According to the plan, the Lion Battalion went to Mengjin, the Wolf Howling Battalion went to Yiyang, and Liu Xia led the rest of the Guards Regiment of the headquarters to Luoyang.

After coming out of the Tiger Prison Pass according to the planned route, the Lion Battalion followed the previous path of the Wolf Howling Camp to Gong County, and then crossed Gong County to Mengjin, and then took Mengjin. Mengjin was northeast of Luoyang, near the edge of the Yellow River, and when the lion battalion took Mengjin, they returned to the south and headed south to Luoyang.

According to the planned route, after the wolf howling battalion entered the pass from the tiger prison pass, it directly crossed the Yanshi and went to Yiyang in the west, Yiyang is located in the southwest of Luoyang, and after the wolf howling camp took Yiyang, it waved north to Luoyang.

The Tiger Ben camp was in Yanshi at this time, and when Yanshi broke through the city, he marched west and also waved his army to Luoyang.

Finally, Liu Xia's headquarters, that is, Liu Xia's personal guard regiment and some logistics personnel, a total of seven or eight hundred people, first together with the wolf howling battalion, when the two armies separated after arriving in the west of the Yan division, the wolf howling battalion marched to Yiyang in the southwest direction, and Liu Xia led the men and horses to Luoyang first.

At that time, the four-way army, four or five thousand men and horses, gathered in Luoyang City, and after a day's rest, they began to capture Luoyang. As for the Mianchi, Yongji, Xin'an, Hanguguan, Lushi, Lingbao and other places in the west of Luoyang, Liu Xia waited for the occupation of Luoyang before taking charge.

Yanshi, Mengjin, Yiyang once the three cities of Luoyang will be half surrounded by Luoyang City, from the map, Luoyang has four cities in four directions, located in the east of Yanshi, Mengjin in the north, Xin'an in the west, Yiyang in the south, now in addition to Xin'an, the other three cities on three sides are listed in the plan to capture, once the three cities are taken, Luoyang City is basically surrounded.

The Tiger Prison Pass was still under the care of the third battalion of the Tiger Regiment, and the artillery brigade had already followed the scouts to the Yan Division quickly. The lion battalion hurried forward, refueled in Gongxian, and then headed for Mengjin. The Wolf Howling Camp and Liu Xia's headquarters did not stop in Yanshi and rushed directly to Yiyang, but Liu Xia's headquarters stayed in Yanshi for a while.

At 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., ten miles from Yanshi City

At this time, the artillery brigade had already followed the scouts to the camp of the Tiger Bun Regiment, and when they arrived, Liu Dazhuang, the head of the Tiger Regiment, and Niu Wei, the deputy head of the Tiger Regiment, personally came out to greet them. This artillery brigade is too important, and this artillery brigade is not subordinate to the Huben regiment, so although the captain of the artillery brigade is only a fenwei school, Liu Dazhuang did not put on a show.

Now one step too late for the artillery brigade, Liu Xia also came to Yanshi City with the personal guard regiment. That Liu Dazhuang and others all came out of the camp to greet them.

"General, why are you here in person?" Liu Dazhuang hugged his fists.

Liu Xia said in a deep voice: "General Ben originally went directly to Luoyang, but now Yanshi City has not been attacked, so General Ben came to see, Yanshi City must be solved as soon as possible, and now General Ben has fallen the artillery brigade under you, what else do you need now?" ”

Liu Dazhuang said respectfully: "General, my subordinates don't need anything." The general went into the tent and said. After that, Liu Dazhuang led Liu Xia and many generals into the big tent of the Chinese army.

Now that it was already dark, Liu Xia immediately said to the guards beside him: "You give the order, rest here tonight, and set off early tomorrow morning." ”

"Yes," the guard's voice fell, and he hurried away.

Torches had been lit everywhere in the camp, and candles had been lit in the tents.

After Liu Xia entered the tent, he sat on the main seat, and the other generals sat left and right.

Liu Xia said in a deep voice: "Da Zhuang, let's talk about the specific situation now, although General Ben also heard from the scout before, but what he said is not detailed. ”

Liu Dazhuang said solemnly: "General Hui, after my subordinates arrived at Yanshi this morning, they found that the people in this Yanshi City had already known the news that the Tiger Prison Pass had been breached, and the gates of the entire Yanshi City were tightly closed, and they were all occupied with archers, and they could not approach at will. According to the news collected by the scouts, it was the fugitive squires in Gongxian County who passed the news on, so some of the squires in Yanshi City integrated all the family members and took bows, arrows, guns and knives, although these people were very weak in combat, but they belonged to the side defending the city and took advantage of the territory. We don't have any siege engines, so we can't get into it. ”

After Liu Dazhuang finished speaking, Niu Wei said with deep thought: "In the end, the general thought of bombarding the city gate with artillery, once the city gate is opened, even if they have 3,000 men and horses, their subordinates are not afraid." ”

"My subordinates are willing to lead the soldiers of the artillery brigade to attack the city!" Wang Xiaotong immediately said solemnly.

Liu Xia waved his hand and said, "As for the plan to attack Yanshi, Da Zhuang is in charge. General Ben will leave for Luoyang early tomorrow morning. As for the tasks of your artillery, it will be deployed by Da Zhuang. ”

"Yes"

Liu Dazhuang said coldly: "The general can leave with confidence, and his subordinates will definitely take Yanshi City tomorrow and then go to Luoyang to join the general." ”

Liu Xia nodded and said, "Give you another day tomorrow, and you must attack Yanshi City!" ”

"Yes! Your subordinates will definitely complete the task! ”

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Guo Gonggong and dozens of Praetorian Guards from Nanjing arrived at Bishui County when it was about to dark, and Zhang Liang was guarding the county seat at this time.

As soon as Zhang Liang heard that the messenger from Nanjing, he immediately opened the city gate and went out of the city to greet him in person. Why don't you go out of town? ”

"Master Hou?" Zhang Liang glanced at Gonggong Guo suspiciously.

Gonggong Guo immediately reacted and smiled: "Hahaha, don't you know that now that your general has been named Hou Ye, our family came to read the holy decree to Hou Ye." Why hasn't Hou Ye come out now? ”

Zhang Liang said indifferently: "Father-in-law, now that the general has not come back from attacking Luoyang, it may take some time." ”

"Attack Luoyang?" That Gonggong Guo was a little surprised, but he recovered in a moment, and he was talking about Liu Xia's relocation of tens of thousands of people from Guide Mansion, didn't he want to take Luoyang? So he said, "When will the general be able to come back?" Our family is the emperor's order, how can we wait? Hurry up and send a message to Hou Ye, so that Hou Ye can come back quickly to receive the order. ”

"This ......" Zhang Liang was a little embarrassed, after all, now is the time for war, how can the boss leave when he is in battle? That is a taboo for the military, if you leave, it is very likely that the battle will be lost, which will directly lead to the annihilation of the army, which is not a trivial matter.

"What? If you want to go, you will go, how? Do you want to let the holy decree wait for him a little Liu Xia? The little eunuch beside Gonggong Guo shouted angrily at Zhang Liang with a shrill voice.

Although Zhang Liang said that he had a good temper and could endure these things, but the subordinates behind Zhang Liang did not have such a good tolerance, and it was okay for Zhang Liang to be said a few words by that Guo Gonggong just now, after all, it was a big man. Now this little eunuch at the lowest level also yelled at Zhang Liang so much, and also called Liu Xia by his name, which made those subordinates unbearable.