With Zhao Yun's order, tens of thousands of Yuan soldiers shouted, carrying ladders, pushing siege vehicles, wading across the moat, and launching an attack towards Luoyang.

There were originally 5,000 defenders in Luoyang City, but after Wei Kai transferred 3,000 people to support Heyin, there were only 2,000 defenders left in the city, and there was no general to command the army.

Since Luoyang was set on fire by Dong Zhuo, one-third of the city wall was destroyed. After Wei Kai arrived, he rebuilt it, but due to the shortage of funds, the city wall was neither high nor thick, and Yuan Bing soon found a breakthrough and climbed the city wall.

After Yuan's soldiers occupied the city wall, they cut down the drawbridge, the enlarged army crossed the moat, and the siege vehicle slammed into the city gate, and the city gate of Luoyang collapsed.

"Kill me!"

Zhao Yun white horse silver spear, a horse rushed into the city gate, everywhere he went, the enemy army fell off the horse one after another, no one could stop it, there was no enemy in front of the horse.

Nearly 10,000 Yuan troops followed, sweeping into Luoyang City like a tide. Wei Kai knew that the general trend had gone, and under the escort of his cronies, he desperately broke through from the south gate and retreated in a panic towards Xuchang. Luoyang then fell into the hands of Yuan Mai.

Zhao Yun took Luoyang, divided 3,000 troops and handed them over to the partial general Jiang Cheng, and ordered him to go to Heyin to assist Xu Sheng in attacking Wei Zhong's 3,000 men and horses, and after defeating Cao's army, he harvested the rice crops in the wild of Heyin, and Xu Sheng transported them back to Hanoi by water to enrich the granary. Jiang Cheng happily took the order and left.

At the same time that Zhao Yun captured Luoyang, Wang Shuang led 10,000 soldiers to cross the river from Chenggao on the north bank of the Yellow River to the city of Xingyang, an important town in Henan. Siege and siege. There were only 800 defenders in Xingyang County, and in the face of Yuan soldiers who were ten times their size, they only supported for an hour before they fell, and the county commander Zhu You was captured alive.

In the evening, there was also good news from Pingyin, Xu Sheng and Jiang Cheng attacked from both sides, broke Wei Zhong's reinforcements, Xu Sheng picked Wei Kai's subordinate brother in front of the battle, three thousand Cao troops lost half, and the rest of the rout fled to Hangu Pass in the west.

Heyin County ordered to see that the reinforcements were defeated and left. I know it's hard to hold on. Then he opened the gates and surrendered. Xu Sheng collected all the soldiers and ordered all the soldiers and soldiers in the field to start harvesting crops, and the yellow and clear rice in the field was cut in pieces and then transported to the Heyin Ferry. Then use a boat to send it to Mengjin Port. Finally, it was sent to the Huaixian granary for storage.

The land of this era was owned by the government except for the government. It belongs to the big families of the world, but the common people have no land to cultivate. So, watch Yuan Jun harvest crops in the wild. The people of Heyin were not only not angry, but secretly clapped their hands and applauded.

Almost the wealthy clan saw that the crops that were about to be in their hands were snatched away by Yuan Jun, and they were unwilling, so they organized a team of four or five hundred natives in a vain attempt to resist, but they were quickly suppressed by Xu Sheng and hung their heads above the city gate to show the public.

The other landlords in the city were all awe-inspiring, and could only sit and watch the crops being harvested by Yuan Jun and loaded on ships and transported away, and cursed hysterically at the ancestors of the Yuan family in their hearts, what four worlds and three dukes, it is no different from his mother's robbers!

After Jiang Cheng and Xu Sheng jointly defeated Wei Zhong, Xu Sheng's troops harvested crops in Heyin, and Jiang Cheng's 3,000 men were not idle, continuing to attack other county seats; And Zhao Yun and Wang Shuang also divided their own troops, each with 2,000 men to attack other counties in Henan, and everywhere they went, they were invincible, or abandoned the city, or opened the door and surrendered.

However, in a day or two, 17 county towns including Luoyang, Pingxian, Pingyin, Gucheng, Henan, Yanshi, and Gongxian were all taken by Yuan Maijun, and the huge Henan Yin only left the southernmost Liangxian, Yangzhai, Kaifeng and other six county towns in the hands of Cao Jun.

When the news spread, Yuan Cao and the two sides reacted differently; After being suppressed for a long time, Yuan's army, which had even suffered defeats, could finally boost its morale; Cao Jun inevitably had some rumors in vain, believing that Yuan's army was about to counterattack on all fronts.

Yuan Shao, who was lying on the hospital bed, heard the news, his spirits were lifted, and he clapped his hands on the bed and shouted: "Okay, good fight!" Finally gave me a bad breath in my chest! Who can give me glory for Hebei? Only my son Yuan Xianyong is also! Pass on my order, my son Yuan Mai was promoted to the general of Zhenxi, rewarded with five hundred taels of gold, and rewarded the three armies! ”

And Cao Cao couldn't help but have a headache after hearing the news. What he didn't expect was that Yuan Shao's young son's strength was so strong, with black mountain thieves in the east and Xiongnu in the west, after sending 10,000 reinforcements to Yuan Shao, he could still send more than 20,000 horses, his strength should not be underestimated!

According to the information obtained by Cao Cao, after Yuan Mai sent Gao Shun to support Yuan Shao, the strength of the troops in Hanoi was about 20,000, and with the addition of Xu Shengshui's division in Mengjin, the total number of troops that Yuan Mai could mobilize was about 25,000.

It was based on this information that Cao Cao only left about 10,000 troops in Henan. According to Cao Cao's analysis of the think tank, if Yuan Mai wants to attack Luoyang, it is impossible to come out, at least 10,000 people must be left to defend the palace, and at most 15,000 people can be invested to attack Luoyang, and with Luoyang's troops, he can hold the position before the reinforcements arrive.

It's just that, unexpectedly, Yuan Mai's men and horses actually took the seventeen county towns of Luoyang in a storm, and it only took two days to give Cao Jun a chance to reinforce at all. Moreover, according to the intelligence analysis fed back by all parties, Yuan Mai invested at least 25,000 troops in crossing the river to attack Henan this time.

"Shhh...... Is the information wrong, or is Yuan Mai pouring out? Cao Cao pinched his chin and muttered to himself.

Jia Xujin said: "Even if Yuan Mai does not come out of the nest, the troops in Hanoi are not much, please Cao Gong immediately dispatch a group of men and horses to march to Hanoi, encircle Wei and save Zhao, Yuan Mai's army will retreat!" ”

Cao Cao immediately ordered Yu Ban, who was stationed in Yanjin, to lead 10,000 horses from his headquarters to march to Hanoi, and take advantage of Yuan Mai's air defense to attack him. At the same time, he dispatched Zhu Ling and Shi Lian to lead 5,000 men and horses to march to Luoyang, collect the remnants of the defeated soldiers scattered throughout Luoyang, and counterattack the lost territory.

Guo Jia also suggested: "Today, our army is competing with Yuan Shao, focusing on three aspects, one is the main battlefield in Liyang, with the death of Yan Liang, our army has reversed the passive situation and gained the upper hand. In the east, Zang Ba, Chen Deng, Sun Guan and others also suppressed Yuan Tan and captured the Langya Kingdom. The only one who suffers is the west, this Yuan Mai has the assistance of Kojiyi, Gao Shun, Tian Feng and others, which should not be underestimated, and must be restrained in order to avoid being constrained by him and affecting the frontal battlefield. ”

"What Feng Xiao said is very true, and now it seems that Yuan Shao, the youngest son, is the most talented among his four sons, and he underestimated him before!" Cao Cao Fusu agreed with Guo Jia's words, "It's just that our army has almost poured out, and we can't draw other troops to attack Bingzhou for a while, how to restrain Yuan Mai?" ”

Guo Jia smiled slightly, and was about to speak, but coughed first: "Cough, cough...... Has Cao Gong forgotten Zhang Yan on Taihang Mountain? There are more than 100,000 Black Mountain thieves under his command, although they are just a rabble, attacking the rear of the Yuan clan, but they can do it! ”

Cao Cao suddenly had an epiphany: "Yes, if it weren't for Zixiao's reminder, I would have almost forgotten the Montenegrin thieves, the Yuan clan almost attacked with a nest, and the rear air defense was weak, for the Montenegrin army, it was an opportunity!" ”

Xun You also stood up and spoke: "In addition to the Black Mountain Army, there is also the Xiongnu Tour entrenched in the West River, the lord can make people prepare generous gifts, go to the two places, make a promise, and induce the Black Mountain thieves and the Xiongnu to go out together, and attack all parts of the state, so that Yuan Mai will be too busy to take care of himself, and naturally he will not have the energy to threaten Henan again!" ”

The plan stopped, Cao Cao immediately repaired a book, crowned Zhang Yan as General Zhaolie in the name of the Son of Heaven, and engraved a seal ribbon as a gift. Then he sent a person who could speak well, brought an entourage, and brought a generous gift, and quietly sneaked to Taihang Mountain, looking for Zhang Yan, and asked him to send troops to attack Bingzhou from behind and clamp down on Yuan Mai.

After sending an envoy to Taihang Mountain, Cao Cao selected another person and ordered him to carry gold, silver and jewelry, and go to the residence of the Xiongnu Shan in Huchuquan in Xihe County to deliver his letter, officially acknowledging the identity of Huchuquan in the name of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, and asking him to send troops to attack Taiyuan and make trouble for Yuan Mai.

After dispatching reinforcements and sending envoys, Cao Cao was relieved and refocused his attention on Yuan Shao in Liyang. For Cao Cao, Yuan Shao is the real opponent, Yuan Mai is just an episode, as long as he defeats Yuan Shao, his sons, what is the problem!

Just when it was forbidden to march to Hanoi, Zhu Ling and Shi Jian also passed through the Tiger Prison Pass, collected more than 3,000 remnants of the defeated soldiers in the area of Jingxian County, and marched towards Xingyang. And Xiahou Yuan, the general guarding the west, heard that Luoyang was lost, so he left Zhong Xuan and Ren Jun to sit in Chang'an, and personally led 15,000 elite soldiers to pass through Tongguan and march towards Luoyang, preparing to conquer the lost territory.

Cao's army came from east and west, attacking from both sides, and the momentum was violent, and it took about two or three days to reach the city of Luoyang.

Just when Cao Jun was dispatching troops, Yuan Mai had already mastered the movements of Cao Jun with the help of Zhen Yao's excellent spy system, so he summoned Fu Zhu, Xu Shu, Tian Chou and others to discuss countermeasures.

"The walls of Luoyang are low, easy to attack and difficult to defend, and the two checkpoints in the east and west, the Tiger Prison Pass and the Hangu Pass, are all under the control of the Cao army, so Luoyang cannot be defended. Moreover, our army crossed the river to attack Luoyang, originally not to plunder the land, but to contain Cao Cao and divide his troops, but now the goal has been achieved, when the order was quickly issued, let Zhao Yun and Wang Shuang lead the troops to retreat across the Yellow River and defend according to the river.

If Cao's army withdraws, our army will cross the river again to attack Luoyang, and so on and so forth, the enemy will advance and I will retreat, and the enemy will retreat and I will advance. Cao Cao was not at peace, so he could only leave heavy troops to guard Luoyang. In this way, the purpose of dividing Cao Cao's troops can be achieved, and the pressure on Liyang's side can be greatly reduced! ”

"What Lord Fu said is the same as Shu, I also think that Luoyang cannot be defended, but there is another word, I don't know whether to say it or not?" As soon as the words fell, Xu Shu stood up and played loudly. (To be continued......)