Chapter 45 Cairo!
"The Queen Mother has arrived."
In the palace, the empress dowager walked quickly in a robe dress and galloped like the wind. No matter how many palace maids and eunuchs knelt down along the way, they didn't even look at each other. The maids around him wanted to chase him, and they didn't have time to help stretch the hem of the dress. They just went straight to Wucheng Palace. It was not until the old eunuch at the gate of Wucheng Palace shouted the words "The Empress Dowager is here" that she entered the hall, and His Majesty and the officials of the imperial court's Ministry of War were constantly writing and checking what they were.
"Your Majesty, Wang Shichong took away all the war horses that can be used in Luoyang City. Now there are less than a thousand horses left in the city, and they are all replaced before..."
"Your Majesty, the armory is complete with swords and guns, armor, armed with 10,000 sect guards, and 30,000 prepared guards are enough. How many arrows and crossbows need to be brought?"
"Your Majesty, all twenty crossbows are coming to the city, and the catapult carts can be assembled at any time..."
As soon as he spoke, everyone in the busy Wucheng Hall stopped. Gao Shilian, who was standing beside Yang Tong, saw a woman wearing twelve trees walking into the hall at the door. Then he approached Yang Tong's ear and said, "Your Majesty, it's so late."
Yang Tong has not yet had a wedding. At this time, he dares to wear twelve trees. Only Empress Dowager Liu is the only one in the palace. How can Gao Shilian admit his mistake?
Yang Tong slowly stood up to meet him, walked to Empress Dowager Liu and saluted him and said, "Mother, why did you come to this former imperial city?"
Ziwei City is divided into front and back, with the inner history province, the sub-secret province, and the history museum. It is the prime minister and strategic layout organization that handles government affairs on a daily basis. From this, the blueprint designed here will be turned into various orders to be issued to various ministries and regions across the country, and transformed into policies that can be implemented. The officials of the six ministries and local officials will continue to implement the policies. The emperor is the person responsible for proposing the concept. Basically, after the sentence "What do I want" is said, the entire state machine begins to rotate and eventually becomes a reality.
"Is it really going to fight?"
Empress Dowager Liu asked very seriously, and the caution between her eyebrows showed that she was very nervous.
Yang Tong waved his hand and said, "Gao Shilian, explain why the Empress Dowager should fight." After that, he held the Empress Dowager's hand and walked out, even the entire War Department knelt on the ground in Wucheng Hall.
The mother and son walked out of the hall and stopped in the shade under the scorching sun. Then Gao Shilian said, "The Queen Mother, I have to fight."
He slowly explained: "The years of war have turned Luoyang into a land of poverty. At least there will be no large number of soldiers in ten years. In other words, no matter what day the army is held in Luoyang City, the number of troops will not change; while the number of people remains unchanged, the food is decreasing day by day, and the consumption is increasing day by day."
"At this time, our army and His Majesty's new victory will be able to be strong. If we do not send troops now, we will be arrogant after a long time, and will be fierce because of our power. We will be crushed by the stable days and eat our bones. Then there will be no chance of defeating Wang Shichong."
The Queen Mother glanced at Gao Shilian, and she even knew the official and said, "Why is it today?"
Yang Tong smiled. This is why he did not burn the Wensi Palace. Otherwise, a big fire would have been lit on the day Wang Xuanying entered the palace to celebrate the commemoration.
Now when he returned to Luo, both Luokou warehouses were not in Yang Tong's hands, but in name he was still the emperor. Whether Wang Shichong was dispatching troops to fight or from Luokou, he had to fight in Luokou and transfer grain from Luokou, he had to fight the Zheng Gong Mansion and write it into a document to report. In the document, Yang Tong could clearly see that Wang Shichong's time to carry grain was fixed, that is, he knew when the food was exhausted in Wang Shichong's military camp.
"What do you mean is that when the troops are sent, Wang Shichong has run out of food?"
Yang Tong gave a positive answer: "On the contrary, if I was not wrong, Wang Shichong had just picked up grain from Luokou Cang yesterday."
"Nothing!"
Empress Dowager Liu said fiercely: "Your Majesty actually attacked Luokou when Wang Shichong was in full force of troops. Could it be that Wang Shichong was staring at Luoyang every day?"
"There are only 60,000 people in Luoyang, and you can send out 40,000 at once. There are only 10,000 guards left in the imperial city. There are still 10,000 on the walls of Luoyang. With just 20,000 people, you want to block Wang Shichong's army?"
"At this time, Wang Shichong let go of Luokou and led his troops to Luoyang. He could fight back in one day and night. At that time, the Great Sui Dynasty really followed the late emperor."
Yang Tong and Gao Shilian looked at each other and laughed. He responded: "Mother, if Wang Shichong was allowed to grow freely around Luoyang, the Great Sui Dynasty would be in crisis."
Now Li Tang is in a chaotic situation, Dou Jiande is defeated, and Wang Shichong acts as a protective cover outside, no one dares to think about Luoyang for the time being. But what if these Luoyang people are lazy? I am afraid that Xiao Xian and Zhu Jie will have inappropriate thoughts about Luoyang.
Yang Tong had to fight in this battle. Not only did he fight, but he could only win until he won the entire territory of Luoyang.
Seeing that the Empress Dowager was too worried, Gao Shilian lowered his voice and added: "The Empress Dowager can rest assured that Luokou cannot be beaten."
Swish.
Empress Dowager Liu's eyes gathered, and a cold light seemed to shoot out from her eyes and swept directly on Gao Shilian's face, saying, "Can't you beat it?"
Gao Shilian is smiling, smiling with confidence!
Empress Dowager Liu figured it out and immediately shouted: "Go back to the palace!" and turned around and left.
Yes, Wang Shichong has managed Luoyang for so long, how can he not know about His Majesty’s troops?
If Wang Shichong learned this information, what should he do?
Whoever chooses this is to send people to wait outside Luoyang to seize the city at any time and personally guard Luokou. At that time, the only person who came to capture Luoyang would be Shan Xiongxin. What he brought must be the army of war under Wang Shichong. Wang Shichong was bound to win this battle. Then, Wang Shichong, who guards Luokou Cang, only needs to lead the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled to hold on. When Shan Xiongxin takes Luoyang back to help, it will be the death of the army attacking Luokou.
This is a big bet!
A big bet that both sides only allow victory but not defeat!!
It was almost noon. Yang Tong stood outside the Wucheng Palace and covered his sight with his hands to look at the sun, because he saw Qi Fei running over from the outer palace gate first.
"Report to Your Majesty." Qi Fei knelt down on one knee in front of him and said, "There are tens of thousands of people gathering outside the gate of the imperial city. General Huo Shiju asked Xiao to come and ask what to do."
"So fast?"
This sentence was said by Yang Tong to Gao Shilian, but Gao Shilian exclaimed: "Pei Gong's treasure sword is not old, Your Majesty, this is my blessing for the Great Sui Dynasty."
There were already noises coming from Yang Tong's ears, and a few loud voices seemed to be shouting, "If you dare to step beyond the line, shoot and kill the spot immediately!".
"Let's go, this good show is about to begin."
Yang Tong walked forward and headed straight for Yingtianmen. Behind him, Gao Shilian followed closely.
On the city tower, the veteran Huo Shi raised his hand and looked at the city. The unarmed people stopped ten feet away from the imperial city. What they were facing were the crossbows and arrows of the elite troops of the Great Sui Dynasty. Behind them were the young and old who were waiting for rice to be put into the pot.
"Let the bow and arrow down!"
Yang Tong, here is here. The good show is in Cairo.
Chapter completed!