Chapter seven hundred and eighty fourth founding and governing the country
Luoyang, the eastern capital, is not only one of the three most unbreakable capitals, it is also the ancient capital with the longest history.
When Wu Xin stepped into the capital city again, he was quite excited and even more uncontrollably excited.
The first time he arrived was when King Yang Su of Yue raised his troops and was about to attack the city, Wu Xin was ordered to stay in the eastern capital at the critical moment. For the first time, he saw the majesty, magnificence, vastness, prosperity and unbreakable nature of the capital.
Precisely because he had experienced the Battle of Tiandu, Wu Xin subconsciously rejected the idea of attacking Tiandu and decided to besiege the city and force them to surrender. Unexpectedly, things would go so smoothly, and Tang State would surrender the city so quickly!
The second time he entered Luoyang, he arrived as an absolute king.
More importantly, this means that the unification trend of Li Guo has become unstoppable and is basically a foregone conclusion!
The two great capitals, Luoyang and Jiangdu, are like the two pillars of Li Guo. As long as they fall under Li Guo's control, there is basically no possibility of their fall. This allows Li Guo to concentrate on stabilizing, developing, growing, and conquering the Sui Empire.
It can be regarded as a true meaning of advancing to attack and retreating to defend.
At this time, not only Wuxin was relaxed and heroic, but also everyone in the Li country was boiling with blood and inexplicably excited.
Since they are ministers of the Li Kingdom, except for those with ulterior motives, they naturally hope that the Li Kingdom can unify the world as soon as possible, and then the tide will rise. In a sense, most of them are the founding heroes, which is enough to leave a name in history!
As Wu Xin, Li Yuan and other important officials from the Tang Dynasty entered the city, a continuous stream of troops poured into the city and quickly spread to all parts of Luoyang, especially the many walls covering the entire city like spider webs.
Only when the Li Army truly controls various strongholds and many city walls in Luoyang can the Li Army truly control Luoyang, the eastern capital!
The Tang army, as vast as the sea, returned to various military camps one after another, waiting for resettlement.
Wu Xin, Li Yuan and others walked along the official road in the city to the palace city in the northwest of Luoyang. The crowds crowded the broad road with endless momentum.
After passing through the urban area densely populated by surrendered Tang troops and entering another urban area, Wu Xin and others from the Li Kingdom found that they seemed to have entered another world.
The desolate streets, the stinky environment, and the smell of decay are like entering a deserted and dead city.
Leaves, sand, bones, scraps of silk, broken wood, etc., were scattered everywhere. Many faces appeared on the buildings on both sides of the street. Their eyes were either cloudy, numb, fanatical, confused, or desperate. The same thing was that they were skinny.
face.
The only thing that made Wu Xin happy was that the civilian clothes that were occasionally exposed were not in tatters, and there were many brocade clothes and golden crowns, but their faces were covered with dirt and their clothes were shriveled. Otherwise, Wu Xin and others would have thought that they were in a refugee area.
It was obvious that those who showed up had not washed up for a long time, and they had been hungry for a long time.
You know, these are the common people who can show up on both sides of the avenue. Their conditions must be about the same. Even they are like this. You can imagine the people in other areas.
Wu Xin could completely imagine the scenes of water and food shortages inside these luxurious and magnificent pavilions with painted beams and carved edifices.
Behind the prosperity is what a cruel hell.
Before, looking at Li Yuan and others, as well as the Tang army, they really couldn't see the lack of water and food. They thought that Tang King Li Yuan had "enlightened", which reduced Wu Xin's anger by half. Now it seems that he has no choice but to do so!
As expected, if Luoyang City is divided into ten levels of people, except for civil servants, military generals and the Tang army, everyone else will be in a serious situation of water and food shortage.
In Luoyang City, the eastern capital, there are over a hundred urban areas and a population of hundreds of millions. How many people are on the verge of life and death?!
No wonder that for such a big event, Li Yuan and others made the surrender ceremony so grand and gathered hundreds of thousands of Tang troops, but not many civilians came out to watch the ceremony or accept the surrender. They probably couldn't walk, and some Tang troops deliberately stopped them.
for the sake of.
Wu Xin practiced the Buddha Suppressing Prison Sutra and could not sense the majestic murderous aura, but he could sense the death aura, sadness and despair that permeated everywhere.
In this situation, Wu Xin was not too surprised. After all, Luoyang, the eastern capital, had been attacked by the Sui army and besieged for several months. Later, it was besieged by the Li army. No supplies could enter Luoyang at all.
Speaking of which, didn't Wu Xin and Li Jun also want to starve to death and thirst to death of the Tang army, so as to achieve the goal of forcing them to surrender without any bloodshed?
If it weren't for the current situation, it is estimated that Tang Wang Li Yuan would not have surrendered so surprisingly!
"How prosperous the ancient capital of Dongdu has become like this now?"
While his thoughts were swirling, Wu Xin glanced at Li Yuan and sighed as if he was talking to himself.
"The guilty minister is incompetent"
Li Yuan's expression changed and he bowed to apologize, not knowing how to explain it.
But he was cursing secretly in his heart: "Isn't this the result you want? You asked knowingly. If not, how could it be so easy to take down Dongdu without any bloodshed?"
"If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place? It seems that the rumor that the King of Tang loved his people as his sons is not as famous as meeting him!"
Wu Xin could guess what Li Yuan was thinking, but he spat with a slightly cold face.
Although the situation at hand is Li Jun's plan. But how long will Li Jun besieged for? Before that, Tang Jun could have let or let the people in the city leave, which shows that they are really determined to fight to the death.
Now it seems that it was entirely the luck of Tang Wang Li Yuan, so he did not let the people leave. After all, in troubled times, population is more important.
Perhaps they were still delusional that once the siege was resolved, the predicament would disappear. Who knew that after the Sui army withdrew, the Li army blocked it earlier, leaving the Tang army still unable to buy food and supplies, and even the water source was cut off by most, leaving insufficient supplies.
Supply the whole city!
"It is easy to found a country, but it is difficult to govern it."
Wu Xin's dissatisfaction was still slightly restrained, but he sighed sincerely.
Although Wu Xin only attaches great importance to military affairs and military power, this comes from the mentality of "the gun is king in troubled times". It does not mean that Wu Xin does not understand the cruelty of troubled times.
Wu Xin knows better than anyone the pain of purgatory in troubled times.
"When people prosper, people suffer; when they die, people suffer", or various past life truths, are applicable to any world, and the same applies to the world of middle and high martial arts.
In the world of high martial arts, people are stronger, live longer, and work more efficiently, etc. Correspondingly, strong strength means greater needs, especially food; people who live longer have a larger population and need more food and supplies; and they work more efficiently.
, then the competition will be greater and so on.
A world with high martial arts is not necessarily better than a world without martial arts. On the contrary, the class gap is wider, and the lower the class, the worse it is.
"Liu Wenjing, Wuji"
His thoughts were changing, Wu Xin sighed secretly, and suddenly shouted, everyone was confused, the two of them came out of the queue, and then quickly said:
"When transporting military rations into the city, put the porridge first and then the grain. No hungry people are allowed to exist in this lonely place!"
"Yes! My king is wise and kind, and the world is blessed!"
Liu Wenjing was overjoyed and when she loudly agreed to the promise, she fell down in tears and shouted in exaggeration.
"My king," Changsun Wuji shouted bitterly.
The army rations outside the city are indeed piled up like mountains. It is an astronomical figure that is absolutely terrifying. This is also the best way to stabilize and win over the people.
However, it was preparation for the siege of Luoyang, and it was a hard work. It was not easy. Li Guo's grain reserves were not abundant! (To be continued.)
