Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 79

After Shen Yinshu returned to his dormitory, he ordered someone to summon You Sima Miji.

Through the dim candlelight, Shen Yinshu and Mi Ji sat opposite each other!

After a long silence, Shen Yinshu finally spoke slowly: "Ji, I am going to lead the army to surrender to Wu..."

Shen Yinshu made a decision that made him extremely painful.

"Admiral..."

There was no surprise on Mi Ji's face, but it was still difficult to accept.

"My Chu army is at the end of its rope, and countless soldiers starve to death every day. This is my sin."

Shen Yinshu sighed and said: "After all, I underestimated Qingji and Wu! Eighty thousand Chu masters attacked Wu with great momentum. I didn't expect to be reduced to such a state. Isn't it ridiculous?"

"Qingji has given me an ultimatum, either to fight or to surrender. However, those who fight will only increase casualties!"

"I really can't bear to see the sons of my state of Chu being slaughtered. I can't bring them to make contributions, at least, I can let them go home and live!"

Mi Ji heard the words, opened his mouth, but did not speak, did not make a sound.

Shen Yinshu's thinking cannot be said to be wrong, it is a helpless move!
In a frontal battle, the Chu army can only be wiped out.

Rather than doing this, they might as well surrender to the state of Wu and wait to be redeemed by the state of Chu after the war, so as not to let more soldiers wrap their bodies in horse leather and bury their bones in other places!
"Ji, I entrust you with the important task of surrendering to the Wu people."

"General, don't you..."

Mi Ji clicked his tongue.

Only Shen Yinshu sighed and said: "The guilt of defeat in the war must be borne by others. I am a general, and I lost my teacher and humiliated the country to Wu. How can I have the face to see Jing Chu's elders again? What face will I have to see the king again?"

"I cannot tolerate my guilt, let alone escape my guilt."

"Ji, I just want to ask you to convey the message to Qingji. After I die, please transport my body back to Yingdu. This is my only request..."

Trivial request!
Mi Ji couldn't help but feel great grief.

"General, we shouldn't attack Wu!"

It was too late for Mi Ji to regret.

But Shen Yinshu didn't speak, thousands of words finally turned into a long sigh!

After Mi Ji left, Shen Yinshu drew his sword and slayed himself, and fell headfirst on the table. When he was dying, he still reluctantly looked at the flickering candlelight.

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The next day, when Qingji was about to lead his army to attack the camp of the Chu army, news of Shen Yinshu's death and the surrender of the Chu army came.

Qingji was not surprised that the Chu army chose to surrender.

But Shen Yinshu chose to commit suicide and apologize, which made Qingji feel very uncomfortable!
Shen Yinshu is a famous general of the Chu State, with high prestige. He once worked as an official in Wu, and explored the customs and customs of Wu State, as well as the military affairs of the imperial court.

If it is said that among the nobles in Chu State, who knows Wu State best, it must be Shen Yinshu.

There is no doubt that Shen Yinshu is a strong enemy of Wu!
But for Shen Yinshu's death, Qingji still regretted it very much.

Shen Yinshu, surnamed Mi, Shen family, not from Chu Zong, is the great-grandson of King Zhuang of Chu!
Mi Shu is called Shen Yinshu and Shen Shu, just like the cultural habits of this era, nobles often use their fiefdoms as their surnames.

Shen Yinshu was originally Yin of Shen County, so he took Shen as his surname.

Shen Yinshu has made a lot of contributions to Chu State!

At that time, King Ping of Chu built a large number of palaces and cities, and fought for many years. He did not fulfill his promise of "resting the people for five years". Shen Yinshu had many comments on this.

At the same time, he was also very concerned about the war situation between Wu and Chu.

In the first year of King Chu Zhao (515 BC), the Wu army took advantage of the death of King Ping of Chu to attack Chu.

In the same year, Shen Yinshu ordered Yin Nangwa to connive at Fei Wuji and Yan Jiangshi's killing of the Que clan, which caused dissatisfaction among the people of the country, and solemnly warned Nangwa to deal with it.

After Nangwa killed Fei Wuji and General Yan, the resentment of the people of the country began to subside!

After that, in the historical battle of Wu State's destruction of Chu, if Nangwa could listen to Shen Yinshu's advice, he would never be attacked by the Wu army with few soldiers and almost wiped out Chu State!

Qingji vaguely remembered that during the historical Battle of Baiju, Shen Yinshu, who was defeated in the battle, did not want to be captured and humiliated, and asked his subordinate Wu Jubei to cut off his head and make a heroic sacrifice.

Shen Yinshu's strong character is quite rare!
At least, he couldn't tolerate being captured by the Wu army and then being humiliated.

Even if Qingji can treat Shen Yinshu kindly, the latter will not be able to forgive himself!

The [-] army attacked Wu and suffered such a big defeat. This is something that Chu has never experienced since its founding, and it has already hurt the country.

Shen Yinshu must bear the responsibility for this crime himself!

If not, even if he is a son of the public clan, a man of high morals in the state of Chu, I am afraid that his reputation will be ruined and he will be cast aside by the people of Chu.

With Shen Yinshu's arrogant personality, this kind of thing cannot be tolerated.

In order to preserve his own reputation, or to protect his family members, Shen Yinshu must commit suicide and bear the responsibility of losing his teacher and humiliating the country!
Qingji immediately ordered Ren Haosheng to collect Shen Yinshu's body, send it to Chu State, and bury it in Yingdu according to his will.

However, before that, in order to buy people's hearts, Qingji even expressed his high respect for Shen Yinshu, and even personally mourned Shen Yinshu, setting up a tomb for him on the bank of a lake in Zhenzi.

At the same time, Qingji also specially sent soldiers to build an ancestral hall nearby for people to worship Shen Yinshu!
This let the world know that even though Shen Yinshu was defeated, it was an honor!

And Qingji's deeds all show his measure as a king, which is convincing.

"King Wu, what a man!"

As the general of the defeated army, Mi Ji couldn't help but sigh like this.

Afterwards, Qingji led some soldiers and horses, took the soldiers of the Chu army on a boat division, returned to the court in batches, and returned to Wudu.

There are quite a few soldiers from the Chu army. Since the outbreak of the war, the Wu army has captured and surrendered more than [-] soldiers of the Chu army!

This is a very scary number!

After all, looking at the entire Spring and Autumn Period, a war with a scale of over [-] is already a big war.

A war with a scale of more than [-] people belongs to the level of destroying a country!

The soldiers and horses invested by the Wu State were only [-] to [-]!

It can be seen from this that the strength of Chu's national power cannot be compared with Wu's.

Chu State is a great overlord, while Wu State is just a military power!
Looking at the world, if Wu State is a first-class country, then Chu State is a superpower!
It is not easy to feed the more than [-] soldiers of the Chu army. Fortunately, the family property left by the Wu kings for Qingji is rich enough, and there is enough rice and millet in the warehouse, otherwise they really can't afford it.

Even so, in order to prevent so many soldiers from provoking quarrels and troubles, Qingji had to ask people to control the food of the soldiers of the Chu army, eat only half full, and strictly guard them to avoid more troubles!

(End of this chapter)