The Sui army that poured into Luokou Granary swept away the remnants of the army on the streets and quickly approached the grain harvesting area, where there were 3,000 huge grain caves built into the loess plateau.
At this time, Cheng Yaojin, who had fled to his palace in the city, asked the soldiers to bandage his wounds and prepared to fight out again.
One of his generals grabbed him.
Cheng Yaojin took a closer look and found that the general was his confidant Wei Liuer of Huaiyang.
He shouted: "Liu'er, what are you going to do?"
Wei Liu'er said in a rapid tone: "General, you have forgotten the promise you made to Duke Wei.
At that time, Duke Wei said that if the Luokou warehouse could not be defended, all the grain in the warehouse would be burned to the ground.
You made the decision at that time Military order."
Cheng Yaojin's mind came back to memories of when Li Mi sent Cheng Yaojin to Luokou to serve as the commander-in-chief a few months ago.
Li Mi indeed personally told Cheng Yaojin in front of the generals to strictly guard Luokou Cang.
If, by chance, God can't hold on, even if all the grain in Luokou warehouse is burned, don't leave a grain of rice or grain for the Sui army.
Cheng Yaojin didn't pay attention at that time, and said to Li Mi: "Wei Gong, there is nothing wrong with this, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of Wagang troops gathered around Luokou.
It is with the help of the 20,000 to 30,000 Wagang elite soldiers in Luokou Fortress, The Sui army can't even take a step into Luokou Cang.
If Wei Gong is worried, Zhijie is willing to issue a military order.
If Luokou is lost, he will come to see him."
Li Mi listened and laughed loudly and said: "Zhijie is indeed a generous man.
I don't need you to waste time writing this document, nor do I need you to ensure that Luo Kou is not missed.
I just made an oral agreement with you.
If you take Luo Kou's Tens of millions of tons of grain were given to Yang Guang, and I can only ask for your head to pay for it."
Cheng Yaojin never worried that Luokou would be captured by the Sui army.
He only regarded Li Mi's words as a joke between the emperor and his ministers, and did not take them to heart at all.
He patted his chest and agreed.
At this time, Cheng Yaojin frowned, waved his sleeves and shook Wei Liu'er's hand away, saying, "I'm still in Luokou.
Who said Luokou was about to be lost?"
As he spoke, Luokou The sound of fighting and the clash of weapons in the city can be clearly heard.
Wei Liuer said hurriedly: "General, your most important task is to ensure that these tens of millions of loads of grain do not fall into the hands of the Sui army, not to defend Luokou City.
Now Luokou City is obviously undefendable, even if you I think there is still a glimmer of hope, so I can’t take this risk without burning food first.”
Cheng Yaojin is a rough man, but not a fool.
How could he not understand this?
It's just that he feels sorry for the tens of millions of loads of grain.
It's not that he feels sorry for the Wagang Army who lost tens of millions of loads of grain, but that as a farmer he has a special affection for grain.
But Cheng Yaojin's military order was with him, and if these tens of millions of loads of grain fell into Yang Guang's hands, it would be a huge blow to the Wagang Army and even the anti-Sui heroes from all over the world.
He gritted his teeth and ordered: "Gather all the personal guards, bring enough fire starters, and go with me to burn food."
Wei Liu'er and other generals agreed in a loud voice, and they had already been prepared.
A large group of people drove towards the Tunliang District.
The roof of a grain cave was opened.
Under the bright light of many torches, Cheng Yaojin could clearly see the grains shipped from Jiangnan and Hebei that filled the cave.
In Cheng Yaojin's eyes, these grains are fresh human lives.
The feeling of hunger from his childhood came back to him.
It was still the time of war between the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Zhou and Qi in the north.
Many of his children died in famine during his childhood, and he can still clearly remember their last skinny images in the world.
After the soldiers arranged all the fire starters, Wei Liuer handed a torch to Cheng Yaojin.
Cheng Yaojin's hand holding the torch trembled slightly.
Suddenly he threw the torch to the ground, then stamped it out with his foot.
He shouted to the stunned soldiers around him with red eyes: "Do you know what this is burning?
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This means burning tens of millions of lives.
Even if I, Old Cheng, lose my head, I can’t burn this food.”
There was silence for a few seconds.
Cheng Yaojin roared again with a voice as loud as a bell: "Reform the army and prepare for war.
I will lead you to fight out of Luokou.
After leaving Luokou, it is up to you whether you want to go home or return to Xingyang, or even join the Sui Dynasty." ” When Cheng Yaojin reappeared on the street with his personal guards, the Sui army had already invaded the grain storage area.
Sui army soldiers could be seen charging and killing everywhere on the street.
They were seizing and controlling each grain cave one by one.
Cheng Yaojin dragged his injured arm, held a saber, and led his hundreds of personal guards to rush out to kill.
There were more and more Xiaoguo guards of the Sui army, and even dozens of heavy cavalry from the Royal Court broke into the streets of Tunliang District and started rampaging.
Soon, Cheng Yaojin and others were surrounded by the Xiaoguo Legion.
The heavy cavalry also dismounted and joined the battle to besiege Cheng Yaojin.
During the fight, the personal guards around Cheng Yaojin fell one after another, becoming fewer and fewer.
Cheng Yaojin was also covered in blood and slashed left and right with his sword, but his movements became slower and slower.
At this time, the Sui army had Cheng Yaojin and others surrounded.
Only a loud shout was heard: "Stop, all the soldiers take three steps back first."
Lai Hu'er had already galloped up to the front.
The Sui troops all took three steps back to put a certain distance between themselves and Cheng Yaojin and the others.
But the crossbowmen at the rear had already bent their bows and arrows, aiming at them all.
With just one command from Lai Huer, they can be turned into hedgehogs.
Lai Hu'er continued to speak loudly: "Cheng Yaojin, you have no wings to fly.
The Holy One has an edict.
As long as you put down your weapons, the court will not pursue you for the crime of rebellion before."
Cheng Yaojin laughed loudly: "You want me to surrender you and work for that fool Yang Guang.
You are just daydreaming."
Lai Huer continued to say calmly: "You misunderstood.
What I just said is that as long as you lay down your weapons and follow the amnesty edict, the court will pardon your previous crimes.
You are not required to serve the court.
Of course you It’s okay to serve the court voluntarily.
Cheng Yaojin, you don’t care about your own life, and you don’t care about the lives of the Wagang brothers behind you.”
"Then the emperor is really willing to let us go."
Cheng Yaojin's expression turned slightly away.
"Of course, there is an amnesty edict as a basis, and this is also what I mean.
When my army set off, the Holy One judged that your Wagang Army would set fire to the food.
We made special preparations to put out the fire, and we planned to save half of the food and that would be the goal.
I didn’t expect you to However, there was no fire.
So I will give you a way out, provided that you put down your weapons and go out.
In addition, if you participate in rebellion against the imperial court in the future, you will not have a second chance of pardon."
After that, come and protect your children.
Raise your hand to make a gesture.
The Sui army suddenly separated.
Make way for Cheng Yaojin and others.
Cheng Yaojin stamped his feet, threw his sword on the ground, and walked out.
The rest of the soldiers lost their weapons but did not leave.
If they returned to Xingyang, they would not be able to communicate with each other, so they simply surrendered to the Sui court
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