Chapter 853: Plotting to Empty the City (Part II)
In the evening, the vanguard barracks ......
Being "imprisoned" in the camp, Qin Yu lay alone on the couch, doing nothing, but his heart was troubled and empty. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Looking at the arrow wound on his wrist, he remembered the confrontation with Lu Ling last night, and now that the army is on the march, he can only stay and standby, and he can't continue to compete with Lu Ling, Qin Yu is very upset in his heart.
"Calculate the time, the army should arrive at the foot of Luoyang City and start attacking the city......" Qin Yu shook his hand, unwilling to say, "Damn, I was originally the one who went out to attack the vanguard in this battle, but I was withdrawn by Jingmei...... Really, it's just a small injury, so you won't let me sit on the front line?What are you afraid that I will lose my cool and get carried away by Lu Ling's calculations, Sister Jing, didn't you yourself almost be calculated yesterday......"
His heart was very quiet, Qin Yu turned over and sat up from the couch, turned his head to look, but saw that his silver spear and sunset bow were well placed on the wooden frame - he was confiscated by Murong Ying before, and now that he was out of the camp for something, Qin Yu seemed to have a change in his heart.
"It's hard to meet such a good opponent, if I Qin Yu don't deal with it, who will deal with it?" Qin Yu looked around, seeing that Murong Ying was not nearby, looking out through the curtain, and seeing his war horse "Silver Jade Qilin" quietly recuperating in the shed, Qin Yu couldn't help but secretly said, "Hmph, without the war horse, can't I Qin Yu go on the expedition......?"
After thinking about it, Qin Yu sorted out his battle armor, held the silver moon spear, put the sunset bow on his back, and quietly walked out of the camp tent, seeing that Murong Ying was not around, he wanted to sneak out of the camp while he was not paying attention.
"Sakura isn't here, just ......" Qin Yu secretly said, jumped quickly, and prepared to run towards the gate of the tent.
"Brother Qin, where are you going?" However, before Qin Yu could take a few steps, Murong Ying's "cold" question sounded behind him.
Qin Yu was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look, but saw Murong Ying looking at him with a "surveillance" look, which made people feel uncomfortable.
"Sakura-chan, you...... Why are you ...... here" Qin Yu pretended to smirk and asked embarrassedly.
Qin Yu's thoughts, where did Murong Ying not know? I saw Murong Ying shook her head helplessly, and said in a low voice: "I knew that as soon as I was not there, you would want to run to the front line alone...... This time, I have 'courage', I don't even want a war horse......"
"Aren't I in a hurry?" Anyway, Qin Yu didn't shy away from it, and said confidently, "I'm the only general who has fought against Lu Ling, I know the roots, and Sister Jing won't take me there, it's too much to say...... I'm also a dignified 'divine general', and now the vanguard cavalry of the army, if you don't take me with you in the siege battle, can you bear it?"
Murong Ying smiled slightly, and then said, "At least I won't risk my injuries and go to the front line recklessly against military orders...... The first battle of Luoyang is a siege of the city, not a field battle, you don't need Brother Qin to go out, it's best for you to stay in the camp and recuperate......"
"I am a dignified general of the army, I don't fight in front of the army, but I recuperate in the battalion, what is the reason?" Qin Yu continued to vent unwillingly, "It's really not good, you don't need cavalry to attack the city, it's good for you to let me command the Chinese army." How to say that in terms of siege, I also have a lot of experience, the first battle of Jinan and the first battle of Xiangyang, I personally commanded the successful crusade, isn't it......"
"Hey, I know you can't hold your breath......" Murong Ying didn't nag this time, shook her head and turned around to refresh, "Okay, it's time to work, it's time to lead the troops to Luoyang Chengguan-"
"Sakura-chan, did you give me permission to go on the expedition? Or do you ...... It's Sister Jing and Brother Tang's first ......" As soon as they heard that they were going to "go on the expedition", Qin Yu asked excitedly.
"Yes, it's allowed, but it's not an expedition......" Murong Ying suddenly stopped abruptly.
"What do you mean?" Listening to Murong Ying's tone, which seemed to disappoint herself again, Qin Yu couldn't help but ask.
Murong Ying continued to explain: "There was news from Luoyang just now, the city has been taken, Brother Tang and Sister Lu ordered us to follow the steps and transport the military grain and grass to Luoyang, now it's time for us to do something......"
"What, so fast?-" Qin Yu listened, revealing an incredible look, "What do you say about Luoyang, it's still sitting on the city of guarding, at this time, our army has just arrived in Luoyang, how can we capture the city so quickly? Even if the enemy army doesn't defend and resist, but only fights with pure soldiers, it's not so fast, right?!"
"The news of the battle at the front says that the enemy army is retreating without a fight...... No, to be precise, it should be that our army abandoned the city and fled before attacking it-" Murong Ying continued, "Our army rushed to the city of Luoyang, and did not see a single soldier of the defenders, Luoyang has become an 'empty city' - our army did not spend a single arrow and arrow, and entered the military city on foot, and of course the victory was faster......"
"No...... A soldier and a pawn?" Qin Yu heard this, and said even more incredulously, "This ...... How is this possible? Why did the enemy ...... What about the undefending army and let our army capture the 'empty city'?"
"Seeing the huge disparity in strength between the two sides, I knew that the momentum of victory and defeat could not be reversed, so after retreating last night, I led my troops to abandon the city and flee overnight......" Murong Ying looked relaxed and said without any doubts at all, "Now you should be dead - Lu Ling is not in Luoyang, even if Brother Qin rushes over now, you won't be able to see others...... If you had known this, would you still want to rush to the front line so much?"
"How can this be? The city has failed, Lu Ling is not there......" Qin Yu heard the message of Lu Ling's absence, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, it was rare to meet such a belligerent and brave opponent, but he didn't know where to go.
"So, this battle has nothing to do with Brother Qin, and you should rest assured that Lu Ling is gone-" Murong Ying walked behind Qin Yu, pushed it and said, "Okay, don't get entangled, let's carry out the plan of Brother Tang and Sister Lu-we'd better transport these grains, grass and military supplies to the city before it gets dark, and open the passage for the rear army to advance......"
Qin Yu had no choice but to swallow the bitter fruit of regret silently, and accompanied Murong Ying to lead the army to transport food and military supplies......
In the city of Luoyang, the official prime minister's mansion ......
After arranging the military defense in the city, Tang Zhan, Lu Jing and others with their cronies and soldiers immediately rushed to the Prime Minister's Mansion - before Lu Guogong Lu Xing held the military power of Luoyang, and the army pressed the border, but the city of Luoyang was empty, and eighty percent had close ties with Lu Guogong; and in this Prime Minister's Mansion, the key to cracking all the secrets may be found......
However, today's Prime Minister's Mansion, the atmosphere is a little wrong - not long after the death of Lu Guogong, the cronies and servants in the palace mourned, except for the disappearance of Lu Ling, the righteous son who hosted the funeral, and the housekeepers and servants all wore linen and filial piety, and sent their condolences in front of Lu Guogong's spiritual seat.
And Tang Zhan, Lu Jing and others came to the Prime Minister's Mansion and only then did they know the news of Lu Guogong's death. The Ming army conquered Luoyang, took charge of the deployment of the army, and took over the important affairs of the prime minister's house......
"Lu's grass people, meet the generals......" The housekeeper of the Lu family received him in plain clothes, bowed to show Tang Zhan and others, stood in front of the spiritual scarf, and said humbly and politely.
"Don't dare to be a ......" As the lord of an army, Tang Zhan is also approachable, "But our army waved troops under the city and disturbed the people in the city, so I waited for it...... Now that I have arrived at the mansion, I know that Lu Guogong has passed away not long ago, and I am really deeply saddened......"
"Isn't Lord General the enemy of Lord Lu on the battlefield, why do you wave your army to the city and go to the mansion to pay so much respect to Lord Lu?" Looking at Tang Zhan's posture of not having the spirit of a king at all, he seemed to be a tolerant and open-minded wise man, regardless of his previous suspicions and connotation temperament, the housekeeper couldn't help but ask in surprise.
"Although I and Lu Guogong are political enemies, I respect Lu Guogong for his loyalty to the court and will be talented and virtuous, so I respect ......" After speaking, Tang Zhan slowly walked to Lu Guogong's spiritual seat, unloaded his weapon, and solemnly and reverently put a stick of incense on it.
Seeing that Tang Zhan was the general of the enemy army, but he was so humbly respected in front of the spiritual throne of Lu Guogong, the housekeeper couldn't help but look at him and admire him.
Lu Jing thought about it, looked at Lu Guogong's spiritual position, and simply like Tang Zhan, she lit a stick of incense, and said slowly: "The little woman respects Lu Guogong as a loyal and righteous minister, although the blood relationship is different, but they are both Lu family, the little woman admires it, may the deceased rest in peace, and there will be no disturbance in the next life......"
After worshipping, Tang Zhan and the others remembered the purpose of their visit, so they asked the housekeeper on the side: "By the way, I heard that Lu Ling, the general of Luoyang, is the righteous son of Lu Guogong, and since Lu Guogong has passed away peacefully, in order to show his filial piety, why don't you see Lu Ling himself?"
"Who said that our son is not filial?" the housekeeper listened and retorted, "Lord Lu's sacrifice and mourning was handled by the son. It's just that because of the affairs of the military division, after the funeral early this morning, he led the troops in the city and left Luoyang......"
"Sure enough, Lu Ling has already left here......" Tang Zhan got the answer he wanted, and said in a low voice silently.
However, Lu Jing seemed to still have a problem, and continued to ask: "Lu Ling is a brave general of Mengyuan, last night's battle, shocked our army - this is a good general's talent, Luoyang City has the advantage of the army, and still has the power to compete with our army, why did he abandon the city and flee at such a critical moment in the battle?"
"Well, it's not because of the ...... of Lord Taemur," the butler shook his head and sighed.
"You mean...... Deaffinated Timur?" Lu Jing seemed to be looking for the key to the question, and asked cautiously with a cautious look in her eyes, "What happened to Decaus, and what does this have to do with Decaine Timur?"
The housekeeper thought about it, now that the city has been broken, and the Ming army is sitting under the city, it doesn't hurt to inform you of these things. Simply, the housekeeper 1510 said: "Hey, you don't know, although Luoyang has thousands of troops and the danger of the city, there is infighting between the generals...... According to Lu Da and Lu Gongzi before his death, Timur was bent on taking advantage of Luoyang's military power and wanted to take his throne from the hands of the Duke of Guo, while Lu Da was seriously ill and could not live for long, and was also in a desperate situation at that time - fortunately, Lu Gongzi was in charge of the situation, and while inheriting the position of Lord Lu, he confronted Tamur of Deyin...... Who knew that last night, Timur took advantage of the fact that his son did not return from the battle, and led the main force in the city to abandon the city and flee, seemingly leaving in the direction of Shaanzhou; and before that, Timur had come to the prime minister's mansion and forced Lord Lu to hand over the military power, Lord Lu swore to die, and Timur led the troops to leave, so Lord Lu's illness relapsed, and he died with hatred...... And early this morning, Lu Gongzi led two thousand remnants of the army back to the city, learned the truth, was furious about it, and after arranging the funeral of Lord Lu, he led the remaining troops to leave Luoyang, seemingly looking for an opportunity to settle accounts with Timur, and wanted to avenge Lord Lu......"
"It turns out that such a big event happened in Luoyang...... Tang Zhan listened, and finally understood the truth of the matter, so he suddenly realized, "No wonder Lu Ling, as a brave general, left without a fight, firstly, because there were no troops in the city, and secondly, compared to confronting our army, Lu Ling wanted to avenge his father-in-law first......"
"I tried all kinds of tricks to calculate our army, but in the end it was defeated at the hands of my own people......" Lu Jing sighed a little sadly, now that he is more and more interested in Lu Ling himself, he is such a good general in the world, he wants to know everything about Lu Ling, including his life experience and experience, Lu Jing continued to ask, "By the way, butler, can you tell us about Lu Ling's experience?" Since he is the righteous son of the Lu family, not the biological son of Lu Guogong, he must have had a different background when he was a child......
Seeing that Tang Zhan and Lu Jing cared so much about Lu Ling, the housekeeper simply didn't regard them as enemies as he respected Lu Guogong, and reassured: "Hey, speaking of Lu Gongzi, he was also pitiful when he was a child...... When he was young, he lost his father and mother, and he didn't even know his name, but he was in trouble with the wanderers, and after several twists and turns, he was separated from his relatives and friends...... When Gongzi was seven years old, Lord Lu led the troops to pacify the warlords, but he met Gongzi in a ruin near the city of Yuzhou. Seeing that he was pitiful, Lord Lu raised him, because he had no biological heirs, so Lord Lu accepted him as his righteous son and named him 'Lu Ling'......"
"It turns out that when Lu Ling was a child, he was an orphan who was killed in the war, and his family background was even more pitiful than mine......" When Tang Zhan heard this, he couldn't help but feel pity and said with feeling.
And Lu Jing continued to listen quietly, as if she was interested in deepening her understanding of Lu Ling's life experience, and at the same time she was as sympathetic as Tang Zhan, but she had a trace of inexplicable expectations for Lu Ling.
The housekeeper continued: "After that, Gongzi Lu lived in the Zhongfu of Luoyang City, and was raised and cultivated by Lord Lu...... Lu Gongzi had a military talent at a young age, and Lu taught him what he had learned all his life, Lu Gongzi was young, and he already had the talent to lead the army, and at the age of seventeen, he even had the deeds of pacifying the warlords...... In recent years, Lord Lu has been weak and sickly, and in order to show his filial piety, Mr. Lu has taken on the military duties for Lord Lu, and he has done a good job, for which Lord Lu is also very pleased......"
"Military genius, it turns out that he was so powerful when he was a child......" Tang Zhan couldn't help but admire.
"Because it was saved by Lord Lu, so Master Lu swore in this life that he would only be loyal to the people of the Lu family in his life, and his loyalty even exceeded the ...... of the imperial court," the butler continued, "For this reason, once Lord Lu offended the nobles of the imperial court, and Gongzi Lu was in his position, and he fought against the courtiers many times, and was not afraid of offending the nobles of the imperial court...... Take this 'Luoyang Military Mutiny' as an example, Lu Gongzi was not afraid of Timur's power, so he offended him, so he would have Timur's 'revenge' and lead the troops away......"
"It turns out that General Lu Ling's loyalty is not in the court, but in the Lu family, and he is not afraid of the powerful in the court, and he has the backbone to fight, and we should admire the good generals in this world!" Tang Zhan re-judged Lu Ling's personality, changed his previous hostility, and turned to admiration.
"Indeed, such filial piety and good character of people, even I admire it as ......" Lu Jing felt a sentence and said, so he condensed and said, "But he is a military genius, and he can use the strength of one person on the battlefield, but the generals and warriors of the enemy and our army were played and calculated by Timur, his own person, and finally the city mutinied, and he had to abandon the city and flee, which is really embarrassing...... I can defend against the enemy, but I can't defend against my own people, and I already know his weakness...... It's a pity that he has left Luoyang now, and there is no chance to fight him again......"
Tang Zhan listened to Lu Jing's words, and his eyes couldn't help but be stunned...... (To be continued.) )