Chapter 449 The Battle of Luoyang (12)

The participation of the rebel archers made it impossible for the defenders on the head of the city to stop the rebels from filling the river! But the catapults on the top of the city are still pouring out of the city, and the rebel soldiers outside the city are dying all the time! An hour or two later, the 10,000 soldiers led by Li Wencai were almost dead and wounded, but these soldiers were not sacrificed in vain, seeing that the moat had almost been filled, even if there was still some river water, it was enough for the soldiers to wade through! Fang Xianbo, who had been waiting impatiently in the rear army, immediately lit up his eyes, lifted his steel fork, and shouted angrily: "The whole army is impacted!" Rush to the top of the city! ”

With Fang Xianbo's order, those rebel soldiers who had already prepared also carried ladders and rushed towards Luoyang City! The city walls of Luoyang City are very high, so even the ladders are much longer than the ladders used in the usual siege, and they are basically put together by two ladders, even so, they can only barely hook to the bottom of the female wall at the head of the city! A ladder like this will require at least ten people to carry it, so it is inevitable that it will affect the effect of the march, but this is also a helpless way!

The boulders thrown by the catapult are still falling towards the outside of the city, and the ladder team of ten people has become the best target for the catapult! Luckily, there are enough of these ladders, otherwise, I am afraid that before we get close to the city wall, they will all be killed by catapults! Although there are still a lot of cloud ladders left, Fang Xianbo's eyes are still red, and he immediately shouted at the top of his voice: "Hurry up!" Hurry up! Rush under the city walls, and the stones won't be able to hit! Hurry up! ”

While Fang Xianbo was talking, another cloud ladder not far away was smashed by a boulder, and the cloud ladder that was finally tied up was directly smashed! Fang Xianbo couldn't help roaring, shook the reins with one hand, and was about to rush forward, but at this time, a hand was on his shoulder, and he was directly held down. Immediately after, a calm voice sounded from behind him: "General Fang! Don't be in a hurry! Don't lose an inch on this battlefield! ”

Fang Xianbo looked back, but saw Meng Rangzheng staring ahead with a calm face, without the slightest panic on his face. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Meng Rang gently patted Fang Xianbo's shoulder, frowned, looked ahead and said, "The situation of the Sui soldiers in this city is not quite right!" ”

"Huh?" Hearing Meng Rang's words, Fang Xianbo, who finally calmed down, couldn't help but be stunned at this time, turned his head and followed Meng Rang's gaze towards the city, but as far as the eye could see, the entire city was full of the shadows of Sui soldiers, and those Sui soldiers' archers were still shooting arrows outside the city, and the dozens of catapults were also frantically tilting the boulders to prevent the rebel soldiers from approaching! Fang Xianbo watched it for a long time, but he didn't see anything wrong, so he could only turn around and shout to Meng Rang: "Meng Gong! What's the problem? ”

"Number of people!" stared at the city for a long time, and finally Meng Rang's face couldn't help but change greatly, and he shouted in a deep voice: "The number of people in this city is wrong!" The Sui army will not exceed nine thousand at most! Since the troops are to be divided, the number of men and horses in the city here should be no more than two or three thousand! But now looking at the number of Sui troops in the city, it will definitely not be less than 5,000 people! This, how is this possible? Could it be that the Sui army sent all the soldiers and horses in the city to this side? Didn't the Sui army want to guard the other three city gates? ”

After Meng Rang said this, Fang Xianbo also discovered the problem, and sure enough, the Sui soldiers at the head of the city will definitely not be less than 5,000 people! There are already more than one or two thousand archers alone! This, how is this possible? Fang Xianbo couldn't help but exclaim, turned his head to Meng Rang and asked, "Meng Gong!" This, what the hell is going on? ”

Fang Xianbo asked Meng Rang, but how did Meng Rang know what was going on? After hesitating for a moment, Meng Rang immediately said to Fang Xianbo: "It's not okay to go on like this!" There is definitely a problem in this Luoyang City! Immediately order to stop the attack! Let General Li and General Zhang both go back! Also, send someone to Mi Gong to ask about the situation! ”

Hearing Meng Rang say this, although Fang Xianbo was very unwilling, he also knew that Meng Rang was reasonable, so he could only grit his teeth and do what Meng Rang said! As the sound of gold sounded, the rebel soldiers who had just rushed to the city wall were stunned for a moment, and then they had to retreat honestly. At the same time, Meng Rang also sent his own soldiers to the direction of the East City Gate to ask about the situation!

In fact, in the other three gates, the commanders of the rebel army also found the same situation. Although Shan Xiongxin, who thought that he was the main attack point, found that the number of Sui soldiers on the city had exceeded his imagination, but when he thought that he was the main attack point, and the 100,000 army he led, even if the opponent's soldiers and horses exceeded the plan, he could still storm and take the city! Therefore, Shan Xiongxin only hesitated for a moment, and continued to order the attack on Luoyang City! In the direction of the north gate, after Wang Bodang and Bing Yuanzhen discussed, they also made the same decision as Meng Rang, postponed the attack, and then sent people to the east gate to ask for instructions.

After receiving instructions from the other three parties, Li Mi and Zhai Rang and others in the east of the city were frowning, Li Mi looked at Luoyang City in front of him from a distance, and there were no less than 5,000 men and horses on the head of the city desperately trying to stop the attack of the rebels! And because the time for the general attack has not yet arrived, the rebel army led by Xu Shiji has only more than 50,000 people, and has already erected a cloud ladder at the head of the city, ready to climb the city wall!

Li Mi's face was cold, but he shouted to the herald behind him: "Herald! Mingjin retreats! At the same time, the other three parties were notified, and the attack was also suspended! ”

"What?" Hearing Li Mi's order, Zhai Rang and the others were also taken aback, and Zhai Rang's brother Zhai Hong immediately shouted: "How can this be?" In this way, wouldn't the soldiers who had sacrificed before die in vain? No way! Can't retreat! ”

Regarding Zhai Hong's words, Li Mi didn't pay any attention to them, but just made a gesture to the herald and asked him to do what he ordered. Li Mi's move also made Zhai Hong very angry, pointing at Li Mi and shouting: "Li Mi! What does that mean? Seeing that Luoyang City is about to be taken! You're still going to retire? You, are you colluding with the imperial court! ”

Hearing that Zhai Hong had planted such a big charge on his head, Li Mi naturally couldn't keep quiet, turned his head, looked at Zhai Hong coldly, and said, "General Zhai! You can eat indiscriminately, but there are some things that you can't talk about! I, Li Mi, have hated Dum Jun for a long time! And the faint king has always wanted to put me to death! How could I possibly collude with the imperial court? Li Mi swore to overthrow the faint monarch for the sake of the vitality of the world, and this heart can be learned! General Zhai, what evidence do you have to say that I colluded with the imperial court? ”

"You!" Li Mi's call was reasonable, and Zhai Hong was stunned by Li Mi's momentum for a while, and he couldn't speak for a long time. Looking at the eyes of the generals around him, Zhai Hong, who felt that he was embarrassed and embarrassed, could bear it, he was ashamed and angry, and with a bang, he pulled out the saber on his waist, pointed at Li Mi and shouted: "Okay, you Li Mi!" You have sharp teeth and sharp mouth, I can't talk about you! But if you want to take away the foundation of my Zhai family's Wagangzhai, I won't tolerate you! ”

Originally, it was just a quarrel between the two people, but Zhai Hong drew his knife, this matter was different, and all the generals around him exclaimed in surprise and stepped forward to stop him. In the face of the tip of Zhai Hong's knife pointing at him, Li Mi smiled coldly, stretched out his hand to stop the cronies behind him who wanted to step forward, and after glancing at Zhai Hong, he moved his gaze to Zhai Rang next to him, and shouted in a deep voice: "Big boss!" Is General Zhai what you mean as well? ”

"Big brother! Put away the knife! Zhai Rang's face was already blue at the moment, he didn't expect Zhai Hong to be so impulsive and pick things out so clearly, this is simply making it difficult for Zhai Rang to do! At the beginning, Zhai Rang didn't care who was in charge of Wagangzhai, if it was before, even if Li Miming said that he wanted to be the big boss of Wagangzhai, I was afraid that Zhai Rang would give it up! But as the strength of Wagangzhai is getting stronger and stronger, Zhai Rang's ambition is also getting bigger and bigger, so he naturally regards Wagangzhai as his foundation! Li Mi's prestige in Wagangzhai is so high, Zhai Rang also has some scruples, and even has the idea of suppressing Li Mi! But all this can only be hidden in the bottom of my heart, if it is publicized, I am afraid that the righteous army all over the world will say that he is jealous and jealous!

Originally, Zhai Rang just wanted to figure it out slowly, but Zhai Hong actually started a knife with Li Mi directly, isn't this a bad thing! Immediately, after Zhai Rang scolded Zhai Hong, he turned his head again, hugged his fists at Li Mi and said, "Mi Gong, don't misunderstand!" I don't have the slightest doubt that Mi Gong means! It's just that my eldest brother acts impulsively, so he will talk nonsense, this is all an unintentional mistake, please forgive me! Well, today's battle, since it has been handed over to Mi Gong, it is naturally up to Mi Gong to command! We have no objections! Mi Gong, I'm here, and I'm sorry to Mi Gong on behalf of my brother! As he spoke, Zhai Rang hugged his fist at Li Mi on horseback and saluted deeply.

Zhai Rang personally apologized, and Zhai Hong, who was making trouble, was also pulled down, Li Mi squinted his eyes and glanced at Zhai Rang, and also hugged his fists and said in return: "The big boss is polite!" I, Li Mi, only want to overthrow the tyranny of the faint monarch! No two minds! The current war is unclear, so don't underestimate the enemy! Temporarily withdraw the army and discuss countermeasures is the best plan! Besides, we've just filled the moat! So the previous battles were not in vain! What we need to do now is to figure out how the Sui army in this city suddenly has so many more people! Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated! ”

Hearing that Li Mi was reasonable, Zhai Rang also nodded in agreement, and the herald sent by Li Mi before had obviously spread Li Mi's news, so soon, the shouting and killing on the battlefield had gradually stopped, and the battle was over temporarily!