Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 469

Chapter 468: Peng Cheng Breaks

The state of Chu has reached the moment of life and death. Without any reinforcements, Pengcheng is doomed to be undefended. Therefore, the clan general Xiang Quan proposed to escort King Xiang Kuang of Chu and the royal family of the prince to break out of the encirclement and retreat to Guangling County. However, this proposal was told by Prime Minister Fan Ting that it was not feasible, because King Xiang Kuang of Chu would not leave.

Fan Ting's words made Xiang Quan very puzzled, why Xiang Kuang refused to leave when there was a chance to save his life?So he asked Fan Ting.

Faced with Xiang Quan's puzzlement, Fan Ting sighed and said, "Alas, General Xiang, I saw the king yesterday, but the king has completely lost his fighting spirit, and the fact that he doesn't care about the battle with Zhao Jun is just letting me If the prime minister still remembers the friendship between the monarch and his ministers when the city is broken, go to see him."

"Why is this? Although Pengcheng can't be defended, there are other places in my Great Chu that can continue to deal with Zhao Jun. Zhao's enemies are Deng and Qin, and they will never get entangled with my Great Chu. For too long, as long as we block Zhao Jun's attack, Zhao Jun will retreat after a long time, why is the king doing this?" This made Xiang Quan even more puzzled, in his opinion, although Pengcheng is doomed to be unable to defend, but Chu The country still has Xiapi and Guangling, and in view of the pressure from Deng and Qin, Zhao Jun will not devote too much time to Chu. As long as Zhao Jun's overwhelming offensive is blocked, the war will be dragged into a protracted war , Zhao Jun will definitely retreat, and he also believes that Xiang Kuang and Fan Ting are also clear about this truth.

Fan Ting glanced at Xiang Quan indifferently, then raised his head to look in the direction of the palace, and said: "General Xiang, the king is tired. In the past ten years, our Great Chu suffered from bad luck many times. Now I have to rely on others, the king has too many burdens. Ten years ago, the brothers of the Long family mutinied, and the king fled in a hurry. Although he got the support of a group of generals in the army, it caused Da Chu to fall into a split, and finally died at the hands of Qi. Eight years ago, the Qi army besieged Xiapi. In order to preserve the ancestral temple, the king chose to surrender. Although he was later restored with the help of General Zhang Di, the escape and surrender became the eternal pain of the king, so when When faced with the same decision today, the king hopes to be a dignified person, and he does not want to run away again."

After listening to Fan Ting's words, Xiang Quan's expression darkened. The Pengcheng mutiny ten years ago made the state of Chu completely fall from the altar. It is not easy to live on until today, but he never thought that after struggling for so long, he would not be able to escape the death of the country. Fate, Xiang Quan understands Xiang Kuang a little bit, because ten years ago, he succumbed to the Long family brothers for the sake of the family. Eight years ago, when the Long family brothers threatened Xiang Guang to surrender, he did not resist, and accompanied Xiang Guang. They went to Linzi together, which was an indelible shame in his heart.

"Then how should I preserve my Great Chu bloodline? The Zhao people will not agree to our surrender. Once the Zhao army breaks through the city, what will greet us Chu people may be a massacre, and my Great Chu bloodline will probably be cut off. "Xiang Quan said that he was not worried about death, he was only worried that the blood of the Xiang family would be cut off. Eight years ago, the surrender and rebellion became one of the important factors for the Qi Wei coalition army to hate the Central Plains. The clan's reputation has been tarnished, and even if they voluntarily surrendered, Zhao Jun would probably not accept it.

Fan Ting said: "About this point, I have already thought about the truth. Now the four prefectures of Chu, Pei, Pengcheng and Xiapi have already become the possessions of Zhao State. Only Guangling County has no hair. Injury, the truth is that Guangling County is used as a bargaining chip in exchange for a ray of life for the Xiang clan!" Most of Pei County fell into the hands of Zhao Jun, and so did Pengcheng County. For a long time, the only thing that is still valuable in the entire Chu country is Guangling County.

"Exchange Guangling County for a glimmer of life? How can I exchange it?" Among the four counties in the Chu Kingdom, only Guangling County is complete and has not been poisoned by the flames of war. However, Xiang Quan did not understand how to operate it.

Fan Ting calmed down, and continued: "Six years ago, the Chu people were notorious. The only one who has courage and ability to accept our Chu people is Deng Guo. When the city is destroyed, I really hope that General Xiang If you can break out of the siege, go to Guangling, meet the third prince, and bring the entire Guangling County into the Kingdom of Deng. Zhao Guoru is a foregone conclusion in the Central Plains. Guangling County faces the Yangtze River in the south, and it can threaten Jiangdong at any time. It doesn’t matter if Guangling County is in my hands. , but Deng Guo will never let it fall into the hands of Zhao Guo. Maybe Deng Guo is already making preparations. As long as you take Guangling County to seek asylum from Deng Guo, Deng Guo will definitely not refuse. As long as you enter Deng Guo In the territory, you are safe, and you don’t need to worry about being killed, but you have to remember, after entering the Deng country, never think about the time when the country is restored, and there will be no great Chu in the world in the future.”

When he said the last sentence, Fan Ting's expression was very lonely. As a Chu person who once experienced the glory of Chu, how much courage is needed to say that there is no such thing as Chu in the world? What about despair?
"I will understand!" Xiang Quan nodded. He also knew that this was the only way out for the Xiang family. As for restoring the country, Xiang Quan never dared to think about it. The reason why Chu State was able to restore the country by chance at the beginning was because even if the elite of Chu State surrendered to Qi State, they were still in the hands of Chu people and were still loyal to Chu State. But once they surrendered to Deng State, the Deng State people would not let them If this kind of thing happens again, the soldiers and horses of Chu State will be dismissed or split up at that time. In this case, how can we talk about restoring the country?
"Boom! Boom!" Outside the city, the Zhao army's offensive is still continuing, and it is getting more and more fierce. The time before Li Rubing's three days to break the city is running out. In order to avoid military punishment, one hundred thousand Zhao troops The elite took out the energy of breastfeeding and rushed towards the city wall. The siege vehicles kept hitting the city gate. The gate of Pengcheng, which had been guarding for many days, was finally blasted open by Zhao Jun.

In the 23rd year of Qianyuan, on the eighth day of August, the Zhao army broke through the gate of Pengcheng and entered the city. The Chu army was immediately defeated and fled in all directions. Sadness is everywhere.

Pengcheng, outside the palace, Xiang Quan took a thousand elites here to bid farewell to Fan Ting for the last time. Some children of the Xiang clan also evacuated with Xiang Quan. After all, the fate of the entire Xiang clan cannot only be placed on Chu The third prince of the country is accompanied by Xiang Quan's family and Fan Ting's family. After all, they can't abandon their own blood for the royal family. They are not that great.

"General Xiang, are you sure?" Fan Ting said goodbye to his family just now, then walked to Xiang Quan's side and said.

Xiang Quan nodded and said: "Don't worry, Fan Xiang, I have already made all preparations. After Zhao Jun entered the city, he slaughtered wantonly and was defenseless. He never thought that I would leave at this time."

"That's good. If that's the case, let's start our journey. If it's too late, things will change. After arriving in Guangling, remember what I said, and you must not restore the country. Only in this way can the people of Chu survive." Fan Ting was worried about Xiang Quan and their hearts. There is still this unrealistic idea of ​​restoring the country, and I am a little worried, so I reminded him again.

"I remember, Fan Xiang take care!" Xiang Quan nodded heavily, expressing that he understood, so he ordered the army to move out, and left before the Zhao army attacked the palace and sealed off the city gate.

After watching Xiang Quan leave, Fan Ting looked at the murderous aura not far away, sighed deeply, turned and walked into the palace. As faithful as his father was.

Arriving at Bawang Hall, Xiang Kuang had already brought the prince and concubines to wait in Bawang Hall, Fan Ting knew that they were waiting for Zhao Jun's arrival.

"Fan Xiang, you are here after all!" Seeing Fan Ting's appearance, Xiang Kuang was not surprised at all, because he knew it.Even if the whole world abandons him, the prime minister in front of him will not.

"Your Majesty is determined to die for the country, how dare you not follow?" Fan Ting looked at Xiang Kuang and said with a smile, then Fan Ting looked at the shivering Crown Prince of Chu standing beside Xiang Kuang, and sighed secretly Tone, in fact, Fan Ting thought about letting Xiang Quan take the prince with him, but after thinking about it, if the prince disappeared, Zhao Jun would definitely not let it go, and would definitely pursue him. Maybe Xiang Quan and the others would not be able to escape. So I gave up the idea.

Soon after Fan Ting entered Bawang Palace, Zhao Jun went to the palace, and all the Chu troops who blocked along the way were massacred by Zhao Jun. Wang Xiangkuang set himself on fire, and the crown prince, prime minister and concubines of Chu State died with Xiang Kuang.

When Li Rubing came to the Bawang Hall and looked at the Bawang Hall in front of him in ruins, he couldn't help saying with emotion, "The century-old state of Chu was eventually destroyed once, but I don't know that the King of Western Chu who ruled the world in the past sees today's What kind of feelings will you make in one scene?"

(End of this chapter)