The final battle of the Jin army to recover Heluo ended in this extremely strange way, which made the generals of the Jin army surprised, but also a little caught off guard and unacceptable.

The Heluo war has reached this point, in fact, there is no suspense. The surrounding fortresses were all broken, and the kings from all sides gathered around Luoyang, leaving a Kim Yong City isolated and helpless. For the generals, the question is only how much to pay and who will pick up the fruits of this final victory.

Previously, Shen Zhezi severely punished Guo Yu to reorganize the army, and the effect was outstanding. When the armies met outside Luoyang City, even the generals of Xuzhou who were eager to seek merit and took Mengjin at any cost were able to order and restrain their subordinates at this last critical juncture, and there was no chaos of rushing to attack.

The city of Kim Yong Cheng itself exists as the Acropolis of Luoyang, and the city walls are strong, which can be said to be the only strong city in Luobei today. Moreover, many of the soldiers from all directions poured into the city, at least thousands of people gathered. Just looking at the tight fortifications around Kim Yong Castle, you can see that the defenders were well prepared to hold on.

The art of war is to avoid driving dogs into poor alleys and stimulate the enemy's desire to fight for their lives. Once you know that you will die, you will naturally be able to put life and death aside and burst out with amazing combat effectiveness. If you rashly attack and endure the enemy's desperate counterattack, resulting in heavy casualties, you will be in vain. Therefore, all the armies stopped with a tacit understanding and waited for the Metropolitan Governor to come to the battle to supervise the battle scheduling.

The defeat of the enemy army was all returned to Kim Yong City, and the city was full of reserves, and the outside of the city was clear, and it seemed to anyone that this was a decisive scene that planned to resist stubbornly and not surrender to the death.

However, the armies of the king's division outside the city had just met, and before they could even launch the first attack, the fortress burned on its own! Such a strange situation is really incomprehensible.

Therefore, after seeing that the city was on fire, all the departments of the royal division also quickly sent envoys to ask which side of the friendly army was responsible, but all parties did not know, and even did not receive similar information at all. It's as if the enemy himself was tired of fighting and simply set fire to death.

In a similar situation, the generals of the various leading armies were inexperienced, so the decision was made by Sima Wuji, the highest-ranking king of the army, no matter what the situation was inside, the armies first united to strictly block the surroundings of Luoyang, and then sent an urgent message to the Xingyang battalion.

The fire burned for two nights and one day, and when Shen Zhezi rushed from the Xingyang camp to hear the news, the entire city was still full of smoke and heat.

"The fire started outside the city, first igniting the city's accumulated wages, and then the fire grew stronger and spread to the city. The last general did not know the reason, did not dare to rush in, guarded on all sides, the thieves escaped very few, most of them should have been burned in the city, although the suburbs captured a few remnants, but they are also unknown......"

Although they haven't seen each other for a long time, they are in the Rong brigade, and King Qian didn't have time to catch up with Shen Zhezi, and after bringing the metropolitan governor into the camp, he began to tell the process of Kim Yong City's mutations: "In the remnants of Luoyang in the south of Kim Yong City, there is another garrison of about 2,000 people, and the soldiers are all outside the camp, and their people are the villagers around Luoyang, and they are forced to follow the thieves, but they have no idea of resisting the king's master, and the arson under the city is what the people did, but whether it is true or not remains to be traced......"

Hearing such a strange process, Shen Zhezi was also quite puzzled, and after taking a short rest in the camp, he went straight to Kim Yong City after the flames.

The scorched earth was still scorching, and from a distance, the originally thick and tall city walls were also burned by fierce fire, and the smoke was scorched black, and the sound of horses' hooves approached could shake and peel off the skin of the wall.

In the corner of the collapsed city wall, you can see that the city is also full of devastation, the accumulation of wages is several feet thick, some corners of the city wall are piled up with thick human and animal remains, some of the burned white bones are faintly visible, the whole city has been completely devoid of living things, turned into a dead city.

Rao is generals have already checked it many times nearby, and when they see such a tragic picture at this moment, they still feel cold in their hearts, and they are even more impressed by the ruthlessness of water and fire. Thousands of people were surrounded in the city, burned clean after a fire.

Shen Zhezi has never been a benevolent gentleman, and since he took charge of the army, he has repeatedly used water and fire, even if these remnants of the army were not burned to death, he had long planned to kill them all and leave no prisoners of war. But even if it is the same death, the impact of killing in a battle array is different from being surrounded and burned in the city.

Through the accumulation of ash outside the city and the arrangement around the city gate, it can be seen that the city is already besieged, and after the fire spreads, not many people can escape.

Although the villagers of Luoyang had already admitted what they had done, Shen Zhezi still had doubts that Kim Yong City had been besieged on all sides, and the army along the way was still stationed outside the city.

Since they were suspicious, and there were great hidden dangers in the city's defenses, the defenders were able to quietly approach the arson, and even if they did it, there must be other hidden secrets, or extremely important people in Kim Yong City to provide them with convenience.

The burning of Kim Yong Castle had mixed results, but the advantage was that it avoided the final fierce battle and unnecessary casualties, and completed the goal of recovering the old capital ahead of schedule. The disadvantage is that this fortified city is also embarrassing to be used again, and Luoyang City itself is also dilapidated, as many as tens of thousands of troops are gathered in Heluo, and there is no complete city to be stationed.

Of course, for the generals, there is another disadvantage, that is, they saw that the last great achievement was at their fingertips, but they did not expect to stop in vain. You must know that the current Kim Yong City is equivalent to Luoyang City, and the recovery of the old capital is so brilliant, once you carefully calculate the merits, at least a dozen great achievements can be divided, and the feudal marquis has hope!

"If those villagers are introduced into the empty camp in the wilderness, their clan elders will be seen."

Shen Zhezi stood silently outside Jin Yong City for a long time, then turned around and returned to the camp, and at the same time commanded.

After Shen Zhezi entered the camp, the commanders of the battalions also gathered in the military tents. Soon a soldier introduced a few people dressed in surrender into the camp, and those people did not dare to look left and right after entering the tent, kneeling on the ground, and shouting: "The ugly people in the countryside of Henan County worship the governor!" ”

"If you can respect the king's order and return to the righteous king's teacher, you can be regarded as a little loyal. Get up and answer, and first tell Kim Yong Cheng in detail. ”

Shen Zhezi had doubts in his heart, so he didn't answer with these people falsely, and asked directly.

After hearing this, those people got up tremblingly, standing in the tent on their sides, not daring to face north, but when two middle-aged people got up, their eyes inadvertently swept Shen Zhezi who was sitting above, and their movements were paused, and their faces also showed a lot of uncontrollable surprise.

Shen Weizhou, the governor of the Jin army, has a great reputation in recent years, and is known as a Tianhua scholar, so they naturally have heard of it. It's just that after seeing it with his own eyes, it is really difficult to connect this handsome young man with a general Fang Bo who is in charge of a strong army of more than 100,000 people.

Even if there are many rumors about young people who are promising, handsome and so on, in previous years, they only praised it too much, and it was inevitable to exaggerate and misrepresent it, but after seeing it with their own eyes, they were not fortunate enough to be famous, and this young man Fang Boshan seemed to be a little better than the rumors from the appearance. As for the ability, there is no need to doubt more, just meeting in this kind of scene, you will know that the person is worthy of his reputation.

At present, life and death are still tied to the hands of people, these people naturally dare not relax, after getting up, an old man took a step forward according to the earlier discussion, and said in a trembling voice: "I wait for the villagers in Henan, there is no idea of falling into the thief, and I have always had the heart of righteousness, but the villagers are despicable, it is difficult to abandon the old village, and there are slaves and thieves and leopards bullying this situation......"

The old man spoke at length, bitterly expressing his inner struggles and grievances, and with the old and trembling tone, a pathetic atmosphere was created.

However, before the generals of the Jin army were about to get bored, they turned the topic around the incident in Kim Yong Cheng in time: "We are foolish, forced by the atrocities and humiliation of slaves, and have to do things to slaves, but we dare not forget the royal road of returning to righteousness for a while, fortunately, there is a Gao Shi Lude in the slave army who has a lot of mercy for the villagers......"

"Lourdes?"

When Shen Zhezi heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and when he saw the old man, he stopped talking in panic and motioned for him to continue. As for him, he listened to the villager's account of how they secretly instructed Ludd to push Kim Yong City into danger and then finally set it on fire, while recalling messages about that Ludd.

The Huainan Governor's Mansion has always had no shortage of sources in Heluo, so it is not ignorant of this Lu De, and there are various independent books about him for Shen Zhezi to know.

Born in Hansu, the old reputation was compared to the right marquis, originally from Chen Guang, and later transferred to the command of Taobao......

As there were more and more things to deal with, Shen Zhezi's memory gradually improved, and when he expressed his curiosity, the master had already helped him recall, and the information about that Lu De was slightly combed and submitted silently, so the image of Lu De was enriched in Shen Zhezi's mind.

Soon, the old man finished speaking, and answered some detailed questions from the generals of the Jin army. As a result, the story of a strategist with a high level of intelligence and courage who was able to arrange such a killing move under the noses of the thief army and finally could kill it with one blow became known to everyone.

"Where is that Loud in the old words?"

King Qian asked, if these villagers did not lie, then this Lu De is an extremely important person in the process of recovering Heluo, and his talent is not weak, such a person must be in his hands, whether it is calculated or appointed.

"Although Mr. Lu rescued us and other villagers, it was difficult to get out of the thief army, and his people were also in the city when the fire broke out. Only close to the account of the Governor of the Metropolis, do not hide or decorate, and will the gentleman be high-spirited to the world......"

Hearing the old man say this, including Shen Zhezi, everyone in the tent couldn't help but be stunned. Before everyone could speak, Shen Zhezi had already snorted coldly, stood up from his seat, and said in a deep voice: "Whether Lu Deqi is meritorious or not, Feier and others can win." Since the villagers have returned to righteousness, they have their own proper resettlement, and they have returned to the camp, and they are not subject to military orders, and they are not allowed to go out without permission! ”

When those people heard this, their expressions changed, and even if some people still wanted to argue for Lu De again, they saw the solemn atmosphere in the tent, and they were afraid to speak, and they withdrew from the military tent under the escort of the soldiers.

When the villagers withdrew, Shen Zhezi glanced around at the generals in the tent, and said solemnly: "This spring, tens of thousands of tigers and wolves came out, and they were defeated by several battles, repeatedly breaking strong enemies, and finally reached Heluo and entered the old capital. How can a mere madman have a poisonous strategy, how can he compete with each other! Even if there is no such chaos, within a few days, Wang Shi will be able to step into Kim! ”

Hearing Shen Zhezi say this, the slightly strange expressions of the generals gradually calmed down. To be honest, while this Ludd's behavior brought them a lot of shock, it also made them feel resentful in their hearts.

The Heluo war has reached this part, in fact, there is no suspense about the outcome of the battle, and the difference is only the end of the last game. Under such circumstances, Kim Yong Cheng has undergone such a change and collapsed. This is also different from the collapse and surrender of the slave army in the great victory of Liyang, where Kim Yong Cheng was burned to the ground, with no merit of capturing the city or beheading him, and even very few captures.

Especially for Li Hong and other Xuzhou generals, they fought the Yellow River and captured Mengjin at any cost, all they did was to gain an advantageous position when they finally captured Luoyang.

This has nothing to do with the struggle for interests and positions, even if it is just to give an explanation to those soldiers who died in Mengjin, this matter must be defended clearly. In the end, their various departments fought for more than half a year, as if the whole point was just to build a stage for this Ludd to show himself.

Such an outcome is really unacceptable. Especially that Lu De, who did not surrender to Wang Shi until his death, if he praised his actions again, it would undoubtedly be even more overshadowed by the hard fighting of all walks of life in the Jin army. At that time, people would not discuss so much in military affairs, they would only spread the word of mouth, and hundreds of thousands of royal divisions cost hundreds of millions, and the result was not as good as a mere Han Shi to die!

Compared with the generals, Shen Zhezi thought more, he directly opened his mouth to set the tone, what he did was not to calculate military merits and comfort the public, but that he did not approve of Lu De and his behavior at all.

Although Shen Zhezi is not very old, he is also a second person, and he has been immersed in the chaotic world of Jiangdong for a long time, and he has the ability to observe people. In his opinion, this Ludd is a pure egoism.

Of course, self-interest is not bad, people don't kill for themselves, and Shen Zhezi never denies his self-interest, but this self-interest has a bottom line. And Lu De, in his opinion, is almost extreme, the great desire of fame and fortune, this person is to seek fame, and he can use anything as a bargaining chip, even his own life.

Closing his eyes, Shen Zhezi could even imagine a character who was obsessed with reputation to the point of being almost perverted. For this reason, he does not hesitate to surrender to thieves and masters, and there is no concept of right and wrong. Even if the people of Luoyang are rescued in the end, it seems that good thoughts still exist, and there is no loss of righteousness, and in this kind of character logic, it is actually just a backhand prepared by others.

His people used their lives to construct such a poisonous plan, so that the last stubborn place of Kim Yong City turned into ashes, leaving behind a heroic. Shen Zhezi believed that with his ability to know people's hearts, it was impossible not to guess that Wang Shi was ambivalent about his merits and deeds, and he might not be able to publicize his deeds, so he preserved a part of the Luoyang villagers in order to pass on his virtues by word of mouth.

Of course, Shen Zhezi also admitted that his associations were not lacking in malicious speculation, perhaps Lu De himself was indeed a noble and pure person. However, as the chief general of the recovery of Heluo, he not only had to maintain the seriousness of this military operation, but also took into account the exemplary role brought by praising and belittling a person, especially now that he is making a big move, and there are many people in Jiangdong who do not like him.

If this matter is widely publicized, it will give some people a hint that it is not necessary to have strong soldiers and strong generals in hand to obtain meritorious service, and it is also possible to cultivate spies and plot against the enemy's high-ranking officials. This will make the entire Northern Expedition situation confusing, and a large number of traitors will emerge who serve two teas and dinners, which will bring infinite variables to future military operations.

For example, in the future, if you continue to go north to attack Hebei, and encounter an enemy fortress, the defender will be an enemy general who has been rebelled by Taiwan's assistance, will you fight or not? If you fight, there will be internal contradictions, and my chess piece is to stay until the end to make a fatal blow to the counter-attack! If you don't fight, you will have to worry about the future.

He didn't expect that through such a heroic figure as Lu De, he could awaken the enthusiasm of the Jin people in other fallen areas to return to righteousness, once the praise was too much, such painstaking and lonely characters would emerge everywhere from Liaodong to Hexi, and they would be able to set things right when the Hu regime was vying for advancement, just for the siege of Wang Shi!

Therefore, for this Lu De, no matter whether he is good or bad, at least at the political level, Shen Zhezi must dilute his sense of existence, even if he does not deliberately smear him, he must not praise, depreciate or comment.

In any case, Luoyang City was finally recovered. Although there were still some wandering people in the countryside, under the fierce encirclement and suppression of the cavalry, those chaotic people soon disappeared.

But Shen Zhezi didn't have time to indulge in joy, and now that it was October, the pressure on the transportation of food had increased greatly. In addition to supporting hundreds of thousands of troops, the Jin army also had millions of people waiting to be fed, and Heluo was too miserable, this battle had little to gain except for political significance, even the fortified city of Kim Yong was a wasteland and difficult to use, and there was also border pressure from Guanzhong.

These problems need to be solved urgently. For a while, Shen Zhezi was overwhelmed by a large number of offices, and he was so busy that he didn't even have time to go to the north to go to the graves of Sima Yi and several other former kings of the Sima family.

Of course, among many affairs, the most stable thing is the military spirit. This year's war began in March and lasted until October, and there were many twists and turns in the process, and the results were also brilliant. The entire territory south of the Yellow River was recovered, and a firm foothold was established in Hebei, and Hanoi and Jijun were now under the control of the Jin army.

Such a special feat is not only exciting, but also makes the soldiers eagerly look forward to the final reward result. But at the moment, Shen Zhezi does not plan to officially submit the Heluo war report to Taichung, he needs to sort out a general context first, thousands of miles of territory, millions of people, which will take a certain amount of time to sort out and come up with a comprehensive plan.

In such a situation, there are too many people who are especially taboo to express their opinions and interfere. Therefore, Shen Zhezi simply put an end to it from the root first, and prepared to delay it until around the New Year's Festival and then report to Jiangdong for two months.

He also did this for a reason, such a large reclaimed territory, there is no way to ensure that a rebel army will emerge from nowhere. What's more, although Heluo has been recovered, there will still be a war near Hangu Pass in the west, so the war is far from over.

In this busy process day and night, a letter from Huainan arrived in Luoyang: on the day of October New Year, Princess Xingnan gave birth to a boy, and the mother and child were safe.