Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 948
As Taobao retreated from Chenggao Hulaoguan City in the east, various preparations for Luoyang City suddenly intensified, and the atmosphere became unprecedentedly tense.

In the evening of a certain day, a group of more than [-] knights suddenly poured out of Jinyong City, and quickly surrounded the ruins in the south of Luoyang City.Before many people returning from work had time to react, they saw many heavily armed knights rushing into the residential area and driving a large number of people into the open space.

These terrified people were divided into small groups of hundreds of people by the cavalry, and then knights rushed into the crowd, pointing to some strong forces to drive them out.Whenever someone argues for a while, he will be slashed head-on!

Recently, with the strict laws and regulations around Luoyang, more and more people choose to live in the city. First, they can avoid the beasts and soldiers roaming the countryside. Second, there is no shortage of idle land around Luoyang for reclamation.However, these people never dreamed that Taobao's army suddenly showed its fangs so unexpectedly.

All of a sudden, the entire south of Luoyang ruins were filled with begging for mercy, screams, and beatings and killings.In the ruins of the overgrown square city, the corpses of the people who had been killed wantonly were discarded everywhere, and the vast city area was soon filled with a strong smell of blood.Those people, only now understand how dangerous it is to rely on these wolves to survive!

Soon, teams of ragged strong men were driven out of the city, with hemp ropes wrapped around their waists and ankles to restrain their movements.And these hemp ropes were the materials they hand-knitted and turned in to survive here not long ago, and now they have turned into shackles on themselves!

"Hurry up, hurry up! Those who lag behind die!"

The thieves and soldiers brandished their swords and drove these hastily assembled mighty forces across the ruins of the city.There were broken walls of different heights everywhere in this city, and it was still difficult to walk slowly. The waists and legs of those people were bound with hemp ropes, and it was inevitable to move more slowly.

But those thieves who are like wolves and tigers don't care about these, and those who fall behind will beat and scold at every turn, and even slash with knives.Teams of strong men were driven out from the city, and every time a team of thousands of people was assembled, new bandits would come to take over and continue to drive these people northward.

To the north of Jinyong City and to the east of Linhe Mengjin is a not-so-steep slope belonging to the remaining range of Mang Mountain, named Mangban.Further to the east is Luoshui, which passes from the south of the city to the city, and then flows northeast into the Yellow River.

These two places are also key areas for defending Luoyang.It was originally the place where the Taobao army focused on building fortifications, but it is obvious that the strength of the previous fortifications cannot meet the defensive needs of the Taobao. In addition to the coolies who have been working hard here before, the civilians recruited now, among them Most of them are also invested in this aspect of the business.

In particular, Luoshui, which connects the Yellow River, has fences almost everywhere, not to mention blocking the Jin army's navy, even the Taobao army's own message transmission has become obstructive.

However, even so, Taobao still felt uneasy. After he exited Hulaoguan, he didn't even dare to close his eyes.Every time I couldn't bear the tiredness and took a short rest, as soon as I closed my eyes, the ambushes from all over the field outside the Hulaoguan city would appear in my mind, completely besieging and killing his team of cavalry in the wild, with limbs broken and arms bleeding. Full screen.

The only good thing is that he went to Hulao Pass City this time to act in secret, and no one knew about the transfer of soldiers. Afterwards, he blocked the news about Hulao in time, and the matter has not yet spread completely.

The journey from Luoshui to the river passes between Mangshan Mountain and Songshan Mountain, and is also the fastest passage from Hulao Pass to Luoyang.Although Hulaoguan is still under control at the moment, Taobao has no hope of making any breakthroughs in that direction.

Now there are more than [-] defenders in Guancheng, as well as some of the supplies that were transported into the city during the cavalry dispatch.After the big victory, the Jin army still did not attack Hulaoguan City on a large scale, and still focused on encircling it.If the defenders can make good use of the geographical advantage, and the batch of supplies saved by the complete annihilation of the cavalry, it may not be impossible to hold on for a period of time.

But right now, Taobao no longer dared to place too much hope on Hulao Guancheng, and sealed off Luoshui so tightly that he had the idea of ​​giving up Hulaoguan City.

The disastrous defeat outside Hulao Pass had completely stunned him, and he had no idea what was going on.Up to now, the only thing that supports him to persevere is the fact that the opposite leader Shen Weizhou has always been cruel to general Hu. Anyway, surrender is death. He was chased and killed by the Jin army all the way.

In the past few days, Taobao was like a headless chicken, wandering around several strongholds around Luoyang, often nervously ordering and strengthening defenses.He didn't know whether these precautions were useful or not, but he didn't want to be idle, and he didn't want to see the soldiers and servants idle.

On this day, he added another 3000 troops to Mengjin. Standing on the top of Jinyong City, he saw the soldiers marching northward in line, followed by a large number of laborers and supplies hauled by animal power.He is like an old farmer who cherishes his blessings, counting on his fingers how long this batch of supplies will last for the Mengjin defenders, and he is also like a fanatical gambler who can't wait to bet all his strength on it.

"Duke Ming, the soldiers in the south of the city are messing with the law..."

On the other side, Lu De hurried over, his face was very ugly, and his tone was quite anxious.

"I ordered it, but I forgot to inform Mr. Lu."

Taobao turned his head, and a smile appeared on his old and tired face. Although he was extremely confused right now, he was still very polite to this counselor who was determined to follow him.Before that, he sent someone to send Guo Rong and others away. He thought that Lu De would follow him, but he didn't expect that this counselor was really willing to stay and fight the crisis with him.

Lu De saw Taobao's messy beard and hair, the tiredness that could not be concealed on his face, and the slightly nervous smile. When he saw Taobao's spirit was different, he stepped forward and said with a little hesitation: "Shengmin belongs to you!" It's not easy, why did Minggong...could it be a conspiracy of the tiger's prison..."

Hearing the name of Hulao, Taobao trembled suddenly, looked around for a moment as if guilty, waved his hand to signal the soldiers to push away, and then he took a step forward and took Lu to the arrow stack on the female wall, and whispered: "Mr. Lu, You are highly intelligent and talented, from your point of view, if I claim control at this moment, will it help stabilize the situation?"

"This this……"

After Lu De heard this, his heart suddenly felt bad. He raised his head and stared at Tao Leopard's cloudy and bloodshot eyes, not knowing what to say for a moment.He was just curious right now, what happened at Hulaoguan City, what kind of blow was it that made Taobao, a half-life veteran general, beaten so unconscious that he uttered such nonsense!
You must know that the reason why the people in Luoyang are still able to stay together has nothing to do with Taobao's personal prestige. Firstly, it is to face the crisis of the Jin army's siege together, and secondly, to imagine that Shihu can be rescued and return alive. Hebei's vision.

But at the moment, Taobao is so upset that he hopes to call himself an abusive title to stabilize the morale of the army. It is conceivable how disturbed his mood has become!Although the morality of this world, especially the rebellious troops under Taobao's command, the so-called patriarchal thoughts are weak, but the question is, if Taobao is in control at this moment, where will Hebei Shihu be placed?Is Shihu crazy to save a grass-headed emperor back to Hebei?

Although Lu De didn't expect Shihu to have reinforcements, but right now this is an important means to keep his troops together.If Taobao is arguing for control, let alone whether the morale of the army is stable or not, I am afraid that the soldiers under his command will fall apart in the next moment, and he does not want to be dragged down by his madness.

Tao Leopard looked at Lu De eagerly, his bloodshot eyes were full of hope and fanaticism, when he saw that Lu De was speechless, he felt a sense of loss, then turned into a kind of gloomy despair, and finally burst out full of madness and anger, Facing the east, he muttered in his mouth: "The fate has a definite number, how can ordinary people expect it... Shen Weizhou, that raccoon slave thief, why, why does he have to make trouble with me? This Luoyang imperial residence is not his Shen family's old residence. It’s just that I ran here poorly, and I didn’t dare to disturb him for several years, so why did I have to... a dog thief, a dog thief!"

In the end, his murmur had turned into a growl, and his whole body was filled with a sense of hostility and resentment that had no place to vent. He pointed his finger in the direction of Xingyang to the east and yelled and cursed.

Seeing Tao Leopard's behavior, Lu De couldn't help sighing deeply, and after a moment of silence, he said in a concentrated voice: "Although the enemy is strong, is Minggong willing to wait for death? Even if a man dares to fight for his life, is the general timid? Defeated and humiliated, why not keep the whole body!"

"Crazy Confucianism, you say I dare not kill you!"

After Taobao heard the words, anger burst into his eyes, he suddenly drew out his saber and slashed towards the wall, then slowly approached Lu De.Seeing that although Lu De's face was pale and uncertain, but his figure was still, Tao Bao was silent for a moment, then withdrew his knife, and clasped his fists at Lu De: "Mr. I'm sorry, but I hope you don't blame me, sir."

"Things will always go up and down. The general has worked hard for half his life, and he is known as heroic. Although De is not talented, he is hard-hearted. Even if he fails in the end, he is willing to strive for heroism with the general."

Lu De took a small step back, looked at Tao Bao and said in a deep voice: "How can a living person die? Desperate situation, I will strive for the rest of my life to let the world know that my destiny is extraordinary! Tens of thousands of people gathered in Mengjin and stood firm on the river bank, and they still have the power to fight!"

"Mr. taught me that I followed the former lord for half my life, and there were many heroic souls who were killed by the sword. Even if I went to die, how could I allow the southern raccoon thief to laugh at me! Today I will go north to Mengjin, and seek a fight to the death with the thief! It's just... "

Speaking of this, Taobao paused again, and then said: "It's just that if I go north, I don't know who Jinyong City will entrust. This is the end, and I'm not afraid that my husband will laugh at me. Although I command thousands of troops, I often Feeling isolated from the world, no accomplice in major events.”

After a moment of silence, Lu De said again: "Although Germany has a little talent, he has no power to gain merits in battle. If it is an ordinary season, I dare not ask for it, but now the situation is extremely dangerous. If Ming Gong goes north to Mengjin, it will still be difficult." It is difficult for Kim Yong to survive alone. I am willing to guard this foundation for Minggong, and look north to the triumphant return of the army!"

Tao Bao fell silent when he heard Lu De recommending himself. Although he had a lot of respect for Lu De, he was far from reaching the trust of the people and horses.But after thinking about it, what Lu De said is true. If he is not victorious outside, it will be difficult to defend Jinyong alone.

As for Lude, he has no foundation at all other than his own belief.What's more, he is only a weak Confucian scholar, even if he has any abnormal ideas, he can make his cronies kill him with a knife.

Thinking of this, Taobao nodded heavily: "Sir, you have such great ambitions, I will help you to become famous. Later, I will keep a close friend to assist you, and I will leave all matters of Luoyang city defense to you."

"Don't worry, Mr. Ming, after this battle, Lude's name will resound throughout Zhongzhou!"

Lude bowed his head and bowed deeply.

　Let me correct a mistake first. I made a mistake about the geographical location of Mount Mang. I was not careful some time ago. At the beginning, I looked at the satellite map without landmarks. I thought it was a small mound in the north of Luoyang.Correct it. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)