Everyone frowned when they heard that Xu Wei wanted to end the Sili War as soon as possible. It is not difficult to attack Luoyang City with the current situation. What is difficult is to attack Luoyang City quickly. Not to mention the solid fortifications outside Luoyang City.
The 40,000 troops inside Luoyang City are not easy to deal with. Not to mention that Luoyang City was originally the capital of the Han Dynasty and had a large population. Naturally, a large number of people followed Emperor Xian to Xiangyang due to the relocation of the capital. But even now Luoyang City has a population of hundreds of thousands.
, if Yuan Xi integrates the young and strong among them, the entire Luoyang City will have about 100,000 people to defend it, which can be said to be very difficult to fight!
After half a day, Li Ru sneered and said: "Although Luoyang City is difficult to conquer head-on, there is no city in the world that cannot be conquered. As long as we send people to resolve the internal conflicts in Luoyang City and let people who don't want to die join us, Luoyang City will naturally be conquered."
It’s self-defeating if you don’t attack!”
Jia Xu also said: "Although Yuan Xi does not want to surrender, it does not mean that the other generals in Luoyang City do not want to surrender. They certainly do not want to be buried with the Yuan family. We can send envoys into Luoyang City in the name of peace talks and then divide them and disintegrate them."
, this will be more effective than our simple strong attack!"
Xu Wei, Zhang Baiqi, Yang Feng, and Wang Yong discussed and felt that this proposal was good. Even if it failed, they could know the internal trends in Luoyang City, so they agreed to the idea of peace talks!
Li Ru even took the initiative to ask Ying to be the messenger for the peace talks!
Xu Wei said to Li Ru: "We will negotiate peace with Yuan Xi in the name of protecting the buildings inside Luoyang City. After all, this is an ancient capital for hundreds of years. Many things in Luoyang City are priceless treasures of the Han Dynasty, especially Dongguan.
The millions of volumes of books in Lantai and other places are the essence of our Han civilization. If they are destroyed by the flames of war, it will be a huge loss to the entire Chinese civilization. If they are destroyed in the flames of war, it will be a loss for us Han people.
You tell Yuan Xi that if he is willing to leave Luoyang City, I can let go of his men and his tens of thousands of soldiers!"
In history, Dong Zhuo set fire to Luoyang City and burned all the books written by the sages of the Han Dynasty for 400 years. The civilization of the Han Dynasty also suffered a huge blow. Even Cao Cao felt it was a pity. In this world because of Xu Wei's
The reason is that the Kwantung Allied Forces did not invade Luoyang City, so millions of volumes of books in Dongguan, Lantai and other places were naturally preserved.
Moreover, Xu Wei did not want to see Luoyang City completely destroyed. You must know that at this time, Luoyang City could be regarded as the largest city of the Han Dynasty. It covered an area of 400 years of Han Dynasty. If it really became a ruin, rebuilding Luoyang would be incredibly expensive.
Li Ru cupped his hands in salute and said: "Beyond the bottom line of being in power, my subordinates understand how to negotiate!"
At this time, everyone in Luoyang City, from Yuan Xi to the ordinary people, was in panic. They saw that the Daqian Army camp under the city wall was getting bigger and bigger, and there were more and more enemies. Finally, Luoyang City completely surrounded them.
, especially in the past ten days or so, they have completely lost contact with the outside world, and the entire city of Luoyang has become an isolated island.
The soldiers of Luoyang City were like sitting on a broken boat, unable to find a way out. They could only watch the boat sink slowly and drown them!
And just when everyone was looking for a way out, the soldiers came and reported that they were Daqian's envoys asking for an audience. This became a life-saving straw!
Soon Li Ru came to the palace in Luoyang City and saw Yuan Xi and other generals!
Yuan Xi saw Li Ru and said, "What does Lei Gong want to tell us?"
Li Ru smiled and said: "Luoyang City is the essence of the Han Dynasty for four hundred years. My family's ruler does not want to see Luoyang City destroyed by war, so I decided to let you go. You can leave Luoyang City with your subordinates. My family's ruler I promise not to pursue you!"
These words made the generals and commanders present feel excited, as if a drowning person had grasped the last straw!
But Yuan Xi snorted coldly: "With the defense and strength of our Luoyang City, it is impossible for your Hebei Army to invade Luoyang City!"
Li Ru smiled disdainfully and said: "After the emergence of artillery, there is no city in the world that cannot be conquered. If you are unwilling to surrender, at worst, our army will use artillery to knock open the city of Luoyang bit by bit. Now our army has 1,000 artillery pieces." Under the city of Luoyang, there are 200 giant cannons, and the projectiles fired weigh more than a hundred kilograms, and can even collapse the city wall, so what do you have to defend Luoyang City!"
"I'm here to negotiate now because our government is willing to give you a way out. If you are really ignorant, with the power of our army's artillery, it will take up to a month to attack by force, and then I can plant my flag on the wall of Luoyang. !”
Yuan Xi said angrily: "Old man Li Ru, you really think I don't dare to kill you!"
Li Ru sneered and said: "Our ruling party has said that if I, as a negotiator, die in Luoyang City, officers above the rank of captain in Luoyang City will be buried with me!"
After speaking, Li Ru looked around the hall and said with a smile: "I won't feel lonely even if I have you buried with me on the Huangquan Road!"
This caused a commotion in the main hall. These generals did not want to be buried with Li Ru!
Yuan Zhong also stood up and said: "Xianyi, if we don't kill the envoys when the two armies are fighting, if we really kill Li Ru, the world will laugh at my Yuan family!"
Then Yuan Zhongyou said to Li Ru: "We want to discuss it, and please ask the envoy to avoid it!"
Li Ru smiled and said, "You have to hurry up!"
Then Li Ru left the hall in a swaggering manner!
After Li Ru left, Yuan Xi said: "Fourth uncle, do you also want to surrender?"
Yuan Zhong is the second son of Yuan He and a descendant of the Yuan family. He is Yuan Xi’s uncle according to his seniority!
Yuan Zhong said: "I'm just trying to see if I can delay it for a few more days through negotiation. For Yuzhou, if we persist for one more day, the 200,000-strong army will be delayed for one more day!"
But Yuan Xi said: "How long can this delay? I'm afraid if we don't surrender today, Thunder God will attack Luoyang City tomorrow!"
Chunyu Qiong said: "Now Luoyang City is completely surrounded by Daqian. It is a dead end for us to defend Luoyang City. If we really agree to Lei Gong's opinion, our 40,000 troops can go to Yuzhou to support the generals of chariots and cavalry. This will be a big blow to our army." It’s a good thing to say!”
But Gao Gan said angrily: "It's nonsense, not to mention that Lei Gong's words are not credible. If he sends cavalry to intercept us halfway, our 40,000 army will die without a burial place!"
Chunyu Qiong said: "Lei Gong always keeps his promise, he will not intercept or kill us."
Other generals also followed up and said: "Chun Yu is right. Since Lei Gong's uprising, it is impossible to pursue us with a promise of a small amount of money!"
Gao Gan looked at the crowd and said: "Today is different from the past. How could Lei Gong, a tycoon in troubled times, be restricted by his own promises? As long as it helps him seize the world, breaking promises is nothing to a tycoon like him. Do you want to go there?" Huang Quan asked Lei Gong why he broke his promise!"
"And even if Lei Gong keeps his promise, although Yuzhou can get help from our 40,000-strong army, we also bring 200,000 elite cadres to Yuzhou. This is a loss for us anyway. We might as well stay in Luoyang City. At least Luoyang City is the strongest city of the Han Dynasty. We can hold Lei Gong's 200,000 troops in Luoyang City for several months! And with these few more months, maybe the general can support Yuzhou and we can still come back to life. possibility!"
But we are dead, and the generals will follow the advice!
Yuan Xi thought for a while and said: "Li Ru will be left to your fourth uncle. If you can delay it for a few days, delay it for as many days as possible!"
Yuan Xi knew that even the disciples and former officials of his Yuan family were no longer reliable in Luoyang City. They might betray the Yuan family in exchange for their own glory and wealth. Only his own family was the most reliable.
After the meeting, Yuan Zhong invited Li Ru to his residence, and the two drank wine and chatted casually.
Yuan Zhong said: "For the sake of us being classmates, tell me the truth, what exactly does Lei Gong want to do?"
Li Ru smiled and said: "You are asking me to betray my master, and our little friendship as classmates can't do that!"
Yuan Zhong smiled bitterly and said: "We have become the turtles in Thunder Lord's urn, can we escape?"
Li Ru smiled and said: "I came here to negotiate with great sincerity. If you are worried that my family's ruler will hunt you down, I can stay here with you. If the army of the Great Qian Dynasty hunts you down, you can kill me to vent your anger. You know I am a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and I will not guarantee anything I am not sure about!"
Yuan Zhong sighed and said: "Yes, your ability to save lives is indeed great. There are indeed not many classmates of Taixue who are still alive now, and you are the only one who is as active as you!"
Li Rudao: "Do you agree to give up Luoyang City?"
Yuan Zhong shook his head and said: "I can't be sorry for this. Although I don't know why you Lei Gong is so anxious to negotiate, but something bad to Lei Gong must have happened outside Luoyang City, so you are so anxious to end the battle in Luoyang City. Under such circumstances, we will not be able to leave Luoyang City, but will be nailed to Luoyang City and hold back Lei Gong's 200,000 troops!"
Li Ru's expression remained unchanged, but he was still a little annoyed. He underestimated this classmate!
But Li Ru soon returned to normal and said: "You are a member of the Yuan family, so naturally you don't want to watch the Yuan family collapse like this, but have you thought about the feelings of the other guards in Luoyang City? They are willing to be buried with your Yuan family. ?
You must know that our entry was so smooth this time. Yuan Tan is the number one contributor to my Da Gan. How many people in Luoyang City do you think are willing to work for Yuan Tan? Do you think that if you don’t run away now, no one will secretly join our Da Gan? , the strongest fortress is often broken from the inside, you Yuan family still has a few people in Luoyang City, it can be seen that there are hundreds of thousands of people living in Luoyang City!"
Yuan Zhong felt pain when he heard this. Although the Daqian Army was huge this time, relying on Sili's favorable terrain, they could have resisted the Daqian Army for 1-2 years. It was a pity that Yuan Tan destroyed it all, leaving The generals and soldiers at the bottom were so alienated from his Yuan family that a fortified city like Chang'an City surrendered without a fight. He had no doubt that how many people in Luoyang City wanted to betray the Yuan family and join the Daqian Army!
So Yuan Zhong said: "Give us one month to prepare, and in one month we will completely give up Luoyang City!"
Li Ru laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "Brother Zhengfu, do you think I am a fool? This month is enough for my artillery to completely destroy Luoyang City. It seems that you will not shed tears until you see the coffin. , how about I let Daqian's artillery battalion bombard Luoyang City for three days, and then let's see if you still have the confidence to hold on to Luoyang City!"
After saying that, Li Ru seemed to be leaving, but Yuan Zhong pulled Li Ru and said: "There are more than 100,000 people in Luoyang City. You should prepare everyone to leave! This will take half a month!"
But Li Ru said firmly: "Don't try to delay time. If you don't leave Luoyang City until tomorrow at most, we will use cannons to speak!"
The two broke up unhappy, and Yuan Zhong asked the soldiers to escort Li Ru out of the city.
Just when Li Ru was about to leave Luoyang City, Chun Yuqiong found Li Ru and said: "Envoy, I heard that after Zhang He and others sacrificed Chang'an City, they were rewarded with more than one billion yuan by Lei Gong?"
Li Ru was overjoyed when he heard this, but he still said calmly: "This is a rumor. The one billion yuan is my lord's price for Chang'an City's grain, grass and weapons. After all, it does not count what our army captured."
Chunyu Qiong asked in a low voice: "If I also offer Luoyang City, can my subordinates and I, like Zhang He and others, convert the food, grass and weapons of Luoyang City into money and give it to us!"
Li Rudao: "It depends on your contribution. Zhang He led an army of 30,000 people and dedicated a city of Chang'an. He did not let me have a large number of soldiers. In this way, my family's government can use the grain, grass and weapons of Chang'an City." When the money was handed over to Zhang He and others, it was just the Yuan family's money, and he did not suffer any loss.
If you can offer Luoyang City like Zhang He, then Luoyang City's grain, grass and weapons can certainly be regarded as your trophies. But if Luoyang City still needs us to conquer, Luoyang City's grain, grass and weapons will be the trophies of my army. ! More than one billion dollars is a wealth that can rival a country's wealth, and it's not that easy to get!"
Li Ru's words made Chunyu Qiong obviously deep in thought. He originally wanted to lead his men to open the gates of Luoyang City while the Daqian Army was attacking Luoyang City, but now it seems that he was acting as an internal agent. His contribution is not very great. If he leads his subordinates to kill Yuan Xi and others and dominate the entire Luoyang City, then he will be treated like Zhang He!
Thinking of this, Chunyu Qiong felt jealous. You must know that in the fifth year of Zhongping (188), he was appointed as the Youxiaowei, one of the eight school captains of Xiyuan, together with Jian Shuo, Yuan Shao, Bao Hong, Cao Cao, Zhao Rong, and Feng
Fang and Xia Mou are in the same rank. But his rank is the same as Yuan Shao.
But in these years, he has not been put into great use by Yuan Shao. At that time, Zhang He, a small official, could become a general guarding Chang'an City, but he only became a city gate captain in Luoyang City. It can be said that in the past ten years,
He has made no progress in his official career. Yuan Shao and the others do not trust him at all. Naturally, he does not want to be buried with the Yuan family!
When he saw that Zhang He had sold the Yuan family for more than a billion dollars, he was filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred, so he wanted to learn Zhang He's methods. After all, Yuan Tan and Zhang He could sell it, so couldn't I, Chun Yuqiong?