Three Kingdoms: Wolong's brother-in-law, tricking Liu Bei into seizing Jingzhou

Liu Bei knew clearly that the reason why the Han powerful people responded in this way was not only because of their anger towards the southern barbarians, but more for their own interests.

Although Nanzhong has been pacified now, Liu Bei will never allow these powerful families to continue to secede.

What he wants is absolute control over Nanzhong.

Therefore, at Xiao Fang's suggestion, Liu Bei appointed Wei Yan as the governor of Nanzhong and left 30,000 Han soldiers to guard the place.

This move was intended to ensure that Nanzhong was firmly under the command of the Han Dynasty court and to prevent the powerful families from establishing their own territories again.

At this time, although Liu Bei's army had captured Gucheng, he did not return to the court.

Although the big families in Nanzhong had a certain amount of strength, none of them dared to compete with Liu Bei and could only watch Liu Bei make his plans in Nanzhong.

Half a month later, Liu Bei completed the layout of the seven southern counties and immediately ordered his troops to return north.

After many days of long journey, one afternoon, Liu Bei led his victorious army and arrived in Chengdu in a mighty manner.

The civil and military officials who stayed in Chengdu had already received the news and went out of the city to welcome him.

They lined up on both sides of the road, looking solemn and respectful.

The scholars and common people of Chengdu came out of the city in droves, lining the streets to welcome Liu Bei's victorious return.

"Long live the emperor——"

"Long live the emperor——"

The people of Chengdu shouted in unison, their voices were deafening and resounded through the sky.

The people of Shu, once the people of Qin, have now completely submitted to the Emperor of Han.

At the end of the team entering the city, a prison van slowly moved forward.

In the prison cart was Meng Huo, whose hand had been cut off.

He was locked in a small prison car, like a trapped wild beast, for the soldiers and civilians along the way to watch.

The soldiers and civilians along the street were all filled with righteous indignation. Their eyes were wide open and they cursed Meng Huo angrily.

The curses came like a surging tide, one wave after another, as if to completely drown Meng Huo.

As they cursed, they picked up stones from the roadside and threw them at Meng Huo.

Meng Huo was covered in blood, his clothes were stained with filth, he was completely filthy, and he exuded a disgusting stench.

He lowered his head, his eyes full of despair and regret.

Once upon a time, Meng Huo also had unrealistic ambitions and dreamed of breaking into Chengdu, ruling the Shu people, and becoming the master of this land.

He led the barbarian soldiers to burn, kill, loot and commit all kinds of atrocities in the southern region.

And now, he has finally arrived in Chengdu, but the result is completely opposite to what he had originally imagined.

I came here as a prisoner, despised and insulted by everyone.
Meng Huo had a bitter face and silently endured the abuse and humiliation from the crowd.

His heart was filled with regret, regretting that he should not have been so arrogant and greedy and had to go against Liu Bei.

If I hadn't been so stubborn, how could I have ended up in this situation today?
Just as Meng Huo was immersed in deep regret, a deafening cheer suddenly came from beside him.

The voice was like thunder, pulling him out of his thoughts.

The shouts grew louder and louder, as if they were going to overturn the entire sky.

At this moment, several burly Han soldiers rushed over and grabbed him out of the prison car without saying a word.

Meng Huo struggled desperately, waving his hands in the air and kicking his feet hard.

But all this is to no avail.

His strength was as insignificant as an ant trying to shake a tree in front of these Han soldiers.

Soon, his body was tied to a makeshift platform in front of the city gate.

Below the platform is a wide square.

At this time, the place was already crowded with people, filled with the people of Chengdu.

When they heard that Meng Huo was going to be executed here today, they rushed here from all directions, wanting to witness the end of this evil villain with their own eyes.

At this time, Meng Huo had been stripped naked and tied tightly to a wooden frame.

Next to the wooden frame, a tall executioner was concentrating on sharpening the knife in his hand.

The knife flashed coldly in the sunlight, like the scythe of the god of death.

Meng Huo looked at the sharp knife and finally understood in his heart that the final moment had arrived.

He was about to die. He gave up the idea of ​​living in despair, and only hoped that the executioner would give him a quick death and let him end this painful torture as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, Liu Bei had already ordered that Meng Huo be executed by lingchi.

This means that Meng Huo would be cut with a knife hundreds of times before being beheaded.

"let's start."

The executioner shouted at the top of his voice, and his voice echoed in the square.

Upon hearing this, the executioner raised the knife in his hand high and walked towards Meng Huo step by step.

Seeing this, the Shu people in front of the stage raised their arms and shouted, their voices filled with hatred.

At the suggestion of his adviser Xiao Fang, Liu Bei decided to sentence Meng Huo to death by slicing.

One reason was to win the hearts of the people of Shu and make them feel that the court valued them.

Secondly, it was also to intimidate the powerful families in Nanzhong so that they would not dare to rebel again.

Liu Bei's order undoubtedly won the hearts of the people of Shu.

The scene before us is the best proof.

Finally, the execution began.

The executioner raised the knife in his hand and slowly approached Meng Huo.

He began to make gestures on Meng Huo's body.

Meng Huo was so frightened that his heart was broken before the knife even fell on him.

His face was distorted beyond recognition by fear, his eyes were wide open and filled with despair.

"Kill me, kill me~~"

Meng Huo had a sad face and begged for mercy from the executioner.

He wished the executioner would have some mercy and let him suffer less.

The executioner grabbed Meng Huo's ear and cursed him viciously:
"You want to die, savage dog? Dream on!"

Meng Huo's last hope was completely shattered.

Besides sadness, his heart was filled with endless regret.

He regretted that he should not have gone against Liu Bei.

After regretting it, Meng Huo raised his head and wanted to beg for mercy again.

But at this moment, the executioner raised his knife and cut off Meng Huo's nose.

Meng Huo let out a shrill howl like a pig being slaughtered.

Then, his nose was lifted up high and shown to the people of Shu in the audience.

There was a sudden cheer.

The people of Shu shouted excitedly, as if they wanted to vent all the long-suppressed hatred.

Blood gushed out like a fountain, dyeing Meng Huo's body red.

He was in great pain, his body twitched violently, and his howling became more shrill.

In the following time, the executioner cut one by one...

After hundreds of slashes, Meng Huo's body was riddled with holes and he didn't even have the strength to scream, but he was not dead yet.

On a high platform, Liu Bei sat there leisurely, holding a glass of fine wine in his hand, watching the execution with great interest.

He could imagine how miserable Meng Huo would look at this moment.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei became very excited and drank glass of wine after glass.

The cheers reached a climax, and Liu Bei knew that the lingchi was over and Meng Huo had been beheaded.

"Prime Minister, we have finally pacified the Nanman!"

"From today on, the world will be unified!"

Liu Bei raised his wine glass and looked at Xiao Fang beside him with a smile.

Upon hearing this, all the ministers raised their glasses and laughed. (End of this chapter)