"Wen Hou, although the Xiliang Army temporarily retreated this time, we should not be careless, I feel that the state of the enemy army this time is very wrong, and it is necessary to think about it in the long run." Cao Cao said with a heavy face.

Lu Bu's face was also slightly gloomy when he heard this, he had an understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Army, although it was also a strong army, but it would not be so strong, and they didn't seem to know what it was to be afraid.

For example, if an ordinary soldier dies 30% in battle, it will break and flee, if it dies 50% before it will form a rout, it can be called an elite, and if more than 80% of the soldiers are killed, it will break and flee, which is the standard that can only be achieved by the personal guards under each general.

Of course, this is just a general statement, there are too many influencing factors on the battlefield, such as the performance of the main general, the belief of the army, etc., just like Gao Shun's trapping camp is to fight until a soldier will not retreat, they rely on faith, the will to be trapped is not just a slogan, but the belief of the camp, the soul of the army.

"What General Cao said is very true, and Bu also felt it, but I don't know why this situation happened, even if Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army was not so effective during his lifetime, I don't think Guo Yan and others can control the Xiliang Army better than Dong Zhuo." Lu Budao.

Of course, Guo Yan and others don't have that much charm, and Dong Zhuo didn't have it when he was alive, but the problem is that Dong Zhuo is dead, and the death is still very tragic and great, at least that's how the Xiliang soldiers feel.

In fact, the Xiliang army has such combat power, all thanks to Li Ru, the Xiliang generals and the three thousand iron cavalry who escaped will naturally be grateful to Dong Zhuo, but the soldiers who have not experienced it will naturally not feel anything.

Li Ru took this into account, so after he returned to Xiliang, he spread Dong Zhuo's matter, infinitely magnifying how good Dong Zhuo was to his subordinates, and he could sacrifice himself to get a chance to escape for his subordinates at times of crisis, so if Dong Zhuo followed such a lord alive, what would be worse in the future?

The three thousand iron horsemen are also taught by words and deeds, and when it comes to the depths, they are even more teary-eyed, they are naturally sincere, and those soldiers are also infected when they see such an iron-clad man as the Flying Bear Army.

After Li Ru saw that the time was almost up, he divided all Dong Zhuo's savings over the years with the families of the fallen soldiers, and said that Dong Zhuo felt sorry for the Xiliang children before, and it was the Xiliang children who he Dong Zhuo had involved who believed that he followed him and buried his bones in other places, and it was he who embarrassed the Xiliang people, so Li Ru apologized to everyone and made compensation for him.

Dong Zhuo has accumulated a lot of wealth over the years, and the soldiers who died in battle need to be paid a pension, but it won't be that much at all, otherwise those princes will go bankrupt if they don't fight a battle?

There is no family planning in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the people of Xiliang are fierce, it is normal for a few men in a family to join the army, and those soldiers who stayed in Xiliang will inevitably have brothers in the list of killed.

The soldiers will inevitably die in battle, this is the psychological preparation that every sergeant has in battle, but Dong Zhuo said that he had tired the soldiers and made such a generous compensation, how could these people who were still alive repay the family for receiving such a great favor?

Yes, the face of the Xiliang people, they want to take back the face of Dong Zhuo, the face of the Xiliang Army, and the glory of the Xiliang Army.

is still the same sentence, emotions are contagious, even if the family does not receive a pension, they feel that Dong Zhuo is a good lord, they are all Xiliang people, Xiliang Army, naturally feel that they also have the obligation to regain the glory of the Xiliang Army.

So under the dual offensive of Li Ru's material and spiritual, these Xiliang soldiers were excited, shouting that they wanted to kill back to Luoyang, for Dong Zhuo, and to regain glory for themselves, even if they died in battle, they could also ensure that the family had no worries about food and clothing, what else did they have to worry about?

The military spirit is available, which is the reason why the Xiliang army is in a state of fighting to the death and not retreating.

"It's no longer necessary to think about the reason now, it's better to think about breaking the enemy, I have written a letter to Anping Hou before I came, I think he should be on the way to Luoyang, the Xiliang army is now like a rainbow, you and I are at a disadvantage, it is better to hold on to Luoyang and wait for reinforcements." Cao Cao said.

Lu Bu thought so, he didn't dare to say anything about treating the Xiliang army like a mustard, he didn't see that the trapped camp was all disabled, and the whole army was almost wiped out.

The two led the military horses into Luoyang City to arrange the city defense.

Guo Yan and others retreated to Luoyang ten miles away and set up camp.

"Now Cao Cao and Lu Bu have a total of 50,000 horses in one place, although our army is nearly twice as large as the enemy's army, but Luoyang is the capital of the country, the city wall is tall and easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is better to wait for Niu auxiliary reinforcements to arrive and then attack again." Guo said.

"No, Hedong is not far from Luoyang, it stands to reason that Niu Fu should have arrived many days before us, why is he missing at this time? Could it be that he didn't come because he had a different heart? Fan Chou said.

"No, Niu Fu is as deeply favored by his father-in-law as I am, and he was going to raise troops to avenge his father-in-law, or I stopped him." Li Ru immediately said in denial.

"Well, I also believe that this will not be the case with Usuke, but that's weird." Guo Yan also didn't believe that Niu Fu would have different intentions.

Xu Rong suddenly said: "No, have you noticed that I only saw Lu Bu but never saw Liu Meng before the battle today." ”

Xu Rong said this, and all the people in Xiliang showed a sudden look.

"I feel like something is missing today, but I didn't think about it during the fight, and at this time, I remembered that I really didn't see Liu Meng and his subordinates." Guo Yan nodded.

Li Ru didn't say anything, he kept pondering something.

"If I'm not mistaken, Niu Fu should have been stopped by Liu Meng's troops, and there is a great possibility that the war will be unfavorable." Li Ru said in a deep voice.

"Why did Wen You say this?" Everyone was surprised.

"According to the normal marching speed, Niu Fu should have arrived in Luoyang a long time earlier than us, but now there is no news at all, indicating that there is something that makes it impossible to even send a horse to visit, but at this time Liu Meng did not return to Luoyang, indicating that Niu Fu has not yet been defeated, but the situation must not be good."

"Doesn't that mean we don't have reinforcements?" Guo said.

"It should be like this, it seems that we are going to step up the attack on Luoyang, now our army's morale is like a rainbow, and it may not be impossible to defeat this Luoyang City, but if we wait for Liu Meng to come back to help, the gap between the enemy and our two armies will narrow again, then it is impossible to say." Li Rudao.

"Okay, tomorrow we will step up the siege." There was no objection from the crowd.

Li Ru couldn't have imagined that Liu Meng had already killed Niu Fu, and even Hedong was in his pocket.

The next day, the Xiliang army slapped towards the Luoyang city wall like a tide, besieging it on all sides, and fully exerted its numerical advantage.

At this time, Cao Cao and Lu Bu both stood on the city wall, Cao Cao guarded the west and the north two gates, and Lu Bu guarded the east and south two gates.

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