Xuanwei City, a city with a very colorful name. It is full of barracks, warehouses, and government offices, and the buildings are either rough and thick, or simple and low. The biggest feature of the city is that it looks bare, the saplings planted have not yet grown, and it is too laborious to move large trees, anyway, now the ornamental and green are not considered for the construction of the city.

Even the palace where Wang Rong lived, the walls were all rammed earth, without decoration and wooden planks, and he could smell the smell of newly built earth when he sat in it.

Wang Rong looked at the accounts reported by the Chang'an Treasury, the Household Department and the former enemy shogunate, which were simply astronomical.

Hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line, maintaining clothing, armor and weapons, military salaries, food and drink, hundreds of thousands of people who built cities and transported grain, and subsidies for the town soldiers who defended the city, the money, grain and materials consumed in a month were converted into millions of taels of silver.

Spending money like flowing water is indescribable, this is simply the loss of a big river bursting its banks. At this rate of consumption, if only the financial revenue of the Tang State is used, it will not be able to afford the taxes on those territories in Guanzhong, which have been ruined by the wars for many years.

Yongguo, Ji and Youguo, the accumulation of hundreds of years of the Three Kingdoms, was originally very rich, such a huge wealth, for any family, it is impossible to use up in ten thousand years, but Wang Rong didn't do anything in his hands, so he went on several expeditions.

If it goes on like this, it is estimated that in a year or two, the accumulation of the Chang'an Treasury and the government treasury in various places will have to be hollowed out.

Wang Rong has a feeling that he can't stop after a thousand miles. However, he was still very calm on the surface, at least now there were still things to dig out in the treasury of various places, and it would not be the time when the mountains and rivers were exhausted and his eyebrows were burned.

Below the lobby, there were forty or fifty people on both sides. But it was so quiet that you could hear the chirping of birds as they flew to the new city to observe.

Wang Rong waved his hand to Zhang Yunshu, who turned his head to look at the civil and military officials present and read out the battle plan: "From now on, the siege of Luoyang City will be deployed, and all the troops should boost the morale of the generals and prepare to march."

The generals will say, "Yes."

Zhang Yunshu continued: "The construction of the city has been completed, and the army is approaching Luoyang City, but it is still not too urgent. The plan of the General Staff Department was that if the reinforcements of the Yu State did not enter Henan County, then the whole army would besiege Luoyang; Once the westward advance of the Yu reinforcements threatens our siege army, an army will be divided to confront the Yu reinforcements. And so on until the Yu army is overwhelmed, or our army breaks through Luoyang."

Although this method is not overbearing enough, but it is scoundrel enough, listening to Zhang Yunshu say this, everyone is full of confidence, thinking that the capture of Luoyang is a matter of time, and the hope of victory is in a visible place.

The lobby gradually became warm, and the officials of the military department sent a stack of papers, Zhang Yunshu explained the siege ideas according to the map around the city, and issued the military orders of the staff department to the ministries to make arrangements. In the hall, military generals stepped forward one after another to receive military orders, and repeatedly received orders, and the responses were powerful and full of confidence

Only Wang Rong did not say anything, but his face pretended to be calm and calm, and he sat on the top steadily.

When the deployment was completed, Wang Rong ordered the disbandment, and there was a sound of long live in the lobby.

The previous steps went smoothly, and as long as the next steps did not go wrong, the military expenditure could still be maintained. However, if one of the links fails, all the previous victories will be meaningless. The consequences were not simply the failure of the crusade.

Wang Rong has already seen the monthly expenditure account, and this Eastern Crusade has cost a lot. can support it, completely by virtue of the accumulation of the plundered Yongji Youyou Three Kingdoms; If you spend all your money and don't do anything, you will have to rebuild the treasury in the future, and you will have to wait for a long time.

After this long-term and large-scale war of attrition, if you want to do it again immediately, it is undoubtedly to drink to quench your thirst. Then for at least ten years, it will be difficult to mobilize resources for the Eastward Crusade. In ten years, the situation in the world has changed too much.

Wang Rong once again fell into the subtle patience of the previous year.

At this moment, Zhang Yunshu entered the signing room for an audience and reported: "The generals of the Yu army in Pingyin, Pingxian, and Xincheng secretly sent envoys to Xuanwei City, intending to open the city gate and surrender to our Tang Dynasty."

Wang Rong raised his head and said casually, "Yuguo already has someone who knows the times, it's very good."

Zhang Yunshu said: "In the current situation, all places are very optimistic about our Datang, and they think that our army will be able to succeed in the eastward crusade. Those county guards were not allowed to be reused in the Yu State, and they were not taken seriously and surrendered

My Datang can still have a future, and there are few people who are willing to be enemies of my Datang."

Wang Rong stretched out his hand to smooth the drawings on the table, raised the sleeves of his robe, as if he was about to say something, but he didn't make a sound, Zhang Yunshu hurriedly bowed and saluted.

After a while, Wang Rong said: "The battle line has been spread too wide, write a letter to the military generals of the three cities, ask them not to act rashly for the time being, and then give them a certificate of appointment and secretly confer an official on them."

Zhang Yunshu hurriedly bowed and said, "The saint is wise, and the minister will do it immediately."

Zhang Yunshu continued: "The Yi State and the Yu State have old grudges, although they were beaten by the Yu army and begged for peace, but only because of the force of the Yu army, the grudge has not been resolved. Now that my Tang Dynasty is as imposing as a tiger, the Yi State may also be willing to fall into the well and take the opportunity to attack the Yu State and make its backyard catch fire. Chen Jinyan sent an envoy to the Yi country, formed an alliance with the Yi country, and made an alliance to attack the Yu country."

Wang Rong thought for a moment and said, "Judging from the news from the Yi country, the possibility that the Yi country can form an alliance with us is too small. The Yu State was destroyed, and the Jing Kingdom, the Yi Kingdom, and the Xu Kingdom completely bordered on our Datang. The General Staff Department should formulate a plan, first of all, to prevent the convergence of the three countries, and secondly, how should we deal with the merger of the three countries."

Zhang Yunshu bowed and said, "Obey."

Zhang Yunshu retired, and everyone was busy preparing for action.

A few days later, the weather was fine, and the army in Xuanwei City was dispatched as scheduled. In the army, the golden umbrella cover and gilt luan drove with him, but the bottom of the umbrella cover was empty. Dressed in armor, he rode on a horse and marched east with the army.

The mighty army did not see the head in front and the tail in the back, and there were many people on the north bank of the water. On the water, the sails are like clouds, covering almost the entire surface of the water. On the other side, a group of cavalry was galloping on horseback, and the scene was very huge.

In the afternoon, Wang Rong saw the big city standing in front of the canopy on the green plain.

Seeing Luoyang City, looking back at its control over this large flat land, and thinking of its strategic importance, Wang Rong immediately felt that everything he had done was worth it.

Wang Rong's eyes widened, looking back at his army and the thick and deep defense line behind him, and said in his heart, "It's time to settle accounts."

On the main road, the faces of thousands of Han Erlang are also facing the same direction: Luoyang.

In this vast land, all the people everywhere should be paying attention to this force of soldiers coming to the city. At this time, Luoyang is not just a city, but condenses too many grievances, dreams, blood, honor and disgrace, and it is a symbolic place.

When the Qin Dynasty fell, the Yongguo was still weak and was forced to cede Henan County, which could not be recovered after hundreds of years. Yongguo was forced to give it away, and if it was taken back in his own hands, then the prestige and national power did not need to be emphasized too much.

For many years, Yu has been recognized as a formidable country from far and near, and today the Tang army soldiers have come to its door, who is strong and who is weak, this city is a fair place to fight.

Wang Rong swept away the worry and depression in his chest, and said in his heart: "Since you have reached this point, then let it go."

He immediately rode his horse and galloped out, and Wang Xu immediately rode his horse to follow with the cavalry of the Guardian Guard.

A group of cavalry rushed straight to the Xuanhui Gate in Luoyang, and on the quaint heavy eaves of the high-rise building, there were samurai wearing full body armor, and the enemy army had already been waiting for it.

Wang Xu shouted behind Wang Rong, "Holy Lord, there is danger ahead!"

Wang Rong was 200 steps away from Xuanhui Gate and restrained his horse. He jumped off the horse, stretched out his bow and arrows, his eyes were red, and he pulled the strong bow in his hand like a full moon, and the bow and the cow tendon "Titicaca" made a tight tooth sore sound, as if it was about to be pulled alive, and inexplicably made people's hearts tense.

Above and below the city, the soldiers of the Tang Army and the Yu Army held their breath for a while, staring at the bows and arrows in Wang Rong's hands.

The arrow slanted towards the sky, and with a loud "bang", the violent tremor shook the small pieces on the bow away, as if a faint smoke was rising.

Heavy arrows whizzed into the air.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Tang Army immediately shouted: "Long live! Hooray!"

Wang Rong turned on his horse, raised his bow high, and shouted, "You must take the sun!"

The soldiers of the Tang Army shouted excitedly, and turned around with Wang Rong riding their horses. really

As soon as he ran for a while, stones and ballistas in the air flew out one after another, falling behind.

Wang Rong looked back at Luoyang, the words on the city gate, the banner on the city head, and the people on the city wall all became blurred, but he seemed to see Sun Ize bleeding from the seven orifices, the little lady who was ravaged and trampled to the point of being inhuman, the burning village, the people whose families were ruined and displaced, and the sons and daughters whose heads were piled up into a Beijing view.

Wang Rong rushed back to the great array, and the shouts of the soldiers like a sea of steel shook the earth in the wilderness outside the city.

"Reclaim your land with iron and blood!" Wang Rong shouted, and with a very inflammatory emotion, rode his horse and galloped in front of the army.

"Hooray!"

Countless officers and soldiers of the Tang Army shouted frantically.

Wang Rong was emotional, and shouted casually: "My Tang Erlang! The fury of revenge will burn the Yu army! The time has come to settle for sins!"

He drew his sword and pointed it into the air. The officers and soldiers of the Tang Army were excited, raising their swords and guns to shout in response to Wang Rong.

The situation created momentum, and the Tang army was full of confidence in the victory and its morale was high.