At the same time that Chang'an was mourning for Yang Guang's unfortunate death, Luoyang was also in the whirlpool of the situation in the world.

The mutiny in Jiangdu also shocked Luoyang, Yang Tong, the king of Yue, ordered the whole city to mourn, although many of the ministers left behind were deeply saddened by the dead king, but there were also many people secretly rejoicing, Wang Shichong was one of them, he took the lead in contacting the hundred officials, together to support the Yue King Yang Tong as the emperor, changed the year name to Huangtai, and posthumously called the dead son of heaven Yang Guang as the Ming Emperor, the temple name Shizu, and respected Empress Xiao as the empress dowager.

At the same time, Wang Shichong was named Nayan, Zheng Guogong, the general of the left guard, and Wei Jin was named the secretary of the military department, the prince of Wei Guo, and the general of the right guard, and Wang Shichong led the 100,000 army of Luoyang.

Wang Shichong's mansion in Luoyang is the palace of Yang Xuan, the former king of Qi, covering an area of 200 acres, extremely luxurious and luxurious, there are hundreds of beautiful concubines living in it, all dressed in Luo Qi, enjoying the delicious food, although he has been a very popular minister, enjoying the glory and wealth, but Wang Shichong is still very dissatisfied, his heart is full of resentment, he thought that he could be named King Zheng, but he did not expect that Emperor Tai only named him Zheng Guogong, which disappointed him.

In the afternoon, the carriage drove into Anyefang under the escort of a hundred cavalry, and slowly stopped in front of Wang Shichong's mansion, which was quite lively in front of the mansion, and more than a dozen officials were changing the cards for the mansion, which was originally the right Weiwei General's mansion, and now it has been replaced by the Zhengguo Mansion, and there are two rows of weapons and dismount cards in front of the mansion.

Wang Shichong looked at the big plaque with a black background in gold edges, and the four golden characters on it 'Zheng Guogong's Mansion' made him feel particularly dazzling, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, and ordered his subordinates to say: "Don't let them hang up, drive them all away!" ”

When the soldiers received the order, they turned over and dismounted, and rushed forward with whips, and a few whips were drawn, and more than a dozen officials immediately hugged their heads and ran away. Wang Shichong stepped out of the carriage, Tie Qing looked at the plaque on the ground with a blue face, he stepped forward and stomped it hard, 'click', the plaque was broken into two sections, Wang Shichong snorted heavily. Turning around and striding into the mansion, a group of officials with plaques in the distance were dumbfounded, what kind of anger was the general making?

Although this was just a trivial matter, it still alarmed the Emperor Tai, the Son of Heaven, and he was quite uneasy in his heart, and hurriedly sent Nayan Duan Da to appease Wang Shichong.

Everyone knows that Duan Da and Wang Shichong have a deep friendship, but insiders know that Luoyang's officialdom is not simple, and the open and secret battles are extremely fierce, and this Duan Da is actually Wang Shichong's comrade. That's why they seem to have a deep friendship, everyone in the officialdom knows this, but Emperor Huangtai doesn't know, he is bent on hoping that Duan Da can appease Wang Shichong for himself, the enemy is current, don't argue over some small things.

In the room, Wang Shichong was still sulking, and he didn't pay much attention to Duan Da who came in. Said coldly: "Sit down!" ”

Duan Da was not angry, sat down and said with a smile: "If the general is still too young." I'll give the title of Duke of Chen Guo to the general, how about it? ”

"What do I want your Chen Guogong to do?"

Wang Shichong said coldly: "What's the difference between me and my bullshit Zheng Guogong?" ”

He glanced at Duan Da, "Emperor Tai called you here?" ”

Duan Da saw that Wang Shichong's title was quite rude, and he called the Son of Heaven the same as the people in the market, he secretly smiled bitterly, and said, "Of course, the Holy Lord asked me to appease the general." It's a pity that he doesn't understand the general's mind. ”

"He knew exactly what I wanted!"

Wang Shichong's face was gloomy as water, "He just doesn't want to give it to me, the first emperor can make Zhang Xuan the king of Qi, but I am a little Zheng Guogong, what kind of fame does he want to make?" ”

Duan Da said with a sinister face: "General." You have to get to the root of the problem. ”

Wang Shichong slowly calmed down, pacing in the room with his hands in his hands, he actually knew very well where the root of the problem was, Yang Tong learned from his grandfather at a young age to set up checks and balances, and let himself and Wei Jin share military power, in the final analysis, it was because of Wei Jin's presence, so Yang Tong didn't take himself seriously, if he wanted to grasp the power, he had to get rid of Wei Jin.

Thinking of this, Wang Shichong snorted coldly, "The little kid still wants to fight with Lao Tzu, see how I play you to death!" ”

Wang Shichong immediately wrote a letter to Yang Qing, the Taishou of Xingyang, and asked him to implement it according to his plan, Wang Shichong immediately entered the palace to ask for guilt, and it happened to be raining heavily at this time, Wang Shichong knelt on the steps of Wencheng Hall and shouted guilty.

"The minister Wang Shichong pleads guilty to His Majesty the Emperor!"

Emperor Yang Dong heard the news, and hurriedly came out of the imperial study, he saw Wang Shichong kneeling in the rain, his lips were purple from the cold, and he couldn't help but feel distressed and moved, and hurriedly ordered, "Quickly put on clothes for the general, don't get cold." ”

Several eunuchs hurriedly rushed up to dress Wang Shichong, but Wang Shichong refused to accept it, just knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately, and the blood on his forehead came out.

Yang Tong had no choice but to step forward with an umbrella in person, help Wang Shichong, and comfort him: "Why is the general so bothered? ”

Wang Shichong cried loudly, "Wechen always remembers the grace of the first emperor, and is ashamed of his ineffectiveness in the society, and he can't protect the first emperor, and he really doesn't dare to accept the respect of the Duke of the country. ”

Yang Tong also burst into tears when he heard this, and choked up: "The general's loyalty is remembered by me, but please take care of the general, Luoyang can't do without the general, and I can't do without the general." ”

"Wechen obeys the holy order!"

The consequence of the rain was that Wang Shichong fell ill and was bedridden, Yang Tong hurriedly sent the imperial doctor to treat Wang Shichong, and after several imperial doctors got Wang Shichong's secret heavy bribes, they told the Son of Heaven in unison that General Wang was drenched in the rain and contracted the wind and cold, and he was seriously ill, and he must stay in bed for a month, otherwise he would have to worry about his life.

Yang Tong had no choice but to approve Wang Shichong's sick leave for one month, and sent eunuchs to send Wang Shichong good tonics, so that he could rest well, recuperate with peace of mind, and not worry about state affairs.

But just three days after Wang Shichong fell ill, Yang Qing, the king of Xun, sent an urgent letter for help, 100,000 Wagang elite soldiers besieged Luokoucang, Luokoucang was in danger, if the reinforcements did not arrive, the minister was determined to live and die with Luokoucang.

Yang Tong was shocked, and hurriedly convened hundreds of officials to discuss countermeasures, Duan Da strongly asked for troops to rescue Luokoucang, if Luokoucang is lost, Wagang will be even more powerful, and Luoyang is in danger!

Duan Da's main battle statement was supported by most officials, Yang Qing, the king of Xun, was so old, and he still wanted to live and die with Luokoucang, how could the young and promising, bloody Yang Tong be able to disgrace his grandfather under Jiuquan, he resolutely decided to send troops to support Yang Qing, but because Wang Shichong fell ill, Duan Da volunteered and was willing to send troops to fight against the Wagang army with Wei Jin, the general of the right guard.

At the beginning of September, Emperor Tai of Luoyang appointed Wei Jin as the generalissimo of the expedition to the east, led an army of 30,000 to support Luokoucang, and made Duan Da the marshal of the rear army, and the governor of logistics grain and grass.

An army of 30,000 slaughtered towards Luokoucang.

On the one hand, because the city of Luokoucang is strong and tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack, plus the defender Wei Wentong is well defended, on the other hand, it is also because several Wagang armies are in their own positions and lack unified scheduling, so the Wagang army has suffered heavy losses and has never been able to take Luokoucang.

Wei Wentong was originally the chief general of the Tiger Prison Pass, because Zhang Xutuo's suicide in the Tiger Prison Pass had a huge impact, especially Luo Shixin's beating of the edict shocked the imperial court, but the court did not dare to investigate the responsibility of Luo Shixin's beating of the edict, so the responsibility was put on Wei Wentong.

Wei Wentong did not stop Zhang Xutuo from committing suicide in time, nor did he stop Luo Shixin from beating the edict, and the two crimes were punished together, so he was demoted to the general of Luokoucang, and was demoted from the original position of general to the general of Xiongwulang, and led an army of 5,000 to guard Luokoucang, and the general of the Tiger Prison Pass was succeeded by Yuwen Chengdu.

Luokoucang is the largest granary of the Great Sui, the Sui Dynasty obtained a large amount of grain from the south of the Yangtze River are hoarded here, the highest time had been tun grain 5 million stones, although now the grain stock has been greatly reduced, but there are still 800,000 stones of grain storage, nearly one million pieces of money, in addition to 80,000 sets of armor, has been the lack of money and grain armor of the Wagang army.

Luokoucang is built on a hilly terrain with undulating terrain, the same as Liyangcang, it is a very strong grain city, the circumference is about fifteen miles, there is a moat wide up to more than 20 zhang under the city, the city is easy to defend and difficult to attack, only the south city wall is slightly lower, you can set up ladders to attack.

After more than a month of bloody battles, the Wagang army has lost nearly 30,000 people, but it has never been able to capture Luokoucang, but the defenders have also suffered heavy losses, only 2,000 soldiers are left, there is blood and corpses everywhere in the city, due to the hot weather, the corpses stink, and the city stinks.

Shan Xiongxin and Wei Wentong reached a temporary armistice, and the Wagang army burned the corpses in a centralized manner, and then dug a pit and buried them deep to avoid the outbreak of epidemics.

The corpse has been burned for more than ten days, and it has been gradually disposed of, but the mood of the soldiers defending the city is getting heavier and heavier day by day, they know that once the corpse is cleaned up, it is the time for the war to break out again, this war that lasted for a month, so that the soldiers defending the city are a little exhausted. (To be continued.) )