In March, it should have been a beautiful picture of all things growing and thriving, but an extremely cruel and bloody scene was staged in Jiankang City.

On the square in Taicheng, there is a torture instrument shaped like a guillotine, the side of the guillotine is uneven, and the blade has many gaps like dogs' teeth. In this way, the suffering of the victim will be doubled.

At this time, there was a person on the torture rack who was being tortured. The man's hands and feet were tied to the wooden plank behind his back, and the executioner leaned his body under the guillotine inch by inch from his feet to his head, and the guillotine slashed down mercilessly, cutting off the man's flesh and bones.

When the person was tormented by great pain, and with terrible screams coming out of his mouth, and occasionally fainting from the pain, the executioner had to temporarily stop the torture and use some means to awaken the person so that he could suffer the greatest pain.

"Spare your life, spare your life...... I beg Your Majesty, Your Majesty still remembers the feelings of Shouyang back then......"

The person who was tortured was named Liu Shenmao, in the old years, Hou Jing was defeated by Murong Shaozong in Wuyang, Liu Shenmao led him to Shouyang, Hou Jing after the incident in Shouyang, and Liu Shenmao has been treated as a confidant, after returning to Jiankang after the defeat last year, Hou Jing also appointed Liu Shenmao as a high position.

However, Liu Shenmao conspired to rebel due to the failure of Hou Jing's western expedition and his poor situation, coupled with the instigation of the Wuzhong clan, Liu Shenmao united his army to occupy Dongyang in response to Jiangling and betrayed Hou Jing.

However, due to his own light enemy and the betrayal of his generals, Liu Shenmao was defeated by Xie Daren and other generals sent by Hou Jing not long ago, and his people were also sent to Jiankang.

Hou Jingzheng, who has now been proclaimed emperor, sat on the chariot with a gloomy expression, and after hearing Liu Shenmao's shouts and pleading, he suddenly became even more angry, stepped forward and swung his fist and smashed it on Liu Shenmao's face, and at the same time scolded: "The dog thief dares to talk about the past again!" Am I not kind to you? If it weren't for me, how could the thief be in the position of the third prince! Ungrateful and undeserving to die! ”

After beating Liu Shenmao several times, Hou Jing looked at several soldiers who were executed and said viciously: "You should be careful with the punishment, if you don't cut the thief to the chest, you will die, you will all receive this punishment!" ”

When several executioners heard this, their mood suddenly became panicked, and their subordinates did not dare to use too much force, and Liu Shenmao's severed muscles were directly exposed to the air, bouncing and squirming in a ball of blood, making him doubly painful and screaming.

Hou Jing had a cruel smile on the corner of his mouth, and he couldn't take his eyes off it until the execution was completed.

Prior to this, his general Hou Zijian led his troops to fight and defeat the Jiangling crusade army, and since then the Jiangling army has approached Jiankang without hindrance. Although the situation was so critical, Hou Jing still put down his military affairs and deliberately took a few hours to watch Liu Shenmao being cut off inch by inch, which shows how much he hates Liu Shenmao who betrayed him in his heart.

Since Baling's defeat and escape back to Jiankang, there has been an endless stream of people from all sides who have resisted and betrayed Hou Jing, and Hou Jing is naturally deeply hated and terrified. Among them, what shocked him the most was Liu Shenmao's betrayal.

After returning to Jiankang, in order to re-establish his majesty, Hou Jing followed the advice of the mastermind Wang Wei to depose and kill his father-in-law, Emperor Xiao Gang, and even set up Xiao Dong, the grandson of Xiao Tong, the prince of Zhaoming, as emperor.

Under such circumstances, Hou Jing still did not forget to confer Liu Shenmao, who was then the host of the platform, as the secretary, hoping that Liu Shenmao could be grateful for his kindness and maintain the situation in the hinterland of Sanwu for him, but Liu Shenmao betrayed Hou Jing by brazenly raising troops to betray him, which made Hou Jing's situation even worse.

In addition to the actual damage to the situation, Liu Shenmao's betrayal also caused Hou Jing to fall into a kind of madness of betrayal and separation. Although he was not Hou Jing's old department in Henan, he was the first person to lead Hou Jing to Shouyang, and it can be said that it was Liu Shenmao who opened a series of mysterious experiences and changes after the defeat of Vortex Yang for Hou Jing.

But it was such a person who actually chose to betray Hou Jing, which made Hou Jing feel a sense of fatalistic sadness and despair, and he only felt as if the whole world had abandoned him, and he could only obtain the pleasure of holding power by brutally torturing the betrayer.

The brutal murder of Liu Shenmao was naturally not conducive to reversing the current situation, and now Wang Shengbi, Chen Baxian and other Jiangling men and horses have already crossed the Qinhuai River, and built a series of fortresses and fences to the west of Stone City, forming a siege of Jiankang City.

Today's Jiankang City is already panicked, and the people are in a state of depression as when Hou Jing led the army into Jiankang in the old years.

Although he had already shown his strength, Hou Jing was still unwilling to be killed, delusionally thinking that he could still turn the tables against the wind at this last moment, so after executing the traitor, he led the more than 10,000 armor soldiers gathered in the city to leave Taicheng and set up a battle formation on the west side of Xizhou City to meet the crusade army.

At this time, Wang Seng Biao had also led the army to advance to the outside of the Zhaoti Temple in the west of the city, looking at the slightly messy chaotic army ranks, Wang Seng Bian's mind couldn't help but think of the old years when he was forced to open the camp gate and surrender to Hou Jing. Kuang Fubang's family, famous books in history, sons and daughters should be brave! ”

Just as Wang Seng was full of pride and was ready to order all the armies to attack Hou Jing's chaotic army, Chen Baxian proposed: "Now that the enemy is outnumbered, if we destroy it with a large army, the thief will have the will to fight to the death, even if the victory will be deadly." It is better to distribute all sides, each because of the shape of the victory, and then calmly annihilate the thief! ”

After getting along for a period of time, Wang Seng was also quite convinced of Chen Baxian's talent, knowing that although he did not speak lightly, he would be in the middle of things, and after a little thought, he also agreed to Chen Baxian's proposal, and ordered the people to divide the troops into one side, so that the rebellious army could not gather the elite and invite the war to the death. At the same time, Chen Baxian also personally led the people of the headquarters to move forward as a vanguard.

Hou Jing saw that the enemy formation had changed like this, and when he personally led his troops to rush towards the slightly scattered enemy formation, he saw that he was about to break through his formation, but a team of thousands of crossbowmen rushed out of the back road and shot crossbows, and for a while the arrows rained down, making Hou Jing's rear formation collapse, and he had to lead the army to retreat.

"Attack with a fine horse!"

After sending crossbowmen to intercept and disturb the rebel army, and seeing that it worked, Chen Baxian ordered the drums and horns to sound in unison, and all the elite horses of the army rushed straight towards the chaotic army.

"Don't be alarmed, move closer to me!"

As the enemy cavalry entered the battle, Hou Jing's army became more chaotic, and several attempts to restrain him were fruitless, so he led hundreds of elite cavalry around him to rush away against Chen Baxian's location, intending to destroy the enemy's command center and reverse the defeat.

Chen Baxian also held a saber at this time, and met the enemy several times, in order to buy time for the army to attack the thief formation, he fought to the death under Hou Jing's fierce offensive, and under his loud shouting orders, the army formation was as stable as a rock.

Hou Jing rushed into battle several times to no avail, but his headquarters army had already been defeated by all kinds of elite cavalry, seeing that the defeat was decided, Hou Jing had to sigh, and then led his own troops to flee back to the city.

At this time, in Jiankangtai City, the remaining people were also waiting for the battle outside the city.

In the southwest corner of Taicheng, there was a rebellious army of more than 300 people, hearing the sound of fighting outside the city, these rebellious soldiers looked worried, and there was no shortage of people looking at a tall general in the team, and asked in a low voice: "Governor Handu, can His Majesty the Emperor defeat the enemy army?" ”

The general was Han Shao, a townsman who was coerced by the chaotic army in Huainan in the old year, and when Hou Jing besieged Taicheng, he took advantage of the chaos to slash the head of the rebel army in his township, and he was seriously injured. After surviving by luck, he did not escape from Jiankang, but still joined the rebellious army, because of his bravery and righteousness, he gathered a group of soldiers to pursue his command, and when Hou Jing usurped Liang to establish the Han State and feudal vassals, this Han Shao was also awarded the title of governor.

Hearing the nervous questioning of his subordinates, Han Shao sighed: "This thief Han Kingdom is a joke, high-ranking officials and generals will rebel if they don't die, even if they can support the present, the future will not last long." Instead of worrying about the victory or defeat outside the city, we should find a place to return as soon as possible. Those kings who are in turmoil are by no means benevolent people, and after a hard fight, there will be a disturbance after entering the city, and they will not give up if they are not satisfied with their own purses......"

Han Shao has seen with his own eyes how the so-called Qinwang army looted the civilians after coming to Jiankang, and now Jiankang City has been controlled by Hou Jing for a long time, and the soldiers and people in the city can add a crime of being a thief, and those Jiangling people and horses have no psychological burden when they rob them.

When everyone heard Han Shao say this, they were all even more worried, and before they could think about what to do, suddenly there was a chaotic shout from the north of Taicheng: "The official family has returned to the city......

This shout immediately attracted all the soldiers stationed in Taicheng, and when a team passed by, the commander who led the team stopped and pointed at Han Shao and shouted: "Han Erlang, you are a brave man, do you want to make meritorious service from me?" The Han army was defeated, and the officials and thieves fled back to the city, and there was a lack of armor guards around them. ”

After hearing this, Han Shao shook his head and said: "Han Er is a talented person in the countryside, he asks himself if he doesn't have such a blessing, he just wants to live, and he doesn't dare to fight for merit, the general, please go!" ”

When the general heard this, he sneered twice, and even if he bewitched Han Shao's subordinates, naturally some people couldn't stand this temptation and joined in. Seeing that all the rebellious army teams were heading straight in the direction of Gongque, Han Shao took the rest of his troops to go against his back, along the south of Taicheng City all the way to the east, hoping to escape from Jiankang City while all sides were in turmoil.

At this time, the riots continued to expand, and a large number of Gangneung people had already rushed into Jiankang City.

Suddenly, there was a loud killing sound in the north of Taicheng, all kinds of fighting sounds and begging sounds, Han Shao and his party were trying to approach the Xuanyang Gate in the south of the city, and a group of chaotic soldiers in the rear fled in embarrassment, including many people who wanted to capture Hou Jing and seek great merit in the north.

"The thief has fled out of the city, and the enemy is entering the stage through Ximing Gate!"

Han Shao stopped to inquire for a while, and then hurriedly ordered his subordinates to speed up their pace, if they were still stranded in Taicheng, they might be slashed and killed by the enemy as a military merit, and after escaping from Chengcheng, there would be at least more room to toss and dodge, and the chance of survival was higher.

There are not a few people who hold such ideas, and when Han Shao and his party arrived at Xuanyangmen, it was already overcrowded. If it was just a rout, there would not be so much congestion in front of the city gate, but because many soldiers took advantage of the chaos to collect a lot of goods in Taicheng, it was inevitable that all kinds of fights and robberies would occur, which greatly affected the speed of escape.

"Hold the knife and gun in your hand, and don't pick up a penny!"

Han Shao was a pawn who crawled out of the pile of dead people, and he naturally knew the severity in his heart, and shouted loudly to the pawns behind him, and at the same time, he also drew his saber and slashed through the crowd, cutting out a passage for the crowded human wall, and then led the pawns through it.

Because the people of his department did not carry any goods with them, and because they held their swords, guns, weapons and staff tightly in their hands, they looked like they were not easy to mess with, and the other rebels were also cowardly and fighting, so they squeezed out of the city gate.

At this time, the south of Taicheng was also a mess, and as soon as Han Shao and the others squeezed out of the city gate, a number of armor guards rushed forward on the opposite side, shouting and asking, "Who are you waiting for?" The quick arch went out of the city from Zhao Pingyuan, and after leaving the city, there was a heavy reward! ”

Han Shao ignored this shout, and led the hundred and ten soldiers behind him to go in the direction of Qingxi.

At this time, the banks of the Qinhuai River were already in chaos, and the Jiangling people who were the first to rush into the city wandered and plundered in the city, looting the Jiankang people who fled in fright, not only looting the goods, but even the clothes on their bodies, these people ran naked along the Qinhuai River and cried, but no one took pity on them.

At this time, on the Qingxi Bridge, there was already a team of Jiangling men stationed here, and the young general led by the radiant was Wang Lin, a subordinate of the king of Xiangdong.

Seeing that his subordinates rushed onto the bridge, rushing left and right in the crowd of refugees, and constantly looting out the belongings from these refugees, Wang Lin also laughed: "These ant people have never been chaotic and have no integrity, and now that Wang Shi has entered the city, he even has the luxury of carrying stolen goods out of the city to escape!" ”

At this moment, the sound of fighting suddenly broke out in the crowd, Wang Lin took a closer look, only to find that there was actually a chaotic squad hidden in these fleeing crowds, and they were resisting the looting of his subordinates at this time.

"The thief is coming!"

Wang Lin saw that one of the tall pawns was extremely brave, brandishing his saber to block up and down, and several of his soldiers could not get close.

Han Shao saw that the enemy was coming rapidly, and he was busy blocking with the horizontal knife, and even though he felt a shock to the tiger's mouth, the war knife in his hand fell down directly, and the sharp lance blade still stabbed at his shoulder, and when his life was at stake, Han Shao used all his strength to hold the lance firmly, and he also knelt heavily on the ground because of the great impact force carried by this horse lance.

Wang Lin saw that this blow failed to kill this person, and he couldn't help but be surprised for a while, and then pulled back the horse lance but didn't pull it back, so he scolded with a smile: "The thief is really strong!" ”

"Some people are forced to obey thieves, but they have no bad karma, just to survive, I beg the general to spare their lives!"

Han Shao let go of his hands holding the lance, and the flesh and skin at the tiger's mouth were already cracked, but he couldn't care about these now, seeing that his subordinates were injured and killed one after another, he was busy kowtowing and begging.

Wang Lin waved his hand and ordered his subordinates to stop killing, and at the same time looked at Han Shao with interest and said with a smile: "I don't bother to care if you have killing karma or not." But this strength is gratifying, if it is a pity to kill, from now on with my command, you can do your best, no taboos, vast Jiankang, all hunting grounds! ”

Han Shao had no choice, and after hearing this, he bowed to the ground and said in a deep voice: "Slave name Han Shao, meet the lord." ”

(End of chapter)