"Great General, good news, tremendously good news!!"
"What good news? Have our people sent back any news??"
"Yes, our people have sent back news! Our people have captured the King of Chu!!"
"Really captured him??"
"Truly captured, it's the King of Chu, our people have confirmed his identity, and they are currently rushing towards us with the King of Chu at full speed!!"
"It's good that he's captured, it's good that he's captured. Capturing the King of Chu saves us a lot of trouble!!"
Hearing that the King of Chu was captured, Lin Tian was clearly very happy.
The King of Chu's identity was too special; he represented the entire Chu state.
If he hadn't been captured, the Chu state might have fallen into further chaos.
But after capturing the King of Chu, everything changed.
With the King of Chu captured, the affairs of the Chu state were essentially settled.
Even if there was any further chaos in the Chu state, it wouldn't be able to make any significant waves.
Therefore, even Lin Tian couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief at this moment.
Following this, good news continued to pour in.
The soldiers he had dispatched had not only captured the King of Chu but also other ministers of the Chu state.
Although they weren't caught on the same waterway, they were all caught along waterways regardless.
Of course, it wasn't just people who were captured, but also a large amount of wealth.
When the King of Chu and the officials of the Chu state fled, they had carried a vast fortune with them.
All this wealth was confiscated, which was also a huge asset for Great Qin.
Upon learning this, Lin Tian decided that he would personally meet the King of Chu and the others once they were escorted back.
Two days later, the King of Chu and the ministers of the Chu state were all escorted back to the capital of the Chu state together.
Although they hadn't fled at the same time, they were brought into the capital at the same time, and they were equally disheveled.
Their arrival caused countless citizens of the Chu state to gather and watch.
At this moment, the citizens of the Chu state no longer had their previous worries and fears.
After Lin Tian's army entered the capital, they did not mistreat them.
On the contrary, they had given them many rewards and benefits.
These rewards were like a lifeline to the citizens of Chu who were in hardship, earning the favor of countless people.
In addition, Lin Tian had disciplined his soldiers, preventing them from provoking the common people. This made the attitude of the Chu citizens towards Lin Tian's army even more different.
They had already felt the goodwill of Lin Tian's army and naturally would not be as fearful as before.
Because of this, when they learned that the fugitive King of Chu and the ministers of Chu had been recaptured, many of them came to witness the spectacle.
"It is indeed the King of Chu, I've seen the King of Chu from afar before, that is indeed the King of Chu!!"
"My heavens, I thought they had escaped, but I didn't expect them to be recaptured. However, it's good that they were recaptured. If not for them, how could our lives have been so difficult before!!"
"Indeed, and these people are exceptionally despicable. They fled secretly, abandoning us completely. They never considered us citizens of Chu. If it weren't for General Lin Tian's kindness, we might have already become souls under the sword!!"
The moment the King of Chu and the ministers of Chu secretly fled, the citizens of Chu had completely lost faith in them.
Therefore, seeing the King of Chu captured, they didn't feel anything was wrong, and no one thought of rescuing the King of Chu.
More of them were secretly clapping and cheering.
They hated such a King of Chu to the core.
Especially when they saw the wealth carried by the King of Chu and the ministers of Chu, their hatred grew even stronger.
"This wealth is the wealth of us citizens of Chu. If not for the King of Chu's heavy taxation, why would we be in this state!!"
"Exactly, what they plundered was our money, and they still wanted to flee with our money, leaving us to fend for ourselves. Now that they are captured, they deserve it!!"
"The King of Chu is incompetent, and the ministers of Chu are even more so, which is why this happened. However, this is good. From now on, we will be citizens of Qin!!"
Becoming citizens of Qin was a joyful occasion for these people.
Because they found that the treatment of Qin citizens was exceptionally good.
Such good treatment directly surpassed what they had experienced under the rule of the King of Chu.
Many citizens secretly praised Qin.
"I had heard before that many people had fled to Qin because they could survive there, but I didn't believe it then. Now I truly believe it, we can truly survive in Qin!!"
"Yes, before, the King of Chu misled us, saying that those who entered Qin were all killed by the Qin people. This made me afraid for many days, and I didn't dare to imagine what would happen when the Qin army entered the city!"
"Regardless, we are alive now, and we have become citizens of Qin. This is a great joy for us. Our good days are still ahead!!"
Thinking that there would be no more wars, many people showed happy smiles at this moment.
The citizens of Chu, like the citizens of other countries, had always been in dire straits.
Now that Qin had taken over Chu, and the world was about to be unified, they were naturally joyous at this time.
The King of Chu could not feel their joy. Instead, he felt his heart turn to ash.
Seeing the dense crowd of citizens on the street, he desperately wanted to shout out, asking those citizens to come and save him.
However, he clearly sensed that the citizens by the roadside did not look sad at all. On the contrary, each of them showed joy on their faces.
Under such circumstances, he felt that if he shouted out, he would become the greatest clown in history.
Therefore, he opened his mouth several times, but in the end, he still said nothing.
He was the King of Chu, and he still wanted to maintain some dignity.
Now that he had been captured, he could only maintain his last bit of dignity and go to see King Ying Zheng of Qin.
At this moment, the King of Chu had resigned himself to his fate.
In fact, it wasn't just the King of Chu who had resigned themselves to fate. The captured ministers of Chu had also accepted their fate.
They had already fallen into the hands of Lin Tian's army and had no room for resistance.
If they resisted further, they might be beheaded on the spot.
After all, they were not the King of Chu. The King of Chu had a reason to be kept alive, but it did not mean that they also had a reason to be kept alive.
However, while they had resigned themselves to fate, there were still some people in the Chu state who had not.
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