Chapter 2721 An emperor came to the west, and a prince came to the east
"No, this is impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"
Zhang Liang's bloodless face and unfocused pupils shocked all the rebel generals around him.
And the hoarse cry that suddenly came out of his mouth made everyone present nervous.
Godson Zhang Shenji quickly helped Zhang Liang, who was shaking, and asked nervously.
"Godfather, what's wrong with you, godfather?"
Other generals also crowded forward and expressed their concern.
"Prime Minister, what's wrong?"
"Prime Minister, are you okay?"
Zhang Liang raised his big hand, took several deep breaths, and finally controlled his emotions.
He once again picked up the telescope and looked at the group of Guanzhong elites who were slowly approaching. Once again, he saw that extremely familiar face and the habit of raising his little finger when stroking his beard.
Zhang Liang could almost conclude that it was His Majesty. He immediately put down the telescope in his hand, glanced at the subordinates around him, and Zhang Liang showed a strange smile.
"It turns out that there is nothing wrong with me. Chai Shao actually dares to use such despicable means. He just wants to use someone to pretend to be the late emperor in order to trick us into opening Luoyang."
"Look..." Following Zhang Liang's instructions, all the rebel generals on the city picked up their telescopes and looked down at the city.
"Ha! He looks real. It looks like that old dog Chai Shao came prepared."
"Prime Minister, is it good now?"
Zhang Liang had a sullen face and laughed coldly, although the fake late emperor below looked exactly like the late emperor.
However, he can only be false, must be false, even if it is true, it is still false.
"Haha, what else can I do? Send the original order and shoot them to death with arrows immediately.
Hurry, don't let them have a chance to speak and disrupt the morale of our army."
Zhang Liang doesn't care whether the late emperor below is real or fake, he'd better kill the ball as soon as possible.
At this moment, Li Shimin, who had just arrived about a stone's throw away from the city, took a deep breath and just exhaled.
"I am..."
A buzzing sound like the flapping wings of a swarm of bees was heard, and in the blink of an eye, arrows were shot from the top of the city like locusts.
A group of loyal elite cavalrymen shouted, raised their shields high, and directly covered Li Shimin's entire body, and then urged the mounts under him to retreat.
From a high position, he fired wave after wave of arrows, directly shooting Li Shimin and the others a hundred steps away.
Li Shimin felt bad all over, with a livid face as he looked at the top of the city. At this moment, the sound of war drums began to beat on the top of the city.
Next, no matter how loud his voice is, he doesn't want to be able to make the rebels above the city hear clearly what he wants to express.
Li Shimin threw the riding crop on the ground in frustration, took a few deep breaths, and finally controlled his mood swings.
However, I secretly feel cruel in my heart. As long as I defeat Luoyang, Zhang Liang, you traitor! I will definitely kill you all!
"Command the soldiers to take a good rest. Wang Qing, please go and say goodbye to General Chai. I have led my elite cavalry to the gate of Luoyang City and asked him to come as soon as possible."
"I obey my orders."
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After Wang Shiwei turned back and galloped for almost twenty miles, he finally met the main elite force of Guanzhong led by General Chai.
"There are still more than twenty miles away from Luoyang City. Tell your brothers, work harder. Even if you have to crawl, you will reach the foot of Luoyang City within an hour and a half."
Following General Chai's deep scolding, several generals who were summoned came forward and obeyed the order solemnly.
Chai Shao raised his head and looked towards Luoyang City. Judging from the oral instructions passed down by the guard, His Majesty was probably a little embarrassed and angry.
But there was nothing he could do. After all, he had so many siege equipment, including twenty ramming vehicles alone.
Even if you want to go fast, you won't go anywhere fast.
As for Xue Wanche, he was still at the Yellow River ferry, urging his men to cross the river. As for Gongsun Wuda, he was not much faster than Xue Wanche.
At this time, the defenders on the east wall of Luoyang City finally noticed the smoke and dust billowing on the distant horizon.
I quickly picked up a telescope and observed carefully for a long time, and then I found something that could identify my identity in the thick smoke and dust.
"General Zuo Tunwei... General, general, look over there. They are the soldiers and horses of Zuo Tunwei."
"Zuotun guards and horses? Impossible, how could they come so fast? There is no news from Yanshi, how could they appear here?"
The general who was guarding the city gate took the telescope away with some displeasure, and raised his eyes to the eyepiece while squeaking.
In an instant, his eyes bulged. After looking at him several times, his face gradually became ugly.
He was already certain that it was the Zuo Tunwei army that appeared outside Luoyang City, and judging from the size of the smoke, it was most likely the main force of the Zuo Tunwei army that came.
"Quick, quick, sound the alarm immediately. Someone, hurry up and report to the Prime Minister. Tell him that the Zuotunwei army led by Cheng Yaojin is approaching the city. I'm afraid Yanshi has been lost."
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Zhang Liang saw that the false late emperor was already covered by the elites of Guanzhong and retreated to a distance in embarrassment. Thousands of cavalry did not launch an attack rashly.
I was slightly relieved, but I was very uneasy inside. Shouldn't Your Majesty become the late emperor?
Why are you here? Could it be that His Majesty faked his death? Just to allow Li Zhi, the Ninth Prince, to ascend the throne as emperor?
The more Zhang Liang thought about it, the more his head hurt. After staying on the city gate building for a long time, he received news again that there was an enemy situation in the east of Luoyang.
Zhang Liang, whose scalp was already numb, glanced at all his confidants, and finally his eyes fell on his godson Zhang Shenji and his confidant's beloved general Zhang Jinshu.
"General Zhang Zhonglang, please be careful with me. The two of you, with General Zhang Zhonglang in charge, immediately lead two thousand soldiers to reinforce Dongcheng."
After the two men hurriedly accepted the order and left, Zhang Liang looked at the uneasy subordinates, cleared his throat, and began to cheer loudly for these subordinates.
"Don't worry, everyone, this is Luoyang, our imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty.
In the past, the traitor Wang Shichong occupied the land of Luoyang and was able to hold it for several years."
"Now we, the soldiers and the people, are united in rejecting the rebels, as long as we persist for a while.
The troops of King Qin from all over the country will definitely be able to cooperate with us inside and outside to kill all the rebels outside the city."
"What the Prime Minister said is absolutely true. A mediocre person like Wang Shichong can still hold on with a strong city like Luoyang, which is rare in the world..."
"We are all tigers of the Tang Dynasty, soldiers of justice. Moreover, we have excellent armor and sufficient luggage, which can be used by hundreds of thousands of troops..."
With the encouragement of the soldiers under his command, the rebels above the city once again boosted their morale.
There were even some stupid idiots who came forward to ask for a fight. They took advantage of the enemy's cavalry to rest outside and jumped out to fight.