Guan Yu was captured alive, and all the more than 10,000 Han troops who broke out were killed by the Chu army.
After cleaning up this group of escapees, Yan Liang returned to the south and went straight to Liyang.
In the eighth month of the siege, at the end of spring, the battle flag of Chu was finally planted on the top of Liyang City.
At this time, the most important town on the north bank of the Yellow River had completely turned into a hellish city. The entire city had been razed to the ground, and there were only less than a few dozen survivors left in the city.
After Yan Liang captured Liyang, he immediately ordered Wen Chou to lead 20,000 infantry and cavalry to go north first and capture Dangyin City, which was thirty miles away.
Yan Liang then ordered the three armies to rest temporarily in Liyang for a few days, and then marched north to Yecheng.
At the same time, Yan Liang divided more than 10,000 troops and marched westward from Liyang, but captured Hanoi County to the west to eliminate the threat from his left wing.
Hanoi County, Wen County.
The most splendid palace in the county town was already in a state of chaos.
The servants and maids in the mansion were running around inside and outside, carrying large and small bags of luggage outside the mansion and onto the carriages.
In the lobby, a young and beautiful woman was calmly directing the servants to work.
That beautiful woman is Sima Yi's first wife, named Zhang Chunhua.
"Mom, where are we going?" Next to him, his son Sima Shi, who was less than ten years old, asked, and next to Sima Shi was the even younger Sima Zhao.
Zhang Chunhua smiled and said: "Master, mother wants to take you to Jinyang to meet your father."
When they heard that they could see their father, Sima Yi, the two children, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao, were very happy and laughed with joy.
At this time, a person walked in outside the door of the mansion, it was Sima Yi's brother Sima Lang.
Sima Lang was originally an official in Yecheng. Zhang Chunhua, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao also lived in Yecheng. However, before Sima Yi left the town in Jinyang, in the name of ancestor worship, he got Liu Bei's permission and asked Sima Lang and Sima Lang to take him with him.
His wife and daughter also went to Wen County.
"Is uncle's house ready? We have to set off on the road tonight." Zhang Chunhua asked.
Sima Lang said: "As soon as I received the news about you, my brother and sister, I immediately asked my family to prepare. I am just a little curious, why did our Sima family move to Jinyang with our family?"
Zhang Chunhua sighed. "This is what Zhongda said before he left. He said that as soon as Liyang fell, the Chu army would definitely divide its troops and throw them in. Naturally, our family would immediately move to Jinyang to avoid disaster."
Hearing this explanation, Sima Lang nodded slightly, his doubts relieved.
After a moment of silence, Sima Lang asked doubtfully: "But even if we have to move to avoid disaster, we should move to Yecheng. Why do we have to move to Jinyang?"
Zhang Chunhua glanced around and lowered his voice and said: "Zhongda said that if Liyang is lost, Yecheng will be in a dangerous place. How can we, the Sima clan, be in danger?
Sima Lang's expression was shocked, as if he suddenly realized something.
"Brothers and sisters, could it be that when Zhongda asked for orders to go out to seize Jinyang, he already expected that Liyang would not be defended?" Sima Lang asked in surprise.
Zhang Chunhua sighed: "Zhongda is just guessing. Everything he does is to make our Sima family invincible."
"I understand. Then I'll go and let the people in the government prepare, and we'll leave Wen County tonight." Sima Lang's doubts were relieved and he said goodbye.
Seeing Sima Lang leaving and seeing the rush in the house, Zhang Chunhua secretly gritted his teeth: "My Sima family has been in Hanoi for many years, but now we are forced to leave our hometown. All of this is thanks to the thief Yan, Yan Liang, Yan Liang
, Hateful..."
Hanoi is close to Liyang. The Sima family was able to learn the news of Liyang's fall as soon as possible.
At this time, a group of scouts also rushed north from Anyang, heading towards Yecheng with the bad news that Liyang had fallen and Guan Yu had been captured.
In Yecheng, the lanterns are hung high.
In the palace, the spring scenery is shining.
After a low roar, the clouds in the palace cleared and the rain stopped, and then the gasps of men and women could be heard.
"Queen, your amorous feelings in bed are still the same as before. I can't stand it anymore." Liu Bei, who was lying on his back, said with a smile.
Liu, who was leaning next to Liu Bei and naked, smiled charmingly and said shyly: "Your Majesty's majesty is still as strong as before. This concubine is about to fly into the sky because of your Majesty's torment."
Being praised by Mrs. Liu that he was still heroic, Liu Bei suddenly felt proud and laughed proudly.
Just when he was happy, His Highness's eunuch came to report that Prime Minister Zhuge Liang had urgent matters and was seeking an audience outside the palace.
Upon hearing that Zhuge Liang came to see him, Liu Bei, who was in high spirits, suddenly felt a little disappointed.
"Prime Minister Zhuge, he comes to disturb my leisure time at night." Liu Bei muttered and complained, then said displeasedly: "Let Prime Minister wait in the outer hall first, I will go to see him later."
Liu Bei was intimate with Mr. Liu for a while, and then he reluctantly got up from the couch, left this gentle home, dressed up again, and slowly walked into the outer hall.
In the hall, Zhuge Liang was shaking his feather fan, with a slightly solemn look on his seemingly calm face.
As soon as he saw Liu Bei coming, Zhuge Liang hurriedly stepped forward to perform the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers.
Liu Bei waved his hand and motioned for Zhuge Liang to lie down. After sitting down, he said: "Prime Minister, why are you so anxious to see me this late at night?"
"Your Majesty, I have just received news that Liyang City has been captured." Zhuge Liang replied in a low voice.
Liu Bei's body shook slightly, his brows darkened, but he was not too shocked. He seemed to have been prepared for Li Yang's fall.
After a moment of silence, Liu Bei asked silently: "What about Yun Changxian now?"
"Alas~~" Zhuge Liang sighed, "Yun Chang abandoned the city and broke out, but was ambushed by the Chu army. Now he has been captured alive by Yan Liang."
"What!" Liu Bei, who was originally calm, suddenly jumped up from the dragon throne.
Anger and disappointment began to gather on Liu Bei's gray face, and his originally radiant face quickly became distorted.
"Yun Chang, why don't you live and die with Liyang City? How could you let that Yan thief be captured alive!" Liu Bei gritted his teeth in resentment.
Guan Yu was a hussar general of the Han Dynasty. If the news that he was captured alive by the enemy spread, it would have an immeasurable impact on the people and morale of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Bei originally thought that with Guan Yu's strong and arrogant character, he would not endure the humiliation of being captured. As long as he fought until the last moment of desperation, even if he did not die in battle, he would commit suicide to fulfill his wisdom.
And if Guan Yu died in battle, if he committed suicide and martyred his country, Liu Bei could use Guan Yu's loyalty and unyielding spirit to inspire his soldiers to serve their country.
Liu Bei had calculated everything, but he never expected that in the end, Guan Yu, who valued his dignity as much as his life, would be captured alive by Yan Liang.
Shame, this is a great shame to the Han Dynasty!
"Yun Chang is unparalleled in his loyalty and righteousness. I didn't expect that he would be captured alive by the enemy. This is really beyond my expectation." Zhuge Liang also fanned the flames from the side.
Liu Bei became more and more angry and said: "I should have known a long time ago that all his loyalty is fake. If he was really loyal to me, he would not have surrendered to Cao Cao when Xuzhou was defeated. I am blind.
You are blind."
Liu Bei felt regretful and angry at the same time, blaming himself and complaining constantly.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. It's a foregone conclusion that Yun Chang will be captured. All we can do now is to seize the time to build Yecheng's defense line and prepare to meet Yan Thief's next attack." Zhuge Liang advised.
Only then did Liu Bei come out of his endless complaints, and his expression gradually became determined.
Taking a deep breath, Liu Bei slapped the table fiercely and said bitterly: "Tie Yan, if you have the guts, come on. This time, I will definitely let you taste what it's like to be defeated in the city!"
Hundreds of miles away, Liyang.
Although Liyang City had been captured, the entire city had turned into a dead city with a stinking odor and many bones. Although the city was in ruins, Yan Liang did not enter the city and was still resting in the camp outside the city.
In the imperial tent, Yan Liang sat high up, and the generals on both sides gathered together, and the atmosphere was solemn.
"Bring me Guan Yu," Yan Liang shouted.
After a while, the curtain was lifted, and several fierce warriors escorted Guan Yu in, who had been struggling endlessly.
As soon as he saw Yan Liang, Guan Yu's already red face turned red to the point of almost exploding, and endless indignation flashed like fire in his eyes.
"My defeated general didn't kneel down when he saw me!" Yan Liang shouted angrily.
Guan Yu took a sip and said disdainfully: "Who do you think you are? You are worthy of me, Guan Yu, kneeling down on you. You are really making people laugh."
Yan Liang frowned and winked at Zhou Cang.
Zhou Cang understood this and stepped forward angrily, walked behind Guan Yu and kicked him in the calf.
Guan Yu bent his knees and knelt down involuntarily.
It didn't matter that he knelt down. Guan Yu was instantly filled with shame and anger, as if he had been subjected to the greatest humiliation in his life, and he immediately struggled to stand up again.
As soon as Guan Yu stood up, Zhou Cang immediately kicked Guan Yu again, causing him to kneel down again.
In this way, Guan Yu kept standing up, and was kicked down by Zhou Cang again and again, until his legs were in excruciating pain, almost to the point of losing consciousness, and he could no longer struggle.
"Tie Yan, kill me if you have the guts to humiliate people in this way. How can you be considered a hero?" Guan Yu, who was ashamed, angry and in pain, yelled angrily at Yan Liang.
Yan Liang sneered: "You have scolded me for being cruel and despicable for more than ten years, and now you want to beg for death, and you want me to be a hero. It's a bad idea for you. I tell you, I am a tyrant, and I just want to use cruelty."
They will torture you so hard that you can neither survive nor die."
"Yan thief, you~~" Guan Yu was angry and ashamed, choked by Yan Liang's "arrogant" words and speechless.
At this moment, the pro-military troops outside the tent came to report that they were hundreds of surviving people from Liyang City who were kneeling outside the military camp, begging Yan Liang for mercy.
"The people kneel down?" Yan Liang wondered, "What do the people ask me for?"
"Your Majesty, the people are crying out for injustice and begging your Majesty to issue an order to put Guan Yu, this man-eating beast, to death."
