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The hall suddenly fell into a dead silence, and everyone from the emperor to the ministers was deeply impressed by that person's proposal. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Zhu Hongjun is always in charge of the city's defense and military affairs, except for the 20,000 Yulin army, there is no one who does not listen to him, but this old man is the biggest diehard, or the kind that is inseparable from the people of the Qin State, if the conspiracy is discovered by him, he will know what the end will be if he thinks about it with his toes.

But how can the general of Shangzhu be so easy to deal with? More than 100,000 troops listened to him, and the people all over the city also looked towards him, this tiger's ass is not easy to touch.

Therefore, after a commotion, the ministers were silent again, so they had to go back for the time being, waiting for the word to come back from outside the city.

Two days later, covered with the edict of the generalissimo of the Qin State and sent it to the palace of the Chu State, Qin Lei turned the 'Three Promises' into a formal decree, and reaffirmed that he would not treat his eldest brother badly, and would give him the treatment second only to the monarch...... The title of Prince of Great Qin ensured that his throne could be passed on to future generations, and gave him the 'Danshu Iron Coupon', which could not be harmed unless he committed a felony of treason.

Seeing that his brother-in-law still cared about his family, Emperor Jiankang, who was suffering a lot in his heart, finally felt better, and then looked down at the requirements of the Qin State: first, the soldiers and civilians in the city immediately laid down their arms and stopped resisting, the army drove out of the city to be guarded, and the people stayed at home and were not allowed to go to the streets; second, capture Zhu Lie and send it to the Qin camp; Third, within three days, it was spread to the world, announcing the official surrender of the Chu State, officially canceling the state name, and becoming part of the Great Qin Empire.

The first two requirements were reversed, but the third one made Jiankangdi, who had just suffered a little better, suffer again.

"Surrender...... Cancellation of country code...... and part of the Qin State......" muttering these key words repeatedly, Emperor Jiankang finally realized that in the two hundred and twenty-seventh years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Great Chu State, which had 13 emperors, was going to die in his own hands after all.

"What kind of face do you have to go to see your ancestors and ancestors......" After a long time, a heart-rending howl suddenly came from the quiet imperial study.

After the collapse of the eastern section of the city wall of Shenjing City, it began to rain in the sky again, and the Qin army had no choice but to suspend the artillery bombardment, surround the city from afar, and watch the city with cold eyes. Despite the efforts of the army and civilians, they could not stop the flood water from pouring into the city. Just as the catastrophe was about to come, a dramatic scene occurred, and the rivers and lakes that had been overflowing in the city were transformed into channels for draining the flood water after the water level in the city had risen to three feet, and most of the flood water that had poured into the city was drained.

The speed of the two is about the same as that of the water entering and exiting the water, but the continuous rainy season still makes the water level in the city rise slowly, about two inches a day.

The irreparable crisis induced the stirring friction of many forces in the Chu State. Although Emperor Jiankang did not express his position, everyone knew that he was generally inclined to accept the treaties of the Qin state. However, his hesitation and indecisiveness made all parties have the idea of trying to get the emperor to accept his own ideas, and the situation in Shenjing City became more and more turbid like a flood in the city, making it impossible to see and understand.

The princes and hundreds of officials, led by the prime ministers of the left and right, advocated taking the initiative to surrender to the Qin State, ending the meaningless battles, and protecting the city to the greatest extent.

However, many generals combined with the anti-Qin faction of the big clans led by the Zhu family, advocating resistance to the end, and would rather be broken than disgrace the ancestors. The two factions fought openly and secretly, and the antagonism was transmitted to the lower classes, which caused fierce confrontation among the common people.

From a rational point of view, the idea of the prime minister and a cadre of civil officials is the most beneficial to the people, but there are many common people who are not willing to die in the country and are not for the whole country, they are raging and restless, not only have formed tens of thousands of anti-Qin righteous divisions, but also continue to gather in front of the palace to ask for orders, ask the emperor to distribute weapons and food, and support them to go out of the city to fight.

As soon as they took the lead, these so-called 'righteous soldiers' and 'righteous teachers' sprung up one after another. In an ordinary period, such a situation of forming an army without authorization would definitely not be tolerated by the imperial court. However, when the country was in danger, all the rebel armies were 'righteous and awe-inspiring', and there was the secret support of the generals of the main battle faction behind them, and they were not afraid to fight against the government, and the government did not dare to act rashly.

The situation of all parties was transmitted to the high hall, and the monarchs and ministers of Chu were afraid of the chaos of the people...... What they feared most was that these outlaws, in order to change the government and recklessly, would assassinate the powerful ministers or make rebellion in the royal capital, so they had to appease them in many ways, and on the other hand, they issued orders to urge the martyrs to strengthen the vigilance in the city and prevent the mob from rioting.

"How ridiculous!" In the Chu army camp in Dongguo, Shenjing City, several high-ranking generals surrounded a white-haired rickety old man and shouted angrily; "The Qin army is just outside the city, but we let us suppress the patriotic people."

"This is really painful for relatives, fast for enemies, unheard of for eternity!"

"Yes, General, it is said that they also plan to sell you to the Qin army in exchange for Gou An, who is worth his life."

"It's tolerable or unbearable, there's no need to endure it anymore! General! "The more the generals talked, the more angry they became, and some of them had impulsive personalities, so they wanted to draw their blades, arrest those *** princes and nobles, dig out their chests, and see if their hearts were black.

For a while, the crowd in the hall was excited, noisy and shouting, and it became a pot of porridge.

The old man, who was surrounded by the stars like the moon, was like a dead wood, and sat there motionless with a gloomy expression, and did not answer any questions he asked. If it weren't for his fists clenched, everyone would have thought he was asleep.

The hall gradually fell silent, and the generals thought that Shangzhu Guo was still in silence before the outbreak as usual.

'Don't explode in silence, die in silence.' This is the favorite phrase of Zhu Lie.

As the actual controller of Shenjing City, he knows everything that is happening at the moment, and when the people who support him are hoping that Shangzhu Kingdom can set things right and turn the tide, he surprisingly chose to be silent for a long time.

Even on the night when Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites went out of the city to connect with the Qin people, he stood on the high tower, watching the group quietly leave the city with a complicated expression, and quietly entered the city before dawn, without taking any action.

Today, the generals came to shout, and it was also because of the negativity he has shown in recent times, which made them too aggrieved.

"General, you have something to say." After waiting for a long time, he didn't see his old man break out, and the generals finally couldn't help it, so they had to ask questions.

The old man who looked like a withered corpse finally opened his eyes slowly, his gaze was cloudy and unfocused, and it was still the high-spirited and indomitable Shangzhu Country in the past?

"If the sky wants to die, who can do anything?" The old man's lips twitched a few times, but the words he uttered were extremely frustrating.

In the past few months, the development of the situation has greatly exceeded his expectations, and the water sources in Shenjing City have overflowed under the vast water. The water flooded the surface, the grain and armor were all moldy, and the worst of all was that several salt warehouses were soaked in water, and before the treasurer could notice it, it turned into salt water and ran down the gutter. Almost in January, Shenjing City, which was originally well fed with soldiers, was short of supplies, the people were in dire straits, and the officers and soldiers were exhausted.

When the Qin army easily blasted through the city wall and the water rushed in, the general of Shangzhu State, who had been reluctantly supporting, finally knew that the end of the Chu State had arrived, and even Da Luo Jinxian could not save Shenjing City......

When this became clear, the pride of his life collapsed. When the belief collapsed, the spirit and spirit quickly escaped from the body, and this resilient general also turned into an old man who was about to die in a blink of an eye.

He didn't want to make any more decisions, he felt he was too tired. In the final analysis, his tenacity comes from hope, he doesn't have Zhao Wuyi's ruthlessness to fight to the end even if he is desperate, once he can't see a glimmer of hope, he can't hold on any longer.

He was not an unreasonable person, and when he admitted defeat, he also knew that for the millions of people in Shenjing City, surrender was the most reasonable choice, so he let those princes and ministers frown at each other with the people of Qin.

But that doesn't mean he thinks the same way. When they arrived at such a field, there was only one thing left for the martyrs to chase—and that was the name behind them. Since the deeds of his life have become the embellishment of other people's achievements, let the name behind him illuminate his own history!

For a person who is pursuing fame and fame, it can be regarded as a kind of comfort and compensation to have a little fame after working in vain......

With a mind made up his mind, the turbidity in his eyes was swept away and became bright again. The dejected generals saw this change in their eyes, and suddenly rekindled their hope and said, "General, have you cheered up again?" ”

"The old man really wants to cheer up." Zhu Lie bowed his head and said: "Death after the country will be the greatest shame for soldiers. ”

The generals said solemnly: "I am willing to listen to the general's orders!" There was a temper and shouted: "Give the order, general, arrest all those who surrendered and behead them to calm the hearts of the people." ”

"No need," Zhao Wuji shook his head and said, "Everyone has their own ambitions, and we don't force them." ”

"General?" The generals were confused: "If you let them go on, how can Shenjing City defend it?" ”

"We can't stay any longer." Zhu Lie said solemnly: "After the water retreats, there will be a plague rampant, and the Qin army besieges and does not attack, just to let us die without a fight." ”

"Are you saying that the Qin army will no longer take the initiative to attack the city?" The generals were incredulous.

"They won't even go into town again." Zhu Lie pointed to the secret report on the table, and sneered: "Look at it, they let the army drive out of the city to be detained, and let the emperor and the civil and military ministers go out of the city to surrender, and they have no intention of entering the city at all." ”

"What the general said is very true." The generals couldn't help but be convinced: "So what do you mean?" ”

"Get out of town! Take the initiative! Zhu Lie said categorically: "There is little hope for the success of this operation, and the biggest possibility is that we are all broken." Looking at the generals who had followed him all the way to today, Shangzhuguo said slowly: "So the old man doesn't force you, those who are willing to die follow me, and those who are willing to live stay, I will never blame you." ”

"We are willing to follow the general, rather than for the broken jade, not for the whole tile, to die in the society, and to leave a name!" After a brief silence, the generals spoke in unison...... No matter what you think in your heart, you have to show your attitude at this time, even if you have a ghost in your heart, you have to talk about it later.

"It's rare." Zhu Lie bowed his head and said: "Go back and explain these words to your subordinate officers and soldiers, and don't force them to do the same, you know?" ”

"Yes!" The generals responded in unison.

"Okay, assemble their own teams, and also inform those rebels and the Qinwang army outside the city, and if there are those who are willing to follow, they will attack together tomorrow." Before being besieged by the Qin army, Zhu Lie sent liaison officers to liaise with the Qin Wang army in various places, and kept in touch with each other through the wolf smoke paper kite and gave orders.

"Yes!" The generals were ordered to go down and organize their own contacts.

The guiding ideology of the Qin army's operations was simple and clear, that is, after destroying the main force of Qi and Chu, they captured Shangjing and Zhongdu, forced the monarchs of the two countries to surrender, and the world finally passed on the decision.

In fact, for a big country, it is unprecedented in ancient and modern times to surrender without a fight. The demise of a great power is always accompanied by war and sacrifice, and the only difference is the scale of war and sacrifice.

The so-called surrender without a fight only belongs to the shameless princes and ministers, and the truly bloody soldiers and civilians will not do so.

After receiving information about the movements of the Chu army, Qin Lei finally had to be convinced: "Wen Yu, you are right, it will never happen if the whole country surrenders without a fight. ”

How dare Yang Wenyu take advantage of the prince's mouth, and hurriedly said respectfully: "Actually, it's almost the same, the state of Chu has been forced into chaos in the government and the opposition, and it only lacks an effective blow to promote surrender and surrender." ”

Qin Lei smiled imperceptibly and said, "Judging the situation, this battle is indeed needed." And those Qinwang armies have always been overwhelming, and we can take advantage of this opportunity to do it in one fell swoop. As he spoke, he smiled at his number one general and said, "Wen Yu, guess how the Chu army will attack?" ”

Yang Wenyu didn't hide it either, and pointed to the sand table that was already familiar with his chest and said: "Lord Wang, please see, the Qin Wang army of the Chu State has successively moved to this valley west of our army, far away from the Chu army in the city, and now Zhu Lie wants to die and struggle, and will definitely use the cover of this team to make a fuss." ”

Qin Lei nodded approvingly, and listened to Yang Wenyu continue: "And our army is divided into eight battalions and stationed on the high ground in the eight directions of Shenjing City, which gives the Chu army a chance to break through. ”

Qin Lei laughed and said, "This opportunity has been given to them for a long time, what can I do if I don't need it?" ”

"It's not that they don't want to use it, the only thing they are worried about is that our army's powerful sailors are cruising outside the city and can support anywhere at any time." Yang Wenyu said in a deep voice: "Now that there are a large number of Qin Wang Jun as victims, Zhu Lie can make them feint to attack one or even several places, attract my Great Qin Sailor to the past, and then use the empty dang to kill it!" ”

"Where is the goal of the martyrs?" Qin Lei frowned and asked.

"There is no way to speculate, but if you want to change the situation of the battle, the last general dares to guess that they will still go straight to our army." Yang Wenyu was not sure.

"What about the attack time?" Qin Lei continued to ask.

"The time of attack agreed between Zhu Lie and the outside of the city is Hai Shi, so the last general guessed that he should go out of the city at the time of the child." Yang Wenyu said softly.

"Yes, Lone has no objections. The only thing to say is that in this battle, our army does not seek to behead and kill the enemy, but only to defeat the enemy and chaos the enemy to deter the Chu State and urge it to surrender early! Qin Lei said in a deep voice: "Pass the order, prepare separately, and fight the last battle to exterminate the Chu State!" ”

"I'll be ordered!" The generals shouted in unison.

God finally helped the people of Chu, it rained non-stop in the middle of the night, according to the previous experience of the Chu army, the Qin people's strong bows, crossbows, cannons, rockets, and all other killing weapons will lose their effect, and if you want to kill the enemy, you can only take hand-to-hand combat.

The morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted, and they launched an attack in advance for fear of missing this God-given opportunity. The killing of heaven and earth was loud, and the 300,000 Chu Guoqin Wang army was divided into three divisions and launched an attack on the three military camps of the Qin army.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they rushed to the Qin army's camp, the explosion came as promised, and it still turned their bombers on their backs, causing Qin Wangjun's physical and mental injuries very much. They are stepping on landmines...... In fact, if you pay a little attention, you will think that Qin Jun can use mines, how can he not solve the problem of waterproofing?

Not only that, but the Qin army's strong bow and crossbow cannon rockets also did not fire in the rain, except that the power was less than usual, the effect was no different...... In fact, as long as you build a rainproof shed for the cannon and add a buffalo leather sheath to the bow and crossbow rockets, as long as it is not a stormy weather, you can still attack normally.

As for the Qin army, it used to have a truce whenever it rained, but it was just to protect expensive weapons and prevent trouble. Now in this decisive syllable, naturally he does not care about weapons, so that the officers and soldiers of Chu suffer a big loss, and they are killed all over the field by this head-on blow, and the morale caused by the breakdown of good wishes has greatly reduced their combat effectiveness, and they cannot advance an inch at all.

However, the Qin army still sent a distress signal to the sailor......

As soon as they saw the signal, the Chu army's sailors divided into three routes to support the camps.

Seeing that the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain was sold, the Chu army in the city was very happy, and after the Qin sailors went away, they took a fast boat out and went straight to the Chinese army camp of the Qin State.

Unsurprisingly, the attack encountered a heavy setback, and the Qin army that fought from all sides surrounded it heavily, but as soon as the two sides fought, the Qin soldiers exclaimed: "This is not a regular army!" ”