After the parade, the entire army returned to the city.
Thirty cavalry from the teaching team escorted Shao Xun, Mi Huang, He Lun, Wang Bing and Yu Liang, falling behind the main force.
When passing by Daxia Gate in the north of the city, Shao Xun looked up unconsciously.
Not far to the west is Jinyong City.
This city is located in the northwest corner of Luoyang and is not embedded in Luoyang City as a whole.
To be precise, among the three cities of Jinyong, only the south city is located inside Luoyang City, while the middle city and the north city protrude outside.
This is beneficial because it actually makes the northern section of Luoyang's city wall irregular. Once the enemy attacks Daxia Gate, it will be easy for them to be attacked from the side by the defenders of Jin Yong City, and the casualties will increase.
Several camps were set up outside Daxia Gate, and three to four thousand Hebei soldiers were stationed.
These soldiers could not go home to tend the farmland or reunite with their families, and they had long been filled with anger. Therefore, when faced with the people coming in and out of Luoyang, they often try their best to extort money to compensate for the losses - the losses they perceive.
However, when they saw the heavily armed Chen Yougen and others, these people were cowed again. He waved them to hurry into the city and not block the door. When the people saw it, they cursed one after another, and the Hebei sergeant scolded him back. It was a chaotic scene for a while, which made people laugh and cry.
"Garrisoned in Luoyang for five months, these people have been exhausted." Shao Xun thought secretly.
He went in and out of Daxiamen many times, almost watching these Ye soldiers "rot" little by little.
They are not elite soldiers at all, just farmers pulled from the fields. After some rough training and half a year of fighting, I gained some military experience. However, after five months of being in and out of the city gates, the discipline in the camp was loose and no longer as tight as it was at the beginning of the year.
Just like just now, my colleagues were quarreling with the people and businessmen, while others were doing nothing but laughing and laughing. This is very problematic.
It is normal to hear that Sima Ying is trying to rebuild the New Army. The fewer things like recruiting young men from the fields to fight, the better. Maybe we can still mess around for a while, but it will only become more and more out of line with the requirements of the times.
After entering the city, he went straight back to his mansion, and Mi Huang and Yu Liang also followed him.
After a while, Xu Lang, who received the news, made an excuse and came to visit.
There were many people in the Sima Yue shogunate. As the saying goes, there were no factions in the government, and there were all kinds of strange things. The four of them, Shao, Mi, Yu, and Xu, were a small group that was taking shape.
"Just now He Lun showed his kindness to me and asked for advice..." Mi Huang spoke up after a few people sat down.
Teach the soldiers how to boil water for tea and make fire for cooking.
There are no servants in the house, and the daily chores are all taken care of by the soldiers.
"Let him get rid of all those bad soldiers." Shao Xun said unceremoniously: "It's still too late to recruit new people. There are many soldiers defeated outside Luoyang City, which can save a lot of training time. There are still a lot of bandits in the mountains and forests. If confidence keeps them under control, thieves and bandits will be better suited to serve as soldiers than city folk."
Yu Liang's eyes widened and he listened silently.
Xu Lang's expression was very serious, and he was even more excited to participate in something big.
"I will go find him tomorrow, but this person may not be willing to give up. Is it true that a city citizen who has been trained for five months is not useful?" Mi Huang asked.
"Didn't you see them all today?" Shao Xun asked back: "Slaves in brothels, servants in restaurants, shop assistants, and even monks and Taoists can fight a shitty battle, but they will collapse in one rush. Even the defenders of the city will collapse. I’m afraid they are not even qualified.”
Several people were silent, and the atmosphere was somewhat tense.
After a while, Mi Huang suddenly said: "Today, Sikong promised me the duty of 'supervising the guards of Luoyang'. Young Master, it is as you wished."
"Oh? How many soldiers are there?" Shao Xun asked with interest.
"The three thousand soldiers of the Kingdom Army must stay." Mi Huang said: "There may be a few thousand soldiers, but don't think too much. They may be new soldiers or they may not follow my orders. How can Luoyang abide by the law? Do you have any? Strategy?"
After thinking for a while, Shao Xun said: "The matter has come to this, and we should be honest. According to my opinion, Luoyang can defend it. If it can't, it will retreat to Jinyong City. This city is extremely strong, with complete defense equipment, large warehouses, and grain. There are warehouses and many wells. As long as the grain warehouses and warehouses are filled, we can hold on for a long time."
"So this is your idea." Mi Huang slapped his thigh, thought for a moment, and then said: "Jin Yong City can indeed be defended, but how long will it take? If Sikong is defeated, won't we die without a burial place?"
"What should we do?" Shao Xun asked: "Fleeing without fighting is the greatest sin."
When he said this, he glanced at Yu Liang and Xu Lang.
Both of them were a little unnatural and obviously didn't want to just run away. In other words, they can run away, but the official position will be gone, all the previous accumulation will be lost, and they will have to start all over again - for aristocratic family members, it is actually not a big deal.
"Fleeing without fighting is definitely not the best policy." Mi Huang thought hard and said after a moment: "If Sikong is victorious in the Northern Expedition, of course everything will be fine. If he loses, the whole army will not be wiped out. Tens of thousands of troops will retreat to Luoyang. , Zhang Fang is also afraid. I guess that Luoyang will still be in the same situation now. It's hard to say what the outcome of Sikong will be. It may be good or not. If he is captured and killed by Sima Ying, Luoyang will probably have to recommend someone else. By then, We will have to do what Sima Jiong and Sima Yi's staff did, and find a way out after our lord is destroyed."
Mi Huang's words were a bit pessimistic.
Shao Xun couldn't help but glance at Yu Liang and Xu Lang, but saw that they had no special reaction, so he felt relieved.
Perhaps, this is how the nobles deal with things, just working part-time, with some loyalty, but not much.
"Sikong Ying will not be captured and killed." Shao Xun said: "You can't go wrong by sticking to Luoyang."
"Why are you so sure?" Yu Liang couldn't help but ask.
Shao Xun couldn't answer.
In fact, his current thinking is also a bit confusing.
He knew that Sima Yue was the winner of the Eight Kings Rebellion. Even if the Northern Expedition failed, he should be able to escape safely back to Luoyang and make a comeback - the historical trajectory of the original time and space should be like this, right?
But he wasn't entirely sure.
What if there is a butterfly effect?
Or maybe Sima Yue just got lucky and won during his Northern Expedition?
There is so much good information and history that it is difficult to judge.
"Sikong has at least twenty fast horses by his side. If this is not enough to escape, it would be too much." Shao Xun replied vaguely.
If you haven't mastered the trick of "riding alone and walking away", it's best not to go out and fool around...
Yu Liang nodded doubtfully, as if - how reasonable is it?
"Don't talk about it for now. Your family members in the city will all move into Jinyong City if necessary." Shao Xun knew that there were many flaws in his words, so he decided to change the subject. He stared at Yu Liang and said sincerely.
Yu Liang was greatly moved.
Shao Langjun's eyes were very sincere, as if to say, I care about your family very much, and I am determined to make you my friend.
"Do we need to store more military supplies such as food, arrows, and medicine in advance?" Xu Lang was alone in Luoyang without his family to involve him, so he directly asked the core question.
"Of course we have to prepare in advance." Shao Xun looked at everyone and said, "However, it is best for the court to handle this matter."
"Okay." Mi Huang and Yu Liang nodded like subordinates and agreed.
"Have you forgotten Shi Chao? He has tens of thousands of troops." Xu Lang asked weakly.
"I haven't forgotten him." Shao Xun smiled and said: "If you can't even pass Shi Chao's test, there is no need to talk about the Northern Expedition. There are more than 20,000 Luoyang Central Army, with calculated calculations but no intention, the chance of winning is very high."
Xu Lang nodded hesitantly, obviously not very relieved.
Of course Shao Xun knew that in a war, there was no one who was 100% sure of winning.
If Sima Yue can't even overturn Shi Chao's stumbling block, then I won't play with you anymore, and will take the student soldier Lian Yerun to the East China Sea to become the Mi family's son-in-law.
Well, if it's too late, Concubine Pei and the Crown Prince will be taken away. If you can't be the son-in-law of the Mi family, you can support Concubine Pei and the prince back to the fiefdom and wait and see the situation.
If this doesn't work - then I will take over the mountain as the king and let Concubine Pei, who is probably a widow, be the wife of the village. After all, I have a wife, which can be regarded as a souvenir of my two or three years in Luoyang.
Shao has never lacked bottom-line thinking.
He could foresee that the time to take action was getting closer and closer, and everything would be revealed soon.
Pretty much the same, actually.
A few days later, Mi Huang summoned Shao Xun, He Lun, and Wang Bing with a serious face and read out Sikong's order in private.
Take action on the sixth day of July and destroy Shi Chao's troops in one fell swoop!
