In late autumn, the weather is already very dry, and dead grass and fallen leaves are flammable, so as long as a fire starts, it can quickly form a prairie fire.

There was a large amount of hay piled up outside the cave, which was originally for easy access, but now it became a big problem for them, and a large number of people and horses were trying their best to remove the hay piled up at the entrance of the cave.

However, the fire burned very quickly, and before the hay at the entrance of the cave was cleared, the fire had already burned near the entrance of the cave, and a large number of people had to retreat into their respective caves, because all the caves were dug by hand, the area was very limited, for this reason, the inside of the cave was very crowded, and some people and horses had to stand at the entrance of the cave, and it was naturally difficult to avoid the engulfment of the flames.

In order not to be engulfed by the fire, some brave people rushed into the fire with quilts, trying to rush out of the fire in order to save a life.

However, the fire burned so violently that all those who rushed out were engulfed in the fire without exception, and lay motionless in the fire.

The fire did not stop burning, and soon it rushed into the mouth of the cave in a cold manner, and rolled the horses near the cave to the ground, and soon remained motionless.

A large amount of smoke caused by the burning was also poured into the cave, so that most of the people in the cave suffocated to death, and a small number of people covered their mouths and noses, barely escaping, but they also became weak due to inhaling too much poisonous gas.

"Chief, the brethren are preparing dry food, why is there a fire outside?" A subordinate said weakly.

Shi Guofu's face turned pale, and he said with a wry smile: "The fire is burning from all directions, does it need to be said?" We must have been discovered, it was the enemy who set the fire. After speaking, he lowered his head dejectedly.

Apparently, he is already aware. Even if they can escape the fate of being engulfed by the fire, they can no longer escape the advance of Zhuge Xiong's soldiers and horses.

"The leader means that as soon as the fire stops, the enemy will break in and capture us?" A subordinate said helplessly.

Shi Guofu nodded lightly, and said with a straight face: "That's right, we have no way to escape." Only one is dead. After speaking, he touched the saber beside him and prepared to kill himself.

Seeing this, several subordinates were silent, they were very clear in their hearts about the crimes they had committed, slaughtering nearly 10,000 unarmed people, this is a great crime that cannot be punished! If they don't choose to kill themselves, what awaits them is very likely to be five horses divided into corpses, five punishments and then beheaded.

But. At this time, Shi Guofu had already inhaled too much poisonous gas, and his fingers could barely hold the hilt of the sword, but he couldn't draw his sword, and he couldn't kill himself.

"That's it, let it be fate!" Shi Guofu gave up killing himself and fell to the ground in despair, waiting for bad luck to come.

The flames of the valley grew from small to large, and then from large to small. Zhuge Xiong and his soldiers and horses have been admiring everything in front of them from the periphery. This fire would wipe out most of the Kahu's horses, and he would only need to send a small number of them into the valley to capture the remnants.

"General, this fire has been burning for more than two hours, and all the soldiers and horses inside should have been wiped out, and when the fire is completely extinguished, we only need to enter the valley to take a look. You can return to Luoyang City to resume your life.

Zhuge Xiong said with a smile: "Since there is a cave in the valley, there will definitely be fish that have slipped through the net, and we must capture all the fish that have slipped through the net, and not a single one can be left behind." ”

"General, the open fire in the valley has been extinguished. It's possible to enter. One of the subordinates said.

Zhuge Xiong nodded and said: "Okay, you immediately lead two thousand men and horses into the valley, you must search carefully, and escort all the soldiers and horses here, and the dead will also be dragged out." ”

"Yes, General." One of his subordinates received the order and immediately led his 2,000 soldiers and horses, braving the embers and smoke, to run towards the valley.

About half an hour later, Shi Guofu and the nearly 100 remnants under his command were all escorted out, and in addition, there were more than 500 corpses.

"General, all the people and horses inside are here, the rest are scorched, and in addition, in more than a dozen caves, there are still hundreds of deniers of grain, whether to transport them together." The general asked loudly.

Zhuge Xiong nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Yes, yes, all the food in the cave will naturally be transported out, all the soldiers and horses will camp and rest, and withdraw to Luoyang City early tomorrow morning."

In order to let Hua An know about the extermination of Shi Guofu's soldiers and horses as soon as possible, he specially sent his own soldiers to send the news to Luoyang City overnight.

Early in the morning of the second day, under the order of Zhuge Xiong, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command left Shouyang Mountain and marched towards Luoyang City.

In the North Palace of Luoyang City, Hua An just got up early in the morning, and received a letter from Zhuge Xiong, for Zhuge Xiong's ability to attack Shi Guofu with fire, and the soldiers did not bloodlessly exterminate the brutal Qihu soldiers and horses, Hua An spoke highly of it, and decided to immediately issue an order, let his subordinates go to the street to post notices, and tomorrow afternoon, Shi Guofu and He Zhong and others will be beheaded together.

After receiving the order, his subordinates immediately wrote a number of notices according to Hua'an's intentions and posted them in the corresponding positions on the streets of Luoyang City.

As soon as the proclamation was posted, it immediately aroused a strong reaction, and some patriots were very angry at He Zhong's act of luring the Hu people into the palace, so they naturally applauded, and those people whose relatives were killed were even more eager to skin and cramp Shi Guofu.

The beheading of He Zhong and his group did not cause much disagreement, but the beheading of Shi Guofu and his soldiers and horses caused a large number of people to be dissatisfied, and they all felt that Shi Guofu and his soldiers and horses had committed unspeakable crimes, and it was really difficult for the people to be angry just by beheading, especially those whose relatives were killed, and they demanded that Shi Guofu and others be punished heavily.

Many disgruntled people immediately gathered, and they generally shouted and went to the gate of the government to petition, and a large number of people gathered outside the gates of the county government, the Yabei Palace, and the imperial palace.

Of course, the people outside the North Palace are the largest, because Hua'an is responsible for handling this case, so the people know that coming to the North Palace to make trouble is naturally the best effect.

Their voices were very high, and some literati even wrote the demands of these ordinary people on them. Let the common people hold these papers and shout slogans while holding them high.

The occurrence of such a large-scale people's petition incident in the city naturally attracted the attention of all parties at the first time, and Hua'an was thinking about how to go on a northern expedition in the palace, so he learned about this incident from the mouth of his confidants.

Seeing that the people felt that Shi Guofu and the others were too cheap, a smile appeared on the corner of Hua An's mouth. The common people have been extremely resentful of these soldiers and horses, and the fuse of this incident is that Shi Guofu indulged his subordinates and slaughtered nearly 10,000 unarmed people, which caused strong resentment among the people.

Of course, in addition to this, there is another one, that is, during the reign of Zhao in the Central Plains, too many sins were committed, and Zhao was only in existence for more than ten years. The hatred of the common people for the soldiers and horses of Zhao did not dissipate with the demise of Zhao State, but has been accumulated in the depths of their hearts, and once they awakened, they were out of control.

"Your Majesty, the people's grievances are difficult to settle, it is better to divide the bodies of Shi Guofu and the others into five horses, and then chop them up and feed them to the dogs." Wang San said softly.

Hua An sighed, and said: "The resentment of the common people is extremely deep, even if the five horses are divided. I am afraid that I will not be able to calm the anger in the hearts of the people. ”

"What does the king mean by what to do with Shi Guofu and his soldiers and horses?" Wang San asked.

Hua An smiled at the corner of his mouth and said softly: "It's all tied to the pillar." After two hours, it is still on the street, let the people watch it themselves! ”

This is naturally the Ling Chi of the later generations, but at this time, there are no executioners who have passed the technical test. For this reason, it is impossible to cut the flesh for a few days without people dying, all, just cut it for two hours, and calm the anger of the common people. Then hand it over to the people to vent themselves, so that the people can vent well, and the grievances in their hearts can naturally be calmed.

"What kind of punishment is this, Your Majesty?" Wang San naturally had never heard of such a punishment, and hurriedly asked.

Hua An smiled and said softly: "Just call it to cut the meat, come here, reissue the announcement, and tell the people what this king means?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The henchmen beside him heard the order and immediately began to prepare a new notice.

After giving the order, Hua An walked to the gate of the palace, and stood on the head of the city and looked out, only to see a large number of people crowded outside the gate, nearly 10,000 people, blocking all the roads in front of the palace gate.

"The people's grievances are so great, it seems that the people's hearts are available!" Hua An sighed softly.

Soon, Hua'an's reissued notice was completed, and two were first posted outside the gate of the North Palace for the people to see as soon as possible.

Seeing a notice posted in front of the gate of the North Palace, a large number of people immediately came to watch it, and some literati immediately read it aloud, so that the illiterate people in the vicinity could understand what it said.

When they heard that Shi Guofu and others were going to be executed to cut their flesh, all the people rejoiced, this is the result they wanted, the pain of cutting meat is very clear to everyone, only let this group of people die painfully, the resentment in their hearts can be slightly eased, and the proclamation is very clear, after two hours, they will be at the disposal of the people, which makes the people even more satisfied, many people whose families were slaughtered, even more thought about torturing Shi Guofu and others, and also cut their flesh to eat raw, in order to relieve the hatred in their hearts.

After receiving a new answer, the satisfied people gradually dispersed, and some of the common people knelt down in front of the door of the North Palace before leaving, saluted Hua'an, and then slowly left.

Although, these people's excesses have the intention of persecuting themselves, and their concessions are a little weak, but this is entirely because the people are too resentful, so even if they have persecution, Hua'an does not blame it in the slightest, but feels that this is a sign of strong people's customs, these people are all usable talents, after all, they did not make unreasonable demands, nor did they make trouble, everything was carried out in an orderly manner.

In the evening of the same day, Zhuge Xiong and his soldiers and horses arrived in Luoyang City, 100,000 soldiers divided into two routes, stationed in two open spaces outside the north gate of Luoyang City, and Zhuge Xiong and thousands of soldiers and horses under his command escorted the captured Shi Guofu under the command of more than 100 people and horses to Luoyang City.

At this time, Shi Guofu and more than 100 people under his command were a little relieved, in order to prevent these people from biting their tongues and committing suicide, Zhuge Xiong issued an order to let the soldiers under his command stuff cotton in the mouths of these people, so that they could not bite their tongues and commit suicide.

After entering Luoyang City, Zhuge Xiong asked his men to take good care of these captives, and then rushed to the North Palace to report to Hua'an about the various situations encountered in Shouyang Mountain.

Hua An did not feel the slightest distress about the loss of nearly half of the Wuyi battalion, after all, the Wuyi battalion was not his henchmen, and no matter how much he lost, there would be no damage to his interests.

Hua'an was even thinking, since the Wuyi battalion had lost nearly 2,000 soldiers and horses, why not immediately compress the establishment and compress the six battalions of Wuyi into three battalions, so that it was a reorganized army, and the general of the Chinese army in the imperial court had retired and gone back to retire, for this reason, Hua'an felt that Chu Jian could be promoted to be the general of the Chinese army, responsible for commanding the three thousand soldiers of the Wuyi battalion, and the owner of the first battalion of Wuyi, who was responsible for defending the harem, was served by Chu Jian's pro-soldier Zheng Gu Shi, so it could be regarded as giving preferential treatment to the two of them.

Of course, since the soldiers and horses of the Wuyi battalion have been reduced by half, it is naturally not suitable to garrison the east gate, so Hua'an immediately transferred his henchmen and horses to guard the east gate, so it is logical to hold all the four gates of Luoyang City in his hands.

Early the next morning, the officers in charge of the execution arrived in the streets, numbering in the thousands, and were mainly responsible for maintaining order in the streets and preventing chaos during the execution.

In order to catch a glimpse of the mass execution, Hua An, dressed in civilian clothes and under the protection of many guards, sat down on the third floor of a restaurant on the street, which had been taken over by Hua An.

At this time, there was still an hour before the execution, and Hua An was sipping tea while talking about the Northern Expedition to Yan with his henchmen and subordinates.

As the minutes passed, more and more people watched on the streets, and soon all the surroundings were crowded.

It didn't take long for a large number of prisoners to be brought up, and there were thousands of prisoners, but the execution site was large enough that even thousands could accommodate it.

"Your Majesty, the time for execution has come." One of his subordinates reminded softly.

Hua An nodded, got up slowly, and walked to the window, looking outside.

At this time, on the high platform of the execution, there were hundreds of people kneeling at the same time, and the leader of them was He Zhong, who did not hesitate to lure the Hu soldiers and horses into the palace in order to oppose him