Chapter 457 The whole country is shocked
Just when the city of Luoyang was in chaos, Ma Di led five thousand Han army soldiers to defeat the last resistance of Guo Huai and others.
After the remaining Guanzhong veterans fled in all directions and Guo Huai, Sun Li and others were injured and left, the road to Luoyang became clear. Ma Di led the Han soldiers across Heyin smoothly and arrived outside Luoyang, the capital of Cao Wei today.
At this time, Ma Su's troop composition was relatively special. Among them, three thousand soldiers were light cavalry, all wearing cavalry leather armor. Behind them were two thousand infantry, but they all followed the troops on horseback, and their speed was not slow either.
When the soldiers of the Han army appeared at the gate of Luoyang City, Ma Di also saw with his own eyes the most luxurious city in Guandong.
It has to be said that Luoyang is worthy of its reputation as the capital of Cao Wei. Both the size of the city and the thickness of the city walls are far superior to Chang'an next door. If Chang'an were as strong as Luoyang, there would most likely be no chance of a return attack.
"I once heard that Luoyang was burned to ashes during Dong Zhuo's rebellion in the past. It has only been a few years since the puppet Wei Dynasty moved its capital to Luoyang, but it has once again made the place so luxurious."
Ma Su looked at the thick Luoyang City Wall, and then at the panicked Cao Wei soldiers at the City Wall, and couldn't help but shook his head gently.
"I can only say that it is worthy of Guandong. After supporting countless aristocratic families, it can still support such a large-scale effort by the pseudo-Wei. If your Majesty sees this, he will probably cry with greed..."
When he was in Chengdu in the past, Ma Di often met Liu Chan. Emperor Ji Han had complained to him more than once that life was too tight, but Dong Yun refused to let him have any extravagance or waste.
The most critical thing is that Yizhou is too poor and even the rewards are difficult to provide. In this regard, Liu Chan has always envied Cao Wei's wealth. He had so many troops and a large territory, but he could also be so rich.
There is a saying. Historically, for Liu Chan, life was probably more comfortable when he was Duke Anle than when he was emperor...
"Even if they dominate the world and have millions of people, won't they be beaten to the capital by the general in the end? Such a puppet dynasty composed of mediocre people and trash is nothing in front of the general." In response to this, Deng Fan followed, He immediately spoke to Ma Su to comfort him.
"They are just relying on the afterglow left by the former Cao thieves. In a few years, these will all be owned by the Han Dynasty."
"Tsk... Shi Zai, your ancestral home should be from Qingzhou." Ma Su turned around and glanced at Deng Fan, and after a moment of silence he couldn't help but sigh.
Look at what little Deng Ai said. It's watertight and comfortable to listen to. With this level of speaking, you really deserve your improvement.
Sure enough, it was the stutter that limited Deng Ai's performance. If he didn't stutter, this guy wouldn't be able to fly into the sky...
Oh, by the way, Cao Wei's side is a nine-level Zhongzheng system. If it weren't for Sima Yi's appreciation in history, Deng Ai's talk of breaking the sky would be useless.
"In short, since we have already petitioned outside Luoyang City, why not go in? We ordered the soldiers to camp on the spot and prepare to build simple siege facilities. Even if we cannot defeat them, someone will have to climb to the top of the city to take a look."
Ma Su waved his hand and quickly issued an order to prepare to attack the city.
"Wei!" Deng Fan nodded and immediately turned around to greet Bu Qu to set up camp on the spot. Five thousand soldiers and horses camped a few miles outside Luoyang City in such a swaggering manner, almost setting up camp under the eyes of the Wei army.
In response to this, the Cao Wei Imperial Army in the city felt humiliated for a time, but more importantly, they were panicked about the prospect.
Luoyang was the political center of Cao Wei. Countless aristocratic families, high-ranking official families, and even many family members of frontier officials were located here. These upper classes of the empire, including the emperor, were related to the operation of the entire Cao Wei.
Not to mention letting the Han army invade the city, Ma Di just set up a camp outside the city, and rumors immediately spread in the city.
Countless officials discovered that Xishu, which had been advertised only as a "border trouble", suddenly appeared outside the capital. For a time, everyone in Luoyang felt endless panic and despair about the future prospects.
In particular, many wealthy and distinguished families had already made second-hand preparations when they saw this scene. Some discerning wealthy families have even begun to make Han army flags privately. If the Han army invades the city, they will directly welcome the king's army.
In their private appellation, Ma Di had changed from "the cannibal butcher in the barbarian land of Western Shu" to "the genius of Wu Sheng Bai Qi after the noble family".
Ma Su had only arrived in Luoyang for one day, and the situation had already become so outrageous. If Ma Su is really allowed to invade Luoyang, there is a high probability that the whole country of Cao Wei will surrender.
But it is a pity that Ma Su does not know that the Luoyang in front of him is very weak so far. Because Ji Han rarely collected intelligence about Guandong in these years (after all, Yang Yi had never dared to think of attacking Luoyang before), Ma Su did not know that there were only 6,000 people in Luoyang at this time.
At this moment, Ma Di just planned to show off his power outside the city, and then symbolically attack the city to show the majesty of the Han army.
At the same time, Cao Rui finally woke up from his coma. After waking up, the first thing Cao Rui did was to issue an urgent edict, ordering all the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong to come to the king as soon as possible.
Even if Hefei can no longer be defended, what could be more serious than the fall of Luoyang?
At this critical moment, Cao Rui quickly suppressed all his emotions and acted extremely calm. On the one hand, he quickly issued an edict ordering the Kwantung Army to come to the rescue, and on the other hand, he personally stood up to appease people's hearts.
At this time, rumors were spreading in Luoyang, and people were panicked. Cao Rui personally stood up after this. While leading the Yulin army to the top of the city to appease the troops, he also ordered the recruitment of militiamen from Luoyang to attack.
At the same time, Cao Rui also forced all the major clans to stop hiding and bring out all their servants to support the defense of the city. If the Han army invades, Ma Di will not let go of the Guandong clan who are deeply bound to the Cao family.
After doing all this, Cao Rui personally walked to the top of the city to appease the troops and planned to see Ma Di with his own eyes.
The last time I went to Yingchuan, I originally wanted to see Ma Su with my own eyes, but in the end I was beaten away by one of Ma Su's subordinates. Originally, Cao Rui had made up his mind not to go to the front line again, and thought it was unlikely that he would see Ma Di. Unexpectedly, Ma Di came to see him...
After some mobilization, Cao Rui personally came to the forefront. Under the protection of the Yulin army, he looked down from a high position and looked out of the city from a distance.
"Your Majesty! Those are the soldiers and horses of the Shu army led by Ma Su!" General Wuwei, who followed the army, pointed to the Han army camp in the distance and assured him,
"There are only five thousand of them, and they are all cavalry. Even if they have wings, they can't fly into Luoyang City. Please don't worry, Your Majesty!"
"Don't worry? The result of eight years of worrying is that the Shu army has almost reached my palace!" Cao Rui glanced at the general of the military guard and said with a sneer.
In response, General Wuwei withdrew in embarrassment, not knowing what to say.
Just when Cao Rui was peeping at the Han army camp, Ma Di also noticed something strange at the top of the city.
"Eh? There seems to be an emperor's command on top of Luoyang City? Could it be that Cao Rui is here in person?"