Quickly surrounded and cleared Simon Mamori's house, only to break into it and see that the tunnels of Simon's house were like rat holes, but they did not completely escape, after all, there were too many people, more than 1,000 people, half of them were servants, and the way to deal with these servants was to pull them out and sell them cheaply.

The maids sell to the singles in Luoyang City or those who want to take concubines but are not very rich, and the mothers-in-law can also sell them, as long as they are cheap enough, there are always people who need labor, and for those men, even if they are subordinates, the queen mother's attitude is also extremely strict, and they will all be killed with an order.

Tang Yuan put up the table and said that these men should be left behind and put in the army, I have a way to govern them, let them be sappers, but Empress Dowager Cao insisted that they must be killed. She, there are millions of residents in Luoyang City, as long as the eight gates of Luoyang City are closed and both sides of Luoshui are sealed, millions of soldiers and civilians will be millions of soldiers.

It seems that the millions of residents of Luoyang are the confidence of Empress Dowager Cao to fight against the gate valve. Over the years, Luoyang has been carefully maintained and expanded into a giant city, which can be regarded as painstaking.

Although some important people ran away, some of them were still caught, and these people were not all killed, and the Empress Dowager Cao still left a hand, leaving herself room for maneuver.

At this time, the battle of the four passes in the southeast was extremely fierce, especially the revolving gate pass, the guards Cao Sheng, Su Beiqin led 20,000 Xuanjia troops, desperately resisted the 100,000 troops of Ximen Kuo in turn, from Ming to black, and from black to Ming.

The Xuanjia Army and the Tiger Army are known for their well-equipped, but the Empress Dowager Cao specially made 8,000 sets of plate armor in the Xuanjia Army and scattered the four passes in the southeast.

Wearing this plate armor, your movement speed will be severely limited, but it is perfect for defending the city.

Ximen Kuo was so anxious that he screamed, and the soldiers climbed up to the city like ants, and were cut down by the Xuanjia army like vegetables, and the city head prepared a large number of rolling logs and stones, and the boiling fire oil spread to the city along the ladder and the siege tower, and there were no less than ten siege vehicles that were ignited.

The high walls of the revolving gate are thick, and the arrows of the army of the west gate can hardly hurt the Xuanjia army, and the arrows shot down from the arrow tower of the Xuanjia army are multiplied because of their condescendingness.

The two sides were at a stalemate, and Ximen Kuo ordered the catapult to hang fire pine oil to attack the arrow tower.

The pine oil was extremely viscous, sticking to the city and continuing to burn, and the arrow tower was red.

The overall masonry structure of the revolving gate is closed, and the original wooden arrow tower has long been demolished, but even so, the city wall has been burned to the point of loosening, billowing smoke obstructs the view, and the bows and arrows shot out of the arrow tower are much less.

Ximen Kuo seized this opportunity and launched another fierce attack, and the siege team composed of 2,000 people climbed frantically along the city walls on both sides of Weng City.

Suddenly, heavy rain fell.

The fire oil was extinguished, the arrows on the arrow tower flew down again, and the siege soldiers on both sides crackled like hail and fell to the ground, and the corpses were piled up, and the tragic situation could not be described in detail.

"Tang Yuan, the mourning family has gathered 30,000 people for you in Luoyang City, I will open the equipment warehouse that has been stored for many years, and put it into the column for you, do you dare to lead the troops to compete with Ximen Kuo head-on!" Empress Dowager Cao said majestically.

Some of these 30,000 people are officials in the capital, county officials, Ding Yong, jailers, veterans who have been discharged from the army, and recruits who have been temporarily recruited in recent years. At the same time, Empress Dowager Cao brought her nephew Cao Bao to introduce him to Tang Yuan.

That Cao Bao is only in his early twenties, he is the son of the eldest brother of the Empress Dowager Cao, and his skills are only six grades, and he is already the deputy general of the Imperial City Guard.

Tang Yuan's eyebrows furrowed, and he lowered his head to think about something.

Empress Dowager Cao added a fire: "As long as you dare to lead troops to battle, Tang Hu's sin will be completely forgiven." ”

"Minister! Wish! ”

Hearing this, Empress Dowager Cao breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and Tang Qi beside her clenched the silk silk in her hand.

The combat strength of the newly recruited 30,000 miscellaneous armies may not be able to catch up with the garrison Eighth Division brought back by Tang Yuan from the Western Regions, although the Eighth Division is only 10,000 people, but these people have been tested by the three major battlefields of Hebei, Hexi, and the Western Regions, and they have been beaten many times, and they are almost invincible with the same strength.

How much of a role these 30,000 miscellaneous troops can play, Tang Qi was deeply skeptical.

I only hope that Tang Yuan will reach the revolving gate, and Cao Sheng and Su Beiqin will still have the strength to kill them in the revolving door.

When the time comes, the two armies will work together, and they may have the strength to fight with Ximen Kuo.

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The battlefield in Jingzhou was hot.

Meng Zong ordered Zhang Zhikui, Wan Lin, and Huang Ying to withdraw to the hinterland of Jingnan and defend it in an all-round way, but Zhang Zhikui's reply was: "I can't go back." ”

It's not that Zhang Zhikui is disobedient, but he really can't go back. The road has been cut off by Tang Xiao, and Min Yue of Dazhu Guo personally led the troops, approached Zhang Zhikui, and besieged the pioneer Wan Lin.

Wan Lin is brave, has not fallen for a long time, and the level of anxiety in the battle can be called an epic drama.

However, not being able to go back does not mean that he has been wiped out, Zhang Zhikui led an army of 100,000 to fight Tang Xiao on a large scale, entangled with each other, and intertwined with dogs.

Huang Ying led 70,000 troops, responded to Zhang Zhikui on the side, but went north and attacked the grain road of Tang Xiao's troops.

As a result, Xiao Han of the Mozhou Army was encountered, and the two armies fought in a melee for seven, each occupying the high ground and not giving up an inch of land.

After several confrontations, each suffered heavy casualties.

The entire Jingbei almost completely fell into the chaos of Zheng

Meng Zong had no choice, ordered Hong Mingshan to guard the grain road, and must ensure that the grain was sent to the front line, and he led his troops to besiege the pheasant county guarded by Li Liang, and the city was full of fires, and the lives were ruined.

The Jingzhou War, which lasted from mid-April to mid-May, was fought to the exhaustion of both sides.

But the more this happens, the more the two sides must not relax.

At the same time, Tang Xiao also heard the news that Ximen Zhensen led his troops to attack Luoyang, and at this time, Tang Yuan was leading his troops to fight with Ximen Kuo to fight the revolving gate pass, Tang Yuan did not adopt charging tactics, but started a war of attrition with Ximen Kuo.

This way of playing, the Empress Dowager Cao was so angry that she vomited blood, and even the holy decree urged Tang Yuan to quickly fight with Ximen Kuo, Tang Yuan was not affected by the holy decree, but secretly contacted the great Sima Tang Zhen, at this time it is necessary to transfer Longyou Tang Su and Hanzhong Lin Chongyang back to Luoyang, otherwise Luoyang will not be guaranteed, even if I block Ximen Kuo, the three passes in the south are also difficult to defend, Ximen Zhensen led Ximen Kun, Ximen Lang, and Ximen Tai to storm the three passes, as long as one can't eat, the entire Luoyang defense line will fall apart, the reason why I don't fight with Ximen Kuo in the revolving gate pass, In order to retain the last force, when the enemy army breaks through the eight passes, so as to escape from Luoyang with the Tang family and the royal family, if my army is lost, there will be no one to escort you if you want to escape.

The old Sima of Longzhong was supported by someone and came to see the Queen Mother and handed her Tang Yuan's letter.

Empress Dowager Cao couldn't sleep for many days, her eyes were red from torment, and she suddenly cried when she saw the letter: "I'm a woman's family, where do I know how to lead soldiers to fight, since Da Sima has an opinion, come and listen to the mourning family, at this time, the national disaster is at the head, and there is no room for sloppiness." ”