After Hua Long finished speaking, he asked the soldiers to retreat to the side and let the Yue Wang's army pass, but everyone didn't expect Hua Long to let them go back.

King Yue said, "Thank you, General Hua." So he led 60,000 men back to the capital. After Hua Long had let them walk a few miles, he led his army to follow behind and set out camp, 5 miles from the capital of the Yue Kingdom.

When there weren't many people, Ji Ling asked, "Dead hooligans, if you let them go back, wouldn't it be even more difficult for us to fight." ”

Ji Yan said: "Princess, the Yue Kingdom is like this now, it is almost equivalent to being destroyed, and when the King of Yue goes back, it is estimated that he also wants to arrange the aftermath and will come out to surrender." My eldest brother asked them to go back, but he didn't want to cause more casualties, and he didn't want the people in Huiji City to be too scared. ”

Shen You also said: "Most of this king of Yue is about to surrender, now it depends on how he arranges." ”

Ji Ling asked again: "Dead rascal, you also let King Yue go to Luoyi with his property, and give them Yulu, which is also too good for them." ”

Shen You said: "Princess, General Hua is so good at arranging this, if the whole family of King Yue is left in the Yue Kingdom, there will always be some people who are ready to make a move in the future and re-support King Yue or his descendants to resist us." After bringing them to Luoyi, not only did they not confiscate their property, but also gave them a fortune, which had the following effects: first, it would let the people of the world see the benevolence of the king of Zhou; Second, it will make the kings of other countries not too afraid of the Zhou Dynasty, and if the country is about to be destroyed, they will take the initiative to surrender to the Zhou Dynasty, so as to save the lives and property of the whole family. ”

Hua Long added: "Another point is that after their property is brought over, it is not used in Luoyi and contributes to the economy of the Zhou Dynasty, which is not much different from what we robbed." ”

Ji Ling said: "I understand General Shen's words, I don't know much about the words of the dead hooligans, which means that anyway, their property is always under the control of the Zhou Dynasty, and it will be the same wherever it is placed." ”

Hua Long said: "It can be understood in this way. ”

Ji Ling said admiringly: "You dead rascal, if you are taller and your martial arts are better, if you are not so lustful, I will definitely worship you to death." ”

On the third day, people from Yue Guo asked to see Hua Long, and after Hua Long received him, he found that the person who was the leader was wearing filial piety clothes.

When this person saw Hua Long, he said: "General Hua, I am the crown prince of Yue Kingdom, and my father committed suicide last night. Before my father left, he told me that he wanted me to obey General Hua's arrangements in everything, saying that General Hua would treat the people of Yue Country preferentially. My father didn't want to continue the war in Yueguo, because the Yue Kingdom had been fighting for so many years, and the people were not living in peace, and there were many dead. I now ask General Hua to give me a few more days, and after I have buried my father, I will set out with General Hua. ”

Hua Long said: "The crown prince can rest assured to arrange the future generations of Queen Yue, and we will wait for a few more days." ”

After the prince left, Ji Yan said: "If King Yue dies, there will be no more sacrifices for others." ”

Hua Long also said: "Yes, in this way, the entire territory of the Zhou Dynasty and the east are dependent on the sea, and we don't have to worry about any small moves in the future." ”

Ji Ling said: "I have to wait for a few days, I don't know what happened to Luoyi, should we hurry back to help." ”

Hua Long said: "As long as Brother Xiang rushed back to Luoyi, Chu and Jin did not attack, it didn't matter. After Brother Xiang rushed back, he would not be afraid to fight again. ”

Three days later, the prince of Yue went out of the city with all his men and surrendered. Hualong continued to implement the original policy: tax exemption for the first year for the people of the original Yue country, and half the tax for the second year.

The soldiers of the Yue Kingdom, Hualong let them choose freely. The 30,000 soldiers in Huiji City were all forcibly recruited recruits, and almost all of them went home, leaving less than 3,000 people behind. Of the 60,000 people who fled back, many of them were tired of the war, leaving only more than 20,000, and the total number of troops surrendered was 30,000.

Hualong asked Shen You to organize these 30,000 people into his own 20,000 people, leaving 25,000 people in Huiji, and the other 25,000 people returning to Yiling. Shen You stayed in Huiji by himself, and after he arranged the livelihood and economic affairs of the entire Yue country, he returned to Yiling.

After dealing with these, Hua Long, Ji Yan, and Ji Ling returned to Luoyi with the Fengqi camp.

On the side of the Chu and Jin coalition forces, Deng Liang also received a report from the spies that the king of Yue had already been defeated and fled back to China with tens of thousands of people. I thought: It turns out that King Yue deliberately falsely sent information and wanted us to fight with Xiang Yu.

After Xiang Yu's dragoon battalion returned to Luoyi, he had rested for several days now, and then asked Cao Di: "The 600,000 allied troops of Chu and Jin have stopped at the border of the Zhou Dynasty for several days, and they have not advanced or retreated. ”

Cao Di said: "The country of Yue was almost taken by us this time, and we also got substantial benefits." In my opinion, it is time to send people to sue for peace with the Chu and Jin coalition forces, and they are now in a dilemma. We'll give them enough face and compensate them with some money so that they can withdraw. ”

Xiang Yu agreed: "Okay, just according to General Cao's intentions, I am not absolutely sure, and I don't want to fight with them." ”

Cao Di arranged for someone to go to the military camp of the Chu and Jin coalition forces in the name of the envoy of the Zhou Dynasty. Deng Liang and the others met with the envoy of the Zhou Dynasty, and the Zhou envoy said: "General Deng, our General Xiang is willing to ask you for peace and accompany you with 1 million yuan." ”

Deng Liang said: "Envoy Zhou, you go back first, we will discuss, and then send someone to reply to General Xiang." ”

Deng Liang discussed with everyone, and Fan Qi, the commander of the Jin State, said: "General Deng, last time our 200,000 army was scared back by Xiang Yu's 120,000 before we fought. This time we have 600,000 people, Xiang Yu is only 260,000 people, and if you want to withdraw again, this will be laughed at by the nations. ”

Other generals who had not fought with Xiang Yu said: "Yes, our troops are more than twice as many as them, and we haven't started fighting yet, so I'm afraid, I can't say it." ”

Deng Liang said: "Xiang Yu fought with less, and this time it was a long-distance attack by tens of thousands of people, and only a few tens of thousands of the 200,000 people in Yue were left. I also don't want to fight to the death with Xiang Yu, so as not to benefit other countries. ”

Fan Qi said: "Defeating the Vietnamese army does not mean anything, the Vietnamese army cannot even win the Lu army, what strength can it have." ”

Deng Liang said: "According to General Fan's meaning, he is going to have a decisive battle with Xiang Yu. ”

Fan Qi said: "That's what it means, Xiang Yu just wants to send us away casually with 1 million yuan, which is too underestimated." ”

Everyone supported Fan Qi and said: "Yes, General Deng, we are all people who have led troops for a long time, and we can't let others look down on us." ”

Deng Liang thought: Every time he allied with the Jin State, he would withdraw first without fighting, and it would not be good for the alliance in the future. He said: "Okay, since everyone supports fighting, I can't oppose it, but in order not to completely enter the death war mode with Xiang Yu, we will send someone to make an appointment with Xiang Yu to fight again, and the two sides will have a small-scale battle first." If we win the battle by then, we will decide whether to launch a general attack on Xiang Yu, and if we lose, we will discuss countermeasures. ”

Fan Qi said: "That's okay, we also want to see Xiang Yu's real strength." ”

Deng Liang sent someone to see Xiang Yu, saying that he was unwilling to burn the war into the city, and asked General Xiang to go to the border to fight.

Xiang Yu discussed with Cao Di, and Cao Di said: "It is estimated that the others do not want to make peace, and none of them have seen the true strength of General Xiang." But they did not attack directly, but made an appointment with us to fight on the border, and they also wanted to test the details of General Xiang first, and if we did not win, they would probably launch a general attack on us. ”

Xiang Yu said: "Okay, I'll send someone to reply to the Chu and Jin coalition forces and make an appointment." If I delay a little longer, it will be more stable if I can wait for my second brother and the princess and their 20,000 people to come back. ”

Cao Di also said: "Yes, the more stable the better, in case Luoyi is captured by them, it will be really difficult for us to turn over." Anyway, they couldn't have imagined that we still had 20,000 elite soldiers rushing over. ”

After another 8 days, Xiang Yu set off with 200,000 horses, leaving 60,000 to defend in the city.