Hou Junji led 20,000 vanguard troops, quickly maneuvered to Huangshui City, did not encounter ambushes and resistance along the way, arrived at Huangshui City, the entire city was already half empty, the people in the city rioted, drove away the remaining remnants, and Kaicheng took the initiative to welcome the entry of the Sui army. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

This time, Li Liang's order to clear the city, although strategically tried to attack the Sui army and plundered some of the supplies, but it lost badly in terms of reputation, so that the local people recognized these anti-king faces, and they were not as good as the imperial army, and they did not understand the people.

Hou Jun gathered troops to the city, due to the hurry, he was not ready to attack the city, but just wanted to put pressure on Li Liang's regime, but he didn't expect the effect to be so good, scaring away tens of thousands of Xiliang troops.

The city was easily obtained, there was no resistance, and the people went out of the city to welcome the return of the Sui army.

Hou Junji looked at the majestic ancient city, crying and complaining about the people, and couldn't help but admire Luo Zhaoyun's strategic arrangement, the young marshal would have thought of this result a long time ago, so he asked him to hurry up, increase his momentum, and travel lightly, it turned out that he wanted to fight psychological warfare, scare off the Xiliang army, and reduce the plundering of the people.

"Fathers and fellow villagers, my Sui army in the northwest is not those rebels who burn and plunder everywhere, nor is it the Sui army in the Central Plains, aiding and abetting, we are the garrison army in the northwest, follow Major Marshal Luo Cheng, to pacify the trouble, but under the protection of our army, this kind of disturbance and oppression, and reckless seizure will not happen again."

The rest of the people, hearing the assurances of the Sui generals, all cheered and welcomed the Sui army from the northwest into the city.

"It shouldn't be called Sui Jun, it should be called Luo Jiajun, the team led by Luo Shaoshuai is just different!" There are local elders, who know a little about poetry and books, and take the lead in proposing that the Sui army in other places should be called Luo Jiajun.

"It would be good if Luo Cheng was self-reliant, we would be under the protection of the Luo family's army, and we would not have to worry about being bullied by robbers and rebels." Some people sighed.

The Sui army in the northwest occupied Huangshui City, which was the seat of Xiping County and the largest city in the county.

Two days later, Luo Zhaoyun personally led the army to arrive, and was welcomed by the remaining people in the city, if it was not for the Sui army's punctual pressing, it is likely that they would all be plundered, killed, and looted by the Xiliang army.

Luo Zhaoyun felt the benefits of the people's desire and the teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and without the support of the people, it would be difficult for the emerging regime to gain a foothold.

"Folks, I, Luo Cheng, will take over Xiping County, I will not allow any riots to happen, and no rebels will come to make trouble and burn the people, everyone can live with peace of mind, everything is the same, even better than before. After a while, the northwestern counties will be integrated and the trade routes with the Western Regions will be opened, there will be many Hu merchants, and the northeast merchants will arrive here to trade, Huangshui City will continue to prosper, and the materials of the Central Plains will also communicate with here little by little, and everyone will become rich. ”

With the young marshal's guarantee, the only remaining 50,000 or 60,000 people in Huangshui City were immediately reassured and no longer worried.

"The young marshal will do what he says, in the name of benevolence and righteousness, we will listen to his words, live here in peace, and there will be no trouble."

"Yes, listen to the young marshal."

The common people all have the mind of conformity, go with the flow, and everyone thinks so, and public opinion quickly spread.

Luo Zhaoyun sent Du Ruhui to deal with civil affairs, investigate the current situation of population and material damage in the city, promulgate new regulations and policies to reassure the people, quickly stabilize the situation, win over the people, continue to recruit soldiers, and expand the ranks.

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Wang Shichong led thousands of his soldiers to the north, passed through the interception of the righteous army along the way, and arrived outside Luoyang in embarrassment.

At this time, the Wagang army had already sent troops from the Tiger Prison Pass, but it had not yet reached the city of Luoyang for the time being, and it was still two or three hundred miles away, and the situation was dangerous.

Outside Luoyang City, Wang Shichong declared his identity, held the imperial gold medal, carried the holy decree, and was soon welcomed into the city.

The majestic and luxurious Luoyang City, although the building is still the same, but the city has lost the prosperity of the past, lifeless, no laughter, the people in the city with a sad face, because they more or less understand that the Great Sui is about to run out, all parts of the world are opposed, Li Mi soon led troops to fight, Emperor Yang Guang will not return to the eastern capital.

As the people of the capital, they once had an incomparable sense of superiority, but once the country was destroyed, the people at the feet of the Son of Heaven were often in the whirlpool, and they were afraid that they would be calamitized.

"Will Luoyang City be broken by those rebels?"

"Will the Wagang Army slaughter the city?"

The people in the streets and alleys are talking about these things, and the more they cross, the more they cross.

Wang Shichong took Wang Xingben, Wang Shiwei, Wang Honglie, Wang Xuanying and other children of the clan into Luoyang Street, and thousands of soldiers were left in the school field at the gate of the city.

Through the palace gate guarded by layers of forbidden troops, Wang Shichong entered the palace hall.

Yang Tong stayed in the rear, temporarily sat in the main seat, and was in charge of the government, and the auxiliary ministers included Duan Da, the doctor of Jin Ziguanglu, Yuan Wendu, the secretary of Taifu, the acting Shangshu Weijin of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the general Huangfu Wuyi, the right Shilang Lu Chu, and the Guanglu Shaoqing Fang Ying and others.

After Wang Shichong handed over the holy decree, he was a little apprehensive in his heart, although he was transferred and held military power, it was unknown whether he could defeat the Wagang army and whether he would be accepted by the military generals here.

Yang Tong received the order, read it again, and then asked the chamberlain to read it out, and said: "General Wang is appointed by His Majesty, who came to quell the rebellion and protect the eastern capital Luoyang. ”

Wang Shichong is a good person, and he did not take the initiative to open his mouth, but praised Yang Guang first, saying that he was promoted, he was all His Majesty's discerning person, and he would never dare to relax, he would not let the imperial court be embarrassed, and he said a lot.

Many Wenchen sneered, although they didn't have much contact, they all knew that Wang Shichong was good at patting horses, one set on the surface, one set in secret, his mouth was like a river, what he said was unreliable, and he listened to three sentences out of ten, which would be good.

Yang Tong asked: "The Wagang army is about to attack Luoyang, I don't know if General Wang has a strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

Wang Shichong was prepared in advance, and replied: "The minister thinks that when the enemy is outside the city gate, start a tough battle, build a defense line according to the terrain, and deal with the Wagang army, although the high walls of Luoyang City are thick, suitable for defense, but such a stubborn defense, it is too passive, and Luoyang City is densely populated, but the grain and grass are limited, relying on a few granaries outside the city, once it is surrounded, within three months, there will be a shortage of food in the city, and the consequences are unimaginable, so the minister needs to lead 100,000 troops, build a large camp along the Luoshui area in the east, and fight with the Wagang army outside the city. At the same time, heavy troops were sent back to Luocang and other cangs to ensure the supply of grain and grass in Luoyang. ”

Yang Tong listened to what Wang Shichong said in a clear and somewhat reliable manner, nodded slightly, and immediately asked him to do it, and asked the military department to allocate 100,000 soldiers and horses to go out of the city to prepare for war.