Chapter 25: Putting Down the State of Qi
Luan Bu knelt in front of Wang Ben and cried, "The general cannot kill all the people. Many soldiers know nothing about the rebellion of the King of Qi. As long as the general releases the last general, the last general can guarantee that they can surrender.
A soldier suddenly came from behind Wang Ben and said, "Luan Bu! Luan Bu! It was your letter to Sui He that Guan Ying was going to rebel. I still remember it!" Luan Bu was shocked, raised his head suddenly, and saw Wang Zhu and other generals, all bowed their heads and stood on the left and right.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty—how is this possible? Your Majesty, you are not already-Your Majesty—"
Wang Zhu shook off the soldier's helmet and laughed: "Luan Bu, you are a loyal minister. I will not make things difficult for loyal ministers. You go to the city immediately to recruit rebels. After the matter is completed, I will give you the title of Marquis of Huaiyin." Luan Bu understood in his heart: "Your Majesty, it turns out that Your Majesty was pretending to die-" Wang Ben said seriously: "Your Majesty's affairs are of great importance, and you must not disclose them." Luan Bu bowed: "The last general understands." Wang Zhu said: "Go, go and make achievements."
When Luan Bu turned around and returned to the city, the Qi army had completely lost control of the city tower. The Qin army occupied the city gate, and the chariot soldiers immediately attacked the city. The streets and alleys of Linzi City were full of battlegrounds, blood everywhere, and chaos everywhere. Guan Ying's newly recruited 200,000 Qi army was divided into three camps, stationed in the east, south and north of the city.
When Luan Bu arrived at the camp in the south of the city, there was already fire and corpses everywhere covered with smoke and dust. Because they were all new recruits with no practical experience, they didn't know how to fight back under the fierce attack of the Qin army, and they just ran away blindly. Luan Bu stomped his feet on the horse and ran to the east of the city. The cavalry in the east of the city was far from the battlefield, and only heard a burst of howlings. He didn't know what was going on. Wang Lang, the general who led the army, also watched everywhere in front of the camp. Luan Bu came close and shouted loudly: "The opposite is General Wang."
Wang Lang hurriedly met up and bowed immediately: "General Luan, what happened in the south of the city? Why did you shout and kill the sky?" Luan Bu sighed: "General Wang, King Qi is dead." Wang Lang was shocked: "This, how could this be fine yesterday?" Luan Bu said: "I will not go around with you now. General Wang, are you finally the Emperor of Qin or the King of Qi?" Wang Lang said in surprise: "Where does General Luan start to say this?
, Isn’t being loyal to the King of Qi loyal to the Emperor of Qin?" Luan Bu shook his head and said, “What if you must choose one of the two?” Wang Lang was not a fool. He heard some of his eyebrows and asked, “You mean, the King of Qi has rebelled?” Luan Bu nodded and said, “The King of Qi has conspired to rebel, and the man has been rectified by the General Wang Ben. Where will you go?” Wang Lang was not Guan Ying’s confidant, and thought to himself that Guan Ying is dead, who
He also followed him in the underworld and asked tentatively: "General Luan, do you mean here?" Luan Bu said: "To be honest, I am here to persuade General Wang Ben to surrender. General Wang, the Qin army will arrive soon. Do you surrender or not?" Wang Lang said without hesitation: "The last general was originally a general of the Qin Dynasty. Of course, he was loyal to the country of Qin. The King of Qi rebelled and did not know anything about it. Of course, he led the crowd to surrender." Luan Bu said
He said happily: "This is the best. Please go back to the camp immediately and raise a white flag in the camp. The Qin army will not attack when they see the white flag. I will go to the north of the city to persuade them to surrender." After that, he rode his horse away. Wang Lang heard the shouts of killing and hurriedly returned to the camp, and called the soldiers to raise more than a dozen white flags and stand them outside the gate. He also summoned the generals Rushuai's tent to discuss matters. When the generals heard that the King of Qi had died, they were all willing to surrender with Wang Lang.
Canghaijun led a cavalry of 50,000 people to the front of the camp. When he saw the white flags fluttering in the camp, the enemy generals stood in the gate in plain clothes and robes, and the soldiers were in an orderly manner. The bows, arrows, swords and spears were piled up in an open space, and hurriedly ordered the army to stop attacking. Wang Lang took the lead in getting off the horse and knelt in the gate, shouting: "We are willing to surrender!" Canghaijun confiscated the weapons and sent someone to notify Wang Ben.
The camp in the east of the city has become an empty village, with only a few low flags and arrows, wheels and fragments of armor left in the village. Luan Bu chased along the road without hesitation. After about three incense sticks, he saw a fast team in front of him. Luan Bu shouted behind the team: "Luan Bu is here, let General Mo Yan come out to speak. Luan Bu is here, let General Mo Yan come out to speak."
The war horses rushed through the rear team like lightning and came to the middle road. A messenger had already notified the general of the commander Mo Yan. Mo Yan was suffering from being unable to touch the truth. When he heard Luan Bu was coming, he immediately ordered to stop moving forward. Luan Bu came to the front panting, slammed the war horse and said, "Where will the general?" Mo Yan said, "A fierce battle occurred in the south of the city, and the last general reinforcements went to help."
Luan Bu said, "General Mo, do you know who is fighting fiercely in the south of the city?" Mo Yan shook his head: "I'm wondering here. Now the world is coming to peace, where are the people coming?" Luan Bu sighed, "It's General Wang Ben's troops attacking the city." Mo Yan almost jumped up and asked with a glaring eyes: "Why, Wang Ben has eaten too much?" Luan Bu said, "General Mo, you don't know. General Wang Ben is here to quell the rebellion this time." Mo Yan wondered, "Rebellion? What rebellion? Who rebelled? Why don't I know?" Luan Bu thought to himself, there are still many things you don't know!
"The conspiracy of King Qi to rebel has been killed by General Wang Ben. General Mo Yan, you should surrender quickly. I was ordered by the general to persuade him to surrender."
Mo Yan looked around and said in shock: "The King of Qi rebelled? How is this possible? Isn't this a crime?" Luan Bu said: "No. The King of Qi is indeed preparing to rebel. If the King of Qi does not have the ambition to rebel, why would he recruit hundreds of thousands of troops? General Mo Yan is a smart man. Can't even see this?" Mo Yan frowned and said: "Since this is the case, I don't need to make trouble for Wang Ben. I didn't participate in any rebellion!" While the two were talking, a spy suddenly came to report: "General, there are cavalrymen in front of him, coming with bloody storms."
Mo Yan said in disgrace: "What should I do?" Luan Bu said: "I'll go to the front team to support the formation. If you pick up the white flag in the central army, you will naturally be fine."
Luan Bu rushed to the front team and suddenly a strong wind blew up, and bloody smell came to his face. With the sound of horse hooves, cavalry rushed over. The leader was Zhou Bo. The Qin soldiers were fierce and they were about to fight when they saw the people. Luan Bu raised his sword and shouted: "General Zhou Bo, I am Luan Bu, please stop the marching."
Zhou Bo cut his horse's head and shouted sternly: "Whose troops block the way?" Luan Bu said: "General Mo is willing to surrender, General Zhou should not rush." Mo Yan came out with a white flag from behind and shouted loudly: "General Zhou Bo, I have not rebelled, I don't know. Everything was done by Guan Ying alone, it has nothing to do with me, nor has it to do with brothers. General, you must understand clearly."
Zhou Bo recognized Mo Yan. This man used to be his old subordinate, but later he accidentally arrived under Guan Ying's banner. Zhou Bo said happily: "It turned out to be Mo Yan, are you really surrendering?" Mo Yan shook the white flag and said: "General Zhou, I really surrender. The last one will finally be the country, not loyal to the King of Qi."
Zhou Bo said, "Since that's the case, you and Luan Bu hand over the command of the army and follow me to see General Wang Ben." Mo Yan said, "No problem." He turned around and shouted, "Brothers, the rebellion of King Qi has nothing to do with us. We don't need to die. Everyone put down their weapons and go to the general with General Zhou to apologize." Those soldiers of Qi State heard that King Guan Ying of Qi was dead and had no intention of fighting at all. They threw their swords, spears, guns and halberds on the ground with a thunderous sound.
Zhou Bo led the defeated soldiers all the way back. Along the way, Luan Bu persuaded many Qi soldiers to surrender, and a large group of people came to the residence of King Qi. Xiahou Ying and Cao Shen's men had already surrounded the place, and the Qi soldiers and generals swore to the death to resist the palace gates. After Zhou Bo's men and horses entered the battlefield, the Qi soldiers collapsed immediately. Zhou Bo, Luan Bu, and Mo Yan rode their horses into the palace and headed straight for the Qi King's hall.
Xiahou Ying arrived from behind and said in a deep voice: "The General has an order to capture Tian Zhuo alive." Zhou Bo's heart was like a mirror. This was not the general's order, it was simply the emperor's order! Xiahou Ying rode his horse up the steps, broke into the Qi King's Palace with the blood of four hooves, followed by hundreds of infantry soldiers.
After hearing the soldiers' report, Tianmao was so surprised that she couldn't speak. When she woke up, the Qin soldiers had already begun to attack the palace like a sea of rushing. Tianmao is worthy of being a hero among women. She personally commanded thousands of personal soldiers to block the main gate of the main hall. After Xiahou Ying and Zhou Bo rushed in, she also retreated to the hall.
Thirty or forty bloody men in the hall surrounded Tianmao and resisted stubbornly, with blood-red eyes, and their necks burst into blue veins, staring at Xiahou Ying like a hungry wolf. Xiahou Ying laughed wildly and said, "Princess Tianmao, I didn't expect that your wishful thinking was gone. The general had already killed Guan Ying outside the city. Go back to Xianyang with me." Tianmao was sad and angry, and gritted his silver teeth and said tremblingly: "The executioner of Qin State, I will not go back with you even if I die." Xiahou Ying said sternly: "I'm afraid there is no princess. Come on, arrest the princess and catch the alive." A team of Qin soldiers rushed over with their spears.
Tamaru slashed his sword around his neck and shouted: "Whoever dares to come over, I will commit suicide!"
Zhou Bo and Luan Bu also rushed in on a war horse, and blood mist was filled with the hall. Tian Zhuo looked at Luan Bu trembling all over, and then cursed: "Luan Bu, you, a shameless villain, are in vain for the King of Qi to trust you so much, you actually betrayed!" Luan Bu's face turned red, lowered his head. Suddenly, he raised his sword, bowed his hand, and said with great righteousness: "Luan Bu is loyal to the Qin Dynasty and does not want to rebel. He is worthy of the world. Princess, in order to revive the Tian family, you cruelly push the people of Qi into the quagmire of war. How can you bear it?"
Tian Mau said angrily: "The tyrannical Qin Dynasty and the harsh rule are both angry. This princess did this to save the people of the world." Luan Bu said: "The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. The princess' conspiracy with Guan Ying has been exposed. Guan Ying is already in a different place. I advise the princess to put down her weapons obediently and go back to Xianyang, and maybe she can save her life."
"Bah!" Tianmao was filled with righteous indignation. "Do you think everyone is as greedy as you, fearing death? Let this princess go back to Xianyang, I'm afraid you can only bring a cold body back." Zhou Bo sneered: "Even if it's a corpse, you have to take it back, brothers, go." Xiahou Ying shouted: "Catch the living."
The dozens of Qi guards who stood in front of Tian Zhu were all ready to die, blocking Tian Zhuo without retreating, and were finally picked up and killed by Qin soldiers. Tian Zhuo had a sword on his neck, and his body stood in the hall like a stone statue. He still waved a sarcasm and cold light shot out in his eyes, staring at Luan Bu and Zhou Bo. The Qin soldiers finally killed all the last guard and surrounded Tian Zhuo in the core.
Xiahou Ying jumped off the horse's back and shouted almost begging: "Princess, don't look for a shortcoming, everything is easy to discuss. Your Majesty - the Prime Minister will definitely not kill you, come back to Xianyang with me." Tian Zhuo turned around and looked at the throne of the King of Qi behind him, and sneered heavily and fiercely: "Xiahou Ying, you have this heart to die. I am from Qi, and even if I die, I must die on the territory of Qi. What is Xianyang?
Fang, it was the capital of the tyrant Qin, where the blood of the Qi people was flowing everywhere, and I would not go. I, Tian Zhuo, swore that I cannot destroy the tyrant Qin in this life, and I must take revenge in the next life, and I will be revenge-" Zhou Bo took off the bow and arrow from behind, and the arrows were on the bow strings, and was about to shoot out, with a "clang" sound, Tian Zhuo had already fallen into the pool of blood, and there was a five-inch long hole on his neck, and blood was pouring out.
Xiahou Ying suddenly looked like a deflated ball, and stomped her feet and said, "How can I explain this--" Zhou Bo smiled and said, "General Xiahou, who do you want to explain it to?" Xiahou Ying rolled her eyes and said to herself. She asked knowingly, sighed, and rushed out on a war horse. Zhou Bo ordered the soldiers to take Tian Zhuo's body to the general to receive the reward.
When Wang Zhu heard that Tian Zhu was dead, he felt infinite regret and glared at Xiahou Ying with his eyes for a stick of incense. Xiahou Ying was so scared that he trembled all over and said: "Your Majesty - I deserve to die, I deserve to die, I deserve to die, I deserve to die, I deserve to die, I deserve to die, I deserve to die, I just blame Tian Zhu for being too stubborn and refused to listen to my advice." Wang Zhu said angrily: "You won't stop her." Xiahou Ying thought to herself, who can stop her if she wants to die! She was so trembling that she dared not speak.
After the Linzi City conquered Linzi City, Wang Zhu sent Luan Bu, Zhou Bo, Canghaijun, Mo Yan and Wang Lang to conquer Gaomi, Lixia, Jimo, Donglai, Zhangqiu, Taishan, Le'an and other cities in Qi. Most of the guards of these cities heard Luan Bu and Mo Yan and Wang Lang's words, and knew that King Guan Ying of Qi surrendered because of rebellion. In less than five days, all the county magistrates and magistrates of the seventy-two cities in Qi announced to the public that they were loyal to the Qin Dynasty and had no relationship with King Guan Ying of Qi.
Wang Zhu disbanded the 200,000 Qi troops recently recruited by Guan Ying and asked them to go home to farm and farm. These people were extremely weak in combat, and they could only waste food and were difficult to resettle. They were afraid that they would get up and riot at any time and be with them, and were afraid that they would miss the military situation, so they could only disband.
Chapter completed!