"General, Mr. Lin, the envoy from the Zhao army outside the city is asking for an audience!" Just when Luo Dingyuan and Lin Shucheng were still arguing about monitoring the wealthy families in the city, the guards outside the house sent new news. Please remember the URL of this site.
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Hearing this, Lin Shucheng smiled bitterly and said: "What a Zhao Xun, he is pressing every step of the way! General Luo, the envoy of the Zhao army must be here to persuade him to surrender. Do you want to see him or not?"
Luo Dingyuan looked at Lin Shucheng and said coldly: "This general is deeply favored by your king for promotion. No matter what, I will not surrender to the Zhao army. As for Mr. Lin... whether you have seen it or not, do you have any suggestions?"
Lin Shucheng couldn't hear the ridicule in Luo Dingyuan's words. He smiled coldly and said softly: "If General Luo doesn't surrender, how can I easily surrender to the Zhao army? Whether you see or not, it is up to you, General Luo, to decide for yourself.
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Luo Dingyuan said to the guards in a cold voice: "Go out and tell Zhao Jun's envoy that our Chang'an garrison will never surrender. If we want to enter the city, we will not fight."
"Rejected?"
"Rejected! It seems that Luo Dingyuan and Lin Shucheng knew very well that if our envoys were allowed to enter the city, they would have no way to refute, but it would make the city's defenders inclined to surrender. Therefore, they simply refused to allow our envoys to enter the city." Situ Liang said calmly.
He said, "In addition, Luo Dingyuan also asked the defenders to send a message that they would fight us to the death."
"However, Song Yang and other envoys can tell from the faces of the defenders on the west city gate that yesterday's defeated army has successfully spread the current situation of Xiyong Prefecture into Chang'an City. Moreover, this news has begun to slowly spread among the army.
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Zhao Xun said coldly: "That's it, then attack the city with force. Let the transport team build siege equipment and prepare for the siege. After the soldiers sneaked into the city spread the news about Xiyongzhou to everyone,
, we will begin to attack the city. I want to see if the unstable Han army can stop my army from attacking the city."
Although Luo Dingyuan and Lin Shu Chengdu unanimously decided to defend the city, there was no trace of relaxation on their faces. The entire Xiyong Prefecture was lost, leaving only the isolated city of Chang'an. Even holding on to the city was not an easy task. Again
A strong city cannot last long without reinforcements and an army alone.
In addition to arranging his officers to inspect the city and monitor the big families in the city, Luo Dingyuan also began to recruit young men, train them, and assist in defending the city. Later, as more and more Zhao troops gathered outside the city, Luo Dingyuan ignored Lin Shucheng's objections and summoned the big families in the city.
Their family members and guards were forcibly recruited and mixed into a new army.
It seems that in this way, not only can the strength of the defenders be increased, but also the powerful families with hidden dangers can lose their military power, minimizing their exposure to the hidden dangers in the city.
Lin Shucheng was fiercely opposed to this. In his opinion, if it had been done in the past, when the Han army still occupied Xiyong Prefecture, there would be nothing wrong with doing so. After all, these big families did not want Zhao Jun to enter the city.
Let their power, wealth and land fall into the hands of Zhao Jun.
But now, the Han army has lost its dominance in Xiyong Prefecture. If there is no accident, no matter how to defend Chang'an, it will be difficult to prevent Xiyong Prefecture or even Chang'an from falling into the hands of the Zhao army. If the Zhao army takes over here, these big families will naturally consider the future and reconcile with their fate.
For example, it is not that the family wealth and land cannot be given up. Besides, Zhao Jun will not leave them with nothing. But if they help the Han army to defend and become hostile to Zhao Jun, they will really have nothing after Zhao Jun enters the city.
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Therefore, the wealthy families in the city do not have to oppose the Han army's defense of the city. Even if the Zhao army enters the city, they will not be greatly affected. But if they are allowed to send out their family's private soldiers, it will be an act of hostility to the Zhao army.
.If Zhao Jun enters the city, they will definitely not be able to escape. Zhao Jun attacks the city and persuades Xin to surrender.
and slogans in front of the battle, Zhao Jun has never survived. These private members of the rich family will definitely pass some information back to the family. By then, these people will not only not defend the city to the death for their family, but even affect the overall situation.
, and even let the Zhao army enter the city. And the land of Xianyang is an example for these powerful families.
However, Luo Dingyuan did not pay attention to this. In his opinion, what if these big families knew about it? The private soldiers of these big families were scattered and arranged in various queues. Do they still dare to disobey military orders? Who else?
If you don't obey military orders, your sword is nothing more than a decoration.
However, he ignored the influence and potential power of these wealthy families in the city. Lin Shucheng was left behind in Chang'an, so he knew it. It was a pity that Luo Dingyuan did not listen to his persuasion. In this regard, Lin Shucheng could only shake his head secretly.
But neither Lin Shucheng nor Luo Dingyuan expected that the news would spread in the city much faster than they expected.
The Zhao army did not attack the city immediately, but the densely packed Zhao army outside the city made the defenders feel extremely heavy. Even Lin Shucheng and Luo Dingyuan felt gray in their hearts at this moment.
Just as Luo Dingyuan and Lin Shucheng were making preparations to defend the city, recruiting young men, training soldiers, and strengthening the city's defenses, the Zhao army occupied the entire territory of Xiyong Prefecture, the Han army was completely destroyed, and news of the isolated city of Chang'an spread throughout the city.
In addition, the situation in Xianyang City was also spread throughout the city.
When Luo Dingyuan and Lin Shucheng heard the news, their faces turned pale. Especially Luo Dingyuan, whose faces were full of murderous intent. Because the two of them did not report the situation to the lieutenants of the army, the generals below came to inquire. The generals who learned the actual situation
, and began to feel that there was no hope for guarding Chang'an, which made Luo Dingyuan very angry. If it weren't for the fact that these generals had no intention of surrender, I am afraid that he would have burst into anger at his generals.
"Damn it, didn't I, the general, say that no information should be leaked? Why would the whole city know about this?" Luo Dingyuan angrily roared at the generals under his command.
Lin Shucheng said solemnly: "It's not that they didn't stop it, but the soldiers spread the news privately, so that the young men recruited by the general and the private soldiers of the rich families knew about the situation. As a result, these young men and private soldiers of the rich families spread the news to the city
The common people and these big families.”
"General, now that the news has spread, we can't continue to block it, otherwise, the situation will get worse and worse. The more we suppress it, the more exaggerated the news will be. Why not put up notices in the name of the government to explain the situation
, In addition, we also told the officers and men in the city that Hanzhong has sent reinforcements, except those in Hanzhong, who are gathering here. It is precisely because of this that the Zhao army outside the city is eager to capture this place to prevent us from joining forces with the reinforcements."
"Okay! The general will arrange the manpower to do it now."
"In addition, there must be Zhao Jun's agents in the city. This needs to be investigated. Since the news can spread so quickly, these agents must be causing trouble in order to shake the morale of our army."
Although Luo Dingyuan began to follow Lin Shucheng's method and put up notices in the name of the government, publicizing the news that reinforcements were coming, but most people still didn't believe it. Randomly, new news came out in the city that there were no reinforcements at all in Hanzhong.
Support, and Hanzhong has already
was captured by the Shu army and many other situations in Hanzhong. Once these news came out, the notices posted by Luo Dingyuan in the name of the government were immediately ineffective. Even the news gradually spread in the city that the government posted the notice because Chang'an was an isolated city and there were no reinforcements from outside.
The government needed them to fight to the death with the Zhao army.
Before the government could react, news came out again in the city. The main issue was that Xianyang had been defeated to the west. It was also said that those who surrendered to Zhao and contributed to the Zhao army would be heavily rewarded by the Zhao army. Those who did not surrender would be rewarded by the Zhao army.
After breaking the city, he was punished severely.
Otherwise, the clan would be exterminated. When this news came out, the big clans in the city immediately began to panic. Just as Lin Shucheng began to persuade Luo Dingyuan, when these big clans saw that it was difficult to hold on to Chang'an and that Zhao Jun's control of Xiyong Province was about to become a reality, they could no longer sit still.
They don't like the Zhao army, and they don't want their families to be destroyed. Therefore, they can provide support and food to the defenders without causing trouble to the Han army. However, they are unwilling to send people to assist the Han army to fight to the death with the Zhao army. Now,
Their private soldiers were all recruited by the Han army to defend
If the Zhao army breaks the city and is held responsible, how can they escape? How can the generals of the Zhao army let them go if their subordinates died? Even if King Zhao doesn't care, the people below are looking for them.
They are in trouble, will King Zhao still stand up for them?
As a result, the big clans in the city began to gather to discuss how to deal with it. Even some private members of the big clans began to leave the defenders due to various problems. There were also some leaders of the rich clans' private soldiers and direct descendants of the rich clans who violated some military orders and had them punished.
, so as to break away from the sequence of soldiers guarding the city.
Luo Dingyuan was very angry about the situation of these wealthy families in the city, but he also understood that he could not attack these wealthy families casually. The city was already tense now, and if a careless move caused chaos in the city, the situation would be even worse.
"Hateful! You should be killed! No wonder Zhao Xun doesn't like these big clans. I understand now that none of these big clans are good. They are just worms in the local area." Luo Dingyuan looked at the intelligence compiled by his subordinates who monitored the big clans in the city.
, scolded angrily with a livid face.
"General, I think you should take action and show the chicken to the monkeys to let them know that Chang'an is still in the hands of our Han army. If you want to surrender to Zhao, you have to see if they can accept them now.
We want these bastards to see clearly who is calling the shots in Chang'an now?" General Xue Ran said coldly.
Lieutenant General Luo Qing frowned and said: "This is not good. Although these big families are gathering around, they still let their direct descendants leave the Chang'an government and guard the Han army. However, they are not hostile to us. They are the private soldiers of their families.
Most of them are still serving under our command, but they have stripped these family private soldiers from their family names. As far as we are concerned, they have not caused us much damage."
"If we attack them, we will definitely anger the big clans in the city, and may even arouse resistance from all the big clans. In Chang'an City, the abilities of these big clans are not small..."
Xue Ran said coldly: "That's why we need to kill them as a warning! These bastards, as people under the jurisdiction of our Han army, now don't want to defend the city for our army. They are foreign enemies in the area and only care about their own selfish interests. This alone is disastrous.
That’s all, they are still spreading rumors everywhere in the city. If it weren’t for these big families to discuss things and spread them by their servants, guards, and servants, how could the rumors in the city be as they are now?”
"General, if we ignore them, it will only make these big families think that we care about them and dare not do anything to them. Such self-interested bastards cannot do without giving them some warning. In addition, we also need to tell them that they
Help defend the city. Zhao's army may kill them after they break the city, but if they don't assist us or serve us, we can let them be exterminated now."
"These big families have each added countless wealth to their families, destroyed their families, seized their wealth, and used it to reward the city's defenders and young men. I think there are not a few ordinary young men who are willing to serve us."
Luo Dingyuan pondered for a moment, then saw the information on the table, his face turned cold, and he said: "Just these few companies will do it! Remember, there must be real evidence, and even if you deal with them, there must be reasonable reasons. In addition, the seizure this time
All the property will be rewarded to the soldiers below."
Luo Dingyuan gave the military order, and immediately several big clans in the city were exterminated. Luo Dingyuan's actions immediately made the other big clans in the city tremble with fear. Likewise, they were extremely worried about Luo Dingyuan's actions. The actions of the wiped out big clan, did not affect the other big clans.
No? They understood that this was the Han army giving them a warning, but they were unwilling to have such a situation of being exterminated for no reason happen to them.
After Lin Shucheng learned about Luo Dingyuan's behavior, his face suddenly turned pale and he sighed that the situation was not good. Lin Shucheng was an official in Chang'an and had been in Chang'an for a long time. Unlike Luo Dingyuan, he didn't know much about the wealthy families in Chang'an. Chang'an was the old capital of Yan.
, although the wealthy families in the city are not as powerful as those in Luoyang City, their abilities in Chang'an are definitely not small.
Of course, what worries Lin Shucheng the most is that there are still Zhao Jun's agents operating in the city. If Chang'an is in the current situation without Zhao Jun's agents operating in it, Lin Shucheng will not believe it. However,
The situation in the city has changed so fast that it has exceeded his expectations. Now Luo Dingyuan has taken action against the wealthy families in the city. Lin Shucheng suddenly feels that the situation is beyond his expectation, and the situation in Chang'an is no longer under his control.
Luo Dingyuan also did not expect that the situation in the city not only did not improve as he expected, but also became worse. There were more than 30,000 Han soldiers in the city, of which more than 8,000 were local troops from Chang'an, and the remaining
More than 20,000 people were the Hanzhong reinforcements, including the 3,000 defeated troops who fled into the city. In addition, there were 20,000 new soldiers and tens of thousands of young men who could be mobilized at any time.
Luo Dingyuan's original purpose of attacking the big families in the city was to scare the monkeys and scare the other big families in the city, so that they would help him defend the city. However, his method, coupled with the careful tactics of the Zhao army in the city and the Zhao army mixed among the Han soldiers,
Rumors spread that the soldiers were in the military, and immediately
Let these wealthy families feel that they are safe. Especially after Luo Dingyuan rewarded the soldiers with the wealth of the wiped out wealthy families and encouraged the soldiers to defend the city to the death, these wealthy families thought about these situations, coupled with rumors, making them think that Luo Dingyuan and others were planning to take advantage of the situation.
Their wealth was used to appease the garrison officers.
As a result, these big clans began to exert their strength. Most of the eight thousand soldiers in the city began to refuse and delay Luo Dingyuan's military orders. Their excuses were based on the different affiliations of the two armies, and they began to slacken on Luo Dingyuan's military orders. In addition, the soldiers in the city began to slack off.
The new soldiers, young and strong, also began to become uncooperative. Although they did not directly confront the Han army, they already had a posture of dividing the city into two halves.
Especially with the support of the rich clans, there are rumors in the city that the Hanzhong reinforcements want the Chang'an soldiers and the young men in the city to fight to the death with the Zhao army, they want them to become cannon fodder that consumes the Zhao army's supplies, and they are preparing to let the people in the city live and die with the city of Chang'an.
There were rumors, good or bad. Suddenly, these rumors alone made it much more difficult for Luo Dingyuan's soldiers to carry out military orders.
The whole city was faintly opposed, and even Luo Dingyuan did not dare to kill again. Although these soldiers, young and strong, and new recruits were stabilized with Lin Shucheng's intervention, Lin Shucheng still felt from it that these people were unwilling to continue to defend.
As a last resort, Lin Shucheng could only rotate the soldiers below to avoid accidents.
The situation in the city naturally spread outside the city, and Zhao Xun and others naturally learned about the situation in the city. When the generals of the Zhao army heard the news, they were overjoyed and went to Zhao Xun one after another to ask for a battle, requesting that troops be sent to attack Chang'an immediately and conquer this Western Yongzhou.
The last enemy city, which was also the core city of Xiyongzhou, was captured.
As for Chang'an, Zhao Xun naturally hopes to capture it as soon as possible. After all, this is not only the core of Xiyong Prefecture, but also the old capital of Great Yan. In addition, the entire Xiyong Prefecture has been conquered, so leaving this one here will cost him tens of thousands.
The army gathered under the city, and the light beam consumed a lot every day.
"How is the preparation of the baggage team?"
"Everything is ready. More than 120 catapults have been prepared, and enough boulders have been transported from the surrounding areas. The ladders, siege towers and other siege equipment have also been prepared and completed." Yang Wangqing reported in a deep voice.
"That being the case, then take action against the last city in Xiyongzhou. Tens of thousands of troops gathered here is not a good thing for us. We have already captured this place, and the army can also repair Xiyongzhou.
It could have been settled by now." Zhao Xun said calmly, "Starting from tomorrow, we will first use catapults to fill in the trenches, barricades and moats. We need a way forward."
Seeing the eager expressions on the faces of the generals, Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "I know that you have already launched an attack on Chang'an. However, if we can clear the opponent's city defenses, we can reduce our casualties. We can do it with weapons.
things, we don’t have to let
The soldiers sacrificed their lives. Now we are not in a hurry to attack the city. There is no need for the soldiers to rush to fight to the death! As a general, you can't just think about victory, but also think about the soldiers under your command. Without them, no matter how heroic you are,
Even a general cannot win!"
"In this operation, the east gate and south gate will be used as the main attack, and the north gate and west gate will be used as cover. All ministries will go down to prepare. The official attack on the city will begin tomorrow!"
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