The Devil's Tribulation

Chapter 581 Surrender

Anling City, the capital of Chu State.

Anling City, as the capital of the Chu State, was also the last line of defense, so the city walls were naturally high and wide.

Sun Er stared at the high wall and sighed, "Your Majesty requires me to capture Anling City within a month, regardless of the losses."

Over the past two years, the army of 8.5 million has lost more than one million soldiers, and rivers of blood have flowed under the city walls.

Qi Hong was originally very moved by Zhou Zhixiong's letter of persuasion to surrender, and he had already taken the initiative to contact Da Zhou.

But when he learned that his family had been controlled by the King of Chu and monks had been sent to guard them, Qi Hong had no choice but to fight dozens of offensive and defensive battles with Sun Erleng in Anling City.

This country has no hope. Qi Hong is not even forty years old and has a bright future, but he has to guard the last door of this corrupt dynasty.

He knew that no matter how powerful he was, he could not save the country.

A young general behind Sun Erlou heard Sun Erleng's sigh and comforted him, "Dad, don't sigh all the time. It's just a wall. I will definitely attack it next time!"

Sun Erlou angrily said, "You know nothing! Do you think we are the only ones fighting? On the Yue side, General Wei only had a few hundred thousand soldiers to stop the millions of Yue army. It's been more than a year, and it seems that they can't hold on any longer!"

The young general is none other than Sun Erleng's eldest son, Sun Zhengjun. He is now thirteen years old, and he is really tall and mighty, about 1.8 meters tall, with a broad back and strong waist. Just looking at him, he looks extremely powerful!

Sun Zhengjun is indeed extremely strong, and now his strength is no less than Sun Erleng.

After two years of training on the battlefield, he couldn't suppress his murderous aura.

Whenever a battle broke out, he was the first to rush in, and his two axes took countless lives.

Sun Zhengjun said indifferently: "My son knows, so we should speed up. It has been two days since the last siege. We can't let the Chu soldiers guarding the city have a chance to catch their breath!"

Two days ago, Sun Erleng organized a siege on the city. Throughout the whole day, they attacked back and forth three or four times, but were pushed back each time.

The soldiers' morale was low, and Sun Erleng wanted to adjust for a few days before continuing, but he didn't expect to receive the imperial edict at this time.

Sun Erleng thought for a while and ordered: "Ren Bin! Where did you die?!"

"Marshal! I am counting the weapons and armor~" Ren Bin ran over quickly, and said with joy: "Are we going to attack the city? Marshal, please let me lead the attack! We can definitely take the city!"

Sun Erleng said, "Bring your 500,000 troops. I will give you 2,000 body forging warriors. Come and attack the city tomorrow morning!"

"Old... Marshal, what about me?" Sun Zhengjun said hurriedly, "I can serve as the vanguard for General Ren!!"

Sun Erleng looked at his son and said, "You lead 100,000 cavalrymen. Once the city gates are opened, rush in with the cavalrymen! The rest of you must organize your troops and stay on standby!"

The next day, on the city wall of Anling.

Qi Hong looked at the millions of troops under the city and said seriously, "The Zhou army is coming to attack the city, let everyone get ready! It seems that Sun Erleng is going to spend a lot of money this time!"

The deputy general was surprised and said, "The Zhou army suffered a setback two days ago, and now they are attacking the city again. This is not like Sun Erleng's style~"

Qi Hong thought for a while and said, "There must be a change in the Great Yue Kingdom, and the Great Zhou Kingdom is anxious. As long as we hold on to this siege, we will have more time to repair. Have the one million arrows we requested last month arrived?"

The deputy general said with an unpleasant expression: "Not yet... not yet..." "What?!" Qi Hong was furious and shouted: "What on earth do they want to do?! We just killed two big families, aren't they afraid?!!"

The deputy general lowered his head and said nothing. Qi Hong took a deep breath and asked, "How many arrows do we have left?" The deputy general hurriedly said, "We still have 300,000."

"The gap is too big, we have to find another way." Qi Hong thought for a moment and said, "Hurry up and organize people to go to the city to demolish the houses and move all the pillars here! The more the better!"

The deputy general took the order and left. Qi Hong suddenly laughed at him, "Without a country, how can there be a family? You think that a new emperor has little to do with you. Do you know whether the original family of the Great Zhou will let you go? Foolish!"

"Marshal! Letter!" Qi Hong was stunned. There was actually a letter at this time? The personal soldier handed the letter to Qi Hong. Qi Hong took a look and found that there was no signature.

At the same time, in the Great Zhou army outside the city, Sun Erleng was preparing to order an attack on the city when his personal soldiers handed him a letter.

Sun Erleng opened it and stood up, and quickly ordered, "Go call Ren Bin!"

In the Great Chu Palace, the King of Chu was drinking, listening to music and watching dances. He had no sense of urgency at all.

A young eunuch hurried in from outside, shouting as he ran, "Your Majesty! It's not working! It's not working!"

The hand of the King of Chu, who was drinking, trembled, and the wine glass fell to the ground. He asked tremblingly: "The city gate was breached? Where is Qi Hong? What does he do for a living?!!"

The young eunuch was stunned and said hurriedly: "No, no, the city gate is still fine..."

"You little dog slave! You scared me to death!" The King of Chu sat down again and asked, "What are you making such a fuss about, Cou!"

The young eunuch hurriedly said: "Marshal Qi's relatives are gone, all gone!!!"

“What!” As soon as the Emperor Chu’s butt touched the chair, he immediately jumped up again and questioned, “Aren’t there several immortal masters guarding it? How could it be missing?! Have you looked for it?!”

The young eunuch said anxiously, "We have searched everywhere in the palace, but we can't find him! Your Majesty, what should we do?!"

The King of Chu slumped in his chair, muttering to himself, "It's over, it's all over! Qi Hong has long been rebellious. If I hadn't noticed it early and controlled his wife and children, would Qi Hong have been so dedicated to defending the city?"

It wasn't Emperor Chu who noticed it himself. It was clearly the cultivators from the three sects who noticed it early and helped him control Qi Hong's family.

When the King of Chu was young, he also worked hard to govern the country well, but he suffered repeated setbacks. In the end, he simply gave up. As long as the monks of the three sects were there, the State of Chu would not perish.

The Emperor of Chu suddenly thought: "Could it be that the three immortal masters no longer care about me and the State of Chu?" Thinking of this possibility, the Emperor of Chu hurriedly took out the communication talisman and sent it out.

After waiting for half an hour without a reply, the King of Chu was really desperate this time. He murmured to himself: "What should I do? I don't want to die yet! I'm not even forty years old! I still have a lot of good days to live!"

The King of Chu was mumbling to himself, and the eunuch could not hear clearly, but did not dare to disturb him. The musicians and singers also wisely retreated at this time.

The King of Chu muttered for a while, then suddenly stood up and said, "This is the only way. As long as I surrender, the Emperor of Great Zhou will give me a lifetime of wealth and glory! Yes! Surrender!!! Surrender now!!"

In this way, the war between Zhou and Chu, which lasted for two years and three months, ended with the King of Chu leading officials and people across the country to surrender to the Great Zhou.

The Great Zhou Emperor, Zhou Zhixiong, was overjoyed and ordered the King of Chu to go to the capital of the Great Zhou to be conferred a title. The Great Zhou Emperor did not treat him unfairly and directly conferred him the title of "King of Chu'an", the first king of a different surname in the Great Zhou.