The plank road of Boryeong was conquered, and the next target was Lüyang, Wang Pingfan left 10,000 horses to garrison, and ordered them to hold on if they encountered enemy soldiers, and asked for help. After everything is arranged. Wang Pingfan immediately set off for Luoyang.

Lüyang was guarded by Bel Chani and Bei Zi Dong, and most of the Qing soldiers here were green battalion soldiers. There is no combat power. It's just that with the water potential, I can't hold on. Wu Zhimao led 20,000 horses and bombarded the city with artillery for several days, but the defenders still held on.

Wu Zhimao saw that Wang Pingfan was coming, and reported the battle situation here to him, and Wang Pingfan asked: "Why don't you attack the city!" ”

Wu Zhimao said: "I want to wait for the artillery to blast a gap in the city wall before attacking, so as to reduce casualties." ”

"Ahem! Brother Zhimao, you are fighting too cautiously! "Wang Pingfan's road came, he didn't even have time to drink saliva, and when he saw that Wu Zhimao was besieging the city and not fighting, it was a waste of time, and he was very dissatisfied, "The defender of Luoyang, Bel Chani, Bei Zi understands that they are all incompetent, and the defenders are green battalion soldiers, with little combat effectiveness, and there are not many soldiers." How can such a good fighter not be seized? In case Mo Luo receives the alarm and leads a large army to help, it will be troublesome! ”

After that, Wang Pingfan went to inspect the army, and saw that the siege equipment was complete and the morale was good, so he ordered: "Siege the city!" ”

The artillery outside the city roared in unison, and under the cover of the musketeers, the soldiers came up the ladder and climbed up one by one. When the defenders saw that the Zhou soldiers were coming, they threw the logs and stones indiscriminately, and then withdrew to the city.

"Report ---- Lord Belle, the Baoning Plank Road has been occupied by the Zhou army, and General Heye has died in battle!"

Belecani sat on the ground: "It's over! Finished! Heye's 20,000 Jilin elites have all been reimbursed, and our little Luoyang will definitely not be able to keep it! ”

Bei Zi understood and said: "Yes, now the troops outside the city are attacking urgently, and Master Mo has no news at all, how should this be good?" ”

Belecani sighed: "Right now, there is only one way to withdraw to Xi'an!" ”

"Withdraw to Xi'an? What about Moro and Lord Varka? ”

"I said, brother, when has this been, you are still a bodhisattva. Moro and Valkha saw that we were surrounded, and not a single rescue soldier was delivered, so what the hell do we care about them? It's important to save your head first! ”

"That's right! You are right, why are you going to withdraw to Xi'an, aren't Wang Fuchen and Daniel Zhang even a slave still in the rear? Why are they so free? Remove! ”

"Withdraw! Remove! "Belecani has passed down the military order. The defenders in the city were already in love with Wu Xin, and when they heard about the retreat, they immediately ran away, and in the blink of an eye, Luoyang became an empty city.

Wang Pingfan and Wu Zhimao led a large army into the city and gathered the surrendered troops, a little, more than 5,000 people. Wu Zhimao said, "Brother Wang, you really deserve the title of 'Flying General', as soon as you make a move, you will take down Luoyang." ”

Wang Pingfan said: "The key to fighting a war is to know oneself and the enemy, so that we can survive a hundred battles. After these two stops, the two grain transportation channels of Boryeong and Lüyang are in our hands, and the gate has been closed, and we can start beating dogs."

"What's the way to play?"

Wang Pingfan pondered for a moment and said: "If Luoyang Baoning is lost, the Qing army will inevitably run out of food. Mo Luo and Varkha are likely to retreat to Guangyuan, and when the army's mind changes, they will inevitably turn to the king of Hanzhong for help. You even sent someone to contact Wang Fuchen, so that he could still play the banner of the Qing army and give Mo Luo a big gift. ”

Wu Zhimao asked puzzledly: "Throw the flag of the Qing army?" Why is that? ”

Wang Pingfan said: "When the time comes, it will be useful, you will even send someone to inform Wang Fuchen!" ”

"Yes!" Wu Zhimao took the order and left.

After Mo Luo, the minister of economic strategy, led the middle route army from Hanzhong to Sichuan, and the road was like a bamboo, and he led Yangping Pass without encountering any decent resistance. The middle route army led by Mo Luo is the elite of the Eight Banners, and he is so unhappy. The other Qing generals were afraid of the enemy like tigers and fled from the battle, but as soon as the Moluo army came out, they were invincible and invincible. Completely fulfilled the promise to the emperor to raise the prestige of the Qing Dynasty, thinking of this, Mo Luo couldn't help but hum a little song happily.

This is a sergeant who came to report: "Report ---- Lord Mo, there is an enemy challenge outside the pass!" ”

"Oh? Who is the enemy? ”

"It seems to be called Zheng Jiaolin!" The sergeant replied.

"What kind of fish, what scales, they are all shrimp soldiers and crab generals!" As he spoke, Moro put on his armor and said, "Go out and fight!" ”

Mo Luo left 30,000 people to guard the pass, and led 50,000 people out of the pass to stand, and the black Qing soldiers lined up in a long snake formation, and a big banner with the word "Mo" fluttered in the wind.

On the opposite side, Zheng Jiaolin led 5,000 Zhou soldiers and stood in formation. He left the other 5,000 men and horses in Long'an and Tianfu to guard against a sneak attack.

Mo Luo took the horse and asked, "Who is the other side?" Quote your name! ”

Zheng Jiaolin arched his hand: "Zheng Jiaolin, the former general of King Zhou's tent, is also!" ”

Mo Luo asked again: "Then do you know who Ben Shuai is?" ”

Zheng Jiaolin replied: "Mo Luo, the minister of the Qing army. ”

Mo Luo nodded proudly and said, "The court has always treated you well, why rebel?" If you can repent and return home, this handsome man can ensure that you are rich!"

Zheng Jiaolin laughed and said, "Haha." Master Mo, it's too underestimated! If it is for some wealth, then we might as well not rebel, the king of Zhou raised troops, the world returned to the heart, the banner of righteousness was raised, and all directions responded. The purpose of our army is to expel the Tartars and restore the Han Dynasty. On the contrary, it was Lord Mo, who could have been in Beijing for a while, but he had to be used as a gunman by that Kangxi, and he traveled through mountains and rivers to send his life, Zheng really felt worthless for Lord Mo! ”

"Nonsense!" Mo Luo glared angrily and waved his hand, "Toast and don't eat and drink!" Soldiers, give it to me! ”

At the sound of an order, the Qing army began to charge. The Zhou army beat the drums of war. The soldiers on both sides were immediately slashed together. I saw that the Qing soldiers were all fighting bravely and moving forward: the Zhou soldiers were demoralized, and after covering up for a while, they began to retreat. Zheng Jiaolin got on the horse to meet the battle, cut two rounds, and when he saw the enemy, he pulled out the horse and left.

When Mo Luo saw this scene, he was willing to let it go, and he couldn't stop killing all the way. Zheng Jiaolin fought and retreated, just like this, he stopped and stopped along the way, stopped and stopped, and withdrew from the city of Wanglongan. After the Zhou army withdrew into the city, they closed the four gates and ascended the city to defend.

Mo Luo led a large army to the city of Long'an, and saw that there were moats and moats dug outside the city, and the city walls were quite strong, so he ordered a strong attack. The Qing troops set up ladders to attack the city, and the defenders of the city set fire to cover the fire. The Qing army attacked several times in succession, but they all returned in vain.

Seeing that it was difficult to obtain it for a while, Mo Luo ordered people to set up a large camp and prepare to besiege Long'an for a long time. At this time, I suddenly heard a report from a spy: "Master Mo, it's not easy to pull, Baoning and Luoyang are occupied by the Zhou army!" ”

"What?" Mo Luo almost turned his back on his anger, "Didn't Ben Shuai arrange for Heye and Belecani to lead troops to defend?" ”

"Returning to Lord Moro, General Heye was wiped out in Boryeong, and he was shot and died; The two generals, Belechani and Bei Zi, saw that Luoyang could not hold it, and they had already.... Already..."

"Already, what? Say it! ”

"It has been withdrawn in the direction of Xi'an!"

"Bastard! Our army is so strong on the front line that it is about to hit the CD, and the two of them dare to abandon the grain route and flee without permission! Mo Luo jumped and shouted angrily, "Pass on my military order——— Belecani and Bei Zi know how to quickly lead the troops, return to the front line, and be sure to take Luoyang back, otherwise the military law will deal with it!" ”

"Whew!" The spy agreed, and hurriedly turned around to give the order.

Mo Luo jumped straight in a hurry, Boryeong and Lüyang are the grain routes and back roads for the army to enter Sichuan, if they are cut off, it will be dangerous! Continuing to attack Long'an, it seems that he won't be able to take it for a while, and he just expects Belechani and Beizi to understand the two wastes, I'm afraid it won't work. After thinking about it, the only way to do it now is to withdraw the army first, take back Baoning and Lüyang, open up the grain route, and then make a plan. Thinking of this, Mo Luo sent an order: "Start camp!" Withdraw to Yangping Pass! ”

On the way back to Yangping Pass, Mo Luo was anxious and angry, and kept greeting the eighteenth generation ancestors of Belecani and Bei Zi Ming. At this time, it has been close to the New Year, Sichuan winter rain is continuous, cold and abnormal, Mo Luo was sick on the road, delayed for almost a month, and then returned to Yangping Pass.

Zheng Jiaolin saw that Mo Luo retreated, so he left half of the troops to stay in Long'an and went to Shunqing by himself.

In Varka, since Hanzhong entered Sichuan, it has been going down the Jialing River and has been advancing very smoothly. It was only blocked by Tan Hongbu outside Guangyuan City, but it was soon repulsed. Varkha went all the way south and chased it all the way to Shun Khanh Province. Tan Hong retreated into the city to defend, and Varkha immediately launched an attack on the city, fighting with Tan Hong for more than ten years, regardless of victory or defeat.

At this time, Varkad reported: Baoning and Lüyang had been occupied by the Zhou army, and the Heye army was annihilated; The Moluo Department retreated into Yangping Pass; Zheng Jiaolin personally led the army and pounced in the direction of Shunqing.

Varkha and deputy general Wang Huaizhong carefully analyzed the current battle situation: Baoning and Lüyang were cut off, it was very dangerous, if they continued to besiege Shunqing, once Zheng Jiaolin and Tan Hong attacked inside and outside, the consequences would be unimaginable, so Varkha proposed: "Lüyang makes our water transport hub, and it is also the throat of transporting grain and grass from Hanzhong into Sichuan, no matter what, we must take it back first!" ”

Wang Huaizhong disagreed: "Wajunmen, your thinking is fine, but now the army has not paid silver salaries for almost two months, and the soldiers have many complaints, how can they fight?" ”

It turned out that Wang Fuchen had secretly cut off the supply of silver and salary to the Qing army in Hanzhong.

Varkha asked, "What about you?" ”

Wang Huaizhong said: "According to the humble opinion, we should move closer to the direction of Lord Mo, go to Yangguanping, and replenish grain and grass there before we can fight again." ”

Varkha said: "Lord Mo also relies on the plank road of Lüyang and Boring to transport grain and grass, we have no grain here, can he have it?" You have to take back Lüyang! ”

Wang Huaizhong said: "With Heye's 20,000 elite Jilin horse team, they were still wiped out by Wang Pingfan, and the Zhou army's foreign firearms are too powerful!" We don't have anything, we can't even eat, how can we go to war! ”

Varkha said, "Put the place of death and come to life!" It is people who fight wars, not foreign firearms! In ancient times, Xiang Yu broke the kettle and sank the boat, and everyone had food and destroyed it by themselves, are we not as good as the ancients? ”

Wang Huaizhong said: "Everyone understands this truth, but the army's heart is unstable now." Last month, when the silver salary was not paid, I told them that the silver salary had already arrived in Guangyuan, and as long as they won the battle, they would be able to sound after returning to Guangyuan. Now if you talk about going to fight Luoyang, wouldn't it be going to make a mess. ”

"Who told you to tell the soldiers without authorization that Guangyuan will have a silver salary?" Varkha angrily said, "You're too bold! You poke the basket yourself, you fill it up yourself! ”

Wang Huaizhong was aggrieved: "Who wants to lie? Isn't that because the soldiers are all in a mood and want to pick a pick, so they can't say that? ”

"Sensei gave me so many excuses to come out. Attacking Luoyang and opening up the grain road, this is the decision of Ben Shuai, don't say more! ”