Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 363 Despair of People's Hearts

When Li Fei led An Dong's cavalry to the bank of the Yellow River, An Qingxu had crossed the Yellow River and fled to the north of the Yellow River. There were only more than 4 rebel soldiers left before they could cross the river.

"Kill!" Li Fei ordered Anton's cavalry to charge.

Facing the charge of Anton's iron cavalry, the rebel soldiers were in a mess, with no will to fight at all, and a large number of rebel soldiers were squeezed out of the Yellow River by their own people.

The Anton Iron Cavalry rushed into the rebel army easily, followed by a bloody massacre. After about half a stick of incense, Li Fei ordered the Anton Iron Cavalry soldiers to shout the words "Luoyang is broken, those who put down their weapons and surrender will not die".

The anti-army soldiers who stayed on the south bank of the Yellow River before they had time to cross the river were mobs. They were rushed and slaughtered by Anton's iron cavalry, and they were already on the verge of complete collapse. They put down their weapons and surrendered.

More than 30 Anton cavalry were killed in battle, and more than 60 were slightly or severely injured, and the total was less than one hundred.Nearly 1000 rebel soldiers were beheaded, more than [-] escaped, and about [-] rebel soldiers were captured.

Such an easy battle was not at all challenging for Anton's cavalry generals.

"Report-"

"The cavalry king, Huihe cavalry and Tubo soldiers wantonly plundered the people inside and outside Luoyang!" A soldier rode his horse to report.

"Damn it, the imperial court really betrayed the people in Luoyang to the barbarians!" Wu Sheng gritted his teeth and said angrily.

Lu Xin, Luo Ying and other Anton Iron Cavalry generals present also looked angry.

Li Fei took a deep breath. He had expected that this period of history was destined to happen.In the Anshi Rebellion, An Lushan and An Qingxu father and son first, and then Shi Siming and Shi Chaoyi father and son. After the defeat of An Lushan and An Qingxu father and son, why Shi Siming and his son rose again and captured the eastern capital Luoyang again was because of this incident Let the people in Luoyang be extremely disappointed and hate Datang.

In the past, An Lushan and An Qingxu may have been brutal, and the common people only had anger and fear towards An Lushan and An Qingxu, but they really trusted and looked forward to Datang. When they were in Luoyang, they betrayed the people in Luoyang to the Hu people, and the disaster and bloody killings they brought were even worse than those of the rebels.

When their hopes were shattered, in turn, their hearts towards the Tang court turned into resentment, and they were extremely disappointed.

"Only those who win the hearts of the people can win the world. The decline of the past dynasties began with the loss of the hearts of the people." Li Fei muttered, and then his face became firm again.

"Go and pass orders to Zeng A Niu, commander of Jinyiwei, to implement the plan!" Li Fei said with cold eyes.

"Yes, the king of the county!" A soldier rode away quickly.

In Luoyang City, Huihe cavalry broke into every household regardless of their care, and robbed some wealth. If they saw a slightly beautiful beauty, they would rob them by force, or commit violence on the spot. If they encountered a baby boy under five years old, they would also rob them. Take them away, this is the fastest way to increase the population of grassland males. Huihe prince Ye Hu believes that after bringing these baby boys back to the grassland to raise them, they will become the most loyal "Huihe people" and will fight to the death for their father Khan and him potency.

What Suzong Li Heng promised to the Huihe people was "the land, scholars and common people will return to the Tang Dynasty, gold and silk, and children will all return to the Huihe people", but the promise to the Tubo people is not so heavy. It is only three thousand beauties and other property compensation. The Tubo people wanted to 'take' these three thousand beauties by themselves, and Suzong Li Heng agreed.

This is easy to understand. No one believes that the Tubo people really only "take" three thousand beauties. After rushing into the people's homes, they, like the Huihe people, robbed all the property inside. The rebels also took the knife smoothly, but the Tibetans were not interested in male babies, but they were more bloody. Sometimes, in order to snatch the young and beautiful mothers of the boys, they threw the boys to death.

The entire city of Luoyang was filled with blood and crying.

Some people gathered in front of the Luoyang Imperial Palace, begging the emperor to decree that the Uighurs and Tubo people stop plundering, and some people went to the official army camp, pleading for the protection of the officers and soldiers, and expelled the Uighurs and Tubo people.

Guo Ziyi knew some inside information, but it was impossible to send troops directly. Without the emperor's imperial decree, he did not have that right. Guangping King Li Yu and the supervisor Yu Chaoen would stop him, and they even held Guo Ziyi and did not allow him to go out to meet Huihe. When people and Tubo people clashed, they pretended not to see it. Guangping King Li Yu also comforted Guo Ziyi. The Huihe people and the Tubo people would only plunder for three days, and then they would stop after three days.

Guo Ziyi was so angry that he almost had a cerebral hemorrhage, but he was just a general, without His Majesty's imperial decree, what could he do.

The pleas of the people were not answered, and the people despaired.

There was an old man whose son was forced to repair the city wall by the rebels and died. His granddaughter had just been snatched away by the Huihe people. Even his seven-year-old grandson was hacked by the Huihe people. For the rest, it's really not so miserable if the family is broken.

"I watched the people being plundered and slaughtered by the barbarians, but there was no reaction. Is this still an official army, Your Majesty, Your Majesty—" The old man's eyes were empty, and the more he shouted, the more resentful he felt in his heart. The resentment is deeper and more desperate.

At this time, rumors spread that in order to regain Chang'an and Luoyang as soon as possible, the Tang court agreed to the humiliating conditions of the Huihe people and the Tubo people that "the land, scholars and concubines belong to the Tang Dynasty, gold, silk and children all belong to Huihe".

Only then did the people in Luoyang know why the emperor and the officers and soldiers did not respond. It turned out that they had been betrayed to the barbarians a long time ago.

The people were desperate. Many people sat on the ground and wept. No one asked Emperor Suzong in the Luoyang Palace anymore, because they knew that the emperor had betrayed them to the barbarians, so how could he care about them.

Inside the Luoyang Palace.

In fact, Suzong Li Heng also heard some crying and shouting, and felt a little uncomfortable, but he still had no intention of stopping the Huihe people and Tubo people. In his heart, he still thought that they were just the people in Luoyang area, full of indifference .

Suzong Li Heng was indifferent enough to watch, but Guo Ziyi couldn't stand it anymore. Even King Guangping couldn't speak. Sitting there, the hand holding the teacup was trembling, and some tea spilled out.

"I'm going to beg Your Majesty to make him compensate the Huihe people and the Tubo people again. This can't go on." Guo Ziyi broke free from Yu Chaoen's obstruction, and without even realizing that he was using too much force, he pushed Yu Chaoen to the ground and hit Yu Chaoen. En Yi forehead blood.

"Guo Ziyi!" Yu Chaoen touched the blood that flowed out from the bump, and roared at Guo Ziyi's back, his expression a bit ferocious.
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