There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, the sky was just bright, the breeze was blowing, and there was a cool feeling. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info A rare refreshing summer morning, in the tent of the large military camp, with the shouts of the commanders, the soldiers quickly climbed up. The beautiful sleep made the soldiers who were tired after two days of running feel refreshed, and their bodies were full of strength, and it seemed that they could run for another hundred miles.

After breakfast, the barracks began to be busy, and the soldiers dismantled the tents one by one, yes, the army will return to Luoyang today. And here and Gongyi will be left to the incoming enemy, the Korean army.

Outside the camp, surrounded by guards, Zhou Bian looked in the southeast direction from afar, it is impossible to say that there is no regret for not burning the grain and grass of the Han army, how much Zhou Bian hopes that he can personally command the burning of Gongyi and severely damage the Han army, but obviously he can't, he can only rely on the dozens of Gongyi strong men.

It's also a shame, how much have I done, why can I get the support of so many people of Wangji?

Just as he was thinking about it, Liu Yun's voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

"King, the soldiers have all recovered, why don't you touch him again tonight and kill him hundreds of Korean soldiers?"

Zhou Bian couldn't help but laugh, this person was really belligerent.

"You are talking nonsense, you just attacked the night before, how do you not know that the Korean army is defenseless. If an army of 100,000 encircles you, I am afraid that not one of you will be able to escape. Let's listen to this king and go back to Luoyang to defend the city! ”

"No!" Liu Yun still smiled and touched his head.

Soon, more than 2,000 troops embarked on the way back to the west, and if they don't go back, let alone the Queen Mother and others, I'm afraid that the hearts of the people and the army in Luoyang will be unstable.

And also from east to west, there were 100,000 Korean troops.

Different from the road from Gongyi to Luoyang, it is a mountain road from Shiqiu through Chenggao, although the mountain is not high, but the road is narrow, otherwise it will not set up the famous tiger prison here. The 100,000 Han troops had a hard journey, not to mention the mountains and rivers, and finally arrived at the south bank of Luoshui south of Gongyi at dusk, where Su Rui, the forward of the Korean army who had arrived two days earlier, was waiting here.

Seeing the arrival of the large army, Su Rui, who had been waiting in front of the pioneer camp early, hurriedly greeted him, and soon he saw the general Han Hu.

After saluting, I only heard the old general ask, "Why haven't you crossed Luoshui in the past two days?" ”

"The last general just came to cross Luoshui, did not want to rush thousands of people on the other side, without asking a word, then formed a formation to shoot arrows, the last general remembered that the general said to be cautious, so he hurriedly ordered the army to retreat, so that he did not cross Luoshui. Yesterday, the last general sent scouts to quietly go around to the opposite bank, the four gates of Gongyi were closed, but there was no one on the city wall, the last general was puzzled, and did not dare to act rashly, so he set up a few rafts for pontoon bridges here, and waited for the general to come. ”

"Well, it's safe or not, now that I'm here with superior forces, I don't have to divide my troops and take risks, I just need to move forward steadily. Now that our army has arrived, all the Luoyang soldiers are here, and they are not afraid of him, so let the army cross the river carefully. This last sentence was addressed to the generals in the army.

After receiving the order, the generals in the army passed the general's order, and the 100,000 troops quickly set up the pontoon bridge and rushed to the opposite bank in an orderly manner. On the other side, one formation after another gathered, and it was obvious that the Korean army had really begun to pay attention to the Zhou royal family.

But unfortunately, the 100,000 army arrived on the other side of the bank with all the vehicles of the baggage battalion, and there was still not a shadow of the Luoyang people.

After the army was assembled, it quickly drove towards Gongyi.

Gongyi was only a few miles away from Luoshui, and after a while, the army saw the low city, and sure enough, as Su Rui said, the four gates were closed, but there was no figure on the city wall.

An army of 100,000 slowly approached Gongyi, but there was still no reaction in the city. The old general Han Hu was puzzled, and after an order was given, thousands of people from the first army lined up and killed them. I didn't want to be rewarded soon, Gongyi City was empty, and there was no one in it.

After the old general and Su Rui glanced at each other, they also entered Gongyi City with the pro-military camp. It was twilight, the sun was setting, and in the afterglow of the setting sun, I saw that the clean and neat streets were empty and lifeless, and it was obvious that all the people in this small city had been evacuated in an orderly manner.

The high-ranking generals of the army found the largest courtyard in the city and stayed, and soon the soldiers who searched the city came to report one by one.

"Report to the general, the grain and grass in the city are empty, and there is not a single millet left."

"Report to the general, there are traces of troops stationed in the city, but they should be withdrawn for many days."

"Report to the general, there are only more than 20 people in the city, the locals of Gongyi, how to deal with it, and ask the general to show me!"

"Are there locals who haven't left yet?" This news attracted the attention of the general. "Are you unwilling to obey the order of the Zhou royal family and retreat to Luoyang? It is rare for the people to be like this, and the order should be sent down, do not disturb them, and prohibit our Korean soldiers from entering any inhabited courtyard. ”

"No!" Soon a herald took the general's order down.

It was not until the last captain who reported the news that the whole city had been searched and that the city was safe that the general issued the final order, "5,000 personal soldiers, 10,000 Chinese troops, and the whole battalion of the baggage battalion should enter the city and station, and the remaining 80,000 troops will camp on all sides of Gongyi City in the east, west, north and south, and they will not relax at night to prevent the enemy from attacking at night." ”

Han Hu, who had already entered the land of Wangji and had been attacked by a night, did not dare to be careless at all, but this time he pulled all the carts of the baggage battalion into the city, and then surrounded the whole city with a large army, hum, how can you attack at night again! The old general thought indignantly in his heart.

However, the city gate of Gongyi was so wide, from the time it first arrived in Gongyi until the afterglow of the sunset completely disappeared under the western mountain, the carts of the Han army squeezed into the city. The streets in Gongyi City are so wide, and the dense carts crowd the whole city into a flood, and in the night illuminated by torches, there are soldiers from time to time adjusting the carts or comforting the horses that have been tired all day.

In this peaceful night, after enjoying the first meal when they arrived at the land of Wangji, the Han soldiers, who had worked all day, went into the houses of Gongyi or hurriedly set up camps, and soon the sound of snoring sounded inside and outside Gongyi. And when the moonlight was shining, or in the light of the torches, or in the shade of the trees, there were many sentinels who had been drawn out and did not dare to close their eyes. It was a tense night, under the strict requirements of the general, the Korean army did not dare to relax, and although the soldiers on the periphery did not sentry, they also slept, but they did not even remove their armor.

It was already the middle of the night, and everything was quiet, and even the tireless insects had stopped chirping, but at this time, in the most luxurious courtyard in Gongyi City, there were still oil lamps illuminating the front hall. In the upper part of the hall, the old general with white hair and beard was sitting upright, and the lower one was a young man, but it was the pioneer Su Rui, and it was obviously the two of them talking at night.

"General, it's too late, don't blame it!"

"It doesn't matter. Rui, my Korean army is up and down, and the old man only values you alone. Therefore, it is difficult to sleep at night, and you are specially recruited to gather here. Presumably, you also know about the night attack of our Korean army by the Zhou people the day before yesterday, but I don't know what you think? The old general's voice resounded in the hall.

"It was really unexpected. The Zhou people are very powerful, but they have not dared to go out of Luoyang for hundreds of years, but now they are so bold, which is not a blessing for me in South Korea. From this point of view, it is the right thing to crush the Zhou royal family with a large army and force it to submit to our Han family when it has not yet been revived. Su Rui opened his mouth and replied, obviously thinking about it in his heart.

"Indeed, Luoyang is the closest to my South Korea, and my South Korea also has the largest place to win the royal family, and the year before last also captured two provinces, if the royal family one day out of Luoyang, it will be pointed at Xinzheng. However, I thought that the king's decision was a little late, and Han Zhao should not have been sent to come, and after Han Zhao's army was defeated, he should immediately send another army, otherwise with the rapid development of the royal family, I am afraid that there will be 10,000 new soldiers in the month, and at this time, it will not be easy for us to attack Luoyang again. ”

"What the general said is that the soldiers of the Zhou royal family are often unexpected, a few days ago, they attacked halfway, but now they are attacking at night, I really don't know what they will play in the future. It's just that the night attack of the Luoyang soldiers was so powerful, and it was extremely violent in my camp, and when they retreated, it was like a gust of wind, without any delay, which was really amazing. Now that our army has entered the land of Wangji, the general must guard against the night attack of the Zhou people. ”

"Haha!" The general stroked his beard and smiled, "But you don't know, the old man has ordered that all the grain, grass, equipment and other things are like Gongyi City, and the army of our Han division is spread on all sides outside the city, and the guards are like bronze bells. ”

Su Rui frowned when he heard this, "General, but Gongyi City is small, and when these many big cars enter the city, even the streets are blocked, and the soldiers have no way to go back and forth. If a Luoyang soldier breaks into the city, I am afraid that under the crowding, our army will suffer heavy losses. ”

"There are large armies on all sides outside the city, but how can the Zhou people enter the city? Do you fly in like a bird, or do you come in like a mouse? Haha, if the Zhou people could do this, they would not have humiliated the princes for hundreds of years. Han Hu laughed again.

Su Rui sighed, and then laughed twice, "But General, will we still camp in Gongyi tomorrow?" Gongyi is a day's journey from Luoyang, which is not suitable for our army to be stationed here. ”

"The old man came to discuss this matter. Tomorrow's army will definitely leave Gongyi, as for where to camp tomorrow, according to your opinion, where is it better, whether it is outside Luoyang City, or in Chengzhou City. ”

"General, don't be in Chengzhou City." After a few deep words, Su Rui raised his head and replied.

"Why?" Han Hu was a little puzzled, but Su Rui answered so simply.

"General, do you think, the Zhou Dynasty has been in decay for hundreds of years, and the princes have attacked Luoyang several times, and they have entered the city and sacked it several times, but none of the princes dare to occupy Luoyang, why is this? Naturally, because Luoyang is the royal city, the residence of the Son of Heaven, the location of Jiuding, although Luoyang City is easy to break, but if one of the princes occupies, it is the public enemy of the world, and the rest of the princes will rise up and attack it, therefore, for hundreds of years, except for the Zhou Duke who was sealed by the royal family, no one is a strong country, and they dare not enter Luoyang. Now Cheng Zhou is the same, Cheng Zhou is built by Zhou Gongdan, equivalent to Luoyang Wangcheng, and is the place where the first king and other Zhou Dynasty emperors lived, the royal family now returns to Luoyang, but still retains the Cheng Zhou Palace, said to be Cheng Zhou Palace, or can live when going out on patrol. In such a palace place, the residence of the Son of Heaven, the prince does not dare to move in, but the general wants to garrison the army? ”

After Su Rui's words, Han Hu lowered his head and pondered, he was worried that it was not a desecration of the residence of the Son of Heaven, but himself. He is a member of the Han family, he has been commanding the army for a long time, and he has a heavy army, if he really lives in Chengzhou, even if he does not live in the palace of Chengzhou, he can't afford to talk about Xinzheng. For the sake of the family's long-term view, it's better to keep a low profile.

So Han Hu arched his hand and said, "Thank you Suzi for teaching me, if it's not you, the old man is afraid that he won't think of so much." Hehe, the old man is still old after all, not as much as Su Zi. ”

Seeing that the general gave his hand, Su Rui hurriedly bent down, not daring to say anything.

I didn't want to be at this moment, but I suddenly heard a voice floating from outside the hall, "It's on fire!" ”

The two people in the hall were suddenly shocked, "Could it be that the Zhou people are attacking again?" ”

Saying that, the two of them hurriedly ran out of the hall, and when they looked around, they saw that there was a fire in a house a little far to the east, and the fire was not big, but it was more like a bonfire. The two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"It must have been the middle of the night when the bonfire was unattended, and it burned big, but I don't know who was screaming." Han Hu said with some annoyance, beckoning a soldier, "Go, go over and have a look, tell them to quickly extinguish the fire, and then pay attention and stop shouting birds." ”

"No!" The soldier turned around and ran.

The two turned their heads and entered the hall again, and after sitting down, they were about to open their mouths to continue their discussions, but unexpectedly, another shout came from afar, "The west gate is on fire!" ”

Han Hu was furious when he heard this, "What is the matter with my soldier now, I can't even look at the fire." Come on, which general is on duty tonight, tell him to go to the barracks to check it out! ”

The herald ran down again.

Su Rui frowned, "General, you can't control the fire at night, our army has never had such a thing, the last general thinks this matter is strange!" ”

"Huh?" The old general raised his eyebrows. I didn't want the cry to sound outside again, as if it was to respond to Su Rui's thoughts, but I only heard the voice shouting, "Oops, the cart is burning!" ”