Chapter 200: Two Chus, the remnant swallows are destroyed

At this time, Longchuan broke into the bedroom of Xiang Guang, the King of Western Chu. Xiang Guang was very dissatisfied with Longchuan's rude behavior, but he did not dare to show it. After all, the soldiers in Pengcheng are now under the control of Longchuan, and the Qi army besieged the city outside the city, Longchuan was his last hope, so he did not dare to fight against Longchuan.

"General Long entered the palace late at night, but what's the important thing?" Xiang Guangqiang suppressed his inner dissatisfaction and said.

Longchuan did not care about Xiang Guang's idea. Perhaps, Xiang Guang was just an optional puppet in Longchuan's eyes, not to mention that now that Longchuan has decided to surrender to the Qi army, there is no need to care about Xiang Guang anymore.

So Longchuan said directly: "King, now the Qi army is besieging the city, with a force of eight times that of our army. Moreover, the food in Pengcheng has been used for less than ten days. In order to prevent the people of Pengcheng from being poisoned by the Qi army, and to protect the Dachu ancestral temple, I asked the King to write a letter of surrender and surrender to the Qi army."

"What! Surrender?" Xiang Guang seemed to have heard an incredible idea. Longchuan attacked him late at night to find him. Xiang Guang thought about a hundred possibilities, but he didn't expect Longchuan to surrender. After spending so long with Longchuan, Xiang Guang knew very well that Longchuan was a very proud person in his heart. This pride prompted Longchuan to be unwilling to fail and accept his fate. This can be seen from Longchuan's bold launch of the Pengcheng mutiny, but it was this proud Longchuan who actually surrendered.

Longchuan nodded and said, "Yes, King, now the Great Chu no longer has any chance. Instead of resisting stubbornly and keeping the ancestral temple and the country will not exist, it is better to open the city to surrender. This will not only protect the ancestral temple, but also the king will not lose the position of monarch."

"Do you really have to surrender?" Xiang Guang asked carefully. In Xiang Guang's heart, he was unwilling to surrender. He had planned for this throne for half his life, and even tried to make a fuss with the tiger, which made the huge Chu State split and became the sinner of the Xiang family. He had been sitting in this position for less than two years and had not even sat in the heat, so he could let him go. How could he be willing?

But what Longchuan had decided, and the puppet Xiang Guang did not agree, so he said in a heavy tone: "Yes, king, now all the civil and military officials in the court have agreed to surrender. For the sake of the king, I hope that the king can follow the heavens and respond to the people, write a letter of surrender, and ask the Qi army to surrender."

The civil and military officials in the court are not the final decisions of you brothers, Xiang Guang thought, but Longchuan had already made his words openly, that is, he had decided to surrender. If he disagreed, then it would not be his ruthlessness.

Compared with the throne, Xiang Guang was obviously more concerned about his life. After all, although the throne was good, he had to have the life to enjoy it. So he smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, since the general and the civil and military officials of the court both believed that surrender was the best way out, then let's fulfill the general's intention. I will write a book of decline."

Seeing that Xiang Guang agreed, Longchuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He was really worried that Xiang Guang would be stubborn and would not surrender. If this was the case, he could only solve Xiang Guang himself, but he didn't want to do this until the last moment. After all, launching the Pengcheng mutiny has made Longchuan's reputation become bad. If he adds money to the charge of regicide, he will never be able to whitewash his life. Fortunately, Xiang Guang is also a person who knows the current affairs.

After Han Qing, who was outside the city, had been wondering whether this would be Longchuan's conspiracy? After all, it is not uncommon to commit fraud. Longchuan would play such a trick.

However, after thinking about it carefully, Han Qing still felt that this was an opportunity. As for Longchuan’s false surrender, Han Qing was not afraid. After all, he had nearly 200,000 troops and was still afraid of a small Pengcheng. Even if Pengcheng was a dragon pond and tiger den, he was fearless.

The next day, Han Qing led a large army to the foot of Pengcheng, and Pengcheng was quiet at this time, and there was nothing unusual.

Soon, a white flag was raised on the head of Pengcheng City, and then the gate of Pengcheng City slowly opened. King Xiang Guang of Western Chu took the lead, followed by Longchuan, brothers Long Ao and the Prime Minister Chen Ding of Western Chu. Xiang Guang knelt on the ground with the seal and surrender of King Xi Chu.

Han Qing was relieved to see this. Now all the senior officials of Xi Chu were here. I thought that Longchuan had not played tricks, so he rushed forward and came to Xiang Guang, turned over and dismounted, helped Xiang Guang up himself, accepted Xiang Guang's request to surrender, and then the army entered the city.

After Han Qing entered the city, just in case, he immediately disarmed the Chu army and took over Pengcheng's city defense. Although Longchuan was dissatisfied with Han Qing's distrust, he had already made up his mind and could only accept reality.

With Xiang Guang's surrender, the Western Chu State announced its demise, and Han Qing also sent people to escort Xiang Guang, Longchuan, Chen Ding and other Western Chu monarchs to Linzi. In order to seize the time, he himself only stayed in Pengcheng for three days, and left a team of troops to garrison Pengcheng, and then led his troops to Xiapi.

At this time, Dong Chu was already in panic and could not raise the desire to resist. After all, the most elite soldiers and horses in the Eastern Chu State were defeated by Han Qing in Pengcheng. In the end, Zhang Di had less than 50,000 soldiers and horses, and 20,000 were in Guangling, and Xia Pi City had less than 30,000, and his strength was not as good as Western Chu.

As the Deng-Wei coalition forces entered Pei County, Xiang Kuang and Zhang Di knew that Dong Chu had no hope, so in order to save their lives, Xiang Kuang and Zhang Di discussed with their ministers and directly opened the city to surrender.

This made Han Qing very happy. Dong Chu surrendered without a single soldier, which allowed Qi to directly obtain the territory of Xia Pi and Guangling, and also obtained a large number of good ministers and generals of Chu, including Zhang Di, Zong Yuan, Yu Zilong, Chen Feng, Jiang Zi, Xiang Wei, Cao Jian, Longchuan, Long Ao, Song Yu, Zang Ci, Liu Gao, Chen Ding, etc., which instantly made Qi's strength reach a higher level, which made Qi more confident in fighting against Zhao, which was about to move south.

After the Qi army entered Guangling, the Deng and Wei coalition also occupied the entire Pei County, and Han Qing did not take any action. Instead, he agreed that the Wei State occupied Pei County, which made Pang Kuo and Xue Rengui breathe a sigh of relief. After the full occupation of Pei County, Xue Rengui led his troops back to Runan County to guard the orders of Wancheng. Pang Kuo continued to stay in Pei County. He had to wait until the Qi army returned north to completely relieve himself.

While Han Qing destroyed the two Chus, the State of Zhao in the northern border also completely destroyed the Yan State, which was huddled in the four counties of Liaodong. However, compared with the surrender of the two Chus, the State of Yan was much more bloody. They fought with the Zhao army to the end. In order to completely destroy the Yan State, the Yan army also fought through each city and one pool, which was a bloody step by step.

The Zhao general who attacked Yan State was not the first general of Zhao State and the first of the ten famous generals in the world, but the unknown young general of Zhao State Li Rubing. He defeated the main force of Yan State in one battle, leaving Yan State no longer able to fight back, and determined the victory, and defeated the Hu army who came to rescue Yan State. He became famous in one battle and became a rising star of the Zhao State military and was known as Zhao Xin's successor.

With the complete demise of Yan State, Zhao State had completed the unification of the northern border. In addition, the Hu people outside the Great Wall had been broken by Zhao State and could not pose any threat to Zhao State. As long as Zhao State digested the four counties of Liaodong, the day it went south would not be far away. Therefore, although Qi State had greatly increased its strength after annexing the two Chus, it had to be cautious.

Today, the State of Zhao occupies Jizhou, Bingzhou and Youzhou, with more than 2 million households and tens of millions of people. In addition, the Hu people outside the border can be solved, and the army of 700,000 to 800,000 troops can be raised at any time, making the Central Plains countries tremble.

It is a gratifying thing for Deng's country to take over Runan County, and it has greatly increased the strength of Deng's country. After all, Runan County is a large county in the Central Plains. In terms of territory, its population is not lower than that of Nanyang. Getting one Runan County is stronger than the entire four counties of Jingnan. Getting Runan has increased the population of Deng's country by more than one million. As long as Deng Sheng wants, he can form two more guards at any time. However, Deng Sheng cannot support so many troops for the time being, but Deng Sheng believes that as long as he has a good rest for several years, the total strength of Deng's country exceeds 500,000 will not be a problem.

Faced with the royal family of the Chen State who came to the court, Deng Sheng appointed King Chen as Gui Enbo, and General Xie Xun of Chen State, and temporarily joined the General General's Office and appointed him when the army has vacancies.
Chapter completed!