massacre.

In order to prove his sincerity, King Shaokang of Yue entrusted domestic affairs to his trusted ministers and personally came to the army of Wei General Tian Dan to express his willingness to submit to Wei.

To be honest, because Tian Dan and his soldiers lost thousands of soldiers in Yue's useless areas, the Yue people were so angry that they wanted to kill them all.

Unexpectedly, Shaokang, the king of Yue, was aware of the current affairs. When he saw that the Wei army was serious, he immediately surrendered, leaving Tian Dan and his men unable to vent their anger.

After all, it was up to Tian Dan and his subordinates to decide whether to accept Yue's surrender. They had to consult King Zhao Run of Wei, who would make the decision himself.

Half a month later, Le Yi also learned that Yue King Shaokang was begging to surrender, and immediately reported the matter to Luoyang and asked Wei King Zhao Run for instructions.

In November of the 10th year of Zhaowu, Le Yi's letter was quickly delivered to Luoyang and handed over to the king of Wei, Zhao Run.

After Le Yi's letter, he told how Tian Dan forced the Yue Kingdom to surrender. This made Wei King Zhao Run understand that Le Yi and Tian Dan were actually capable of killing most of the Yue people. All they needed was

It's just time.

But in Zhao Run's view, it is meaningless to completely force the Yue people to death. It not only restrains Le Yi's troops, but also makes his Wei army bear the bad reputation of massacring innocent people. In addition, Zhao Run himself does not like senseless massacres.

, therefore, he finally accepted the surrender of Yue Wang Shaokang.

A few days later, the Luoyang court sent Zhou Yu, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, to the Yue Kingdom.

Because of the weather, Zhou Yu did not arrive in Yue until April of the eleventh year of Zhaowu.

At that time, the entire Yue Kingdom had been occupied by the Wei army led by Le Yi and Tian Dan.

It's not that Shaokang, the king of Yue, trusted the state of Wei so much that he dared to let the Wei army enter the hinterland of his state of Yue without getting a response from King Zhao Run of Wei. He just had no choice.

After all, as long as they relied on the strategy of "burning mountains and destroying forests", regardless of whether the Yue Kingdom surrendered or not, the Wei army led by Le Yi and Tian Dan could still reach Kuaiji, the capital of the Yue Kingdom.

The only difference is that the losses of soldiers on both sides will be greater.

Fortunately, Wei King Zhao Run was not a bloodthirsty person. Around April of the 11th year of Wei Zhaowu, Zhou Yu, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, met with Yue Wang Shaokang and conveyed the response from Wei King Zhao Run to accept the surrender of Yue Wang Shaokang on behalf of Wei.

According to the usual practice, Shaokang, the king of Yue, was renamed "Yuehou".

The King of Yue, no, the Marquis of Yue, Shaokang, carefully read the letter of Wei King Zhao Run. He was very happy to find that the conditions of the Wei State were not harsh, except that "the Dongou Army was moved to the jurisdiction of Tiance Mansion" and "the Yue State temporarily did not allow private affairs."

Apart from setting up an army, there are no other harsh conditions.

However, if you think about it carefully, if the Yue Kingdom is so poor and backward, the powerful Wei Kingdom may indeed look down upon him.

On the seventh day of April in the eleventh year of Wei Zhaowu, Shaokang, the king of Yue, formally surrendered to the state of Wei and was granted the title of 'Marquis of Yue'.

At this point, the Yue Kingdom fell, and the land of Wu and Yue became the territory of the Wei Kingdom.

At this time, Le Yi and Tian Dan had time to pay attention to the progress of Sima Shang, Huan Hu and others in attacking Chu.

What surprised them was that the Chu State had lost four-fifths of its territory. At this time, Wei general Shen Yu had captured Changsha, leaving only Pengli County, but the three Wei armies, Shen Yu, Huan Hu, and Sima Shang, had been gathered together.

, unexpectedly failed to break through the "Pengze Defense Line" of the Chu State, and then completely destroyed the Chu State.

It has to be said that even Wei King Zhao Run thought that Chu would fall soon, but the fact is that the three Wei armies, Shen Yu, Huan Hu, and Sima Shang, fought for a whole year, but could not break through Chu's army.

The reason for the "Pengze Defense Line" is simply that the "Pengze Defense Line" has too great a geographical advantage.

After all, the entire Pengli County is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there are only two 'passages' in the north. One is the mountain valley road on the west side, and the outermost is "Chaisang County (Jiujiang)", which is located on the east side of Chaisang Mountain and is connected with the south side.

"Pengze County" faces each other across the river - it was this city that blocked the Wei army under Shen Yu.

Via Chaisang, one can go directly to the hinterland of Pengli County. There are still two cities along the way, "Liling" and "Haizhen (hun)", which made it difficult for the Wei army to break into Pengli County through this narrow valley road.

In fact, Shen Yu also tried to mobilize warships and break into Pengze by water, but the waterway connecting Dajiang and Pengze was too narrow, and on both sides of the river were the two cities of Chaisang and Pengze, which seemed to be two

The bridgehead prevented Wei ships from entering Pengze.

Even if Wei's warships try to force a breakthrough, they will inevitably be sunk by the soldiers of Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei who is stationed at Chaisang and Shouling Jun Jingyun who is stationed in Pengze County, not to mention Pengze's

On the lake, there is also stationed the Shuijun of Chu State led by Xiong Li, Lord of Diyang.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Chu State, which had given up a large amount of its territory and concentrated its troops, fought tooth and nail to resist the Wei army's attack. Even Shen Yu, Huan Hu, and Sima Shang fought for a whole year, but could not break through this road.

defense.

In the spring of the eleventh year of Wei Zhaowu, the State of Qin learned that the State of Chu had been defeated by the State of Wei and was on the verge of collapse. It decided to strike first to strengthen its power, and sent the Marquis of Wuxin, Gongsun Qi, and the Marquis of Changxin, Wang Jian, from the Hexi Corridor and Ba State respectively.

Step up the attack on Wei.

After learning about this, Wei Wang Zhao Run ordered Sima Shang and Huan Hu to continue attacking Chu in the name of Tiance Mansion. In addition, he dispatched Shen Yu's army to Xiying County to support Wu Ji, and then dispatched Le Yi, Tian Dan and other generals to quickly attack Chu. Bring elite troops to support Hexi in response to the war with Qin.
Chapter completed!