Chapter Twenty-Three: Luoyang Strategy (I)
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"Kill!" Xu Huang and Zhang Liao took the lead, the black cavalry roared and rushed into Luoyang City frantically, they were idle in the Qingni Pass for more than a year, watching the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Flying Bear Army make meritorious achievements, a lot of copper coins fell into their pockets, beautiful women threw themselves into their arms, the black cavalry was naturally jealous and their eyes were green, and they had already held back a belly of fire, and now they finally had an opportunity to earn credit, who would be willing to be left behind? Fortunately, the rebels did not pay attention to the city gate that was opened by the fleeing people, and the black cavalry successfully entered the city without much difficulty.
The city of Luoyang has been completely chaotic, everywhere is the chaotic army that took advantage of the fire to rob, everywhere is the cry and screams of the people, everywhere is the panicked crowd, everywhere you can see the corpses that have been killed, hacked to death, trampled to death, the houses in the small half of the city have been ignited to the sky, not only the soldiers of Wang Qijun are making chaos, Yuan Kui's Luoyang army composed of hooligans and ruffians who was scattered is not good at fighting, killing people and setting fires is a good trick, and they also follow Wang Qijun behind the looting.
"Kill!" Xu Huang wielded a big axe, cut off the head of a Luoyang army rebel carrying a package on his back, and shouted frantically: "Kill all the rebels wearing military uniforms!" Don't kill people indiscriminately! ”
"Kill!" Everyone in the Black Cavalry is scrambling to take the lead, all of them are brave enough to take the lead, venting their anger at the head of the chaotic army that has been idle for a long time, and Wang Jijun and Yuan Kui are full of bad luck, their number is originally less than that of the Black Cavalry, and the weapons and armor equipment and battle formation training cannot be compared with the Black Cavalry, and they are fighting separately in the chaos, how can they be the opponents of the Black Cavalry like a wolf and a tiger? Often, before a rebel army could react to what was going on, two or three black cavalrymen had already cut it into pieces, and at the end the corpse would be trampled into flesh by the horses' hooves. There were also some Wang Qijun with relatively high fighting quality who formed teams to meet them, but unfortunately their formation was not fully organized, and they were chopped into pieces of meat by the swarming black cavalry. Around the West Gate, the entire battlefield presented a one-sided situation, and the black cavalry, which was several times larger than the chaotic army, was like a tiger out of a cage, slashing and stabbing around the poor chaotic saber, but the chaotic army had no power to fight back.
The anger that has been suppressed for a long time is very terrible, in less than a pillar of incense, nearly 2,000 Wang Ji and Yuan Kui's rebellious army in the area of Luoyang West Gate were wiped out by the black cavalry, and none of the corpses of those rebellious troops were intact, they were all cut into dozens of bloody pieces of meat, but the black cavalry army was not satisfied, a small number of house-to-house searches to see if there were any fish that slipped through the net, and most of the nimble minds have rushed to the center of the city, where there are many opportunities for them to be promoted and make a fortune.
"Well done! Kill all these rebels and thieves! The old man Zhu Xian, who was protected by more than a dozen Zhang Liao's personal soldiers, clapped his hands on the horse and applauded, "Dog thief, you have to suffer this time." After shouting for a while, Zhu Xi suddenly remembered something important, and hurriedly rode his horse to Zhang Liao's side, "General Zhang, go and save the saint, the king and the dog thief are attacking the palace." ”
Zhang Liaozheng was disgusted with killing, and when he heard that there was such a good thing, he immediately waved his spear, "Brothers, go to the palace to kill thieves!" Remember, Wang Ji left Lao Tzu to kill! Before Zhang Liao finished shouting, Xu Huang also remembered that Wang Ji was in the palace, and without saying a word, he slapped the horse and ran in the direction of the palace, so angry that Zhang Liao yelled, "Gongming, you are not authentic, say that Wang Ji is mine!" ”
Xu Huang's laughter floated from afar, "Wenyuan, whoever arrives first wins!" Zhang Liao was willing to let in, and he also hurried up and ran straight to the palace.
Zhang Liao and Xu Huang ran to the palace almost at the same time, and the inner city of the palace had been broken by Wang Qi's chaotic army, fortunately, there was still a shouting sound in the palace, it seems that Wang Qi had not completely succeeded, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang shouted at the same time, and they entered the palace together, chopping melons and chopping vegetables all the way to kill, and those unlucky Wang Qi troops at the gate of the palace have not even seen the origin of this army, and their heads have already landed.
The chaos in the palace is not inferior to the outside of the palace, and even surpasses it, many palace rooms have been on fire, and the Wang Qi rebel army and the royal forest army can be seen everywhere fighting, from time to time there are screams of palace maids and men's lewd laughter, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang while commanding the black cavalry to kill the rebel army, while rushing to the main hall where the sound of killing is the worst.
Zhang Liao and Xu Huang rushed into the hall almost at the same time, as soon as the two entered the hall, they saw a man in his thirties grabbing a teenage child in Chinese clothes and laughing, and the child was crying, and dozens of rebels with knives forced Ma Ridan and a group of crying old ministers to the corner, although Zhang Liao and Xu Huang had never seen Wang Ji, it can be seen that this scene, so can you not know who is Wang Ji?
When Wang Ji saw Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and others entering the hall, he couldn't help but be stunned and shouted, "Who are you waiting for?" ”
Zhang Liao sneered: "Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan under the command of the Great Han Dong Taishi!" ”
Xu Huang yelled: "Xu Huang and Xu Gongming under the command of the Great Han Dong Taishi!" ”
Wang Ji was overjoyed, "Great, the villain is about to ......" Before Wang Ji's words were finished, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang had already rushed to him at the same time, and shouted together: "Wang Ji is a thief, suffer death!" Zhang Liao's spear was sent quickly, instantly piercing Wang Qi's heart, and at the same time, Xu Huang's big axe swung violently, Wang Qi's head suddenly fell to the ground, and the blood sprayed out splashed Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and Emperor Han Xian all over his body.
Wang Ji's head flew out of the distance, his eyes never closed, and the last thought flashed in his mind when Wang Ji's head flew out, "Why did they kill me......"
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At dawn, Wang Qi and Yuan Kui's chaotic army was all wiped out, and the black cavalry killed more than 7,000 enemies, and they did not break a single soldier, only a dozen soldiers fell from their horses and were slightly injured because they used too much force to kill the enemy. The bigger miracle is that when the Black Cavalry Army searched and sentenced the army from house to house, it only committed less than 100 cases of ** people's women and robbery of people's property, which is the biggest miracle for Dong Zhuojun, who has a very poor reputation for military discipline.
Dong Zhuojun has almost no loss, the people of Luoyang are miserable, the dead and wounded can not be counted at all, the property losses are even more incalculable, what is even more tragic is that the rebels set fire everywhere in the riot, and no one to save them in the chaos, the fire burned down nearly one-third of the houses in Luoyang, causing more than 200,000 Luoyang people to be displaced, there is no place to live, and now it is not spring, the climate is cold, hunger and cold, I don't know how many people will freeze to death and starve to death.
The situation was initially decided, Xu Huang and Zhang Liao were still looking for fish to slip through the net in the city, they gambled last night to see who killed more enemy soldiers, the bet was a jar of wine, but Xu Huang led the two, Zhang Liao of course did not give up, Xu Huang was not willing to be overtaken by Zhang Liao, but after looking for a morning, the two of them still found nothing - the soldiers of the Black Cavalry Army also felt that it was not enjoyable.
Just when Xu Huang pestered Zhang Liao to ask for a bet, Taifu Ma Ridan and other old ministers came to them with a thick old face, and when there was turmoil last night, for some reason, Wang Ji knew the relationship between Fu Wan and Cai Yong and Dong Zhuo, and also knew that Ma Ridan and other old ministers were friendly with Dong Zhuo and did not dare to touch them, so although several old stubborns were intimidated, they did not hurt their lives.
Ma Ridan and others first thanked Zhang Liao and Xu Huang for saving the city, and then thanked them for saving their lives, and then politely for a long time, and finally you pushed me, I pushed you, Ma Ridan said in a hurry: "Two generals, Luoyang has experienced this catastrophe, and the royal family and people are short of winter food, please look at the two generals for the ......, for the sake of the friendship between Lao Yu and others and Dong Taishi, borrow some military food for the imperial court to tide over the difficulties." In fact, what Ma Ridan said was a lie, even if there was no turmoil, there were few grains in the Luoyang granary, which was not enough for winter.
Zhang Liaoqi said: "Ma Taifu, there was no disaster around Luoyang last year, and there should be some harvest of autumn grain, how can there be a shortage of food?" Xu Huang was also very strange, "Luoyang has fertile land and thousands of merchants, it is the richest place in the world, how can it be to the point of lack of food?" ”
Xu Huang and Zhang Liao didn't say that it was okay, as soon as they said this, Ma Ridan and the others burst into tears, and Ma Ridan choked up and said: "General, when the Taishi was here, the old man still hated him for oppressing the scholars, and after the East Taishi left, the old man knew that it was not easy for the Taishi!" ”
Zhu Xi cried more sadly than Ma Ridan, and sobbed: "I don't know that firewood and rice are expensive, since Dong Taishi left, those scholars who were driven away by Dong Taishi have come back, they are mean to the court, and they are more ruthless to the people, the field rent has increased to eighty, and the people have worked hard for a year, but they can't even eat enough, and those scholars rely on their ancestors' merits, and they don't pay grain, and at the beginning there are merchants who pay some taxes to the court, and they barely deal with it, but now there are wars everywhere, and the businessmen are light and can't collect much, and then later, Those merchants all transferred their properties to the name of the scholars, and the last road was cut off again. ”
Cai Yong came over, "Don't hide it from the two generals, Taifu and Taifu, Lao Yu and others have not received a penny of food from the imperial court for more than half a year, if it weren't for the last time Lao Yu went to Chang'an, his daughter helped Lao Yu and Lord Fu with some money and food, Lao Yu and others would have starved to death." ”
The five old men were crying and crying in front of them, but Zhang Liao and Xu Huang had nothing to do, and the military rations they brought were not much, even if they were the masters to save the military rations, I am afraid it would not be enough for the more than 200,000 victims in Luoyang for a day. In the end, Xu Huang had an idea, "Don't worry, my lords, listen to what you mean, Luoyang is not without any food, but some food is also in the hands of the big scholars, why don't we learn from the Taishi......"
Before Xu Huang's words were finished, Ma Ridan and the others were already startled, and waved their hands again and again: "No, absolutely not, you can't rob it!" After the end, he made a series of moves, "Two generals, you must not be like this, Luoyang can no longer withstand any blows." ”
Xu Huang spread his hands, "Your Excellency disagrees, and the last general has no choice, tell you the truth, the military rations we can distribute are not enough for the victims for a day, and after today, you can only learn from the Yellow Turban Thief - cannibalism." ”
Ma Ridan, Cai Yong and others made a bitter face, but they did not let go and agreed that Zhang Liao and Xu Huang would rob the big families of the Shi clan. Zhang Liao didn't speak, and after thinking about it for a long time, he muttered: "According to the calculation of the distance, as long as you can hold on for twenty days, the food transported by Taishi Dong will arrive." Ma Ridan and others said curiously: "Dong Taishi transported grain to Luoyang? Zhang Liao took out Kang Peng's letter, "Ladies and gentlemen, there are few people sent by Taishi Dong, you can take a look." ”
Ma Ridan, Cai Yong and others were even more strange after seeing it, Dong Zhuo transported grain to Luoyang, maybe he sent a kind heart to pay tribute to the saints, but he said in the letter that the scholars and merchants of Chang'an were also coming, what does this mean?
Zhang Liao said in a deep voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, have you seen it? As long as you insist on about 20 days, the Taishi's food will arrive, if you don't grab it, you can't grab it, choose a family with the most grain to grab, so that the turmoil is smaller, as long as it is enough for 20 days. ”
Ma Ridan, Fu Wan and others were silent for a long time, and finally Dong Cheng gritted his teeth and said: "For the victims of Luoyang who are waiting to be fed, grab it, rob Yuan Kui, this old thing has been cunning and exploiting the people for a year, and the family has the most food, so it should be able to spend twenty days." The rest of Ma Ridan, Fu Wan and others did not object, and they also hated Yuan Kui who led the wolf into the room.
Zhang Liao nodded, and was about to make arrangements, when Cai Yong stopped him, "General, please wait, we can use some means, and we don't have to let the general be charged." Everyone's eyes turned to Cai Yong, Cai Yong lowered his head, a little shy, "We can put the charge of the mastermind of last night's turmoil on Yuan Kui's head, so that Yuan Kui can be justifiably executed and his family property confiscated. ”
Ma Ridan, Fu Wan and others smiled bitterly, for the sake of the victims, the world's first Confucian also learned to frame people. Xu Huang and Zhang Liao, who had heard some rumors of things in the backyard of the Dong Mansion, suddenly realized, and said in their hearts, there must be a father if there is a daughter!
Poor Yuan Kui was still carefully selected at home to prepare beauties and gifts for Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, Zhu Xian rushed in with a group of fierce and vicious Dong Zhuojun, Zhu Xian didn't say a word, opened a holy decree and read it, to the effect that Yuan Kui colluded with the rebel king to commit chaos, and attempted to rob the crime of unforgivable and executed immediately! Zhu Xian didn't give Yuan Kui a chance to cry out for injustice, and with a wave of his hand, Dong Zhuojun pounced together, escorted Yuan Kui's family to the court and beheaded him, Yuan Kui's family property was also confiscated, and the beauty naturally belonged to Zhang Liao and Xu Huang.
At the same time, a pigeon flew out of an ordinary house in Luoyang and flew all the way to the west. Two days later, a report by Li Ru was put on Kang Peng's desk: the 40th report of the Dark Moon Team reported that the 43rd of the Swallow Group successfully instigated Wang Qi to kidnap Emperor Xian and control Luoyang Xian and Taishi, and on the night of the incident, the 43rd died in the turmoil.
At the bottom of the report, there is also the information of the swallow group No. 43: the swallow group No. 43, whose real name is Zhou Xing'er, is seventeen years old, a native of Tai'an, Qingzhou, fled to Luoyang in the first year of the first year of the first peace, both parents starved to death on the way, and a younger brother is now thirteen years old, because he used his body to exchange food for the Luoyang Shi clan to raise his brother, was rescued by Zhao Yun's subordinates, and then took the initiative to participate in the swallow group, and was placed next to Wang Qi in November of the second year of Chuping, and his younger brother has been arranged to go to school in Chang'an School......