As the political, cultural, and economic center of a country, it is conceivable that the capital of Wu is huge. After the Qin army entered the city, it took a long time to complete the defense and guard the four city gates to prevent the King of Wu from escaping.
At this time, Xiao Yuanye had led the main army to join forces with Su Yi.
At the north gate of Wu capital, all the generals knelt down.
"Welcome your Majesty——"
"They're all dead." Xiao Yuan waved his hand, stepped forward to pull Su Yi up, and said with a smile: "General expands the country's territory. He will win every battle and conquer every attack. He is worthy of being my Commander-in-Chief of Qin."
He admired and praised this handsome man without hesitation.
When Su Yi heard this, he quickly lowered his body and said, "I am scared."
Xiao Yuan smiled, patted his shoulder, and asked casually as he walked into the city: "What's the situation in Wudu now?"
Su Yi followed beside him and returned respectfully: "All the city defenses have been occupied by our army. Only Wu Palace is still trapped. However, our army has deployed heavy troops outside the palace and is about to launch an offensive."
"Yes." Xiao Yuan nodded, "It seems that King Wu is still fighting like a trapped beast. Let's go, let's discuss matters in the Imperial Palace."
Shizhong Mansion, not far from Wu Palace, is the residence of Wu Shizhongling. Long before, he had exchanged letters with Xiao Yuan many times. Hearing that King Qin was coming, he even waited at the gate of the mansion early.
When he saw Xiao Yuan, he trotted forward, knelt on the ground, put his hands on the side of his head, raised his butt high, and shouted loudly: "Welcome to His Highness King Qin——"
"Lord Hu, there is no need to be polite." Xiao Yuan's voice was calm. After he stood up, he said with a smile: "I want to borrow your residence now, but I don't know if I want to disturb you."
"Oh, Your Highness, what are you talking about? Being able to come to this humble abode is really a blessing that I have earned over many lifetimes. Your Highness, please come quickly." Wu Shizhong bent down and stretched out his hands, showing his humility.
Now that the Kingdom of Wu has been destroyed, it is normal for some officials to fawn over and have no integrity in order to survive or find a way out.
After entering the hall, Wu Shizhong quickly ordered his servants to serve tea. He personally brought a cup of tea to the tables directly above him. At the same time, he handed over a map, bowed and said with a shy smile: "This is the details of King Wu's Palace." Please take a look at the structural diagram, Your Highness."
After speaking, he also stepped aside respectfully.
Xiao Yuan unfolded the detailed map. While watching it carefully, Wang Su stood up and said: "Your Majesty, although King Wu's palace is the last place where King Wu defends his battle, it is also the location of the royal city. I don't know how many things there are in it. Valuable calligraphy and paintings, collections of ancient books, jades and jade, therefore, Wei Chen suggests not to use trebuchets to attack them."
What he said is right. If the trebuchet bombs the Wu Palace indiscriminately, then I don’t know how many palaces will be destroyed. Jade and jade are small, and the collection of ancient books is the most important. Then the destruction caused by this war will be too great. .
After thinking about it, Xiao Yuan put away the detailed map and said: "Let's attack from Nanlin Gate. Although the palace wall there is high, it is not as dangerous as the city. It is impossible to defend it with only the two thousand troops of the Wu Kingdom's forbidden army. Yes, order the soldiers to prepare more ladders and launch an offensive tomorrow morning!"
"No!" All the generals clasped their fists together.
The next day, in front of Nanlin Palace.
Without any nonsense, Xiao Yuan directly unsheathed his sword.
"Kill--" The generals pointed their swords and took the lead. At that moment, countless Qin army officers and soldiers rushed to the Wu Palace.
One after another, the ladders were quickly set up. Although the palace wall was high, it was not that kind of city tower. As soon as you climbed up, you could jump directly to the opposite side. Groups of Qin soldiers struggled to climb up, one group at a time, Jump in a group, and inside the wall is not the palace, but a huge passage between the two walls, which is a kind of palace defense.
A chaotic battle broke out directly in the palace passage. More and more Qin soldiers jumped in. Peng Shuang, Xu Hu and others had already joined the battle circle, and they were fighting in all directions in the passage.
The shouts of killing filled the periphery of the palace. There were two thousand forbidden troops. Although their combat power was very strong, the disparity in strength between the two sides was too great. It was such a face-to-face chaotic battle, and the result was needless to say.
It didn't take long for Nanlin Gate to fall. The imperial troops in the passage were also killed in pieces. They began to fight and retreat, stretching all the way to King Wu's Palace.
In various palaces, maids and eunuchs ran away screaming, and messy things were scattered all over the floor.
The forbidden troops of the State of Wu retreated to the death, and then the battle reached the foot of the hundred steps outside the court meeting hall.
At this time, the remaining few hundred Forbidden Army had been surrounded by countless Qin troops. Most of the Forbidden Army on the periphery were standing back to back, holding weapons in their hands, with nervous expressions on their faces, and couldn't help but look left and right.
Xiang Mo did the same. He swallowed hard first, then threw away his weapon beyond everyone's expectation, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Surrender, Your Highness King Qin, we surrender!"
You know, he is the general of Wu State, and he is the last general to guard the palace. Following his move, the other forbidden troops first looked at each other, and then there was the sound of weapons falling to the ground one after another.
The desire for the final battle was instantly shattered.
With a wave of Xiao Yuan's hand, all the Qin troops understood and immediately stepped forward in large numbers to collect the weapons of the forbidden army and detain the prisoners at the same time.
Xiang Mo was also quickly tied up and escorted over. As soon as they met, he knelt on the ground with a bang, using his knees as his feet, he crawled to Xiao Yuan and said excitedly: "If your highness does not give up, Xiang Mo is willing to ride on the horse and behind him." , with the labor of dogs and horses, I will open up territory for the king in this life, go through fire and water, and do whatever I can."
Xiao Yuan's heart moved. Xiang Mo's martial arts was very strong and he had the courage of a general. If he got this person and used it well, he could defeat thousands of armies.
He remained silent and did not speak, while Xiang Mo once again expressed his loyalty and said: "In my heart, I have admired Your Highness for a long time and wish I could serve under the Lord Ming. This time, if Your Highness agrees, I am willing to take Wu for Your Highness." King's head!"
Xiang Mo was desperate to survive.
Seeing this, the counselor Jia You seemed to have noticed that Xiao Yuan had a love for talents. He quickly bowed his hands and said seriously: "Your Majesty, although Xiang Mo is brave enough to be worthy of all men, his character is extremely poor. He has been punished several times. He ran away from the battle and abandoned his master. The King of Wu treated him well. Today, in order to survive, he can ask for permission to behead the King of Wu without hesitation. Then one day, he will also abandon his master. Please let me, the king, take a closer look."
Hearing this, a cold light flashed in Xiao Yuan's eyes, and he waved his hand and said: "Pull it down and chop it!"
"Promise!" Xu Hu responded immediately.
Xiang Mo naturally began to struggle desperately, but he was already tied up with five flowers. The rope was extremely thick, and with Xu Hu holding him down, there was no way he could break free.
"Your Highness, spare your life, Your Highness, please spare your life! The villain's loyalty to you can be learned from heaven and earth——"
"Jia You!! I, Xiang Mo, have never had any grudge against you! Why did you slander me—"
The screams stopped abruptly until he raised the knife and dropped it.
