At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

The army at that time was different from the current Wei army. The Eastern Han Empire did not retain too many standing troops. Once the Yellow Turbans rebelled, they had to temporarily recruit troops to conquer the Yellow Turbans.

At that time, except for a few direct-line elite troops, the rest of the Han army were soldiers recruited temporarily. Their purpose was simple-to make a fortune.

The imperial court promised that after conquering the city, they would be able to plunder everything in the city. Using this as a bait, many people joined the crusade under the restriction of self-financing equipment without paying military salaries.

After the war, Guangzong City was plundered, and all the people in the city were killed, robbed, raped, and in the end, few people could even stand and live, and they were all ruined.

The corpses in Guangzong City piled up like a mountain, and the whole city became a dead city, but most of them were not Yellow Turban soldiers.

Guo Peng said that that battle had too profound impact and influence on him, so after he established the Wei Army in the future, the first thing Wei Jun should abide by was the strict military regulations and military discipline. .

He would never allow a similar scene to appear before his eyes again.

Text descriptions are two-dimensional, and it is difficult to construct a three-dimensional image in people's minds, unless the creator has extraordinary talent.

Either Guo's description was not vivid enough, or the historian's literary talent was not enough, Cao Chongzhi still could not understand what Guo Peng saw in that day and year.

But now, he thinks he saw that scene.

Crossing time constraints and space dimensions, he seems to have traveled through time and space and returned to the seven years before Han Guanghe, and witnessed with his own eyes what kind of purgatory Guangzong City was after being captured by the Han army.

If there really is a purgatory in the world, then it is right in front of you right now.

Cao Chongzhi felt that he had seen the ugliest and vicious scene in the world. Nothing in the past or in the future could be compared with Taixi Fengcheng at this moment.

He has killed people, seen blood, received a very strict education, seen strong winds and waves, seen the assassination of the emperor, and personally participated in an exciting mutiny and war.

It can be said that his psychological quality is very good.

But when he saw this scene, within two days, he turned around and left Ctesiphon.

Because he couldn't restrain these soldiers who were allowed to commit violence at will.

To be honest, even Caracalla himself would not be able to restrain the behavior of these soldiers, because this is the [reward] they deserved, and Caracalla did not have so much money out of his own pocket to reward this group of arrogant soldiers. Bing Titans.

Cao Chong really couldn't take it anymore, he was afraid that if he continued to stay in Taixifeng City, he would be tortured into a psychopath sooner or later.

There was nowhere to express the depression in his heart, so he could only take out the pen and paper he carried with him, and record what he saw in his eyes one by one.

In the future, when you return to the state of Wei, you can use the printing technology of the state of Wei to spread and preserve it widely as a permanent accusation.

So he picked up a pen and began to record.

[In August [-]th of the first year of Xingyuan, King Lomo Shike Anxi's capital Taixi closed the city. The emperor was very happy and ordered the army to plunder for ten days as a reward. See, but the messy corpses are piled up like mountain ears...]

[At that time, many residents in the city did not have time to take refuge. All the troops arrived, destroyed the houses, rushed in, beheaded their men, and raped their women. Even if there were old and young, they didn't care. They all killed them for pleasure. There were old women and children. He also kills him for adultery, and when one person commits adultery, all the soldiers onlookers laugh...]

【At that time, the rich and powerful families in the city were not allowed to flee, and they were trapped in the city. They were acquired by General Loumo, who took all their treasures, burned their families, and beheaded their men. , and then bestowed on the army, within a day, the description is miserable, and it does not look like a human being...]

[At that time, there was a golden armor in the city, and the two generals could not compete with each other, leading the army to attack, the dead were all over the place, the armor was eventually obtained by the first general, and the rest were not angry, so I told the emperor. Those who reward the rest...]

[There is an old woman in the city who protects her young grandson and sneaks around, and is acquired by the army. The old woman kneels down and begs for mercy with tears in her eyes. The army laughs, beheads her grandson's head, and walks away. , dead...]

[In the city, there are brave soldiers who protect their people and escape dozens of times. They are trapped by the army. The army captures the brave soldiers and kills their people for fun. The people cry and cry, and they all die. The brave soldiers' eyes are cracked, crying and vomiting blood. And die...]

Every pile, every piece, was witnessed by Cao Chongzhi himself.

He could vouch for his reputation that it was all true.

Chapter 1531 One thousand four hundred and fifty one Cao Chongzhi began to think about his retreat

Cao Chongzhi lived in a military camp outside the city, and while recording what he saw, he paid attention to the situation of Taixi's closure of the city.

It's just that he never stepped into Taixi Fengcheng again.

He didn't leave the barracks until thick smoke billowed in the city of Taixifeng and the flames soared into the sky, dyeing the sky the color of flames. He left the barracks and stood on the hill outside the barracks, condescendingly overlooking the city of Taixifeng.

Under the light of the fire, the sky has a different kind of beauty. Looking at it makes people feel poetic and want to recite a few poems.

The "literati" in the Roman military camp stood together with Cao Chongzhi, admiring the beauty, and praised the great achievements of Emperor Caracalla with gorgeous rhetoric.

By the way, mocking the incompetence of the Parthian Empire at this moment.

Roman aristocratic education included the link of eloquence, and politicians also paid attention to eloquence, smooth logic and gorgeous words, but anyone who could be around the emperor was a master of this skill.

It's just that they don't know whether their gorgeous rhetoric contains the helpless howls of the residents in the city at the same time.

Seeing their flushed faces as if they drank a barrel of wine in one go, Cao Chongzhi lowered his head and thought for a while, thinking that there is a high probability that there is no such thing.

In all the world, which winner needs to care about the dignity and pain of the loser?

The dignity and pain of the loser, everything is just the aftertaste of the winner enjoying the victory.

The world is far from being civilized enough that the victor needs to pity the loser.

So Cao Chongzhi knew that after this fire, the world would forget everything, and that miserable General Taixifeng would only exist in his own records.

So Cao Chongzhi suddenly felt that he had a mission on his shoulders.

If, if the tragedy of those people is not recorded in their own records, then the blood and tears of those people will never be known to future generations.

Later generations will think that this world is so beautiful. War can only be achieved by siege and heroism, and only when the masts and sculls are wiped out in smoke while talking and laughing. There are no soldiers' stumps, limbs and arms, and ordinary people's blood and tears!

Isn't this war too gentle?

In addition, Cao Chongzhi felt that the things he had recorded were useless and useless.

But if one day this world becomes civilized, gentle, fair and just, the blood and tears of these people recorded by me may make people at that time sigh more or less, accusing the barbaric and bloody old world.

As such, this record is meaningful.

Cao Chongzhi decided so.

The looting was over, and all the valuable things that could be taken away were looted from Tessiphon, and all those that could not be taken away were destroyed.

Residential houses, official buildings, and historical sites were all destroyed.

The imprint of civilization was swept away, and even the city wall of Ctesiphon was destroyed by the Roman army using the war equipment that the Parthians in the city did not take away, and it was completely demolished.

Then there was a big fire that ignited the entire Ctesiphon.

Watching Tessiphon turn into ashes in the raging flames, Emperor Caracalla opened his arms and enthusiastically praised his achievements with gorgeous rhetoric and cadenced tone.

He poured out the cultural ability gathered from the education he had received since he was a child, and eulogized the beauty of this moment with the most gorgeous and magnificent words he could think of!

He has never felt so great like this moment!

The ruins of the enemy country are his monuments!

Standing beside Caracalla, Cao Chongzhi felt unspeakable emotions flowing in his heart.

Caracalla felt supremely happy, feeling that her desire and vanity had been greatly satisfied.

Of course, he did not forget Cao Chongzhi.

He rewarded Cao Chongzhi with one-tenth of the treasure that his own soldiers had seized for him—a huge amount of wealth that Cao Chongzhi could not imagine.

This is not only the reward of Cao Chongzhi's meritorious service along the way, but also Caracalla's gratitude to Cao Chongzhi for his great contribution to killing the traitor.

Cao Chongzhi felt very excited.

He felt that if this gold and silver treasure that could fill fifty carts was placed in front of his dying aunt who was in charge of money, she would definitely make her scream and faint.

On the contrary, if these treasures were placed in front of his father who was in charge of the money, he would definitely make him put his hands on his chest, take a few steps back and lean on the wall, panting heavily, and not fall down .

Anyway, Cao Chongzhi felt that his grief, indignation and painful emotions could be affected by these dazzling treasures, which shows that these treasures can definitely destroy the normal thinking of a normal person.

Faced with these wealth, Cao Chongzhi suddenly felt that his cultivation was not enough.

If Caracalla asked Cao Chongzhi to sing praises for him as a reward, Cao Chongzhi felt that he would be happy to do it.

Vulgar, vile, shameless!

Cao Chongzhi, Cao Chongzhi!You have fallen!You have fallen!Are these possessions what you deserve?

Are these dirty property stained with blood and tears of the people, should you reach out and accept them?

In doing so, are you worthy of the education you have received?

Have you forgotten the grief and pain in your heart?

Have you forgotten your determination to prosecute the atrocities of the Romans in place of the people of Ctesiphon?

Cao Chongzhi scolded himself loudly in his heart.

Then he accepted the gift of gratitude with a smile.

No way, Caracalla gave too much.

A complaint is a complaint, and a gift is a gift. These are two different things and should not be confused.

To use a sentence often said in Taixue to describe it - [should be viewed dialectically].

Not only that, Caracalla also rewarded Cao Chongzhi with the three young and beautiful resting women who had been looted.

"These three are aristocratic women, young and beautiful, unmarried, you have been with me for a long time, I know you have no women to take care of you, this is very inconvenient for you.

Of course you need to ask your father about your marriage, but if you find a few women to serve you, you don’t need to ask your father. These noble women are also worthy of your status, right? "

Caracalla is very grateful to this Wei Guojun who saved his life in times of crisis.

He loves wealth so much and needs wealth to realize his ambitions, and he is also very greedy for those three angelic-looking Anxi noble women.

Even so, he is willing to take out one-tenth of his huge wealth and these three beauties to thank Cao Chongzhi.

Thank him for saving his life and allowing himself such a glorious moment.

Without Cao Chongzhi's protection, he didn't know if he would be able to escape the assassination of that damned traitor, further kill Macrinus, and fully control the real power of the Imperial Guard.

Emperor Caracalla was very happy, and he wanted to repay Cao Chongzhi heavily.

Then he told Cao Chongzhi that he was going back to the city of Rome, showing off his achievements in front of all Roman citizens, and let all Romans know that their emperor was so glorious and good at fighting.

In this way, he can really establish his prestige, and based on this, he can start to implement his plan.

plan?

Cao Chongzhi didn't know that Caracalla had another plan.

"Yes, my plan."

Caracalla blinked at Cao Chongzhi: "I am very envious of your emperor who can let the people of the whole country directly pay taxes to him. I decided to learn from him and use all means to become him. I also want to let everyone in the country pay taxes to him." Pay taxes directly to me!"

Caracalla smiled and said such words, but Cao Chongzhi didn't think he was joking.

He really intends to do it.

But, my lord Caracalla.

You know that His Majesty the Emperor whom I am loyal to... No, it is His Majesty the Supreme Emperor now, do you know what he did to complete such a great cause?

Do you know how many people he killed, how many battles he fought, and how many years it took him to accomplish such a feat?

Do you want to learn from him?

Do you want to be him?

for real?

Caracalla's ambition immediately made Cao Chongzhi feel that the burning Taixi Fengcheng could not attract his attention so much.

This guy actually wants to be the second Guo Peng!

So what is his first step?

Go to war with the Senate in Rome, seize all the power of the Senate, and then go to war with the military leaders of the whole country?

Can he really do it?

Cao Chongzhi suddenly felt that it was extremely dangerous to stay by this guy's side, and what he was going to do might be very surprising.

And in the process, can he reach Guo Peng's position, or be killed soon... Cao Chongzhi thinks the latter is more likely.

If he stops here as an authoritarian dictator, he may still be able to maintain his status and honor. If he wants to seize the interests of those nobles and military leaders, he will simply go to war with the whole of Rome, and his reliance is a victories and a Praetorian Guard.

Cao Chongzhi now seriously suspects that Caracalla has not figured out what the source of his power and the basis of his rule are. He is even a little worried about his future and the commercial interests of the Wei Empire in the Roman Empire.

The Maritime Silk Road, which was finally opened, must not be broken because of this guy's mess.

What the Wei Empire needs is a guy who can be an emperor harmoniously, not a lunatic.

Ctesiphon's conflagration seemed to be Caracalla's insane desire for power, which would destroy anyone who stood in his way, until he himself was consumed.