Chapter 1007 19. I led the army forward, and they turned against us!
For many people, this is a problem. The reputation of the Luo family has long been unparalleled in the world and has reached the highest level of the system. The Luo family's magic is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, especially when Zhaocheng has just returned to the world and the phoenix has flown over most of the land of Zhuxia. It is the time when the limelight is at its peak and the belief in Su Wang is the most fervent. The fact that hundreds of cities have been captured without a fight is proof of all this.
But it was not a problem for the Lu family. When everyone in the parade ground was confused and silent by Luo Chengyun's sudden words, Lu Chang was the first to stand up.
He raised his arms and shouted in a voice that could be heard throughout the entire parade ground: "Future master of the Holy Empire, we were originally just lowly people oppressed by the New School Party.
Now, because King Su has bestowed upon me the mandate of heaven, I have the honor to follow you and participate in this great cause of resisting the tyranny of the dictator.
We follow your leadership and regard you as our leader. Doesn't that mean that all life, death, and honor are not controlled by you?
Please give us orders, and all we can do is to carry them out seriously, sincerely, and wholeheartedly."
Li Jiye felt his scalp tingling. He felt that Lv Chang was extremely evil and always outsmarted him. He quickly straightened his sleeves, stood up and said loudly, "Future master of the Holy Empire, you are the descendant of the highest blood, the chosen one of the Su King. How noble is this?
The emperors of the past all revered you, and the people of the world all admired you. I once had a small dignity, and I once claimed to be the heir of the Mandate of Heaven, but at this moment, I am an ordinary citizen of the Chinese nation, willing to follow you. No matter what rules you propose, I will obey them unswervingly, just like the stars in the sky always set off the bright moon. "
Lu Chang and Li Jiye's calls and statements put a bloody reality in front of everyone. If this is a multiple-choice question, then there is only one correct answer to this question.
Could anyone make the wrong choice?
Yes, but not many.
Some people change very quickly. Power is so fascinating that they praise Luo and hope to become new founding fathers with his help. Such an easy opportunity to become a founding father has never happened before.
But now that Luo has made such a request to them, in essence, it is erasing their contributions, so they will hesitate.
A few people left with smirks, they were all the most powerful ones. Everyone looked at Luo Chengyun, as if they could see some orders from his face. As long as Luo Chengyun gave the order, they would immediately capture those people as a gift.
At this time, in their eyes, Luo Chengyun was no longer a rebel leader, but an emperor, their future monarch. They didn't know what Luo's dynasty would look like, but loyalty and hard work were always right.
But Luo Chengyun just sat there without saying a word. He waited until those who should leave had left before he looked around the parade ground. Not many people had left, only about 5%. There was almost no change in the crowd of people in the parade ground. However, most of those who left were the most powerful rebel leaders, and it was precisely because they were too powerful that they were unwilling to give up.
Luo Chengyun acted as if nothing had happened and said calmly: "In every critical decision at every historical node, there will always be people who leave and there will always be people who join. This is the will of fate and it is not worth worrying about at all."
Everyone could hear the calmness in Luo Chengyun's words, and their depressed mood also eased. Then they heard Luo Chengyun say: "The current situation in the world only tells us all one truth, that is, the victory or defeat of a war does not depend on a solid city or excellent weapons, but on the human heart, which is like flowing water.
When Luo raised his arm and called out, people's hearts gathered. Before you arrived at Hulao Pass, you must have experienced the eager gazes of the soldiers in the army and the people under your command. They have expectations of you, and hope that you can follow Luo, do great things, and achieve great things.
The New School members lost the support of the people, while the Luo family had the support of the people, so hundreds of millions of people made their own choices, and this is the reason why I am sitting here now.
Not far ahead of Hulao Pass is the holy city of Luoyang. You must all think that I am here to reorganize the army, have a decisive battle with the New School Party, and finally advance into Luoyang victoriously.
I want to say that you are wrong.
I was born at the right time.
I will lead an army of ten thousand forward, and along the way, ten thousand people will defect!
I will win without a fight."
Luo Chengyun never speaks loudly, but his voice is always louder than that of millions of people, and always shocks people.
They couldn't understand where the strong self-confidence in Luo Chengyun's words came from. Even if the Luo family had a supernatural power appear in the world, even if the Luo family was now in control of the general trend, and even if the Luo family had an extremely high reputation, the New School Party had hundreds of thousands of elite troops, so this would inevitably be a tough battle.
How could it be ended so easily without a large-scale war?
But they didn't dare to say anything. After all, there were too many legends about this family. Besides, they also hoped that it was true. No one wanted to fight more wars. What was wrong with taking over the country easily?
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Why is Luo Chengyun confident?
How many resources are needed to maintain an army of tens of millions? How many logistical personnel are needed? How much gold, silver and money are needed?
Even people who don't know much about military affairs know that it would be an astronomical figure. Especially after losing a large amount of land, the daily cost of maintaining such an army would be staggering.
Where did the New Learning Party get all this money from? Did they take it out from their own private treasury?
That is naturally impossible. Even if the country is destroyed and the family is ruined, they cannot use themselves to fill the gap of the country. Sir Han has a famous saying: "The country is the only ship in the world that leaks from the top."
They could only exploit the people more harshly. Although they were the army of a nation-state, a large number of them were recruited by conscripting able-bodied men. To put it bluntly, the armies of the Han and Tang dynasties did not use such despicable means.
Can an army formed in this way be combat-effective even if it has better equipment?
This problem had already emerged in the confrontations a few days ago. The army of the New School Party even needed the suppression of the Supervisory Team to prevent it from collapsing. There were too many spontaneous deserters in the army. When these people faced the Luo family, as long as they found that there were many people like them around them, as long as they knew that King Su was really watching them from heaven and that death was not the end of everything, they would easily turn against them.
When one of the two confronting armies suddenly appeared, dropped its gun and ran towards the rebels, the atmosphere and situation on the battlefield changed completely.
When organized surrenders occurred on the battlefield, the war changed completely.
When the phrase "Sir, can you lend me your head?" appears on the battlefield, order completely collapses.
The old order collapsed so quickly, and the new order was established so quickly.
"I am willing to obey Luo's orders and fight against the New School members in Luoyang!"
Countless young people said this with excitement on their faces.
The leaders of the rebel army who had followed Luo Chengyun looked at him as if he were a god.
Luo Chengyun just said proudly: "Now you are on the side of justice, pick up your weapons and point your guns at the New Learning Party. Let's stand together, under the Luo family's banner, to create a new world!"
Amid the cheers and roars, soldiers in different uniforms sat together as the night grew colder. When the dawn broke and the sky lit up, they marched along the straight road toward Luoyang.
They are singing!
The singing is louder than ever!
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Some were happy and some were sad. Luoyang was in chaos. The defeat on the front battlefield was unbelievable, but everyone could see now that the situation was truly hopeless.
"Go to Chang'an! Go to Chang'an!"
The commander-in-chief really didn't want to stay in Luoyang any longer. His previous bold words were all lies. He didn't care about other people's lives. As long as he could escape, everything would be fine.
One of his confidants, who was also an assistant official, said in a hurry: "General, it is not appropriate to be in Chang'an now. Since ancient times, after losing Luoyang, how can one survive in Chang'an?
The Qin State was destroyed by the princes of Guandong, and the Han Emperor Li was also overthrown by the princes of Jingnan. Emperor Guangwu of Han Liu Xiu was crowned in Guandong. If we lose Luoyang, we cannot keep Chang'an. We cannot go to Chang'an, and we have to take the land route to Chang'an, which takes a long time to prepare and the journey is slow. I think the right way is to take a boat from Luoyang to Jingzhou or directly enter Shu. If things fail, we can still go all the way to Annan."
When Lin Sheng heard this, he cursed in his heart, this bastard is really bad, what if he really escapes by water?
The commander-in-chief asked him to arrange the journey to Chang'an, so he must be the one to escort them on the way to Chang'an, and he would most likely live and eat with the commander-in-chief. To go to Guanzhong, they had to pass through Mount Xiao, and Lin Sheng thought that was the best place to take action. If he could capture the commander-in-chief, it would be a great achievement.
How could he let such a great achievement slip away, so he firmly opposed the commander-in-chief to escape to another place.
Thinking this in his heart, he interrupted the assistant official before he finished speaking, and said in a hurry: "General, don't listen to his lies. Luoyang is the first imperial capital of the Xia Dynasty, and Chang'an is second only to Luoyang. If we lose the two capitals, who will recognize the country established by the New School Party?
Do we have to hide for the rest of our lives? Only by going to Chang'an, we can rely on the solid defense of the city, and there is still a vast land west of Luoyang. We can still make a comeback and compete with those damned Guandong rebels.
I am willing to lead the last elite troops of the Central Army to cover your retreat. I will definitely keep the Guandong rebels fifty miles outside Luoyang for at least five days, giving you enough time to retreat."
"Mr. Lin, you are talking nonsense!"
Zuo Erguan was immediately anxious. "With your ability, are you qualified to stop the Guandong rebels? The 800,000 central troops couldn't even stop them for three days, and you can stop them for five days? Who are you fooling?"
Lin Sheng was not to be outdone, and said sternly: "The soldiers under my command are all well-paid and loyal, which is not comparable to those able-bodied soldiers. I think you just want to see the party and the country destroyed. You are a traitor. Please ask the commander-in-chief to kill him and set an example!"
The commander-in-chief rubbed his brows with a headache. He thought and thought again, and finally decided to go to Chang'an. He always felt that this failure was not his problem. He was obviously the most outstanding person, how could he fail so miserably?
If his subordinates had not disobeyed orders, if his subordinates had not been too incompetent, how could he have fallen to his current situation? Now those disobedient people are dead. As long as he goes to Chang'an, everything will be fine. As long as he goes to Chang'an, everything will be different.
Zuo Erguan was somewhat desperate, but facing such an outcome, he was not too surprised. This was exactly what the commander-in-chief could do. The commander-in-chief had always complained that other families were sucking the country's blood, cruelly exploiting the people, and engaging in various internal transactions. But the reason why others were unscrupulous was because the commander-in-chief was the most ruthless one. He was recognized as the number one black-hearted person by the top leaders of the New School Party, but he was just better at pretending. But as Zuo Erguan, what didn't he know?
If Luo Chengyun knew about this wonderful drama taking place in Luoyang City, he would definitely curl his lips. He couldn't go anywhere and had to stay in Luoyang to watch the last drama, the last fireworks.
Almost no one knew that a group of people had appeared on a small hill not far south of Luoyang City.
The weather is getting cooler, and the ground in Luoyang is already covered with fallen leaves. Naturally, the grass and trees here are also withered. It is late autumn, the season of cold and rainy weather.
"What is that?"
Someone pointed to the sky and exclaimed.
A snowflake fell.
It is crystal white.
(End of this chapter)
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