Please ask me to be the emperor

Since Zhang Shun left Luoyang City, Luoyang has been almost an undefended city.

The Red Lady and Zhang Shenyan were always on tenterhooks, fearing that officers and soldiers would suddenly attack Luoyang City. By then, I'm afraid something big will happen!

When Zhao Lizi heard about it, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Don't worry, madam and Mr. Zhang. This boy is originally a scout under the lord's command. If the officers and soldiers are allowed to sneak into the city silently, wouldn't they betray the trust of the lord!"

Lady Hong and Zhang Shenyan heard this interestingly, so they smiled slightly and said, "If you can really detect the movements of officers and soldiers in advance, Luoyang City may not be unable to be defended!"

The words came true. About ten days after Zhang Shungang left Luoyang City, Zhao Lizi discovered that Henan Governor Chen Qiyu led an army through Xin'an County and crossed the Hangu New Pass to fight.

At the same time, scouts near Mengjin had already come to report that the officers and soldiers of Meng County had disappeared without knowing it, leaving only an empty camp.

When the news reached Zhao Lizi, Zhao Lizi did not dare to neglect it and quickly reported it to Lady Hong and Zhang Shenyan in person.

Although Hong Niangzi and Zhang Shenyan had been worried about this for a long time, they were both shocked when they heard this. Fortunately, Zhang Shenyan was mature and prudent, and quickly said to the red lady: "For today's plan, we can only make plans early. If Luoyang City is to be defended, then the strong men in the city will be recruited immediately and the defense arrangements will be arranged; if you want to leave, you must quickly pack up the weaklings." If you want something, it’s better to leave early!”

The red lady couldn't help but feel numb after hearing this, and for a long time she remembered Zhang Shun's words before leaving. He said he wanted to end this disaster in his own hands. If he could defend Luoyang City, that would probably be the best outcome for him, right?

After thinking about this, she gritted her teeth and said: "I heard from the boss that Governor Zhang, Han Lin and Gao Yizhi from Oroba are all experts in defending the city. Why not invite them to come and discuss whether it can be defended?"

When Zhang Shenyan heard this, he still didn't know what the red lady meant. He couldn't help but secretly sighed and said to himself: "Why are you doing this! It's unwise to do it when you know it can't be done!"

Do you know where Cao Wen's imperial edict went? It turned out that after listening to the advice of Shanxi Governor Wu Di, the governor of Henan, Chen Qiyu, ordered Cao Wenzhao to still supervise Ziqiang and Zhang Quanchang, the two generals, to march eastward with the army to Wen County, Chen Changzhen's hometown. Then Cao Wenzhao led his troops across the Yellow River and arrived at Sishui County.

There is a Xuanmen Pass in Sishui County, which is one of the eight passes in Luoyang mentioned by Zhang Shenyan in the previous article. It is the main route into the Luoyang Basin from the direction of Kaifeng and Zhengzhou in the eastern Henan Plain.

If we talk about the revolving door, many people may have never heard of it. But if we talk about Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass, I am afraid that no one in the world knows it.

The so-called Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass are originally one pass, located to the west of Xuanmen Pass in Sishui County, and play the same role as Xuanmen Pass.

This place is bordered by Mount Song to the south and the Yellow River to the north. It is a situation where one man can guard the gate and ten thousand men cannot open it. If we cross this pass, the rest of the land from Gongxian and Yanshi to Luoyang will be flat and there will be no danger to defend.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the eighteen princes attacked Dong Zhuo and took this route. Therefore, Dong Zhuo sent Lu Bu and Hua Xiong to guard this place, so there are stories like "warm wine and kill Hua Xiong" and "three heroes fighting Lu Bu".

By the time Hulao Pass is broken, Luoyang will naturally be out of danger. Grand Master Dong had to burn down the city of Luoyang and move the capital to Chang'an to avoid the danger.

For more than four hundred years, in the last years of the Sui Dynasty, the powerful Wang Shichong occupied Luoyang and was besieged by the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. Wang Shichong had no choice but to seek help from Dou Jiande, who occupied Hebei.

Dou Jiande led his 300,000 troops to come to the rescue from Kaifeng and Zhengzhou. Li Shimin was well aware of the important role of Hulao Pass. Once Hulao Pass was breached by Dou Jiande, the Tang army besieging Luoyang City had to retreat.

Li Shimin personally led 3,500 elite troops to occupy Hulao Pass in Sishui County, and Dou Jiande's 300,000-strong army was not allowed to enter. When Dou Jiande's troops in Hebei were exhausted from attacking the city, Li Shimin's Xuanjia cavalry came out and captured the two kings in one battle. At this point, the Tang Dynasty was determined to dominate the world.

Who would have thought that now that Chen Qiyu left Hangu Pass in the east and Cao Wenzhao left Hulao Pass in the west, Luoyang City was already in danger and its life was hanging by a thread!

If you look down from a distant high altitude at this time, you can see two armies rushing out of the obstruction of the mountains, one from the west and one from the east, advancing side by side, like two sharp knives, piercing straight into the weak heart of Luoyang City!

And the strong shield guarding this heart is still clearing the battlefield in the Luoshui River Valley.

Originally, three sharp knives were expected to attack in this battle, but fortunately Zhang Shun struck first, and the Jingying, a hidden knife attached to the side of Henan Governor Chen Qiyu, was defeated first.

Not long after, Governor Zhang, Han Lin and Gao Yizhi were all called over by Red Lady and Zhang Shenyan, who explained the situation.

Han Lin and Gao Yizhi were ignorant and fearless, and repeatedly claimed: "Luoyang City's defense facilities are all built in accordance with the Western city system. They are indestructible and solid as gold. This city can be defended!"

Only Governor Zhang frowned, walked up to Red Lady and Zhang Shenyan, and whispered: "Han Lin and Gao Yizhi are good at Western Buddhism, and they must be honest. However, since ancient times, being trapped in an isolated city has always resulted in destruction and defeat." "

"The way to defend a city is first to work together both inside and outside, then we can say that it can be defended. Secondly, the city cannot be defended to death. Only by taking the initiative to attack and harass the enemy can we not be trapped in the city. Thirdly, if there are no reinforcements from outside, the city cannot be defended!"

Both Hong Niangzi and Zhang Shenyan are smart people, and they can tell everything at once. In fact, Governor Zhang said the same thing in three sentences. It would not be difficult to defend Luoyang City in a short period of time. The difficulty lies in how to retreat from the enemy after defending Luoyang City for a short period of time!

You can hold on for ten days, hold on for twenty days, or even hold on for a month or a year, but what can you do?

Zhang Shun's troops are only about 5,000. Once the officers and soldiers outside the city besiege Luoyang City, they will mobilize tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops sooner or later. How do you get out of the trap?

No matter how you put it, Zhang Shun's original proposition of "save the land and lose the people, you will lose both the people and the land; save the people and lose the land, you will save both the people and the land" is the correct way of war.

When Zhang Shenyan heard this, he looked at the red lady. As soon as the red lady entered the female stream, she was immediately confused.

Although she used to be majestic and decisive in killing, Zhang Shun was behind everything to support her and take care of her. If she were allowed to make such a big decision alone, you can imagine the pressure on her heart!

Once you make a wrong judgment, not only will your life and property be in danger, but the entire rebel army and the city of Luoyang with hundreds of thousands of people will be destroyed.

Just when the red lady was lost in thought, she never thought that an old man walked in. Before the person arrived, she heard the voice first: "Although I am old, how can I not hear about such a big event?"

The red lady took a look and saw that it was Zhao Yutou whom she hadn't seen for a long time. It turned out that after Zhang Shun withdrew Xiao Qinhu who was guarding Mengjin, he was afraid that the officers and soldiers would take the opportunity to cross the river, so he stayed behind at Zhao Yutou and looked for hundreds of Mengjin fishermen and boatmen. They beat drums and waved flags every day to confuse the enemy in front of them. Now that the officers and soldiers were missing, Zhao Yutou returned to Luoyang City.

This person is Cong Long Lao Chen. How dare Lady Hong dare to offend him? She quickly smiled and said: "I never thought that Mr. Zhao would return. Madam Hong didn't consider it well. Please forgive me! But now Luoyang City is in danger. I wonder how Mr. Zhao views this matter?"

Zhao Yutou had already heard the news that the officers and soldiers were coming to encircle and suppress him. He couldn't help but laughed and said: "My lord is a genius and can turn disaster into good luck. What can I think? I thought that it was just a flood in Mengjin, but my lord can turn over the clouds with his own hands." With hands like rain, we have accomplished such great things in just two years, so why can we not do anything in the world?"