Chapter 72: The Death of the State of Chu 1

The news of King Qin's "violent death" was announced to the world on June 30. +β—†+β—†, before that, the hundred officials of the Qin State had a faint bad premonition. Since the "King of Qin" returned to the palace, he has never appeared in front of the ministers, although Prime Minister Ying Ze and other humerus ministers who can see the "King of Qin" from time to time unanimously told the ministers that King Qin's body is getting better day by day. But if this was really the case, King Qin should have come out to appease the hundred officials a long time ago! Even if it's just a one-time appearance!

What is enough to support the speculation of the ministers is that the crown prince Chu, in the name of the king of Qin, ordered the conscription of 100,000 young men to build the royal tomb at the end of May. King Qin was actually in the prime of life, and there was no need to be in such a hurry to build a royal tomb. Although the explanation given by the crown prince was that the progress of the royal tomb was too slow, these days were not busy with farming, and there was no war, and there was nothing wrong with conscripting the common people to serve as labor! But the ministers were still faintly uneasy in their hearts.

Someone with a heart even noticed that Lang Zhongling Lu Buwei was also ill and did not go to court for a long time. Wei Wei Yang Duanhe also lived in a simple place, and even Du Chan, the general who was in the limelight before, was also contaminated with the "epidemic of time", and there was no movement in Xiyuan to recuperate. When I heard the news of Du Chan again, it was the other party who died and died in Xiyuan. Then half a month later, King Qin fell ill in the palace and died violently!

No one dared to question the cause of King Qin's death, because the entire soldiers and horses of Jinyang were in the hands of Yangquan Jun, and respected officials such as Prime Minister, Zongzheng, and Taiwei "listened" to King Qin's last words. The king of Qin demanded that everything be simple and not disturb the people. The crown prince Chu is benevolent and promising, and he should succeed to the throne. Du Ji has the heart of the widow, and it is advisable to share the bliss and go to the underworld together.

All accepted this fact. At this time, whoever dares to question the will of King Qin is challenging the royal power of Qin! Challenge the rules of Great Qin's centuries-old heir to the throne! There is the support of virtuous and respected ministers, and there is military power in hand. The crown prince Chu naturally inherited the throne. This year, Zichu was twenty-three years old!

The first thing Zi Chu did after succeeding to the throne as queen was to order someone to formulate a nickname based on what King Qin did during his lifetime. In the end, he said filial piety. According to historical records, King Xiaowen of Qin reigned for only ten years, and during this time, Qin rarely won victories. even lost Guanzhong. Since then, the Qin State has never been able to rise again! can only be eaten away by South Korea step by step, and finally destroyed!

In order to quickly stabilize the hearts of the people, after Zichu succeeded to the throne, he followed the advice of Lang Zhongling LΓΌ Buwei and ordered a general amnesty for sinners, commending the meritorious heroes of King Qin Xiaowen according to their merits, giving preferential treatment to clan relatives, and demolishing the royal homeland.

Su Dai stayed in Jinyang during this time and did not leave. For the indulgence of things. Su Dai is determined to win. However, for Hezhong, the Qin State quarreled constantly at the beginning, King Qin Xiaowen first went out of the city to hunt, and after returning in a hurry, he waited for a few people except Prime Minister Yingze, and no one was seen. Su Dai personally asked to see Yingze several times, but to no avail. Every time the win is flickering, even if the Su Dynasty has a showdown, it has no effect. At that time. Su Dai had already determined that something terrible must have happened in the Qin State!

Sure enough. It didn't take long for the news of King Qin Xiaowen's death to be announced to the world, and Zichu succeeded him as the king of Qin as the crown prince. It took another month to arrange the funeral, and by the time Su Dai could ask to see the King of Qin, it was already early August.

Su Dai knew very well that the people's hearts were unstable. If you want to convince the Qin State to join forces, I'm afraid it will not be easy. However, the cause of King Qin Xiaowen's death was by no means as simple as it seemed. Su Dai was very skeptical that the violent death of King Qin Xiaowen was related to South Korea. If King Qin really knew something, maybe he could provoke it. Let Qin and South Korea turn against each other!

After seeing Su Dai, King Qin could not hide his tiredness, and of course, there was also a trace of excitement between his eyebrows. From an unpopular proton to the current lord of Great Qin, King Qin has achieved a counterattack that is unimaginable to everyone. Although the power of the country is still in the hands of Mrs. Huayang and Yang Quanjun, at least nominally, he is already the lord of Great Qin. Everyone should be respectful to themselves! King Qin enjoyed this feeling very much!

"Sir is here to persuade the widow to participate in the merger, right?" Before Su Dai could speak, King Qin took the lead.

Su Dai was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting King Qin to have a showdown so soon, but he still came to his senses and said, "Yes! The minister thought that South Korea was becoming more and more aggressive, aiming to dominate the world, and all countries in the world wanted to protect the design, and they must cooperate to resist South Korea. Otherwise, South Korea will destroy one country this year and one country next year, and how can any country be spared! ”

King Qin nodded, and said very directly: "Sir's opinion is very much in line with the widow's wishes, but the bones of the first king are not cold, and the widow wants to mourn for the first king for a year, and it is not appropriate to use swords and soldiers in vain!" You can do it, but if you want to destroy Korea, you have to wait until a year later! ”

Where is Su Dai willing to drag things out until a year later, and now the national strength of various countries is not as good as South Korea, so they have to strike first and take South Korea by surprise. The further back it goes, the more South Korea has gained a firm foothold in Jizhou and Jingzhou. When the time comes, a big battle will only be a lose-lose situation. South Korea's foundation is there, and the recovery is obviously faster.

"Your Majesty! The minister thinks that there is a priority......"

"Sir, needless to say, the dead are the greatest. Mr. Mingshi must also know the truth that if you want to hurry, you can't reach it. This year, it is completely possible to create civil strife in South Korea, not to mention, how the five countries send troops, you also have to plan carefully, what does Mr. think? King Qin said in an unquestionable tone.

Without waiting for Su Dai to argue, King Qin got up and stood up, saying, "The widow is tired!" I won't say more about Mr. The matter of the conspiracy has been handed over to the prime minister, and the gentleman can negotiate the details with the prime minister. We, Daqin, are willing to participate in the joint longitudinal and serve the king of Chu as the commander of the longitudinal covenant, but to send troops, we need to wait until the end of the mourning. ”

Seeing that King Qin was resolute, Su Dai could only retreat to the next best thing, accepted King Qin's "suggestion", and watched King Qin leave. Although he had been mentally prepared, Su Dai was still unwilling to get this result. But what can be done if you are unwilling, the Qin State is indeed not ready for a big war. For the next year, I could only train soldiers and try to drive a wedge between Korea.

Chu State, Songyang.

Because of the fire of the Jingzhou Water Division, the entire Songyang River became a sea of fire. The boat division of the Chu State did not expect that the 60,000 Han troops led by Wang Jian would go around to the east of Songyang and take Songyang City by surprise. 40,000 Jingzhou sailors went down the river and broke through the formation of the Chu Guozhou division with a burning warship. It is no wonder that the Chu State Boat Division, as a fortress on the river bank, Songjiang has a huge city defense crossbow and trebuchet, and it is built according to the mountain terrain, condescending, and controls most of the river. If you don't retreat quickly while the Korean army has not yet gained a firm foothold, then most of the Chu Guozhou Division will have to be handed over here. In this way, there will be no will to fight, the soldiers will not have the will to fight, and a rout will be a matter of course.

In the end, only more than 15,000 people managed to break through the Chu State Boat Division, and most of the soldiers sank into the river to become meat for fish and shrimp. Naturally, the Jingzhou Sailor would not give up the opportunity to beat the water dogs, and pursued and killed all the way, and finally annihilated the Chu State Boat Division before it arrived at Jiuzi. Of course, the death-defying counterattack of the Chu Guozhou Division still caused a lot of casualties to the Korean army, and it is unknown whether the Chu army slipped off the boat halfway or called a faster boat called the speed to report to Wu County!

From the fifth day of the first month of August, the Fifth Route Army commanded by Bai Qi won a complete victory in just one month.

In the direction of Yugan, Zhijin Wu Weiyun led 100,000 troops to capture a large plain area west of Huangshan, Xianxialing, and Qianligang, and after leaving 50,000 troops to deter the Chu army hiding in the lofty mountains, Wei Yun had already led the army north according to the original plan. At Pengli Lake, there is a left-behind boatman who will transport them across the river to attack Zhaoguan.

In the direction of Xiyang, the 200,000 Han army led by Han Teng was like a bamboo, and the Chu army retreated in the city of Qisi, not daring to go out of the city to face the battle. After leaving 50,000 Han troops to contain the 20,000 Chu troops in the city of Qisi County, Han Teng led the main force to take Yanlou, Lu'an, and Juchao, and surrounded the important town of Shouchun.

In the direction of Xia Cai, the 200,000 Han troops led by Bai Qi and Le Cheng made the Chu army in Shouchun City sit on pins and needles. The envoys for help in Qisi County came in waves, although Shouchun had a lot of soldiers and a large number of food, with an army of 80,000, they did not dare to send reinforcements. After discovering that the Chu army was more conservative than he imagined, Bai Qi decisively divided his troops and led an army of 100,000 down the river, captured Jiuyi, and took Guangling (now Yangzhou) along the ditch.

The entire Chu army south of Huaishui and north of the river was divided by the Han army, which had an absolute advantage, and Shouchun was in danger! Think about the danger! Hefei is in danger! (To be continued......)

ps: It's been too busy these days, and there will be fewer updates. According to the original plan, this month will be the finale, although I am reluctant, there is no way! u