"The King of Qin said that as long as you can surrender, the King of Qin will reward you with five hundred miles of land."
A minister said this.
The King of Qi summoned the ministers at home, originally wanting to discuss how to deal with the Qin soldiers outside the city. He did not expect that the first reply given by the ministers after they gathered was like this. Hou Sheng
He sat among the ministers, squinting his eyes and saying nothing. Most of the ministers in the temple were Hou Sheng's confidants. The rest, even if they were not confidants, were cowards and did not dare to say anything in front of King Qi.
.
Those who dared to speak out and those who disagreed with Hou Sheng were either killed by Hou Sheng or expelled by the King of Qi.
Therefore, Hou Sheng does not worry about these things at all.
He didn't even have to speak to persuade King Qi to surrender. Among the officials, there were many people who could speak on his behalf. At this moment, the officials in the temple suddenly began to persuade King Qi to surrender. Only four or five people lowered their heads.
, silent. The Qin army surrounded the royal capital, which frightened the King of Qi. According to the news outside the city, the Qi army was defeated on the front line, and the entire army was destroyed. The connection between the royal capital and the front line was cut off.
The people of Qin used all kinds of false news to intimidate the people of Qi in the city.
King Qi's face was pale. He looked at his ministers. King Qi was originally a soft-spoken king with no independent opinions. If he compared one person to another, he would probably be similar to a later king who could not stand up.
Ministers who care about themselves, can treat their own people well, are gentle and generous, but have no independent opinions and are easily influenced. Unfortunately, the person beside King Qi is Hou Sheng, not Prime Minister Zhuge.
A king like this, if he had good ministers to assist him in the peaceful years, he would probably be a good king and would not make too many mistakes or make too many mistakes. But in such a situation
In troubled times, when there are more villains than virtuous people around you, you will appear to be a bit fatuous, easily deceived and deceived. Zhao Kuo once summarized the types of kings in the world.
He believes that there are cruel kings like the King of Yan, there are kings who are eager for success like the King of Wei, there are kings like the King of Zhao who know people but cannot make good use of them, there are kings who are useless like the King of Han, and there are kings who have no independent opinion like the King of Qi.
, and reminded Ying Zheng to use them as a mirror, always review whether he has the same behavior as them, and if so, he must improve.
For a king, the most important thing is not his personal morality and style, but whether he can put the right people in the right positions. Duke Huan of Qi once said: "I have something wrong with me. I am very lustful and like to drink.
I like hunting, do you think this will affect the dominance of the few?" Guan Zhong's answer was no, Guan Zhong told him, as long as you know how to use people, lust is human nature, it is understandable, as long as you are willing to use me and listen to me,
Whatever you like, I will definitely let you dominate.
There is nothing wrong with the current King of Qi. He doesn't like women, drinking, or hunting. However, he also doesn't know how to employ people.
When the ministers persuaded him to surrender to Kaicheng, the King of Qi was a little shaken. The ministers spoke more and more terrifyingly, as if the Qin people were going to enter the city to massacre tomorrow. The King of Qi was trembling all over. He could muster up the courage before.
Courage, on the one hand, was due to the inheritance of his ancestors, and on the other hand, he was very angry because of the threat from the Qin people. But now, the mausoleum of the queen is just outside the city and has fallen into the hands of the Qin people.
King Qi searched among the ministers and finally looked at Hou Sheng, whom he trusted most. He hoped that Hou Sheng could give him a suggestion.
Hou Sheng looked at King Qi's eyes, he frowned, thought for a long time, and said helplessly: "Probably, we can only surrender."
"Sir," someone spoke. King Qi turned around and found that the person who spoke was Sikou. Sikou's name was Tian Chun. He was an official. He was old. Sikoo's position was very important. He had to supervise the ministers and
To capture villains and to try cases, Hou Sheng cared about this position very much, so he arranged for his confidant to take the position for a long time. Later, in order to avoid King Qi from thinking too much, Hou Sheng found a well-known honest man to serve as the secretariat.
s position.
Tian Chun is such an honest person. He is honest by nature, not good at words, and timid. He has also made a lot of money with Hou Sheng. Hou Sheng has his handle, so naturally he will not
Worry about him. In Qi State, the position of Sikou has become a virtual reality, because everyone is committing crimes, and Sikou can only follow them to commit crimes and violate the law.
Tian Chun was trembling all over. He looked at King Qi in front of him and felt extremely excited.
"Your Majesty, we cannot surrender. Qi State still has hundreds of thousands of troops stationed on the front lines. How could Qin State defeat so many people in one month? Someone must have interfered and informed Qi State's defense line.
I heard that there were children in the city singing: The one who destroys and builds is the winner!" Sikou finally looked at Hou Sheng, gritted his teeth and said angrily: "This must be what Hou Sheng collected.
I took a bribe and betrayed you!"
"Sheng, I am the Sikou of Qi State, and I want to examine your crimes! Remove your seal!"
Knowing Hou Sheng in front of him, Tian Chun suddenly spoke.
At that moment, the temple was extremely silent. Hou Sheng's eyes widened with a look of grievance. The ministers looked at this scene in fear and were speechless. King Qi was also a little surprised. He looked at Tian Chun,
Looking at Hou Sheng again, he said helplessly: "Now is the most critical time. As ministers, we don't want to think about how to save the country, but we still have to fight with each other. What's the point?"
"Your Majesty"
Tian Chun shed tears and looked at King Qi in front of him. He said: "We can't surrender, we can't surrender." Just as he was muttering, King Qi was about to speak, and Tian Chun rushed to the side. It was too late for Hou Sheng to frame him.
Something, he hit the pillar with all his strength. At that moment, everyone heard a click, and the red and white ones suddenly exploded. The officials were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they screamed.
But King Qi just felt that his eyesight went dark, and then he lowered his head and vomited. He almost vomited out everything he had eaten in the morning. Soon the soldiers came in to help deal with the situation here. Waiting until the warriors
The place was cleaned up. However, King Qi could no longer discuss anything, and he staggered out of the place with support. Hou Sheng was a little surprised, and his plan was broken again.
He looked at the blood stains on the ground and was silent for a long time. A minister came to him and said viciously: "The man is dead, but there is still a wife who can bear the punishment on his behalf."
Hou Sheng took a deep look at the minister and said, "No need, he has already paid the "money"."
The State of Qin has been urging Hou Sheng to persuade King Qi to surrender as soon as possible. In fact, Hou Sheng is not in a hurry at all, because the army guarding the city is his people, and he can order them to open the city gate. However,
He still wanted to fulfill his promise and let the King of Qi surrender. The surrender of the King of Qi would represent the surrender of the entire Qi State. This was very different from him opening the city gate.
The people of Qi are different from other people. In other countries, when the king is killed, the capital is conquered, and the people surrender, but the king of Qi dies, the people of Qi will not surrender. They will continue to hold on until a savior comes.
Come and save them, then establish a new king, wait until the country is saved, and then sell the savior.
Hou Sheng was unwilling to let go of such an opportunity, so he came to the palace again to persuade King Qi to surrender.
King Qi was shocked just now. Tian Chun originally wanted to use his own death to wake up King Qi, but he probably did not expect that his death not only did not make King Qi stronger, but actually broke his heart.
King Qi was the last line of defense in his heart. King Qi was very scared. Under such fear, he directly agreed to Hou Sheng's request. This was a bit ironic. King Qi agreed to open the city and surrender.
On this day, King Qi got into the carriage, came out of the palace and headed towards the city gate. As soon as the carriage came out, several young officials of Qi State jumped out from the distance. They could not see King Qi on weekdays.
They pointed at the King of Qi and reprimanded loudly: "Do you want to betray the State of Qi? Do you want to betray your surname?" Faced with the questions of the young officials, the King of Qi just lowered his head and did not reply. Then,
The warriors of King Qi killed them.
The young official fell in a pool of blood and died with his eyes open.
The road that followed became a bit long. From time to time, people would come out to block King Qi's carriage, some would come out to reprimand King Qi and Hou Sheng, and some would bring out the deceased king and later persuade King Qi, but they all died.
, the road from the palace to the city gate was full of corpses and blood. There were all kinds of corpses, including young people, old people, and even women. They were all dead, and they were lying on this land.
They are not the same, but they are all the same.
The city gate was slowly opened. King Qi turned around and saw the blood stains along the way. He saw the corpses looking at him, as if they were cursing something. King Qi was suddenly very scared. He wanted to stop, he didn't want to continue.
The city gate was opened, but now it was too late. The Qin warriors raised their crossbows and pointed at the Qi people in front of them. They were so proud and arrogant.
The youngest generals of Qin looked at King Qi coldly, without any respect for the king on their faces. King Qi wanted to show his strength. He wanted to raise his head and ask about the five hundred miles rewarded by King Qin.
Where is the land? However, looking at the dark, flashing cold light, and the crossbow arrows aimed at him, King Qi could not help but shrink his neck and did not dare to speak. The soldiers of Qin State poured into the city. King Qi
He was isolated at the gate of the city with no one to take care of him.
Meng Tian looked at this king with disdain. Meng Tian was from Qi three generations ago, but he has no sense of identification with Qi State because he was born in Qin State, speaks Qin language, and is used to the customs and culture of Qin State. He is just like Zhao
Like Kang, he is already a Qin person through and through, but even as a Qin person, Meng Tian still has some feelings in his heart when facing the Qi State with some familiarity.
When he listened to the people here talking, he could think of his great father. When he was very young, his great father talked to several of his warriors like this, and he could also say it. However, as he got older,
, he had somewhat forgotten it. When he was a child, his eldest father once praised the Qi people for how brave and tenacious they were, but today, Meng Tian felt so disappointed in his heart. Compared with other countries, the demise of Qi State was...
There is really no dignity.
The weak Korea perished, the King of Han committed suicide, the Wei State perished, the King of Wei committed suicide, the Zhao State perished, the prince founded the country again, the Yan State perished, the monarchs and ministers fled to the bitter cold land, the Chu State perished, Xiang Yan and other generals fought to the end, and
What about the State of Qi? The King of Qi stood on the carriage like a pig, looking at everything in front of him in fear. The same was true for the ministers. No one dared to glare at him.
However, when Meng Tian walked into the city, the situation was a little different, because he saw the bloody road, and there were many corpses lying along the way. Judging from their appearance and posture, they all died in the obstruction.
On the king's road, these people included officials, civilians, men, women, young people, and old people. The King of Qi fought a bloody road, and this bloody road probably proved the final bloody character of the Qi State.
With the surrender of the King of Qi, the State of Qi was destroyed.
Qi's 400,000 troops immediately surrendered to Qin's army, and 400,000 prisoners surrendered without a fight. This is really complicated.
The armies from all over the Qi State surrendered one after another, and no city chose to resist. The Qin State soldiers captured all the cities in the Qi State without bloodshed. The price paid was only that a few soldiers were injured on the way and fell behind. The demise of the State of Qi was announced.
At the end of the Warring States Period, all the six kingdoms were finally destroyed. The Qin State captured the last king, and the Qin State became one king of the world. The soldiers of the Qin State who were the first to know the news cheered.
Wang Ben, Meng Tian and other generals were extremely happy. They began to celebrate this day, and King Qi was sent to Qin.
The news of the unification of the world spread quickly throughout the country. This was a brand new era. This was an era that Qin people had been looking forward to for hundreds of years. Many Qin officials shed tears for it. People everywhere were celebrating. The scouts who came and went hurriedly
Rushing towards Xianyang, and looking at the ecstasy on their faces, the officials everywhere already understood in their hearts.
The world was unified, but this unification seemed a bit anticlimactic. The people of Qin started to play the music at the beginning. An unappreciated guard came to Qin. He looked at the weak Qin in front of him and began to play this music.
The long song was followed by the singing of various heroes one after another, including the bruised Zhang Lu, the humble and gentle Rentu, the gray-haired veteran, and the general who would rather die than surrender.
The beginning of this piece of music is so loud and there are many heroes, but when it ends, it is not so good, there are only three young people and a king who lowers his head and waits for death.
But no matter what, the music had finished playing, and everyone stood up and applauded in celebration.
Zhao Kuo was sitting in the courtyard. When he heard Zhongshu Ge excitedly talking about the surrender of Qi, Zhao Kuo stood up suddenly. He looked at Zhongshu Ge blankly. His whole body was trembling and tears filled his eyes. At that moment,
Zhao Kuo actually covered his face and burst into tears.
