-- Time goes back a moment --

When Qi Hao under the city led his soldiers to launch a second wave of ferocious offensive against the southern city wall of Luoyang, Zhang Dong, who thought about it for a while, finally transferred seven or eight thousand archers from the reserve army to strengthen the defensive force of Nanyang.

The addition of these seven or eight thousand archers has to be said to have added some confidence and morale to the defenders of the city, under the command of the rebel generals Deng Bin, Cui Yan and others, it seems that there is a scene of gradually reversing the defeat situation, and the Qi Hao army is pressed back to the city.

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the arrows! - Hugh to stop! ”

"Rolling wood! Drop it, drop it! ”

At this moment, the southern city wall of Luoyang, the noise is endless, and the generals in charge of each section of the city wall command their soldiers to launch a counterattack on the Qi Hao army under the city.

Fortunately, there are many Qi Hao troops under the city like insects and ants, so the defenders on the city wall who are seriously affected by the choking black smoke do not need to deliberately aim, as long as they throw the stones and rolling logs in their hands indiscriminately like a machine.

As for the archers, since they couldn't see the 2,000 archers of the Western Army on the other side of the moat, they also targeted the Qi Hao army under the city.

I have to say that Changsun Xiangyu's plan to lure the enemy was carried out quite perfectly, and almost all the rebels in Luoyang City focused their attention on the Qi Hao army under the city.

And that's when a devastating catastrophe struck......

"Ride...... Cavalry! ”

"General, a cavalry has appeared outside the city!"

When some of the soldiers saw the cavalry that had suddenly appeared below the city through the billowing black smoke, the guards of the city were puzzled.

Siege battles. What do you want cavalry to do?

And just as they were thinking about this question, they suddenly found that the fierce Qi Hao army suddenly retreated to the city strangely, not knowing what they were doing.

"What's going on? Why did the Zhou army suddenly retreat? ”

Holding all kinds of suspicions in his heart, Zhang Dong, the lord of Luoyang, leaned out half of his body from the city wall and watched the movements of Qi Hao's army under the city.

Because the black smoke drifting from the moat was so thick that he didn't notice Qi Haojun's weirdness at first, he didn't see it until he looked closely for a while. The Qi Hao army under the city, for some reason, squatted on the ground one by one, covering their bodies with the shields in their hands.

Could it be that our army's arrows were too fierce for the Zhou army to bear?

Zhang Dong was puzzled.

At this moment, one of the guards beside him suddenly raised his right hand and shouted with a frightened face, "General...... Checkmate! ”

"Huh?" Zhang Dong frowned slightly, and glanced in the direction that the guard was pointing.

Suddenly. His eyes glazed over, a look of fear on his face. It is getting thicker and thicker.

What did he see?

He saw a dense mass of arrows, like a torrential rain, coming towards the city walls......

"Bunker...... Everyone find cover to take cover! ”

Zhang Dong, who had a look of panic on his face, subconsciously yelled loudly around.

It's a pity that he was still a step too late.

The dense rain of arrows like a downpour came in the blink of an eye, and the poor rebel soldiers in the city were stunned in the face of this natural disaster-like blow. In a burst of screams, he was killed by random arrows.

Even some of the soldiers did not know what was going on, and were unconscious by the rain of arrows.

"Everybody, get down!" Zhang Dong hissed and roared exhaustedly.

But with a roar, he froze.

What's going on, how do these arrows fly......

Shouldn't it be from the front?

Why did it fall off the top of your head?!

Zhang Dong watched as many soldiers had already hidden behind the battlements, but they were still killed by arrows from above. Crucified alive on the city walls, he was stunned.

What the hell is this?

What's going on here?

The rain of arrows lasted for a while, when Zhang Dong stood up and looked at the city wall again. He felt as if the blood in his body was frozen.

I saw that at this moment, the southern city wall of Luoyang, corpses were everywhere, and every soldier who was killed by random arrows was hit by several arrows, or even dozens of arrows, and even, some of the dead soldiers still maintained the posture of shrinking at the root of the wall.

Why!

Why was the Zhou army's arrows able to cross the female wall and cause such huge casualties to the defenders of the city?

What kind of tactics is this?

Zhang Dong subconsciously rushed to the side of the city wall, staring at the billowing black smoke, he desperately wanted to look at the distant Zhou army from the thick black smoke.

His hands were clutching the city wall, and the back of his hand was tense with green tendons due to the force.

At first, those Zhou soldiers held flammable dry objects, not to fill the moat, but to create this hateful black smoke!

And the general orders he gave helped Zhou Jun......

When the first wave of Zhou troops retreated, he obviously killed a large number of Zhou troops......

But what's going on this time?!

Glancing back at the city, looking at the surviving soldiers who were pale and frequently looking back at their comrades who had died in battle, Zhang Dong bit his lip.

Why is this happening?

I obviously wanted to send more defenders of the Southern Army to restore morale, why, why did I fall into the trap of the other party instead?

Wait a minute!

Why do you want to restore the morale of the soldiers?

Ah, yes, that's because Qi Hao's siege was too fierce......

Could it be that the second wave of the Zhou army's offensive was not actually to take the opportunity to attack the city wall, but to induce itself to send a reserve army to strengthen the garrison of the southern city wall?

A trick to lure the enemy......

It turns out that this strategy can still be used in this way?

Thinking of the depths, Zhang Dong felt his back, and couldn't help but feel a chill.

Could it be that from the beginning, he was led by the nose by the other party?

With only more than 1,000 people, it was exchanged for nearly 10,000 casualties among the defenders, and this kind of use of soldiers is even more terrible than that Lu Fan!

Who is it......

The commander of the Western Expeditionary Army this time, who is sacred!

Looking at the direction of Liu Yi's army, Zhang Dong felt as if his heart had stopped beating. The whole person seems to be in an ice cave, and his heart is indescribably cold.

"General, the Qi Hao army under the city has attacked again! Draw troops from the other three walls! Deputy General Deng Bin shouted anxiously.

"No......" Zhang Dong shook his head, with a little horror in his eyes, and shook his head again and again and said, "Yanshi has 100,000 troops from the west, and this time they came to attack the city, but only 40,000 came, and there were 60,000 troops...... The forces of the other three walls must not be transferred. Otherwise, it will not only be the southern city wall that will be in a bad situation! ”

"But the general ......"

"Enough! - How much did the soldiers who were shot dead by the Zhou army lose? ”

Deng Bin opened his mouth and said with difficulty, "About six thousand ......."

"Six thousand up and down......" Zhang Dong's whole person shook slightly, and he almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, the guards beside him supported him in time.

"Six thousand soldiers, ...... in the blink of an eye" gritted his teeth fiercely, and a little grief appeared on Zhang Dong's face. After taking a deep breath, he asked in a deep voice. "How many reservists are there in the city?"

Deng Bin hesitated when he heard this, hugged his fists, and said tentatively, "There are probably about 12,000 left...... Are they all transferred to the South Wall of China? ”

"Twelve thousand?" Zhang Dong frowned deeply, and after thinking for a while, he shook his head and said, "No, transfer six thousand, and the rest." Stand by ......"

"General?"

Stretching out his hand to stop Deng Bin's words, Zhang Dong said in a deep voice, "The attack on the southern city wall is so fierce, but the other three city walls don't even have a feint of troops, do you think it's strange?" ”

Deng Bin was stunned when he heard this, and said thoughtfully. "When the general said that, it was really ......"

As he spoke, several heralds suddenly ran in the distance.

"General Qiyu, the forest three miles outside the east city wall. The traces of the Zhou army were found, and the number of people was unknown! ”

"General Qiyu, on the east side of the north city wall, there is a Zhou army wandering, and the number is probably more than 10,000 people!"

"Sure enough, ......" Zhang Dong's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he muttered, "Sure enough, the Zhou army attacked the southern city with such ferocity, just to ask me to transfer the defenders of the other three city walls here...... In this way, the Zhou army can take advantage of the weakness and attack my other three city walls! - Don't move, the defenders of the other three walls must not be easily dispatched! ”

"Yes!" Deng Bin nodded.

"In addition, send an order to the guards of the remaining three city walls, telling them to guard against the Zhou army and not to take it lightly! ——The southern city wall alone is unfavorable, and the Zhou army will not be able to capture Luoyang, but if the Zhou army takes advantage of the situation, and the other three city walls all encounter an unfavorable situation, then we will be unable to escape! ”

"Yes, General!"

"In addition, order the remaining 6,000 reserve troops to stand by in place, and if there is any unfavorable situation in the remaining three city walls, they will immediately go to support, otherwise, everything is for the purpose of guarding the southern city wall!"

"Yes!" The guards beside Zhang Dong hugged their fists, walked down the city wall quickly, and conveyed Zhang Dong's general order, after all, in the rain of arrows just now, the herald on the city wall was almost dead.

At this moment, Zhang Dong has not yet noticed that even if he is so cautious, he has also fallen into the calculation of the eldest grandson Xiangyu.

It should be said that it is precisely because of his caution that he fell in love with that woman.

In the next half hour, the battle on the southern wall of Luoyang has almost evolved into a pure war of attrition.

But what made Zhang Dong extremely puzzled was that his side obviously had a geographical advantage, but he couldn't recover the disadvantage he had fallen before.

You know, that annoying black smoke has gradually disappeared, as the side defending the city, shouldn't it be the dominant side? Why was he beaten by Zhou Jun instead?

Zhang Dong silently looked at the soldiers under his command, looked at them with tired faces, and guarded the Zhou army that poured onto the city wall like locusts.

Looking at their panting like cows, Zhang Dong frowned slightly.

What's going on?

This battle has only been fought for less than half an hour, why are your subordinates tired to such an extent?

I have never neglected the training of my soldiers on weekdays!

Zhang Dong would not understand that most of the tiredness of his subordinates actually came from the fear of the siege Zhou army, and that kind of psychological burden was an important reason why they became so tired.

People are a creature with obvious emotional fluctuations, and when they are excited, even if they are tired, they can easily persevere, and conversely, if they are depressed. Then often even the ordinary standard is not reached.

The same is true now, the eldest grandson Xiangyu, who is good at perceiving people's hearts, has created an absolutely favorable situation for the Zhou army at the beginning, causing a serious psychological burden to the defenders of Luoyang City, making the rebels fatigue more than twice as fast as under normal circumstances.

What's more, due to the clever plan of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, the Zhou army has attacked the city wall several times, which gives all the Zhou troops of the Western Expedition an illusion, that is. With a little more force, you can take down this section of the wall.

It was this illusion that made the Zhou army more and more fierce in the siege battle, not to mention that they noticed the fatigue and low morale of the defenders in the city.

It's like two people fighting, all factors aside, when one of them shows a flinching expression, then the other person will naturally be encouraged. Although the other party still has the strength to resist.

And now it is the same, facing the offensive of the Zhou army. The defenders in the city gradually couldn't bear it, even if Zhang Dong replenished his troops from time to time, what could he do?

It has already been beaten out of the momentum of the Zhou army of the Western Expedition, and they have already grasped the absolute initiative of the southern city wall of Luoyang!

This kind of thing is not uncommon in ancient wars, once the first battle is won, it can often be like a bamboo, and once the first battle is lost, most of the troops are defeated. This is also the reason why most generals will not be able to fight when they see that the battle situation is not good, because they know that soldiers with low morale will not be able to exert their normal strength, unless. Able to come up with clever strategies to interrupt the high morale of the enemy army, so as to turn the tide and restore the disadvantage.

And in fact. Zhang Dong previously transferred 8,000 archers, just to save the strong disadvantage in the city and to restore morale, but unfortunately, the eldest grandson Xiangyu was a chess player, and at this point in time, he used a strange army to cut off Zhang Dong's intentions, so that Zhang Dong was not only able to boost the morale of his subordinates, but because of the huge casualties of 6,000 people, the morale of the defenders on the southern city wall fell to a low point.

Also, when you see hope, you are destroyed by it, and anyone will feel hopeless.

On the one hand, the eldest grandson Xiangyu is really clever in his tactics, and on the other hand, this woman's character is really bad......

Time passed minute by minute, and the battle of the southern city wall of Luoyang, just as planned by the eldest grandson Xiangyu, the defenders of the southern city wall of Luoyang were completely dragged into the quagmire and dragged to death......

Although Zhang Dong invested his troops several times, so that he threw the 12,000 reserve troops into the southern city wall, he still could not recover the unfavorable situation of the southern city wall.

In fact, when Xie An noticed that Wu Peng and Qi Hao were secretly exchanging siege soldiers with Liu Yi, Zhang Dong actually noticed it, but he had no choice, he no longer had any hole cards available in his hand.

His hole card, the reserve army of 20,000 people, has been eaten little by little by Changsun Xiangyu, in other words, unless he draws troops to the remaining three city walls, otherwise, he can only rely on the only remaining troops in his hand to defend the south city wall of Luoyang.

Outstanding generals often interrupt the enemy when the morale of the enemy is high, just like Zhang Dong right now, he should actually transfer the defenders of the remaining three city walls and put them all into the battlefield, not only to regain the initiative in the south city wall, but also to go out of the city to fight Liu Yi's 20,000-strong team.

Don't think that it is a rather stupid thing for the defending side to go out of the city to fight, you must know that the attack is the best defense, and to restore morale, you must have the courage to break through the cauldron and fight against the water.

It's a pity that Zhang Dong was too cautious, and he didn't dare to take risks easily, so that he could only watch the defenders of the southern city wall being consumed little by little......

He couldn't understand that the western expeditionary army that came to attack the city this time was only 40,000 people, while the defenders of his southern city wall had 14,000 people at first, plus 20,000 reserve troops, in terms of troops, in fact, there was no need to go west to conquer the Zhou army, not to mention that there were towering and strong city walls as help, but why, at present, there were as many as 30,000 people left in the western expeditionary Zhou army, and on the city wall, there were only 7,000 or 8,000 people left?

It can almost be said that the lives of two defenders can be exchanged for the life of a soldier of the Western Expeditionary Army......

This loss is completely disproportionate!

In the past, the besieging side often had to pay several times, but even more than ten times, but why is such a strange thing happening now?

I have to say that Zhang Dong's algorithm is wrong, as the eldest grandson Xiangyu said, it is not 34,000 against 40,000, from the beginning, it is only 14,000 against 40,000, don't look at Liu Yi's 20,000 people This team has not changed in the slightest so far, but in fact, he secretly exchanged the siege soldiers with Wu Peng, Qi Hao and others, and furthermore, the number of 20,000 people, even if they stand still, will bring a huge psychological burden to the defenders in the city.

Therefore, Zhang Dong, who doesn't understand the difference, how can he fight the eldest Sun Xiangyu, a calculating woman?

When the war lasted for an early time, Zhang Dong's so-called 34,000 defenders had been completely eaten by the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and Zhang Dong, who had exposed all his hole cards in advance, could only passively draw troops from the other three city walls.

From the initial transfer of 1,000 people to each section of the city wall, to the later 2,000 and 3,000 people, but the morale of the defenders of the south wall of Luoyang did not improve in the slightest, although the Zhou army also paid nearly 7,000 people under the city.

Gradually, even Zhang Dong himself realized that he had unknowingly stepped into the strategy of the unknown commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, and was defeated step by step.

How can this defensive method of tearing down the east wall and repairing the west wall be effective?

When he heard the report from his subordinates that the east and north city walls of Luoyang were attacked by the Zhou army of the Western Expedition one after another, Zhang Dong already realized that he had lost.

In one day, he lost the entire Luoyang City.

If he lost to Lu Fan before, he was convinced, but now, in the face of the unknown commander, he lost inexplicably.

Until now, he still hasn't figured out how he lost.

It was as if under inexplicable circumstances, the victory was surrendered to the Zhou army of the Western Expedition......

Not to mention the mistakes at the beginning, in the later battles, he Zhang Dong did not make any mistakes, how many people were lost, how many people were replenished, and the Zhou army that attacked the city was not given the slightest chance.

Why lose?

It's just that subconsciously, Zhang Dong thinks so.

"You can't win, the opponent is too strong......"

"What?" Perhaps noticing Zhang Dong's muttering, Deng Bin, who was bloody, panting, turned his head and looked at his main general suspiciously.

Ignoring Deng Bin's consternation, Zhang Dong slowly walked to the city wall, looked down at the Zhou army of the Western Expedition under the city, and let out a long sigh.

"I can only ...... Can I reinforce the army......"

He would never have thought that at this moment, the eldest grandson Xiangyu, was shaking the folding fan in his hand and looking in the direction of Luoyang with a smile.

"If nothing else, Luoyang has already taken it! The rest...... Giggle, don't be slow, the little girl is planning to end the war before the sun sets! - Bishan and Guo's reinforcements! ”