"Strengthen the vigilance in the city and strictly prevent the Xiliang army from sneaking attack." Cao Ren said: "Transfer the personal guard battalion to my Chinese army tent, and no one is allowed to approach without my order." ”

"No." The lieutenant clenched his fists and left.

Climbing the city wall and looking at the dense Xiliang army outside the city, Cao Ren's face became more and more firm, and he said coldly: "Xiliang army, Jia Rong, sooner or later, you will be defeated under the hands of the lord." ”

The moat outside Ruoyang City, even if the army is dispatched together, it will take half a month to fill it, and during this time, the Xiliang Army can only become the target of the defenders of Luoyang, which is naturally not what Jia Rong wants to see, but it is impossible to take Luoyang without blood.

Zhao Yun gave an order, and a thousand cavalry were dispatched, each of whom held a sack in his hand.

But when he saw a famous cavalryman approaching the moat, he suddenly threw the sack in his hand into the moat, stirring up waves, and then turned his horse's head and went to the rear, and the whole process went smoothly, showing the defenders of the city superb horsemanship.

Not only Zhao Yun here, but also the other three city walls, this is also the case, all of them are cavalry dispatches, fast speed, and do not give the defenders extra opportunities.

Cao Ren looked at the busy cavalry below, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and ordered: "Archery." ”

The bed crossbow was ready to fire, accompanied by the heavy sound of the bowstring being fired, and the crossbow arrows whistled out, heading towards the busy cavalry under the gate.

The crossbow arrow pierced a cavalryman, even a man and a horse, and was nailed to the ground, and the death was chilling.

Seeing this, Jia Rong had no intention of retreating, all the cavalry were used to fill the moat, not only that, but all the thunderbolt cars were also loaded with boulders and fired stones into the moat, day and night.

The death of the cavalry did not make the Xiliang army afraid, and when they were training, they understood that it was very normal for them to be killed and injured on the battlefield, so you must not only have superb martial arts, but also have good luck.

Cao Ren saw that the cavalry under the city did not even appear, so he went out again, frowning slightly, such a team is enough to attract anyone's attention, when a soldier is not afraid of life and death, it may make people feel ridiculous, a hundred is enough to shock, and when all the soldiers are like this, seeing death as home, what it will look like.

Cao Ren knew that the Xiliang Army was very strong, but he didn't expect it to come to this point, no wonder the military advisor often said that the biggest opponent of the Cao Army was the Xiliang Army.

As the capital of the Han Dynasty, Luoyang is not only the city with high walls and thick walls, but also has beds and crossbows and other sharp weapons in the city.

The moat was constantly filled at a very fast speed, Jia Rong withdrew the cavalry, wandering near Luoyang, he believed that at this time the surrounding counties had learned the news that Luoyang was besieged, Jia Rong did not have the energy to attack all these counties, but he could order the cavalry, on the way to the rescue to intercept them, at this time Luoyang is a lonely city, Cao Ren could not send a letter for help, or command the soldiers of the surrounding counties.

The moat was completely filled in on the thirteenth day, and even rested, and it was not for the traces on it, and it was impossible to believe that there was a wide moat here.

The city wall on the east side of Luoyang became the main direction of the Western Liang army's attack, and Cao Ren also mobilized most of the soldiers to the east gate of Luoyang, preparing to fight to the death with the Western Liang army.

The city gate was closed for 13 consecutive days, the people and merchants in the city were naturally fluctuating, Cao Jun was ready to fight back, they were not ready to die, no one dared to guarantee that Cao Ren would not catch them on the city wall to defend the city at a critical moment, when the war was in chaos, anything could happen, and the merchants understood this better.

Cao Ren also issued an order, as long as he can hold Luoyang, he will never embarrass any of the people, but if he does not cooperate, he will also raise the butcher knife in his hand, but during this time, Cao Ren has experienced the benefits, that is, the merchants continue to give gifts, and a person may give very few things, and the merchants in Luoyang City who seek to protect themselves have given gifts, which is a large amount.

"Inform the heads of the families to go to the General's Mansion tonight to discuss matters." Cao Ren handed the guards a list of names.

Jia Rong's policy of governing the local area has a great conflict with the family, Cao Ren wants to gather the strength of the entire Luoyang family together to resist the Xiliang army, the strength of the family has always been unfathomable, there are many big families in Luoyang City, some of them are hundreds of years old, the number of private soldiers, it has reached a terrifying number, Cao Jun only has more than 10,000 people, as long as the strength of the family is condensed, it can definitely be multiplied.

For many years, he has been the person in charge of the surrounding area of Luoyang, laying a solid foundation for the intelligence network of the Xiliang Army around Luoyang, Cao Ren is a senior general in the Cao Army, and naturally knows that the Xianlian Pavilion and the Xiliang Army have an inextricable relationship, so he monitored this place as soon as possible.

Yanzhou's Cao Jun group learned that the Xiliang army had surrounded Luoyang, it was a few days later, Cao Cao, who had always been stable, was also anxious, pacing back and forth in the house, Yuan Shao was not afraid, at best he was just a wolf, even if he was ruthless, at most he would attack one or two counties, but the Xiliang army was a tiger entrenched in Chang'an, and it would eat people at any time, which was also the reason why Cao Cao was eager to communicate with the Xiliang army, on the one hand, the Cao army contained Luoyang, the only place for the Xiliang army to attack the Central Plains, On the other hand, he thought that he would have enough time to develop his own strength, and with the background of the Central Plains, he would soon be able to catch up with the pace of the Xiliang Army, and then the Central Plains would be all in the palm of his hand, and it was only a matter of time before the Xiliang Army was defeated.

In particular, the bank of the Xiliang Army has been carried out under Cao Cao's rule, and has won the trust of merchants and some people, and the money collected is countless, and Cao Cao is also preparing to set up his own bank to confront the Xiliang Army, but this measure has not yet been proposed, and it has been blocked by the attack of the Xiliang Army.

"Zhiyuan, can't you finally take it anymore?" Cao Cao said in a low voice.

Cao Cao's military vision is very keen, naturally aware of the use of the Xiliang army after the encirclement of Luoyang, if Luoyang insisted, when the Xiliang army ran out of food and grass to retreat, it was the luck of the Cao army, if at this time to send soldiers to Luoyang rescue, unless the strength is far higher than the Xiliang army, it is impossible, the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang cavalry, Cao Cao has already understood.

"My lord, Jia Rong led an army of 100,000 to attack Luoyang, the situation is precarious, if Luoyang is lost, our army is in danger, and soldiers and horses should be sent to the rescue immediately."

Cao Cao sighed: "I don't know about this matter, it's just that Jia Rong is extremely cunning, and on the way to rescue Luoyang, it must be full of cavalry from the Xiliang Army, and even if the grain and grass are heavy, it is difficult to transport them to the city." ”

"The Xiliang Army took the Bishui Pass and the Tiger Prison Pass too suddenly."

"My lord, the Xiliang army and our army have an alliance covenant, why don't you send someone to the army to persuade them to withdraw their troops."

Cao Cao said: "Jia Rong, this person, has always disregarded the law and discipline, how can he be controlled by others because of a small covenant, I am afraid that the people sent will not be able to come back, in vain, it is better to prepare early." ”

"Lord, how, what should I do?" Xun Yu asked in a worried tone.

"Luoyang can't afford to lose, gather troops and horses to go to Luoyang, and strive to rush to Luoyang before the Xiliang army captures Luoyang." Cao Cao froze and said in a firm tone: "What's more, there is a son and filial piety in Luoyang, and Jia Rongxiu wants to get benefits in his hands." ”

At this time, the strength of the Cao army was as high as 200,000, which was also stimulated by the Xiliang army, there was such a number, raising such a group of soldiers, the consumption was very large, on weekdays, these soldiers reclaimed the wasteland, called Tuntian soldiers, trained when they were free, and could barely be self-sufficient, once the war occurred, these soldiers would throw away the hoes in their hands, pick up weapons, and go to the battlefield.

Cao Cao also understood that the combat effectiveness of such an army was not as good as that of the Xiliang army, but the situation on the battlefield could not tolerate the slightest hesitation.

It will take at least more than a month to mobilize an army of 100,000, and it will take two months to go to Luoyang, Cao Cao can only beg Cao Ren in his heart to hold on for two months, otherwise all his efforts will be in vain.

Sure enough, as Jia Rong expected, the counties around Luoyang, after hearing the news that Luoyang was besieged, the first thing they thought of was to send troops to rescue, and these teams just came out of the city not long after, they encountered an ambush, and when the cavalry of the Xiliang Army came to the city, the officials in the city had no available soldiers, and they easily gained control of the city, and so on, but in half a month, half of the surrounding counties were pacified.

After the moat was filled, the Xiliang army took a short rest, and launched a fierce offensive, the thunderbolt car threw stones at the city wall and the city gate, the cloud ladder well, dense, that is, the defenders had 10,000 people, and in the face of such an offensive, they were also a little frightened.

The bed crossbow on the city continued to shoot deadly crossbow arrows, and after successive arrows, the bed crossbow had been damaged in half, and Luoyang had not experienced a war for a long time, and many instruments were difficult to use, and the ability of craftsmen in the city was limited, and it was difficult to complete the jishu work of repairing the bed crossbow.

Under the orders of the generals, the crossbows were constantly fired to suppress the Cao army on the head of the city and cover the siege of the city.

In the siege of the city on the fifth day, there were blood stains everywhere above and below the city, and the city wall on the east side of Luoyang was also pitch black, and the total number of dead and wounded soldiers on both sides had reached 8,000, and the Xiliang army suffered heavy casualties.

Guo Jiadao: "Lord, such a loss is beyond imagination, Yanzhou Cao Cao has begun to mobilize troops and horses to come to Luoyang in more than a month at the earliest, and then our army"