I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 205
Cao Jun, who had been ready for a long time, immediately rushed to the gap. Li Shimin was startled by this sudden change. The huge impact of the collapse of the city wall made the whole ground tremble.

Li Shimin thought it was the earth dragon turning over, but when he looked carefully, the east wall had collapsed, revealing a huge gap several feet wide.

The soldiers guarding here were all buried under the city wall, with heavy casualties, while the Cao army in the distance was rushing here mightily, the situation can be described as a critical situation, at stake.

By this time, Li Shimin already knew that Hulao Pass could not be defended. Such a huge gap could not be blocked in a short time. Moreover, his troops were limited, so the most sensible way was to abandon the defense.

Jia Xu, who was also shaken to the side, hurriedly advised, "My lord, Hulao Pass is no longer guardable, so retreat to Luoyang and make plans." Seeing that Lu Bu was also staggering towards Li Shimin, Hastily shouted to Lu Bu: "Feng Xian, quickly lead the Lord to retreat."

After several months of defending the city, Li Shimin has only [-] capable soldiers in Hulao Pass. There are still [-] defenders in Luoyang, and Cheng Lian's [-] troops are still on the way. It is estimated that they should have arrived in the next few days , If they can all gather in Luoyang, they can stick to it for a few days. When Guan Yu's army arrives, everything still has a chance.

Li Shimin made a prompt decision, immediately took Lu Bu, Jia Xu and others, and ordered Song Xian to retreat to Luoyang under cover.

At this time, Song Xian led [-] soldiers and had rushed to the gap, ready to defend to cover Li Shimin's retreat.

Naturally, Cao Cao already had a premonition that Li Shimin was going to flee, so he immediately suppressed the situation with all his troops, trying to catch Li Shimin all at once.

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However, Song Xian was very angry at this time, "Everyone else ran away, why did you let yourself cover the army? Isn't this pushing yourself to the road of death?"

Therefore, deep down in his heart, he was extremely reluctant, but the military order was hard to disobey, so he had to accept it.

At this moment, Cao Hong took the lead and led [-] elite soldiers to the gap. Cao Hong opened and closed his swords with great momentum, and the Bingzhou army was overwhelmed, almost powerless to fight back.

Although Song Xian led the army to resist, but the army's morale was unstable, and the hearts of the people were fluctuating. In addition, he himself did not have the determination to kill himself, so he was naturally not the opponent of Cao Jun who was as imposing as a rainbow.

Seeing the enemy approaching menacingly and the enemy's general in high spirits, Song Xian knew he couldn't beat him, so he said in his heart, "If you are not benevolent, don't blame me for being unrighteous." Soon he voluntarily surrendered.

These [-] soldiers were all Song Xian's loyal followers. They were originally his subordinates. They followed him from Ding Yuanna to Li Shimin, so most of them surrendered with their own generals.

Seeing this, Cao Hong couldn't help being overjoyed. This was the first general of the Bingzhou Army to surrender, which dealt a heavy blow to the enemy.

Cao Hong, who captured Song Xian, soon realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to capture Luoyang. Even if he did not send troops to pursue Li Shimin, but ordered the army to wipe out the remaining enemies in the city, he himself took Song Xian to Cao Cao. .

Song Xian was quickly brought in front of Cao Cao. Seeing that it was Cao Cao, he immediately knelt down and said nervously, "Sinful Minister Song Xian pays homage to Duke Cao."

Cao Cao was very pleased when he saw that the general of Bingzhou surrendered voluntarily. He hurriedly supported Song Xian with both hands, and said kindly: "It is really wise for General Song to abandon the dark and turn to the bright. Don't worry, General, I, Cao, will never treat you badly." of."

Seeing that Cao Cao didn't dislike him because of his status as a surrendered general, Song Xian felt a little more at ease.

At this time, Guo Jia looked at Song Xian carefully, nodded slightly towards Cao Cao, and then said: "My lord, General Song abandons the dark and turns to the bright. This will be an excellent opportunity for us to take Luoyang."

Seeing that Guo Jia spoke of his plan first, Cao Hong felt a little displeased, but he quickly added: "My lord, the last general also has this intention, so I did not send troops to pursue Li Shimin."

No matter who Cao Cao is, of course he knows the value of Song Xian. If he uses this opportunity properly, he will surely win Luoyang at a small price.

Moreover, the incident happened suddenly just now. It is unlikely that Li Shimin had premeditated and deliberately asked Song Xiantou to pretend to surrender and mix into his team.

Cao Cao looked at Song Xian and seemed to be asking for his opinion, "General Song, are you willing to help me take Luoyang?"

Song Xian is now eager to make a contribution so that he can gain a firm foothold in Cao Jun. He has already surrendered after talking about it here, so what else is he willing to do?

"Mr. Cao, the last general is in command!" Song Xian said with cupped fists.

"Haha, I'm sure I read you right, this time I won Luoyang, and I'm sure there will be a lot of rewards." Cao Cao laughed out loud.

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Because the city was broken too suddenly, the army that Li Shimin could gather was also limited. Except for the more than 1 tiger and cardinal cavalry still stationed in the city, most of the soldiers guarding the city failed to escape in time. Died in battle.

In the end, only 5000 people fled to the Luoyang area. This battle can be described as a heavy loss. Not only did they lose the door of Luoyang, but they also lost so many people. It was really a big defeat.

The first thing to do back in Luoyang, Li Shimin immediately ordered: "Come on, move all the defense materials to the city wall and prepare for defense." He looked at Lu Bu and added: "Fengxian, strengthen the patrol in Luoyang city. , take strict precautions against minor disturbances, but those who commit crimes will be punished on the spot."

"Ziyou, Cao Cao and other big families in Luoyang city and outside the customs should also strengthen supervision. If necessary, you can act first. I will give you Linji's arbitrary power. You can kill first and then play!" Li Shimin quickly ordered .

"No! The last general (subordinate) obeys the order." The two of them took the general order.

Li Shimin rubbed his jerky eyes, and suddenly asked, "Has General Song Xian ever returned?"

"My lord, General Song Xian hasn't come back yet, I'm afraid this time it's more ominous than good luck." Lv Bu replied with some embarrassment.

Li Shimin frowned and asked again: "Has the enemy ever chased him?"

"The news came from the scouts just now, but no enemy army has been found yet," Lu Bu replied.

"Hey, it seems that General Song Xian has committed suicide." Li Shimin also said sadly.

"Report..." A hurried voice interrupted everyone's thoughts.

A man who looked like a guard rushed into the big tent, bowed and said: "My lord, I found hundreds of people led by General Song Xian heading towards Luoyang City ten miles outside the city, and there are [-] pursuers behind General Song." .”

Lu Bu hurriedly said: "Open the city gate quickly and prepare to meet General Song Xian." Knowing that Song Xian had returned, Lu Bu was still very happy, since he was his general after all.

When Li Shimin heard that Song Xian had escaped back, a smile that he hadn't seen for a long time appeared on his face, and he quickly ordered: "Yes, prepare to open the city gate immediately to cover General Song's return."

(End of this chapter)