Chapter 582: The Hearts of the Army and the People
Han Sui Zhang Wei coalition army of 270,000 after a series of previous temptations finally formed a siege of Luoyang City again, at this time standing on the south gate of the city head can see the winding dozens of miles of the enemy camp tent, the scene is quite spectacular, in this dark cloud to cover the city to destroy the momentum, it stands to reason that the guards should have a heavy psychological pressure, but if you carefully observe the look of the city head soldiers, see more is a kind of anticipation and excitement for the war, Except for the constant patrolling of the city, which is a little more frequent than usual, nothing has changed!
This can also be explained by the fact that Liu Yi's subordinates are all elites in a hundred battles, after all, the previous offensive of the coalition army in Luoyang did not have any effect, so in the face of the enemy coming again, the soldiers can maintain a calm mentality. But in addition to the curfew, the lives of the people in Luoyang City do not seem to be affected by the pressure of the enemy army outside the city, it is difficult to feel the tense atmosphere, the closed moon pavilion, Ningxiang Building and other famous places are still full of life, and the traffic in front of the door is very lively.
This situation is extremely rare in countless siege battles, especially the strength of the offensive and defensive sides is still very different, there is only one reasonable explanation for this strange phenomenon, that is, the general Liu Yi is still in the city, the Luoyang army and the people can see the majestic figure riding on the black horse of the god horse almost every day, with him in the army and the people have the backbone, the general is never defeated, even if the other party is too strong after all, it is difficult to escape the fate of defeat, which has long been deeply rooted in the bone marrow of the soldiers and the people under the command, The general is like a needle in the sea.
And no matter before or after, Liu Yi can never see a dignified state on his face, it seems that it is the enemy army who is besieged, he is the attacking party, anyway, he has no consciousness of the trapped person at all, Liu Yi has never even shot in the previous encounter, but let his generals do their best. He even participated in a public trial case in Luoyang Prefecture!
The case itself is not bizarre, and the facts of the case are also clear, but a well-known scribe in Luoyang married a young lady from a local family, who knew that he was far away in Yuzhou's dregs and ran thousands of miles to find a husband, and this man who was full of poetry and books did something ungrateful, regardless of how his wife served his parents and how he worked hard to provide for his life and education, just by virtue of his wife at this time because of the hard work of the face sores to divorce his wife!
The wife who suffered so hard to find her husband thought that she would be able to rely on her husband after finding it, and even she could agree to work with the young lady of the family, but she didn't expect that her husband was now denied affection for her, and she was unable to restrain her grief and anger for a while, so she threw herself into the Yushui River and wanted this remnant life, but fortunately, she was rescued and heard her story, and it was really exciting, so some people persuaded her to die now, wouldn't it be the fulfillment of that well-dressed beast, Luoyang Prefecture is different from other places, and the officials under General Liu can enforce the law impartially, Then the woman went to the yamen.
However, although the scribe Yang Lin said that he had done such an ungrateful thing, the reason for divulging his wife was in line with the rule of the Seven Goings, which was the so-called evil disease! This case has been widely spread in Luoyang City, so the state government did not dare to slack off, and Zhang Ji personally interrogated, just because the current war was in the middle of the war, even if he wanted to postpone the trial, but Liu Yi was very interested in this case after hearing about it, so that Zhang Ji did not have to scruple.
After Feng Ruoxi heard about this, he hated Yang Lin to the core, and also shed a tear of sadness for Yang Guo's family, and the people in the city also stood on Yang Guo's side when they heard it, this is human nature, and sympathy for the weak is shared by everyone, and in the cognition at that time, Yang Guo's behavior can definitely be called a good wife. But Liu Yi's focus in his heart is not only here, what does the attention of the people in the city to this matter mean? The kindness of the masses is one thing, but the improvement of living standards and the strictness of the law are the parts that he value.
If the people were as hungry as ten years ago, and they were busy all day long for three meals and clothing, it would be difficult to pay more attention to this matter even if they were kind, and the status of the two sides in this case was very different at this time, but the family did not make any rude moves, which shows that the strictness of the law under Liu Yi's rule is not only for the people, but also for the upper classes of society.
These two points made Liu Yi very satisfied, he wanted to prosper business to enrich the country and strengthen the army, but what is the most basic point here? It is not that the government's policies are tolerant or not, nor that businessmen can get huge profits, but that the wealth of ordinary people, who occupy the largest part of the society, can only develop more demand when they still have spare energy, and the market will have more and more huge space, of course, the role of the first two is also great.
Of course, Liu Yi is very unimpressed with Yang Lin's behavior, whether from the point of view of the present or the future, this person is a personal scumbag, but he has the experience of later generations, and he is more inclined to punish such behavior with the law, so he is extremely interested in how Zhang Ji tried this case, Yang Lin's statement is in line with the rule of seven goes, and in the law of the late Han Dynasty, there is no woman who does not go three times.
On the day of the trial of the case, Liu Yi specially came to the back hall of the state capital to hear the trial, and the people outside the hall were also crowded, from the perspective of public trial alone, the late Han Dynasty did not do worse than the later generations, but in the troubled times in many places, the common people did not have this leisure, I have to say that Zhang Ji showed a high level of legal system when dealing with this case, he did not refute Yang Lin's seven rules, and chose the breakthrough point on his wife and remarriage, you must know that Huaxia has maintained monogamy since ancient times, No matter how many concubines you have, but there will always be only one wife, and even the Son of Heaven can only have one queen, and in the end, Yang Lin was sentenced to a year of exile and divorced from his stepwife, this result made the people who watched the trial applaud, and Liu Yi's appearance made everyone even more excited.
It was this sensational case in Luoyang City that let the people know that the general was still in the city, and he was able to participate in the trial of the state capital, which shows that he did not put the enemy troops outside the city in his eyes, and Luoyang City will be as stable as Mount Tai, this result is an unexpected result for Liu Yi, but in the end, the scene of Yang Guo's intercession for her husband still makes him sigh, this is the factor of the times.
Let Feng Ruoxi send some silver money to the poor woman and seek an errand for her in the Liu family's caravan, Liu Yi can only do that, he will never be exempted from the punishment of Yang Lin because of this, but he has to think more about Yang Guo's livelihood in the future, after all, it is impossible for everyone to meet Liu Yi, and the responsibility for this matter should not be borne by the state government, the current law is almost blank in this regard, and there is still a long way to go in front of him.
In addition, it has to be mentioned that although Liu Yi did not take Feng Ruoxi to the Closed Moon Pavilion to have a look, but his pavilion advocate Fan came to visit, although the identity gap is huge, but because of the relationship between Fang Xian'er, Qin Yuyao, Liu Ruyan and others, he and Zhang Fan are also old, and in the late Han Dynasty, people also attached great importance to the friendship between the old and the old. After some reminiscence, Zhang Fan offered Liu Yi a lot of military funds, but he also had a small request, that is, to ask General Liu to write an inscription for the Closed Moon Pavilion, which made Liu Yi feel a lot of slander in his heart, and secretly said Aren't you out of Lao Tzu's foreign appearance? However, thinking of the generous pen fee, plus the previous period of hard practice, even Cai Yan praised him for being quite a teacher, so he also waved a pair of gifts three days later, since ancient times, there have only been romantic celebrities, and Liu Yi is not at all, even if he is already very romantic in the eyes of outsiders, but this time in order to fall into the title of both civil and military, the Closed Moon Pavilion is even more clear again, Zhang Fan's investment today was doubled soon after.
These two things seem to have nothing to do with the war situation, but they have played a great role in stabilizing the hearts of the army and the people, and the people of Luoyang have spontaneously organized themselves to climb the city tower to strengthen the city for the defenders, and many young people have asked to join Liu Yi's army to defend their current rich life with their own hands, so even Zhang Hu and a cadre of the state government are extremely impressed by the lord's move, saving a lot of worries.
At this time, in the lobby of Liu Yi's mansion, the generals who participated in the meeting were full of confidence on their faces, and Liu Yi's attitude of treating the enemy army as if it were nothing quickly infected his subordinates, and now they all hoped that the enemy army could come to attack the city as soon as possible, so that they could also have room to play.
"This time according to the enemy's position, the main attack should be in the south city of Luoyang, with General Zhang Yan commanding 30,000 yellow-shirted battalion soldiers to defend it, the White Tiger Battalion also helped a thousand archers, the west gate was handed over to General Zhang Niujiao to lead the army 10,000 defense, and the east gate General Sun Guan also led the 10,000 troops to defend, the responsibility of patrolling the city and the north gate was handed over to Cao Xing Cao Lieutenant to lead the Yanyun battalion to prepare, and the battalions should also be flexibly mobilized according to the battle situation. After a period of recuperation and the skill of medicinal stones, Zhang Hu had recovered eight or nine points of spirit at this time, and was standing in front of the Luoyang city defense map to assign tasks to the generals, and everyone was also attentive to listen to his explanation.
"In addition, the remaining 1,000 archers of the Qinglong Xuanwu and the White Tiger Battalion and the personal guard battalion are ready to fight at any time, although our army has the strength of Luoyang, but the enemy's strength is also extremely strong, the generals must not have the slightest heart to underestimate the enemy, and the siege must be closely coordinated by all departments without mistakes, at this time, those who are derelict or slack will be dealt with according to the military law crime!" After Zhang Hu finished speaking, his eyes swept over the faces of the people one by one, everyone was solemn, it is a good thing to have the confidence to win, but it is necessary to underestimate the enemy, the words and deeds of the lord have strengthened the confidence of the Luoyang army and people, Zhang Hu's move is to be beaten, so that it can immediately enter the combat state, watch the enemy's actions for a few days, and the siege will be within three days.
"Don't worry about the main army, but Jiao Yan is here, it will be difficult for the enemy to make it difficult to advance, most of the enemy troops who attacked the city before did not do their best, and if they dare to come to Zhang this time, they will let him be killed and injured!" At this time, the highest military rank in the hall was Zhang Yan, the commander of the Yellow Shirt Battalion, who also assumed the most arduous responsibility of defending the North Gate.
"Okay, the enemy army outside the city is just relying on the number of people, it is rare for them to dare to attack my Luoyang, Yun Miao, your fighting spirit is commendable, but when the enemy army attacks the city, it is not allowed to fight it too badly, it is best to let them rush to the city is a good policy." Liu Yi said happily when he heard this, he was very satisfied with the state of the generals under his command at the moment, these are also veterans of the shopping mall, and the relationship between self-confidence and underestimating the enemy Zhang Hu has already woken up and does not need to be repeated, but he has no other thoughts.
The lord's words made Zhang Yan a little confused, can't he beat the enemy army too badly? And let them go to the top of the city? Isn't this to make others want to destroy their own prestige? What kind of medicine is sold in the lord's gourd? However, even though he had many doubts in his heart, he also believed that Liu Yi's words must have deep meaning, and said simply: "The heart of the lord is beyond Yan's guess, but please explain it in detail."
"If our army comes up and makes the enemy suffer heavy losses, they will definitely find another way, so we must let them see the hope of being able to contribute to Luoyang, as long as Yun Miao's acting skills are good enough, they can make their predecessors and servants keep coming, at this time, are you afraid of the enemy who is injured? Now Wen Yuan, General Fan and others are leading the cavalry to lay out, this Sizhou battlefield is the trap laid by Liu for Han Wenyu, then Luoyang is the bait, Yun Miao has been in the black mountain for a long time, if this bait is not fragrant, how can the prey be baited? Liu Yi explained in detail when he heard this, he wanted to use Luoyang and himself to attract the enemy army around, so as to better consume the enemy army or even annihilate it, he had never given up this plan from the beginning, and now seemed to him to be the right time!
Tomorrow the wolf three will be on the shelves, the first order is very critical, please support the brothers, then Xiao Zhuge is grateful, everyone has been with each other for nearly a year, and then help the wolf three when you can, Xiao Zhuge will work harder, please!