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Chapter 456
There were more officers and soldiers patrolling the city of Yanshi. Although it was still the same as before and did not disturb the people, there was a faint tension.

After all, officers and soldiers who do not disturb the people are still extremely rare in this era. Because of their rarity, they have become the patron saints eagerly prayed by people everywhere, and Zhang Cheng's army is exactly like this.

They not only have excellent armor and armaments, but also have strict discipline. Since entering the city, there has been no incident of disturbing the people. If the matter of food distribution is not considered, they are actually more popular than the bandits under the command of Chuang Wang Li Zicheng.

The surrounding area of ​​the county government office was also heavily guarded, the cavalry galloped back and forth to deliver the latest information, and the generals gathered in the lobby were holding a military meeting.

"How did Luoyang break down? Chen Zhong, you can figure it out!"

Wang Yuanjing was quite surprised by this. He always believed that Luoyang city was solid and thick, with a large population and inexhaustible supply of bricks and wood for the houses. Yu Ri was lost?
"The fall of Luoyang was the result of Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai, the deputy generals, who surrendered to the thieves, and opened the north gate at night, so that Luoyang fell into the hands of the thieves."

After hearing Chen Zhong's words, everyone became interested and inquired about the details of the fall of Luoyang City. Although Zhang Cheng knew in his heart that Luoyang would not be able to hold on, he didn't know much about the details of the fall of Luoyang City.

Seeing that all the generals were very concerned, he asked Chen Zhong: "All the details of the fall of Luoyang City, why did Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai turn to the bandits, have any of your spies found out the exact news?"

Chen Zhong drank his saliva before replying: "Brothers captured some thieves and asked for some information, but they didn't capture any important figures among the thieves, and the information they got was not very comprehensive and accurate.

Now some brothers have entered Luoyang City among the hungry people and bandit soldiers. The specific information will be more detailed and accurate in a few days. "

He then sat down and described in detail the intelligence he had returned from the sentry.

It turned out that when the rebel soldiers first besieged Luoyang, the officers and soldiers stationed in the Qilihe barracks outside the city were unable to retreat in time and were besieged by the rebel soldiers. The message for help was sent into the city.

But those who were besieged happened to be the officers and soldiers of the lieutenants Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai. They begged the general soldier Wang Shaoyu to send troops to rescue every day, but he refused with various reasons. Although he was very anxious, there was nothing he could do. Call Wang Shaoyu ruthless and unjust.

Because many relatives and elder brothers of the besieged army were guarding the city in the camp of Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai. They couldn't bear the suffering of their relatives and brothers outside the city, so they forced Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai to go to the rescue.

Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai were also worried about triggering a mutiny, so they finally had to open the east gate of Luoyang privately after the third watch of the day before yesterday, rush out of the city around the Luo River and rush westward, and finally joined up with the defenders of the Qilihe Barracks at dawn.

Reluctantly surrounded by more than [-] bandit soldiers, Liu and Luo led the army to rush from left to right, but they could not get out of the trap. Instead, the officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

The intruder Li Zicheng treated Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai warmly, and he was named general at that time. The two of them went outside the north gate of Luoyang to persuade them to surrender at midnight.

This north gate was originally guarded by Wang Shaoyu's troops, but there were more than a hundred of his personal soldiers, who were formerly Liu Jianyi's subordinates, they often withheld pay from Wang Shaoyu, beat and scolded themselves, and felt dissatisfied.

Hearing Liu Jianyi yelling outside the city that Wang Shaoyu, the commander in chief, was ruthless and ungrateful, that he would rather die than save him, this aroused even more resentment in their hearts, and they agreed in private to leave Luoyang to join the intruders.

It happened that Wang Yinchang, who was in charge of military preparations, led people to patrol the defense of the north gate. This group of Wang Shaoyu's personal soldiers thought that the matter had been brought to light, and Wang Yinchang brought people to arrest them. At that time, he tied up Wang Yinchang and opened the north gate of Luoyang And the gate of the urn, and burned the tower of the north gate.

When Wang Shaoyu saw the fire at the north gate, he thought it was bandits attacking the city at night, so he hurriedly brought people to check it out. He didn't know until the gate that the bandits were going to sacrifice the city to join the bandits. .

He didn't have time to suppress it, and with the support of his own soldiers, he hurriedly changed into the clothes of the officers and soldiers, and took advantage of the chaos when Luoyang first fell, and ran to the east gate to escape from the city.

After hearing what Chen Zhong said, Zhang Guodong slapped the table with his palm, and said angrily, "This Wang Shaoyu is really confused, even if he knows Liu and Luo are thieves, why didn't he adjust the defense in Luoyang city, and let them come outside the city to confuse the army. "

"Not only is he confused, but he's a fucking bastard!" Zhang Guangda was also in a bad mood.

But Wang Yuanjing said at this time: "It's also fortunate that my army has not yet entered Luoyang City, otherwise it would have been trapped in Luoyang by Wang Shaoyu, the bastard, Liu Jianyi, and Luo Tai."

"Humph!"

Zhang Cheng said in a deep voice: "If our army enters Luoyang City, how can we just sit back and watch our allies do nothing? How can the two thieves, Liu and Luo, take Luoyang City!"

He glanced at the generals in the hall with his eyes wide open, and said loudly: "This commander once said that all the troops under my command must keep in mind a rule, if you lose, you will fight to the death to save them, and if you win, you will raise your glass to celebrate!
The friendly army is in danger, and you can't save it. When your own family is in danger in the future, who will come to rescue you?Saving people is saving oneself!You must remember, remember. "

"The final general will definitely remember the commander-in-chief's teachings."

Zhang Cheng looked at Chen Zhong again, and said, "Are you sure about the movements of other parties? How is Kaifeng now?"

"Marshal, Governor Li Xianfeng led the army of Vice Commander Chen Yongfu to rescue Luoyang from Kaifeng. They have already crossed the Si River, and it is estimated that they will reach Gong County today.

In addition, there was also information from Liu Jinhai, saying that Li Jiyu's department had selected 10 young men, together with nearly [-] accompanying people from Dengfeng and Mi counties, who had passed Xushui Town and were heading to Sun The home ferry is ready to cross the Yellow River. "

Zhang Cheng nodded to Chen Zhong and said, "You pass on my words to Liu Jinhai. These tens of thousands of hungry people are passing through various state capitals. He must take my posts and letters and greet each government in advance. Make the place of the passage panic, so as to cause undue chaos.

In addition, it is also good to take care of those hungry people, don't let the traitors mixed in inside cause disasters, the flow of tens of thousands of people, a little carelessness, will become a disaster.

We have never done such things before, and we have no experience, but we must be careful everywhere, try our best to do things as carefully as possible, and we must prepare food and grain in advance at the place where we stay. We can neither feed these hungry people nor make them wait. Too hungry and tired, lost the strength to walk! "

"Yes, Commander, don't worry, Chen Zhong has memorized everything!"

Zhang Cheng said to the generals again: "Luoyang City has fallen into the hands of bandits, our army is no longer in a hurry to rush to Luoyang City, and temporarily stationed in Yanshi County, first watch the movement of the bandits, and then decide where to go."

He said again: "Yuan Jing, you turned Liu Jianyi and Luo Tai into bandits. Wang Shaoyu withheld his salary and caused a mutiny, which caused Luoyang to fall into the hands of bandits. We will not be able to rescue you in time. Please write a letter and send someone to report to Yu." Provincial governor Li Xianfeng.

Then draw up a memorandum of apology for me, and report it to the capital urgently. The commander-in-chief is too late to rescue Luoyang, so please punish me! "

(End of this chapter)