General Qin.

"A mountain ghost crosses the city at night?"

"A fox chirps like a human?"

"It's true, Zhongzi's friend of my uncle's sister-in-law Qiu's family was watching the night on the city wall, he saw it with his own eyes!"

In Shouchun City, there are Chu people talking about it everywhere.

In two or three days, since the Qin army suspended the siege, the people of Shouchun Chu, who had relaxed a little, were strangled by an invisible rope again.

All kinds of anecdotes and strange things that happened in the past few days, after being spread in the city, made Chu people feel suffocated and panting after hearing it.

Fear filled the city again, making people even more desperate than when the sacrifice failed.

"Today's king kills his ancestors and is despised by the gods. Therefore, the head of the city worships and prays to the gods, but the chief command does not respond. Even the Qin army bombarded them with flying stones at that time. Maybe it is the intention of the gods?"

"The mountain ghost spends his birthday at night, and sings a sad voice to mourn for the state of Chu."

"The fox mingled at night, and the voice seemed to be saying, 'Great Chu is dead, let the grass fall'."

"Great Chu is dead, and I will surrender!"

"Is my country of Chu really about to perish?"

"It seems to be true. If the war is defeated and the gods abandon us, the state of Chu will definitely perish this time. According to the gods, even the king will leave the city and surrender. Our state of Chu will be ruled by Qin just like the three Jins and the state of Yan. It seems that we will become Qin people in the future."

"I don't know when the king will surrender?"

……

In this era, the power of ghosts and gods is powerful enough to affect the minds of most people.

Especially the common people at the bottom of the society, when they heard the words of ghosts and gods, everyone would tremble, and no one dared to question it.

The major events of the country lie in sacrifice and Rong.

Sacrificial sacrifices come first, and military struggles follow, which shows the importance of the matter of gods and ghosts.

Especially for the Chu people today, whether they are Si or Rong, they are all losers.

In terms of military affairs, the Huaibei of Chu State was defeated, and hundreds of thousands of troops were killed. The Qin army was approaching the city, and the Chu people could no longer see any hope of victory in the war.

During the sacrifice, the gods gave up, the mountain ghosts were buried, and the fox yelled "Great Chu is dead".

Even the gods and spirits came out to make it clear.

Is there any suspense about the death of Chu State?

Thinking back a few days ago, when the Qin army had just approached the city, the Chu people in the city still had the intention of fighting bloody battles and vowing to defend the city to the death.

Now under the command of the gods, not to mention all, most Chu people have surrendered.

The gods say that the state of Chu must perish. Why should we ordinary people spend our lives doing useless work?
After the will to fight was destroyed by the oracle, the fear of the Qin army outside the city came to the hearts of the Chu people in Shouchun.

Especially the Qin general outside the city, named Zhao Tuo!
If the Qin general who led the army outside the city was an unknown person, or a "famous general" like Li You, the Chu people would not have such a strong fear.

But the opponent is Zhao Tuo!

This person dared to sneak across the Huai River last year with 5000 people, showing off his power outside Shouchun City, and smashing Zuo Sima's army on the bank of Surabaya, becoming the only stain on Chu's victory last year.

But this year, this Zhao Tuo has become even more terrifying.

First, he defeated [-] Qi troops in Zhencheng and captured Qi's Grand Sima alive.After he went south, he fought and won victoriously. I heard that Ling Yin Xiangyan's sons were all forced to kill by him. Now he drove straight in with an army of [-] to [-], and forced him to the city of Shouchun.

Can Shouchun really survive in front of Zhao Tuo, who has such a fierce reputation that women from Chu even use his name to scare children from crying at night?
In Shouchun City, except for most of the frightened Chu people.There are also many people who have long had the heart to subdue Qin, and took the opportunity to add fuel to the flames, making the matter of ghosts and gods more and more mysterious.

It is said that someone took out a silk book from the belly of the fish, on which was written the words "Tuo, the one who destroyed Chu".

Tuo who destroyed Chu!

Such an oracle further broke the hearts of the Chu people in the city, and gave the Qin general named Zhao Tuo an extra layer of mysterious halo in their hearts.

Just when the undercurrent was surging in the city, Qin Jun didn't just sit around and wait.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhao Tuo ordered the loud-voiced Chu people who surrendered to the Qin army to carry the Qin army's secret weapon copper trumpet, and under the protection of the shields of the Qin army guards, along the Shouchun City, they publicized the Qin army's message day and night. policy.

It is the will of the gods that Qin was ordered by heaven to destroy Chu!

If the people of Chu resist, they will go against the sky and be rejected by the gods!

Soldiers who surrender will not be killed!

Those who surrendered to the Qin Dynasty retained their wealth and wealth!
The Qin army does not kill good people, does not steal people's wealth, and does not prostitute women!

If there are those who are ignorant of current affairs and desperately resist, they will be punished!

In addition to propaganda with loudspeakers, Qin Jun also used giant cannons and arrows to shoot silk books full of policies into the city.

This is an imitation of the attacking tactics used by Wang Jian in the past when he attacked Wuyang of Yan State.

Silk is a precious thing, whether it is a civilian slave or a soldier or craftsman, as long as they see this thing, they will definitely pick it up.

If the number is large, there will always be people who can read and write.

In this way, the Qin army's policy can be spread among the Chu people.

At the same time, this is also a promise made by the Qin army to the rich and powerful merchants and nobles in Shouchun City.

Chu is a big country for 800 years.

In the capital city, there are aristocratic families, rich and powerful merchants who do not know how many.

These people have extremely high status, huge wealth, and even hundreds of private soldiers, and they are a force that cannot be ignored in the city.

They were afraid that the Qin army would come and that the Qin people would take away their wealth, so many people would desperately resist.

But now that the silk book has arrived, coupled with the non-stop publicity outside the city gate, many people can feel relieved.

"Qin Jun promised to keep our wealth and not to plunder and insult, so why should we seek death with that bear!"

"However, Negative Chu is a king-killer and usurper. Even the gods despise him. We should not associate with such murderers."

"The gods issued an oracle that the person who will destroy Chu is the Qin general Zhao Tuo outside the city. The destiny cannot be violated. We will go against the sky, let's surrender!"

Many rich and nobles in the city communicated with each other, already expressing their intentions.

The failure of the war, the oracle of the gods, the policies of the Qin army...

Under these factors, Shouchun City, which has tens of thousands of soldiers and a year's supply of food, has begun to disintegrate inside.

Outside Shouchun City, the Qin army camped.

Zhao Tuo glanced at the silk book in his hand, and threw it on the wooden table casually.

"My plan is done."

On the wooden case, there are many similar silk scripts.

This is a letter of request for surrender sent out by the nobles of Chu State in the city.

"Therefore, the first step is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the second is to attack the city. The method of attacking the city is a last resort."

"Sunzi Wu, honestly don't deceive me."

Zhao Tuo muttered to himself, with a smile spreading across his face.

"Call the generals to discuss the matter and break Shouchun, today!"

……

Outside Shouchun City, the drums of war sounded.

A large number of black-armored Qin troops marched in neat steps to the beat of the drums towards the distant city amidst the fervent battle drums.

They pushed huge siege equipment, held sharp swords, halberds and spears in their hands, and their eyes were shining with excitement.

Meritorious service promotion is just around the corner!
Above Shouchun City, seeing the dark Qin army approaching outside the city, the Chu soldiers who were in charge of guarding the city wall were full of fear, and their arms were still trembling slightly.

"Great Chu is dead, and I will surrender."

"Tuo, the destroyer of Chu!"

Someone murmured an oracle from the gods.

The fate of Chu State has been announced by the gods. They guard Shouchun, they are going against the sky.

When the Qin army began to attack, the ladder hooked the wall, and Qin soldiers jumped up to the top of the city excitedly.

The Chu soldiers who were supposed to fight hard with the Qin army shouted in the chaos and ran down the tower one after another. Not only ordinary soldiers, but even middle and low-level generals like the two Sima took the lead in fleeing.

At the same time, in order to show their value in front of the Qin army, the nobles and wealthy people in the city who had been prepared for a long time, also when the Qin army attacked the city, various private soldiers attacked the city gates that were not blocked by earth and rocks, and drove away the guards. Pawn, open several city gates.

……

In Shouchun City, behind the towering palace wall.

The King of Chu was lying comfortably on the soft bed.

After a few days, coupled with the effect of the Wang family's secret medicine, most of the wounds on his back and buttocks have healed and scarred, and except for the occasional itching sensation, they no longer cause him any pain.

The two beauties were pinching his legs, feet and shoulders for him, making the King of Chu let out a "hum" sound comfortably.

"Bugu has a majestic city, tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and countless food and grass. So how can Zhao Tuo deal with Bugu?"

King Chu Chu murmured to himself that he didn't want to face the threat of being on the verge of subjugation, and he just wanted to live in this gentle hometown forever without thinking about anything.

"Bring wine for Bugu!"

The beauty brought wine, and after drinking more than ten cups of dirty wine, the king of Chu blushed.

"What Zhao Tuo and Qin people, Bugu only loves beautiful women!"

Looking at the two fair and delicate beauties in front of him, he laughed, stretched out his arms and put them in his arms, one on each side, the fragrance entered his nostrils, arousing desire.

The king of Chu couldn't hold back, and raised his mouth.

Outside the door, a series of hurried footsteps approached.

"My lord, Shouchun Wai Guo has fallen!"

"The Qin army has entered the city!"