Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Although the breach of Shouchun City was a matter of time, it has to be said that Li Si's persuasion to surrender did reduce some casualties for the Han Kingdom. At the same time, persuading Li Yuan, the Ling Yin, to surrender also had a huge psychological impact on the Chu people.

After praising Li Si, Zhao Kuo looked at Li Yuan not far away.

Li Yuan also hurried up at this time, and saluted Zhao Kuo: "Li Yuan has seen the king."

Although he had already made all kinds of psychological preparations and took practical actions, at this moment Li Yuan's heart was still unavoidably agitated.

He really didn't know what kind of treatment Zhao Kuo would give, would he turn his back on the spot and kill Li Yuan on the grounds of being a traitor?

Zhao Kuo stared at Li Yuan, and smiled after a while: "Li Yuan, you have done a very good job of turning your back on your dark side this time.

From now on, I hope you can continue to serve for the widow and the big man! "

Li Yuan was completely relieved at this moment, and said respectfully: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely be ashamed of the big man!"

Behind Li Yuan, there was a group of ministers and officials who surrendered from Chu State, and they also came up to salute Zhao Kuo.

For these officials, of course, Zhao Kuo did not need to greet them one by one, but just comforted them with a smile, asking them to help the Han army maintain order in the city after dawn, and wait until after the war to reward them.

After doing all this, Zhao Kuo continued to move forward surrounded by everyone.

With a plop, King Chu was thrown in front of Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo: "" As soon as Zhao Kuo looked up, he saw the smiling Li Mu: "I have seen the king, and the king of Chu seems not very willing to meet the king, so I took the initiative to invite him here."

Zhao Kuo was speechless, and after a few seconds, he said: "You are a real person, you always want to save some face for the King of Chu."

As he said that, Zhao Kuo's eyes subconsciously fell on the King Chu who was thrown to the ground.

At this moment, the king of Chu was wearing a set of pajamas. He looked very embarrassed, with dust and dirt everywhere. How could he have the majesty of a king of a country?

Zhao Kuo sighed, pointed to the nearest palace, and said, "Come on, take King Chu over there."

After a while, Zhao Kuo sat in the palace and said to the King of Chu with a bit of helplessness and apology: "King Chu, I am really sorry, this guy Li Mu has such a personality, please bear with me."

King Chu: "" At this time, King Chu's heart is full of troubles. Even if you Zhao Kuo said so, in the current situation, does King Chu really dare to argue with Li Mu?

The King of Chu was silent for a while, and then said, "King of Han, do you want to execute the widow?"

Now that the King of Chu also knew that the Chu State was doomed, he simply stopped paying attention to the fate of the Chu State, and instead paid more attention to his own future.

Zhao Kuo shook his head with a smile, and said with certainty: "No, I have never planned to execute any monarch, and King Qi's death was also a decision made by King Zhao without authorization.

King Chu, you will return to the Central Plains with the widow, and then live a peaceful life of leisure for the rest of your life. "

Of course, King Chu could understand what Zhao Kuo meant, that is, Zhao Kuo wanted to put King Chu under house arrest forever.

But frankly speaking, as a subjugated king, could King Chu have a better ending than this?

The King of Chu was silent for a while, and said: "I understand, thank you."

Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "Does the King of Chu have anything else to say?"

The King of Chu thought for a while, and suddenly a resentful expression appeared on his face, and said: "That bastard Li Yuan betrayed the widow, and the widow doesn't want his sister to follow the widow any longer, so let his sister fend for herself!"

Li Yuan's younger sister, who is now the Queen of Chu, also gave birth to a son for King Chu.

Zhao Kuo said, "What about the prince?"

The King of Chu chuckled and said, "Does the current state of Chu really need a prince?"

Zhao Kuo nodded slightly and said, "I understand."

This conversation ends here.

It looks short, but it basically confirms two things.

First, the king of Chu is not dead, which means that the resistance of Chu State will continue, but it will not be particularly fierce.

Second, the king of Chu will not commit suicide, which means that everyone knows that the choice of the king of Chu is an acquiescence to the fact, which is definitely a great blow to the morale of the soldiers and civilians of Chu State.

Watching the king of Chu being taken away, Zhao Kuo sat quietly by himself, also thoughtful.

Although the state of Chu was once powerful, it was actually quite miserable in the late Warring States period.

The original capital, Yingdu, was breached by Bai Qi and burned down.

After moving the capital to Chencheng near the Central Plains, because of the demise of the two Central Plains vassal states of Han and Wei, they had to avoid their edge and moved the capital to Shouchun again.

Finally, the state of Chu died in Shouchun.

This shows what?

It shows that if a country is really weak, no matter how much you move the capital, it will inevitably die.

Only by developing the country and making the country stronger is the real last word.

So passed the long night.

The next day, the Han army had completely controlled the situation in the entire Shouchun City, and the blood flowing in the city was finally temporarily stopped.

The people of Chu State are actually quite brave, otherwise they would not have given Qin Shihuang a big defeat in history, but no matter how brave they are, there is a limit after all. The wheels of history are rolling, and no one can stop them .

After pacifying Shouchun City, Zhao Kuo's journey to conquer Chu State is far from over.

You must know that based on the map of Chu and Han before the war, the Han Kingdom has just broken through the Huaihe River, the border between Chu and Han, and only occupied a city of Shouchun.

Changsha County, Jiujiang County in the south of Xiangchu State, and Kuaiji County in the southeast are all targets for the Han army to continue to conquer.

Therefore, Zhao Kuo divided his troops into three groups on the spot.

With Li Mu as the coach all the way, the soldiers pointed directly at Kuaiji County.

Along the way, with Sima Shang as the coach, he went to conquer Changsha County.

On the last road, Zhao Kuo personally led the army to conquer Jiujiang County.

In addition, Zhao Kuo also took other measures to ensure a multi-pronged approach.

First of all, Zhao Kuo used the captured jade seal of the king of Chu to have someone imitate the tone of the king of Chu to write an imperial edict, informing all the remaining soldiers and civilians of the state of Chu about the situation in Shouchun City, and stating that the king of Chu had surrendered, and hoped that the remaining soldiers and civilians of the state of Chu would surrender. Don't continue to fight to the end, but join the Han family.

Then, Zhao Kuo asked Li Yuan to write a statement with the same content in the same tone as Ling Yin of Chu State to inform the Quartet.

In this way, the king of Chu and Ling Yin of Chu State surrendered at the same time, which must have some effect.

In the end, Zhao Kuo personally wrote an imperial edict of the King of Han, telling all the Chu people that as long as they surrendered, they would be able to forget the past.

But if you don't surrender, you will face the most severe blow from the Han army. I hope that the officials of Chu State everywhere will think about the people under their rule and don't do such stupid things as burning everything together.

As the so-called 36 tricks are the most important, in order to conquer Chu, Zhao Kuo really used all the tricks.

Of course, it wasn't just Zhao Kuo himself who could attack the heart, and Nightingale's power in the state of Chu was also secretly used by Zhao Kuo.

Those who can be persuaded to surrender should be persuaded to surrender. Those who cannot be persuaded to surrender must try to coerce or directly assassinate.

Someone said, this method of assassination is too much, right?

But for Zhao Kuo, those Chu officials who are determined to be followed must fight the Han army to the end.

Instead of letting these officials drag more soldiers and civilians of Chu State to be buried with them, it is better to just kill the officials alone.

Sometimes the death of an official can save the people in a city from being slaughtered!After finishing these, Zhao Kuo led the army and continued to march southward.

It has to be said that these strategies of Zhao Kuo have indeed achieved very good results. In just half a month, the other two fronts have received good news one after another.

Li Mu, who was attacking in the southeast direction, was like a broken bamboo all the way, and now he has crossed the Yangtze River and besieged Wu County, the capital of Kuaiji County.

With the help of explosives, I believe it will take only two days to conquer Wu County.

Kuaiji County in this era is not the densely populated Jiangnan of later generations. The real densely populated place is in the Central Plains, near the capital of the Han Dynasty, so Li Yuan couldn't help complaining about Kuaiji County when he wrote a letter to report the battle situation. It is also suggested that Zhao Kuo should immigrate to this place in large numbers in the future, so as to control this place conveniently.

On the other hand, Sima Shang, the leader of the road, attacked Changsha quite smoothly.

Changsha County was originally a place that Chu State had just conquered. The population ratio here is actually a small minority of Chu people, and most of them are gathered in the city, and the wilderness is basically occupied by those conquered Yue tribes.

When the Han army arrived, the Yue tribes who had been miserable by the Chu people's cruel rule sent troops one after another to help the Han army break through all the cities in Changsha County of Chu.

During the siege, these Yue tribes saw the explosives used by the Han army, and they were shocked. They felt that the Han army controlled the power of the gods, and their attitude towards the Han army leader Sima Shang was extremely humble.

Therefore, Sima Shang did not forget to mention one point when reporting the military situation, that is, he hoped to take this opportunity to recruit some Yue soldiers to join the Han army.

In this regard, Zhao Kuo also quickly made a reply.

"All Yue people should choose to submit. The widow can allow them to move to the plains to live, but they must also obey the rule of the officials of the Han Dynasty, and at the same time teach the characters and language of the Han Dynasty.

If you want, you can treat them as your own and give them some benefits first.

If they don't want to, kill their leader and replace them with a willing leader.

If necessary, you can choose to slaughter a tribe directly to declare the strength and determination of our big man. "

When Sima Shang saw this order, he was startled: "This, is this really the king's order?"

For Sima Shang, he felt that Zhao Kuo, the great king, had always been very kind.

But what Sima Shang didn't know was that Zhao Kuo's benevolence was actually only aimed at "Chinese people".

In Zhao Kuo's view, the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period undoubtedly belonged to the Huaxia people, but the Xiongnu, Donghu, Qiang, Baiyue, etc. around them were obviously not Huaxia people.

When fighting with the Huaxia country, it is considered a civil war. Naturally, it is best to complete the unification while avoiding as few deaths as possible.

But when dealing with the surrounding aliens, this method is not applicable.

There is a saying that goes well, "The barbarians are afraid of majesty but not virtue." Simply put, these barbarians are only afraid of majesty and have no respect for morality.

If you want these barbarians to abide by Chinese morality, what should you do?

Of course, it is to put a sharp sword on their heads and ask them: "Do you want to be Chinese, do you want to learn Chinese and write Chinese characters?

If it's not right, go to hell! "

It sounds cruel, but in fact, throughout the history of the world, any great empire was built in this way.

There is no such thing as tolerance and diversity. In a real empire, there can only be one largest race, and this race can only make a voice. Otherwise, it will be the result of disintegration sooner or later.

Only by forcibly assimilating everyone into Chinese people will the expansion of the Chinese nation be smoother and faster!Although he didn't quite understand Zhao Kuo's orders, as Li Mu's deputy, Sima Shang's loyalty to Zhao Kuo was also beyond doubt.

Later that day, a brief battle took place in Sima Shang's tent, and a dozen tribal chiefs who were unwilling to submit to Han died unexpectedly.

In the next half month, Sima Shang marched into various parts of Changsha County, slaughtered more than [-] tribes, and forcibly moved most of the tribes to the plains near Dongting. At the same time, he named each tribe the different villages.

What Sima Shang did not expect was that his act of pacifying Changsha would inadvertently become the beginning of the "Hundred Years of Pacifying the Southwest" recorded by later historians!

Chapter 1111 Li Mu Ping Jiangnan

Wu County.

Li Mu squinted his eyes, staring at the city in front of him, and couldn't help but gasp: I didn't expect it to be quite big here.

Beside Li Mu, a lowered official from the state of Chu who was in charge of acting as a guide for Li Mu said with a flattering smile, "I want to teach the Taiwei to know that this is where the capital of the state of Wu was located. It has been established here for hundreds of years, so it has been the largest city south of the Yangtze River for a long time.

Don't look at the name as a county, but this Wu county town really has a glorious history.

In later generations, the name of this place will be even more resounding. It means that there is heaven above, and Suzhou in Suzhou and Hangzhou below!

Li Mu coughed, and said calmly: "Your Majesty has already ordered you to come down. After we capture this city, we should change its name to Suzhou."

Naturally, no one would express any objection to Li Mu's words.

At this moment, the city gate in front of Li Mu suddenly opened, and a carriage drove out slowly.

Li Mu snorted, and said, "I can't see it, these guys are so afraid of death, they're going to choose to surrender?"

Soon, the carriage arrived in front of Li Mu.

On the carriage is a middle-aged scholar who looks quite mature and stable, with a feather fan and a scarf, and his temperament is quite outstanding.

The middle-aged scholar saluted Li Mu with a smile: "Xu Zhen has seen Lord Taiwei."

Li Mu nodded, and said to Xu Zhen: Are you here to surrender?

Xu Zhen paused, and smiled awkwardly: "Indeed, it's just that there are some conditions for our Wu County's surrender."

Xu Zhen was about to continue talking, but Li Mu had already cut off Xu Zhen's words straightforwardly: "Okay, don't continue talking, you can go back."

ah?Xu Zhen was a little dumbfounded.

Li Mu said calmly: We big men sweep the world, relying on our mighty military might, not bargaining.My great king sympathizes with you, and it is your honor to give you a chance to join the great man without dying.

But it's an honor, it doesn't mean that you can do whatever you want and come to negotiate with me.

I will tell you now, if I don’t see you open the city gate and surrender tomorrow, then tomorrow will be your death day!All right, see off!

With Li Mu's order, Xu Zhen was sent away directly.

Seeing Xu Zhen being sent away, Li Mu snorted: Want to play tricks with me?You are still far behind!