Everything was ready, and Montenegro and the eldest son Fusu accompanied the King of Qin to board the high cloud chariot.

"Let's get started!" King Qin said coldly.

Montenegro picked up the red flag and waved. Three hundred catapults were immediately switched to cans of burning fiery oil. In less than a quarter of an hour, a red fire broke out on the left and right sides of the east gate wall and inside the city, and the fire prevented the Chu army in the city from reinforcing the east gate.

Montenegro picked up the black flag and waved it forward. Li Xin immediately took the big bear and other more than 1,000 people to take the lead in pushing many ladder carts to the east gate, under the cover of the shield, one by one the ladders were placed on the slope, Li Xin took a thousand iron eagles and runners to run up the east gate city wall effortlessly. Big Bear's hundred-man team is all wearing double layers of fine iron armor, with iron helmets on their heads, and only two eyes are exposed. They were not afraid of ordinary swords and arrows at all, and they all rushed forward with long weapons in their hands.

At the beginning, the Chu army on the city wall was still fighting in formation. When they found that the sword in their hands could not hurt the monster in front of them at all, they immediately collapsed. After a while, the Qin army in black armor, like a black ant army, quickly climbed the city wall and rushed to the north and south.

Seeing this, King Qin had a satisfied smile on his face, he knew that the destruction of Chu was just around the corner!

Besides, after Li Xin attacked the city wall, he saw that Da Xiong led a team of 100 people to open the way, and he was invincible. He couldn't even touch his own blood, so he simply put away his sword and covered the big bear with his bow and arrow in the back. Da Xiong wielded a large iron rod, and under the cover of Li Xin's bow and arrows, he made rapid progress. Less than an hour to kill to the south gate, outside the south gate, Wang Ben's army also launched a fierce attack, and soon and Li Xin and Li Xin defeated the defenders of Chu State, successfully opened the south gate, Wang Ben led the army to immediately rush in.

Li Xin completed the task assigned by Montenegro, and he and his subordinates were already sweating like rain at this time, but they couldn't care about being tired, this credit for breaking the city first was not enough, and his goal was Xiang Yan's head. So he ordered his thousand-man team to go deep into the city.

Due to the propaganda of the Chu army prisoners released by Montenegro before, many Chu troops laid down their arms and surrendered. Li Xin picked up one casually and asked sharply, "Where is Wu'anjun Xiang Yan?" ”

"No...... I don't know! The captive soldier trembled with fright and stammered in reply.

Li Xin's eyes were red at this time, covered in blood, and his appearance was very hideous, like a devil, and he didn't even know Xiang Yan's whereabouts even after asking several captive soldiers.

Suddenly, I saw a Chu army officer in the distance, who was being killed and retreated. Li Xin rushed over with his men in a few steps, kicked down the officer, stepped on his chest, and the blood-stained sword immediately crossed the officer's neck, and asked, "Where is Xiang Yan?" If you don't know, cut off your head. ”

The officer of the Chu army was immediately speechless in fright, and finally pointed to the north.

"Charge north!" Li Xin ordered, let go of the Chu army officers, and took the lead in rushing north.

The official does not want to die, and his subordinates are all bold. This small group of Qin troops also ignored the Chu soldiers on the side of the road, and just rushed forward to kill, and after a while, they found that there were more and more oncoming Chu troops, killing wave after wave.

Li Xin's side noticed that something was wrong and said, "General, we have broken into the enemy's den!" ”

"Afraid of what? Three-three, go on the offensive! ”

The thousand-man team immediately changed formation. The big bear still does the tip of the cone and kills forward. At this moment, a team of Chu army knights came to meet them, with a flag in the middle, embroidered with the word "Xiang". One of its veterans, with white hair, is not Xiang Yan or anyone else.

When Li Xin saw it, he was overjoyed and shouted loudly: "Xiang Yan Lao'er, Li Xin is here to take your head." ”

Although there were not many Qin troops around Li Xin, when he heard that the veteran in front of him was Xiang Yan, his morale was immediately boosted, and he rushed forward to kill.

Xiang Yan saw that these more than 1,000 people were rushing left and right in his army without giving in, and when he heard the half-white general on the opposite side report his name Li Xin, he was first surprised, and then surprised, and shouted loudly: "Li Xin, you are a defeated general, you let you escape last time, today, this general will pull you back, it's worth it!" ”

"Haha! Xiang Yan, today, I will take your head to pay tribute to the heroic souls of my hundreds of thousands of brothers. Brothers, take Xiang Yan's head and take revenge! Kill! Li Xin regarded tens of thousands of Chu troops as if they were nothing, and took the lead in attacking. Everyone in the Qin army took the lead.

Although the short soldiers around Xiang Yan were also fierce, the number greatly exceeded that of the Qin army in front of him. But in the streets and alleys, it can't be used, and the two sides are inseparable for a while.

There were few Qin soldiers, and they rushed to kill for a long time. Li Xin knew that a stalemate would be detrimental to him. frowned, thinking of a decapitation method for Black Mountain, and hurriedly ordered: "Nobita, although you rush forward to kill, the others protect both sides of Nobita and approach Xiang Yan." ”

Nobita listened, and no longer cared about the enemies on both sides, and only moved forward, stabbed and fell down a string, swept away, and injured one piece. After taking dozens of steps forward, he could already see the wrinkles on Xiang Yan's face.

Li Xin ordered: "Protect the side, take the arrow in the middle, and shoot Xiang Yan with a red robe and white beard." ”

Li Xin's archery skills are already outstanding, he is good at opening a hard bow, and there are many good archers under his cronies. Everyone bent their bows and arrows together, and shot at Xiang Yan at the same time.

Xiang Yan's short soldiers had already prepared, and they used their shields and their bodies to block the Qin army's crossbow arrows......

Li Xin held his breath, drew his bow, and opened his eyes wide, he was like a seasoned hunter, not in a hurry to shoot, but waiting for the best imitation fighter to kill with one blow.

The short soldier who was blocking in front of Xiang Yan was suddenly hit by an arrow in his foot, and in great pain, he instinctively lowered his shield, glanced down, and immediately blocked in front of Xiang Yan again.

This is a small gap between two breaths, and Li Xin only needs one breath from discovering the gap to aiming and shooting. A sharp arrow, like a meteor lightning, pierced through the gap in the human wall, pierced the leather armor, and accurately shot into Xiang Yan's left chest.

Xiang Yan's armor is made of aged rhinoceros leather, which is light and hard, and ordinary arrows can't penetrate it at all. At the moment of the arrow, he seemed to have been bitten by something, and the huge coherence made him unsteady and fell backwards, but fortunately he was held up by the short soldiers behind him. Looking down, a sharp arrow pierced into the heart, and the strength of his body leaked out of his chest like a pierced skin.

Xiang Yan wanted to hold on for a while, but he already felt that his hands and feet were beginning to go numb and become cold, and his body could no longer hear the call of the soldiers.

"Li Xin, Ben will still fulfill your great achievement!" With that, close your eyes.

"Avenge Wu Anjun!" Xiang Yan fell, and the Xiang family army did not disperse, but shouted loudly, rushing over desperately and frantically.

Li Xin's more than 1,000 people immediately felt the pressure, and the casualties of the soldiers around him intensified. The Qin army protected the wounded in the middle and set up a circular defensive formation. The Xiang family's army came like a tide, vowing to annihilate these Qin troops to avenge Xiang Yan.

Seeing that the Qin army was about to be unable to support it, suddenly there was chaos behind the Chu army, and a heavy armored iron cavalry was killed, led by Meng Tian. The Chu army immediately retreated to both sides.

Li Xin was covered in blood at this time, and he had already been injured in many places, and when he saw Meng Tian killed, he hurriedly shouted: "General Meng, rush forward and grab Xiang Yan's body!" ”

Meng Tian heard the voice very familiarly, and immediately reacted that this commander was General Li Xin. Hurriedly ordered to leave a part of the people to rescue the wounded, and led a large group of men and horses to rush forward to kill.

Xiang Yan woke up from a coma, numb, and saw that it was his third son Xiang Bo who was holding him. Relieved to explain: "San'er, it's not good to be a father!" After I die, you have to cut off my head and hide it, so that the Qin army can't get it. The state of Chu is gone, let the army surrender, and leave some seeds for the Xiang clan. You have to find a way to escape with my head and join Xiang Liang. Remember, the Qin State is not chaotic, and the Xiang family does not return to the Central Plains. ”

"Father!" Xiang Bo burst into tears and cried: "The child carries you on his back, go out of the city, let's go home together!" ”

Xiang Yan shook his head gently, his pupils began to diverge, and his life was draining. Suddenly, he sat up and shouted loudly: "Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu!" After saying that, he vomited blood and died.

"Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu!" These eight words sounded like a bell, drifting to the whole city......

King Qin was on the ladder, and at this time, Zero sneezed a few times in a row, and went down the ladder with Fusu. Fusu has been reborn in the past year, and his face has not changed in the bloody battlefield. King Qin was born majestic, smelling the smell of blood in the sky, and his face was still expressionless.

The two came to the shogunate, and the military ordered Sima to report: "Report to the king of Qin and the general, Xiang Yan was shot dead by Li Xin, and his head was cut off and taken away by his son Xiang Bo, his whereabouts are unknown, and he is being searched for in the city." ”

Shao Tilt has another military order Sima to report: "Your Excellency, General, the Chu army in the city has surrendered." The traitor Yingqi hanged himself at home. The king of Chu is in the palace and has been surrounded, and the generals have asked for the order to attack the palace? ”

"It's all stuffy in the pot, what are you doing in such a hurry to open the lid of the pot? Negative is also a generation of heroes, but he was born at the wrong time! Give him some time and let him come on his own! King Qin ordered.

"No!" The military commander Sima responded and just left. Someone came to report again: "Report to the King of Qin and the general, and find out more than 10,000 Chu soldiers dressed as ordinary people." What should I do? ”

King Qin was hesitating, but the eldest son Fu Su beside him said: "Father, the Chu army has laid down its weapons, it is the people of Great Qin, why should you care what kind of clothes they wear?" Erchen suggested, like everyone else, to register and make a register and first compile it into the people's camp. When the entire territory of Chu is pacified, let them go home to farm, but also! ”

"Your Majesty, what the eldest son said is reasonable. When you lay down your arms, you are the common people. The common people take up arms, and they are also enemies without military uniforms! Montenegro said.

"Just do what Fusu says!" King Qin said approvingly.

Montenegro, under the strict protection of the short soldiers, entered Shouchun City. This Chu city used to be full of people coming and going, and merchants were like a tide. Today all the shops are closed and there is not a single pedestrian on the road. Soldiers patrolled back and forth, and many Chu soldiers who had laid down their weapons were washing the blood from the streets and carrying the bodies of the dead. The strong smell of blood tells how fierce the morning battle was. The corpses of the Qin soldiers, each with a coffin, were buried in the Martyrs' Garden outside the city. The corpses of the Chu army were hundreds of large pits, sprinkled with lime and buried. The injured will be carefully treated, regardless of Qin and Chu. The houses on both sides of the street are quite intact. Since ancient times, it has become a common practice for victors to loot and capture cities, and it is unique for an army like Qin to commit no crime in autumn.

When Montenegro came to the gate of the palace of Chu State, they all said that the Qin Palace was simple and solemn, the Wei Palace was splendid, and the Chu Palace was magical. The two two-zhang high phoenix bird stone carvings at the entrance of the palace have been very shocking, and the palace wall is also carved with a pattern of the ancestors of the Chu people gathering, hunting, making fire, and farming.

The Chu royal family, the Mi clan, is said to be the descendant of the fire god Zhurong. When King Cheng of Zhou conquered the south, the Mi clan followed it, and there were military exploits, and Zhou Cheng made Xiong Yi, the leader of the Chu people, the viscount, and established the state of Chu. At the beginning of the founding of the Chu people, they were poor and poor, and they stole cattle and sacrificed in the country. But the kings of the past worked hard, and they would be ridiculed if they did not fight for three years. After hundreds of years of development, the state of Chu began to rise in the Spring and Autumn Period, according to the Jiang and Han dynasties, and constantly annexed the surrounding small vassal states, at this time it was already a large country with a vast land of thousands of miles. In 704 BC, Chu Jun Xiongtong was not satisfied with the little viscount, and wrote to Zhou Tianzi, asking for a knight. The Son of Heaven did not allow it, Xiong Tong was furious and proclaimed himself the King of Chu, and learned from the Son of Zhou Tianzi to seal the meritorious heroes and the royal family. When the king of Chu Zhuang, the national strength was more prosperous, and he once led troops to the royal city of Luoyang to ask how much the king of Zhou Jiuding weighed, and defeated the Jin State in the Battle of Yi and became the hegemon, creating the most prosperous era of the Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period. Entering the Warring States, King Chu Mourning appointed Wu Qi to change the law, and for a time the soldiers were strong and strong, and the momentum of dominance was revealed. During the period of King Xuan of Chu and King Wei of Chu, the territory stretched from Daba Mountain, Wushan Mountain and Wuling Mountain in the west, to the sea in the east, from Nanling in the south, to the central part of Henan, Anhui and northern Jiangsu, southeastern Shaanxi, and southwestern Shandong. The state of Chu has thus entered its heyday. The land area is equivalent to the sum of all the countries in the Central Plains.

After entering the Warring States period, other countries became French strong, but only the Chu State did not change the law, and always preserved the original slavery system, and the Chu State began to decline. During the reign of King Huai of Chu, the country gradually declined due to the improper use of people by King Huai and the fraud of Qin Prime Minister Zhang Yi, and then Bai Qi attacked the capital Yanying, and it has been in a slump since then.

Recalling the more than 800-year history of the Chu State, Montenegro is full of emotion. At this time, Meng Tian, who was in charge of besieging the palace, came to Montenegro, looked at this Montenegro, who was once one of the hundreds of commanders under him, and said with emotion: "General, the palace is closed, is it a strong attack?" The end will ensure that the king of Chu will be captured alive within an hour! ”

"No hurry! Let the soldiers shout first, and limit the king of Chu to surrender within one day, otherwise he will attack! Montenegro replied.

The soldiers of the Qin army were in a rustic spirit, shouting while beating war drums. The shouts shook the sky. After a while, the palace gate was opened, and the five thousand guards in the palace were the first to come out and surrender. The head of Chu will be taken to Montenegro and Meng Tian.

General Chu bowed to Montenegro and Meng Tian and said: "Meet the two generals, the palace guard Mi Jia was ordered by the king to leave the palace and surrender, please take me to see the Montenegrin general, I have something important to look for him." ”

"I'm Montenegro, tell me something soon!" Montenegro agreed indifferently.

"I am the brother of Concubine Qin, Princess Yingxue's maternal uncle, you are my nephew-in-law! When you and Xue'er got married, I also sent someone to send a pair of jade and a hundred pieces of silk. We're a family! Mi Jia said.

Montenegro really doesn't remember that the mountain gift was allowed when he got married, and he doesn't know if this person's words are true or false. With an idea, he said: "Since you are a relative of King Qin, I will take you to see King Qin, just so that you can catch up with King Qin!" ”

After a while, Montenegro came to the palace, and it happened that Wei Yi and Li Si and other important ministers also arrived, and they were discussing with King Qin. After reporting the situation of the Chu Palace to the King of Qin, Montenegro said: "The general of the guard of the Chu Palace claims to be the brother of Concubine Mi, Xue'er's uncle, I brought it, right at the door, if the king wants to know about the situation of the King of Chu, you can ask him." "Montenegro knows that King Qin dislikes his relatives to interfere in politics the most, so he has not yet established a queen. I secretly sweated for this wife's uncle.

"It's Mijia! The widow remembers him, when Xue'er was one year old, he went to Xianyang. Let him in! King Qin said.

Mi Jia entered the main hall and immediately fell to the ground and pleaded: "The general Mi Jia will visit the King of Qin, and hope that the King of Qin will treat the King of Chu well for the sake of the marriage of Qin and Chu!" ”

"Mi Jia, don't come unharmed! You are Xue'er's uncle, and the widow thinks you are here to reminisce about the past, so you are a lobbyist of the King of Chu? King Qin said with a smile.

"King Qin, although Mi Jia is greedy for life and afraid of death, he dare not forget his ancestors. Today's intercession for the King of Chu is also for the King of Qin. After the death of Da Chu, the trend of the world becoming unified has become clear. King Qin will inevitably be the Son of Heaven, become the co-lord of the four seas, and be a model for hundreds of millions of people. Since the Empress Dowager of Western Qin, Wang Qin's grandmother, grandmother, grandmother, and the mother and wife of the eldest son Fusu are all from the Chu royal family. It can be said that half of the members of the Qin royal family are bleeding the blood of the Mi family! If the King of Qin destroys the temple of the King of Chu, how is it different from destroying his own temple? Mi Jia said.

"You go back, tell the King of Chu, put down your weapons, Qin Chu is a family. As long as he is at ease as a Qin person, the widow will protect him and enjoy glory and wealth forever, and he will treat the Chu royal family well. King Qin responded.

"No! Thank you, Your Majesty! "Mi Jia thanked King Qin and went back to Chu Palace!

After King Qin waited for Mi Jia to leave, he sighed and said: "Qin and Chu have been fighting for several years, and there have been many casualties on both sides. The widow is willing to treat the Chu people well, but will the Chu people forget their hatred and be Qin people with peace of mind? ”

Li Si said: "Your Majesty, before Xiang Yan died, he once shouted 'Although Chu has three households, if Qin dies, Chu will die', this sentence is like a magic spell, and it has begun to circulate among the Qin army and the Chu people. The minister suggested that the elite should be sent to chase and kill the Xiang clan immediately, and mention the rumor-mongers! ”

When Wei Yu heard this, he immediately objected: "Great Qin has just occupied the capital of Chu State, and the people's hearts are undecided, and there are still more than 60 cities in Chu State that have not yet surrendered. At this time, we should be kind to the king of Chu and the people of Chu. The rest of the place can be passed on to the other. If we are panicked because of Xiang Yan's words, chickens will fly and dogs will jump. All parts of the Chu State will definitely support their own troops and stand up to resist! It is not the best strategy for us to attack the city and seize the land again. Think twice! ”

"Montenegro, every time you have a unique opinion, tell me your opinion!" King Qin turned his head and asked Montenegro.

After the last general married the fourth princess, he worshiped the Taimiao and became a child of the royal family. Qin Chu has been married for many generations, and now he is a family. If the king can let the eldest son worship the Taimiao of Chu for you, treat the Chu royal family well. The people of Chu will reduce the sadness of the country, and they will definitely support Daqin. We will implement the Qin law in Chu and vigorously develop the economy, as long as the people can have enough food and clothing, even if there are nobles who want to rebel, there is no foundation. The south of Chu is humid and hot, and if the Qin army fights for a long time, disease can defeat us. As for the rumors, the government issued some notices to explain the truth, and the people would judge that if they made a big move because of this, they would fall into the treacherous scheme of the rumor-mongers! Montenegro explained.

"Montenegro, you are the chief general of the extermination of Chu, so do as you say. It's easy to fight the world, but it's hard to secure the world! It's easy to storm a city, but it's hard to win people's hearts! King Qin said.

"No!" Montenegro responded.

In the evening, Montenegro was proud of the spring breeze, gathered all his subordinates, ordered the mountain army to infiltrate south of Yingshou, ordered the merchants and households of Yingshou City to be newly registered, and liberated the slaves of large families. Looking at many subordinates and agreeing one after another, this feeling of being on top is really fluttering.

After the meeting was adjourned, the military officials came to report and the lieutenant came to visit. Montenegro was happy, strode out of the gate, personally brought Wei Yu into the study, and personally boiled water to make tea.

Wei Yu is dressed in a white cloth robe, holding a feather fan, and has a fairy wind and bones. He smiled and said to Montenegro: "Congratulations to the horse, the capture of the Chu State, and the marquis is just around the corner." ”

Wei Yu rarely praised people, which made Montenegro very happy, and replied with a smile: "The national lieutenant has won the award!" Give me another year, and Montenegro will be sure to govern Chu in a proper way, and will not leave it behind and not close its doors at night. ”

"O Montenegro! Do you know why I'm coming to see you tonight? Wei Yu shook his head and asked.

Montenegro also shook his head, thinking inwardly: "Am I in danger?" ”

"You are a concubine, and you have worked hard last year at a young age. Now he has led the army to destroy the state of Chu and made immortal achievements. With an army of 600,000 in hand, the land of Chu accounts for half of the world, and there are tens of millions of people. If you govern the state of Chu again, will you not be able to rebel? Wei Yi said unhurriedly and with a smile.

When Montenegro heard this, he was startled and broke out in a cold sweat. I thought, "Yes! Although he doesn't have the heart to return, but with the ability to rebel, it is dangerous! It's time to cool yourself down. Hurriedly saluted Wei Yu and said, "Thank you for the reminder!" Montenegro knows what to do! ”