At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 208: Destiny and the domineering King of Han

After annihilating Su Jiao's troops, Xu Fan arranged for a battalion of soldiers to clean the battlefield, and a battalion of soldiers escorted the surrendered Qin army back to the Han army's camp. Then he led the remaining hundreds of thousands of troops to kill Meng Tian's Chinese army.

"Dong dong dong!" The war drums of the Han army continued to roar. Xu Fan led an army of 10 people to slowly appear in front of Meng Tian's army. A powerful momentum pressed against the Qin army. Since then, the entire coalition army of nearly 30 men has surrounded Meng Tian's troops.

Although the 80,000 Qin soldiers had their spears pointed outward, facing enemies several times their size, every Qin soldier crowded together fearfully, hoping to gain a sense of security in this way. When Meng Tian saw Xu Fan's main force appearing in front of him, he closed his eyes in despair. He knew that the Northern Xinjiang Army was finished.

Zhao Wei Allied Military Headquarters.

The scene in front of him made Zhao Wangxie laugh. "Meng Tian, ​​when you besieged our Zhao country, you wouldn't have thought of today."

A few months ago, it was a formidable enemy that was difficult to defeat, but now it has become a prey in a urn, and it is even possible to be captured by himself. You can imagine how happy Zhao Wangxie felt at this time.

Zhang Er also sighed: "When Meng Tian led the 30 Northern Xinjiang troops into the Central Plains, he was so arrogant, but he did not expect that under the successive attacks of the Han king, he would be in a desperate situation. Who could have imagined the scene today."

Even though he saw the scene before him with his own eyes, he still couldn't believe that such a powerful Northern Xinjiang Army was defeated like this.

Wei Wangjiu said: "This just shows that the Han Dynasty is destined to be the king of Han. The Han army is an army of benevolence and righteousness. Therefore, the violent Qin, which cannot be defeated by the six countries, has been repeatedly defeated by the Han king."

Zhao Wangxie immediately said: "The Prime Minister's proposal is a good one. I wonder what you, King Wei, think about it?"

The Qin army also quickly slapped the world's heroes in the face. Meng Tian defeated Chen Yu's 10 Yan army in the Yan state, and defeated Zhang Er's 5 Zhao army. Zhang Er had to flee back to Handan to garrison. The entire Zhao state Everything was lost except the capital city of Handan.

Then Zhou Shi felt a little ashamed and said: "We said we resisted the violent Qin, but in fact we had no military exploits at all. Instead, the King of Han annihilated another 30 northern troops this time. Ninety percent of Qin's army was annihilated by the King of Han alone. With the King of Han, It’s a shame that we have survived for decades.”

The 50,000 Zhao troops he led were completely vulnerable to Meng Tian's Northern Xinjiang Army. Even though they had the geographical advantage, they were still defeated by Meng Tian with one blow, and were then driven all the way to Handan City. If it weren't for the support of the King of Han , Handan will be captured by the Qin army.

Hearing this, his ears turned red. At that time, he told the King of Han shamelessly that he would support the clan of the Six Kingdoms as king and jointly resist the violent Qin. But now it seems that the clan of the Six Kingdoms are facing the violent Qin. Still vulnerable, Qin's main force was completely wiped out by the Han family.

Take Great Qin's most powerful Northern Xinjiang army as an example. The combat effectiveness of this army is almost the same as when Tyrannical Qin unified the world. Meng Tian swept all the way across the north, and the entire Central Plains had no opponents at all. The Qin army also repeatedly defeated Qi in Qi. Suppressing the rebellion of the Tian brothers, and recently directly defeated Xiang Liang's army of hundreds of thousands.

For things that are difficult for them to understand, they can only shirk it to God. They think that the King of Han has repeatedly defeated the Qin army and established his hegemony in a few years. It is because the King of Han has destiny, so the Han army can be invincible. , even enemies will quickly become soldiers of the King of Han, and fight for the King of Han in the world.

Zhou Shi smiled and said: "Think about the achievements of the King of Han over the years. No one believes that the King of Han has no destiny."

But no one could see it at the time. The heroes of the world all thought that the strength of the Qin army had declined and was no longer enough to suppress the world. The time to rebel against Qin had come.

The entire Central Plains seems to be full of anti-Qin forces in the world, and it is very lively. However, in fact, the anti-Qin rebels from all over the world are still vulnerable to the Qin army, and the results are in vain.

When the Han army only had more than 2 troops, it was able to annihilate Wang Li's 3 elite troops in Changping County. Then he did something that shocked them. The King of Han actually recruited soldiers from the Qin army on the battlefield to join his own army. He was not worried that the surrendered Qin army would suddenly rebel, nor was he worried about the combat effectiveness of the surrendered soldiers. Even such a large army actually broke out into an unprecedented battle.

Zhao Wang Xie and Zhang Er were speechless, but when they thought about it, they actually agreed with Wei Wang Jiu's words. Those of them who had fought against the Qin army knew best how powerful Bao Qin was.

Feng Jie defeated Tian Dan's 15 Qi army in Qi State. Not long ago, he defeated Xiang Liang's army again. The anti-Qin forces of the six countries almost collapsed. At this time, people all over the world understood that it was not that the strength of the Qin army was declining, but that the Han army was too strong.

In the Battle of Sanchuan County, more than 4 Han troops directly annihilated 5 Li Youbu. This battle shocked the world and directly established the pattern of war everywhere in the world.

But people like Wei Wang Jiu, Zhao Wang Xie, and Zhang Er found it difficult to understand the strength of the Han army. They did not understand why the Qin army could easily defeat the same farmers who had just put down their hoes, but the Han army could defeat the Qin army. They I don't understand why he was clearly a prisoner of the Qin army, but after changing his clothes, he was able to explode into a powerful fighting force and defeat the original Qin army.

Zhang Er said: "What the King of Wei said is reasonable. The destiny of the Han Dynasty lies with the King of Han. The Northern Xinjiang Army is already the only exciting force of the Qin Army. The coalition forces once again mobilized the Northern Xinjiang Army today. There is no force in the entire Guanzhong to stop us. Qin's violent attack The end is just around the corner."

Only the Han army was completely different from them. Since the Han Dynasty uprising in Yangxian County, except for the very beginning, when he avoided the pursuit of the Qin army in Chen County, he always had an advantage when facing the Qin army and was able to defeat the Qin army every time. The amazing winning rate broke the myth that the Qin army was invincible in field battles.

Sun Tzu's Art of War also talks most about "subduing the enemy without fighting." Using the enemy's soldiers to annihilate the enemy like the King of Han did is unheard of and unseen. There is no record of such a military strategy in the world's art of war. This is a bit like the saying of various schools of thought that the benevolent are invincible. .

"The foreign minister has an idea. When our allied forces enter Guanzhong and conquer Xianyang, we will support the King of Han as the common ruler of the world. We will defend the place for the princes. Together, we will be like the Zhou Dynasty. The world that has been in chaos for hundreds of years will be with us. With the end in hand, we can also share peace."

Without the existence of the King of Han, the Qin army crushed the entire anti-Qin rebel army. It would be very difficult for the rebel army to annihilate tens of thousands of Qin soldiers, but the Qin army could easily win a victory and annihilate tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. All countries in the world would definitely be defeated. The emperor resumed his suppression.

In Zhang Er's opinion, Wei's army is superior to Zhao's army in terms of equipment and morale. However, even such an elite army was defeated in a battle against Li You's 5-strong army. Even now, Zhang Er cannot He believed that the Wei army could defeat the Qin army.

Zhao Wangxie is now trying his best to please Xu Fan, for no other reason than to restore some of his ancestral foundation.

To be honest, he envied King Jiu of Wei for his early surrender to the King of Han. Wei still retained more than 20 cities. Even the old capital of Wei, Daliang, was conquered by the King of Han with the help of the Han King. Although the current Wei Dynasty The country is still not as good as it was in its heyday, but it can be considered that it has recovered a large part of its strength.

And he was in a worse situation. The huge territory of Zhao State was beaten down to only Handan City. During this period, the coalition forces were confronting Meng Tian. It was not that Zhao Wangxie did nothing. He secretly sent his men to regain it. Wu'an and Quliang counties.

In Zhao Wangxie's opinion, he had finally sent troops to support the King of Han. The King of Han should have given face to him and given up a few counties. However, the reality was extremely cruel. The officials he sent were driven out by the Han officials, and the local people did not welcome them. His officials.

Unconvinced, the officials of the State of Zhao approached the officials of the Han State and argued that this was the land of the State of Zhao. They said that now that the State of Zhao and the State of Han were allies, why should they not be allowed to take over the territory of the State of Zhao?

But these Han soldiers were extremely arrogant and said: "If you want to take over, go find the land and cities of the State of Zhao. The cities and lands here were conquered by Naigong. Naigong only knew that these cities belonged to the Qin people, and Naigong took them from the Qin army." What does the city have to do with your Zhao country?"

"Could it be that if a city belongs to your Zhao State, it will belong to your Zhao State forever? If we really follow this statement, all the cities in the world belong to the Qin State, and there is nothing wrong with us capturing the Qin State's cities. You really have to be capable. Go and capture the cities that still belong to the Qin people, capture Xianyang, and you can all establish the Kingdom of Zhao in Xianyang."

The Han official's absurd reasoning naturally made King Zhao half-dead. He wanted to intercede with the King of Han. Even if Julu was occupied by Han, Handan County was the hometown of Zhao for hundreds of years and must be left to him. Zhao State.

During this period, Zhao Wangxie had a lot of contact with Xu Fan. He thought that the King of Han was an easy talker, so he wanted to ask the King of Han to give up a few cities. He himself did not think it was difficult.

But Zhang Er's words gave up his idea, and he said: "At that time, the nobles and tyrants of Korea also approached the King of Han, wanting to restore their country in Yingchuan County, and were willing to rely on the King of Han. But the King of Han said what the Han officials said to you, the king. Therefore, we have not seen the restoration of Korea until now. The original source of what the Han officials said was the King of Han. You would be humiliating yourself by going to the King of Han at this time." Zhao Wangxie said in astonishment: "The King of Han will also say Say such hegemonic words?"

During this period of time when Zhao Wangxie was dating Xu Fan, he never saw Xu Fan lose his temper. His Zhao army lacked weapons, equipment and food, and the King of Han also asked them to make up for it. Their treatment was the same as that of the Han army, so Zhao Wangxie thought that Xu Fan Anyone who is a generous and benevolent person (in Zhao Xie's opinion is a good old man who can take advantage), but now Zhang Er told himself that the King of Han also has such a domineering side, this is not what Ying Zheng is pretending to be!
Zhang Er said helplessly: "Your Majesty, don't think that the King of Han is usually kind, but he is a hero who killed hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers. He can't do this if he only talks about benevolence and righteousness. If he really wants to be overbearing, the King of Han will be even more overbearing than the First Emperor. "

"Back then, the First Emperor did not dare to confiscate the land of the powerful nobles in the world, but the King of Han dared. Now the nobles of Korea are being punished by the King of Han to death. Their land was given to the soldiers of the Han army. They said it was for redemption, but they only gave some white notes. , the annual income is not even one-tenth of the field.”

"Gong Ao and other nobles of the Chu State could not stand the Han army's equalization of land. As a result, the entire Nanjun nobles were driven to the desolate Qianzhong County by the King of Han."

"Before the Northern Expedition, the King of Han was worried that there would be a shortage of food and grass, and he would make the same mistake as Xiang Yan. Before leaving Chen County, he also formulated a law called the "Grain Collection Decree". When there was a shortage of food and grass, he would directly take away the powerful granaries of the Han nobles at a fair price. Even the First Emperor did not dare to carry out such a cruel policy, but the King of Han did it. If the Han army had not captured Aocang, I am afraid that the food our army is eating now came from the warehouses of the Han nobles."

"There is also what happened in Julu County recently. When the Han army attacked Julu and was short of food, they directly used the name of Tong Qin to confiscate all the food of Julu Haoqiang to provide relief to our Julu people, and also took Julu County The powerful land is distributed to the people. How many nobles from Zhao State came to Handan to complain to you. Such overbearing and unreasonable, this is the current face of the King of Han."

King Zhao rested before giving up the idea of ​​returning to the city. But that doesn't mean that he didn't use his brain to think of other ways. After all, there was only one king of the city, so that was a joke. So he thought about the merits of supporting him, and wondered whether he could please the King of Han and let the King of Han return a few cities so that his Zhao Kingdom could be worthy of its name.

Of course Wei Wangjiu and Zhou Shi didn't know Zhao Xie's inner thoughts. They also wanted peace in the world and lived their own lives.

Zhou Shi asked: "Then shall we support the King of Han as emperor or emperor?"

King Zhao rested and said: "Of course he is the emperor. The emperor is an evil system created by the tyrant Ying Zheng and is the source of suffering for the people of the world. Since we want to eliminate Tyrant Qin, we must also abolish the emperor system created by Tyrant Qin."

He instinctively hated the title of emperor, especially because it was created by the enemy of the First Emperor. The feudal aristocrats hated this kind of monarchy and autocratic rule. Of course, if he became the emperor, he would immediately support this system. The reason why Zhao Wangxie opposed the emperor was not because of his high level of consciousness, but because he understood that it was impossible for him to ascend the throne of the emperor.

Wei Wang Jiu said leisurely: "I'm afraid Han Wang won't think so."

Although Wei Wang Jiu was grateful to Xu Fan for his life-saving grace to Wei and himself, Xu Fan's actions over the years still made him have a deep sense of worry in his heart, because he could sense that the King of Han was not a supporter of the feudal system. On the contrary, he is more like the new First Emperor. The most favorable proof is the politics of the Han State, and the military methods are almost entirely copied from the Qin State's system.

You must know that most of the King of Han's subordinates are from the Chu state, but the King of Han does not use the Chu system (the Chu state is the country with the most feudal feudal remnants among the Warring States Period). He is not even willing to take the name of the country Chu. At first, people in the world thought that the King of Han was benevolent and righteous. , I don’t want to see the rebels fighting each other, but now it seems that the King of Han is afraid that he doesn’t want to establish another Chu State.

Now that Meng Tian, ​​the biggest enemy, has been eliminated, it won't be long before the coalition forces can even break through Guanzhong and destroy Bao Qin, but Qin, the biggest enemy, has disappeared.

What will happen to the situation in the world?

Will the King of Han attack them?
If the King of Han also wanted to establish a new Qin State, what would be the future of Wei State?

Wei Wangjiu didn't dare to think deeply about it because the future was too hopeless.

Thinking of this, Wei Wangjiu couldn't help but smile bitterly. No wonder the Six Nations Allied Forces were defeated repeatedly in the past. Sometimes it was not a good thing to look too far ahead.

Zhang Er said with a smile: "Even if the King of Han wants to be emperor, we can support him, but if the foreign ministers want to come, the King of Han will definitely learn the lessons of the violent Qin Dynasty and retain the power of the princes in various parts of the Central Plains."

"If the First Emperor had divided the feudal princes and suppressed them in the Central Plains, the Qin Dynasty would not have been defeated so quickly. Qin officials were unreliable, and the King of Han obviously knew that. And the King of Han did not have the clan power like the First Emperor, and now the King of Han's harem is no more than With only one queen, it will take many years for the King of Han’s children to reach adulthood.”

"Moreover, there are so many heroes in the Han Dynasty. Don't they want to become kings and start the family name as an ancestor? Foreign ministers, please remember that the King of Han said that he would share the world with all the generals. The King of Han can only rely on us princes to suppress the world.

Wei Jiu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and there seemed to be hope for Wei's future.

"Report, the King of Han sent a military order, asking our army to continue to advance until we are 300 steps away from the Qin army."

King Jiu of Wei and King Zhao rested and said, "The army continues to advance!"

"Dong, dong, dong!" The war drums of the coalition shook the heaven and the earth. The soldiers of the Qin army watched as hundreds of thousands of troops slowly advanced towards them, compressing their space smaller and smaller, and even those behind them were surrounded by the Han army.

Xu Fan ordered: "Shoot the book into the enemy's formation to stop Meng Tian from resisting. If the soldiers' lives are wasted, they have no way to escape. Surrender is their only choice.

Under this situation, Xu Fan didn't want to do too much killing. He didn't need to use weapons if he could recruit surrender. He would just kill his own people.

As Xu Fan's order was issued, tens of thousands of long headless arrows were shot into the Qin army's formation. Xu Fan's letter soon reached Meng Tian's hands.

All the captains looked at Meng Tian. Now the morale of the soldiers is low, their food and grass are cut off, and they are surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Han troops. The soldiers will soon collapse. They have no conditions for fighting to the death, and the only option is to surrender. And now Meng Tian was the only hardliner left in the Qin army.

Meng Tian said silently: "Meng Tianfang, you lead the entire army to surrender to the King of Han. I have already failed these soldiers, and we cannot let them die in vain anymore."

Meng Tianfang said anxiously: "General, what are you doing?"

Meng Tian smiled miserably and said: "I have failed Your Majesty, and I should repay with my life. Moreover, what we have done in Zhao State, I am afraid that the Zhao State will hate us to the bone. If we don't explain to them, how can the Zhao people accept our surrender?" You can take my head and surrender to the King of Han, and my body can be handed over to the Zhao people for venting."

After saying this, Meng Tian drew his sword and killed himself.

Meng Tianfang and the others stared at Meng Tian's body for a long time, then cut off Meng Tian's head, put it on a tray, and then led 8 Qin soldiers to surrender to the coalition forces.

Xu Fan looked at Meng Tian's head and said, "Bury him with his body. Our army doesn't need to vent on a person's corpse."

At this point, the Central Plains War ended. The Han army wiped out the Qin army's 25 Northern Xinjiang army. The only mobile force of the Qin Dynasty was eliminated by the Han army.

(End of this chapter)