Chapter 2034 The city is broken and occupied, not a crime of war
The helpless Yang Yizhong had no choice but to continue to inspect the city defenses, inventory the inventory, supervise the Song troops defending the city, and continue to guard against the Qi army that was gathering momentum outside the city.
Taking advantage of the critical situation of the war, he deferred to his authority and made a request for Yue Fei's temporary release. Yue Yun and Zhang Xian worked together to lead their troops to defend the city. Yang Yizhongnian could only do this for the sake of his colleague Pao Ze. After all, he
He would never be as radical as Yue Fei, and his sharp words could easily lead to suspicion. Yang Yizhong knew how to be cautious in his words and deeds in front of officials and powerful people. Even if he knew that the officials were ignorant and the powerful ministers were doing evil, he was
Soldiers in the army had no choice but to obey. After all, it was common for military personnel in the Song Dynasty to be easily punished and executed by the court. If you wanted to gain a foothold in the court and keep your rank and official status, you had to know how to cling to the control of powerful people rather than being able to lead troops to fight and achieve miraculous achievements.
Live on everything you fight for.
However, precisely because he was in favor of Qin Hui when he transferred to Bianjing and deliberately sought to seduce others, some people in the Bianjing army ridiculed Yang Yizhong, who had a long beard and a majestic appearance, but flattered the powerful ministers like a eunuch serving in the palace. He was called a "bearded eunuch"
, when the insults came to his ears, Yang Yizhong was completely unaware, so even powerful officials such as Feng Zhong and Feng Xiao dared to verbally abuse him in front of him.
Yang Yizhong knew that he had done everything he needed to do, but since Wan Qixi, Luo Ruji and other powerful ministers refused to do so and were deprived of their state salaries, he would eventually have to clean up the mess for Shangguan.
On the Luoyang side of Henan Prefecture, there have been military messages from the Qi Dynasty's troops entering the city in recent days. However, not only did they have no intention of handing over Yue Fei and the other three, they also had no intention of opening the city gate and surrendering, and they had no intention of abandoning the defense of the city and evacuating.
Signs... The Qi army also sent out a military message to warn the Song army in the city. Don't say it was unforeseen, so they would still inevitably gather heavy troops to launch an offensive...
The siege equipment that had been built and arranged densely was fired, and all kinds of firearms and stone bullets once again hit the incomplete and damaged city walls everywhere. Wherever the stone bullets hit, it was inevitable that they would be covered in blood and flesh, and the defenders scattered on the top of the city.
The city's equipment was placed one after another, and suddenly it exploded into pieces, and the screams resounded through the sky, and for a while it was endless!
However, although the Qi army outside the city controlled siege equipment and attacked fiercely, it hardly drove a large number of soldiers to climb the ladders and swarm the wells to save their lives. Instead, they used the very cruel ant-attached siege tactics to take advantage of the situation and forcefully climb the city wall.
It also gave the defenders in Luoyang City some breathing space. However, most of the Song army generals who were still alive for the time being were suffering from liver and gallbladder injuries. I am afraid that they would not be able to recruit elite daredevils to fight out of the city gates and destroy as much as possible the Qi army's deployment of slinging artillery and artillery equipment outside the city.
If the heavy ballistae is so passively beaten, sooner or later the city will be broken by the enemy!
The anxious Yang Yizhong could only spare no effort to order the defenders to fight to the death. However, two days later, he suddenly found that he could allocate and arrange defense in shifts, and the number of soldiers and civilians who repaired the city defense was less than half compared to previous days.
Yang Yizhong was furious. When he was about to investigate the generals who had neglected their duties and avoided fighting due to fear of the enemy, a metropolitan supervisor hurriedly arrived with a mournful face and reported quickly: "General Yang, Wan and Luo Liang."
In the past few days, the prime minister had sent people to inspect the city gates in the east and south of Luoyang. As expected, there were no soldiers and horses setting up strongholds to block the city gates in the east and south of Luoyang. When he also inspected and found that there was no movement of enemy troops within a few miles, he issued a decree.
We mobilized the imperial troops and horses to guard the city temporarily for rest and reorganization, but we managed to hide this from Xun and the soldiers who were guarding the two city gates. They had already rushed out from the east gate and abandoned the city and fled!"
"What!?"
After hearing this, Yang Yizhong was filled with anger. Only then did he realize that Wan Qixi and Luo Ruji, the two traitors, kept saying that Xijing and Henan Prefecture must not fall into the hands of the enemy. In fact, they were just using him to defend Luoyang. Containing the Qi Dynasty army, and taking advantage of the opponent's promise to move eastward and not attacking the southern city gates, he actually managed to escape without telling the soldiers who were desperately resisting the enemy's onslaught!?
Yang Yizhong was shocked to realize that he was secretly paying for it, and the surrounding Forbidden Army soldiers who were still under his control and guarding the city suddenly burst into shouts and curses when they heard this. The soldiers and civilians in Luoyang City had already seen the soldiers' messages fired into the city by the Qi army. The morale of the army was turbulent and the minds of the people were changing, but Yang Yizhong could barely control it with his methods of controlling the army. However, Wan Qixi, Luo Ruji and other imperial officials who were in charge of Xijing actually deployed half of the forbidden army soldiers and horses, and gave up. The soldiers in the city who were desperately resisting abandoned their defense and fled. Those wearing turbans ordered us to defend for our lives, but they fled according to the benefits promised by the Qi Dynasty. Why should we continue to work for the Song Dynasty!?
The battle to attack the two city gates in the north and west of Luoyang City was at a fierce moment. Wan Qixi and Luo Ruji sent their cronies out of the west gate to see if there were any Qi ambushes. When they were generally sure that there was no enemy around, they immediately ordered the rest of the Song army to guard them. The officials fled eastward, nearly 400 miles away from Bianliang in Tokyo, and there were heavy troops from the Song Dynasty guarding the capital along the way. They fled at a high speed all the way, and they should be able to get rid of the Qi Dynasty army who was only trying to capture Luoyang by force. ...As for the responsibility for the fall and fall of Henan Prefecture in Xijing, Luo Ruji would naturally be able to falsely report his faults in the report. Even military generals such as Yang Yizhong could not hold on, but these two civil servants could not hold on. How can we keep Xijing from being lost?
But Wan Qixi, Luo Ruji deceived Yang Yizhong, and sent people to force the Song army soldiers guarding the east gate to open the city gate. They and Ma Fuyi were able to escape from the east gate, and the soldiers in the city immediately ran to tell each other, and the rest were originally The remaining generals, whose morale was low and their morale was in turmoil, were excited and had no intention of fighting. Since the Qi army outside the city had sent military messages to the city a few days ago to persuade Luoyang soldiers and civilians to submit to the city, naturally there were generals who were unwilling to die in vain and took the lead. , ordered his soldiers to hoist the flag high on the top of the city, open the city gate, and surrender to the Qi army outside the city...
Not long after, Yang Yizhong, who was guarding the west gate of Luoyang, saw another anxious military academy approaching. He reported that the two soldiers guarding the north gate had led his soldiers to defect, opened the city gate, and let them go. The enemy troops outside the city entered the city. Presumably, countless soldiers of the Qi Dynasty would soon swarm into the Luoyang City Wall of Henan Prefecture... Yang Yi was so angry in the center that he bit his mouth full of iron teeth. He knew very well that even if he continued to defend and resist, the morale of the remaining Song army generals in the city was difficult to calm down. Of course, the morale of the army was not there. If they continued to fight in the streets, it would be difficult to retreat. Seeing that there was a steady stream of killings. The tigers and wolves of the Qi army who entered the city...
Wait... Did Feng Xiao and Feng Zhong escape from the city with Wan Qixi and the others? The guys had long planned to abandon Xijing, so now that they have escaped from the city, Zhemo has already taken action. Killed Yue Fei and others?
Originally, he had no choice but to escape from the city quickly before being intercepted and surrounded by the Qi Dynasty army. However, Yang Yizhong suddenly thought of Yue Fei, Yue Yun and Zhang Xian who were still imprisoned in the official prison. The two traitors, Wan Qixi and Luo Ruji, were eager to escape back to Bianliang, Tokyo. They would not waste any more effort to escort them to the prison car and make a cumbersome escape. Besides, they were obviously following Qin Xianggong's instructions. Most likely, he had already planned to kill Yue Fei secretly... In desperation, Yang Yizhong thought for a while, thinking that in just a few moments, he could return to the prison to take a look, and with his own ability, he would be able to catch up with the Qi army before it was fully occupied. Luoyang broke out before...
Without any time to think about it, Yang Yizhong immediately roared loudly, picked up his ax and mounted his horse, led a few of his followers to ride on the horses, raised their hooves, and galloped straight towards the Luoyang prison.
