Chapter 1045: The capital has long become a deserted city

In order to save King Ping's life, he tried hard to persuade King Ping to open the city gate and apologize.

But no matter how hard he tried, softly or hard, King Ping just refused to open the city gate and continued to struggle.

The emperor and the emperor emeritus were so angry that they spoke without thinking and cursed Prince Ping for being brainless.

King Ping was not affected at all. He ordered his men to pour oil, throw flaming cloth strips, and shoot flaming arrows under the city wall, hoping to learn from General Zheng's method of using fire to repel the attackers.

He even snatched the bows and arrows from the soldiers, drew their bows and arrows, and shot at the emperor and the emperor emeritus under the city.

The retired emperor and others were forced to retreat to a safe distance.

When the emperor saw his son on the city wall who had no fatherly love for him, he was so angry that smoke came out of his head.

Seeing that Prince Ping was stubborn and refused to surrender, General Zheng and the old prince pulled the emperor and the retired emperor to the rear and ordered the catapults to move forward, launching a fierce flaming oil attack on the city wall.

The pile of stones and rags under the city wall grew higher and higher, and the fire grew more and more intense.

Although the city wall was more than 20 meters high, the raging fire underneath also kept it hot.

The people standing on the city wall were sweating all over due to the heat waves and the heat coming from the city wall. They were like ants on a hot pan, with nowhere to stand and feeling anxious and restless.

King Ping, who was wearing a dragon robe on the city wall, was so hot that his forehead was covered with sweat. The dragon robe was soaked by the hot sweat all over his body, and the hair under the jade crown was wet as if it had been rained on, and water was dripping down.

King Ping wanted to hold on. After all, it was not easy to put on the dragon robe. He also knew that he would not be able to wear the dragon robe for long, so he wanted to wear it for a while longer.

However, the increasingly hot temperature was too much for him to bear, so he had to take off his dragon robe, stand on the city wall in his undergarment, and continue to urge the soldiers on the wall to defend the city.

While the Emperor and the Retired Emperor were trying earnestly to persuade Prince Ping, Qiao Ran and Mo Beihan had already quietly entered the city. With the assistance of Qin Wencheng, the magistrate of the government office, they quietly transferred all the ordinary people in the city out of the city through a secret passage.

When King Ping realized something was wrong, the capital had already become a deserted city.

Apart from King Ping and the rebels who followed him, there was no civilian left in the city.

Moreover, their granaries were looted and there was not even a grain of food left!

Upon hearing the bad news, King Ping was so angry that he almost fell off the city wall.

Without any man or food, King Ping's troops, who were only guarding an empty city, only lasted five days, drinking only water every day.

But the people outside the city did not attack, but set up pots to cook not far from the city wall. The aroma of spicy hot pot and various barbecues was carried into the city by the wind, making the people inside the city feel even hungrier, with sour water constantly coming out of their throats.

Finally, on the sixth day, some people, unable to bear the hunger and tempted by the fragrance outside the city and the words of surrender, rushed to the city gate regardless of everything, worked together to open the heavy gate, and went out of the city to surrender!

King Ping, who was dizzy and hungry on the city wall, was so angry that he ordered his men to shoot anyone leaving the city. However, the archers were so hungry that they didn't have the strength to draw their bows, so how could they care about shooting anyone?

More and more people rushed out of the city gate. The soldiers standing on the city wall watched helplessly as those who rushed out of the city were given two large white steamed buns and ten people shared a hot pot. They immediately became anxious.

King Ping watched helplessly as his soldiers dropped their weapons one by one and ran down the city wall, running out of the city to eat delicious food.

Gradually, even some generals took off their armor and followed the soldiers out of the city.

Soon, only King Ping and two generals who were also dizzy and hungry were left on the high city wall.

There is not a single soldier left on the city wall!