Chapter 88: The Fall of Luoyang
The dark night shrouded the city of Luoyang, and a snow-white carrier pigeon flew into the military camp of the reserve army.
However, in fact, the camp had already been neatly lined up with heavily armed soldiers, these soldiers had blue turbans on their heads, dressed in various armors, their eyes were full of desire for money women, and they were waiting for Li Yan's lecture with high morale.
After a while, Li Yan and Gao Yigong walked out of the military tent, compared to the previous solemnity and anxiety, the two of them now looked relaxed, and even had a smile on the corner of their mouths.
What Li Yan held in his left hand was Gu Fuguang's letter from the city, which clearly read: "Something happened tonight. ”
This is the signal of the invasion of the army and the siege of the city, and it is also the news that Li Yan and Gao Yigong have been waiting for during this time.
Li Yan waved the letter in his hand twice in the air, and then said loudly to the soldiers in the audience: "There is news in Luoyang City, there is no way to live in the city, the officials are corrupt, and the heroes and righteous people in the city are unbearable, and they want to do great things together!" Tonight, the fire is the signal, and the army enters the city! ”
Hearing that the soldiers were overjoyed, the cold wind had been blowing outside Luoyang City for so long, and they thought that Luoyang was a moat and difficult to overcome, but they didn't want to be told that they could break the city tonight, and they could enter the city to have a good "life".
I don't know who started it, the soldiers shouted "Long live" one after another, Li Yan also deserved these long live, Luoyang is a big city, I don't know how many people can "get rich" if they really take it, isn't it just to make a fortune when they are soldiers?
Of course, they are still clear about these little Jiujiu Li Yan, although entering the city and looting is the only means for Li Zicheng and Li Yan to boost morale, but there is a degree to everything, not to mention that Li Yan still has his own plans for Luoyang.
Therefore, the rules for entering the city should be made clear.
"Ladies and gentlemen, before entering the city, I still want to have three chapters of the law!" Li Yan pressed the noisy soldiers with his hand and signaled them to be quiet.
The soldiers looked at Li Yan's gesture, but they all quieted down, after all, how could the name of King Li Yan be in vain?
"First, after entering the city, first control the palace and the government office, arrest officials at all levels and vassal kings, but must not be humiliated or killed, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" Li Yan stretched out a finger and said his first military order.
Hearing the chopping word, all the soldiers unconsciously shrunk their necks, what Li Yan said, that is more true.
"Second, after entering the city, only loot, no killing, rape, or beheading!" Li Yan continued, he didn't want to ruin his reputation in Luoyang, which would be detrimental to his future business in Luoyang.
"Third, you must not wantonly set fire, or destroy the palace, and those who violate it will be beheaded!" Li Yan stretched out three fingers and affirmed the three military laws.
These three military disciplines are all prepared for "intensive cultivation" in Luoyang in the future, and Luoyang is now regarded by Li Yan as his property.
"Probably obedience?" Li Yan asked loudly to the soldiers in the audience.
The soldiers did not dare to hesitate, and immediately responded: "I am willing to watch the army's life!" ”
At this moment, Gao Yigong quietly walked up and asked in a low voice, "Can you be sure of taking Luoyang tonight?" If it doesn't work, I'm afraid it will hurt morale. ”
With such a big battle, if the bamboo basket is empty in the end, I am afraid that the morale of the reserve army will plummet, and Li Yan's prestige will also be shattered.
Gao Yigong didn't know what class guards and Li Yan's arrangement in Luoyang, and he also felt inexplicable about the "sudden" breakdown of the city, so he couldn't help but worry.
"Plans are in man, and things are done in heaven, where in the world is there complete certainty? But I'm willing to believe them......" Li Yan said word by word, staring at the outline of the Luoyang city wall in the dark night.
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Luoyang was already quiet in the middle of the night, and since Lu Weichu ordered a curfew, the people of Luoyang began to go deep into the simple life.
No way, in order to prevent meticulous work, Lu Weichu had to sacrifice the nightlife of Luoyang, of course, the wealthy and powerful are not in this restriction, but Gu Fuguang is not restricted, and he buys the officers who defend the city, and he is not happy to linger all day long to pick up the stars......
Of course, tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for Wang Yinchang.
Because of the sentence "The palace has millions of money, eats sorghum and meat, and makes my generation die of thieves?" Wang Shaoyu was greatly annoyed, so he entrusted Wang Yinchang to check which people were guarding the city to pass on this sentence, according to Wang Shaoyu's meaning, everything that was passed on was punished as "from the thief".
This is serious, the possible consequences Wang Shaoyu and Wang Yinchang have not considered it at all, and after a long time, they feel more and more that the soldiers are all ants and can be despised by them.
Wang Yinchang's method is very "scientific", he did not start with the soldiers, but directly from the junior officers, and summoned them one by one for interrogation, of course, the means are unknown.
Wang Yinchang has never been a good person, on the grounds of interrogation, wantonly retaliation, not only that, but also extortion money, once he does not comply, he is immediately arrested in the name of a thief, and for a while the whole city is panicked, and the soldiers and even the officers are in panic and accumulate countless resentment.
As the officers were called like a separate "interrogation room", the rest of the non-commissioned officers and officers were agitated.
"Xiao Baihu has gone in and still hasn't come out?"
"Yes, you can't even escape from a hundred households, let alone us?"
"I haven't passed on ......"
"Fart, I heard your ......"
"Zhang Da, it's not good to be such a dirty person, didn't you pass it on yourself?"
The city was full of whispers, and the eyes of the soldiers were full of fear.
At this moment, a man in armor and a goose sword at his waist walked up to the city wall, and his cold eyes scanned a circle of whispering soldiers.
People with a little vision can see that this person is Tian Jiang's personal soldier, who seems to be called Meng Changgeng, who is quite brave in battle, and is called "Xiao Fengxian" in the army.
Glancing around at the anxious soldiers, Meng Changgeng didn't talk nonsense, pulled out his saber, pointed at those soldiers and officers, and said loudly: "Brothers are persecuted, but you stand by and watch, ashamed to be men!" ”
Hearing this, the soldiers and officers lowered their heads in embarrassment, and Meng Changgeng's words went to their hearts.
"Wang Yinchang, villain's ear, but a sycophant, we shed blood for the country, but we were humiliated by the hands of villains, and now we are forced to die by life and death, can you still bear it? The vassal king enjoys it, but we have to fight in the cold wind, and we have no respect, how long will you endure it? Meng Changgeng shouted at the soldiers around him with full of anger.
Such a rebellious remark, no one stepped forward to stop it, but it resonated, and several junior officers raised their heads violently and said loudly: "The court treats me unkindly, why should I be loyal to him anymore?" I am willing to conspire with the general to achieve great things! ”
With an exemplary role, soon all the soldiers around them responded, and their patience with Wang Yinchang and Wang Shaoyu had reached the limit, and they all pulled out their waist knives and said loudly: "It's against the damn!" Kill the two kings! ”
It was much smoother than Meng Changgeng expected, but now is not the time to celebrate, there are only 200 officers and soldiers in the city, and they have to act quickly, you must know that Ren Jirong and Tian Hu's side are much more stable, they must see that things have an eyebrow before they start, which is also their way of survival.
"General Fengtian's order, come with me to arrest the second king!" Meng Changgeng immediately decided to control Wang Yinchang at the head of the city first, and then introduce the Chuang army, and then clean up Wang Shaoyu and them.
When the soldiers saw that someone was taking the lead, they were also bold for a while, and they all took weapons and hugged Meng Changgeng to Wang Yinchang's place.
Wang Yinchang didn't expect to provoke a mutiny, there were only a dozen guards around him, although they were all well-equipped, but when he saw Meng Changgeng coming over with more than 100 soldiers, he was still frightened.
Trembling asked, "Wait...... What are you waiting for? Bingxian didn't wait......"
Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Meng Changgeng stepped forward with a tiger step, cut off his nose with a knife, and then shouted with a dumbfounded voice: "Wang Yinchang has no way, I will wait for the heavens to kill this traitor!" If there is an obstacle, so is the case! ”
The guards held the severed nose and screamed fiercely, where had the surrounding guards seen this scene, they were all showy, they had never been in the battle array, looking at the soldiers who were aroused by the blood, they suddenly had no fighting spirit, only trembled and pointed to the inner room and said: "Wang ..... Wang Bingxian ...... there"
Hearing this, Meng Changgeng didn't pay attention to them anymore, and immediately rushed into the room, in addition to Wang Yinchang, there were a few scribes in the room, Xu heard the movement outside, knew that there was a mutiny, and was panicking and preparing to escape, Wang Yinchang moved the fastest, and half of his body had already stepped out of the back door.
"Thief, humiliate me, leave!" Meng Changgeng and Wang Yinchang looked at each other, and immediately shouted, this is also a password, more than a hundred soldiers who have long been full of resentment rushed up, indiscriminately slashed and killed in the small room, as long as they were dressed as civil officials.
Wang Yinchang was so frightened that he couldn't imagine that he would cause such a big disaster, so he hurriedly ran to the inner city, Meng Changgeng didn't give him a chance, he raised a spear and threw it over, and the spear hit Wang Yinchang's thigh accurately.
Wang Yinchang screamed, then fell to the ground, clutching his thigh pierced by a spear and screaming in pain, while Meng Changgeng and his soldiers killed more than a dozen scribes led by Wang Yinchang cleanly.
"Wait" Meng Changgeng still kept his senses and stretched out his hand to stop the soldiers who were about to rush up.
"Keeping it for the army to change the credit is better than killing him!" Meng Changgeng glanced at Wang Yinchang, who was wailing on the ground like a dead dog, and said disdainfully.
Hearing this, the soldiers also felt that this was the truth, and it seemed that it was not as cost-effective as exchanging money for Wang Yinchang to kill him, so they also suppressed the desire to kill, and just tied Wang Yinchang firmly with hemp rope.
Arrested Wang Yinchang and completely controlled the city wall and city gate, Meng Changgeng immediately ordered someone to open the city gate of Luoyang, and then shook it desperately with a torch in the dark night......
With the shaking, the long-awaited army began to act, Wang Xueli took the lead in leading the cavalry to rush into the city gate, and then there was a large army of the army, holding torches and rushing in.......
"The last general, Meng Changgeng, meet the Guanjun!" Meng Changgeng saw a few people riding tall horses and wearing cloaks from afar, guessing that they should be the high-level leaders of the army, and immediately stepped forward to salute.
In fact, Meng Changgeng was somewhat presumptuous in doing this, Gao Yigong was the main official, but he went to worship Li Yan, no matter how he said it, it was unreasonable, fortunately, Gao Yigong didn't mind this.
"Meng Changgeng?" Li Yan looked at the powerful young man in front of him, nodded, and then said, "I remember you, this battle should be your first credit!" ”
"Xie Guanjun!" Meng Changgeng was overjoyed, and getting Li Yan's approval meant that he could really get rid of the category of only being a "soldier".
In this way, the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties, the only Kaifeng city in Henan, is crawling at the feet of less than 3,000 reserve troops, and the strange thing is that the army here has entered the city in a big way, but there is no movement in the inner city, whether it is King Fu or Wang Shaoyu, they are still drunk and dreaming of death in the gentle township, but they don't know that they have become a turtle in the urn now......