The next day, Sima Dejia wrote a battle letter as promised.

In addition, he also sent people to send the war book to Luoyang City.

The city guards didn't dare to be careless after getting the battle book, and handed it over to Wang Shichong in minutes.

As for Wang Shichong, he was unsurprisingly shocked by this war letter, and he was extremely angry.

"Does he Yang Guang really think that Luoyang City is a soft persimmon, and he can pinch it if he wants to?" As the voice sounded, Wang Shichong became more and more impatient the more he looked at it, raised his hand to tear the war book to pieces, and his eyes were as fierce as a beast.

Yuan Wendu wondered: "The Sui army has fought several battles in the past few days, can they really afford it?" ”

"After several big victories in a row, the soldiers are all holding a lot of strength in their hearts, why can't they bear it?" A Wenchen said that it was understandable: "But according to the minister, no matter how confident Yang Guang is in his strength, he does not have the ability to break through Luoyang." ”

The others couldn't help but nod secretly.

The siege war is no better than others, from their observation of the Sui army, there is no siege equipment in their camp, especially climbing the ladder and the like, what do you want, in this case, what does he use to attack the city?

This is a congenital geographical advantage.

There are more than 100,000 troops in Luoyang City, even if they all stand on the city wall and throw bricks down, they can kill a large number of Sui troops after a long time.

Because of this, they did not believe that the Sui army really dared to attack the city.

But no matter what they think, Yang Guang has made a war letter after all.

As long as this war book is there, it is impossible for them to remain calm.

"King Zheng, you say, could this be a repetition of Yang Guang's old tricks?" Lu Chu thought about it for a long time, and then said quietly: "Last time, he deceived us and made us suffer enough, and this time we can't let him take advantage of him for nothing." ”

"Re-acting?"

Wang Shichong's frowning brows softened a little, but in the next second, he said a little irritablely: "Then what if this war book is true, Yang Guangzhen will attack the city?" ”

"He will attack the city, let's defend the city."

Lu Chu swore and said: "Anyway, no matter what, we can't give him 50 million taels of silver, King Zheng, you should know that we don't have much silver in our hands anymore......"

Wang Shichong was a little distracted when he heard this.

Yes, Luoyang is indeed short of silver.

Now he only has less than 60 million taels of silver in his hand, if he really gives Yang Guang 50 million taels of silver, then he will become a poor egg overnight, and in the next period of time, how can he maintain the normal operation of Luoyang City?

But then again, if the Sui army really attacked the city, he would definitely not be able to bear it.

After all, the combat power of the Sui army is obvious to all, and Yang Guang's methods are very despicable, which makes people unguardable and difficult to figure out, making Wang Shichong seem constrained no matter what he does, and he feels very aggrieved.

He was very worried that he would follow in the footsteps of the Tang Army and was almost wiped out by Yang Guang.

"King Zheng, please listen to the next word." At this time, another Wenchen walked out of the crowd.

This Wenchen is a young official named Luo Yu who was recommended by someone before and has only recently entered the court.

Previously, he had been unknown in the court and rarely spoke, and now the other courtiers didn't mean to speak, but he came out instead.

For a time, it attracted the attention of many people.

"Say it." Wang Shichong glanced at him, waved his hand, and let the latter continue.

Luo Yu looked very humble, facing the gazes of officials from all walks of life, he did not have stage fright at all, and said without humility or arrogance: "The minister thinks that the things that can be settled with money are not a matter at all, Yang Guang gave us two choices, one is to give silver, and the other is to wait for the siege." ”

"Compared with the two, the minister thinks that it is better to give the silver directly."

"Presumptuous, do you want King Zheng to be defeated without a fight?" didn't wait for Wang Shichong to react, but the others were angry first, and they had to pay the silver first if they didn't fight? They Luoyang can't afford to lose such a person!

Wang Shichong's eyes narrowed slightly, looked Luo Yu up and down, and said lightly: "Luo Yu, you shouldn't be a spy sent by the Great Sui, right?" ”

"King Zheng, I was personally recruited into Luoyang by you, do you think I may be a spy?"

Luo Yu knelt on the ground and said sincerely: "Please also ask Zheng Wang Rong Weichen to finish his words." ”

"Go on." Wang Shichong knocked on the back of his chair, his expression was indifferent, and there was a hint of danger in his eyes.

Luo Yu hurriedly said: "Paying the silver, it is like doing business with the Sui army, we can bargain with him, not to mention giving 50 million taels in cash, just to give him an IOU first." ”

"IOUs?" Wang Shichong paused slightly, he didn't think that this matter could be handled like this.

"That's right, IOU!"

Luo Yu explained: "After giving the IOU, we don't need to give the Great Sui cash, which will hardly cause any substantial loss to us in Luoyang." ”

"And what if they come to us with an IOU and ask for silver?" Lu Chu asked.

Luo Yu said confidently: "This is even more worrying, the IOU, it must indicate the deadline, we can write it for a year first, as for whether we want to give silver after a year, it depends on King Zheng's heart......"

All the ministers looked at each other.

Although Luo Yu said it was vague, they all understood it.

This is clearly to repay the debts and play the scoundrel!

Speaking of which, this method is similar to Yang Guang's previous deception.

Even Yang Guang can be so shameless, why should they care so much in Luoyang?

"Then Yang Guang, will you agree?" Wang Shichong's eyes flashed, this method is a good strategy, but he still has some concerns about it.

"He'll agree."

Luo Yu chuckled: "Although the minister doesn't know if Yang Guang will really attack the city, he came with great momentum, and now he only needs 50 million taels of silver to promise not to attack the city again." What does this mean? It shows that Yang Guang may have encountered an urgent matter that had to be evacuated from Luoyang. ”

"But if he is allowed to leave like this, he is obviously very unwilling, so before leaving, he thought about taking some benefits from our Luoyang, so that he did not come in vain."

"Your analysis sounds reasonable." Hearing this, Wang Shichong had a feeling that his mouth was suddenly opened, no wonder Yang Guang's behavior was so abnormal, and he inexplicably asked for 50 million taels of silver.

Luo Yu continued: "Moreover, after we give the IOU of five thousand taels, if he directly leads the troops to leave Luoyang, it means that the minister's analysis is indeed correct, Da Sui will definitely be in trouble, not only will we not suffer, but maybe we can also take the opportunity to add fuel to the fire in this matter, so that Yang Guang will be uncomfortable for a while." ”

"Then if you guess wrong, Yang Guang refuses to ask for an IOU, or will he attack the city?"

Wang Shichong's eyes lit up, and he asked again.