There are many heroes and heroes in every era, and there are countless careerists and madmen in every era, but most of them are either limited by the external environment, or limited by their own strength, they can only suppress their ambitions in their hearts, and only a few people who are stimulated by ambition and desire to lose their minds will do some ridiculous or stupid things, such as the emperors who were suppressed by the police at the police station.........

In the current Luoyang City, there are as many careerists as there are, at this moment when the Son of Heaven is in a big line and the new emperor has not yet ascended the throne, as long as he goes out and fights, maybe he will be able to bless his descendants and last for several generations. Don't you see Hongnong's Yang's?

The opportunity is in front of you, who can endure it if it is a hero, or a hero who thinks he is a hero?

But when it comes to fanatics, there is probably no one who can compare to Yan Zhong. Wei Li had only been with Yan Zhong for less than two days before he began to feel terrified. He cautiously asked, "Is it really okay to distribute weapons and armor to those city people?" ”

Yan Zhong said: "How can it be okay? Those who have good weapons and armor are bound to cause trouble. ”

Wei Li was shocked and said, "Changshi knows this, why do you still distribute weapons?" ”

Yan Zhong smiled and said, "Wei Sima thinks that who is the enemy of our army now?" Are we superior or inferior to the enemy? ”

Wei Li thought for a moment and said, "We took over the arsenal by the edict of the Son of Heaven, is there anyone who dares to question it?" ”

Yan Zhong laughed out loud, he laughed very loudly, as if he was very happy, and even laughed out of tears, "Haha, Wei Sima is really a sincere person!" ”

Wei Li's face was flushed by his smile, and his face was gloomy. Seeing this, Yan Zhong stopped laughing and said, "Jun Sima is thirty years old now, right?" ”

"Twenty out of twenty, but does that have anything to do with what we said?"

"You're only twenty-eight, but I'm already forty-eight, and I guess I won't be alive in a few days." Yan Zhong sighed and said, "However, before the merit has been established, I will not be willing even if I die!" Do you think there will be a problem? There will definitely be! But what does that have to do with us? If Wei Sima is willing to pass like this for the rest of his life, just watch me do it, and the infamy will not fall on you. ”

He said to Wei Li: "The Son of Heaven is already in power, and the general must want to support his eldest son Liu Ban to ascend the throne, but the prince wants to let Dong Hou ascend the throne, you say, will they fight?" ”

Wei Li's face turned gloomy and said, "That's why the general sent us here. ”

"Yes, they will definitely fight, the generals are many generals, and most of the princes are not opponents." Yan Zhong continued, "Then how can we turn this situation around? ”

"Those city people don't practice fighting, I'm afraid they won't be of much use. Moreover, Changshi only let a few hundred people in, and the rest of the people took their weapons and left, aren't they afraid that they will turn around and embarrass us? ”

Yan Zhong showed a smug look on his face, and said: "You don't understand this, first give them weapons, and when the general's soldiers and horses come to attack the arsenal, let's set fire to the surrounding Fangshi palaces and residences, what do you say will happen next?" ”

“！！！” Wei Li's heart trembled, "Changshi, please think twice, if you put this fire down, I'm afraid that thousands of people will die in the fire!" ”

"You can't die so much," Yan Zhong said disappreciatively: "Besides, if tens of thousands of people don't die, how can we turn the tables?" ”

"Can't there be another way?" Wei Li trembled and said, "This is Luoyang!" ”

Yan Zhong said earnestly: "Wei Sima, you are too sincere, so you have never been able to rise. If this thing can be done, you and I will have the hope of the three publics! ”

"What if it doesn't work out?"

"Failed?" Yan Zhong said straightforwardly: "The big deal is that the body dies and the clan is destroyed." ”

"No, this thing is absolutely not going to work!" Wei Li shook his head again and again, and said, "Changshi, you distributed the weapons and armor in the arsenal, so forget it, but I will never agree with you setting fire to Luoyang City!" ”

"Tsk," Yan Zhong said with a little headache when he saw that Wei Li couldn't move, "Then let's just prepare first, and then look at the situation?" It doesn't have to be that far. Rest assured, I will never do that unless I have to. ”

Wei Li hesitated for a moment, thinking that there shouldn't be any problem just preparing to prepare, so he nodded.

Yan Zhong immediately laughed easily, and said in his heart: A gentleman can deceive him, but the ancients did not deceive me!

I said that I wouldn't do it as a last resort, but as long as I was ready, would I really be able to control it when the time came? Although he is a long history in the army, it is difficult to give direct orders to Yue Qi without Wei Li, especially in this critical time, the soldiers will always trust the general they are familiar with, rather than a stranger who has been parachuted in for a few days.

Otherwise, he would have ordered it directly, and he didn't need to go through the trouble of convincing Wei Li.

Next, they watched the general's soldiers and horses wash the Beigong in blood, and then Chong Fu came with He Jin's order, wanting to take out the weapons and armor from the arsenal, but was blocked by the defenders. Then, there is the crusade army brought by Zhang Zhang.

The arsenal occupies an extremely wide area, almost half the size of Nangong, and although there is a wall around it, it is difficult to hold such a vast area with 600 Yue cavalry and the original more than 1,000 defenders. Even if Yan Zhong recruited hundreds of light warriors, the number of defenders was only in the early two thousands, which was not enough to compete with the elite of the Northern Army, which had three times the strength of the troops.

After killing and wounding more than 100 enemy soldiers, the piers outside the wall were lost one after another, and Wei Li withdrew to the arsenal with Yue Cai in embarrassment. Zhang Zhang after seizing the pier platform on the periphery. Immediately sent crossbowmen to suppress the archers in the arsenal.

Yan Zhong commanded the soldiers to counterattack with large yellow crossbows, and the heavy infantry of the Northern Army were shot dead one after another. After losing the protection of the infantry, the crossbowmen on the pier platform were shot with strong bows and crossbows, and there was no place to stand. The attackers were more adequate, but on the pier, they were the disadvantaged side, facing several times as many shooters. Often, before they pulled the bowstring, a dozen arrows had already been shot from the opposite side.

The pier platform was shot with thousands of holes, and the crossbowmen of the Northern Army held on for a while, but they were shot so that they could not raise their heads, and could only retreat after leaving dozens of corpses. Zhang Zhang then changed his tactics, spread his forces outside the two gates, and then ordered his soldiers to storm in the hope of defeating the defenders in the arsenal with superior forces.

Arrows flew in the air, feathers kept coming and going, and soldiers on both sides fell screaming from time to time. The heavy infantry of the infantry battalion raised their large shields to cover their comrades pushing the rushing carts. The copper-clad wood was pulled up and slammed into the thick wooden door.

"Boom!"

In the loud noise, a long section of the courtyard wall shook. The wooden bolt behind the door jumped a few times and made a dull noise.

"What now?"

Wei Li showed an anxious look on his face, and shouted loudly: "They are about to rush in!" ”

Yan Zhong looked at the fire burning on the other side of the Fudao, and said calmly: "Now that the prince's side is also fighting, we have no reinforcements." ”

Wei Li jumped to his feet anxiously, "It's all this time, and you still say that there are some of these and there are none?" ”

"Boom!"

The overhanging log from the rushing car hit the gate again, breaking a large hole. When the soldiers outside the door saw it, they all cheered loudly. The defenders immediately drew a few men and lined up behind the gates, ready to engage the incoming enemy.

Yan Zhong was actually very apprehensive in his heart, but after all, he had been by Huangfu Song's side, and had seen the scene of a battle of more than 100,000 people, and the situation in front of him was just a small scene for him. He calmly said to Wei Li: "Is it time for the last resort?" ”

Wei Li was stunned for a moment, looked to the north, and said embarrassedly: "It's Taicang there, if it burns up........"

Yan Zhong turned his face and said sharply, "Are you going to wait here for death?" ”

Wei Li gritted his teeth and said, "How can you burn Taicang lightly?" It's better to burn Yong'an Palace too! ”

Yan Zhong was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face, and he praised: "Yes, the inside of Yong'an Palace has already been prepared, if the fire is set out, half of Luoyang will not be able to be saved!" Without further ado, I'll send someone to set the fire, and you can bring someone to fetch more well water and bring it over. ”

"What are you doing with water?"

"Aren't you afraid that the fire will burn us together?"

"Forehead ......", Wei Li was startled, and hurriedly said: "I'm going to fetch water!" ”

Yan Zhong had long wanted to set a fire in Luoyang City, and before he gave Chen Cheng an idea, saying that if he couldn't hold it, he would set fire to the palace, and then take advantage of the chaos to break through. After coming to the arsenal, he had already started to prepare for arson.

Luoyang, as the capital of the empire for hundreds of years, has accumulated countless wealth, and if it weren't for the impossible, he wouldn't want to burn it........

Last night, there were riots and robberies in the southern city, and many houses were burned, but they were all unorganized individual acts, although there were many fires, but as soon as the northern army entered the city, the fire was controlled. The flames on the Beicheng side were organized and prepared, and as soon as the flames began to burn, they formed a prairie fire.

First, the houses near Taicang were set on fire, and then the flames spread out in all directions. When the nearby residents and soldiers shouted to come and put out the fire, the fire in the Yong'an Palace rose to the sky. The wood that had been splashed with oil caught fire, and the soldiers who had gone to set it on fire did not return, and it was not known whether they had been swallowed by the flames or had been found to have been chopped into pulp.

At first, some people used wooden barrels, washbasins and other things to fill water to fight the fire, but instead of being extinguished, the flames grew bigger and bigger. The flames dried the wood from the surrounding palace houses, and then the sparks drifted over and ignited it again. It happened that the north wind blew again, and the fire borrowed the wind momentum, and the wind helped the fire, and the northeast corner of Luoyang was all shrouded in flames.

When the flames first began to ignite, Zhang Zhang was still urging his soldiers and horses to attack, and seeing that the enemy on the opposite side was about to be hammered to death, he was unwilling to give up this opportunity to make meritorious contributions. I didn't know that after a while, a fire broke out in front and back. The flames scorched the air, and no matter how elite the soldiers were, he was hesitating whether to withdraw his troops first, when the north wind blew, and the flames were out of control.

In the raging flames, the soldiers were separated, and then lost their formation. The soldiers defending the city opened the gates and fled first, and the people helped the old and the young, and the cries shook the sky and poured out of the gates.