Time returns to the Yongcheng battlefield.

Before Xiang Yu fought against Zhao Kun, Liu Bang and Xin Sheng had already formed an alliance.

Although the way of forming an alliance is surprising, Ziying did choose the same historical path.

With Ziying surrendering to Liu Bang, the empire also fell one after another.

Of course, this is just the demise of the original historical empire, and the new Great Qin Empire is gradually being born.

........

Yingbu led the front army and encountered the counterattack of Xiangzhuang's remnant army in Qishan outside Yongcheng. Later, Wang Yan's Leiqi broke through the defense line and fell into a one-sided encounter.

As for Xiang Yu's central army and rear army, they marched to Fufeng, which was more than ten miles away from Qishan.

When Xiang Yu learned that Yingbu's former army had been attacked, he immediately rushed to Qishan to rescue him.

However, before he could get close to Qishan, incredible news suddenly came from the front: Yingbu was defeated and the former army was almost destroyed.

"how so?!"

In the process of summoning the defeated troops, Xiang Yu was greatly surprised when he heard the news.

Before that, he had analyzed Zhao Kun's intentions with Zhang Liang. When he realized that Zhao Kun was planning to pin down his 400,000-strong army in Yongcheng, and then recruit reinforcements to annihilate his 400,000-strong army, he decided to besiege Yongcheng and annihilate the incoming troops.

Supporting reinforcements.

The fact was just as he expected, Zhao Kun was indeed planning to join forces with Li Xin to annihilate his 400,000-strong army.

However, he guessed the beginning, but not the ending.

Xiang Yu originally thought that Zhao Kun would wait for reinforcements to arrive in Yongcheng before joining forces to attack him, but he did not expect that Zhao Kun would take the initiative to attack his front army.

Isn't he afraid that he will attack Yongcheng in anger?

Even if Yongcheng is easy to defend and difficult to attack, is it possible that an army of 400,000 cannot defeat a city?

In fact, not only Xiang Yu was surprised, but even the generals under Xiang Yu were shocked.

You know, Yingbu's front army could number 50,000 people, plus the tens of thousands of people in Xiangzhuang, there were at least 100,000 people participating in the Battle of Yongcheng.

And how many soldiers and horses are there in Yongcheng?

How could a battle involving 100,000 people end so quickly?

Before the generals under Xiang Yu could react, one of the defeated soldiers spoke tremblingly: "Our defense line was broken up by the remnants of the army fleeing from the direction of Yueyang. General Yingbu originally asked us to stick to the defense line, but why?

I think the enemy launched an attack while we were holding on to our defensive line!"

Hearing this, Xiang Yu frowned slightly and asked, "Where are the Yingbo people?"

"Back to your Majesty, General Yingbu has been killed in battle!"

"What?!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard the news that Yingbu had died in battle.

Yingbu was under Xiang Yu's command, and he was one of the top generals. Even if the front army was attacked, he would not be killed so easily.

But I heard the defeated soldier continue: "When the Qin army made a surprise attack, no one reacted, including General Yingbu. The Qin army general took advantage of General Yingbu's unpreparedness and killed him!"

With that said, several other defeated soldiers informed Xiang Yu of the detailed situation, but the latter's face was extremely gloomy and he did not speak for a while.

It wasn't until there was silence in the field that Xiang Yu asked hesitantly: "What about Xiang Zhuang?"

"this....."

The defeated soldiers looked at each other, looking at each other.

One of them carefully lowered his head and reported back: "The remnant army that escaped from the direction of Yueyang is the subordinate of King Yong. According to the description of the remnant army, they were also attacked by the enemy. I think King Yong may have been captured. Maybe

.....”

He didn't say any more, but everyone present understood what he meant.

Could he be captured, could he die in battle...?

Xiang Yu rubbed his brows tiredly and couldn't help but sigh!

As we all know, Xiang Zhuang is Xiang Yu's cousin, and they are almost the same age. The difference is that Xiang Yu has outstanding abilities and is the hope for the rise of the Xiang family, while Xiang Zhuang is mediocre and belongs to the fringes.

Because the two were similar in age and grew up together, Xiang Yu took special care of Xiang Zhuang. Not only did he make him King Yong, he also kept him away from the battlefield and was only responsible for escorting food and grass.

But just like this, when Xiang Yu heard that Xiang Zhuang might be facing an unexpected incident, he felt worried.

It is true that Xiang Yu is murderous and violent, but he treats his relatives and people around him absolutely favorably.

Seeing the sad expression on Xiang Yu's face, Yu Ziqi hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him: "Your Majesty, King Yong's Ji people have their own fate. Most likely they were captured by the Qin army. I don't think it will... be a bad situation.

....”

"I hope so!"

Xiang Yu sighed slightly, then raised his head and looked forward. After a while, the expression on his face suddenly became solemn: "However, I really didn't expect that the despicable villain Zhao Kun has so many trump cards!"

As he said that, he glanced at the defeated soldiers on the ground and asked seriously: "You said that an unknown ball flew from the sky and then heard the thunder explode. Is this true?"

"Your Majesty, it is indeed true. After the ball exploded, smoke billowed and rocks flew all over the sky. Within one foot, there were no bones left!" A defeated soldier replied with a horrified look on his face.

"snort!"

Xiang Yu snorted coldly and immediately ordered: "Return to Fufeng and set up camp. When people come, summon all the princes to discuss matters in the tent!"

"promise!"

The messenger obeyed the promise and retreated.

........

At the same time, on top of Yongcheng City, Zhao Kun and Wang Li were watching the battlefield with binoculars.

After a moment, Wang Li put down the telescope, frowned and said: "Xiang Yu is really cruel. He even gave up rescue halfway!"

"He should have learned about Yingbu's death in battle, so he took the initiative to give up the rescue!" Zhao Kun also put down the telescope and said calmly.

"Then what do we do next?"

"That's it!"

"Um?"

Zhao Kun was stunned for a moment, then looked back at Zhao Kun: "What do you mean by this?"

"Our army has already won this battle, and there is no point in continuing to kill. Killing is not my pleasure, so let's stop here!" Zhao Kun shook his head and said.

Hearing this, Zhang Han on the side suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I believe that these rebels deserve death, and it is useless to keep them... For the sake of the overall situation, it is better to kill them!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, considering the overall situation, we cannot accept prisoners. These rebels should be killed!" Wang Li agreed.

"Big picture?"

Zhao Kun sneered, then glanced at Zhang Han lightly, and said in a deep voice: "Why are they always the ones who are sacrificed for the sake of the overall situation? Who are they? They are also my people of Great Qin!"

"But..." Seeing Zhang Han blushing at Zhao Kun's words, Wang Li said hesitantly: "But accepting the surrender of these rebels will increase the burden of food and fodder for our army!"

"You don't have to worry about food and grass!"

Zhao Kun waved his hand and said calmly: "I still have use for these prisoners!"

Although his words were very calm, his tone was unquestionable.

Zhao Kun could completely understand Zhang Han's mentality of wanting to kill the prisoners. After all, Xiang Yu killed his army of 200,000 prisoners, but Zhang Han's mentality was completely different from Xiang Yu's.

Zhang Han would care if Xiang Yu killed an army of 200,000 prisoners, but if Zhang Han killed tens of thousands of prisoners, Xiang Yu wouldn't care at all.

Because Xiang Yu only has himself in his heart, if he really cares about these tens of thousands of prisoners, he will not give up the rescue.

Therefore, Zhao Kun felt it was unnecessary to compare the two.

What's more, he does have other plans for these prisoners.

Although Wang Li is nominally the commander-in-chief of the Longxi Army, the decision-making power has always been in the hands of Zhao Kun, so Zhao Kun made up his mind and he would not go against Zhao Kun.

After looking at Zhang Han and then at Zhao Kun, Wang Li chuckled, took a few steps forward, and shouted loudly to the people in the city: "Send my order, surrender without killing!"

The messenger commander in the city heard Wang Li's order and quickly rushed to the battlefield. Not long after, the battlefield was filled with voices urging surrender.

"The general has an order, surrender without killing!"

"The general has an order, surrender without killing!"

"The general has an order, surrender without killing!"

Hearing the voices of the surrounding Qin troops persuading them to surrender, the more than 30,000 rebels who were driven together by the thunder cavalry seemed to have been rescued from a desperate situation. They hugged each other and cried bitterly.

Because of Zhao Kun's decision, more than 30,000 rebels survived and were not massacred by the thunder cavalry.

However, precisely because of this, the rebels who survived gradually gave up resistance, threw away their weapons, and were silently driven to the Yongcheng camp by the Qin army.

Zhang Han, on the other side, silently looked at Zhao Kun's back. From this moment on, he truly understood that the seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy in front of him was the future of the empire.

It is true that, as Zhao Kun expected, he did have revenge against Xiang Yu, but just killing prisoners didn't seem to make much sense.

.......
To be continued...