Chapter Eighty-Four: The Deck and the Great Victory
Just when the torrents were surging up and down the Great Qin, the Chu State ushered in a rare celebration, and the victorious military horses shouted all the way from the battlefield to Shouchun, so that all places along the way knew the news of the general's great defeat of the Qin army, and the faces of the Chu people who had suffered many disasters finally had a trace of joy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
It is not an exaggeration to say that the Chu people are in dire straits, in recent years, the Chu State has not stopped at all from the monarch to the commoners, from the royal court, the first Chu Kaolie King has just died, and the change of power is a mess.
First of all, there are different opinions about the life history of the enthroned Youwang, some say that it is the son of King Kaolie, and some say that this is a conspiracy planned by Chunshenjun and Li Yuan, but in fact, Youwang is the son of Chunshenjun Huang Xie.
The stormy King of You, who was so hard for ten years, finally returned to the west, and his younger brother Xiong You, the king of mourning, ascended the throne, and only two months later, he was killed in the court by the current king of Chu.
The involvement of the coup d'état was huge, when Li Yuan supported Youwang, Chun Shenjun's henchmen were purged, and when he was in power, he beheaded Li Yuan's brothers and sisters.
The turmoil of the Chu state was a good opportunity that Great Qin could not miss, and in the second year of the defeat of the king of Chu, the mighty Qin army attacked the city and pulled out the village, during which countless people were displaced.
The panicked Negative Commander planned to sacrifice the land west of Qingyang to sue for peace, but was rejected by the Qin State, so a mighty war began.
The Chu army that has been defeated and retreated has lost its troops and generals, and large areas of cities have been lost one after another, yes, why should the Qin people accept the request for peace, just with the current decline of the Chu army, how much land is not allowed to be annexed by others, and many people are ready to flee.
The entire Chu State seems to have only the Xiang family and some confidence, and even the King of Chu sent an army to meet the battle with the attitude of having dates and not having dates, but under the premise of such internal and external troubles, General Xiang Yan actually won the battle!
"Good news—good news! The general broke the Qin army, beheaded seven captains, and the Qin army suffered more than 100,000 casualties-"
Hearing the good news from afar, his face was red, and he only felt that the herald's shout was still too small, and he wished that all the people in Dachu knew that when the country was in danger, it was he who fought decisively against Qin against public opinion, and only then did he have today's victory.
This is also a step closer to confirming the legitimacy of his throne, three years without troops and death, hahaha, with this big victory, it is buried in the ancestral grave, and he can squint at the Xiong Xiong Yu brothers!
"Quick! Present it carefully! Excitedly, he lifted the hem of his deep coat and walked straight off the throne, completely ignoring the etiquette and appearance.
He snatched the report, read it at a glance and read it word by word, and when he saw it for the third time, his heart had already flown away, and the failure to capture Li Xin alive only made him frown, and a few flaws could not hide the light of a big victory.
"Copy 100 copies of the good news and deliver it to all counties within three days, and everyone who must publicize it will know it!"
After putting down the bamboo slips, his eyes were shining, and the years of war had fallen, so that everyone in the Chu State talked about Qin's color change, this victory was not only as simple as defeating a strong enemy, but also a good medicine to cheer up the people!
The loss of the city is temporary, and the lack of national strength is also temporary, when there were few people in the Great Chu Land, it was not born out of thin air and stood for 800 years, as long as it is proved that the Qin army is not invincible, and it is confident that it will be able to recover the decline in the future and win the Central Plains again!
The most important thing is that this war even has the hope of recovering Yingchen, what is that place? The mausoleum of the first king of Great Chu is located, although the tomb of Yiling has been burned by fire, but the pleasure of finally avenging the revenge of decades with one arrow still makes it impossible to extricate himself.
The shame of King Xiankaolie's two moves of the capital seems to have been washed away overnight, and he can't wait to shout loudly in front of his father now: Only I am worthy of being called your son, and only I am worthy of being the king of Chu!
"Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king, the minister thinks that this great victory should be opened to tell the sky, and the ghost of the mountain should be sacrificed to the gods!"
It was unpleasant to be interrupted when the soul was wandering outside the world, but what the subordinate said was very reasonable, and he asked: "With such a merit, can you open a platform?" Old General Xiang hasn't been taught yet, isn't that okay? ”
Speaking of floors, we have to talk about the architectural style of the Chu people, in addition to the Xuanxie, they also like to build a high platform, almost a palace and a one, the more famous Zhanghuatai, is the place where many thin-waisted beauties starved to death, Qu Yuan once described in his speech: The floors are tired, and they are close to the high mountains.
This kind of atmosphere originated from the Chu people gradually affected many vassal states, even the original Zhou Tianzi, when he lacked food and clothing, did not forget to build a high platform, the so-called high debt, is the last king of the Zhou Dynasty, King Zhou Xun in a high platform pavilion to hide debts.
And the evolution and source of the high platform, one is said to be because of the developed water system of Chudi, and the other is much more bloody, which is derived from the Jingguan, which is not stacked with the braincase, that is to collect the enemy's corpse, cover the soil and tamp it, and form a tomb-like high platform, which is for the "martial army", erect a pillar on the high platform and engrave the text, this is the Jingguan.
Although this vulgar habit was later abandoned by King Chuzhuang, the similar layer platform also has a special meaning, and the great merit is rewarded and prayed for, all of which are inseparable from the platform, including the stage worship generals that slowly evolved later, are also deeply affected.
Rolling his eyes, of course he wanted to sacrifice to the sky on the platform, but he didn't know if the ministers would oppose such a meritorious achievement.
Yin Songyu, who was seventy years old at the time, came out and said: "Back to the king, at this moment, Li Xinmeng and Wu in front of him are like trapped beasts, General Xiang is not a class teacher for a while, this battle is of great significance, it is not an exaggeration to open the platform, it is better to let General Xiang Chao receive the reward on behalf of his father." ”
He clapped his hands and praised: "Good! That's it, but the mountain ghosts in the nine songs are too sad, and the ritual music of the sacrifice will use the priest and the ritual soul! ”
"Whoa!"
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When people are happy, they walk with the wind, and in just one day, the dizzy Xiang Chao was invited to the palace of the king of Chu who was dressed in red and hung colors, and looked at the floor that was ready to stop, and he finally understood what the king planned to do.
"King, don't do it, the military merit is set up by General Xiang Yan, and the ministers will never dare to trespass." Xiang Chao's status is not high, and he can't deviate from the rules of the name of the king's former ministers, even if he is to his father, he can only be called by his name.
"General Xiang is modest, if you don't have your day and night operation, the old general can't respond to the battle with peace of mind, summoning you to come, mainly because the general is lacking in skills, in this case, it is better for you to receive the reward on behalf of your father, in order to comfort the hard work of the soldiers in front!"
Xiang Chao saw that the matter had come to this point, so he could only bow his head and promise.
(PS: During the Warring States Period, Ling Yin Zhuguo was mostly controlled by Jing Zhao's second clan, and it is really unlikely that Song Yu can be Ling Yin as the prince of Song State, but it is really impossible to find out, so as to miss this inheritor of Qu Yuan, because he also died suddenly in the same year that the Chu State fell.) )