Chapter 199: The Great Army Pressed the Realm
It was actually Dr. Wang Sunman, who was detained by Han Hou who sent Xinzheng to Xinzheng, came back, Zhou Bian was immediately overjoyed, and stood up as soon as he brushed it, and his movements were too big, and he actually turned over the small table with dinner in front of him, but Zhou Bian didn't care at all, and ran out after putting on his shoes, so panicked that Concubine Liu followed behind and shouted, "Your Majesty, you haven't eaten yet." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Not far from Mingde Palace, I saw Wang Sunman, who was in a hurry, and the untidy Wang Sunman, who saw the king coming out, hurriedly knelt on the ground, "How dare King Lao greet him personally, the minister is terrified." ”
Walking forward quickly, Zhou Bian helped him up, "Doctor Man went to Korea for my royal family, and unfortunately suffered, how can this king bear it." Fortunately, God forbid, Dr. Man is back again, haha! ”
One tall and one short, the two figures helped each other into the hall, and after sitting down, they only heard the king Sun Man speak, "King, since the last time my Wang Shi defeated the Han army in Gongyi Luoshui, the minister went to reprimand Han Hou by the king's order, and it was okay at first, Han Hou nodded again and again without speaking, and the minister said that it was a misunderstanding. Later, it was not bad for the minister to entertain in the Korean Welcome Palace, but he couldn't see Han Hou's face, and later, the minister couldn't even live in the Welcome Palace, and was driven to a small mansion, and several servants were also locked up, guarded by Han soldiers, and the minister was not allowed to go out for half a step. ”
Hearing this, Zhou Bian slapped his thigh, "Han Hou deceives people too much, don't say that my royal family is respectful, even if I am an ordinary envoy of various countries, I should not be treated like this." I wanted to send the envoy again, but I didn't expect the Korean army to call again. It's wronged Aiqing! ”
"It's okay, thank you for caring so much. Although they imprisoned the minister, they did not dare to slack off on their diet, and the minister did not suffer much. In the end, didn't the minister come back? ”
"That's right, how did you come back, Han Hou let you come back?" Zhou Bian finally asked the question he wanted to ask the most.
"Naturally, yes, otherwise, with the skills of a minister, how can I escape back. The king, the minister did not expect that the Korean court was clearly divided into several factions, some advocated offending Luoyang, and some did not advocate war, opposing each other. After he asked the minister to be released, the minister learned that 100,000 Han troops were coming to Luoyang, so he did not dare to take Gongyi and Chengzhou, but made a detour to Xinchengyi, and then went north through Yiyun. ”
"Han Chao, this king has heard of this person, the younger brother of Han Hou, who is now a doctor of the dynasty." Zhou Bian nodded.
"It is this person, that Han Chao also has some talents, which is quite valued by Han Hou, this person and the prince Wu Nai are all the way, and the prince does not agree with the son, and the general of the Han army Han Hu is also not in agreement, Han Chao is extremely optimistic about offending my royal family, and has been admonishing Han Hou, trying to stop the Han army's action, and Han Hou has not adopted it. Later, I don't know what way Han Chao took to move Han Hou and ask him to agree to release the minister back, otherwise the minister would not have to get out and go back. Also, after the minister regained his freedom that day, he was invited to a private house, and actually saw Dr. Han Chao, who claimed that he did not want to go against the royal family, but he couldn't control the king, and asked the king to forgive. He also said that if the royal family could hold on to Luoyang for three months, the Korean army would retreat, because Korea was surrounded by enemy countries and could not let the army fall in Luoyang for too long. ”
"From this point of view, this person is close to my royal family, and it can be used." Zhou Bian nodded again, "It's just, hum, three months, if that's the case, then the Han army will definitely return in vain." ”
But is it really easy to keep three months? There are too many variables, but Zhou Bian is not afraid of challenges.
"Hehe, Doctor Man has worked hard this time, if there is nothing to do, let's go and rest."
After sending Wang Sunman away, Zhou Bian asked people to bring up the hot rice and continued to eat.
Soon another day passed, this time there was new news, no one expected that nearly 20,000 Korean troops suddenly appeared at Mengjin Ferry, and went straight to Gongyi, and the Korean army converged, and it rose to as many as 120,000 at once.
As the news came, the atmosphere in the city became more and more tense, and the moment of silence before the storm was the most exciting.
At this time, in the Han military camp, the handsome tent was full of figures.
General Han Hu sat on it, Su Rui on the left hand side, and the middle officer Gongzi Jin on the right hand, and the generals and captains on both sides.
A young general kneeling in the middle of it arched his hand and said, "Father, the child is late." ”
It turned out that this person was Han Jin, the son of Han Hu, and the general ordered 20,000 troops to come here from Hebei to help, and it was still slow, but when he heard that Gongyi almost killed his father, Han Jin panicked and immediately accelerated his pace and finally arrived.
"It's okay, let's go back to the team." Han Hu waved his hand.
"The generals listened to the order, and now the grain and grass left by our army is only enough for the army for half a month, and in the past two days, many teams have been sent out to look for grain and grass, but they can't find it at all, that is the Zhou royal family wants to force our army to retreat. However, on the day of the oath, my monarch pointed to the sky, counted the disrespect of the current king, and vowed to seek justice for the first Zhou Gong, raise the prestige of my Han, and win the name of Fang Bo, so that the princes of the world dare not look down on it. Ladies and gentlemen, the words of the king are still in my ears, and we are still seeing the city wall of Luoyang, it is really our fault, and the old man has asked the king for his guilt. ”
Saying that, Han Hu's old eyes were full of tears, and he arched his hand towards the east.
"However, ladies and gentlemen, the power of my Han is unfalling, and now, my 120,000 army is approaching Luoyang with the momentum of overwhelming, and I must be unstoppable within ten days, break through Luoyang, and raise the power of my Han!"
"Raise the power of my Korea!"
"Raise the power of my Korea!"
A shout suddenly sounded in the camp, and seeing that the morale of the generals was high, Han Hu nodded with satisfaction, and raised his hands to signal the generals to stop shouting.
"Everyone, let's set off here, camp on the outskirts of Luoyang at night, and start attacking the city tomorrow morning!"
"No!" Qi Qi's command sounded in the camp, and then the generals rushed out.
Outside the tent is a neat line of Han soldiers, more than 100,000 people, dozens of large phalanxes, densely packed with several miles of land next to Gongyi, such as the spears of the forest, the banners fluttering in the wind, all show that this is a majestic army.
Suddenly, three long trumpets sounded in the middle barracks, and then the trumpets of the four camps also sounded, spreading outward like waves. Just listening to the sound of the trumpet, the 100,000-strong army roared violently, the drums sounded, and the neat footsteps sounded, and the army marched west in turn.
After the three drums were finished, the army had all embarked on the journey to the west, and the Chinese military camp with the sound of drums was also properly packed, followed by the team, and rushed westward together.
Under the scorching sun, the army rushed westward like a long dragon, spreading for miles long, like a torrent, and had already startled countless birds in the roadside forest and flew away. And what was also alarmed was several spies placed by the royal family near Gongyi.
The sudden action of the Korean drama had already frightened these spies and hurriedly ran westward, however, unlike the previous days, the Korean army no longer ignored these spies and let them run around the barracks at will, but dispatched several horse chariots, rushed out of the camp of the army, and shouted and chased after them.
The poor royal spies were running on two legs, how to run, and the chariot was equipped with a bow and crossbow, and in a short time two spies were shot. Fortunately, the remaining three spies saw the opportunity quickly, one of them had long since disappeared, and the other two hid on the side of the path, and the chariot could not catch up with the mountain forest.
Three hours after the Han army moved, the news spread to the Luoyang Palace.
Is Han Jun finally coming, so panicked that the ministers of the palace were at a loss, looking around, as if they wanted to find some kind of reassurance. At last, they found it, and it was the king who sat on top of it.
In the eyes of everyone, that small figure is so tall, so stable as Mount Tai, as if he is there, nothing is a problem.
In fact, Zhou Bian was not nervous in his heart, but from the later generations, his psychological quality was still a little better after all, looking at the mess in the hall, Zhou Bian breathed a sigh of relief, Han Jun, is it finally coming.
"Don't panic, what should come will always come, and after the Korean army swears its own army, it will take more than half a month to come to my Luoyang City, it is better to come late than early, and now my Luoyang city defense has been fully prepared, just waiting to give the Han army who does not know how to respect the royal family to deal a head-on blow. Ladies and gentlemen, please also climb the East Gate Tower with this king to see how the Han army is. ”
After appeasing the ministers, Zhou Bian led the Taishi and other ministers to the tower of Dingding Gate. Dingding Gate is facing the direction of Gongyi and Chengzhou, and if Han Jun comes, he can see it here.
As soon as he ascended the tower, he received a report from two spies that the Han army had passed the week and was coming at full speed.
After waiting for a while, I heard a buzzing sound coming from the ground to the castle tower, it was the shaking of the earth, indeed, the Han army was coming.
It was close again, and the figure had not yet been seen, but the footsteps were clearly audible. Although it is not neat, more than 100,000 pairs of feet are on the ground, and the strong shock is beyond words can describe.
By this time, the sun had already set in the west, and the 5,000 royal troops guarding the western wall were in place, and the people had all taken down the city wall and stood by. The shield was raised in his hand, and the spear stretched out neatly through the battlements on the women's wall, and behind the spearman were two rows of crossbowmen preparing, and behind the wall, thousands of reserves were ready to go. Although thousands of people are not standing on the entire western city wall, they are only densely distributed at the three city gates, and the rest of the city walls are sparsely packed.
Hearing the footsteps getting closer and closer, the towers were silent, and the hands of the soldiers clenching their spears were already wet with sweat. The sun shone from behind, still soaking up the sweat on the ground of the city wall, although the heat was unbearable, but tens of thousands of people in the city and under the city did not dare to take a breath of the atmosphere.
Because the Korean army is getting closer and closer.
Outside the Dingding Gate is an open sandy land, with a wide field of vision, where the royal military parade was in the past, but at this time, it is about to become a place for the Korean army to show off its might.
Soon, a black shadow flashed on the horizon in the distance, and the faint light of the summer sun in the west sprinkled on the black shadow, as if it was covered with another layer of gold. Dark shadows are coming in like a tidal wave, getting closer and closer.
Finally, the naked eye could see that it was a large array of several Korean troops, arranged neatly, and appeared ten miles outside the Dingding Gate in Luoyang.
Although it was still several miles away, the momentum was overwhelming, making the people in the city who couldn't stand the heat even more breathless.
Suddenly, a shout came from the eastern wall, "Oh, the enemy is coming, ah, ah, ah!" ”
Is this what soldier can't stand the oppressive atmosphere and shouts out? Zhou Bian frowned, and called the Dongmen general Pang Xinglai, "Go and see who called it, no loud noises in the army, when the military law is implemented, twenty sticks, execute it immediately!" ”
"No!" Pang Xing retreated.
Soon there were shouts on the city walls along the way, "No loud noises in the army, the king has an order, immediately carry out the punishment of twenty sticks!" ”
After a while, there was a miserable cry, and the hearts of the troops above and below the city were chilled, and they no longer dared to make a rash move.
At this time, ten miles away from the city, more than 100,000 Han troops also stopped their pace, as if they were looking at the Luoyang city wall from afar, and the people and horses on both sides were facing each other like this.
In the middle of the Han army, there were several chariots with big flags behind them, and on top of one of them, the general Han Hu held the wheel and looked ahead, beside him were Han Jin and Su Rui.
I only heard that Han Jin looked around and said, "Father, the east wall of Luoyang City is probably the best side of the layout, you see that the wall is intact, the city gate is tall, there is a female wall on the city wall, and there are a few tall instruments behind it, although I don't know what kind of equipment, but I think it must not be weak, these are all recently arranged by the Zhou royal family, and the other three sides should not have time to be arranged, why not abandon the east and attack the other?" ”
After half a ring, Han Hu took over, "My son, you only know one of them, and you don't know the others." If I attack the east gate of Luoyang, there are three benefits, first, I come from the east, the army is pressing, and I am about to crush it strongly, so as to deter the Zhou royal family, why should I go around to other directions, weakening my own momentum. Second, there is a stream of water outside the west gate of Luoyang City that surrounds the city, Luoshui is not far from the south gate, and a few miles outside the north gate is Minshan, which is not as wide as the east gate, and there is no moat outside the east gate, and the terrain is gentle, which is conducive to the formation of the army. Third, I launched an attack from east to west, with my back to the morning sun, while the Luoyang soldiers had to face the scorching sun. ”
"The general is wise!"
"Father is handsome and wise!"
Two compliments immediately sounded, and it seemed that there was still sincere admiration.
"Haha!" Han Hu stroked his long beard and laughed a few times.
"Order, the army retreats ten miles, camps on the side of Luoshui, rests tonight, starts camp at the third watch tomorrow morning, buries food on the fourth watch, and at dawn, the old man wants to attack Luoyang!"