Thinking back to two years ago, Yan City was also such a prosperous scene. Unfortunately, two years of war caused a good city to completely decline, and the people complained.
If it weren't for the Jing family's deep roots here and the ability to unite the army and the people as one family at critical moments, Yancheng would have been in chaos long ago.
"General Jing is awake!"
Someone shouted, and the people around the city lord's mansion gathered around.
"General Jing, we have all heard that you had no choice but to surrender to Dashang in order to let the people in the city survive!"
"The money and food you requested from King Zhao of Dashang Shang have arrived, and every household has been given a lot!"
“Our stall has also reopened, and our children are drinking goat’s milk!”
"In order not to lose your integrity, you drew your sword and killed yourself. We all admire you. Fortunately, His Highness King Zhao stopped you!"
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The flood of praises made Jing Cui feel a little dazed. When the merchant army entered the city, he fainted due to the wound disease. It was impossible for him to make so many demands to King Zhao, let alone draw his sword and kill himself!
After just a short sleep, the people of Yancheng regarded him as their savior and even built monuments and temples in his honor!
Jing Cui felt as if she was still in a dream, her breathing became rapid, and she subconsciously looked at Wanyan Jing.
"Your Highness, what is this?"
Wanyanjing took a step forward and lowered her voice as much as possible.
"General Jing, His Royal Highness King Zhao said that no matter what happens, the century-old reputation of the Jing family cannot be slandered. In the future, whether Nanchu is still there or not, the Jing family will still be a powerful family, and Yancheng will still be the foundation of the Jing family!"
Jing Cui took a deep breath and looked at the people surrounding him who regarded him as a god.
Zhao Rui gave him fame, fortune, and even face, and molded him into a person who could be trusted by the people.
At this point, even if he didn't want to surrender to Dashang, the people of Yancheng would not agree.
If you can live and work in peace and contentment and live a prosperous life, who would want to live in a life where you can only have one meal but no next meal.
"Thank you so much, King Zhao!"
Jing Cui's voice was so low that only Wanyan Jing could hear it, but to a certain extent, he had already accepted the fact of surrendering to Dashang!
Outside the capital city of Ying in Southern Chu, armies from all walks of life of the Great Shang Dynasty gathered here and surrounded the entire capital of Ying.
Even Shan Xin's army arrived here.
Qu Gai is indeed a rare veteran general of the Zhu Kingdom in Southern Chu. With him, the western defense line of Southern Chu can be said to be impregnable.
But with such a court at stake, no matter how powerful the general is, it will be of no use.
The most helpless thing is that the western front and government affairs are all handed over to an old man who is over a hundred years old!
Even a young and strong man may not be able to withstand such a heavy workload, let alone a seriously ill beggar.
After years of fighting, Southern Chu was short of all kinds of supplies. Although Qu Gai had prepared enough supplies in advance, they could not withstand the continuous consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops, and soon all the supplies were exhausted.
The old general finally fell ill because he was seriously ill and had no medical treatment, coupled with the lack of food.
His son Qu Dang had no choice but to take two personal guards and run to Shan Xin's camp to seek medicine.
Shan Xin immediately stopped his troops and led tens of thousands of soldiers to the Chu camp with a large amount of supplies.
Unfortunately, Old General Qu Bei is already terminally ill, and even if the world's famous doctors come here, they can't save him.
The medicine sent by Shan Xin only lasted three days.
Before the old general died, in order to allow the Chu army on the western front to eat and the wounded soldiers to receive treatment, he ordered a complete surrender.
Hundreds of thousands of Chu troops immediately put on the banners of the Shang army and marched to Yingdu in a mighty manner.
In other words, now only the 800,000 powerful troops led by Mi Yan and Jian Ping are left in Southern Chu.