The Qi imperial court and the three major sects naturally felt that this group of people had gone too far. For them, who were about to surrender, what was the status of a Gao Pin now? He was someone who could decide their life and death with a single word. Here, a Gao Pin's words were more useful than the Jin imperial court and the Cloud Weapon Sect. It could be said that a Gao Pin represented the Jin imperial court and the Cloud Weapon Sect. Asking a Gao Pin to collect corpses and worship them? What kind of joke was that?
Therefore, a Qi imperial court official who was in charge of the surrender came out to reprimand them. As a result, he caused trouble and was killed on the spot by the angry soldiers.
The people of the Qi three major sects wanted to stop them at first, but they realized that the soldiers around them were not in a good mood. If they were to forcefully stop them, it might cause a mutiny among the 600,000 soldiers. They quickly retreated and did not dare to intervene. They could only watch as the few imperial court officials were killed by the soldiers.
Because of this, Gao Pin was shocked. When he heard the cries of the 600,000 soldiers, he knew that they were in danger. They were a bunch of dry firewood that could be ignited by a single spark.
Wasn't it just collecting corpses and worshiping them? It was better than another batch of Jin soldiers dying in battle, right? Upon hearing the news, Gao Pin immediately agreed and hurried over.
At this time, the corpses that were hacked to death and stabbed to death were still under the General Selection Platform. No one dared to move, and no one dared to reprimand them for fear of triggering the sensitive nerves of this group of mourning soldiers.
At this time, the sorrowful Gao Pin looked at Huyan Wuhen's corpse and felt sorry for it.
On the battlefield, everyone had their own masters. But no matter what, Huyan Wuhen was an opponent worthy of his respect. Or rather, an opponent worthy of his reverence.
Before this battle, he had never won against Huyan Wuhen. He had always been suppressed and beaten by Huyan Wuhen. There were a few times when he was almost captured alive and lost his life.
He did not even dare to fight Huyan Wuhen head-on, because he knew that he was no match for Huyan Wuhen. He had been defeated in every battle. This time, it could be said that after gaining the upper hand, he had tortured Huyan Wuhen to death.
As an opponent who had fought for many years, he more or less understood his opponent.
He was afraid that such a situation would occur after the battle. He was afraid that Huyan Wuhen's pride would make him do something stupid. He was afraid that because of this, the 600,000 soldiers would not be able to surrender. He wanted to stabilize Huyan Wuhen. Therefore, he urgently submitted a memorial to the imperial court. As long as Huyan Wuhen was willing to surrender, he would still be allowed the position of Great General.
The Imperial Court of the Great Jin State wasn't stupid either. As long as Huyan Wuhen surrendered, the Qi State would lose its backbone. This would be beneficial for the Qi State in the future.
It's easy to get a thousand soldiers, but it's hard to get a good general. Getting Huyan Wuhen would be of great benefit to the future expedition to the East.
The Jin Nation imperial court immediately agreed to Gao Pin's request.
In the end, the position of general did not manage to hold him back. He would rather die than surrender!
Fortunately, before he died, he ordered the 600,000 soldiers to surrender.
After a few tears, Gao Pin stood up. Facing the mourning Qi soldiers, he drew his sword and pointed it at the sky, shouting loudly, "Give them a grand funeral!"
"General …"
Immediately, a wave of sobbing could be heard from below. One of them knelt down, and then more and more of them knelt down. In the end, all the soldiers of the Qi army were on their knees, and the sound of sobbing could be heard again.
Finally, he accepted the fact of surrender.
After stabilizing the situation, the first thing Gao Pin did was to disperse the 600,000 surrendered soldiers. He must not let them gather together again. If this group of surrendered soldiers was used by someone with ulterior motives, the consequences would be unthinkable.
After everything was arranged properly, the surrender ceremony began. Haozhen led the court officials out of the city and surrendered to Gao Pin, who represented the Jin Nation imperial court.
Haozhen led the court officials and knelt before Gao Pin, holding Qi State's divine artifact, the Calming Pearl, with both hands to show his sincerity!
When he did this and said this, Haozhen's heart was bleeding.
Gao Pin announced loudly that he represented Jin State and was willing to accept Qi State's surrender!
The more ridiculous scene was that the surrendered soldiers of the Qi imperial court did not dare to express their nostalgia for Huyan Wuhen. Instead, it was the Jin military officials led by Gao Pin who collectively wore mourning clothes to mourn for Huyan Wuhen.
After the surrender ceremony and entering the city, Gao Pin entered the Qi Imperial Palace. A general ran over and whispered into Gao Pin's ear, "Commander-in-chief, the people from the Black Water Platform have appeared. They want to take Qi State's empress and the prince away. They have Chief Tao's order. I'm afraid we can't stop them."
"Huh?" Gao Pin turned around, slightly puzzled.
The general reminded him, "The empress is from the Shao family. She's the biological sister of Imperial College's Governor Shao."
"Oh!" Gao Pin, who had been lost in thought, reacted. He knew this.
Sir Shao was not someone to be trifled with. Back then, because he did not have his own power in the imperial court, he was bullied by the court officials. Now, in the blink of an eye, he was on good terms with the entire imperial court. Back then, no one took the Imperial College seriously. Now, everyone seemed to have their balls pinched by that Sir Shao.
Even he, Gao Pin, did not forget to send a letter to Governor Shao on the battlefield. He asked Governor Shao to give him face and arrange for a kid from his family to enter the Imperial College.
He was clear about the reason why the three countries started the war. Governor Shao's contributions were indispensable to Qi State's overwhelming advantage. The two of them could be considered to be on good terms after interacting with each other.
Now that things had come to this, he had to admit that Governor Shao was indeed a powerful figure.
He knew that Black Water Platform's chief, Chief Tao, must have stepped forward because of Shao Pingbo. He could not stop him, so he immediately agreed and went with the flow. "Chief Tao is someone close to His Majesty. I believe His Majesty knows about this. Let's do as Black Water Platform says."
"Yes!" The general acknowledged the order.
After strolling around the Imperial Palace, Gao Pin withdrew. He did not stay in the Imperial Palace to avoid arousing suspicion.
Haozhen was sent back to the Imperial Palace and temporarily placed under house arrest. It was not up to Gao Pin to decide how to deal with Haozhen and the people in the Imperial Palace. He had to wait for the Jin court's opinion on how to deal with it.
The war had just ended. Gao Pin also had a lot of things to wrap up. The way they won this war was not what he wanted.
In his opinion, they should not be so anxious for success. Five hundred thousand! After going head-on with Huyan Wuhen, the Jin army had lost another five hundred thousand men and horses!
Obviously, they could have taken down Qi State if they dragged it on. Why did they have to sacrifice so many soldiers' lives?
But what could he do? There were some things that he could only follow orders from above!
Huyan Wuhen's mausoleum was quickly built with the help of the military's craftsmen. The mausoleum was built next to Emperor Qi's Haoyuntu's.
This was the burial ground that Gao Pin had personally marked out.
On a day when the wind blew and the clouds were flying, Gao Pin personally led the crowd to worship. It was to worship Huyan Wuhen, and also to commemorate the day he achieved success and recognition.
At this point, he, Gao Pin, had single-handedly pacified Qi and Wei, annexing them into Jin State's territory. Qi and Wei no longer existed in this world.
After the worship, Gao Pin gazed into the distance. After a long silence, he suddenly asked, "Huyan Wuhen's three grandchildren still haven't been found?"
Ever since he entered Qi Capital, he had ordered people to fetch Huyan Wuhen's family. However, the Huyan family was already empty.
The general at the side stepped forward and reported, "Not yet. According to the investigation, after Huyan Wuhen left the Imperial Palace, he returned home. That Cha Hu did not show up after returning to his residence. Huyan Wuhen must have made arrangements for his funeral. The entire Qi Capital has been searched, and he has probably left long ago. "
Gao Pin raised his hand and stroked his beard, murmuring, "Huyan family, no one surrendered …"
Suddenly, he said in a low voice, "Continue to search! Inform all the places to search. Inform the Black Water Station and have them cooperate in the search! "
Huyan Wuhen would rather die than surrender. From a personal point of view, he felt sorry for him, but he also respected him. However, from the point of view of Jin State, he was vexed.
The reason was because of Huyan Wuhen's influence on Qi State's resistance. Huyan Wuhen would rather die than surrender, which would motivate some people.
He originally wanted to find Huyan Wuhen's descendants and bring them back to his home to raise them personally. This was also the intention of the imperial court. They wanted Huyan Wuhen's descendants to submit to Jin State and serve Jin State in the future, so that the old and young of Qi State could see that even Huyan Wuhen's descendants were serving Jin State, and it would be easier to appease others and make them obedient citizens.
In the end, Huyan Wuhen's actions had undoubtedly left behind some hidden dangers. In the future, who knew how many Huyan Wuhen's descendants would come out and plot against him.
Since ancient times, this kind of thing was very common. Claiming that one was a descendant of someone to win over people's hearts and cause trouble, but in reality, who knew which family's vile spawn came from …
In order to appease people's hearts and to let Jin State's soldiers see an example, Jin Emperor TaiShu Xiong ordered the construction of a Martyr Shrine for Huyan Wuhen, and personally attended the ceremony.
Hearing that Huyan Wuhen would rather die than surrender, and hearing that no one from Huyan family surrendered, Meng Shanming of Nanzhou also let out a long sigh.
Shang Chaozong and Meng Shanming both wore mourning clothes to pay their respects.
The Grand Marshal of Han, Kim Jin-Jue, personally wrote an elegiac speech, condemning Jin State's atrocities, and also wore mourning clothes to pay his respects.
Song State's Emperor, Wu Gongling, personally attended the ceremony. Not only did he personally pay his respects, but he also ordered the construction of Martyr Shrines everywhere.
He was originally a rebel, but he didn't want his subordinates to learn from him. He hoped that everyone would follow Huyan Wuhen's example.
However, the Yan Emperor, Shang Jianxiong, didn't have the leisure to do so. How could he still have the mood to pay his respects to Huyan Wuhen?
The three big sects made a unanimous decision to force Shang Jianxiong to hand over the imperial power to Shang Chaozong!
That night, a guest came to the Gao Residence. It was Shang Jianxiong's trusted aide, Gamiao Shui, who had snuck out of the palace and disguised himself.
After a secret discussion in the study, Gamiao Shui reminded Gao Jiancheng once again before bidding farewell. "Lord Gao, this matter must be done as soon as possible. We need to make a ruckus as soon as possible so that the three big sects will refrain from taking action. Otherwise, even if His Majesty can't be protected, you won't be able to escape!"
Shang Jianxiong's meaning was very simple. He wanted all the forces of the royalist faction to issue a strong voice and oppose this action. He wanted everyone to know that if His Majesty couldn't be protected, everyone would be punished. To put it bluntly, he wanted everyone to unite and resist.
As the current leader of the royalist faction, Gao Jiancheng nodded with a dignified expression.
Gamiao Shui cupped his hands and bid farewell. At this time, the palace was already under the control of the three big sects. It wasn't easy for him to come out, and he had to hurry to the homes of other important officials as soon as possible.
Who knew that as soon as he left the Gao Residence, he would be surrounded by a group of black-clothed people before he could get far.
After a fierce battle, Gamiao Shui knelt on one knee and held his sword. Blood was dripping from his mouth. A person flashed over, raised his sword, and Gamiao Shui's head flew off.
Shang Jianxiong's management of the capital was very deep. Once he decided to resist, this night was destined to be a night of slaughter.
Gao Jiancheng, who was sitting quietly in the study, stared at the lone lamp in front of him. Fan Zhuan hurried over and said in a low voice, "He has been executed!"
Slowly, Gao Jiancheng said, "Inform the officials that I, Gao, invite you!"
PS: Thanks to the little red flower encouragement from "Talker 0".
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