Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

But the continuous and earth-shattering explosions still startled the king of Chu who was calling the meeting immediately.

King Chu couldn't help shouting: "What's that sound? Could it be that Dilong turned over?"

Even though they were so far apart, the faint ground vibrations could still be felt on the side of the palace hall.

In the hall, the other ministers of Chu State also looked at each other in blank dismay. Although they didn't get the answer, they all had a bad premonition in their hearts.

The king of Chu yelled a little irritably: "Come here, are they all dead?

Hurry up and find out what's going on! "

Under the roar of King Chu, several Chu generals left quickly to investigate the situation.

At this moment, there was a sudden shout from outside the palace.

Since the King of Chu was sitting in the deepest part of the palace, the farthest from the entrance of the palace, he didn't hear clearly what he was shouting at once.

However, the ministers who were seated near the gate of the Chu Palace immediately turned pale after hearing the shouts.

Seeing this, the King of Chu couldn't help feeling a little panicked, and asked, "What are they calling?"

Several Chu ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, but did not dare to answer.

Finally, the King of Chu couldn't bear it anymore, and he slapped the table directly: "The widow asks you, what are they shouting about!"

Having reached this point, it is naturally impossible for the ministers of the Chu State to continue to calm down, so they can only report honestly.

"Your Majesty, what they said seems to be people from Zhao Guo, who have already entered!"

These words were like pouring a basin of ice water directly on King Chu's body, making King Chu stupid immediately.

The King of Chu couldn't help roaring angrily: "How is this possible!"

The King of Chu did not believe it from the bottom of his heart. How could the majestic Shouchun City be breached by the Zhao people on the first morning of the war?

This is simply unreasonable!Just when King Chu was furious, a Chu general who had just gone out to inquire about the situation rushed into the hall with a pale face.

"My lord, the situation is not good, the Zhao people have already entered the city!"

As if struck by lightning, the king of Chu froze instantly.

The faces of all the ministers of Chu State present changed drastically at the same time, and those with poor endurance almost fainted on the spot.

Before everyone could react, a muffled sound of hooves came from afar.

According to common sense, the Zhao army had just rushed into the city at this time, and the sound of horseshoes near the city gate should not have reached the main hall.

But the problem is that it's not just a Zhao country knight who rushed into the city this time, but [-] Zhao country cavalry soldiers!When these cavalrymen galloped with thousands of horses under their crotches, the thunderous sound of horseshoes resounded throughout the entire city of Shouchun.

No Chu army could resist even a quarter of an hour in front of such Zhao soldiers.

Any behavior that wants to stop is as ridiculous as a mantis' arms, and will be ruthlessly crushed by Zhao Jun's cavalry in an instant.

In the Xiang's mansion, the Patriarch of the Xiang family looked at his wife and children in the room in front of him with a determined face: "Today is the time when our Xiang family will fight to the death for the country! If the old man dies, you will release Yan'er , tell him, don’t be impulsive! The future Xiang family will still have to rely on it.” Before the head of the Xiang family finished speaking, he suddenly felt a heavy blow to the back of the head, and he fainted to the ground.

Everyone looked at Xiang Yan with a wooden stick in his hand in horror.

Xiang Yan sighed and said, "Father, I offended you."

After finishing speaking, Xiang Yan raised her head and said to everyone in front of her: "Families, now that Zhao Guo's soldiers and horses have rushed into the city, the fall of Shouchun City is inevitable.

If we follow our father's wishes to resist the Zhao people, the result will be massacred by Zhao Jun and his family. Do you really want to die here so vaguely? "

After hearing Xiang Yan's question, many people present showed hesitant expressions.

Can live, who wants to die?

Xiang Yan obviously thought of this, and continued to speak: "But you may not know, I had a bet with Wu Xinjun before, and the bet was whether Wu Xinjun could break through this city.

According to the bet, as long as Wu Xinjun can break through this city, I, Xiang Yan, will become Wu Xinjun's retainer, and I will be loyal to Wu Xinjun from now on! "

Xiang Yan's words were obviously very unexpected, and immediately caused a burst of exclamation.

Patriarch Xiang didn't tell everyone about this matter before, which is easy to understand, after all, it's not something glorious.

Xiang Yan said proudly: "Although I lost, it is precisely because I lost that we now have a way out! Lord Wu Xin always keeps his word, as long as our Xiang clan is willing to submit to Lord Wu Xin, then we can Gaining life under the iron hooves of Zhao's army! Not only that, but our Xiang family will become a member of Zhao's nobles in the future.

Everyone, please think about it, I was born and died for the state of Chu, even if Lord Wu Xin persuaded me to surrender before, I did not agree, but still chose to come back.

But how did the king of Chu do it?

He drove me home and ignored my advice, which led to the final fall of Shouchun City!Family members, it has come to this time, do we really want to continue to bury Chu State?

No, our Mrs. Xiang is benevolent and loyal enough to the state of Chu!Let us welcome the new future together, let us join Zhao Guo and embrace a better tomorrow! "

Xiang Yan's words were also finished in one go, and the waves were like rough waves, without giving the other members of the Xiang family present any chance to refute.

After a brief silence, someone suddenly spoke up: "The young master is right, looking at the world today, the unification of the Zhao Kingdom has been achieved.

Wu Xinjun is now in control of the power, and neither our Da Chu nor the Qin State can have any power to resist Zhao State.

Taking advantage of this time to join Zhao Guo, our Xiang family can still gain glory and wealth. "

It was none other than the steward from Nightingale who spoke.

This steward has served in the Xiang family for many years, and has won the respect and trust of everyone in the Xiang family, so after he also spoke, the rest of the Xiang family was even more shaken.

At this moment, there was a sudden burst of intensive hoofbeats, which made everyone's expressions change.

This voice only means one thing, that is, Zhao Guoren has arrived!Xiang Yan raised her voice in a timely manner: "Everyone, the choice is close at hand, whether to become a corpse, let the son become a slave, and the wife and daughter fall into the brothel, or continue to maintain the dignity of the Xiang family and continue to maintain the present Your life is all in your mind! Now, I, Xiang Yan, will open the door to welcome Zhao Jun. If you agree, please come with me.

If you don't agree, please kill me on the spot, I have no complaints! "

After saying this, Xiang Yan strode towards the gate in front of all members of the Xiang family inside and outside the hall.

Everyone looked at Xiang Yan quietly, until Xiang Yan walked to the gate, no one stopped him.

Xiang Yan laughed, opened the door forcefully, and let out a roar towards the Zhao Guo cavalry galloping outside the door.

"Retainer of Lord Wu Xin's mansion, Xiang Yan is here!"

When Zhao Kuo learned that Xiang Yan had surrendered with Xiang, it was already half an hour later.

After Zhao Kuo heard the news, he suddenly laughed: "Sure enough, I knew this time that this Xiang Yan is indeed a person who keeps his word!"

Standing beside Zhao Kuo, Li Si couldn't help being silent when he heard the words.

At this time, Li Si began to reflect.

What is it that makes the lord attach so much importance to Xiang Yan?

Li Si felt that this issue must be taken seriously.

As a subject, if you can't even keep up with your master's thinking, how can you help your master do things better?

While Li Si was still thinking, another news came.

Sima Shang arrived quickly, his face full of uncontrollable joy and pride: "My lord, the last general just broke through the palace and captured the King of Chu!"

It is not surprising that the king of Chu was captured.

If we say that Chu, which was able to compete with Jin for hundreds of years, and later with Wei, Qin, Qi and other countries for many years, is a real hegemony, then the current Chu has experienced two hasty escapes and moved its capital. Afterwards, the kind of spirit that was once rooted in the hearts of the Chu people, the kind of self-confidence that brazenly confronted the whole world without fear, has long since completely disappeared.

After hearing the news that Zhao Guoren broke the city, King Chu immediately chose to escape.

But the panicked king of Chu may have forgotten one thing, that is, Shouchun City has been surrounded by Zhao Guo's army in all directions, so where can he escape?

When the King of Chu hurried down the hall under the escort of a team of imperial guards, Sima Shang had already arrived with a Chi You army.

The resistance of the imperial guards was extremely ridiculous for the mighty Chi You army. Chi You army smashed the ranks of the imperial guards almost immediately, and then directly captured the king of Chu.

At the beginning, the king of Chu who had disguised himself was still unwilling to admit his identity, so Sima Shang simply raised the sword in his hand.

"If you are not the King of Chu, then what's the use of me saving your life?"

This behavior frightened the king of Chu directly, and he admitted on the spot: "Don't kill me, I am the king of Chu, don't kill me!"

Thus, King Chu became Sima Shang's captive.

After listening to Sima Shang's story, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing. He shook his head and said, "This king of Chu is really." Not as funny as King Chu.

Actually pretending to be in disguise and trying to get away?

The problem is that after you disguised yourself and brought a team of imperial guards with you, isn't this trying to cover up the fact that there is no silver 300 taels here?

Zhao Kuo thought for a while, then said with a smile, "Let's go and meet the King of Chu."

Although it was only an hour away from breaking the city, the resistance of Shouchun City was unexpectedly weak, and there was basically no large-scale resistance up to now.

In fact, there is a credit for Xiang Yan.

As a general of the Chu State, Xiang Yan knew very well which families in Shouchun City had the strength to resist at this moment, so he guided Zhao Jun to attack these families first.

When these families that could play a leading role were easily wiped out by Xiang Yan and Zhao Jun cavalry, the other small shrimps and millets naturally became even more out of control.

Therefore, when Zhao Kuo entered the capital of Chu State surrounded by many Zhao Jun soldiers, no one even wanted to try to launch an assassination on the famous Wu Xinjun.

The confidence of the Chu people seemed to have completely turned into smoke and scattered into the air following the explosions that happened not long ago.

In the same hall, Zhao Kuo met the King of Chu.

This seems to be a bad taste of Zhao Kuo. He always likes to meet these great kings in the hall where they usually give orders, and see what it is like in this hall when they are reduced to captives. Performance.

The expression on King Chu's face was very ugly: "Wu Xinjun, I never thought that you could actually break through the capital of the widow!"

Zhao Kuo glanced at the ordinary aristocratic costume deliberately put on by the king of Chu, and said with a smile: "I never thought that the king could really change into such a set of clothes in order to escape."

This undoubtedly directly hit King Chu's Achilles' heel, making King Chu's body tremble uncontrollably.

The king of Chu couldn't help shouting angrily: "Zhao Kuo, although I was captured by you, I am still the king after all, and you are just a traitor and traitor of Zhao State!"

After the words were spoken, the King of Chu immediately regretted it.

Because the king of Chu found out that this sentence seemed a bit too irritating to Zhao Kuo.

Just when the king of Chu was feeling uneasy and began to think about what words to use to make it up, Zhao Kuo had already spoken calmly.

"Your Majesty's words are wrong.

Your country of Chu was just a small viscount back then, and it finally became strong thanks to the protection of the Zhou Dynasty. In the end, it turned out to be disrespectful to the emperor of Zhou. The words "rogue minister and thief" are used on your country of Chu. Isn't it just right?

As for me, frankly speaking, Zhao Guo will indeed be ruled by me in the future.

But am I a kleptocrat?

Unfortunately, I don't think I am.

Let me tell you directly, apart from me, there is no one in this world who can continue to lead the entire China forward, not even one.

The future I can see is not the same as what you call the future.

Standing here today, you probably feel like your failure was accidental, right?

But to me, your failure is inevitable, as is the demise of Chu State.

Oh, by the way, you should thank Lord Chunshen, because of the existence of Lord Chunshen, the state of Chu may not perish this year.

But don't worry, in two or three years at most, all the Chu land will fall into my hands again.

At that time, you can continue to complain, and I will listen with a smile.

The wailing of the loser, for a winner like me, is simply the supreme movement! "

After listening to Zhao Kuo's words, the King of Chu became furious, spewed out a mouthful of blood with a wow, and fainted on the spot.

Chapter 1058

Zhao Kuo looked at the fainted King Chu with a calm expression.

This king of Chu is just asking for trouble!Okay, actually want to bicker with this marquis?

Are you kidding me? When I talk about lip service, I'm not bragging. Everyone is going together. I'm in a hurry!Zhao Kuo waved his hand: "Okay, take the King of Chu down, find a doctor to have a look, and don't let him die."

For Zhao Kuo, the king of Chu must not die here, otherwise, wouldn't people think that Zhao Kuo killed the king of Chu on the spot?

Killing a King of Chu is of course not a big deal, but killing the King of Chu will cause the people of Chu to revolt wildly, which is not worth the loss.

Sima Shang immediately signaled Chi Youjun to take the King of Chu away, and then said eagerly to Zhao Kuo: "Master, now the capital of the people of Chu has been captured by us, and the next thing we need to do is to defeat the main force of the people of Chu. We can destroy Chu directly!"

Not only Sima Shang, but also the other Zhao Kuo generals around him showed the same expression.

Zhao Kuo laughed and shook his head slightly: "Now is not the time to destroy Chu."

Why do you say that?

Every war is started with a purpose. The Qin and Chu countries saw that Zhao Kuo had just seized power and wanted to threaten Zhao Kuo's rule.