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Chapter 448 Recover Yanshi First

Luoyang, inside the Fu'an Palace in the Fuwang Palace.

Zhu Changxun looked annoyed, and said: "Drought and locust plagues have continued these years, thieves have been rampant, and the feudal clan has no income, but the palace's expenses are still the same, and it cannot make ends meet. Sir, how did you know that!

Sir, please don’t help those civil and military guards to get rid of their crimes. If they fail to defend the city and cause the feudal vassal to fall, I have the law of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no need for you to enter the palace to force the widows to pay money and food! "

Lu Weiqi looked at King Fu in both surprise and disappointment. He couldn't help sighing secretly, his eyes were filled with crystal tears, and he cried in his heart: "Luoyang is over! Ming Dynasty is in danger!"

But Lu Weiqi is also an old man who has been in the officialdom after all, so he is familiar with these superficial articles. In addition, he knows that his family business is in Luoyang City, and so is King Fu.

And although Fu Wang Zhu Changxun didn't believe that thieves could break through Luoyang City, he was not indifferent to the defense of Luoyang City, but he didn't want to take money and food out of his pocket.

King Fu panted heavily, and said quite dissatisfied: "When it comes to defending the city, you know that you want money, you want money! How do you know the difficulties of the widows, as if there are money trees and cornucopias hidden in the palace!

Furthermore, Li Xianfeng was not on his way to help, and the great Ming general Xuanzhen Zhang Cheng led the army to help. The civil and military officials guarding the city only need to stand by and wait for help, so why do they need more money and food? "

Lu Weiqi's face was full of helplessness, so he had no choice but to continue to persuade: "The trespassers are not what they used to be, and the years of severe drought, the people have been away from suffering for a long time, and it is no longer comparable to the eight years of Chongzhen, not to mention the guards. After a long time, there are complaints.

If the hungry people in the city are not relieved in time, and the salary is paid to stabilize the morale of the army, I am afraid that Luoyang will not be able to defend the reinforcements to come to rescue.If the elbows and armpits are changed, Luoyang will be destroyed overnight. At that time, even if reinforcements come to rescue, the old man and His Highness Fu Wang have already fallen into the hands of thieves, so what can we do. "

Fu Wang shook his fat head and thought for a while, then reluctantly said: "Then...then...what should I do?"

He pondered for a while, and then said painfully like carve out meat: "In memory of the hard work of the soldiers defending the city, I will reward them with 1000 taels of silver."

Lu Weiqi smiled wryly and said: "There are thousands of soldiers guarding the city, how can I spend only 1000 taels of silver? Your Highness has this heart, so you should give it generously, so as to encourage all the soldiers to stand firm and wait for help, guard the feudal land, and protect Your Highness." Be safe."

King Fu thought about it for a while, and he cried a little: "Then...then... how about the widow's reward of 3000 taels? I really can't get any more taels!"

Lu Weiqi didn't want to plead any more, but he knew the situation in the city and he had no other choice, so he kowtowed and said: "This old man really imagined it for His Highness. In the past, all the Chinese, military officials, wealthy gentry and wealthy households in the city had already donated, and so did this old man." Donate a thousand taels of silver and a hundred stones of grain.

However, the intruders came suddenly, and the money and food in the families of the gentry were limited, so they really couldn't provide more. The intruders have been attacking the city for several days, and now the soldiers are hungry and tired, the morale of the army is lax, and the morale is low. .

I also hope that His Highness will keep the country and the country forever, and allocate more money and food to stabilize the morale of the army, stabilize the sentiment of the people, and make Luoyang as solid as gold. Otherwise, there is nothing I can do, but prepare more firewood, and die with Luoyang! "

Seeing Lu Weiqi's sad words, Zhu Changxun, the king of blessing, also felt a sense of danger. He closed his eyes and leaned on the round chair in thought, with an extremely painful expression on his face. After a long time, he opened his eyes and narrowed them into a line.

I only heard King Fu say in an extremely painful voice: "...the widow... took out 5000 taels of silver, a thousand shi of grain...it will kill the widow..."

Lu Weiqi knelt on the ground and sighed softly, he kowtowed in tears and said: "This old man thanked His Highness for the reward on behalf of the guards!"

Immediately, a eunuch sent 5000 taels of silver and 1000 shi of grain to the Tai Yamen of Luoyang Township. After receiving it, Wang Shaoyu, the general soldier, left 1000 taels of silver for himself first, and then sent [-] taels of silver to Wang Yinchang in the branch patrol yamen. .

In the end, only 3000 taels of silver were used to reward the soldiers defending the city. The soldiers saw how little they got, and scolded even more fiercely. Some people even openly said that they would no longer defend the city for the officials.

The commander-in-chief Wang Shaoyu just pretended not to hear about it, and didn't take it seriously.

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On the same night, in the camp of Zhang Cheng, the general of the aid and suppression army in Kangzhuang Town, Gongxian County, a temporary map of the surrounding terrain of Luoyang was hung.

"At present, a group of intruders is entrenched in Yanshi. The leader is Gu Dacheng, one of the eighteen cavalry who escaped with the intruders in Tongguan, and has thousands of rebels. Most of them are newly attached rebels in Yu Province. The main force is There are only hundreds of people around Gu Dacheng.

There is Wan'an Mountain in the south of Yanshi, and Mang Mountain in the north. Between the two mountains, the Yiluo River flows under the city of Yanshi. "

Looking at the hanging map, Zhang Cheng asked, "Is there any investigation in the north and south mountains of Yanshi? Are there bandits and bandits ambush the army?"

"Returning to Commander, Wan'an Mountain and Mang Mountain have been investigated, and there are no bandit troops inside. There are some big villages built against the mountains, with strong barriers and extremely strict precautions. They also took good care of my sentry cavalry. I hope our army will attack and suppress the bandits." Chen Zhong replied.

Zhang Cheng nodded and said: "Our army will rest here for a day. At the next day, we will set up camp after breakfast. We will take them back to Yanshi first, and then march into Luoyang."

"Follow the commander-in-chief's order!"

Zhang Cheng continued: "Previously, when the thieves captured the city, they had to work hard to level it, but now they are guarding the city, which is very different from before. It can be seen that there must be some masters around , so that it changed its previous style of thieves.

The robbers were originally the most stubborn and cunning gang among the thieves, and now they have more than a hundred thousand members, and their core is the old eighth team who followed the thieves in the early days. They have come back after several defeats, and they must not be underestimated .

When fighting against them, remember to be cautious, never to advance aggressively, and not to be greedy for merit. I have heard that the thieves are the best at ambushes. When marching in the field, you must not be careless. Should be within the anti-thief.

As the saying goes, we must despise our opponents strategically, but we must attach great importance to them tactically! "

He said at this moment, his eyes stopped on Zhang Guodong, and he said: "Guodong, you will lead the infantry battalion as the forward in the future and be responsible for the battle to recover Yanshi. I will hand over the two cavalry of Su Laohu and Mo Zhigen. You come to command and dispatch, and guard the flanks for you."

"Here. Please rest assured, Commander-in-Chief, Guodong will not disgrace his life!"

"Wei Zhice, you lead the car battalion behind, and you are responsible for escorting the entire army's supplies and fodder."

"Here. The last general takes orders."

"Chen Zhong, your sentry cavalry will step up the inspection in these two days, but you can pass through Yanshi and search in the direction of Luoyang. Zhang Guangda leads the heavy cavalry and the light cavalry to accompany me, and will support Guodong's infantry camp at any time."

"Here!"

After everything was agreed upon, the generals continued to discuss the situation in Henan in Zhang Cheng's large tent of the Chinese army. Naturally, they ate, drank and chatted until late at night.

(End of this chapter)