Chapter 928: The overall situation has been decided

After Shui Xinyue left, Gao Yuan also let go of the remaining more than 1,000 people according to the agreement, and after Lu Xiuhong and Huo Lieyang woke up, after learning the whole thing, they couldn't help but be surprised and lucky, and the two didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and immediately led the warriors of the Kuafu clan back to the Jiuli clan, and ordered Tian Kezang's stand-in to lead the remaining Qi army back to Qi.

Although Tian Kezang's stand-in has now been suspected by the Qi people, after all, he is still in charge of the government of the Qi State, coupled with the arrangement of the Jiuli clan in the Qi country, so it is still possible to maintain Tian Kezang's power in the Qi country, although the two of them still don't know what happened to Han Teng now, the Qi country still has to continue to maintain control, if the Jiuli clan and the plateau compete for the world in the future, the Qi country is still an important force.

However, this is just a small episode, as Gao Yuan said, compared to the victory achieved, the release of more than 1,000 people is nothing at all.

In fact, just counting the results of the battle, it took five days, and the Han and Qin coalition forces killed a total of more than 337,500 Qi and Chu troops, captured and surrendered more than 215,800 Qi and Chu troops, and only 50,000 Qi and Chu troops fled.

In addition to the number of kills and casualties, the harvested military supplies and horses and vehicles are also very amazing, because the Qi Chu army has a total of more than 600,000 troops, stationed outside Handan City for nearly three months, and the military supplies stored are naturally a very large number, only the grain is as high as more than 150,000 stones, more than 600,000 stones of forage, more than 20,000 jars of wine, 18,000 stones of salt, in addition to more than 1,300 chariots, more than 3,000 other vehicles, more than 30,000 horses, and other weapons, armor, flags, golden drums and other items are more than 1 million pieces.

This still did not calculate the military supplies of the Qin army, because the Qin army surrendered collectively, so the plateau did not confiscate the materials of the Qin army, and still supplied the needs of the Qin army, but was only supervised and distributed by the Mengwu people. And all the Qin armies were grouped together and formed an army of their own. However, this is also good for the plateau, now the supplies of the Qin army are enough to use for nearly two months, and there is no need for the plateau to supply, so it saves a lot of expenses.

However, when the prisoners were checked, it was found that Wang Ben, the main general of the Qin army, was also among them, and at this time, Wang Ben also knew that he would not be spared, after all, Hehua had surrendered Wang Ben more than once before, but Wang Ben was fascinated by his father's hatred, of course, he was not optimistic about Hehua, and refused Hehua's surrender several times, and was wholeheartedly the enemy of Hehua, and now he was defeated and captured, so naturally he did not make any illusions, so after seeing the plateau and Hehua, Wang Ben also knelt on the ground, and said bluntly, his sins were unforgivable, he had nothing to say, he only wanted to die quickly, And there are no complaints, I only hope that Gao Yuan and Hehua can forgive the Wang family.

Looking at the famous generals who led the Qin army to destroy Wei and swallow Yan and die Qi in another time and space, unified the world for the Qin State, established the foundation of the dynasty, and made countless outstanding military exploits, at this time he became a prisoner of the stairs, kneeling on the ground, just seeking a quick death, and the plateau and Hehua couldn't help but sigh, this wing seemed to be too big.

In fact, from Gao Yuan's heart, he still has a good impression of Wang Ben and doesn't want to kill him, but at this time, he doesn't allow personal feelings, no matter from that aspect, Wang Ben must be killed, because Wang Ben is not only against the plateau, but also the will of Qin Wangzheng, and Hehua, now Hehua represents the orthodoxy of Qin, so Wang Ben's behavior is also an act of betrayal of Qin, and after recapturing Xianyang, Hehua also officially called on Qin, announcing Wang Ben as Qin's rebel general, and the result of the rebellion is also conceivable. Looking at the fate of another rebellion in the Qin State, it can be concluded that Wang Ben has no way to live.

Since it is now, the plateau has just occupied the Qin State, and to stabilize his own rule in the Qin State, it is not only necessary to stabilize the hearts of the people, but also to stabilize the people's hearts and minds, but also to the Qin State Prestige, Enwei and Shi, if Wang Ben is spared, there will be no prestige, so Gao Yuan ordered to prepare a table of wine banquet for Wang Ben, so that Wang Ben was drunk, and then ordered Wang Ben to be beheaded. At the same time, he ordered that the Wang clan be reduced to civilians and moved to live outside Yanmen Pass.

Killed Wang Ben, and the overall situation has been decided, but this battle is not completely over, because there is still one last thing that has not been dealt with, that is, to occupy Daliang.

Because only by occupying Daliang can the Han army occupy a solid stronghold in the Central Plains, the east can block the westward advance of Qi, and the south can suppress Chu, allowing Han to occupy the strategic initiative. And only in this way will Gao Yuan be able to have enough time to consolidate his rule in the Qin state.

So just three days later, Gao Yuan left Zhao Xuan to garrison Handan, and together with Hehua, Sima Shang was the main general, and Meng Wu was the deputy general to lead 400,000 troops, respectively 300,000 Qin troops and 100,000 Han troops.

The reason for this arrangement, the plateau is also carefully planned, now the total number of Han and Qin coalition troops is about 6230000 people, the number of the Qin army is slightly more, about 356000, and the Han army is 278000, originally defeated the Qi and Chu army, although it is necessary to capture Daliang, but to maintain such a large number of troops is simply redundant, but the plateau now does not dare to reduce the army lightly.

Because once the army is reduced, it means that most of the Qin army will be sent back to the Qin State, and now although the plateau has occupied the Qin State, it is actually a snake swallowing an elephant, small and large, the plateau does not think that he has any royal spirit, so that the Qin people can willingly obey their own rule, it is conceivable that there must be many people in the Qin State who do not obey themselves.

The reason why the plateau can still control the situation of the Qin State is that in addition to the factor of Hehua and the fact that the plateau now has a lot of prestige in Xianyang, there is also an important reason, that is, the elite troops of the Qin State are basically in Handan, and those who remain in the Qin State are basically second- and third-rate troops, and the number is less than 150,000. This is also an important reason why Gao Yuan and Hehua dare to leave Xianyang at this time and rush to Handan to supervise the war, even if the two are not in Xianyang, as long as there is no army, there will be no major incident, and even if someone launches a rebellion in Xianyang, there is no need to be afraid, because Gao Yuan can immediately lead the army westward and calm the situation.

It's just that at this time, of course, Gao Yuan didn't dare to send the Qin army back, with such an elite Qin army in Xianyang, who would dare to rest assured, and the Qin army could not withdraw, and the Han army naturally could not withdraw, so they had to stay in Handan.

This attack is based on Handan as the rear, and now Handan's army, the Qin army is more than the Han army, there are plateaus and Hehua in Handan, naturally there will be nothing to do, once the plateau and Hehua leave, it is difficult to say, this is not to say that the plateau does not believe in the Qin army or the ministers of the Qin state, but at this time, the heart of defense is indispensable. In another time and space, as soon as Qin Shi Huang died, Li Si teamed up with Zhao Gao and Hu Hai to tamper with Qin Shi Huang's edict, forced Fu Su to die, and renamed Hu Hai as the second, directly burying the Qin Dynasty.

If the ministers of the Qin State and a large number of Qin troops were left in Handan, Gao Yuan did not dare to guarantee that something would happen, so Gao Yuan and Hehua decided to attack the Qin army in Daliang, so that the strength of Handan would be dominated by the Han army, so naturally there was no need to worry. And although the army attacking Daliang is mostly the Qin army, there are plateaus and Hehua in the army, and there is no need to worry about what will happen to the ministers of the Qin State and the Qin army.

It can be said that this time the troops were sent to attack Daliang, and there were not many military considerations, on the contrary, there were a lot of political considerations, and the plateau was also quite tired, and it was really not an easy thing to engage in politics. But no matter what, a balance was finally reached, so Gao Yuan and Hehua also led the army with peace of mind, starting from Handan and heading straight for Daliang.

Of course, Gao Yuan dared to play a balancing act at this time, also because this attack on Daliang was almost not difficult, and now there are about 80,000 troops stationed in Daliang, including about 60,000 Qin troops, about 10,000 Qi and Chu troops, the main general Li Xin, and the deputy general Yang Duanhe.

Li Xin, Yang Duanhe are all famous generals of the Qin State, originally the Qin State was ready to face the Three Kingdoms Army Wang Ben's deputy, and later the situation changed, Qi Chu rebelled against the Three Kingdoms, and Wang Ben insisted on being enemies with the plateau and the Netherlands, although Li Xin and Yang Duanhe did not agree with Wang Ben's proposition, but they could not convince Wang Ben, and had to follow Wang Ben to do it together, and the two did not surrender to Hehua immediately, because at the beginning, the three kingdoms of Qin, Qi and Chu had an overwhelming advantage, and the two did not think that Gao Yuan and Hehua had any means to turn the tables.

However, Wang Ben also saw that the two were unwilling to follow him, so he did not take the two to Handan to participate in the war, but left them to garrison in Daliang to pay for the supply of grain and grass materials for the Qin army, and the supply of grain and grass materials for the Qi and Chu army also passed through Daliang, so they left 10,000 troops stationed in Daliang City, and at this time, a huge amount of grain and grass materials were also piled up in Daliang City.

When the Han and Qin coalition forces arrived at Daliang, Li Xin and Yang Duanhe had also received the battle report from Handan, knowing that the Qin army had all defected and surrendered to Hehua, and the two armies of Qi and Chu were defeated by the Han and Qin coalition forces, Wang Ben had already been punished, and now the plateau and Hehua led 400,000 troops to capture Daliang, in this case, the two naturally did not want to, nor did they dare to fight with the Han and Qin coalition forces, but sent messengers out of the city to ask for surrender to the plateau and Hehua, and were willing to sacrifice the Liang.

Seeing that Li Xin and Yang Duanhe took the initiative to surrender, Gao Yuan and Hehua were naturally very happy, and it was naturally better to be able to collect the girder without blood, so Gao Yuan and Hehua immediately accepted Li Xin and Yang Duanhe's request to surrender, and promised not to investigate the crimes of the two, and still maintain the official titles of the two.

So on the second day, Li Xin and Yang Duanhe opened the gate of Daliang City to welcome Gao Yuan and Hehua into the city, and only at this time did this battle be considered to be over.