Chapter 163 - King Qin's army enters the city
Luoyang City at midnight is still a little cold, and the cold wind of early spring continues to invade the northern land, which is a little unbearable.
On the upper floor of Luoyang City, the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army stood in the cold wind, not afraid of the cold wind, and still stuck to their posts, like javelins, which made people feel an inexplicable sense of security.
In Luoyang City, a black horse came leisurely towards the city gate, and sitting on horseback was a man wearing the uniform of the Heavenly Mandate Military Camp.
"Who's coming, stop and be checked!" A group of Mandate Army soldiers walked out from under the city wall and ran towards the man with a hurry, and a soldier dressed as a lieutenant general shouted at the man.
Although the people who came were also members of the Mandate of Heaven, the defenders who arrived at the city gate did not relax in the slightest, and still faithfully performed their duties.
"The general has an order, open the city gates!" The battalion commander didn't talk nonsense, and threw the warrant in his hand to the comer.
The adjutant general of the defender took the warrant and looked at it, then his face changed, and he looked at the battalion with some hesitation, and only after half a ring did he slowly put the warrant into his arms, slowly beckoned behind him, and shouted in a deep voice, "Everyone, open the city gate and follow me!" ”
The defenders were stunned for a moment, and then resolutely carried out the order, slowly opened the city gate, ran behind the adjutant general at a trot, and slowly left the city gate with the battalion commander of the Heavenly Destiny Army.
And this scene was also staged at the various gates of the city, and for a while, the gates of the entire Luoyang City were wide open, and all defenses were lost.
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"Big brother, look, the city gate is open!"
In the night, Li Maozhen led his 90,000 troops to line up outside Luoyang City, waiting for Neiying to open the city gate and let them in.
After a long wait, when Li Maozhen's patience was about to run out, the gates of Luoyang City finally opened slowly.
"Brothers, follow me, attack Luoyang City, and sack it for three days!"
Li Maozhen's eyes lit up, picked up the long knife in his hand and waved it forward, and roared angrily.
The soldiers of Li Maozhen's army, who had been preparing for a long time, suddenly rushed towards Luoyang City like wild horses that had taken off the reins.
After all, the wealth of Luoyang City has long been known to the world, and if they can loot it in Luoyang, they will be able to make a fortune, which is much more considerable than their poor military salary.
Unexpectedly, Li Maozhen's army rushed into Luoyang City with almost no resistance, and the trap that Li Maozhen had suspected before did not appear.
Until Li Maozhen walked into Luoyang City, he was still a little unbelievable, this majestic Luoyang City was actually taken down by himself like this?
It's going too well, and it's even a little scary.
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On the other side of Luoyang City, a group of uninvited guests suddenly appeared at the gate of the city, and it was Zhu Wen's fierce generals Hu Zhen and Xie Tong.
At the beginning, Zhu Wen just found that the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army who confronted him had suddenly withdrawn, which couldn't help but make Zhu Wen a little confused, this is good, why did the Heavenly Mandate Army suddenly withdraw?
After some inquiry, Zhu Wen finally knew that it was Zhao Fan who was suddenly killed in Shaanzhou, and the entire Luoyang City was in chaos, so the Heavenly Mandate Army shrank its forces and headed towards Luoyang City.
After Zhu Wen learned the news, he immediately understood that his opportunity had come, the emperor died suddenly, if he went to Luoyang at this time, grabbed a cowardly and convenient royal family, and then pushed him to the throne, then wouldn't he be the one who had the final say in this world?
After Zhu Wen thought about it for a while, he decisively arranged his right-hand man, and went straight to Luoyang with 60,000 elite troops.
And in this process, Zhu Wen suddenly received a letter from King Ji asking for help, which revealed that he would secretly open the gate of Luoyang City and put their army into the city to plan for a great cause.
Of course, this letter was not written by King Ji, but was forged by Du Rangneng and then sent in the name of King Ji.
At the beginning, Zhu Wen was a little skeptical, after all, he didn't believe in this kind of pie in the world, but at this moment, the gate of Luoyang City was really opened, so he couldn't help but not believe it, Hu Zhen and Xie Tong discussed for a while, and then beckoned the army into the city.
In the north, Li Keyong's army sent by King Qin under the persuasion of Zheng Congyan finally rushed to the outside of Luoyang City after a long journey, and the leader was Li Cunxiao, who was known as the first military general in the late Tang Dynasty!
As for Joy and the others, they took advantage of the curfew, and under the cover of the army, they completely withdrew from Luoyang City with Du Rangneng and others.
Many ministers were still asleep, and they were picked up by the wolf-like soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and they fled from Luoyang City with their families and others.
Many ministers were unusually resistant at first, but when they learned that Zhao Fan was not dead, they immediately quieted down and began to think about the ins and outs of the whole thing.
As for the ministers of King Ji's camp, as well as those ministers who later fell to King Ji, they were left in the city to die, and what awaited them was a burial with broken bones, which was the price of betrayal!
That is to say, at this moment, in Luoyang City, except for the people in King Ji's camp, there is no one else, and even the common people in the entire Luoyang City have run away. Those who were unwilling to leave were forcibly erected by the soldiers of the Mandate of Heaven and went out of the city with the team.
And at this moment in the city, King Ji, who was dreaming of the emperor, knew nothing, and was still anxiously waiting for Li Maozhen's arrival in the mansion, expelling the Heavenly Mandate Army in the city, and then Fu Qinghe, a puppet with a thousand knives.
The three armies frantically poured into Luoyang City from one direction of Luoyang City, but they did not encounter any resistance, because the Heavenly Mandate Army responsible for guarding Luoyang had already secretly withdrawn from the city, and the soldiers at the city gate were the last to evacuate.
And those soldiers who were ready to plunder the people did not gain much in the end, because at this moment in Luoyang City, except for some things that were not very valuable and could not be taken away, everything else that could be taken away had already been taken away by the people.
In the end, the frantic soldiers jumped over the civilian area and began to attack the official mansions near the imperial city, and many of the ministers who were looking forward to the entry of King Qin's army into the city were under such an unknown tragic death knife, and the years of accumulation were instantly divided.
And the three armies that were advancing separately were also constantly approaching in the city, seeing that they were about to collide together, and in this dark night, it was impossible to see who was coming, and I was afraid that a fierce battle was inevitable.
(End of chapter)