Governor please stay

Chapter 526

When He Bayue conquered Luoyang, in order not to irritate Liu Yishou, he deliberately left Hulao Gate without sending troops to garrison it.

The subtext is: if Liu Yishou's men don't conquer Hulao Pass, then they won't take it back either.

Because once Hulao Pass is occupied, the Liang army in Xingyang will be directly under the lead of He Bayue's army.

He Bayue knew that Liu Yishou was a scheming man, if his troops occupied Hulao Pass, the Liang army would definitely fight back, and a fight would naturally begin at that time.And once Liu Yishou fights with him, he is likely to join forces with Gao Huan.

This is something to avoid at all costs.

To this day, He Bayue's strategy is still very successful.Both sides of Hulao Pass were not in control, and Liu Yishou's soldiers and horses even voluntarily withdrew from Hulao Pass after He Bayue captured Luoyang, taking nothing with them.

The two sides maintained a certain tacit understanding, and the stability in the east of Luoyang allowed He Bayue to concentrate all his forces on dealing with Gao Huan, and achieved great success.

Not only did Gao Huan not let Gao Huan take back Luoyang, but he captured Heyang Pass and Beizhong City in one fell swoop, driving the opponent's forces to Hanoi.

In fact, He Bayue really had no reason to fight Liang Jun. It was a pure wave of war, and apart from weakening Liang Guo's military strength, it could not achieve any strategic goals.Of course, after defeating Gao Huan completely, He Bayue will still send people to guard Hulao Pass and completely close the east gate of Luoyang!

On this day, Yang Zhong and Ma Fonian rushed to Hulao Pass with a group of elite riders, but the place was really empty.Not only was the grain and fodder in the granary emptied, but even the tables and mats in the pass were swept away, and even the wooden door panels of the houses were demolished.

Not even a mouse left!
"The people in Guanzhong are doing things really well."

Yang Zhong looked at the Hulao Pass, which was like a barren wall, and sighed with some emotion.

Wood is also a necessary material in life, and it is all necessary for cooking and cooking.

He Bayue's people couldn't guard Hulao Pass, so it's reasonable to loot it all, right?
It seems that there is nothing incomprehensible, after all, those people in Guanzhong are really poor and hungry.

"General Yang, what are your plans?"

In front of the "leading party" of the Yuan family, Ma Fonian asked in a deep voice.

"General Ma, please speak."

Yang Zhong made a gesture of please.

In the white-robed army back then, Ma Fo-nian was Chen Qingzhi's enlisted soldier. Known for his boldness, lawlessness, and scheming skills, he was the quiet second person in the white-robed army.

"With so many of us, it's easy to expose our whereabouts when we go to Luoyang. Although the people in Guanzhong are negligent, they can still detect the approach of a thousand-strong team.

I mean let's make the military uniforms less conspicuous, and then I sneaked into the Luoyang Palace burning granary with 100 people, under the banner of fireworks.If you see fireworks, and see the flames rising into the sky in the direction of Luoyang Palace, and thick smoke everywhere, it means that the burning of the granary is successful.

At that time, you will bring a large force to respond.

If the burning is not successful, I will lead people out of Luoyang to join you.We will make calculations after joining forces, and then we will attack Luoyang Palace by force. "

Ma Fo-nian spoke clearly and logically.

In the Luoyang imagined by the world, the city walls are tall and majestic, and the defenders are standing on them, and every entry and exit of the city walls must be checked, and not even a mouse can get in.

However, in Luoyang in reality, there are countless gaps left in the city wall. Not to mention the wind leaking from all sides, people can enter and exit at will, and there are no soldiers staying at the gate of the city.

Almost all defensive forces are concentrated in Yong Jin City in the northwest corner of Luoyang.

There are many "squares" in the city, which are inhabited or inhabited, surrounded by many walls, and the distance between each other is very small.

You never know what will come out of the square gate, it may be a wild dog with a bone in its mouth, or it may be a private army of a powerful family.

And the abandoned Luoyang Palace was not inhabitable at all.Before Yuan Jingzhi completed the enthronement ceremony in Luoyang Palace, he withdrew to live in Jinyong City.

Although the grain and grass of He Bayue's army are stored there now, the patrolling soldiers are similar to commuting to and from get off work, not all food and lodging is there, so the defense of the granary has a lot of loopholes.

Therefore, Ma Fonian's proposal seemed extremely arrogant, but in fact he was bold and careful, and he was very familiar with the current situation of Luoyang City.

Yang Zhong thought for a while, now that He Bayue's battle is tense, the information provided by the leading party members said that Luoyang's defenders are constantly being transferred to the front line, and those who retreat are wounded soldiers, and the daily inspection of the granary is very lax.

However, no matter how tight the troops are, no matter how lax the defense is, even a blind person can see the scale of 1000 people.It's still too ostentatious to be so swaggering in the past.

But if the number of people who attacked and set fire was reduced to 100, they could do a lot of things without anyone noticing, not to mention the fact that there were those Yuanshi's leading party members covering up.

Yang Zhong felt that Ma Fonian was worthy of being the fierce man who rushed into Luoyang City first, and his way of using troops was exactly the same as that of the white-robed army back then.

Although it is safer to say that 1000 people enter, the chance of being discovered is also greater, and it is almost impossible to be a "sneak attack".

"All right, one word."

Seeing Yang Zhong thinking for a long time, Ma Fonian urged impatiently.

"Then... that's fine."

Yang Zhong reluctantly agreed.

"If the whole army goes out, if there is any fraud, shouldn't they all be destroyed in Luoyang City? I have already considered this battle, so General Yang doesn't have to worry about it."

Ma Fonian grinned, and glanced at the leader of the Yuan family with disdain and contempt.

"Don't worry, our supervisor has said that after the matter is completed, we will respond to any needs in the future."

Yang Zhong patted the man on the shoulder and comforted him, fearing that Ma Fonian's bad temper might make things worse.

"General Yang, don't worry, this matter must be done well, it must be done well."

The Yuan clan disciple took Ma Fonian and a hundred warriors away tremblingly.

For some reason, Yang Zhong had a strong premonition that Ma Fonian would definitely get things done this time!He didn't know how this premonition came about.

Perhaps, the tunnel left by the White Horse Temple had left a deep impression on him, and it happened to lead directly to Luoyang Palace.Yang Zhong didn't know if the guards in Luoyang knew about it now, anyway, some aristocratic families in Luoyang city should know about it.

If this tunnel was not noticed by He Bayue's people and was not destroyed, then this battle would be very interesting.

Because Ma Fonian, who gave Chen Qingzhi a bad idea in Luoyang and almost killed Yuan Hao, happened to know this way.

Yang Zhong felt a little emotional for a moment. If Chen Qingzhi had followed Ma Fonian's words and directly included Luoyang in the territory of Liang State, he didn't know what would have happened.

It's a pity that time cannot be turned back, and that scene will never be seen again.

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The battle situation ahead of He Bayue's army was unfavorable, and Gao Huan's Qingqi army harassed He Bayue's army's grain transportation convoy around the clock.As soon as the grain truck was set on fire, it ran away. Every time He Bayue's reinforcements arrived, everyone looked at the burned grain and had nothing to do.

In order to change the passive situation, He Bayue had to mobilize soldiers and horses from Luoyang, cross the river bridge and enter Hanoi northward, preparing to besiege Yewang City.

Because he was worried about being attacked and harassed, He Bayue almost took every step of the way. He captured Pinggao, Wen County, Huai County and other places successively, and blocked the waterway (not land) from Yewangcheng to Yecheng, preventing the people from Yecheng Food and grass were transported to Yewang City through Qinshui.

He also set up a big camp ten miles south of Yewang City, obviously planning to complete his work in one battle.

Although He Bayue's command was stable, it minimized the range of activities of the Qingqi led by Duan Shao.But at the same time, his own forces were also scattered, and a single army could no longer complete the siege of Yewang City.

Duan Shao was attacking the grain road of He Bayue's army, and He Bayue also blocked Qinshui to prevent Gao Huan's army from Yewang City from having a better time.The two sides have already opened up their battles and have fallen into a strange and terrifying stalemate.

Any defeat, even a trivial one, would break this temporary stalemate.

Naturally, wave after wave of elite soldiers under Wei Xiaokuan's command were transferred to the front line, leaving the defense of Yong Jin City empty.Except for the team responsible for the transportation of grain and grass, Luoyang City basically only had a symbolic defensive force left.

In desperation, Wei Xiaokuan had to rotate the soldiers and horses escorting the grain and those guarding the granary. After all, escorting the grain and grass was much harder than guarding the granary and talking about the mountains.

Every time the defense is changed, the escort team who stays in Luoyang Palace is exhausted.Sneakers, deserters, and soldiers who went to other Luoyang workshops to fight the autumn wind came one after another.

To make a horse run well, it is necessary to feed the horse well.Wei Xiaokuan is well versed in this, so he didn't punish the soldiers who guarded the granary for a while, as long as they turned a blind eye and closed their eyes to get by.

As long as it wasn't too noisy, he would act as if he didn't see it.

These people have to look at the granary, and have to escort the grain and grass in fear. It is too hard and too dangerous to send the grain and grass to the front line of Qinyang at the risk of being attacked by Qingqi led by Duan Shao.If these people are punished with strict military law, I am afraid that there will not be many people left in a few days.

As for the secret passage that Yang Zhong was counting on, it can only be said that he thought too much, Wei Xiaokuan ordered people to block the exit of that thing long ago.

This afternoon, Wei Xiaokuan was looking at a map in an office side hall in Yongjin City.

Perhaps He Bayue still felt that he was very close to victory, and it seemed that Gao Huan was only one breath away from falling.

But Wei Xiaokuan knew that He Bayue's strategy had fundamentally lost.He Bayue knew that he had no appeal, so his real thought was to desperately borrow Yuanshi, but he was afraid that Yuanshi would become bigger.

This is also the most fundamental reason why He Bayue could not give up Luoyang.

From He Bayue's point of view, taking Luoyang as the capital and calling on the heroes of the north to respond and rebuild the empire does not seem to be a long-term extravagant hope.

After all, the chaos in Luoyang was only eight or nine years ago. As long as the group of people at that time did not die in the chaos of war, most of them were still alive and well.

However, Wei Xiaokuan felt that the times had completely changed, the Northern Wei Dynasty had been completely destroyed, the Yuan Clan was completely ruined, and could never be saved, even if it was just a nominal appearance, it was completely destroyed.

Even if He Bayue defeats Gao Huan, the latter can still retreat back to Jizhou to accumulate strength.And how easy is it for He Bayue to manage Luoyang?
Only by making Luoyang a sharp weapon for Gao Huan's bloodletting can it be regarded as a waste utilization of this "coffin nail".

If there is no skin, there will be no hair, and the root cause is wrong. Can this battle be won?

"Fool!"

Wei Xiaokuan cursed in a low voice, but he didn't know who he was scolding.

He doesn't care about how the front line is played at all now. In his opinion, the purpose is wrong, and no matter what the tactics are, they will not achieve the desired results.

The so-called opposites are exactly the same.

"General Wei, there is a private mutiny in Luoyang City!"

A personal soldier hurried in and said to Wei Xiaokuan panting.

"Understood, I sent a team (50 people) to clean it up. There is no need to report such things in the future."

Wei Xiaokuan waved his hand indifferently and said.

After they came to Luoyang, they went from house to house to rob food. If they didn't rob, they wouldn't get military rations, because there was no food in Guanzhong.

Anyway, He Bayue is going all out. After Gao Huan is eliminated in the future, Luoyang will be re-managed. Now these people living in Luoyang City will be cleaned up immediately.

He doesn't allow anyone to pretend to be the master in Luoyang City!
The so-called don't go to the old and don't come to the new, He Bayue intends to use these looted things to reward his own people, why should he be polite to the powerful Luoyang family who have already offended to death anyway?
They were ruthless. In addition to fleeing, the big households in Luoyang City also organized private troops to make trouble from time to time, and even went to Luoyang Palace to steal food.

These people are all worthless.Many people look down on them, and Wei Xiaokuan is no exception.

He didn't even lift his head, his eyes were fixed on the map.

The soldiers led away, not knowing how much they listened to Wei Xiaokuan's orders.

Not long after, Wei Xiaokuan raised his head as if feeling something in his heart, and then saw a black smoke floating in the sky.The sound of hurried footsteps outside the hall was getting closer.

"General Wei, the granary is on fire!"

The soldiers ran in and shouted, with infinite panic and bewilderment.

"Understood." Wei Xiaokuan sighed lightly, for some reason, now his heart is very clear, as if he had expected this long ago.

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"Ah Lang, will General Yang fail to burn the granary in Luoyang?"

Gao Ling, who was holding a fishing rod, asked worriedly.

Without squinting, Liu Yishou stared at the surface of Suoshui and said, "Today you have already asked eight times."

"Just tell me, if you don't tell me, I will always ask, and then you still don't tell me..."

Gao Ling fell into confusion again.

"Life and death are determined by fate and wealth. Who dares to say that they will win? But I have paved the way for them. The victory or defeat is outside of the battle. It should be no problem."

Liu Yishou said very calmly.

It's not easy to buy the second or fifth sons of Luoyang City. In the future, those people will be placed in Jiankang's rich and prosperous land, and there will be some exchange of benefits at that time.

However, in the long run, muddying the water in the south will be more conducive to changing the dynasty, which is a win-win situation.

How could Yang Zhong and the others lose if the leading party members desperately took credit for the show?The battle was over before it even started, and they had already lost since He Bayue forced grain requisition in Luoyang.

"If your father wins and asks you to go back to Yecheng, will you leave?"

Liu Yishou looked at the calm river and asked.

"Didn't you say you won't let me go back?"

Gao Ling asked suspiciously.

They haven't stopped these few nights. Except for the last step, they never get tired of other things.Gao Ling felt that she had turned into a piece of delicious pastry, and Liu Yishou tasted it bit by bit, very meticulous, very careful, very intoxicating.

All kinds of complex experiences that she had never had before came to her face, and Gao Ling felt that she was completely different from before she came here.Those romantic affairs between men and women had a great impact on her.

"A twisted melon is not sweet. If you insist on going back, I can't stop you. I can't put you to death."

Liu Yishou said nonchalantly, as if Gao Ling could stay or stay.

"Oh, how can I go back, we are all like that. I don't know what I did, I was coaxed by you, and I listened to whatever you said..."

Gao Ling muttered in a low voice, and rested her head on Liu Yishou's arm.

"When Yang Zhong succeeds, the letter can be delivered to Hanoi County and to your father. I believe he will know what to do after reading the letter, so don't worry about it."

The corners of Liu Yishou's mouth twitched slightly, showing a hint of a smile, looking forward to Gao Huan's expression in his heart.

(End of this chapter)