Chapter 118: Retreat to the palace Cao Junzhi

After Li Wei agreed to Guo Yan's conditions, he immediately returned to the camp and prepared.

When Li Wei's division of troops was completed, he and Guo Yan also officially surrounded Luoyang City in three ways.

Seeing that the Xiliang army divided its troops to besiege the city, Xu Huang's heart chuckled, because their troops still had room to maneuver to hold a city gate, and once they divided their troops, they were a little powerless.

Despite this, Xu Huang still quickly divided his troops to garrison, after all, he could block for a while, and if he didn't divide his troops, he couldn't stop it.

With the completion of the siege of Li Dao and Guo Yan, Li Dao and Guo Yan launched an attack on Luoyang City at the same time.

The soldiers of Yang Fengbu, who defended the city, resisted with all their might in the face of the attack of Li Guo and the others.

Because the military rations of the Xiliang army were slightly insufficient, they finally returned in vain on the first day, but Yang Fengbu was also exhausted, after all, it was still a little difficult to face the siege on three sides.

After repairing overnight, the Xiliang army attacked again, and Yang Fengbu, who was defending the city, also resisted with all his might.

The two armies fought for three days in a row.

Seeing that Luoyang City had not been taken within three days, Li Dao and Guo Yan were a little anxious in their hearts, after all, their military rations were also decreasing day by day.

As for Xu Huang in the city, he was also anxious, because the defenders in the city had also reached a critical point, as long as the Xiliang army launched another wave of attacks, Luoyang City was likely to be broken.

At night, Xu Huang felt that Luoyang could no longer be defended, so he quickly entered the palace to meet the Son of Heaven and explained to him the situation in Luoyang City.

When Liu Xie learned that Xu Huang couldn't hold on, he suddenly asked helplessly: "General Xu, the world is so big, if Luoyang can't be defended, where should I go?" ”

Seeing that Liu Xie's words revealed a strong sense of reluctance, Xu Huang was also very helpless, because even if he wanted to keep it, it would be difficult for him to persevere, after all, the actual situation did not allow it.

Besides, when Liu Xie saw the embarrassed look on Xu Huang's face, he suddenly spoke: "General Xu, I know that you are loyal to the Lord, but I really don't want to run down, now that the reinforcements have not arrived, and the Xiliang army is eyeing it, even if I escape, I am afraid that I will not be able to escape far, I may really want to be the king of this fallen country." ”

"Your Majesty, you will not become the king of the fallen country, the last general will see that this outer city can no longer be defended, then the last general will guard the palace with General Yang." Liu Xie smiled with satisfaction after hearing this.

Immediately, Liu Xie asked Xu Huang to withdraw his troops.

Xu Huang took action immediately after receiving the order.

At this time, Li Dao and Guo Yan outside the city because of a small mutiny in the army, the two of them suddenly decided to attack Luoyang City at night, and it happened that Xu Huang also withdrew his troops overnight, and as a result, Li Dao and Guo Yan attacked Luoyang City without much effort.

After entering the city, as Li Daobu and Guo Yanbu penetrated deep into Luoyang City, they rushed to the palace at the same time, because whoever arrived at the palace first would be able to control the Son of Heaven.

Eventually, Li Dao and Guo Yan met outside the palace.

After the two met, they both froze, because they both felt that the other party should not enter the city so quickly.

Although a little embarrassed, Li Dao and Guo Yan still stepped forward to talk.

After the two exchanged news, Li Dao and Guo Yan were both shocked, because the situation they encountered was so consistent.

Immediately after, Li Dao said to Guo Yan: "General Guo, you said that your side is also unguarded, so you say that the Son of Heaven has fled?" ”

"I think it's possible, after all, the Son of Heaven doesn't want to be a puppet."

Li Wei thought about it and immediately replied: "Forget it, let's not think about it, what if we are in the palace one day, why don't we enter the palace together?" ”

As soon as Guo Yan heard this, he immediately agreed, after all, in addition to the food problem that needed to be solved, they also needed to seize the Son of Heaven to regain their prestige.

Soon, Li Dao and Guo Yan sent troops to attack the palace at the same time.

Yang Feng and Xu Huang, who were guarding the palace gate, saw that the Xiliang army was attacking the city, and the two of them immediately commanded the soldiers to get up and fight back.

Suddenly hit by a rain of arrows from Yang Feng and Xu Huang, Guo Yan and Li Wei hurriedly ordered the troops to be withdrawn, because they were both a little ill-prepared, and it was already dark, which was not conducive to attacking the palace.

After being repelled by the rain of arrows, Guo Yan came to Li Dao and said, "General Li, it seems that Yang Feng is still dying, why don't we send someone to collect grain first!" ”

"It's good! The soldiers could not fight even if they were hungry. ”

After summing up, Li Dao and Guo Yan each left a team of men to monitor the palace, and then they themselves went to collect food with their troops.

At the same time, Cao Cao's troops finally arrived near Luoyang City day and night.

Cao Cao then ordered to repair in situ and sent someone to contact his spies.

Cao Cao's spies, who were ambushed in Luoyang City, quickly left the city and rushed to Cao Cao's military camp after receiving the news.

It didn't take long for Cao Cao's spies to enter the camp and meet Cao Cao.

Seeing the arrival of the secret agent, Cao Cao immediately asked: "What has happened to Si Like recently?" ”

"Back to the lord, the Son of Heaven has fled into the Luoyang Palace, but the Xiliang army soon followed, and now the Xiliang army has attacked Luoyang City and surrounded the palace."

"What? The situation is so critical, if I were a little later, wouldn't the Son of Heaven fall into the hands of the Xiliang thieves again. ”

After speaking, Cao Cao ordered: "Go down with the order, Xiahou Yuan quickly lead three thousand elite cavalry to seize the gate of Luoyang City to open the way for the army, I can't let the Son of Heaven suffer another catastrophe." ”

Hearing Cao Cao's order, a herald soon sent the order to Xiahou Yuan's hands.

After receiving the military order, Xiahou Yuan immediately led his troops to set off first, while Cao Cao immediately gathered his army and began to march in the form of a military formation, because he had to be ready to meet the Xiliang cavalry at any time so as not to be caught off guard.

Besides, Xiahou Yuan is known as the Shenxing General, and it didn't take long for him to attack the east gate of Luoyang City after he got the order.

I saw that the east gate at this time was still clearing Xu Huang's fortifications because the Xiliang army had just occupied.

Seeing that the defenders at the city gate were unprepared, Xiahou Yuan laughed and led his troops to attack and kill.

When the Xiliang sergeants who were clearing the roadblocks saw a cavalry team appear, these Xiliang sergeants immediately panicked, because they hadn't finished clearing the barricades yet.

At this critical moment, the leading soldiers of the Xiliang Army were the first to react and shouted: "Close the city gate quickly!" ”

The Xiliang sergeant who reacted quickly dropped the barricade and began to retreat into the city.

Seeing this, Xiahou Yuan shouted loudly and rushed forward at an accelerated pace.

Seeing that Xiahou Yuan was getting closer and closer, and there was still a gap in the city gate, the leaders on the city tower were anxious.

Seeing that the city gate was about to close, Xiahou Yuan rushed to kill through the gap.

Facing Xiahou Yuan who fell from the sky, the Xiliang soldiers were dumbfounded, because they didn't expect that the city gate would not be closed in the end.

As Xiahou Yuan opened a killing spree at the city gate, the closing operation of the Xiliang soldiers was forced to be suspended.

Seeing this, the leading sergeant saw that things were not going well and hurriedly left the lieutenant general to stick to the city gate, while he himself quickly rushed back to the city to prepare to report the news.

Besides, after Xiahou Yuan fought at the city gate for a while and shocked the Xiliang soldiers, the three thousand elite horsemen under his command finally arrived and opened the city gate.

Seeing that the city gate was lost, the soldiers of the Xiliang Army immediately fought and retreated.

Seeing this, Xiahou Yuan did not pursue deeply, because his purpose was to control the city gate in order to receive Cao Cao's main army.