"He's the real one. The Chu army dared to yell at me, brothers, grab a knife and kill him." Cao Jian was unhappy. Who are you and the two of you? The whole army was almost wiped out and you still dared to be arrogant. With a wave of his hand, he led Wei
Soldiers surrounded him.
The two large shields collided together, and both sides swung their heavy swords at the other side at the same time. A harsh metal collision sounded, and an obvious gap was made in the heavy sword.
Zhu Rongwei took a step back, preparing to charge up another attack, when a spear stabbed from the side. Even though he tried his best to dodge, his shoulder was still pierced.
At the same time, Wei Wuzu's big shield smashed down, killing the Zhurong guard.
The Imperial Guards and Wei Wu soldiers already had a numerical advantage. The two legions joined forces and surrounded more than a thousand Zhu Rong Guards in the middle. All kinds of attacks were constantly thrown at Zhu Rong Guards' heads.
This is not the first time that the Imperial Guards and Wei Wuzu have cooperated. When they fought against the Qin Army, the two legions had cooperated with each other. In addition, both sides are extremely powerful legions and know how to cooperate with each other to achieve better results.
With his strong strength, he quickly completely suppressed Zhu Rongwei.
Zhu Rongwei was already fighting desperately, but they only had 1,500 people. Facing two army souls at the same time, it was really difficult to reverse the situation.
The Chu army from the rear was still coming, fighting with the three armies of Zhao, Wei and Han. The whole street was stained red with blood, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell of blood.
When various nobles heard the sound of fighting outside, they quickly sent people to inquire about the news. When they learned that Zhao Jun had already invaded, without saying a word, they led their private soldiers to kill Zhao Jun.
Although they usually fight for power and gain, and try their best to hinder the Chu State, at critical moments, most nobles are still willing to stand on the side of the Chu State.
There are no unbroken eggs under the overturned nest. If the Chu Kingdom dies, most of them will not be easy off.
There are also some people who want to take the opportunity to show their loyalty to the King of Chu. They don't think that Chu will really perish. Zhao and Chu are in the south and north, with Wei in between. Even if they send a large army to attack Chu, how many people can there be?
Where are the people? What’s more, Zhao is still attacking Qin.
Chu State has been in existence for 800 years and has experienced countless hardships. Wu and Qin both attacked the capital of Chu State back then, but Chu State survived in the end. How could it be destroyed so easily?
In the eyes of most people, there is no difference between Zhao State, Wu State, and Qin State. Even if Chen Ying can be defeated, Chu State cannot be truly destroyed.
The worst case scenario is that the Chu State will move its capital to another place, and we can just wait until this period of time has passed before returning.
Chu State has no other abilities, but it can survive.
Wu, Yue, Jin, Jiang Qi, Zheng, and Song have all left their opponents. Chu is still alive and well, and even Qin may be driven away by Chu soon.
The State of Zhao is strong, but only because of its current king. When the current king of Zhao State is beaten to death, victory will still belong to Chu State.
And they can also take this opportunity to show their loyalty and get rewards from the King of Chu.
There are also some nobles who have already thought about how to show their loyalty to Zhao Jun when Zhao Jun captures Chen Ying.
In short, there are all kinds of things in the world, and these nobles have all kinds of ideas.
"The combat effectiveness of these private armies is quite good. They are no less than ordinary soldiers. If the Chu State had brought these people to the battlefield and had a famous general to command them, what would have happened to the Qin State in the past years?" Le Yi said.
On the one hand, he commanded the team to divide these private armies into pieces.
These private soldiers lack experience in fighting on the battlefield, and do not have unified legion talents. They are probably not trained according to the way of the army, and are just guards who look after homes and courtyards.
But even so, the combat effectiveness is no less than that of most regular soldiers, and even comparable to ordinary elites.
This is just Chen Ying's private army. If all the private soldiers of the Chu State were gathered together, how powerful would their fighting power be?
You must know that these noble fiefdoms must have many private soldiers, and Chen Ying only accounts for a small part.
"If these nobles were dedicated to serving the country, Chu would have unified the world long ago, but this is impossible." Ju Xin said.
This is the disadvantage of the enfeoffment system. When the interests of a small family conflict with the interests of everyone, the vast majority of people will inevitably give priority to the interests of the small family.
These people are like moths in the country, sucking the country's nutrients all the time, blocking the country's progress, and preventing the country from clenching its fists and concentrating its efforts on one thing.
Even the State of Zhao is no exception.
The reason why this situation did not happen in Zhao State is simply because Zhao State is still in the stage of making the cake bigger, and there is Zhao Kuo on top.
If Zhao State maintains its status quo, given time, Chu State’s today will be Zhao State’s tomorrow.
Countries have also discovered this shortcoming, so they gradually transitioned from the enfeoffment system to the centralized system in order to concentrate their efforts on major tasks and avoid the weakening of national power caused by enfeoffment.
The only way for Zhao to solve this shortcoming is to unify the Central Plains as soon as possible, then fight them out, enfeoff these people to other places outside the Central Plains, and implement a parallel system of counties and states.
The areas that the imperial court could successfully manage were centralized and directly managed by the imperial court. As for the areas that the imperial court could not manage, they were enfeoffed and handed over to the princes for management.
As for how those princes caused trouble outside, it didn't matter. Anyway, the imperial court had no way to manage these places.
Moreover, if there are more princes, there will be more competition, and the harm will be much less.
While chatting, Le Yi directed the Zhao army to attack the private army that was divided into pieces.
These private soldiers did have a good foundation, but that was all. They had not experienced the baptism of the battlefield. When they saw the Zhao army blocking their way with large shields, they all panicked.
The broadswords and broadswords in their hands could not penetrate Zhao Jun's shield at all.
The Zhao army marched forward in formation, thrusting their big shields at the enemy, and swung their heavy swords, and it was like a human head.
Wei Jun and Han Jun followed Zhao Jun and rushed towards Chu Jun excitedly. These are all meritorious achievements.
The king has already said that for their meritorious service in this battle, they will be rewarded in accordance with the standards of the State of Zhao!
They also have the opportunity to join the Zhao Kingdom's standing army!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Not to mention Zhao's generous rewards, the treatment of the standing army alone is enough to make them fight hard.
Boom, boom, boom!
Boom, boom, boom!
Outside the city, Zhao Kuo personally beat drums to encourage the soldiers, and the morale of the soldiers increased again, just like the flood that burst the embankment and continuously impacted the Chu army.
Even with the help of private troops, the Chu army was far inferior to the Zhao, Wei and Han armies in terms of numbers and morale. They could only retreat continuously and engage in street fighting with the Zhao army.
Wei Wuji, Le Yi, and Tian Dan each led a large army to surround the other three city gates to prevent the King of Chu and the nobles of Chu from escaping.
The nobles in the city realized that something was wrong when they saw that the Chu army failed to repel the Zhao army, but was being killed by the Zhao army and retreating steadily.
Zhao Jun's attack may not be that simple this time!
The nobles began to pack their luggage and prepare to escape from the city, while sending people to inquire about information to see if they could contact Zhao Jun.
It would be best if you could escape from the city. If you couldn't escape, you would have no choice but to rely on Zhao Jun to protect the entire family.
"Zhao Jun has already invaded. You should pack your things immediately and protect the king out of the city." Qu Shu rushed into the house, quickly summoned the direct descendants of the Qu family, and said quickly.
"Brother, what about you?" Qu Yu asked.
"Since the current monarch came to the throne, Zhao State has carried out reforms, destroyed the Hu in the north, and retreated to the west to strengthen the Qin Dynasty. In just over ten years, the national power has crushed other countries, and it has a tendency to unify the world. I once sent Zhao State as an envoy,
I had an acquaintance with King Zhao. King Zhao respected his late father very much and compiled his poems and essays into manuscripts to be used as textbooks in the academy for everyone to study. If I stay in the city, Zhao Jun will not give me any trouble.
." Qu Shu said quickly.
He didn't know the specific situation in the city now. The Zhao army seemed to fall from the sky and suddenly attacked Chen Ying, killing the Chu army and retreating steadily. He didn't even know how many people there were in the Zhao army and who was the leader.
Everything happened so suddenly that no one had any time to react.
All the private soldiers he had just sent out had been killed in the battle, and not one of them came back alive.
He could not tell whether Zhao State successfully captured Chen Ying this time or whether Chu State pushed Zhao State back.
Therefore, we can only place our bets on both sides, letting the younger brother and his party follow the King of Chu, while he joins the Zhao State. No matter whether Zhao State wins or Chu State wins later, the Qu family can be saved.
Fortunately, since returning from his mission to Zhao State more than ten years ago, the Qu family has not lost contact with Zhao State. The two parties have frequent trade exchanges, and there is still some friendship to a certain extent.
"Okay." Qu Yu knew that there was no room for hesitation at this time. Zhao Jun had already breached the city gate and could reach his home at any time. If he didn't leave, it would be too late.
"Don't pack your luggage. Our Qu family is also good at this. Before Zhao Jun has completed the siege, you should leave immediately and don't go to the palace. I just went to the palace and the king is not there. I suspect that the king has left the city." Qu
Shu said quickly.
Zhao Guoguo has invaded the city. It is impossible for the King of Chu not to know. If he does not stand up at this time and is not in the palace, his whereabouts can be imagined.
"Okay." Qu Yu nodded, led several direct descendants and some collateral descendants to leave Qu's mansion quickly, and rode a carriage towards the outside of the city.
"You two go and find out who the general of the Zhao army is. You two, go and bring some gold, silver and copper coins out of the treasury and put them in the hall. If the Zhao army comes in, give it to them. Don't resist. You guys
A few of them, go and inform the heads of the Jing family, Zhao family, and Xiang family to come and discuss matters."
Qu Shu raised his head and glanced at the direction where the sound of fighting came from, and sighed deeply, his old face full of sorrow.
He seemed to have seen the scene where Yingdu was captured by the Qin army decades ago.
Only this time, where will the fate of Chu State go?
At this time, Zhu Rongwei's defense line had been smashed to pieces by the imperial guards and Wei Wu soldiers. If it had been another army, it would have collapsed long ago.
But Zhu Rongwei still did not give up. If the shield was broken, they would use their swords to cut it. If the sword was broken, they would use their fists. If their arms were broken, they would use their teeth. As long as they had a breath left, they would never give up.
But the gap in strength cannot be changed by faith. Zhu Rongwei is constantly falling, and all the surviving soldiers are injured. The weak war clouds in the sky are like candles swaying in the strong wind. They are about to be swallowed up by Zhao Jun at any time.
trend.
"Death!" Xiong Hong was knocked out by Gai Nie. The sword energy almost penetrated the entire right side of his body, and blood spurted out.
Xiong Hong got up from the ground and looked at Ganie reluctantly. The blood was flowing loudly, and he had no extra strength to stop the bleeding.
"Let's go." Genie said softly.
boom!
The tall body suddenly collapsed.
Wish Rongwei, the group is destroyed!
"Your Majesty, our army has destroyed Zhu Rongwei of the Chu State. The Chu army has surrendered one after another. General Ben is leading his brothers to the Chu Palace." The messenger came back quickly to report.
"Okay! Okay! Okay! This battle is finally coming to an end, and the world will eventually be unified." Zhao Kuo was overjoyed and ordered, "Immediately seal the city gates and prohibit anyone from leaving the city. And post notices to appease the people in the city."
Although the five kingdoms of Qin, Chu, Han, Wei, and Qi are still there, the countdown to their respective states has begun since the Zhao army broke through the capital of Chu.
Zhao's unification of the world will be an irreversible trend.
Zhao Kuo led a group of people into the city.
The sound of fighting in the city still did not disappear, but with the Zhurong Guards destroyed and most of the Chu army surrendering, sporadic resistance could no longer amount to much.
The Zhao army was also encircling and suppressing the resisting Chu army.
"Your Majesty, the head of the Qu family, the elders of the Jing clan, the elders of the Zhao clan, and the elders of the Xiang clan would like to see you." Not long after Zhao Kuo entered the city, the guards came to report.
"The information is quite good, let them come in." Zhao Kuo thought for a moment and decided to meet with the nobles of Chu.
Deep down, he had no good impression of these Chu nobles. The Chu nobles could be said to be the most decadent nobles among the Seven Kingdoms. The Chu State was large but not strong, largely because these nobles were holding them back.
However, if we want to control Chen Ying and even the entire Chu State as soon as possible, we cannot do without the help of these nobles for the time being.
"Greetings to King Zhao." When Qu Shu and others saw Zhao Kuo, they quickly knelt on the ground.
They previously thought that Zhao sent a small army to surprise Chen Ying in order to get the Chu army on the front line to return for reinforcements. When Jing Yang led the Chu army from the front line, the Zhao army would retreat.
When they learned that Yujia Zhao Kuo was going on a personal expedition, they no longer had any thoughts in their hearts.
With the names of people and the shadows of trees, Zhao Kuo has been invincible in all battles and attacks over the years, expanding the territory of Zhao State several times.
It would be a lie to say that they are not afraid.
Even if the Chu troops from the front line return, it is not certain who will fight whom.
If they want to preserve their family, they can only hold on to Zhao Guo's thigh.
"Everyone, please get up quickly." Zhao Kuo looked at the group of elderly people, the youngest of whom were sixty or seventy years old, and finally focused on one person, "Master Qu, we haven't seen each other for more than ten years."
"Report to King Zhao, it has been twelve years." Qu Shu leaned over and said. Although the man in front of him was younger than his eldest son, he did not dare to be disrespectful at all.
Zhao Kuo really could decide Qu's life or death with just one word.
"I'll give you a seat." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The four of them breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that King Zhao was still very talkative.
Although they really want to mix with the Chu State, the Chu State is now in danger and there is a risk of destruction at any time. If the Zhao State can ensure that their interests are not harmed, then it is not unacceptable to mix with the Zhao State.