There were more officers and soldiers patrolling Yanshi City. Although they still did not disturb the people as before, there was a faint tense atmosphere. The people in the city were afraid and hated these officers and soldiers, but they were not disgusted.
After all, in this era, officers and soldiers who do not disturb the people are still extremely rare. Just because they are rare, they have become the patron saints that people everywhere eagerly pray for, and Zhang Cheng's army is exactly like this.
Not only were they well-armed and well-armed, they were also well-disciplined. They had not disturbed the people since they entered the city. If we did not consider the matter of releasing food, they were actually more popular than the thieves under the command of King Chuang Li Zicheng.
The area around the county government office was also heavily guarded, with cavalry galloping back and forth delivering the latest information, while generals gathered in the lobby to hold a military meeting.
"How was Luoyang defeated? Chen Zhong, you can figure it out!"
Wang Yuanjing was quite surprised by this. He had always thought that due to the strong city of Luoyang, the large number of people in the city, and the inexhaustible use of bricks and wood in the buildings, even if hundreds of thousands of thieves were besieging them, they would be able to hold on for several months without any problems.
Will it be lost in the next few days?
"The city of Luoyang fell because the deputy commander-in-chief Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai called in the north gate at night after surrendering to the thieves, so Luoyang fell into the hands of the thieves."
After hearing what Chen Zhong said, everyone became interested and inquired about the details of the fall of Luoyang City. Although Zhang Cheng knew in his heart that Luoyang could not hold on, he did not know much about the details of the fall of Luoyang City.
Seeing that all the generals were very concerned, he asked Chen Zhong: "Have your spies found out the details about the fall of Luoyang City, Liu Jianyi, and why Luo Tai surrendered to the traitors?"
Chen Zhong took a sip of water before replying: "Brothers captured some bandits and asked for some information. However, we did not capture important figures among the bandits, and the information obtained was not very comprehensive and accurate.
Now some brothers have entered Luoyang City among the hungry people and bandits, and the specific information will be more detailed and accurate in the next few days."
He then sat down and detailed the information returned from the sentry investigation.
It turned out that when the bandits first besieged Luoyang, the officers and soldiers stationed at the Qilihe Military House outside the city were unable to retreat in time and were besieged by the bandits. A message asking for help was sent to the city. The commander-in-chief, Wang Shaoyu, was afraid of the bandits' power and delayed in rescuing them.
But those who were besieged happened to be Lieutenant General Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai's officers and soldiers. They begged the commander-in-chief Wang Shaoyu every day to send troops for rescue, but he refused with various reasons. Although they were extremely anxious, there was nothing they could do, so they had to
He scolded Wang Shaoyu for being ruthless and unjust.
Because among the besieged officers and soldiers, many relatives and brothers from the official schools were guarding the city in the camp of Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai. They could not bear the suffering of their relatives and brothers outside the city, so they forced Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai to rescue them.
Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai were also worried about triggering a mutiny, so in the end they had to privately open the east gate of Luoyang after the third watch the day before yesterday, rush out of the city and go around Luohe River to the west, and finally met up with the defenders of Qilihe Military House at dawn.
Helplessly surrounded by more than ten thousand thieves, Liu and Luo led their troops to rush left and right, but they were unable to escape. Instead, the officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties. As a last resort, they surrendered to the intruders.
The intruder Li Zicheng warmly entertained Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai, and they were named generals at that time. At three o'clock at night, they went to the north gate of Luoyang to shout to persuade them to surrender.
This north gate was originally led by Wang Shaoyu and was responsible for garrisoning it, but there were more than a hundred of his soldiers who were Liu Jianyi's subordinates in the past. They were usually dissatisfied with Wang Shaoyu for often withholding their pay and beating and scolding them.
At this moment, hearing Liu Jianyi yelling at the commander-in-chief Wang Shaoyu outside the city for being ruthless and ruthless and refusing to save him even more aroused the resentment in his heart. They privately agreed to leave Luoyang to join the bandits.
It happened that Wang Yinchang of Bingbei Dao led people to inspect the defense of the north gate. This group of Wang Shaoyu's soldiers thought that the matter was exposed and that Wang Yinchang was bringing people to arrest them. At that time, they kidnapped Wang Yinchang and opened the north gate of Luoyang.
and the urn gate, and burned the tower of the north gate.
When Wang Shaoyu saw the fire at the north gate, he thought it was thieves attacking the city at night, so he hurriedly brought people to check. It was not until he was in front of the city gate that he realized that the rebels wanted to surrender the city to the thieves, but the city gate was already open and the thieves were about to enter the city.
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He had no time to suppress him, so with the support of his own soldiers, he hurriedly changed the clothes of the officers and soldiers, took advantage of the chaos when Luoyang first fell, and ran to the east gate to escape out of the city.
Zhang Guodong heard what Chen Zhong said, struck the case with his palm, and said angrily: "Wang Shaoyu is really confused. He knew that Liu and Luo were traitors, so why didn't he adjust the defense in Luoyang City and actually sent them outside the city to deceive the morale of the army?
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"Not only is he confused, he is just a fucking bastard!" Zhang Guangda was also in a bad mood.
Wang Yuanjing said at this time: "It's a good thing that my army hasn't entered Luoyang City yet, otherwise we would have been trapped in Luoyang by the bastard Wang Shaoyu and the two thieves Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai."
"snort!"
Zhang Cheng said in a deep voice: "If my army entered Luoyang City, how could we sit back and watch the friendly forces not save us? How could we let the two thieves Liu and Luo take over Luoyang City!"
With his eyes shining brightly, he scanned the generals in the hall and said loudly: "This commander once said that all the troops under my command must keep one principle in mind: if they lose, they will fight to the death to save each other; if they win, they will toast together!
If your friendly forces are in danger and you don't save them, then when your own country is in danger, who will come to rescue you? Saving others is saving yourself! You must remember this."
"The final general must remember the commander-in-chief's teachings."
Zhang Cheng looked at Chen Zhong again and said, "Do you have control over the movements of other parties? How is Kaifeng doing now?"
"Commander, Governor Li Xianfeng led the troops of Deputy Commander-in-Chief Chen Yongfu from Kaifeng to rescue Luoyang. They have already crossed the Sishui River and are expected to reach Gong County today.
In addition, intelligence came from Liu Jinhai, saying that Li Jiyu's command had selected 3,500 young men. Together with Dengfeng, nearly 100,000 people from Mi County were accompanying them. They had passed the border of Xushui Town and were heading to Sun.
Prepare to cross the Yellow River at home ferry."
Zhang Cheng nodded and said to Chen Zhong: "Pass my message to Liu Jinhai. These hundreds of thousands of hungry people are passing through various prefectures. He must take my posts and letters and greet the various officials in advance. Don't
To cause panic in the places passing by, causing unnecessary chaos.
In addition, it is also a good idea to take good care of the hungry people and not let the evil people inside cause trouble. The movement of hundreds of thousands of people can lead to disaster if you are not careful.
We have never done this kind of thing before and have no experience. However, we must be careful in everything and try our best to do things carefully. We must prepare food in advance where we will stay. We can neither feed these hungry people nor make them wait.
I am so hungry and tired that I have lost the strength to walk!"
"Yes, Commander, don't worry, Chen Zhong has memorized everything!"
Zhang Cheng then said to the generals: "Luoyang City has fallen into the hands of thieves, so our army is no longer in a hurry to rush to Luoyang City. We will temporarily stay in Yanshi County to observe the movements of the thieves first, and then decide where to go."
He added: "Yuan Jing, your generals Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai rebelled and joined the bandits. Wang Shaoyu withheld their wages and caused a mutiny, causing Luoyang to fall into the hands of thieves. We can't rescue them. I will write a letter and send someone to report it to Yu."
Provincial Governor Li Xianfeng.
Please draft a memorandum of apology for me and report it to the capital urgently. I am unable to rescue Luoyang in time, so I will be punished myself!"