Liu Yunzhang as the eastern capital to stay, concurrently served as the eastern capital of the capital of the defense of the capital, the jurisdiction of Henan, Zhengzhou, Ruzhou, Huaizhou and Shaanzhou and other places of the army, it seems that the power is very great, but unfortunately at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the situation is different, these places are all under the command of many jiedu envoys, Liu Yunzhang's identity as the defense envoy of the eastern capital of Qidu, is just a blank check, it is impossible to mobilize the army in these places, just say that the Yicheng army in Henan, people are under the orders of the Yicheng army, and they will not pay attention to Liu Yunzhang at all.

The emperor mobilized part of the Shence Army sergeants to guard the eastern capital Luoyang, which was originally the greatest effort that the imperial court could make, and the northern Jiedu envoys were not willing to send troops to protect the eastern capital Luoyang and the capital Chang'an, and Gao Yu in the south was even more indifferent.

Luoyang is the largest economic center of the Tang Dynasty, where businessmen gather, and there are also many depressed literati and bureaucrats here, and there are also some very old and very old officials.

It should be said that Luoyang is the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty, and its economic status is particularly important and needs to be protected, but it is difficult for the imperial court to protect even the capital Chang'an, let alone the eastern capital Luoyang.

Huangchao is entrenched in Kaifeng, preparing to launch an attack on the eastern capital of Luoyang, which makes many officials and ordinary people in the eastern capital restless, not knowing what to do next, especially many merchants, like ants on a hot pot, restless, their shops or foundations in Luoyang, will not be able to move away for a while, and even if they are moved, a large number of carriages are needed, I am afraid that these carriages have not left the jurisdiction of Luoyang, they will be looted, and all the wealth will be wiped out.

Huangchao's fame, these merchants know, the place they passed, they were not polite to the merchants at all, they were merciful to rob all the property, and people who didn't make it good would be killed, so at this critical juncture, some merchants took out part of the silver taels and grain and grass, provided them to the government, and temporarily organized an army of about 10,000 people to protect the safety of Luoyang.

Huang Chao was entrenched in Kaifeng for more than a month to prepare, Liu Yunzhang barely slept well, I don't know how much he wrote to the imperial court, and the reply was always a few words, that is, Liu Yunzhang was asked to rely on the Shence army and the strength in Luoyang City to resist Huang Chao's attack, and he must keep the eastern capital Luoyang.

As a last resort, Liu Yunzhang contacted the general of the Shence Army again, and at this time, the general of the Shence Army who rushed to Luoyang did not dare to hold it up, and the army with Huangchao in Kaifeng was eyeing it, and the pressure of the Shence Army was really coming, if Luoyang could not be saved, I am afraid that this general would not want to keep the head of Xiang Shang.

Countless times of planning in the Shence army camp carried out, Liu Yunzhang is a literati, for the conquest and killing of some things, can be said to be ignorant, he repeatedly proposed that the Shence army take the initiative to attack Kaifeng, Luoyang City organized more than 10,000 troops to cooperate, to resist the enemy a hundred miles away, so as not to Luoyang to suffer a massacre, but this suggestion was rejected by the general of the Shence army, this general knows very well that if the Shence army is pulled to take the initiative to challenge the army of Huangchao, it is tantamount to looking for death, on the current situation of the Shence army that rushed to Luoyang, There is almost no combat effectiveness, and let's see if relying on the tall city can withstand the attack of the Yellow Nest army.

Liu Yunzhang did not agree with the Shence army to enter Luoyang City, he thought that he could not control this Shence army, and after the Shence army entered Luoyang City, if the mind was not on fighting against the Huangchao army, but looted in Luoyang City, it would be tantamount to making matters worse, and he could not bear the consequences.

The two sides have discussed many times, it is difficult to unify opinions, because under the huge pressure of the Huangchao army, the two sides finally compromised, the Shence army is still stationed outside Luoyang City, do not take the initiative to attack, and wait until the Huangchao army comes to attack, the Shence army is responsible for resisting, if it can not resist, the Shence army retreats into Luoyang City, organizes an effective defensive formation, resists the Huangchao army, as for the more than 10,000 troops temporarily organized in Luoyang City, responsible for guarding the city.

This is a defensive deployment that both sides are satisfied with, but unfortunately such a defensive deployment is full of loopholes.

The combat effectiveness of the Shence army is not strong, and the army that stays outside Luoyang City to defend Huangchao is almost the same as looking for death, and the more than 10,000 troops temporarily organized in Luoyang City are most of them sergeants from patrol hunting, and they have a certain combat effectiveness, but these people must stay in Luoyang City and watch the Shence Army being beaten outside Luoyang City.

Such an arrangement is equivalent to its own shortcomings to meet the strengths of others.

A.D. 880, the first year of Guangming, December 3.

The 50,000 army led by Shang Rang finally began to attack, this is the vanguard sent by Huang Chao, the main purpose is to see how the defense situation of Luoyang is, if the defense is unusually strong, the vanguard will not be reckless, and will wait for the army to launch a general attack together, Huang Chao's meaning is also very clear, if the Shence army is brave, then he will do his best to attack.

Shang Rang and Zhao Zhang are both literate and martial, Shang Rang focuses on commanding the army to fight, and Zhao Zhang is biased towards planning, it should be said that the two are a perfect match.

After Shang Rang and Zhao Zhang discussed, they adopted a frontal attack, that is, the army adopted the method of oppressive combat, and launched an attack on the Shence Army from the front, which was also the two of them who understood Huang Chao's thoughts, Huang Chao just wanted to master the combat effectiveness of the Shence Army by testing the way of attack, and in the battle, if you want to master the strength of the other party, it is best to fight head-on and fight, so that you can completely master the opponent's ability.

Before the attack began, Shang Rang and Zhao Zhang sent a large number of scouts to investigate the situation of the Shence army, and the intelligence they detected made the two still a little worried, the Shence army was still stationed outside Luoyang City, and there was no intention of withdrawing to the city, could it be that this was the result of the Shence army having sufficient self-confidence, you must know that the army under the command of Huang Chao is known as more than one million, and in fact there are more than 200,000 troops, such an army, no one wants to go head-to-head, the best choice for the Shence army is to enter Luoyang City, Build a solid defensive formation, so that the vanguard led by Shang Rang and Zhao Zhang may have to suffer some losses.

For the information detected by the scouts, Shang Rang and Zhao Zhang discussed for nearly a day, and finally the two made the decision to attack head-on, the eastern capital Luoyang has an unusual status, they need to fight hard with the Shence army, it is impossible to always dodge, after taking Luoyang, the army will attack the capital Chang'an, but also attack Tongguan, these are hard battles, only by mastering the strength of the other party, only by defeating the opponent face-to-face, can we create the best atmosphere for the subsequent attack.

The 50,000-strong army led by Shang Rang collided with the Shence army only five miles away from Luoyang.

The small place name here is Wangchengpo, the reason why it is named Wangchengpo is because the terrain here is slightly higher, standing at the highest place, you can see Luoyang City in the distance, and it is also a place where many literati and ink writers express their feelings.

Shang Rang took the lead.

The equipment of the Shence Army is still very good, almost everyone is wearing armor, and it looks bright.

Zhao Zhang, who was sitting in the tent of the Chinese army, saw the momentum of the Shence Army, and asked the heralds around him to bring news to Shang Rang in front, asking Shang Rang to pay attention to safety, and at the same time asking Shang Rang's personal soldiers around him to protect Shang Rang's safety.

Shang Rang didn't pay attention to the Shence army on the other side.

He has experienced a hundred battles, after seeing the Shence army opposite, he has a certain feeling in his heart, judging the breath of an army, the focus is to look at the temperament shown by the sergeant, the sergeant of the Shence army opposite, although the clothes are bright, everyone is wearing armor, but the sergeant does not have the breath of victory, on the contrary, the sergeant of the Shence army shows the fear of war.

With this feeling, Shang Rang dispelled all his worries and waved the spear in his hand.

The drums rang out.

The sound of the drum is the order to attack.

Shang Rang's army behind him began to charge, rushing towards the Shence army......

The leading general of the Shence Army can be said to be fighting against the army led by the monk.

He was very clear about the combat effectiveness of the sergeants under his command, so he proposed that the Shence Army enter Luoyang City to fight, but he did not dare to guarantee whether the Shence Army sergeants would plunder in Luoyang City, because of this situation, the Shence Army sergeants were not able to enter Luoyang City and were still stationed outside the city.

After the scouts reported that Huang Chao's army had approached Luoyang City and was preparing to attack, the leading general's feet were weak.

At this time, no matter what the combat effectiveness of the Shence Army is, it must be fought, it is impossible to retreat without a fight, so he can't keep his head, no matter what, as long as the soldiers are pulled out to fight, even if the task is completed, as for the failure of the battle, there is no way to do it, and it can always find a reason to shirk responsibility.

Seeing the momentum of the army led by Shang Rang on the opposite side, the leading general knew that today was probably the most tragic day for the Shence Army, and many of the sergeants under his command did not know how to control the Mo Dao and Tang Dao, and in the face of the menacing army, the time of contact may be the time to collapse.

Sure enough, when the opposing army charged, many of the sergeants of the Shence Army had begun to tremble, and some even had wet pants, obviously so frightened that all the and urine came out.

The leading generals shouted desperately, demanding that the crossbow teams and bow teams start firing crossbows and arrows.

The scattered crossbows and arrows did not pose any threat to the charging army.

The leading general looked at everything in front of him and knew that he could not command the battle anymore.

An amazing scene appeared.

Shang Rang led the army to rush and kill, and the leading general of the Shence Army took the lead in the rout.

Before the two armies could make contact, the sergeant of the Shence Army fled desperately in the direction of Luoyang City......

(Yesterday because of network problems.,Only one chapter was uploaded.,I'm sorry)