Turbulent Times Chapter 1677: Surrender should also have a sense of ceremony
As the messenger told the news, the hall suddenly became dead silent.
Many people turned pale, even Du Fuwei's face was extremely ugly.
I don't know how long it took before Du Fuwei took a deep breath, forced a confident smile on his face, and said loudly: "Everyone, we have two counties and eleven counties, and now we only lost two counties. We still have 150,000 horses..."
Just before he finished speaking, another messenger arrived outside the door with an urgent report.
"My Majesty, the guards in Hongtu County, Jiuqu County, and Doushan County mutinied and rebelled, and now they have surrendered to the Far East Army..."
As the messenger announced the new military situation, the audience fell silent again.
However, although Du Fuwei's face was ugly and livid, his fighting spirit remained undiminished. After a moment of silence, he roared again to boost morale, and wanted to fight to the death with the Far Eastern Army. Unfortunately, his effect was minimal. Facing the Far Eastern Army and News of the lost and defeated soldiers continued to spread on the battlefield, and it was difficult for them to regain their determination to fight the Far East Army.
Of course, this has something to do with Du Fuwei not being very good at winning people's hearts. After all, he is not Li Shimin, and he can always make many people die for him. Even if the situation is extremely bad, some people are willing to die for him.
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In the same night, on the plain of Zhongli County, tens of thousands of troops fought on the battlefield for four hours.
Finally, there was a change on the side of the army formation.
This silent change, at the moment it was discovered, made both sides of the Far East Army somewhat unexpected and unclear.
Even on Li Zitong's side, apart from Li Zitong himself, the other generals were outraged and shocked.
Now, Li Zitong's men and horses have been killed and injured as many as 30,000, and when the casualties of the Far Eastern Army are about to exceed 4,000, it is as if a mouse hole suddenly appeared on a huge embankment, and then naturally collapsed .........
At the moment when the change quietly appeared, Qin Qiong was secretly feeling that although Li Zitong's character was not very good, he had such an ability to form troops, which was extremely unexpected to him.
"I heard that Li Zitong betrayed Du Fuwei earlier, thinking that this person is a villain, he should not have much power, uh..." Qin Qiong was thinking to himself with a slightly dignified expression, but suddenly frowned. Frowning, in the darkness, he picked up the binoculars and looked at one side of the battle formation, and raised his whip, "What is that... What is Li Zitong thinking?"
"No, they suddenly collapsed in one place, this... this is intentional."
Qin Qiong thought of a possibility and couldn't help crying out.
"Let me just say... this Li Zitong is not stupid. He has a strong city to defend, but he ran out to fight my Far East Army. There is a reason."
"It's just that Li Zitong did this, so I don't know what King Qin An will think."
"It's hard to say whether Wang Junlin will reuse him..."
I was thinking wildly in my mind, but Qin Qiong was not polite. He quickly issued a series of orders, the orderly flew down, the rocket rose into the night sky, and the entire Far East Army began to operate even more noisily in a tense atmosphere.
On the other side, Li Zitong began to let his subordinates save themselves. There was already a gap in the embankment.
Rout.
But he doesn't care, because he has already shown his ability, he has studied Qin Qiong, and knows that the other party will not belittle his ability in front of Wang Junlin.
And he also knows that if there are too many troops under his command, surrendering to the Far Eastern Army will probably arouse Wang Junlin's suspicion, so at least half of his 150,000 troops will die, and then he will lead the rest to surrender , and then dedicating the land of the two counties is just right.
This sudden and strange situation caught the other generals under Li Zitong's command unawares, who didn't know the truth.
The battlefield was huge, and it was night again. By the time the changes were clearly seen, the nearly ten thousand troops on the northeast flank of Li Zitong's side had already retreated and pulled out of a huge trough.
Under Qin Qiong's order, the Far East Army blew its horn.
Then the red-eyed Li Xuanba led the remaining 46,000 Violent Bear Battalion cavalry to follow the retreating Li Zitong army and charge straight down!
Tide-like routs began to appear on one side of the battlefield. The cavalry general under Li Zitong's command could not wait for Li Zitong's order, so he gritted his teeth and decisively pierced up from the flank, trying to block the attack of the Violent Bear Battalion.
However a breakdown has already taken place and it is too late to stop it now. The defeated army and other troops under Li Zitong's command have formed a situation where you have me and you have me.
The collapse of a cliff gradually turned into the collapse of half a mountain.
The battle of chasing and fleeing lasted all night. Li Zitong's side and the first people who died in the frontal field battle numbered as many as 70,000. In the end, Li Zitong led more than 70,000 people and fled directly back to Zhongli County. in the city.
But after Qin Qiong, who already knew Li Zitong's intentions, sent an envoy to persuade him to surrender and expressed great sincerity, Li Zitong made a full gesture, and finally expressed his willingness to lead 70,000 people to choose to surrender, and offered the two counties of Huaibei. land.
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"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Huaibei, outside the city of Zhongli County, a huge drum was beating, and the 50,000 cavalry of the Stormy Bear Battalion were waiting in line. At the front of the team, behind him, Li Xuanba led more than 40,000 cavalry to wear helmets and crown armor, with a majestic and majestic aura.
At this time, the gate of the city in front of me was already wide open, and all the banners on the top of the city fell down. Groups of soldiers walked out of the city gate, put down their weapons, and made a gesture of surrendering to the Far East Army.
The ancients paid great attention to a sense of ritual in doing things, and Li Zitong wanted to maximize the benefits of his surrender, so this ceremony paid more attention to it, striving for perfection, so as to satisfy King Qin'an and Wang Junlin.
However, to Li Zitong's great regret, Wang Junlin did not come to accept his surrender in person.
However, after Li Zitong thought over and over again, he still did not ask Wang Junlin to accept his surrender in person.
No way, although Li Zitong is the overlord of one side, the lord of two counties, he has even established a country and became king, and has 150,000 troops under his command, but he is still not good enough in front of Wang Junlin, and he does not even have the strength and qualifications If you make too much demands, otherwise Wang Junlin will be annoyed. Wouldn't it be worth the loss for him.
So, after hesitating for two days, Li Zitong surrendered to Qin Qiong with great regret.
At this time, he walked out of Zhongli County with a serious face,
He was followed by civil and military officials under his command, and there were just a hundred of them, indicating that he was the king of a country who had established a country, and he was not some kind of thieves.
Li Zitong's upper body was bare, his hands were tied behind his back with a hemp rope, and his golden seal hung around his neck.
Li Zitong proclaimed himself the King of Chu four years ago, and the country he founded was the Kingdom of Chu. This golden seal is the golden seal of the king of Chu.
At this time, Li Zitong walked out of the city gate with a face full of remorse, and knelt on the ground fifty steps ahead of Qin Qiong's war horse. There are too many expressions of complex emotions, and the expressions of relaxation and joy are hard to hide on their faces.
After Li Zitong knelt down, he shouted with the loudest voice: "The next king, Li Zitong, begs for surrender from the Heavenly Army of King Qin An."
Qin Qiong glanced at the top of Zhongli County City behind Li Zitong. Through the gate, he could faintly feel the joy of the people in the city.
Taking a breath, Qin Qiong secretly guessed how Wang Junlin would deal with this Li Zitong, while slowly urging his horse forward, he said with a faint smile to Li Zitong: "The commander-in-chief was ordered by King Qin An to conquer the two counties of Huaibei. The people of the county will no longer be devastated by the war, and this commander, in the name of the Far Eastern Army’s Commander Huai, allows you to surrender, and your new official title and title will be decided by His Royal Highness Qin An.”
Li Zitong heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that he had not made a mistake in his calculations. This Qin Qiong was indeed not a villain. Deal with it!"
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In August of the sixteenth year of Daye, Li Zitong, the overlord of Huaibei and the monarch of Chu, was forced to surrender to Qin Qiong in the face of the Far East Army's conquest.
It took less than ten days from the time the 50,000 Violent Bear Battalion entered Huaibei to the surrender.
Next, Qin Qiong interviewed Li Zitong's generals one by one, and reused some of them according to the information provided by the Military Intelligence Office. Many horses disrupted the organizational system, and then transferred a thousand generals from the Violent Bear Camp to lead the 70,000 people respectively. This was considered to have initially controlled the army, and a Violent Bear was stationed in two counties and ten counties in Huaibei. The battalion and a newly formed original Lizitong team.
It can be regarded as the initial control of the two counties. As for the officials who govern the area, Du Ruhui, Liu Ziming and others in Fanyang County have already selected and prepared, and they will arrive soon to officially take over the area.
Of course, not all the civil servants under Li Zitong's command are not used. Some people will reuse some intelligence information provided by the Military Intelligence Office, but some people will naturally be idle and even questioned.
These things are things to be done later, Qin Qiong has no right to do these things, and he doesn't want to interfere in these things.
And on the third day, Wang Junlin's imperial decree also came.
According to Wang Junlin's intention, the Huaibei camp was set up with 50,000 troops, Li Zitong was the main general, and the rest of the original troops were stationed in the two counties of Huaibei.
And, Qin Qiong was instructed to order Li Zitong's Huaibei camp to rest for two days before going south to attack Du Fuwei in Huainan.
Li Zitong did not expect to be able to continue to command the troops under his command. Although there are only 50,000 troops, he also knows that the military system of the Far East Army has a maximum of 50,000 battalions. It's over.