Chapter 211 The Kingdom of Chu is dead
The state of Chu lasted for hundreds of years.
Our ancestors were poor and weak when they founded the country, and even had to steal cattle for he became king, the state of Chu began to rise and continued to annex various vassal King Wu appointed wise ministers and worked hard to govern, and gradually became the leader of the Central , Wu Qi turned France into a prosperous country, with a strong army and millions of armored the Chu State was at its peak, it almost destroyed the Yong State in the battles of Danyang and Lantian.
Therefore, Mi Fucu never thought that one day the Yong Kingdom's cavalry would dare to invade his country, just a stone's throw away from him.
Mi Fucu did not hide in the capital to supervise the battle.
Like Zhao Zheng, he went to the battlefield in person.
This battle is a matter of life and death. If the battle is defeated, the Chu Kingdom will be destroyed. He will be the king of the subjugated country.
There are traps everywhere outside Shouchun City.
In addition to the trap, what was even more terrifying was the faint smell of kerosene.
As long as someone dares to step into the battlefield, what awaits them is fire rising from the sky and their skin and flesh scorched.
In order to prevent the Yong State from lighting the kerosene first and waiting for it to burn out before entering the battlefield, the Chu State distributed the kerosene in an inverted "靣" shape, and connected the fires with leads. The fire could only be ignited when it reached Shouchun City.
The two fire igniting positions were controlled by the Chu army. They held torches and waited for the Yong army to step into the fire array.
Sure enough, Yong Jun came.
But they were accompanied by tens of thousands of prisoners from the Chu State.
The prisoners were tied together like grasshoppers threaded with straw.
The Yongguo military formation drove the prisoners forward.
The whip was wielded, and anyone who disobeyed would be killed on the spot.
Whether it is a trap or not, the Chu army will step into it it's a dead end or not, the Chu army goes first.
In this way, Yong's army entered the Chu State's ambush circle in great strength.
Xiang Yan, who was sitting on his horse, saw this scene and couldn't help but wave his sword and roar.
"Shameless! Shameless!"
He never imagined that a mighty country would use the lives of prisoners to clear the way for the military he couldn't see the expressions of the prisoners, Xiang Yan knew how scared and humiliated they were.
Compared to Xiang Yan, Mi Fuchu looked normal.
"Is it shameless?" He said coldly, "Today, Zhao Zheng is worthy of being my opponent."
Is this worthy?
Just as cruel, and treating human life as nothing.
Just like Bai Qi, the Yong general who killed 40 prisoners of the Zhao army, he was fierce and cruel.
"This is what the royal family should do." Mi Fuchu ordered, "Light the fire."
"Your Majesty!" Xiang Yan rode in front of the monarch, "But those are all Chu people."
"No." Mi Fuchu said, "Those are Chu people who were exploited by the enemy."
No one dared to disobey the king's order.
The general in charge of lighting the fire had trembling hands, but he still put the torch close to the fuse.
"呲呲..."
I don't know if it's an illusion, but the sound of flames spreading forward along the lead sounds like a poisonous snake spitting a message.
Soon, flames burst out from the horse pit closest to the fuse first, and then hundreds of flames exploded and connected together instantly, out of control.
Smoke billowed up, covering the sky and the sun.
Water and fire are the most prisoners of Chu who were in front were the first to suffer.
They wanted to dodge, but couldn't break free because they were long as one person is on fire, there is a chain of the midst of despair, they suddenly felt their arms loosen. It turned out that Yong Jun cut the rope for them!
There was no time to panic, and those who were caught in the fire rolled desperately on the ground. Those who were lucky enough to break free earlier were stunned in place and cursed.
"Damn it! Burn your own people too!"
"We work hard for the king! The king doesn't treat us as human beings!"
But they couldn't say a few words before they were so burned by the choking smoke that they leaned down and started coughing.
In a fire scene, you can't avoid the fire, but you can't avoid the smoke.
Fire can burn people to death, and smoke can choke people to death.
People kept falling down, but Yong Jun, who had not fallen down, had turned over his shirt that had been wetted in advance to cover his mouth and nose.
This action reminded the Chu army who was still alive: No wonder he had to wade in from the river just now!
Their clothes haven’t even dried yet!
However, the prisoners of the Chu army soon discovered that the Yong soldiers who blocked their mouths and noses were not cowering in place to survive. Instead, they moved forward to attack.
"There is no fire in the capital!"
Someone yelled.
"Yes! Open their city gates! Kill Mi!"
"I'll lead the way!"
Does anyone know the way?
The Yong soldier, blinded by the smoke, raised his head and saw that the person in front of him was a prisoner of the Chu army.
A prisoner who was abandoned by the king and escaped with his life.
The Yong army, which finally broke through the fire and reached the Chu army's formation, encountered stubborn resistance.
In fact, the Chu army did not entirely guard in front of the city gate.
They surrounded Yong's army in an outflanking this time, most of the flames had been extinguished. Before Yong's army could react, a large group of troops charged into the formation and smashed the formation that Yong's army had finally put together.
Then the long knife was swung, killing people like Chu's army has 50, Yong's army will have a very difficult battle.
Fortunately, the Chu army now only has 30 troops left after the loss at Tianhu, while the Yong state has already doubled the Chu army by absorbing the Wei army.
I have never heard that the smaller one can outflank the larger one and win.
Although the Chu army had the advantage of not being burned by the fire, when the flames weakened, the morale of the Yong army once again surged.
The ground seemed to be sound of horses' hooves, the sound of fighting, and the sound of weapons hitting each other was deafening and made people's blood rush.
Yong general Wang Jian and Chu general Xiang Yan met on the battlefield.
They looked at each other with the coldness of seeing their enemies, but also the respect of fellow good generals.
The greatest respect for the enemy is to fight with all your strength.
Wang Jian was holding a mountain-climbing sword, fighting freely on his horse, and slashed at Xiang Yan with one Yan barely dodged it, but turned around and stabbed Wang Jian with his spear.
The two fought for an unknown number of rounds.
Finally, a line of blood splashed into the sky, and the spear in Xiang Yan's hand fell into the thin smoke.
He did not fall off the horse, but lay on the horse's back, looking at the Shouchun city wall amidst the spinning and turbulence.
Countless rope ladders clung to the city wall, and Yong's army climbed up the ladder, unstoppable.
The Chu national yellow flag embroidered with the sun and phoenix was cut off from the flagpole with a knife and thrown from the city wall.
New flags are flying.
That is the black flag of Yong State and the red flag of Wei State.
Shouchun fell and the country perished.
A tear slipped from the corner of Xiang Yan's eyes. With unwillingness and heartache, he opened his eyes wide and fell into the netherworld of death.
The defeat was certain, but Mi Fuchu fled into the city because of fear of death.
The pursuing Yong army did not make it easy for him. Soon, he was tied up by Wu Hua Da and sent to Zhao Zheng.
The king of Yong did not speak to Mi Fucu immediately.
He was reading a long list to Meng Tian, and Mi Fuchu knew every name on the list.
Those are all courtiers of Chu State.
"Over the years," Zhao Zhengdao, "how much money has been spent to let them work for the Yong Kingdom."
The so-called "hundred years of cultivating decay" has turned out to be as rotten as mud in Chu State. It's time to scrape off these filth.
When Mi Fuchu heard the true faces of the officials he trusted, he immediately yelled angrily.
So it's not that he has been unable to govern the country over the years.
But every decision he makes will be misled by these corrupt officials.
Those regulations that were finally promulgated could not be issued because of their laziness.
Now that he is about to die, are these people still relying on traitor to achieve success?
"Kill them all." Zhao Zheng said to Meng Tian, "Those who betray their country have no need to live."
Those who sell themselves to their owners for glory will never gain the trust of their new owners.
Only then did Mi negative Chu's roar stop.
"You have the ability!" He said to Zhao Zheng, "Kill me too!"
"As you wish." Zhao Zhengdao.
"I still have a gift for you!" Mi Fuchu laughed miserably, "A gift you can't think of!"
Such threats did not make Zhao Zheng hesitate at all.
He had always been kind to the royal family of a perishing country, but for Mi Fuchu, Zhao Zheng felt that it was not necessary.
When King Mi of Chu was carrying the cud for execution, Zhao Zheng held Jiang He's hand.
"My father-in-law's spirit is in heaven," he said warmly, "It's time to comfort him."
"There are also Zheng Xinguan, Chen Jingshi..." Jiang He said, "There is even Zongjun who looks like a half-dead body."
Zongjun's injury was the result of the conspiracy between Mi Fuchu and Wei Nanxu.
"and also……"
Jiang He looked north.
There are also thousands of dead soldiers, and that name that she will never say easily again.
Wei Ji.
Please ride the wind, freely, ride the wind.
In the capital of Chu State.
The handsome man in red smiled, looked at the person in front of him and said, "I caught you."
If you catch it, let me enjoy it.
Long Yangjun carefully arranged his clothes and stepped forward.
(End of this chapter)
