45. The enemy wants to break through

Here it is necessary to briefly explain the traffic in and out of Luoyang City.

Luoyang City, which was expanded after Wu Zetian's dynasty, has been very similar to Chang'an City, and on the whole, it is also a square city built in accordance with the etiquette of the round heaven and the earth.

There are two options to get in and out of Luoyang City: land and water.

First of all, talking about the land route, Luoyang City has a total of ten city gates.

The north city wall opens three gates, from west to east for Longguangmen, Hui'anmen, Anximen.

The south city wall opens three gates, from west to east is the Houzai Gate, the Dingding Gate, and the Changxia Gate.

The east city wall opens three gates, from north to south is the upper east gate, the Jianchun gate, and the Yongchun gate.

In the west of Luoyang City, the wide Luoshui and its tributaries are introduced into the city, so the traffic depends on the waterway, so only a gate is opened on the wall of the palace city.

In terms of waterway transportation, there are draining canals and rivers in the north. There are Tongjin and Yishui in the south. There are valley water, Luoshui and Tongji canal in the west. In the east, there are Cao Canal, Luoshui and Yuan Canal. In Luoyang City, a mixed waterway transportation network has been formed, which is mainly based on Luoshui, Qianshui and Yishui, supplemented by various river tributaries.

Originally, the camp of Li Qi, the king of Jianning, was located in the Shendu Garden in the northwest corner of Luoyang City, and inside the city wall was the Luoyang Imperial Palace occupied by An Lushan. Therefore, the king of Jianning was stationed here to blockade Luoshui and contain the movements of the rebels in the city. Now it is garrisoned by Li Mi's army.

Guo Ziyi's camp tent is set up outside the Dingding Gate. Although Dingding Gate is far away in the south of the city, it is the main gate of Luoyang, which is magnificent, equivalent to the Vermilion Bird Gate of Chang'an.

Entering Luoyang City from Dingding Gate, it is the wide royal road - Tianjie, all the way to the north across the Xingjin Bridge, Tianjin Bridge, and Zodiac Bridge built on the Luoshui River, passing through the splendid imperial city, and then going straight to the gate of the palace city Yingtianmen.

The battle plan was announced by Kojuro Sanada. The breakout plan is carried out in three steps.

The first step, at the moment, divided into two groups of people, mainly attacked the commander's camp in the Shendu Garden in the northwest. One side of the water army attacked from the west gate of Luoshui, and one side of the cavalry made a detour from the north gate of Hui'anmen, and the two sides attacked.

In the second step, Chou Shizheng also divided the land and water roads to attack Guo Ziyi's camp outside the Dingding Gate. The water route is killed by the Tongji Canal, and the land route is killed by the thick load gate.

The third step is actually two steps. At the moment of Yin, there will be a ghost cavalry army from Yongtong Gate, this team is not to attack and kill which way to make the festival, just to attract the nearby garrison **, about two moments later, it will be killed by Zhang Jiwu and Zhang Jilin brothers from Jianchun Gate.

The Zhang brothers didn't need to fight, they only needed to go south along the far canal to Longmen Mountain after leaving the city gate.

The grain and grass were in a col in Longmen Mountain, and the Peacock King cast an illusion and hid the grain and grass. When everyone got there, they lit a spell given to them by the Peacock King to dispel the illusion.

The Zhang brothers took a Luoyang city defense map and told An Qingxu's plan in detail for Guo Hua and Xian Yuyan.

"Just tonight?"

Guo Hua and Dugu Huan looked at the side almost at the same time, and it was already unitary time.

"Just tonight. Zhang Jiwu replied helplessly: "Don't hide it from the two of you, even our brothers feel that it is too hasty." ”

"Well, it can be preliminarily concluded that the rest of the five roads are nothing more than a feint, so as to prepare for the two generals to break out of the encirclement, but the soldiers are not tired of deceit, but in fact, it is false and false, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not have other purposes, after all, the first two waves of attacks were directly aimed at the two marshal camps, and Lord Li Mi and his father are probably already in the other party's calculations. ”

In the flickering candlelight, Guo Hua carefully looked at the deployment of the troops of the two sides on the map, and calmly analyzed.

"General Zhang, did you mention the strength of the soldiers and horses of the Six Routes?" Guo asked asked.

"My brother and I led the headquarters of 3,000 cavalry to fight, as for the ghost cavalry, there are 2,000 ghost cavalry army that is impossible to fight as An Lushan's royal forest army guarding the palace, and there are 1,500 ghost cavalry troops are now An Qingxu's personal guards, and it is estimated that there are only 1,500 people who can fight.

As for the four teams that fought before, it was 5,000 infantry who fought from Luoshui West Gate, and although the number of troops sent by the other three teams did not specify the number of troops, we were very familiar with their leading generals, and with our previous understanding, their respective teams were all around 5,000 cavalry. ”

More than 26,000 people were only a small part of the Luoyang rebels.

"What about the Peacock King, will he go with the general to transport grain?"

"No, how could it be. He just gave us a map and a rune paper. ”

"Oh, didn't he participate in this operation?"

"It's not clear ——, that's not clear. He and Sanada Little Piggy are with An Qingxu every day, and we can't tell whether he is involved or not, anyway, he is there for several discussions, but he doesn't say anything. ”

Zhang Jiwu muttered softly, his expression a little embarrassed.

Guo Hua also gradually believed that the Zhang brothers were increasingly excluded in Luoyang and were in a delicate situation. It seems that they cannot be counted on in order to obtain more effective information.

"Are you still worried that the Peacock Dharma King will make a move?" Dugu Huan asked Guo Yu with concern.

"Well, since he wants to challenge the master and all the senior brothers, it is undoubtedly an effective way to help An Lushan fight **. ”

"Judging from the information available so far, this person should be a very arrogant person, and probably will not obey others. ”

"Well, that's what worries me the most. This time, they sent less than 30,000 troops, less than 20% of the total number of rebels in Luoyang, even if they feint to break through, these troops are too few. I'm afraid that the Peacock Dharma King is secretly playing tricks, so An Qingxu has the confidence to only send such a small number of troops. ”

"Hey, Guo Gongzi, no matter how powerful that bullshit Dharma King is, he is just a person, what is there to be afraid of?" Zhang Jilin interjected.

"Well, I hope I'm too careful. In that case, we may be able to make a plan for dealing with it as soon as possible. ”

"What does Guo Gongzi think he should do?" asked Zhang Jiwu.

"The rest of the four people don't care for the time being. When the two generals break through and leave the city, please follow General Lin's palace. When the teams of the two generals meet the battlefield of the Youcai Army, a team from our Tang camp will come to intercept and kill, and the general will be brought to the Tang camp at that time. ”

"That's very good. It's just that why do you want to do it when you are in contact with the battlefield of the Phantom Cavalry Army?" Zhang Jiwu asked puzzled.

"In order to hide people's eyes, those phantom cavalry soldiers will bring the news of the killing of the little general to An Lushan and An Qingxu. And when the time comes, in order to be more realistic, the little general will inevitably have to suffer some flesh and skin, and I hope you will forgive me. ”

"Even so. It's better than staying in Luoyang and being scared. ”

"Also, Brother Dugu also asks to stay in Luoyang and take care of the safety of Mrs. Begonia's mother and son and the families of the two generals with the magpie girl. I will go out of the city and report the news in the city to Lord Li and my father. ”

Zhang Jiwu and Zhang Jilin listened to Guo Hua's arrangement and couldn't help but nod their heads in praise.

"Good. On the Peacock King's side, in case of a match, you must be careful. Dugu Huan nodded.

Negotiated and decided. Suddenly, Zhang Jiwu patted his head and remembered something.

"Lord Dugu, Guo Gongzi, there is one more thing. Zhang Jiwu said eagerly.

"What?" Dugu Huan and Guo Yu were stunned when they heard this.

"Earlier today, the two of us thought it would be business as usual, nothing would happen. went to Brother Shi's house. ”

Brother Shi is Shi Siming.

"What? How much did you tell him?"

At such a juncture, the more people who know, the more dangerous it is.

"I didn't talk about it completely, but I just mentioned a few words of half-complaining, and said that the emperor's illness is getting more and more serious, if An Qingxu is replaced as the emperor, how can there be a place for our brothers in this Great Yan Country. At present, Brother Shi's situation is not much better than that of our brothers and sisters, and he naturally understands when he hears it. ”

"He doesn't know our covenant or our plans for tonight?" asked Guo Wei eagerly.

"I don't know, we are also cowardly, such a big thing, I don't know how to persuade him. ”

"Good. That being the case, the matter will be put aside for the time being. The situation is urgent, I will take the first step, and at that time, General Lin will also remember the agreement, and after the introduction of the army, it will be convenient to respond. I'll come back into town afterwards. ”

"Good. Be careful. ”

"Good. I'll keep it in mind. ”

"Guo Gongzi, take care. ”

Guo Hua immediately changed into night clothes and returned to the Tang camp the same way.

Guo Yu left Luoyang City and took the lead in coming to the handsome camp of Li Mi, the military master of Shendu Yuan.

The two have dealt with each other a few times, so they are naturally familiar with each other, and they have no time to be polite, Guo Hua concisely told him what happened to him and Duguhuan in Luoyang City in the past few days, and took out the secret agreement signed with the Zhang brothers and handed it to Li Yu.

Recruiting Mrs. Begonia and her two brothers, Li Mi is one of the main planners. A large part of the reason why he came to Luoyang this time was to recruit rebellion.

Immediately afterwards, he hurriedly told the story that An Qingxu's troops broke through the siege and transported grain in six ways, and Zhang Jilin took the lead in defecting to the Tang camp. At the end, he mentioned Shi Siming's matter again.

"The military situation is urgent, and we can't let An Qingxu see that we know about their conspiracy, so as not to expose the Zhang brothers and sisters. Please also ask Mr. Li to arrange it as soon as possible. ”

"Well, now that there is Shi Siming, we can't take it lightly. Although the capture of Luoyang is imminent, there are still many state capitals occupied by the rebels. If Shi Siming can be reversed, it will be of great help to completely exterminate the rebels. ”

"The military advisor also thinks that there is this possibility, Shi Siming will surrender to the Tang Dynasty?"

"With his current situation, it's still very possible, he's a smart guy and knows how to choose. Moreover, since the suppression of the rebellion, the imperial court has consumed a lot, and there are still those Hui soldiers, and it is not appropriate to stay in the Central Plains for a long time. It is still necessary to actively strive for Shi Siming. ”

"The juniors understand. ”

"The soldiers and horses of the Six Routes are easy to deal with, but the Peacock Dharma King you mentioned, except for Guo Gongzi, I'm afraid no one in the army can deal with it anymore. ”

"Don't worry, I'll be here, just in case. ”

"What about General Guo?"

"Luoyang City still doesn't know about the prince's departure, even if they want to take advantage of this breakthrough to have a plan, I'm afraid they will take this place as the focus of the attack. ”

"Well, then there is Lao Guo's son. Since the enemy has attacked first, it will be okay here at that time, and I will ask Guo Gongzi to rush to the aid of General Guo, who is the deputy marshal of the Tang Coalition Army, and he must not make a mistake. ”

"Good. According to the words of the military advisor. ”

At that moment, Li Mi wrote several secret letters and sent scouts to the hands of the generals of each battalion.