Chapter 194: Stabilizing People's Hearts

At this time, the entire Gongyi City had fallen into a sea of fire, and the screams were endless. The fire www.biquge.info the pen %fun pavilion was ignited, and it seemed that the temperature rose when standing outside Gongyi City.

Han Hu was grief-stricken, thinking that by defending the city and burying a large camp around, he would be able to prevent a night attack, but he didn't think that the fire in the city would start in the city, but there were so many twenty or thirty Gongyi people who he didn't look down on and pretended to let go generously, but he made such a big move, which was far unexpected.

In fact, Han Hu has countless opportunities to see, Gongyi City is full of wooden houses, and some firewood and other flammable materials are piled up on the streets, and some wells have been cut off well ropes, if you are careful enough, you can still find it, but as the commander of the 100,000 army, Han Hu is still careless, or rather, what he says is good, but he still failed to attract the attention of the Zhou royal family in his heart.

But now regret is useless, the city is in flames, and it can be seen from miles away. There was no reason why the tens of thousands of troops outside the city had not woken up, and they all gathered in a circle of Gongyi City at this time, all looking at the city in amazement. The raging fire and the wails of his former companions caused a great shock to the hearts of every Korean soldier, if it weren't for the dark night, I was afraid that some Korean soldiers would have to escape.

The old general Han Hu even cried and shouted that he wanted to rush into the city again, the siege equipment, the food of the whole army for half a month, all in the city, and now he knew how stupid it was to drive all the carts into the city, no less than the defeat of Han Zhao in Gongyi that he laughed at. Fortunately, there are several generals who hugged Han Hu, no matter how important food is, where is it more important than the life of the general?

After half a ring, Han Hu calmed down and said in a low voice, "The matter has come to this point, and the old man can't escape the blame." However, the most important thing at the moment is to order the whole army not to panic, and the news that the old man has successfully escaped must be conveyed. Then order the outer soldiers to strictly guard the outside, so as to avoid the night attack of the Luoyang soldiers, and the inner soldiers actively put out the fire. All the armies should be slack, and hope to get through this difficult time together! ”

"No, the last general will obey!" Seeing that the general was invigorated, the morale of all the troops was also raised.

I have to admit that South Korea is still one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States after all, and the combat effectiveness of the South Korean army will naturally not be too bad. After receiving the order of the general, as soon as they were organized, they were busy up and down, and finally put out the fire at dawn. And fortunately, the Luoyang soldiers did not take advantage of the chaos to attack at night.

The old general had not slept all night, and like all the other soldiers, his eyes were bloodshot, but the difference was that the white hair on the old general's head seemed to have a lot more.

As soon as the morning was cleaned up, Gongyi City almost became a ruin, the fire burned down most of the buildings in Gongyi City, and the grain and grass of the Korean army were fortunately retained a small half, but the siege equipment lost most of it, as for the number of casualties, there were nearly 20,000 Korean troops who entered the city, and the corpses cleaned up were only more than 1,000 people, but the wounded were countless. After all, people are alive, but food, grass, equipment and other things are dead, the fire is burning, the soldiers are desperately fleeing to the place where there is no fire, and more shrewd generals organize to demolish the surrounding houses to prevent the fire from spreading, and finally Han Hu escaped from the city after the rescue of the organization has also achieved great results, so there are not many dead soldiers, and there are so many injured people who almost all fall and are trampled in a panic, or they are injured by mistake when they can't see the weapon clearly in the night. Therefore, when the results were reported, General Han Hu beat his chest, and the most heart-wrenching thing was the grain.

Heartache is heartache, but the army can't be left without an owner, Han Hu still insisted on arranging for the army to rest and rebuild the siege equipment, and then recruited the surviving army secretary to study how to ask Han Hou for guilt.

The Han army rioted in Gongyi overnight, and 100,000 people stayed awake all night, but on this night, Luoyang City was calm. In the early morning of the next day, Zhou Bian woke up after a good night's sleep, but he still didn't know whether the matter of Gongyi had been successful, however, there were more important things waiting for him to deal with in the city.

Reliable news came last night, according to the itinerary of the South Korean army, they could reach Gongyi last night. It can be said that it is not a large army pressing the realm, and the invisible pressure has spread throughout the city with the closure of the nine gates of the prosperous Luoyang City. The aristocratic families who have no owners in their hearts, the troubled people outside the city who are nervous, and the Luoyang market where rumors are flying everywhere, are all eagerly looking forward to the comfort of the backbone.

And this backbone can naturally only be Zhou Tianzi and Zhou Bian.

I came back in a hurry the night before, and I didn't have time to convene the ministers and nobles, so I came together this morning, and Zhou Bian immediately ordered the bell to ring, and according to Zhou Li, the bell would mean that the court would meet, indeed, not in Luoyang for many days, Zhou Bian urgently needed a court meeting to understand the recent situation and stabilize the hearts of the people in Luoyang.

The bell reverberated in the city of Luoyang, in the courtyards of every big household in the city, in the shops and workshops inside and outside the city, in the open spaces of the streets crowded with people fleeing from outside the city, and on the four walls that were still busy arranging the city defenses, announcing to everyone, the king, is back!

The people of Wangji, no matter how noble or low, who doesn't know the meaning of the bell? So at the moment when the bell echoed, the nobles who were a little panicked in the big mansions in the city stopped discussing and gathered in the courtyard, and the crowded and helpless people in the open space on the streets of the city stopped the noise and raised their heads, and the busy people and soldiers on the surrounding city walls stopped what they were doing and turned their heads, yes, they all looked in one direction, that is, where the palace was.

Soon, the courtiers and nobles, catching up with the BMW car, urging the coachman, crossed the crowded street crowd, and rushed to the palace hall.

The bell is still echoing, and in the vast Ming Hall, some courtiers have gathered, thinking about the familiar ministers of the Son of Heaven to inquire about the news of the Son of Heaven.

Later, in the Ming Hall, there are more and more people, it is really a rare speed, if someone counts, the speed of the courtiers of the great court meeting must be the first in the previous great court meetings after the royal family returned to Luoyang. And after the two Taishi and Young Masters who arrived at the end entered the hall, it was less than an hour before the bell rang.

You must know that this is a big court meeting of hundreds of people, the Taishi smiled and nodded at everyone, then paced to the forefront, and took the lead in shouting, "Ministers welcome my king!" ”

The ministers all understood, and after following the mountain three times, surrounded by a group of waiters and maids, the dressed young man flashed out from behind the screen in the middle of the hall and appeared on the stage.

The noble ministers of the palace hurriedly knelt down, and the mountain shouted, "Meet my king, long live my king!" ”

I haven't seen him for a few days, but the minister of the palace has become much more respectful, Zhou Bian smiled with satisfaction, raised his hands, and let everyone flatten.

After each sat down on their respective cushions, Zhou Bian's slightly immature voice sounded in the lobby.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this king came back from the east yesterday, one of them is to send his generals to see the strength of the Korean army, in fact, the Korean army is only like this, although there are more than 100,000 people, but its march is very slow, less than 20 miles a day, its army is not in order, and the grain and grass carts are walking at will, so this king thinks that the Korean army is nothing more than that. Second, Wang Sunjian and several others under the command of this king led me to 2,000 warriors in Luoyang, galloped 150 miles in one night, went deep into the hinterland of the Korean border, attacked the Korean army camp at night, beheaded a thousand and returned, and 2,000 warriors, those who returned to Gongyi, there were still 1,600 people, and it was even more disturbing that the Korean army barracks were in chaos, burning countless grains and grass, which shows that the Korean army is really nothing more than that. Now that the Korean army is getting closer to Luoyang, I still hope that our monarchs and ministers will work together to meet the enemy, and my Luoyang will also stand tall and not fall. ”

After saying this, the following ministers immediately made a noise, indeed, this news is too shocking, the news of the last time the royal family defeated the strong with the weak, and the news of the defeat of the Korean army Yu Luoshui has not been digested by everyone, this time the royal army's army simply touched the territory of South Korea to attack at night, it is really unbelievable.

Looking at the puzzled eyes of many of the following people, Zhou Bian smiled indifferently,

"Ladies and gentlemen, in this matter, as the Son of Heaven, this king will naturally not tell lies, so don't doubt it. All you need to know is that my royal family is still very confident in meeting the attack of the Korean army. ”

"The king is wise, long live the king!" A mountain-like cry sounded in the hall again, and it seemed that although there were still people who didn't believe it, the king's unquestionable attitude still infected almost everyone.

After saying some words of firm confidence, Zhou Bian also inquired about the recent situation in Luoyang, of course, it was mainly some ministers who took on important responsibilities, such as the Taishi and the young master, to report on the work. From these reports, it seems that in the past few days when he was not in Luoyang, Luoyang City still has a lot of changes, the city defense layout is nearing the end, the people in the city have been pacified, all kinds of equipment, as well as soldiers and people have been in place, and even to Zhou Bian's surprise, he recruited 20,000 people, it seems that the civilians in the land of Wangji are slave farmers, and most of them are still interested in the royal family, this time there are more hole cards, 20,000 soldiers, plus 20,000 people, that is, reserves, and the defense of Luoyang is more certain.

This report after report also made the Luoyang nobles at the back of the hall hear, these people, do not expect him to contribute, but they must be reassured, otherwise they don't know what kind of mess they will make. Sure enough, gradually, the nobles in the back row slowly quieted down, and their sitting posture was much more upright.

However, the most shocking thing is still at the end, after the ministers finished their report, when the Taishi made a summary report, he suddenly heard a guard hurriedly running in from outside the main hall, kneeling down in the tunnel, "Long live the king, there are Gongyi spies to report, asking to see my king!" ”

Is there news from Gongyi? It seems that most of it is good news, otherwise the chief and others who guard the palace would not have known that there was a big court meeting in Mingtang, but they still put spies into Mingtang, thinking of this, Zhou Bian's mood was also excited.

"Announce him in!"

"No!" The guard turned and left, and soon brought another man with him.

The man was obviously exhausted, his eyes were bloodshot, "Report to the king, the villain is afraid that the king will wait in a hurry, so he rushed back from Gongyi in the middle of the night." The Han army really reached Gongyi before dark, and the 100,000-strong army rushed into the city of Gongyi. But the city of Gongyi is still small, and there are still no less than 80,000 troops stationed outside the city. ”

Speaking of this, the spy took a breath, not thinking that at this moment, the noble lords in the hall would have a tendency to make noise again.

Fortunately, the spy continued.

"For some reason, the Han army actually drove all the wagons such as grain and grass to Gongyi City, and it was not until it was dark that they all rushed in. The villain was far away and couldn't see clearly, but judging from the number of its carts, it must have crowded the whole city of Gongyi. The spy said so carefully that Zhou Bian nodded again and again, Han Jun was really stupid, and drove the cart to the city, didn't he think about the possibility of burning again? As a result, Zhou Bian was full of expectations for the actions of those Gongyi people who sacrificed their lives.

"In the middle of the night, the villain and a few others are guarding Gongyi from a distance to watch, it is really God bless the king, when the son, there was a sudden fire in Gongyi City, at first it was a little sporadic and the fire was not big, and later, even the city gate was on fire, and some of the city's houses were even more ablaze, and at this time, the city was noisy, presumably alarmed the Han army. In the end, the city was already full of fire, and the exclamations were all inside and outside the city, thinking that the food that the Han army had brought into Gongyi City would definitely not be guaranteed, but I don't know how the Han soldiers were killed or injured. Later, when he heard someone in the Korean army shouting that the general had escaped from the city and was safe and sound, and the Korean army outside the city also began to enter the city to put out the fire, the villain discussed with several other spies and decided that the villain would come back first to report. ”

The spy finally finished his words in one breath. This is good, the entire Ming Hall is in turmoil. I've heard so much talk just now, but the news of this spy report at this time is very strong. There were 80,000 outside the city of 100,000 troops, and 20,000 inside the city, according to the spy, the whole city was on fire, and 20,000 people were crowded in the small city of Gongyi, and I don't know how many dead and wounded, not to mention the cart of grain and grass that the spy specifically mentioned. But the most shocking thing about this news is that the accuracy of the news is very easy to prove, before your king said that the night attack on the Korean camp, in the middle of the night, it was in South Korea, who knows whether it is true or false? And Gongyi is much closer, and Gongyi City has been burned, and this movement is much bigger, and no one can help but believe it.

So soon, congratulations to the king, and the voice of the king resounded in the Ming Hall. Although no one asked, everyone knew that there would be no fire in Gongyi City for no reason, it must be the king's hands and feet.

Zhou Bian showed a satisfied smile on his face, raised his hand, stopped everyone, and looked down, all of them were firm, convincing, or worshipping faces, Zhou Bian said in his heart, this news came too timely, and its effect far exceeded the previous hundred words.

The hearts of Luoyang people are finally stable!