Horse on the World

Chapter 991 Chaos

The huge city of Luoyang is in a state of panic. The subjects at the foot of the emperor have never seen war. For war, it only exists in the letter box carried on the back of the messenger who flies to Beijing all the time, and the mansion newspaper issued by the court. Let them know where they were won, where they were lost, how many people were killed there, and how many enemy troops were wiped out. They never thought that Luoyang would one day be surrounded by soldiers.

Luoyang has been the capital of Great Chu for hundreds of years. Although it has never experienced a war, the work that should be done has not been neglected. For example, there are more than a dozen large granaries in Luoyang city, and these granaries are inspected every year. Once, to ensure that the grain in the warehouse is not full, as much old grain as it goes out, as much new grain must be replenished. Roughly estimated, there are tens of millions of grains stored in these dozens of large granaries.

Therefore, although Luoyang was besieged, it was not short of food.If you count the grain gathered by the grain merchants Mipu in Luoyang, even if Dingzhou is besieged, relying on Luoyang's abundant grain storage and strong wartime distribution system, Luoyang can last for a year or two without any problem.

But the problem is that the people in Luoyang don’t know much about it. They are not like border towns like Dingzhou, where the common people regard wars as a daily routine, and they have grain storage at home. Most of the people in Luoyang buy as much as they eat, and rarely store grain at home. Now that the city is suddenly besieged by soldiers, the common people suddenly discovered that grain has become the most precious thing. Almost overnight, a long queue formed outside the grain shop and rice shop. The long queue was immediately dumbfounded.

There was an upsurge in panic buying of grain in Luoyang. The price of grain increased by nearly ten times in one day. Grain, even, is there any grain to sell?
Although the food looting trend spreading throughout the city quickly attracted the attention of the Luoyang authorities and took many measures to stop it, but it was of no avail. In the end, the army came forward to forcefully disperse it and captured a large number of people before it was calmed down. But the seeds of panic had already been planted, and the secret agents of the Dingzhou Supervisory Council lurking in Luoyang City also took the opportunity to act wantonly, spreading rumors and causing trouble. The whole Luoyang City was panicked and stormy.

The people in Luoyang, the officials, and the army are all in a state of fear. The large army of Dingzhou has already arrived in the suburbs of Luoyang, and may launch an attack at any time.

In the city of Luoyang, which is shrouded in such negative emotions, there is a high-ranking official who is happy in his heart. He is the top spy of the Dingzhou Supervisory Council hidden in the Luoyang court, Xie Ke, and now the official He took the post of Minister of Industry in Luoyang.

Lying on the rocking chair, crossing his legs, drinking iced sour plum soup, and humming a tune, Xie Ke was in high spirits. It has been eight years. He has been in Luoyang for eight years. In the past eight years, Xie Ke has climbed from a small Zhima official to the position of the fourth rank, and sometimes he thinks it is ridiculous. In the past eight years, countless information has flowed to Dingzhou through his own hands, but he is in Luoyang every year. The department's assessment is still the assessment of the superior.

But all of this is finally coming to an end. Although I am getting bigger and bigger in Luoyang, I haven't really had a good night's sleep in the past eight years. I often wake up in the middle of the night from nightmares. The people broke into the door and were dragged into the gloomy dungeon to be tortured. Xie Ke has done this before, knowing that as long as he enters that door, even if you have iron teeth, you can be trained to be soft. But this life is coming to an end.When the lord conquers Luoyang, I can go back to my hometown in Dingzhou. At that time, I must close the door and sleep well for a few days.

The copper ring on the door was knocked, Xie Ke stood up and sat up, in the guard room at the door, Ximen Qing walked over, looked outside through the small window on the door, his eyes immediately revealed a look of surprise, wow The door opened with a bang.

The person outside stepped in and walked in. Looking at the attire, he was an officer from the Luoyang Police Department.Ximen Qing closed the door, jumped like a tiger, and hugged the guard into his arms, "Boss, you are finally back!"

The person who came was Hu Dong who left Luoyang after the exposure. He stretched out his hand to pull off the hat on his head, patted Ximen Qing on the shoulder, looked at Xie Ke, and said with a smile, "I'm back. Why, aren't you welcome?"

Xie Ke jumped up, "God, how did you get in here, Luoyang is under martial law?"

Hu Dong walked over with a big smile, and hugged Xie Ke with open arms tightly, "Luoyang is such a big city, there is no loophole there, and the evil forces like me who have been in Luoyang for many years naturally know where to come from." Come in. It's a small matter!"

"Welcome back to Luoyang!" Xie Ke took a step back, "You are back, does it mean that we have big work to do again?"

"Of course!" Hu Dong grinned, "Let's talk in the room!"

When they returned to the room, Xie Ke asked, "How many people sneaked in with you this time?"

"Not many, twenty or so, but they are all good saboteurs. They were selected from the investigation department. What about you here? Have you made any tricks in the past two years?"

"I mainly develop some low-level officials. They can do intelligence, but let them do sabotage, they have more than enough energy!" Xie Ke said with a smile: "Ximen Qing has always been in charge of the operation, and he knows better. .”

Touching the scar on his face, Ximen Qing grinned and said with a smile: "Last time we were seriously injured, and the members of the gang were caught and killed, but then I got in touch with a group of old brothers. In the past two years, we have been moving around, and many people have joined in. Now, I can handle it, and there are more than a hundred people who are more capable in doing things!"

"Enough!" Hu Dong waved his hand, "People are more expensive than elites, Simon, you pick dozens of particularly capable ones to act with us, and the rest will not move for now."

"What are you doing?" Xie Ke asked.

Hu Dong chuckled, "It's up to you, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, to help! Our main target this time is the warehouses in Luoyang, to kill their granaries. I want detailed location maps of these places and their internal structures. The big warehouses are all built by your Ministry of Industry, and you have to inspect them every year, so there should be blueprints for these places!"

"There is no problem with this!" Xie Ke said: "It's just that Luoyang has more than a dozen large warehouses. With this little manpower, how many can you do at the same time? You have to know that you only have one chance to do it, and they won't let you have a second chance." It's a chance to strike."

"I have only one goal, and that is the largest Luoyang warehouse!" Hu Dong stroked his beard and said, "This warehouse stores millions of shi of grain. It caused panic in Luoyang."

Xie Dong nodded, "Do you want me to do this?"

"Of course not!" Hu Dong said: "The dean asked me to tell you that I tried my best to get the city defense map of Luoyang, and there is one more thing. Last year, the construction method of our Shenwei cannon was stolen by Yuan Fang. You should think of a way Take a look and see if they have imitated them, if they have imitated them, how many are made, the range and power, etc., you'd better make an assessment."

"I understand, I will do my best!" Xie Ke said.

"You can't just do your best." Hu Dong said: "Old Xie, you have to do it after the dean has spoken. Don't forget, you were actually annoyed by the dean last time. This is a general meritorious service." This is a good opportunity for redemption. In fact, the director thinks highly of you. I bet that after you finish the matter this time, when you return to Dingzhou in the future, the position of deputy director of the Overwatch Council will not be able to run away from you. The position of Minister of the Department is much more exciting."

Xie Ke smiled lightly, noncommittal.

"After finishing these things, we will calm down first, and then try our best to instigate the officers in Luoyang, mainly those middle- and lower-level officials who are not high-ranking but occupy important positions. Now Luoyang's people are fluctuating. I believe there are many The officers will no longer serve Luoyang wholeheartedly. As long as there is a chance to grab a life-saving straw, some of them will not let it go. Instigate them, and at a certain important moment in the future siege, they can let them Play an important role."

"This is very important. Luoyang City is high and strong. If we fight hard, I'm afraid we won't be able to take it down for a while." Xie Ke said.

"It's not necessarily true. You don't know. How many Shenwei cannons do we have now? At that time, hundreds of cannons will line up and bomb him for a few days to see if the city wall will collapse. We will do it." These things are just trying to minimize the casualties of the soldiers, let me tell you, the lord will come to Luoyang soon to command the battle, and when the lord arrives, the great battle will begin."

"When will the lord arrive?"

"September, so we still have a month left!" Hu Dong said. "It's not an easy thing to finish all these things in one month."

"I understand, you guys prepare the things you need first, and within ten days, I will bring you what you want."

Ten days later, Mr. Xie Ke, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, led a team to inspect the warehouses in Luoyang. No one noticed that when Mr. Xie finished his inspection and left one of the warehouses in Luoyang with satisfaction, a large number of people accompanying him were already missing. two people.

At the middle of the night, two ghostly figures appeared in the Luoyang warehouse. After looking around, the two sneaked to a side door. The four soldiers guarding the door leaned against the wall drowsy. Swinging the black short dagger in his hand, he easily killed the four guards, dragged the corpses to a dark place, then gently opened the inconspicuous side door, and the people who had been waiting outside the door filed one after another. enter.

"Everyone, be careful. The thing in your hands is a new thing that the Overwatch Council has just produced. It is called fierce fire oil. Once it is lit, the water will continue to pour, and the wind will not stop it. If you accidentally get it on yourself, you know the consequences. , pour the fire oil into the warehouse, ignite it, and then run away separately. If you can escape alive, you will go to the meeting point and wait for others. Do you understand all the pain?"

"Understood!"

"Go!"

(End of this chapter)