The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 480 Luoyang is Luoyang ([-])
"Foreign ministers Ma Jie and Pei Yue, pay homage to His Majesty Jin."

"Ah, Zhongying, it's been ten years since we left each other last time. We haven't seen each other for ten years, and Zhongying looks even more heroic."

"The foreign minister is grateful for His Majesty's concern. Thinking back more than ten years ago, His Majesty was in the prime of his life, but now, he is busy with state affairs, which is much easier. The foreign minister is very sad to see him."

"Hehehe, if a person is in his position, he will suffer from it. Come on, come on, please sit down, both of you."

The so-called etiquette before soldiers, in this era, is approaching the enemy's capital.There is absolutely no reason to start a fight without saying a word.Therefore, even if you know that the other party will not agree, you still have to go through the proper persuasion process.

Since Li Mi has been compiling the new "Great Han Law" with Roman and Persian scholars since his return from Taixi, Jian Wushuang sits in Chang'an and presides over government affairs without touching the ground.So this time, the right envoy fell on Ma Jie.

Of course, the Ma family has always talked with a knife, and if they really want to play tricks, they will bring shame on themselves.Therefore, Ma Jie's official envoy is just a name, and the real envoy is Pei Yue.

After the two parties sat down, Sima Yan raised his hand slightly: "This Pei..."

"Your Majesty, the foreign minister Pei Yue is named Lingxu. He is currently serving as a recorder to join the army in the Dahan Da Sima Mansion."

"Ah, Ling Xu's surname is also Pei, who is this Minister Ling next to me?"

"The foreign minister's late father tabooed Jun, and the Shangshu made his late father taboo. The two ancestors are Kunzhong. In the past, my late father went to Shu for fun, but Zhang Lu blocked the way and failed to return. Therefore, Wenxi Pei's family lived in Yizhou. There was only one left."

After saying this, Pei Yue turned around slightly, bowed to Pei Xiu and said: "I have seen my brother."

For this kind of naked alienation, Pei Xiu could only smile wryly and stand up to return the salute.

"The gossip is over, Zhongying and Lingxu, the two of you are entering the city today, do you have anything to teach me?"

"How dare you speak and teach His Majesty." Of course it was Pei Yue who answered: "Foreign ministers are entrusted by my family's Chief Sima to come to the city today to meet His Majesty. Actually, I just want to pass a word to Your Majesty."

"Oh? What does Guan Zifeng want to say to me? Let me surrender? Hahahaha, I heard that when Emperor Wen conquered Shu five times in the past and Deng Shizai was approaching Chengdu, the Supreme Emperor of your country even wrote the letter of surrender. I won't do that!"

"Heh~" Pei Yue chuckled lightly and bowed again: "My great Sima said, if Your Majesty opens the city at this time, so that my Zhu Xia Erlang will not die in the civil war, then I, a big man, can follow the example of Cao Pi in the past and use it as an example. If the Duke waits for His Majesty, the Jin family's ancestral temple can be preserved. If the city is destroyed and the city is opened just now, His Majesty will be a Marquis in the future. If he persists to the end, he can destroy the ancestral temple!"

"What a brave man!" Sima Yan jumped up when he heard Pei Yue's words, but the aristocratic education he received since he was a child has given him a good cultivation: the emperor is so dignified, he cares about a little man who spreads the word what?

"Go back and tell Guan Zifeng that the Great Jin Dynasty is blessed by the heavens and has come into being. Although it has suffered temporary setbacks, it will definitely return to its former glory. But your Han Kingdom has been dead for decades. Now it is just a dead body. His corpse is still doing harm to the world. Kaesong surrendered? I will never abandon the foundation of my ancestors so lightly!"

"The foreign minister found out, and the foreign minister resigned."

"Hmph, no!"

Although His Majesty the Emperor was on the verge of going berserk at the moment, Pei Yue, who had been with Guan Yi for too long and had already turned bad, even blinked at Pei Xiu before leaving.

Everyone knew that Pei Yue did it on purpose, but Sima Yan must have something in his heart, right?
……

"So, Sima Anshi really refused to surrender?"

"That's right. Da Sima, all the superiors, the lower officials were received immediately after entering Luoyang. But they were expelled from the city immediately after the meeting. So I didn't see much about the situation in the city. However, the lower officials can still feel , Now the entire Luoyang city is in a state of terror. There are also many soldiers coming and going. It should be said that the state of Jin has already made preparations for the defense of the cage city."

"Well. According to the calculations made by Fang Bo and others a while ago, the number of Jin soldiers defending Luoyang at this time should not be less than our army now. If young and strong are mobilized to help defend the city, it will be far more than our army... that is. I don’t know how much food they have in store, this is the decisive factor for the enemy to stick to their beliefs. But that’s all, we just do our own thing well. Everyone, start issuing orders now.”

"I will wait for the order of the great Sima."

"Ciqian and Ziyang, I will give you [-] cavalry each, and spread them all around Luoyang. From today onwards, I will make the kings and ministers of Jin in Luoyang deaf and blind."

"Here! The last general is waiting to take orders. Please don't worry, Da Sima. From today onwards, Luoyang City will not get a grain of food from outside the city!"

"Well, Uncle Fang, I'll leave it to you to set up camp. Let's build it on the west side of Luoyang. Ten miles away from the opponent's outer wall is enough. It's so convenient to control the progress of the siege. But now there are generals such as Du Yuankai and Ma Xiaoxing in the city, We still have to beware of the opponent's surprise attack. Therefore, we must dig the trenches well."

"Here, Da Sima, don't worry."

"Shan, Lingxu, how is the transfer of the prisoners in the north going?"

"Reporting to Da Sima, about 12 people were surrendered before and after our Eastern Expedition. Among them, [-] people were surrendered on the Youzhou battlefield. Since these [-] are local farmers in Youzhou and Pingzhou, and the enlistment time is very short, the distance from this battle The time was too long. So the general had already sent it back to his hometown in order to appease the people in You and Ping. The rest, [-] in the Jizhou battlefield, and more than [-] in Bingzhou were being escorted by our cavalry. Come from the south. It is expected that all will be in place by mid-March.”

"Very well, you have to pay attention, let the officials under you preach to the more than 9 captives. Say that this time they are escorted to Luoyang, not to let them fight, but to let them dig trenches. As long as Luoyang Once they are taken down, they can all go home separately. We will also distribute a certain amount of money and food as travel expenses.”

"The next official understands, and will arrange it immediately."

For a huge city like Luoyang, when the enemy's defensive will is relatively firm and soldiers are relatively sufficient.Ant-attached siege is suicide.

In the face of the opponent's solid city wall, dense bastions and a defense system built by catapults, it is useless to attack the city with a simple trebuchet - Zhang Zun's example of attacking Tongguan is ready-made.

So, in the face of such a fortified and huge city, if you want to attack the city, what should you do?

The easiest way: a long siege.The enemy has so many soldiers guarding the city, and there are still a large number of princes and nobles and ordinary people in the city. The food consumption is astonishing.Moreover, in terms of the sanitation conditions of ancient cities, the population density is too high, and the possibility of plague outbreaks will also increase sharply.Therefore, it is most feasible to besiege the opponent for a long time and wait for the opponent to collapse.

But Guan Yi was unwilling, because there were too many things waiting for him to do later.Among other things, now that Luoyang is trapped, the original eight prefectures of the Jin Kingdom have fallen into a state of weak local governments, and the aristocratic families from all over the country have ushered in a carnival-like feast.Every time Guan Yi stayed under the city of Luoyang for an extra day, thousands of self-cultivating farmers in the eight states of the Kanto would disappear.

Although with the acquisition of Tongguan, Ji Han's grain road was finally completely unblocked, and the number of civilians who accompanied the army could be reduced from [-] to [-], but it is still a state of continuous war.The harm to the country is still great.

Moreover, Da Sima has been out of Chang'an for almost two years, and his youngest son and daughter have not seen their father for more than a year since they were born.This longing for home is often uncontrollable.

As a superior, he was like this, and the ordinary generals and soldiers below were more or less exhausted.

Therefore, it is not advisable to besiege the enemy and wait for him to collapse.

So, how can such a fortress be taken down as soon as possible?

(End of this chapter)