The Chu army was defeated in Lantian and withdrew to return to the country, while the Hanzhong garrison general Zhao Rat was at a loss and missed the opportunity, but was taken advantage of by the Qin army, and the situation was unfavorable to the Chu army.

The Qin generals drove their troops straight in, advanced by land and water, pursued the Chu army, and successfully occupied the Chu State, Hanzhong and Shangyong and other places, and most of the Han Central Land of the Chu State was returned to the Qin State.

Chu Ling Yin Zhaoyu saw that the king of Chu was defeated, and Zhao Rat could not resist the Qin army, and said: "The king is defeated and Lantian, and the Qin army is determined to win Hanzhong." Hanzhong can no longer be protected, so it is better to withdraw troops and retreat to the border. So he ordered Zhao Rat to garrison the soldiers and horses in Fangling and other key places, leaving some soldiers and horses to guard the Beijin Army, and led the army back to the country.

King Huai returned to Yingdu, this time the division was fruitless, but he was defeated by the Qin State again, and he lost a lot of soldiers, and he did not regret it very much, so he remembered the words of Chen Zhen and Qu Yuan. King Huai felt guilty in his heart, so he invited Chen Zhen to enter the court to make amends, and expressed his willingness to listen to Chen Zhen's words.

Chen Zhen persuaded King Huai: "Qu Zi is the beautiful jade of Chu, and was exiled by the king to Hanbei, this is to abandon the beautiful jade in the sludge, and I hope the king will recall Qu Zi to the court of Chu." ”

King Huai was ashamed and said to Chen Zhen: "The widow regrets not listening to Chen Zi and Qu Zi's contrary advice!" He ordered the envoy to the West Gorge of Hanbei, and recalled Qu Yuan, and the official was reinstated.

And ordered Yin Zhaoyu to return to the state of Chu, before the king of Chu for the loss of Hanzhong for Zhao Rat, the king of Chu himself was defeated, and the Zhao clan in the state of Chu is already a dominant situation, almost left and right the court, King Huai is inconvenient to investigate the responsibility of Zhao Rat's loss of Hanzhong, so he does not ask about it.

Most of Hanzhong had been occupied by the Qin army, and after the new defeat of the king of Chu, he was helpless and unable to send troops to recapture it.

Shushi occupied the land of Hanzhong, and then incorporated the people of Hanzhong into the Qin State, played the King of Qin, sent Qin people to replace the officials of the Chu State, governed Hanzhong in accordance with the laws of the Qin State, forcibly drove the people of Hanzhong, transported military funds and conscription, and if anyone did not obey, they would be beheaded, and the law of joint sitting was implemented, if one family did not obey the laws of the Qin State, several neighbors would be punished.

Liangzhou Haojie has always been very famous in the Bashan Hanshui generation, and the people of Liangzhou were greatly disappointed when they saw that Zhao Rat retreated without a fight and lost Hanzhong in vain, so they pinned their hopes on Liangzhou Haojie. The people of Shangyong and other places spontaneously supported Xiaofeng.

Xiaofeng saw that the Chu army was withdrawing from Shangyong and the Qin army was about to enter the Kou, so he was very worried, and while appeasing the people, he quickly summoned Liangzhou Haojie to come to Shangyong to discuss: "Now that the Qin army has entered Hanzhong, the Chu army has retreated, and the land of Hanzhong will be swallowed up by Qin." The Chu army can no longer be relied upon, and only the heroes of Liangzhou can protect Sangzi. However, the Qin army is powerful, and if we confront the Qin army, we will undoubtedly hit the stone with an egg. Now that the Chu army has abandoned the people of Hanzhong and fled eastward, the Qin army is coming, and the people are panicked. ”

Ding Hu is a native of Yundi, and when he saw that Zhao Rat couldn't help but abandon Shangyong, and even Yun County had to abandon it, he was very indignant and scolded Zhao Rat for being an incompetent general and a useless rice bucket. After scolding, he said to Xiaofeng: "Ding is willing to sneak into the Qin military camp and find an opportunity to get rid of its commander, if the Qin army has no owner, it will be chaotic, and then Xiaofeng will ask the Chu army to return, or he can keep Hanzhong." ”

Xiaofeng shook his head and said, "Brother Ding's strategy is not a solution. And don't say that the generals of the Qin army are difficult to assassinate, even if they can succeed and die as a commander, they can't stop the Qin army from swallowing up the power of Hanzhong. Today's crisis may be difficult to resolve. It's just that the people of Hanzhong will suffer from this scourge and be captured by Qin. ”

Qin Ying said: "Qin knows the law of the Qin army, and if he captures a place, he will organize the people of his place into a military army and forcibly recruit and conscript. If there is a rebellion against the fugitives, it is a clan. Now that the Qin army has entered Hanzhong, I am afraid that the people of Hanzhong will inevitably be enslaved by Qin. ”

When everyone heard this, they were all very indignant, at this time, thousands of people gathered in Shangyong City, all willing to obey Xiaofeng's orders, swearing to die not to be captured by the Qin army, and they were all willing to fight to the death.

When Xiao Feng saw this, his heart was deeply shocked, but the army of 100,000 tigers and wolves of the Qin army, how could the people of Hanzhong be its opponent? The three hundred heroes of Liangzhou, although most of them are equipped with martial arts, but against the 100,000 Qin army, I am afraid it is also a drop in the bucket.

The people all asked Xiaofeng to preside over the big event, Xiaofeng was difficult to choose in his heart, so he first let the people be calm and not be impatient, and then discussed with everyone, Xiaofeng said: "The army of tigers and wolves of the Qin army, the people of Hanzhong are all defenseless people, even if there are three hundred heroes in Liangzhou to resist, I am afraid that I will not be able to resist the Qin army for a moment." Yue could not bear to be slaughtered by the Qin army in Hanzhong, and prepared to open the city to meet the Qin army and surrender to the Qin state in order to save his life. ”

Mo Fei said: "Xiaofeng's words are consistent with me. Today, the 100,000 Chu army can't resist the Qin army, let alone the people and us? ”

Wang Hu said: "Xiaofeng can't bear to let the people of his homeland suffer the slaughter of the Qin army, can he bear to watch the people of Hanzhong suffer from the enslavement of the Qin army?" ”

Xiao Feng couldn't help but burst into tears and said, "How could Yue want to see this? The people of Hanzhong are all our fathers and fellow villagers. However, for the sake of the overall situation, we will make compromises for the time being, endure the humiliation for a while, and wait for recovery. Now I really have to do it. ”

At this time, the advance of the Qin army was already more than ten miles west of Shangyong City, and people kept coming to report that the Qin army had reached Shangyong City in a moment. The people in the city were even more emotional, Xiaofeng couldn't help crying, and all the heroes also sighed, Ma Jie saw it, so he came to Xiaofeng and said: "This matter has come to this, Xiaofeng doesn't have to hesitate, please make a decision quickly." ”

He turned around again and said to the people: "Fathers and fellow villagers, Shangyong is about to be taken by the Qin State, and he hates me for being incompetent in Liangzhou, and he can't stay in this city." Now the Qin army is too strong to compete with it, so we decided to compromise for the time being, dedicate the city to the Qin army, and leave the green mountains behind, without worrying about no firewood. ”

The people know about it, and they also know the current grim situation, seeing that the heroes of Liangzhou are like this, what can the people do? So they didn't object anymore, they just wept and sighed.

In the official office in the city, all the heroes asked Xiaofeng to give an order, and Xiaofeng closed his eyes and was silent. Ma Jie entered, please Xiaofeng said: "It is not shameful to surrender the city to the Qin army." It is also righteous to be able to save the lives of the people in Hanzhong, so Xiaofeng should not blame himself and feel guilty. Today, please Fengxingzi give an order to open the city to meet the Qin army! ”

After that, kneel on the ground and ask for a smile.

When all the heroes saw this, they all knelt on the ground with tears in their eyes, asking Xiaofeng to give an order.

Xiao Feng was so reluctant to sacrifice the city to surrender to Qin in his heart, but at this moment he had no choice, seeing that all the heroes were on their knees to ask each other, it was already a moment to be ready to go, Xiao Feng sighed, opened his eyes, drew his sword and slowly stood up, and said to everyone: "Yue should be a heroic sinner in Liangzhou this time!" Shame on the more than 100,000 people of Chu in Hanzhong! He ordered the city gate to be opened and prepared for the surrender of Qin.

The officials of the Chu State saw that Zhao Rat had already led the army to retreat eastward, and they had already fled with the official seal. Xiaofeng, as the leader of Liangzhou Haojie, presided over the chaos, and the three elders and Haojie gathered the people to organize stability and order, and listened to Xiaofeng's orders.

The Qin army has already been under the Shangyong City, Xiaofeng ordered the surrender of Qin, and the three old heroes and others prepared to surrender, and lined up the city with sheep and wine to welcome the arrival of the Qin army.

After Xiaofeng finished the order, he entrusted Mo Fei, Qin Ying, Ma Jie and others to arrange for the people of Shangyong to go out of the city and surrender to Qin. Xiaofeng said to the heroes: "I am ashamed of the title of Liangzhou heroes, the people can surrender to the Qin army, but I can't." You can handle the matter of surrendering Qin on my behalf, and take care of the people in the city, but you must enter the city with the Qin army, so as not to hurt the people. Otherwise, I will sword Qin and will see. ”

All the heroes knew that Xiaofeng wanted to avoid the Qin army, and they couldn't bear it, so Mo Fei said: "If Xiaofeng leads the heroes of Liangzhou to surrender to the Qin State, with the reputation of Fengxingzi, he should not lose the value of the Qin army." And the state of Chu has abandoned Hanzhong, how can we and the people do anything? Only by descending to Qin can we survive, and this is not a crime. And for the time being, why not? "Strongly persuade Xiaofeng to stay.

Xiaofeng said: "I am a Chu person, now Sangzi's hometown has fallen to the Qin State, and I can't guard Sangzi's homeland, which is already guilty." Although I know that I can be valued after the surrender of Qin, but if I surrender to Qin, what face will I stand in front of the heroes of the world? ”

Qin Ying asked, "If Xiaofeng is unwilling to enter Qin, where do you want to go?" ”

Xiaofeng said: "This time Qin and Chu exchanged troops, Hanzhong was captured by the Qin people, the source of this disaster is Zhang Yi's words and no faith to rebel, Zhang Yi offended the Chu State deeply, this time let me lose my family state, all of this person's crimes." I should lift the sword and go to Xianyang, looking for an opportunity to eliminate this great harm for the world. Since then, the world has changed, if the homeland can be restored, I should return, if not, I should fight the sword and do chivalry. ”

All the heroes sighed, and Ma Jie was worried about Xiaofeng's safety, so he said to Xiaofeng: "Since Zhang Yi dares to risk the world's disapproval, he must rely on it." If Xiaofeng enters Qin alone, it will be dangerous and unpredictable. Now the name of Fengxingzi has been widely spread, if Xiaofeng has a mistake, won't it make the world's heroes regret? I hope that Xiaofeng will not enter Xianyang, so as not to encounter accidents in person. Zhang Yi is an old thief, and he has heaven to punish him. ”

Xiaofeng said: "Don't worry, gentlemen, although Qin is strong, he can't help me with a cloth cloth." And I have a Gongbu sword with me, enough to defend myself. Yue is at ease, he has no worries, he can take the four seas as his home, most of you have a family, and you must surrender to Qin. Now the people of Sangzi in Hanzhong will ask you to return one day, and reunite with you in Hanshui. After that, thank you to all the heroes.

The heroes saw that Xiaofeng had made up his mind, so they no longer persuaded him. After Xiaofeng finished the ceremony, he summoned Ding Hu to go down to the city with his sword, and all the heroes saw it.

Ding Hu is a wealthy family in Yunxian County, he admires heroes by nature, he has decided to follow Xiaofeng left and right before, Qin Jun entered Hanzhong, Ding Hu has sold his family property, moved his family to Chu State, and after settling properly, he followed Xiaofeng to walk the rivers and lakes.

Xiaofeng's decision, in fact, all the heroes have already known, but they can all hope that Xiaofeng can stay, whether Hanzhong is under the jurisdiction of Qin or Chu, Liangzhou Haojie can still entrench in Bashan Hanshui. But Xiaofeng insisted on leaving, and all the heroes could understand it in their hearts, so they didn't dissuade him.

Ding Hu has prepared a light boat, moored in the Han River under Shangyong City, Xiaofeng down the city, straight to the river, then boarded the boat with Ding Hu, sailed down the river to the east, all the heroes and Shangyong people saw it.

Seeing the three old heroes of Shangyong and others leading the people of Hanzhong to surrender to the city, the Qin army informed the commander of Shushi, and ordered the Qin army to surrender and lead the army into Shangyong, so Shangyong was incorporated into Qin.