I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 185 Let’s achieve wealth together!

After this suspected Northern Army entered Luoyang, a team of about two to three hundred people remained.

A man wearing armor and looking like an officer talked with Sun Yuan for a while, and Sun Yuan ordered Zhao Ran to gather all the troops under the command of Chengmen Hou, go down from the city tower, and replace guard with this army.

Just give up the control of Gu Men?
Just as Zhao Ran was wondering, Sun Yuan drew his sword and began to lecture him.

"The eunuchs are immoral and bring disaster to the world. Yuan Feng, the imperial steward, and Yuan Shu, the imperial tutor, see the world in decline and are unwilling to be associated with the eunuchs. So they take up their swords and decide to eliminate the eunuchs, depose the tyrant, and establish the King of Bohai as the new emperor!
The army has entered Luoyang City. The eunuchs are unprepared. The Yuan family will surely win, and the King of Bohai will surely become the new emperor. Everyone, if you want to gain wealth and honor, come with me. The wealth and honor are right in front of you!"

Zhao Ran and the other soldiers' heads were buzzing after hearing Sun Yuan's words and they were unable to react.

But he could not resist Sun Yuan's call, he took the lead and rushed forward, and a group of people followed him in a daze.

They didn't know where Sun Yuan was going, they just followed him.

They rushed towards their own paths to wealth in a daze.

Of course, things went very smoothly for Yuan Shu. The 6,000 trained main forces entered Luoyang City in an orderly manner, passed through the Valley Gate, and quickly arrived at the arsenal.

The Prefect of the Guards Yuan Zhen was anxiously waiting in the armory. When he saw Yuan Shu finally arrive with his team, he was overjoyed and immediately ordered the armory to be opened and weapons and equipment to be distributed.

Especially armor.

On the battlefield, the combat effectiveness and survival rate of soldiers wearing fully armed armor and soldiers without armor are completely incomparable.

Wearing armor is like having an extra life. If it is heavy armor, it can be called a human tank. Wearing armor against an unarmored person can be a complete crushing victory.

However, armor is difficult to make and is expensive. Its storage and maintenance are also a large expense. Moreover, as an absolute contraband, if private possession is discovered, it is considered a crime of treason and the person will be killed.

Therefore, even if private individuals could own them, the quantity was very small. Even if ordinary landlords and tyrants wanted to start a rebellion, having fifty or sixty sets of armor would be considered a great start.

Yuan Shu's family was wealthy and he had seized a lot of property from powerful landlords. He obtained a batch of armor from this group of guys, but he kept it for himself without saying anything.

In addition, the steel workshop he built in Maoling Liangzhuang did have strong technical capabilities and productivity. Several years ago, he began to instruct them to privately make armor and accumulated a batch.

However, on the one hand, resources and manpower were limited, and on the other hand, agricultural tools were the main products. Therefore, over the years, only more than 1,100 sets of armor were accumulated, which were not enough to allow all the main forces to wear armor.

As a typical prosperous family, the Yuan family did have private armed forces in some places and many banned bows and crossbows, but the number of armors they had was not as much as Yuan Shu had.

So where is the most armor?

Of course, it’s in Luoyang and in the arsenals in some other places.

In the entire Han Dynasty, only these arsenals could legally possess large quantities of armor and bows and crossbows.

The Luoyang Arsenal, in particular, is not just an arsenal, but also contains many strange things.

For example, Liu Bang's snake-slaying sword, Wang Mang's head, the clogs that Confucius was said to have worn, and countless individual weapons and siege equipment.

These are precious treasures that have been continuously accumulated since the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It can be said that whoever controls the Luoyang Arsenal has the strength to challenge the world. Otherwise, even if you have a million soldiers, it will be difficult to accomplish anything without sufficient equipment.

It should be noted that the production of some important and sophisticated equipment takes years, and the technicians who master the skills are all under the control of the court.

Even if the peasant armies that rebelled had the resources and technology, where would they find so much time to forge weapons?

Ten thousand elite armored soldiers are enough to defeat a mob of one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand unarmored soldiers. This is also the confidence of the Eastern Han Empire to rule the world with only ten thousand central troops.

And now, this arsenal opened its arms to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu quickly ordered the warriors without armor to obtain armor, and the warriors who were not equipped with bows and crossbows to equip themselves with bows and crossbows. He also took out two thousand spears to strengthen their equipment and dragged out siege equipment such as battering rams and ladders. After completing their preparations, they immediately headed towards the Shuoping Gate.

"Shu, Shuopingmen is now in your hands. You must succeed!"

"Well! Don't worry, Uncle Wu, go to father's place quickly. He needs you more."

"it is good!"

After Yuan Chen finished speaking, he turned and left, gathered 500 armed men under the Praetorian Guards, and quickly advanced towards the Canglong Que Gate.

Just as Yuan Shu was about to catch up with the advancing troops, he heard someone come to report that the Northern Army was arriving.

Dong Xuan is here! Yuan Shu soon saw Dong Xuan, who was covered in blood and holding a human head.

"This is the head of Cao Tong, the lieutenant general of the Northern Army. The head of Yao Xu, the archer commander, was taken by Wang Chong to Yuan Taifu. How about it, sir? Did I come in time?"

“Very timely!”

Yuan Shu was very happy and praised Dong Xuan highly. Dong Xuan smiled, turned around and waved behind him, and then a big man ran over.

"Sir, this is Yu Miao, the commander of Changshui. He helped me kill Cao Tong and wants to join you in the uprising to eliminate the eunuchs!"

Yuan Shu then looked at Yu Miao.

Yu Miao grinned and saluted Yuan Shu.

"Mr. Yuan, Yu Miao is willing to work with you to eradicate the eunuchs and depose the tyrant. I hope you will not abandon me!"

"It's what you wish for!"

Yuan Shu laughed, patted Yu Miao on the shoulder, and ordered their troops to follow his own troops and rush towards Shuoping Gate.

Dong Xuan brought a colonel, and Wang Chong also brought a colonel, which meant that all five colonels of the Northern Army had joined Yuan's mutiny team.

Before the mutiny officially reached its peak, more than 10,000 people had already joined in.

In this way, the eunuchs will definitely lose and the Yuan family will definitely win!
Yuan Shu suddenly felt very proud and his steps became lighter.

Now, it depends on whether Duan Ying is powerful enough.

See if he can help him pass through Shuoping Gate without any injury. If he can, Duan Xing will have made a great contribution, and all the promises Yuan Shu made to him will be fulfilled.

But if he fails to perform, then the promises made to him will not be fulfilled.

Yuan Shu believed that Duan Xing himself was also very clear about this.

Fortunately, when Lu Zhi led the vanguard to the Shuoping Gate, the Shuoping Gate opened in response, and Duan Xing, with blood on his body, came out holding a human head to meet Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu was overjoyed.

"Captain Duan, you succeeded!"

"Duan has lived up to his mission!"

Duan Xing smiled and said, "Besides, I also brought a gift for Yuan Jun."

"Gift?"

Yuan Shu looked down at the head in his hand and asked, "What is this?"

"Wang Fu!"

Duan Yu held up the head and said with a smile, "I got Wang Fu drunk with wine, and before I left, I chopped off his head. If it wasn't important, I wouldn't let him die so easily.

But his head was quite useful. I killed the commander of Shuoping Gate, and then I showed Wang Fu's head. All the defenders surrendered. I only had ten people around me, so it was a bloodless victory."

Duan Xing said this to ask for credit and reward for himself.

"Good! Captain Duan is a brave and heroic man. If you succeed, you will be rewarded handsomely!"

As Yuan Shu said this, he was about to enter Shuoping Gate, but was stopped by Duan Xing.

"Mr. Yuan, it's easy to enter through Shuoping Gate, but it's not so easy to enter through Yunlong Gate and Jinshang Gate. Today, the emperor is not staying in the West Palace, but in Chongde Hall of the East Palace. The guards there are not strict, but it's not easy to force your way in."

"I have brought a lot of siege equipment. If we can't get in smoothly, then we can force our way in! Now that we have come to this point, there is no reason to give up halfway. Captain Duan, come with me to seize wealth and honor!"

"Mr. Yuan is so righteous! Let's achieve wealth and honor together!"

The two men charged forward hand in hand.

(End of this chapter)