Chapter seven hundred and ninety-six destroying Qin is imminent
ps: It’s the end of the month, Captain is asking everyone for a guaranteed monthly ticket, thank you
"Emperor Chu, please spare my life. I was deceived by Cao Pi to go against your majesty. Now that I know my mistake, I am willing to lead the Qiang people to submit to your majesty. Please spare my life."
Cheriji was so frightened that he could no longer hold on to his so-called dignity, so he bowed his head to Yan Liang and begged to surrender on the spot.
Yan Liang snorted coldly: "You have killed so many of my Chu soldiers and civilians, and you want to just admit your mistake and get away with it. You are really stupid. I tell you, from the time you invaded my Chu army, you and your Hulu subordinates
, it’s already doomed.”
"Your Majesty, have mercy on me, Your Majesty, please have mercy on me~~" Cheriji was frightened and kowtowed desperately for mercy.
Yan Liang couldn't help but look at him, and just waved his hand coldly.
"Go to hell, you dog!" Zhou Cang yelled, picked up Cheriji with his own hands, and dragged him outside the tent like a dead dog.
As a result, Yang Fu and Cheliji were executed one after another.
Yang Fu was lucky and was only beheaded, but Cheliji was cut into pieces by five horses and died a tragic death.
Yan Liang executed these two men and beheaded nearly 30,000 Qiang prisoners. On the same day, he asked Wen Chou to raise troops and led 20,000 infantry and cavalry to attack the Qiang settlement.
At the same time, Yan Liang rested for two days in Poqiang City, and then personally led an army of 80,000 men, turned back north in a mighty manner, and rushed to Guzang City to kill.
When Yan Liang took advantage of the power of the Qiang army and marched northward, a careful Qin cavalryman sent the shocking bad news to Guzang City on Pegasus.
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Guzang City, Royal Palace.
In the imperial study, Cao Pi was composing poems in a leisurely and contented manner.
What was placed on the table were no longer precious books and silks, but bamboo papers smuggled by Cao Pi from the territory of Chu.
Queen Guo Huan was by his side, serving tea and water from time to time.
Cao Pi was swiping his ink and composing a poem. He put his hands on his chest and admired his masterpiece with great interest.
"Your Majesty's poem is really graceful and unparalleled. It can be regarded as the best in the world." Guo Huan couldn't help but admired.
Cao Pi looked proud, but asked: "How does my poem compare to Zizhi?"
The Zhi Zhi whom Cao Pi ordered was the same Cao Zhi who was abandoned by him and died at the hands of the Han Emperor.
His younger brother has been extremely talented since he was a child. He is very talented in literature, and even Cao Cao admires him very much. In terms of talent and learning, Cao Pi has always been unable to hold his head high in front of his younger brother.
"Your Majesty's poem is far better than Zizhi's." Guo Huan praised without hesitation.
The pride on Cao Pi's face became more and more intense. He picked up the wet ink and looked like he couldn't put it down. He looked so confident, as if Cao Pi had firmly believed that his poetic talent had indeed surpassed that of his dead brother.
"If Zizhi were here, he would be willing to bow down to me." Cao Pi held his masterpiece in his hands, his face full of confidence and pride.
Guo Huan smiled again and said: "Your Majesty is not only a poet, but also a military strategist unparalleled in the world. In the future, he will surpass the late emperor and lead the Qin soldiers to conquer the world. It will be no problem."
Listening to his wife's compliments, Cao Pi became more and more proud, and couldn't help but burst into laughter. He smiled so confidently and proudly.
At this moment, an attendant outside the palace hurried in and announced that Taiwei Wu Zhi had something urgent to do and asked to see him outside.
"Call him in." Cao Pi still kept his eyes on his masterpiece.
A moment later, Wu Zhi hurried in with a heavy look on his face, but Cao Pi did not see it.
"Your Majesty, we have urgent military information sent to Xiping County." Wu Zhi said in a deep voice.
Cao Pi only nodded slightly, "Did the Qiang people's iron chariot soldiers defeat the Yan bandits again?"
Yang Fu had previously sent a message back to Cao Pi, claiming that Cheriji's chariot soldiers were extremely powerful and that Yan Liang had been defeated in consecutive battles and had nothing to do.
At that time, Cao Pi was completely relaxed and had no doubts about the fighting power of the Qiang soldiers. Now that he heard that there was an urgent report from Xiping County, he naturally thought that the Qiang army would win a great victory.
But Wu Zhi said silently in a hoarse voice: "A few days ago, Yan Liang planned to defeat the Qiang army and killed 70,000 Qiang soldiers. The Qiang king Cheliji was killed, and Yang Fu was also... killed by Yan Liang."
In the main hall, there was deathly silence for an instant.
The masterpiece that Cao Pi was holding fell from his hand and fell to the ground.
Guo Huan beside him was also shaken, and the tea cup she was holding in her hand almost fell out.
"What did you say? Say it again!" Cao Pi suddenly raised his head and shouted at Wu Zhi in shock.
Wu Zhi was startled, so he had to calm down and silently recounted in a sad tone how Yan Liang dug a hole to set up an ambush and captured all 70,000 Qiang railway chariot soldiers.
When Wu Zhi finished speaking, Cao Pi was frozen there. In this midsummer, he felt extremely cold, and his fragile heart felt as if it was about to be broken by ice.
"How is this possible? How is this possible? Yan Thief can even defeat the iron chariot soldiers. Is he still a human?" Cao Pi was so frightened that he put his head in his hands and muttered to himself, which was already a bit incoherent.
"Your Majesty, calm down." Guo Huan's beautiful eyebrows darkened and she tried to come forward to persuade her.
Cao Pi, however, lost control of his emotions. He waved his hand fiercely and pushed Guo Huan away who came to help her.
This push failed, and the tea cup in Guo Huan's hand spilled, and the tea splashed all over Cao Pi, and his masterpiece on the ground was also splashed wet.
"Bitch, even you dare to offend me!" Cao Pi, who lost control of his emotions, was so angry that he reached out and slapped him.
Snap!
With a crisp sound, Guo Huan screamed "Ah", and her delicate body was thrown to the ground, with a red palm print on her face.
In front of the case, Wu Zhi was dumbfounded. He was so frightened that he did not dare to take a breath and quickly lowered his head.
Guo Huan fell in shock and fear. She had been deeply loved since she married Cao Pi. Cao Pi regarded her as a treasure and was afraid of words even if she was in his mouth. Not to mention taking action, he didn't even say a harsh word.
Pass.
Now, Cao Pi actually slapped her cruelly in front of the foreign ministers. How could this not make her extremely shocked and embarrassed?
"Your Majesty~~" Guo Huan snorted aggrievedly, her delicate body lying on the ground trembling, tears streaming down her face.
After Cao Pi slapped him, he seemed to have come back to his senses, and his angry mood gradually calmed down.
He looked at Wu Zhi who was hanging his head and trembling, then at his queen who was crying on the ground, and then at the stained poems and poems on the ground. He felt as if he was exhausted and fell down on the dragon throne.
There was panic and deathly silence in the palace.
The sound of footsteps broke the silence, and the attendant came in again and presented a wooden box, claiming that Yan Liang had sent someone to deliver it to Guzang.
Cao Pi was shocked again, gritted his teeth secretly, and shouted: "Bring it to me."
The attendant brought the wooden box forward and placed it on the table.
Cao Pi stood up and slowly opened the wooden box. In the box, the bloody face gradually appeared in front of Cao Pi's eyes.
Although Cao Pi had already been mentally prepared, when he saw the bloody face clearly, he couldn't help but tremble all over, and endless fear flashed in his eyes.
That head was none other than Yang Fu's.
Cao Pi was so frightened that he fell down onto the dragon throne after he had just straightened up.
Guo Huan got up from the ground and moved up cautiously. When she saw Yang Fu's head, she couldn't help but scream, and her face turned pale with fright.
There is no doubt that this bloody head was a gift given to them by Yan Liang to warn and intimidate them. If they continue to resist, they will end up like Yang Fu.
In the imperial palace, the aura of terror spread like a plague, and everyone fell into endless fear.
When Cao Pi was frightened and helpless, Yan Liang was commanding the army and marched towards Guzang City in a mighty manner.
The Xiqiang army had been destroyed, and the Qin army only had 10,000 men left to fight. At this time, nothing could stop Yan Liang's advance.
Within a few days, Yan Liang's army defeated Cangsong and other Wuwei cities. The army marched straight in and reached the gate of Guzang City.
In order to prevent Cao Pi from escaping to the west, Yan Liang sent Zhao Yun, Deng Ai and Jiang Wei to lead the Chu army's light cavalry when the army was advancing, bypassing Guzang City and attacking Xianmei City in the northwest.
Once Xianmei City was destroyed, it was equivalent to cutting off the connection between Wuwei and the counties in western Liangzhou. Cao Pi's hope of abandoning Guzang City and escaping to Dunhuang counties was dashed.
Cao Pi did not expect that Yan Liang would use his troops so quickly. Before he could make a decision, the road to Dunhuang had been cut off.
With no way to retreat, Cao Pi could only huddle all his troops and horses in Guzang City, trying to defend the city.
In the summer of that year, Yan Liang's 70,000-strong army completed the siege of Guzang City.
The siege of the city was over, and Yan Liang was not in a hurry to attack. Instead, he fired letters into the city to induce surrender, urged the rear, and ordered a large number of city-breaking artillery to be sent to Guzang City.
The city-breaking cannon is huge, so it is not easy to transport it across a large desolate land to the Guzang front line, and it will take some time.
Yan Liang was not in a hurry. Anyway, Cao Pi had become the turtle in the urn. Yan Liang could just drink some wine and wait for his weapon to destroy the city to arrive.
Yan Liang was leisurely, but Cao Pi was trapped, but life was extremely difficult.
Liangzhou was originally a barren land. Although Guzang City was the capital, there was not much food and grass in it. Now that tens of thousands of mouths were pouring in, Cao Pi's food burden could be imagined.
Now that the situation is over, the city is filled with despair, people are in panic, and the morale of the army is extremely low.
Although Yan Liang did not attack the city for a long time, Cao Pi was already anxious and was suffering like an ant on a hot pot all day long.
Cao Pi knew that there was nothing he could do to save his life, and he also thought about surrendering to Kaicheng and becoming a subjugated king.
But every time, when Cao Pi made up his mind to surrender, he unconsciously thought of the tragic fate of Sun Quan, Liu Cong, Liu Zhang, and those princes who surrendered to Yan Liang.
Cao Pi knew very well that as cruel as Yan Liang, even if he surrendered, he would never give himself a way out.
I'm afraid that Cao Pi's fate will be even more tragic than that of Sun Quan and others.
In this way, Cao Pi lingered on, worrying about whether to surrender or not, hoping to survive one more day.
On this day, Cao Pi's breathing finally came to an end.
On a gloomy morning, Cao Pi received urgent news that he didn't want to face:
Eighty thousand Chu troops have gathered outside the city, and 400 cannons are aiming at Guzang City. The Chu army's final attack is about to begin.
