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Chapter 692: Will vomit after eating

On the tenth day of the eighth month, it is sunny, so it is advisable to travel and marry.

Wang Shichong asked someone to dig a special divination, and the hexagram is very auspicious.

In any case, it seems that there is no reason not to send troops.

But Wang Shichong was still uneasy. The reason why he was confused was that there were not many soldiers available in the Dongdu City. Including his palace imperial guards, there were only more than 10,000 soldiers left in the city. Although these troops were not too short of being garrisoned in the huge Dongdu City, they could not draw many people as reserve teams.

After walking back and forth in the hall for several steps, he finally couldn't help but give orders to send troops.

The tens of thousands of elite soldiers under Cao Dan were the new forces to assist in the defense of the Dongdu. Once he received these tens of thousands of troops into the city, the Dongdu's defense would not be so weak in terms of military strength, and... the Dongdu was short of food. Although Xingluo Cang was not far away, and although there were tens of millions of stones of food, the people in the city could only watch it with no choice. Yan Yun's army had heavy troops in Xingluo Cang, and even if the people in the city were full of troops, they might not be able to fight.

Luoyang City has been like an iron barrel surrounded by the Tang army and Yanyun army for nearly a year. The people in the city have long lost their food. The food stored by the rich families has been requisitioned several times, and they have complained. According to Wang Shichong's order, now each woman, child, young and old in the city has only one meal of porridge that can hardly be seen every day. The strong men have two porridge meals a day. The soldiers guaranteed to have a full meal at noon every day. Even if they save food in this way, they will probably not be able to hold on for half a month. In fact, the food is really distributed to everyone!

The rice in Luoyang is expensive, and it has reached the point where it is almost impossible to be rich.

If you don’t send troops, you will die.

Sending troops may have some vitality.

"Xiong Xin!"

Wang Shichong glanced at Shan Xiongxin who was already wearing all armor, walked to him and said in a heavy tone: "This time I send troops, I will hand over most of the people in the city into your hands. You must be careful... Once you find something wrong, you will return to the Dongdu City immediately regardless of Cao Dan. I... can't afford it now."

Shan Xiong felt sore in his confidence, and his nose also felt sore. He remembered that when he was in Wagang Village, Zhai Rang regarded him as a brother, but when Li Mi killed Zhai Rang, he was powerless. Although this guilt in his heart was deliberately hidden very deeply by him, he felt as uncomfortable as an ant biting his heart whenever he thought of it.

When Li Mi was defeated, he had to surrender to Wang Shichong.

Wang Shichong also attached great importance to him, and almost all the military power in the city was handed over to him. He was granted the title of Duke and later the title of Grand Marshal. He also paid a lot of rewards to Wang Shichong. Speaking of which, Dongdu is still in the hands of Wang Shichong, he made great contributions. Both the Tang army and the Yanyun army were killed several times by him. The officials of the Great Zheng State in the Dongdu city also regarded it as the barrier of the Eastern Capital.

"General Shan must not let down His Majesty's trust."

The person who walked to Shan Xiongxin was not someone else's sincere advice. It was Duan Da, the former Grand Marshal of the Great Zheng State who led 50,000 elite troops to the north and was killed by King Yan Li Xian. He didn't know what luck he had. The 50,000 army was slaughtered by the King of Yan. This person was so lucky that he fled back to the city alone and was taken in by the defenders on the city wall. Although he was no longer as hot as before in front of Wang Shichong, he still had a very high position in the court.

After that disastrous defeat, Duan Da was demoted to the Minister of War by Wang Shichong. It was also at that time that Shan Xiongxin replaced Duan Da and was named Taiwei.

"It's not a matter of trouble for Secretary Duan."

Shan Xiongxin looked down on Duan Daben, and he felt even more uncomfortable when he saw him coming to ask for advice. He replied lukewarmly, then looked at Wang Shichong and said, "Your Majesty treats me like brothers and sisters, I regard you as your father and brother... Since the day I came to serve in front of Your Majesty, my life has been closely linked to Da Zheng, and even if I cut it with a knife, I will never let go. Your Majesty rest assured that this time I leave the city, I will definitely live up to Your Majesty's heavy trust..."

He thought for a while and said, "After I leave the city, Your Majesty can reintegrate the remaining defenders in the city, with one soldier, or one strong man, or ten strong man to defend the city. Nowadays, veterans in the city are scarce, and each is a treasure. The Xia Lord Dou Jiande fought with Yu Wenshi and Li Daozong, and the soldiers of the capital can take the opportunity to rest. After I leave the city, Your Majesty must personally inquire about the city defense matters, and cannot be handed over to some people who only know how to talk about war on paper."

His words naturally mean something, Duan Da's face changed but he forced himself to hold it back.

He glanced at Shan Xiongxin coldly, and couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

On that day, he was eager to be pursued by Li Shimin's pursuers. The Dongdu City was close to him but could not return. He almost froze to death outside that night. In a desperate situation, he figured out something and then asked someone to light the fire. When his body was warmer, he was surrounded by hundreds of Yanyun's army...

It has been nearly eight or nine months since he returned to Dongdu, and he has never made up his mind to do that. Now Dongdu has reached a critical moment of life and death, which has blocked the Yanyun Army for such a long time. The people will be fine when the city is destroyed, but the king and minister of the Great Zheng State are afraid that no one can end up well.

So, Duan Da, who had been watching for so long, finally decided to take action.

He was able to survive and return to the Dongdu City because he promised something in front of Yu Wenshi. Now that so long has passed, he originally wanted to wait. If the siege of Dongdu can be resolved, this matter would be rotten in his stomach and never think about it for the rest of his life. If Dongdu is in danger, he would find a way to protect himself. However, it has been too long. If he doesn't take action, Yu Wenshi and he will definitely not get any benefits.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but pick the corners of his mouth and lowered his head and said, "I also think that Your Majesty should lead the troops himself. If the soldiers and civilians guarding the city know that Your Majesty personally commands, their morale will definitely be greatly boosted."

Shan Xiongxin looked at Duan Da incrediblely, and felt a little uneasy. In fact, from the day Duan Da returned, he suspected that this person had surrendered to the outside world. Although it was not certain whether he surrendered to Li Tang or Yan Yun's army, he had many doubts about the person being able to come back. However, with the emperor's trust and sweet words in him, he soon gained a foothold in the court again. Such a person, Shan Xiongxin was very afraid that he would take the military power to defend the city from the emperor.

"With you Shan Aiqing and Duan Aiqing, I can feel more at ease. You will have more time to do everything in the court. General Shan, just go out of the city to welcome Cao Dan. I will do it myself!"

Shan Xiongxin originally wanted to persuade him a few more words, but he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

Thinking that as long as the military power is still in the hands of the emperor, even if there is a Yan Yun army in the city, he will not have the chance to make trouble, so he will put his mind away.

"Your Majesty just wait for good news from me!"

He raised his chest and his eyes were firm.

...

...

Wang Shichong drew 8,000 soldiers from the city defense personnel and selected more than 3,000 strong men and handed them over to Shan Xiongxin. It can be said that most of the soldiers in the city defense personnel in the eastern capital Luoyang were given to him.

In order to avoid being discovered by Li Tang or Yan Yunjun spies outside the city, a team of more than 10,000 people left the city late at night. The eastern capital Luoyang City was built in the form of Chang'an City, and it looked like it was Chang'an City, which was the smaller. Luoyang City had eight city gates in the east, west, south, and north, among which the west city had no gates.

There are three city gates in the south city from east to west, namely Changxia Gate, Jianguo Gate and Baihu Gate.

The three gates of the East City are from south to north, namely Yongtong Gate, Jianyang Gate, and Shangchun Gate.

The two gates of the north city are called Xining Gate and the ones on the west are called Hui'an Gate.

There are twelve north and south streets in the East Capital, six east and west, and the buildings are like chessboards, regular and solemn.

The Luo River passes through the city, the Twenty-Eight Squares in Hebei and the Eighty-Eleventh Squares in Henan. The layout is the same as Chang'an City. The palace city is close to the North City, and the imperial city is south of the palace city.

Shan Xiongxin led his army out of the city from the Baihu Gate in the southwest. When the team of more than 10,000 people left the city, there was no other sound except footsteps. Everyone held a wooden stick in their mouths and carried a horse with a chewy bite. Zheng soldiers also knew that this was a battle of life and death, so they all stood up to their hearts.

After midnight, he started to leave the city. In order to ensure quietness, he walked for more than an hour and more than 10,000 people left the city. After leaving the city gate, Shan Xiongxin specially took his men to a circle and then adjusted his direction and headed straight for Xingluo Cang. Dongdu was close to Xingluo Cang. If it went well, the cavalry could rush over at noon.

Xingluo Cang was the first granary of the Great Sui Dynasty, with more than tens of millions of stones of grain stored. Whoever got Xingluo Cang could ensure that hundreds of thousands of troops had no worries. Xingluo Cang was originally in the hands of the Tang army, but later Yu Wen Shi and led their troops to siege Xingluo Cang from the Tang army. Because Li Shimin led his army back to Chang'an to cause rebellion, Duan Zhixuan, who was staying in the Tang army camp, dared not easily provoke the battle with Yan Yun army, and suffered the loss.

After Li Daozong arrived outside Luoyang City, he sent someone to ask Yu Wenshi and Xingluo Cang. Yu Wenshi and ignored him, and later the matter was left alone.

Shan Xiongxin fought for half his life and led his troops to train troops were all first-class people. He knew the danger of this battle more than anyone else, so he was more cautious.

In order to ensure that the soldiers have the strength to march quickly, Wang Shichong specifically ordered the more than 10,000 people to have a full meal before leaving the city. However, neither Wang Shichong nor Shan Xiongxin expected that this tiny detail became a hidden danger later. It was good intentions, but it hid the root of the disaster.

After the team left for two hours, Shan Xiongxin realized something was wrong. Many soldiers ran and vomited, and the team marched slowly and slowly!

"Wang Donglai!"

Shan Xiongxin ordered coldly: "Go and see what's going on!"

Where does Wang Donglai, the captain of his personal soldiers, need to check it? He smiled bitterly and clasped his fists and said, "Go back to the general, there is no need to check it... The soldiers have eaten too much... There is only one dry meal every day for many consecutive days, including lunch in the morning and a bowl of porridge that can be seen at night. Starting ten days ago, this dry meal at noon was full, and changed to half a steamed bun and a bowl of porridge for everyone. How can a man who is a young man eat enough?"

He paused for a moment and continued, "Before leaving the city, His Majesty ordered the soldiers to have a full meal. After so many days of hunger, the soldiers finally opened their food and stuffed things into their mouths desperately. When the subordinates noticed it, they took people to stop it several times, but this kind of thing could not be stopped at all! They immediately marched quickly after eating, and it would be strange if they didn't vomit."

"or……"

Wang Donglai asked tentatively: "Let the soldiers rest for a while before leaving?"

“No time to rest!”

Shan Xiongxin sighed and said, "You also know that six or seven out of ten soldiers available in the city were brought out by this general. If you don't respond to the Xia army as soon as possible, not only will Your Majesty feel unconfidence, but the people and officials in the city have no confidence! If there is any chaos in the city, you will not be able to suppress it with the remaining troops!"

"Just vomit..."

He waved his hand and said, "Anyway, it's been a while, so it's no wonder that I am the general. He ordered the entire army to accelerate and rushed to Chu Fengting before dawn!"
Chapter completed!