The army of tiger-shaped flags came to Luoyang City.
On a temporary high platform not far outside Luoyang City, a general of the Tiger Flag was observing the Luoyang City in front of him with a monocular telescope.
"It's disappointing!" Chen Xunping put down the monocular telescope in his hand with a look of disappointment on his face.
Qin Rong, who was standing aside, said with a puzzled face: "What's wrong? Are you disappointed because there are too few defenders in Luoyang City and the fighting is not satisfying?"
"None of them." Chen Xunping shook his head slightly and said immediately, "Luoyang City, as an ancient capital that has gone through many dynasties, is like this now. It is really untrue."
Qin Rong laughed when he heard this and said: "The Luoyang City in front of us was built on the original site of the eastern capital of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it spanned both banks of the Luo River. Now it only occupies a part of the north bank of the Luo River. Naturally, it cannot compare with it. The scale of Kyoto and Peto.”
"So that's it. I thought the Luoyang City in front of me was what it looked like during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but some things were destroyed in the war." Chen Xunping said with a smile, "I didn't expect that you, a great staff officer, know so much."
Luoyang is an ancient capital of many dynasties, a political, economic and cultural center, and one of the Silk Road. When he saw Luoyang City for the first time, he was disappointed, but now he can understand it.
If Luoyang was still as prosperous as in the past, Ming Dynasty would not have chosen the two capitals as its capital.
Qin Rong smiled and said: "I prefer some ancient humanities and history. This time the army attacked Henan, I have a special understanding of Luoyang. Look here."
As he spoke, he pointed towards the west of Luoyang City.
Chen Xunping looked in the direction of his finger.
"The place to the west of Luoyang City now was the Zhou City of the Zhou Dynasty, and the place to the east was the Luoyang City of the Han and Wei Dynasties." Without mentioning a place, Qin Rong changed the direction of his finger.
Hearing this, Chen Xunping was greatly surprised.
He had always thought that Luoyang City was the Luoyang City in ancient times, and it was the Luoyang City mentioned in the storybook. Now when he heard his partner say this, he realized that the Luoyang City in front of him was the Luoyang City left during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is not the same place as Cao Wei's Luoyang City in the storybook.
It has to be said that having such a partner by his side can help him gain a lot of knowledge.
"It is a pity that the ancient capital of many dynasties has fallen into this state." Chen Xunping sighed, lamenting that he did not have the opportunity to see Luoyang's former prosperity.
Qin Rong, who heard this, smiled and said, "Okay, don't sigh. Is it time for our people to attack the city?"
"There is no rush. We will launch an siege when our people have gathered enough energy." Chen Xunping said, "Luoyang City is flat on all sides. This place is undefeable. It will be a matter of time to capture Luoyang City. It won't be a while."
Luoyang is located at a strategic transportation hub, extending in all directions, and Henan is also a grain-producing area. The reason why such a place was not selected as the capital when the Han Dynasty was founded was largely because there was no danger to defend here and it was inferior to Chang'an.
The tiger-character banner army surrounded Luoyang City.
Although there was no direct siege, the preliminary preparations for the siege were in progress in an orderly manner.
The officers and soldiers guarding the city can naturally see it.
But they had no way to stop them. They could only watch as the besieging Tiger Banner army set up artillery positions and pieces of siege equipment appeared outside the city.
The government of Henan Prefecture is located in Luoyang City.
There was already a chaos in the government office. The Luoyang County magistrate and officials from Luoyang City, who were also in Luoyang City, all gathered in the government office.
"Futai, you have to think of a way! I heard that there are 100,000 thieves outside the city besieging Luoyang City." The person who spoke was the Luoyang County Magistrate. At this moment, his face turned pale, and his whole face was full of panic. .
Sitting on the main seat was a middle-aged man with a big belly and a majestic face. He shouted: "How can there be an army of one hundred thousand troops outside the city? Magistrate of Luoyang, where did you hear the rumor that there are one hundred thousand troops of thieves? Is it you?" seen it myself?"
"The official heard a few words from the people in the city, but didn't see it with his own eyes." The magistrate of Luoyang shrank in fear.
The judge on the side said at this time: "The bandits don't have an army of one hundred thousand, it's just a boast by others. At the moment, there are at most two to thirty thousand bandits besieging Luoyang City. This number of bandits is not too many, and our city of Luoyang is not spiritual." In a small city like Baocheng, it’s not that easy for thieves to capture Luoyang City.”
However, after he finished speaking, no one present echoed his words.
There is no fool among these people here.
We don’t really regard the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Character Banner as ordinary bandits. Based on what the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Character Flag did in Shanshan, anyone who doesn’t understand military affairs will understand that the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Character Flag are better than those of the Ming Dynasty. The most elite Ming army is powerful.
Such thieves are not the kind of bandits who are ragged and hungry.
Tong San, who didn't wait for a response, closed his mouth.
These colleagues around me are not easy to fool.
The prefect He Shuiqing asked: "How many defenders are there in the city?"
"When Deputy Commander-in-Chief Wang Xingshan left, he took more than a thousand soldiers and horses with him. When Lingbao City was besieged, he added some soldiers from the Ruzhou Guard and entered Luoyang City. Now, including the police officers in Luoyang City, Less than five thousand." said Ran Yuncheng, He Shuiqing's deputy and prefect's fellow magistrate.
"There are too few people guarding the city." Magistrate He Shuiqing frowned.
With so few troops guarding the city, he felt insecure.
Tongzhi Ran Yuncheng said: "All the officers and soldiers found in the city have been arranged to defend the city on the city wall. The remaining government officials still need to maintain public order on the streets. It is not good to send them all to the city to defend the city."
"Then go and recruit people. Defending the city is not the government's own business, but also the business of all the people of Luoyang. Once the city of Luoyang is destroyed, the people of the city will also suffer from the scourge of thieves. To protect the city of Luoyang is to protect themselves." The prefect said. He Shuiqing looked at Ran Yuncheng opposite and said.
Ran Yuncheng frowned when he heard this and said hesitantly: "I'm afraid it's not that easy to recruit young men to defend the city!"
"What's so difficult about this? Do the people in the city still want the bandits outside the city to enter the city?" Magistrate He Shuiqing said with dissatisfaction.
Fellow acquaintance Ran Yuncheng shook his head slightly and said: "The situation in the city is not good. I don't know when there was a rumor that the tiger-character flag was here to save the people of Henan, and that everyone should have food to eat. People have clothes to wear, and children can all read. Now many people in the city believe these words and hope that the rebels can capture Luoyang City."
Snapped!
The prefect, He Shuiqing, slapped his palm heavily on the table.
I saw him scolding with a cold face: "Don't they know that the words of the rebels are not trustworthy? What a bunch of idiots, they would actually believe the words of the rebels. They are extremely stupid."
