Chapter 583: Miserable
The process and outcome of this war were unprecedentedly tragic for the people of Chu.
The place where the Wei army passed was like a purgatory on earth.
In the north, every city that the Wei army came to burn and loot, the grain, gold, silver, jewelry, silk and silk were almost looted, and the young and beautiful women were taken away and ruined countless times.
Fortunately, this enemy army was blocked outside Yanzhao City, otherwise, the entire land of Chu would have to become purgatory.
Subsequently, the two armies entered a stalemate stage, and no one could help the other, and after killing the red eye, they could only fight each other.
In the south, compared with the Wei army in the north, the military discipline seems to be extremely strict, and even if the city is broken, the people of Chu are not hurt much.
But what is also frightening is that this army is like a murderer.
When the gates were breached, the fears imagined by the people did not come.
However, just when they were rejoicing in their hearts, the Wei army began to arrest people everywhere.
As long as it is a literati and a Confucian scholar, none of them will be left behind, and all of them will be found out.
Subsequently, these Wei troops, who seemed to be innocent of Qiu, began to massacre in front of all the people of Chu State!
Slaughter these Confucians!
The people still want to just watch them kill.
But what about the Confucians?
They are truly in the slaughter field, facing the danger of being killed at any time, and they are always worried about whether they will be the next to die under the butcher knives of these murderous demons.
Even if they don't die, the blood of their compatriots will be sprinkled on them, drenched in their blood.
Whether it is the literati or the people watching from the audience begging for mercy, these devils turn a blind eye.
All of a sudden, the smell of blood and feces and urine permeated the literati.
Why did they kill the literati and Confucian scholars of the Chu State?
Naturally, it is to destroy the culture that their Chu State is proud of.
This is the only conclusion that the surviving literati can draw.
After killing the literati, the next target of the Wei army was the rich families.
For the rich, although they also kill, the main purpose seems to be to rob.
Kill the rich, rob them of their wealth and the ladies of their families, and expel others.
As for these female dependents, the results are naturally not much better.
Wei Jun's strict discipline does not mean that they will not spoil women, but they just attack the designated women, and this is what makes Wen An and Zheng Linchu helpless.
Finally, there are the nobles.
Every time they passed through a city, the Wei army was like this.
Moreover, although the final goal of the Wei army was clear, it was always unexpected when it specifically attacked the city.
It was as if the city in the south, which was on the Wei army's marching route, could be attacked by them.
As a result, the rich families, scholars and scholars in the city lived in trembling every day, for fear that the Wei army would call, and they would hide and flee, and they would never dare to stay in the city again.
But when the Wei army arrived, they realized that it was useless to flee and hide.
When they can't find the scholars and merchants, they will cut the people down.
As a result, the people in the back city not only did not dare to help them hide anymore, but in order to save their lives, they did everything possible to prevent them from escaping.
Therefore, the premise that the people at the bottom do not have to worry is that they must be obedient.
There are also the top 10 money banks.
Aren't the top 10 money houses the richest in the city? Why aren't they worried?
Naturally, because behind them stood the top ten families.
And the ten families control half of Wuping City.
As long as they are robbed, the forces of Wuping City will be dispatched, and the Wei army will be able to throw rat traps.
Since they could not escape, but the ten major banks were extremely safe, the rich men deposited all the money they had in these banks, and then pretended to be poor.
For these, the top ten money banks are also gladly accepted, except for the hard currency of gold and silver, the others are taken away at a very low price.
However, when they thought they would make a lot of money, they found that they were still thinking too simply.
This Wei army actually used the silver ticket he copied to exchange for silver!
As a result, although they were not robbed in the end, the treasury silver was almost emptied, which made people want to cry without tears!
After that, no wealthy bank dared to accept the gold and silver treasures of these rich people.
Because they found that as long as they didn't make small moves, they wouldn't be emptied of the treasury silver, but heavy bleeding was inevitable.
This Wei army knew in their hearts that as long as they grasped this degree, they would not anger the ten families behind the Qian Zhuang.
After the Wei army marched all the way, it finally encountered strong resistance, that is, the 350,000 troops sent by the court of Chu.
It's just that although these Chu troops are numerous, they are still not their opponents.
And it seems that there is no determination to defend the city to the death.
As a result, although the Chu army did not lose much of its strength, it was still defeated by the Wei army.
Even if the imperial court finally transferred nearly 50,000 troops to the Northwest Army, they were still invincible to the brave and fearless Wei army, and finally let the other party kill and rob all the way until they surrounded Chudu.
And on the eve of the hunting team in Wuping City that surrendered to the Great Chu royal family, the Chu Emperor received a letter of persuasion from the Wei State.
It turned out that the capable people of the Wei State had already assembled on the border of Chu and Wei, and they could kill the Chu State at any time.
It's a great time!
Obviously, their Chu State was hiding the spies of the Wei State, and revealed the hole card of Wuping City in the hands of the Chu Emperor to the Wei State, causing the other party to know their situation well.
In this way, his hole cards are completely voided.
Not only that, but the Northwest Army, which had fought and retreated, also retreated outside the Chu capital.
Mu Liangdao hoped to enter the city and defend the capital, so that the imperial court would have more time to gather reinforcements.
But how dare Emperor Chu let his hundreds of thousands of troops enter the city!
I am afraid that the city will be defended by then, but the capital city has changed owners.
Emperor Chu originally looked forward to the arrival of reinforcements from Wuping City, so that the Northwest Army and reinforcements could flank the Wei army before and after, and directly eliminate the hundreds of thousands of Wei troops.
But the hateful spy made him endure the humiliation for a long time, and the original foolproof plan was completely ruined.
But he can't surrender either!
In the end, the Chu Emperor chose to ask for peace.
And Wei also readily agreed to negotiate peace.
He only asked the state of Chu to compensate five million taels of gold and fifty million taels of silver.
Although he didn't want to agree, after determining that the capable people of Wei were really gathered at the border, Emperor Chu had to endure the humiliation and promise compensation.
In fact, what Emperor Chu didn't know was that even if there were no spies, Wei also took this situation into account.
When his plan succeeds and tries to destroy the Wei army, Tuoba Qiong will also threaten with it.
As Wen An said, just in case, the Wei army arranged a group of capable people early on, and after the two armies set off, they also drove to the border.
In the end, with the raising of the treasury, the royal family, the courtiers, the family, and even the public and private, powerful and wealthy people in the city, they finally paid off the huge indemnity.
After getting enough silver, the two armies that entered Great Chu left Chu with the vast spoils of war.
Seeing the safe evacuation of his own army, the capable people of the Wei State left in a dashing manner under the trembling of the Chu people.