The first thousand two hundred and eighty-fifth chapters are tricky
The new capital of Luoyang was established only a few years ago, but the scale, height and solidity of this imperial city are far greater than any imperial city in Kyoto in history.
At this time, no one could be seen on the entire streets of Luoyang City, especially the avenue leading directly to the Imperial City, which was so deserted that it was heart-stopping.
"No matter where those people from the Immortal Yin Sect are hiding," Shen Guoer followed Wang Junlin on horseback and said, "But those people from the Spring and Autumn Envoy haven't escaped yet, and they definitely want to cause trouble. The Saintess was taught by Tian Mei Controlled by the sect, it has secretly developed its power in the Central Plains over the years and has many believers. The saint of the Saintess Sect is Yue Hu, the leader of the Tianmei Sect. With her power of charm, she is recognized by many ignorant people as a goddess-like existence. Although These are just foolish people, but if we control these people to cause chaos in the city, it will be troublesome."
Wang Junlin frowned and said, "You mean Yuehu and others will control a large number of people to cause chaos in the city."
Shen Guoer nodded in agreement with a somewhat dignified expression.
Wang Junlin sighed. If the other party hid a strong army or even a large number of masters, he would not be afraid. However, if the other party controlled a large number of innocent people to deal with him, and these people were stubborn, then it would be very troublesome to handle the matter.
Wang Junlin knew very well that with the abilities of the Tianmei Sect, the followers of the Saintess Sect might be very extreme, and there might be quite a few legendary fanatics.
As these believers are common people, they are naturally forbidden to kill, but if they don’t kill... this kind of thing will be like a snowfall...
"You lead people to secretly control people. Whenever there is someone suspected of being a Saintess Cult or other forces planning to cause chaos in Luoyang City, kill their leaders directly. The stubborn people... try not to harm them as much as possible." Wang Junlin thought for a moment and sighed. He said in a tone, thinking that he could only take it one step at a time. This was the first time he had encountered this kind of thing, but there were many examples for future generations to refer to.
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Li Zixiong frowned tightly, standing on the imperial city, watching the movements of the entire Kyoto from a high position, analyzing in his mind what he should do next to defend the imperial city if Wang Junlin attacked it. Next to him, the Sui Prince Yang Jian was obedient. Begging Li Zixiong to allow him to go down from the city.
The three emperors and grandsons next to them, King Yang Tan of Yan, King Yang Tong of Yue, and King Yang You, although their faces were pale and their expressions were frightened and confused, they gritted their teeth and did not do anything to undermine the majesty of the royal family.
Of course, this is related to the fact that the three emperors and grandsons believed that King Qin An would never care whether they lived or died. On the contrary, the prince Yang Jian was worried that if he stood on the top of the city, Wang Junlin would immediately have him shot to death.
"You good-for-nothing, if you make any more noise, believe it or not, I will kill you right now." Li Zixiong glanced at Yang Jian with disgust and shouted unceremoniously.
"I..." Yang Jian's face changed drastically, and he knelt on the ground. However, Li Zixiong stopped looking at him. The two soldiers next to him dragged Yang Jian aside and forcibly helped him up to stand in the conspicuous position on the wall of the imperial city. Location.
Li Zixiong had already ordered the eunuchs and maids in the palace to demolish several turrets of the imperial city to obtain a large amount of stones and heavy wood to deal with the later defense of the city. Then he asked the eunuchs in the palace to demolish several rockeries in the palace. It was pushed on a cart and placed next to the gate of the imperial city.
Normally, only one of the three palace gates in the imperial city would be open, but when Wang Junlin attacked, he would certainly not choose just one. Li Zixiong planned to use rockery rocks to block these three palace gates.
Blocking the enemy outside the palace and trapping oneself in the palace is the so-called defense. Li Zixiong sighed, and now he can only place his hope on whether those people outside the city can cause big trouble.
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At this time, the morning sun has risen, and the red light shines on the vermilion palace wall, and then reflects out, so that the entire palace city and a large square in front are shrouded in warm colors, which is the side behind the palace.
The clear and quiet moat was also filled with a heart-stopping red color, like blood.
At this moment, a gust of morning wind swept over. Along with the wind, there were some voices full of blood and murderous intent from up and down the Imperial City. It was some of the rebels who were ordered by Li Zixiong to go to the tops of the Imperial City to confront them.
The eunuchs and palace guards used coercion and inducement. If they didn't defend the city with all their strength later, they would be killed. If they did defend the city with all their strength, after repelling the enemy, they would be given a large reward...
In the face of life and death, there are always very few people who regard death as home. After some coercion and inducement, these desperate eunuchs and maids gained some morale and hope.
At this time, there was a chill inside and outside the imperial city. The air seemed to be filled with tension.
The entire capital of the Sui Dynasty did not wake up with the rising sun. Nearly a million people stayed at home in fear, or hid in cellars, listening to what was happening outside. The streets and alleys between houses,
Every government office was deserted and silent.
Some people secretly shuttled between various houses, with solemn and enthusiastic expressions...
After all, Wang Junlin was different from other generals in this era. In order to improve morale, he would allow the army to do things that disturbed and harmed the people. He had already issued strict orders to his troops not to massacre and harass the people. In addition, the imperial city had not yet been conquered.
The battle was not over yet, so the Far Eastern Army showed extremely high discipline. Almost no one harassed the people, and no one entered their homes.
However, it was so quiet and desolate that it felt like it was still an endless night at dawn. The whole Kyoto had become a lonely city, a dead city.
Looking down from the Imperial City, one can see that at this time, with the Imperial City as the center of Kyoto, several streaks of dust appeared in all directions, and the sound of hoofbeats was like thunder. They were rumbling along the avenues extending in all directions in Kyoto, heading towards the Imperial City.
Come!
Although Luoyang City is already the most glorious Kyoto in history, there are still many places where the road surface is not stone pavement. The loess was crushed and crushed by the hooves of horses galloping by. Then it was kicked up and turned into a cloud of dust and smoke, which gradually rose.
.It turned into a piece of yellow smoke. It blocked the light cast by the rising sun that initially rose above the horizon, making the whole city become a little dark inside and outside.
Wang Junlin divided the surrendered soldiers into four parts, each under the command of his four generals: Wei Chi Jingde, Luo Shixin, Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong.
At this time, the cavalry of the Far Eastern Army was in front, five in a row, heading towards the imperial city at a steady speed. The infantry was behind, with murderous and excited faces. The victory was imminent, and no one in the whole army was unhappy.
But everything seemed so silent and fast. The smoke and dust brought up by the horses' hooves were rushed by these horses, and they looked like a headless and tailless yellow dragon, which was constantly struggling in, intending to devour those who were stubborn.
Rebels in the Imperial City.
In the loess sky, a large military flag is fluttering in the wind. The brown-red flag has a big word '王' painted on it. I don't know who wrote the word '王'. It is majestic and looks impressive.
Such an indestructible force. Even in the sky full of smoke and dust, it is still full of murderous intent.
Wang Junlin was standing under this flag, calmly watching his army. It arrived in front of the imperial city with an irresistible momentum.
Wang Junlin had been thinking about how to rescue Yang Lihua, and left the siege to a few of his generals to take specific command.
He squinted his eyes, but did not cover his mouth and nose to avoid inhaling the loess. He just watched everything calmly, and his chest was filled with the desire to break through the imperial city immediately and then search and rescue Yang Lihua with all his strength. But after he learned about the Saintess Cult, , asked Shen Guoer and Shen Guang to send out many spies to search and control the city, while also being vigilant in their hearts.
Since the new capital of Luoyang was built and the capital was moved during the Sui Dynasty, the enemy has never invaded Kyoto, which has a short history.
However, from yesterday to today, Kyoto was first occupied by rebels and then by the Far Eastern Army.
Today, in addition to the troops who control the Luoyang city wall and various city gates, the total number of Wang Junlin's direct lineage and surrendered soldiers is about 60,000, and the total defense force in the imperial city is less than 30,000, most of which It was the die-hard loyalists of Yang Su who finally fled into the city, and thousands of eunuchs and palace guards were also forced to defend the city. In addition, thousands of palace maids, maids, and even concubines in the imperial city have been used by Yang Su as Items that stimulate morale. If you kill ten enemies, you will be rewarded with one maid. If you kill 100 enemies, you can choose ten maids at will.
Of course, the large amount of treasures in the imperial city were also used to boost the morale of the defenders.
Therefore, although they had just experienced a defeat, the morale of the rebels defending the city was not low.
For Wang Junlin, with the combat power of his men and the help of gunpowder, and the two-on-one force, it is not difficult to fight this battle. The only thing that needs to be vigilant is that those who may not have left the city yet The Spring and Autumn Messenger group, especially the Saintess Cult, made him feel very difficult to deal with, because he had no tear gas or anything like that, only murderous bows, arrows, knives and guns.
Thinking that Yang Lihua was in the hands of strong men like the Spring and Autumn Envoys at this time, Wang Junlin let out a sigh of relief. All the plans for sending troops to the Central Plains went smoothly. Only the fact that Yang Lihua fell into the hands of the Spring and Autumn Envoys was the biggest mistake.
Therefore, he must knock down the imperial city as soon as possible so that he can devote himself to saving Yang Lihua.
The sound of horse hoofbeats sounded like thunder on the road leading directly from Zhengyang Gate to the Imperial Palace. Yuchi Jingde at the front gave an order, and the cavalrymen under his command took out their weapons and became vigilant. However, their speed did not slow down at all. It passed by like a gust of wind.
More than a dozen running cavalry suddenly broke away from the group. They accelerated forward, piercing the quiet streets like lightning. Brushing the low eaves of the houses, they began to conduct reconnaissance reports for the army to move forward to prevent any hidden ambush. Suddenly appeared and attacked.
As usual, these dozen cavalrymen galloped into the streets, turned around again, spread out like arrows, and began to march deeper.
All this happened extremely quickly and naturally, fully demonstrating the training level of the Far Eastern Army's Tiger Camp and Yuchi Jingde's leadership level.
The same scene was happening in other directions at the same time. Even if the treasure could be hidden, it was impossible for Yang Su to leave an ambush outside the imperial city. However, according to the regulations of the Far Eastern Army on city siege, it was necessary to send out spies for final reconnaissance. The steps must not be changed due to the subjective judgment of any general. This is similar to the rule of law in later generations. The advantage of this is that it can naturally avoid any subjective mistakes.
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