"What? Impossible, this is absolutely impossible."
When he heard his subordinates say it was Xiao Yan and opened the city gate to let the Qin army enter the city, Yuan Shao subconsciously thought this was impossible.
Xiao Yan was originally a counselor under Chen Youliang. After Chen Youliang was killed by Yuan Shao, Xiao Yan led a group of subordinates to surrender to Yuan Shao.
Although Xiao Yan was a surrendered minister, he had done everything he could and was loyal since he surrendered. Now he is Yuan Shao's confidant and has Yuan Shao's trust, so Yuan Shao asked him to investigate the spies.
What Yuan Shao didn't know was that Xiao Yan was the best at hiding. The loyalty he showed was only done deliberately to show Yuan Shao. After all, he was a surrendered minister. If he still courted Qin Muchu, how could he be as good as him?
Eat fruit?
If Yuan Shao continues to be strong, then Xiao Yan will naturally lie dormant and always act like a loyal minister to the outside world. But now that Yuan Shao can no longer protect himself, and Xiao Yan is unwilling to be buried with Yuan Shao, so he naturally has to find a way out for himself.
, and surrendering to the Qin army was Xiao Yan's last remaining option.
"My lord, it's really Xiao Yan. He betrayed us. Now Xiao Yan is leading the army towards the palace. If we don't hurry up, we won't be able to leave."
Yuan Shao is not stupid. He didn't believe it at first because it was hard to accept it. Later, after a brief reflection, he discovered that Xiao Yan has indeed been acting abnormally recently.
Yuan Shao asked Xiao Yan to secretly investigate the spies, but Xiao Yan imprisoned all the people on the list, saying that they would rather kill them by mistake than let them go. If they were really unjust, they would be released after the war was over and the investigation was complete.
Yuan Shao was also eager to find out this spy, and there were only so many courtiers who knew that he secretly sent away his children, so he agreed to imprison these suspects first, and these people included: Xin Ping, Cui Yan, Chen Lin
Waiting for all the important ministers.
Later, in order to suppress the rebellion of the aristocratic families, Yuan Shao imprisoned many generals and civil servants who were from rebellious aristocratic families, so that the soldiers did not know the generals and the generals did not know the soldiers.
Being tricked by Yuan Shao made all the ministers of Zhao State panic and everyone was in danger.
But now when he thought about it, Yuan Shao suddenly understood that this was Xiao Yan's deliberate act, in order to make the Zhao country fall into chaos without a fight. He had already had a rebellious intention.
At this thought, Yuan Shao couldn't help but panic. He thought of Wen Zhong and quickly asked to his left and right: "Where is the military advisor? Where is the military advisor Wen Zhong?"
"Wenzhong Military Advisor was invited by Xiao Yan to inspect Ximen's defense. Now I'm afraid he has been given to Xiao Yan..."
When Yuan Shao heard this, his eyes suddenly widened, and he looked up to the sky and roared: "Xiao Yan, traitor, I, Yuan Benchu, swear to kill you."
"Report, something bad happened. Qin general Ding Yanping led his army to attack the east gate. Now the east gate has been breached by the Qin army. Ding Yanping really led his army to attack the palace."
"Report, my lord, Qin general Su Xian led an army to attack the south gate. The south gate was also captured by the Qin army. Ding Yanpingzhen led an army to attack the palace."
If it was Xiao Yan who took the initiative to open up the city and caused the fall of the west gate, then the fall of the two southeast gates was due to Yuan Shu's own suicide.
If he had not listened to Xiao Yan's slander and imprisoned the former guard of the southeast gate for investigation, the two southeast gates of Bohai would never have been breached by the Qin army so easily.
If only one gate was breached, Yuan Shao could still mobilize his troops to fight for it. Now that all three gates have been breached, Bohai City will obviously never come back.
"My lord, the north gate is still in the hands of General Shenpei. It's not too late to break out from the north gate now."
At this time, Yuan Shao had already been frightened by the bad news about the connection. When he heard someone proposed a feasible plan, he was like grabbing the last straw when drowning, so he agreed without much thought.
At this time, Bohai City was in too much chaos, and its fall was a foregone conclusion.
Where there is life, there is hope.
Yuan Shao naturally understood this truth, but what he didn't expect was that Xiao Yan's pursuers overtook them before they even reached the north gate.
"King Zhao, where are you going?"
Xiao Yan reined in his horse and stopped calling Yuan Shao "Lord" instead. He directly addressed Yuan Shao as King Zhao.
When Yuan Shao saw Xiao Yan, his eyes seemed to burst out with fire, and he asked in a cold voice: "Xiao Yan, I treat you well, so why did you betray me?"
"King Zhao, I just want to survive. Besides, what's the point of talking about it now?"
Xiao Yan sighed and said: "King Zhao, as long as you surrender without restraint, Xiao Yan will ask General Su to plead for you because of past friendship."
Yuan Shao was so angry that he laughed and shouted: "Uncle, kill him."
"promise."
After a loud shout, a black figure was seen running on the surrounding houses at a speed that was difficult to catch with the naked eye, and he was none other than the great master of Zhao State, Yuan Shoucheng.
"hiss……"
Xiao Yan took a deep breath when he saw the visitor and exclaimed: "Yuan Shoucheng, didn't you escort Yuan Tan and others out of the Bohai Sea?"
Yuan Shoucheng smiled coldly and said, "Aren't you going to let me come back?"
"Guard, guard..."
Xiao Yan shouted in horror, being targeted by a great master. Even under the protection of thousands of soldiers, he felt no sense of security at all.
Every great master has a courage that is unstoppable, so how can ordinary soldiers be able to stop him?
Yuan Shoucheng, who was on the roof, jumped up and flew directly towards Xiao Yan. At the same time, he waved his long sword and sent out a half-moon sword energy, which went straight towards Xiao Yan on horseback below. All the dozens of soldiers blocked in front were stopped.
Cut off.
"It's over."
Xiao Yan closed his eyes in despair. Facing the Grand Master's attack, he couldn't even think of any resistance.
boom……
At the critical moment, a knight in golden armor jumped out from behind and defeated the Crescent Sword Qi with just one blow, and he was Yuwen Chengdu.
"call……"
Xiao Yan touched the sweat on his forehead and said with a wry smile: "General Yuwen, thank you for saving my life."
Yuwen Chengdu nodded and said indifferently: "Go and arrest Yuan Shao quickly. Yuan Shoucheng will be left to me to deal with."
"yes."
When Yuan Shoucheng saw that his originally fatal blow was blocked by an enemy general, and this person turned out to be Yuwen Chengdu, he quickly turned around and shouted: "Benchu, retreat quickly."
After saying that, Yuan Shoucheng took the initiative to kill Yuwen Chengdu. He could not leave. If he did not stop Yuwen Chengdu, Yuan Shao would be in danger.
Seeing this, Yuwen Chengdu said coldly: "I have long wanted to see the power of the Grand Master, come on."
In the battle between the Grand Master and the top ten martial artists, just the aftermath could kill people. The soldiers were all afraid of being affected, so they only dared to look far away but did not dare to look close.
On the other side, under Xiao Yan's pursuit, Yuan Shao fled all the way to the north gate. The closer he got to the north gate, the fewer and fewer guards around him.
After finally arriving at the north gate, Yuan Shao found that the Zhao banner at the top of the city had been cut off by the Qin army. A large number of Qin troops poured into the city from the top of the city, while the defenders at the top of the city had completely broken up and fled into the city.
"No one is allowed to run away, I will kill them all back..."
Yuan Shao roared and ordered, but he was defeated like a mountain. No matter how much he screamed, even if he killed the deserters as a deterrent, there was still no deserter who listened to him.
At this moment, Su Dingfang escorted Shen Pei and slowly came down from the tower.
"My lord, the judge is incompetent and failed to guard the north gate."
Shen Pei fell to the ground and burst into tears.
Yuan Shao looked at Shen Pei blankly, his eyes seemed to blame him, but he did not say it out loud after all. He knew that Shen Pei had tried his best.
Da da da……
Xiao Yan's pursuers arrived from behind and completely blocked Yuan Shao's retreat.
At this point, Yuan Shao was blocked by Su Lie in front of him, and Xiao Yan blocked the road later, and he seemed to have fallen into a desperate situation.
Su Dingfang looked at Yuan Shao and said calmly: "Yuan Shao, the four gates of Bohai have been broken. You have been completely defeated. Surrender."
"Hahaha……"
Yuan Shao seemed to be stimulated by something, and suddenly burst into laughter, even crying with laughter.
"I, Yuan Benchu, am the one who brought it upon myself."
rub……
Yuan Shao pulled out the sword from his waist, pointed it at Xiao Yan behind him, and said coldly: "Xiao Yan, do you think that if you take the initiative to surrender to Qin, you will end well?
You, Xiao Yan, first betrayed Chen Youliang, and then you betrayed me, Yuan Benchu. Qin Hao will not reuse you, a slave of the third surname, like you."
Xiao Yan's face turned livid instantly. Yuan Shao saw this and a flash of pleasure flashed in his eyes, and he immediately said to Su Dingfang: "You want me to surrender? Su Lie, as long as you kill Xiao Yan, I will surrender immediately and will never break your promise."
Hearing this, Xiao Yan's expression suddenly changed, and he looked at Su Lie cautiously. Seeing that he also had a frown on his face, he couldn't help but feel anxious.
"General Su Lie, he will eventually contribute to the Qin army..."
Before Xiao Yan could finish his words, he was interrupted by Su Lie, who raised his hand and said, "King Zhao is worthy of being a hero. Even now, he has not forgotten to plot against this general."
"Why, do you think my value is not as good as that of Xiao Yan?"
"The value of King Zhao cannot be compared to even a hundred Xiao Yan, but if you kill Xiao Yan, who will dare to surrender to our army in the future?"
Hearing what Su Lie said, not only Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief, but Yuan Shao also laughed and said: "What a good Su Lie, losing to you is not an injustice."
Su Lie also saw Yuan Shao's thoughts and asked directly: "King Zhao really doesn't want to surrender?"
"Who do you think I am, Yuan Benchu? I am the deputy leader of the Thirty-sixth Route Princes, and the King of Zhao of the Han Dynasty. Want to persuade me to surrender? Qin Hao comes in person. You, Su Lie, are not qualified."
With that said, Yuan Shao directly put his sword across his neck, looked up to the sky and shouted: "The one who conquers the world must be Qin Hao."
After saying this, Yuan Shao wiped his neck and killed himself, not forgetting to cause trouble for Qin Hao even before his death.