Luoyang City, the imperial capital that has stood for hundreds of years, has now become a hunting ground, and the civil and military officials in the city, the subjects who claim to be at the feet of the Son of Heaven, are now overwhelmed by the momentum of the galloping horses outside the city.

However, Makiyama is still measured.

This battle is mainly about deterrence.

No one wants to fight, after all, fighting Luoyang City is a lose-lose thing.

So on the first day of the siege, there was only momentum.

In the evening, Makiyama ordered the whole army to retreat.

Sunset West Mountain, darkness falls, under the cover of night, the stars and moon have no light, outside the city, on the sunset pavilion, stands a military camp, in the military camp, the light of the fire plate flickers like day, the top of the military camp, fluttering a majestic pastoral battle flag, fluttering in the wind.

On the flank of the barracks, this is where the Jingping battalion is stationed.

"Chen, is the roster of prisoners clear?" Mu Jing knelt on his knees and sat on the high seat, his eyes were lifelike, and he asked.

"Two thousand thousand and seventeen captives, all of them have been registered, and we are checking the background one after another, but if you want to surrender, it may be a little troublesome, they are very hostile to us now!" Chen bowed down.

In the battle of Sunset Pavilion, Jingping Camp did not fight, but did not do less to pick up cheap things in the back, and after they fought to the death, they killed halfway, captured those routed soldiers, and were also accused to the main camp of Mushan.

It's just that Mu Shan smiled at this matter, and although the generals hated Mu Jing's Jingping Camp so much, they couldn't help it.

Since then, although the main force has not been in the battle, the Jingping battalion has also collected nearly 3,000 prisoners, which has aroused the eyes of many people in the Violent Bear Army and the Nanyang Army.

"Some meals can't be eaten in one bite, you have to take your time, you all use dim sum, now they are at a low ebb, aimless, and even some people want to be loyal to He Jin to the death, but He Jin has died in battle, and they have lost the spirit of allegiance, so there is still a chance!"

Mu Jing said instructively: "These nearly 3,000 soldiers, most of the soldiers of the Northern Army, if they can be eaten, my Jingping Camp will definitely increase in strength, don't let me down!" ”

"No!" Chen Zhi's eyes were firm, and his voice was resolute.

"And!"

Mu Jing raised his head, his eyes were lifelike, and he looked at Chen Dao: "Chen Dao, I have greater expectations for you, what you have to learn is not to command a song, but how to command this battalion, so you have to do more than them, better than them, understand?" ”

"The subordinates will never live up to the expectations of the prince!"

Chen Zhi's heart was boiling, and there was a burning heat in his eyes.

Mu Jing clearly wants to hand over Jingping Camp to him, this will be his chance to be alone, and he can't let it go.

"Go ahead!"

Mu Jing waved his hand.

"Yes!"

After Chen arrived, he turned and left.

"You seem to be very serious about Chen Zhi!" Xi Zhicai held a book, read it quietly on the side, and waited until Chen Zhi left, before he spoke.

"Talents, naturally, must be important!"

Mu Jing smiled indifferently.

"In fact, the Jingping battalion is the elite, the elite should be a battalion of its own, so that it can have absolute combat effectiveness, so as to exert the most extreme combat effectiveness in the battle, once it is filled with prisoners, or such a large-scale charge, it may not form combat effectiveness, but will be dragged down by prisoners, and may not be effective!"

"I don't know!"

Mu Jing sighed: "But now in addition to the captives, what other way can enrich the strength of the Jingping camp as soon as possible, after all, this is Kyoto, not Nanyang, if it is Nanyang, I can still take my time, now, I can only fill the number indiscriminately, and maintain combat effectiveness first!" ”

It backfired, although he entered the Guanzhong, but he was blocked outside Luoyang, the situation in Luoyang made him uneasy, and he had to enhance the strength of Jingping Camp!

Captives are also troops, and if they are used well, they will also increase the strength of the Jingping battalion.

"Report!" At this time, Huo Shao came to report.

"What?" Mu Jing asked.

"Shizi, a messenger has come to Luoyang, and he is in the lord's camp, and the lord has summoned all the generals to discuss!"

"Got it!" The pastor nodded, then looked at Xi Zhicai, and asked, "Ruoyang can't hold on?" ”

This is a good thing, at least you don't have to fight Luoyang, it's not a good thing to beat Luoyang, even if you force it down, it's difficult to convince the public, it's difficult to be popular, it's unpopular, don't do Luoyang!

"Inevitably!"

Xi Zhicai smiled indifferently and said: "It's just that after all, they are the three important ministers who control the government, and they are convinced, and they don't obey!" ”

"Can I borrow a knife?" Mu Jing asked.

"I'm afraid that the gains outweigh the losses, and the situation will be even worse!"

"If you are not strong, it is difficult to gain a foothold in Luoyang!"

"Indeed!" Xi Zhicai did not deny this, he thought for a while and said, "It's right to be strong!" ”

As they spoke, they rode out of the camp and headed for the middle camp, where the generals were already standing in rows.

The envoy on behalf of the imperial court was an old acquaintance, Chong Shao, he stood calmly in the center, facing the generals, and said to Mushan: "Lord Taifu, the court will open the city tomorrow to welcome the prince and Lord Taifu back to the court, and please don't care about the little misunderstanding of this battle!" ”

When Mushan heard this, he was silent, the court had compromised and wanted to recognize his status, which was a good thing, but he was always a little unwilling.

"Misunderstanding?" Mu Jing stood up and smiled coldly: "What Lord Seed said lightly, if we are defeated in this battle, I'm afraid it won't be a misunderstanding!" ”

"What does the prince of Mujing want?" Chong Shao squinted, his brows furrowed, his eyes were lifelike, staring at Mu Jing.

"My father is a minister of the imperial court, and he has to be valued by the emperor first, summoning the king of Qin, fighting bloodily, quelling the rebellion of He Jin, but he was attacked by the state army, if no one is responsible for this matter, you are despising the court, ignoring the authority of the prince, this is a rebel army, how can we tolerate it!"

Mu Jing's voice is loud, the killing intent is fierce and decisive, and there is no bargaining.

"Could it be that Lord Taifu also means this?" Hearing this, his brows furrowed, he glared at Mu Jing, but looked at Mu Jing's eyes with a killing intent as cold as ice, which made him chill, he remembered the performance of this young man in the court in the past, his heart moved, turned his head, and faced Mu Shan.

Mu Shan looked at Mu Jing, his fist clenched, he originally wanted to enter Luoyang and take a step back, but now that Mu Jing is standing so hard, he is not willing to fold his face, so he nodded and said: "My child's will, is also my will, I Nanyang Erlang, can fight for the court, fight for Your Majesty, fight for the Han family, broken bones, no complaints, but can not be betrayed, if there is no explanation of this matter, I should personally take down the state army, even if Luoyang blood is flowing, do not hesitate!" ”

"As a minister in the court, it is an unshirkable responsibility to help the new monarch succeed to the throne and stabilize the righteousness of the dynasty, why can't Lord Taifu take a step back, is it really so aggressive?"

Chong Shao's face was a little cold, the court was already willing to take a step back and admit Mu Shan, but Mu Shan was so endless, which made him a little angry, in his heart, Mu Shan was just a mud leg, he could be recognized by the court and classified as an important minister of the emperor, he should be grateful to Dade, but he never thought that Mu Shan's attitude was so stiff.

"Ridiculous!"

Mu Jing pointed to the sage, and his cold voice was aggressive: "When my father was fighting in a bloody battle outside the city, where were you waiting, you were thinking about how to make my father and He Jin both defeated, and then move my father in one fell swoop, this is the same as the ministers of the court, the righteousness of colleagues, my father is the minister entrusted by the first emperor, the position of the prince, has the right to teach the prince, but the state army rebelled, if there is no explanation, my father is not a traitor, this matter is a righteousness, not a personal enmity, either the state army is a rebel, or we are a rebel army, and please also ask the ministers of the court to decide!" ”

This time, the peace talks broke up unhappily.

The seed is the Makiyama military camp that left angrily.

When he left, Mu Shan dismissed the generals, leaving Mu Jing alone, and asked: "If we behave like this, will it be too strong, if we fight, I don't have the confidence to enter Luoyang, and the Xiliang army is also unreliable, I have to guard against them, it will be even more difficult!" ”

"Father, at this moment, we can't show weakness!"

Mu Jing sighed and analyzed: "If my father shows weakness and enters Luoyang, he will also be underestimated by them, his hands and feet will be bound, it will be difficult to make a difference, he must be strong, let them make a decision!" ”

"Listen to you!"

When Mu Shan heard this, he thought that there was some truth, and he still trusted his son very much, anyone could harm him, but his son would not harm him, and this trust was blind.

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Makiyama's toughness soon spread to the city.

The three important ministers who were in charge of the government, civil and military officials gathered together again.

The night of this night was very cold, even if it had entered the early summer, there was still a faint coldness echoing, which made people's bone marrow feel the chill, Yuan Feng, Wang Yun, Lu Zhi, and the three of them knelt opposite each other in the Wende Hall of the South Palace.

"Mu Yuanzhong is shameless!" Wang Yun slapped the desk fiercely, angry: "If he wants to fight, then fight, we will be afraid that he will not succeed!" ”

"The strength of Luoyang City may not be able to stop them, and we can also recruit young people in the city, millions of people in Luoyang, and raise 100,000 young people, no problem, and there are countless weapons in Luoyang Tun Grain Tun, which can be held for several months, and then the Quartet soldiers and horses can be gathered, and it can be broken!"

A touch of coldness also appeared on Lu Zhi's face, and he said.

"But since then, my Han Dynasty is afraid of falling apart!"

Sikong Yuan Feng, after all, is a minister of several dynasties, and under the anger, he is still very reasonable: "The world will be chaotic, the world will be chaotic, the people will not be able to make a living, and we will also become sinners of the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, and we will be stinking for 10,000 years!" ”

Although he is very selfish, he is classified as an important minister of the court, and he still understands the importance of a unified court by reading the art of sages, and the Yuan family has no rebellion, the Yuan family just wants to always be the strongest family under the banner of the Han Dynasty, so that the Yuan family can prosper from generation to generation.

So he didn't want the big man to fall apart.

Wang Yun and Lu Zhi were also silent, they naturally understood in their hearts that once the war in Luoyang started, how much turmoil it would bring to the world, and now the world has already been called up for some turmoil.

"But Mushan is so strong, it is impossible for us to agree to his conditions!"

Wang Yun said coldly.

"The decision can't be made by us, whether to fight or make peace, this matter should be decided by Ding Jianyang!" Yuan Feng clenched his fists, made a decision, and said in a deep voice.

"Yuan Sikong ......" Wang Yun's eyes widened.

"Wang Situ, this battle is related to the foundation of the imperial court, you and I can both sacrifice!" Yuan Feng interrupted him and said pointedly.

This is originally untenable for the imperial court, when Mushan quelled the rebellion, the world will not stand on the side of the imperial court, it is good to win, and you can analyze the peace, but if you lose, if the imperial court admits it, then you will be outraged.

Therefore, even if someone is responsible for this matter, it cannot be a person from the imperial court.

This is the abandonment of the car to protect the handsome.

"But who's going to say?"

Lu Zhi's face was bitter, but he didn't want to refute, in today's situation, the outside of the city is aggressive, the people in the city are unstable, and the court can't be chaotic, so ...... Sacrifice is inevitable.

"I'll go, you guys go, maybe you won't even have the life to walk out of that door!"

Wang Yun sighed, stood up, and said, "But there is one thing, I will respect every decision of Jianyang, even if he wants to fight!" ”

He and Ding Jianyang have known each other in Bingzhou, colleagues for decades, deep friendship, although they are not fellow villagers, but they have the righteousness of fellow villagers, no one can come forward as well as him, for the sake of the court, he is willing to bear all the charges, even if he opposes this.

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Before dawn, the dawn is about to appear, and it is indeed the darkest time.

Luoyang, ruling Jinwu Yamen.

The backyard of the Yamen is now Ding Yuan's camp, and the surrounding area is not guarded by the Jinwuti cavalry, but by the Bingzhou flying cavalry, these Bingzhou flying cavalry are all elite, and the smell of blood on their bodies is soaring, and you can feel a sharp spirit from afar.

"Zishi, it seems that we haven't gotten together for many years!" In the courtyard, there is an elegant wing, open the windowsill, you can see the flowers in the courtyard, Ding Yuan is wearing a thin robe, cross-legged, set up a stove, warm a glass of wine.

"Jianyang, maybe I shouldn't let you enter Beijing!"

Wang Yun looked at his friend's pale face, took a sip of bitter wine, and said lightly.

Ding Yuan's entry into Beijing has some of his factors, and when he was ordered by the imperial court, he also received a letter, which may be an important element of Ding Yuan's entry into Beijing.

"You came late at night, you didn't just say this!"

Ding Yuan smiled indifferently, his eyes were incomparably sharp, as if he could see through Wang Yun's heart.

"The world can't be helpless for a day, Your Majesty has been dead for many days, the court can't go on like this, otherwise it will make the ministers brilliant and not peaceful, so the court intends to compromise, and is willing to welcome Mushan into Beijing and help the prince ascend the throne!"

Wang Yundao.

"I've thought of it!" Ding Yuan was not surprised, laughed at himself, and said: "I and the state army were defeated, who in the world can stop Mushan from entering the footsteps of Luoyang!" ”

He looked up at Wang Yun's gaze and was sharp: "But you are here, I'm afraid things are not so simple!" ”

"If the imperial court recognizes the position of Makiyama Taifu and the state army attacks the Makiyama army, someone must be responsible!"

Wang Yun said with difficulty.

"Who's responsible?"

Ding Yuan's eyes were cold: "Me?" ”

"I've already thought about this matter, you can push one of your subordinates, it is quite weighty, and you will replace the name of sending troops, and then you will ......"

"At that time, I can get out, hold the main force of the state, and make a comeback, right?"

Ding Yuan sneered and said, "Master Zi, when do you think that I, Ding Jianyang, am such a greedy person who is afraid of death!" ”

"Jianyang ......" Wang Yun patted the case and said: "The world is like this, the situation is like this, how do you want us to decide, do you want to fight, do you have the confidence to block them, or do you think that it doesn't matter if Luoyang City is beaten into ruins, the weight of the world, in your heart, geometry!" ”

"The weight of the world is as heavy as Mount Tai!"

When Ding Yuan heard this, his eyes flickered, and his chest was a little deflated, in the final analysis, he had already given away his handle, and he was defeated, this matter is not the responsibility of the state army, who can be responsible.

After half a ring, Ding Yuan looked at the faint and said: "Give me three days, and after three days, I will give Mu Yuanzhong an explanation, so as not to embarrass the court and not let the world be in turmoil!" ”

He Ding Jianyang can be defeated or die, but he can't become a criminal minister of the imperial court.