Chapter 254: Refusing to Cross the Huai Shui
"Back then, King Huai was deceived into the Wuguan Huimeng and was detained by the Qin people, which was the beginning of Qin Chu's hatred."
"Huai Wangke died in Qin, Zi coffin returned to Chu, and the people of Chu took pity on him, like a sad relative."
"Then, Qin attacked Chu, flooded Yan Ying, killed the Chu people, and we were forced to move the capital several times, avoiding the edge of Qin, and finally arrived in Shouchun, what a humiliation!"
"I, Xiang Yan, have been studying the art of war since I was a child, and I have always longed to defeat the Qin State, revive the Great Chu, and avenge the Chu people."
Xiang Yan remembered the past and was very emotional.
The short soldiers around him, as well as the soldiers who escaped with him, all bowed their heads and wept when they heard the words.
They hated the Qin State from the bottom of their hearts, everyone wanted to revive the Chu State and destroy the Qin State to take revenge, but Bai Qi was gone, and there was another Bai Zhong who was similar to Bai Qi.
Looking at Huaishui and the sparkling river, Xiang Yan continued: "The king of Qin is insatiable, he wants Qingyang today, he will want Wujun tomorrow, and finally annex our Great Chu, all of them, and the land can not be exchanged for peace, only war, only by destroying Qin, can peace be obtained, so I want to take the initiative to send troops and kill Bai Zhong, but now I ......"
Bai Zhong is very strong, and now his plans have failed.
"Aweng, let's cross the river."
Xiang Liang's voice was choked, and he continued: "As long as we are alive, we will definitely be able to defeat Bai Zhong." ”
Xiang Yan waved his hand: "The law of Chu, the army is overthrown, the army is killed, the army of 400,000 is annihilated, what is my face, and then cross the Huaishui?" On the day I left the school, I said that if I lost this battle, the only one who could go back was my head! ”
"Awen!"
"Shangzhu Country!"
Everyone said in unison.
Even Jinglan, who was afraid of death, heard these words, and his heart was in pain, which was extremely uncomfortable.
"A hundred years of rotten wood, its heart will perish."
"The current Chu State is like rotting wood, and it is really hopeless."
"Chu is dead, not the disaster of war, it is really a domestic accumulation of difficulties and decay!"
Xiang Yan thought that the Qu family was desperate to leave for the sake of the fiefdom, and also took all the grain and grass with him.
The Zhao clan felt that this battle would be lost, so they directly cut off food and grass, and no longer provided soldiers and horses.
Although the Jing clan sent troops and food, it was tied to the state of Chu, and the death of Chu was the death of the Jing family, and it was a last resort.
Although the king of Chu wanted to seek peace, he had to hesitate for so long when he made a decision to make peace, and his power was hollowed out by their nobles, and if he broke away from the nobles, the king of Chu would not be able to do anything.
This is the root of the defeat of the Chu State.
Is the state of Chu weak?
The territory is 5,000 miles, with a million halberds and 10,000 cars.
In the end, he was defeated.
In fact, it is defeated by the internal, rotten system.
Xiang Yan raised his sword, put it on his neck, and said lightly: "Xiang Liang, after I die, you take my head, and then take your grandson Xiang Yu away, and tell him that as long as there is one more person in our Xiang clan, we will destroy the Qin State, avenge the Great Chu, and revive the Great Chu." ”
"Awen!"
Xiang Liang grabbed Xiang Yan's sword-holding hand.
Xiang Yan didn't put down the sword, remembered Qu Yuan's "National Martyrdom", and laughed miserably: "Take a long sword to coerce the Qin bow, and the first body will not be punished." Cheng is both brave and martial, and he is strong and invincible. ”
Then his hand grabbed the hilt of the sword horizontally, and at the same time pushed the beam away with force.
The sharp sword slashed through the neck, and blood spilled on the spot.
Xiang Liang wanted to stop it, but his strength was not as great as Xiang Yan's, and now he could only reach out and hug his father's corpse and cry bitterly.
"Shangzhu Country!"
Jing Lan and the others knelt down.
"Shangzhu Kingdom, we're here!"
With that, one of the soldiers raised his sword and wiped his neck.
"Shangzhuguo, wait for me!"
The other short-range soldiers also refused to survive and committed suicide one after another.
More than 200 short soldiers, all of whom fell aside, followed their Shangzhu Kingdom.
"The body is dead, the god is the spirit, and the soul of the child is the ghost!"
Jing Lan sighed, he didn't expect this battle to end like this, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, were they really wrong? If you cut the land and seek peace, you don't need to fight, but peace is only temporary, and Qin's desire is unlimited.
If the war is fought to the end, victory will be peace, but defeat will be the destruction of the country.
These two choices, any of them, the final result is actually the destruction of the country, and no one can change this ending, this is the fate of the Chu State.
Xiang Liang put down his father's corpse, took his father's sword, cut off the head with a sword, and then wrapped it firmly in his armor, hugged it in his arms and continued to cry bitterly, his voice becoming more and more sad.
"General Xiang, let's go, don't live up to the expectations of Shangzhu Kingdom."
Jinglan could already hear the sound of horses' hooves coming from afar.
The Qin army caught up.
"General Xiang, you guys flee, we will be the ones who will be the ones who are cut off from the Shangzhu Kingdom."
The remaining thousands of Chu soldiers resolutely stood up and walked in the direction from which the sound of horses' hooves came.
The defeated army, it's useless to go back, it's better to fight this one.
"Let's go!"
Jing Lan listened to the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, and his fear of death reappeared, and his heart became more and more panicked, and finally dragged Xiang Liang onto the boat, destroyed other boats, sailed out of Huaishui, and left here.
As for whether Xiang Liang will return to Shouchun, Jinglan doesn't know.
But he had to go back, take the Jing clan's men with him, and either accompany them to fight to the death, or escape first.
The current situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for them.
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The Iron Eagle Ruishi led by Geng Wu quickly chased to the bank of the Huai River.
As soon as they appeared, they were intercepted by thousands of Chu troops.
"Kill!"
Geng Wu said indifferently and ruthlessly.
"Kill!"
The Iron Eagle Warriors rode into the Chu army, and thousands of people were not enough for them to warm up.
Then, Geng Wu approached the shore and looked towards the Huaishui River, only to see a boat, carrying several people, gradually moving away.
There were also hundreds of corpses on the shore, one of which was headless, wearing the armor of the chief general of the Qin army, and then the figure looked like Xiang Yan's.
"Go back and tell the general that Xiang Yan committed suicide!"
Geng Wu pulled the reins and walked back.
Xiang Yan's main force of the Chu army has been completely destroyed.
Extinguishing Chu is within reach.
The corpses on the ground, they didn't care for the time being, and the Iron Eagle Ruishi followed Geng Wu and walked back to bring the news to Bai Zhong.
"Chen Ping, you're right."
After Bai Zhong heard this, he turned his head to look at Chen Ping.
Chen Pingzuo said: "It's all my guess, congratulations to the general, Xiang Yan is dead, and Chu is about to be destroyed." ”
"Congratulations to the general!"
Everyone said in unison.
Bai Zhong waved his hand, telling them to be quiet first, and then led the troops to continue to the Huaishui bank in front.
Xiang Yan of the Shangzhu State of Chu was dead, and the news quickly spread throughout the entire Qin army.
As soon as they arrived on the shore, hundreds of soldiers of the Qin army, all newly recruited soldiers of the Three Jin Dynasty, walked quickly towards those corpses.
"Xiang Yan's head, give it to me!"
"If I get the head of the Chu State and the Pillar State, I will definitely be promoted to an official doctor."
"The head is mine!"
They suddenly rushed out just to grab the merit, even if they couldn't grab Xiang Yan's head, but following Xiang Yan's side, as long as they brought back the heads of other generals, it would be a great achievement.
For the sake of their military exploits, these hundreds of recruits were hot-headed and forgot all about the military law, generals and military judges of the Qin army.
"Gengwu, kill them all."
Bai Zhong's face sank instantly, and there were still people who dared to snatch merit in front of him, that was looking for death!