Since Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu established the capital in Luoyang, Luoyang has been the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, and has also become the capital of countless dynasties.

Although Luoyang has now decayed into a third-tier city, his status in history is undoubted; The so-called western capital of Chang'an and eastern capital Luoyang are enough to prove the city's position in history.

It's just that Luoyang City has always existed as the imperial capital, and the city defense is not strong...... The Eastern Han Dynasty was different from the Western Han Dynasty at the beginning, the empire was extremely strong, and most of the surrounding foreign races had surrendered, even if they dared to provoke the Celestial Empire, they were intercepted in the border areas and never penetrated into the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Therefore, Luoyang City has not been in war for hundreds of years, and the city's defense is extremely lax.

At least compared to the Tiger Prison Pass, which relies on poor mountains and mountains, Luoyang is much easier to gnaw; What's more, now that the elite Xiliang Army is almost completely wiped out, those Luoyang soldiers and horses who have deviated from Dong Zhuo can burst out with strong combat effectiveness, which is very suspicious.

Because Xiao Qiuyu and Cao ((Cao cāo)cāo) broke through the Tiger Prison Pass in time, Dong Zhuo's plan to move the capital had just been decided, and before it could be carried out, the combined army was killed under the city of Luoyang.

In the face of such a fortified city, Yuan Shao immediately sent troops to attack, and cloud ladders, siege platforms, catapults, and all kinds of siege equipment were continuously pushed to Luoyang City...... This century-old imperial capital has finally suffered the ravages of war.

Xiao Qiuyu commanded the thousands of cavalry under Yuan Shao's command, of course, the cavalry could not be used for siege warfare, and Yuan Shao was reluctant to let the elite cavalry dismount and fight on foot...... It costs more resources to train one skilled cavalryman than ten infantrymen.

As a result, Xiao Qiuyu had nothing to do for a while, so he had to watch the infantry attack the city with the more than 10,000 war cavalry under his command.

But this does not mean that this Xiao Qiuyu will have nothing to do...... Everyone knows very well that Dong Zhuo will never be loyal enough to live and die with Luoyang, once Luoyang is breached, he will definitely abandon the city and flee, just like when he was in the Tiger Prison Pass before.

Once Dong Zhuo escapes, then Xiao Qiuyu's war cavalry will have to bear the heavy responsibility of pursuit, kill Dong Zhuo, and rescue the Son of Heaven...... The reason why Yuan Shao ordered Xiao Qiuyu to command the cavalry was that he took a fancy to the strength of the three armies, and handed over the important task of commanding the cavalry to chase and kill Yuan Shao.

Under the command of Yuan Shao, the army poured into Luoyang City like a tide, and the soldiers rushed to the city tower with a ladder dozens of meters long.

On top of the city walls, archers poured arrows down on the ground, causing staggering casualties.

Because of the large number of the Combine Army, there is a sea of people on the ground, and as long as you shoot arrows, you don't have to worry about hitting the target.

One by one, the ladders were erected on the tower, and immediately countless soldiers climbed up the ladders.

However, most of these soldiers were unable to climb the tower alive, and once the ladder was pushed away, the soldiers who climbed on it would fall to their deaths, and once the flame was lit, a sea of fire would immediately ignite all over the ladder.

Most of the ladders pushed will break, and the burned ladders can no longer be used, but fortunately, new ladders are constantly brought in behind the team, and one after another the ladders are repeatedly erected on the city wall.

Gradually, some of the soldiers climbed up to the tower, but the defenders, who were dozens of times larger, immediately stabbed countless spears, crucified them to death, and threw them off the walls.

After the battle lasted for half an hour, the attackers suffered heavy losses, but Yuan Shao did not care at all and continued to order his men to attack. After a few hours of fierce fighting, the arrows of the defenders were very thin, and they stopped throwing the rolling wood, and the oil was no longer poured.

It can be seen that these supplies are running out.

Yuan Shao's plan was nothing more than a war of attrition, with a steady stream of soldiers launching suicidal attacks, constantly depleting the defenders' forces and city defense equipment, in order to gradually weaken the opponent's resistance.

In terms of troops, the United Army and Dong Zhuo's army are evenly matched, but the vast majority of Dong Zhuo's army is Luoyang surrendered troops, and they are detached from Dong Zhuo, once the defeat is highlighted, they may rebel at any time.

In fact, at the beginning of this battle, Yuan Shao ordered people to constantly shout at the soldiers defending the city to persuade them to surrender, stating Dong Zhuo's many crimes of rebellion, hoping that the soldiers defending the city could raise their banners against Dong Zhuo.

At present, shouting has no effect, before the city is broken, Dong Zhuo still has the right to dominate the entire Luoyang, and no one dares to make a ...... But once the coalition forces break through the Luoyang city wall, I am afraid that no one can say what the situation will become.

……

Ten huge siege platforms were pushed in front of Luoyang City little by little, and Xiao Qiuyu knew that Yuan Shao's lore had arrived.

When the siege platform was in place, Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Le Jin, Li Dian, Yu (forbidden jìn), Xu Huang and other unparalleled generals under the command of Cao ((Cao cāo)cāo) led the elite soldiers to pour into the city wall like a tide, and immediately fought fiercely with the enemy troops guarding the city wall.

Lü Bu's (身shēn) shadow never appeared on the castle tower...... However, although Lu Bu did not come, generals like Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, and Li Su were still on the city tower, desperately resisting the attack of the combined army.

In the case that Lu Bu did not enter the battlefield (情qíng), the combined army had the upper hand over the generals...... The narrow terrain of the castle towers does not have many people standing side by side, so that neither the attacking side nor the defender can put a huge number of troops on the battlefield...... At this time, the general's efficiency of killing people like mowing grass was fully exerted, because Dong Zhuojun did not have enough generals to drag them down, so the generals of the combined army charged and galloped, slaughtering Dong Zhuojun's soldiers like wheat, and led our soldiers to easily capture the city tower.

After the fall of the city tower, Sun Jian's general Han Dang led people to open the gate of Luoyang, and suddenly the combined army outside the city entered the city like a tide.

Xu Huang slashed Fan Chou to death with a knife, and then shouted: "Your commander has been killed by me, lay down your weapons and flee from here, it is pointless to continue to resist stubbornly, you will only lose your life in vain!"

"Dong Zhuo's name is Han Xiang, but he is actually a thief; This man has deceived the king and brought disaster to the country and the people, why do you have to work hard to defend that rebellious minister and thief?"

"As long as you throw down your weapons and flee the battlefield, we will never harm your life."

Encouraged by the shouts of many generals, a large number of soldiers defending the city abandoned their armor and fled the battlefield.

The power of example is endless, and as soon as someone flees at the sight of someone fleeing, more and more soldiers follow suit. In the beginning, many officers shouted at the soldiers to flee, and even drew their swords to slash and kill the fleeing soldiers...... But seeing the widespread rout, they also believed that the situation was irreversible, and Suo (sex xìng) fled.

..