directly without asking him. He really didn't understand why this was.
"You deserve to die the most because you are the father of King Chu!" Qin Yiren said in his heart.
Chu Bawang was the most restless factor and should be strangled into his father's pill.
"From then on, there will be no King of Chu in the world, and Qin will have less worries." Qin Yiren was very pleased.
"Your Majesty, the Xiang family and his son are dead. You can carry their bodies and walk around to disintegrate the morale of the Chu army. There is no need to kill them anymore." Zhu Hai looked at the bodies of Xiang Yan and his son, reminding Qin Yiren.
Zhu Hai's words were very reasonable. As long as the bodies of Xiang Yan and his son were carried around, they could completely disintegrate the morale of the Chu army and there was no need to kill them anymore.
"No! Continue to kill! You have to kill hard!" However, Qin Yiren shook his head and rejected Zhu Hai's proposal.
"Your Majesty, why? Don't you say it's a battle of unification, can't you kill more? Why do you have to kill even if you survive?" Zhu Hai was puzzled and his eyes were staring at the bronze bell.
The strategy of destroying the country that Qin Yiren personally formulated should focus on killing as little as possible, but it is really puzzling that he is willing to kill hard at the moment.
"There are two reasons: First, most of the Chu army who went to the Huai River are privileged people. If they do not die, it will be extremely unfavorable to the Qin Dynasty. Therefore, we must take advantage of the opportunity of their concentration in the Huai River and annihilate it in one fell swoop." Qin Yiren explained to Zhu Hai.
In Chu State, there were very few slaves who joined the army, and most of them were privileged. Even the soldiers of the aristocratic families were higher than ordinary people and common people. They had some privileges, although not many, after all, they were privileges that could bully and humiliate ordinary people. It was precisely because the aristocratic families gave them this privilege that they devoted themselves to the aristocratic families.
Not everyone in the Chu army gathered in the Huai River, but most of them had privileges, with at least eight or nine hundred thousand.
They are all defenders of privileges. They will not be willing to lose their privileges and will sooner or later fight against Qin. Instead of doing so, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity at the moment to wipe them out completely and eliminate future troubles forever.
"The second is because the Qin Dynasty wants to establish its authority and let the people of Chu know the power of the Qin Dynasty!" Qin Yi looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "Although Chu is ranked among the seven major warring states, it is very different from the other six major warring states. It is self-contained and rarely suffered attacks from the Central Plains. This time, the Qin Dynasty must attack Chu State severely to make the Chu people afraid.
The State of Chu was the most distinctive of the seven major warring countries. This special feature was not that the state of Chu was vast, but that it was its political system.
The State of Chu originally originated from Jingxiang, formed its own unity and was connected with the King of the Central Plains. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, it was not convinced by the Emperor Zhou, and the Zhou Dynasty had to conquer the State of Chu. Although the Book of Songs greatly praised the Emperor of Zhou's conquest, the Emperor of Zhou did not achieve decent achievements. The State of Chu only gave the Emperor of Zhou a step, because the State of Chu was just thatched for tribute to the Emperor of Zhou.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Chu State was very powerful. When he entered the Central Plains, he wanted to conquer the Central Plains, and had a long war with the Central Plains. During the Zhaoling Battle between Duke Huan of Qi and Chu State, Guan Zhong accused Chu State on the grounds that Chu State had not paid tribute to the Zhou emperor. The Chu State did not want to fight at that time, so he admitted his mistake, surrendered, and paid tribute to the Zhou emperor again.
The Battle of Zhaoling was actually not fought, it was just a confrontation. Duke Huan of Qi was complacent and many people boasted about him. However, some people mocked him, saying that the Battle of Zhaoling was famous but instead encouraged the arrogance of Jing Man.
What really attacked Chu was the "Battle of Chengpu" during Duke Wen of Jin. In this battle, Jin won a big victory, and even Cheng Dechen wiped his neck. This was the first heavy blow from the Central Plains dynasty.
However, the State of Chu was not convinced and continued to attack the Central Plains in the next hundred years, and fought against the State of Jin many times, with each winning and losing.
It was not until Qin's rise that a series of attacks were carried out on Chu's State, which made Chu unable to fight back. However, due to geographical relations, the attacks of Qin were mainly concentrated in the west of Chu. The entire Chu State had not yet felt the power of Qin, so it was necessary to establish its authority by destroying the country.
"Your wise!" Wei Liao praised.
"Mr. Xie, please explain your doubts." Zhu Hai held his fists and bowed.
The Qin army then massacred. The Chu army fled east and west, but could not escape and was scared to death. They had to kneel on the ground and beg for their lives. However, the Qin army was unmoved and continued to kill.
Later, the Chu army was full of courage. Many Chu soldiers fainted in fear. Some even kept begging for their lives, but the Qin army was still unmoved.
The massacre lasted for four days and four nights, with only a hundred thousand remaining in the 960,000 Chu army. Only then did Qin Yiren order the massacre to stop.
At this time, there were corpses everywhere on the battlefield, broken limbs and broken arms everywhere, and blood gathered into a huge blood lake, a radius of hundreds of miles.
If you walk in the blood lake, you will make a "hurrah" sound every step.
Qin Yiren, Wang Jian and Wei Liao gathered together to discuss the next pursuit.
"The entire Chu army was destroyed. Although the land of Chu is wide, there is no army to defend it. As long as the army of the Great Qin arrives, the land of Chu is owned by the Great Qin." Wang Jian smiled and said, "I would like to ask the emperor to issue an order to divide the troops and spread the land."
Wang Jian was covered in blood, and his smile, like a human, was very terrifying.
That's right, the Chu army's vital power has been almost wiped out by the Qin army. Although the Chu State is large, it has no defensive power. The Qin army can only divide its troops and narrow the territory. It can be expected that the next terrain will be just a marching.
"You are the general, so you can assign this matter. You can treat me as your general." Qin Yiren said to Wang Jian.
"I dare not." Wang Jian said hurriedly.
"I say I'm going to succeed." Qin Yi's face was solemn and he said in a deep voice.
The tone of voice is not high, but it is unquestionable.
Wang Jian pondered slightly and said, "Since this is the case, I am arrogant. I want to ask the lord to go up to the capital of Chu Ying, Wei Liao went to Changsha to cut off the road for the Chu people to retreat to Baiyue, and I went to Jiangdong. In this way, I can occupy all the land of Chu."
"The General's handling is very appropriate. Of course, I think it is appropriate for Wei Liao to go to Ying, Chu capital, and I will go to Changsha." Qin Yiren said, "Do you think it is okay?"
"Your Majesty, no," Wei Liao said hurriedly.
When you go to Ying, the capital of Chu, you may catch King Kaoli of Chu, which is a wonderful achievement. Qin Yiren gave this great contribution to Wei Liao, which made Wei Liao both excited and unbearable.
"You Wei Liao has made many efforts to destroy the nations. Seeing that the world is about to be unified, you Wei Liao did not lead your army to the battlefield and handed over the matter of capturing the King of Chu alive." Qin Yiren did not hide it, but explained his intention.
"Well, that's good." Wang Jian deeply agreed, held his fist at Qin Yiren, and said, "Your Majesty is as broad as the sea. He first praised Li Mu, and now he also promoted his achievements to Wei Liao. It is a blessing for the Qin Dynasty to have such a wise king as the King!"
What a wonderful achievement to capture the King of Chu alive? Qin Yiren didn't want it, but gave it to Wei Liao. It is not an exaggeration to praise him no matter how much.
"It's too much. If you can make achievements, I can accomplish things. It's not too late to make a brief matter, so let's go." Qin Yiren waved his right hand.
Wei Liao clasped his fists and bowed to Qin Yiren, and said nothing, and everything was silent, leading the Qin army to set off.
Wang Jian said goodbye to Qin Yiren and led his army to attack Jiangdong.
Qin Yiren led the Qin army to Changsha.
In this way, the Qin army was divided into three and began to cover the ground on a large scale.
Chapter completed!