Yan Liang looked at Gaoshang Palace, then at the body tied behind his back on the column, with a hint of speculation flashing in his eyes.
Zhou Cang realized the king's intention and quickly reported the truth about how Gao Shanggong had killed his father and how he had made arrogant words and claimed that he would rebel against Chu in the future.
"Patricide." Yan Liang also showed a trace of surprise, "I should really look at you with admiration. It's not easy. I didn't expect you, a Goguryeo brat, to even kill your father. I admire you.
I admire it."
Gao Shanggong, who was lying on the ground, was in severe pain and ashamed. He groaned and didn't know how to respond.
Yan Liang prided himself on being cruel enough. He had killed countless people and tortured countless others in his life, but he couldn't do such a thing as killing his father.
Not to mention Yan Liang, even the princes of the Central Plains have never heard of anyone being able to do it.
Yan Liang never thought that the Goguryeo man in front of him could actually do it.
Yan Liang saw through Gao Shanggong's thoughts and his insidiousness, but he did not realize that he could lose his humanity to such an extent.
"Hang him up for me." Yan Liang shouted.
The left and right hurriedly moved to hang the bloody Gao Shanggong in the main hall.
Gao Shanggong was hung up by his hands, his body was stretched, and the blood flowed from the arrow wound on his back. He was in extreme pain.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I know I was wrong. I know I was wrong. Please have mercy on me." Gao Shanggong Baba grunted like a dog and begged Yan Liang for mercy.
"Spare your life?" Yan Liang said coldly: "Don't you plan to take advantage of me and betray me after my restoration? You are such a heroic and capable person, why do you need to beg me for mercy?"
"Your Majesty, I... I..." Gao Shanggong was so ashamed and frightened that he squeaked incoherently.
Yan Liang sat on the restored throne and said sternly: "Here comes someone. Strip this kid naked for me."
Several soldiers stepped forward and quickly stripped Gao Shanggong naked.
"Use a whip dipped in water to whip me, hard, until I die." Yan Liang ordered.
Zhou Cang received the order and took the whip with his own hands, which was wet with water, and whipped it hard on Gao Shanggong's body with a "snap" sound.
"Ah~~ah~~" Zhou Shanggong screamed in pain.
Zhou Cang's strength was so great. With each stroke of the wet whip, a deep whip mark appeared on Gao Shanggong's body. After more than ten whips, the skin and flesh were torn and bloody.
Yan Liang just sat there, enjoying the pleasure of being whipped by Gao Shanggong.
"Your Majesty, have mercy on me, Your Majesty, please have mercy on me~~" Gao Shanggong cried and screamed. There was a large pool of blood under his body, and his cries became weaker and weaker.
After more than a hundred lashes, Gao Shanggong was beaten until there was no intact skin on his body, and his whole body had turned into a bloody man. Finally, he no longer begged for mercy.
Zhou Cang stopped his whip, stepped forward to check, and said with cupped hands, "Your Majesty, this boy has expired."
Only then was Yan Liang satisfied, waving his hand and saying: "Throw his body into the mountains to get rid of the dogs, and then tell the world what he did by killing his father. I want everyone in the world to know that the noble king of their Goguryeo people is
What a bastard."
"No!" Zhou Cang responded and ordered the soldiers to untie Gao Shanggong's body and drag them out together with Gao Yanyou's body.
Yan Liang sat high on the throne, looking down at the blood-stained hall, with a joy of conquest surging between his brows.
Goguryeo, that country that historically posed a great threat to the Central Plains dynasty and could not be destroyed even by Li Shimin, the Heavenly Khan, is now finally lying at the feet of me, Yan Liang.
Looking at the world, all the barbarians surrounding Da Chu have been wiped out, except for the Japanese.
Looking at the past and present, which generation of emperors can achieve such great achievements.
At this time, Yan Liang felt as if he was standing in the clouds, looking down at the long river of history, and laughing like a hero.
"Your Majesty, now that the pills are gone and the Gao family is dead, what shall we do with the Goguryeo people next?" Xu Shu asked.
"How to deal with it?" Yan Liang snorted coldly, "The Xianbei people were sent to build the Grand Canal. What happened to the Goguryeo people? Do you still need to ask?"
Xu Shu smiled slightly and said nothing more. He already knew that their great emperor no longer intended to give the Goguryeo people a way to survive.
The pills were all broken, the Gao family was almost killed by Liu Bei, the father and son Gao Yanyou and Gao Shanggong also died, and the Gao family, which had ruled Goguryeo for hundreds of years, fell.
Once the Gao clan was wiped out, the Goguryeo people were immediately leaderless and fell into chaos.
Yan Liang then sent troops to conquer all the counties and counties that had not yet been conquered, and brought the entire Goguryeo Kingdom into the territory of Chu.
Immediately afterwards, Yan Liang ordered that all mountain cities such as Wandu and Goguryeo be demolished and moved to the plains at the foot of the mountain.
Later, Yan Liang issued an order to merge the original Goguryeo Kingdom, the four Liaodong counties of Yanzhou, and the entire Korean Peninsula into one state, named Liaozhou, with Xiangping as the seat of the state.
This Liaozhou was the second new state established by Yan Liang after Yinzhou.
Yan Liang's purpose of establishing the new Liaozhou was naturally to strengthen his rule over the east, slowly digest the newly acquired Goguryeo territory, and eventually incorporate it into the territory of Dachu.
As for those Goguryeo people, Yan Liang would certainly not allow them to survive. Yan Liang issued a decree and sent all these Goguryeo people to build roads.
Yan Liang wanted to build a galloping road starting from Ji County of Youzhou in the south and Wandu City in the east, stretching for thousands of miles, to strengthen the connection between Liaozhou and the Central Plains, so that if something happened, the Central Plains army could quickly move to Liaozhou.
In addition to building roads, Yan Liang also built several harbor cities along the Lelang River in preparation for the future attack on Japanese islands. These tens of thousands of Goguryeo people naturally became the best coolies.
After the Goguryeo people were destroyed, the vacated cities and fields naturally needed a large number of Chu people to fill them. Yan Liangsui announced that the immigration policy of Yinzhou would be implemented in Liaozhou as well.
In Goguryeo, there were originally many Han people from Liaodong. In order to avoid the war, their families moved to Goguryeo. Now, these Han people have naturally become the basis for running Liaozhou.
Although Liaozhou is also a newly expanded state, it is not comparable to Yinzhou. Its land is rich in products and fertile land. Throughout history, many foreign races have relied on the land of Liaozhou to invade the Central Plains and annihilate China.
Even in modern times, the Japanese relied on the fertile land of Liaozhou to invade the Central Plains wildly southward.
Therefore, Yan Liang wants to completely digest this Liaozhou into a border state of Chu, and will never allow any foreign race to take root here and become a threat to Chu in the future.
At the same time that Yan Liang established Liaozhou, he also passed down a decree, ordering the coastal states to build large-scale warships, and announced that he would come in the near future to conquer the Japanese islands.
Great powers are domineering, and in the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy or trick is useless.
Dachu is an absolutely powerful country. Yan Liang wants to tell the Japanese that I will come soon and destroy you. Even if you are prepared in advance, what can you do?
When Yan Liang captured Wandu and made great achievements, Liu Bei was still on the way to escape in a hurry.
Wandu fell and all his troops were lost. At this time, Liu Bei only had one adviser, Tian Yu, and less than two hundred soldiers.
It is not an exaggeration to describe Liu Bei today as a lost dog.
After more than ten days of violent attacks, Liu Bei finally fled to Woju City in the east of Goguryeo. This city faces the sea to the east and faces the Japanese island across the sea. It is a small city at the easternmost end of Goguryeo.
This small town was also the starting point for Liu Bei's mission to Japan and to contact Zhang Fei. Sun Qian's several envoys also crossed the sea eastward from here.
When Liu Bei fled to Woju City, he was lucky enough to meet up with Sun Qian, collect the troops brought by Sun Qian, and manage to gather more than 500 people.
At this time, the scouts kept coming to report that the Chu army's cavalry was marching day and night, constantly following Woju. It only took two days at most to reach here.
"There is a sea in the east and pursuers in the west. There is no way to go. Is it true that God is going to kill me, Liu Bei?" Liu Bei, who stood on the top of the city and was blown by the sea breeze, looked up to the sky and shouted, looking sad and angry.
Tian Yu and others followed the crowd, and all of them were extremely sad, with all the anxiety and despair written on their faces.
In the silence, Sun Qian stepped forward, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, there is no end to the road. I believe that Your Majesty has not yet reached the end of the road."
Liu Bei's eyes lit up, a trace of light flashed across his face of grief and anger, and he looked at Sun Qian hurriedly.
"Did your Majesty forget that General Yide is still on the Japanese island? Why don't your Majesty follow his ministers across the sea to the Japanese country to join General Yide?" Sun Qian offered his clever plan.
Liu Bei's figure suddenly shook, and his eyes were filled with light.
Tian Yu also cheered up and said hurriedly: "What Gongyou said is absolutely true. Although Yide was defeated in Lelang, at least there is still a Japanese island as a foundation. In time, he will be able to recover. If your Majesty goes to join General Yide, there will be The sea separates us, so the thief will not be able to pursue him."
The two remaining ministers proposed to flee the Japanese country eastward and join Zhang Fei. Hope surged in Liu Bei's eyes and his spirit suddenly became excited.
After being excited for a moment, Liu Bei said with concern: "Although Yide expressed his willingness to return to me, he has always been suspicious of me and refused to come to my service in person. Now that I have gone to seek refuge in despair, I am afraid that he will Repeat the mistakes of Emperor Xian."
Liu Bei was afraid, and Zhang Fei was wary of him, so he would put him under house arrest and turn him into a puppet just like Han Xian Emperor Liu Xie did.
When Liu Bei thought of Liu Xie's tragic experience, his heart went crazy. He certainly didn't want to live a painful life of being on tenterhooks and looking at people's faces all day long.
Sun Qian also fell silent, not knowing what to say for a moment.
But at this time, Tian Yu smiled and said: "Your Majesty is overly worried. Although General Yide has suspicions with Your Majesty, he is only a warrior after all, not a traitor like Cao Cao. As long as Your Majesty shows enough sincerity, he will definitely be able to defeat you." It has influenced him and made him relax his vigilance. Your Majesty will slowly erode his power and seize his troops. If given time, you are afraid that you will not be able to control the Japanese island."
Liu Bei's words cheered up, and a sinister smile quietly flashed across his gloomy face.