The people gathered to complain and requested Guan Yu be executed!
Hearing these words, Guan Yu's figure suddenly shook, and a look of shock flashed across his furious face.
Yan Liang stood up vigorously, waved his hand and said: "Let's go, follow me out to meet the people."
Then, Yan Liang glanced at Guan Yu again and said coldly: "Guan Yu, come with me to see the people of Liyang who escaped from your mouth."
Guan Yu was shocked again.
Yan Liang strode out of the tent, and Zhou Cang picked up Guan Yu and dragged him out.
After getting out of the imperial tent, Yan Liang rode his horse to the camp gate. As expected, the camp gate was full of angry people kneeling on their knees.
During the eight-month siege of the city, although Guan Yu devoured most of the people in the city, there were still hundreds of survivors who ventured across the city to escape.
However, most of the surviving people, their parents, wives, children, relatives and friends, had been eaten alive by Guan Yu and his Han army. How could these survivors not harbor hatred for Guan Yu?
Now that the Battle of Liyang is over, these people heard that Guan Yu was captured alive. Driven by the desire for revenge, they gathered in groups outside the Chu camp, hoping that the emperor of Chu would be merciful and kill Guan Yu to avenge their dead relatives.
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"Your Majesty, this man-eating beast Guan Yu has eaten all our fellow villagers in Liyang City. He is not a human being. Your Majesty, please make the decision and avenge the common people."
An elderly man knelt down and complained to Yan Liang in tears.
"The villain's father was eaten by Guan Yu. Your Majesty, please avenge the villain."
"The ten members of the Cao Min family were all eaten by Guan Yu. I beg Your Majesty to kill Guan Yu and avenge the Cao Min family."
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The people kneeling on the ground raised their heads one after another, telling their tragic grievances. They accused Guan Yu of inhumane crimes and begged Yan Liang to execute Guan Yu.
Yan Liang glanced at Guan Yu and said coldly: "Guan Yu, what do you think after listening to these people's accusations?"
Guan Yu didn't feel any guilt at all. On the contrary, the anger on his face became more and more violent.
The angry Guan Yu cursed at the people: "You traitors who have betrayed the country, how can you have the dignity to complain here? If I had known you were so shameless, I should have eaten you all without leaving any one behind."
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Everyone present, including the common people and the soldiers of the Chu army, were all shocked.
No one expected that Guan Yu not only had no regrets about his act of cannibalism, but was actually so arrogant.
"You beast, do you still have any humanity?"
"Beast. Guan Yu, you are worse than a beast!"
The shocked people became even more angry and cursed at Guan Yu.
Guan Yu had no shame. He raised his head and cursed: "You unscrupulous people, don't think that you can survive if you surrender to Yan Liang. I will tell you that sooner or later, the emperor will lead the righteous army of the Han Dynasty to fight back to Liyang. At that time, he will surely
I will root out all of you traitors."
Guan Yu's arrogance completely angered Yan Liang, and he shouted loudly: "Zhou Cang, slap him in the mouth hard until he is beaten to death. Let's see how arrogant he gets."
Zhou Cang received the order, strode forward, rolled up his sleeves, and slapped him with a big "bang" sound.
Snap——
Snap——
They slapped Guan Yu loudly one by one until his face was swollen and blood spurted out of his mouth.
Guan Yu, who was humiliated, screamed angrily at first, but Zhou Cang's dozens of slaps had already smashed his mouth, knocked out several teeth, and made his speech slurred. At this time, Guan Yu
I had to stop uttering bad words.
The people who were kneeling on the ground saw Guan Yu being beaten with a black nose and a swollen face, and they all clapped their hands and shouted in joy.
"You are really asking for trouble if you act crazy in front of me."
Yan Liang snorted coldly, turned his horse towards the people, and said loudly: "People of Liyang, I can assure you that sooner or later, I will definitely kill Guan Yu to avenge your dead relatives, but right now
Guan Yu is still useful, I don't want to kill him so cheaply."
When the common people heard that Yan Liang agreed to kill Guan Yu, they were all happy, but when they heard that Guan Yu was not killed at this time, they were more or less disappointed.
At this time, Yan Liang said again: "But don't worry, I won't kill Guan Yu today, but I can let you relieve your anger."
The people were overjoyed and thanked Yan Liang one after another, but they didn't know how Yan Liang planned to let them relieve their anger.
Yan Liang ordered a pillar to be erected in front of the camp gate and tied Guan Yu to the pillar so that he could not move.
Then, Yan Liangzhun allowed the people to line up and spit on Guan Yu as much as they had.
"Tie Yan, you have the guts to kill me, how dare you use such shameless means to humiliate me!" Guan Yu shouted angrily.
However, Yan Liang was furious. Yan Liang became even happier and did not answer his anger. He only played with the riding crop and watched Guan Yu make a fool of himself with interest.
Hundreds of people soon formed a long queue, and the old man who took the lead walked up to Guan Yu each one.
"Beast, I spit on behalf of my three sons." After the old man cursed bitterly, he spat a mouthful of thick phlegm on Guan Yu's face.
Guan Yu, who was both arrogant and majestic, was spat on by a despicable old man today. There is nothing in the world that could shame Guan Yu more than this.
"Old thief, how dare you spit on me, I'll kill you!" Guan Yu cursed incoherently, his eyes almost exploding.
The old man vomited again and then left with satisfaction.
Then, one after another, the common people came forward and spat on Guan Yu with thick phlegm. In a short time, Guan Yu's face and body were wet and disgusting.
Guan Yu was so humiliated that he was about to vomit blood, but he had no room for resistance. He could only curse with blood spurting from his mouth.
"At this point, Guan Yu doesn't even dare to commit suicide. It seems that his so-called loyalty and bravery are all in vain." Zhou Cang, who was standing beside him, sighed with disgust.
A disdainful sneer appeared at the corner of Yan Liang's mouth. Yan Liang was not surprised at all by Guan Yu's ability to "endure humiliation and bear the burden".
What Yan Liang can't figure out is that Guan Yu in history lost the Battle of Xuzhou and surrendered to Cao Cao instead of dying to be loyal to Liu Bei; he lost Jingzhou. Guan Yu was captured and did not choose to commit suicide, but he remained idle until he was beheaded by Sun Quan.
However, Cao Cao treated Guan Yu well, but because Cao Cao refused to give up the Du family to him, Guan Yu relied on Cao Cao's tolerance for him and ungratefully killed Cao Cao's generals and defected to Liu Bei's arms.
Where is Guan Yu's righteousness?
Where is the righteousness in what he has done in his life?
Why is such a person miraculously regarded as a representative of loyalty?
On the other hand, Pang De, Gao Shun and others would rather die than surrender. The true loyal generals are not as famous as Guan Yu's loyalty.
Today, Yan Liang looked at Guan Yu, who was covered in thick phlegm but still lingering. He finally figured it out. The reason why Guan Yu was regarded as a representative of loyalty must have been deliberately done by some rulers with ulterior motives in a certain dynasty and a certain generation.
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Hundreds of people finished spitting, thanked Yan Liang one by one, and then left in relief.
Finally, it was the turn of some children. The children simply ran up to Guan Yu, untied their pants together, and peeed on Guan Yu.
It was humiliating enough to be spit on all over, but now he was also peed on. This was even more humiliating to Guan Yu.
"You little bastards, get out of here, I'll kill you~" Guan Yu, whose chest was about to explode, yelled at several children.
Several children were startled. They also retracted their half-peeed urine, and subconsciously took a few steps back.
Yan Liang snorted coldly and scolded: "You, you ate someone else's father, and they just peed on you a few times, which is already considered kind enough to you, but you still dare to scare others by shouting and screaming?
You are really overbearing and unreasonable."
With that said, Yan Liang glanced at Zhou Cang.
Zhou Cang then called a few soldiers to come forward, picked up the children, and lifted them over Guan Yu's head.
Several children were emboldened by Uncle Chu Jun, and they became bolder. The children peeed out again.
This time, the children's urine no longer sprayed on his legs and feet, but directly on his head.
"Yan Zei, I, Guan Yu... can't even be a ghost... Gudu... even if I'm a ghost... ah wu... I won't let you go..."
It was okay that Guan Yu didn't scold him, but he insisted on scolding him, opened his mouth like this, and then drank a few mouthfuls of boy's urine, which made Guan Yu cough loudly.
The children finished urinating happily, bowed to Yan Liang a few times, and left with the group of common people.
At this time, Guan Yu's whole body was completely stained with thick phlegm and urine, and his whole body smelled so bad that it made him feel sick.
Yan Liang was happy enough, so he raised his whip and ordered: "Take him down first, I will deal with him slowly in the future."
The soldiers then stepped forward, pinched their noses and dragged Guan Yu away, who was covered in phlegm and urine.
Yan Liang returned to the imperial tent in high spirits, and summoned all the civil servants and generals to discuss the next strategy for attacking Yecheng.
The morale of the generals was high, and of course they all called for war generously. They suggested that the 200,000-strong army commander should drive north and attack Yecheng in one go.
Pang Tong and several other advisers suggested not to attack in a hurry.
Pang Tong's main concern was food and grass.
Nowadays, hundreds of thousands of troops have been fighting fiercely for eight months on the three fronts of Dachu. The country's grain and grass consumption has been extremely large. Although it can still support the continued war against the Han, these grains and grass cannot withstand large non-battle losses.
From Liyang to Yecheng, there are hundreds of miles of plains with no rivers for transportation, so people can only transport grain by land.
In this case, the Han army's light cavalry can easily launch attacks at any node on the long grain road, and it will be difficult for the Chu army to guard against it.
If there are any further losses in the grain and grass area at this time, the national treasury will be unable to support the grain reserves, and there are still several months until the autumn grain is released. Once there is a problem with the supply of grain and grass, the Chu army will be forced to withdraw, which will be detrimental to morale.
After hearing Pang Tong's decision, Yan Liang nodded slightly: "The Prime Minister's worry is very reasonable. Liu Bei dared to abandon Li Yang because he probably wanted to harass our army's food road. However, even if I don't launch an attack immediately, the weakness of the food road will sooner or later
He will also be caught by Liu Bei."
At this time, Pang Tong smiled and said: "Your Majesty has no worries, I have thought of a plan that can solve the threat to the grain road once and for all."
