My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 264 Resignation (please support the author with rewards and subscriptions!)

Xiang Yan and others are back.

When they entered the city gate, they didn't even dare to raise their heads.

Everyone's face was covered in black and gray, and their clothes were in tatters.The face is blue and the bridge of the nose is red and swollen.

How majestic you look in your clothes when you go out, how embarrassed you are when you come back.

In this era, conscription was actually a matter of prestigious people in the village organizing villagers to go to the battlefield. Those who joined the army were mostly from one village or one township.

The destruction of a team is equivalent to the death of all the young adults in a certain village on the battlefield and never come back.

That would be tantamount to destroying the hope of a township.

Every time Qin destroyed a city, it gained the hatred of the elderly parents, widows, and young children in the city; every time Qin defeated a country, it gained the hatred of the people of that country.

This hatred, bit by bit, bit by bit, accumulates in people's hearts over the years.

Some people in the city were already crying loudly.

Someone hung up the lining on the street.

Sitting in the palace, Fu Chu could hear the wailing in the city without going far.

After hearing the news of the defeat, Xiang Yan was no longer in the mood to wear fancy clothes.

But when he learned that the Qin army had surrounded and suppressed the Chu people, the King of Chu almost became so angry that he vomited blood.

Even now, King Chu is still holding back a ball of anger.

Compared to King Chu who felt angry and humiliated about this defeat, Xiang Yan blamed himself more.

A group of generals came to the palace, and the King of Chu saw Xiang Yan, who had turned gray-haired in the past few nights, from a distance.

All the ministers just bowed and couldn't even say a word of apology.

Only his lips were trembling and his face was pale.

Such a huge mistake was made, and one hundred thousand living Chu people were lost.King Chu's anger and punishment seemed insignificant.

King Chu wanted to get angry, but seeing that Jing Yi was still in the court, he held it back.

"This defeat is due to the Qin people's deceit. However, after this battle, the strength of our Chu country has been greatly reduced. What happened in the past has passed, and Bu Gu does not want to pursue the past things anymore. Now that the enemy is facing us, the Chu country must absorb this The lesson of a defeat is to work together and be united.”

The generals responded in low voices.

When the King of Chu was talking, he looked at the ministers of Chu State.

All the ministers of Chu State looked at these defeated generals with stern eyes.

After noticing King Chu's gaze, they restrained themselves slightly.King Chu of Chu can be considered a ruthless character and quite courageous.

Negi Chu stared at these nobles from aristocratic families.

An official position with the same surname has been passed down for hundreds of years.

The State of Chu was hollowed out by these people.

After the court meeting was over, King Chu naturally summoned Xiang Yan alone.

Their eyes met, Xiang Yan was the first to bow, "Your Majesty, I have let you down this time, and I am even more ashamed of the people of Chu. Since I have been defeated this time, I no longer have the face to face Jiangdong's elders. I ask your Majesty to remove me from my position as a general."

Ning Chu was even more dissatisfied.

"The general was quite confident before he went on the expedition, but now that he is defeated, he is discouraged. Then wasn't the blood of one hundred thousand of my soldiers shed in vain?"

Xiang Yan just lowered his head.

He felt so uncomfortable, as if something was nestling in his heart. "Bu Gu had already sent people to investigate the cause of the defeat before the general came back. Bu Gu does not blame the general."

"Bu Gu heard someone say that when you were retreating, you said that you could defeat the Qin people, but you couldn't save the Chu country. What's the truth?"

There are some things that Zhichu understands in his heart better than anyone else.

Without the support of King Chu, Xiang Yan would not have become a general.

Xiang Yan said slowly, "The Qin people are indeed strong, but they also have weaknesses. If you attack their weaknesses specifically, you will definitely win. But although our Chu country faces powerful enemies, they are suspicious of each other and only care about their own selfish interests. , most of them are short-sighted people.”

"I think people in the country have been distracted for a long time. Even if there is a big enemy, they are just reluctantly gathering together. In fact, they are for their own interests. In this case, even if 40 troops and horses are used to attack Qin's The prince is still useless."

After hearing this, Fu Chu kept stroking his beard.

"Even so, as the King of Chu, Bu Gu will never give up until the last moment."

Xiang Yan was heartbroken, "Before this expedition, I was [-]% sure that I could defeat the Qin Prince; but now that I have been defeated, I am ashamed of the Chu people, and I have no shame to command the generals again. This defeat not only made Our army suffered heavy losses, which further demoralized our army. It will only be more difficult to fight Qin in the future."

"Xiang Yan invited himself to go home and will not ask about the affairs of the court from now on."

Xiang Yan really didn't have the shame to face the army officers again, and he didn't even have the shame to return to Chu State.

The majestic general of the Chu State could not even defeat the underage children of the Qin State.This further fueled the arrogance of the Qin people.

Seeing that Xiang Yan really had no fighting spirit, King Chu had no choice but to bear the cud.

"I know that this defeat was not because of you. I just ask the general to think about it again. If even the general doesn't think that we can defeat Qin, then our country of Chu is really over. Bu Gu doesn't think that, There are other people in Chu State who are more qualified to be the general of Chu State than General Qian."

Xiang Yan just shook his head.

"Defeated, defeated."

As he spoke, Xiang Yan dragged her body and walked directly home.

The King of Chu was left standing alone on the steps with his cud in his hands, looking at the vast Shouchun City from a high place.

Looking at the sky with his back on his back, he didn't understand.

"Since you gave me the opportunity to become the King of Chu, why did you let the Chu State suffer such a defeat? Could it be that destiny really lies with the Qin State, and my Chu State can only be annexed by the Qin State?"

Still unwilling to bear the cud.

Xiang Yan left the palace of the King of Chu. Along the way, people kept pointing at him and scolding him.

There was an old woman sitting on the top of the city.

When she saw Xiang Yan's chariot coming, she shouted to Xiang Yan.

"General Yan! You led 20 troops to attack the Qin State, but you actually led half of the Chu people into the Qin State, making it impossible for them to come back. General, you have many descendants, many fields and houses; pity me, an old woman, at home. You don’t have even half an acre of land, your children and grandchildren followed you to the battlefield, and now I can’t even see the bones.”

"Can you sleep peacefully at night? But I can only jump into the well early and go to the underworld to see my children and grandchildren."

The old woman's curse aroused everyone's indignation.

Everyone pointed at Xiang Yan and blamed him.

"If you hadn't led the soldiers and insisted on rushing into Changge, our son would have died in vain."

The Qin people brutally surrounded and killed the Chu army. The soldiers who escaped told these things to the outside world, which inspired the Chu people to want to kill Xiang Yan.

Of course Xiang Yan knew that the fault was not his own.

However, those words of abuse and accusation against him became a nightmare, haunting his heart from then on, and the heroic souls of hundreds of thousands of Chu soldiers were also left in a foreign land, which made Xiang Yan blame himself.

Only two or three days after returning home, Xiang Yan fell ill.

(End of this chapter)