Waiting for the navy to be transported into the Hubu camp, everything was in vain, found that Zhang Tongren was on the east city wall, Yang Yanshi commanded the heavy armor infantry army to climb the horse road of the south city wall first, step by step to kill the city tower, clear more than 1,000 Zheng troops, put down the suspension bridge of the four city gates such as the south gate, and the city tower sailor opened the city gate. After dawn, the Hexi army stormed Dongcheng, and the fierce battle lasted until noon, the Zheng army was completely annihilated, and Zhang Tongren was captured alive.

Although Guo Shiheng repeatedly used Cao Ren's example of defending Fancheng after the flooding of the Seventh Army in Guanyun Changshui to encourage his subordinates, Guo Shiheng himself also understood that Wei was strong and Shu was weak during the Three Kingdoms, and Cao Ren and his subordinates knew that reinforcements would arrive sooner or later, so they fought to the death; And Zheng Jun, the last reinforcement is himself, and Luoshui seems to be the last barrier in Luoyang.

After finding out the situation in Luoyang, Dong Jun refused Wang Shichong's order to return to Luoyang, and directly tied up Wang Shichong's nephew Wang Wan with several henchmen and generals, and surrendered Yang Gongqing and Suo Yanshou, who were approaching Heyang; Wang Shichong's other nephew, Wang Ren, lost more than 4,000 troops in the Battle of Xingluocang, lost the small cities such as Luye on the periphery, and was surrounded by Du Caigan and Tian Liu'an in Xingluocang, unable to move.

The two sides held each other for two days, the water receded, Luoyang City was devastated, Yang Chong ordered Youyi Wei to participate in the battle, and replaced Xu Shiji's army with a fresh force to fight. Cheng Yanjin took the lead and led the army to continue to move forward; When the war was in full swing, Yang Chong ordered Su Dingfang's Chang Jie battalion to help in the battle, Guo Shiheng could no longer support it, and led more than 4,000 remnants of the Zheng army to retreat to the palace. For three days and three nights, the Zheng army drowned and killed more than 40,000 people, and was captured by the Hexi army of 20,000 people, and the Zheng army still followed Wang Shichong in the imperial city was only 6,000 people.

Yang Chong arranged to send the chief Sun Anshi into the city to persuade him to surrender, but Wang Shichong saw that his generals were silent, so he had to lead the civil and military officials to Yang Chong's military camp to ask for surrender; Wang Ren heard the news and led the army to enter the camp and was killed by random arrows. Yang Chong ordered the confiscation of Wang Shichong's inventory of property, rewarded the three armies, and restored order in the city.

More than 70,000 people died in Luoyang City, countless people were injured, one-third of the houses were destroyed, and Mozhuo Academy, Daye Medical School, Women's Barracks, and Langzhong in the army were all leading people to treat the wounded, sprinkle lime for disinfection, and clean up the environment. More than 10,000 hostages in the palace have died almost halfway, and those who are alive are also half life, Yang Chong can only let these people go, provide food, and ask the Taoist priest of Yuqing Altar to help treat them.

Three cremation pools were built improvised outside the city, and corpses were sent for incineration before they decomposed, so as not to cause the plague; However, the Great Sui paid attention to burial, believing that once the body was burned, the human soul would be scattered and could no longer be reincarnated. The Hexi army's siege of the city regardless of the lives of the people made the people of Luoyang dissatisfied, and they also burned the corpses, which aroused the worry and anger of countless people, and at the instigation of well-intentioned people, it caused several large-scale obstruction incidents.

Who knew that Yang Chong's wrists were like iron this time, while letting the people see that the soldiers killed in the Hexi Army were also burned and collected ashes, and publicized that rotting corpses would produce plague; On the one hand, the troublemakers were arrested, and as long as they were caught, they were sentenced to exile and the whole family moved to Dengzhou. Due to Meng Xiaoyi, Guo Shancai, and Yun Dingxing, more than a dozen of Wang Shichong's old subordinates, including Duan Da, Guo Shiheng, Guo Shizhu, Zhang Tongren, Zhu Cang, Huan Fasi, and Zhang Zhi, were found to be related to the troublemakers, and all of them were arrested, confiscated their family property, and tied up to Luoshui's small island to be beheaded for public display.

Yang Chong's move frightened Luoyang and Chang'an, and most of the magnates in the two places came from a family or marriage, and for a while, public opinion was boiling, and Yang Wang and others had to jointly invite Yang Chong to return to Chang'an to discuss matters. Yang Chongliu left Zhang Jin, the general of the right Yiwei, to stay in Luoyang, and Wang Ji to guard Henan County, Henan County has jurisdiction over Henan, Luoyang, Ruxiang, Taolin, Shaanxi, Xiong'er, Mianchi, Xin'an, Yanshi, Gong, Yiyang, Shou'an, Luhun, Yique, Xingtai, Wushi, Songyang, Yangcheng 18 counties.

Yang Chong recalled Qu Tutong as the general of Zuo Xiaowei, formed the Zuo Xiaowei Army in Luoyang, assisted Zhang Jin in garrisoning Luoyang, and Wei Lu and Wang Yaohan were the generals of Zuo Xiaowei; Xu Shiji served as the governor of Hebei and Shandong provinces, and Dong Jun was transferred to be the county guard of Liang County, Zhang Gongjin was the county guard of Suiyang County, Wang Bo was the county guard of Qingzhou Thorn and Qi County, and Xu Yuanlang was the county guard of Jiyin and Lu County, all of which were under the command of Xu Shiji.

Wang Shichong's family was forced to move to Chang'an; Meng Xiaoyi, Guo Shancai, Yun Dingxing, and the eldest grandson An Shi were all temporarily appointed as prison generals, while Xue Deyin, Cui Hongdan, Lu Junye, and Guo Zigao returned to Chang'an with the army in a prisoner car.

As soon as Yang Chong returned to Chang'an, on the same day, in the name of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Privy Council, he ordered Song Jingang, Liu Heimin and other troops to form the Right Xiao Guard Army and stationed it in Hanoi County; Chen Ling and Wang Zhang Yeyi were ordered to lead 10,000 sailors to follow Li Jing, the head of the march on the East Road, to prepare ships and supplies, and to consider attacking Jiangdu with the Jianghuai army. In the evening, a banquet was held in the Yue Guo Mansion, and Du Fuwei, Yuan Wuji, Fang Yanzao, and Jiang Duo were invited to dinner.

The battle of Luoyang Yang Chong took twenty days, the real fierce battle was less than five days, the Hexi army killed more than 5,000 people, 17,000 wounded, this result actually made the household and the military department breathe a big breath, if Yang Chong fought under Luoyang City for a year, I am afraid that just replenishing the source of troops will make the military department crazy. Yuan Wuji and Fang Yanzao came together as soon as they got off work, but they didn't expect Jiang Duo and Du Fuwei to come earlier.

Du Fuwei also brought two cars of treasured silk as gifts, which were originally brought from Liyang, and he had always wanted to give them to Yang Chong, but today he can be regarded as having seized the opportunity; Yang Chong did not shirk, the Jianghuai Army had a lot of harvest in Yangzhou, and he didn't care about this thing. Du Fuwei heard Yang Chong say that he hoped to return to Danyang to command the battle, at first he thought it was Yang Chong's temptation, and when Yang Chong said later, he knew that Yang Chong really wanted to recapture Jiangdu, and he couldn't help but feel grateful, and the defeat to Li Zitong with superior forces was the pain in Du Fuwei's heart.

With the Jianghuai counties attached, compared to the territory laid by Yang Chong all the way, Du Fuwei understood that he was too far behind, and he inevitably said a few words that were heart-wrenching, and the five of them talked very speculatively. But in the end, Yang Chong suddenly became serious and said: "King Chu, I am not worried at all about you and Li Jing defeating Jiangdu, it is only a matter of time." What I am worried about is that the military discipline and customs of the Jianghuai army will cause disputes and accidents when you capture Jiangdu, and you will be caught in the vortex. ”

Once Du Fuwei returns to the Jianghuai army and captures the Jiangdu again, it is inevitable that some people will hope that Du Fuwei will regain his own position as king, and if the Jianghuai army still has looting behavior and conflicts with Li Jing, it will be a whirlpool. As long as it happens, it will not be subject to human will, and whatever Du Fuwei does may not have a good result.

Du Fuwei smiled and asked Yang Chong: "What does the prime minister mean?" ”

(End of chapter)