To the east of Yingshui, the mighty army of black armor is marching.

They are still two days away from Xia Cai.

At the vanguard of this great army, General Pi Qiang stood on his chariot, and the spring breeze on his cheeks made him feel very comfortable.

The Qiang general remembered the news from Huainan he received a few days ago, and smiled at the left and right knights: "That General Zhao is running very fast, taking advantage of the time when we are sweeping the remnants of the Chu army in Huaibei, I will lead people to take the Chu capital directly." Such a desire to strive for merit is no worse than last year's Li Xin. It's just that I don't know if this General Zhao can defeat that Shouchun and capture the King of Chu alive? ”

As soon as the surrounding knights heard this, they knew that their own general had begun to sarcastically again.

Shouchun is Huainan Xiongcheng, the city is high and the walls are solid, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers guarding the city, and twenty or thirty thousand people want to break the city, is it possible?

The knights knew that Qiang had always been at odds with Zhao Tuo, but now when they saw their general's sarcastic words, they could only echo and say: "With 20,000 troops, it is impossible for General Zhao to break through Chudu. I want to come here for a few days, but I can only stop at the foot of Shouchun City. If you want to break the city, you still have to wait until the generals and the army arrive. ”

"Yes, yes. This kid doesn't think he can destroy the king after a few victories? Thinking that Shouchun Jiancheng will definitely be able to frustrate his pride, if he doesn't know how to converge, Li Xin will be his end. ”

Qiang Qi said, and remembered Zhao Tuo's record of breaking 100,000 Qi troops, his heart was burning with jealousy, and he sneered more and more: "He Zhao Tuo wants to capture Shouchun with 20,000 people, it is better to count on the king of Chu to surrender to him on his own initiative, hehe." ”

The dignified King of Chu, who was guarding Xiongcheng and had tens of thousands of soldiers, would he surrender to a Qin general with only more than 20,000 men?

Impossible.

……

"Great Chu is dead, and he is surrendered!"

"The gods have decreed that the state of Chu will perish!"

"Whoever exterminates Chu, Zhao Tuo also!"

In the depths of the Chu Palace, even the towering palace walls could not stop the shouting Chu sound from coming from outside the wall.

The king of Chu plugged his ears with silk, but he still couldn't expel the words that were deeply imprinted in his mind.

"A group of chaotic ministers and thieves, all traitors from the Chu State!"

The king of Chu gritted his teeth and scolded angrily, his face pale.

Because outside the palace walls, it was not the Qin people who shouted all kinds of words to destroy Chu, but the nobles of Chu who were originally loyal to him.

These Chu nobles, when they saw that Zhao Tuo had no intention of attacking the Chu Palace, they were disappointed, and they couldn't help but think differently.

In particular, some people say that the reason why General Zhao was reluctant to enter the city to attack the Chu palace may be that he suspected that they had two hearts, fearing that they wanted to lure the Qin army into the city, and then colluded with the Chu army in the palace to ambush the Qin people.

After all, the Qin army only had more than 20,000 people, and the number was far inferior to that of the Chu people in the city.

Although the logic of this statement is not very reasonable, many nobles of the Chu State still chose to echo it, because they desperately hoped for the destruction of the Chu State.

For those of them who surrendered, the palace city of the King of Chu in Shouchun City was very dazzling, especially the red phoenix bird flag fluttering on the palace wall, as if it was a reminder of their treason at every moment.

"Only when the state of Chu perishes and surrenders, can we rest assured."

"Now that there are few Qin troops outside the city, Zhao Tuo will not do anything to us in order to maintain the stability of the situation, but if he waits until the Qin army arrives. At that time, the Qin people had the advantage, and they would definitely not treat us as favorably as they do now. ”

"Therefore, we must show our loyalty to the Qin people and make meritorious contributions! Only in this way can we gain the trust of the Qin people, and when Wang Qian's army arrives, we will be able to keep our wealth and wealth! ”

"Yes, faster. Otherwise, when the Qin army arrives, we will have no chance to make meritorious contributions, and how can we still be qualified to ask for benefits from the Qin people at that time. ”

"General Zhao is unwilling to enter the city to attack the Chu Palace, so we will let Na Cheng surrender himself!"

Under such thoughts, the nobles of the Chu State who chose to surrender in Shouchun City became radical.

On the one hand, they mobilized their soldiers to kill all the people in the city who were loyal to the Chu State and were unwilling to surrender to Qin, and used the heads of these righteous men of the Chu State to ask the Qin army outside the city to show their loyalty.

On the other side, they kept sending people to persuade outside the palace, hoping that they could see the situation clearly and take the initiative to surrender.

Not to mention, their actions did have an effect.

The Qin army broke through Shouchun Waiguo, but did not enter the city to kill and loot, so that Shouchun City maintained a certain order, and the lives and property of the nobles and wealthy and civilians were not violated by the Qin army, which in itself was a huge attraction.

The Chu people within the palace walls, except for some loyal people who are indeed loyal to the Chu State and are willing to die with the country.

A large number of people were actually swingers, some of them were coerced into the palace by the general Ye Bai, and some were afraid of the slaughter of the Qin army, so they fled into the palace.

When these people saw that there was peace outside the city, and that those who surrendered still retained their wealth, the resistance in their hearts dispersed first.

Then I heard that the army of Qin was about to arrive, and when the palace was broken, there would be death or life, and the desire to survive in my heart kept coming out.

Whether it is the nobles in the Chu palace or those soldiers with weapons, many of them have already surrendered in their hearts.

In the past few days in the Chu Palace, some people have openly persuaded the King of Chu to surrender.

The king of Chu was furious and beheaded those who persuaded him to surrender on the spot.

Although such a killing did silence the mouths of those who persuaded them to surrender.

But in Miyagi, this undercurrent of surrender not only did not disappear, but became more and more turbulent.

Even the two loyal ministers of Zuo disciple Sun Chang and general Ye Bai were difficult to suppress, and even the king of Chu heard that several ministers were plotting to open the palace gate and collude with the traitors of Chu outside the city to sell him for a good price.

Such a situation made the king of Chu more and more afraid.

"Although Zhao Tuo didn't come to attack, Wang Qian's army is coming."

"If Shouchun is still in his hands, Bugu can still hold on to one or two, but now there is only this small palace city left, how to resist Wang Qian's 600,000 army."

"In the palace city, there are more and more traitors, and these people want to betray Bugu in order to flatter the Qin people."

"Rather than being betrayed by these traitors and becoming a prisoner of the Qin army. If he surrendered, he could still talk to Zhao Tuo about a condition and let him treat him politely. ”

Rather than being sold cheaply by others, it is better to sell yourself yourself, and you can also bargain with Qin Jun and sell yourself at a good price.

When such a thought comes out of my heart, it is difficult to hold it down.

"Don't want to fall."

When the king of Chu summoned his ministers and announced this decision.

The left disciple Sun Chang and the general Ye Bai were stunned.

Didn't the king still be full of blood a few days ago, and even distributed the wealth in the palace to motivate the soldiers, and wanted to resist the Qin people to the end?

How did he take the initiative to ask for surrender in a few days.

"The ministers are about to fight to the death, why did the king surrender first?"

Ye Bai's eyes were in tears, he had already made the choice of defending the palace city and dying with the king.

Compared with Sun Chang who was speechless, Ye Bai was in tears.

The other Chu ministers all cheered.

"The king is wise!"

"The king has surrendered, and the Qin people will definitely treat him well!"

"The Qin army is powerful, it is difficult for us to resist, and only those who obey the mandate of heaven can maintain their wealth!"

……

In the midst of that burst of cheers, the king of Chu stretched out his hand and pointed at these courtiers who had already wanted to surrender, and said expressionlessly: "This is the meaning of the ministers." ”

Sun Chang and Ye Bai were silent.

In the palace city, there are many people who want to surrender.

The king of Chu said again: "Zuotu is the most important minister of the country, and he is also the most important person in the valley. In today's surrender, I also asked the left disciples to go to Qin to do business, and we must let the Qin people treat each other politely. ”

"Let that Qin general Zhao Tuo give Bugu some decency."

Zuo disciple Sun Chang closed his eyes.

Chu is dead.

He sighed and bowed at last.

"No."

……

In the camp of the Qin army.

Zhao Tuo was discussing with the generals about choosing a place to build a camp for the army that was about to arrive.

It is believed that the messenger reported that the army led by General Wang Jian had almost arrived near Xia Cai, and in terms of time, the whole army could cross the Huaishui River and reach Shouchun in three days at most.

Just as the generals were discussing, Xi Qigu, who was in charge of the inspection of the barracks, suddenly came to report excitedly.

"General, the king of Chu in the palace sent an envoy, saying that he wants to surrender to the general!"

As soon as these words came out, the generals were in an instant uproar.

This King of Chu asked for surrender, and they took the initiative to attack the Chu Palace, but the nature is different.

Only Zhao Tuo not only didn't like it, but frowned.

This King of Chu is too ignorant of the rules.

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