The last three kingdoms

Chapter 1182 The Battle of Luoyang

Taking a step back, even if Lu Kang had a way to hold off the Han army in Xingyang and Luonan, did he really think that he could take down Luoyang City, which was guarded by 7 people, within ten days?Did he really think that the [-] troops of the Han army were made of paper?

In fact, in the Battle of Hulao Pass, Huang Chong led the five armies of the Han army to cause a lot of trouble for the Wu army. If the water is released, Lu Kang may still be blocked from Hulao Pass until now.

Liu Yin's original intention was that after capturing Xingyang and cutting off the Wu army's food supply, Lu Kang would withdraw his troops wisely, but he didn't expect that Lu Kang would not retreat and advance, but would fight desperately and fight to the death, which was out of Liu Yin's opinion. It was expected that Liu Yin would not be in chaos because of Lu Kang's abnormal behavior, but when soldiers came to block him and water came to cover him, Liu Yin did not mess up because of Lu Kang's abnormal behavior.

In view of the ferocious approach of the Wu army, Liu Yin ordered the Han army to abandon the outer defense and retreat to Luoyang city, relying on the city wall of Luoyang to carry out defensive operations.

Liu Yin clearly ordered that all battles be prohibited, such as Zhang Le's active attack during the Battle of Hulaoguan, all of which are prohibited.

When the enemy is strong and we are weak, it is very risky to attack rashly like Zhang Le. Once caught in the enemy's siege, the consequences will be unimaginable. If Zhao Zhuo hadn't responded to the Hulao Pass In time, Zhang Le will probably be folded into the chaos.After returning to Luoyang, Liu Yin severely reprimanded Zhang Le. When the Shu Han was in peril, the generals really needed some courage to fight to the death, but now the situation is different. The Han Dynasty ruled the world and had an advantage in the military, so there was no need to fight too hard. If there was any mistake, it would be too late to regret it.

This time Zhang Le didn't dare to be stubborn again, he listened to Liu Yin's reprimand honestly, accepted it humbly, and promised to obey the command in all future actions, and never dared to act without authorization again.

Even Zhang Le, the biggest thorn in the side, succumbed this time, and none of the other generals dared to disobey the military order, so once Liu Yin ordered it, all armies and ministries strictly followed the order, and no one dared to fight without authorization.

When Sun Xin and Sun Kai attacked the city of Luoyang, they traveled without hindrance. Sun Xin was very pleased with himself and said to Sun Kai, "It is said that Liu Yin used his troops like a god. I originally thought that it would take a lot of trouble to reach the city of Luoyang, but I didn't expect that there were no soldiers on the way to defend the city, and I attacked the city of Luoyang with ease. Today's first effort, I think you and my brother will not be able to escape."

Sun Kai was more cautious than Sun Xin, and said, "Brother Xin, Liu Yin is famous all over the world, even Sima Jin has been wiped out, we can't be careless."

Sun Xin proudly said: "The extermination of Sima Jin was just a fluke for Liu Yin. If it wasn't for the chaos and the decline of Jin, Liu Yin might still be in the ravines of Liangzhou right now. The bumpkins are also worthy of occupying Luoyang, and in today's battle, they must try our Sun Wu's power."

Sun Xin stood in front of the battle and shouted loudly: "My sons from Jiangdong, today you stand under the city of Luoyang, and you have created a new history of Wu Guo. If you capture Luoyang, your names will be remembered forever by the descendants of Wu Guo." Remember! Jiangdong sons, today is a good time for you to make meritorious deeds. The first one to attack the city of Luoyang will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold and a thousand households. Wanhu, let's go!"

The so-called heavy rewards must have a brave man, a thousand taels of gold, a thousand households, and a thousand taels of gold, ten thousand households. As ordinary soldiers, it is definitely a dream of becoming rich overnight. The opportunity is right in front of them. They screamed and rushed towards the city of Luoyang frantically.

Although the city walls of Luoyang are majestic and towering, much taller than ordinary city walls, in the eyes of many Wu soldiers, it is golden gold, and it is high-ranking officials and rich salary. They didn't feel how difficult it was to take down the city wall of Luoyang, so they rushed up in a swarm, scrambling to be the first, lest they be preempted by others.

The [-] troops moved together, with thousands of troops and horses, and the momentum was extremely majestic. However, the Luoyang City Wall, which is as wide as nine miles, is enough to accommodate so many people. First of all, the wide moat in front of Wu Jun, This is the first problem they encountered.

The moat of Luoyang is connected with the Luoshui River in the south of the city, and forms a ring-shaped water system with Luoshui River, surrounding Luoyang.If it was just a simple moat, then it would not be too difficult for Wu Bing, who was familiar with water, to cross the river.

However, the distance from the moat was just within the range of bows and arrows on the city wall. As soon as Wu soldiers approached the moat, they were immediately attacked by arrows from the Han army.

Fu Qian personally supervised the battle on the east wall and was in charge of commanding the battle on the east side. Zhang Le's Wudang Flying Army and Gao Yuan's Tiger Army, with more than [-] troops, were defending the east wall.

Compared with Hulao Pass, Luoyang's defense is obviously much more difficult. Since Hulao Pass is a pass, only once facing the enemy, the Han army can concentrate most of its troops on the east wall to guard against death. It was Wu's army of more than 20 people who launched an intensive attack, and it was difficult to easily shake the city defense of Hulao Pass.

Compared with Hulao Pass, the city wall of Luoyang City is much higher, but it is also much longer. The circumference of Luoyang City Wall has reached 7 miles, and more than [-] defenders are allocated to the defense line of [-] miles. The defensive density must have been greatly reduced, which invisibly increased the difficulty of defense.

Fu Qian ordered the Han army to carry out an effective attack on the Wu army trying to cross the moat. Once the Wu army approached the moat, the archers would attack immediately, and they must not be allowed to cross the moat easily.

Wu Jun braved the rain of arrows with his shield on, and built several pontoon bridges on the moat to facilitate Wu Jun's crossing of the moat. However, during the process of building the moat, Wu Bing also lost a lot of people. Those floating corpses that fell in the moat, Hundreds of them.

Of course, Sun Xin was indifferent to this loss, and he didn't even take it seriously. His purpose was to attack Luoyang's city gate as quickly as possible, to get the first victory in taking Luoyang, and to build the pontoon bridge. Afterwards, the offensive momentum of the Wu army increased again. Countless ladders were erected on the city wall, and the Wu soldiers began a frenzied siege operation.

(End of this chapter)