External rumors have nothing to do with the internal affairs of the Chu army.
Although Xiang Yu's decision was bloody, it was helpless and the only way to deal with the prisoners.
Both Xiang An and Zi Juan agreed to this decision.
Two hundred thousand Qin soldiers need money to eat, drink, and have sex, and it is impossible for these Qin soldiers to have even the slightest favorable feedback to the Chu army. Moreover, they cannot be let go, and it is impossible to persuade them to surrender.
At this time, killing became the only option.
The biggest obstacle has disappeared, and the Chu army led by Xiang Yu can finally officially advance westward and compete against Liu Jilai in a race against time.
...
At this time, Xianyang was already slightly in panic.
Three months have passed since the Battle of Zhangshui. Since these three months, Wuguan Road and Hangguan Road have been called "good news frequently".
Liu Ji's army walked along the Danshui River and had already entered Wuguan. Xiang Yu's army also approached Hangu Pass. The Qin army was poorly defended. Seeing that Xiang Yu's army was about to break through Hangu Pass and enter the Guanzhong area to wreak havoc.
"Taifu, Taifu, now - what should we do now..." Hu Hai was completely panicked. He bent his waist and leaned close to Zhao Gao, asking tremblingly.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please—slow down first, let me think about it, let me think about it..." Zhao Gao dipped his sleeves into the sweat on his forehead.
Although he talks about finding a way, Zhao Gao - what can Zhao Gao do?
He is good at treachery and deceit, and he has countless skills in governing the country. Now he has to march and fight...
"Anyway, first of all, send a document to Liu Ji." He called a young eunuch, and actually passed Hu Hai and directly ordered, "To persuade Liu Ji to surrender, just say - just say that I am willing to share Guanzhong with him.
I just ask him to fight with our Qin army at Tongguan against Xiang Yu."
Hu Hai was stunned: "Tai, Taifu!? This is absolutely impossible, Taifu!"
"This is my Great Qin!? You, how can you share my Great Qin with other people!?" He exclaimed and left Zhao Gao some distance away.
Zhao Gao also felt a little irritated when he heard Hu Hai's sharp voice.
He stood up, his eyes slightly cold.
"Your Majesty, I am no longer your Great Qin."
Looking at the 24-year-old Hu Hai, Zhao Gao said slowly.
"...What?" Hu Hai froze on the spot, looking at Zhao Gao's familiar and old face, as if he had been struck by lightning.
Zhao Gao didn't answer any more, just flicked his sleeves and walked out of the hall.
"Tai-tzu!" Hu Hai glared and was about to catch up, but a man suddenly came out of the door of the hall and stopped Hu Hai.
"Your Majesty, you'd better not leave this hall."
Hu Hai turned around and took a closer look.
"...Yan Le?"
He was quite familiar with this man. When he was having fun in the palace, he would often call some ministers to have a drink with him. Yan Le was one of them. He was Zhao Gao's son-in-law, and he was considered to be of high authority.
But now, the smile while drinking is no longer visible.
A terrible suspicion appeared in Hu Hai's heart.
"Today, I am Yan Le." Yan Le stood on the spot, slowly drew out the long sword from his waist, pointed it at Hu Hai, "Please the emperor to die."
After hearing this, Hu Hai couldn't help but soften and fell to the ground.
The air fell into silence.
Hu Hai is not stupid, he just doesn't like to use his brain. At this moment, he must have realized what happened.
He has no wings to fly.
Yan Le is the Chengyang Order, the person who actually controls the military power. Since he appears here, it proves one thing.
That means the entire Qin Palace is already in the hands of Zhao Gao.
"I once forced my eldest brother to death...is this retribution...?" He looked at the end of his robe and murmured.
He raised his head and looked at his main hall. Many soldiers sprang out from nowhere and surrounded the entire main hall.
He couldn't help but look at the trembling little eunuch standing next to him, and suddenly jumped up and grabbed the little eunuch's collar.
"You know that, right!? You definitely know everything that fellow Zhao Gao plans to do, right!?" His eyes were bloodshot, like a furious lion, and he spat spit on the young eunuch's face, "Why didn't you tell me!? Why?
Don’t tell me——!?”
"I'll kill you - I'll kill you - I'll destroy your nine tribes -!!!"
Hu Hai cursed and roared, and the young eunuch trembled all over and did not dare to answer.
Yan Le stood in the distance with a long sword, looking at Hu Hai's struggle and madness with a smile.
Hu Hai cursed for a long time and his mouth was dry. He finally let go of the young eunuch's collar and took a step back. His body was shaking violently, angry and at a loss.
He wanted to speak, wanted to bribe Yan Le, and wanted to escape from this disaster.
But the little eunuch spoke.
His voice was small, but it was deafening in this hall where you could hear a pin drop.
"Your Majesty, our family can survive today only by keeping silent."
"If our family told me that, it would not be Mr. Zhao Gao who killed me... but you, the Emperor..."
Hu Hai was stunned.
He slowly turned his head and looked at the little eunuch.
The young eunuch looked at his nose, mouth, and heart. He stopped talking and just stood there.
Hu Hai smiled.
Laugh with self-deprecation, laugh with sadness.
"Ah...so that's what happened..."
"It seems that I can't bribe you anymore, Yan Le." He seemed to have lost all his strength, walked to the wall, stretched out his hand, and took down the long sword hanging on the wall, with a look on his face.
A lost smile.
Yan Le didn't say anything, just smiled.
"Don't be complacent, Yan Le." Hu Hai turned around, slowly pulled out the sword, and put it on his neck.
His smile made Yan Le lose his composure.
It was a smile of enlightenment, but also a crazy smile.
"It's me now, and one day it will be your turn, your father-in-law's turn!" He said with a fierce smile, "This is a destiny!"
"This is a given!!!"
After saying that, Hu Hai wiped his neck with all his strength, and a bloody flower exploded in mid-air.
And the expectation and madness in his eyes gradually turned into ashes.
Bang.
Blood gradually overflowed from the corpse, staining the luxurious carpet on the ground red.
Yan Le still stood there, holding the sword in a daze, looking at Hu Hai's corpse lying on the ground with angry eyes.
"Sir, we..." The guard on the side looked at Hu Hai, a little panicked, and couldn't help but ask.
Yan Le was slightly silent, but then burst into laughter.
"Follow your father-in-law's instructions and bury the emperor's dragon body."
Putting the sword back into the scabbard, Yan Le turned around.
"Just leave the rest to Master Zhao Gao."
Yan Le walked down the stairs, but the remaining images in his mind made his soul feel a faint sting.