Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 235 Arrive in Luoyang
Looking at the overall situation, throwing away the unnavigable river with the danger of Sanmenxia, ​​the entire Hedong, Shangdang, and Luoyang.These three places are like giant cages trapped together by mountains and rivers!

There are Luliang Mountains in the north, Taihang Mountains in the east, Huashan Mountains in the west, Qinling Mountains and Funiu Mountains in the south...

The only way out of here is Luoyang!

If Luoyang is occupied, it is entirely possible for the Northern Wei Dynasty to trap the Song army in this natural cage!
At this moment Liu Yizhen also thought of the importance of Luoyang.

"Get a firm foothold in Luoyang first! Only then can you think about rescue!"

With a strategic direction, Liu Yizhen began to simulate the battle situation in his mind, hoping to find a way to save the Song Army in Shangdang County.

The prerequisite for saving the Shangdang Song Army is that the Tan Daoji Department of Hanoi County cannot retreat!Otherwise, once the two ends of Shangdang are blocked, it may be difficult for gods to save them!

"Hopefully it's still too late!"

After several days of rapid marching, Liu Yizhen finally arrived in front of Hulao Pass.

It's just that at this moment, he doesn't have the time to take a look at the place where the eighteen princes of the late Han Dynasty were begging for Dong.

After revealing his identity, Liu Yizhen asked the soldiers guarding Hulao: "What's happening in Luoyang recently?"

Unexpectedly, the soldier's next sentence made Liu Yizhen feel like he was in an ice cave.

"His Royal Highness King Qin... General Tan Daoji led his soldiers back from Hanoi County a day ago!"

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Xie Hui had just left the Tan Daoji camp six days ago, and Xi Jin came to Hanoi County with a thunderous force of [-] troops and surrounded Huai County.

Unlike before, Xi Jin looked extraordinarily high-spirited this time.

"Tan Daoji! You have no chance of winning now!"

"Liu Yu is dead! The Song army is surrounded by our army. If you surrender obediently, I assure you that your glory and wealth in our Great Wei will never be inferior to that of the Southern Dynasty!"

Xi Jin's words did not shake Tan Daoji, but made the soldiers of the Song Army in Huai County panic.

They still don't know the news of Liu Yu's death.

At this moment, seeing Xi Jin coming with the army without any scruples, he was naturally full of suspicion.

"Don't listen to his nonsense!"

Although Tan Daoji knew the truth, he absolutely could not admit it!
Once the news of Liu Yu's death spread, the belief of these veterans would collapse in an instant.At that time, let alone five days, even one day is enough.

Tan Daoji "clarified" the strategic intentions of the Song army.

"Your Majesty has decided to go directly north from Shangdang County to attack Suoru's old nest, Pingcheng!"

"Now Xi Jin is just jumping over the wall in a hurry, trying to find a breakthrough from our army, trying to get His Majesty to come back for help!"

A personal soldier who has read Tan Daoji's military book looks like "I understand"!

"Isn't Xi Jin using the "surround Wei and save Zhao" in General Tan's art of war?"

"..."

Tan Daoji forced a smile.

"Exactly!"

"Your Majesty actually expected that Solu would march like this. A few days ago, he specially sent me a secret letter, asking me to take everyone to stand in Huai County for five days, and His Majesty will be able to lead his troops to attack Pingcheng City!"

"Soldiers! We only need to hold Suolu for five days! Your Majesty can destroy Suolu in one fell swoop!"

"Just hold on for five days! The enemy will surely retreat without a fight! Can you do it?"

Encouraged by Tan Daoji, the soldiers of the Song army who were still a little shaken just now became excited in an instant.

"I'll give this Solu a few points in the plain, but what if we attack the city? Hehe, I can defend until I die!"

"Didn't you hear what General Tan said? Your Majesty is going to break through the enemy's capital soon! We can't hold back His Majesty!"

"Your Majesty is victorious! The general is victorious!"

"..."

Tan Daoji heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Song Jun regaining his spirits.

In fact, how much did he wish what he said was true?How much I wish Liu Yu ordered him to stick to Hanoi and Huai County?
If that's the case, Tan Daoji can keep it for five months or five years, let alone five days.

but now……

Amidst the cheers of Song soldiers around, Tan Daoji looked towards the direction of the party with worry and sadness on his brows, and only hoped that Xie Hui's movements could be faster!
As for the [-] Song troops...

Ugh.

Seeing that Tan Daoji was stubborn and still "bewitching" Song Jun, Xi Jin in the city raised his nose angrily and took a deep breath.

"Heh! I've already given you this opportunity! You didn't want it yourself!"

Xi Jin no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty to attack the city!
The number of soldiers in the Northern Wei Dynasty was several times that of the defenders in Huai County. If they were not good at horse fighting and not good at siege, they would have eaten Huai County long ago.

But even if they were not good at attacking the city, the Song Army in Huai County suffered heavy losses in the several days of defensive battle.

Every time a soldier was lost, Tan Daoji's heart trembled.

Now he is the only one in the whole army who knows that the Song army in Huai County not only wants to defend Huai County, but also withdraws to Luoyang to defend Luoyang!
Therefore, every soldier who dies in Huai County now means that there will be one less person guarding Luoyang in the future.

If Zhu Chaoshi in Qi County hadn't brought him good news the next day, Tan Daoji would have thought of retreating early.

Zhu Chaoshi had already evacuated Qi County with five thousand Song troops, crossed the river to Aocang on the south bank, and was rushing towards Luoyang.

At the same time, he also found Fu Hongzhi's cavalry and asked Fu Hongzhi to withdraw from Pingyuan County in the east to Qingzhou.

In this way, the south bank of the river finally had a little defense force of the Song army, and Tan Daoji was relieved to guard Huai County.

After being exhausted until the fifth day, Tan Daoji still did not receive any news from Xie Hui.

On this day, Tan Daoji boarded the city wall and looked in the direction of Shangdang County for a full hour before ordering the withdrawal of troops from the waterway.

The soldiers of the Song Army in Huai County were extremely puzzled and dissatisfied with the military order to withdraw troops, and Tan Daoji could only continue to pretend to be Liu Yu's military order.

By this time, Tan Daoji no longer cared about the charge of falsely preaching the imperial decree, and only wanted to save his troops and return to Luoyang.

So Tan Daoji set fire to all the other ships in Huai County, and rushed to the south bank with his soldiers.

As for Xie Hui and Liu Yifu...

After that, it all depends on their personal fortune.

The day before Tan Daoji withdrew to Luoyang, Zhu Chaoshi also arrived in Luoyang. After meeting with him, Tan Daoji informed Zhu Chaoshi of Liu Yu's death.

Zhu Chaoshi was naturally extremely sad when he heard the news suddenly.

When he heard that Xie Hui and Liu Yifu were still trapped in Shangdang County, Zhu Chaoshi's eyes widened: "Wouldn't this put His Highness King Chu at a dead end?"

Tan Daoji was already physically and mentally exhausted at this moment. Seeing that Zhu Chaoshi's words meant blame, he also responded dissatisfiedly: "What can we do now? If we go to rescue His Highness King Chu and Xie Shizhong, we will open Luoyang and send him into Suolu's arms!"

Zhu Chaoshi was not reconciled: "Our army can take advantage of the time when Suolu can't react in time to take over the army from Shangdang County!"

"Unresponsive?"

Tan Daoji was also angry at this moment, and the emotions he had been suppressing broke out at this moment: "You put the safety of our army on the enemy's reaction? Let me tell you! Xie Shizhong had just left Xi Jin at that time and brought someone to call him. It means that they have premeditated! They are here for Luoyang! You know what!"

This emotion is actually grief for Liu Yu's death, but at this moment it all turned into anger and sprayed at Zhu Chaoshi.

Zhu Chaoshi felt the same way in his heart, and when the two were about to go up, a piece of news temporarily dispelled their dispute.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin came here with an army, and he is just outside the gate of Luoyang!"

At this moment, the two looked at each other and saw the surprise and the hidden surprise on the opposite faces.

(End of this chapter)