Then Xiang Yan immediately sent a fast horse to inform the cities of Chu State... including nobles such as Zhao, Qu, and Jing.

Although it doesn't seem to matter whether these nobles are notified or not, because they fought on their own when the king of Chu was defeated, how could they easily surrender when the new king ascended the throne?

But from the perspective of resisting Qin Dynasty, it is very important.

Because if the aristocrats only recognize the humble but not Changping Lord, then the state of Chu will be destroyed, or it can be said that it will be torn apart and the nobles will form their own families.

But if Lord Changping is still recognized as the king, then at least the state of Chu is still there, and one day Xiang Yan may organize these nobles to fight against Qin and launch a counterattack.

Therefore, Xiang Yan not only sent messengers to inform them, but also sent messengers to report to the nobles, hoping that they would recognize Lord Changping.

Chapter 257

Unexpectedly by Xiang Yan, the nobles quickly recognized Lord Changping as the great king.

At this time, it seems that Lord Changping should not be called, but King Qi of Chu... Lord Changping's surname is Xiong and his name is Qi.

In fact, Xiang Yan should not be surprised. The reason why he was surprised is also because Xiang Yan is better at military affairs than politics.

The reason why the nobles admit it so quickly is not because Chu Wangqi has a very good resume: he was the prime minister of Qin and saved Chu from danger.

Nor is it because Chu Wangqi once lobbied various ethnic groups and showed his long glory.

It's not because Chu Wangqi is Chu Wang's brother...there are others in the royal bloodline, and it doesn't have to be Chu Wangqi.

The reason why the nobles admit it is because of interests after all:

Xiang Yan took the army across the river and moved southeast to Dongting. Then it was not the king of Chu and Xiang Yan who were under the Qin army's attack, but the fiefdoms of the nobles in Huainan.

Under such circumstances, can they not recognize King Qi of Chu?

If you don't admit it, what should you do if you are attacked by the Qin army one day?

The Zhao family was attacked to beg the Qu family?

The Qu family was attacked to beg the Jing family?

How could others easily send troops to rescue them?

So in the end, they were defeated by the Qin army one by one.

The nobles of Chu State are indeed selfish, but they are not stupid. At this time, they need someone to take charge of the overall situation.

Only in this way, they will be more likely to get reinforcements when they are attacked one day, and they can even ask Xiang Yan to come to them.

What is the situation here in Chu State, I will not show it for the time being, but Ying Zheng knew that Shouchun was taken down, but the dragon's heart was very happy.

Ying Zheng originally planned to encircle but not attack, and he even discussed with Wang Jian, thinking that it is quite good that this battle can be fought like this.

Wang Jian said in shame:

"The subordinates know that it is not easy to attack Chu, so they think that attacking Chu requires the whole country's soldiers."

"I don't want this Shen Binglian to use a clever plan to go straight into the tiger's den and break the Ruyin defense line, and now he is even encircling the King of Chu in the city."

"Now our army's victory is decided, we only need to use defense instead of attack to besiege Shouchun."

Ying Zheng nodded again and again:

"The more we have to guard against anxiety and fatigue at this time, Xiang Yan and the various clans still have their strength, and if they rush to attack the city, they may be defeated instead."

"Now the few people know that what the general said is true, the Chu army's troops are constantly fighting without exhaustion."

"Attacking Chu with 27 soldiers is a little impatient, but fortunately Shen Binglian used clever tricks to deceive Xiang Yan."

"Otherwise our army will be defeated in this battle."

Wang Jian sighed:

"It's just that Xiangyan suffers."

"It's a pity that he has made countless achievements in military service throughout his life, but now he has been defeated by Shen Bing again and again. I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to turn around in the future."

Ying Zheng laughed and said:

"I'm a little curious. If the general faced Shen Bing in the battle formation, might the winner be determined?"

Wang Jian shook his head and said with a smile:

"Report to Your Majesty, this is one of the reasons why my subordinate Fu Lao resigned."

"If my subordinates meet Shen Bing on the battlefield, I'm afraid it will be Xiang Yan's end."

Ying Zheng was a little surprised. He originally thought that Wang Jian would at least be able to draw against Shen Bing, but he didn't want Wang Jian to admit defeat.

"Is this Shen Bing really so good?" Ying Zheng was a little excited.

Wang Jian replied with a serious face:

"It's true."

"This subordinate has had a long conversation with Shen Bing. This son seems to be proficient in the art of war, but he seems to have no understanding."

"Although it seems to be unreasonable, but it can always predict the enemy's opportunity and repeatedly make strange moves."

"For example, if you meet the enemy this time, what amazes you is not only the heavy soldiers attacking Ruyin, but also the black armored army defeating Chu cavalry..."

"You must know that the Black Armored Army was trained by Shen Bing in Daliang a few months ago."

"How does he know that rattan armor is suitable for cavalry? You must know that no one in the world uses rattan to make armor."

"How did he know that cavalry and archery can defeat the cavalry army, and he has refined it a few months ago... If there is a cavalry army with cavalry and archery at this time, only the Xiongnu. No one in the Central Plains knows this method of warfare."

Ying Zheng just smiled. After listening to Wang Jian's words quietly, he replied:

"Perhaps, this Shen Bing is such a strange person."

"Aren't the bat poles and wolf whisks of the navy army something that has never existed before?"

Wang Jian nodded again and again, and said doubtfully:

"The subordinates are just curious about where Shen Bing is from..."

Ying Zheng laughed loudly:

"If there is no such thing in the world but Shen Bing has it alone, where can the general say he can learn from?"

What Ying Zheng said to Wang Jian was right. Who else in this world is qualified to be Shen Bing's teacher to teach him these skills!

In fact, Wang Jian was not only surprised by these.

With Ying Zheng's suspicious personality, he should be more interested in these issues and even send someone to investigate them, but Ying Zheng didn't seem to do so.

How did Wang Jian know that Ying Zheng already had a better explanation: Immortals.

The secrets of heaven are not something that ordinary people can easily spy on...so everything has been reasonably explained.

Just then, a personal guard came to report:

"Your Majesty, pigeons are flying from the front to report: Shouchun has fallen, and the King of Chu has been captured."

Ying Zheng and Wang Jian couldn't help being stunned, and it took a while before Ying Zheng asked in disbelief:

"Shouchun has already captured the king of Chu?"

The personal guard submitted a secret letter.

Since Shen Bing invented paper, correspondence between pigeons has been written on paper, and silk had to be used before.

Silk is not only heavier, but the writing font should not be too small, otherwise the ink will easily spread and become a ball.So the recorded content can not be too much.

Writing on paper does not have these shortcomings, so a letter can tell the cause and effect of the entire war.

Ying Zheng held the letter and looked at it, and then he was overwhelmed:

"This time it was the King of Chu who wanted his own death. He and Xiang Yan wanted to attack Shen Bing's Daliang Army at night to break out, but Shen Bing saw through the design and captured him when he didn't want to."

Wang Jian only slightly nodded his head, he felt more and more old.

You must know that at the beginning, he told the king in the court hall that he could attack Chu with the whole country's soldiers, but now Shen Bing only used half of the soldiers and succeeded in capturing the Chu king in just over two months.

But after thinking about it, Wang Jian rejoiced secretly:

What is it if you are compared to yourself?

Isn't it okay to sit here drinking wine and talking?

Li Mu's body must have been turned into bones, and that Xiang Yan... must be in a state of desperation at this time.

I think they are all of the same generation as Wang Jian, and even Li Mu's name is even higher than his Wang Jian...

Wang Jian was convinced of this point, because no matter how he refused to accept it, the victory or loss on the battlefield could not be faked at all, so he couldn't help but deny it.

However, they were all defeated by Shen Bing's men, and he, Wang Jian, was just lucky to be in the same camp as him.

Ying Zheng then read the letter again, then laughed and said:

"General, the widow will write back to arrange the matter of the birthday, and I will discuss it with the general in detail at another time!"

Wang Jian hurriedly saluted:

"Congratulations to the king!"

Looking at the back of Yingzheng, who was so happy that he was walking like wind, Wang Jian was sure of one thing: he would ask the king to resign another day, and the king would definitely agree!

Chapter 258 Surrender without a fight

After capturing the king of Chu and occupying Shouchun, the Qin army stopped for a while.

In fact, it didn't stop for a while, and the Qin army was busy taking Shouchun as the basis and going down the Huai River to occupy the riverside cities.

This is consistent with the strategy formulated at the beginning, to occupy and control the Huaihe River, then the Chu State will surrender without fighting in the area north of the Huaihe River.

This may be the only encirclement with the largest range that occurred during the Warring States Period.

From the north of the Huaihe River to Qi State, the north of this area is Qi State, the west is Wei State and Chu State captured by Qin State, the east is the sea, and the south is Huaihe River...

Among them, the entire area was tightly blocked by the Qin army. The Chu army within this range had the following options:

Qi Qi.

Come down to Qin.

Self-inflicted.

Jump into the sea.

There seem to be many options, but there is no way out.

Shen Bing said that the Qin army "paused for a while" because it occupied the banks of the Huaihe River and encountered almost no resistance.

This is mainly because Xiang Yan knew that if Shouchun lost its downstream area, he would not be able to hold it, so he voluntarily gave up.

On the other hand, King Chu of Chu also played a certain role.

After Xiang Yan left, there were still some private soldiers in the local area. Most of these private soldiers were recruited by gentry or businessmen... This is the characteristic of Chu State. If you have power, you have private soldiers, and you have your own followers, otherwise you are forming a party for personal gain.

Of course, these private soldiers could not fight against the Qin army.

In fact, there is no need to fight. As soon as the Qin army took out the King Chu's decree, those private soldiers immediately put down their weapons and surrendered... I don't know if they really don't know or if they don't know that the King of Chu has surrendered to Qin. .

Shen Bing guessed that they knew it, but Wang Ling gave them a step: they did not surrender, but obeyed Wang Ling.

Then, the Qin army sent troops to take over the cities of Huaibei.

Not only the Shouchun Huai River line, but also the Qin army on the Daliang and Chencheng lines went east.

They also brought the Wangling of the King of Chu... Actually, the Wangling of the King of Chu was not sent to Daliang so quickly, but it doesn't matter whether the Wangling is true or not.

The most important thing is to read it before Xiang Yan announces the establishment of the new king, and at the same time tell them that the king of Chu has surrendered.

The news of King Chu's surrender spread quickly.

Because this is not spreading like a fast horse, but spreading it from ten to hundreds, and it spreads to various places overnight by soldiers and civilians.

After hearing the news, the Chu soldiers in Huaibei still had no intention of continuing to resist, so they abandoned their weapons and surrendered one after another.

Due to the vast area of ​​Huaibei, there are many cities, but the number of Qin troops is not large, so that a few Qin troops led hundreds of Chu surrendered troops to take over another city...

Shen Bing and Yang Duanhe managed the Huaihe defense line in Shouchun.

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