latelenovela Chapter 438
Chapter 438
The western city gate was half opened and closed, and the Yizhou cavalry had rushed to the west city gate and completely entered the range of the artillery.
The sappers produced four more guns, and Ren Feitian soldiers transported them to the Xichenglou, bringing the total number of artillery pieces to eighteen.
After the artillery and crossbow fire, in front of the western city gate, there was already a mountain of corpses of Yizhou cavalry.
Chen Zhi suggested, "Emperor! It's better to retreat first, there will be too many casualties in this fight. "
"Good! Fall back! Liu Bei said helplessly.
Chen Zhi ordered the people to ring the golden gong, the cavalry could not retreat, crowded and stampeded, and the 30,000 cavalry had lost tens of thousands.
Xiang Chu put the artillery into the system warehouse and returned to the south city gate with the four concubines.
At this time, the 20,000 elite soldiers of Jimingshan had also arrived, and the total strength reached 100,000.
The strength of the two sides was weakened by one another, and the number of defenders of Luoyang exceeded that of the Yizhou troops.
Xiang Chu was about to open the city gate, and a flying soldier flew over and stepped forward to report: "Master! King Zhong burned the Yizhou Army Company Camp in Yiling, but found that it was all empty camps and asked for instructions on his next move. "
"Burning the company camp?" Xiang Chu said with a smile, calculated his heart, and ordered, "You quickly inform King Zhong and let him lead his own troops and 20,000 troops from Jingzhou to directly move west to occupy Yizhou." Remember to let King Zhong leave Gao 243 Shun's trap camp at the treacherous pass west of the White Emperor City to prevent Liu Bei from returning to Chengdu. "
"No!" The flying soldiers immediately bowed down to take orders.
Zhang Qiying praised: "Emperor! Your move is powerful, and you directly gave Liu Bei a salary draw. "
Xiang Chu said with a smile: "This big eared thief came to beat Xuan's lair, and Xu will also hit his lair, see who is more powerful." "
Da Qiao shook his head and said, "Emperor! You definitely want to block Liu Bei in White Emperor City. "
Xiang Chu said with a smile: "Concubine Ai said very much, White Emperor City is the place where Liu Bei will die. Ha ha! "
Sable Cicada suggested, "Emperor! If he wanted Xiao Shuzi to successfully occupy Yizhou, he had to leave Liu Beiduo under Luoyang City for a few days, consume his troops, and then start pursuing. "
Xiang Chu originally wanted to open the city gate immediately to attack, but hearing the mink cicada say so, he felt that it made sense.
Outside the city, Liu Bei thought that Xiang Chu would open the city gate and go out of the city to fight, but he did not expect that after waiting for a long time, there was no movement at all.
Liu Bei said suspiciously: "Great General! Why didn't you say Xiang Chu went out of the city to fight a decisive battle with our army? "
Chen Zhi stared at the head of Luoyang City and said, "Emperor! The last general felt that Xiang Chu's forces were insufficient. "
Liu Bei nodded and said, "It makes sense!" The troops in Luoyang City were all taken away by Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei, where there were still any troops. "
Mi Fang did not want to fight, and suggested: "Emperor! The last general felt that Xiang Chu's forces were no less than ours, so he still hurriedly withdrew his troops, in case he was copied by Zhang Fei, it would be troublesome. "
Liu Bei glared at him and said coldly: "If Xiang Chu's troops were sufficient, with his personality, he would have rushed out of the city to find us for a decisive battle, today it is already dark, tomorrow we will divide our troops to attack from the four directions of east, west, south and north." "
Chen Zhi bowed and said, "Emperor! The longer we hold out outside Luoyang City, the more rebels will regain the Han court and oppose Xiang Chu, which will be beneficial to us. "
Liu Bei laughed loudly, "Good! It is to stand up to the situation outside this Luoyang City, and there will be disputes between princes and groups of heroes again. "
Liu Bei was outside Luoyang City, camped against Luoshui with his back, and sent letters to the prefectures and counties, wanting them to rise up and rebel against Xiang Chu together.
However, most of the officials in the counties were officials selected by Xiang Chu through the imperial examination, so how could they rise up against Xiang Chu.
As the sun set and the battle subsided, Xiang Chu saw that Liu Bei did not care about the bones of his own soldiers on the battlefield, so he sent veterans out of the city to collect and bury the bones of Yizhou soldiers.
Xiang Chu's such a small move has already reflected the best side of human nature, which has made Yizhou soldiers talk about it.
"Alas! Maybe we are wrong, Xiang Chu is still kind, and we shouldn't have come over and hit him. (Read violent novels, go on Feilu Fiction Network!) ）
"The emperor is (ajbe) orthodoxy, and Xiang Chu is a villain who usurped the Han family, so you must not be fooled by him."
"What kind of orthodoxy is a mat seller, and Liu Xie who rushed to Nanzhong is orthodox."
The Yizhou soldiers were also quite thoughtful, and their comments reflected that Liu Bei was not supported in Yizhou.
Liu Bei's camp was far from Luoyang City, and many scouts were arranged along the way, and Xiang Chu's night attack could not reach suddenness.
After a night without a word, early the next morning, Liu Bei's troops divided into four roads and attacked the four gates of Luoyang, east, west, south and north.
He found a serious problem, Xiang Chu had more and more artillery and crossbows, and more and more troops, and the Yizhou soldiers could not get close to the Luoyang city wall at all.
After the first day of fighting, Liu Bei still had more than 80,000 troops.
After the next day's fighting, Liu Bei's troops were left with 70,000.
By the third day, Liu Bei's troops were only 60,000 left.
In other words, his troops were decreasing at a rate of 10,000 per day, while Xiang Chu's troops were fighting more and more, and in the end, the shadow of the Union State soldiers appeared.
Indeed, at noon on the third day, Guan Yu arrived with 50,000 elite soldiers, and he also brought Lu Lingqi's mother-in-law, Mrs. Yan.
When Guan Yu saw Xiang Chu, his first words were: "Big brother!" I have something to say to you. "
Xiang Chu nodded and said, "Good!" It's time for us brothers to have a good chat. "
When the two arrived at a secluded place, Guan Yu said with a grim expression: "Big brother! We are Hanchen, and we should not stand on our own behalf of Hanchen. "
Xiang Chu smiled bitterly and said, "Big brother doesn't want to, but the will of heaven is difficult to violate, and it is forced by the situation, so I have no choice but to do it." "
Yan's ears were very pointy, and he had heard it for a long time, and rushed over and pointed at Guan Yujiao:
"Immortality! How with your big brother, no! How to talk to the emperor? Don't you know if this is destiny? "
Guan Yu smiled bitterly, "Sister Huan! I didn't mean to blame my eldest brother, but I felt a little awkward in my heart and couldn't convince myself. "
Yan Shi reprimanded: "Why can't you convince yourself, isn't it bad for the emperor to appoint you as a righteous king?" Wasn't your ideal when you were a child to be a prince and a marquis? Don't come here because you are the righteous brother of the emperor. "
Guan Yu was trained by the Yan Clan to lose his temper, and bowed to Xiang Chu and said, "Big brother!" In fact, no matter what you do, the second brother and I will follow without hesitation, just want to say the words of grievance, don't be surprised. "
"Second brother! Big brother understands. Xiang Chu patted him on the shoulder and smiled, and paused, "You take the veterans of the industrial zone to stay in Luoyang City, and the eldest brother I will lead the troops out of the city and completely destroy Liu Bei." "。