Chapter 1677 Surrender also has a sense of ceremony
As the messenger told the news, the hall suddenly became silent.
Many people turned pale, even Du Fuwei's expression was extremely ugly.
I don't know how long it took before Du Fuwei took a deep breath, forced a confident smile on his face, and said loudly: "Everyone, we have two counties and eleven counties. Now we have only lost two counties. We still have
One hundred and fifty thousand horses…”
But before he could finish his words, another messenger arrived outside the door with an urgent report.
"Your Majesty, the generals in Hongtu County, Jiuqu County, and Doushan County have rebelled and have surrendered to the Far Eastern Army..."
As the messenger revealed the new military information, the whole place fell silent again.
However, although Du Fuwei's face was ugly and livid, his fighting spirit remained undiminished. After a moment of silence, he roared again to boost morale and wanted to fight to the death with the Far Eastern Army. Unfortunately, his effect was very little. Facing the Far Eastern Army, the battlefield continued.
With the news of their defeat, it was difficult for them to regain their determination to become enemies of the Far Eastern Army.
Of course, this is related to the fact that Du Fuwei is not very good at winning people's hearts. After all, he is not Li Shimin. He can always make many people die for him. Even if the situation is extremely bad, some people are willing to die for him.
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In the same night, on the plains of Zhongli County, hundreds of thousands of troops fought on the battlefield for four hours.
On the side of the military formation, changes finally occurred.
This quietly occurring change, at the moment it was discovered, made both the Far Eastern Army and the Far East Army a bit unexpected and confused.
Even on Li Zitong's side, except for Li Zitong himself, the other generals were furious and shocked.
Now, Li Zitong's casualties already numbered 30,000, and when the Far Eastern Army's casualties were about to break through 4,000, it was like a mouse hole suddenly appeared on a huge embankment, and then naturally collapsed...
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At the moment when the change quietly appeared, Qin Qiong, who was in the Far East Army's main formation opposite, was secretly lamenting that although Li Zitong was not a very good character, he actually had such an ability to organize troops, which was extremely surprising to him.
"I heard that Li Zitong betrayed Du Fuwei before. I thought that this person is a villain and should not have any great power, uh..." Qin Qiong was thinking to himself with a slightly solemn expression, but suddenly frowned.
, in the darkness, he picked up the telescope and looked at the side of the battle formation, raised his riding crop, "What is that... What is Li Zitong planning?"
"No, they suddenly collapsed in one place. This... this was intentional."
Qin Qiong thought of a possibility and couldn't help crying out.
"Let me just say... This Li Zitong is not stupid. He has a fortified city to defend, but he came out to fight with my Far Eastern Army. There is indeed a reason."
"It's just that if Li Zitong does this, I don't know what King Qin An will think."
"It's hard to say whether Wang Junlin will reuse him..."
While thinking wildly in his mind, Qin Qiong was not polite. He quickly issued a series of orders. The messengers flew down, rockets rose into the night sky, and the entire Far East Army began to operate more noisily in a tense atmosphere.
On the opposite side, Li Zitong began to let his men save themselves. A gap had already appeared in the dam. The gap would only get bigger and bigger, and it would eventually lead to a major rout.
But he didn't care, because he had already demonstrated his ability. He had studied Qin Qiong and knew that Qin Qiong would not belittle his ability in front of Wang Junlin.
And he also knew that if he had too many men under his command, surrendering to the Far Eastern Army would probably arouse Wang Junlin's suspicion, so at least half of his 150,000 men would die, and then he would lead the rest to surrender, and then he would
It is just right to offer the land of the two counties.
This sudden and strange situation caught the other generals under Li Zitong's command, who did not know the truth, by surprise. They could not understand how, even though they were fighting well, suddenly a troop of troops on one side began to retreat, triggering a rout.
The battlefield was huge, and it was night again. By the time the changes were clearly seen, Li Zitong's nearly ten thousand troops on the northeast flank had already retreated, and they had withdrawn from a huge trough.
Under Qin Qiong's order, the Far East Army blew the horn.
Then Li Xuanba, who was furious, led the remaining 46,000 or so cavalrymen of the Storm Bear Battalion and charged straight down at the retreating Li Zitong army!
A rout like a tidal wave began to appear on one side of the battlefield. Li Zitong's cavalry generals could not wait for Li Zitong's order. They gritted their teeth and decisively crossed the flanks, trying to block the attack of the Storm Bear Battalion.
However, the collapse has taken place, and now it is too late to stop it. The defeated army and other armies under Li Zitong's command have formed a situation where you are surrounded by me, and you are surrounded by me.
The collapse of a mountain cliff gradually turned into the collapse of half a mountain.
This chase-and-escape war lasted all night. Li Zitong's side, plus the first people who died in the frontal battle, numbered as many as 70,000. In the end, Li Zitong led more than 70,000 people and fled directly back to Zhongli County.
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But after Qin Qiong, who already knew Li Zitong's intentions, sent an envoy to persuade him to surrender and expressed great sincerity, Li Zitong made a full gesture and finally expressed his willingness to lead 70,000 troops to surrender and offer the land of the two counties of Huaibei.
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"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Huaibei, outside Zhongli County, huge drums were beating, and the 50,000 cavalrymen of the Baoxiong Battalion lined up to wait solemnly, with flags like clouds and spears and halberds like a forest. Qin Qiong, wearing a steel helmet and armor, stood at the front of the team on horseback.
, behind him, Li Xuanba led more than 40,000 cavalry in helmets and crowns, with a majestic and evil aura.
At this time, the gates of the city in front of them were wide open, and all the flags on the top of the city fell down. Groups of soldiers walked out of the city gates, put down their weapons, and raised their hands as if to surrender to the Far Eastern Army.
The ancients paid great attention to a sense of ritual when doing things, and Li Zitong wanted to maximize the benefits of his surrender, so he paid more attention to this ceremony and strived to be perfect, so as to satisfy King Qin'an and King Junlin.
However, what made Li Zitong greatly regretful was that Wang Junlin did not come to accept his surrender in person.
However, Li Zitong thought again and again, but still did not ask for Wang Junlin to personally accept his surrender.
There is no way. Although he, Li Zitong, is the overlord of one party and the lord of two counties, and has even established a country and claimed the title of king, with 150,000 troops under his command, he is still not enough in front of Wang Junlin, and he does not even have the strength and qualifications to make too much.
Otherwise, Wang Junlin would be offended, and he would lose more than he gained.
Therefore, after hesitating for two days, Li Zitong surrendered to Qin Qiong with great regret.
At this time, he slowly walked out of Zhongli County with a solemn expression. Behind him were the civil and military officials under his command. There were just a hundred people, representing hundreds of civil and military officials, to show that he was the king of a country who founded a country, not a
What a thief.
Li Zitong was naked from the waist up, his hands were tied behind his back with hemp rope, and his gold seal hung under his neck.
Li Zitong claimed to be the King of Chu four years ago, and the country he founded was the State of Chu. This golden seal was the King of Chu's golden seal.
At this time, Li Zitong walked out of the city gate with a look of repentance, and knelt down on the ground fifty steps away from Qin Qiong's horse. The civil and military officials behind him also knelt down quickly, but compared to Li Zitong, there were too many complexities.
Emotional expressions, with an unconcealable look of relief and joy on their faces.
After Li Zitong knelt down, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Your Majesty Li Zitong, please surrender to King Qin An's heavenly army."
Qin Qiong glanced at the top of Zhongli County City behind Li Zitong. Through the city gate, he could faintly feel the joy of the people in the city.
Taking a slight breath, Qin Qiong secretly guessed how Wang Junlin would deal with this Li Zitong, while slowly urging his horse forward, he smiled lightly at Li Zitong and said: "I am following the order of King Qin An to conquer the two counties of Huaibei to protect the people of the two counties.
You have suffered another devastating military disaster. In the name of the Commander-in-Chief of the Far Eastern Army in the Huaihe River, I allow you to surrender. Your new official position and title will be personally decided by His Highness King Qin An."
Li Zitong secretly breathed a sigh of relief and thought that his calculations were correct. This Qin Qiong was indeed not a villain. He quickly kowtowed with tears in his eyes and sobbed: "Thank you Marshal Qin for your surrender. The guilty king is willing to accept any punishment from His Highness King Qin An!"
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In August of the sixteenth year of Daye, Li Zitong, the overlord of Huaibei and the monarch of Chu, was forced to surrender to Qin Qiong in the face of the strong conquest of the Far East Army.
From the time the 50,000-strong Storm Bear Battalion entered Huaibei to the time of surrender, it took less than ten days in total.
Next, Qin Qiong met with Li Zitong's generals in turn. According to the intelligence provided by the Military Intelligence Office, he reused some of them. Then with the help of these people, he spent another day to defeat Li Zitong's more than 70,000 troops.
They randomly organized the organization, and then transferred a thousand generals from the Baoxiong Camp to command the more than 70,000 people. They initially controlled the army, and stationed a Baoxiong Camp troops and troops in two counties and ten counties in Huaibei.
A newly formed team of former Li Zitong troops.
It can be considered that they have initially controlled the land of these two counties. As for the officials who will govern the place, Du Ruhui, Liu Ziming and others from Fanyang County have already been selected and prepared and will arrive soon to officially take over the place.
Of course, not all the civil servants under Li Zitong will be reused, and some will be reused based on some intelligence information provided by the Military Intelligence Bureau. However, some will naturally be left idle or even questioned.
These things will be done later. Qin Qiong has no right to do these things, and he does not want to interfere in these things.
And on the third day, Wang Junlin's royal edict also came.
According to Wang Junlin's wishes, the Huaibei camp was set up with 50,000 troops, with Li Zitong as the main general. The remaining additional troops under his command were stationed in the two counties of Huaibei, and were currently under Qin Qiong's orders.
Furthermore, he gave instructions to Qin Qiong to order Li Zitong's Huaibei camp to rest for two days before going south to attack Du Fuwei in Huainan.
Li Zitong did not expect to be able to continue to command the troops under his command. Although there were only 50,000 troops, he also knew that the Far Eastern Army's military battalions had a maximum strength of 50,000. Being able to become the commander-in-chief of an army after surrendering was already considered the best outcome.