Luoyang, the eastern capital, is the gate of the East City.

At dusk.

An army of 200 men arrived outside the city gates, and the leading general opened his throat and called for the door.

The gates were closed.

Long.

A voice came from the head of the city: "Who is under the city?" ”

The general under the city raised his head and said loudly: "I am General Xie Ke under the account of General Wei Wensheng, and I also ask the general to open the city gate and let me enter the city!" ”

"What proof do you have?" The man at the head of the city asked.

Xie Ke held up a white silk book and said, "There is an official seal as proof!" ”

The man at the head of the city said, "Present it and take a look!" ”

The people of the city wanted the basket to be lowered from the top of the city, so that the other party could put the silk book in the basket and hang it up.

But one action of the other party saves trouble.

I saw Xie Ke tie the silk book to a feather arrow, and then opened his bow and arrow, and with one arrow, the silk book was shot up the city wall, and landed in front of the man at the head of the city with unmistakable accuracy.

Seeing this magic arrow stunt, many soldiers on the head of the city looked brilliant.

The man at the head of the city took down the silk book to confirm it, but did not order the city gate to be opened, but told Xie Ke to wait patiently outside the city.

Xie Ke was not in a hurry, and waited patiently under the city.

Less.

A man who looked like a general came to the city, and Rory asked Xie Ke a lot of questions, most of them about Wei Wensheng's deeds.

Xie Ke answered one by one, and the answers were fluent.

"Open the gates!"

The general of the city guard gave the order, and the city gate opened.

The corners of Xie Ke's mouth raised, and with a wave of his big hand, he led his men into the city gate.

After entering the city, a small colonel led a group of soldiers to stand in front of the road, apparently waiting for a long time.

"General Xie, please come here."

The Colonel showed Xie Ke the way without saying a word.

Xie Ke said quietly: "Dare to ask where the general wants to take me?" ”

Xiao Colonel said: "According to the rules, General Xie leads his troops into the city, and he must first meet the left-behind adults before he can move freely." ”

"Oh, and this rule, who made it?" Xie Ke leaned in and asked.

Xiao Xiao said: "Lord Fan is appointed." ”

Xie Ke said: "I don't know which Lord Fan it is?" ”

"Who else can there be Master Fan, of course, it is Fan Ziga......i left behind in the Eastern Capital," the little school was halfway through his words, and suddenly fell to the ground, bleeding all over the ground.

The surrounding soldiers were shocked and glared angrily, and they could see clearly that the murderer was Xie Ke!

"None of them will be left!"

Xie Ke shouted loudly, and the scene immediately shouted to kill the heavens.

The two hundred people who had just entered the city showed their fierce appearances, and pulled out their bright white knives one after another, and a ruthless killing was staged.

The general who defended the city was still watching the city at that time, and when he saw that the killing was going down there, he ordered someone to light the wolf smoke without saying a word.

"Whoosh!" Sharp arrows break through the air.

The soldier who wanted to light the wolf smoke fell to the ground under the arrow accidentally.

The general defending the city's face changed greatly, and he saw at a glance that the person who shot the arrow was the leading general of the enemy army, Xie Ke!

"Come on, take this person down for me!"

The general defending the city commanded the battle, and wanted to capture the thief and capture the king first.

Yaoyao glanced at the general defending the city, and Xie Ke's eyes were as sharp as an eagle.

He stepped up to a high place with one lunge, and as he ran, he shot his longbow all over the place, and without aiming at it, he threw an arrow only by feeling.

"Whoosh!" Break the sky with a bang!

In the next picture, the general defending the city above the city head fell in response!

An arrow killed the enemy general, the corners of Xie Ke's mouth raised, and he shouted loudly: "Your general is dead, I am Xie Yingdeng, the general of the Lei Leopard Army in Wagang Village, if you don't want to die, put down your arms and surrender obediently!" ”

The surrounding Sui troops were terrified, some desperately resisted, some surrendered on the spot, and some saw that the enemy army was unstoppable, so they simply threw down their blades and fled for their lives.

Outside the city.

An orderly army rushed towards it.

With no gates to block the road and no enemy troops to obstruct them, the army rushed into the city without hindrance.

"Welcome to the city!"

Xie Yingdeng bowed down on one knee and respectfully greeted Li Changhuan, who had just entered the city.

When he bowed, the two hundred Lei Leopard sergeants around him bowed down one after another, shouting in unison: "Welcome the young marshal into the city!" ”

"Get up." Li Changhuan laughed, walked quickly to Xie Yingdeng, personally helped him up and said, "Well done, worthy of being the first archer in my Wagangzhai!" ”

Xie Yingdeng bowed his head and said: "Yingdeng doesn't dare to take credit, this battle is thanks to the young marshal's strategy, otherwise it wouldn't have been so smooth!" ”

Li Changhuan patted him on the shoulder casually and said with a smile: "You are meritorious but not arrogant, you are very good!" ”

"Young marshal, the first credit was preempted by Yingdeng, and this second credit must be given to me, right?" Cheng Biting Jin trotted over, and there were Shi Huaiyi and Shan Xiongxin beside him.

"Let?" Shi Huaiyi smiled: "Dare to love you, all the credit is earned by letting it?" Then it's over when you meet me, I never know how to take credit! ”

Cheng Biting Jin drew his knife and said: "Even if you don't let me, do you think you can fight me?" ”

Shi Huaiyi snorted coldly: "If you can't fight, you won't know if you fight!" ”

"Okay, just say this to you, do you dare to compare with me?" Cheng bites the golden road.

Shi Huaiyi squinted and said, "How do you want to compare?" ”

Cheng Biting Jin said: "Whoever catches Fan Zigai first will be the first general of the internal army!" ”

"Good!" Shi Huaiyi didn't want to think about it, so he responded.

Li Changhuan rolled his eyes and said: "I don't care how you compare, but don't delay the big thing, now we just take the outer city gate, this is far from enough, the inner city of Luoyang has to find a way to take it down, I will say here, whoever leads the troops into the inner city first, who is the first to win this battle!" ”

The voice fell.

I saw Shan Xiongxin wave his big hand and lead the tiger army to swarm forward, and disappeared from everyone's field of vision in a blink of an eye.

"Wow, Lao Shan is too cunning, brothers, copy the guy with me!"

Cheng Yanjin was the first to react, raised his arms and shouted, beckoning the hussars to follow Shan Xiongxin closely.

Shi Huaiyi and Xie Yingdeng also wanted to move, but they were stopped by Li Changhuan and ordered: "Just have the two of them go to seize the inner city, you two will take the three gates of the south, south and west for me respectively, without my order, you must not let anyone out of the city!" ”

The two of them said in unison: "The last general is ordered!" ”

Subsequently, the two led the Long Xiang Army and the Lei Leopard Army to act separately, one to attack the south gate, and the other to take the north gate.

Li Changhuan ordered the east gate to be closed, and then personally led his troops into the city to Zhang Bang Anmin.

On the same day, the four gates of Luoyang City fell, and the army in the city launched a counterattack under the gathering of Fan Zigai.

At this time, there were still 30,000 troops in Luoyang, but more than half of the wounded soldiers were caused by the previous battle with Yang Xuangan, so the battleable soldiers who could resist strongly in the end were only about 10,000 when they were fully defeated.

In order to defeat Luoyang, Li Changhuan dispatched a total of 1,800 people this time, including 1,000 elite foreign troops and 800 elite internal troops.

These 1,800 people can be described as the elite of the elite in Wagangzhai.

It is not a boast to say that each of the 800 men in the inner army is enough to be 10, while the 1,000 men in the outer army are slightly worse.

But it's okay to play five with one.

Of course, these are only general combat effectiveness, and when they are really on the battlefield, there are too many variables, and a small variable may affect the changes in the entire battle situation, and whether or not these variables can be eliminated depends on the commander-in-chief's decisiveness and execution.

In order to take Luoyang City nine times out of ten, Li Changhuan made a variety of plans and changes early on, and Fan Zigai's dying struggle was also expected by him.

"Order Cheng Yanjin and Shan Xiongxin to withdraw first, and they are not allowed to attack the inner city again without my order!"

The inner city could not be attacked for a long time, Li Changhuan in order to avoid excessive casualties, only so ordered, after all, he is a person who cherishes feathers, and the soldiers of the inner army are even more precious as gold, and every additional death or injury of a brother of the inner army is a huge loss for Wagangzhai.

Li Changhuan didn't want to see such a loss, he would rather waste more time and Fan Zigai grinding slowly.

Although he failed to take the entire Luoyang City in one go, Li Changhuan was not in a hurry, he was in a hurry while posting lists everywhere in the city, and at the same time ordered the selection of strong men in Luoyang City, especially the strong men of some official families, whether they wanted to or not, each family should have at least one man to join the Wagang Army.

This move is very vicious, and it is intended to win over the entire Luoyang City to fight against Yang Guang.

As long as someone from every family joins the Wagang Army, it means that at least one person from each family participates in the rebellion, which means that each family is on the opposite side of the Sui Dynasty.

For the sake of the whole city, Li Changhuan resolutely established a new army in Luoyang, regardless of the opposition in the city.

The problem is that the new army is easy to build, but the general of the new army is not very easy to choose.

The main reason is that part of this new army is composed of the children of the powerful in Luoyang, and ordinary people really can't control this group of gentlemen.

"Young marshal, there are people outside who claim to be Yang Xuangan's daughter and want to ask to see you."

A member of the Wagang army came to report it.

Hearing the report, Li Changhuan came back from his contemplation, and as soon as his divine sense probed, he immediately understood who the person outside the door was.

"What is she here for?"

Li Changhuan muttered.

Wagang Jun said: "She said that she wouldn't leave if she couldn't see the young marshal......"

Li Changhuan waved his hand and said, "Okay, take her in." ”

Less.

Yang Ruoxi, who was dressed in a gorgeous robe, came to Li Changhuan step by step.

"Don't come to harm's way, Miss Ruoxi, you've become a lot more beautiful."

Li Changhuan said hello with a smile.

Yang Ruoxi looked at Li Changhuan with a complicated expression, and was silent for a long time before saying, "There is something I want to ask you for help." ”

Li Changhuan raised his eyebrows and said, "What's the matter?" You said. ”

"I ...... I would like to ask you to release a person. Yang Ruoxi bit her lip and said.

Li Changhuan said: "Who, name?" ”

Yang Ruoxi said: "His name is Duan Da." ”

"Haven't heard of this man, he's in my hands?" Li Changhuan asked.

Yang Ruoxi said: "He was arrested by your people the day before yesterday, and that person's name is Cheng Biting Jin!" ”

Li Changhuan said: "Then you should go to Cheng Yanjin, what are you doing with me?" ”

"Cheng Yanjin is your person, he will definitely listen to what you say, you can help me." Yang Ruoxi pleaded softly.

Li Changhuan glanced at her and said, "This person named Duan Da, what is the relationship with you?" He deserves to be begged of me? ”

Yang Ruoxi said in a low voice: "He is my fiancé. ”

"You haven't married yet? You're in your twenties, aren't you? Li Changhuan was surprised.

Yang Ruoxi pursed her lips and said, "This has nothing to do with you, you just say that you can't help me, right?" ”

Li Changhuan smiled and said: "You and I are old friends, how can there be any reason not to help, but I have to ask the situation first, why did Cheng Yanjin arrest Duan Da?" Is there a grudge between them? ”

Yang Ruoxi shook his head and said, "No, they didn't know each other before." ”

"That's?" Li Changhuan was puzzled.

Yang Ruoxi said eloquently: "Here's the thing, Cheng Yanjin wanted to pull Duan Da into the Wagang Army, Duan Da didn't want to go, and was finally forcibly knocked unconscious and dragged away by Cheng Yanjin......"