On the ninth day of the first lunar month, Song Che set off from Jinling with a wordless edict and went north to the Central Plains along the canal.

Entering Gyeonggi, the people who were starving all the way were displaced by the war.

This area should have been the richest, but now it is poor, except for the cold and pain.

On the thirteenth day of the first month, the Xiliang army abandoned Luoyang and withdrew to Chang'an for the last resistance.

On the fourteenth day of the first month, Song Che arrived in Luoyang City. At first sight, it is full of flowers, and when we say goodbye, it is ruined. It is said that a hundred years of vicissitudes of life, ten years have changed the world, and the days have not yet reached ten years, right?

On the fifteenth day of the first month, the Central Plains Army marched westward and attacked Chang'an City left and right with the Western Expeditionary Army.

On the nineteenth day of the first month, the two armies met outside Chang'an City, with a total strength of 450,000.

"Hahaha...... Brother Song, General Lin, it's been a long time! ”

Jiang Yuntian laughed and walked out of the camp and greeted him with his arms.

"Brother Jiang, I have good news here, or a bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" Song Che asked with a smile.

"You guy...... As soon as we meet, you will sell it to me," Jiang Yuntian said with a smile: "I have always been sweet and then bitter, you tell the good news first." ”

Song Che smiled: "The good news is that the princess gave birth to a son for you." ”

"Hahaha......" Jiang Yuntian looked up to the sky and laughed, "I said it was a son, you don't believe it!" He patted Song Che on the shoulder again: "Obediently hand over your daughter!" ”

He suddenly thought again, "Oh, by the way, what about the bad news?" ”

Song Che squinted and smiled, "Bad news, I took a closer look at your son, he doesn't look like you at all." ”

Jiang Yuncai's smiling face fell again, and he rolled his eyes, "This joke is not funny at all......

"Hahaha......"

"Let's go, let's go to camp and talk about business." Song Che beckoned and walked towards the camp.

The twelve main generals of the two armies gathered in the camp, surrounded the map of Chang'an City, and listened to Song Che's orders.

"General Jiang, General Shi, General Lin, each of you will lead 100,000 troops to attack the east, west, and south of the city; General Long, General Zhao, you lead 50,000 troops to attack the north of the city;

The purpose of this is to give the Western Liang army the illusion that the defense in the north is weak, and to lure them to break through from the north. ”

"Strategist, what about us! Day and night, we look forward to being able to make meritorious contributions and be ashamed! ”

Yang Jinbao and Chen Hong couldn't wait to come forward and ask for help.

Song Che said with a smile: "Don't worry, two generals, I haven't finished my words yet, I will keep the credit for catching the thief for you." He paused and pointed to the two places on the map: Lishan and Gaoling:

"Under the siege of our army on three sides, Ma Wei will definitely flee from the weakest north, the two generals Long and Yang, you must consume Ma Wei's troops as much as possible, and force him to flee in the direction of Lishan;

General Chen, you lead 50,000 troops to wait in Lishan, as soon as you see the remnants of Ma Wei, immediately attack and strangle, if you can capture the thief, it is best, if not, drive him to Gaoling;

When Ma Wei escapes, he must be a light horseman, and when he breaks through the northern city, he will first weaken his strength, and Lishan will weaken his strength again, and if he wants to go to Gaoling, he must first cross the Weishui;

General Yang, you will be stationed on the south bank of Weishui, at this time Ma Wei, who is fleeing from the west, must be exhausted, if you attack General Chen up and down, you will definitely be able to capture him! ”

"Brilliant plan! What a plan! ”

"Okay, tomorrow, when the time comes, point the troops and generals, and attack the city and capture the thieves!"

……

On the twentieth day of the first month, the sky was slightly bright, and Song Che led an army of 100,000 with Jiang Yuntian, and 100 artillery pieces confronted Dongcheng.

The old rule, persuade to surrender first.

"Master Ma, you and I are old acquaintances, today is the end of the crossbow, why bother to support it anymore, I hope to get lost, Kaecheng surrenders, or I can spare you a death!" Song Che shouted at the wall.

Ma Wei scolded: "Joke! His Majesty the real emperor is in Chang'an, and as a Liang minister, he does not think about maintaining orthodoxy, and he also raises troops to beg for it. ”

Song Che took out the holy decree from his sleeve and shouted loudly: "I came to Chang'an to welcome the emperor back to Beijing by the will of His Majesty the Emperor, why not maintain orthodoxy?" ”

He raised his eyebrows coldly, pointed at Ma Wei and scolded: "Old thief! You coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, vainly seeking power and usurping the throne, this conspiracy is known to everyone in the world, if you don't want to involve future generations, quickly open the door and surrender, and return to the emperor, otherwise you will be killed by the nine clans! ”

"You fart! The old man supports orthodoxy, is loyal to the monarch and patriotic, and even if he dies, he will live for a hundred years! ”

Then you don't have to talk about it, do you?

"Open the cannon, attack the city!"

"Rush!"

The east city fired the first shot, the west city and the south city scrambled to echo, and the continuous cannon sound and charge kicked off the prelude to the battle.

The siege lasted from dawn to darkness, attacking back and forth seven times, and the corpses under the walls were piled up like a mountain and rivers of blood flowed.

Finally, before dark, the ammunition of the Xiliang Army was exhausted, and Jiang Yuntian took the lead in breaking through the east gate in one go, and then the east and south sides were echoed, and the army swarmed in.

As Song Che expected, Ma Wei led 10,000 light cavalry to break through from the north gate to Lishan.

"The prey is in a trap."

Song Che, who was standing on the city wall and in the smoke of gunpowder, slowly put away his binoculars.

Jiang Yuntian, whose battle armor had been contaminated red by blood, sighed softly: "What kind of loyal minister did he say he was, and in the end he didn't just care about himself and escaped?" ”

Song Che said: "Once something loses its value, even the emperor will be discarded." ”

"That'...... What's next? ”

"What are you talking about?"

"Don't do anything!" Jiang Yuntian's eyes were fierce, and he made a movement to wipe his neck.

"You're going to kill the king?" Song Che shook his head, "Although Zhao Sui is an incompetent emperor, if you kill him, you won't want to have a good reputation for the rest of your life." ”

Jiang Yuntian was puzzled: "Could it be that you really want to welcome him back to the capital division?" ”

Song Che said with a smile: "He is the emperor, of course he has to welcome back to Jingshi, but it is a long way to Jinling, and he is sick or something on the way, isn't it quite reasonable?" ”

"Oh!"

"Oooh oh ......"

"Oo......oo

"Close!"

Song Che raised his hand, "Let's go, let's welcome the emperor!" ”