After Yang Guang listened to Duan Da's words, he chuckled, pointed to the Viking warships in the river and said, "If Ruyang County on the banks of the Ru River cannot be restored, how will these ships of mine be placed?"
Duan Da kowtowed and said, "I understand.
I immediately mobilized the three armies to besiege Ruyang County, and asked Your Majesty to return north and sit in the eastern capital to wait for good news."
After Yang Guang and his ministers arranged and planned their troops, they left only the Viking warships and sailors to join forces with Duan Da to drive away Wang Bodang's remaining enemies.
The rest of them organized their queues and drove eastward in a mighty manner.
Dongdu is not far from Ruyang, just across Songyang, which is more than a hundred miles away and can be reached in one day.
When Yang Guang's ceremonial guard entered the city, the streets of Luoyang had been cleaned, dressed in red and green, and looked like a festive scene.
The streets were lined with people watching the excitement, and they lined up to five miles outside the city gate.
Wang Shichong, dressed in fine clothes and crown, was waiting five miles outside the city gate to greet the holy driver early in the morning.
Not long after, the noise of drumming and music was heard in the distance, and Yang Guang's honor guard and the army behind him, which were four or five miles long, were approaching.
Wang Shichong rushed up to greet Yang Guang and knelt down to Yang Guang and said, "I, Wang Shichong, respectfully welcome the Holy One back to the capital.
Because the Wagang bandits are approaching Sili, I have to guard the capital and cannot go south to personally welcome the Holy One.
I hope your Majesty will forgive me."
Yang Guang asked Wang Shichong to lie down with a smile on his face.
Wang Shichong stood up and took a closer look at His Majesty the Emperor, whom he had not seen for two years.
The emperor today seems to be a little different from before.
For example, he actually wears armor and marches on horseback himself.
In the past, even if he personally led a large army to fight in the south or north, he would always ride in sedan chairs, Luan cars and ships, and he would not wear armor himself.
And the ceremony was far more sophisticated than it is now.
Wang Shichong didn't have time to think about it carefully.
Under Yang Guang's instructions, he thanked him and rode his horse side by side towards Luoyang City.
As people and horses passed by on the road leading to Luoyang City, Yang Guang looked at the people who knelt and knelt down to him like waves, observing whether they looked sallow and thin.
At the same time, he asked Wang Shichong beside him: "My dear, what kind of famine has happened in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and Henan County in the past two years."
Wang Shichong quickly reported the truth: "Your Majesty, in the past two years, there have been no natural disasters in Henan County, and the agricultural output has been stable.
However, the rations required by the population of Henan County, including Dongdu, are greater than the domestic output. , in previous years it relied on Only food transported by water from the south can supply a balanced supply.
In recent years, with the approach of the Wagang bandit army, the water transportation channel has been blocked.
Fortunately, there is still enough food and grass in Luokou warehouse, and the soldiers and civilians of Henan rely on the food stored in Luokou warehouse. fill this gap.”
When Yang Guang heard about Luokou Cang, his heart moved and he asked urgently: "How is Luokou Cang now?"
Wang Shichong squirmed his lips and said with a look of shame: "Many months ago, Luokou Cang was destroyed by Wagang bandits. captured.
This is the fault of my incompetent guard."
Yang Guang carefully searched the memories before the soul was passed through, and vaguely remembered that he saw the news that Luokou Cang was captured by the Wagang Army in the report last year.
At that time, the leader of the Wagang Army was not Li Mi, but Zhai Rang.
The Wagang Army gained strength precisely because it obtained the Luokou Granary, which contained half of the world's grain.
After they captured Luokou, they opened warehouses to store grain and called on all the refugees from all over the world to come to Luokou for food.
As a result, they gathered a large number of people, and the number of soldiers directly under their command increased to hundreds of thousands.
The reason why Yang Guang cares so much about Luokou Granary is that Luokou Granary is the largest grain store in the world.
It can be said that half of the grain of the Sui Dynasty was stored in it.
There are 3,000 large kilns for storing grain in the warehouse.
Each kiln can store 8,000 tons of grain, and the entire warehouse can store 24 million tons of grain.
At this time, the entire population of the Sui Dynasty was only 45 million, which meant that the food in the Luokou warehouse was enough to feed the world for two to three months.
At this time, Yang Guang sighed and said to Wang Shichong: "Shichong, how can I blame you for this?
The Wagang bandits are so powerful that it is not easy for you to defend the city alone.
How can you possibly take care of the entire Henan County and surrounding areas?"
Everything is covered.
It’s just that I regret that I should have released all the food in the Luokou warehouse and still gained some hearts.”
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When Wang Shichong heard what Yang Guang said, he quickly comforted and said: "Your Majesty, the past is over, and the future is long.
After your Majesty returns to Beijing, he will regroup and revitalize the Sui Dynasty."
Yang Guang then asked: "Since the Luokou warehouse has been lost, doesn't it mean that there is a food shortage in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and even the entire Henan County?"
Wang Shichong responded: "Your Majesty, there is another granary in the northeast of Luoyang, called Huiluocang.
There are three million tons of grain in the granary, which is specially used to supply the occasional needs of Henan County, the eastern capital.
It was built by the Holy Majesty in the early years of Daye.
It was built at the same time as the Eastern Capital.
Nowadays, the food gap of Henan's military and civilians is completely covered by the food in Luocang.
According to the current consumption rate, if there are no natural or man-made disasters that reduce the production of Henan County, and there is no major change in the population, it can still last for more than one to two years. time."
Yang Guang slapped himself on the forehead and said, "I'm so confused.
Why have I forgotten the Huiluo Cang that I ordered to build?
Now, we must guard this Luo Cang, and let the Wagang thieves take over this granary." , The Eastern Capital is in danger, the Great Sui Dynasty is in danger.”
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I have learned from previous experiences and have now deployed elite and heavy troops to guard Huiluocang.
Moreover, Huiluocang is less than ten miles away from Luoyang City.
As long as the rebel army makes any move, the Xiaoguo cavalry left behind in the Eastern Capital will be guarded."
We will arrive within half an hour," Wang Shichong assured Yang Guang.
While the two were talking, they had already arrived at the Luoyang Gate, which was decorated with lights and colorful decorations.
There were more people on both sides of the street.
Yang Guang rode into the city and took a closer look at the new capital of the Sui Dynasty.
Yang Guang couldn't tell how many lives he had been destined to Luoyang City.
But what he can be sure of is that although Luoyang City today is still called Luoyang City, it is very different from the Luoyang City in previous lives.
From the late Shang Dynasty to the Western Jin Dynasty, Luoyang City was a small town.
In fact, it was an inner city.
The palace city occupied most of the city.
Today's Luoyang City is a huge city with a length of about 20 miles and a width of about 20 miles.
High walls have also been built in the outer city, forming an obvious outer city wall.
This is not only the case in Luoyang, there are also many such giant cities in China, such as Daxing City in Xijing, which was built on the basis of the ancient Chang'an City.
Yang Guang rode his horse on the city's wide Zhuque Street and crossed the giant suspension bridge on the Luoshui River.
Luoshui passes directly through this huge city through the water gate on the outer city wall.
There are an endless stream of boats on the Luoshui River, with heavy sails and masts like a forest of trees.
Both sides of Zhuque Street are full of rows of green tiled houses, green tiles and double eaves, and row upon row of Qiongtai pavilions.
You must know that this is still a period of war.
If there is peace, you can imagine the prosperous scene of the Eastern Capital.
Yang Guang entered the splendid palace of Dongdu and began to meet the ministers who stayed in Dongdu one by one.
At this time, good news came one after another.
Wang Shichong of Ruyang County had been driven away by Duan Da's army, and the Wagang Army camp on the west bank of Ru River also surrendered to Duan Da
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