My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 450 Peace Faction: War Faction, you are such cowards!

When Dahongshan was defeated, King Chu of Chu was filled with anger and joy.

Because those who were burned to death in Dahong Mountain were all private soldiers and tribal soldiers of all ethnic groups!

Although the weakening of the power of the major clans is not a good thing for the Chu State, it is good news for King Chu of Chu.

Only by continuously weakening the power of the major clans and continuously strengthening the power of the royal family can King Chu of Chu have the opportunity to control the Chu State, and then integrate the power of the Chu State to fight fiercely with foreign enemies.

Therefore, the king of Chu rejected the call for peace from his ministers.

While further increasing the intensity of the war, he also used the clouds of war to secretly cultivate his own military strength.

Originally, everything was going according to the script of King Chu.

Chu King Fu Chu also privately controlled nearly 100,000 Zhao'an troops through Xiong Xun and Zhuang Chou, and truly had the power to turn the tables.

As a result, the King of Chu never expected that Xiang Yan would be defeated so quickly! So miserable!

The King of Chu just wanted to control the Chu Kingdom, but he had no intention of finishing the Chu Kingdom!

Seeing the King of Chu's expression turning livid while carrying the cud, Xiang Yan kowtowed again: "The defeat of this battle is all due to the last general!"

"The general has no face left to live in this world. I ask the king to kill him to comfort the souls of the soldiers who died in the battle!"

"The general will think that the defeat in this battle is not due to war!"

"It is not easy for the Shangzhu Kingdom to lead its remaining soldiers to flee back!"

"No general can win when most of his soldiers are spies."

The ministers knew that the King of Chu was carrying the cud because he felt that the steps were not wide enough, so they all raised their hands again: "What General Zhuang said makes sense."

The thorns were densely covered with sharp thorns. As the scabbard fell down, the sharp thorns penetrated deeply into Xiang Yan's flesh, and opened wounds as the scabbard moved.

Zhuang Qiu, who was standing at the edge of the hall, also stepped forward and handed over his hands: "King Qi!"

"I will beg you to suffer on my father's behalf!"

"How do you ask me, the great Chu, to resist the increasingly powerful Qin Dynasty!"

Xiang Yan suddenly turned around and shouted angrily: "You have no right to speak here!"

as predicted.

The King of Chu looked at Zhuang Chou coldly and said, "You think this battle is not a crime of war, but a crime of the court?"

They all knew that if King Chu was really angry, then King Chu would only have people pull Xiang Yan out and chop off Xiang Yan's head!

If you still haven't calmed down, then pull out all the nine tribes of Xiang Yan and behead them all!

Since King Chu Chu personally punished Xiang Yan, it means that Chu King Fu Chu was not prepared to take Xiang Yan's life, and the current punishment was only for the officials to see.

"How do you repay me?"

The king of Chu fell silent.

"It actually made hundreds of thousands of warriors from our great Chu hate the battlefield!"

Faced with the cold and cold voice of the King of Chu, Zhuang Qiu nodded: "Not bad."

When Zhaocen and others saw this, they sighed in their hearts and could only step forward and hand over their hands: "Your Majesty, please calm down!"

"Big defeat!"

The King of Chu walked down the stage angrily, took off the sword from his waist, and struck the thorns on Xiang Yan's back with its scabbard.

"How do you ask me to face the souls of more than 700,000 people!"

Anyway, Xiong Xun is dead.

The King of Chu picked up the scabbard again and shouted angrily:

Accompanied by the shouts, Xiang Yan's back was a bloody mess!

Xiang Rong could no longer heed Xiang Yan's instructions and cried out sadly: "Your Majesty, even the last general is guilty!"

In an instant, Xiang Yan's back was filled with blood!

Severe pain hit, but Xiang Yan gritted her teeth and did not make any sound.

Before the ministers could remonstrate, King Chu of Chu shouted angrily: "Xiang Zhigui!"

"A complete defeat!"

"The State of Qin has secretly bribed many bandits. These bandits have accepted the orders of our great Chu, used our great Chu's grain and grass, and received our great Chu's salaries, but they have long since turned their hearts to the Qin State."

"Oh!"

In this case, it is better to sell Xiang Yan for a good cause.

Every time he shouted and asked, the King of Chu would smash the scabbard of his sword with all his strength.

"Please, Your Majesty, calm down!"

"It was the defection of these despicable people that contributed to the defeat of Echeng!"

"Let the world know that anyone who can get the leader of the rebel bandits will be given a hectare of land!"

"They all deserve to be killed!"

"I trust you so much that I will hand over more than 700,000 sons of my great Chu into your hands."

"It was because of the misfortune of waiting for Xiong to be discovered that this fiasco happened!"

Under the persuasion of the ministers, the King of Chu returned the sword to his waist with the cud in his hands and said bitterly: "The traitor is shameless!"

The King of Chu ignored Xiang Rong and threw out the scabbard again. The blow made Xiang Yan stagger forward uncontrollably.

"How do you let me face millions of women, children, the elderly and the weak who have lost their children, fathers and husbands!"

In this case, it is better to let the bear seek death more valuable.

"Pass the widow's order!"

"If we can get Deng Ming and Ge Ping to take the lead in defecting, we will grant him a hundred hectares of land, a pound of bounty, and the title of a nobleman!"

After all, King Chu Chu did not abandon Xiong Xun, but placed the main blame on the defecting troops.

The ministers once again handed over their hands: "Your Majesty is wise!"

The King of Chu glanced at Xiang Yan and said, "Since all the dear friends have spoken for you, I will forgive you for the death penalty!"

Xiang Yan kowtowed weakly, endured the pain, and said with a trembling voice: "Thank you, general!"

"The last general has been defeated in consecutive battles. Please, Your Majesty, depose the last general from the post of Shangzhu Kingdom!"

No king would reuse Xiang Yan who lost two battles.

But King Chu of Chu knew clearly that it was not that Xiang Yan was incompetent, but that the Qin army was too strong.

If Xiang Yan is replaced, the new general may not be better than Xiang Yan!

More importantly, the King of Chu had no choice. The royal family has no generals who can fight. If Xiang Yan is replaced, King Chu of Chu will have no choice but to steal people from the wealthy families.

But if Qu, Jing, Zhao and other noble clansmen were appointed to command the army, would the main army of the Chu State be the soldiers and horses of the King of Chu or the soldiers and horses of the rich clans?

Only Xiang Yan, who was born in a small clan, could be trusted by the King of Chu.

If not, how could the King of Chu spare Xiang Yan's life after Xiang Yan's defeat!

So King Chu said in a cold voice without hesitation: "No!"

"I will spare you the punishment of death, but you will not be able to escape the punishment of living!"

"I need you to bring victory to Da Chu to atone for the sin of defeat!"

"Join the court meeting immediately!"

Xiang Yan sighed in her heart and kowtowed again: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Xiang Yan entered the queue and sat down, while the king of Chu climbed up the steps with his crotch on his back.

Sitting on the high platform, the King of Chu asked in a deep voice: "The waiters have found out that even though the Qin army left soldiers along the way to garrison the city, there are still 180,000 soldiers and horses chasing and killing Shangzhu's troops along the way."

"After Shangzhu's troops entered the city, the Qin army did not leave. Instead, they lingered near Baiyao Mountain, waiting for the arrival of subsequent troops."

"The intention may be that the sword is pointing at Helu City!"

"My dear friends, what do you think my great Chu should do!"

Zhaocen immediately responded: "Your Majesty, I have 5,000 regular troops, 10,000 guards, more than 20,000 Zhao'an troops, and more than 9,000 remnants in Helv City, totaling 45,000 troops."

"If we recruit family soldiers and private soldiers from all clans, and then send eunuchs to help defend the city, we can still get more than ten thousand soldiers and horses."

"With 60,000 soldiers and horses guarding Helu City, our great Chu army will definitely be able to stop the Qin army's advance!"

"As long as we fight for a few months, the common people will be able to recruit the young men and women in the territory to join the army and come to serve the king."

"I advise you to rectify your troops immediately and fight Qin to the death!"

Qu He, Zhao Yuan and other court officials also stepped forward and handed over their hands: "I would like to lead my troops to the city and defend Helu City to the death!"

The major clans showed completely different attitudes from the past.

Just as King Fu Chu of Chu once said, Chu State retreated again and again, and there was no way to retreat!

If there is another alliance under the city, how much territory will the Qin Congress ask Chu to cede this time?

The food towns of the Qu family and Zhao family may all be reduced to bargaining chips and ceded to Qin!

Even the Jing family, whose food towns were mainly concentrated in the southeast of the Yangtze River, was unwilling to cede territory and seek peace.

Because the Jing family knew very well that those nobles who lost their houses would not be willing to live in poverty.

The Jing family, which owns almost all the sacred places in Wu, will definitely become the target of public criticism!

But looking at the ministers fighting bravely, the King of Chu's face turned black.

After the Battle of Dahongshan, the words of the King of Chu who carried the cud turned into bullets and hit the king of Chu who carried the cud today!

King Chu Chu was pessimistic about whether Helu City could stop the Qin army.

More importantly, if Helu City falls again, will King Chu of Chu still be able to secure the throne?

The king of Chu immediately gave Xiang Yan a look.

Enduring the severe pain, Xiang Yan stood up and raised his hands: "The general thought that the Qin army was too powerful to be defeated!"

"One hundred and eighty thousand Qin troops came with victory, tired but full of morale!"

"I certainly have 60,000 troops in Helv City."

"However, the remaining troops of our unit and the Zhao'an army are all exhausted, and they have suffered a major defeat. They need a long period of rest to regain their fighting strength."

"There are only more than 25,000 soldiers who can actually immediately devote themselves to defending the city."

Zhaocen said solemnly: "With the city defense, more than 25,000 soldiers are enough to resist the Qin army for a period of time."

"And as long as we buy a few days, we will have enough soldiers to complete their training and participate in the defense of the city!"

Xiang Yan shook his head: "What I am worried about is the city defense!"

"Everyone knows that Lord Chang'an has developed a catapult."

"Shouchun City was destroyed by this catapult in the past!"

"Although I, the great Chu, have continued to build Helu City, the construction time has not lasted more than a year."

"The city wall of Helu City is more solid than Shouchun City, but it is far inferior to the wall of Daliang City."

"I don't think that the walls of Helu City can survive the threat of the Qin Army's catapults until reinforcements arrive!"

Xiang Yan said sincerely: "The general admonishes me to cede territory and seek peace!"

Zhaocen refuted angrily: "Absurd!"

"I thought that the Shangzhu Kingdom had been defeated by the Qin army! It also lost its will to fight!"

"With more than 20,000 elite troops fighting against 180,000 tired troops, there is no chance of victory."

"After the Zhao'an army has recovered its strength after being routed, there is no city wall. How can we, the great Chu, not be able to hold on for even a few months?"

"Moreover, Helu City is more than two thousand miles away from Xianyang, and the Qin army is simply unable to transport the baggage here."

"As long as the Qin army's baggage and supplies are burned, the Qin army will collapse without a fight!"

"There are many ways to win, how can Shangzhu Kingdom surrender so easily!"

Zhaocen suddenly handed over his hand and said: "This is to inform your Majesty, I believe that the Shangzhu Kingdom has no fighting spirit, let alone the will to fight. In addition, the body is exhausted, so it is appropriate to cultivate."

"I have invited you to go out to fight, and you will definitely be able to stop the invading army for our great Chu!"

Nearly 90% of the courtiers raised their hands in unison: "I beg you to fight!"

Of course they understood the consequences if Helu City fell.

But they will not give up protecting their own interests just because of the life of a Chu king!

Just when the King of Chu was thinking about how to break the situation, a shout came from outside the hall:

"Report to the King!"

"Qin Chang'an Jun is outside the city asking to see the king!"

(End of this chapter)