Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1335 The Battle of Luoyang Continuation IV
Xia Houyuan raised his head slightly, his eyes were burning, and he fixed his eyes on the figure on the top of the wall, a very confident figure, even if he was close at hand, he might even shoot him down with his bow and arrow.

But this figure made him inexplicably terrified. He was so calm that he became unconfident.

So at this moment, he was struggling a little.

Should we attack or not?
A city wall that I barely placed on it had already opened the city gate, and it seemed that there was no defense at all. As long as an order was given, the sons and daughters could drive straight in.

Faced with this situation and this kind of opportunity, I should actually attack, but in the end it turned out that there was an ambush in the city, and once I forcibly attacked, the sacrifice would be tragic.

If this situation is normal, even if it is a risk, he will fight, even if there is an ambush, at worst, he will fight with open flames and fight.

The army has already arrived at the city.

You can't be cowardly at this time, no matter what, you have to fight first, at least you can't let others look down on Cao Junerlang.

But in today's situation, Cao Jun's situation is different.

Before being attacked by the Mu army, Cao Jun's vitality was seriously injured, but now he has not recovered at all, his morale is not high, his fighting spirit is not strong, and his combat effectiveness has been reduced by at least [-] to [-]%.

If Zhang Xiu didn't take the initiative to ask them to attack by force to contain the main force of the Mu army, it would be impossible for him to change the strategic deployment and lead the army back to the city to attack Luoyang.

Now, Cao Jun's enemy is Yuan Jun from Hebei, and it's just a contest with Mu Jun. Naturally, there is a bottom line in the contest. You can't fight too much, and you can't let yourself do too much damage.

"General, I invite you to fight!"

Under Cao Jun's command, there are still brave generals. Several school lieutenants stood up and respectfully invited a battle.

"Don't be impatient!"

Xia Houyuan dismissed it, and finally made a decision: "Besiege but not attack, wait for the direction of the battle in Xicheng!"

Conserve his strength, if he wins the West City battlefield, he will take advantage of it.

If he is defeated in the West City battlefield, he can withdraw his troops.

Anyway, Luo Yang, he is not determined to win, his most important thing is to preserve his strength, he would rather let this opportunity pass, and he also wants to preserve the strength of his subordinate Erlang.

After all, there is still another Chaoge battle waiting for him.

Compared with the Mujun in Henan.

Yuan Jun in Hanoi is the biggest enemy. As long as Yuan Jun here is defeated, he will be able to respond to the main battlefield and improve Cao Jun's chances of winning on the main battlefield.

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In the city, it is very quiet.

Xi Zhicai was wearing a long robe, elegant, looking far away, quietly looking at the city, kept watching, looking at Cao Jun who was about to move, looking at Cao Jun who was about to fight but stopped.

After a long while, he finally heaved a sigh of relief psychologically.

In fact, this empty city plan is not easy to sing.

He only has two sons.

There are tens of thousands of children.

If there were tens of thousands of sons, he wouldn't need to grow up so leisurely. Even if he went directly out of the city to hand over soldiers, he would have a certainty of winning the battle.

The first step is to open the city gate.

In the second step, it is useless to just rely on bluffing, but also have a posture and reality. He relied on the topography of the city, coupled with the elite of the Mu army's equipment, and added all the crossbow beds and all the longbows in the city. The army's equipment is excellent and sufficient, otherwise he would not be able to sing this play. At the moment when Cao Jun entered the city, he shot at least [-] arrows, but in fact many of them were prepared in advance. Automatic pine bow, no aim.

But it was this little trick that scared Cao Jun.

The most important thing is the person, if it is someone else, maybe there is a second trial, it will be very difficult to pass slowly, but it is Xia Houyuan.

Xia Houyuan is more than cautious, but not aggressive enough. This is enough for Xi Zhicai to target him.

It really frightened him.

"As long as we watch for two days, there will be no uncertainties in this battle!" Xi Zhi gritted his teeth, he didn't have absolute confidence in whether Luoyang City could be kept.

Now the battlefield in the east is stable.

But what about Ximian, he didn't know, and he was beyond his reach.

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outside the city.

The scouts of the cavalry of the herdsmen scattered around, gathering the news from the entire battlefield.

The cavalry is fast, and the news is also fast.

That's why Zhang Liao was able to control the occupation in the first place.

"East and west are encircled, this is to underestimate the enemy!"

Zhang Liao's face was as gloomy as water.

Luoyang City is no longer the Luoyang City of the past. Today's Luoyang City is a sieve full of broken winds, and its defense power has been reduced by at least two-thirds.

With the current strength of the Zhanhu Camp, facing such an encirclement, facing at least [-] main forces, it would be very difficult for them to defend.

"Can't wait!"

Zhang Liao shook his head and said, "We must defeat the attacking army on the west road as soon as possible, and don't give them any chance!"

"Yes!"

The Black Armored Cavalry Battalion sharpened their swords and waited.

"Wait till night!"

In the end, Zhang Liao suppressed the impulse in his heart. He believed that Erlang in the city could last the whole day, and after nightfall, the cavalry would be able to attack better.

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Time passed little by little.

The battle situation is somewhat deadlocked.

The battlefield in the east city is calm, but this trend is resisting. Although Xia Houyuan is cautious, he is not a fool. He is always staring at the city wall and the city. As long as Xi Zhi shows a little timidity, they will attack without hesitation. .

Xi Zhicai also knew very well that if he could carry it, he would be able to carry it down, but if he could not carry it, Luoyang Dongcheng would not be able to hold it back, so at this time, he did not dare to move.

As for the battlefield in the west city, it became much bloodier. The blood above and below the city had already dyed the area red.

Luoyang's city defense was too poor, with collapsed city walls everywhere, which gave the Longxi army too many opportunities. The [-] main force attacked, and the herder army with only four battle steps was extremely difficult.

But Lei Hu was a very resilient general. He stood on the top of the wall with a saber in the middle. He never retreated a single step, allowing his soldiers to fight bravely.

It's a tough fight.

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The time under such a great battle passed strangely, the sun quickly set, and finally the sky and the earth were all under the dark starry sky.

The Longxi Army had withdrawn an hour ago.

Matthew was in the main tent, furious: "We are brave and skilled Longxi warriors. Now facing only a few thousand people, we can't take this Luoyang City. Shame, this is our shame!"

He was very dissatisfied with today's battle.

The generals under the tent looked at each other, although they were slightly dissatisfied, they did not dare to make a sound. Since Ma Chao left, the atmosphere of the Longxi Army has changed.

But today's Matthew, a young general, has no record, no morale, but is too arbitrary.

But they are all Ma Teng's former troops, and they are grateful to Ma Teng. Facing Ma Teng's son, Ma Xiu, they can only be patient, and they are also for the Longxi Army. Longxi army civil strife.

"You go down and rest, and continue to attack tomorrow. For the honor of our Longxi Army, and for us to gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains in the future, please encourage each other!"

Matthew wasn't really stupid, he was just a little flustered with anger, and in the end he softened his words, calming down the atmosphere.

All the generals filed out.

Matthew's face was gloomy: "Come here, contact Zhang Xiu, just say that I want to see him!"

At this time, he felt that he was a little powerless, and he really didn't have much confidence in whether the Longxi Army could break through the city. At this time, he might have to ask Zhang Xiu for help.

But half an hour later, the soldiers responded.

"General, the camp of the Jincheng Army has become an empty camp. I haven't seen General Zhang Xiu at all!"

"what?"

Hearing this, Matthew's pupils changed color, he looked at the soldiers, and said, "Did you go to see it yourself?"

Zhang Xiu led the army, but he protected his left and rear wings from the sneak attack of the Mu army, and now there is no one in the Jincheng army's barracks, what is the trouble.

"General, I went to see it myself!"

"Impossible!" Matthew couldn't believe it. He snatched the tent out, got on his horse, and wanted to see for himself. After all, the distance between the two battalions was not far, at least it took only a stick of incense to get there.

However, he had just mounted his horse, and before he left the barracks, he heard the sound of horseshoes.

Boom boom boom! ! ! !

The horseshoes knocked on the ground, and the sound was like an earth dragon turning over, even accompanied by tremors. The more cavalry, the closer the distance, and the closer the movement.

"Order, the whole army is on alert!"

After all, Ma Xiu grew up in a family of military generals, and the young man has been with his father, fighting on the battlefield, even if he is not as capable and experienced as his brother Ma Chao, he still has a bit of judgment.

As far as he knew, Zhang Xiu didn't bring out elite cavalry at all in order to guard Hedong and Hexi. If they had elite cavalry, they wouldn't have suffered such a big loss from the Mujun before.

Under such circumstances, if Zhang Xiu's cavalry hadn't approached, there was only one possibility.

enemy attack.

A night attack by the cavalry of the herdsmen.

"kill!"

The Black Armored Cavalry Battalion charged like fire, and under the illumination of the torches in their hands in the dark, they became coherent, like a fire dragon, rushing directly towards the barracks of the Longxi Army.

The leading generals are Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan.

Although Zhang Wenyuan is not a brave general of Lu Bu level, he is also at the top of the list of generals of the Mu army. With a horse and a long knife, he is invincible.

"kill!"

Next came Pang Xi.

"kill!"

"kill!"

The heroic charge of the two chief generals ignited all the fighting spirit of Erlang, a cavalry soldier of the Shepherd Army. The fighting spirit was out of control, and came surging forward, covering the entire Longxi barracks.

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Just when the cavalry of the herdsman army charged towards the Longxi army.

The [-] main force led by Zhang Liao had quietly appeared at the city gate to the south of Luoyang.

The city gates are closed.

But the city wall was quiet, and not many figures were seen guarding it.

"With the strength of the Mu army, it is impossible for them to defend the southern city wall as solid as a copper wall and iron wall under the protection of east and west!" Zhang Xiu raised his head, looked at the top of the city, and said faintly, "This city wall must be empty!"

The fighting spirit of the Northern Spear King has been unleashed in vain.

Put aside the question of position.

What Zhang Xiu wanted to defeat the most was Mu Jun. Defeating Mu Jun on the battlefield would not only wipe away his humiliation, but also avenge his uncle.

He's happy to fight.

"This is our only chance!"

Jundi Pang stood quietly beside Zhang Xiu, and said calmly: "We let go of the defense against the cavalry of the Mu army. If we fail to take down Luoyang, we will be accused by Cao Jun in the future!"

"This battle will be won!"

Zhang Xiu gritted his teeth and said in a low voice.

Soldiers are very fast.

He couldn't wait, he was about to move soon, he waved his hand, hundreds of elite soldiers had already set up more than [-] ladders they had brought from the Longxi Army.

"attack!"

Zhang Xiu gave an order, and the generals attacked.

The implementation was as they expected, the southern city wall was indeed empty, and the defenders were no more than one army, dozens of children.

But the strength of the Mu army is undoubtedly revealed at this moment. The Zhanhu Camp was established on the basis of the vanguard battalion of the Jingping Army in the past. , are all loyal to the Minghou Mansion.

Facing the enemy, they couldn't hold it, but at the last critical moment, they lit the beacon tower, and the beacon tower was covered with tung oil. Once lit, the fire was three feet high, which was used to report letters to the city.

"Damn!"

Zhang Xiu shot a Mu Junerlang to death on the ground, but the beacon fire of the beacon tower, which could not be stopped, ignited.

"Destroy them immediately!"

Zhang Xiu roared angrily, he was as flattering as a village, he caught the enemy by surprise, how could he give them a chance to report.

"That's too late!"

Military division Pang went up to the top of the city and said: "General Zhang, the city has already been warned, we are running out of time, we must capture Luoyang as soon as possible!"

"They don't have troops in the city, maybe..." Zhang Xiu felt a little lucky.

"What if there is?"

"Impossible, it's like this, they still have a reserve of troops?" Zhang Xiu couldn't believe it.

"Don't be afraid of [-], just in case. The soldiers are very fast. If we can't take Luoyang in one day, we can't completely defeat them. We can't say we have won two words!"

Junshi Pang said in a low voice.

"it is good!"

Zhang Xiu nodded, thinking it was right, he ordered the whole army to enter the city.

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in the city.

Huang Shao closed his eyes and rested his mind. He has two Zhanhu battalion divisions under his command, and they are also waiting for reinforcements. Whenever reinforcements are needed, they will appear as soon as possible.

In fact, Huang Shao felt a little regretful at this time.

If he had known that the battle of Luoyang was so dangerous, he should have directly mobilized the Zhaoming First Army. Although the Zhaoming First Army was being rectified, it still had combat effectiveness.

It won't make the Zhanhu Camp isolated and helpless.

"General Zhonglang, the beacon fire in the south of the city!"

A voice, breaking almost.

"South of the city!"

Huang Shao walked out the door, and waited for a while. Although the beacon fire in the south of the city was not long, it was indeed lit up: "It seems that something happened in the south of the city!"

"If there are enemy troops, will we still have time?"

A military marquis asked.

"That's too late!"

Huang Shao said calmly: "If the beacon fire keeps lighting, then we still have a chance to reinforce, but if the beacon fire is lit and then goes out, it means that the southern city wall has fallen!"

"Then what do we do now?"

"Here's the order, the sons and daughters are going to move immediately!" Huang Shao said: "If the outer city is lost, we still have a chance to stick to the inner city. As long as they can't enter the inner city, this Luoyang city is still in our hands!"

Luoyang is divided into inner city, outer city, and double city Huan.

But generally speaking, as long as the outer city falls, the inner city can basically only be trapped to death.

But things are different now.

The enemy army only has one line of troops to rush in, and they still have a chance to lose the defense line of the outer city, as well as the defense line of the inner city. The inner city defense line is not strong and may block it for a while.

That's enough time for a turnaround.

(End of this chapter)