The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 789 Transfer of Hatred [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

The strategic depth of the Chu State was too deep, and the battle line could be extended very long.

If the State of Chu insists on its own way and does not engage in a decisive battle with the Qin army, it will not be a good thing for the people of both Qin and Chu.

Yan Yan's goal was to force the King of Chu and the Chu army to stay in Shouchun and fight a decisive battle with them.

"Yes!" Meng Yi bowed and turned to leave to make arrangements.

"You still don't understand!" Yan Yan shook his head as he looked at Meng Yi's departing back.

Why does China always require a legitimate reason for war?
It is not only to convince our own people and stand on the moral high ground, but also to reduce the enemy's resistance and the hatred of the enemy's people.

If the Qin army were to conquer the entire Chu State, the Chu people would shout out, "Even if there are only three households left in Chu, Chu will be the one to destroy Qin."

The hatred of the Chu people will be transferred to the Qin people, making it extremely difficult for Qin to control Chu, and there will be resistance everywhere.

The bloodline of the Chu people is, as he said, indeed the most difficult and the most glorious.

Unlike Qin, Zhao and Yan which were constantly at war with Hu, Rong and Di, the opponents the Chu people fought against were stronger than the Hu, Rong and Di.

Hu, Rong and Di were all small, scattered tribes without a unified political power.

The State of Chu was different. The reason why they could be what they are today was that they defeated and annexed Wu and Yue, two of the Five Small Hegemons, which were powerful enough to force the Zhou Dynasty to recognize and grant them titles.

Just because of what the King of Chu said, I am a barbarian.

It directly caused the State of Chu to become the Qin State of the past.

If the scholars do not go to Qin, will they come to Chu?
The Shandong scholars looked down on the Qin State because Qin Kangzi came from a horse breeding family and the nobles looked down on him.

The chaos in Chu was caused by the King of Chu himself.

But why should the King of Chu let the entire Chu people take the blame for his own mistakes?
The prerequisite for wanting to deceive others is that you yourself firmly believe in it.

As for whether Ying Zheng would agree to his promise to the Chu people, Yan Yan had no doubt.

Once he and Ying Zheng restored the reputation of the State of Chu, the people of Chu would become another staunch supporter of the King of Qin besides the old Qin people. It was impossible for Ying Zheng not to see the benefits behind this.

The State of Chu was too vast and was also the most difficult for Qin to rule.

However, when the people of Chu became the most loyal supporters of the King of Qin, no matter how the nobles of Chu tried to deceive them, there would no longer be a situation where the people would rise up in rebellion at the mere mention of a word.

At the Qinian Palace in Xianyang, after Ying Zheng received the intelligence sent back from the front line, he immediately announced it to the world to clear the name of the Chu people.

hesitate?

Ying Zheng would never come!
Even after Ying Zheng issued the edict to restore the reputation of the Chu people, many officials of the Chu group who still had disloyalty chose to withdraw and submitted their letters of allegiance to Ying Zheng.

They came to Qin to bring honor to their family and gain fame, and Ying Zheng was willing to give the Chu people a good name and acknowledge their past glory, so he was the leader they most deserved to follow.

The hundreds of schools of thought in the Central Plains were arguing over this.

No one is willing to acknowledge the excellence of the State of Chu and the glory of the Chu people's bloodline.

Because once they admit it, it means they are useless.

However, because Yan Yan and Ying Zheng were too powerful, they threw all the blame on the King of Chu, making it impossible for them to erase the past achievements of the Chu people. The words of the King of Chu were just the words of the King of Chu and no longer represented the entire Chu State and the Chu people.

When the imperial edict in which Ying Zheng and Yan Yan, on behalf of Qin and Bingzhou, acknowledged the achievements and glory of the Chu people and vindicated the Chu people reached Chu, the entire Chu state was in an uproar.

All Chu people gave up their resistance to Qin and Bingzhou in both the occupied and unoccupied areas. In Yuzhang, Hongdu and Jiujiang, countless cities declared independence and separated from Chu. This time, they had a legitimate reason to do so!

In the past, their declaration of independence would be regarded as treason and rebellion, but now, they have no worries. They can declare their independence from the control of the King of Chu and restore the glory of the Chu people under the banner of pleading for the people.

Because of this edict, all the hatred of the Chu people was transferred to the King of Chu.

The King of Chu's past achievements were subconsciously forgotten by them.

The Chu court officials who originally wanted to move to Fuchun had to give up.

Because Fuchun also declared independence!

"Have you learned it? This is the real way to solve the problem!" Yan Yan looked at Cao Shen and taught him earnestly.

Cao Shen was sincerely convinced. Compared with his own secret plan of crossing Chencang, which could only affect the outcome of a battle, Yan Yan's plan directly cut off all the retreat routes of the Chu State.

Even if Shouchun of Chu State exploded and blocked Qin State's attack this time, Chu State itself would be caught in endless internal strife.

Shouchun tried every possible means to block the news and prevent the Qin and Bing edicts from reaching Shouchun and affecting Shouchun, but unfortunately all efforts were in vain.

The King of Chu paid so much attention to the entire court of Shouchun, and he didn't even know whether these people were human or ghost, who were his own people, and who were stabbing him in the back.

But as for asking him to overthrow King Wu of Chu, I am a barbarian and even Fu Chu cannot do it.

If he really did so, it would mean that he was truly admitting that the century-long humiliation of the Chu people was caused by their royal family, which would only lead to the demise of the Chu State faster.

"The Qin army has crossed the river!"

However, just when Shouchun was busy with the issuance of this joint royal edict, an urgent news came from Jiangfang that shocked the world.

They didn't know what the Qin army was waiting for, but they knew that once the Qin army crossed the river, it would mean that the war would completely begin.

"Honor the Chu people and withdraw thirty miles from the main army to avoid accidental injuries!" The vanguard of the Qin army forced a crossing of the Huai River with the assistance of the navy.

The Qin army and navy officers and soldiers were also calling out loudly.

When a large army is at war, no civilians would dare to run to the battlefield and watch, so there was no need for the Qin army and navy to shout this cry.

However, after hearing this, the Chu army on the river defense line would subconsciously think that the Qin army and navy would not kill innocent people indiscriminately, and they would lose some of their will to fight.

Faced with the Qin army and navy's forced crossing, the Chu army camps defending the river did not choose a desperate fight. With fear of death, as soon as the game was over, they chose to retreat, gave up their positions, and watched the Qin army cross the Huai River and set up camp.

What's even more terrifying is that the river defense was not originally intended to be able to withstand the attack of the Qin army and navy. It was only intended to block the attack slightly, increase the casualties of the Qin army and navy, and then withdraw to Shouchun City to continue to defend.

However, due to the loss of fighting spirit and the slogans of the Qin army and navy, many river defense camps did not choose to withdraw to Shouchun after losing their positions, but disbanded on the spot.

One army after another lost contact, and Ji Bu, the highest military commander in Shouchun, looked extremely gloomy.

Originally, the Chu army was outnumbered by the Qin army. Each city was independent and they had no backup. Now more than half of the troops stationed on the front line have disappeared, and the number of available defenders in Shouchun is less than 50,000.

And among these 50,000 people, less than half of them have the will and morale to fight.

The people of Shouchun as a whole do not have a common hatred of the enemy and will not take the initiative to help the army defend the city.

"How...can we fight this?" Ji Bu looked up at the sky.

He knew that this battle would be difficult, and he also knew how terrifying Yan Yan was, but he didn't expect him to be so terrifying.

(End of this chapter)