The desk of King Chu was soon filled with memorials for the evacuation of Chendu.
In these memorials, not only were the reasons for evacuating Chendu clearly stated, but the next capital was also chosen for the King of Chu.
There are many reasons, but they all boil down to one thing: Chen Du can no longer hold on!
Indeed, in the face of the Qin army's increasingly fierce offensive, thousands of Chu soldiers fell almost every day. If this rate continues, it will not take more than ten days. Even if the Qin army does not break the city, the Chu army in the city will be defeated. It is bound to collapse due to excessive casualties.
This was thanks to a batch of ordnance exchanged from the Zhao army, especially the bows and arrows, which caused a lot of damage to the Qin army.
But it's just damage.
In terms of key reinforcements, Wei and Qi have obviously stayed out of the matter. The only country that can come to the rescue, Zhao, did come, but it stopped at the country of Han. Qin State ignored Zhao State's attack on Han State and only wanted to capture Chu State.
Obviously, Zhao's strategy of encircling Han and rescuing Chu failed.
The main force of the Zhao State is still in the Yan State. It is obviously unrealistic for them to give up the Yan State that they have already obtained and go south to rescue Chu.
It can be said that the Chu State today has reached a situation of internal and external difficulties.
Of course, all this was done by Chu State itself. There were two consecutive checkpoints: Zengcheng and Xincai. Each checkpoint was supposed to delay the Qin army for at least ten days. Unexpectedly, these two important checkpoints were added The rise could not delay the Qin army for two days.
However, there is no point in being upset. Even if the chief officials of the two levels are thrown into prison, it will not change the current crisis of Chu State.
Since we are already beleaguered internally and externally, and Chendu is about to be destroyed, it is better to simply give up on Chendu.
At least enough troops can be saved to use the mountains, forests and water network in the southern part of Chu State to delay the Qin army's next attack.
As Chu Chen said in his memorial: When the King of Chu is there, the court is there, and when the court is there, the country is there.
But what really moved the King of Chu was the choice of the next capital city in several memorials - Shouchun.
Shouchun, adjacent to the Huaihe River, has a terrain as dangerous as Yanying. After a little tidying up, it was a fortified city. And because it was located near the water, even if the Qin army attacked, it would not be able to encircle it. Such a situation In the future, reinforcements could continuously enter Shouchun City by land or water, and they would not be afraid of a war of attrition at all.
Just this one thing is infinitely better than Chen Dudu today.
It can be said that Shouchun is simply another Yingdu! The Huaihe River is not like the Yan River before. It is impossible to conquer Shouchun by crossing the water of the Huaihe River.
In terms of sturdiness, Shouchun is even better than Yingdu.
Of course, Shouchun is not without benefit or harm.
The most obvious problem is that it is even further away from the Central Plains region. By choosing Shouchun, you almost chose to temporarily leave the stage of fighting for hegemony in the Central Plains.
This is almost unacceptable to the Chu State, which has always wanted to return to the stage of history.
This is why after the Chu State lost the land of Yanying, it did not directly move its capital eastward to Shouchun, but moved its capital to Chendu in the northeast.
However, at this point, in the face of the country's survival, returning to the stage of history is somewhat unworthy of mention.
But even so, it was still not easy for King Chu to make this determination. After all, it was easy to evacuate, but it was difficult to come back.
Outside of Chendu, there is also a large area of Chu country! It is still the most elite part of the entire Chu State.
Fortunately, no matter how difficult the decision is, when the sword is placed on the neck, the answer will be quickly available.
The Qin army quickly used practical actions to place the sharp Qin sword on the neck of King Chu.
Under Wang Lu's personal supervision, the southern city tower was almost crumbling. In just one afternoon, the Qin army boarded the city at least ten times, and once even directly attacked the city tower stairs. If not for the desperate resistance of the generals guarding the city, the Qin army might have captured the stairs of the tower.
Once the stairs are contributed, next
, but it is the city gate.
As a last resort, the last reserve team in the city was also mobilized to the city wall, and even many civilians were recruited and sent to the city tower.
So, after the fighting took a break in the evening, the elders of the Qu, Jing, and Zhao clans came to the Chu Palace on behalf of the three clans.
After some emotional talk and reasoning, at nightfall, the King of Chu finally agreed to abandon Chendu and go to Shouchun.
Of course, in order for the King of Chu to agree to evacuate, the Qu, Jing, and Zhao clans also paid a corresponding price: they used the power of the three clans to organize a 15,000-strong army to evacuate the rear of the army.
At midnight, the retreat quietly began from the east gate.
Naturally, the evacuation of tens of thousands of people could not be hidden from the Qin army's informants.
However, just two quarters of an hour later, Wang Lu of the Qin Army received a report from the front line - the Chu Army was quietly withdrawing from Chendu.
The choice was once again placed in front of Wang Lu. Should he take advantage of the Chu army's withdrawal and severely inflict heavy damage on it, or should he wait for the Chu army to withdraw?
Before, Wang Hao would have chosen the first option without even thinking about it.
But as Zhao's capture of Han became a reality, and seeing a fundamental reversal in the national power between Qin and Zhao, Wang Hao had to consider the possibility of the second path.
The reason is very simple. If he attacks at this time, it will certainly cause great trauma to the Chu army. But at the same time, it is very likely that the Chu army that has not yet left will completely give up the idea of leaving and defend Chendu.
Once the Chu army defends Chen Du, even if its strength is reduced by half, it will cause more losses to its Qin army and delay its capture of Chen Du.
This is obviously not what Wang Lu wants to see.
But if you let the Chu army abandon the city, you will soon get a relatively complete Chen capital city.
The only loss was that tens of thousands of Chu troops were allowed to go south.
Wang Hao knew very well that his goal was only to reach Chendu. Once the Chu army moves south, although the mountains, forests and water network in the south will prevent them from continuing to attack, it will also completely restrict the possibility of the Chu army going north.
In this way, even if the Chu army has tens of thousands more troops, it will have no impact on its ability to concentrate on dealing with Zhao. The worst case scenario is just to put down an army of 30,000 to 50,000 men for defense in Chendu.
Once he has settled the situation with Zhao State, no matter how many mountains, forests and rivers there are in Chu State, he will not be able to stop his advance.
What's even better is that if he can go south to Chendu as soon as possible, he can even go north quickly and drive Zhao Jun out of Xinzheng again before Zhao Jun has solved Yan State.
If the previous fear of more losses only made Wang Lu hesitate a little, then the fact that it was possible to drive Zhao Jun out of Xinzheng really impressed Wang Lu, and it was enough to make Wang Lu hesitate. He made up his mind.
Immediately, Wang Lu ordered: "The entire army must remain quiet. Except for the scouts who closely observe the movements of the Yan army, the rest of the troops are not allowed to attack. Any form of obstruction of the Chu army's departure is absolutely not allowed. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed." .”
"Yes." The messenger immediately took the order.
Soon, as Wang Lu's order not to attack was passed on, everyone who was already gearing up could only suppress their emotions and watch the Chu army leave in the dark.
It should be said that the military discipline of the Qin army is still as excellent as ever.
Although the fierce attack for more than ten days had made all the soldiers of the Qin army fire, after Wang Lu's military order, the soldiers still stayed in the darkness obediently. Of course, most of the Qin army was actually unaware of the Chu army's retreat.
However, the King of Chu knew nothing about this, and thought that his sudden retreat had been hidden from the eyes of the Qin army.
Of course, the result is the same.
In this way, it took the Chu army almost a whole night to evacuate from Chendu City.
And the Qin Army also rarely started a new round of "offensive" until 3:00 a.m., long after the sun had come out.
They were still rushing to clear the way, accompanied by arrow towers, and they were still a mighty and boundless army.
It’s like there are countless Chus in the city
The army is waiting for them to go and fight.
The result is naturally obvious. Chen Du, who had already left the building empty, fell into the hands of the Qin army with almost no resistance.
Climbing the city, opening the door, and entering the city are almost done in one go.
However, in just three quarters of an hour, Wang Hao had already entered Chendu City on his tall horse.
Looking at the frightened eyes of the Chu people in the city, Wang Hao couldn't help but laugh out loud even though he knew that this battle was not a great victory.
Following Wang Hao's laughter, bursts of cheers finally broke out within the Qin army!
"Won!"
"Victory?"
The soldiers of the Qin Army even looked at the open city gates and palace gates with some disbelief.
What followed was the sound of drums and horns in celebration. The soldiers slapped their shields and hammered the ground with their spears, rhythmically making bursts of joyful sounds, releasing Days of depression.
Of course, Wang Hao did not stop the soldiers from celebrating. After days of fighting, it was not only the Chu army in the city that suffered losses, but the Qin army that attacked the city also suffered heavy losses.
Compared with the tens of thousands of soldiers who were drinking and hating outside this city, the current way of celebrating is already extremely gentle.
Of course, Wang Hao still severely punished acts such as robbery and massacre.
After all, since he stepped into the city, it has become a part of the Qin State, and for the upcoming battle between Qin and Zhao, Chendu will become an extremely important logistics support base.
In a word, Chen can't be messy.
Fortunately, Chendu was the capital of the Chu State after all. Even though the King of Chu had quietly transported most of the property away, after all, he only had one night, and the remaining items were enough to feed the Qin State.
Immediately, after completely occupying Chendu, Wang Lu quickly ordered that part of the captured supplies be used to reward the meritorious soldiers, and a celebration banquet was held outside Chendu.
In fact, according to the laws of the Qin State, what Wang Lu did was not considered legal.
Firstly, the rewards should come from the King of Qin, secondly, the captured materials should be uniformly distributed by the King of Qin, and the thirdly, the celebration banquet should also be organized by the King of Qin.
It's just that under the current situation, Wang Lu obviously doesn't care about so much.
This victory was Qin's first real victory after several years of hard work. The Qin army was looking forward to a grand celebration banquet to lighten their mood.
Of course, if that's all, the celebration banquet can be held after returning to Xianyang. literature
But the problem is, Wang Hao is not ready to teach!
As mentioned before, Wang Lu still needs to continue to lead his army to counterattack the Kingdom of Han while the Zhao army and the Yanbei army have not returned. ..
In this case, this celebration banquet becomes very necessary.
This is not only a celebration banquet for winning the capital of Chu State, but also a swearing-in ceremony for marching into Xinzheng!
