What the Luoyang Army built was a throwing rack!

Unlike catapults, throwing racks are not used to throw stones to hurt people, but to throw firewood!

Du Ruhui's strategy, strictly speaking, is not a fire attack, but a smoke attack.

The firewood piled up under the walls of the negative corn gathering did not last long, and it was necessary to constantly add firewood and grass to it.

The fire was lit and it was difficult for people to get close. The Luoyang army set up a wooden frame and threw firewood and grass into the fire!

Firewood is much lighter than stones, and there is no need for a bulky and strong catapult, and a simple throwing frame can solve the problem.

Also, accuracy is not required. Just throw the bundle of firewood and grass close to the city wall.

Luoyang sent longbowmen again to throw ignited rockets from afar, igniting firewood and grass.

Du Ruhui is not to burn and roast the defenders in the city to death, but to smoke the enemy!

There was a lack of water in the city, and the thick smoke that permeated the windpipe irritated.

And the flames that burned outside the city for a long time baked the body from afar.

The nerves of the Yuzhou soldiers in the city, as well as the determination to hold the city, gradually collapsed in the smoke and flames......

Two days!

The fire and smoke raged for two days!

The Yuzhou army defending the city was tortured to the point that it was not good. Although there were no knife and gun injuries, many people coughed so much that their tracheas were about to burst. The two armies have not yet come into contact, and the combat effectiveness of the Yuzhou Army has been lost by half.

Outside the city, the Luoyang army occupied a favorable position. With the advantage of numbers, the defense is replaced. The Luoyang soldiers who were replaced all avoided in the camp far away from the negative gathering, and slept and rested beautifully.

And what frightened the defenders of Yuzhou even more was that three of the five city gates had already caught fire!

All the water of the city has been poured out on the gates. In exchange, it is nothing more than the sizzling sound of water poured on the scorching door panel, and the rapid evaporation of water vapor......

Hold on, and everyone will die!

Liang Gang finally collapsed and abandoned the city! Breakthrough!

To the south, there is a passage to escape back to the hinterland of Yingchuan. Moreover, it is also the weakest side of the fire. There was not even firewood burning at the gates.

Outside the city, there are hundreds of Luoyang elite soldiers led by Gao Chong, as well as Yingshui.

However, Liang Gang and his subordinates had no choice.

Soak a hand towel with the remaining water and cover your mouth and nose. Liang Gang led the remnants of his men, opened the city gate, and rushed out of the city.

The desire for life made the Yuzhou soldiers already red-eyed and bloody. Pulling his dry throat, he let out a tearing scream, and pounced on the Luoyang soldiers on the bank of the Yingshui River.

The neatly arrayed Luoyang soldiers seemed to be shocked by the roar of the Yuzhou soldiers, and they retreated to both sides one after another, giving way to a passage!

It's so easy to break out?!

The remnants of Yuzhou were unexpected. The way to survive is in front of them, and the Yuzhou soldiers instantly changed from charging like crazy to fleeing like crazy!

More than 2,000 remnants of soldiers rushed into the Yingshui River.

The river is not waist-deep. Just wade through it and you can escape!

At this moment, on the bank of the river, the retreating Luoyang soldiers regrouped to the bank. Hundreds of longbows sent out deadly arrows to shoot at the remnants of Yingchuan who were wading through the water!

The Yuzhou soldiers were stuck in the mud in the river, their movements were slow, and they were hit by arrows in groups and died in the Yingshui River......

At this time, as long as the Luoyang soldiers go into the water to pursue, or ambush a strange soldier on the opposite side, the Yuzhou soldiers will not escape the fate of being completely annihilated!

However, as if favored by God, the Luoyang soldiers did not go into the water to pursue, but just stood on the shore and shouted loudly at the remnants of Yuzhou who fled in a hurry.

It is not the favor of God, nor is it Liu Mang's pity.

Not killing all the remnants of the enemy is just Liu Mang's method of attacking the heart.

The negative gathering is just the beginning of this battle. The curtain of the real battle has not yet opened. And what determines the success or failure of this battle includes one important factor - morale!

After several days of fireworks "baptism", the morale has long been lost.

The fire and smoke will be a nightmare for the rest of the lives of these remnants.

It is easy to completely annihilate these defending enemies, but it is better to let them survive and let them escape back to the hinterland of Yuzhou.

They will act as volunteer propagandists!

In the Yuzhou army, the nightmarish experience of gathering in the negative army was widely spread. As a result, the nightmare was passed on to more Yuzhou troops, which greatly damaged the morale of the Yuzhou army.

……

The remnants of Yuzhou fled.

Liu Mang led the main force of Luoyang and successfully occupied the negative gathering.

The small city is full of traces of smoke and fire.

This small city is not strategically located. Liu Mang will not rely on this to hold on, nor will he rush to enter the hinterland of Yingchuan.

Liu Mang's strategy was to build a defense system with this city as the center, which was 20 miles wide from east to west and more than 30 miles deep from north to south.

The east is often spring, and the west is Zhang Xutuo, and they are close to the direction of negative millet gathering. On the opposite bank of the river on the east and west sides, build a camp.

And Liu Mang sits in the cold mountain camp.

When the strong wind blows away the residual smoke, three villages and one city, with the support of the four mountains and three rivers, as well as the Yuyuan Pass. The main force of the Luoyang Army is fully capable of resisting the main force of the Yingbei of the Yuzhou Army of Henghou Junji.

If everything goes well, take the opportunity to take the wheel and Yangcheng.

If the enemy attacked with heavy troops, the Luoyang army would defend it with danger and try to delay and mobilize more enemy troops.

……

Yuyuan Pass, the cold mountain camp, the negative gathering, the three places are on the line. Coupled with the two military camps in the east and west, the main force of Liu Mang's Luoyang Army, which was shaped like a cluster of arrows, was firmly inserted in the enemy's northern defense line.

To seize the negative millet is to tear a small crack in the enemy's northern defense line.

Although this small crack is not enough to affect the overall offensive and defensive situation of Yingbei, it will affect the overall deployment of Hou Junji after all.

Liu Mang ordered Chang Yuchun and Zhang Xutuo to let them stabilize their defense and be ready to attack at any time.

If Hou Junji comes to attack in a big way, then it is here, maneuvering with the enemy, trying to hold back Hou Junji's main force and creating a good opportunity for the new Zheng Wangzhong's troops to attack.

And if Hou Junji does not launch a large-scale counterattack, then he can rely on the local superiority of troops to gradually encroach on Yingbei, try to seize Lunshi and Yangcheng, and completely destroy the Yingbei defense line of the Yuzhou army.

The remnants of Liang Gang fled back to Yangzhai in a hurry.

Hou Junji got the news of the loss of the Negative Gathering, and he didn't feel any nervousness, he didn't even punish him, but comforted Liang Gang with kind words.

Negative millet gathering, like chicken ribs. It's a pity to throw it away, and it's tasteless to eat.

Like Li Zhu, Hou Junji even hoped that Liu Mang would continue to advance south from the base of the negative gathering. In this way, the surprise army can suddenly cut Liu Mang and his Luoyang army into several sections, so that they can't care about each other, and then break it!

However, Hou Junji was also reluctant.

He was reluctant to Liu Mang!

Negative and concentrated on the front line, the Yuzhou army did not have a numerical advantage. However, looking at the entire Yingbei region, Hou Junji's strength in his hands exceeded that of the Luoyang soldiers more than doubled.

Although Hou Junji did not fantasize about capturing Liu Mang, he would completely end the dispute between Luoyang and Shouchun. However, he couldn't help but think about a possibility again and again - to use the advantage of troops, attack on a large scale, defeat Liu Mang's main force, and finish it in one battle! (To be continued.) )