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Chapter 264 Capture Luoyang City

Luoyang City, North Gate Tower.

Three giants: Wang Yinchang, the political participant in Henan, Liu Jianyi, deputy general of the General Military Office, and Kang Menghui, the prefect of Henan, were observing the situation of the homeless people at the top of the city.

I saw a team of two to three thousand refugees gathered in front of the North City Gate. They robbed the porridge shed originally set up by the kind-hearted wealthy people in the city. They got some rice from somewhere and were making porridge for charity.

Hearing that there was food here, hungry people from other places also gathered around, and the number continued to increase.

There are three to five hundred elites in the refugee team, all with weapons such as swords and guns. These people are the backbone of the refugees led by Fang Tiedan.

A large number of other refugees have been organized to cut down trees, make ladders, high platforms and other siege equipment, and are preparing to attack the city.

After watching for a while, political participant Wang Yinchang took the lead and asked: "Vice General Liu, can such a small number of refugees threaten our Luoyang City?"

Liu Jianyi looked at the refugees below the city and replied: "The number of these refugees is not large, and they don't have any weapons to attack the city. It is just a dream to break into Luoyang City. I guess they are hungry and want to fight."

"Prefect Kang, can't Henan Prefecture organize disaster relief and resettle these refugees?" Wang Shenzheng continued to ask.

"Stationmaster Tan, how is the situation outside?" Li Xiongzhen asked.

"Sir, please calm down and be careful. Walls have ears." Magistrate Kang Da advised.

"What! If you only give me five hundred taels, isn't that just sending a beggar away?" Wang Yinchang said angrily.

"Master Participant, Henan Prefecture has no money. In order to supply King Qin's army passing through the border some time ago, even rats in our Henan Prefecture's treasury starved to death. How can we have money to provide disaster relief?" the prefect Kang Mengqi complained.

"General Lu has led his troops to Luoyang City. When we open the city gate, we can launch an attack at any time." Tan Ze replied.

In a remote courtyard near the West City Gate, Li Xiongzhen and Fang Xiaolin were already lurking here with more than 300 thieves.

After there was a knock on the door as agreed, the courtyard door opened with a creak, and Tan Ze, the director of Tingfengwei Luoyang Station, flashed in.

Seeing that there was no danger anymore, Vice General Liu and Magistrate Kang also went back to eat, leaving only the city defenders to stare at the refugees.

The sky was getting dark, and the refugee team may have felt that there was no hope of attacking the city, so they took the initiative to retreat a few miles and set up camp. It seemed that they were preparing to sleep.

At this time, Wang Yinchang also calmed down and asked Liu Jianyi: "While the refugees are still gathering, can't we organize soldiers and horses to take the initiative to attack and disperse the refugee team, so as not to threaten Luoyang?"

"Sir, the refugees are starving. If we fight with them in the field at this time, the officers and soldiers will suffer heavy losses. Who will pay for the pensions and so on?" Liu Jianyi replied rudely. These refugees looked like poor people at first glance. He lost his men in the field and captured nothing, so he didn't want to engage in loss-making business.

"I'm going. King Fu only gave me five hundred taels. The official bought fifty shi of grain and has already shipped it back."

Inside Luoyang City.

"Hey, no money, no money. Prince Fu's Mansion has plenty of money. Didn't you go and ask for some?"

"Okay then. You should be more vigilant and strengthen the guards. Don't give the refugees any chance." Wang Yinchang was very annoyed when he heard that he had no money. He explained a few words and left.

When the nearby defenders heard this, they all showed angry expressions.

At about eleven o'clock in the evening, the Shanxi Combat Brigade led by Lu Jun quietly arrived four or five miles west of Luoyang City. The large group of people stopped to rest, and a sentry team was sent to gather information.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Where are the defenders at the west city gate?"

"There were originally 500 defenders at the west gate. Three hundred people were transferred to strengthen the north gate, and less than 200 people were left. Most of the defenders were on the city tower, and there were about 20 people in the guard room at the city gate." Tan Ze then introduced the situation.

"Okay, let's move on time at midnight. Now let's take a rest." Li Xiongzhen ordered. At twelve o'clock in the evening, everything in Luoyang city was silent and the night was dark and lightless.

Fang Xiaolin took the lead and led an escort of 100 people, using the houses on the street as cover, to quietly approach the west gate.

The sentry on duty at the city gate had already dozed off against the window sill. Fang Xiaolin waved his hand, and two members of the escort stepped forward, pressed the sentry's head, twisted it, and sent him home. But when the sentry fell, he hit a candlestick and made some noise.

"Who!" A question came from the darkened room.

"I, the sentinel, have just knocked over the candlestick."

"Oh!" The person in the room seemed to be lying down to sleep again, and felt something was wrong again, so he shouted: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Fang Xiaolin immediately rushed in with his team and slashed fiercely, killing all the defenders inside.

At this time, the lights on the city tower came on, and the city gate defenders began to assemble in a chaotic manner, preparing to rush down.

Fang Xiaolin divided half of his personnel to open the city gate and ordered the other half to intercept the defenders.

Soon, more than a hundred defenders rushed down from the city tower and surrounded the more than fifty people sent by Fang Xiaolin to intercept.

Li Xiongzhen saw clearly from the sidelines and took the remaining 200 people to support.

Under attack from inside and outside, more than a hundred defenders quickly collapsed, most of them were killed, and the others fled in all directions.

"Xiao Lin, can the city gate be opened?" Li Xiongzhen asked.

"The gate stone of the city gate was put down at night. It cannot be opened from below. We must rush to the tower." Fang Xiaolin replied.

"Then organize the troops to rush forward immediately." Li Xiongzhen explained, and at the same time organized the remaining guards to set up obstacles along the west gate towards the city to prevent reinforcements from Luoyang City.

Fang Xiaolin led a team of 100 ax gangs and began to attack the city gate tower. Fortunately, most of the defenders above had come down just now. After a quarter of an hour of attacking, the few remaining defenders could not withstand it. , they successfully captured the tower.

After taking control of the city tower, Fang Xiaolin immediately organized and started lifting the gate stone closing the city gate.

At this time, reinforcements from the north of Luoyang City had arrived, and Li Xiongzhen quickly led his escort to block the attack by relying on obstacles.

The defenders knew that this was a race against time. If the city gate was opened first, Luoyang City would be lost. At this time, under the loud urging of the chief, the defenders also fought with all their might.

Li Xiongzhen and the others knew that if the city gate could not be opened, even if the "Magpie's Nest Plan" failed, all their personnel in the city would be destroyed, so they fought with all their might.

More and more defenders are coming over, and there is a faint tendency that the defense line will be lost.

"Fang Xiaolin, speed up!" Li Xiongzhen shouted, leading the remaining guards and all rushed into the battle group.

With the addition of this wave of fresh troops, the attacking Luoyang City defenders took a few steps back, and then rushed forward again. The battle became more intense, and Li Xiongzhen also suffered a defeat. If Lin Feng hadn't given him the police stab-proof vest brought by the space, he would probably have lost his temper.

Just when the defense line was about to fall, the west city gate slowly opened, and a faint light from outside the city shone in. Lu Jun led the vanguard of the Shanxi Combat Brigade to take advantage of the situation and push open the city gate and rush in.

The city gate was opened, and the Luoyang defenders who were fighting hard felt as if a plate of cold water had been poured on their heads, and their fighting energy was instantly gone.

"Deputy Governor, are you okay?" Lu Jun, who rushed in, asked when he saw Li Xiongzhen covered in blood.

Li Xiongzhen touched the blood on his face and said, "They basically belong to the enemy. I only suffered a few superficial injuries. It doesn't matter. You quickly organize people to occupy Henan Fuya."

"Okay, I'll leave a sentry to control the west gate, and the others will attack the Henan government office." Lu Jun responded.

(End of this chapter)