The first thousand two hundred and nineteenth chapter of the battle of the heart
Zhang Yun smiled and said: "Biji didn't think so much. The army of Beiji mainly defended the perimeter. Once the city was broken, a large number of defeated troops had no choice but to flee south. The mission of Beiji was to surrender these defeated soldiers to prevent them from harming the people of Henan Prefecture!
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"Yes, General Zhang's positioning is very accurate!"
Guo Song praised: "Luoyang is bordered by the Yellow River to the north, Hulao Pass to the east, and Weihan to the west. Defeated troops can only flee to the south, so the army in the south is the most suitable as a peripheral."
Guo Song recognized the role of Zhang Yun's army, and finally looked at Li Bing, "I believe General Li's plan will not disappoint us!"
Li Bing also smiled slightly and said: "The best way to attack Luoyang is to take the water route. The fleet will directly enter the city along the Luoshui River. Keep your position to the east. Luoshui and the Yellow River will be used to enter Luoshui with Huaizhou's troop ships.
If we directly transport 50,000 troops into Luoyang, the Luoyang defenders will be defeated without a fight."
Li Bing's plan was Guo Song's plan. Guo Song said happily, "Everyone is right. It is indeed easy for us to attack Luoyang. But no matter what strategy we use, we must first remember one thing: attacking the city is the first, and attacking the heart is the first."
superior!"
He smiled at Yao Jin and said: "In the battle to attack the heart, General Yao's ten heavy trebuchets will come into play."
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Guo Song prepared 40,000 copies of the "Message to the Zhu Thieves" in Chang'an and brought them to Luoyang with the army.
The next morning, eight heavy trebuchets were placed outside the four city walls, about 200 steps away from the city wall. The alarm bell rang on the top of the city. Tens of thousands of soldiers looked nervously at the heavy trebuchets below the city as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Xiang Fei and Xiao Wanding
They rushed to the top of the city and ordered the soldiers to prepare for battle.
Eight heavy trebuchets have been prepared outside the four sides of the city, and 40,000 copies of the message have also been placed next to the trebuchet. The message is contained in huge balls made of bamboo strips, made of two halves.
The bamboo strip ball contained 2,500 memoranda, which were usually tied together with match rope. Once the match rope burned, the bamboo strip ball would bounce in the air, and the memorandum would fly out and be blown away by the wind.
The two heavy trebuchets outside the West City creaked apart, bamboo strips were placed on the troughs, and a soldier lit the match, which burst into flames.
"emission!"
A captain gave the order to launch, and the two trebuchets were launched at the same time. Two huge black balls flew towards the top of the city in an arc. The soldiers on the top of the city shouted and squatted down, but the black balls passed over the top of the city.
Flying towards the city, it suddenly opened in mid-air inside the city, and five thousand copies of the letter fell out one after another. When blown by the wind, they immediately flew up like snowflakes all over the sky.
The soldiers on the top of the city were stunned. A gust of wind blew, and countless messages floated towards the top of the city. The soldiers scrambled to grab the pieces of paper in the air.
The literate soldier read aloud:
"A Message to the Zhu Thief"
The national thief Zhu Si has been stealing state weapons and occupying Luoyang for ten years. He has been brutal and debauchery, ruining all living beings, extorting heavy taxes, and sucking out the bones and marrow. As a result, the people have no means of living, their white-haired parents cannot support their old age, their young children cannot bear children, and the ragged people have fled to other places.
Tossing and turning in mud ditches, struggling for life on the streets, thousands of miles of bare fields, bones exposed on the ground.
It appoints nepotism and has no regard for the army and the people. Mediocre officials occupy high positions, loyal and famous generals die unjustly, the emperor's relatives pile up gold and silver, the families of meritorious officers and soldiers are surrounded by walls, they drive the soldiers like cattle and horses, and treat the military subordinates like ants.
Now the King of Jin, Guo Song, has complied with God's will and is willing to eliminate harm for the people. The officers and soldiers of the three armies who laid down their weapons will not be punished, and the people in the city will have full stomachs when the army enters the city.
A special message is sent to the whole city to fight against the red thieves!
This message is heart-breaking, and every word speaks to the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the three armies. Thinking of the skyrocketing prices, the hardship of their families, the extravagance of the royal family, the prosperity of Luoyang in the past, and seeing the ruin today, many soldiers are moved.
Silently, they began to agree with King Jin's call in their hearts.
Xiang Fei also saw the memorandum. He suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and immediately ordered: "Collect all the memorandums. Anyone who dares to hide them will be executed immediately!"
Military law soldiers carried large baskets and began to collect the petitions. Even though Xiang Fei issued strict orders, more than half of the petitions were still not collected. No one knew whether they had drifted into the city or been hidden by the soldiers.
Not only the West City, but also the other three city walls in the northeast and south, a large number of petitions appeared at the same time. Xiao Wanding also ordered their collection. However, no matter how he threatened the soldiers, only a handful of petitions were collected. Most of the petitions were hidden by the soldiers, and soon they were
It spread throughout the city.
That night, almost everyone in the city stayed awake all night. The people were full of expectations for the Jin army to enter the city, and the dignitaries were panicking as if the end was coming.
The soldiers in the military camp gathered in their respective tents and discussed the contents of the memorandum, especially the text that related to their immediate interests. They all pondered and discussed over and over again, "Those who lay down their weapons will forget the past." This is
The most meaningful sentence excited the soldiers.
In the military camp next to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhou Fei, Zhang Yuanzhi, Yang Mi and Jiang Min sat together to discuss their next major task, which was also one of the two major tasks Zhou Fei shouldered this time.
This task is divided into two, one is to seize and defend the inner treasury, and the other is to preserve the document archives of Zhu Si's court.
It is easier to save the document archives, which are located in Liu Feng's Prime Minister's Mansion, but the inner treasury is more difficult, as it is located in the inner palace and is under the control of Wang Xianzhong.
Yang Mi said to everyone: "I have received definite news that Wang Xianzhong is going to attack the inner treasury, probably tonight."
Zhou Fei said decisively: "Then I must seize the inner treasury before Wang Xianzhong!"
Zhang Yuanzhi was more prudent and asked: "When will Wang Xianzhong take action tonight?"
Yang Mi shook his head, "I don't know the specifics, but it should be after the changing of the guard at night, around the third watch!"
At this time, Jiang Min said from the side: "The inner treasury is in the palace city. It is difficult to enter the palace city. We alone cannot get in. We must use Liu Feng."
Zhou Fei agreed: "I have been considering a plan these days, and I want to use Liu Feng. I wonder if he is willing to help us?"
The three of them all looked at Yang Mi, who smiled slightly and said: "Liu Feng is a typical ordinary citizen, mediocre and incompetent, and timid and afraid of death. If we give him a chance to make meritorious deeds, I think he will definitely agree."
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In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Liu Feng was sitting alone in his study in a daze. There was a letter of appeal on his desk. The sentence "Mediocre people occupy high positions" didn't refer to Liu Feng? Did he risk his life?
Lost it here.
Thinking that he would be liquidated and killed, his legs began to tremble and tremble. He didn't want to die. He was only in his forties and he wanted to live no matter what.
Liu Feng stood up and took out a set of clothes belonging to an old country farmer from a box. He quickly put on the clothes. At this time, a soldier reported, "Prime Minister, Mr. Yang is here."
"Let him in!" Zhu Si ordered quickly, not even bothering to change his clothes.
After a while, Yang Mi walked into the study, and saw a fat old farmer in front of him, wearing shabby shorts and shorts, and a tattered turban on his head. When he looked again, it was Liu Feng.
Yang Mi couldn't help but laugh, "What is the Prime Minister doing?"
Liu Feng said with a sad face: "Once the Jin army enters the city, I will see if I can escape to the countryside!"
Yang Mi shook his head and said, "Prime Minister, there will be no chaos when the Jin army enters the city, and no one will escape or be unable to escape."
Liu Feng sat down, grinned, and said without tears, "But... I really don't want to die. Sir, please teach me, what should I do?"
Yang Mi has followed Liu Feng for many years, and he knows Liu Feng very well. Although Liu Feng is indeed a jerk, mediocre and incompetent, and has no independent opinions, he is not like other royal relatives who bully men and domineering women, and he is not a libertine.
He committed the murder because he had no sons and only three daughters. The eldest was just married and the youngest was only ten years old.
It was also because Liu Feng was obsessed with power and was obsessed with seizing power. If there were people who hated him to the core, it was mainly the court officials. He had completely seized the power of the court officials, and the court officials hated him to the core.
Yang Mi comforted him and said: "Prime Minister, don't be too sad. I think if Prime Minister is handled well, he may not die. After all, Prime Minister is a civilian official, and civilian officials have a greater chance of survival than military generals. Moreover, I think the evaluation of Prime Minister Guo is also good."
Not too bad.”
"What's the meaning?"
Yang Mi pointed at the table and said: "The mediocre people holding high positions should refer to the Prime Minister. The King of Jin's evaluation of the Prime Minister is mediocre people, not evil people, which shows that the King of Jin's impression of the Prime Minister is not too great."
No, Xiangguo is just a bit mediocre."
A glimmer of hope ignited in Liu Feng's heart, and he quickly asked: "Then what should I do?"
Yang Mi thought for a while and said: "First of all, has Xiangguo committed any human life or done any other evil?"
Liu Feng shook his head, "I have only killed pigs, never killed people, nor have I raped women or killed them. I seem to have blackmailed my neighbor and bought his house at a low price. I was still a butcher at that time, so it shouldn't be counted.
Bar!"
Yang Mi smiled and said: "Ignore what happened in the past. As long as the Prime Minister does not take human lives, it will be easy to handle!"
Liu Feng sighed, "But Zhu Si is dead. The King of Jin cannot kill Zhu Si. He can only blame the people below. I am the prime minister, will he let me go?"
Yang Mi pondered for a while and said: "The prime minister's crime is that he did not assist Zhu Si well. He set taxes too harshly and imposed excessive taxes and heavy taxes, which made the people unable to live. This is indeed an inevitable crime. The key is how to make atonement. As long as there is a little merit,
Then you can escape the death penalty."
Liu Feng was so anxious that he quickly grabbed Yang Mi and said, "Sir, please tell me what should I do?"
"I have been thinking about the Prime Minister these past two days. I think the Prime Minister can do two things. One is to protect the various archives and documents of the imperial court. These archives and documents are all stored in the Prime Minister's Mansion, as well as the materials in the Zuozangtreasury.
and gold, we must seal the treasury, and then send internal guards to strictly guard these two places, and no one is allowed to destroy them."
"Then what?"
"Then there is the inner treasury. In order to cover up the crime of stealing, Wang Xianzhong is going to open the inner treasury and let the guards go in and plunder the property. The Prime Minister wants to send Wang Qing to lead the army to take over the inner treasury, then clean up the account books and close the palace.
The treasury, as well as the inner treasury wealth stolen by Wang Xianzhong, must be traced to their whereabouts."
Liu Feng sneered, "Wang Xianzhong thinks others are fools. He has been running to Baoji Cabinet Shop these days. Isn't he just telling everyone that his wealth has been transferred to Baoji Cabinet Shop? And where is Xiang Fei's property hidden?
I know it clearly too."
"Then the Prime Minister can write all these clues into a report letter and give it to the Jin army later. The top priority now is to control the internal treasury."
Liu Feng worriedly said: "But Wang Qing's five hundred men are too few. Once he takes over the inner treasury, Wang Xianzhong will definitely send troops to attack. I'm afraid five hundred men may not be able to stop him."
Yang Mi smiled and said: "As long as the prime minister gives them enough armor and equipment, they will definitely be able to defend the inner treasury. These five hundred people are very powerful. Not an ordinary army can resist them. I have already told him about my humble position. He is willing to serve as the prime minister."
Effectiveness.”
Liu Feng pondered for a moment and said: "Then when is the best time to go?"
"Better go tonight!"
Liu Feng took out two large copper keys from the desk drawer, put them on the table and said: "These are the keys to the two iron doors inside and outside the inner treasury. They were copied by my confidants when they controlled the inner treasury. They can open the iron doors of the inner treasury."