Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 447 Enjoying the Country for More than Five Hundred Years
"Stop shooting arrows! Don't hurt the King of Chu!"

Sun Wu hurried to the gate of the palace, waved the bronze sword in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Send the order, and the King of Chu must be captured alive!"

"promise!"

Sun Wu was really worried that the king of Chu would die in the chaos. It might be okay for the king of Chu, Xiong Zhen, but Xiong Zhen's mother, Meng Ying, had a very close relationship with Qingji, so she must not die here, under the arrows of the Wu army!

"rush out!"

"kill!"

Knowing that the generals of the Wu army did not dare to hurt him, the king of Chu, Xiong Zhen, couldn't help but immediately pulled out the sword from his waist, and ordered all the guards to follow him to kill a bloody road.

As the old guards of the Chu Kingdom, they are basically all strong and sharp, with good combat power, but facing the fierce Wu Jun warriors who are like wolves and tigers, they will inevitably be at a disadvantage when fighting one-on-one.

Fortunately, Xiong Zhen's purpose was just to escape, so he didn't fight Wu Jun.

With the speed of the military chariot, Xiong Zhen and his group of guards quickly threw off the pursuing Wu army, escaped from Yingdu, and headed west.

Not being able to capture Xiong Zhen alive made Sun Wu a little regretful.

However, this is much better than killing Chu King Xiong Zhen.

After all, if the king of a country dies under the hands of Wu Jun, it will inevitably arouse the anger of the people of Chu State again, which will not help Wu State to better conquer the cities of Chu State.

……

Not long after, Qingji, who was far away in Yunmengze, got the news that Yingdu had been captured.

"Hahahaha, as expected of Sun Wu, the widow is right!"

Looking at the battle report in his hand, Qing Ji couldn't help laughing out loud, feeling very relieved.

After Sun Wu led [-] elite soldiers of the Wu army to forcibly cross the Han River, he took the capital of Chu State Ying in one fell swoop with lightning speed, and smashed the Chu Palace by surprise.

This really has a great element of luck.

Not to mention the capture of the capital city of Ying, the fortifications of the Chu palace are also extremely strong.

The construction style of Miyagi in this era is generally built like a small city, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The Chu army had a thousand guards, as well as some eunuchs and court ladies. It was difficult to defend the Chu palace, but the side that could not hold back the Wu army did not have any siege equipment, not even an ordinary set of armor!

This led to the possibility of a tug of war in the war, and then the Chu army turned defeat into victory.

However, what shocked people's jaws was that the King of Chu, Xiong Zhen, chose not to fight and retreated himself!

Why?

Qingji couldn't figure it out for a while, he could only say that everyone's personality is different.

In history, Xiong Zhen (King Chu Zhao) actually did not have the courage to confront Wu Jun head-on, but chose to flee for refuge and threw his capital to Wu Jun.

Xiong Zhen may be greedy for life and afraid of death, but he can definitely think that the Chu Palace cannot be defended.

He dare not take this risk!

The point is, if Xiong Zhen fled, he would run away, but he didn't tell Zixi in advance, which led to Zixi being captured alive by the Wu army.

It can be said that Xiong Zhen cheated him in the end.

Because Xiong Zhen knew Yi Zixi's character, he probably wouldn't agree with him choosing not to fight and retreat when the Chu army was still capable of fighting.

At this time, in the big tent of the Chinese army, the generals of the Wu army gathered together.

Hearing the news that the capital city of Ying was captured and the king of Chu, Xiong Zhen, abandoned the city and fled, everyone's faces were filled with excitement and smiles.

After all, the people of Chu didn't even have their own capital, so what would they use to fight them?

"Report-"

At this time, a junior officer hurriedly entered the tent of the Chinese army, and reported to Qingji, who was in the commander's position: "Your Majesty, the sentries in front are here to report that a large number of Chu troops have appeared north of the Han River and are moving north!"

"Not good! Chu Jun is going to run away!"

The generals reacted immediately.

"My lord, please send troops to intercept immediately!"

"Success or failure depends on one move. If we can take advantage of this opportunity and wipe out the main force of the Chu army in one battle, then the Chu country will be destroyed!"

"Shen Zhuliang must not be let go!"

The generals were all talking non-stop.

However, Qingji was able to calm down quickly.

Faced with the unanimous words of the generals, Qingji did not respond, but went to the sheepskin map hanging on the screen and looked at it carefully.

Soon, Qingji discovered something was wrong.

At this time, the Wu army had broken through the thirteen water fortresses set up by the Chu army, and traversed two-thirds of Yunmengze.

The main force of the Chu army fled northward, no doubt passing through the land of Yongxi, and then all the way north to the Shenlu and Pang areas, and even the Deng and Shen lines, with the back of the Yun State in the west.

To the north of Yun State is the State of Qin.

After Chu King Xiong Zhen and his party escaped from Yingdu, they headed west all the way, and it is very likely that they fled to Yun State for refuge, and then asked Qin State to send troops for help.

At this time, it was impossible for Qingji to send troops to intercept the main force of the Chu army.

Out of reach!

"Shen Zhuliang is really decisive."

Qingji chuckled, and immediately issued an order, saying: "The order, the whole army rests for a day, and then divides into two groups. The East Route Army takes Tian Rangju as the general, and [-] people are responsible for attacking Junxiang, Sui, Huang, Xi, and Li. Wait for the cities and lands to the east of Chu State."

"The West Route Army is marching towards Yingdu with the widow!"

"promise!"

Qingji's strategic purpose is very clear, which is to "divide Chu" rather than "destroy Chu", so he just wants to divide half of Chu's territory.

Although it is only half of the Chu land, it is also extremely vast.

Qingji didn't care much about the main force of the Chu army who had escaped, and the king of Chu, Xiong Zhen.

With the current strength of Wu State, it is difficult to annex the huge Chu State, so Qingji doesn't mind dividing Chu State first, and then letting Wu State digest it one by one.

……

Yingdu.

Qingji led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on a warship, crossed Yunmeng Lake, and finally arrived at Ying, the capital of Chu State.

When Qingji arrived at the gate of Yingdu City, Sun Wu led thousands of Wu soldiers to greet him.

The mighty team stretches for miles, with no end in sight.

The soldiers of the Wu army all wore crimson battle suits, helmets and armor, and held bronze spears or daggers. They had a majestic and high-spirited posture, like a winning rooster.

This made Chu people on both sides of the street see it, and felt very uncomfortable.

After all, for Chu people, Wu Jun can be described as an invader.

How can they have a good temper when dealing with these invaders who are showing off their power in front of them?

If it weren't for seeing that all these soldiers of the Wu army were vicious and murderous.

Maybe the Chu people who were still staying in Yingdu couldn't help but rush up and fight them to the death.

Having said that, the current Yingdu has been devastated after several battles, and has no strength to resist.

At this moment, Qingji was standing on the military chariot, Deng Shi looked at it, looked around, and looked at the hatred eyes of Li Shu of Chu State on both sides of the street, and couldn't help but secretly sigh with emotion.

After all, it is the Chu State that has enjoyed the country for more than [-] years. The heritage is still there, and the people of the country have a strong sense of belonging.

Wu Guo wants to truly digest these rebellious Chu people, so that they can really integrate with Wu Guo, regardless of each other, there is still a long way to go!

(End of this chapter)