Three Kingdoms: Peak Summons

Chapter 918 Reunion with Luoyang

Chapter 916: Reunion with Luoyang

“Report...to inform the leader of the alliance that Wang Shichong and other generals who were ordered to pursue the attack are back.”

"oh?"

Qin Hao raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said with a smile: "Quickly pass."

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After the coalition forces forcibly broke through Hulao Pass, about 10,000 Liang troops escaped from Hulao. Although the threat of this remnant army was small, it was difficult to guarantee whether Li Shimin would have a follow-up move, so Qin Hao sent out the four major princes of Bingzhou, including Wang Shichong. , Zhang Yang, Zhang Chao and Wang Kuang led 20,000 troops to pursue them, and sent Xue Rengui to lead troops to assist.

If there was no ambush, this pursuit could be said to be a sure win, but Wang Shichong and others who returned were all in a state of embarrassment, and even the dragon scale armor on Xue Rengui's body was smoked black.

 This is obviously an ambush.

Xue Rengui strode into the main hall. When he saw Qin Hao, he immediately knelt down on one knee with his fists clasped and said with a face of shame: "The final general failed to live up to my lord's high hopes. He failed to annihilate all the remnants of the Liang army who escaped from Hulao. Instead, he was killed. He caught the Liang army’s ambush.”

Wang Shichong and others did not speak, as they acquiesced, but there was a trace of uneasiness in their eyes.

Qin Hao didn't know what to do when he saw this. It was obvious that they were doubting him and deliberately asked them to block the gun.

Even though Qin Hao saw it, he didn't explain anything deliberately. After all, the more he explained, the harder it became to explain. Moreover, even if they were dissatisfied, they couldn't do anything to Qin Hao now.

 “What’s going on?”

When Qin Hao saw that Xue Rengui's armor was blackened, he immediately showed regret and asked, "Did the Liang army burn down Dagong Pass?"

Xue Rengui was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said: "That's right, the last general pursued all the way towards Luoyang, while the remnants of the Liang army hid in the Daguguan ruins.

Dagong Pass has not yet been repaired, so it was easily broken by our army. However, after the general and others entered the pass, they discovered that a large amount of kerosene and saltpeter had been deployed in the pass in advance.

The last general and others were unaware of the situation. After reacting, they ordered a retreat as soon as possible, but thousands of soldiers were still killed in the sea of ​​​​fire. The fire also blocked the road to Luoyang. Before the fire was extinguished, Can't march anymore. "

 Burn the pass and block the road? Qin Hao could guess without even thinking that this move must have been Li Shimin's.

Although the reconstruction of Dagu Pass has not been completed, countless manpower and material resources have been invested. Except for Li Shimin, no one else has such great courage and dares to burn such an important pass.

Qin Hao was also very lucky to have sent Xue Rengui this time. Otherwise, judging from Wang Shichong and others, thousands of people would have died.

 Qin Hao guessed that Li Shimin's fire attack at Dagu Pass should be imitated by his fire attack on Yanmen Pass five years ago. Unfortunately, Li Shimin had to use his model without getting the essence of it, so Xue Rengui saw the flaw, otherwise the entire pursuing army would have been annihilated.

Qin Hao was still very distressed about the fact that Dagu Pass had been rebuilt 70%, but it was burned down so easily.

Hulao Pass, which was once again damaged after this war, was naturally unable to serve as the east gate of Sizhou. Therefore, after Qin Hao captured Sizhou, both Hulao Pass and Dagu Pass would definitely be rebuilt again, and it was unknown how much resources would be invested in this. , Qin Hao is really worried about the cost of rebuilding the two levels.

Li Shimin went to Luoyang to recuperate from his injuries, but before leaving, he gave Qin Hao such a move. He would rather not get it than leave it to Qin Hao.

Sure enough, facing a formidable enemy like Li Shimin, we can never be careless at any time! Qin Hao sighed in his heart.

"Hey, I can't blame you this time. It's my alliance leader who underestimated the enemy." Qin Hao comforted a few people, and then said in a deep voice: "This fire in Dagonguan will probably not be extinguished in a few days." , let’s fix it before that.”

 【Ding dong, the third battle of Hulao Pass is over, the inventory begins...】

This third battle of Hulao Pass lasted more than three months and was divided into four parts.

 The first part is the Battle of Hulaoyu before the division of troops. In that battle, the coalition suffered 10,000 casualties, but they defeated the main force of the Liang Army’s cavalry, nearly 50,000.

  The second part was the one-and-a-half-month attack on Hulao after the division of troops. The coalition forces on the attacking side suffered 30,000 casualties, while the defending Liang army suffered 10,000 casualties.

 The third part was the Battle of Longmen Formation. The coalition suffered 10,000 casualties, while the Liang army suffered 30,000 casualties.

 In the fourth part, the twenty-day fierce attack that just ended, the coalition suffered nearly 60,000 casualties and the Liang army suffered 30,000 casualties.

Before the division of troops, the coalition suffered 10,000 casualties, and after the division of troops, it suffered another 100,000 casualties. It was extremely difficult to break through the ancient pass of Hulao, and now Qin Hao only had 230,000 troops left.

The coalition forces suffered casualties of 110,000 troops, but they defeated the Liang Army's 120,000 troops, which even included 50,000 cavalry. Li Shimin led only 10,000 remaining troops back to Luoyang.

As the attacking coalition, the casualties were actually smaller than those of the Liang army defending the city, which was simply unbelievable to the siege.

Of course, the reason why this unreasonable phenomenon occurs is mainly because the two battles planned by Qin Hao, the Rain Battle and the Formation Battle, suppressed the overall ratio of casualties between the enemy and ourselves. Otherwise, Parts 2 and 4 This is the normal siege casualty ratio.

Among the 120,000 casualties of the Liang army, there were also 43,000 prisoners of war, including: 27,000 prisoners of war in the rain, 10,000 prisoners of war, 5,000 prisoners of war, and only 77,000 were killed directly in battle. people.

Of the 110,000 casualties suffered by the Liang army, 70,000 were killed directly in the battle. Among the 40,000 wounded soldiers who could be cured, 20,000 were injured to the point of disability, and the other 20,000 were cured and could return to the army.

 In other words, in just three months, a total of nearly 150,000 people buried their bones in Hulao Pass, and the whole Hulao Pass flowed with blood, and almost every inch of the land was turned into scorched earth.

[According to statistics, the third Battle of Hulao Pass, including the Battle of Hulao Rain, resulted in 120,000 enemy kills and 110,000 self-loss losses... Since the rewards for the Hulao Rain Battle have already been settled once, after this re-settlement, 270 will be deducted Summoning points, the host currently has 2500 summoning points remaining. 】

Summoning points were deducted instead of earning during the battle. This was the first time Qin Hao had encountered this situation, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, the casualties of the coalition forces later were higher than those of the Liang army. However, compared with the battle that had not yet begun, Qin Hao still earned Got 100 summoning points.

The fire at Dagu Pass burned for three days and three nights before it was extinguished. On the second day, Yang Su of Yique Pass also burned the pass and led an army of 40,000 people back to Luoyang.

Qin Hao was so angry that he almost vomited blood when he learned this, but he had no choice but to wait and slowly rebuild in the future.

Luoyang originally had 30,000 troops left, but Hulao Pass withdrew 10,000, and Yique Pass withdrew another 40,000. At this point, Luoyang also had 80,000 troops, which barely had the capital to fight the coalition forces.

Three days later, Qin Hao left 10,000 Qin troops to guard Hulao and led the 230,000 allied troops from the east to march toward Luoyang.

On the fourth day, after the fire at Yique Pass was extinguished, the southern and southeastern coalition forces also immediately marched towards Luoyang.

 The three armies finally met victoriously in Luoyang.

 (End of this chapter)