"If Li Mi really attacks Luoyang, what are the odds?" Xu Fusheng said after a moment's silence.

"Luoyang is the eastern capital, the strength of the city defense is the most in the world, and according to the danger of land and water, and Yang Shichong is a close minister of His Majesty, the official to the military department, Li Mi wants to capture Luoyang is absolutely impossible. ”

Xu Fusheng couldn't help frowning, Li Mi must not be a fool, since Luoyang is such a strong city, how could he be stupid enough to kill himself.

Thinking of this, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Could it be that there is someone inside?"

Yang Yichen bowed slightly, extremely satisfied that Xu Fusheng was able to analyze the whole story with just a few words: "No dynasty is immune to infighting, and the same is true of the Shengyuan Dynasty.

The Dugu family in Luoyang is the noble gate valve of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and it is inextricably linked with the Li family in Taiyuan, and it is also closely related to the Daomen. ”

Xu Fusheng knew that he had stood on the front of the Yuwen family, and at this moment, what he needed to consider was not who the enemy was, but how to deal with these people.

"How is Yang Shichong a person?"

"Yang Shichong is a native of Hu in the Western Regions, he was given the surname Yang by His Majesty, and he has countless military exploits, so I can't give Xu Gongzi advice on how to behave.

I'll talk about one thing, Xu Gongzi can think about it. At that time, the prince raised troops, and many people in various places took the opportunity to make trouble under the banner of the prince, and there were three rebel armies near Jiangdu: Liu Yuanjin of Yuhang, Zhu Xie of Kunshan, and Guan Chong of Changshu.

Later, these three teams joined forces to promote Liu Yuanjin as the king, occupy Wu County, call the Son of Heaven, and establish a hundred officials. His Majesty sent the generals Tu Wanxu and Yujuluo to suppress it, all of which were some rabble, and it didn't take long for this group of rebels to be trapped in Jian'an.

Due to the fatigue of the soldiers from continuous fighting, the two generals asked for a temporary truce from the army, and some people slandered His Majesty, saying that the two men deliberately did not attack and had a heart of disobedience.

His Majesty was furious and immediately removed Tu and Yu from their posts and brought them to justice. Subsequently, His Majesty appointed Yang Shichong to command the attack on Liu Yuanjin, and recruited tens of thousands of new soldiers in Huainan and handed them over to Yang Shichong's command.

Yang Shichong led the troops for the first time, and the people who led the rebellion were killed one after another, but there were still many remnants scattered everywhere as thieves.

Yang Shichong found an auspicious day of the zodiac, gathered relevant personnel, burned incense in front of the Buddha statue of Tongxuan Temple in Jian'an, and swore that those who surrendered would not be killed.

After hearing about the rebellion, the remnants surrendered one after another, and in less than a month, Yang Shichong pacified Wu County. But after the overall situation of Wu County was decided, Yang Shichong killed all the more than 30,000 people who surrendered. ”

After listening to Yang Yichen's introduction, Xu Fuchang exhaled, it seems that there is no simple person who can be in a high position in the dynasty, and how those slanderous rumors can play directly with His Majesty is probably also up for debate.

"But Gongzi doesn't have to worry too much, with Dazhuguo and me, Yang Shichong won't do anything to you, you go this time mainly to help Yang Shichong calm down the civil strife, as for Li Mi, you can deal with it depending on the situation." Yang Yichen continued.

Xu Fusheng nodded and said, "Okay, then we'll see you again in Jiangdu." ”

Yang Yichen was the first to leave, and Xu Fusheng no longer went north slowly, but took the dozens of guards left by Yang Yichen and the more than 20 people he brought from southern Xinjiang to change horses and go straight to Luoyang.

After a month of sleeping in the open air, the group finally arrived outside Luoyang City.

Xu Fusheng, who had left the Shengyuan Dynasty for three years, looked up at this heroic city in the world, his eyes narrowed slightly, and everything was about to start here again.

Luoyang is located on the south bank of the Yellow River, with Ping Pi Mountain in the north, Luoshui in the south, Huhu Prison in the east, Yinghan Valley in the west, surrounded by mountains, and the Luoyang Plain in the middle.

The four rivers of Yi, Luo, Qian, and Jian flow through it, which is not only a dangerous situation, but also beautiful scenery and fertile soil

The climate is moderate and the transportation is convenient. The so-called Heyang Dingdingdi, located in the Central Plains and corresponding to the Quartet, Luoyang is the world's traffic stronghold, military fortress.

After succeeding to the throne, His Majesty chose another capital site in Luoyang and established a new capital.

The new imperial city is more than the river in the east, crosses the Luo River in the south, borders the Jianhe River in the west, and is surrounded by the mountain in the north, and the city circumference is more than 50 miles, which is magnificent and magnificent.

His Majesty took Luoyang as the center, dug out a grand canal that reaches Hangzhou in the south, reaches Zhuojun in the north, and runs through the north and south, connecting the five major water systems of the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huai River, the Yangtze River and the Qiantang River, and Luoyang has become the central hub of transportation and commerce in the world.

The genius was faintly bright, the city gate was opened, and a large number of merchants waiting to enter the city for trading and fishing, and the peasants who rushed to the morning market entered the city.

Xu Fusheng and his entourage swaggered into the city from the south gate, the south city gate has three gates, the city gate in the middle is named Jianguo Gate, the left is the White Tiger Gate, the right is the Changxia Gate, the model is magnificent.

At this time, the group had already changed their clothes, and they were no longer wearing military uniforms, but uniform business travel clothes.

It was also the first time to set foot in Luoyang, Xu Fusheng looked at this ancient city with great interest, which was completely different from the image of Luoyang in the previous life, and was majestic and mighty, comparable to Yanjing.

I saw the "Heavenly Street", a street with a width of 100 steps and a run through the north and south gates, which stretched straight in front of me, and I was afraid that it would not be seven or eight miles long.

The street is full of cherry, pomegranate, elm, willow and other kinds of trees, in the middle for the emperor to go out on the royal road, at the turn of spring and summer, peach and willow green, the scenery is picturesque, beautiful.

There are many shops on both sides of the avenue, and between the lanes, each has a road, and the ten streets that run through the major city gates are staggered, and it is orderly.

A middle-aged man standing beside Xu Fusheng looked at Xu Fusheng's appearance full of interest, and said: "Luoyang has two major characteristics, the first is to take the north and south as the central axis, let Luoshui run through the city, divide Luoyang into two districts, north and south, and connect it with four bridges.

And the Luoshui in the city is connected with other Yi, Qian, and Jian three rivers in the city, so that the river in the city lingers, and the beauty of the landscape is moved to the city, giving people a sense of heaven and earth.

Another characteristic is outside the west wall of Waiguo City, because of its natural environment set up Xiyuan, west to Xin'an, north to Pishan, south to Yique Mountains, around more than 200 li, Waiguo City and Xiyuan are connected together, comparable to a small city.

A group of people walked along the street and arrived at the south bank of Luoshui.

The middle-aged man pointed to the bridge across Luoshui and connecting the north and south: "This is called Xinzhong Bridge, in order to make the new city have the reality of the capital, His Majesty moved tens of thousands of wealthy merchants from all over the country, and placed more than 3,000 craft households in Henan to live in the twelve squares on the south bank of the Luohe River in the southeast corner of Guocheng, so there is this magnificent atmosphere in front of you."

When everyone found the restaurant to rest, Xu Fusheng sent someone to the imperial city to inquire about the news, he didn't want to see Yang Shichong so early, he always had to understand the current situation before making plans.

When the sun set in the west, the people who went to inquire about the news came back and explained the current situation: "Yang Shichong has now sent troops to Yanshi, and plans to encircle and suppress Li Mi, who is in full swing.

It's just that as soon as he arrived in Yanshi, he got a secret report that the people of the Dugu family in Luoyang City and the acting king had reached an agreement on the condition to cut off Yang Shichong's back road, and now Yang is returning to Luoyang from Yanshi. ”

Xu Fusheng got the news a month ago, and now it seems that the situation is not optimistic, Xu Fusheng thought for a moment and said: "I am going to meet Yang Shichong on Luoshui." ”

The group intercepted Yang Shichong's big boat in the Luoshui case, and after handing over Yang Yichen's letter, Yang Shichong personally welcomed everyone in.

Yang Shichong arched his hand at Xu Fusheng and said: "Shangzhu Kingdom once sent me a message that a young handsome man would come to help me, but I didn't expect it to be Xu Gongzi, who was famous in southern Xinjiang. ”

Two people and one person

After greetings, Xu Fusheng was really too lazy to be polite, and said straight to the point: "Lord Shangshu, how is the situation now, what can I use, just ask." ”

Yang Shichong frowned and said: "Originally, I planned to send troops to suppress this group of anti-thieves, but now I am worried about internal and external troubles, and I am suffering from the enemy on my belly and back, so I can only go outside first and then go inside." ”

Xu Fusheng thought for a while and said, "How could Shang Shu think of sending troops to Yanshi?"

Yang Shichong said: "I got a secret report that Li Mi united with Xiangyang Qian Duguan to attack Luoyang, so he planned to send troops to suppress them, who knew that there were people making trouble inside." ”

Xu Fusheng paused, and slowly spoke: "In this case, why don't Shangshu take the plan and solve the internal and external troubles in one fell swoop." ”

"Oh, what is Xu Gongzi's plan?"

"I heard Yang Shuai say that Lord Shangshu once sent troops to encircle and suppress Li Mi once, and he was a bit defeated, and now Li Mi dares to attack Luoyang, which means that there must be a reliance, why not show the enemy to be weak.

Created a clever situation to attract Li Mi to come out of the nest, and we carefully laid out the trap and completely surrounded it. ”

Yang Shichong looked at Xu Fusheng, who was talking eloquently, and said with a little hesitation: "How to show the enemy weakness?"

"How many available soldiers does Shang Shu have in his hands now?"

Yang Shichong hesitated for a moment before replying: "I only have 20,000 people with me this trip, but all of them are well-trained elites.

Xu Fusheng nodded and said, "That's it." Sun Tzu Youyun: Soldiers are not expensive. We have fewer soldiers, and we can increase Li Mi's heart to despise the enemy, as long as he mistakenly thinks that we will not continue to have food and grass, I will not believe that Li Mi will not come.

Yang Shichong shook his head and said: "He can wait for us to really lack food before attacking, this plan can deceive others, but it will never deceive people like Li Mi." ”

Xu Fusheng smiled slightly: "That's why I said that I have to create other delicate situations before I can force Li Mi to fight a tough battle." ”

Yang Shichong was surprised: "What kind of situation is created?"

Xu Fusheng pondered for a moment and said: "Things can be carried out at two ends, first of all, we have to create a false situation of lack of food, such as sending people to go out to collect grain and grass, and threatening to return to the eastern capital, Li Mi is not to come to intercept it." ”

Then he leaned forward and whispered: "On the other hand, let's contact the rebels in Hebei and ask them to send troops to attack Li Mi." Of course, this must be skillfully let Li Mi know, and then he will not worry that he will not take the initiative to attack.

Yang Shi frowned and said, "Let's contact the anti-thief, aren't we afraid of punishment from His Majesty's side?"

Xu Fusheng shook his head and said: "As long as the matter is carried out in secret, we don't know each other, and there is no evidence, it can be inferred afterwards that it is the anti-thief who raised his own troops, and then Shangzhuguo and Yang Shuai excuse the adult, what punishment can there be."

Besides, no matter how big the punishment is, it is much better than really being taken away from Luoyang by someone who should be inside and outside. ”

Yang Shichong nodded happily, no wonder this son can turn the clouds and rain in southern Xinjiang.

Xu Fusheng continued: "Although it is important to deal with Li Mi, the Eastern Capital must be firmly in our hands, as long as we can hold Li Mi to send troops, we will directly send troops to deal with the Acting King and the Dugu family, and uproot all those who oppose you."

Yang Shichong was overjoyed and said: "The Dugu family has a strength that cannot be ignored in Luoyang, if I am not in Luoyang, it may be difficult to suppress the overall situation." ”

Xu Fusheng smiled: "This is also a key part of showing the enemy's weakness, Shang Shu might as well ride back to Luoyang to take a turn, settle the situation in Luoyang, and then see the opportunity to act."

As long as Li Mi has any changes, Shangshu will immediately sneak back to preside over the overall situation, then won't it be a big deal?"

Yang Shichong took a long breath and said with emotion: "Xu Gongzi really turned his hands into clouds and turned his hands into rain. ”