Chapter 876: The autumn is clear and the air is refreshing, and you will enter Luoyang

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Outside Luoyang City, the autumn air is clear and cool.

Starting a fight in such weather is indeed a joy in life.

The soldiers of the Hu Ben Army who marched to the city of Luoyang were all quick to rest. Only a few officers were still actively observing the surrounding terrain, studying combat plans, and preparing for the upcoming battle.

The war horses that passed the long-distance marching were also surrounded and gnawed on the grass leisurely. Due to the influence of the war, many fields around Luoyang City were deserted. In a considerable number of fields, there were only tall weeds.

Zhang Zhun held up a thousand-mile mirror and carefully observed Luoyang City. This ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties does look very magnificent. Although it has not been specially repaired, the walls of Luoyang City are still very tall, and the shortest places are all over fifteen meters.

The most profound impression of the city walls of Luoyang City is the mottled traces on it. The changing world of history is fully revealed on the city walls of Luoyang City. According to research, the Luoyang City that Zhang Zhun saw should have been built since the time of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty. Until now, it has a history of more than a thousand years.

Beside Zhang Zhun, Li Yan was not very skilled in holding the Qianli Mile Mile Mile, also observing the movements of Luoyang City. His current official identity is the staff officer of the Hu Ben Army. Together with Wang Shide, he was by Zhang Zhun, giving advice and taking into account the military operations.

Wang Shide reported in an orderly manner: "Sir, the situation around us has been basically understood. The closest to us is the defenders of Yiyang, with about 3,000 people. However, they probably dare not dispatch except defending the city. The other troops are basically east of Yanshi and there are not many people. If the enemy wants to reinforce, they can only return from Tongguan. It is estimated that we will have five to ten days to attack the city."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said confidently: "Five to ten days is enough."

Wang Shide continued to report: "According to information, there are only less than 7,000 defenders in Luoyang City. There are about 3,000 guards in the Fu Palace. The two are about 10,000. In addition, some local regiments are estimated to be 5,000. The above-mentioned troops are seriously short of wages and have low morale. They probably won't resist actively. As long as we open the city gate, the battle will end soon."

Zhang Zhun sneered and said, "The family is rich and rich, but he is reluctant to take out a little money to pay the food and pay, and he also expects the soldiers to work hard for him. Isn't this an idiot? Fortunately, he is not the emperor, otherwise the situation in the court would be even worse."

Li Yan said with emotion: "King Fu has always been like this. As long as it is something he likes, he will try his best to take it into his arms. It is impossible to take out a little something. The situation in Liaodong was critical that the late Emperor of the Heavenly Qi asked all the vassal kings to donate generously. As a result, King Fu donated 1,000 taels of silver."

Wang Shide said in surprise: "One thousand taels! He can take it!"

Li Yan said silently: "That's right! Because this number is too embarrassing, Queen Yi'an finally subsidized him by nine thousand taels, and he had enough 10 thousand taels, which could barely be seen. From then on, everyone would automatically ignore King Fu, and they all knew that he would never pay a single child."

Wang Shide suddenly said with interest: "Li Yan, how much is Fu Wang’s property? How much can we get through this network?"

Li Yan shook his head and said, "No one knows it. In short, there are a lot, a lot. I guess the three-year income of Taicang and the treasury may not be as good as King Fu's property. If we go through this network, it will be at least equivalent to the two-year income of Taicang and the treasury."

Wang Shide clapped his hands excitedly and said fiercely: "We are developed!"

Zhang Zhun waved his hand to stop the two of them from chatting, and said to Wang Shide: "Tell the battalions to be fully prepared today and launch an attack tomorrow afternoon."

Li Yan said with some concern: "Governor, will there be any variables if you give the defenders one day? Should you launch an attack earlier?"

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said, "No. Even if there are variables, it is a factor that is beneficial to us. Judging from the intelligence, the defenders in the city are basically in chaos. In a day, we can do a lot of things, but the defenders in the city can't do anything."

Zhang Zhun always implements a strategy of four fast and one slow when attacking troops. He requires fast before and after attacking, but the time for attacking has always been slow. He must start an attack on the basis of being fully prepared.

There are nine city gates in Luoyang City, and each city gate can launch an attack. Judging from the deployment of the defenders' troops, each city gate may be broken by the Hu Ben Army. However, the Hu Ben Army's troops can only attack four city gates at the same time. In other words, one battalion is responsible for one city gate.

Such an attack seems to be inconsistent with military principles at first glance. When attacking the city, it should be to concentrate the main force, break through its point, and then expand to the surrounding area. However, the blasting ability of each battalion of the Hu Ben Army is very strong, so it doesn't matter to Zhang Zhun.

For the Luoyang defenders, the city wall is their last psychological defense line. Once the city gate is broken through, their combat effectiveness will basically be equal to zero. If the Hu Ben Army has appropriate psychological tactics, they may even have a counterattack.

After the order was conveyed, the various battalions of the Hu Ben Army's cavalry took active actions. They sent sporadic snipers to lurk quietly near the city, and then shot and killed the defenders on the top of the city, causing strong psychological pressure to the defenders on the Luoyang.

At the beginning, the defenders on the city wall would use cannons to fight back. Later, they found that using cannons to deal with sporadic snipers was really useless to hit mosquitoes. What’s even more hateful is that the snipers of the Tiger Ben Army specially dealt with them. As long as their figures were exposed, it would be difficult to avoid the attacks of the Tiger Ben Army.

As the casualties gradually increased, the gunners became more and more afraid of fighting, and the speed of firing artillery became slower and slower. They had not received food and salary for several months, and they were already full of resentment. Now they still have the intention to fight the Hu Ben Army to death? If they were beaten to death by the Hu Ben Army, it would be in vain. They would not get anything, and their wives and children at home were not taken care of. Only fools would do this.

As a result, after the Hu Ben Army shot about an hour, all the cannons of the Luoyang defenders were dumb. All the gunners hid behind the city wall and said they were unwilling to stand up and fire the cannon. The Mini bombs fired by the Hu Ben Army flew over their heads, and their heads were lowered even lower.

There is no way for the officers who command the artillery. The gunners below can't even get the food and salary, and do you still expect them to fight to the death? Don't joke, it's already very good if they don't get up and turn against each other. If you want to blame, you can only blame the officials above for being too arrogant and embezzled all the food and salary.

In this way, all the officials in Luoyang City would cry without tears. The morale of the defenders had reached the verge of collapse, and General Wang Shaoyu had no choice. What Wang Shaoyu was most worried about now was not the question of whether Luoyang could defend it, but whether the soldiers under his command would rise up to launch a *** and fight back.

There was no choice but to ask Lu Weiqi to send someone to negotiate with the Hu Ben Army, trying to delay the time of ten or eight days. As long as they can successfully delay the time of ten or eight days, perhaps the situation in Luoyang will have some changes.

The Hu Ben Army besieged Luoyang, and King Fu's orders were still in the air. I believe that Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Yang Sichang, Shi Kefa and other officials from all walks of life would not dare to sit idly by. There was also Henan Governor Yu Yinggui, who dared not sit idly by Luoyang. If Luoyang was captured and King Fu was killed, they would also have to fall to the ground.

At present, the main force of the official army is near Tongguan. It takes about eight to ten days from learning the news to quickly sending troops back to the rescue. This time can only be achieved by Luoyang City itself.

"All right!"

"I'll try it for now!"

Lu Weiqi felt that it was basically impossible for Luoyang to delay time. Zhang Zhun would not be unaware of the principle that soldiers are more powerful than speed. From his research, he knew very well that Zhang Zhun's use of troops was very particular about speed. Since he came in a hurry, he would naturally leave in a hurry. When the reinforcements arrived, he could only collect the body of King Fu.

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"Sir, there are messengers coming out in the city."

On the evening of that day, Zhang Zhun, Wang Shide and Li Yan, were studying the battle situation and deploying to capture Luoyang, how should the Hu Ben Army cavalry retreat quickly? Liu Mang suddenly came in to report.

"Please!"

Zhang Zhun said casually.

Luoyang City sent envoys out at this time, needless to say, it was to delay time. They were a little naive and actually expected to delay time at this time. If I, Zhang Zhun, would be fooled by you, I wouldn't call Zhang Zhun.

"Student Chen Sheng has met the Governor."

Soon, Liu Mang arrived with the envoy from Luoyang City.

Chen Sheng was a student of Lu Weiqi. He was beautiful and versatile. After learning that he wanted to send someone to negotiate with the Hu Ben Army, Chen Sheng took the initiative to undertake this task. He felt that with his eloquence, he could convince Zhang Zhun and others.

Wang Shide said casually: "Mr. Chen has anything to say, please say it."

Chen Sheng said tentatively: "The Governor passed by Luoyang, and all over Luoyang felt very honored. People from all walks of life swept the beds to wait. I wonder if there were any misunderstandings between the Governor and Luoyang, which led to a meeting of soldiers?"

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "I am here to pay tribute to King Fu."

Chen Sheng hurriedly said, "The prince is in good health, so I will be in charge of the governor."

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "When there is a great chaos today, King Fu has so much property. I want him to split some to help the people of the world. I wonder what the prince wants?"

Chen Sheng's face suddenly looked like a rustle. He wanted to say something, but it was hard to say. Everyone else said it so clearly. What else could he say? Under such circumstances, no matter how good his eloquence is, it would be useless!

After a while, Chen Sheng said hard: "The teacher had met the prince yesterday. The prince said in court that the Hu Ben Army fought against Jianlu in Liaodong and made great contributions, so he deserved to commend him. For this reason, he decided to give the Hu Ben Army 500,000 taels of silver and 50,000 bonfires of food, and asked the governor to accept it with a smile. If there were other needs, the prince would be willing to bear it with all his strength."

What does it mean to talk lies with your eyes open? This is. Even though you know that King Fu is a dull guy, Chen Sheng still speaks with great sermon. Unfortunately, everyone present is quite clear about King Fu's temperament, so that he will not be fooled by him.

Zhang Zhun turned his head to look at Li Yan, and said meaningfully: "Do you believe it?"

Li Yan said expressionlessly: "As a close relative of the Tian family, the late Emperor of the Ancestral Qi only received a donation of 1,000 taels of silver from King Fu. The Governor could actually get 500,000 taels of silver. I was so frightened!"

Wang Shide said slowly: "Maybe the prince must have a special relationship with the governor! He will take action for 500,000 taels of silver!"

Chen Sheng's face naturally said that the more beautiful it is, the more beautiful it is. He simply hated the miser of Fu Wang. If it weren't for him, Luoyang wouldn't have fallen to the point where he is today. Humph, what's the use of plundering so much money? In the end, wasn't it just that he was just a wedding dress for others and was taken away by the Tiger Army?

Zhang Zhun suddenly smiled and said gently: "Actually, I think, at this time, King Fu should have sent an envoy, not someone else. Since you are not the envoy of King Fu, then go back!"

Chen Sheng had no choice but to say goodbye and go back.

When the news reached the city, the officials in the city also looked rusty. Zhang Zhun was indeed coming for King Fu's property. Unfortunately, King Fu was not willing to meet anyone among them at this time. Therefore, even if they knew that Zhang Zhun's target was King Fu, they could not warn King Fu, let alone plan a retreat for King Fu.

In fact, even if they told King Fu, so what? King Fu would never believe what they said. In King Fu's eyes, Zhang Zhun and the Hu Ben Army were the same as other thieves, they were just bluffing. Luoyang was as solid as a god. King Fu was also rich and noble, without any danger.

"Do it!"

After the messenger left, Zhang Zhun said lightly.

The Huben Army cavalry was not equipped with cannons, and it was not easy to send flyers to the city. Li Yan thought of a way to form rows of big words with torches outside the city, such as "We came for King Fu, no one is involved, so don't get involved!" "The Huben Army will regain Luoyang and will implement the equal-field order!". The defenders on the top of the city can be seen from a distance.

The defenders of Luoyang City had no morale at all, and after seeing the slogans made by the torches, they were even less morale. Except for a very small number of officers, most of the grassroots soldiers basically considered this way. Instead of working hard for the court, those who were killed by life and death, and those who were owed for several months of food and salary, and those who were poor at home could not get rid of the blame, it would be better to surrender to the Huben Army. The equalization order was implemented, and each person could still obtain at least five acres of land. As long as he worked hard, there would definitely be no problem in solving food and clothing.

Even some senior officials were in a row at this time and didn't know what to do. Seeing that the Hu Ben Army was about to enter the city, if they died with King Fu, the court would probably not have thought about their benefits. If they found an opportunity to surrender to the Hu Ben Army, they might have a new life. By the way, there seemed to be many civil servants who surrendered to the Hu Ben Army. Even Lu Xiangsheng, who was good at fighting, was pulled over by Zhang Zhun.

Only King Fu was still in the palace, drunken and dreaming. He decided that this time, some thief was made by Luoyang officials bluffing, and the purpose was just to ask him to pay. He insisted that he refused to pay a penny this time. You can do whatever you want. I am lucky and life-long, and there will definitely be no problem this time.

"well!"

Standing outside the high wall of the palace, Lu Weiqi sighed helplessly again.

At the strong request of the officials in Luoyang, Lu Weiqi asked to see King Fu again, but was rejected by King Fu without hesitation. King Fu also asked Liu Chengfeng to bring a sentence to Lu Weiqi: "Do you have money or not? If you want my life, come to the palace to get it!"

Faced with such words, Lu Weiqi was speechless. After returning to his mansion, Lu Weiqi left a suicide note to his family and then quietly committed suicide by drinking. There is no doubt that he was loyal to the court, but unfortunately he met such a prince, and he was powerless, so he had to take the lead.

The news of Lu Weiqi's suicide spread throughout Luoyang City in the middle of the night. For a time, the morale of Luoyang City reached its lowest point. All officials were considering their own way out. Should they be for the court's death or to prepare to welcome the Hu Ben Army and move towards a new life? In the early morning, someone packed up his soft and soft bags and prepared to leave quietly.

At noon on the ninth day of the 10th month, the Hu Ben Army officially launched an attack on Luoyang.

At the four city gates, a large number of Hu Ben Army appeared. They quickly approached Luoyang City and soon entered the range of muskets. They used muskets to suppress the firearms of the defenders, making it impossible for the defenders to stop the Hu Ben Army's advance. Then they continuously sent blasting teams to come forward and sent bags of explosive bags into the city gate.

"Boom!"

The west gate of Luoyang City was opened first.

"superior!"

Sun Jiming, the commander of the Eagle Cavalry Camp, roared and rushed forward first.

Other soldiers of the Tiger Army rushed up and rushed into the city like a tide.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Almost immediately afterwards, the other three city gates were also exploded by the Hu Ben Army. The various troops of the Hu Ben Army, as if the floods in the dikes were missing, soon poured into the city. In less than half an hour, all the main forces of the Hu Ben Army battalions entered the city.

The defenders of Luoyang City had no fighting spirit. Facing the Tiger Ben Army, which was like a wolf and a tiger, they had to retreat. Some simply threw away their weapons, knelt on the ground, waiting for the Tiger Ben Army to accept them. Some people put on makeup and became civilians and watched the fun.
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