Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2613 Zhang Han is forced to surrender to Lian Po, and Duke Xiao falls into Zhang Liang's trap.

"Traitor to Jin! Prepare to die!"

After temporarily repelling Wen Qiong, Shi Huang realized that after a battle where both sides were severely injured, he decisively ignored the fleeing Wen Qiong and instead went to kill this already seriously wounded pushover.

"Rat!"

Although Kong Xuan was angry, he was also helpless.

Killing Qin Zheng is really troublesome.

Having paid such a high price to kill Jiang Chen, and seeing that Qin Zheng was left unprotected, yet another obstacle has appeared.

Unfortunately, given his physical condition, he probably really can't handle this obstacle.

"General Kong, things are hopeless, leave immediately!" Xing Tian's voice suddenly came from afar.

However, Xing Tian was powerless to intervene at this time. He could only offer a reminder, as Kong Xuan was still fighting against enemy generals Qin Long and Xia Yu.
Although Kong Xuan had no choice, even without Xing Tian's reminder, he knew that in his severely injured state, fighting against a master like Shi Huang would be life-threatening. Therefore, he could only jump off the ladder on the city wall.

However, while Kong Xuan left in time, Xu Feng, who lost both arms in the battle, was not so quick to arrive.

Having lost both arms, even if he jumped onto the ladder, he couldn't climb down.

On such a battlefield, suffering such a severe injury, without anyone to protect him, his fate was already sealed.

In this battle, Qin Zheng not only lost Ruan Wengzhong, a loyal bodyguard, but also Jiang Chen, one of the two great masters of Youzhou.

The Jin army, on the other hand, lost Zhang Shan, a master general of god-like caliber, as well as Xu Long and Xu Feng, two peerless peak-level masters.

Of course, besides these people, the two brothers, Long Cang and Long Jiao, two peerless peaks, also died on the battlefield, fighting to the death together.

These two brothers, who were clearly blood brothers, had no idea what grudge or resentment they had against each other. One of them went to Youzhou, and the other went to Bashu. After Liu Che's death, they joined the Jin Dynasty.

Moreover, after meeting, they acted like two enemies, each wanting to kill the other.

In the end, although Long Cang, as the elder brother, killed Long Jiao, he was also seriously injured, so much so that someone else took advantage of the situation.

This battle became the most brutal one during Li Mu's half-month siege.

These were just the people who died in battle; not to mention those who were wounded, such as Kong Xuan, who was too injured to fight anymore.

Li Mu has been besieging the city for half a month, and both sides have suffered considerable losses, but Qin Zheng has still held on until now. However, Zhang Han has stabbed him in the back again.

Zhang Han, located in Dai Commandery, surrendered to Lian Po with the support of his deputy Cheng Tang, along with generals such as Fu Hao and Wu Ding, and his own troops.

Meanwhile, Qin Quliang of Anci fell into Zhang Liang's trap, suffering heavy losses of his troops, including his own death in battle, and Anci fell.

In the entire Youzhou region, apart from Ji County, only Han Xin with two thousand soldiers remained, still playing hide-and-seek with Xue Rengui.

However, it's clear that Han Xin can't hide for long; his supplies are likely to run out.

Zhang Han was truly helpless.

To the north were the Qing army of over 100,000, and to the south came Lian Po's 150,000 troops, while he only had a few men.
Caught between these two forces with 300,000 troops, who could understand the bitterness in Zhang Han's heart? Therefore, with no hope left, Zhang Han decided to surrender.

As for surrendering, which side to surrender to? That's obviously not something to consider!

During that three-year pandemic, Youzhou and the Manchus harmed each other, and the hatred accumulated during this time was irreconcilable.

If Youzhou were to get involved with the Manchu Qing dynasty, its reputation would be truly ruined. In the future, it might not even be allowed to enter its family genealogy or ancestral graves, and it would have no face to face its fellow townsmen from Youzhou.

For example, Wang Yong'an, a soldier, after hearing that his uncle Wang Bolong had surrendered to the Manchus, volunteered to come to Zhang Han's place, wanting to clean up his own house.

Wang Bolong and his ilk didn't care about any of that, and actually surrendered to the Manchus!

However, given the choice, Zhang Han naturally didn't want his fellow villagers from Youzhou to gossip about him in the future.

Zhang Han was naturally loyal to the Qin government, and he would do everything in his power to try to turn the tide whenever there was any hope of doing so.

But now there is clearly no hope at all; it's just a matter of how to die.

In historical records, he did surrender to Xiang Yu. This shows that while he may have had some loyalty, he was certainly not loyal to the point of death.

If he's in a desperate situation, he'll find a reason to back down.

Therefore, it was not so surprising that he was able to surrender in the end!

Even the four men who opposed his surrender—Biao Gong, Lu Guangda, Zhai Luan, and Wang Yong'an—were all beheaded by him without any mercy.

This move was a clear indication of his stance to the Jin army, leaving himself no way out.

Some generals, even if they are willing to surrender, would readily kill any dissenters who dare to oppose them if they are not yet in control of the overall situation. At such times, it is naturally more important to control the overall situation.

However, when dealing with opponents, once the overall situation is under control, it is rare to directly eliminate them. Instead, the authorities will let them go and find their own way, showing them some leniency.

There are really very few people who act as ruthlessly as Zhang Han.

Even Cheng Tang, Zhang Han's deputy general, never imagined that Zhang Han would go to such extremes.

Of course, if Zhang Han was willing to do this, even if Cheng Tang did not agree, he would not go to the trouble of stopping him.

Anyway, he won't be the one to bear the blame for this, so why should he meddle in other people's business?
At that moment, he just wanted to shrink into a corner as much as possible and minimize his presence.

Even regarding the matter of surrendering to Jin, after Zhang Han proposed it, he only expressed his willingness to follow suit, rather than being as proactive as Zhang Han.

Even if he leaves a stain in history books and a bad name in the world, with Zhang Han standing in front of him, what does his bad name matter?
Historically, Xiang Yu famously destroyed his own boats and destroyed his cooking pots at the Battle of Julu, defeating the Qin army. After the Qin army's defeat, Zhang Han surrendered, and Xiang Yu, upon accepting the surrender, immediately ordered the massacre of 200,000 Qin soldiers.

However, even after that, Zhang Han was still able to serve Xiang Yu with peace of mind.

This reveals some of Zhang Han's human nature.

Therefore, it is not too surprising that Zhang Han could kill his colleagues Biao Gong, Lu Guangda, Zhai Luan, and Wang Yong'an without hesitation.