"Shouchun Waiguo was attacked by the Qin general Zhao Tuo?"

"The king asks the Qin people to surrender?"

"The Chu Palace has fallen into the hands of the Qin army, and the king, the prince and grandson, and the ministers and nobles of the Manchu Dynasty have all been captured by the Qin people and escorted to the north?"

When one bad news after another spread from the west to Huaiyin City through fast horses.

The tens of thousands of residents in the entire Huaiyin City, as well as the nearly 100,000 Chu troops outside the city, were all thrown into chaos and panic.

"The king descended to Qin, and my Chu country is dead!"

"Jing Chu is dead, where should we go?"

"The Qin army is about to head east, what should we do?"

Not only the civilians and sergeants of the Chu people were panicking, but even Gongzi Qi and Xiang Yan and others, who were the leaders, were so shocked by the news that their faces turned pale and their eyes were shocked.

Because the speed of Shouchun's fall was much faster than they expected.

"Shouchun is the city's hero, and my brother has tens of thousands of troops, how could Zhao Tuo's 20,000 or 30,000 people break through the outer city?"

"Zhao Tuo, this son, is so powerful!"

Gongzi Qi's expression was shocked, and the young man standing beside Li Xin with a smiling face appeared in his mind.

He knew that Zhao Tuo was very capable, so when Chen Ying, Gongzi Qi stood on the high city wall, looked at Zhao Tuo's back out of the city, and said the words "Since you can't collect it, then destroy it".

Gongziqi thought that with his participation, Li Xinhua Chu would definitely fail miserably. At that time, Zhao Tuo was in danger of being killed and captured in the defeated army.

Even if Zhao Tuo can escape back to Qin in the end, he will definitely be defeated by this defeat like Li Xin, and he will be punished by the King of Qin for his crimes, not to mention being directly sent to the cold palace, which is also a dark future.

So when he was in Li Xin's war with Chu, he didn't take Zhao Tuo to heart.

Who knows that this son was in that big battle, although it did not change the fate of Li Xin's fiasco. But he found another way, not only to avoid the shame of defeat, but also to play a big victory that surprised the world, and became a hero in the hearts of the Qin people.

When Gongzi Qi heard about Zhao Tuo's various deeds, especially the victory in Surabaya, he sighed and couldn't help but feel a touch of regret in his heart.

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"This son is not a Qin person, if he can be used by me, I don't know how good it would be."

Now, he heard that Zhao Tuo broke through 100,000 Qi troops, forced Xiang Qu to kill, and even broke through the outer city of Shouchun. The regret and regret in Gongziqi's heart became stronger and stronger, and even gave birth to a trace of remorse.

He obviously has a chance to get Zhao Tuo.

When Zhao Tuo came back with Wang Jian Fayan, his son Qi was still the Changping Jun of Qin State at that time, and he was in the position of the right prime minister of Qin State, and he had a lot of power in his hands.

If he had known that Zhao Tuo was so capable of fighting, he would be a famous general seed. At that time, he should have disregarded his face and begged him directly from Qin Wangzheng, with his position at that time, as long as he found some excuses, I believe that Qin Wangzheng would not refuse.

In that case, he would be able to bring Zhao Tuo to Chen Ying to train him well, and turn that young man into his son-in-law.

Let Zhao Tuo serve the state of Chu, so that it should be those Qin people who should have a headache now.

"There was once an opportunity to get Zhao Tuo in front of me, but I didn't cherish it, but now that I think about it, it's too late to regret it."

When Gongzi Qi sighed, several other Chu generals took their anger out on the body of the king of Chu.

"Isn't he a pig?"

"That's Shouchun City, the city is high and the walls are solid, and there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the city, how can he not even last a month, and Zhao Tuo used twenty or thirty thousand people to break the outer Guo! How incompetent! ”

Jing Tong and Qu Mao and other Chu generals scolded angrily, and poured all their grievances on the negative ones who surrendered to the Qin army, because this matter was really unexpected.

You dignified King of Chu, how can you surrender so quickly!

Even Xiang Yan was stunned for a long time when she heard the news.

He expected Shouchun City to be able to support the Qin army for two or three months, but he didn't know that he received the news that Shouchun City was broken and the King of Chu surrendered in less than a month, which completely disrupted his plan.

"Our army has not yet been organized, and there has been no response from the feudal lords in various places, and the defeat has surrendered, and the situation is not favorable to me!"

Just as Xiang Yan was worried, for the Chu people, the next situation became more and more serious.

Immediately after the destruction of Shouchun City, the news that the King of Chu surrendered to Qin, was a messenger from the Qin army.

These Qin envoys traveled all the way to the east, and where they passed, they announced the last edict of the king of Chu.

"There is no virtue in the valley, Jing Chu is guilty, and now it is Qin Yu, and it is also the destiny of heaven. The cities of Chu should all be returned to Qin, and the order of respecting the valley should be obeyed by the will of heaven......"

This is an edict issued by the king of Chu to curry favor with the Qin people, ordering those Chu cities that are still resisting to surrender to the Qin army, and let the righteous soldiers of the Chu people who are ready to resist with swords and halberds put down their weapons and obediently go to be the obedient citizens of the Qin state.

This is the order of the king of Chu.

In practice, this edict was of great significance.

It gave many Chu people who wanted to surrender to Qin but hesitated and had scruples, a name and steps to surrender.

You see, our kings have surrendered to Qin, and they have also issued an edict asking us not to resist the Qin army. Therefore, our act of surrendering to Qin is done in accordance with the king's edict and in accordance with the mandate of heaven.

I surrendered, and that was also justified and blameless.

On the contrary, those who hold the banner of anti-Qin are actually traitors who turn their backs on the king's order.

These edicts were disseminated through the envoys of the Qin army and the Chu people who received the edicts along the way, and the influence was very great.

When it reached Huaiyin, it even caused panic among the Chu troops gathered here.

Some of the nearly 100,000 Chu troops gathered outside Huaiyin City were civilians who had been forcibly conscripted and coerced, and these people only wanted to eat all day long, and they had no loyalty to the Chu State.

But there are still some of them, but they are real righteous people with Jing Chu in their hearts, they have patriotic intentions, and they heard that Xiang Yan and Gongzi Qi are recruiting troops and gathering food here, and they have come to vote.

Now these people saw that the news that the state of Chu was dead and that the king had ordered them to surrender was spreading everywhere, and the patriotic passion that was originally full of them was instantly suppressed, and a look of confusion appeared in their eyes.

Shouchun was broken by the Qin army, and the king surrendered to the Qin people, and also ordered them not to resist.

So is it really meaningful for them to gather here to raise the banner of anti-Qin?

To sum it up in one sentence, it is that with the surrender of the king of Chu, the hearts of the people who resist Qin have begun to collapse.

The Chu people lack a leader.

Under such circumstances, Xiang Yan stood up.

This white-haired Chu State Ling Yin, standing at the head of Huaiyin City, roared angrily at the panicked Chu people.

"The usurper of the throne is a rebel and a murderer, and he should not be the king! Now that he has surrendered to Qin, it is even more of a shame for my Chu people! Because of his surrender, we think that Jing Chu is dead! ”

"Today, I will tell the second and third sons that my Chu country is not dead!"

"Jingchu has been established for 800 years, and the ancestors of the past dynasties have been able to open up the land of Jingchu for thousands of miles of mountains and rivers! Even after all the hardships, we Jing Chu people have never given in! ”

"Today, although the negative has fallen, we Chu people have our own new king!"

"When the new king ascends the throne, he will enshrine the Sheji of Chu and lead our Jing Chu heroes to fight to the death with the Qin people and fight to the end!"

Under Xiang Yan's roar and filial piety, Jing Tong, Qu Mao and other Chu generals echoed highly.

"There is a new king of Chu, we will never surrender!"

In the midst of the shouts, those Chu people who were originally in confusion suddenly woke up, and the flames that were about to be extinguished in their chests burned again, and their eyes bloomed with hope.

That's right, the defeat has fallen, and we still have a new King of Chu!

If Chu has a new king, the state of Chu will not die!

In the midst of shouts, Gongzi Qi, who was dressed in the costume of the King of Chu, walked up to the city wall step by step.

He is in his forties, with a fair complexion and a humble appearance, and has always shown himself as a gentleman.

But today, he was wearing the king's clothes, and his face was red with excitement.

He stood on the city wall, listening to the cheers coming to his ears, and felt the blood burning in his body.

"My Xiong Qi, surnamed Xiong, the descendant of Emperor Gaoyang, the descendant of Zhurong!"

Xiong Qi spoke to the people of Chu under the city.

"Now that Qin is in turmoil, the country is in danger of overturning. The mediocre lord is responsible, for the sake of his whole life, betraying the society to the Qin people, such an act is a betrayal of the foundation of my ancestors! Xiong Qi Bucai, at this time of crisis, I am willing to stand up and lead you and others to fight against the tyrannical Qin, expel the Qin people, restore the land of my Chu country, and all my Jing Chu Sheji! ”

"Wait, whatever you want!"

After a brief silence, there was a tsunami cry.

"We are willing to follow the king and fight against the Qin people together!"

"The king is victorious, we are willing to die for the king!"

At this moment, outside Huaiyin City, the cry shook the sky.

After being confused, the Chu people gathered here finally found the target of their allegiance again.

They swore an oath of service to the king at the head of the city!

If Chu has a new king, then the state of Chu is not dead!

In the midst of that cries.

Xiong Qi held his head high, his body standing straight, and his eyes flashed with excitement.

This moment.

He is no longer Changping-kun.

It's no longer Gongzi Qi.

Instead, he shouldered the hopes of countless Chu people, and wanted to lead the Chu people to expel the Qin army and restore the king of the homeland of Chu.

Chu Wang Qi!

……

Five days later.

When the news of Xiong Qi's proclamation of the throne in Huaiyin reached the Qin army camp outside Shouchun City.

It immediately caused an uproar.

"The traitor Xiong Qi dares to be the king!"

In Wang Qian's roar.

General Zhao Tuo, but his eyes were shining.

Chu Wang Qi!

will be his goal.

Zhao Tuo whispered in his heart.

"Xiong Qi, you're mine!"