Chapter 603: Luoyang City's Faith

The next day, the official army crossed the Zitong Cave, besieged the Bangyuan Cave, although Fang La still swore to resist, but after all, it could not stop the attack of the officers and soldiers, after Fang Fei and others died in battle, Xin Xingzong broke the Gangyuan Cave and captured Fang La's father and son alive.

On November 25, the officers and soldiers cleared the remnants of the forces, and on the same day, Fang La's father and son were escorted to Bianliang City, Tokyo. Tong Guan was naturally very happy, but Niu Gao was not happy, because he knew that the situation in Luoyang was not very good, so he ordered Yang Zaixing, Hu Yanzhuo and Gao Chong to lead the cavalry first, and the rest all left Muzhou and no longer participated in the cleanup of the remnants.

On November 28, the fourth year of Xuanhe, more than 3,000 cavalry under Yang Zaixing arrived at Yingchang Mansion along the way, but now the thieves occupy Yingyang and Dengfeng, and then want to move forward and reach Luoyang by the way, it is not easy.

Luoyang, now the thieves besiege the city, the whole Luoyang City has become restless, there are many people on the street who take the opportunity to grab things, many patrolmen are also helping to maintain law and order, the people are frightened, even in the daytime, there are few pedestrians on the road. Luoyang, the eastern capital of the once flowery city, has fallen to such a point today, and there are signs of the death of the Great Song Dynasty. Every dynasty has a law, when the capital is crumbling, it also indicates that the dynasty has come to an end, and no matter what happens in the future, it is just a lingering breath. In Luoyang Tianluo Building, Dongfang Jin was drinking a small wine, and there were a few dishes on the table, although Luoyang City was chaotic, but for the big officials, there was no difference, and now it was no longer necessary to bargain with Liu Guangshi, and now the thieves are besieging the city, and Liu Guangshi is not able to let the national army enter the city.

There was a sound of footsteps kicking and kicking, and Tong Dayuan, the shopkeeper of Tianluo Building, ran up with small steps, "Mr. Dongfang, Your Highness has someone send a letter!" ”

Dongfang Jin opened the letter and looked at it, then frowned, could His Highness be wrong? Wang Qing came for that batch of wealth? Although I don't think this is possible, it is still important to take precautions in advance, "How is the Yang family doing recently?" ”

"Since Wang Qing led the troops north, the Yang family has begun to accumulate rice and grain, and now the Yang family has been closed and rarely goes out, on the surface, it doesn't look like there is anything abnormal!"

Hearing Tong Dayuan's words, Dongfang Jin was a little unhappy, "What is it like?" Yes, yes, no, no, didn't you send someone inside to keep an eye on the Yang family? Hmph, if you go on a business trip, neither you nor I can afford to be responsible. ”

Back then, Dongfang Jin asked people to hide the treasury money under the Yang family's compound in the north, although it was a smart move, but the risk was also great, that place belonged to the Yang family, and Luoyang was not the sphere of influence of the Dingguo Army, that is to say, the Dingguo Army could not guarantee the safety of this batch of treasures. This time, I have been trying to lead the troops into Luoyang, and a large part of the reason is that I want to take advantage of the opportunity of Wang Qing's siege of the city to let the army transfer this batch of property, and keep it under the Yang family's compound, and I can't sleep well when I think about it.

The situation in Luoyang is very wonderful, looking at Wang Qing's style in recent days, most of them are fierce attacks, relying on flexible scheduling, winning one after another, but this time under Luoyang City, obviously has an absolute advantage in troops, Wang Qing seems to be very patient. On November 28, the fourth year of Xuanhe, Wang Qing besieged Luoyang, but did not attack, so a peaceful and stable day, the next day there was a frightening thing outside Luoyang City.

Chen, when the morning sun shone on the earth, the soldiers at the head of Luoyang City found that there were many people around Luoyang, there were too many people, and they were pressed like ants, although they were countless, but just looking at the scale, it was estimated that there were more than 200,000 people. Wang Qing has the ability to reach the heavens, can he conjure up more than 200,000 troops overnight? If he had so many people, the entire Gyeonggi West Road would have been his territory long ago. Of course, this is not a thief soldier, but a group of people wearing people's clothes, these people are old and young, men and women, not others, it is the people arrested by Shangguanyi and others in Ruzhou and other places.

No one once could understand why Wang Qing asked Shangguanyi and others to arrest the Pingtou people, when Wang Qing led these people to march, some people even said that Wang Qing was a little stupid, the army marched, the most taboo to follow a group of burdens, you Wang Qing is not Liu Bei, why do you sell fame and reputation, fake benevolence and righteousness? Yes, many people say that Wang Qing is stupid, but at this moment, most people feel that they are stupid, even Zhao Yougong feels stupid, Wang Qing's move is really too poisonous, and he can figure it out if he uses the people to attack the city.

Xijing soldiers and horses, most of them are local soldiers, the source is nothing more than Dengzhou, Tangzhou, Ruzhou, Yingchangfu, Mengzhou and other places, and most of the people robbed by Wang Qing's soldiers are from these places, that is to say, most of the relatives of Xijing soldiers are among these people, and now Wang Qing has let these people open the way, so what should those Xijing soldiers who guard Luoyang City do? Wang Qing is a mad dog, but this mad dog bit the right place again, when the group of people got closer and closer, the guards at the head of the city did not pick up swords, guns and bows, they trembled one by one, and some people had already cried, "Daddy

As if it was a beginning, countless shouts sounded from the city, and a young soldier suddenly lay on the head of the city and cried, because he saw that the old grandfather was also supported and walked over, and the grandfather was in rags and looked gray. Ah Li cried heartbroken, calling Ah Gong one by one, his father and mother died early, and Ah Gong pulled him up, I thought that I could buy some delicious food for Ah Gong when he became a soldier, but I wanted to be a soldier for two months, and Ah Gong was kidnapped by thieves. Ah Li would rather die by himself than watch Ah Gong die, so he just cried, and the gun in his hand had already fallen beside him.

Luoyang City was in chaos, even those guards didn't have the courage to blame those soldiers, because even their relatives and friends were in the crowd, facing them, how to draw bows, how to hold knives, how to slash?

A war horse galloped out of the crowd, raised his hand and shot a feather arrow at the head of the city, this person is Shangguanyi, "Listen to the officers and soldiers in the city, my Royal Highness the King of Chu has the virtue of a good life, and I don't want to kill more, as long as you don't make enemies with my Huaixi army, our department will allow you to take away your relatives and return to your hometown, but whoever dares to do something to my Huaixi army, your relatives will be sent to the head." ”

An arrow, with a note on it, opened it and looked at it, which was almost the same as what Shangguan Yi said. Who are the Huaixi thieves? They are just a group of robbers, killing people and goods, even if it is a cannibalistic thing, what else do they dare not do? So many of the Luoyang guards were scared, they didn't know what to do, whether to defend the city, or whether to abandon the city and lead their families home.

At this moment, countless soldiers in Luoyang City are faced with the choice of human nature, whether they want a country or a family? In fact, the answer is obvious, when everyone hesitates, home has occupied a more important position.

Although the Huaixi thieves still did not attack the city on this day, it is not a good thing, at this time to attack the city, there will always be some people who have no time to think, and instinctively choose to resist, but give those soldiers to think for a while, and more and more people will choose to give up Luoyang. Maybe Luoyang is a majestic and solemn place for countless Great Song Dynasty heroes, here is the old capital of the former dynasty, it is the Great Song Dynasty Xijing, which represents a kind of glory, but for these ordinary soldiers, no matter how beautiful Luoyang is, it is still not as important as the family.

I don't know what Liu Guangshi thinks, at least Zhao Yougong has his own ideas, no matter what kind of choices these Xijing soldiers make, Zhao Yougong will not blame them, because they have the right to choose their own families. It is said that there is a country to have a home, but Zhao Yougong has always scoffed at this, saying that he is selfish, saying that he has no faith, in short, he feels that the Chinese civilization continues to the present, relying on the family concept, relying on a strong sense of family, having a family, only the country, protecting the country, because there is a family in the country, if the home is not here, who is willing to defend it to the death?

Where glory and light go hand in hand, there are dreams in the heavens and soar for 90,000 miles. Speaking carefully, no one has the right to blame those Xijing children, they were conscripted into the army to defend Luoyang, but the Great Song Dynasty let their relatives fall into the hands of thieves, in the final analysis, it is the imperial court that cannot stand these soldiers, not these soldiers who cannot stand the court. Somehow, I thought of the Great Northeast in later generations, when Manchukuo was established, and countless puppet armies outside the Guanxi were produced, who helped the Japanese maintain law and order, and now they seem to be like traitors, but when they stand on a high place and criticize these people from above, their conscience can be at ease? They used to resist, they paid taxes to support the country, but in the end the country gave up on them, what should they do, if they don't do something, their families will die. Of course, there is no shortage of heroes and heroes in the world, but more of them are ordinary people, they have families, they are afraid of death, and they are afraid of many things. Not to mention outside the border, how much helplessness does the Japanese have when they fight from the north to the south? Zhao Yougong has always felt that when a country can't even protect its own homeland and land, don't blame the people anymore, the people have the right to live, you can't protect it, they have to find someone who can protect them. Chinese civilization, the glory of the ancestors, I'm sorry, you can't keep the court, do you want ordinary people to protect it with their lives?

On November 30, the fourth year of Xuanhe, Wang Qing, who had been silent for two days, began to storm Luoyang, Fang Han and others led the troops to attack the city, and Shangguanyi guarded the people. Is Luoyang City not high and the walls not thick? No, Luoyang is the eastern capital, and the city is high and the walls are thick, but the problem is that the confidence of the city has collapsed, and if a city has no confidence, even the copper wall will become a pile of tofu dregs. R1152