Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

Chapter 82: Soldiers Siege Luoyang (Special thanks to book friends 2021...8596 for their monthly votes!)

Zhang Yongde was quite moved when he heard it at first.

With the help of the three kingdoms of Shu, Liao and Han, his strength will be greatly increased. However, considering that almost all the subjects in the Zhou Dynasty have benefited from the new policies of the young emperor Guo Zongxun, his prestige is growing, and he is well aware of the battle between the Divine Arm Bow and the "Dragon Xiang Army". Zhang Yongde, who was very powerful, also felt that the chances of becoming an emperor on his own and succeeding were slim.

Zhang Yongde thought:
"On that day, the young emperor Guo Zongxun, who was in the sixth year of Xiande, suddenly launched the "Bianjing Incident" and killed Zhao Kuangyin and his party.

I thought that after making great achievements, I would be able to take charge of the great Zhou army, but I didn't expect that the little emperor's power and tactics were extremely powerful.

Not only did they re-appoint Han Tong, who was both brave and unintelligent, to serve as an inspector in front of the palace, but he also transferred military power to the German army from Li Chongjin, who was at odds with me. This created a three-legged system that checks and balances each other, and no one can move.

In February of the first year of Kaixi, the young emperor sent me to go to Xingzhou to resist the Han invasion. Together with Fu Yanqing's Tianxiong army, I defeated the Han army. I thought I would become the number one in the Zhou army from now on.

Unexpectedly, the little emperor's wisdom is as deep as the sea, but he actually took the wrong approach and easily gathered the orphans from all over the country that no one cares about in my great Zhou Dynasty. He established the "Dragon Xiang Army" and the "Dragon Xiang Guard", supplemented by the newly created army of the palace craftsmen. The Divine Arm Bow actually became an extraordinary combat power within a few months. In October of the first year of Kaixi, the anti-rebellion general Han Lingkun fought against the Tang Dynasty in the "Battle of Yangzhou" and defeated 160,000 enemy troops in one battle!

At the beginning, Empress Dowager Fu said that the execution of Zhao Ni's party was all planned by the young emperor Guo Zongxun. I thought he was just lucky enough to do it. Little did I know that the young emperor was good at everything in political planning, internal affairs, and military affairs. As Li Xiang and others said, it was a historical achievement. The first prodigy emperor!

In May and June of this year, the little emperor only sent 30,000 troops to the first army of the "Longxiang Army", which easily defeated the Nanping and Wuqing armies, and conquered a population of more than 2 million! I have seen that in just a few years, when the little emperor grows up a few years, the battle to unify the world will begin!

Now that Meng Chang saw that the young emperor was about to complete the plan of "cutting down the vassal vassal", he was so anxious that he actually thought of sending someone to instigate rebellion against me? !
You really want to use me as a victim! It's just that this man still has accomplices in the city. If he is captured, it will stir up rumors and spread to the ears of the little emperor, which will be a disaster. "

These thoughts flashed through Zhang Yongde's mind, and Zhang Yongde said angrily:

"presumptuous!
My Majesty, the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, is an unparalleled child prodigy emperor and a sage king of all generations. In the past few years, I, the Great Zhou Dynasty, have managed my country to a prosperous and prosperous state. The power of the country is rising day by day. I will destroy your Shu Kingdom before my very eyes!
This commander is loyal to His Majesty and is a relative of the emperor. How dare you, a spy, to plot against me? !
Let me, my commander, drive this spy out of the house! "

Upon hearing this, several personal guards immediately stepped forward to drive Zhong Han out of the house.

Zhong Han was helpless, seeing that he could not persuade Zhang Yongde, but seeing that he did not arrest him, but accepted the gift, he immediately said:
“Our Majesty admires Commander Zhang very much and hopes that there will be opportunities to exchange knowledge in the future!

I'm resigning. "

After Zhong Han was driven out of the house, Zhang Yongde thought for a long time and finally feared that the Shu Kingdom would use counter-intentional tactics against him, so he summoned his staff to write a memorial detailing the matter and sent a courier to report it to the emperor immediately.

Chai Zongxun was in the Bianjing Palace and received a memorial from Zhang Yongde from Youzhou on November 5th.

After reading the memorial, Chai Zongxun thought to himself:

"After all, Zhang Yongde is cunning and scheming. He acts according to his plans and then acts. He knows that since his father succeeded to the throne, he will never have the slightest chance to covet the throne.

Now that our two pro-army forces have become more powerful, in the past few years, they have divided and dispersed the Forbidden Army Palace Division, the Guards Pro-Army Division and the Guide Army. Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin just cried out for help.

Zhang Yongde was greedy for money, but he didn't have much ambition. Yelujing of the Liao Kingdom was now in chaos, so he asked Zhang Yongde to guard Youzhou for a few years.

I would like to take advantage of this opportunity to capture all the southern regions and level them. "

Then he thought about Han Hui leading the Second Corps of the Longxiang Army to besiege Luoyang City for more than a month and still not being able to defeat it. Chai Zongxun couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied.

Han Hui led the "Long Xiang Army" to besiege Luoyang City in early October, and became a stalemate with Wang Quanbin and Li Hao of the Shu Army in the city.

Wang Quanbin and the Shu army could not defeat the "Long Xiang Army"'s divine arm bow, so they no longer dared to go out of the city to fight. They only defended the city with tens of thousands of soldiers and captured hundreds of thousands of people in Luoyang City as laborers to help defend the city.

Luoyang is a well-known fortified city in the world. Its city is tall and its walls are more than six feet high. The defense equipment at the top of the city, such as crossbows, spears, hot oil, huge rocks and trees, etc., is extremely well prepared.

Therefore, Han Hui, who was attacking the city, did not dare to order his Long Xiang army to attack the city wall, fearing that the battle damage would be too great to explain to Emperor Chai Zongxun. They had to use five-shot cannons and cyclone cannons to continuously throw huge rocks into the city every day. However, the progress of destroying the defensive equipment was slow.

After more than a month of siege, more than 60,000 enemy troops and more than 300,000 civilians in Luoyang City have almost eaten all the food in the city, and they are eating wild vegetables, bark, and leaves. If the siege continues, it will not take more than a month. Time may eat people up.

Chai Zongxun, Emperor Huizhi of Han Dynasty, always treated the people kindly and righteously. If the tragedy of cannibalism among hundreds of thousands of people occurred due to the military siege of Luoyang City, he would be guilty of the greatest sin.

On November 7, Han Hui called his generals to discuss the military situation in the commander's tent.

Han Hui briefly explained the current battle situation and worries to the generals.

After the generals discussed for a while, Zhe Yuxun, commander of the First Army of the Second Corps, said:

"Commander Han, it is difficult to leave Luoyang for a short time now, and the food in the city is about to run out.

It would be better for our army to send envoys to the city to negotiate with Wang Quanbin and persuade him to surrender.

In this way, we can avoid the tragic situation of Luoyang City running out of food. Otherwise, His Majesty has always been the most benevolent and valued the lives of the people and sergeants.

If Your Majesty is blamed, Commander Han and all the soldiers in the army will not only have no merit, but also be guilty. "

Guan Maomao, commander of the Second Army:

"What Commander Zhe said makes sense.

In order to capture Luoyang as soon as possible, our army might as well send people into the city to persuade Wang Quanbin to surrender, and at the same time dig tunnels at night, and then look for opportunities to attack the city and annihilate the enemy! "

After Han Hui pondered for a moment, he said:
"That's all we have to do now! Send people to the city immediately to negotiate with Wang Quanbin and surrender to him. On the other side, we will order the sergeants to dig a tunnel into the city tonight.

Just among the candidates for negotiation in the city, who should be elected? "

The generals deliberated for a long time and unanimously decided that among the imperial court, the Grand Master of Inspectorate and Henan Yin Xianggong were the best candidates to persuade them to surrender.

Xiang Gong was born in the second year of Qianhua in Houliang (912). His original name was Xiang Xun and his courtesy name was Xingmin. A native of Huaizhou and Hanoi.

When he was young, he was informal, arrogant, and acted like a knight. During the Later Jin Dynasty, when he defected to Hedong Jiedushi, Liu Zhiyuan served as general Guo Wei and became his confidant.

In the first month of the first year of Guangshun (951), Guo Wei proclaimed himself emperor and established the Later Zhou Dynasty. As a "Yuan Cong", Xiang Xun was appointed as the envoy of the Palace Garden, and later transferred to the envoy of the Imperial City, where he served as a prisoner of the Zhaoyi Tun Army.

After Sejong Guo Rong succeeded to the throne, Xiang Xun was also reused and participated in important battles such as the "Battle of Gaoping", the battle of collecting "Qin and Feng" states, and the Battle of Huainan.

After Sejong Guo Rong died suddenly, Guo Zongxun came to the throne in June of the sixth year of Xiande (959).

In July, Jia Xiangxun became the Grand Master of the school, and Henan Yin and Xijing stayed behind. Immediately he served as a waiter. At this time, Xiang Xun changed his name to Xiang Gong to avoid Chai Zongxun's name.

On November 12, the fourth year of Kaixi, Chai Zongxun received a memorial from Han Hui on the Luoyang front in the Bianjing Palace.

Thinking that Wang Quanbin had served in Xiang Gong's army and captured the two states of "Qin and Feng" together, and Xiang Gong was Taizu's close confidant, he agreed to send Xiang Gong, the Grand Master to inspect the school, to go to Luoyang to negotiate with Wang Quanbin on the same day. .

(End of this chapter)