Chu State, Danyang

The huge Chu State was not able to last for a year in Zhao Kuo's hands... Xiang Yan could not find a way to resist them. No matter from any aspect, Chu State had no advantage. Even on the terrain, the soldiers summoned by Qin State in the south were familiar with this place and would not make mistakes easily. The disadvantage in military strength was a desperate gap, but Xiang Yan just refused to give up.

When Xiang Yan was still very young, his brother was defeated by Bai Qi and fled to other countries. This made Xiang Yan suffer all the humiliation since he was a child and no one looked down upon him. Children of the same age always used his brother's affairs to mock him... Xiang Yan was not happy. His whole childhood was spent in fighting with others. When he grew up, he participated in the Wang Jun without hesitation and started from the bottom.

This caused Xiang Yan to be tough in his heart. His brother died in Chen County, and his bravery... He was really happy for his brother because his brother finally washed away his shame, but Xiang Yan did not have time to wash away his shame. Over the years, he has been defeated many times. The power of Chu restricted the general's performance, both Jingyang and Xiang Yan.

The State of Chu has been in the struggle between kings and local nobles for a long time. These outstanding generals could only look at their broken country, and aimed at the enemy abroad with the remaining young people who did not die inside. Xiang Yan is still a hero of the Chu people. Because of his bravery and tenacity, he never gave up any soldier, and he never retreated, no matter how powerful the enemy was.

But by now, Xiang Yan is powerless.

He didn't know how the King of Chu was doing now. He had lost contact with the King of Chu. He probably had arrested or was killed.

Outside Danyang, all the Qin army were in Moling, Zhao Kang's army was in Chengyang, Li Mu's army was in Yangxian, Zhao Kuo's army was along the Zhongjiang River... All the retreat routes of Xiang Yan were blocked and there was no way out. Xiang Yan stood on the city wall, and the morale of the army in the city became increasingly declining. They had no food and grass, and there was no amount of weapons, and they seemed to have nothing left.

Their relatives died on the battlefield, and their hometown had fallen.

Xiang Yan looked into the distance, and he missed his family very much. His eldest son gave birth to his eldest grandson just before the New Year. He happily named his eldest son Ji. Ji has the meaning of his hometown. He hoped that his eldest grandson could remember his background and fight for this land that raised him. However, now it seems that he has no chance to hug his eldest grandson again.

Xiang Yan looked at the soldiers around him. The soldiers looked particularly lonely and looked sad, probably because they had realized their last destination.

Outside Danyang City, looking around, almost all the Qin tents and the Qin army. The Qin people were building siege equipment and wanted to completely destroy Chu. Suddenly, a dark cloud appeared on the land where they grew up. Xiang Yan held the weapons in his hand tightly and prepared to resist the enemy's attack. When the enemy was ready, a new round of siege war began.

Xiang Yan was still brave and brave. He ran back and forth between the various city walls, constantly organizing soldiers to take turns to resist the enemy's attack... The city turned into a huge millstone, and soldiers were constantly crushed. This siege continued until late at night, and the Qin people stopped attacking. During these four or five hours, the Qin people took turns to attack, and their people seemed to be endless.

The Chu people almost collapsed, and Xiang Yan could not find a perfect place in his body, covered in scars.

Zhao Kuo was not far away, watching this siege. This siege was too bloody, which made Zhao Kuo feel very distressed. Xiang Yan was too stubborn. Even if he knew that Chu had perished, he was unwilling to surrender and insisted on taking these young people from Chu to death. Zhao Kuo respected him but did not like him. Faced with such a tough attitude, Zhao Kuo could only choose to attack hard, and it would never take too long.

The siege was going on day by day, corpses piled up outside the city, and blood flowed everywhere, just like hell on earth.

There were fewer and fewer soldiers in the Chu State in the city, and their resistance was getting weaker and weaker. Even Xiang Yan himself could not hold on.

Finally, Zhao Kang took the lead in attacking the city wall. He killed all over the world. No one could stop him. He charged all the way and finally came to Xiang Yan... Zhao Kang held the spear in his hand tightly and stared at Xiang Yan in front of him. Xiang Yan was tall and had a physique similar to Zhao Kang, but now he was covered in wounds and couldn't stand steadily. He leaned on the spear and looked proudly at Zhao Kang in front of him, shaking.

Seeing him like this, Zhao Kang had no choice but to put down his spear, and no longer had the idea of ​​competing with him.

Xiang Yan was furious. He suddenly raised his spear and aimed the spear at Zhao Kang in front of him, his face full of confidence and arrogance. Zhao Kang couldn't understand what he was saying, but from his expression, he seemed to understand something. Zhao Kang picked up the spear, frowned, and slowly approached the enemy in front of him. At that moment, Zhao Kang almost flew out, and the spear in his hand stabbed the enemy in front of him like lightning!

"Puchi~~"

The imagined war did not come. Zhao Kang's spear easily pierced Xiang Yan in front of him. Xiang Yan was motionless. The battles over the days made him unable to even face him. He stared at the enemy in front of him and suddenly said something. Zhao Kang did not understand what he was saying. He seemed to be swearing that when Zhao Kang pulled out the spear, Xiang Yan fell down, and he fell in the mountain of corpse, motionless.

Zhao Kang passed by him and continued to fight.

On this day, Xiang Yan died.

The State of Chu was destroyed.

The Chu State, which had been competing for hegemony with Qin for a long time and had a strong national strength, all fell. No more cities were hung with the flag of Chu State, and no more young people shouted that Chu State would launch a charge. On this day, countless people of Chu cried bitterly, but no matter what, this was the trend, and Chu State was still destroyed. Zhao Kuo ordered the burial of Xiang Yan, as his last respect for this patriot. In this war, both sides invested a huge amount of money and lasted for a year.

Of course, the price paid is also huge.

Especially for the State of Chu, even if Zhao Kuo did not massacre the city everywhere, he still could not change the situation of nine out of ten families in the state of Chu. The young people died at the hands of Qin, and their relatives who stayed at home were bleeding in their eyes when they looked at the Qin people... Destroying the State of Chu is not difficult for the current Qin State. The difficulty is how to pacify Chu State and appease Chu State. The hatred between Chu State and Qin State is too great.

Especially after this war, this hatred seemed to be unable to be resolved with words, and could only be allowed to disappear through a long period of time.

Zhao Kuo immediately distributed his army in various parts of Chu to avoid greater turmoil in Chu... There were too many Chu. Although Xianyang had begun to send officials to this place, it was still a bit insufficient. When the war was completely over, Zhao Kuo finally breathed a sigh of relief. The generals were very happy. This battle to destroy Chu made all the generals make great contributions.

These military achievements were enough to get the position they wanted. For a moment, the Qin army ushered in a carnival, and the next time was the reward time.

Wang Jian, Li Mu and others wanted to come to see Zhao Kuo, but refused on the grounds that Zhao Kuo was not feeling well.

Zhao Kuo just asked Zhao Kang to come to see him alone. Zhao Kang came here with a few soldiers. Zhao Kang seemed extremely happy. In this war, he captured and killed Xiang Yan, the general of Chu, and won countless results. It can be said that he made great contributions. In addition to Wang Jian, who pushed 200,000 people from Chu, and Li Mu, who forced the King of Chu to death and destroyed Chu, his contributions were the greatest...

When Zhao Kang walked into the camp with a smile and was about to show off to his father proudly, he saw his father who was crying silently.

He didn't know what could make his father like this, and at that moment, he was really scared.

Zhao Kuo looked at his son in front of him and wanted to say something, but was just crying. He calmed down for a long time and finally informed Zhao Kang of the bad news.

Zhao Kang didn't move. He looked at his father blankly, then collapsed on the ground. He beat his head and cried loudly.

The war ended, but the greatest hero had already driven away from the State of Chu. Zhao Kang was also the one who left with him. Wang Jian would temporarily take care of the matter here. Wang Jian and Li Mu and other generals soon heard the bad news in Xianyang. They were speechless and thought about what Zhao Kuo had endured. They sighed helplessly. Zhao Kuo sat in the military carriage, curled up all over, and Zhao Kang rode a horse and drove aside without saying a word.

Zhao Kang suddenly became silent. He didn't speak, and was in a daze every day, exactly like his father.

Zhao Kuo didn't know how to comfort him, and he couldn't even comfort himself.

After a long journey again, the father and son returned to Xianyang. When they came home, no familiar people came out to greet them again. Shan cried heartily. She rushed into her father's arms and almost fainted. Zhao Kuo patted her back and comforted her, but his heart was completely broken. Except for Ke Shan, including Xiao Fusu, Yun and Ming, they were the same. Yi had been buried, and Zhao Kuo and Zhao Kang were not even able to see her for the last time.

Zhao Zheng, with red eyes, took them to Yi's grave.

The father and son burst into tears.

For a moment, Zhao Kuo felt that his life had completely lost its meaning and all hope of living, as if he had died with the people in the land, and the empty shell of his soul was trembling in the cold. Yi's departure was so harmful to everyone, especially for those who loved her deeply, Yi's body had been plagued by illness for a long time ago.

She has never been very healthy, has a thin body, and has not eaten much.

But her departure was still too sudden. Life was like this. You will never know what would happen tomorrow... Children such as Ying Zheng, Qi, Zhao Kang, and Cheng Hua were crying and saying goodbye to their mothers, their kind mothers, their gentle mothers, and the mother who could protect them. They were in great pain, but they could only use crying to vent all their pain.

Zhao Kuo was different. He sat here, but his mind was always filled with the hardworking figure, the girl in the horse costume holding a cow.

When the child left, Zhao Kuo stayed here alone.

He had a lot of words to say, he had a lot of places to take art to see... In this life, Zhao Kuo failed too many people and everyone... Zhao Kuo looked at the grave in front of him, and thoughts that had not emerged for a long time surged into his heart again. Perhaps, I really deserve to die in Changping. However, Zhao Kuo still has a few children around him, they need themselves, goodness needs father, Fusu needs great father, and Zhao Kang needs someone to restrain him.

Yi's departure broke many people's hearts, but it also made many people grow in an instant.

The most obvious thing is Zhao Kang. Zhao Kang changed his usual behavior and became serious. He stopped laughing all day long. Even when Yun saw him starting to read with books, maybe he just wanted to divert his attention, or maybe he wanted to be what his mother expected. Within a few days, he grew up, became serious, and became a little serious, and his eyes were always unresolved melancholy.

He took the initiative to help take care of the children, often came to comfort Zhao Kuo and told Zhao Kuo that his mother was not here, but we were still here, and we would always be by your side.

The other one is Fusu. For the young Fusu, the death of his eldest mother was definitely a huge blow. He understood the meaning of death for the first time, and also began to have nightmares and began to be afraid. He missed his eldest mother very much, but he could never see him again. From then on, Fusu learned to be strong. Fusu swore that he would never be the one who disappointed his eldest mother. He began to be very filial to his parents.

I never dare to go against my father's words and often help my mother.

Death brings not only sadness, but also growth.

For Zhao Kuo, Yi never seemed to leave. After returning home, he would still talk to himself on the bed, as if Yi was still listening to his nagging. When he woke up in the morning, he would subconsciously look at the stove, which was empty. Sometimes Shan would get up to cook. Zhao Kuo was still a little uncomfortable. Without Yi's help, he could not even find where to put his clothes.

He was used to art food and was good at cooking, but he seemed to be missing something.

"Father... Kuaiji County in Chu still needs officials and a prefect. I am ready and I plan to find the prime minister. If possible, I want to go to Kuaiji County to serve as the prefect for several years. There are thieves and barbarians outside. This is the place that can be used for me. You used to say that Chu is very suitable for development. I will go for you and I will check carefully. If there is any news, I will notify you with a fast horse."

Zhao Kang sat in front of Zhao Kuo seriously and said seriously.
Chapter completed!