Outside Luoyang City, there was a fierce quarrel going on in the big tent of the Tang Army camp, and the reason for the quarrel was related to a piece of information coming out of Luoyang City. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Liu Hongji, the head of the Tang Army, bowed his hand to Li Ergong, who was sitting in the position of the commander: "Our army only needs to act according to the plan and gradually capture the strongholds of the Zheng army around Luoyang, so why bother with extraneous branches?" Besides, Wang Shichong is trapped in the lonely city, and now he can't wait to find an opportunity to fight a decisive battle with our army. ”

As soon as he finished saying this, the old Wagang generals in the tent, Li Shiji, Luo Shixin, Qin Qiongcheng, Cheng Biting Jin and others all had different faces, these people were all defeated in that battle, although what Liu Hongji said was the truth, but their hearts were full of dissatisfaction. Many people have privately discussed that if Li Mi had acted more prudently, not in a hurry for quick success, and be complacent, the success or failure of the war would have been said.

Li Shiji was the first to stand up: "As the saying goes, this time is also that time, although there are many similarities between that day and today, there are also many differences. In that battle, the Wagang army had besieged Luoyang for several months, coupled with the time when Yu Wenhua and Luoyang were besieged before going north, in fact, Luoyang City had been besieged for half a year at that time, and there was a great hunger in the city, which led to Wang Shichong's eagerness to fight a decisive battle.

However, our army is different, since the troops were dispatched from Guanzhong in July, nearly half a year has passed, and in the winter, the Yellow River, Weishui and other waterways have frozen, and there has been a shortage of grain and grass.

It is said that Wang Shichong has sent troops to Hebei Dou Jiande for help, and now although the Xia army has not moved, it is difficult to guarantee that Dou Jiande will not take the opportunity to send troops and reap the benefits, so our army should also fight quickly and should not delay. ”

Li Shimin nodded, looked at Du Ruhui who was at the bottom, Du Ruhui understood, got up and said: "If it can really be as said in the intelligence, it will be a good reality to take the opportunity to attack the city; If the information is wrong or the city cannot be launched for some reason, it is the next strategy to send troops to fight the Zheng army at this moment. ”

"But how can we ensure that the city can really respond to the siege of our army as the intelligence says? I heard that Wang Mai is just a scholar and has no military power, so I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed. The old handsome Qu Tutong said worriedly. It's not that he's worried about the authenticity of the information, he heard that Luoyang destroyed a large contact point in order to send this information out of the city, and the losses were very heavy.

These words also talked about Li Er's heart, and he was most worried about this, although the old generals of Wagang under his command were very respectful of Wang Mai, but this person was basically unknown in Wagang before, and had no experience in leading troops alone, as the saying goes, Xiucai rebelled for three years, and he had never seen his own ability, which always made people feel uneasy.

But since the Luoyang City Gate was attacked by tens of thousands of people on the first day, the restrictions on going out of the city have become stricter, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for the information to be sent out of the city again, and I don't know how they are prepared, and whether there have been any changes during this period.

Li Er looked at Wei Zheng curiously, he was relatively active in the past, but today he uncharacteristically didn't say a word, so he asked: "Wei joined the army without saying a word, but he already had a plan in his heart?" ”

Wei Zheng shook his head: "I have an old relationship with Wang Mai, so naturally I need to avoid it, and Your Highness doesn't need to ask my opinion." ”

"It's okay," Li Er shook his head, "Who in the army doesn't know that you Wei Xuancheng is iron-faced and selfless, so naturally no one will criticize this." ”

"Then I'll be blunt." Wei Zheng said, "Wang Mai is quite strategic, he never sticks to common sense in doing things, and his direction of entry into things is very different from that of ordinary people. ”

His words were different from others, whether others agreed or not, they were mainly based on the Tang Army, supplemented by the city. However, Wei Zheng carefully read the information, and the intelligence requirement was that the Tang army outside the city should cooperate with the actions in the city, although he didn't know why Wang Mai would make such a request, but Wei Zheng intuitively felt that Wang Mai must have a very complete plan to be implemented, so he reminded Li Er to pay attention to Wang Mai.

"No," as soon as Wei Zheng finished speaking, the generals objected one after another, "How can our army put its hopes for success or failure in the hands of an outsider?" ”

Even Qin Qiong and others, who had a good relationship with Wang Mai, shook their heads: "Although Wang Mai is talented, there is no food and no soldiers in the city, at most it will create some chaos when our army attacks, I am afraid it will be difficult to make a big difference." ”

"Otherwise," Wei Xuancheng continued, "the letter is conclusive, asking our army to cooperate with his actions in the city, I am afraid it is not just to create some chaos. ”

Li Shimin frowned: "But now our army is not in good contact with Luoyang City, and it is difficult to know what they are doing in the city......

"Your Highness thinks that even if our army proceeds according to plan, how long will it take for the official attack on Luoyang City to be launched?" Wei Zheng asked suddenly.

"This ......" Li Er thought for a while, "According to the current progress, it will take another month to complete the encirclement of Luoyang......

The generals nodded one after another, which is already the most optimistic estimate.

"How long will it take to break through Luoyang?" Wei Zheng continued to ask.

"Ben Wang...... Alas......" Li Shimin shook his head, even though he was full of confidence in this battle, but after seeing Luoyang, the first strong city in the world, he did not give hope to the Tang Army to take Luoyang in the short term.

Wei Zheng turned to look at the people in the tent again: "You are all famous generals in the world, if you attack Luoyang, how many troops will be needed, how much time will it take, even if Luoyang is taken, how many losses will our army have?" Do you have a plan in mind? ”

Everyone bowed their heads in consideration of his question, and for a moment there was silence in the tent.

"After Yang Guangying built the eastern capital, Luoyang experienced two major wars, one was Yang Xuangan's rebellion, besieging Luoyang for several months; The second is Wagang, who was already victorious, but Duke Wei was eager to fight a decisive battle, resulting in defeat. Our army is only 80,000 people, and it is scattered all over the Central Plains, when do you think our army will be able to break through Luoyang? Wei Zheng's words sounded in the tent, and no one refuted.

"Report! Chang'an 800 miles expedited. The silence inside the tent was shattered by the sudden sound of an announcement outside the tent.

Li Shimin hurriedly summoned someone to enter the tent, and a soldier who was sweating profusely and hobbled handed over a letter with three chicken feathers on it. Li Er opened it and looked at it, his expression instantly became a little solemn, and everyone in the tent looked at each other, not knowing what was written in the letter.

"Ordering the three armies to ......" Li Shimin stood up and finally made a final decision.

In the north city of Luoyang, Wang Shiwei, the king of Chu, stood on the Luoshui Bridge and made the final mobilization: "The mob in Beishi has been in turmoil for many days, and by His Majesty's order, all the people in Beishi will be moved to Guocheng. With a wave of his hand, three thousand soldiers entered Beicheng in batches to conduct a house-to-house search.

"Uncle, this mob rebellion in Beishi must be inseparable from the Tang Army's fine work, and my father reminded us that we must clean up the Tang Army's fine work this time to prevent future troubles." Prince Wang Xuanying looked at the soldiers who drove into the northern city and said.

"Don't worry, the prince," Wang Shiwei said confidently, "Beishi is not worried, wherever the army goes, those unarmed mobs can only kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, and when the time comes, everyone will be escorted to Guocheng, and the Tang army's meticulous work will naturally have nowhere to hide." ”

"But......" Wang Xuanying said worriedly, "these mobs are getting more and more emboldened, and they have begun to openly resist the arrest of Wuhou, and I am only afraid that 3,000 people will not be able to catch them." ”

"Zhang Ji is a waste," Wang Shiwei scolded, "Your Majesty trusts him, and the soldiers and horses of the Youwu Marquis Mansion are handed over to him for dispatch, but I didn't expect that in just a few days, he was beaten by a group of mobs, which is really a shame for the court, treat those mobs, they should be resolute, and they can't be allowed to take advantage of it, I have already issued a death order, those mobs dare to have abnormal moves, immediately kill on the spot, as long as they kill a few more people, they will be honest." ”

"Uncle Mingjian!"

In Shanglinfang in the North Market, several people were lying on the roof watching Zheng Jun's every move, and kept transmitting news below: "Come, come, come...... I've already entered the door......"

"Ready!" The courtyards on both sides of the gate have been hidden by many people, each carrying a bucket of hot oil in their hands.

"Open the door!" There was a sharp knock on the door in the courtyard.

The two people on both sides of the courtyard gate glanced at each other, nodded, and at the same time quickly opened the courtyard door. The person carrying the bucket behind him decisively poured the hot oil in the bucket towards the door, and instantly heard countless heart-rending screams from the door.

"What's wrong?" The unaware sergeants behind him froze for a moment, and they all tiptoed to look ahead.

"Overhead!" I don't know who shouted. When they looked up, they saw that the wall was already full of people carrying barrels.

"Ah......" The hot oil poured on the dense queue, and suddenly a wail sounded, and many people covered their faces and began to roll on the ground.

"Set fire!" The sound from the wall made the hearts of the soldiers who were glad that they had not been splashed with oil cool to the bottom, and countless torches flew over the wall, instantly igniting the clothes on the soldiers who were stained with hot oil. But before it was too late, the dry tea piled up in the alley had been ignited at this time, and the narrow road was already on fire.

The soldiers who had not yet entered the workshop were so frightened that their faces were blank sheets of paper, and they fled outside.

"Throw stones!" The order came again from the courtyard.

As soon as the words fell, countless stones and rubble flew out on both sides of the wall, covering the sky and the sun, and the soldiers in the alley who did not have time to escape used their arms to resist, but how could they stop it, and after a while, they were hit several times on the head, and their brains burst out.

Seeing that there were no more living people in the alley, the people on the wall shouted with joy, and in a short time there were shouts of victory in the courtyards everywhere.

"Clean up the battlefield and collect weapons." A new order came from the roof.