Chapter 648: Retreat is Advance

After talking about the movements of various countries, Xiong Huai's eyes shrank slightly.

The reason why this war has not ended for more than a year is because he intends to solve the problem of the feudal lord in this battle. Now that the war has come to this point, it's time to deal with the first feudals.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai asked Qu Zhi, "Qu Qing, I wonder if all the surviving feudal monarchs between Jiang and Han have arrived in Yingdu?" ”

Qu replied, "Back to the king, all those who should come are here, and as for the feudal monarchs who can't come, their sons are also here." And those feudal monarchs in northern Hanbei who were killed by Zilan, the ministers also found their heirs. But..."

Qu Zhi hesitated for a moment, and then arched his hand and said, "Wang, Yangjun is okay, even if there are no concubines, there are some concubines who have fled to Yingdu, but Ye Gong's fief is too far away from Yingdu, and the south is all under the control of the Qin and Han coalition forces, so Ye Gong is in the same vein, and the ministers only found some side branches stranded in Yingdu, but did not find Ye Gong's heirs." ”

Xiong Huai frowned when he heard this, what Ye Gong did can be called a model of a feudal monarch, this kind of courtier who is loyal to him, if he is extinct, this is simply a sarcasm for him, the king of Chu, this is simply intolerable.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai pondered for a moment, and then spoke, "Yedi is not far from Fangcheng, perhaps, some of Ye Gong's descendants may flee to Fangcheng, and then they will make a detour to Cai Rushui to return to Yingdu." Therefore, Doctor Sanlu, you immediately send people to these places to find Ye Gong's heirs, and the widow will not let Ye Gong sacrifice for the country in vain. ”

"Yui!" He responded, and then hesitated, "My lord, if it happens..."

When Xiong Huai heard this, he pondered for a while, and then said, "If Ye Gong is really the heir, then from the descendants of Ye Gong of the previous two generations, select ten Ye Gong side branches who are about ten years old, and then ask famous teachers to train them, and after they perform the crown ceremony, the widow will conduct a test, and select the best one to inherit Ye Gong to inherit Ye Gong's title." ”

"The king is benevolent and righteous, presumably Ye Gong Jiuquan can die without regrets." He bowed movingly.

Zhaogai Fan Huan also bowed and said, "The king is benevolent! ”

Xiong Huai exhaled a breath expressionlessly, and then ordered, "Since everyone has arrived in Yingdu, then inform them that they will all participate in the Chu State court meeting in three days!" ”

"Yui!"

"In addition, let those feudal monarchs in northern Hanbei who fled to Yingdu due to defeat, as well as the heirs of Yangjun and others, come to see the widows. In addition, let Xiang Chengjun also enter the palace to see the widow. However, those feudal lords who fled without a fight and abandoned their fiefdoms continued to be under house arrest in hotels, so there was no need for them to come to see the widows. ”

"Yui!"

Soon after.

Under the leadership of Yin Jun and several other feudal monarchs, a large group of people with extremely depressed and grief-stricken faces walked in.

As soon as Yin Jun saw the King of Chu, his eyes were full of tears, and he bowed down for a long time, "The king, the minister... Minister..."

Yin Jun had a thousand words in his heart, and even more grievances, and planned to tell the king of Chu. But when he saw the king of Chu at this time, he was choked up. Then, Yin Jun, who was speechless, immediately cried bitterly on the ground.

This is not only crying for the loss of the fiefdom, but also crying for the future of the Yin Jun lineage, and even more for the current situation and future of the Chu State.

Yin Jun cried, all the people in the palace were fiefdoms, and some of the clansmen were killed by Zilan and almost wiped out, everyone thought of the grief, and couldn't help crying while crying in their mouths

"The King..."

Xiong Huai saw everyone crying in His Royal Highness, and his crying was so sincere and heartfelt, that even he, who didn't feel it deeply in his heart, couldn't help but shed tears.

When everyone saw the king of Chu crying, they cried even louder.

After a pause, Xiong Huai got up from the throne, then slowly walked to Yin Jun, helped him up, looked at the tearful Yin Jun, and said extremely sadly, "Yin Jun, widow..."

Yin Jun was helped up by the king of Chu, and when he saw that the king of Chu was also choked, his face was full of grief, and he immediately bowed again, "The king, the minister is guilty, the defeat of Danxi, and the overthrow of Hanbei, so that the country is in difficulty, so that the king is sad, and the minister is guilty of death." ”

Xiong Huai held Yin Jun's wrist with both hands, and with a force, forcibly helped Yin Jun up, shook his head and sighed, "Yin Jun, the defeat of Danxi, the country's strength is so strong, the crime is not in Qing, but in the widow."

If it weren't for the widow's reinforcements being too slow, if it weren't for the widow's birth of that rebel, how could the country be so strong. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai looked at the others with a sad face, "Even more involved Ye Gongyang Jun was exterminated by that rebel son, especially Ye Gong, who is dedicated to the country, until today, the widow has not even found his heir." ”

As soon as everyone heard this, the crying that had gradually stopped suddenly became louder than just now.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai immediately helped up one person on the side of Yin Jun again, and then said to everyone, "Zhuqing, please get up quickly, the widow let you shed all your blood for the Chu State before, and at this moment, the widow once again let you shed tears, this kind of thing that makes heroes bleed and cry, isn't it the sin of widows and widows!" ”

After a while, when everyone sat down and their emotions eased slightly, Xiong Huai muttered, "Zhuqing fought a bloody battle with the Qin-Han coalition army in Hanbei, although the Chu State suffered a great defeat, and even your fiefdoms were all captured by the Qin-Han coalition army. However, the widow knew in his heart that the defeat in this battle was not the fault of the Qing and others, but of the widow.

Therefore, for more than a month, the widow has been thinking hard day and night, thinking about how to compensate you! ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately forgot their sadness for a while, and then looked nervously at the King of Chu.

According to the previous practice, if the fief was seized by another country, even if the king of Chu made a mistake, the king of Chu would inevitably have to liquidate afterwards. If the feudal monarch resists effectively, the title will be retained, if the feudal monarch does not resist actively, the knight will be reduced, and if he is greedy for life and afraid of death and flees without a fight, he will be demoted to a concubine.

Especially Yin Jun, as the chief general of the 30,000 Chu army in Dankou, immediately fled without a fight after the Xiyi was broken. The merits and demerits of this behavior are all in the thought of the king of Chu.

If the king of Chu does not approve, this is a capital crime of fleeing in fear. If the king of Chu approves it, it is to retain the vitality and retain the strength to hold Yancheng or Yingdu, which is a great achievement. Of course, this great merit was based on the fact that the withdrawal showed that the troops had not suffered a crushing defeat and that the whole army had retreated.

As soon as Yin Jun remembered the defeat of Hanyang, under the response of the personal guard of the king of Chu, the 30,000 Chu army only fled back to less than 20,000 Chu troops. Then, thinking of the comfort of King Chu just now, he couldn't help but look at King Chu with anxiety.

Xiong Huai looked around at the people, and saw that they were all looking nervously, so he said unhurriedly, "It is the resistance of Zhuqing to the Qin-Han coalition army that slows down the actions of the coalition army, so that Xiangyang City can recruit enough people to defend the city, and even allows the rhino head to calmly deploy defenses in Yancheng to resist the Qin-Han coalition army."

Therefore, the widow decided to pardon the responsibility for the loss of your fiefdoms, and as long as my Chu State can recapture the lands of northern Hanbei, then the fiefs will be returned to Zhuqing. ”

When everyone heard this, they opened their mouths, but they didn't show much joy.