Listening to the lord's explanation, Zhang Yan also quickly thought of the key, this is also a kind of use of the method of luring the enemy, Liu Yi is quite vivid with the way of hunting, but this technique is mostly used in the field when the soldier is used, it is extremely rare to use it to defend the city like the lord, because it is possible to be self-defeating if there is still an opportunity to retreat in the field, but at this time they have no way to retreat from the fortified city! However, such a risk can also show that the lord's confidence in victory is extremely strong, and the movement of Zhang Liaofan Chou and the alien cavalry army must be to annihilate the coalition army and Luoyang City, when the enemy and our forces are so disparity, there can still be such a strategy, it is really Liu Yi, for a while, the pride in his chest has risen sharply, such a commander is worthy of their service and death!

"The lord is bold, it is really beyond the reach of others, Yan Zi should be ordered to act, and he will carefully ponder this way in response tonight, and he will definitely live up to the trust of the lord." At this time, Zhang Yan's expression was even more determined.

"Liu will also personally press the formation for the generals to ensure that nothing goes wrong." Hearing this, Liu Yi said categorically, he and Zhang Hu had already discussed this matter, if he wanted to annihilate the coalition army, it was impossible not to take a risk at all, and there was a limit to showing the enemy weakness, and it was naturally the most stable way for him to sit in charge himself, and his safety in the battle of defending the city could be guaranteed to the greatest extent, so Zhang Hu did not object.

"This kind of war, He Lao Lord himself out, handed over to a certain general, etc., but the enemy army has attacked Luoyang several times a few days ago, and the combat strength of our army is also quite clear, if according to the words of the lord, our army needs to be cautious, not to let the other party see the clue before it can be effective." Hearing Liu Yi's words, all the generals present have the same idea, with their own presence, how can they let the lord personally go into battle to fight? At the moment, it was Zhang Yan who spoke, and since he already knew Liu Yi's thoughts, his mind also turned.

"What Yun Miao said is extremely true, and it still needs to be discussed here." Liu Yi nodded approvingly, and planned with the generals and Zhang Hu, he wanted to make sense and law in this scene, so that the enemy army would fall into it unconsciously, and the specific details of the battle between attack and defense would have to be considered again and again.

Two days later, the coalition army opened a position under the city, and the attack on Luoyang City was officially launched, and the preferred attack focus was the north gate, the terrain around Luoyang was flat and unobstructed, which was extremely beneficial to the defenders to observe the enemy's movements, a large number of troop movements could not escape the eyes of the lookout soldiers at the head of the city, and today was the first key attack, the three gates were too hasty, and the other two were mostly temptations and containment, although Liu Yi and Luoyang were very tempting to Han Sui and Zhang Wei, but they were still extremely cautious in the use of troops, The terrain here is beneficial for the defenders to observe them, but it also allows them to detect the movements of the alien cavalry as soon as possible, which can be called a gain and a loss.

Even so, the coalition forces did not dare to take it lightly, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was divided into left and right and ready to respond to the surprise attack of the enemy cavalry at any time, and the arrangement of the attack formation of the soldiers was also very organized, the infantry army, archers, wells, and chariots were all well matched, and Liu Yi, who was above the city, couldn't help but light up in his eyes when he saw that Han Sui who knew him did not have such the ability to lead the army, and most of the current arrangements were made by Sima Yi. Although the preparations for the enemy's offensive are still inferior to Cao Mengde's attack on Bishui Pass that day, don't forget that Sima Zhongda is not comparable to Cao Cao at that time in terms of age or experience, and he can be called a genius to be like this.

In fact, when it comes to defending the city, especially today's big battle, it is also the first time for Liu Yi, most of his military career is on the offensive side, the only time he held the city was in the battle of Bingzhou in order to cut off the retreat of Lu Bu's army Fuping Campaign, at that time, due to the tight time and the city is not strong, Liu Yi's army finally fought with Lu Bu's army into a street battle, and the final victory was also extremely thrilling, Lu Bu was poor It was difficult to break through the last line guarded by Liu Yi himself.

This time in Luoyang, Liu Yi will never allow the other party to fight with him in the streets, rarely defending the city does not mean that Liu Yi will be negligent, but in his heart he has always believed that the offense is the best defense, and now the defense of Luoyang is also to defend the attack, and among the generals under his command, Zhang Liao and Zhang Yan are all masters of defending the city, especially Wen Yuan, when he was in the Lu Bu army, he and Gao Shun were both offensive and defensive, and said that the previous coalition army did not suffer less from him under Luoyang City.

Liu Yi will rarely believe that people have all-round talents, at least it is impossible to be the top in every aspect, as the lord and the commander of the three armies, he must give full play to the characteristics and strengths of the generals under his command, so the formulation of the Luoyang defense strategy is almost all decided after Zhang Liao Zhang Yan and others discussed with the military advisor, Liu Yi only gave his own opinions, and when he consulted in the former Japanese army, he handed over the responsibility of guarding the north gate to Zhang Yan, and his appearance in the city tower is more to boost the morale of the army, as Zhang Hu said, as long as the lord is there, Even if he didn't do anything, the soldiers' combat strength would be two percent stronger than usual, which was already an extremely terrifying number.

To attack a top-level city like Luoyang, the first thing the besieging party has to do is to deal with the first barrier, the moat! It can create a great obstacle to your own onslaught, allowing the otherwise fluid offensive to be interrupted, thus giving the defenders of the city a good opportunity to kill and injure themselves. If you change the general moat including the Xiongguan like the water, most of the methods of blocking, but this method of warfare is difficult to work for Luoyang City, its city river leads to Luoshui, both width and depth are far better than the general, want to block it I don't know how much sandbag it costs, and this period of time must be extremely long, so the plan of the coalition is the same as the previous one, to build a pontoon bridge.

Advance to the front of the moat under the escort of the shield hand, there will be many soldiers holding logs in their hands jumping into the water and swimming to the opposite bank in the rain of arrows at the head of the city, and then connect with the head and tail of the logs, and so on, until the pontoon bridge built can allow the siege soldiers to pass, of course, in this process, they will suffer the ruthless blow of the defenders of the city, and the loss is great without cover and difficult to dodge, but this is no way to do anything, how can you not pay a certain price for attacking a Xiongcheng like Luoyang? In this era, the siege of the city is said to be ugly, and it is necessary to pile up human lives.

Seeing the enemy soldiers building the pontoon bridge one after another under the blow of the rain of arrows at the head of the city, at this time a dead body had floated on the city river, Liu Yi couldn't help but nod secretly, although the combat strength of the coalition infantry was not as good as his command, but it could also be called well-trained, at this time Zhang Yan turned his head and looked at the lord with an inquiring gaze, and turned around again after seeing him shaking his head slightly.

Liu Yi's army has equipment to give a devastating blow to the pontoon bridge built by the enemy, that is, the Vermilion Bird Battalion made the Hebei soldiers frightened by the cannon, when it was used to attack, it was already majestic, and what really allowed it to play its full strength was still in the city, Luoyang's seven-zhang city provided it with greater perspective and strength, from the bottom to the top is still huge, not to mention that it is still condescending at this time? Moreover, the bombardment cannon used to defend the city is still specially modified, and it does not need to consider its flexibility too much on the city tower, but the strength of the attack on the siege soldiers, the large bombardment cannon used by the Suzaku battalion to attack the city can fire boulders weighing up to 100 catties, and its carrying capacity has doubled above the city tower, and even has the effect of facial wounds.

But this kind of city defense weapon Zhang Liao did not use before, now Liu Yi is also general under Zhang Yan's inquiry, the city defense battle will have a relatively long process, all the hole cards will be used for the general is not taken, good steel to be used on the blade, the choice of timing is extremely important, the sudden huge blow may be able to reverse the situation in a moment! Zhang Liao and Liu Yi are well aware of this principle, the more hidden backhands the more beneficial it is to the defender of the city, and the clever words can not only bring huge damage to the enemy's soldiers, but also give the enemy a heavy psychological blow, and Liu Yi's strategy at this time is still to Luoyang as bait, let alone move lightly.

The battle around the moat lasted for half an hour, and the coalition soldiers paid thousands of casualties and finally could unstoppably attack the city wall, the siege coalition army was very determined, the first impact on the nearly 10,000 people, divided into dozens of teams carrying ladders on their shoulders and rushed up, the most tragic scene in the siege has begun.

Zhang Yan stood on the top of the city tower and looked coldly at the enemy's mighty charge, there was a trace of disdain in his eyes, but more of a chill, to meet this impact is naturally a dense rain of arrows, as the distance approached Liu Yijun's equipment and condescending advantages are more vividly played, strong bows and crossbows from high down even the shields of the coalition army are difficult to stop, at this time the archers are most concerned about the accuracy of their arrows, to minimize the consumption of arrows, this is not a night battle, many arrows can also be recycled, At this time, it is an out-and-out consumable, although Luoyang is extremely rich in armament reserves as the Sizhou Governor's Office, but it is not endless.

The archers above the city are divided into three teams, when they are running at full strength, the pace between the advance and retreat can definitely dazzle the average person, only under such a delicate cooperation can the continuous arrow rain and can be maintained in a very high frequency, and these in addition to the usual hard training there is no second shortcut to go, today's rotation also has a huge advantage, that is, it can reduce the strain of the archer, in the high-intensity defense of the city, such an injury is the most common for the archer, Although it is not harmful to life, it can be recovered after a few days of rest, but after all, it is a weakening of the city's defensive power, and it is necessary to try to avoid it.

Most of these three teams of archers are from the Yellow Shirt Battalion, but there are also two hundred soldiers in white robes, their arms and shoulders are wider than ordinary archers, and the bows in their hands are also different from the rest, no matter the material and shape are quite rare, their targets are mostly those enemy soldiers in officer clothes under the city, and the accuracy of the shot is terrifying, ordinary bows and arrows can only shoot to a distance of two hundred paces, while their strong bows can easily shoot the enemy soldiers three hundred steps away, obviously, These white-robed soldiers are the subordinates of the White Tiger Battalion in Liu Yi's Fourth Battalion, and the bows and arrows in their hands and the sky-shattering cannons of the Vermilion Bird Battalion are called cloud-piercing bows, which are far more powerful than ordinary bows and crossbows.

Wu Changshi is such a low-level officer is inconspicuous, but every qualified general can deeply understand their importance, these people will always rush to the front line, and have a direct impact on ordinary non-commissioned officers, an elite army will definitely have extremely high-quality low-level officers, they are an important cornerstone of a strong army, and naturally they are also the key targets of the defenders' strikes.

And when the enemy rushed to the city in the rain of arrows, it was not just as simple as arrows to greet them, the towering walls of Luoyang City made the power of rolling wood and stone boiling oil have been greatly enhanced, Zhang Yan showed the yellow flag in his hand, two of the three teams of archers began to withdraw from the city, and at the same time, two teams of particularly strong soldiers replaced them, and the coalition army under the city just felt that the arrow rain was sparse a little, and more severe blows followed!

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