Chapter 496: Breaking the City

In the tent of the commander of the army outside the city.

Qu Dan stood respectfully to the side, and behind him was a corpse.

These corpses are all the entourage of the Chu State who came to negotiate.

In fact, as soon as he arrived at the Shuai tent, Qu Dan had already talked to Wei Zhongquan.

Groveling, servile.

With such a performance, how can the entourage behind him not be shocked?

Of course, when Qu Dan came to the Cangjun camp, he didn't think about letting them get out of the Cangjun camp alive.

So, they had to die.

"Generalissimo, you can return to the city tomorrow, just submit the marshal's documents, and the monarchs and ministers of Chu will definitely accept all the conditions."

"All the conditions?"

"Generalissimo Qiyu, the prestige of Xiong Wu, the new monarch of Chu State, is insufficient, and when it comes to the life of the family, the ministers in the court have already separated from the royal family, and the royal family also has their own ideas, at this time, the Chu State is already vulnerable, and surrender is the only way out, so no matter what the conditions are, as long as they can let the royal family of Chu live, they will accept it."

"Hmm...... Vulnerable. ”

Wei Zhongquan pondered for a moment and said, "Tomorrow, you go back first, and pass it on to the royal family of Chu with the kindness of my great cang." However, the emperor of Chu could confer the title of marquis, which was a condition explicitly given by His Majesty the Emperor, and the rest of the kings could be conferred the title of count...... As for those nobles and moths in the royal family, they do not have titles, but they can enjoy the treatment of knights. ”

"Yes, then I will go down and prepare, and I will go to my life early tomorrow morning." Qu Dan bowed his head and arched his hand.

……

After Qu Dan left, Wei Zhongquan asked people to clean up the corpse, and then exchanged glances with the rest of the generals, and laughed in unison.

"This Qu Dan is really interesting, how can the state of Chu not die if there is such a prime minister."

"Your Majesty is far-sighted, and the time that belongs to my great cangs is coming."

"Tomorrow, I can finally let the soldiers into the city and enjoy them for a few days, after months of fucking fighting, the brothers haven't had a good meal."

"I heard that the nobles of the Chu State are rich and rich, and those who are rich and unkind will definitely extort them tomorrow."

"Hahaha, as soon as the state of Chu is destroyed, it will go to a big trouble, with my national strength, if there is any opponent today?"

"Long live the cang!"

In the handsome tent, there was a relaxed and joyful atmosphere, the generals had been suppressed for too long, and they thought that they would be able to enter the city without a fight tomorrow and take all the room for Chu State, and everyone was relaxed for a while.

"Everyone, be quiet." Wei Zhongquan waved his hand and said, "Don't be too happy, everyone, although the emperor of Chu is besieged by us, there are still large armies stationed inside and outside the city, and if you don't get rid of it, it will be a potential threat every day."

"That generalissimo means ......"

"Continue the siege!" Wei Zhongquan was categorical and said: "Chu is a four-hundred-year-old country, and it has its own arrogance, in case of luck, give our army a sudden blow, the gains outweigh the losses, it is better to continue to attack the city, it is inevitable to make the emperor of Chu obey, if we find a little dissent, let him take a prisoner car, go to Xincangcheng to apologize!"

"Yes!"

"Tomorrow, Qu Yong will lead the first army to suppress the country with crossbows, break the city and break the gates, and rush into the city and go straight to the palace to search for the emperor of Chu."

"Yes!"

"The rest of the second, third, and fourth route armies monitor every move of the Praetorian Guard and Qinwang Army outside the city, and must not let them out of the camp and interfere with the siege army."

"Yes!"

At the end, Wei Zhongquan exhorted with a solemn expression: "The State of Chu is a big country, and the land of Chu is vast, so you can't let the Emperor of Chu escape from the secret passages and other places, otherwise it will be extremely difficult to capture." For this reason, the focus of Qu Yong's department is not to occupy the royal city, but to capture the Chu Emperor! Once the city is broken, immediately launch an infantry army, intercept and kill the remnants of the escape in the city, and intercept them at various crossings. In this way, nothing is lost. ”

"The ...... of the Persuasion"

"No matter what happens tomorrow, the army must not enter the city slowly, it must be vigorous and resolute, and the momentum is huge, whether the emperor of Chu surrenders or not, he must act like this, so that our army can better occupy the rest of the cities in the future! The hinterland of the Chu State is really in my big bag!"

"Yes!"

The generals bowed their hands together, obviously deeply impressed by Wei Zhongquan's analysis.

For example, Qu Yong, He Sang, Wen Fei, etc., have always obeyed Wei Zhong's words, not only because of his qualifications and status, but also because this generalissimo is indeed meticulous and feasible when he marches and arranges the army.

When the army goes out, if it can take into account the national and political conditions and make overall plans, it cannot be said that there is no one, but it is also rare and rare, such as Wei Zhongquan, who has insight into the overall situation, is even rarer.

Sure enough, early the next morning, Qu Dan returned to China alone.

As for why the rest of the envoys didn't come, they could have used an inappropriate word to anger Cangguo and prevaricate the past.

Even if there is any suspicion, as long as the surrender and negotiation are reliable at this time, it will not be pursued for the time being.

Nothing was unexpected by Wei Zhongquan.

In less than half an hour, the stone throwers and large repeaters in dense turns, and the large arrows shot violently, like a rain curtain, broke the city wall of the north gate of Chu City.

Hundreds of catties of stones and spear-like thick crossbow arrows smashed into the sky like a storm, which was really not something that the century-old city of Chu City could withstand.

As a result, as soon as the city wall collapsed and the north gate was broken, the first army led by Qu Yong immediately swept into the city like a hurricane.

Wei Zhongquan sent another 20,000 troops to block all the crossings inside and outside the city.

The monarchs and ministers of the Chu State, who were discussing the surrender, were suddenly frightened.

Didn't you say that it was good to accept the surrender of the Chu State?

Why did the envoy just return to the city, and the Cang army attacked the city?

Even with the defenders, they were caught off guard.

Qu Yong led the army, and in just half an hour, he attacked all the way to the palace.

Not long after, news came out that Xiong Wu, the emperor of Chu State, and the courtiers of the main families in the city were all captured!

Outside the city, the Praetorian Guards and King Qin's army, who got the news, were just about to attack the Cang army, and they found that the head of Chu City had already planted the Qinglong Army flag of the Qinglong Legion, and they also extinguished their thoughts of rescue.

Wei Zhongquan was in a hurry for the first time, ordering the rest of the army to prepare to enter the city, and at the same time ordering the army that blocked the Praetorian Guard to start persuading him to surrender, and at the same time commanding all the armies to blockade the major families in the city.

And let people release the news that Cangguo is really willing to accept the surrender of Chu, and the conditions given can also be met.

However, the condition for surrender was that the state of Chu would surrender completely.

Including the royal family and nobles, including family property and other interests, must be handed over to the Cangjun to dispose of.

An hour later, Wei Zhongquan boarded a chariot and rumbled into the city under the escort of three thousand horses.