Will Ming

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Chapter 690

On the tenth day of the eighth month, it is sunny, suitable for travel and marriage.

Wang Shichong asked someone to make a special divination, and the hexagram appeared to be auspicious.

In any case, there seems to be no reason not to send troops.

But Wang Shichong was still uneasy. The reason why he was entangled was that there were not many soldiers and horses available in the Eastern Capital City. Including his Miyagi Forbidden Army, there were only more than 1 soldiers left in the city in the true sense.Although it is not enough for these troops to be allocated to garrison in the huge Eastern Capital, there are not many people to be spared as a reserve team.

After walking back and forth in the hall for several steps, he finally couldn't help but gave the order to send troops.

Cao Dan's tens of thousands of elite soldiers are the new force to help defend the Eastern Capital. Once these tens of thousands of horses are taken into the city, the city defense of the Eastern Capital will not be so weak in terms of troops, and...the Eastern Capital is short of food.Although the Xingluo warehouse is not far away, although there are tens of millions of grains in it, the people in the city can only watch helplessly but there is nothing they can do.Yan Yun's army has a heavy army stationed in Xingluocang, and it may not be possible to defeat them with all the troops in the city.

Luoyang City has been besieged by the Tang Army and the Yanyun Army for nearly a year. The people in the city have long since run out of rations, and the food reserves of the wealthy families have been requisitioned several times, and there have been complaints.According to Wang Shichong's will, women, children, old and young in the city now only have one meal of porridge with almost invisible rice grains per day, strong men have two meals of porridge a day, and soldiers are guaranteed to have a full meal at noon every day. I can't hold on for another half a month.In fact, the food that is actually distributed to everyone is even less!

Luoyang Migui has reached the point where the rich can hardly afford it.

If you don't send troops, you will die.

Send troops, maybe there is still a chance.

"Xiongxin!"

Wang Shichong glanced at Shan Xiongxin who was already in full armor, walked up to him and said in a heavy tone: "I will hand over most of the troops in the city to you this time, so you must be careful... Once you find out What's wrong, even if you don't care about Cao Dan, you have to return to the Eastern Capital immediately. Now... I can't fight anymore."

Shan Xiong's heart was sour, and his nose was also sour.He remembered that when he was in Wagang Village, Zhai Rang treated him like a brother, but when Li Mi killed Zhai Rang, he was helpless.Although the guilt in his heart was deliberately hidden by him, every time he thought about it, he felt as uncomfortable as an ant biting his heart.

Li Mi was defeated, so he had to surrender to Wang Shichong.

Wang Shichong also attached great importance to him, and almost all the military power in the city was entrusted to him.He was named Duke of the State, and later named Taiwei.And he also gave Wang Shichong a lot in return. Speaking of which, Dongdu is still in Wang Shichong's hands so far, and he Shan Xiongxin has contributed a lot.Both Tang Jun and Yan Yun Jun were killed and retreated several times by his troops.The officials of the Great Zheng State in the Eastern Capital City also regard it as the barrier of the Eastern Capital.

"General Shan must not fail His Majesty's trust."

The one who came to Shan Xiongxin and entrusted him earnestly was none other than Duan Da, the former Taiwei of the Zheng Kingdom who led fifty thousand elite soldiers to the north and was killed by Yan Wang Li Xian. Slaughtered by the king of Yan, it happened that this person was so lucky that he fled back outside the city alone, and was picked up by the defenders on the city wall, although he was no longer in front of Wang Shichong when he came back. It's so hot, but it still has a very high status in the court.

After that fiasco, Duan Da was demoted by Wang Shichong to Minister of the Ministry of War.It was also at that time that Shan Xiongxin succeeded Duan Da and was named Taiwei.

"Don't bother Duan Shangshu."

Shan Xiongxin looked down on Duan Da at first, and now he felt even more uncomfortable seeing him coming over hypocritically to entrust him.He replied lukewarmly, then looked at Wang Shichong and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty treats me like brothers and sisters, and I treat you like a father and brother...Since the day I served in front of Your Majesty, my life has been tied to Da Zheng. They are tightly connected together, even if they are cut with a knife, they will continue to be parted. Don't worry, Your Majesty, this time the minister will live up to His Majesty's trust..."

He thought for a while and said: "After the minister leaves the city, His Majesty can regroup the remaining defenders in the city, and use one soldier to lead five strong men, or ten strong men to guard the city. Nowadays, there are scarce veterans in the city, and every one of them is a treasure. Xia Zhu Dou Jiande fought with Yuwen Shi and Li Daozong, and the soldiers in the capital city could take this opportunity to take a break. After the ministers leave the city, His Majesty should personally take care of the city defense, and should not be entrusted to some people who only talk about it on paper."

His words naturally meant something, Duan Da's face changed but he restrained himself.

He gave Shan Xiongxin a cold look, and couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

That day, he was eagerly pursued by Li Shimin's pursuers, but he couldn't return because the Eastern Capital was close at hand.That night he almost froze to death outside. In the desperate situation, he figured out something, and then he asked someone to light a fire. When he was warmer, he was surrounded by hundreds of Yanyun Legion...

Counting it, it has been nearly eight or nine months since he returned to Dongdu, and he still hasn't made up his mind to do that.Now the Eastern Capital has reached a critical moment of life and death, blocking the Yanyun Army for such a long time, the day the city is broken, the people will be safe, but I am afraid that none of the monarchs and ministers of the Great Zheng Kingdom will end well.

Therefore, Duan Da, who had waited and watched for so long, finally decided to act.

At the beginning, he was able to survive and return to the Eastern Capital because he promised something in front of Yuwen Shiji. Now that it has been so long, he originally wanted to wait. If the siege of the Eastern Capital can be resolved, this matter will die. I will never think about it in my stomach for the rest of my life.If Dongdu is in danger, he will find a way to protect himself.But the delay was indeed too long. If he didn't take action, Yuwen Shiji and he would definitely not get any benefits in front of him.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help twitching the corner of his mouth and took a step forward, bowing his head: "I also thought that His Majesty should personally lead the troops. If the soldiers and civilians guarding the city know that His Majesty personally commands, their morale will definitely be boosted."

Shan Xiongxin glanced at Duan Da in disbelief, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.In fact, from the day Duan Da came back, he suspected that this person had surrendered to the people outside the city. Although he could not be sure whether it was Li Tang or Yanyun Army, the return of this person was itself full of doubts.But relying on the emperor's trust in him and his rhetoric, he soon gained a firm foothold in the court.For such a person, Shan Xiongxin was deeply afraid that he would take the military power to defend the city from the emperor.

"With the two of you, Shan Aiqing and Duan Aiqing, I can feel more at ease. Duan Da puts more effort into the affairs of the court. General Shan, you just go out of the city to meet Cao Dan. I will take care of the defense of the city myself. That's it!"

Shan Xiongxin originally wanted to persuade a few more words, but he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

Thinking that as long as the military power is still in the emperor's hands, even if there is an internal response from the Yanyun army in the city, there will be no chance of making trouble, so he put his mind away.

"Your Majesty just wait for the good news from the minister!"

He straightened his chest, his eyes determined.

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Wang Shichong mobilized [-] soldiers from the city defense forces, and selected more than [-] strong men, all of whom were handed over to Shan Xiongxin. It can be said that most of the city defense forces in Luoyang, the eastern capital, were given to him.

In order to avoid being discovered by Li Tang outside the city or spies from the Yanyun Army, the team of more than 1 people left the city in the middle of the night.Luoyang City, the eastern capital, was built in the shape of Chang'an City, and it actually looked like Chang'an City, which was a size smaller.There are eight city gates in Luoyang city, four cities in east, west, north and south, among which there is no gate in the west city.

There are three city gates from east to west in Nancheng, namely Changxia Gate, Jianguo Gate and Baihu Gate.

There are three gates in Dongcheng, from south to north, they are Yongtong Gate, Jianyang Gate and Shangchun Gate.

There are two gates in the north city, the one on the east is called Xining Gate, and the one on the west is called Hui'an Gate.

There are twelve north and south streets in the eastern capital city, and six east and west streets. The buildings are shaped like a chessboard, orderly and solemn.

The Luo River passes through the city, with 28 squares in Hebei and 81 squares in Henan.The layout of Chang'an City is the same, the palace city is close to the north city, and the south of the palace city is the imperial city.

Shan Xiongxin led the army out of the city from Baihumen in the southwest. When the team of more than 1 people left the city, there was no other sound except footsteps.Everyone had a wooden stick in their mouth, and the horse had a bit. Zheng Jun's soldiers also knew that this was a battle of life and death, so they all cheered up.

After Zishi, he started to go out of the city. In order to ensure peace, he walked for more than an hour and more than 1 people left the city. After leaving the city gate, Shan Xiongxin deliberately took the people around for a circle, and then adjusted his direction and went straight to Xing Luo Cang.Dongdu is very close to Xingluocang, if all goes well, the cavalry will be able to rush there before noon.

Xingluo warehouse was the first granary in the Sui Dynasty, and it stored more than tens of millions of stones.Whoever wins Luocang can ensure that hundreds of thousands of troops will have no worries about food and grass.Xingluocang was originally in the hands of the Tang army, but after Yuwen Shiji led his army to besiege Luoyang City, the eastern capital, he led his troops to snatch Xingluocang from the Tang army.Because at that time Li Shimin led the army back to Chang'an to cause chaos, Duan Zhixuan, who stayed behind in the Tang army's camp, did not dare to easily start a war with Yan Yun's army, so he suffered from being dumb.

After Li Daozong arrived outside the city of Luoyang, he sent someone to ask Yuwen Shihe for Xingluocang.Yuwen Shiji didn't even pay attention to him, and then the matter was left alone.

Shan Xiongxin fought for half his life, and he was a first-class figure in leading and training troops.He knew the danger of this battle better than anyone else, so he was more cautious.

In order to ensure that the soldiers had the strength to march quickly, Wang Shichong specially ordered the more than 1 people to have a full meal before leaving the city.It's just that neither Wang Shichong nor Shan Xiongxin thought that this small detail would become a hidden danger later.It was good intentions, but it hid the root of evil.

After the team walked for two hours, Shan Xiongxin realized something was wrong.Many soldiers vomited while running, and the marching speed of the team became slower and slower