Chapter 458: Divide the fruits of victory
Sima Ji did not have the idea of getting rid of other vassal kings. This series of operations was just to buy half an hour for his own cavalry. This was also a thing of the past. If he just threw away other vassal kings, it would be too offensive.
Send someone to wake up the other vassal kings. Sima Ji, Sima Yong, Sima Yi all appeared with exhausted expressions. He forced his eyes to ask Sima Ji what was going on. He was still dissatisfied. You, the King of Yan, have a bunch of cavalry, and you have nothing to do every day. You come to torture us at night?
"The Luoyang Palace has changed, Sima Lun has been under house arrest." Sima Ji spoke and let all the vassal kings wake up. "I have gathered cavalry to Hulao Pass to take over the pass, and then I called you up. Let's see if you are preparing for the army and go to Luoyang with the strongest military appearance, or set off now."
Sima Ji was not slow in speaking, and he was not in a hurry at all. Anyway, his cavalry had already left the camp, and all of his command were cavalry. It was not easy for others to catch up with him. He was completely in a state of standing and talking without a pain in his back.
"Yes!" Sima Jiong, who was sleepy, was shocked and ordered loudly, "I ordered the cavalry under his command to gather and go to Hulao Pass. The infantry should be on standby. Let's set off early tomorrow morning and follow me into the capital."
"You go and pass the order too!" Sima Yong turned around and ordered the subordinate generals, and the coalition camp was in chaos again. Several vassal kings were much more concerned at this time than when they attacked Hulao Pass a few days ago. They didn't look at what time it was now. It was time to divide the fruits of victory, so why didn't they care about it?
At this time, the King of Yan had no say. The world was so cold and cold. Who made Sima Ji have only three hundred guards left? The phoenix in distress is not as good as a chicken, so he still has the right to speak.
On the other side, Sima Ying took 10,000 cavalry and one horse to enter Hangu Pass directly and then galloped towards Luoyang without stopping. The situation here was far less responsible than Hulao Pass. Sima Jiao and Sima Ying were both parents and children of Emperor Wu. Sima Jiao was in poor health and could not get on the horse and gallop, so he asked Sima Ying to lead the cavalry first, and he was in the back to consolidate the army to conquer the formation.
The distance between Hangu Pass and Luoyang is about the same as that of Hulao Pass in the east. The competition for marching towards Luoyang now falls on Sima Ying and Sima Ji. Sima Ji should be glad now. Fortunately, he only got a bunch of leather armor to deal with the Jurchen cavalry, otherwise his cavalry might not be as fast as the infantry.
On the side of Hulao Pass, the chaos of the coalition camp finally ended. All the vassal kings, including Sima Yi, the king of Changshan, gave in and left the infantry, and personally led the cavalry into Hulao Pass first. Just as Sima Ji predicted, if he still brought infantry, nearly 500,000 troops would definitely block Hulao Pass tightly.
"Behead the general Sun Fu, the superior army, to me!" After entering Hulao Pass, King Sima Jiong of Qi did not forget to kill the chief general of Hulao Pass. He actually blocked his army for so long, which made him feel embarrassed.
"Both sides are their own leaders, isn't it appropriate to kill?" Sima Yi, who was beside Sima Jiong, spoke hesitantly.
"The generals of the pseudo-in-law are traitors and they have to pay the price to do things." Sima Jiong lowered his face and said unquestionably, "The situation in Luoyang is unclear now, so everyone should hurry to Luoyang as soon as possible."
"Jingzhi is right, don't say too much Shidu. It's more important to rush to Luoyang now." Sima Ji said calmly. Sima Ji now has more than 200,000 troops, and Sima Yi has only 3,000 troops. If he should be patient, he must be patient.
The first one was the three vassal kings who set out, which had nothing to do with Sima Ji and Sima Yi. This was the order issued by His Highness Qi, the leader of the Central Plains martial arts world. This order is actually not difficult to understand. Sima Ji only had tens of thousands of cavalry, and Sima Yi had only three thousand vassal troops, which could not pose a threat to Sima Ji.
But Sima Su, King of Fanyang, and Sima Yong, King of Hejian, were different. They each had 100,000 troops, which was a potential competitor. So even if Sima Ji was suspected of taking credit for merit, even if Sima Yi might have a deep brotherly relationship with Sima Jian and Sima Ying, Sima Ying was still willing to take it by his side, but he was unwilling to let the other two vassal kings with large troops be ahead of him.
The two of them may be dissatisfied, but the first two soldiers were similar to Sima Ji and Sima Yi. Sima Ji took Sima Ji and Sima Yi away. After all, the two soldiers and horses were also vassal kings, and their identities were placed there. They did not have the advantage over the military and horses, and there were three vassal kings compared to the identity of Sima Ji, and Sima Yong and Sima Yu were only two. They could only bear this tone. Anyway, it was just a matter of day or day.
Luo Yong, Li Shan and 20,000 cavalry began to gallop all the way from entering Hulao Pass. When it was dawn, they had already arrived at the eastern suburbs of Luoyang. When they saw some people with panic expressions, Luo Yong stopped at Li Shan, and jumped off the war horse and asked the people dressed in the old peasant, "You are people in Luoyang, where are you going now?"
"Caomin is a commoner in Luoyang. Now the city of Luoyang is in chaos, and even the imperial guards have no time to take care of us. So there is still time to control us? Caomin escaped with his family yesterday and rested again. Some people say that the army of kings was annoyed that Sima Lun usurped the throne. Once he broke through the pass and arrived in Luoyang, he would definitely massacre the city." The call-stop old farmer looked at the dark cavalry army in front of him with a terrified expression, and asked tremblingly, "I don't know which vassal king the general is."
"I am the Tingwei of Yan State, and we are the cavalry under the command of the King of Yan. You can return to Luoyang. The vassal kings who sent troops are all the emperor's family and will not massacre the city in the capital." Luo Yong said comfortingly. In fact, he was not sure whether it would be possible, but he thought it would not be so. He was stunned for a moment and asked again, "I don't know how the emperor is."
"I heard that the emperor has come out of Jinyong City!" The old farmer nodded and replied without hesitation.
"General Li Shan, Your Highness ordered us to arrive in Luoyang quickly. It's more important to rush forward." Luo Yong finished asking the questions he wanted to ask and went back to his body. He went south with his mission and has now arrived in the suburbs of Luoyang. It's not worth wasting time on these people. The military expenditure of the Yan King's army still counts on himself.
At least they had to arrest all the people first. After handing them over to Sima Ji to decide, Li Shan nodded and shouted a Jurchen word, which directly scared the old farmer who had just answered the question. Are these cavalrymen Hu?
At this time in Luoyang, Sima Zhong sent people to leave the palace city with Zuo Yu Banner. Tens of thousands of imperial guards left in the city to remove their armor and relieve the strictness. Luoyang suddenly became an unguarded city. When Luo Yong and Li Shan arrived in Luoyang, they falsely passed the orders of the kings of Hulao Pass to open the city gate. As soon as they entered the city, they saw the people and officials running in panic on the streets. These people were originally waiting to leave the city to hide. When the city gate opened, they saw tens of thousands of cavalry in front of them and instantly dispersed.
"This situation is most likely to breed rumors. This is what the King of Yan once said, but we are not convenient to intervene. The general is all Hu cavalry and it is not easy to control it." Luo Yong said while slapping his horse into the city, "Your Highness ordered you to go to the Secretariat and Generals to be the supervisor. The general can send troops and horses to two places to surround him."
At this moment, a common-dressed man directly stopped Luo Yong. Li Shan was about to draw his sword toward him, but Luo Yong stretched out his hand to stop him. The man took out a token from his arms, with a big Jin character on it.
"It turns out that they are my own people, and they will take us to the prison and the Secretariat Mansion immediately." Luo Yong was very happy when he saw the token, "At most, your highness and the kings will arrive in Luoyang on a day, and your contribution will naturally be indispensable at that time."
While entering the city, Luo Yong shouted, "The people of the capital will go home by themselves. The rebellion of King Zhao has nothing to do with you. After returning, close the door and be careful of some defeated soldiers and generals causing trouble."
When Luo Yong entered the city, someone had already sent the city gate to the palace. All the royal families knew that there had been subordinates of the vassal kings. King Liang Sima Tong asked the soldiers who reported the news, "Can you know which vassal king's subordinate is."
"It is His Highness of the King of Yan, with a total of 20,000 people, but?" The soldier said panting. Sima Tong nodded in understanding. The first person to enter Luoyang was King of Yan Sima Ji.
"But what?" Sima Tong asked anxiously. He didn't care about the way the soldiers spoke when there was a major change in Luoyang today.
"But the 20,000 cavalry of King Yan seemed to be all Hu." The soldiers were scared by Sima Tong and told to debut.
"What? Hu people!" Sima Tong was startled and immediately ordered the palace gate to be closed. At this time, another soldier rushed in to report the news, "Report to King Liang, a large army appeared west of Gushui, and it should be the King of Qin's army."
"That's good!" Sima Tong was relieved when he heard this. This shows that the army of all the kings were rushing towards Luoyang. At least these Hu cavalry would not cause chaos. The rest depends on how these vassal kings sent troops argued.
Sima Tong's concern was obviously scared by the person who reported the news. Luo Yong did not bring all the cavalry into Luoyang. How could the cavalry be in an environment like this? In this environment, even if the imperial guards gathered again to attack, it would not be difficult to remove the cavalry. What's the use of being trapped among the houses if the cavalry could not rush up and be trapped among the houses?
He only brought in five thousand cavalry as a blockade and waited for Sima Ji to enter the city before he could act.
The first army to enter Luoyang belonged to the King of Yan, but the first vassal king to arrive in Luoyang was Sima Ying. He also ran all the way with his cavalry, but he was just a little later than Luo Yong.
Sima Ying had just entered Luoyang and didn't even breathe, and shouted directly, "Where is Sun Xiu, bring him here."
"He has been beheaded!" A trace of unaware strangeness flashed in Sima Yue, the King of East China who came to greet him, and he was deeply grateful for his foresight. Sure enough, a vassal king wanted to take revenge as soon as he entered the city.
Chapter completed!