149. Soldiers approaching the city
A team moved slowly towards Luoyang City from the west to the east, and looked slower and slower from the city. After staring for a long time, it seemed that it was still moving, but the few trees that were still in front of the team had already fallen behind. The originally vaguely colored flag could also be seen that there were words on it.
"Go and report to the Grand Sima!" Ren Shang shouted: "Everyone returns to his position and prepare for the fight!"
The city was immediately in a state of chaos, and the soldiers ran back and forth, and the crossbowmen were busy adjusting the crossbow machine. The infantry officer brought a large shield to cover the bow and arrow, and someone quickly went to report the news in the dungeon.
The army approached a little closer and stopped outside the range of the crossbow.
The team looked very strange. Their flags were yellow, similar to the enemy flags that surrounded the city, but their military appearance was completely different.
At least the clothes on the sergeants were completely different.
Their upper body is red and their lower body is black, because the team is arranged very neatly and the red and black boundaries are clear, making the entire team seem to have turned into red and black.
This army is different from any army that Ren Shang has ever seen. They are neat and solemn, and do not look like flesh and blood people, but like tall pine trees, forming a neat forest.
Even the horses seemed to be particularly obedient, each standing upright and forming a statue with the owner of the horse.
At this time, the other party had already sent two people to ride horses. One soldier was holding a flag and following a man who looked like an officer. It seemed that he was coming to negotiate with the city.
A soldier next to him asked, "Captain, do you want to give them a crossbow?"
Ren Shang suddenly became angry and shouted, "If you have the ability to go out of the city and fight with others, what's the ability to shoot arrows secretly on the top of the city?"
The soldier was scolded for no reason and did not dare to argue.
The two men were getting closer and closer. The envoy arrived at the city and shouted to the city: "The chief of the Yulin Army of His Majesty the Emperor of Han was ordered to rush to Luoyang to help. Please open the city and let our army enter the city!"
"What? Are reinforcements?" The soldiers on the city wall immediately became excited, "Reinforcements are here! Your downstairs are here to support us!"
"No wonder the enemy camp disappeared. It's true that they retreated!"
I was besieged for several months. Although I was not afraid of food shortage, I was blocked in the city every day and could not get out. The thousands of troops outside the city were about to kill in. The mentality of the soldiers reached a critical point, and if they were not released, they would have to cause problems.
Ordinary soldiers did not know that Liu Xuan had stepped down, and they thought that Emperor Gengshi from Chang'an City sent troops to rescue him.
But even if you know, there is no difference. For ordinary people, the emperor is just a title, and everyone is the same.
They all shouted excitedly: "Save the siege! Luoyang has rescued! We can leave the city!"
Some people laughed, some people cried, and some people cried and laughed. Ren Shang only felt something was wrong.
The enemy had just had a big victory and was about to take advantage of the victory to attack the city. Why did reinforcements suddenly come and suddenly release the siege? There is no fraud here, right?
The people under the city were still shouting, and Gengshi Grand Sima Zhu Yu also climbed to the city wall.
Ren Shang hurried over to report, pointed to the envoy shouting under the city, and said, "They said it was sent by the Emperor Chang'an, the chief of the Yulin Army, the Grand Sima. Beware of fraud!"
Zhu Yu was in a trance for a moment. He knew a Changshui Captain. Every time he saw him, he was respectful, but that was from the Gengshi Dynasty. Now that the dynasty has changed, this one should be under the command of the little emperor Liu Yu.
The overlap of names gave him an illusion that nothing had changed, just like before, he was still the Grand Sima who was in power and called the wind and rain in the court. In his eyes, the Changshui Captain was just a small military officer.
"How can the enemy open the door and release people at will? Put the basket down and hang him on the top of the city and talk back and forth!"
The soldiers put down the hanging basket with all their strength. The envoy outside the city looked at it, but took two steps back and said loudly: "The Great Han Yulin Army is the personal army of the emperor. When they enter the city gate, they always walk on the cradle for the city gate. How can they sit on this cradle for children?" After that, they turned around and walked away.
Zhu Yu said: "I dare not go to the city by taking the basket, it seems that this matter is indeed a fraud."
Seeing the envoy return to the army, he took a moment to ride his horse over, put a wooden box on the hanging basket, and shouted to the city: "This is the head of the enemy chief Jingdan. The captain ordered him to give him a gift to the Grand Sima!"
Ren Shang was shocked and suspected that he had heard it wrong, Jing Dan?
After a big defeat a few days ago, he realized that he was defeated by Jing Dan. Jing Dan was the Youzhou thunder general who defeated Luoyang's 30,000 elite cavalry.
Ren Shang once hid under the city wall and watched him galloping on his horse and chasing his brothers in his robe. The big banner of Jing's character rushes around and rages among the defeated soldiers. The arrogant and ruthless face appears in Ren Shang's dream from time to time, causing him to wake up in sweat.
The leader of Jing Dan? Jing Dan was killed? Where is the Youzhou Raider Cavalry?
Ren Shang felt dizzy. When Zhu Yu called him to recognize his head, he was even a little unsteady in the road. He looked at the expressionless dead gray head and couldn't speak for a moment.
A soldier next to him said timidly: "Grand Sima, I recognize him. He is the general. He was behind my horse and almost cut me with a knife."
"It's him!" Ren Shang whispered.
His head buzzed, but he couldn't remember anything. He had thought countless times to kill this person, avenge his robes and wash away his shame, but at this moment, when the head of his enemy who was thinking about was in front of him, Ren Shang had no feeling in his heart.
His shame is still there, but his enemy is dead. Ren Shang is at a loss and can't see the road ahead at all. He even loses his belief in revenge. What should he do in the future?
Not only Ren Shang, but also Zhu Yu, everyone in the city was confused. The invincible cavalry, the nightmare of the whole city, the invincible enemy in their minds, the Youzhou Raid Cavalry? Could it be that it was destroyed?
Everyone wanted to know the truth, but Grand Sima Zhu Yu still did not order the city gate to open, and the envoy under the city refused to sit on the hanging basket to the city.
At this time, another shout came from the city, and the envoy said, "The Changshui University Commander told the Grand Sima that our army was ordered to help Luoyang, wiped out thousands of Youzhou cavalry, killed the enemy chief Jingdan, and lifted the siege of Luoyang's western city. We originally wanted to help Luoyang defend the city, but since the Grand Sima refused to welcome our army into the city, the Changshui University Commander would return to Chang'an and return the order to Your Majesty."
The Yulin Army is here to rescue, you don’t need it, so let’s go!
The army and horses outside the city began to turn around, and thousands of people were not at all confused. The soldiers acted in an orderly manner. Ren Shang was stunned. The army stood as a whole, and acted as a whole, and the movement was orderly. Isn’t this the elite soldiers he usually wanted to train?
Seeing that the Yulin Army Chief Shui Captain was about to leave, Zhu Yu suddenly became a little panicked. This was to defeat the Youzhou cavalry and rescue the world-class army in Luoyang. If they were asked to leave like this, the troops in Xicheng came back and surrounded Luoyang City, what should he do?
Zhu Yu, the lord of Luoyang City, completely forgot about the 200,000 troops under his command. He only had the five thousand Yulin troops under the city, as if they were Luoyang's saviors and his trust.
Chapter completed!