My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 478 Zhao Kuo of Chu State (please order all monthly tickets for rewards!)
Suddenly, bursts of rapid footsteps came from the tent.

The generals from various families were walking back and forth uneasily, scratching their ears and staring wildly.

"This is how to do!?"

"Li Xin!? Where did a Li Xin appear!? How could a Li Xin suddenly appear?"

"This is really ridiculous. The two armies were fighting, and Prince Qin actually commanded a defeated general from the former Chu State to attack our capital?"

Xiang Yan had fallen down, and the generals tried their best to help him sit up.

"General, please come up with an idea. Do you think we can keep Shouchun if we fight back?"

Xiang Yan shook his head, stroking his beard and sighed, "I have always wondered why Prince Qin had so many opportunities to strike, but he hesitated to do anything. I thought he wanted to use his time to slowly drain the morale of our soldiers. , when our army is weak, he will come back to be a fisherman."

"It turns out that I was wrong. This man is born with soldiers and likes to take dangerous roads. Although it is dangerous, the victory lies in surprise. As long as you can do this when marching and fighting, you can already win."

"He relied on the elite soldiers and generals and intelligence he controlled, coupled with his unexpected command and the cooperation of the Qin army's orders and prohibitions, to make the entire Qin army cooperate seamlessly under his command, just like one person."

"If we return to aid the Chu State now, this must be what he expected. Once we attack Shouchun, the entire Chu State will be in chaos."

Xiang Yan looked at the generals and just laughed, "You are confused! It's a pity that so many people in our army are not as good as King Qin's son alone."

General Yu howled loudly.

But this is just the first day when the news comes, and more serious things are yet to come.

Xiang Yan's hands trembled, "Once Li Xin captures Shouchun and our army returns to support, and Prince Qin is behind, they will inevitably attack from both front and rear. At that time, they will not be able to retreat to Shouchun, and the elite tiger and wolf Qin division will pursue them. They will lose their will to fight.”

As soon as the old nobles in the south heard that Shouchun had fallen, some immediately drove carriages filled with gold and silver treasures to "honor" Li Xin, while others took all the gold and silver treasures at home to go there. Go deep into the mountains and forests.

Soon, urgent reports came one after another.

Everyone was greatly moved and felt regretful at this time.

About evening, news of the fall of Shouchun came.

"General, you often said that as long as our 400,000-strong army is still here and united, there will always be a chance for a comeback. But now, our 400,000-strong army has not suffered any damage, and the entire army respects you."

"Report to the general! The Qin army led 90,000 people to occupy Xincai."

Song Yi also twitched his cheeks. He was panic-stricken and leaned down to persuade Xiang Yan, "General, if you are not willing to take charge of the overall situation, I'm afraid our Chu country will be really doomed. What's more, the situation in Shouchun is still unclear. , if we fight back, everything is possible."

If he had listened to Xiang Yan and insisted not to retreat, the Qin army would not have entered the country.

"You are abandoning us now, how can you bear it?"

For a time, people in Shouchun City were panicked, and the soldiers were talking about it.

The soldiers around him became panicked.

Xiang Yan said weakly, "Death at the hands of an uncrowned young man should have been a shame for us generals; but the other party used such a strategy, but I don't think there is any shame in losing. No one can It’s impossible to escape with this tactic, let alone win.”

But in fact, after Li Xin occupied Shouchun, Chu State, he abided by his duties as a minister and did not plunder the people of Shouchun in the slightest. He also repaired the damaged city walls one by one. He only took away the weapons of the sergeants in the city and worked day and night. Patrolling back and forth non-stop.

Except for a few powerful people and their descendants, the lives of the Chu people did not seem to have changed much.

It was this kind of occupation that did not violate the rules at all, which made the Chu people forget to resist at all. As a result, the south of Chu State fell into a different kind of tranquility.

However, the situation in the Shouchun and Qingdi areas, which were the main battlefields, quickly took a turn for the worse. News that the capital of Chu State had been occupied suddenly spread throughout the military camps.

That afternoon, several generals disappeared.

The cook didn't know what he was doing, but he put too much salt in the rice.

For a while, everyone took a few mouthfuls of the extremely salty vegetable porridge and vomited it out.

When Xiang Yan heard about these situations, he was helpless.

Now Xiang Yan is very worried about the situation of Chu King Fu Chu. It was Chu King Fu Chu who trusted him, otherwise he would be just a young general in the coalition army now.

However, no news came out about the Chu king's return.

Soon, insults came from outside the military tent.

"As for the last resort, it turns out that I am not as good as others. The reason why our brothers came to this border together was to protect our homeland. Unexpectedly, after struggling for more than half a year, not only did we fail to save Chu State, but we also let our own My sons and daughters are trapped in Shouchun City. Isn’t it a shame?”

"Hey - Chu State has never been so embarrassed in front of outsiders!"

"So many of our generals were deceived by the prince of Qin State. They couldn't even tell the truth from the truth. They just made paper figures, but they could believe it was true."

Xiang Yan sat in the tent. He could endure the defeat to Fusu, but he could not endure the ignorant and shallow insults of the soldiers.

Soon, Xiang Yan realized that after this defeat, all the cause and effect would be attributed to himself alone.

At this moment, Xiang Yan understood the ancient defeated general.

"I have always laughed at Zhao Kuo in the past, but now I realize that I am just Zhao Kuo'er from the Chu Kingdom! I am old and can hide my ugliness!"

Xiang Yan looked up and burst into tears.

Xiang Liang also blamed himself very much, "It's all my fault that my son is incompetent and can't share his father's worries. Now his father has to suffer such humiliation."

In fact, Xiang Yan has already thought of a way out. There is always a way for him to protect his own reputation.

It was impossible for him to let himself become the scapegoat for Chu's defeat after his death.

It's just that Xiang Yan still has one thing that he hasn't settled yet.

"That's what happened, what can be done is about to happen. Right now, I have another important thing for you to do. If you can't do it well, your father will never rest in peace!"

Xiang Liang was very sad, but he refused to shed tears and said through gritted teeth, "Father, I will try my best to help you complete your request."

"I want you to go home quickly and take out all the children at home. As for the female relatives, you can also make arrangements for them. The purpose of coming out this time is to protect the country, but it backfires, so you can only do the next best thing and protect your family. ”

"I will give you one thousand Xiang clan members, take them back to rescue Yu'er and the others, and then escape for your lives."

Xiang Liang was suddenly sad and cried on Xiang Yan's knees.

"God is unfair to my father!"

(End of this chapter)