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 that these Yue people had betrayed their trust and attacked the Qin army camp at night.
He clamored 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 simple. Although the Qin army defeated the Yue army, there are still more Yue people in this Yue land.
If Zhao Tuo really kills Yue Wang Wuyou, the Yue people will definitely rise up in revenge and harass and kill the Qin army on their way back. If a more powerful hero leader appears among the Yue people at this time, it will be even more troublesome.
Rather than doing this, it is better to let the Yue King Wuyou, who was scared by the Qin army and willing to surrender, continue to exist. With his cooperation, the safety of the Qin army's return journey could be guaranteed.
Assess the situation, control your anger, and make the best choice for yourself.
This is also a very important commander's quality in a war, apart from combat command.
If it were a brainless general who chopped off the head of the King of Yue 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: "You surrender after defeat, how dare you call yourself 'king'?"
King Wuyou of Yue was stunned, sweating like rain.
Zuo Wuyue, who was next to him, reminded him in a low voice and shouted: "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 spare my life, 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 country of Qin is a great power in the world. In addition to conquest, we also have a heart of kindness and forgiveness, so we 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 stern.
Zhao Tuo shouted loudly: "To accept surrender and forgive you is the demeanor of our great country and the benevolence of our king. But if you are a small country and don't know what is good and what is bad, and if you try again in the future, Qin's troops will definitely come. To , 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 together, their 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.
"The original thing will be returned and I will spare your life."
Zhao Tuo smiled faintly. From the other party's words and the expression of King Yue next to him, he guessed that Zou Wuyue had probably received kickbacks 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 he is such a money-hungry and sycophantic person, he doesn't have to worry about it, as he might be useful in the future.
There are traitors in the enemy country, and it is our side who can help.
Next, after the surrender was completed, 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 considered 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, leaving no one guarding here. However, there is a special door locking device made by Yue Ren, so there is no need to worry about the people inside running out.
"General, that 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 having to say anything, 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 hurry up and get out."
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 blank and he was staring blankly ahead.
This desolate look was really 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 run, I still catch 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.
"Want me to die? That's right, 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 king's imperial seal and the empress dowager's seal 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 became aggressive 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 because of the incident between Lao Ai and the Queen Mother. 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 recounting 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 dead."
"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 Chu?"
"No, I don't want to be King 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! Eight hundred years ago, countless ancestors of the Mi family fought hard to conquer the huge Chu State. How can I let the state of Chu be conquered for eight hundred years? Chu State will be destroyed at the hands of my generation, or will it be destroyed by the Qin State that I assist. I cannot accept such a thing!"
"If the king does not destroy the state of Chu and is willing to do what he has done for hundreds of years. Qin and Chu live in the same place and are at peace with each other, how can I rebel against Qin and return to Chu? Even if the king destroys the three Jin, 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 the descendant of the Duke of Zhao."
"Are you really willing to assist Qin and let Zhao's country fall?"
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