Chapter Seventy-Six: The Death of the King of Nanyue
Although there is still a trace of father-son affection between Zhao Tuo and Zhao Shi's father and son, the war between the two armies will never be restrained in the slightest because of this trace of family affection.
Just when Zhao Tuo and Zhao Shi sighed secretly, the battle between the Qin army and the South Vietnamese army became more and more intense, and teams of South Vietnamese troops rushed up to the city tower one after another, wanting to stop the Qin army who had climbed the city tower on the Dongye City Tower.
The idea of the Qin army, who climbed the tower with Han Chuan, was just the opposite, they wanted to end the Dongye War as soon as possible, so that they could rush to reinforce Fusu.
After half an hour of brutal fighting, the Tiger Ben Army repelled several counterattacks of the South Vietnamese Army under the leadership of Han Chuan, successfully captured the city tower, and successfully opened the south gate of Dongye City, and released the 10,000 Tiger Ben troops who had not had time to climb the city tower.
With the addition of these 10,000 people, the fighting in Dongye City instantly became favorable to the Qin army.
When Dongye City was surrounded by a thick night, the battle in Dongye City finally came to an end, and Zhao Tuo withdrew to the Nanyue Palace with hundreds of his relatives.
Han Chuan was not ambiguous, and immediately led the 30,000 surviving Tiger Ben army and Ying Long army to surround the Nanyue Palace.
In the palace of the Nanyue king, hundreds of soldiers were guarding the palace gate, while Zhao Tuo was sitting on the ground resting with a bloody face, his expression was as decadent as a defeated lion.
Just as Han Chuan was about to bang on the door, the door of the Nanyue King's Palace opened from the inside, and he saw a guard of the Nanyue King walk out and bow to Han Chuan:
"The king of my family invited the prince Zhao Shi to enter, and he also asked the general for permission."
This sudden variable made Han Chuan a little confused, so he had to look back at Zhao Shi who was standing behind him, wondering what Zhao Shi meant.
"General Han, let me in!" Zhao Shi said to Han Chuan with a firm gaze.
After glancing at Zhao Shi, Han Chuan nodded with a solemn expression and agreed to Zhao Shi's request.
After a while, Zhao Shi left Han Chuan and the others, and followed the guard of the king of Nanyue into the palace of the king of Nanyue.
When Zhao Shi saw Zhao Tuo sitting on the ground, he hurriedly bowed to the ground and saluted Zhao Tuo: "Unfilial son to meet his father"
"Do you know that I am your father?" Zhao Tuo looked at Zhao Shi playfully and said.
"Father, son dare not forget father."
"Come with me!"
Zhao Tuo stood up as he spoke, and walked towards the political hall not far away with heavy steps, Zhao Shi immediately got up and walked behind Zhao Tuo and helped Zhao Tuo up.
"Shi'er, have you ever blamed your father?" Zhao Tuo looked at Zhao Shi beside him and asked.
"Father, son dare not blame father."
After a while, Zhao Shi helped Zhao Tuo into the political hall.
Zhao Tuoping withdrew all the guards and personally lit the oil lamp in the political hall, and then got up and closed the door of the political hall.
The dim oil lamp reflected on the faces of father and son, creating a moment of silence.
"Shi'er, do you know that forcing you to surrender to Fusu was planned by your father?" Zhao Tuo looked at Zhao Shi and said calmly.
After listening to what Zhao Tuo said, Zhao Shi was stunned for a while, and didn't know what to say, so he had to look at Zhao Tuo blankly, hoping that Zhao Tuo could give him a reasonable explanation.
"Shi'er, from the beginning when Zhang Liang and others infiltrated my South Vietnam to make trouble, I knew that Fusu had been eyeing my South Vietnam, originally I thought that my South Vietnam was not like the Jiangdong Xiang clan and Hexi Tou Mandanyu, relying on the Xiongguan Danger to stop the Qin army, but when Bushan and other places were lost one after another, I knew that my South Vietnam was definitely not the opponent of Fusu."
Speaking of this, Zhao Tuo glanced at Zhao Shi meaningfully.
"Father, what do you ......mean?"
"Shi'er, you listen to me first." Zhao Tuo interrupted Zhao Shi's question and spoke again.
"I see that Su Qiren, no matter his mind or strategy, he is not under Qin Shi Huang. With this person, my Nanyue will only fall in the morning and night, I am a traitor to Qin, even if I return to Qin again, Fusu will definitely not allow me to live in this world, but you are different, as long as you surrender to Daqin before my Nanyue falls, Fusu will not embarrass you, but will treat you politely, so that you can have a way to live in this troubled world. ”
After listening to what Zhao Tuo said, Zhao Shi couldn't cry anymore and curled up beside Zhao Tuo.
It was only at this moment that Zhao Shi understood Zhao Tuo's love for him.
"Shi'er, you must remember that you must not be like your father and the king, and you must not have the ambition of cutting the land and becoming the king, otherwise you will be harmed by Fusu sooner or later, people will let you be the county guard of this Nanhai County, you will do it well, if you are not allowed to be the county guard, you should not be dissatisfied, there is only one wish for your father, that is, I hope you can live well."
Zhao Tuo said and touched Zhao Shi's head dotingly, then got up and walked towards the oil lamp.
"Choking"
The sound of a sharp sword unsheathed reached Zhao Shi's ears.
Zhao Shi hurriedly looked up, only to see Zhao Tuo holding a bright sword in his hand.
Zhao Shi felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart, and immediately got up and rushed towards Zhao Tuo.
I saw that Zhao Tuo had already raised his sword towards his neck, and the sound of a sharp blade cutting through the skin came clearly.
After an instant, the body of Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, was paralyzed, and Zhao Shi grabbed Zhao Tuo's lifeless body before Zhao Tuo's body fell to the ground, and tears welled up.
"Father," an extremely mournful cry came out of the council hall.
When several of Zhao Tuo's chamberlains and relatives rushed in, they saw Zhao Shi sitting on the ground holding the body of the King of Nanyue, and the clothes on Zhao Shi's chest had been soaked with Zhao Tuo's blood.
These people looked at the wound on Zhao Tuo's neck and understood that Zhao Tuo committed suicide, not Zhao Shi's killing.
The "king" and his relatives knelt down in front of Zhao Tuo and wailed.
When the wailing in the palace of Nanyue reached the ears of Han Chuan and the others, Han Chuan had already guessed the ending.
"General Han, should we go in?" An adjutant general approached Han Chuan and said.
Han Chuan shook his head and did not speak.
The lieutenant retreated with interest and waited obediently with Han Chuan.
After a long time, I saw Zhao Shi walking out of the Nanyue Palace covered in blood.
When the light of the torch shone on Zhao Shi's face, Han Chuan saw Zhao Shi's face clearly, only to see that Zhao Shi was discouraged, with tears and bloodstains, which had already covered Zhao Shi's fairly handsome face.
Just when Han Chuan looked at Zhao Shi blankly, Zhao Shi knelt in front of Han Chuan with a plop.
"General Han, Zhao Shi knows that the prince is dissatisfied with my father's betrayal of Qin, and now that my father is dead, I implore the general to let Zhao Shi bury his father in a good life, if the general is unwilling, Zhao Shi is willing to give up the position of the county guard of Nanhai County, and replace my father to be buried outside this Dongye City."
After Zhao Shi finished speaking, he kowtowed heavily to Han Chuan, and when Zhao Shi raised his head, a clear blood mark had already appeared on his forehead.
In fact, Han Chuan really wanted to bring Zhao Tuo's head to his son Fusu, after all, he knew Fusu's hatred for Zhao Tuo, but now Zhao Shi begged bitterly, which made Han Chuan a little difficult to decide for a while.
Just as Han Chuan was thinking, Zhao Shi had already kowtowed to Han Chuan several times in a row, and his forehead was already blurred with flesh and blood.
After hesitating again and again, Han Chuan helped Zhao Shi up and glanced at Zhao Shi helplessly.
"Okay, I'm also going to let it go, you go and bury your father in a good life, if the son blames it, I'll bear it!" Han Chuan said to Zhao Shi.
"General Xie Han"
Zhao Shi said that he was about to kneel down again, but was pulled by Han Chuan.