Luoyang, corpses are everywhere, and the sound of killing is shocking.

Pan Zhang stepped on the siege vehicle and attacked Luoyang City for the third time. In front of him, the valiant Wu soldiers were advancing forward, but they were in great trouble, the Wei army had built a series of low walls on the city wall, and on each low wall, there were two ballista carts and a platoon of soldiers, and if they wanted to rush to this low wall, they would brave a dense rain of arrows, and if they wanted to break through this low wall, they had to kill those soldiers first.

The Wu army had already paid a heavy price for killing the city wall, and now it was a major test of physical strength and will to fight the Wei army hand-to-hand on the city wall. The two sides fought in close combat, the fire bombs could not be used, and the thunderbolt could only extend the strike into the distance, stopping the speed of the Wei army's reinforcements, but they could not help the fight on the city wall.

Even if they broke through these low walls and entered Luoyang City, they were still under tremendous pressure. There are still a large number of Wei soldiers waiting to fight them under the city.

On the mile-wide position, there were shouts of killing everywhere, and everywhere there were soldiers fighting for their lives, they didn't know each other, but at this moment they gave up their lives to fight for their lives.

Five miles away, a group of Wei cavalry galloped by, and they did not attack the Wu army's position, but swept past the Wu army's formation, leaving a burst of arrows. The Wu army operated the thunderbolt car and the crossbow car, constantly firing, one by one stone bullets, one arrow after another galloped away in the distance, from time to time there were Wei knights falling off their horses, but more Wei troops drifted away, leaving a string of laughter and scolding.

After more than half a month of fighting, both sides have figured out each other's tactics, and there are no more secrets to speak of. The knights of the Wei army did not seek to break the formation. Only seek riots and maintain pressure on the Wu army. In order to guard against these Wei knights who came and went like the wind, Lu Xun arranged for more than 10,000 people to form a defensive formation, and at the same time kept the Chinese army vigilant and ready to support at any time.

These Wei troops at least restrained Lu Xun's energy, and the rest of the men and horses were very nervous when they attacked Luoyang City. Sima Yi came up with a way to deal with the fire bomb. He demolished all the houses south of Nangong, sent all combustible things to the city wall as combat equipment, and then dug countless ditches to connect them with water. Once the opponent fires a fire bomb. The soldiers hid under their shields, and instead of weapons or water spoons, they scooped water from a nearby ditch. Pour on those that have just burst. On the fire bomb that didn't have time to burn yet.

It takes a little time for the fire to catch fire and smoke. And this time was enough for Wei Jun to pour a spoonful of water on it.

The city of Luoyang was very high and the moat was very wide, which greatly affected the range of the thunderbolt of the Wu army and the Shu Han army. With all their might, they could only hit the stone bullets and fire bullets close to the city for more than a hundred steps, and as long as they held these more than 100 steps, the Wei army would be safe and sound. As soon as the enemy outside the city stopped firing and began to attack the city, they would rush out of their hiding places, rush up the walls, fight the enemy hand-to-hand, and drive the enemy off the city again and again.

Sima Yi's command platform stood on the Suzaku Que in Nangong, and from there, he could see the Yanshi forty miles away, and the enemy outside the city was in full view. Pan Zhang rushed to the head of the city, and he could see it clearly.

"Knock them down." Sima Yi waved his hand lightly.

With a burst of shouting, dozens of thunderbolts roared in unison, and stone bullets mixed with fire bullets flew towards Pan Zhang and the others. The Wei soldiers, who were fighting Pan Zhang, heard the sound of war drums, turned around and ran without saying a word, burrowed into the bunker with their hands and feet, and covered their mouths and noses with soaked cloths.

Although Pan Zhang was on guard and shrank behind the shield in time, he was hit several times in succession, his chest was still stuffy, his throat was sweet, he fell down from the city, and he couldn't get up for half a day.

The Wu army's attack was once again declared a failure.

Lu Xun's face sank like water, and he didn't say a word.

In the west of the city, Zhuge Liang also announced the withdrawal of Mingjin at the same time.

……

At dusk, Lu Xun personally rushed to the place where Zhuge Liang was stationed, and looked at the west of the city.

Zhuge Liang was not surprised by Lu Xun's arrival. Even Lu Xun didn't have to speak, he knew what Lu Xun wanted to say. In fact, he also hoped that he could satisfy Lu Xun, but the problem was that he couldn't do it at all.

Lu Xun asked Zhuge Liang to order the Mengda army in Luyang to rush to Luoyang to help. Although the Han and Wu coalition forces had more than 100,000 troops, they did not have enough strength advantage over the Wei army, and in the case that both sides had fire bombs, and Sima Yi had found a way to restrain the fire bombs, Zuihou could only decide the victory or defeat with the strength and food reserves of both sides, as well as fighting spirit and patience.

Meng Da was in the Luyang area, not only did not help the battle situation, but instead restrained a lot of attention from the Wu army. If Meng Da can be transferred to Luoyang to participate in the war, not only can the Shu Han army increase more than 20,000 new troops, but the Wu army can also transfer more than 10,000 people who were guarding against Meng Da to the battlefield. The two sides can increase by more than 30,000 or 40,000 people at once.

In addition, Lu Xun also asked Zhuge Liang to transfer Wei Yan to the Luoyang battlefield, there was no cavalry to confront Zhang He, they were very passive.

"Wei Yan can't come." Zhuge Liang shook his head: "If Wei Yan had not been in Shangdang to contain the Wei army, the Xiahou overlord would have been active again, and those Huns and Xianbei people would have re-obeyed Cao Wei's orders and harassed the rear of our army." ”

"Then you transfer Meng Da."

"Mengda...... Can you listen to me? Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly: "You think I won't let him come?" ”

Lu Xun was stunned for a moment, and let out a sigh: "What kind of jihua does the prime minister have?" ”

Zhuge Liang pondered for a long time: "Withdraw." If it can't be attacked, why should it increase casualties. If you don't fight Luoyang, you can still take Yanzhou and Xuzhou, and push the front all the way to the Yellow River. When you take the south of the river, can Cao Rui not retreat? ”

"It's a pity to just retreat." Lu Xun said meaningfully: "Prime Minister, this is our most haode opportunity, but unfortunately we failed to seize it, after we go back, how can we face our respective kings?" ”

"No, you still have a chance." Zhuge Liang looked at Lu Xun, "At least, your body is better than mine." ”

Lu Xun looked at Zhuge Liang with a sick face, and arched his hand sincerely: "Prime Minister, I hope you can plan for the world, take care of yourself, and work hard to add food." ”

After speaking, Lu Xun got up, sighed, and walked away.

Zhuge Liang sat still, his face was gray, his eyes were weak, and in an instant, he seemed to have been drained of his spirit, and only a skin was left.

Jiang Wei and Yang Yi sat aside, equally depressed and speechless, preparing for nearly a year, the four-month battle of Luoyang, a vigorous start, but such a gloomy end, it was really not something they were willing to accept. However, they also knew that although Meng Da only had more than 20,000 people, he affected more than 20,000 people, and he even directly affected the trend of the entire war.

A war that had a chance to be won, because the struggle between Zhuge Liang and Li Yan ended without a problem. Everyone knows that if Li Yan hadn't been in the way, there would never have been such a result.

Of course, it was not only Li Yan who watched from the wall, but also Wei Ba, the general of Zhennan who was far away in Jiaozhou and was busy doing business. If it weren't for him selling fire bombs to the Wei army, Luoyang City might have been broken at this moment.

"Rebels and thieves, everyone can kill them." Jiang Wei clenched his fists and said word by word.

Zhuge Liang remained motionless, slowly pulled over the map, laid it on the case, and began to think about retreating.

"Boyo, I will stay in Xin'an, you lead the army into Shangdang, and after joining forces with Wei Yan, you will first take Huguan, and then collect the entire annexed state."

Jiang Wei didn't answer, Zhuge Liang raised his head and glanced at him, seeing that his face was hideous, he didn't know what he was thinking, he couldn't help frowning, and raised his voice: "Boyo? ”

"Prime Minister?" Jiang Wei was taken aback, then came back to his senses, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "What does the prime minister command?" ”

"I'll give you 30,000 troops, you go north to capture Shangtang, and after joining forces with Wei Yan, first take Huguan, and then take the entire annexed state."

"Whoa." Jiang Wei responded without thinking. After a while, he felt that something was wrong. When they came out, they had an army of 80,000, but after so many days of fighting, more than 18,000 people had been killed and wounded, and only a little over 60,000 were left in total. Spring ploughing is imminent, and the newly recruited soldiers need to go back to farming, and the only troops that can be used are those standing soldiers, including the county soldiers of Longyou counties.

"What about you, Prime Minister?"

"I'll take a break in Xin'an for a while." Zhuge Liang said slowly: "After you conquer Huguan, I will go back to Chang'an to recuperate." ”

Jiang Wei was stunned for a moment and did not say anything. He knew that Zhuge Liang had put the military power in his hands. If he can win the annexed state, this expedition will not be without gain, and he will be the biggest beneficiary. This is Zhuge Liang giving him a chance and paving the way for him. Zhuge Liang stopped in Xin'an to contain the main force of the Wei army for him and prevent them from quickly reinforcing and annexing the state.

"Prime Minister Xie."

Yang Yi was silent, her face was ugly. He also heard Zhuge Liang's intentions, but he was very aggrieved. Zhuge Liang spared no effort to cultivate Jiang Wei, why didn't he think about me? I'm the one who's been with you the longest and the most loyal to you. I've done so much for you, can't you leave me a place in your heart? Jiang Wei Jiang Wei, everything is Jiang Wei's, is he so good?

Yang Yi calmed down, found a reason, and said goodbye. Jiang Wei saw Yang Yi's resentment, both grateful and a little uneasy.

"Wei Gong is this kind of character, you don't have to take it to heart." Zhuge Liang's voice was hoarse, and he said lightly: "Go and prepare, this time, I won't follow you, you have to learn to take the proposition yourself." Take away those you think will work. ”

"Whoa." Jiang Wei wanted to speak and stopped, silently arched his hand and retreated.

Zhuge Liang sighed softly, raised his hand, pinched his sore eyebrows, and felt dizzy for a while. This time in vain, he has the greatest responsibility, how to deal with it after returning to Chang'an, whether to continue to stay in Chang'an, or return to Chengdu, he has no idea for a while. Continuing to stay in Chang'an, he didn't know if his body could support it until the next attack on Luoyang. In this case, returning to Chengdu is tantamount to giving up efforts and giving up power.

"Emperor Xian, I am ashamed of your trust." Zhuge Liang closed his eyes, two cloudy tears overflowed his eyes, and muttered to himself: "Exhausted, not an inch of achievement." The power falls into the hands of traitors, people's hearts are dissipated, is the fire of the Han really extinguished? ”

(To be continued......)