Chapter 85: Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period (24) 500,000 Chu troops attack...

Unlike Mingcheng Jun, Xucheng Jun was a decisive lord. He had a plan to escape, so he would pack up and leave Yandu immediately, preferably to another country.

But there was still some time.

First, he thought it would cause trouble for King Chu Su, second, if the group escaped, it would help him disperse the army, and third, they had some friendship. So, Xucheng Jun sent three guards to deliver the message to 40 lords with whom he had some friendship, including Chuyang Jun.

Unlike He Shisi and his men, Xuchengjun's message to the fiefdom monarchs was more straightforward: "King Chu Su has issued an order that those who destroy the king's body will be guilty of the crime of three clans. Why don't you run away quickly? Are you waiting to die?"

"!!!"

The 40 monarchs were quite surprised to receive the warning from Xuchengjun, but each of them reacted differently.

Among them, there were 3 who trusted Xuchengjun very much. Like Xuchengjun, they quickly packed up their bags and left Yandu City. There were nearly 10 who did not trust him. Some turned a deaf ear to him, and some attended Mingchengjun's gathering.

The rest were in between, hesitating whether to run or not, such as Mi Wenjing's adopted father Yangchengjun.

In fact, Yangcheng Jun, like Xucheng Jun, did not trust King Su of Chu, and did not even want to kill Wu Qi. Moreover, he was able to be on good terms with the great man Meng Sheng, and he still had some sympathy for the people.

There were not many such people in the old aristocratic class of Chu State who were "eating meat porridge", but this could not cover up the three fatal weaknesses in his character - indecisiveness, lack of initiative, and face-saving.

When the nobles discussed shooting Wu Qi, the hesitant Yangcheng Jun was persuaded very quickly, and was even stimulated to take the lead in shooting Wu Qi, and he shot the first three arrows at King Dao of Chu.

But he thought of his own retainers' admiration for Wu Qi, and felt that it was inappropriate. Like Xu Chengjun, he could not accept the honey temptation of King Chu Su. From a different perspective, he naturally felt that King Chu Su had a problem.

After hearing the news from Xu Chengjun, Yang Chengjun panicked, and he was unable to make a decision. Fortunately, he had a good eye for people. Several retainers under him gave him various analysis and urgings. With the news collected by the guards from Yandu, he finally made up his mind to escape.

He ran away with his wife and son, so he packed a little more casually. Not everyone was as well prepared as Xu Chengjun, and they had to abandon a lot of things.

Before Yandu closed the city, Yang Chengjun left smoothly, but the direction they fled was not the closest way to Chuyang City.

At this point, among the 40 people notified by Xuchengjun, only 12 monarchs, including Yangchengjun, left.

Another monarch was killed because he was a few seconds slower. The rest of the monarchs were in a gathering or hesitating, and were surrounded by Zhaolie and Shigu. From the monarch to the slaves, all were killed, and there was a mountain of blood and sea of ​​blood.

For a while, the air in Yandu seemed to be filled with a strong smell of blood.

Yandu was sealed, the nobles died, the soldiers patrolled the streets 24 hours a day, and the people were panicked. Even He Shisi and Yuan Shui, who were hiding in the tailor shop and the coppersmith shop, were almost fired.

...

King Chu was not satisfied with the result. He was very angry about the escape of 13 monarchs. He expected that no feudal monarchs would escape from Yandu.

The slaves in the palace of the King of Chu lived in fear these days. If they were not careful, they might lose their lives.

"Prime Minister Su, how is the investigation of the news leak going?"

"The thief did not leave any traceable information. I am sorry that I am incompetent and have not been able to find out. Please forgive me, King Chu. I--" Prime Minister Su paused here. He knew that the King of Chu was furious, but as the Prime Minister of Chu, he had to raise some questions. "Your Majesty has important matters to report."

King Chu glared: "Go ahead."

Prime Minister Su first performed the etiquette between the monarch and his ministers, and then said: "The current situation in the world is chaotic. The people of small countries are living in poverty, and the big countries are eyeing them covetously. Qin, Qi, Yan, Zhao, Wei, and Han are all enemies of Chu. If Chu is in chaos at this time, it will provide convenience to other countries and will not be conducive to the prosperity of Chu. I earnestly implore the king to regain his sanity."

Every word was sincere.

After a long time, King Chu Su finally gave up the decision to clean up the merchants from more than 70 fiefdoms in Yandu, and stopped being angry for no reason, which made all the ministers below breathe a sigh of relief.

Su Xiang took the opportunity to talk about the people of Yandu. Chu killed more than 70 nobles in its own family. This was the first time in Chu and even in all countries from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The people

must be panicked. They need to appease the people, not let other countries take advantage of the opportunity, and not let King Chu Su have a bad reputation for cruelty as soon as he ascended the throne.

"If this continues, there will only be internal and external troubles. I earnestly ask the King of Chu to think twice."

"I earnestly ask the King of Chu to think twice." ×n.

King Su of Chu finally listened to most of it, including lifting the seal on Yandu and appeasing the people of Yandu, but he was determined to make the 13 criminals who escaped pay a painful price. The Chu State was a country with victorious generals, and fortunately this matter had a legitimate reason, so Su Xiang and others could not persuade them any further.

"Shi Gu."

"I am here."

"You will immediately dispatch 13 elite guards to hunt down Xucheng Jun, Yangcheng Jun and other 13 criminals."

"I will obey your order." "

Zhao Lie." "

I will obey your order."

"You will lead your 600,000 troops to recover the fiefs of all the criminals, kill all the three clans, soldiers and officials of the criminals, and make all the rest slaves. Those who disobey will be killed without mercy!"

"I will obey your order."

Su Xiang opened his mouth, met the wolf-like fierce eyes of King Chu Su, and swallowed the words of persuasion that were about to come out of his mouth.

...

Yandu was finally unsealed.

King Chu Su first made a series of operations to appease people's hearts. Even the rewards for soldiers recruited in Yandu this year were increased, and there was a tax reduction policy for merchants, which finally made the people of Yandu feel at ease.

However, in addition to these good news, King Chu also announced the crimes of more than 70 fiefdoms to the world. They killed loyal and good people and destroyed the king's corpse. They were disloyal and unjust people, and everyone could punish them.

The hunting of Xucheng Jun, Yangcheng Jun and others was announced. Those who reported them would be rewarded, and those who sheltered them would be killed without mercy. Those who helped them escape from Chu would be killed without mercy, and those who knew about it but did not report it would be killed without mercy.

Those who escaped from more than 70 fiefdoms before were counted, but as of today, those who escaped from more than 70 fiefdoms were guilty people, and they would be killed without mercy or used as slaves. There would be rewards for reporting them, but if they tolerated criminals, helped criminals escape, or knew about it but did not report it, they would be punished together.

These orders were applied to the entire Chu State.

The people of Chu were in grief, and some of them had relatives in these fiefdoms and could not help weeping.

Yuan Shui and He Shisi in the crowd looked at each other. The two of them had gotten rid of the battle to defend Chuyang City, but this meant that they had lost many tasks related to Chuyang City.

From now on, their future is in their own hands. They also wish the 13 comrades peace and safety in the next month or so. See you in the real world.

...

Zhao Lie and Shi Gu set out immediately after receiving the order. The two had different goals and methods.

Shi Gu focused on searching for people, uniting with other towns in Chu, and strictly inspecting the border. He must not let the 13 town kings escape from the border of Chu, because once they escape from Chu, things will become complicated.

Zhao Lie's goal is to reclaim the town. No one will be willing to be killed, and the people will not be willing to be slaves, because slaves are almost dead, and war is absolutely unavoidable.

But fighting a war also requires skills.

Most of the fiefs had lost their monarchs and were leaderless, so it was a good opportunity to recover them. Zhao Lie sent two deputy generals, each leading an army of 150,000 to quickly recover these fiefs.

He led an army of 300,000 to recover thirteen fiefs whose monarchs had fled.

The reason was that one, some monarchs might return to the fiefs, making it more difficult to recover them; second, King Chu Su obviously hated these fiefs more, and recovering them earlier would make his superiors more satisfied.

Zhao Lie planned to start from the periphery. The closest to Yandu was Chuxin City, the closest to Chuxin City was Chuyang City, and then Chusheng City, Chuyun City, and Chuxu City.

Because they are close to Jingshan, the old capital of Chu, the names of the fiefs all have a sun character in them. The reason why Xuchengjun notified them is that these cities often interact with each other, and even have closer in-laws.

Outside Yandu, Zhaolie, fully armored, rode on a warhorse, picked up his iron hammer and swung it twice: "Send troops!"

The 300,000-man army set out in the direction of Chuxin City.

...

After Yandu was unsealed, the spies from various fiefs, cities, and countries began to move.

Chuyang City was no exception.

The spies from Chuyang City finally found an opportunity to slip out of Yandu, and tired a horse half to death. Finally, before dawn when Yandu was unsealed, they rushed back to Chuyang City, which still knew nothing.

"Report! There is something important to report!"

The soldiers at the gate may not know the spy, but they know the spy's token, which is a token that only appears when something very important happens, usually a battle.

Half of the military tokens of the Lord of Yangcheng were in the hands of the great man Mengsheng. Immediately, a team of soldiers escorted the spy to the Mo Gate. Not long after the spy entered the Mo Gate, the officials of Chuyang City also received an emergency notice and rushed over.

When they arrived at the Mo Gate, they felt a completely different and depressing atmosphere from usual. The great man Mengsheng had no smile on his face and was puzzled.

"But Qin, Qi and Han are coming to fight? Chuyang City has a total of 80,000 soldiers, and 50,000 can be sent to participate in the war!"

"The new King of Chu has not yet officially ascended the throne. Could it be that something has happened to the King of Chu, and the monarch needs to wait for some time to return to the city?"

"Mr. Juzi, what happened?"

Facing the doubtful people, Meng Sheng sighed, "Chuyang City is going to fight, but not with Qin, Qi and Han, but with the 35 Chu armies."

"!!!"

"???"

Others were still puzzled, and the spy recounted what happened in Yandu in detail, starting with Wu Qi's death.

The whole audience was silent.

After a long time, an official asked: "Yangcheng Jun has not returned to the city yet, what should we do?" Just as

he finished speaking, a female voice rang out at the door: "The king and father are not here, but Mi Wenjing is here!"