Chapter 62: Capturing the King of Chu Alive
Xiang Yan's body fell to the ground, his eyes wide open, full of doubts and puzzlement.
He is the general of the Chu State, and his position is high and powerful, even if he falls into the hands of Qin Yiren, according to common sense, Qin Yiren should persuade him to surrender. Even if he doesn't surrender, if Qin Yiren wants to kill him, he will count his sins and behead him, as in front of him, he doesn't ask at all, and directly kills him, which is really puzzling to him.
"No matter how big your eyes are, it's useless, you should be damned, who called you the grandfather of the Chu Overlord?" Qin Yiren looked at Xiang Yan's corpse and said secretly in his heart.
"Daddy!" Xiang Yan was killed, Xiang Chao was shocked, he had the same idea as Xiang Yan, thinking that Qin Yiren would persuade him to surrender, and Qin Yiren directly ordered to kill, he really couldn't figure it out.
Qin Yiren's gaze stayed on Xiang Chao, and his gaze was not sharp, however, for Xiang Chao at this time, Qin Yiren's gaze was like a sword, as if he wanted to cut his heart, he quickly looked away, not daring to look at Qin Yiren.
"Emperor Qin, I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender." Xiang Chao knelt on the ground with a puff and begged for his life at Qin Yiren.
Xiang Chao's courage was good, but Qin Yiren's direct killing without asking really suppressed him. It shows that their father and son have no weight in Qin Yiren's mind, and they will kill them if they say kill.
"Drop?" Qin Yiren was quite surprised, why was the father of the overlord of Chu so bold?
The overlord of Chu stirred up the wind and rain in the peasant war at the end of the Qin Dynasty, hated the Qin Dynasty very much, everything that the Qin Dynasty did, regardless of whether it was indiscriminate, was destroyed, and the burning of Afang Palace was only one of them. There are also many "people's livelihood" projects that benefit future generations have also been destroyed by the Chu overlord, and it can be said that the Chu overlord is a violent criminal.
Qin Yiren originally thought that the father of the overlord of Chu should be brave. But he didn't think of kneeling down and begging. It's not a good idea.
"Emperor Qin. I know a lot of secrets of the Chu State, and I also know the truth of Jiangdong, as long as I spare my dog's life, I am willing to lead the way for Daqin. With me leading the way, the Qin army's siege of the city and land will definitely be very smooth. In order to survive, Xiang Chao was busy talking about his value, as if he was afraid that he would be killed by Qin Yiren if he had no value.
"The state of Chu is about to fall, can't the widow still know the secrets of the state of Chu? The land of Jiangdong is all Daqin's. Doesn't Daqin know the path yet? Kill him. The corners of Qin Yiren's mouth turned up, and he ordered loudly.
"No!" Zhu Hai received the order, and smashed the giant hammer in his hand into Xiang Chao's head.
"Why did you kill me?" Xiang Chao's head burst open like a rotten watermelon, blood and brains splattered everywhere, and he roared before he died.
He gave up the dignity of the children of the family and knelt in front of Qin Yiren to beg, even if Qin Yiren did not accept his begging, he had to give him a chance to speak. Qin Yiren is good, he doesn't listen to him, and he doesn't ask him. Kill him directly, he really doesn't understand why.
"You're the most damned. Because you are the father of the Chu Overlord! Qin Yiren said secretly in his heart.
Overlord Chu is the most restless factor, and he should be strangled in his father's testicles.
"Since then, there is no Chu overlord in the world, and Great Qin has no worries." Qin Yiren was very pleased.
"Your Majesty, the Xiang father and son are dead, you can carry their bodies and move around to break the morale of the Chu army, so you don't need to kill them anymore." Zhu Hai looked at the bodies of Xiang Yan's father and son, reminding Qin Yiren.
Zhu Hai's words are very reasonable, as long as the corpses of Xiang Yan's father and son are carried around, they can completely disintegrate the morale of the Chu army, and there is no need to kill them again.
"Nope! Keep killing! And kill hard! However, Qin Yiren shook his head and vetoed Zhu Hai's proposal.
"Your Majesty, why? Didn't you say that it was a battle for unification and that you couldn't kill more? Why do you want to kill in life? Zhu Hai was puzzled, and his eyes widened.
Qin Yiren's personal strategy for destroying the country should focus on killing as little as possible, but now he keeps saying that he wants to kill hard, which is really incomprehensible.
"There are two reasons: one is that most of the Chu troops who went to the land of Huaishui are privileged people, and if they do not die, it will be extremely unfavorable to Great Qin. Therefore, we must take advantage of the good opportunity of their concentration in the land of Huaishui to annihilate them in one fell swoop. Qin Yiren explained to Zhu Hai.
In the state of Chu, there were very few slaves in the army, and most of the soldiers were privileged. Even the children of the big families are also one level higher than the ordinary people, they have some privileges, although they are not much, after all, they are privileges, and they can oppress and humiliate the ordinary people. It is precisely because the family family has given them this privilege that they are determined to work for the family family.
Among the Chu troops gathered in the land of Huaishui, not all of them, but also the vast majority of them have privileges, not to mention eight or nine hundred thousand.
They are all defenders of privileges, and they will not be willing to lose their privileges, and sooner or later they will have to oppose the Qin State. Rather than this, it is better to take advantage of the current opportunity to annihilate them all and eliminate future troubles forever.
"The second is because Daqin wants to establish his authority, and he wants to let the Chu people know that Daqin's majesty!" Qin Yiren's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Although the State of Chu is ranked among the seven major warring states, it is very different from the other six warring states, it is self-contained, and it is rarely attacked from the Central Plains. ”
The state of Chu is the most distinct of the seven warring states, and this peculiarity is not due to the vast territory of the state of Chu, but to its political system.
The state of Chu originally originated in the land of Jingxiang, which was self-contained and had little connection with the Central Plains Dynasty. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty was dissatisfied with Zhou Tianzi, and the Zhou Dynasty had to conquer the Chu State. Although the poem greatly praised Zhou Tianzi's expedition, however, Zhou Tianzi did not achieve decent achievements, and the state of Chu only gave Zhou Tianzi a step down, because the state of Chu only paid tribute to Zhou Tianzi for sacrificial thatch.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the state of Chu was very powerful, and it wanted to conquer the Central Plains, and there was a long-term war with the Central Plains. In the battle between Duke Huan of Qi and the State of Chu, Guan Zhong accused the State of Chu on the grounds that the State of Chu did not pay tribute to Zhou Tianzi with thatch, and the State of Chu did not want to fight at that time, so he admitted his mistake, relented, and paid tribute to Zhou Tianzi again.
The Battle of Zhaoling was not actually fought, it was just a confrontation, but Qi Huan Gong was complacent, and many people also boasted about him. However, some people ridiculed him, saying that the battle of Zhaoling was in name only. On the contrary, it fueled the arrogance of Jing Man.
What really hit the state of Chu was the "Battle of Chengpu" during the reign of Duke Wen of Jin. In this battle, the Jin Kingdom fought a great victory. Even Cheng Dechen wiped his neck, this was the first time that the Chu State was hit hard by the Central Plains Dynasty.
However, the state of Chu was not convinced, and in the next hundred years, it continued to attack the Central Plains, and there were many wars with the Jin state, each with its own victory and defeat.
It was not until the rise of the Qin State that a series of blows were carried out on the Chu State. The state of Chu had no power to fight back. However, because of the geographical relationship, Qin's attack was mainly concentrated in the west of Chu, and the entire Chu State had not yet felt the power of Qin, so it was too necessary to establish power on the occasion of destroying the country.
"Your Majesty!" Wei Yu praised.
"Xie Junshang relieved his doubts." Zhu Hai hugged his fists and saluted.
The Qin army then slaughtered, and the Chu army fled east and west, unable to escape, frightened, and had to kneel on the ground and beg for their lives, however. The Qin army was unmoved, and continued to kill.
Kill to the end. The Chu army was terrified, many Chu soldiers fainted in fright, and some people begged for their lives, but the Qin army was still unmoved.
This massacre lasted for four days and four nights, and there were only more than 100,000 people left in the 960,000 Chu army, so Qin Yiren ordered to stop the massacre.
At this time, the battlefield was full of corpses, stumps and broken arms everywhere, broken internal organs everywhere, and blood gathered into a huge lake of blood, with a radius of hundreds of miles.
If you walk in the Lake of Blood, you will make a "whooshing" sound with every step you take.
Qin Yiren, Wang Jian and Wei Yi gathered together to discuss the next pursuit.
"The Chu army was completely annihilated, although the land of Chu is wide, there is no army to defend it, only as soon as the army of Great Qin arrives, all Chu land is owned by Great Qin." Wang Jian said with a smile: "Please also ask the king to issue an order and divide the troops into a strategic area." ”
Wang Jian was covered in blood, like a human being, and his smile, like a demon's smile, was very terrifying.
That's right, now the living force of the Chu army has almost been annihilated by the Qin army, although the Chu country is large, there is no defensive force, and the Qin army only needs to divide the troops and strategize. It can be expected that the next little land will be nothing more than a march.
"You are a general, and you are assigned to this matter. You treat the widow as your general. Qin Yiren said to Wang Qian.
"I don't dare." Wang Jian said busily.
"The widow says it will be done." Qin Yiren's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice.
The tone is not high, but it is unmistakable.
Wang Jian groaned slightly and said, "In this case, the minister is presumptuous." The minister wanted to invite the king to go to Chu Duying, and Wei Yu went to Changsha to cut off the road for the Chu people to retreat into Baiyue, and the minister went to Jiangdong. In this way, you will be able to occupy all the land. ”
"The general's handling is very appropriate, however, the widow thinks that it is appropriate for the widow to go to Chudu Ying, and the widow will go to Changsha." Qin Yidao: "Does the general think it's okay?" ”
"Your Majesty, no." Wei Yu hurriedly said.
Go to Chengying, the capital of Chu State, maybe you will catch King Chu Kaolie, that is a miracle. Qin Yiren gave this great credit to Wei Yi, which made Wei Yi both excited and unbearable.
"Great Qin can wipe out the nations, your Wei Yu has made a lot of efforts, seeing that the world is about to be unified, but your Wei Yu did not lead the army to the battlefield, so he handed over the matter of capturing the King of Chu alive to you." Qin Yiren did not hide it, but explained his intentions.
"Well, that's fine." Wang Jian deeply agreed, hugged his fist at Qin Yiren, and said: "The king is as broad-minded as the sea, first to Li Mu, and now to Wei Yi, Daqin can have such a bright monarch as Junshang, Daqin is also lucky!" ”
What a miraculous feat it is to capture the King of Chu alive, Qin Yiren does not want it, but gives it to Wei Yi, no matter how much praise is exaggerated.
"It's over. If you can make a contribution, you can do it with a few people. It's not too late to get started. Qin Yiren waved his right hand.
Wei Yi clasped his fists at Qin Yiren, didn't say anything, everything was in a word, and led the Qin army to set off.
Wang Jian was a stranger from Qin and led the army to the land of Jiangdong.
Qin Yiren led the Qin army and went straight to Changsha.
In this way, the Qin army was divided into three and began to divide the land on a large scale.
At this time, the state of Chu had no defensive strength, and the Qin army's slight location was just a march, which was extremely smooth, and Wei Yi led the army to Chu Capital Ying, only to see the city gate wide open, and led the army straight into Ying. (To be continued......)