Sima Yi broke Jiang Wei's 30,000 people, and the news of capturing Jiang Wei was sent to Luoyang, but Luoyang's reaction made people feel very bleak.

Luoyang has been surrounded by Wei Ba and Lu Xun on all sides, and the eight passes have been lost, but the only two remaining armies of Wei have no intention of rescuing Luoyang. Xiahou Ba stayed in Xingyang, confronted Xiahou Xuan, and only sent Xiahou Wei back to Luoyang with a thousand guards. And Sima Yi is better, sitting on a large army of tens of thousands, he captured Jiang Wei alive as soon as he made a move, and then returned to Jinyang instead of taking advantage of the victory to return to Luoyang.

They all seem to have forgotten that Luoyang has not yet fallen, and the Son of Heaven is still in Luoyang.

Only Wang Ling led more than 10,000 people to support Luoyang quickly. However, he was unable to get close to Luoyang and was stopped by Meng Da in Gucheng. In the face of the 20,000 cavalry led by Meng Da, although Wang Ling tried his best, he still failed to break through Meng Da's position, and had to retreat to Xin'an.

Hearing the news of Wang Ling's retreat, Luoyang was completely desperate, and no one expected to hold Luoyang anymore. Obviously, Sima Yi and Xiahou Ba had no intention of rescuing, while Wang Ling was powerless, and Cao Shuang and the more than 20,000 people under his command could not defend Luoyang City at all. Cao Shuang has no combat experience, but he is facing two famous generals, Wei Ba and Lu Xun, and he is not an opponent if he thinks about it.

Lu Xun carefully planned and carried out a textbook pre-war deployment. After he sent the battle plan to Wei Ba's camp, Wei Ba was amazed and implemented it without changing a word.

In mid-August, the autumn harvest was completed, and Lu Xun completed all the deployments and prepared to launch an attack on Luoyang City. His chosen point of attack was Simon. The south gate of Luoyang is Luoshui, and the sailors can enter, but they cannot directly attack the city wall, and if they are arrayed in front of the city, the space is insufficient to form the effect of concentrated attack. So he set his main position at the west gate. Although there is also a river outside the west gate, the space is enough to set up a formation, and in terms of the layout of Luoyang City, the west is a market and a garden. Once an attack is launched, the losses will be smaller. The other three directions are either houses or palaces, and if they are affected by the war, they may cause unimaginable consequences.

In the early morning of the 21st, Lu Xun ordered the attack to begin.

Order. The drums of war are ringing in unison. Breaking the tranquility of the early morning. Three thousand thunderbolts roared in unison, throwing fireballs as dense as flying locusts into the sky, whining and whistling. Fly over the tall city walls and into Luoyang City.

"Papapa", a series of sounds sounded like fried beans. The fire bombs exploded on the walls, roofs, and streets, and then white smoke rose and ignited a nearby combustible.

The gold market in the west of Luoyang City suddenly had thick smoke billowing out, and red flames soared into the sky.

Mixed with the fire bullets was also a large number of stone bullets. Lu Xun once attacked Luoyang City with Zhuge Liang. That time, because of the lack of fire bullets and the limited number of thunderbolts, he couldn't use them to his heart's content. This time. Wei Ba gave him ample supplies and plenty of time to prepare, so he could prepare in an orderly manner, and while attacking with fire bombs, stone bullets also flew into Luoyang City.

The size and weight of these stone projectiles have been carefully estimated by the craftsmen of the baggage camp, aiming at the characteristics of the buildings in Luoyang City that are stronger and heavier. They used larger stone projectiles, and the striking power was even more impressive.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The continuous roar shook the entire Luoyang City, and even in the palace far away from the battlefield, the shock caused by the stone bomb landing could be clearly felt, and Cao Shuang, who was at the forefront, was even more pale.

He was on the west of the North Palace. There were still more than two hundred steps from the battlefield, and neither fire bullets nor stone bullets could threaten his safety. However, standing tall and seeing far away, the battlefield in front of him made him even more frightened.

Houses were scattered by stone bullets, and the thatch on the canopy roof was ignited by the fire bombs, and the soldiers who were hiding between the houses, holding shields and water spoons, ready to extinguish the fire bullets, were either killed by stone bullets or crushed by the collapsed houses, even with huge shields in their hands. Heavy stone projectiles flew, and even a wall was blown down, and the shield was as useless as a piece of paper.

The Wei soldiers may have had courage, but their courage could not offset the disparity in armament. Lu Xun outside the city seemed to have figured out Cao Shuang's deployment a long time ago, and several thunderbolt positions were hit hard at the first time, and before a few stone bullets were issued, countless stone bullets flew in, smashing the Wei army's thunderbolt carts to the ground.

The attack lasted only one meal, and the West City was in ruins. As far as the eye can see, there is hardly a complete house to be seen, and there is not a single intact battle flag. The originally shiny battle flag has either been burned or is about to be burned.

Not a single soldier standing could be seen. They were either buried in the rubble or stoned to death, and the rest of the people fled to safety, and no one dared to stand within the range of the Jin army.

There was a dead silence, save for the sound of houses burning and collapsing.

Cao Shuang was dumbfounded.

"Knock knock! Knock knock! The fierce war drums rose again, and there were overwhelming shouts of killing outside the city, and then countless Jin soldiers appeared on the west city wall, they ran along the city wall, shook the battle flag in their hands, and opened the city gate.

More Jin soldiers rushed into Luoyang City.

Cao Shuang gave an order hoarsely, ordering the soldiers to step forward to block the attack. However, there was a dead silence that answered him.

Just when Cao Shuang was in a hurry, Xiahou Wei walked up with a few personal guards. He put his hands behind his back and glanced at the city: "The city is broken?" ”

"The city is broken, and my uncle is very happy?" Cao Shuang said angrily: "The hussar general with a large army refused to return to Xingyang to help, just waiting for this day, right?" ”

Xiahou Wei glanced at him, turned around and walked towards the city tower. He beckoned to Cao Shuang: "Uncle Zhao, come on, I have a few words to ask you." ”

Although Cao Shuang was depressed, he couldn't do anything about Xiahouwei. First, Xiahou Wei's seniority is higher than him, and secondly, Luoyang City is in danger, and surrender is estimated to be an inevitable result, and he has no connection with Wei Ba at all, so it is inevitable that Xiahou Wei will be involved in it. Offending Xiahouwei at this time is naturally not a good choice.

He followed.

The two guards brought by Xiahou Wei immediately closed the door and blocked the door.

Cao Shuang was shocked: "Uncle Ji Quan, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Who the hell is that kid in the palace?" Xiahou Wei ignored him, his face turned cold, he pulled out the long sword from his waist, held it in front of his eyes, and gently rubbed the blade of the sword with his fingers. "I'll only ask once, and if it weren't for the initial care, I wouldn't even bother to ask this time."

Cao Shuang's face suddenly turned pale. Xiahou Wei mentioned Xiahou Xuan, so naturally they had a long connection. And Xiahou Wei immediately asked about the origin of the Son of Heaven, and of course he also had a result on the origin of the Son of Heaven.

"I ...... I really don't know. Cao Shuang stammered and said: "When the first emperor was here, the Son of Heaven entered the palace and said that he was the son of Cao Kai, the king of Rencheng. I asked Cao Kai later, and Cao Kai also recognized. But ......"

"But...... What the? ”

However, I think Cao Kai seems to have something unspeakable, and he can't help it. It's just that the first emperor decided at that time, so I didn't think much about it. Afterward...... Later, Empress Dowager Guo behaved strangely and was eager to negotiate with Wei Ba, so I felt that there might be something else hidden. ”

"So, you really don't know?"

"I really don't know."

"Idiot!" Xiahou scolded angrily: "I'll tell you who he is." He walked up to Cao Shuang and glared at Cao Shuang's eyes: "His surname is Yuan, and he is Yuan Shang's grandson." Emperor Wu conquered Liucheng, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang brothers were beheaded by Gongsun Kang, and Yuan Shang had a concubine who was admitted to the palace by Gongsun Kang. Ten months later, this concubine gave birth to a son, Gongsun Kang always thought it was his son, but in fact he was Yuan Shang's widow. The posthumous son grew up and gave birth to two children. Cao Fang, actually Yuan Fang, is the eldest of these two children. ”

Cao Shuang was dumbfounded.

"Now you know why Cao Rui named Gongsun Yuan as the King of Yan, right?" Xiahou Wei sneered: "It's very simple, Cao Rui is actually the son of Yuan Xi, he should be called Yuan Rui." ”

Cao Shuang was taken aback: "How is it possible?" ”

"This is what Taichu said to my brother personally, Wei Ba sent people to search in Liaodong, found human and material evidence, and also found another child. He had long known that this kid in Luoyang City was not the Cao family's species. Xiahou Wei sighed: "It's a pity, that stupid woman still thinks she is smart and wants to do Jing Ke's plan, but Wei Ba was prepared, but instead used their speculative psychology to take Qingxu lightly, and took Yanzhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou one after another. Until now, we just want to support the Cao family, and we don't have the strength to fight against him, so we can only be slaughtered by others. ”

Cao Shuang sweated like rain. He now knows why he was able to become an auxiliary minister, and why Cao Yu was squeezed out at the last minute.

It turned out that the first emperor didn't dare to let Cao Yu take charge of the army at all, and he, naturally, was because he was stupid.

"Now...... What to do? ”

"You have been deceived by that stupid woman, and you have no choice but to use this stupid woman's head to save your life." Xiahou Wei put away his long sword: "Let's go." ”

Cao Shuang trembled and followed.

……

Empress Dowager Guo hugged Cao Fang-Yuan Fang, looking at Xiahou Wei and Cao Shuang who walked in side by side, there was no trace of blood on her face.

Since Guo Xiu went to see Wei Ba, there was no news for a long time, and she was a little uneasy. Lu Xun attacked the city, the negotiations were inconclusive, and Guo Xiu never showed up, so she estimated that the situation was out of control. Guo Xiu Shiyou** failed to assassinate, and now even if he wants to surrender, he can't get it.

Today's scene has been rehearsed many times in her mind.

"Take out the evidence of your connection with Jiang Wei and reward you with a whole corpse." Xiahou Wei gritted his teeth and said: "Otherwise, the three clans of Xiping Guo Jiayi will not be left behind." ”

Empress Dowager Guo breathed a sigh of relief: "Please wait." She turned around and entered, and after a while, she took out a brocade box and respectfully sent it to Xiahou Wei: "From the beginning, I knew that there would be this day. There is a handwritten letter from Jiang Wei, a lot. ”