Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 144

[Chapter 142]

At the beginning of May, Wei Shao’s 100,000 soldiers drove directly to Dong County, without encountering any obstacles, and entered Yanzhou.

Ding Qu confronted Wei Shao on the southern outskirts of Yan County, a hundred miles away from Dong County, and was defeated and defended the city.

He was a prisoner of war and was ordered by Wei Shao to rectify the law on the spot.

Among them were Ding Qu’s sergeants, and there were also some Qiao family sergeants.

The news reached the east county town, and everyone was in danger.

Hou Jiawanghui and others, former generals under Qiao Ping. Drunk on the night of the birthday feast, he woke up the next day, he was imprisoned, Liu Yan immediately arrived, Qiao Ci threatened Lady Ding to escape from the city, and then Qiao Yue took charge, and ordered all of them to jointly issue in the name of Qiao Ping, but never saw Qiao Ping appear.

Qiao Yue said that Qiao Ping was unconscious and could not see anyone, and Hou, Wang and others had no doubts in their hearts.

It’s just that Qiao Yue’s position is there, Liu Yan is also the orthodox Han Emperor, the honor of the Son of Heaven, when entering the city, Luan Public Opinion is majestic, and the armor and soldiers are with him, and the people along the way all kneel and pray and shout long live. Hou Jia Wanghui and the others dared to act rashly, and secretly endured until this time, secretly inquiring about the location of Qiao Ping’s detention, taking advantage of Ding’s invincibility to retreat into the city, the fortification of the canal, Wei Shao’s troops surrounded the four gates, and when the order in the city was chaotic, they secretly united with the loyal old troops, took advantage of the chaos to lurk in, killed the guards, and finally saw Qiao Ping’s face.

He was blind in both eyes and trapped in a burrow. The county duke who was supported by the military and the people in the past is now like a dragon losing water and being trapped in the shoals, and they are full of indignation, vowing to save him from his predicament and fight with Ding Qu to the death.

Qiao Ping’s eyes were poisoned and he was trapped for many days, knowing that the outside must have changed. These days, I have been anxious and have made very bad plans, but I still did not expect that things would be so bad. Raising his spirit to inquire about the situation inside and outside the city, he gradually calmed down and blocked: “Liu Yan has a deep heart, and should hate the humiliation of my Qiao family’s broken contract that year, so he deliberately took advantage of my brother’s discord to obstruct it.” I was so careless that I caused today’s great calamity. Although Ding Qu is despicable and undisciplined, he is fierce and unusual, and he is not an easy person to deal with, not to mention that he is a fox and a tiger, and he has led the military festival in the name of the Han Emperor, and he has his own personal soldiers, and he will also be on guard against the old department of my Qiao family.

Hou Jia said anxiously, “Wei Shao has already approached the city. In the battle of Riyan County a day ago, he killed all the prisoners, and there were sergeants forced to fight in the Qiao family. Ding Qu took this opportunity to hype up panic, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were all floating in the hearts of the people, fearing that the city would be slaughtered by Wei Shao, and they could only fight to the death to defend the city. If I don’t shoot again, Yanzhou will really be destroyed by Liu Yan’s hands! Qiao Ping groaned.

Liu Yan is no longer the teenager who was forced to leave Langya to be sheltered by the Qiao family because of rumors from his stepmother.

If he still has his own life today, he will also have his intentions.

In the end, Ding Qu was bound to blackmail Wei Shao with himself.

If Wei Shao did not care about his own life and death, he would definitely hurt xiao Qiao’s marital love.

But if he let it go, he would not be able to answer to his soldiers.

No matter what the result was, if it really reached that step, it would be a lose-lose situation for Wei Shao or the Qiao family.

Liu Yan was able to set up the situation to this point, hate must not be deep, and his heart must not be heavy, which really surprised him.

Qiao Ping pondered for a moment and said, “Ding Qu is a fickle person, and I have heard about it.” I have a plan that will lead him to let down his guard first, and then give him a blow, which is easier to get. ”

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Ding Qu withdrew from Yan County and entered the city, so that the news of Wei Shao’s slaughter of the city was released in the city, and the soldiers of the Qiao family were driven to hold the city.

Seeing that everyone was horrified and did not dare to relax for a moment, Fang was slightly relieved, and came down from the head of the city and ate alone.

Yanzhou is a lot of beauty.

Remembering that Zhang Pu once said that Qiao Yue had a concubine, Qi Nian Yu, he asked someone to summon the woman.

The woman came trembling and saluted him. Looking closely at the eyebrows, the raw one is somewhat similar to Emperor Su’e.

Ding Qu saw it and felt even more depressed.

On the day that luoyang city was destroyed, he took Emperor Su’e to escape in the chaos, hoping to get the treasure of Xingxun, but the woman said that she would first take him to Liu Yan, and when there was a foothold, then Xu Tu treasure.

Ding Qu was suspicious that she was prevaricating and wanting to kill, and she was afraid that she really knew the treasure, plus at that time, like a dog that had lost her family, she had no choice but to go with her to vote for Liu Yan.

Unexpectedly, Su Shi and Liu Yan saw each other as they were. The two talked secretly, and after they came out, Su Shi actually became Liu Yan’s guest of honor, and there were guards in and out.

Mo said that if he pressed her about the whereabouts of the treasure again, he wanted to see her again, and it was not easy.

Knowing that he should be tricked by her, he now has Liu Yan to rely on, but he can’t help her.

Feeling more and more depressed in his heart, his eyes showed a fierce light, he forcibly pulled the woman to be about to commit murder, overheard a series of footsteps at the door, looked up, saw that Qiao Ping was actually embraced by several old generals of the Qiao family, and was shocked, pushed the woman away, got up violently, and while drawing his sword, shouted the guards to enter.

In a few moments, a dozen or so Ding Qu’s men poured into the hall.

Qiao Ping said, “General Ding don’t be impatient. I can’t see with my eyes now, and these old men have long been stripped of their military power, and with their bare hands, how can they hurt the general in the slightest?

Ding Qufang slowly settled down and said, “How did you escape?” What is the intention?

Qiao Ping said, “I have one thing, both for my own good and for the general’s sake.” I wonder if the general can talk to me in detail?

Ding Qu pondered and motioned for his men to go out.

Qiao Ping ordered Hou Jiawanghui and others to also go out, groped for themselves, and slowly sat down, saying: “General Ding’s great calamity is coming, and he doesn’t know it yet!” Ding Qu sneered, “I’m

afraid that the county prince is in a precarious situation, and he doesn’t worry about yourself, but he even intimidates me with alarmism, which is ridiculous to the extreme!”

Qiao Ping smiled, “General Ding is brave and brave, and the world knows it.” But Wei Shao’s sergeant was the longest than attacking the city and plundering the land, and now Liu Yan injured Wei Liang, provoking hatred between the two families of Qiao and Wei, and Wei Shao’s army came with revenge, sharp and unstoppable, this Eastern County City, even if it is in line with the strength of my Qiao family, how long do you think you can hold it? Once the city is destroyed, General Ding will escape from the siege, but he is wise and afraid of being defiled again. I really feel sorry for General Ding!

Ding succumbed.

Qiao Ping sighed, “I feel sorry for General Ding, far from it. General Ding was used by Liu Yan, and he didn’t even know it?

Ding Qu said, “How do you say this?”

Qiao Ping said, “It is no secret that Liu Yan was engaged to my daughter in his early years, and then in order to relieve the Yanzhou Bingwei, my eldest brother took the initiative and married my daughter to Wei Shao instead.” Liu Yan and my Qiao family were humiliated by breaking the contract, and they were even more inseparable from Wei Shao, so they designed to harm me, imprison me, restrain my brother, and finally lead his army to cut down as he wished. Now that Yanzhou was in danger, he left and handed over the affairs of Yanzhou to the general. You weigh you when he’s a device? Non also! He had a deep heart, and he longed for the Qiao family and Wei Shao to fight to the death, so he used the general’s ability to stick to Yanzhou, creating the illusion that my Qiao family was desperate to fight against Wei Shao. The more Wei Shao resisted, the more he was enraged. In this way, on the day the city is destroyed, the situation will naturally become more and more tragic!

Ding Qu was first alert and gradually concentrated.

“Even if my Joe family ends up full of doors, it is also due to the incompetence of my two brothers, and it is self-inflicted.” General, you are different! You have the name of a hero, and everyone in the world knows it. Now to serve Liu Yan, it must also be out of loyalty to the Han Room. However, Liu Yan used the general in this way, nominally making the general Hou and handing over the power of Yanzhou to the general, but in fact he only gave the general a hot potato and wanted to trap the general in a desperate situation! Ding Qu’s

heart was shocked and he broke out in a cold sweat.

I want to have the name of a hero, but my fate is uncertain. He successively threw himself into Yuan Ochre and Xingxun, but all the encounters were not British lords, and instead of succeeding in their wishes, they were criticized by the world for frequently changing lords. Now he was forced to switch to Liu Yan, who had been looked down upon by him before.

Is Wei Shao an easy person to deal with?

Now that he was approaching the city, although he tried to gather the old part of the Qiao family to defend the city with all his might, he did not know how long he could defend it.

If the city is destroyed, even if he kills himself, as Qiao Ping said, the name of the hero will be tarnished again.

Today’s situation is really not up and down, and it is in a dilemma.

Gritting his teeth, he said, “That’s it!” What else can I do? Only fight to the death and Fight with Wei Shao!

Qiao Ping shook his head: “Don’t be discouraged, general, listen to me.” With the power of a general, it is a pity that Liu Yan was toyed with in the palm of his hand like this. I don’t want my Yanzhou soldiers and civilians to be poisoned because of Liu Yan’s treacherous schemes. It all started because of my eldest brother Joe Yue. Wei Shao’s anger was also directed at my brother. My brother, ruthless and unjust, blinded me in both eyes in order to seize my power. He and I have no brotherhood to speak of. I wanted to kill him and take the head of someone else, so as to seek solutions from Wei Shao. Wei Shao is my son-in-law, with Qiao Yue’s human head, and then my daughter turning from the side, this matter will definitely be able to pass. After the siege was lifted, I would recommend a general to Wei Shao. Wei Shao was determined to be in the world, and if he was thirsty for talent, in the name of a general and a hero, if he was willing to serve, would he have no reason not to accept it? Ding Qu was

already moved, but his face was embarrassed, and he said, “I have not only no credit for Wei Shao, but I have a deep grudge in the past.” How can he accept me now?

Qiao Ping said, “If the general goes to kill Qiao Yue, isn’t that a great achievement?”

Ding Qu was stunned, overjoyed, let go of the sword in his hand, and said, “Listen to the words of the king, I will open it!” The county prince waited a little while, I will go and kill Qiao Yue and cut off the others’ heads!

Qiao Ping said, “There is no hurry, it is not too late to kill tomorrow, I am afraid that where will he escape?” Although I could not see each other, and I had only spoken a few words with the general, I had a feeling of encountering a confidant. If the general is not disgusted, can he share a few drinks with me?

Ding Qu nodded naturally. Reorganize the banquet, and the two drink each other. During the banquet, Ding Qu talked about sex, scolded Yuan Ochre for being narrow-minded, scolded Xingxun for being cruel and stubborn, scolded Liu Yan for being a despicable villain, scolded a little person, listened to Qiao Ping’s forgiveness on the side, hated each other more and more, drank a cup of wine, and when he was drunk and his eyes were hazy, Hou Jia wang would enter, cut off the head with a knife, and did not make a half-sound, poor generation of fierce generals, so killed Dong County.

After Ding Qu was removed, King Hou Jia would immediately summon the old ministry and order Ding Qu’s soldiers to disarm. Mostly obedient, but also stubbornly resistant.

After a fight, at dawn, Liu Yan’s forces in the city were finally completely extinguished.

Hou Jia hated Zhang Pu to the bone, and took this opportunity to rush to Zhang Pu’s residence with a knife, but when he entered, he did not see anyone else, and the house was empty, not even a single domestic servant.

Entering the inner chamber, I smelled a strong smell of blood, and saw that there was a corpse on the ground, and the head had been cut off. Identifying the physical appearance of the clothing, it was Yanzhou Thorn Shi Qiaoyue.

Hou Jia was horrified, and while sending someone to inform Qiao Ping, he searched nearby, and finally caught a servant from Zhang Pu’s family and sent it to Qiao Ping.

The domestic servant trembled and knelt down: “Yesterday morning, not long after the news of Ding Qu’s defeat came, Qiao Gong sent someone to pass zhang pu, Zhang Pu did not go to see him, and it seemed that he wanted to escape, but before he went out, Qiao Gong himself came.” I saw him holding a sword in his hand, and in a fit of rage, he chased Zhang Pu into the inner chamber. In a few moments, Zhang Pu hurriedly left with a package, and I had the courage to go in, only to see that Qiao Gong had already cut off his head. When I heard that Wei Shao had attacked the city, the people in the city were in chaos, and I was afraid of being implicated, so I was afraid for a while, so I fled. What happened next, I don’t know. I am innocent, and Qiao Gong did not die at my hands!

Qiao Ping groaned.

Qiao Yueying heard the news of Wei Shao’s siege of the city and wanted to kill Zhang Pu to vent his hatred. I don’t know how the process is, but I was killed by Zhang Pu, and even the head was cut off.

Although Qiao Ping also hated his brother’s confusion, which made Yanzhou fall into such a predicament, he did not expect that he would finally die at the hands of one of his most trusted strategists, and his heart was also full of mixed feelings.

He ordered the people to collect Qiao Yue’s corpse, and then immediately dictated it, ordered the person to repair a letter, explained the causes and consequences clearly, and attached Ding Quren’s head.

Hou Jia told himself to go out of the city to see Wei Shao.

Qiao Ping waited nervously for news.

Wei Shao did not even see Hou Jia’s face, and the letter was not read, and he brought it back along with Ding Quren’s head.

Qiao Ping was anxious: “He must have thought that it was my Qiao family who saw the wind and steered again, and killed Ding Quwei to ask him for kindness again, so he insisted on not seeing him.” Or let me go out of town to meet him personally! The incident in Yanzhou this time was all caused by my negligence, and the attack on General Wei Liang was even more inseparable from me. The

crowd hurriedly stopped them, and suddenly at this moment, an urgent report came, saying that Wei Shao’s army had completely merged, and the four gates of the east, west, south, and north of the East County had been wrapped up in a water leak.

Standing on the city wall, you can already see the flag shading.

At the same time, Bi Yan also led an army from Juye, as if to prevent Wei Shao’s army from attacking the city.

The confrontation between the two sides was even in a state of imminent attack.

Qiao Ping attacked his heart in a fit of rage, vomited a mouthful of blood, shook, and fell to the ground on his back.

[End of This Chapter]