However, Cai Zhe thought about it, maybe things are not so bad, my sister is a reasonable person, otherwise I would not tolerate my brother-in-law marrying another lady of the twelfth room. I heard from the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info that my sister is still persuading my brother-in-law to marry the youngest daughter of the Zhen family, but it seems that my brother-in-law has not agreed.

"Okay." Cai Zhe pretended to be extremely reluctant and said coldly, "You go and tell Sun Quan to get everything ready, and I will leave tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow?" Zhang Zhao's eyes widened, and he exclaimed loudly, "Brother Zihui, you are too anxious. Today is not an auspicious day for the zodiac. ”

Cai Zhe pursed his lips and said: "What auspicious day is not auspicious day, Lao Tzu said that auspicious day is auspicious day." ”

Zhang Zhao was so angry that he almost fainted.

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In mid-April, Yue Fei led the 1st and 8th Army Corps to rush through Hangu Pass and advance along Gushui to Gucheng and Henan City.

Li Jing led the fifth, sixth, and seventh corps into the Tiger Prison Pass, and advanced along both banks of Yishui to Gongxian and Yanshi.

Zhang Fei led his army into Dagu Pass and advanced rapidly towards the south bank of Yishui.

In late April, Yue Fei, Li Jing, Zhang Fei, and Sima Yi led an army to besiege Luoyang City.

Li Yi ordered Chang Yuchun, the general of Zhengnan, to sit in Chenliu to guard the safety of Yanzhou and Henan and ensure the smooth flow of the army's grain routes.

On the same day, Li Yi entered the Tiger Prison Pass and rushed to Luoyang.

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Luoyang, Shanglin Yuan, the general Xingyuan.

Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, Jiang Ji and others sorted out the battle situation on each battlefield in the shortest possible time and reported to Li Yi in detail.

Xu Shu finally said: "After we entered Luoyang, we found about 400,000 to 500,000 homeless people outside Luoyang, mostly old and weak, women and children. ”

When Xu Shu said this, his voice was not loud, but the smile on Li Yi's face disappeared immediately, and he asked with a dark face, "What about people?" ”

"The ministries gathered them together and sent them to Xianyang Yuan." Xu Shu said, "General Yue Fei has allocated a batch of military rations, but there are too many people, and if the supply continues, the grain and grass of the army may not be able to last until the spring harvest." ”

"Yuan Shao......" Li Yi sneered, "He can also think of this kind of method, and he will lose his conscience." How many people can be recruited as civil husbands? ”

"There are about 200,000 strong men in the city." Xu Shu shook his head and said, "So, the rest of the ...... You can only do light work. ”

"Immediately cut 200,000 people." Li Yi said without hesitation, "Our food is limited, and there are too many people to support it." ”

"Although Yuan Shao burned down the outer city of Luoyang, he could only burn the houses and manors, but he could not burn the land." Li Yihong waved his hand and said, "Hurry up to the imperial court, immediately appoint Henan Yin and Hongnong Taishou, and let them form a government to help these people rebuild their homes and sow seeds in the land." ”

"Okay, I'm going to write the recital right away." Xu Shu bowed down and said,

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Yingchuan battlefield.

Guan Yu received a letter from Zhang Fei on the front line of the Rushui River, saying that the rebels had withdrawn from Dagu Pass and that the outer defense line of Luoyang had been broken through by the army.

Guan Yu was overjoyed, and immediately ordered Li Zhong to take the 8,000 troops stationed in Yangzhai and Yangcheng to the north of Yuyuan Pass, and ordered Xu Huang to rush to Yique Pass with 8,000 troops, and join the main army as soon as possible to attack Luoyang.

Immediately, Guan Yu received a letter from Li Yi.

Li Yi told Guan Yu: "The time for the main force of the army to attack Luoyang City is set for late May, and there is still a month left before now. In order to ensure the safety of Yingchuan, you had better use this month to take the initiative to attack and push the battle line to the line of Luyang and Kunyang, so that during the attack on Luoyang City, even if Yingchuan was counterattacked by the armies of Jingzhou and Yuzhou, it could also use Luyang, Kunyang, Linying, Xinji and other cities to block the enemy outside Yingchuan. Xue Li will launch an attack on the Suiyang front to contain Yuan Tan, help hold the southern part of Yingchuan, and cooperate with your battle on the western front of Yuzhou. Please quickly concentrate all your forces and try to complete the attack in the shortest possible time. ”

Guan Yu then gathered an army of 40,000 cavalry to attack the rebels, and the two sides fought fiercely in Yangyin, on the west bank of the Rushui River.

The rebels had a clear advantage in numbers, and although the generals in the north tried their best, they could not make any further progress. However, because Luoyang City was besieged, the rebels were worried that the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army would take the opportunity to go south to Yingchuan to support, so they focused on defense in their attack strategy, and did not use their own advantages to take the opportunity to cross the Rushui River.

Kunyang ordered Han Ming to send someone to secretly contact Guan Yu and take the initiative to ask Xiancheng to surrender.

Han Ming was born in Yingchuan Han's gate lord, was the nephew of the former servant Han Rong, and was friends with Shi Xushu, the head of the General's Mansion. Xu Shu had secretly contacted Han Ming several times, hoping that he would defect to He****** Ming's surrender was very timely. Guan Yu immediately ordered Lü Bu and Ji Ling to lead an army of 10,000 to attack Kunyang. The Kunyang rebel defender Lu Jie was caught off guard and led his army to retreat in a hurry, but was beheaded by Lu Bu on the way, and all 10,000 horses were annihilated.

After Lu Bu saw Han Ming, he asked him to do him another favor, and led his headquarters to open the gate of Yexian County and help the Northern Xinjiang Army enter Nanyang. Han Ming followed his plan and "fled" to Yexian County with five hundred elites from Northern Xinjiang.

That night, 500 elites captured the pass and successfully captured Ye County. Lu Bu concocted it in the same way, and then seized the sun. The army directly killed Nanyang County Zhiwan City.

Wancheng is the location of the puppet court supported by Yuan Shao, because Yuan Shao has been defeated repeatedly recently, and his strength has been damaged, so Yuan Shao has to turn to Liu Biao for help. Today, Wancheng is garrisoned by Su Fei of Jingzhou and Han Xun, a subordinate of Yuan Xi, with 10,000 horses each.

On this day, the two suddenly received news that the Northern Xinjiang Army had captured Duyang City and was rushing along the gallop road. Su Fei and Han Xun were shocked, and hurriedly asked for help from Xiangyang Liu Biao and Luyang Kuaiyue, and at the same time sent 10,000 horses to Bowangpo to block the attack.

Lü Bu and Ji Ling led the army to kill, and the two sides fought a bloody battle at Bowangpo.

Guan Yu asked Lü Bu to lead the army to attack Wancheng, in order to force Kuai Yue to send troops back for reinforcements, so as to give the army a chance to capture Luyang. Once the attacking army is blocked at Bowangpo and unable to advance, this plan may fail.

In order to gain time, Lu Bu commanded the army to attack and kill, and the offensive was like a tide. Han Xun couldn't resist it, and only held out in Bowangpo for a day, and then fled back to Wancheng in embarrassment.

The Northern Xinjiang Army besieged Wancheng.

After Liu Biao of Xiangyang received the emergency, his soul flew out of the sky and personally led an army of 10,000 to rush to Wancheng in the starry night.

Kuai Yue of Luyang led the army to quickly withdraw from Yangyinli. If Wancheng is lost, not only will it lose the grain and grass of the imperial court and the Son of Heaven and the army, but it will also be surrounded in Luyang and attacked by the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Kuaiyue's army had just withdrawn to Luyang, and Su Fei reported again that Bowangpo had failed to block it, and about 40,000 to 50,000 northern Xinjiang troops had surrounded Wancheng, please return to help immediately.

Deng Yi and Pang Ji demanded that Kuai Yue immediately abandon Luyang and the whole army retreat to Wancheng. There are 40,000 or 50,000 Northern Xinjiang troops under Wancheng City, which shows that the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army in the direction of Luoyang has moved south, and its own side is facing the dilemma of being passively beaten on the Yingchuan battlefield. At present, it is better to retreat to Wancheng and preserve its strength to hold Nanyang. At present, the Northern Xinjiang Army has broken through the eight passes of Luoyang, and it is no longer meaningful for the army to hold on to Luyang.

Yuan Xi strongly opposed, and he demanded to stay in Luyang and cooperate with Yuan Tan in Yuzhou to counterattack Yingchuan.

Pang Ji was very excited, and he shouted at Yuan Xi: "Now that Luoyang is trapped and the grain and grass are cut off, will Li Yi attack Luoyang immediately in this situation?" No. He will seize the time to consolidate Yingchuan, and he will find ways to strike us. As long as we can't pose a threat to the Northern Xinjiang Army, Li Yi can slowly attack Luoyang, and even besiege it without attacking, so our top priority is to preserve our troops and maintain a continuous threat to the Northern Xinjiang Army. ”

Deng Yi also persuaded Yuan Xi: "The grain and grass in Wancheng determine our life and death, as long as Wancheng is kept now, we can attack Yingchuan at any time in the future, so why care about the gains and losses of a city and a place?" ”

Kuai Yue categorically decided to abandon Luyang, and the whole army retreated to Wancheng. Although Yuan Xi was extremely reluctant, his strength was too poor to rely on his own strength to hold Luyang, so he could only retreat south with the Jingzhou army.

At the end of April, Guan Yu's soldiers captured Luyang without blood.

Lü Bu received Guan Yu's order to lead his army to retreat and stick to the line of Duyang, Yecheng and Kunyang.

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At the same time that Guan Yu captured Luyang, Shanglin Yuan in the west of Luoyang City, under the auspices of Li Yi, the generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army to hold a military meeting and deploy the attack on Luoyang.

Luoyang City is seven miles long from east to west, about ten miles wide from north to south, and the overall pattern is the Big Dipper. The "spoon handle" of the Big Dipper is in the north city, and the south city is near the water, only four or five miles away from the Luoshui River, which is not conducive to the deployment of the army, so Li Yi decided to set the direction of attack in the east and west cities.

Luoyang City sits in the north and faces south, respects the south, and has twelve city gates. Among them, the flat city gate of the south city is the main gate of Luoyang, the defense is strong, and the summer gate of the north city is the highest gate of Luoyang city, its gatehouse has three times, twenty zhang from the ground, extremely majestic. Choosing the direction of the main attack in the east and west cities is equivalent to avoiding the two most difficult fortresses in Luoyang City.

The east and west cities of Luoyang each have three city gates. The east city is from north to south, and it is determined to be the upper east gate, the middle gate and the consumption gate; From north to south, the west city is the upper west gate, the Yongmen gate and the Guangyang gate. These gates had two gatehouses, and the walls were 100 feet above the ground. The moat outside the city is connected with Luoshui through the Yang Canal, and under normal circumstances, boats can be sailed, and the river is generally more than ten zhang wide.

"The cities we attacked in the past and Luoyang City cannot be compared at all, and the gap in defense capabilities between the two is too great." Xu Shu stood in front of the map, his face was gloomy, and his tone was also helpless, "The thickness of the city wall of Luoyang City is generally about fifty feet to seventy feet, and the thickness of its wall root has reached one hundred and seventy feet. Even if we hollow out the foundation of the city with this thickness, the city wall will not collapse, at most it will sink as a whole. So ......"

Xu Shu faced the generals and said with a wry smile: "We gathered a lot of officials and skilled craftsmen who are good at civil engineering and construction to discuss for a long time, and finally decided to give up digging tunnels, so as not to waste time and effort and get nothing." ”