Chapter 534: Hua Peng's Troops Descend on the Imperial Capital [II]
Time slipped away quietly in the busyness of Hua Feijun, and in a blink of an eye, the sun was setting and night was falling, and the hot weather was also cool. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
On the night of the second day of the Lunar New Year, there is still no bright moon hanging, but the inside and outside of Luoyang in the cool breeze does not look dark, because there are countless torches emitting blazing fire, which are reflecting each other with the stars in the sky to bring light to people.
"My lord," the guards hurriedly came to Hua Fei with their fists, "all the heralds have been in place, and a large number of oil jars have also arrived in the north and handed over to Ma Chao and Jiang Jiong for use.
The four generals Gan Ning, He Man, Zhang Ren, and Hu Che'er have also arrived at the south gate with their own troops, and the atonement army led by General Bao is also all ready to go at the third gate.
At any time, you can use the 'wooden block' to fill the moat in the south, and now everything is ready, just wait for your lord's order to launch a general attack on Luoyang. ”
After Hua Fei heard the report, he didn't speak for the time being, he knew that attacking the imperial capital Luoyang would indeed cause the world to be shocked, so his original goal of carrying the army to show weakness to the candidates would also be self-defeating.
But Cao Cao's losing streak is now the weakest time, there is such a good opportunity to get rid of Cao Cao, he has no reason to let it go easily, and Yanzhou is connected to Yanzhou in the east and Yuzhou in the south, and Luoyang in Chang'an is connected to the Yellow River in the north and Chang'an in the west.
Not to mention its abundant products and fertile land, this military strategic position alone is very important to itself, plus there is the Han Emperor Liu Xie in the city, if he can take Luoyang, it is a great thing to kill one stone.
Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated to wave his hand and shouted in the cool night: "Start filling the river!" ”
"Start filling the river, start filling the ......"
With Hua Fei's order, the roar in the west of Luoyang was loud, and the night bird "quacked" and flew wildly, and the sound wave immediately extended to the south and north.
Outside the west, south, and north gates of Luoyang, there was a captain holding a loudspeaker shouting at the same time: "Raise the wooden block, pay attention to protection and listen to the password to advance together, left-right-left......"
"Wow!"
Under the cover and watchful eyes of Huafei's regular army, many atoning soldiers who did not want to be shot into a sieve by the city guards raised the wooden barriers in unison, and marched forward with their legs in unison with the captain's roar.
The so-called wooden block is also as its name, in fact, it is a simple protective tool for Huafei to connect people with wide wooden boards, and then fix a long rod behind the board.
Not only can it prevent sharp arrows from penetrating, but when you are close to the moat, you can hold the baffle high to make room for the person who is carrying the weight to fill the river, so that it is easy to throw earth to fill the river, which is really a simple and practical tool.
As the soldiers outside the city marched with rhythmic footsteps amid the shouts of the captains, the defenders of Luoyang City looked panicked.
"Oh no! Hua Fei's army is about to start attacking the city, what should we do now? I don't want to die, help me......"
"Mother's! If you take a step back, you will be hacked to death, so it is better to fight with them, watch Lao Tzu shoot them, bang, ......"
"Bastard thing! The enemy is still more than 500 paces away, what the fuck are you shooting, it's just a wave ......"
"Someone! Quickly pass that I will order the command team to go out," Cao Cao, who has been discussing countermeasures with Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and others on the city tower since Dong Cheng's return, heard the fists of the army standing up in chaos, "The so-called wartime strictness, from now on,
Whoever makes a noise for no reason - beheaded, the latter who retreats from battle - beheaded, those who do not listen to orders - beheaded, those who disturb the morale of the army - beheaded, those who do not hear the order - beheaded, those who do not fight effectively ......"
Cao Jun urged the team to hear the order, and when they boarded, they drew their swords out of their sheaths and roared loudly, and the riots in the city subsided with a series of orders.
Yu Ban, Zhang Liao, Le Jin, Cao Ang and other generals took the opportunity to command the armies to wait, and as Hua Fei's atonement army stepped into the range of the defender Cao Jun, the arrows were fired.
In an instant, the "Bangbang" string sounded sharply, and the arrows flew wildly, and the dense sharp arrows of "snatching" sounded outside the city, but Huafei's army came prepared, and still approached the moat with the rain of arrows in the shouting and shouting.
"Raise the gear and throw the bag, fill the city river!"
"Hah!"
With the order of the school captain, all the atonements who were responsible for carrying the soil threw the soil bags into the moat "poof", and the sound of the water was loud, and the cold moat water splashed in all directions.
"Throw a torch at Lao Tzu and burn the enemy's turtle shell!"
Zhang Liao on the city saw that the sharp arrows could not penetrate the defense of Hua Fei's army, but then he thought of a way to overcome the wood, and under his command, the "whoosh" sound was loud, and countless torches flew down towards the city with a swirling force, and the light outside the city was uncertain.
Although Zhang Liao's idea is excellent, it is a pity that Hua Feijun's wooden blocks are all on a low slope in the front and high in the back, so the effect of throwing torches is not too great.
Even if Hua Feijun has a few wooden blocks that are on fire, he can slowly withdraw from the range of Cao Jun under the command of the lieutenants and then extinguish the fire, so the sound of the water still continues to "poof, bang, la".
The moat of Luoyang is not far from the head of the city, and at this time, Cao Jun has not yet invented the trebuchet and other equipment, and there are Huafei's iron horsemen outside the city.
Therefore, Zhang Liao and others, who did not dare to easily lead out of the city to fight because of the small number of troops, could only stare at Hua Feijun, who filled the river, after the sharp arrows and torches were useless.
And Cao Cao in the city tower was also in a hurry to turn around, it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and only 5,000 capable soldiers had to face Hua Fei's 45,000 elite soldiers, which made Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun Yu and others all worried.
"The source of the moat has been cut off by the Hua Fei Army, so it will definitely not be able to stop the Hua Fei Army for a long time," Cao Cao suddenly stopped, and said with a fierce expression, "If the Hua Fei Army fills in the moat,
His next move was definitely to order the army to break through the city gate with giant logs, so that his iron cavalry could break through the city gate and give full play to the advantage of the cavalry. ”
"My lord expected it to be true!" Cheng Yu, who was long and thin, with tear bags in his eyes, got up and hugged his fists, "But quickly order Wen Ze and others to lead the army to block the city gates on the south, north and west sides with huge stones, making it difficult for the enemy to enter the city from the city gate." ”
Cao Cao saw that Cheng Yu also agreed with his statement, and immediately ordered his guards to go and give an order for Yu Ban and other generals to lead people to follow the order, and then watched everyone's voices open in the bright red firelight.
"Although Hua Fei Zhuzi is obviously implementing the siege method of encircling the city, leaving the east gate to show a way to survive, he wants to lure us to abandon the city and flee,
However, the matter is already extremely critical and it is the night when the second is dark, I think it is better to sit back and wait for death, it is better to take advantage of the darkness of the night, and the vision is difficult to see, I don't know what you want to do? ”
"The lord can't," Xun Yu hurriedly got up and clenched his fists and said, "Xuchang and Chen Liu are both more than 400 miles away from Luoyang, and our army is a slow infantry army, not as fast as the enemy's iron cavalry, if you leave the city easily, you will definitely be able to escape the enemy!" ”
Cao Cao clenched his fists and hesitated slightly, before waving his hand again: "Wen Ruo makes sense, but we don't have to run all the way to Chenliu, we just need to be able to reach the Tiger Prison Pass before dawn to resist the enemy." ”
"My lord is on the wrong side," Xun Yu said with a long sigh and waved his hand, "Even if you don't need to reach Chenliu, this Tiger Prison Pass is also two hundred miles away from Luoyang, and it is impossible to achieve it overnight in terms of the speed of the infantry march." ”
Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu, whose cheeks were inverted, clenched his fists and asked coldly, "Wen Ruo, didn't you understand Cao's words?" ”
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Xun Yu raised his eyes and stared at Cao Cao, and suddenly "Hey!" The halberd pointed at Cao Cao and said suspiciously: "My lord, you mean to use the only war horse to lead the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials to abandon ......."
"That's enough," Cao Cao hurriedly waved his sleeves, "It's good that you can understand, don't disturb the hearts of the army by saying it." ”
Xun Yu was stunned by him, but he couldn't care about being angry and hurriedly said: "Although what the lord thinks has some truth, but since Hua Fei dares to use the method of encircling three queyi, and knows that he did not set a trap on the way of our army's escape?" (To be continued.) )