Fenghou

Chapter 969
The [-]-strong army arrived at Hulao Pass at dawn. They did not carry luggage, nor did they bring food, grass, or tents. Each soldier only carried four days of dry food and drinking water, and eight black rhino iron fire mines. With the remaining three days of dry food, they had no time to consume it at Hulao Pass, so they had to take it immediately.

Li Fuxing stood on a small mound and looked at Hulao Pass. Hulao Pass faces east and backs west. The military city, military camps, tax customs and taverns, inns, brothels, etc. are all in the military city.

The military city is about two feet high, and it is also built with blue bricks, but the city head is not wide, only less than one foot wide, so it cannot use large defensive weapons, and there is no moat. When you leave the city gate, you will directly enter the border of Henan Prefecture.

At this time, there were hundreds of soldiers standing on the city wall. Judging from experience, the military city can accommodate up to [-] soldiers, but there are only a few hundred soldiers on the top of the city, which means that there are only about [-] soldiers in the city. .

Under the coercion of the [-] army, this small military city is far from being as majestic as the Hulao Pass in front, and it was easily crushed.

Of course, the Song army did not carry siege ladders or other siege weapons. They only carried eight iron fire mines, which was enough to break through the city. Bringing [-] people was mainly to prevent a large number of troops stationed east of Hulao Pass. He attaches great importance to intelligence, but he still can't get some information, such as the deployment of troops inside and outside Hulao Pass.

Therefore, the Song army can only use [-] people to attack Hulao Pass, and kill chickens with a butcher's knife.

Li Fuxing gave an order, "Five thousand crossbowmen in the first army, and three thousand spear guards!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The drums of the Song army were loud, and [-] soldiers rushed out with crossbows in their hands, followed by [-] spear soldiers. This was to prevent the cavalry from suddenly killing the cavalry from Hulao Pass.

The [-] god-armed crossbow troops rushed to two hundred paces, lined up in three rows, and shot arrows at the top of the city together.

The overwhelming arrows shot at the top of the city, and the five hundred soldiers on the top of the city squatted down one after another to avoid the arrows of the Song army.

At this time, four people rushed out from the spear army, each holding their shields high, carrying a large box and rushing towards the city gate.

A soldier saw four people from the shooting hole and shouted, "The Song army is going to blow up the city!"

Even ordinary soldiers knew that the Song army's firearms were powerful, and the general on the top of the city shouted: "Throw the oil barrels of fire and stop them from approaching!"

Dozens of kerosene barrels flew out of the city, fell to the ground and smashed into pieces, black kerosene overflowed, and then a few torches were thrown down, and a raging fire ignited in front of the city gate, preventing the four soldiers from advancing .

The four soldiers turned to the city wall again, blowing up the city wall is one thing, but at this moment, a dozen gunpowder barrels were dropped from the top of the city, and they exploded in an instant, sending poisonous nails flying everywhere. In the middle, he knelt down on the ground, and the other three soldiers carried the iron fire thunder and fled back with the wounded soldier on their backs.

The first time the siege failed, Li Fuxing discovered that things were really difficult. The other party had kerosene and gunpowder barrels, especially kerosene, which was simply a sharp weapon for defending the city. At critical moments, thousands of bales of hay were added. , dry firewood, is simply a nightmare for the besiegers.

They underestimated the enemy a bit, even if they brought hundreds of kerosene skin bags, they could attack the enemy with fire.

But fortunately, it can be remedied. The number of Song Jun is twenty times that of the opponent. With this, they can suppress the opponent.

Li Fuxing immediately ordered: "press in three directions at the same time, [-] troops suppress the opponent with bows and crossbows, and shoot the enemy with rockets."

Li Fuxing is also betting that there is a high probability that there are a lot of fire igniters in the opponent's city. Although he doesn't know where they are, if he shoots arrows in three directions at the same time, he will definitely find the target.

Fifteen thousand troops fired rockets at the top of the city and all over the city,
There are only [-] defenders in the city, even if they all go to the city, each city can only be allocated [-] people, which is simply a drop in the bucket and unusable.

But the target of the Song Army is no longer people, but the fire starters in and around the city.

Sure enough, the three thousand bundles of wheat straw piled up in the west city were ignited by the rocket, and a raging fire quickly ignited. The city was filled with thick smoke, and the entire city was covered in thick smoke. , have retreated to both sides.

When the opportunity came again, hundreds of soldiers rushed forward carrying wet bedding, which extinguished the oil fire in front of the city gate. Hold tight to the iron rhino.

The matchlock had already been lit, and the soldiers ran fast, and the crossbowmen stopped shooting and covered their ears one after another.

"boom!"

There was an earth-shattering explosion, and the entire military city was shaking. The city gate was filled with thick smoke and dust, and there was chaos. The thick smoke inside the city and the thick smoke outside the city mixed together, and the entire city wall was covered. No one knew what happened. what.

"General, the city gate has completely collapsed!" A soldier shouted to the general in the city.

"Order the entire army to retreat!"

The chief general also knew that Hulao was closed, and he was lucky to be able to withdraw the army.

The east gate of Hulao Pass was opened, and hundreds of soldiers descended from all directions and rushed outside.
The main force of the Song army was unable to enter the city for the time being, and thousands of tons of wheat straw were piled up on both sides of the west gate, and it would not burn out without burning for an hour or two.

But this did not affect the Song Army's small detachment from entering the city. They climbed up the walls on both sides with ropes, and more than a thousand Song Army soldiers occupied Hulao Pass, and then closed the east gate.

The wheat straw burned for an hour and a half before it was completely burned. The ground and the walls were scorching hot. The soldiers brought hundreds of buckets of water from Sishui to wash the ground and reduce the temperature. The army began to march into the city and occupied Luoyang. At the same time, it also cut off the channel for the Jin soldiers to support Luoyang. This is the fundamental purpose of taking down Hulao Pass.

Li Fuxing did not stay at Hulao Pass for long. He left the deputy commander Peng Kuang to lead [-] people to guard Hulao Pass.

The supplies in the Hulaoguan warehouse are enough for [-] people to use for a month, and the Song army's supplies will arrive soon without waiting for a month.

In the afternoon of that day, Li Fuxing led an army of [-] and turned around to kill Haohao in the direction of Luoyang City.

At this time, Huyanlei's army had already controlled Yanshi County, Gongyi County, Sishui County and Mengjin Pass, and Luoyang City had become an isolated city.

Just five days after the defenders of Xin'an County were wiped out, Chen Qing led an army of [-] troops through Xin'an County and continued to advance towards Luoyang City. He also brought [-] camels full of grain and supplies. A large cart brought in advance food supplies, and then hundreds of large ships came east along the Luoshui River. They brought tents, camp fences, and large siege weapons. The weapons were dismantled and needed to be installed on site.

Ten miles to the west of Luoyang City, a barracks-style barracks rose from the ground, and [-] troops could be stationed in the barracks. Yang Zaixing also built a smaller barracks barracks to the east. To the east and west is Yang Zaixing's [-] troops, and Mianchi County's [-] troops are also stationed in various counties of Henan Prefecture.

So when Chen Qing's [-] troops arrived, [-] troops surrounded the city outside Luoyang City, and the Song army was bound to win Luoyang City.

The [-] troops of the Song Army set up a large camp between Luoshui and Yishui in the south of Luoyang City. It is also impossible to attack the main camp from Luoshui. The Song army is heavily guarded and will not give the enemy any chance.

In the big tent, Chen Qing listened to Yang Zaixing's report, Chen Qing nodded and said: "Attacking Luoyang from Mengjin Pass seems a bit complicated, but it gave us a good drill, using the Yellow River to carry troops and attack both sides of the Yellow River The possibility of attacking Mengjin Pass proves that it can be implemented, so it is by no means an unnecessary move as General Li Muqing said. "

Li Muqing bowed and said: "Thank you for your teaching, I finally understand the humble position!"

Chen Qing smiled and asked Yang Zaixing again: "How are you going to take Luoyang? Are you going to blast open the city gate with iron fire thunder?"

Yang Zaixing shook his head, "Always relying on Tiehuolei is not good for soldiers, I'm still planning to attack the city according to the original plan!"

(End of this chapter)