Huainan County, the capital of Chu, Shouchun.
In the 22nd year of King Kaolie of Chu, which was 241 B.C., the capital city was moved from Chencheng to Shouchun, and Huainan gradually became the foundation of Chu. After twenty years of operation, Shouchun City had been fortified and prosperous. Although it was not as prosperous as Ying Du, it was not far from it.
However, during this period of time, the people of Shouchun City could no longer live in peace. Great Qin's army had already arrived at the city gates, and looking out for several kilometers, it was a dense black torrent. In the past few days, the people of Chu had been on tenterhooks because Great Qin's army had finally begun to attack Shouchun. Shouchun City was bombarded by all kinds of large-scale siege weapons every day. No one knew when the city gate would be broken through and they would become slaves of a subjugated country.
Outside Shouchun City, the Great Qin army was in formation, and the central army was in the shogunate camp.
The old general Wang Jian, who was dressed in military uniform, was at the head. Below him, Ji Yun, Feng Quji, and a few other generals stood on the left and right. A messenger knelt on one knee in the middle and reported the situation of the battle.
After the messenger finished reporting, Wang Jian waved his hand to signal for him to leave. After the messenger left the tent, Wang Jian opened his mouth and said,""I didn't expect that Xiang Liang and his nephew would still escape in the end. The Mo family…Forget it, let's not talk about this first.”
Following that, Wang Jian swept his gaze across the generals present and suddenly shouted,"Zhang Han!"
"I'm here." Zhang Han, who was in the right row, stepped forward and cupped his fists.
"I order you to command all the siege weapons to attack the north gate of Shouchun. After breaking through the city, quickly build a stronghold and guard the north.”
"Yes!"
"Feng Quji, Xin Sheng, Meng Wu, listen up.”
"I'm here." The three of them shouted in unison. When the generals heard Wang Jian's order to Zhang Han, they knew that they would be attacking the city for real. The destruction of Chu would be today, and all the generals were extremely excited.
"Order the three of you to lead your troops to the east, west, and south. Set up defenses and be sure to intercept anyone who leaves the city.”
"Yes!"
"Feng Jie, Zhao Tuo, listen to my orders. After the city is breached, the two of you will immediately lead the cavalry into the city and occupy the royal city and the residences of the various aristocratic families. You must capture the King of Chu and all the aristocratic family ministers in one fell swoop.”
"Yes!"
After the few of them received the order, Wang Jian mused for a moment and said solemnly,"Chu is a vast land with dense forests and waterways. The Chu people are familiar with the terrain. If the King of Chu escapes, it will be even more difficult to capture him than the King of Yan. "I have already made clear the danger of the various aristocratic families in Chu. Therefore, we absolutely cannot let the King of Chu and the members of the various aristocratic families escape in this battle!”
Their expressions turned serious and they replied in unison,"Yes! I won't let a single person go!"
"Tianlan, I didn't expect your worries to come true. The Mo Family actually interfered at the last moment.”All the generals retreated from the tent, and Wang Jian's excited expression disappeared. He said to Ji Yun with some worry,""I suddenly have a feeling that the Xiang family's descendants will bring great disaster to Great Qin.”
Ji Yun's heart skipped a beat. A veteran general like Wang Jian, who had been through many battles, would sometimes have a premonition, and this premonition would often come true. Just like how Xiang Yan also had a premonition at the last moment that " even though Chu has three families, Qin will definitely destroy Chu." It was just that he did not expect Wang Jian to actually have such a premonition.
"Old General, you can report the dangers of Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu, and the others to the King of Qin. The King of Qin will definitely send people to investigate them strictly. With the black ice or the net, it should not be difficult to find them.”Ji Yun did have a way to deal with the Xiang family, but he would not do so, so he threw the problem to Ying Zheng. However, Ji Yun knew that Ying Zheng did not care too much about the pursuit of the Xiang family, and the final development of the situation was still in accordance with the premonition of the two old generals.
Wang Jian nodded. It was his fault for letting Xiangyu and the others escape from the battlefield, but since they had already escaped and the Mo Family was involved, there was nothing he could do.
Throwing away the many distracting thoughts in his heart, Wang Jian stood up and walked out of the tent while smiling,"Let's go, let's witness the destruction of Chu together. We should also prepare to enter the city today.”
Ji Yun didn't say anything else and left the tent with Wang Jian. Ji Yun did not doubt Wang Jian's solemn vow that he would be able to break through the city today. Right now, Shouchun was practically defenseless. Ever since Wang Jian saw through the schemes of the Chu Country's princes and ministers a few days ago, this group of people had long been at their wit's end.
A few days ago, after Xiang Yan's army was defeated in the south of Qi and he committed suicide in the battle, the Great Qin shogunate had rushed to Shouchun City. It was also at this time that news came from Shouchun City that the King of Chu, Fu Chu, wanted to surrender to the Qin army, hoping that the Qin army would send a special envoy into the city to surrender.
The king of Chu wants to surrender? The generals of the Qin army were overjoyed. Wouldn't they be overjoyed if they could conquer Shouchun without bloodshed? But who knew that Wang Jian would reject it without hesitation.
The generals were surprised and puzzled. "This news is most likely false news from the Chu clan," said Wang Jian with a smile.”
Seeing that most of the generals did not believe him, Wang Jian explained,"Why did Xiang Yan dare to support Lord Changping as the new king? This is to say that Fu Chu did not fight against Qin as an excuse. The various aristocratic families of Chu had their own foundations in the Three Chu, and their foundations were extremely deep. Now, they were only under the royal family. However, the great clans all wanted to stand on their own, and the best excuse was to raise the banner of resisting Qin. If Fu Chu defended, then so be it. If Fu Chu surrendered to Qin, wouldn't it give the various clans of Chu a way out? At that time, the Chu Country would be in chaos. If our army wants to calm down, it will be even more time-consuming and exhausting! Therefore, this is a trap set by the various clans of Chu. How can I walk into the trap?”
After Wang Jian's explanation, the generals finally understood how powerful this was. Everyone broke out in cold sweat, and they were even more respectful towards Wang Jian.
And the truth of this matter was indeed as Wang Jian had speculated. Everything was a scheme of the Chu clan. Such a plan was indeed impressive, but it was a pity that he had met Wang Jian, a general who not only had superb military ability, but also had extremely sharp political insight.
Throughout history, people like Wang Jian, who could both command the military and take into account the overall planning of the country, although it could not be said to be unique, it was definitely very rare. At least among the Qin generals, there was no one else who had the ability to see the overall situation. Even someone as strong as Meng Tian was far weaker than Wang Jian in terms of insight into the political situation. Otherwise, Meng Tian would have supported Fusu more than ten years later and not thrown herself into prison. This would have caused the strongest pillar of the Qin Kingdom to break and the Great Qin Empire to collapse.
Therefore, the Chu clan could be said to be extremely unfortunate. They just had to encounter Wang Jian, and all their plans became a dream.
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The battle was as Wang Jian had expected. Under the rain of stone arrows from the catapults and the siege crossbows, the northern gate of Shouchun collapsed in less than two hours. Zhao Tuo and Feng Jie, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately led the Great Qin Cavalry into the city. Feng Jie's troops blocked off the various large families, while Zhao Tuo's troops headed straight for the palace.
Shouchun City, Chu royal palace.
At this moment, the majestic Chu royal palace had already fallen into a sea of fire, and the royal flag had also turned into ashes. The palace maids and eunuchs, who were usually arrogant, were like frightened toilet rats, fleeing in panic. In front of the main hall of the Chu royal palace, a carriage was parked there, guarded by several silver-armored guards. A palace servant dressed in casual clothes was hurriedly putting a golden box with mysterious patterns engraved around it into the carriage. (There were two boxes in the third movie, and only one in the fourth movie.) According to the rule of one for each country, he would take a box from here.）
" Ta, ta, ta…" The sound of horses galloping could be heard as a group of Great Qin's Cavalry galloped over.
"The Qin army is chasing after us.”A guard shouted as he ran behind the carriage to stop the Qin army.
"Let's go!" A guard with a sword called out to the coachman when he saw the box being loaded into the carriage.
The coachman didn't hesitate. With a flick of the reins, the carriage sped off.
A few guards turned around to block the Qin cavalry, but they were no match for them. They died under the long spears in just one exchange. Fortunately, the Chu royal palace had many guards and was familiar with the terrain. The coachman finally shook off the Qin army and escaped from the Chu royal palace.
However, Shouchun City was now filled with Great Qin's army, and the outside of the city was surrounded on all sides. How could such a carriage escape the search of the Great Qin army?
Not long after, these two suspicious carriages were discovered by the Qin army. However, when the Qin army came to stop them, many silver-armored guards appeared to stop them. Under the protection of these silver-armored guards, the carriage was actually unharmed. It then passed through the encirclement of the Qin army through an extremely hidden path. However, it was still discovered by the Qin scouts at the last moment.
In the southern part of the city, a carriage was galloping on the official road, followed by several Qin cavalrymen.
"Don't run!"
"Stop!"
Seeing that the carriage was getting closer and closer, a cavalryman shot the arrow in his hand. The arrow flew quickly and instantly penetrated the carriage and hit the coachman.
Along with a scream, the carriage flipped over, and the two horse coachmen were thrown a few feet away. The golden box on the carriage also fell out of the carriage. A horse groom lay on the ground and looked at the copper box in front of him. He reached out his hand to grab it, but he would never be able to reach it.
A cavalryman stopped in front of the overturned carriage. He jumped off his horse, stabbed his spear into the ground, and walked toward the copper box.
Right at this moment, something unexpected happened. The cavalryman suddenly froze and fell to the ground. The few cavalrymen behind him who were still on their horses also fell off their horses. They were already dead.
The coachman didn't know what was happening behind him. He only saw a woman in a blue palace dress suddenly appear in front of the copper box. The woman raised her right hand, and the copper box floated into her hand.
The coachman looked at the woman and let out a muffled groan before losing consciousness. Forever.
The blue-clothed woman didn't care about the situation around her. She just silently looked at the copper box in her hand, thinking about something. Then, a ripple appeared where the blue-clothed woman was. When it returned to normal, the blue-clothed woman had already disappeared.
After a long time, a young man walked out from behind a tree not far away. He wore a dark blue robe and had a mysterious rune on his left eye. He had a Yin-Yang Astral Soul.
Xing Hun stared at the spot where the blue-robed woman was standing before. The corners of his mouth curled up as he coldly laughed before turning around and leaving. Four hours later, Wang Jian stood on a bronze carriage and entered Shouchun City with 3,000 soldiers.
Six hours later, the Chu royal palace was completely under the control of the Qin army. The King of Chu, Fu Chu, and the powerful ministers of the various aristocratic families were all captured. Wang Jian entered the Chu royal palace.
At this moment, the State of Chu, which had existed for more than 800 years, was officially destroyed.
It was the late spring of the twenty-fourth year of the reign of the King of Qin, March 223 B.C.
At that time, Ying Zheng, the former king of Qin, was thirty-seven years old, and Wang Jian, the general, was over sixty years old.
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