Six hundred and twentieth chapters under the Jingke(1/2)
On the battlefield of Jieting, corpses were everywhere, and the 170,000 surviving Qin army surrendered, with a sluggish morale and his head hung down.
The Qin army's sharpness was smoothed out and lost its fighting spirit because of the crushing defeat in the Jieting Battle.
The Qin State successively invested 500,000 troops in the Battle of Jieting, but only 170,000 survived, not including the township hero who died when defending the city, which was extremely tragic.
Jieting became a nightmare for a purgatory and all the Qin army.
Zhang Hua used iron-blooded means to completely defeat the Qin people.
The stone walls and arrow towers built by the Qin army in the Jieting were also turned into ruins, and every inch of land was stained with blood.
The Qin army soldiers who put down their weapons were gathered to guard them. There were as many as hundreds of famous Qin generals captured.
Sima Cuo and Meng Yi were worried that when they broke through the siege, the King of Qin Zhenghui was killed in battle, so they led their troops to surrender.
"How could our Daqin fall to such a level!"
Li Xin was tied up by five flowers and was still dissatisfied.
With Li Xin's arrogant personality, he became a prisoner at the bottom, which made Li Xin unacceptable.
Wang Jian, Wang Ben and his son, did not say a word.
In fact, the Wang family of the Qin Dynasty was not just Wang Jian, but also Wang Ben’s father and son, Wang Ben’s son, and Wang Li, who was imprisoned by Zhang Hua in the Heavenly Prison in Guanzhong in the early days.
The three generations of famous generals of the King of Qin have all become prisoners of Zhang Hua...
Sima Cuo, Wang Yi, Meng Ao, Meng Tian, Meng Yi and other famous Qin generals had their own thoughts.
When the Qin Dynasty is destroyed, life still needs to continue.
Instead, they should be glad that it was not the overlord of Western Chu who captured them alive, otherwise all the Qin soldiers might be killed!
"Qin Wang Zheng was attacked by the assassin Jing Ke, and was saved by Xu Fu again. He is still unconscious."
"King Wu of Qin fought fiercely with Zhang Fei, Sun Ce, Taishi Ci, and Zhou Tai for a long time, and was also captured alive because of his power loss."
"They were imprisoned in the Chang'an Tianzhu with Duke Xiao of Qin."
Zhang Hua's generals captured King Zheng of Qin, King Wu of Qin, and Duke Xiao of Qin and the three wise monarchs of Qin, all of whom were imprisoned.
"Wang Jian, this is no worse than Wu Qi."
Zhang Hua had a frenzy look. Among all the prisoners, the veteran Wang Jian was the most valuable, which was once a famous general who blocked the Wei Wuzhang, the military sage Wu Qi.
Bai Qi, a famous general in Qin State, deserves the first place, while Wang Jian is recognized as the second place.
Secondly, Meng Tian, Meng Yi, Xu Fu, Sima Cuo and others also have good abilities.
"Buried the bodies of all the soldiers who died in battle, erected stone tablets, and carved the things that happened today."
"Clean the battlefield, then divide the troops and send out an edict to all places, requiring the cities and towns of the three counties of Qin to surrender, and the officials of each county and county should be retained as appropriate."
Zhang Hua made arrangements immediately.
Wang Shouren briefly counted the losses of both sides in the Jieting War. The Qin and Han coalition forces died in battle. At least 400,000 soldiers and horses on the Xia army were killed in battle. Jieting became a purgatory. It was truly a million corpses. There could be seen everywhere without a boss, and horses with arrows fell to the ground and whine.
Zhou Yu once burned camps in Jieting, and some of the land in Jieting was burned to ashes by the fire.
"This war was too tragic. In an instant, millions of soldiers were wiped out."
Zhou Yu led his troops to bury the bodies of those who died in battle to avoid a plague.
The tragic level of the Jieting War made Zhou Yu, who was active in the chaotic times of the late Han Dynasty, shocking. There were dozens of people trapped in just a mass grave.
"drive!"
The Han general Xiahou Ying drove a long carriage and fled back to Hanzhong from Qishan Road.
Staff Chen Ping bribed the Qiang and Di tribes with a large sum of money, luring them to let Liu Bang's Han army return to Hanzhong.
Liu Bang's remaining soldiers were still very combat-effective, and there were more than 100,000 troops. If the Qiang tribe and the Di tribe led their troops to cut off Liu Bang's retreat, the lair soldiers would definitely win. Many tribes of the Qiang tribe and Di tribe were afraid that they would not want to destroy the clan.
Under the threats and temptations, the Qiang and Di tribes turned a blind eye, closed their eyes, and allowed Liu Bang's remaining soldiers to pass through their territory.
"Thanks to you this time, I can return to Hanzhong safely. I want to increase your fief!"
Liu Bang returned to Hanzhong, but was still shocked. Although he was defeated, he still had to reward him according to his merits and comfort people's hearts.
For Liu Bang, the Battle of Jieting was second only to the Battle of Pengcheng. Hundreds of thousands of princely troops were broken by Xiang Yu's 30,000 cavalry, becoming one of Liu Bang's psychological shadows.
Minister Xiao He led his ministers to welcome Liu Bang back to Hanzhong and said, "The king should manage Hanzhong and Bashu well, accumulate national strength, and wait for the world to change, and then the troops left Chencang, and the people of Guanzhong will welcome the king's army with rice, food, pots of juice."
"I won't fight anymore, no more! As you said, stock up on food and grass!"
Liu Bang sat on the throne with his butt, no longer had the kingly demeanor.
This time, Liu Bang was afraid and almost lost his life.
Ji County, Deng Ai and Cao Gui sent surprise troops to siege this important city of Qin.
At this time, Prince Fusu, Shang Yang and Fan Sui were all in Ji County, transporting grain and grass. After Ji County was surrounded by Deng Ai and Cao Gui, people in the city were panicked.
Ji County was besieged and could not provide food, grass and reinforcements to the front.
The defenders of Ji County were watching the outcome of the Jieting battle and then making a judgment.
In fact, there are only 20,000 defenders in Ji County, and they can do nothing.
When the Jieting Battle came, the news of the main force of the Qin army surrendered, and Prince Fusu, Shang Yang, and Fan Sui looked at each other.
"Since the two Qin kings have surrendered, young master, we have no choice."
Valley shovel
Shang Yang and Fan Sui looked at Prince Fusu.
Everyone present, Prince Fusu had the highest status. Shang Yang and Fan Sui looked at Prince Fusu, saying that they wanted Prince Fusu to take the lead in surrendering.
"Take jade seals, military talismans and other things."
Prince Fusu did not have the military power of King Wu of Qin, nor the courage of King Qin. In this case, he was not considering continuing to resist, but thinking about how to save the lives of the residents in the city.
"The two generals, Fusu, the young master in the city, plan to lead the soldiers and residents of the city to surrender to us. I wonder if we have been surrendered?"
"No surrender for the time being."
Unexpectedly, Cao Gui did not intend to accept the surrender of his son Fusu himself.
Deng Ai was puzzled: "Capturing the enemy's capital and accepting the enemy's surrender is the fame that almost all military generals pursue. Why don't they agree to the other party's surrender?"
Cao Gui looked solemn: "It is a huge contribution to breaking the capital. We are just partial troops. The one who is really working hard in the front is the main force in Jieting. We are not the most dedicated people, but we have obtained the greatest contribution. Even if the lord has no objection, what do other soldiers think of us? If the general wants to avoid the lord from breaking the bridge across the river, or if his colleagues are jealous, he should surround him and not attack him and wait for the lord and other colleagues to arrive!"
Deng Ai didn't expect this reason and couldn't help but feel solemn: "Let's learn it."
Cao Gui often talks about "the meat eater is despised and fails to make plans far-reaching", and he is indeed qualified to say so.
Deng Ai was greedy for merit, while Cao Gui considered it more long-term.
How to divide the merits is also a matter of particularity. Being a subject is not that simple.
Deng Ai and Cao Gui surrounded Ji County and did not accept the surrender of Prince Fusu and others, which made Prince Fusu and others depressed.
Deng Ai and Cao Gui surrounded and did not attack, and did not accept their surrender. What exactly did they want to do? Should they massacre the city?
Shang Yang and Fan Sui only urged Deng Ai many times to demand surrender.
Deng Ai, Cao Gui just refused to surrender...
On the other hand, Zhang Hua's troops finished cleaning the battlefield, and then raised troops to Ji County.
On the way, Li Bai came to ask for a meeting with him.
Li Bai was the foreshadowing of Zhang Hua's assassination of King Qin when he was unfavorable in the war.
However, since you can defeat King Qin in Jieting and face the battle, you don’t have to use the worst strategy of assassination.
If the Qin Wangzheng was really assassinated, it might attract hatred from the Qin generals.
This is a last resort, and this is the means to be used.
Zhang Hua is still too steady.
"Who is this?"
Zhang Hua summoned Li Bai who joined the Jinyiwei. Li Bai came with a scarred assassin next to him. Xu Chu and Yang Miaozhen were all staring at the assassin vigilantly.
If the other party suddenly attacks Zhang Hua, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Not long ago, Zhu Zhu, the assassin of Wu, one of the four legendary assassins of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, almost successfully assassinated Zhang Hua. Fortunately, Lu Lingqi was killed by a sword, causing Zhu Zhu to deviate from the position of the stabbing. Otherwise, the sword technique of using Zhu Zhu's sword to seal the throat would never fail.
If the assassin brought by Li Bai takes action, then Xu Chu and Yang Miaozhen will subdue him as soon as possible.
Li Bai said to the man: "Tell me yourself."
The assassin said: "Jing Ke, a native of Wei, is here."
"You are Jing Ke?!"
Zhang Hua was shocked.
He really didn't expect that the Jieting Battle actually led to two assassins, one was Zhuangzhu of Wu and the other was Jing Ke of Wei!
Although Wei State was a small country during the Warring States Period, Wei State had many talents, including Wu Qi, Li Kui, Shang Yang, Lv Buwei, Jing Ke...
To be continued...