Just when Li Lin entered Jianmen Pass and went north to Shuzhong to prepare for the return of the Supreme Emperor Li Longji to Chang'an.
The entire city of Luoyang has fallen into complete chaos.
Yan Zhuang can no longer control Luoyang.
Shaanxi Province fell, and the Tang Dynasty troops pointed directly at Luoyang.
Anyone who knows something about the general trend of the world knows that Puppet Yan will not stay in Luoyang for a long time.
Among them, the people in Luoyang City are naturally the most looking forward to Master Wang's restoration of Luoyang.
Luoyang was originally the second largest city in the world, even surpassing Chang'an in some places. It was also a big city with a population of one million.
However, after being ravaged by military disasters, the puppet Yan court carried out major construction projects in Luoyang and recruited a large number of hard laborers.
He also kept catching young men and pulling the people of Luoyang to join the army.
They also sent soldiers to collect military donations from door to door, and used clever pretexts to steal money from the people.
After such troubles by the puppet Yan court, the population of Luoyang has now dropped to a little more than 100,000.
This is truly ten rooms and nine empty spaces. The whole of Luoyang can be said to be a hell on earth.
The people of Luoyang hated An Lushan and An Qingxu. Now that the Tang Dynasty was about to regain Luoyang, the people were already looking forward to welcoming Master Wang.
When I heard that Luoyang was about to be restored, the people who felt most conflicted were ministers like Wang Wei who were forced to serve as officials.
When the rebels quickly occupied the two capitals, Li Longji rushed out of Chang'an in a hurry.
Many ministers did not have time to escape and were caught by the puppet Yan as soon as they woke up.
They were unwilling to surrender to the puppet Yan court, but there were not many ministers like Yan Gaoqing who could die calmly without becoming thieves.
Most of them, like Wang Wei, took up idle positions in the puppet Yan court and became decorations under the despotic power of An Lushan.
When An Lushan and his son were so powerful, they naturally needed these scholars and officials to decorate the court.
When An Qingxu himself was about to flee back to Hedong, these ministers naturally lost their role.
But naturally these ministers were unwilling to let them flee back to Hedong with An Qingxu.
Who knew that the Puppet Yan was now on the verge of collapse? Wouldn't going to Hedong now mean joining the national army in 1949?
But if they stay in Luoyang, I'm afraid Datang will liquidate them again when they come back.
The only ones left are officials like Da Xixun who completely betrayed the Tang Dynasty.
In Zhang Wu's previous spy operation in Luoyang, Da Xixun had been controlled by the internal security players who had sneaked into Luoyang.
They, the traitors of the Tang Dynasty who served as high-ranking officials in the puppet Yan court, waited in panic every day for their judgment.
The most magical thing in the world is that Yan Zhuang, the prime minister who stayed behind in Luoyang and pretended to be Yan, has the most relaxed mentality.
After the Battle of Suiyang, Yan Zhuang was matched by the players, and had already become friendly with the Tang Dynasty before the Battle of Shaanxi Gorge.
At that time, Cui Youqian relied on Luoyang for supplies. Guo Ziyi quickly reported to the court, and Li Heng personally issued an order to pardon Yan Zhuang's crimes.
I just didn't expect that the puppet Yan army in Shaanxi Gorge would be defeated so quickly. Now there is no suspense for the Tang army to regain Luoyang.
However, the emperor's secret decree had already pardoned Yan Zhuang and granted him the rank of Sinongqing, a third-rank official.
However, Luoyang is also one of the two capitals of the Tang Dynasty, with tall city walls and many granaries in the city.
If they really wanted to attack Luoyang, the Tang army would have to pay a heavy price.
Now An Qingxu has fled back to Hedong, and Shi Siming leads the elite to garrison in Taiyuan.
Although the two capitals have been recovered, the three towns in Hedong are still a huge threat.
The most important thing is that it is almost winter now. The battle of Suiyang was won, but the Bian River was also blocked.
Datang's supplies could not keep up.
Therefore, Luoyang's direct surrender is currently Datang's best choice.
Just when Guo Ziyi was about to march into Luoyang, Li Chu, the prince of Guangping, suddenly rushed in.
Guo Ziyi usually respected the prince a lot, but this time Li Chu also had the sense not to interfere with the army's battle.
Guo Ziyi was not very satisfied with the prince of the Tang Dynasty, but he knew that the world was in turmoil and Li Chu was not the best prince. However, the Tang Dynasty could not afford the turmoil caused by changing the prince.
In Li Mi's words, now everyone is "tolerating each other for the sake of the country" and can only make do with it until the puppet Yan rebellion is put down.
Guo Ziyi's attitude towards the prince was to stay at a distance.
Since the dispatch of troops, Guo Ziyi has never taken the initiative to go to the prince's camp.
After Li Chu's random command led to the defeat of the Tang army last time, Guo Ziyi took the initiative to shoulder the blame, and he was too embarrassed to see Guo Ziyi.
But at this moment it is time to meet Guo Ziyi!
As soon as Li Chu entered the door, he said: "Please Marshal save Luoyang!"
Guo Ziyi was stunned, only to hear Li Chu say something that made him angry and hateful!
"During the decisive battle that day, in order to allow the Uighur cavalry to fight, I made an agreement with Prince Ye Hu to let the Uighurs plunder for three days when the city of Luoyang was destroyed!"
"Tomorrow the army will arrive at Luoyang City! If the Uighurs really want to rob the city, what will the marshal do?"
Guo Ziyi felt like her head was buzzing.
Although there are only four thousand Uighur cavalry, they are all the best among the best.
In both the Battle of Xiangji Temple and the Battle of Shaanxi Gorge, the Uighur cavalry played a decisive role.
Li Chu is the crown prince of a country, so how can he turn his back on the things he agreed with the Uighurs?
Guo Ziyi said angrily: "Prince, why didn't you tell me earlier? But the army has to go to Luoyang City before we tell you?"
Guo Ziyi then realized that Li Chu now said that he wanted to put the blame on himself again.
The prince of a dignified country made an agreement with a foreign tribe to plunder one of the country's capitals.
If such news spreads, how can Li Chu inherit the country?
At least the people of Luoyang will scold him to death!
Guo Ziyi's face turned red with anger. He pointed at Li Chu and said, "Aren't you afraid of the world's resentment if you do this?"
Li Chu sighed and said: "The situation was critical during the battle at Xiangji Temple that day. Ye Hu threatened to refuse to fight, so I had no choice but to do so."
Then Li Chu flashed a cold light and said: "How about finding an opportunity to trap and kill these four thousand Uighurs?"
Guo Ziyi looked straight at Li Chu. At this time, he was extremely disappointed with Li Chu.
Privately agreeing to allow the Uighurs to plunder Luoyang is already quite disgraceful.
Now he actually wants to go back on his word and let the Tang army trap and kill friendly troops.
Guo Ziyi said: "No!"
"The Uighurs have made great contributions in both decisive battles. If the Uighurs are killed in a trap, what will the other foreigners in the army think?"
Guo Ziyi is a famous general in the world, so he naturally knows the harm to the army if he breaks his promise.
Leading troops to fight is a very complicated thing, but there is also a very simple thing.
The complexity is that leading troops to fight and asking others to die for you cannot be achieved by shouting a few slogans.
After all, all soldiers are human beings, living people.
But the simple thing is that as long as you can complete what you promised to the soldiers, then the soldiers will trust their superiors.
Uniting the army relies on "faith". A commander who goes back on his word cannot lead an army in combat.
Guo Ziyi looked at Li Chu and said, "Please let the prince and Ye Hu talk to each other again. Can we not rob Luoyang City and we can get some other rewards for him?"
Li Chu sighed and said: "Then Ye Hu asked for two hundred thousand pieces of silk, can the marshal get it together?"
Guo Ziyi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
At this time, Luoyang City was filled with joy. Li Daoyuan and his group heading west also entered Luoyang City because the rewards given by Li Yan were too many.
Zhang Wu also returned to Luoyang from Suiyang. At this time, the players gathered in Luoyang for a meeting.
Zhang Duanyang coughed and said:
"Everyone, Luoyang is about to be restored, but there is still a troublesome thing before us."
Zhang Duanyang is a historian who studies documents unearthed from Dunhuang. He said to everyone:
"Historically, after the recovery of Luoyang City, Prince Li Chu promised the Uighur prince Yehu and allowed the Uighur cavalry to plunder Luoyang for three days."
After saying this, the players all went crazy.
"This dog prince! The restoration of Luoyang is our credit!"
"Why did he promise the Uighurs?"
"We beat these Uighurs into dogs on the grassland!"
The players were excited and Zhang Wu said: "Everyone, listen to what Mr. Zhang has to say!"
The players calmed down, and Zhang Duanyang said again:
"Ye Hu wants to rob Luoyang, just to bribe his soldiers and follow him back to the grassland to compete for the position of khan."
Everyone nodded. The coach of the Uighurs was Prince Yehu, who was also the brother of the current Uighur Mouyu Khan.
Prince Yehu originally had an advantage in the competition, but he didn't expect that the old Khan failed to attack Geluolu and died after returning to the Uighur Yazhang City.
In order to make the transition smooth, the old Khan handed over the position of Khan to Prince Yijijian, who is now Mouyu Khan.
At this time, the status of Prince Yijijian, who led troops to aid the Tang Dynasty, became embarrassing.
Zhang Duanyang said:
"Historically, Luoyang was plundered by the Uyghur cavalry for a day. The people really couldn't stand it anymore, so they collected the huge rewards demanded by the Uyghurs, so the Uyghurs stopped plundering."
Now the players became even more excited, and they shouted one after another: "This is unreasonable! These Uighur bandits!"
"Why should we give them money! We recovered Luoyang!"
Zhang Wu looked at Zhang Duanyang and said, "Mr. Zhang, do you have any other ideas?"
Zhang Duanyang did not show off and said:
"My solution is to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, then don't surrender to Guo Ziyi's army!"
Zhang Duanyang looked at Zhang Wu and said:
"Aren't the troops from Henan under Zhang Xun also coming towards Luoyang? If we surrender to Zhang Xun and Zhang Xun leads the troops to defend Luoyang city, how can the Uighurs still plunder Luoyang?"
Everyone woke up one after another. After the Battle of Suiyang, Zhang Xun led the Linhuai Army and Bianzhou Army, as well as the Suiyang Army he had recruited, and rushed westward towards Luoyang.
Along the way, the puppet Yan army in Bianzhou surrendered immediately, and all cities in Henan were recovered.
Zhang Xun's army is now less than three days away from Luoyang.
Zhang Xun had an army of 50,000 men and powerful generals like Nan Jiyun.
Zhang Xun was the best city defender in the Tang Dynasty. As long as he entered Luoyang City, how could the Uighurs still plunder Luoyang?
The players quickly reached an agreement and asked Yan Zhuang to hold off Guo Ziyi's army, preventing them from entering Luoyang City first, and then sent someone to urge Zhang Xun to arrive in Luoyang quickly.
But Guo Ziyi's army is almost at Luoyang City, how can it hold out for three days?