Chapter 450 Peace Faction: War Faction, you are such cowards!
When Dahongshan was defeated, King Chu was filled with anger and joy.
Because those who were burned to death in Dahong Mountain were all private soldiers and tribal soldiers of all ethnic groups!
Although the weakening of the power of the major clans is not a good thing for Chu State, it is good news for King Chu of Chu.
Only by continuously weakening the power of the major clans and continuously strengthening the power of the royal family, can King Chu of Chu have the opportunity to control Chu State, and then integrate the power of Chu State to fight fiercely with foreign enemies.
Therefore, the king of Chu rejected the call for peace from his ministers.
While further increasing the intensity of the war, he also used the clouds of war to secretly cultivate his own military strength.
Originally everything was going according to the script of the King of Chu.
Chu King Fu Chu also privately controlled nearly 100,000 Zhao'an troops through Xiong Xun and Zhuang Qiu, and truly had the power to turn the tables.
As a result, King Chu never expected that Xiang Yan would be defeated so quickly! So miserable!
The King of Chu just wanted to control the Chu Kingdom, but he had no intention of finishing the Chu Kingdom!
Seeing the King of Chu's face turned livid as he carried the cud, Xiang Yan kowtowed again: "The defeat of this battle is all due to the last general!"
"The last general has no face to live in the world. , I pray that the king will comfort the spirits of the soldiers who died in the battle!”
Before the ministers came to remonstrate, King Chu of Chu shouted angrily: “Xiang Zhigui!”
"I trust you so much that I will hand over more than 700,000 sons of my great Chu into your hands."
"How did you repay me?"
"A big defeat!"
"A complete defeat!"
The King of Chu walked down the stage angrily, and Xie He wore a sword on his lower waist and struck it with its scabbard against the thorns on Xiang Yan's back.
"How do you ask me to face the souls of more than 700,000 people!"
"Bang!"
The thorns were densely covered with spikes. As the scabbard fell, the spikes penetrated deeply into Xiang Yan's flesh, and as the scabbard moved, many wounds were made. .
In an instant, Xiang Yan’s back was filled with blood!
Severe pain hit, but Xiang Yan gritted her teeth and did not make any sound.
The King of Chu picked up the scabbard again and shouted angrily:
"How do you ask me to face the millions of women, children, old and weak people who have lost their children, fathers and husbands!"
"How do you ask me, the great Chu, to resist the increasingly powerful Qin Dynasty!"
Every time he asked, King Chu would slam down the scabbard of his sword.
As he shouted and asked, Xiang Yan’s back was a bloody mess!
Xiang Rong could no longer heed Xiang Yan's instructions and cried out sadly: "Your Majesty, the last general is also guilty!"
"The last general begs to suffer on behalf of my father!"
Xiang Yan suddenly turned his head and shouted angrily: "You have no qualifications to speak here!"
The King of Chu ignored Xiang Rong. Throwing out the scabbard again, Xiang Yan couldn't help but stumble forward.
Zhao Cen and others sighed in their hearts when they saw this, and could only step forward and cup their hands: "Your Majesty, calm down!"
They all knew very well that if King Chu was really angry at carrying the cud, then Chu Wang Fuchu would only ask people to pull Xiang Yan out and chop off Xiang Yan's head!
If you still haven't calmed down, then pull out all the nine tribes of Xiang Yan and behead them all!
Since Chu King Fu Chu personally punished Xiang Yan, it means that Chu King Fu Chu was not prepared to take Xiang Yan's life, and the current punishment was only for the officials to see.
In this case, it is better to sell Xiang Yan for a good cause.
Zhuang Qiu, who was standing at the edge of the hall, also stepped forward and handed over his hand: "Qi King!"
"The State of Qin has secretly bribed many bandits, and these bandits have accepted my great Chu. The imperial edict, the grain and grass of my great Chu, and the salary of my great Chu, but my heart has long been towards the state of Qin."
"It was the defection of these despicable people who contributed to the defeat of E City!"
"The general will think that the defeat of this battle is not a crime of war!"
"Anyone The generals can't win when most of their soldiers are spies."
"It's not easy for Shangzhu to escape with his remaining soldiers."
Anyway, Xiong Xun is dead! .
In this case, it is better to let the bear seek death more valuable.
The King of Chu looked at Zhuang Qiu coldly and said, "You think this battle is not a crime of war, but a crime of the court?"
Facing the King of Chu, he looked coldly at Zhuang Chou Zhuang Qiu actually nodded: "That's right."
"It was because of the misunderstanding of Hou Yanxiong that this fiasco happened!"
The King of Chu fell silent.
The ministers knew that the King of Chu was carrying the cud because he felt that the steps were not wide enough, so they all raised their hands together again: "What General Zhuang said makes sense."
"Please calm down, your Majesty!"
As expected.
Under the persuasion of the ministers, the King of Chu returned the sword to his waist with his cud in his hands, and said bitterly: "The traitor is shameless!" The soldiers hated the battlefield! ”
"Everyone should be killed!"
"Pass on my order!"
"Let the world know that anyone who can get the leader of the rebel bandits will be given a hectare of land!"
"If we can get Deng Ming and Ge Ping to take the lead in defecting, we will grant him a hundred hectares of land, a pound of bounty, and the title of a noble official!"
After all, King Chu did not abandon Xiong Xun. Instead, the main blame was placed on those defectors.
The ministers once again handed over their hands: "Your Majesty is wise!"
The King of Chu glanced at Xiang Yan and said, "Since all the dear friends have spoken for you, I will pardon you for the death penalty!"
Xiang Yan Yan kowtowed weakly, endured the pain, and said in a trembling voice: "Thank you, general!"
"General, I have been defeated in a row. Please remove me from the post of Zhuguo!"
< br>Any king would never reuse Xiang Yan who lost two battles.
But King Chu of Chu knew clearly that it was not that Xiang Yan was incompetent, but that the Qin army was too strong.
If Xiang Yan is replaced, the new general may not be better than Xiang Yan!
More importantly, the King of Chu had no choice. The royal family has no generals who can fight. If Xiang Yan is replaced, King Chu of Chu will have no choice but to steal people from the wealthy families.
But if Qu, Jing, Zhao and other wealthy tribesmen were appointed to command the army, would the main army of Chu be the soldiers and horses of the King of Chu carrying the cud or the troops of the noble tribes?
Only Xiang Yan, who was born in a small clan, could be trusted by the King of Chu.
If this were not the case, how could King Chu of Chu spare Xiang Yan’s life after Xiang Yan’s defeat!
So King Chu said in a cold voice without hesitation: "No!"
"I will spare you the crime of death, but you will not be able to escape the crime of living!"
"I will spare you the punishment of death!"
I need you to bring victory to Da Chu to atone for the sin of defeat!”
"Hurry up and join the court meeting!"
Xiang Yan sighed in his heart and kowtowed again: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Xiang Yan entered the row and sat down, and the King of Chu walked up the steps with his cud on his back.
Siting down on the high platform, the King of Chu asked in a deep voice: "The waiters found out that even though the Qin army left soldiers to garrison the city along the way, there were still 180,000 soldiers and horses chasing and killing them along the way. Zhuguo's troops."
"After Shangzhu's troops entered the city, the Qin army did not leave, but lingered near Baiyao Mountain, waiting for the arrival of subsequent troops."
"The intention may be that the sword is pointing at Helv City!"
"What do you dear princes think of our great Chu?"
Zhao Cen immediately responded: "Your Majesty, today I have 5,000 regular troops, 10,000 guards, more than 20,000 Zhao'an troops, and more than 9,000 remnants in Helu City, a total of 45,000 soldiers and horses." If we send eunuchs to help defend the city, we can still get more than 10,000 troops."
"With 60,000 troops and horses to defend Helu City, our great Chu army will definitely be able to stop the Qin army's advance!"
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"As long as we buy a few months, the common people can mobilize the young and strong soldiers in the territory to serve the king."
"I advise you to rectify your troops immediately and fight Qin to the death!"
Qu He, Zhaoyuan and other court officials also stepped forward and handed over their hands: "I am willing to lead my troops to the city and defend Helv City to the death!"
The major clans showed a completely different attitude from the past.
Just as King Fu Chu of Chu once said, Chu retreated again and again, and there was no way to retreat!
If there is another alliance under the city, how much territory will the Qin Congress ask Chu to cede this time?
The food towns of the Qu family and Zhao family may all be reduced to bargaining chips and ceded to Qin!
Even the Jing family, whose food towns were mainly concentrated in the southeast of the Yangtze River, was unwilling to cede territory and seek peace.
Because the Jing family knew very well that those nobles who lost their houses would not be willing to be poor.
The Jing family, which owns almost all the precious places in Wu, will surely become the target of public criticism!
But looking at the ministers fighting bravely, the King of Chu's face turned black.
The words of King Chu of Chu after the Battle of Dahongshan turned into bullets and hit King of Chu of Chu today!
King Fuchu of Chu was pessimistic about whether Helv City could stop the Qin army.
More importantly, if Helv City falls again, will King Chu still be able to hold the throne without any hesitation?
King Chu of Chu immediately gave Xiang Yan a wink.
Enduring the severe pain, Xiang Yan stood up and held up his hands: "The general thought that the Qin army was too powerful to be defeated!"
"The 180,000 Qin army came with victory, exhausted but with high morale!"< br>
“It is true that we have 60,000 troops in Helu City.”
“However, the remaining troops of our army and the Zhao’an army are all exhausted, and they suffered a great defeat. They need a long period of rest to recover. Restore combat strength."
"There are only more than 25,000 soldiers who can be deployed to defend the city immediately."
Zhaocen said solemnly: "With the city defense, more than 25,000 soldiers are enough to resist the Qin army for a period of time."
"And as long as we buy a few days, we will have enough tired soldiers to complete their training and participate in the defense of the city!"
Xiang Yan shook his head: "What I am worried about is the city defense!"
"Everyone knows that Chang'an Jun has developed a catapult."
" Shouchun City was destroyed by this catapult in the past!”
"Although our great Chu continues to build Helu City, the construction time is no more than a year."
"The walls of Helu City are more solid than those of Shouchun City, but they are far less powerful than those of Shouchun City. Go up to the city wall of Daliang City.”
“I don’t think the city wall of Helu City can survive the threat of the Qin Army’s catapults until the reinforcements arrive!”
Xiang Yan said sincerely: "The last general admonishes us to cede territory and seek peace!"
Zhao Cen refuted angrily: "Absurd!"
"I thought that the Shangzhu Kingdom had been demoralized by the Qin army! It had even lost its will to fight!"
"With more than 20,000 elite troops fighting against 180,000 tired troops, there is no chance of winning."< br>
“After Zhao’an’s army defeated and recovered its strength, even if there is no city wall, how can our Chu army not be able to hold on for even a few months!”
“And Helu City is far away from Xianyang. It is more than two thousand miles away, and the Qin army is unable to transport its baggage here."
"As long as the Qin army's baggage and food are burned, the Qin army will collapse without a fight!"
"There are many ways to win, how can Shangzhu Kingdom surrender so easily!"
Zhao Cen suddenly handed over his hand: "Your Majesty, I think that Shangzhu Kingdom has no desire to fight, let alone the will to fight, and in addition to the physical I am tired and need to be cultivated.”
“If you ask me to go to war, you will definitely be able to stop the invading army of our great Chu!”
Nearly ninety percent of the courtiers raised their hands and said: “I invite you to fight! ! ”
Of course they understand the consequences if Helu City falls.
But they will not give up protecting their own interests just because of the life of a Chu king!
Just when the King of Chu was thinking about how to break the situation, there was a shout from outside the main hall:
"Report to the king!"
"Qin Chang'an Jun is in the city Seek to see the king!”
(End of this chapter)