Chapter 816: Stubborn Resistance

Outside the city of Luoyang and at the head of the city, there was a daily fight, and after the Dahua army invested in the killer weapon of black powder, it posed a huge threat to the Zheng army and hit morale.

Dahua soldiers, taking this opportunity, crazy impact, morale boosted, from a distance, the city wall is densely packed with climbing soldiers, flexible and vigorous, like ants climbing the wall, gradually ascending to the top of the city.

"Kill! Kill—"

Under the high pressure, the Zheng army continued to resist, and the soldiers on both sides were red-eyed, with stumps and broken arms, scattered everywhere, blood stained the land, and the bloody nose stimulated the killing intent in the chests of the soldiers.

"Qiang Qiang Qiang-" spears, knives, spears, ge, and shields are all used together, constantly fighting, and the blood stains the armor, and there is no time to take care of themselves.

Shan Xiongxin led the troops to reinforce, looked up and saw that the soldiers of the two armies were fighting near the city gate, the stone steps of the city wall, the city tower patrol road were piled up with several layers of stumps and broken arms, scattered everywhere, blood stained the inner wall and ground of the city, a piece of scarlet, particularly bloody.

He organized the soldiers of the city, carried rolling logs and equipment, and built a strong defensive line with stones, oil, bows and arrows.

And the Dahua army outside the city is like a tsunami, surging one after another, constantly storming the city frantically, arrows raining down, iron hooves roaring, harvesting the lives of the defenders.

"Kill—"

The sounds of fighting, shouting, and screaming shook the earth, and the corpses of the partners were ruthlessly trampled like rags, and people kept falling down and becoming a dead body being trampled on, and the scene was like purgatory.

After a few days of fierce confrontation, Wengcheng and Waiguo were finally torn apart.

In the Nancheng area, tens of thousands of Dahua troops poured in, blew open the city gate, passed through three layers of defense, and finally poured into the city.

The southern city of Luoyang was broken, Dingding Gate, Houzai Gate, and Changxia Xiamen were lost successively, and Zheng Jun began to retreat, along Dingding Street, as well as the roads of various neighborhoods, and retreated towards the north city.

In the streets and alleys, many Zheng troops were blocked, and they threw away their weapons and surrendered, no longer resisting.

"No more fighting!"

"Yes, we don't work hard for Wang Shichong's thief, he never treated us as human beings."

"He treats the people of Luoyang as animals that he sacrifices casually."

These soldiers were filled with righteous indignation, all threw away their weapons, and they wanted to surrender before but suffered from no way out, and were controlled by high pressure, and now they really have no need and willingness to fight again.

On this day, the Dahua army poured in 50,000 horses, pushed all the way to the south bank of the water, and then stopped, because the opposite bank was the stronger defense of the Zheng army.

Luoyang City was pierced from west to east by falling water, divided into two, the area of the southern city is two-thirds of Luoyang City, controlled by the Dahua army, which is equivalent to liberating more than 70 lifang.

The people here learned that after a month of the attack of the Dahua army, the city was finally broken, and they all cheered, because Wang Shichong's high-pressure policy had made the people of Luoyang really unbearable, and if they continued to fight, more men were arrested to join the army, and more nobles were raided, and a large part of the food stored in the people's homes had been taken away by Zheng Jun, and in another month, these people would have no food at home, and hundreds of thousands of people would be able to starve to death at that time.

Pei Renji, Luo Shixin, Bing Yuanzhen and other generals led the army to clear the remnants of the city and escorted all the surrendered troops out of the city, so as not to get in the way in the city. Moreover, the Dahua army issued a new decree, and because of the combat relationship, the people in the city were allowed to temporarily withdraw from the city and go to relatives in other cities, and the Dahua army also set up temporary resettlement camps dozens of miles away.

Most of the people in the city fled outside the city and did not dare to stay, in case the Zheng army counterattacked, killed back, and closed the city, they would all be buried together.

However, there are also some older ones who have to guard their homes and things to the death, refusing to go out, and their children and grandchildren have no choice, leaving some food, and then leaving the city with valuables.

The Dahua army set up camp on the south bank of the falling water, lived in several miles, and was ready to force the water at any time to launch a strong attack on the northern city.

However, the other side of the Luoshui wall is built as high as 30 meters, and the archers, spearmen, and axe men hide behind, once they cross the river, they will inevitably suffer from the random shooting of the archers, even if they are close to the wall wall, they will face the embarrassment of not being able to climb the rock, and it is too high, and if they climb halfway, they will stab their spears from the wall and kill the climbers, which is definitely a strangulation wall.

"The North City is even more difficult to attack!" After Li Jing learned of this situation, he sighed slightly.

There are imperial cities and palace cities in the north city, and there are three provinces, six departments, nine kings and twelve guards in the imperial city, which is where the ministers of the imperial court usually work.

Miyagi is within the imperial city, where the emperor works and rests, and where the beauties of the harem live.

The East Palace is next to Miyagi and is also part of Miyagi.

In addition to the Imperial City and the Imperial City, there is also the East City, about 24 Li Fang, which is mostly the residence of some ministers and nobles.

Nowadays, in these 20 squares, many people and hostages are squeezed in, all of whom are during the war, Wang Shichong sent people to arrest some strong men, young girls, etc., and the war confirmed that ordinary men would come in handy, and those young girls would come to reward the meritorious generals, relieve their mental pressure, and comfort the loyal soldiers.

Some nobles were also arrested as bargaining chips for future negotiations.

Luoyang City only has one-third of its territory left, but its defense is difficult to overcome, and the two sides once again fell into a strategic stalemate.

Li Jing thought of some tactics, grabbed the beach to cross the river, and shelled the fortress, but he did not take it down.

Half a month passed, and there were casualties on both sides, and the battle situation did not change much.

Next, the Dahua army attacked in the morning and rested in the afternoon, shouting at the north bank of Luoshui, persuading the Zheng soldiers to surrender, shooting arrows to the opposite bank tied with notes, inciting the Zheng army to mutiny, so there is no point in resisting stubbornly, the angry Wang Shichong sent Wuhou Wei and scouts to constantly inspect and supervise, if he learned which general had complaints, he was immediately arrested and tortured to ask if there was a rebellion, which made people uneasy.

Everyone understands that Zheng Guo is finished, and he can hold it for a year and a half at most, and when the time comes, Beicheng will run out of food, so he can only surrender.

But Wang Shichong refused to surrender first, but waited for Dou Jiande, Li Tang, Du Fuwei, Xiao Liang to rescue, he still has a chance to turn the tables, at present, Beicheng has 100,000 soldiers and horses, which can be defended, food and war horses, cattle and sheep, etc., if you save it, Wang Shichong feels that it can last for a year, as for the palace maids and slaves, as well as the 200,000 people in Dongcheng, they will definitely starve to death.