Chapter 187: The City Gate Is Closed
Yuan Shu took the lead and led dozens of Qianghu cavalry to pursue the fleeing Wang Gui. He almost died in the hands of Wang Gui today, he had suffered such a big loss since he was a child, so he hated Wang Gui very much, how could he let him escape easily.
In order to put pressure on Wang Gui, Yuan Shu chased after him, and shouted in the back: "The dog official is leaving, I must break your body into ten thousand pieces today to relieve the hatred in my heart." When Wang Gui heard this, he was so frightened that he kept beating his horse so that he could run faster.
He knew that he was already in danger today, so a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he simply let it go, and while galloping on his horse, he let the knights around him shout after him.
"The Qianghu soldiers are reversed, everyone run away!" Both of them went straight to Luoyang City, there were many pedestrians on this road, and these people felt lively to see at first.
However, when they heard that the Qianghu soldiers had rebelled, they immediately scattered in fright. Some people didn't know what was going on, and they also shouted: "The Qiang Hu soldiers are coming, everyone hurry up!" This shout was terrible, and the people who were waiting in line to enter Luoyang City suddenly flocked to the Luoyang City Gate, and they didn't even want the items they carried.
When the guards guarding the gates saw this, they immediately drove the people away and closed the gates. When many people saw this, they began to curse angrily.
"Open the city gate quickly, let us in, the Qianghu soldiers are about to be killed."
"You dog officials can't die well, and I won't let you go even if I'm a ghost."
"I don't want to die yet, my father is Zhao Ding from the Taiwei Mansion, please let me in." …… But no matter how much they shouted and cursed, the gates would not be opened, but they saw that the walls were full of warriors standing in battle.
Just when everyone looked at the chasing Qianghu cavalry, and their hearts were in despair, they found that this group of Qianghu soldiers did not pay attention to them, but kept chasing a group of knights, completely ignoring them.
After the two waves of men and horses ran away for a distance, someone reacted and said weakly: "This Qianghu soldier seems to be a little small, they seem to be just chasing people, not here to attack Luoyang City!" This sentence is like throwing a pebble into a calm lake, and it immediately ripples and resonates with many people.
Many people reacted immediately and scolded angrily.
"Which god is this, the fake news that came from me makes me worry in vain."
"Don't let me know who shouted 'Qianghu soldiers are coming,' or I'll be fighting all over the ground looking for teeth."
"O my treasure! I ran too fast just now, and I threw it away, can any kind Samaritan pick it up and give it back to me? This is all my family property, poor I have an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old child, how will we live in the future! ”…… And the officers and soldiers on the city wall saw that there were only dozens of Qianghu soldiers, and they were also a black line, and they were nervous for a long time, but they encountered such an oolong incident, which was really speechless.
Just now they really thought that the Qiang Hu soldiers were coming, and they were ready to die, but they didn't expect it to be fake, which made them relieved and hated the rumor-mongers at the same time.
However, they did not have any other losses except for some fright, but for those officers and soldiers who fled, the fun was great, and what awaited them would be severe punishment from the imperial court, and it was estimated that they would not die, and they would also be sent to the frontier.
And Wang Gui was also quite speechless, he never thought that the rumors he spread made it impossible for him to enter Luoyang City.
At present, there are 12 gates of Luoyang City, including four gates in the south wall, three gates in the east and west walls, and two gates in the north wall. Generally speaking, the four gates of the south wall of Luoyang City are the most popular because of Luoshui and Taixue, and the three gates of Dongyuan are the most popular because there are horse markets and Su markets outside the city, and there are many popular people in the three gates of Dongyuan, and the pedestrians who enter and exit are acceptable.
However, the two gates of the north wall, the Daxia Gate and the Guangmo Gate, because they are close to the mountain and close to the palace, are rarely allowed to pass by the people.
Therefore, when they heard that there were Qiang Hu soldiers calling, the twelve city gates were closed as soon as possible, and it was forbidden to enter and exit.
This is also the reason why Wang Gui was unable to enter Luoyang City. At this time, Wang Gui and his party were a little exhausted by Yuan Shu and a group of Qianghu soldiers, and when they saw that all the city gates were closed, they couldn't help but despair.
When they came to the Great Xia Gate, they decided not to run. Seeing that they didn't run, Yuan Shu immediately reined in the horses, stopped, and sneered: "Why don't you run?" Today is when you run to the ends of the earth, and I will also break your body into thousands of pieces. After speaking, he shouted again and said, "Tell me quickly, who gave you the bear-hearted leopard guts and dared to shoot me and other princesses!" Wang Gui also knew that he would not have a chance to survive if he did such a thing, so he no longer had illusions, but roared at Yuan Shu: "Today's things are all forced by you, although it is wrong for me to oppress the people, but you rely on your own identity, look down on me and other officials, beat and abuse us as you like, have you ever thought about our feelings?" As he spoke, he laughed wildly again: "A little person like me will die if he dies, but don't think about it, do you know the consequences of leading the Qiang Hu soldiers to attack Luoyang City, even if you are the son of the minister, don't want to get out easily." Only then did Yuan Shu realize that he had fallen into Wang Gui's trap again, so he couldn't help but be furious, and rushed towards Wang Gui with a horse and a sword.
Wang Gui knew that he would not escape death today, so he simply closed his eyes and stopped struggling. In fact, this time he was gambling again, the reason why he stopped in front of this Great Xia Gate was because it was very close to the palace, and the guards at the city gate were all close attendants of the Son of Heaven.
His guards at the gate of Las Vegas would not let Yuan Shu kill him, because he was an official after all, and Yuan Shu did not have an official body, if Yuan Shu dared to kill him in front of so many people, he would definitely not be able to do well.
Sure enough, he was right, and when Yuan Shu rushed closer, a loud shout immediately came from the city wall: "Yuan Shu, stop, you can't kill him!" When Yuan Shu heard the shouting, he immediately stopped, because it was his brother Yuan Ji who was shouting.
In Luoyang Xinfeng Marquis Mansion, Duan Cheng, the general of Qiang, was enjoying flowers with his wives and concubines in the backyard at this time.
Suddenly, a servant ran over and said, "The Lord of Qiqi, Tian Yan and others, the captain of the Qiang Guard, have urgent matters to report. Duan Cheng was disturbed, and said with some displeasure: "Do you know what they are doing here?" ”
"They didn't say it, the villain didn't know, but his face was very anxious." The servants did not dare to hide anything. Duan Cheng thought for a moment and ordered, "Let them wait in the hall for a while, and I'll change my clothes and go." ”
"Whoa!" The servant received the order and quickly withdrew. After a while, Duan Cheng walked into the living room, and before he could speak, Tian Yan, the captain of the Qiang Guard, said anxiously: "General, something is wrong, someone came to report just now, saying that the Qiang Hu soldiers stationed outside Luoyang City have rebelled!" When Duan Cheng heard this, he was immediately shocked, and immediately grabbed Tian Yan's arm and asked eagerly, "Tell me quickly, what the hell is going on?" He couldn't help but be surprised, because these Qianghu soldiers stationed outside Luoyang City were all left behind because of him.
In the spring of this year, he brought more than 50,000 Qiang Hu soldiers and more than 10,000 Qiang captives to Luoyang, and was received and rewarded by the imperial court.
After that, for the sake of the stability of the border area, the imperial court did not overdeal with these Qiang captives, but scattered them in the countryside around Luoyang City.
And those Qiang and Hu soldiers, the court also gave heavy rewards, and selected more than 10,000 elites from them to stay outside Luoyang City to show that the court attaches importance to the Qiang and Hu people.
If these people are really the opposite, the consequences are unimaginable! At that time, he, a broken general, is estimated to be the first to be pulled out by the imperial court to punish him.
Don't underestimate these 10,000 Qiang soldiers, these are all battle-hardened soldiers. As for the guard organization in Luoyang, the Nangong Guards Order under the Wei Wei has 537 guards, the Beigong Guard Order has 471 guards, the right capital has 416 guards, and the left capital has 383 guards, with a total of 639 palace guards.
Zhijin Wu has 200 horsemen, and he belongs to 720 people. The lieutenant of the Northern Army is in charge of 700 people in charge of the Tun cavalry captain, 700 in charge of the Yue cavalry captain, 700 in charge of the infantry captain, 730 in charge of the Changshui captain, and 700 in charge of the shooting sound captain.
In addition, the captain of the city gate is responsible for the guard of the Luoyang city gate, and the general leader of the twelve city gates of Luoyang, each of the twelve city gates has a city gate Sima, guarding the city gate, leading hundreds of soldiers.
In addition, there are also the five senses of Guanglu Xun's generals, the left middle lang general, the right middle lang general, the tiger ben middle lang general, and the Yulin middle lang general.
Among them, the middle lang of the five senses will lead the five official lang, the left middle lang will lead the left office lang, and the right middle lang will lead the right department lang.
All of these officials had the duties of guarding the court, and there were no specific post regulations. Therefore, the total number of officers and soldiers of all the guards in Luoyang City is only more than 20,000 people, and most of these officials are the sons of nobles, and they have no combat effectiveness at all.
Such a comparison, you can see how big the gap is, so to speak, if there is no city gate to block, these 10,000 Qiang Hu soldiers can completely capture Luoyang City.
Of course, this is just an assumption, not to mention that the Qianghu soldiers of Wang Gui who are chasing and killing with Yuan Shu today are only dozens of horses.
But at this time, Duan Cheng didn't know, he thought that the 10,000 Qiang Hu soldiers were all reversed, so there was such a big reaction.
In fact, Tian Yan didn't know much about the ins and outs of the matter, and when he heard someone tell him that the Qiang Hu soldiers had rebelled, his first reaction was that it was over, and then he rushed to Duan Cheng without stopping.
Therefore, he could only smile bitterly at Duan Cheng's questioning: "The subordinates have just received the report from the soldiers, and they don't know the specific situation. Duan Cheng let go of him, his face changed sharply, and then he gritted his teeth and instructed Tian Yan and the others: "Put on your armor and go to the city gate with me." ”
"Whoa!" Tian Yan replied. But before they could walk out of the hall, they heard loud shouts from outside: "Where is Duan Cheng, open the door quickly, and arrest him, otherwise don't blame me for being polite." Duan Cheng's face changed greatly, and then he shook his head at Tian Yan, and sighed: "Let's go, you go to the prison with me, whether you live or die can only depend on the will of heaven." Then he ordered his servants not to panic, opened the door, and went out first, and then let the soldiers bind him.