Chapter 498: Reliable Force

However, Wang Rong quickly turned from sadness to joy, and said with a smile: "But it's just right, the old doesn't go and the new doesn't come, Qin and Yong have passed, what kind of world Qin Yong will be after that, we should have the final say." For the sake of sacrifice and ambition, dare to change the sun and the moon into a new sky."

"For the sake of sacrifice and ambition, dare to change the sun and the moon to a new sky!" Zhang Yunshu read it again, and then said, "Good poetry, good spirit!"

"Dare to call the sun and the moon to change the sky!" Meng Qiong muttered to himself, and then said, "The pride and ambition in the saint's chest are beyond our reach, but the last general also asks the saint to bring so-and-so, and if there is a chance, so-and-so also wants to see what it is like......

"The last general doesn't understand, anyway, the saint is always right." An illiterate man like Uluo could not understand it, so he had to shout loudly, causing everyone to laugh.

Only Li Li, who was a prisoner, had a wrong face and a tangled expression, but no one noticed it.

Looking at the people who were very interested and had a heated discussion, Wang Rong suddenly had another feeling that as a leader, it is not enough to have a rational and intelligent mind, but also to have idealistic feelings and mobilize everyone's enthusiasm.

The reality is very cruel, and the bright future is far away, so we must teach everyone to learn to imagine, otherwise it will be difficult to persevere.

Wang Rong thought for a while, "If Luoyang wants to take it, it is enough to rely on the current troops, have the people who went back to report the victory already been sent?"

Zhang Yunshu nodded and responded, "I sent it out early."

Wang Rong planned and said, "I personally wrote an edict to let the Tang army in Jizhou immediately dispatch south, and then be responsible for blocking reinforcements to the east of Luoyang, preventing the reinforcements from Yu from reaching Luoyang, and the rest of the siege of Luoyang, this city can be taken sooner or later."

Meng Qiong was a little unoptimistic and said, "I'm afraid that the grain and grass will be difficult to support......

"Try it, if it doesn't work, withdraw the army, the main force of the Yu army is scattered, and we are not in danger." When Wang Rong said this, everyone nodded.

He is also worried about the problem of grain and grass, the Tang Dynasty has been fighting for many years, and the country has actually reached the edge of barely supporting.

The situation of the Tang Dynasty is similar to that of the Northern Song Dynasty, why did Zhao Kuangyin suddenly turn around and attack Shu first, and after fighting Shu, he also looted on a large scale, and Zhao Kuangyin's style of fighting is fast, provincial, and tightly planned.

A dozen is a thunderous blow, straight to the point, and the battle ends in a short time; A big reason is that the country is already poor and cannot afford to fight a protracted war. The continuous wars, coupled with the continuous dispatch of troops in the next few years, by the end of the period there was actually no money in the treasury.

At this time, the Tang Dynasty was similar. Years of war have a price, and the wars of the past few years, the Battle of Bashu and the land of Jizhou have at least made some profits, at least to break even.

But the two battles of attacking Youguo and Liangzhou were losses in the short term, and Liangzhou was too poor; Youzhou could have been earned, but Youguo was also very capable of fighting.

The investment is too big, the time is too long, although the pacification of Youguo, Youzhou is a rebellion, and it has been fought for more than a year, if it is not for Wang Rong's policy, Youzhou wants to be completely pacified, at least three years, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses have been invested, and more than 200,000 logistics personnel have been invested.

In the end, it was almost completely expendable that was the Battle of Defeat. The Tang army in Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Yongzhou, hundreds of thousands of horses and horses were mobilized, and there were countless logistics personnel, almost emptying the treasury and fighting. Now even he especially wants to end the war as soon as possible, for fear that the country will not be able to support it.

It's just that they all arrived in front of Luoyang City, and they were unwilling to retreat like this, even if they knew that the years of conquest had made the country empty, they also wanted to fight.

Wang Rong desperately wanted a truce for the first time in his heart, and he was also a little annoyed in his heart, although he had pacified Bashu first, but Bashu's wealth, money and food support would have to wait for two years. If this battle is fought again in two years, then it will be a matter of nine out of ten to take Luoyang, and it will not be so reluctant, and it will be a dilemma.

Just like the story of the Qin, Han and early Tang dynasties, with Bashu as the warehouse of money and grain, stabilizing the rear, and sending the Qin land heroes, who in the world will compete?

When Wang Rong's soldiers besieged Luoyang, a large number of messengers had already traveled west from all over Henan County, bringing the great news that the Tang army defeated the Yu army outside Yique Pass, captured countless prisoners, and captured Zhu Hai, the general of Henan County and Zuo of Yuguo, Li Li, the general who stayed behind in Luoyang, and more than 200 generals and school officials.

The news of the victory spread all the way from Henan County to the edge of Weishui

, like the wind quickly blowing across the river, straight into Chang'an.

When the news of the big victory arrived in Chang'an, it was another crisp autumn day. It seems that every time good news enters Beijing, it is mostly autumn.

Many messengers carrying red flags shouted excitedly one after another that the news of the great victory passed through the settlements outside Chang'an City, and the sound of horses' hooves stepping on the green bricks was crisp and loud, and the rhythmic clattering sound passed through the streets, attracting a large number of people to watch.

The milky white autumn fog has not yet dissipated, and the white air of the steamer wafts away on the street in the early autumn morning, the people rushed to tell each other, and the news spread quickly.

As far as the common people are concerned, they have a deep hatred for the people of Yuguo.

The previous victories against Bashu, Jiguo, and Youguo, for ordinary people, were more about boosting morale, increasing their sense of security, or caring about the war because they missed their families, and there were not many people who were honored because they had a sense of belonging to the country.

The Tang State is a new regime, and it has only been two or three years since the change of dynasty. In the period of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in history, the life of the country was shorter than the other, and most of the things were a few years or more than ten years, and the emperor took turns to do it.

When Wang Rong entered Chang'an two years ago, he encouraged and restrained the army and protected Chang'an City and the people, so that the people had a sense of belonging. new

But for the Yu country, the people have a real hatred, years of disturbing the border, not to mention the westward looting, more than 10 years ago, the people of Yu and the Ji country joined forces to defeat the Yong army, this generation still remembers clearly, the humiliation of losing the teacher and losing the land, everyone remembers it vividly; The strength of Yu is well known to many people and has experienced it personally.

Therefore, this great victory is far more inspiring than all the previous victories, and it can arouse the empathy of ordinary people, when they heard that the army of Yu was slaughtered by 100,000 people, most of them were happy and laughing.

People spontaneously ran to tell each other and say hello to each other, and the streets and alleys and Goolan liquor stores were everywhere talking about it.

The news of the victory in Henan County made the people very excited, and the atmosphere in Chang'an City was warm and convincing, and it seemed that there was an atmosphere that had never been seen before.

Regarding Wang Rong's prestige, it is needless to say that after several years of accumulation, it has reached a height that is difficult for others to reach. People put it side by side with Bai Qi and Han Xin, and there are relishes, and there are endless stories, in the era of lack of entertainment means, Wang Rong has become the talk of many people in this era.

And the excitement in the court was more than among the people. The civil and military officials of the Tang State were vested interests and beneficiaries of the Tang State, and they may not have realized it in their hearts, or they did not look at the problem from the perspective of interests, but thought about it from the aspect of loyalty to the monarchy and the country.

But there is no doubt that Wang Rong's victory greatly consolidated the political situation of the Tang State, and also made the nascent court more stable and popular.

The situation of the dynasty is stable, and the officials are naturally excited and happy, at least they don't have to worry about changing the dynasty in a few years, and even letting the people of Yu occupy Chang'an.

In this way, more talents dare to serve the court with confidence and choose to better contribute to the court.

During the period of the puppet emperor of Yongguo, officials were corrupt, and even became a rule, and the monarch repeatedly forbade it, because the problem at the source could not be solved, and it was useless to treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

The fundamental source of this kind of corruption lies in the fact that people in such troubled times do not have any sense of security, and they all feel that they will change the dynasty in a few years anyway, and it is not clear who will be the emperor, so it is better to take the opportunity to take a hard fight and leave, otherwise wait for the change of dynasty to be liquidated?

So naturally, there is a twisted vibe.

Now that Wang Rong is advancing all the way, and even Yu can play such a beautiful victory, what else can shake today's imperial court?

For a while, the officials were full of security, had hope for the future of the country, and if they wanted to work for a long time, they naturally had to be restrained, and they did not dare to fish with all their might, and the atmosphere began to change gradually; In addition, many talented people who did not dare to stand in line for fear of being killed before also dared to serve the imperial court because of a sense of security, and there were many new faces from all over the world in Chang'an City.

The court is full of beautiful words, and all kinds of praise for the victory of this battle are endless, and they are all in shape.

Most of these are from the heart, the most insecure in troubled times, Wang Rong has fought in the south and north over the years, and has been fighting continuously

Lian Jie, and the use of troops is always orderly, there is no such instability and unreliability as the previous martial artists, which gives civil and military officials a sense of security.

In this way, there are naturally many people who sincerely pursue and convince, and the people and even the court have slowly formed a general trend of people's hearts, afraid that without Wang Rong, the Tang Congress will not repeat the mistakes of the Jin Dynasty.