Chapter 1739: Japanese pirates attack

Han Xin is a very proud man, but he has lost all his capital after this series of failures. If he still can't let go, he will be a little ignorant, so now he surrenders in such a low posture.

Zhang He and Gao Lan were afraid that Han Xin could not see the situation clearly and would still look arrogant and make Qin Hao unhappy. However, seeing Han Xin's low profile, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Han Xin still knew himself.

As soon as Han Xin finished speaking, Qin Hao hurriedly ran down, helped Han Xin up with his own hands, and said, "Brother Han, what are you talking about? No one can be without faults, and knowing his mistakes can make a lot of improvements.

Based on Brother Han’s past achievements, even if he makes some mistakes, it won’t be a big deal. Now that he is willing to return to the court, I will naturally agree to it, but..."

Speaking of this, Qin Hao looked into Han Xin's eyes and said with a smile: "Our army's principle has always been: merit must be rewarded and demerit must be punished.

Since Brother Han made a mistake, he must be punished.

Of course, seeing that Brother Han was also deceived by Liu Che's traitor, I can give Brother Han a lighter punishment.

Let’s do this, let’s punish Brother Han with a two-level demotion. What does Brother Han think?”

The two levels of demotion that Qin Hao mentioned did not start from the King of Han who was conferred by the Northern Han Dynasty, but from the Duke of Han who was conferred by the Luoyang court. After all, the position of King of Han was not recognized by the Luoyang court at all.

If Han Xin was promoted from Duke to General, he would be demoted from the position of Duke, to Marquis, and then to Lord of County. The span in between is not that big.

Han Xinxin was secretly surprised. He thought Qin Hao would beat him to the end, but he didn't expect that Qin Hao would reserve the position of a prince for her. This was already considered to be a very generous place.

Although Qin Hao took the initiative to show mercy to Han Xin, it did not mean that Han Xin dared to accept it with peace of mind.

"I have made such a big mistake this time, and I voluntarily remove all my titles and official positions. I only hope that the King of Qin can forgive me for my crimes, and I will never dare to think otherwise."

After saying that, Han Xin was about to kneel down to salute again, but before he could kneel down, he was pulled back by Qin Hao.

Qin Hao also didn't expect that the arrogant Han Xin would be so aware of current affairs now. But now that Han Xin is willing to surrender, and his attitude is so low, even if it is just to make a show for other people who will surrender in the future, he definitely can't really do it.

Knock Han Xin down to the end.

"Brother Han, the crime you committed is not serious. Being demoted by two ranks is already a heavy punishment. Do you think my reward and punishment are unfair?" Qin Hao said in a pretentious manner.

"this……"

Han Xin was stunned when he saw this. He thought Qin Hao was just pretending. If he insisted on resigning, Qin Hao would definitely agree, but he didn't expect Qin Hao to refuse.

Qin Hao's words had already mentioned this reward. It would be a bit hypocritical if Han Xin refused to accept this kindness, so he quickly thanked him and said, "Thank you, King Qin, for your great kindness."

"From now on, everyone is one of our own. As long as Brother Han is loyal to the king and the court, with your ability, Brother Han, sooner or later you will be promoted back to the position of Duke."

Qin Hao smiled and consoled him. After all, he had just demoted Han Xin's title, and this was considered a blow with a stick and a sweet date.

"My subject, Han Xin, swears here to be loyal to the lord. If this oath is violated, both gods and men will be indignant."

Han Xin's oath of allegiance also made Qin Haozu feel at ease with him. After all, oaths are still very useful in this era, and generally people will never swear easily.

"Han Xin listens to the order, and now I will demote you two ranks and make you a Marquis of Hejian County and a later general." Qin Hao said.

"Thank you, Lord, for your kindness. Han Xin will definitely be grateful for it."

Han Xin thanked him, but his heart was full of sadness.

The conditions that Qin Hao offered when he persuaded him to surrender were: Jizhou Mu, Hussar General, Hebei Governor... He had both military power and political power, which was even worse than Bai Qi.

Now Han Xin has not only been demoted from Han Gong to Hejian County Marquis, but also has only one post-general in his official position, and his military power is unknown.

After comparing the two, it can be said that they are worlds apart.

However, Han Xin also knew that this was his own fault. At the beginning, he had an army of 100,000 and occupied one-third of Jizhou, so Qin Hao offered such high conditions.

But now he was a lonely prisoner of war, with no soldiers, no power, no land, nothing, and only one life left. Qin Hao still allowed him to retain the status of a prince, which was an act of mercy beyond the law.

"In the battle of House of Flying Daggers, the entire Han and Zhao coalition forces were wiped out, and our army surrendered a large number of prisoners of war."

Saying that, Qin Hao looked at Han Xin and continued: "I wonder if you, Brother Han, are confident that you can capture these prisoners for our army."

The 80,000 surrendered troops who were escorted back to Yecheng by Zhang Liao were not the strong men captured by Su Lie in the Bohai Sea. They were troops with considerable combat power. Once they were recruited, they would be a great help to the Qin army.

And if they don't surrender and just keep them locked up like this, it will be a waste of food, and the Qin army will also need to dedicate part of its troops to guard it. The gain outweighs the losses, and the best candidate to command this surrendered army is naturally Han Xin.

Hearing this, Han Xinxin suddenly felt happy. He didn't expect Qin Hao to use him so soon.

Han Xin was originally ready to pledge his support to Qin Hao, but he felt something was wrong, so he thought for a while and replied: "My lord, the last general can only be sure to subdue the Han army and surrender. As for Zhao's surrender, I want to do it in the short term."

If we want to completely conquer the country, I'm afraid we have to persuade Yuan Tan to surrender."

Hearing this, Qin Hao couldn't help but feel a headache. Although he had never met Han Xin before, he had met Yuan Tan.

Although Yuan Tan is afraid of death, he is very courageous. He would rather die than surrender to Qin Hao, the enemy who killed his father, so it is not easy to get him to surrender.

Seeing Qin Hao's expression, Han Xin knew that persuading Yuan Tan to surrender would not go smoothly, so he immediately said: "My lord, I have a good personal relationship with Yuan Tan, and I am willing to persuade Yuan Tan to surrender."

"Really, that's great."

Qin Hao looked happy, and then asked: "I wonder how sure Brother Han is?"

"Seventy percent."

"That's enough. Now that Yuan Tan has been escorted back to Yecheng, I ask you, Brother Han, to set off immediately, persuade Yuan Tan to surrender as soon as possible, and capture all the prisoners of war and organize them into an army."

"No." Han Xin responded with clasped fists enthusiastically, and then left Hejian for Yecheng with the task of gathering the surrendered troops.

After Han Xin arrived in Yecheng, he immediately reorganized the prisoners of war. The reorganization of the original Korean army went very smoothly. After all, even the old master Han Xin had surrendered, as had senior generals such as Zhang Kui, Chen Qi, Zheng Lun, Gao Ming, and Gao Jue.

Following the trend, the soldiers at the bottom naturally have nothing to hold on to.

However, the reorganization of Zhao Jun's surrender did not go smoothly. Even if Han Xin personally persuaded Yuan Tan, Yuan Tan still did not surrender, but his tone was much more relaxed than before.

At the same time, after some simple repairs, the Qin army in northern Hebei was preparing to march northward again, but they received a shocking piece of bad news:
Chapter completed!