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- Chapter 68: The iron wall unites and besieges Luoyang
Sanjani waved his huge swordsman, and the three hundred swordsmen following behind him immediately formed a formation with a hundred people in the front row. The two hundred swordsmen behind him divided into two rows and began to surround the bank. Sanjani shouted : "Attack!" Suddenly the steel-clad Mo Dao soldiers began to press towards the door with neat steps.
The centurion showed a ferocious smile. He only had so few infantry, but he actually wanted to compete with the five hundred cavalry here. He was looking for death. The horses would trample these infantry to death. He waved his hand and shouted: "Come on, kill all these rebels. At most, you will be punished." A friendly fire."
The five hundred Tongluo cavalrymen immediately urged their horses, and the five hundred cavalrymen rushed towards the Mo Dao soldiers in a chaotic manner. Although the small square at the entrance of the bank was not large, the cavalry's charging distance was not enough to exert the maximum impact, but under the influence of these Tongluo cavalrymen, In his eyes, these few hundred soldiers were like dead people.
Sanjani looked at the cavalry who rushed in front of him in an instant, and slashed them out with a single swing of the Mo Dao. Behind him, a hundred Mo Dao soldiers lined up in two rows fiercely wielded the heavy Mo Dao, causing a wave of blood. , Tongluo cavalry have never seen the majesty of Mo Daobing, and now they will pay the price for their slight.
Buck put on his armor and reached out to pick up the broadsword that was placed aside. It was a long knife for immediate use. The blade was not wide. The blade was about one meter long, but the narrow blade was about one meter and five meters long. No one who sees this knife will doubt its lethality. Buck is ready to leave. After all, Hongnong now belongs to the Anxi Army. Today's harvest is enough, and Buck has nothing to be dissatisfied with.
Buck already knew about the attack on the Anxi Army at the door. There was no suspense about the five hundred cavalry versus the three hundred infantry. Regardless of Buck's brain, he had already thought about how to evade it afterwards. He killed all these infantry and said An Shouzhong. The troops in Hongnong were in chaos. Anyway, there was enough chaos in Hongnong City. I had to go back quickly. There were still 10,000 brothers in the camp who were waiting to leave the camp and make a fortune. By taking turns and looting, the depression of this period could finally be relieved. .
A disheveled woman was crying on a chair nearby. Buck glanced at her, what a pity for such a little beauty. Her skin was so white and tender, water would flow out when pinched, and her voice was so seductive. Buck really felt that It's a pity, but it's impossible for her to stay, otherwise the bank robbery will be exposed.
With a wave of Buck's knife, the woman's cries disappeared immediately. The woman and the chair behind her were broken into two parts. Buck licked his lips, and the violence in his heart reached its peak. He wanted to go out and kill a few people, otherwise he would feel the pain in his heart. Unable to get rid of his murderous intention, Buck walked out of the hall. It was best to leave a few of the bastards outside alive. He also wanted to kill a few with his own hands, letting the blood satisfy the lust in his heart.
As soon as the smug Buck came out of the hall, he saw the centurion he sent out hastily running into the door. His face was full of panic, one of his right arms was gone, and most of his body was spattered with blood. When he saw Buck, A centurion shouted: "Chief, they are not human, our cavalry is finished, help"
Before Buck had any reaction, a figure flashed through the doorway behind the centurion. A man whose face was hidden behind a ferocious visor, covered in black armor and holding a huge long sword appeared in just two steps. He caught up with the centurion in front. Buck only saw the big knife raised high and then slashed diagonally. The expression on the centurion's face was frozen, exuding an expression of disbelief, fear and despair, and his body was divided into parts. It was cut in half, and the only left hand fell to the ground, and the body's internal organs flowed out.
Buck¡¯s heart skipped a beat. There were half of his five hundred men at the door. Could it be that they were all dead in such a short period of time? The big man in black armor killed the centurion and stopped, raised his head and looked at Buck standing on the steps. The pupils in the armor shone like stars, and his murderous intent was naked and undisguised.
"Hold on, what kind of army are you? There must be a misunderstanding." Buck said, feeling uneasy.
Because people with the same armor and weapons appeared behind the big man in black armor. Dozens of people rushed in like a tide. They were obviously well-trained soldiers. The big man in black armor was Sanjani. Five hundred cavalry were in Sanjani. In Jani's eyes, they were just a pile of weeds. One hundred Mo Dao soldiers killed almost half of them with a few swings of the Mo Dao.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Tongluo cavalry wanted to turn around and escape, but they didn't expect that behind them was the wall of the bank, and the gate could not accommodate the retreat of more than two hundred cavalry. Sanjani could not care about how heartbroken the other party was, waving a strange wave. Dao took the lead and slashed in. Almost none of the five hundred cavalry escaped. Except for a few smart guys who stood on horseback and jumped into the courtyard wall, they were all killed by Sanjani at the entrance of the bank. The arrogant centurion He took a spear and wanted to attack Sanjani, but Sanjani cut off the spear with a single blow, and the soldier chopped off his right arm. Then Sanjani led his men in and killed the man in front of Buck's eyes. Centurion.
Looking at Buck, who was obviously frightened, Sanjani burst out a few words from between his teeth.??: "Kill the gangsters who have no courage."
Then Sanjani strode forward, and the Mo Dao soldiers following him raised their Mo Dao and swarmed forward. Buck had time to shout: "We are the Tongluo tribe who surrendered the Anxi Army." Sanjani's Mo Dao carried the wind. Xiao Zhan was in front of him, and Buck only had time to lift the long knife in his hand. Sparks flew everywhere, and a huge force made Buck unsteady and staggered back several steps.
Before Buck could recover, more than a hundred Tongluo soldiers around him let out a scream. Buck glanced and saw that his men were swept to the ground one by one by these tall and powerful soldiers. The heavy and sharp double-edged sword is too powerful. Almost no one can block a simple chop. The space here is small, which is suitable for Mo Dao soldiers to perform.
Buck's heart flashed and he shouted: "Mo Dao soldier!" At this time, a Mo Dao soldier who had just killed one of Buck's soldiers noticed Buck. He raised his bloody Mo Dao and struck at Buck's head. Buck was also very strong. The master used the long knife in his hand to hold the knife. Although his arms made the sound of the bones being overwhelmed, he still held the knife.
Buck suddenly opened his eyes in horror. Sanjani's Mo Dao slashed horizontally. It was too late for Buck to retract the knife. Sanjani's knife was as powerful as lightning. With a bang, Buck's long knife fell to the ground. There was a pair of arms on it, tightly grasping the long knife. Buck's headless body spurted blood, and he knelt forward, then threw himself to the ground. Sanjani cut off Buck's hands with this knife, and cut off both of Buck's hands. Buck's head.
Buck's head rolled far along the ground and stopped next to a pair of embroidered shoes in a pool of blood. Those were the feet of the woman Buck had just killed. Buck's frightened eyes were still in his eyes, and he didn't know if he was there. Regret your actions.
Sanjani beheaded Buck and put away the Mo Dao. The battle around him was basically over. Even Buck, dozens of Tongluo warriors in the hall were all beheaded. Looking at the body of the woman on the ground, Sanjani felt disgusted. He frowned and said, "These beasts, please go down and clear out the entire courtyard. Kill all the Tongluo people. Cut off their heads and pile them up at the door. The leader's head will be hung on the flagpole."
I don't know how many Tongluo soldiers like Buck were killed that night. In front of the Anxi army's swordsmen and cavalry with sharp weapons and armors and more fierce and powerful combat power, the Tongluo soldiers were as helpless as the Central Plains people they had killed before. , Li Zuoguo's order was to kill them all. The Anxi army faithfully carried out this order, and the Tongluo army in the city suffered a disaster.
In the camp of the Tongluo tribe in the city, Azotai, one of the three Tongluo captains who stayed behind, was waiting anxiously. He was waiting for the remaining 20,000 Tongluo people who had looted the city to come back quickly so that he could take them with him. The soldier left the camp to make a fortune: "Those two bastards, I knew that as soon as they left, they would never come back. The same goes for Chaluo. What's the use of ten thousand people guarding our camp? Why don't we let us guard it here?" , it¡¯s really annoying.¡±
In the Tongluo camp, all the property looted by the Tongluo tribe since they entered the Central Plains was piled up. Chaluo left 10,000 people to guard the camp, for fear that other troops would rob the Tongluo camp, otherwise the thieves' ancestors would be robbed. Isn't it a joke?
"Of the 10,000 men, we might as well leave 2,000 men to guard the camp, and all the other brothers should leave the camp, otherwise we won't be able to catch anything." A captain under Azovtai said.
At this time, the sky was already turning white, and it was almost dawn. Azov's heart skipped a beat, and he was about to agree. Suddenly, there were shouts of landslides and ground cracking outside the camp, and a soldier rushed into the tent rolling and crawling. Shouting: "Captain, we are surrounded. There are soldiers outside the camp."
"What? Are those people there?" Azovai was shocked.
"Looking at the flag, it's the troops of the Anxi Army. There are probably tens of thousands of people." The soldier replied.
"Didn't we surrender the Anxi Army? Why did they surround us? Is there anyone who came to contact us?" Azovai asked.
"No, they just surrounded the camp and made no move."
"Is there any movement among the soldiers in our city?"
¡°There were people who came back with property in the first half of the night yesterday, but basically no one came back in the second half of the night.¡±
"Follow me out and have a look." The captain led ten thousand captains under his command to the gate of the camp. He saw that the Anxi army was arranged neatly, with flags flying one after another. There was no movement in the entire formation, just like a A statue of a soldier, Azoda stood at the door and was about to shout.
The entire Anxi Army formation suddenly let out a huge shout like a tsunami. Azovai suddenly saw a dozen Anxi Army cavalry not far from the camp entrance moving forward quickly. With a wave of his hand, a dozen round things flew forward. Heading towards the camp gate, Azotai took a closer look and saw that they were all heads. Just as he was puzzled, a captain next to him suddenly exclaimed: "Those are the heads of the leader of Charo, and the heads of Yesotai. They were all killed??. "
Azovai took a look and saw, right? The person closest to the camp gate had his head facing upwards and a pair of bulging eyes. It was the head of Charo. The head on the side was that of one of the three captains of ten thousand men. Azotai's head and Azotai's face turned pale in shock.
At this time, the cavalry of the Anxi Army began to quickly approach the Tongluo camp. Countless heads were thrown in. Groups of heads were like a rain of human heads, rolling around in the Tongluo camp. None of the soldiers dared to shoot out the bows and arrows in their hands. Many soldiers lowered their bows and arrows. How could the remaining ten thousand people be able to defeat this kind of military power?
The Anxi army at the door separated a road, and a general in full leather armor took a few steps forward and shouted to Tongluo's camp: "Tongluo soldiers, listen up, immediately drop your weapons, take off your armor, go out of the camp and kneel down. Surrender, I will give you a moment. If you don¡¯t surrender by then, we will rush into the camp and kill them all as if they were heads on the ground.¡±
Azovai shouted: "Why do you treat us like this? Didn't we surrender?"
The one who shouted was Sanjani. Hearing what Azovai said, he replied: "It is precisely because Tongluo surrendered and you did not participate in the looting of the city that Sikong decided to spare your life. All the Tongluo soldiers who made trouble in the city were put to death, including Chaluo and his six people who assassinated Sikong, please leave the camp quickly and accept the surrender, otherwise you will die."
Azovai turned around and saw that all the generals in the camp looked horrified. The impact of the 20,000 people was too great, and the soldiers could not raise their fighting spirit. All the officers, including all the officers, did not dare to confront Anxi outside the door. When the army was fighting, Azov Tai sighed and said: "Come out of the camp and hand over your weapons and surrender. The leader made a mistake. The Anxi Army did not take us seriously at all. They will just sit back and watch us act randomly."
Li Zuoguo dealt with the disobedient Tongluo tribe, and selected 3,000 of the 10,000 surrendered Tongluo soldiers into the forward battalion to be used as death squads, while the rest were organized into the hard labor camp and handed over to Duan Tianhe. , five years later, if they can survive, they will naturally be free. At this point, all the unstable factors in Hongnong have been eliminated.
Li Zuoguo used Li Guiren to lead the Liuzhou Hu and Luoluohe tribes as the vanguard. He led 30,000 troops to approach Luoyang and attacked Zhouluo City along the way. Li Guiren used all his skills. He knew that this was his last performance under Li Zuoguo. It's time. If you don't do it well this time, you will never get ahead in the future. What Hongnong did was not honest. He knew clearly about Chaluo but didn't report it to Li Zuoguo. This kind of approach tested Li Zuoguo's bottom line. He was the most jealous. Li Guiren blamed himself more than once. He was too stupid to provoke Li Zuoguo, a tiger. He was completely joking with his own life. The 20,000 heads of Tongluo tribe were a lesson.
The important town of Hongnong fell, and several small towns blocking Luoyang were quickly captured by Li Guiren. The entire Luoyang was exposed to Li Zuoguo.
On the second day of the sixth lunar month, Li Zuoguo sent troops for a month. He attacked eight cities in Anqingxu, including Hongnong, which had 80,000 troops stationed there. He cleared the outskirts of Luoyang in Anqingxu and wiped out 70,000 enemies. The total force reached 100,000, and they gathered at the foot of Luoyang City. .
Li Hu, on the other hand, was even more unstoppable. He actually arrived in Luoyang one day earlier than Li Zuoguo, forming a two-sided attack on Luoyang. Li Hu recruited powerful local private soldiers along the way, and his military strength expanded from 60,000 to more than 100,000. , the number of troops that originally came over was more than 200,000. In order to garrison the several states he had conquered, Li Hu left almost half of his troops to defend the places he conquered. Although there were more troops, in terms of combat power, it actually declined.
An Qingxu's officials of the Yan State surrendered one after another. Li Hu almost fell wherever he went, and there was almost no loss of troops. An Qingxu knew that he had no way to retreat, so he made a desperate move to transfer Zeng Pei back, plus the original eight troops from Luoyang. Ten thousand troops, Zeng Pei also brought back 80,000 troops, and 160,000 troops to defend Luoyang is not bad.
Luoyang, as the eastern capital of the Tang Dynasty, is a majestic city. When the Tang Dynasty was founded, Wang Shichong was able to compete with Li Tang in Guanzhong for the power of Luoyang alone. This illustrates the problem. The entire city wall of Luoyang is as high as 20 meters. , known as the Four Walls and Eighteen Gates. The city gate has a urn city, and there are two acropolis outside the east and west cities. They form a horn with Luoyang, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. There is an inner city inside the city, and the wall of the inner city is 15 meters high. It can accommodate 20,000 soldiers for defense inside. As long as there is sufficient food and grass, Luoyang can support the defense of the city for more than a year.
Li Shimin attacked Luoyang three times that year, each time costing a lot of soldiers' lives and food. The last time he captured Luoyang, he besieged Luoyang for nearly a year before breaking through Luoyang and killing Wang Shichong. However, the unification was delayed because of the excessive consumption of soldiers. The footsteps of the world.
An Qingxu wanted to follow Wang Shichong's example and defend Luoyang, forcing Anxi's army to lose troops and generals under Luoyang City. After nearly a year of crazy raids, Luoyang's grain and grass were enough to support an army of 200,000 for a year. There were more than 800 ballistae in Luoyang City. With more than 500 trebuchets, An Qingxu was confident of holding Luoyang.
Li Zuoguo's army gathered at the foot of Luoyang City and met with Li Hu's army at the foot of Luoyang City. The more than 200,000 troops were clearly separated. The soldiers with neat military appearance were the soldiers of the Anxi Army, the more scattered ones were the dependent troops, and the troops in the middle were the Anqing Army. Xu's peripheral troops also became one of the siege troops after surrendering to Li Zuoguo.
After the army set up camp, they dug trenches outside Luoyang City and surrounded Luoyang on three sides, leaving only an opening in the north. The continuous tents seemed endless. With more than 200,000 horses and the same number of civilians, it can be described as overwhelming.
Li Zuoguo was wearing armor and sitting in a chair without a helmet. Now the tent was almost full. Thousands of people gathered all the generals and generals in Li Zuoguo's tent. There was only room for more than two hundred people in the tent, and many captains were there. The senior officers could only stand outside the tent. After going in in batches to worship Li Zuoguo, they all stood outside the tent waiting for the order to attack the city.
Li Zuoguo glanced at the generals below. Many of them were seen by Li Zuoguo for the first time. There were too many local armed forces collected by Li Hu. There were countless landlords armed with families as the main body in Henan Province. Basically, they could enter the account. They all have an armed force of more than 3,000 people. Although Li Zuoguo looks down on these troops, he must win the hearts of these people when he conquers the world. Now Li Zuoguo has no intention of dealing with them unless he is determined to kill all the armed forces in these places.
"Li Hu, tell me about the situation in Luoyang. You arrived before me, and you have many people who are familiar with the situation in Luoyang." Li Zuoguo said.
"Yes, the city of Luoyang is well-defended and there are many defensive equipment on the city. If we attack by force, the losses will be considerable. An Qingxu paid attention to the cleanup of the city, fearing that there would be internal forces to open the city, so he organized all the young men in the city together. There are 300,000 people to help defend the city. Although they have no fighting power, they are still a trouble. The internal intelligence can't be counted on now. The number of people in the silver camp in the city is too small to play a big role. Another way is to besieged for a long time. , consume all the food and grass in the city, so that our losses will be reduced, but in this way our consumption is not small. The general suggested that it is better to attack by force. After all, the Anxi Army's combat power is very strong. Concentrate your strength to attack one side, as long as you defeat a little , Luoyang must be accessible, An Qingxu has no way to escape, and he is no match for our Anxi Army in a field battle outside the city." Li Hu was very clear about the situation in Luoyang, and after finishing speaking, he returned to his original position and stood still.
When the local armed leaders in the tent saw that former general Li Hu was so respectful, their faces showed caution. The tent was quiet. Li Zuoguo smiled and did not answer Li Hu's words, but said: "Who is what?" East China Sea? I¡¯ve heard its name for a long time, and I can¡¯t wait to see it.¡±
A general came out from below and prostrated himself on the ground: "The last general is He Donghai, pay my respects to Sikong."
Li Zuoguo looked at He Donghai and smiled: "Are you He Donghai? You have made great contributions to our Anxi Army. I wonder what your position is now?"
"The last general is now Lieutenant Lieutenant." He Donghai answered respectfully.
Li Zuoguo said: "The official position Li Hu gave you is too small. Lieutenant Liewu is only a general with 5,000 men. You have made more than that. Now I make you General Fubo, commanding all naval officers and soldiers. Viscount, are you satisfied that the fiefdom is in Ye County?"
He Donghai was overjoyed and kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you to Sikong, Donghai will definitely die for Sikong."
Li Zuoguo said: "Get up, Donghai, you are the key to our march south. As long as you sincerely perform meritorious service, I will definitely reward you." At this point, Li Zuoguo glanced at everyone in the tent: "Luoyang is to be attacked, starting from tomorrow , divide into two groups and begin to test the siege, take a look at Luoyang's defense, remember to pay attention to casualties, you must work hard to move forward."
All the generals in the tent were in high spirits, especially the generals who had just joined the Anxi Army. They all wanted to show off in front of Li Zuoguo. He Donghai's reward made them jealous and envious. Some of his subordinates had more troops than He. Donghai, he can also get the rewards that Donghai can get.
Li Zuoguo hastily ended the pre-war meeting. Under Li Zuoguo's words, the entire Anxi Army camp began to prepare nervously to attack Luoyang, a world-famous city tomorrow.
Early the next morning, the war drums of the Anxi Army were rumbling, and groups of Anxi Army lined up neatly to set up camp and formed a formation under Luoyang City. Then the newly attached armies also filed out, and every general shouted at the top of his lungs. He scolded his subordinates and asked the soldiers to move in order and follow the Anxi Army. Li Guiren led 50,000 troops to form a large formation alone. The square formations were lined up like fish scales under Luoyang City, boundless. Boundless and endless, the Yan army on the city was dazzled by the battle between the two groups. A cannon sounded, and the Anxi army began to attack Luoyang.
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