By the time the Liugui Kingdom's army plundered all the way to Liyang, the bowls were already full. At this time, the leader of the Liugui Kingdom had already made plans to retreat and return north.

Lu Xuan was still very good at observing people, so he sent someone to tell the army of Liugui Kingdom that there were many silks and beauties in Liyang City. This trick was very effective, and the leader of Liugui Kingdom immediately ordered a fierce attack on Liyang.

The Wu army in Liyang City looked at the appearance of Liugui Kingdom's army, and felt a little fearful in their hearts.

Most of the army of Liugui Kingdom are tall and strong warriors with great strength. In order to plunder the population and wealth, they attack Liyang City day and night.

The army of Liugui Kingdom still climbed the city wall after being hit by several arrows. Even after half of their heads were knocked off, they still held on to the ladder and rushed to the city gate even though their bodies were on fire.

Although the Wu army defending the city had used up all the oil, firewood, bricks and stones in the city, Liyang City still fell in less than ten days.

The fallen city of Liyang became a hell on earth.

There were murdered people everywhere, and most of the soldiers from the Ghost Kingdom were holding a rope in their hands. At the other end of the rope were boys and girls with their arms tied behind their backs.

In addition to the gold and silver treasures, all the boxes, cabinets, pots and pans in the city that could be loaded into cars were taken away by the army of the Ghost Kingdom.

Many Yu soldiers couldn't stand it anymore and asked Lu Xuan to order to stop the Liugui people.

Lu Xuan, however, was timid and fearful, thinking that if the Liugui people had robbed too much, they would be satisfied, and they would return north when the time came. If they were not satisfied, he would encourage them to cross the river.

Although the leader of the Liugui Kingdom was an illiterate person who had never read the Art of War, he was not stupid. He did not follow the route across the river south designed by the kings and ministers of the Yu Kingdom.

The army of Liugui Kingdom drove tens of thousands of boys and girls north along the seashore with hundreds of carts of property. Lu Xuan followed them with ten thousand horses and sent them out of the country.

Wu Zhenchang was preparing to return to Xinli with his army, but deserters came to report the fall of Liyang.

Wu Zhenchang discussed with his left and right officers and decided to go east to Linzi to reorganize his troops and horses before making a big plan.

Many soldiers escaped secretly along the way. Wu Zhenchang also heard that officials in many cities had surrendered to Zhong Zhiming, so he began to punish the so-called traitors.

When passing by Juye, someone told him that this was Ling Yun's lair, and it was Juye who secretly helped Ling Yun. Wu Zhenchang immediately ordered Juye to be severely punished!

Juye was severely punished, but what happened to the people in Juye City was unforeseen disasters and another hell on earth.

As Wu Zhenchang entered the city, he looked at the scene in front of him and suddenly remembered what he said in private school when he was a boy. At that time, he said that he wanted to be a sage in the world and save the people of the world.

But now, it was he who led a group of civilians to plunder and slaughter other people. The young man who claimed to be a sage has now become the leader of the devil.

Wu Zhenchang slapped his head with both hands, trying his best to tell himself that what he was doing was a just thing, so that from now on, he would have to be extremely drunk every night before he could fall asleep, but he would always be awakened in his dreams.

Children were crying, the people who had been hacked were wailing, blood was flowing on the ground, and Wu Zhenchang fainted again.

When he woke up, he was already in the military tent.

A few months ago, he was a hero of Daliang and a close confidant of the emperor. He annihilated thousands of cavalrymen of Yu State in one fell swoop. At that time, he was full of energy and commanded the country, as if Sun Wu was reincarnated.

He also remembered that after he occupied Xinli City, he followed Cao Cao's example and drank wine on the Yellow River and composed poems across the river. The moonlight that night was extremely bright.

There was also Zhang Pingnan who was killed by him a few days ago. Every time he thought of Zhang Pingnan, Wu Zhenchang felt extremely complicated. In fact, he had always wanted to be like Zhang Pingnan, or to surpass Zhang Pingnan. Wu Zhenchang

He is eager for quick success and quick profit, and he will do anything to achieve his ambition in order to get ahead, but Zhang Pingnan still lives a better life than him despite being neither tepid nor humble nor overbearing.

When he was a child, his family was not as well off as Zhang Pingnan, so Zhang Pingnan always supported him. In order to prove his sense of existence, Wu Zhenchang always belittled Zhang Pingnan in front of others, and had to say that his knowledge and talents were superior to Zhang Pingnan's. Zhang Pingnan always smiled and gave him

Others said that Wu Zhenchang was much better than him. As a result, everyone respected Zhang Pingnan even more.

Zhang Pingnan still had a smile on his face until he was killed by Wu Zhenchang: "Master Wu is a powerful figure, how could he harm me, an ant?"

Even people around Wu Zhenchang pleaded for Zhang Pingnan: "Wu Dashuai! Mr. Zhang is a truly good man, you can't kill him!"

"Master Zhang has never offended Marshal Wu or the soldiers since he came to our army. Even if he is guilty, he will not die!"

"Marshal Wu, please remember that Mr. Zhang has saved our lives in the past and please spare his life!"

The more everyone begged for mercy, the more frightened and angry Wu Zhenchang became. The reason why he insisted on killing Zhang Pingnan was that Zhang Pingnan was a truly good person, so that Wu Zhenchang's despicableness was completely exposed.

Jealousy is the most destructive thing. Because of jealousy, people can retaliate and hurt their loved ones.

As the saying goes, fighting for rice nourishes benefactors, raising rice for raising enemies!

Wu Zhenchang first had the idea of ​​competing for the world after a few great victories, and he also dreamed of dominating the world.

Later, Ma Wenchang's entire army was annihilated, which gave him away from this idea, and he instead wanted to occupy one side of the Huaihe River.

Now that there is no hope of going south, his foundation is not strong, he looks like everyone is a traitor, and the people in these cities are other people's, not his.

Since the world no longer belongs to him, if he can't get it himself, and he won't let others take it, he will destroy it along the way.

Juye was just the beginning. From Juye to Linzi, the soldiers initially looted a lot of property and felt no guilt about killing people.

Later, the soldiers discovered that they were sometimes the target of being killed, and their lord didn't know what to do with them, as if he had no other goal than killing people.

Fear and pessimism began to spread, and some of Wu Zhenchang's loyal subordinates were killed one after another by him while drunk.

Finally, on a bright night, the soldiers tied up Wu Zhenchang.

"How dare you betray me? I knew you would betray me a long time ago! It's a pity that I was so benevolent! I will continue to suffer the consequences!" Wu Zhenchang was not afraid, but roared hysterically.

This is a gambler who is losing his sights. Everyone is just his bet. He is just not willing to lose what he once had!

The soldiers had had enough, swarmed in and stabbed Wu Zhenchang to death, then fell apart and fled overnight.

They just want to end it all and escape back to their former home.

Wu Zhenchang died, but his sins were not over yet.

The defeated soldiers either gathered into bandits, or continued to loot the county towns and villages in the name of Wu Zhenchang. For a time, Huaibei was surrounded by smoke and there were cries in every house.

He Wuji and Wang Tiezhu, who fled back to Suiyang, reorganized the remnant army, leaving only more than 30,000 people. They reinforced the city wall and demolished the houses outside the city, but they did not know that Wu Zhenchang was dead.

Jinling got the news quickly, as scouts had already reported Wu Zhenchang's death to Pharmacist Zhu.

Zhu Yaoshi was overjoyed. Originally, Wang Tiezhu and He Wuji were defeated and retreated to Jinling. People were panicking, but Wu Zhenchang was defeated on his own.

There was a grand celebration in Jinling City, and everyone in the court

Everyone also looked happy, but Jia Yuanen was the only one who looked miserable.

Pharmacist Zhu felt that Jia Yuanen was a bit disgraceful, so he asked, "Does Captain Jia feel sorry for Wu Zhenchang, a traitor?"

"I miss my brother Zhang Pingnan! Now that the Wu thieves are defeated, everyone is happy, but Zhang Pingnan's family is the only one who is sad! I can't bear it!" After saying this, he burst into tears and burst into tears.

Pharmacist Zhu was also speechless, and then sighed: "I am guilty, and I am sorry for Mr. Zhang! Have you ever found out the whereabouts of Mr. Zhang's body?"

No one answered, and there was silence in the court. Everyone started crying along with Jia Yuanen.

Fortunately, some Wu soldiers respected Zhang Pingnan as a man and risked their lives to bury him.

After Zhu Yaoshi conveyed the order, someone sent Zhang Pingnan's body back to Jinling.

The Southern Kingdom collected the remains of its loyal ministers, and the Northern Dynasty captured Liyang and rewarded them for their merits.

After Lu Xuan returned to Heren City, he was naturally generously rewarded by Pajaqili, but Lu Xuan refused.

Master Lu praised his nephew in the court, and all the other ministers also praised him.

Lu Xuan finally expressed his worries: "I am guilty of death. The army of the Liugui Kingdom has robbed tens of thousands of our population and looted countless villages. I am afraid that the Liugui Kingdom will be greedy enough in the future and will go south!"

Old Master Lu glared at Lu Xuan, who lowered his head.

Hu Gao stroked his beard: "The only solution for now is to strengthen the Great Wall from Fan Yang to the seaside!"

Old Master Lu expressed his opposition and gave a lot of reasons. In fact, there was only one real reason. Conscripting civilian husbands would hinder the autumn harvest of the Lu family and some officials.

Pajaqili also couldn't laugh or cry. He hated this Great Wall so much when he was in the grassland, but now he has to rely on it to defend against enemies further north. What a trick of fate.

"The Great Wall must be strengthened, and our country may have to move!" Pajaqili felt that Herencheng was isolated outside the Great Wall, and now faced with potential opponents like the Liugui Kingdom, he really felt insecure.

But most of the ministers in the court would rather spend money and send people to strengthen the Great Wall than move the capital.

Because most people's properties are now in Heren City, once the capital is moved, the prosperity will no longer exist and a lot of wealth will be lost.

Faced with the potential threat from the Flowing Ghost Kingdom, everyone put forward a unanimous opinion - to expand the army!

The current land and population of Yu State are actually very small, and there are actually not enough soldiers to expand the army.

In order to solve the problem of soldier resources, everyone decided to form a new alliance with the Green Flag Khanate and recruit troops from the Green Flag Khanate to defend the Ghost Kingdom.

"The Green Banner Khanate and our Great Yu Kingdom share the same origin. In the past, we were at odds with each other due to misunderstandings. Now we can send our important ministers with generous gifts to reconcile them again!"

"The Green Banner Khanate was defeated by Tuyuhun in Huangshui. Now it also needs repairs and allies. It is the right time to rebuild the alliance between the two countries!"

In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that the so-called important minister is Hu Gao. After all, he once served as an envoy to the Green Banner Khanate.

Hu Gao had no choice but to accept the order again and went to the Green Banner Khanate as an envoy.

When Hu Gao arrived at the Green Banner Khanate, he found that it was completely different from a few years ago.

Since the defeat of Huangshui, the fall of Gaochang and the loss of Guanzhong, the Green Banner Khanate has been in shadow. No one in the country dares to mention the use of troops.

Despite Hu Gao's lobbying with treasures for more than ten days, the monarchs and ministers of the Green Banner Khanate refused to agree to form another alliance.

This trip as an envoy was in vain. Hu Gao, who returned home to resume his duties, was criticized by the officials.

Fortunately, Pajaqili still tried his best to protect Hu Gao, but Hu Gao was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted in the main hall.
Chapter completed!