Chapter 57 The general situation in Luoyang has been set
After finishing speaking, Wei Siqi felt really uneasy. Because Wei Gui married the King of Chu, many people now teased him for taking shortcuts. Although most people laughed it off, who knows if they were deliberately mocking him.
And Wei Siqi himself was a little worried. Will what he just said make King Chu feel that he is arrogant and favored?
Now, he felt a little regretful. He should have found a place where no one was around and begged the King of Chu alone.
The people in the tent were roughly divided into two groups.
The generals who had just returned from the failed attack on the city were holding their rice bowls and eating melon while eating. They belonged to the masses.
The other group, like Chu Suiliang, Dugu Ying, and Wei Zheng, showed disdain. Except for Dugu Ying and Wei Zheng, Chu Suiliang was quite dissatisfied with Wei Siqi.
Because Dugu Ying had been a marginalized person under the King of Chu for a long time, she looked down on Wei Siqi and would not say anything. As for Wei Zheng, because he had only served the King of Chu for a short time and did not know much about Wei Siqi, he did not fire immediately.
As for Chu Suiliang, he was simply dissatisfied. He had always felt that Wei Siqi was just an ordinary person. He did not have the ingenuity of Du Ruhui and Xue Shou, nor did he have the literary talent of Xue Yuanjing. He was able to be reused by the King of Chu only because of Wei Gui.
Thinking about it on the other hand, if Wei Gui hadn't married the King of Chu, wouldn't he be more worthy of the King of Chu's attention than Wei Siqi?
However, he just thought about it and didn't stop him.
If he tried to stop him, it would be purely offensive. Not only would he offend Wei Siqi, but he would also offend the King of Chu. Wei Gui is now the wife of the King of Chu, so Wei Siqi's sister is the aunt of the King of Chu. He is out of his mind to do such an offending thing.
Just do it.
Of course, he was still dissatisfied with Wei Siqi's opportunistic efforts to gain the attention of the King of Chu.
Li Zhiyun also has some opinions in his heart. Regarding this kind of private matter, in private, if he can make a promise to Wei Siqi, it will not be difficult to keep a "Princess Zheng" who is neither important nor important. But you still do it in front of so many people.
It's really impatient to bring up such private matters when discussing military affairs.
"Wang Xuanying's crime is unforgivable. I cannot plead with my second brother."
Hearing this, Wei Siqi's heart sank. Suddenly, he saw the profound look in King Chu's eyes, and he immediately woke up.
The King of Chu only said that Wang Xuan's crime was unforgivable, but he did not mention his sister!
"I understand!" Wei Siqi suppressed his smile and quickly stepped back.
Seeing that Wei Siqi understood what he meant, Li Zhiyun also nodded secretly. Fortunately, he was not too stupid.
At this time, Luoyang Dongcheng.
Yuchi Gong held up the curtain and looked at the endless figures of Tang army soldiers on the city wall. Although it is the hottest time of the day, the weather in February is cool, which is very suitable for fighting.
He can conquer whatever Qin Qiong can conquer, and he can conquer any city that Qin Qiong cannot conquer!
Yuchi Gong knew very well that he had surrendered to the King of Chu relatively late, and no one in the King of Chu's army really believed in him, so he fought fiercely and desperately.
Although his military strength is only inferior to that of Qin Qiong, and he is not inferior to anyone else, without actual military exploits, he will not be able to get along with the King of Chu's army after all.
Although, the King of Chu loved him very much.
And now, he wants to use his actions to repay King Chu's attention.
"Hit me! Don't step back! Whoever dares to take a step back, I will chop him into pieces!"
After saying the cruel words, Yuchi Gong led his troops and horses to attack them. He took the lead, climbed the ladder with a round shield and a sword.
A large stone fell from the city and hit his shield, which aroused his ferocity.
"kill!"
He kicked off his legs, jumped onto the city wall, and swept his sword across the city, causing the Zheng army soldiers to wail.
As Yuchi Gong stormed to the top of the city, a gap appeared in the defense of Luoyang East City, and a large number of Tang Army soldiers followed Yuchi Gong and attacked the top of the city.
"Attack the city!" Niu Jinda, Yuchi Gong's deputy general who was far away in the army array, saw Yuchi Gong violently opening the gap and quickly led the large army to start an all-out attack.
Arrows were flying all over the sky above the heads of the Tang army. The Tang army on the ground ignored them and pushed their battering rams towards the city gate.
boom!
The battering ram hit hard, the huge and thick city gate shook, and layers of dust fell on it.
"Come again!" Niu Jinda shouted.
The battering ram struck again with another loud bang.
After several consecutive hits, cracks appeared in the thick city gate.
In the past few days, the Tang army had been attacking, and there was no time to repair the city gate. How could it withstand the impact of the battering ram?
A stick of incense passed, and with a loud rumble, the east city gate burst open.
Niu Jinda shouted: "Brothers, kill!"
"Kill!"
The Tang army filed in and started a desperate fight with the Zheng army under the city gate.
Since the siege of Luoyang, the soldiers of the Zheng Army have been miserable. Their food and grass have been reduced, they are hungry and cold, and many of them have frostbite on their legs. They are still not recovering. In addition, rumors are spreading in the city, and Luoyang is isolated and helpless. Now with the city gate breached,
With morale plummeting, how could they defeat the wolf-like Tang army?
Yuchi Gong killed the enemies at the top of the city with blood all over his body. He led his men into the city and defeated Zheng's army at the gate.
"General Niu, follow me and kill!"
"Kill!" Niu Jinda yelled.
This is an opportunity to snatch someone's head and make a meritorious deed. It would be a fool not to kill him and turn everything upside down.
As the east city was defeated, the Zheng troops in the west and south cities got the news and no longer wanted to fight, and were successively defeated by the king of Qin and the king of Qi.
Three armies entered the city, but Zheng's army retreated steadily, and countless people died or surrendered.
After receiving the news, Li Zhiyun led a large group of soldiers and horses, and then rushed into the city to join his second brother.
When everyone met, Yuchi Gong looked at Cheng Yaojin proudly, "Cheng, did you see it? I'm calling in!"
Although Cheng Yaojin was arrogant, the facts were before his eyes and he had no chance to refute. He just curled his lips and ignored Yu Chigong.
After Li Shimin and Li Zhiyun exchanged greetings, he looked at Yuchi Gong and felt panicked in his heart. It was a pity that such a fierce general did not belong to him.
Not only Yuchi Gong, but when he saw Qin Qiong, Xie Shufang, Duan Zhixuan, Li Junxian, Luo Shixin and others following closely behind him, he felt even more regretful.
"Fifth brother, you have so many talented people." Li Shimin said with a smile.
Li Zhiyun waved his hand, "Second brother, I'm overly praised. I'm all serving my father's great cause."
"Yes." Li Shimin nodded and immediately said: "Send troops to the imperial city and capture Wang Shichong alive!"
"Send troops to the imperial city and capture Wang Shichong alive!" the crowd shouted.
When the gates of Luoyang City were breached, Wang Shichong had already received the news. Nowadays, the Luoyang Imperial City has long been disorganized, and many people are fleeing in all directions.
Wang Shichong sat on the dragon chair, holding Bai Ling in his hand.
He wanted to die several times, but when Bai Ling twisted his head, he didn't want to die in his heart.
I struggled for a long time, but nothing happened.
At this time, everyone from the Wang family came over one after another.
"Your Majesty, run away." Wang Shiyun said.
"Escape?" Wang Shichong looked at him pitifully, "The Tang army has entered the city, where can we escape?"
"Then let's surrender." Wang Shiyun continued.
As long as you can survive, anything is fine.
Wang Xuanying frowned and said, "If we surrender, will Li Shimin let us go?"
"Then what should we do?" Wang Shiyun looked at him angrily.
"That's enough." Wang Shichong interrupted them, "A disaster is imminent, and you are still arguing here."
Everyone was silent.
Wang Shichong put down Bai Ling and said, "Surrender. Li Tang considers himself orthodox, so he shouldn't do anything to us."
To be honest, he didn't know what to do.
However, in the current situation, there is no other choice but to surrender.
All the Wang family's children have a shared feeling. They were once the royal family, but they didn't expect that they would become prisoners in a blink of an eye.
As the wind and water turn, no one will be spared.