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Chapter 692: I'll vomit when I'm full

On the tenth day of August, it is sunny, suitable for travel, and suitable for marriage.

Wang Shichong made people deliberately divinate a hexagram, and the hexagram was like good luck.

In any case, it seems that there is no reason not to send troops.

But Wang Shichong was still uneasy in his heart, the reason why he was entangled was that there were not many soldiers and horses available in the eastern capital, including his palace forbidden army, there were only more than 10,000 soldiers left in the real sense of the city. These horses have to be assigned to garrison in the huge eastern capital, although it is not too stretched, but there are not many people to be used as reserves.

After walking back and forth in the main hall for several steps, he finally couldn't help but give the order to send troops.

The tens of thousands of elite soldiers under Cao Dan are the new force to assist in the defense of the Eastern Capital, once these tens of thousands of horses are received into the city, the city defense of the Eastern Capital will not be so thin in terms of troops, and it is ...... There is a shortage of food in the eastern capital. Although Xingluocang is not far away, although there are tens of millions of stones of grain in it, the people in the city can only look at it without the slightest solution. Yan Yunjun has a heavy army stationed in Xingluocang, and it may not be able to defeat it by relying on the men and horses in the city to pour out.

Luoyang City has been besieged by the Tang Army and the Yanyun Army for nearly a year, and the people in the city have long run out of rations, and the rich families have requisitioned the grain several times, and they have already complained. According to Wang Shichong's will, now the women, children, old and children in the city only have one gruel a day that can barely see the grain of rice to drink, the strong man has two porridge meals a day, and the soldiers ensure that they eat a full meal at noon every day. In fact, even less food actually goes to everyone!

Luoyang rice is expensive, and it has reached the point where there is almost no money.

If you don't send troops, you'll be dead.

Send troops, maybe there is still a little life.

"Xiongxin!"

Wang Shichong glanced at Shan Xiongxin, who was already wearing full armor, walked up to him and said in a heavy tone: "This time, I will hand over most of the people in the city to you, you must be careful...... Once he found out that something was wrong, he would immediately return to the Eastern Capital despite Cao Dan. I ...... now. I can't afford it. ”

Shan Xiong's confidence was sour, and his nose was also sour. remembered that when he was in Wagang Village, Zhai Rang treated him as if he were his own brother, but when Li Mi killed Zhai Rang, he couldn't do anything. Although the guilt in his heart was deliberately hidden by him, every time he thought about it, it was as uncomfortable as an ant rushing to bite his heart.

Li Mi was defeated, and he had to surrender to Wang Shichong.

Wang Shichong also attached great importance to him, and almost all the military power in the city was in his hands. He was crowned the Duke of the Kingdom, and later he was crowned Taiwei. And he has also paid a lot of rewards to Wang Shichong, speaking of which the Eastern Capital is still in Wang Shichong's hands, he has made great contributions to Shan Xiongxin. Whether it was the Tang Army or the Yan Yun Army, they were all killed and retreated several times by him. The officials of the Great Zheng State in the Eastern Capital also regarded it as a barrier to the Eastern Capital.

"General Shan must not let down His Majesty's trust."

It was none other than the one who walked to Shan Xiongxin's side and earnestly entrusted, it was Duan Da, the former captain of Zheng Guo, who led 50,000 elite soldiers to the north and was killed by Li Xian, the king of Yan, and I don't know what shit luck he went, the 50,000 army was slaughtered by King Yan, and this person was outrageously lucky, and he fled back to the city alone, and was picked up by the defenders on the city wall who put down the hanging basket, and although he was no longer as hot as in front of Wang Shichong in the past, he still had a very high status in the court.

After that fiasco, Duan Da was demoted to the rank of secretary of the military department by Wang Shichong. It was also at that time that Shan Xiongxin succeeded Duan Da and was named Tai Lieutenant.

"Don't bother with Duan Shangshu."

Shan Xiongxin looked down on Duan Da, and at this time, he felt even more uncomfortable when he came over to ask him. He replied lukewarmly, then looked at Wang Shichong and clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty treats your ministers like brothers and sisters, and your ministers treat your Majesty as a father and brother...... Since the day when the minister came to serve in front of His Majesty's horse, the minister's life has been closely linked to Da Zheng, even if the knife cuts and cuts it continuously. Your Majesty can rest assured that this time the ministers who went out of the city will definitely live up to Your Majesty's trust......"

He thought for a moment and said, "After the minister leaves the city, His Majesty can reintegrate the remaining defenders in the city, and defend the city with one soldier with five strong men, or ten strong men. Veterans are scarce in the city nowadays, and every one of them is a treasure. Xia Lord Dou Jiande fought with Yu Wenshi and Li Daozong, and the soldiers of the people in the capital could take the opportunity to rest. After the ministers leave the city, His Majesty should personally inquire about the city defense, and cannot hand it over to some people who can only talk on paper. ”

He naturally meant what he said, but Duan Da's face changed but he couldn't help himself.

He glanced at Shan Xiongxin coldly, and couldn't help but sneer again and again in his heart.

On that day, he was eagerly pursued by Li Shimin's pursuers, and the eastern capital was close at hand but he could not return. That night, he almost froze to death outside, and in a desperate situation, he figured out something, and then asked people to light the fire, and when his body was warmer, he was surrounded by hundreds of Yanyun Legions......

It has been nearly eight or nine months since he returned to the Eastern Capital, and he has never made up his mind to do that. Now that the Eastern Capital has reached a crisis moment of life and death, blocking the Yan Yunjun for such a long time, the day the city is broken, the people are fine, but the monarchs and ministers of the Great Zheng State are afraid that no one will end well.

Therefore, Duan Da, who had been waiting for so long, finally decided to start.

At the beginning, he was able to survive and return to the Eastern Capital City because he promised one thing in front of Yu Wenshi, but now that so long has passed, he originally wanted to wait, if the siege of the Eastern Capital can be resolved, this matter will rot in his stomach for the rest of his life and never think about it again. If the eastern capital is in danger, he will find a way to protect himself. But the delay is indeed too long, if he doesn't take action again, Yu Wenshi and in front of him will definitely not be able to get any benefits.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but pick the corners of his mouth and took a step forward and bowed his head: "The minister also thinks that His Majesty should personally lead the troops." If the soldiers and civilians defending the city knew that His Majesty was personally in command, their morale would have been greatly boosted. ”

Shan Xiongxin glanced at Duan Da with some incredulity, and there was a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart. In fact, from the day Duan Da returned, he suspected that this person had already descended from outside the city, although he was not sure whether it was Li Tang or Yan Yunjun, but this person's ability to come back was full of doubts. But with the emperor's trust in him and his rhetoric, he soon gained a firm foothold in the court. Such a person, Shan Xiongxin was deeply afraid that he would take the power to defend the city from the emperor.

"With Shan Aiqing and Duan Aiqing, the two of you, I can live in peace in my heart. When the affairs of the DPRK and the Central Committee reach out, you will have to put a little more thought into it, General Shan, you just have to go out of the city to meet Cao Dan, and I will personally start the matter of city defense! ”

Shan Xiongxin wanted to persuade a few more words, but he opened his mouth but didn't know how to say it.

Thinking that as long as the military power was still in the hands of the emperor, even if there was an internal response of the Yan Yun Army in the city, there would be no chance to make trouble, so he put his mind away.

"Your Majesty just waits for the good news from the ministers!"

He puffed up his chest and looked resolute.

……

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Wang Shichong transferred 8,000 soldiers from the city defense personnel, and selected more than 3,000 strong men to hand over to Shan Xiongxin.

For fear of being discovered by Li Tang or Yan Yunjun's spies outside the city, the team of more than 10,000 people left the city in the middle of the night. Luoyang City, the eastern capital, is built in the shape of Chang'an City, and it looks like it is actually Chang'an City, which is one size smaller. There are a total of eight gates in the four cities of Luoyang City, east and west, north and south, of which there is no gate in the west city.

There are three city gates in the south city from east to west, namely Changxia Gate, Jianguo Gate and White Tiger Gate.

The three gates of the east city, from south to north, are Yongtong Gate, Jianyang Gate, Shangchun Gate.

There are two gates in the north city, the one to the east is called Xining Gate, and the one to the west is called Hui'an Gate.

There are 12 north and south streets in the east capital, 6 east and west, and the building is shaped like a chessboard, which is neat and solemn.

The Luohe River passes through the city, with 28 squares in Hebei and 81 squares in Henan. In the same layout as Chang'an Castle, Miyagi is close to the northern city, and south of Miyagi is the imperial city.

Shan Xiongxin led the army out of the city from the Baihumen in the southwest, and when the team of more than 10,000 people left the city, there was no sound except for footsteps. Everyone had a wooden stick in their mouths, horses and chews, and the soldiers of the Zheng army also knew that this was a battle of life and death, so they all fought with twelve points.

After the time began to go out of the city, in order to ensure quiet, it took more than an hour to walk more than 10,000 people out of the city, after leaving the city gate, Shan Xiongxin deliberately took the people around a circle, and then adjusted the direction and went straight to Xingluocang. The eastern capital is close to Xingluocang, and if it goes well, the cavalry can rush over at noon.

Xingluocang is the first granary of the Great Sui, with more than 10 million stones of grain. Whoever has to build Luocang can ensure that hundreds of thousands of troops have no worries about food and grass. Xingluocang was originally in the hands of the Tang army, but after Yuwenshi and led the army to besiege Luoyang City, the eastern capital, he led his troops to snatch Xingluocang from the Tang army. Because at that time, Li Shimin led the army back to Chang'an to make a rebellion, Duan Zhixuan, who stayed in the Tang army camp, did not dare to easily provoke a war with Yan Yunjun, so he suffered this dumb loss.

After Li Daozong arrived outside Luoyang City, he once sent people to ask Yu Wenshi and ask for Xingluocang. Yu Wenshi didn't even pay attention to him, and then the matter was over.

Shan Xiongxin has been fighting for half his life, leading troops and training soldiers are all first-class characters. He knew better than anyone else the dangers of this battle, so he was more cautious.

In order to ensure that the soldiers had the physical strength to march in a hurry, Wang Shichong specially ordered that more than 10,000 people have a full meal before leaving the city. It's just that neither Wang Shichong nor Shan Xiongxin thought that this small detail would become a hidden danger later. It was a good intention, but it hid the root cause.

After the team walked for two hours, Shan Xiongxin realized that something was wrong. Many soldiers vomited while running, and the speed of the march was getting slower and slower!

"Wang Donglai!"

Shan Xiongxin commanded coldly: "Go and see what's going on!" ”

Where does Wang Donglai, the captain of his own army, need to check, he smiled bitterly and clenched his fists and said, "Go back to the general, there is no need to check...... The soldiers were eating too much...... For many days, there is only one dry meal a day, lunch in the morning, and a bowl of gruel in the evening. ”

He paused for a moment and continued: "Before leaving the city, His Majesty ordered that the soldiers be fed. After being hungry for so many days, the soldiers were finally able to open up and eat, and they all desperately stuffed things into their mouths, and when their subordinates noticed it, they took people to stop it several times, but this kind of thing couldn't be stopped at all! After eating, he immediately marched in a hurry, and it was strange not to vomit. ”

"Or ......"

Wang Donglai asked tentatively, "Let the soldiers rest for a while before leaving?" ”

"There's no time to rest!"

Shan Xiongxin sighed and said: "You also know that six or seven out of ten of the available soldiers in the city have been brought out by this general, if you don't take the Xia army back as soon as possible, not only Your Majesty has no confidence in your heart, but also the people and officials in the city have no confidence!" At that time, if there is any chaos in the city, with the few remaining men and horses, the suppression will not be suppressed! ”

"Spit and spit ......"

He waved his hand and said, "Anyway, it's been full for a while, so it's no wonder General Ben." Ordered the whole army to speed up, and rush to Chu Feng Pavilion before dawn! ”