King Wuyou of Yue was captured by the Qin army. He immediately knelt in front of Zhao Tuo's horse, kowtowed and begged to surrender.
Many generals in the Qin army were angry about the betrayal of these Yue people and their night attack on the Qin army's camp.
He shouted that he wanted to kill the King of Yue, cut off his head and put it on a spear to warn the barbaric Yue people and let them know what would happen if they went against the Qin army.
Zhao Tuo just thought about it briefly and ruled out the idea of killing the King of Yue.
The reason is very simple. Although the Qin army defeated the Yue army, there were still more Yue people in this Yue land.
If Zhao Tuo really kills the Yue King Wuyou, the Yue people will definitely rise up in revenge and harass and attack the Qin army on their way back. If a more powerful heroic leader appears among the Yue people at this time, it will be even more troublesome.
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Instead of doing this, it is better to let the King of Yue Wuyou, who was frightened by the Qin army and willing to surrender, continue to exist. With his cooperation, the safety of the Qin army's return journey can be guaranteed.
Assess the situation, control your anger, and make the choice that is best for you.
This is also a very important commander's quality in a war besides combat command.
If it were a brainless general who chopped off the head of the Yue King in one go, it would be satisfying at the time, but the consequences would be unpredictable.
Although he chose to forgive, Zhao Tuo would not give the other party a good look.
When King Wuyou of Yue surrendered, he spoke Chu language, and Zhao Tuo responded in Chu language.
He sneered: "How dare you call yourself 'king' after surrendering in battle?"
King Wuyou of Yue was stunned, sweating like rain.
Next to him, Zou Wuyue hurriedly reminded him in a low voice and called out: "Your Majesty, I am your vassal."
King Wuyou of Yue hurriedly bowed his head and knelt on the ground, his fat belly pressed to the ground, and shouted: "I, Wuyou, are willing to surrender. Please forgive me, General. I am willing to surrender!"
Zhao Tuo nodded.
The original meaning of the word "chen" is slave servant. Male slaves are ministers and female slaves are concubines, so they are called servile ministers and concubines.
At this moment, King Wuyou of Yue surrendered to the Qin army as a defeated person, which meant that he considered himself a slave. This was the correct surrender posture.
"Since the King of Yue sincerely surrenders, our Qin country is a great power in the world. Besides conquest, we also have a heart of kindness and forgiveness and will not kill the surrendered king. Now I accept your surrender and spare your life."
Zhao Tuo's voice was calm, but there was a kind of majesty and confidence, showing the demeanor of a great country.
King Wuyou of Yue was overjoyed and immediately kowtowed: "Thank you so much, general, thank you so much, general!"
After accepting the surrender, Zhao Tuo spoke again.
Only this time, his voice was very stern.
Zhao Tuo scolded loudly: "It is the style of our great country to accept surrender and forgive you, and it is also the benevolence of our king. But if you are a small country, do not know good and evil, and have repeated intentions in the future, Qin soldiers will definitely come.
, then your country will be destroyed and your head will be beheaded!"
"If you dare to repeat it, your country will be destroyed and your head will be beheaded!"
Li Shang and a group of short soldiers immediately followed the general and shouted.
Immediately afterwards, thousands of Qin troops staying outside the city shouted loudly together, the sound was like thunder and deafening.
King Wuyou of Yue turned pale with fear and kept kowtowing: "I don't dare. I don't dare!"
Seeing that Yue Wang Wuyou was completely frightened by his combination of forgiveness and intimidation, Zhao Tuo let him go and moved his eyes to Zuo Wuyue aside.
Zhao Tuo had a joking look on his face.
"Messenger, do you still remember that when we made the covenant, I said that if you were deceiving, then it would not be a matter of fifty or two hundred gold. Now, can your words be verified?"
Two hundred gold?
King Wuyou of Yue on the side was stunned.
Didn't he just ask Qin Jun for a hundred gold?
Why did it become two hundred gold again?
Immediately afterwards, he reacted and glared fiercely at the cronies beside him.
This traitor actually dares to increase the price without permission!
"The villain has not touched the fifty gold pieces at all. I am willing to return them to the general. Please forgive me, general!"
Zuo Wuyue was so frightened that he quickly kowtowed and begged for mercy.
"I will return the original thing and spare your life."
Zhao Tuo smiled faintly. From the other party's words and the expression of the King of Yue next to him, he guessed that Zou Wuyue had probably taken a kickback and asked for money privately. He was a typical treacherous villain.
In this way, Zhao Tuo had no intention of killing the other party.
If Zou Wuyue was a loyal and capable minister, he would definitely kill him.
But if you are such a money-grubbing and sycophantic person, you don't have to worry about it, maybe it will be useful in the future.
There are traitors in the enemy country, but we can help them.
Next, after accepting the surrender, Zhao Tuo handed over the affairs of Yue King Wuyou and the entire Yue King City to Shejian.
Then he took Li Shang and other short soldiers to the place where Xiong Qi was imprisoned.
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"This Xiong Qi is also a smart man, but he didn't expect that he would fall into the hands of a group of barbarians in the end."
Zhao Tuo shook his head and sighed as he walked.
From the explanations between Yue Wang Wuyou and Zuo Wuyue, he roughly understood Xiong Qi's experience after leaving Wu.
The King of Chu, who was supported by Xiang Yan, saw that he could no longer stay after a massacre in Wu, so he plundered a batch of goods and went south, intending to use these things to make friends with the Yue people and use the power of the Yue people to reach Qin
Army pursuit.
Unexpectedly, his general named Zou Pi was a young boy. He teamed up with the greedy Yue King Wuyou and took advantage of the opportunity of drinking and discussing to imprison Xiong Qi. At the same time, he attacked the more than 2,000 Chu troops and turned them all into
A slave of the Yue people.
Those who betray others will always be betrayed.
Zhao Tuo sighed and walked to a wooden house.
Because the Qin army was attacking the city, the Yue warriors who were responsible for guarding this place all went out to fight, or took the opportunity to run away. There was no one guarding here. However, there was a special locking device made by the Yue people on the door, so there was no need to worry about what was inside.
People ran out.
"General, Xiong Bugu is in this room."
Zuo Wuyue, who was leading the way, immediately smiled and stepped forward to open the door.
Without Zhao Tuo opening his mouth, Li Shang immediately strode into the house with two short soldiers. After a round of inspection, he came out and reported to Zhao Tuo that there was no danger in the house.
Zhao Tuo took a step and walked into the house.
The light inside was not very good. As soon as Zhao Tuo entered the room, he saw two women kneeling down, kowtowing to him and begging for mercy.
This is the person sent by the King of Yue to monitor Xiong Qi.
Zhao Tuo waved his hand, and Zuo Wuyue, who followed him in, immediately shouted: "General, please spare your lives, so get out of here."
The two women left with great gratitude.
Zhao Tuo's eyes fell on the strange bed in the corner.
A middle-aged man was lying on the bed, disheveled, with a pale and tired face. His eyes were dull and he was staring blankly ahead.
This desolate appearance was completely different from the elegant monarch Zhao Tuo had seen in Xianyang and Huaiyang in the past.
"Junhou, you ran so far."
Zhao Tuo smiled and spoke.
Hearing the title "Junhou", the middle-aged man on the bed trembled.
Xiong Qi slowly turned his head and refocused his eyes, staring at Zhao Tuo.
After a moment, he showed a wry smile: "No matter how far I ran, I still caught up with you."
Zhao Tuo laughed and said loudly: "I once said in front of the king, no matter if you Xiong Qi runs to Jiangdong, Baiyue, or any corner of the world, I, Zhao Tuo, will chase you!"
"Your Majesty..."
Xiong Qi had a complicated expression on his face when he heard Zhao Tuo's words. He whispered: "Is the king very angry?"
"My king, I want you to die."
Zhao Tuo said calmly.
"You want me to die? Yes, the king hates people betraying him the most."
Xiong Qi murmured: "More than ten years ago, the king's brother Cheng Yu first rebelled when he attacked Zhao. Later, the emperor and the empress dowager conspired with Lao Ai to fake the royal seal of the king and the empress dowager and send troops to attack Qinian Palace and cause chaos..."
Next to him, Li Shang's expression changed drastically, and he quickly asked the soldiers who had followed him into the house to escort Zuo Wuyue out.
How can they listen to the king's private affairs?
After driving away the short soldiers and Yue people, Li Shang also walked outside the door and closed it.
Then he quietly stood in the corner, raised his ears high, and paid attention to what was going on in the room.
He didn't want to eavesdrop, he was just afraid that if Xiong Qi got angry and wanted to attack the general, he could rush into the house immediately to protect him.
"My brother and I followed Marquis Wenxin to suppress the rebellion. Later, Marquis Wenxin resigned from office and returned to Henan due to the incident between Lao Ai and the Queen Mother. Also, because of the envoys from the princes, we met with Marquis Wenxin.
The relationship was very close, so the king sent people to send letters to each other..."
Xiong Qi said nonchalantly.
Zhao Tuo did not stop him because he was also curious about these palace secrets and wanted to know whether they were the same as those stories passed down from later generations.
After a while, Xiong Qi finished talking about his memories and sighed to himself: "Your Majesty has experienced many betrayals in his life. This time I rebelled against Qin and returned to Chu. Naturally, he wanted me to die."
"As far as Qin is concerned, I deserve to die."
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty."
As Xiong Qi spoke, tears fell from his eyes. He seemed to be tortured by the guilt in his heart.
Zhao Tuo said softly: "Since you knew you were sorry for the king, why did you rebel in the past? Is it just to be the so-called King of Chu?"
Hearing this, Xiong Qi screamed.
"King of Chu?"
"No, I don't want to be the King of Chu at all!"
"I, Xiong Qi, just don't want the Chu Kingdom to perish!"
At this point, Xiong Qi's voice became louder.
"I am a descendant of Emperor Gaoyang, and the blood of Huozheng Zhurong flows in my body!"
"My ancestors of the Xiong family named Mi have been enfeoffed in Jingchu for eight hundred years! For eight hundred years, countless ancestors of the Mi family have fought hard to conquer the huge Chu State. How can I allow the state of Chu to be conquered for eight hundred years?
Is the state of Chu destroyed at the hands of my generation, or by the state of Qin that I assisted? I cannot accept such a thing!"
"If your Majesty does not destroy the State of Chu, and is willing to do as it has been for hundreds of years, with Qin and Chu living in the same place and harmonious to each other, how can I rebel against Qin and return to Chu? Even if your Majesty destroys the three Jins, Yan, and Qi, as long as
Even if Chu is immortal, I will never betray him!"
"It was not my intention to betray the king and the State of Qin. I just don't want the State of Chu to perish!"
In Xiong Qi's excited voice.
Zhao Tuo nodded imperceptibly.
He knew the reason why the other party rebelled against Qin.
Surname, bloodline, family, community.
For the nobles of this era, they were all very important things.
After Xiong Qi finished his roar, he calmed down. He looked straight at Zhao Tuo in front of him and suddenly smiled coldly.
"Zhao Tuo, you are also a descendant of the Zhao family with the surname Ying, and a descendant of the Zhao family."
"Are you really willing to assist Qin and let Zhao's country fall?"
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