Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 200 The Precarious West Chu

Chapter 199: The Precarious Western Chu

In the 15th year of Qianyuan, on May [-]th, in the middle of the night, Pengcheng, Longfu, this is the residence of Longchuan, the great general of Western Chu. At the pinnacle of his life, he is in charge of the military and political power of the entire Western Chu. Even Xiang Guang, the king of Western Chu, is just a puppet of him. However, Long Chuan has failed a bit. He is just a warrior. Nian Xichu's life was very sad.

Originally, it was nothing, and Long Chuan didn't care, because he had tens of thousands of Chu elites in his hands, even the Eastern Chu controlled by Xiang Kuang, Zhang Di and others couldn't do anything to him, but Long Chuan had a very difficult time these days.

Because just at the beginning of the year, the former close comrade-in-arms Qi Guo suddenly turned his face and sent Han Qing to command 20 troops to the south. Longchuan was beaten and retreated steadily, losing Taishan County and Donghai County successively, and now it was captured by Han Qing In Pengcheng County, the Qi army has now completely surrounded Pengcheng.

After the split of the Chu State, the Western Chu had more than 5 soldiers, and more than 7 were the elites of the Chu State in the past. This was also the biggest capital for Longchuan to suppress the Eastern Chu, which was stronger than the Western Chu. Since the start of the Qi army's war, Longchuan has been defeated repeatedly. There are more than 3 soldiers and horses, and now there are only less than [-] soldiers left, and there are still [-] or [-] Qi troops in the outer city. As a result, Longchuan can only defend Pengcheng .

Before the Qi army besieged the city, Long Chuan had put down his dignity and asked for help from the Eastern Chu. Although the Eastern and Western Chus were sworn enemies, they came from the same line after all, and Xiang Kuang and Zhang Di did not want the homeland of the Chu State to fall into the hands of the Qi State. So Zhang Di led an army of 2 to rescue Pengcheng, but Han Qing beat him to pieces. In the end, only less than [-] people returned to Xiapi.

"Brother, what should we do now? There is not much food in the city. According to this consumption, we can only last another ten days." In the hall of Longfu, Long Ao said to Longchuan with a sad face. The Qi army has been besieging the city for more than a month. Well, in the past few years, under the governance of Longchuan, Western Chu has suffered from natural and man-made disasters. In order to relieve the disaster, Western Chu consumed a large amount of money and food, which caused problems in the food reserves of Western Chu. Now Pengcheng's grain supply is less than ten days old. .

And Long Chuan also looked sad at this time. He has been hit too hard in the past few years. Once upon a time, Long Chuan always thought that he was the top commander in the world. In fact, he also led the Chu army to win on the battlefield. Brilliant one after another, but since he met a man named Pang Kuo, this man completely shattered his dream of being a famous general.

The Battle of Lu County was the beginning of Longchuan's nightmare. In that battle, Longchuan was almost wiped out. Since then, Longchuan has never won a single battle.

"Sigh... there is no good way for me to be a brother. In terms of strength, we are far inferior to the Qi army. If we hadn't had Pengcheng Jiancheng, we might not be able to survive until now." Long Chuan was also very helpless. In terms of strength, He is not as good as Han Qing, and in terms of ability, he is not as good as Han Qing, how can he beat him.

"Brother, why don't we surrender in Kaesong." At this time, Long Ao gave Long Chuan an idea, that is to let Longchuan surrender in Kaesong.

"Kasong surrendered?" Long Chuan asked.

Long Ao nodded and said: "Yes, big brother, now we don't have any chance of turning things around. Instead of burying Mrs. Xiang with him, we might as well find a good position in Qi State while you and my brother still have some bargaining chips."

Long Ao's meaning is very simple, that is, it is clear that he is no longer able to win, why not use those [-] to [-] soldiers and horses as bargaining chips, and ask Han Qing to surrender, in this way, he can also get a good position, besides Both of my brothers are not bad in ability, Long Chuan is one of the top ten famous generals in the world, even Han Qing dare not underestimate his brother.

Long Chuan thought about Long Ao's suggestion carefully. In the past, Long Chuan might have been loyal to the Xiang family and was willing to die for the Xiang family. However, since Long Chuan launched the Pengcheng mutiny, the huge state of Chu was split into east and west. After Chu, the people of the Xiang family hated Long Chuan deeply, so Long Chuan felt that he could not be buried with the Xiang family. Besides, if he resisted to the end, once the Qi army broke the city, he might be pushed out by the Xiang family. Well, instead of being betrayed by Xiang Shi, it is better to act first and sell Xiang Shi one step ahead.

So Long Chuan gritted his teeth, and said: "Okay, second brother, you should send someone out of the city to contact Han Qing, and for my brother, go to the palace to meet Xiang Guang and ask him to write a letter of descent."

Long Ao was overjoyed when he heard the words. In fact, the idea of ​​surrender had been lingering in Long Ao's mind for a long time. He was just worried about Long Chuan's objection, so he never brought it up. Now that Xi Chu was at the end of his rope, Long Ao naturally didn't want to be buried with Xiang. Yes, so he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet and said what was in his heart. Fortunately, Long Chuan is also a sensible person, otherwise he would be in great trouble.

Long Ao said: "Don't worry, brother, I will send someone out of the city to contact Han Qing." After finishing speaking, he turned and left.

After Long Ao left, Long Chuan immediately went to Chu Palace.

In the camp of the Qi Army outside the city, Han Qing held a piece of information, frowned, and remained silent for a long time. It was a piece of information from the State of Chen. One of the soldiers broke through Qiao County in Peijun, and the Wei army stationed on the border of Peijun had already begun to change. Soldiers and horses can only stick to Xiapi, and they can't do anything against Peijun, so the Deng-Wei coalition army is invincible, which has to make Han Qing anxious.

In fact, as early as when he attacked Donghai County, Han Qing had a premonition that Wei Guo might attack Pei County, but at that time Han Qing was still fighting with the main force of Western Chu led by Long Chuan, and he couldn't spare for a while. Knowing that Deng Wei fought against Chen Guo, Han Qing realized that Wei Guo's ambition was not simple, so he accelerated his progress and chased Long Chuan desperately, but he was still too slow to catch up with Pang One step at a time, now that the Deng-Wei coalition army has entered Peijun, one step at a time is slow, which makes Han Qing a little annoyed.

"Damn it, why is this Pengcheng so difficult to fight? If Pengcheng hadn't dragged him back, this general would have taken the entire Chu State long ago, and it would be Wei's turn." Han Qing said angrily.

Now Deng Wei has attacked Peijun, and he is still in Pengcheng, and even if he wins Pengcheng, I am afraid that Peijun will not be destined for him at that time. After all, King Qi will not agree with him to start a war with Wei. , so what Han Qing needs to do most now is to conquer Pengcheng as soon as possible, and then take down the two counties of Xiapi and Guangling, so as to prevent Wei Guo from getting involved in these two places again. Although it is unlikely, he has to guard against it.

"Report to the general, the Chu army sent someone to ask for an interview!" At this moment, a voice came from outside the tent.

The Chu army suddenly sent someone, which made Han Qing a little puzzled, and murmured: "What is Longchuan trying to do? Is he planning to surrender?" Thinking that Longchuan might surrender, Han Qing decided to meet Seeing the Chu army envoy, he said, "Please come in!"

Soon a scribe came in and said, "General Longchuan's chief secretary, Ye Yuan, pays his respects to General Han."

"Master Ye, you don't need to be too polite. I don't know why General Long sent you here?" Han Qing nodded and said.

Ye Yuan didn't hold back anymore, and said directly: "General Long asked me to come here, just to ask General Han, if General Long surrendered, how would King Qi treat General Long?"

Ye Yuan was straightforward, but to Han Qing, this was tantamount to good news. Just now he was still thinking about how to break through Pengcheng quickly, but now Longchuan surrendered on his own initiative, which made Han Qing heave a sigh of relief.

Han Qing thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, please reply to General Long. As long as General Long is willing to surrender, I will guarantee that he will be the leader of our Daqi Sizheng and lead an army alone." General Sizheng The position, this is the best position that Han Qing, as the general of Qi, the No.1 general can promise, that is, Long Chuan's ability has been recognized by Han Qing, otherwise Han Qing would not promise this position.

Ye Yuan nodded and said: "Okay, I'll go back and reply to General Long, and take my leave." After saying that, he turned and left.

After Ye Yuan left, Han Qing's mood instantly became very relaxed.

At this time, Long Chuan had already entered the bedroom of King Xiang Guang of Western Chu.

(End of this chapter)