Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1333 The Battle of Luoyang Continuation II
"Report to the general, the Longxi Army was attacked by the cavalry of the herdsmen, the supply battalion was dispersed, and one-third of the food and grass were burned!" A general rushed in and reported.

"what?"

Zhang Xiu, who was furious, was even more furious at this moment.

Although the Longxi Army is not very strong, but with more than [-] troops, it is impossible to break through their defense with the fighting power of the cavalry of the Mu Army.

"What the hell is going on here?"

Zhang Xiu stared at his subordinates and asked.

"We went to meet the Longxi Army, but the Longxi Army thought that we were uneasy and kind. They not only guarded us, but also changed their formation, revealing their flaws. They were killed by the cavalry of the Shepherd Army on the road less than [-] miles away from the Sunset Pavilion. , first penetrated the left-wing camp, exposing the supply camp, the supply camp was washed away, food and grass fell to the ground, and part of it was set on fire!"

The subordinate replied carefully.

"Mr. Matthew, you are a waste!"

Zhang Xiu couldn't help cursing angrily.

"Ma Xiuzhi is a great talent, but he took refuge in Cao Mengde, and Cao Mengde needs someone to take charge of the Longxi Army, so that he can be the leader of the Longxi Army!"

Master Pang suppressed Zhang Xiu's anger, thought for a while, and said: "It is understandable for him to take precautions against us now. In the final analysis, we still underestimate the Mujun. The Mujun cavalry is as fierce as thunder. Thousand cavalry, actually made us jump like crazy!"

"Humph!"

Zhang Xiu snorted coldly, and said: "If it wasn't for my main force to guard the river east and guard against Yuan's army in Bingzhou, our cavalry would surely defeat them!"

This time going south, what Zhang Xiu led was not Jincheng's elite cavalry. When he fought out of Xiliang, although there were not many soldiers and horses, he still retained a lot of the main force.

The Xiliang cavalry has always been elite. Zhang Xiu is also known as the spear king of the Northland.

"This is the end of the matter, let's take a step back and gather the Longxi Army first, and gather the main force!"

Master Pang said.

"Ok!"

For one night, the Longxi Army and the Jincheng Army met at the Sunset Pavilion, but Zhang Xiu didn't show any good looks to Ma Xiu, and Ma Xiu didn't care about Zhang Xiu's eyes or nose.

Now that he has a heavy army in hand, he is not afraid of Zhang Xiu.

Moreover, he and Zhang Xiu are not in the same formation, but just cooperation, there is no need to listen to Zhang Xiu.

"General Zhang, I just got the news that before we arrived in Luoyang, the Mu army took the initiative to attack Cao Jun's camp, and fought thousands of Cao Jun soldiers, almost destroying Cao Jun's vitality, forcing Cao Jun to retreat for [-] years. inside!"

When Army Master Pang saw the news sent back by his spies, he reported it to Zhang Xiu immediately, no matter if he stayed up all night or just after dawn.

"Mu Jun is indeed fierce!"

Zhang Xiu couldn't help sighing and said.

"The key point is that the situation is so frustrating, it seems a little unfavorable to us!" Pang Junshi said: "We all want Luoyang City, but the Mu Army is occupying Luoyang City to death. If we continue to fight, we will suffer!"

"Before attacking Chaoge, there must be a winner!"

Zhang Xiu has a long-term vision, he is not a frog at the bottom of a well, he only knows how to fight, since he has taken refuge in Liu Bei, he naturally has to look at the whole world.

The battle between princes and princes is an unspeakable art.

The imperial edict of the Xudu court that Mujing has brought down now.

Became King Ming of the court.

Naturally, they are on the side of Xudu court.

But it doesn't mean that Cao Cao can handle Mujing casually. In the final analysis, it depends on who has the biggest fist. When there is no chance of losing face, it is very important to compete in one city and one place.

However, neither Cao Cao nor Liu Bei was willing to hand over Luoyang City to Mu Jun.

So they want to take it back.

But they were at a disadvantage from the very beginning, which made Zhang Xiu feel a little sad. On Mu Jun, they were a little bit cheap, and they didn't take it down. Instead, they suffered again and again.

"Contact Xia Houyuan, no matter how they are now, there is only one chance to attack Luoyang together. In this battle, they will fight, or they will fight if they don't fight!"

Zhang Xiu made a decisive decision and said: "If they don't fight, I will withdraw my troops immediately. I am not a target, and they will use them to hold down the Mu army!"

"it is good!"

Junshi Pang nodded, wrote a secret letter, handed it to his subordinates, and sent it out, and then Zhang Xiu said: "If you want to attack, you must do it quickly. I suspect that the Mujun is so risky to attack. The cavalry placed outside is not only harassing us and suppressing our combat effectiveness, but also delaying our time. If this is the case, it means that the Mujun has the idea of ​​increasing troops. The Mujun is strong. If it increases troops, We will definitely be in trouble, and there will be no hope for Luo Yang!"

"Increase troops?"

Zhang Xiu's pupils changed slightly, and he said in a low voice, "It's really possible!"

"It's not possible, it's very likely!"

Junjun Pang analyzed and said: "The Mu army is in Guanzhong, and there are quite a lot of troops. Even if there are rumors that the Mu army is rectifying internally, it will be difficult to mobilize troops, but who knows if the Mu army will directly dispatch some of the main force from the southwest to go north!"

"Then we can't wait any longer, and send another letter to Xia Houyuan, telling them that if they want Luoyang City, I don't care how badly they are injured, as long as they can move, they will move for me, and support me to attack Luoyang!"

Zhang Xiu stood up, paced back and forth, thought for a while, and immediately said: "Come here, invite General Ma of the Longxi Army!"

"Yes!" The guard quickly went to invite him.

But it took about an hour before Matthew rubbed Yanjing and walked in with a little carelessness. This appearance made Zhang Xiu, a battle-hardened person, particularly disliked.

But this is not the time for internal strife, Zhang Xiu held back his temper.

"General Ma, we must launch an attack on Luo Yang immediately!"

Zhang Xiu said coldly.

"General Zhang, my men have marched all night and are already exhausted. Now, we don't have the energy to attack!"

Matthew was stunned for a moment, but quickly came to his senses, and directly retorted.

Last night, the Longxi Army entered the Sunset Pavilion overnight.

"Matthew, I'm not discussing with you, I'm telling you!" Zhang Xiu was furious.

"General Zhang, you seem to have made a mistake, you are not qualified to order me!"

Matthew responded coldly.

When Zhang Xiu was in Xiliang, he and Ma Shi were not on good terms, and the generals of Xiliang died and ran away, leaving Ma Teng and Zhang Xiu to be the only ones left.

But in the barren land of Xiliang, with only such a small area, it would be difficult to raise one prince, and there would be disputes if two tigers were hidden in one mountain.

So Matthew is not afraid of Zhang Xiu.

"You!" Zhang Xiu's pupils changed, and his anger exploded. The fire that had been suppressed for two days was about to burn.

"General, calm down!"

When Junjun Pang saw it, he screamed inwardly. He stood up quickly, held Zhang Xiu down, and then said to Ma Xiu: "General Ma, we are all fighting for the imperial court. No one orders anyone to seize Luoyang. But the imperial court issued an edict, if General Ma delays the Prime Minister's mission, General Ma must be very clear, the prime minister may not let you go!"

Hearing this, Matthew's pupils changed, and the young military division hit him seven inches.

He took refuge in Cao Cao.

But he didn't receive Cao Cao's attention, and he is still struggling now. When he left a good impression, if Cao Cao's mission was delayed at this time, Cao Cao would really attack him.

He is not Ma Chao, and he has no absolute strength to challenge him. If he doesn't behave well at this time, if Cao Cao can support him, he can directly suppress him.

You know, now that his father, Ma Teng, has gone to Xudu, he is like a proton, but no one will help him.

"Then I don't know what plan you have?" Ma Xiu gritted his teeth and gave in. First, he captured Luo Yang and then joined Xia Houyuan's troops. If Xia Houyuan was willing, he might settle accounts after autumn and eat Zhang Xiu's meat in one bite. Soldiers and horses, let's see how crazy he is.

"You attack, I'll hold the line!"

Zhang Xiu said coldly.

"Why didn't you attack, and I, Longxi, led the battle?" Ma Xiu cast a glance at him, this guy is really bad-hearted, he wants to treat himself as a vanguard battalion and consume the strength of the Longxi army.

"also!"

Zhang Xiu gave him a sideways look, and he didn't have the heart to play tricks with this guy at all. He didn't care about the three tied together like Matthew. If Ma Chao and Pound were here, he would be more careful.

"You come to press the formation and guard against the cavalry of the herdsmen, and I will attack the city!" Zhang Xiu said quietly.

"Shepherd cavalry?"

Matthew's complexion suddenly turned a little ugly.

He did not forget what happened yesterday, the cavalry of the shepherd army easily broke through his army formation, if not for his timely defense, he might have been cut off from his horse.

"This one……"

Matthew thought for a while, gritted his teeth, and said, "General Zhang, how many Mu troops are there in the city?"

He didn't want to face the elite cavalry of the Shepherd Army, so he could only retreat.

"General Matthew, our scouts have already found out clearly that the Mujun army's troops in the city are only a few thousand soldiers and horses, and the troops on the eastern front will be divided up. The one facing us is only three or four thousand troops!"

Junshi Pang smiled and responded to Matthew.

"really?"

Matthew's eyes lit up, he had ten thousand main forces, if there were only a few thousand soldiers guarding Luoyang City, he could fight a dozen.

You must know that Luoyang City is huge, and after burning the city, the city wall has been in disrepair for many years. Even if you don't use siege equipment, there are directions to attack, and there are many loopholes.

With thousands of soldiers and horses, there is no way to defend the entire Luoyang City Wall.

"How dare you lie about such a big event!" Junshi Pang said, clasping his hands.

"Row!"

Matthew immediately said carelessly: "I'm going to prepare the siege equipment and start the siege in the afternoon!"

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After Ma Xiu left Zhang Xiu's camp, Zhang Xiu's gloomy face calmed down a bit, and he said with some disgust: "What a hero Ma Shoucheng is, and Ma Mengqi is a dragon and phoenix among people, how can the Ma family be so short-sighted and cowardly?" You are really dishonoring our Xiliang generals!"

Generals of the Xiliang Army, although they are criticized a lot, most of them are brave and good at fighting, and there are very few people who are so timid.

"Dragon has nine sons, each is different!"

Junjun Pang smiled: "It's a good thing for us that Ma Xiu is so unbearable. If Ma Mengqi is here today, it will be difficult for us to use the Longxi Army!"

"indeed!"

Zhang Xiu's eyes were far-reaching, and he sighed, and said: "Mr. Ma's subordinates, Ma Chao, and Pang De, are all talented in both civil and military affairs. They have strategies and can fight. Even if I see you, you must be careful. The combination of the two will be even better." It's hard to resist, but I didn't expect that the last two of them both entered the Mu family's sect!"

For this point, he is still a little brooding.

The Xiliang army and the Mu family had a bloody enmity. From the beginning of the Guanzhong battle, the enmity was as deep as the sea. Ma Chao and Pang De's behavior was betrayal.

"No matter what, let's take down Luo Yang first!"

Junshi Pang put aside other things and concentrated on this battle: "Maxiu is not a brave man. If the city shows the toughness of defending the city, it is easy to scare him away. I will go and watch him personally, at least let the Longxi Army Putting pressure on the city, I think in the end, the hope of breaking the city lies with us!"

"Sneak attack?"

Zhang Xiu narrowed his eyes.

Army Division Pang spread out the marching map, pointed to the topography of Luoyang, and said, "There are many gates in Luoyang City, mainly divided into four directions: east, west, north, south, east, west, and west. If I hold back, then the guarding force in the city must be empty, if I have a surprise soldier, I will be able to gain power in one fell swoop!"

"But don't forget, the cavalry of the Shepherd Army, but look down and stare at them!"

Zhang Xiu frowned.

"indeed!"

Junshi Pang smiled, and his smile made his face even more weird, even a little gloomy: "But General Zhang, our goal is to destroy Luoyang City. As for the others, whoever dies, whoever dies Not dying, it has nothing to do with us, as long as this Luoyang City is broken, Xu will be in the court, and Prime Minister Cao, I am afraid, will have nothing to say!"

"good!"

Zhang Xiu is not a man of conscience either. He is standing on Liu Bei's boat, which is different from Xudu's court. If he can cheat Cao Jun, he doesn't mind.

"But you have to put it all together!"

Zhang Xiu narrowed his eyes: "You can't leave someone with a clue. When they report a pleading paper to the emperor's uncle, it will be bad!"

Uncle Liu Huang has a good face.

Who let him lose face.

He must have had trouble sleeping.

Zhang Xiu still has feelings about this, so he has to consider the consequences.

"rest assured!"

Junjun Pang smiled and said, "I've already found a reason. As long as we don't take the initiative, it's fine. When the time comes, Mu Jun lures us to attack and we're fooled. They have nothing to say!"

Kill two birds with one stone.

On the one hand, taking advantage of the opportunity to win Luo Yang, this credit cannot be lost.

On the other hand, they took the opportunity to trick the Cao army and let the Longxi army fight hard against the cavalry of the Mu army. The damage was their business. Anyway, the Longxi army had already defected to Cao Cao.

He can be regarded as sharing Liu Bei's worries and problems, and Liu Bei will be more optimistic because of this matter.

"Hahaha!"

Zhang Xiu couldn't help laughing out loud, looking at this young man, the more he looked at him, the more pleasing he was: "Mr. Pang, you are really resourceful!"

"It's just a small policy!"

Junshi Pang said modestly.

……

Xia Houyuan has had a hard time these few days, and the more he thinks about it, the angrier he gets.

But the morale of his subordinates, Erlang, was severely suppressed. The night attack and the viciousness of the Mu army made them feel a sense of fear.

This requires a slow recovery.

But Luoyang is close at hand.

But he could only watch Mu Jun sit steadily step by step.

What face does he have to face Cao Cao?

"General, a secret letter from Zhang Xiu!" At this time, a personal guard walked into the tent.

"Zhang Boluan?"

Xia Houyuan narrowed his eyes, opened the secret letter, looked at it, and couldn't help frowning, struggling with the thoughts in his mind, whether he should do it or not.

"Come on!"

"exist!"

"Beat the drum, let the army assemble!" Xia Houyuan only thought about the time for a stick of incense before he made a decision: "We will use the blood of Mu Jun to wash away the shame on us!"

(End of this chapter)