The Dongjiang Army led by Mao Wenlong numbered 20,000, while Sima Yu, the garrison of Luoyang City, had 30,000 officers and soldiers under his subordinates. Not to mention that there are still many people in the city, and at critical moments, they can also temporarily recruit troops to help defend the city.

In this way, the chances of victory on Mao Wenlong's side are very small, not to mention that Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army still has great flaws in attacking the city.

First, there was no adequate preparation, second, there was no siege equipment, and there was not even a single cannon. In the face of a strong city wall that is more than three feet high, there is nothing to be done!

When Mao Wenlong asked how to attack the city, Xu Fuzuo, who has always been steady, inevitably frowned. After thinking about it for a while, he said cautiously: "Luoyang is a big city, there are 30,000 permanent officers and soldiers, and there are eight Hongyi cannons on the four sides of the city and more than 20 tiger squat cannons. Moreover, according to the previous spy interrogation, the city defense of Luoyang City is quite in place, and it is absolutely not advisable to attack the city directly. ”

Mao Wenlong nodded in agreement after hearing this, originally he did not advocate a direct siege of the city from the beginning, but now listening to Xu Fu's analysis, he has strengthened his thoughts.

"Now that the possibility of a direct siege has been ruled out, the only way left now is to outwit it. How to outwit, everyone thinks! ”

Mao Wenlong directly became the shopkeeper and handed over the problems to Adou and Xu Fuzuo to consider. It's not that Mao Wenlong doesn't help, but he feels that this is a good time to test the two.

In the future, can you rest assured that they can develop freely under their own control, and this siege battle can intuitively test the skills of the two.

It's a pity that Mao Wenlong's original right-hand men, Shang Kexi and Kong Youde, are not around. If these two people were there, Mao Wenlong would definitely not need such trouble in front of him, just let the two of them come out to lead the troops.

Hearing that they were going to outwit Luoyang City, Adou and Xu Fuzuo immediately fell into deep thought.

Mao Wenlong saw that the two of them had been thinking about it for a long time but had no clue, so he had no choice but to mention it.

"There are many ways to outwit Luoyang City, such as conducting a sneak attack at night or calling a battle, so that the enemy army can give up their advantages and go out of the city to fight us...... In short, do everything possible to weaken the enemy's advantage! ”

Mao Wenlong's mention suddenly made the two of them suddenly realize that they had all drilled the tip of the horns just now. I only thought about how to win, and I didn't think about these rather dishonorable tricks at all.

Adou is obviously a newcomer, and he feels that it seems a little dishonorable to use these sideways tricks to win. He was hesitant, and finally muttered: "Chief soldier, with such means, even if you win, you can't win!" ”

Mao Wenlong rolled his eyes directly, raised his foot and kicked Adou's buttocks, and scolded with a smile: "Soldiers are not tired of cheating, and fighting a war is only about winning or losing, regardless of means." As long as you win you are glorious, if you lose you are nothing. ”

Xu Fuzuo obviously knows more than Adou, and when he heard Mao Wenlong say this, he immediately enlightened: "What the general soldier said is true, our purpose is to attack the city, but we are not here to talk about heroes." ”

Adou obviously hasn't changed his mind for a while, and he still feels that this is not a gentleman's doing. But at the same time, he also felt that what Mao Wenlong said was not completely wrong, in short, he was confused for a while.

After a little bit of dialing the two of them, Mao Wenlong didn't say anything more, and the rest of the things were left to the two of them to worry about. If they lose here in Luoyang in the end, it will also prove that the two are not suitable to come out and lead the troops alone.

At that time, Mao Wenlong will have to think about whether to replace Chen Jisheng. If it weren't for the fact that Chen Jisheng has always been more impetuous, Mao Wenlong wouldn't have to bother to let Adou and Xu Fu play.

Chen Jisheng followed closely behind Mao Wenlong, and this guy's mind had already begun to liven up. Mao Wenlong treated Adou and Xu Fujuan like that just now, and he knew in his heart that he was mentioning points and testing the two.

After some hesitation, Chen Jisheng took two steps and stepped forward to speak, but Mao Wenlong took a step ahead of him and said: "You kid save snacks, you can't run away if you want to run when it's time for you to go." Now you stay by my side honestly, and don't even think about going! ”

"Uh...... It's not fair! Chen Jisheng didn't expect that his mind would be seen so thoroughly by Mao Wenlong.

Mao Wenlong waved his hand to chase away Chen Jisheng, who looked like a widow, and his ears were cleaned. He is very helpless about Chen Jisheng, this guy's mind is absolutely flexible, but there are many problems.

Especially that impetuous mind, the most prone to make mistakes, in Mao Wenlong's opinion, Chen Jisheng must be tied to his side to polish and polish, maybe he can really grow into another general in the future.

It wasn't until late afternoon that Xu Fuzuo and Adou found Mao Wenlong together and informed Mao Wenlong of the siege plan they had discussed all morning.

After listening to the plan of the two, Mao Wenlong did not express any opinions, but said that he could give it a try.

Xu Fuzuo advocated waiting until night fell, sending nimble dead soldiers to secretly climb the city wall and enter the city, and then wait for the opportunity to open the city gate to open the way for the army outside.

And Adou still couldn't let go of the insistence in his heart, advocating to openly call the battle and fight with the defenders of Luoyang in a dignified manner.

The methods of the two can be said to be decent, and there is nothing new. Mao Wenlong was indeed a little disappointed, but he was still willing to give the two of them a chance and let them try.

After getting Mao Wenlong's permission, Adou took action, ordered 5,000 cavalry and went straight to Luoyang City, and began to shout for the Luoyang defenders to go out of the city to fight.

Sima Yu, the garrison of Luoyang, looked coldly at Adou and they were shouting and scolding under the city, but he ordered that no one should answer, and no one was allowed to lead troops to battle.

Under Sima Yu's strict orders, Adou and them naturally returned in vain. After shouting all afternoon, many soldiers shouted hoarsely, but they did not get a response from the defenders of Luoyang.

After returning in vain, Adou's mood was a little low, and it turned out that the enemy was not as ignorant as he thought, and would be stupid enough to give up his advantage and go out of the city to fight them.

Fortunately, there is also Xu Fuzuo's action tonight, and Adou pinned his last hope on Xu Fuzuo's action tonight.

Twenty men in the army were selected by Xu Fujuan, and they were definitely first-class players in the army. Whether or not the gates of the city can be opened for the army tonight depends entirely on them.

The sun is setting, the night is falling, and the twenty good hands are all in place, all the night clothes, under the cover of the night, they sneaked into Luoyang City very smoothly.

After asking for Mao Wenlong's consent, Xu Fuju did not hesitate to risk his own life and personally led the team. In order to have more opportunities to open the city gate smoothly.

At first, Mao Wenlong didn't agree with anything, and it was almost impossible to enter Luoyang City, which can be described as a life of nine deaths. Even if he succeeded in opening the city gate in the end, he would not have to face the siege of the defenders of Luoyang, so Mao Wenlong said that he would not agree to anything.