The person who stopped Zhang Fangyi was Huang Zhang, the general of Huang Mingyuan's house.
"At this time, if we were to say which troops in Luoyang City were the most capable, it would not be the imperial troops at each city gate, nor the personal guards in the imperial city or palace, but the family soldiers in Huang Mingyuan's mansion.
The soldiers in Huang Mingyuan's house are all veterans who have fought with him for the rest of their lives.
Huang Mingyuan knew that Li Mi attacked Luoyang in history and fought fiercely inside and outside Luoyang City several times. In order to prevent his family from being harmed, he often disguised his soldiers as servants, caravan gangers, etc. and sent them to Luoyang.
?? These people are usually invisible and hidden in Luoyang City, but at critical moments, they can become a key force. Without Duobu's backup, Huang Mingyuan would not have dared to leave his family in Chang'an with such confidence, and even let his eldest son and second son follow Yang Guang to break into the dragon's den of Jiangdu.
At this time, there were nearly two thousand private soldiers left by Huang Mingyuan in Luoyang City. Some of them were guarding the house; others were hiding in the business group in various identities.
It is common for large families to raise private soldiers, but such a large-scale private army is usually found to be a brainless thing. However, after Yang Guang left Dongdu, the city of Luoyang was in chaos. Everyone was focused on seeking wealth and self-protection, and no one took care of these things.
After the Wei army entered the city, Luoyang City was in chaos. The Huang Mansion in Huixunfang, not far from Luoshui, was also in panic. However, Huang Mingyuan used to be strict in running the family, and Pei Shuning was always calm, and he quickly stabilized the situation in the house.
¡°However, the situation outside is uncontrollable. With such a large-scale bandit entering the city, we don¡¯t know whether to break through. Pei Shuning ordered his family generals Huang Zhang, Huang Ren and others to gather the capable soldiers in the house, as well as people from various business groups and shops, to prepare for a breakout.
Pei Shuning knew that her husband had a backup plan, but after everyone gathered, there were thousands of people. This did not include the people from various business groups who were coming. Pei Shuning was shocked by so many troops.
Pei Shuning is both scared and relieved. With these available people, no matter how chaotic Luoyang City is, he can safely escort his family out.
In fact, Huang Zhang and others have already persuaded Pei Shuning to break out.
In the opinion of Huang Zhang and others, if thieves enter the city, it means that Luoyang City is no longer safe. In this case, break out before the bandits close up the city. Otherwise, it would be extremely difficult to wait for the opponent to launch a massive siege and then break through.
Pei Shuning was also hesitant. Her husband and three older sons were not around, and she didn't even have anyone to discuss it with. However, the matter of breaking out is of great importance. Not to mention that breaking out of the siege is not that easy, just say that the city of Luoyang has been lost. The Emperor of Jiangdu is still here, and their family is in such a hurry to break out of the siege. How will the emperor see his husband. If the city of Luoyang is not lost but their family breaks through under the protection of the army, then things will be in trouble.
Pei Shuning hesitated for a long time, and finally decided not to break out of the encirclement yet. While she ordered people to go out to inquire about the situation, she also sent people to her brother-in-law Zhang Fangyi to inquire about the situation.
"Brother-in-law Zhang Fangyi is an important minister in the court. He should have considered whether to break out of the encirclement."
As for the people at home, open the treasury, distribute armor, crossbows, and weapons to everyone, and prepare for the worst.
More and more private soldiers are coming to Huixunfang. Huang Zhang leads people around the place to clean up the bandits who are looting from all sides and inquire about the situation. Someone reported that troops were coming from the northeast, so Huang Zhang came with his guards to find out what was going on and recognized Zhang Fangyi.
Seeing Zhang Fangyi, Huang Zhang quickly paid his respects. Zhang Fangyi also knew that all the people under his wife's brother were extraordinary, so he quickly asked about the situation in Duke Wei's mansion.
For Zhang Fangyi, in a high position, despite his own efforts, he also naturally represents the interests of Duke Wei in the court. Otherwise, how could it be his turn to occupy such an important position as Shangshu Youcheng?
He is trusted by Huang Mingyuan and has the responsibility to protect Huang Mingyuan's interests in the court, including Huang Mingyuan's family in Luoyang City.
He was relieved to hear that the Huang family was fine.
???????????????????????????????????????????????? We saw that although Huang Zhang¡¯s men were small in number, but as silent as a mountain, and filled with murderous intent, they must be a strong force in their hearts. If we use this as a vanguard, we will be able to destroy the morale of the bandits in one fell swoop.
Zhang Fangyi knows very well that although there are many soldiers in Luoyang, street fighting relies not only on the number of people. The fact that the bandits were able to invade Luoyang City showed that they were all fierce bandits, but the Sui army could not attack them head-on, severely damaging their morale, and the battle could easily turn into a stalemate. It's not far from Huiluocang to Luoyang City. Once the main force of bandits arrives and uses the tactic of huge crowds to attack the city along the gap, even the gods will not be able to save it.
So Zhang Fangyi extended an olive branch to Huang Zhang, hoping that Huang Zhang could go with him to fight against the thieves.
Huang Zhang immediately refused. He is a general of the Huang Mansion and his duty is to guard the Huang Mansion. As for the survival of Luoyang City, it has nothing to do with him.Zhang Fangyi didn't give up, so he went to see Pei Shuning again and asked for this matter.
"It's not that I want to force others to make things difficult, but the situation in Luoyang City today is really extremely dangerous."
Faced with Zhang Fangyi¡¯s request, Pei Shuning was very straightforward and ordered Huang Zhang and others to follow Zhang Fangyi to support Duanmen in front of everyone.
Huang Zhang and others were in a dilemma.
Pei Shuning said: "Gong Wei was loyal to the Sui Dynasty and the emperor. For the Sui Dynasty, he would not even care about his own life, let alone an army. If Wei Gong were here today, he would not let the bandits wreak havoc." regardless of it.¡±
Pei Shuning knew very well that if the city of Luoyang was there, the Sui Dynasty would be there, and her husband's unique position would be there. But if the city of Luoyang is lost, it will be a very troublesome matter not to mention their family and where the husband will go.
Under the cover of the nest, there are completed eggs. There was the Great Sui Dynasty first, and then there was the Duke of Wei. The Great Sui Dynasty could not live without Wei Gong, but now Wei Gong could not live without the Great Sui Dynasty.
But so many people are a problem.
So Pei Shuning whispered to Zhang Fangyi in a low voice: "Brother-in-law Mingjian, the people available at home are mostly servants and laborers in various shops. Duke Wei is dedicated to serving the country and cannot tolerate their false accusations."
Zhang Fangyi immediately understood what Pei Shuning meant and said hurriedly: "Madam, don't worry, Pengju (Zhang Fangyi's nickname) will not let the villains trap Wei Gong."
After hearing this, Pei Shuning nodded slightly.
Zhang Fangyi could not take away all the people from the Huang Mansion, but he also brought over a thousand people with him. Although the number of these more than a thousand people is not large on the battlefield, they are invincible in street battles as elites.
Since you want to defeat the enemy, you have a choice to defeat the enemy.
Huang Zhang took the opportunity to ask Zhang Fangyi for a large number of crossbows, armor, and even horses.
If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.
Zhang Fangyi also used them as trump cards and approved them one by one. All the crossbows and armors were mobilized from Wang Zhibian's troops. The only problem is horses, and no one has that many.
So Zhang Fangyi sent people to Nanshi to requisition all the existing horses in the market, and then went from one residence to another to collect them. It took more than half an hour to get hundreds of war horses. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com