The eastern capital of Luoyang, due to its convenient transportation, is the place with the most trade in the whole Dayong and even the whole Kyushu, and is more prosperous than Yonghua and Jiangling. And Luoyang is surrounded by four sanitations, eight passes, and rivers are surrounded by each other, and it is also the easiest city to defend and difficult to attack.

Back then, Qian, Yong, and Xia, before the Three Kingdoms were divided, and Luoyang existed as the capital of Kyushu at that time. Therefore, the symbolic meaning of the occupation of Luoyang is not inferior to the capture of Yonghua City. What's more, now that Dayong's last troops are concentrated here, as long as the city of Luoyang is broken, this protracted war will basically be settled.

Now, Zhao Hu is about to return to heaven without a skill. When he heard about Chen Yang and Yan Chong's offensive against Xiangling, he hesitated for a few days between retreating to Yonghua and the decisive battle of Luoyang, but in the end he gave up rescuing Yonghua and only sent 20,000 people to defend the front line of Hongnong to protect Dayang, Jiaocheng, Xin'an and other cities. The remaining 80,000 people in his hands were all on the front line of Luoyang, making a final effort.

200,000 against 80,000, and after losing Xie Weining's superb strategy, the situation of the Qianyong and Yong armies in Luoyang quickly became clear. Xiao Qingyun divided the army into three routes, one route led by him, detoured south, and attacked the most difficult southern line of Luoyang, focusing on Xuanyuan Pass, Dagu Pass and Yique Pass; One route is led by Lan Jing'an, attacking the tiger prison and the revolving gate at the east gate of Luoyang; The last route was led by Zheng Rong, and the main attack was on Mengjin Pass and Xiaopingjin near the river.

On 19 February, the revolving gate was closed, and the eastern front of Luoyang was the first to be broken through by the cadres and entered. On February 25, with the cooperation of Lan Jing'an all the way, Mengjin Pass and Xiaopingjin were taken by the cadre army. Since then, for Zhao Hu, the danger of the mountains and rivers in the north is not enough to refuse, and the northeast line of Luoyang has been completely locked.

Lan Jing'an transferred most of the troops on the two fronts in the northeast, and went south to join forces with Xiao Qingyun, and on the fourth day of the first month of March, the land that has always been fought for by soldiers, Dagu Pass and Yique Pass were both breached, and Dayong was captured by more than 10,000 people. Whether it is Longmen Mountain, Xiangshan or Songshan Mountain, nothing can stop the offensive footsteps of the cadre army.

On the seventh day of the first month of March, Zhao Hu led the remaining remnants of 50,000 people to retreat to the city of Luoyang, and the cadres besieged the city. Lan Jing'an personally came forward and spent three days persuading him to surrender, but to no avail. On March 11, Xiao Qingyun ordered a strong attack on Luoyang.

However, the city of Luoyang is thicker than the cities, and it is not easy to attack the city. Although the cadres were full of confidence, Lan Jing'an persuaded Xiao Qingyun to dig a ditch and build a fortress after three consecutive attacks, and changed the attack to a trap. The last defeat in Yulin gave Lan Jingan and the cadres great confidence. Although there are more than 50,000 households in Luoyang, the situation is similar, as long as Zhao Hu is held back for a month or two, the people in the city will either be captured, or come out to fight to the death.

Although the 200,000 troops ate and drank very heavily, fortunately, the division was prosperous, and the surrounding area was owned by the cadres, so there were no major problems in military supplies. However, for the besieged Luoyang City, the situation was much more difficult.

Luoyang is a big city, it is impossible to have sufficient reserves to supply the adult rations of the residents of the city, coupled with the war some time ago, many homeless people have taken refuge in Luoyang City, and there is even less food available in the city. At this time, the army of 50,000 entered the country, and the consumption of rations suddenly became extremely fast. The problem of food shortage in Luoyang City was completely exposed.

Later, this most difficult time in Luoyang was recorded in the history books, and there were only a hundred or so words that made me feel sad: Zhao's stubborn resistance, sticking to Luoyang, lack of food in the city, three liters of silk and one straight millet of silk, one liter of salt in ten horses of cloth, and the clothes are as precious as mustard. The people eat grass roots and leaves, and they take the floating mud and throw rice crumbs as cakes. However, there are more than 10,000 stoves buried outside the city, and the porridge is fragrant. The hungry in the city cried and begged, but the Zhao family couldn't, until the people were swollen and weak, and the dead leaned on the road.

Two months later, Nuoda Luoyang City finally couldn't hold on. Zhao Hu knew that if he didn't go out of the city to fight a bloody road, the hungry people who were still alive in the city would really change. On May 14, Zhao Hu opened the west gate of Luoyang, intending to flee westward, but was intercepted by Xiao Qingyun's army.

The Zhao clan was beheaded by more than 10,000 people, and the rest surrendered. And Zhao Hu himself was pursued to the bank of the Luoshui River, despairing and killing himself. Lan Jing'an sensed his intentions and quickly fired an arrow, destroying his right arm. Xiao Qingyun rode forward, without a word, the ring head knife swung down heavily, and personally killed Zhao Hu in front of the seat, and a generation of famous generals has since perished.

In the face of the frantic cheers of the cadres, Xiao Qingyun did not have a smile on his face, but had a trace of imperceptible confusion. He rolled over and dismounted, squinting his eyes at the corpse underground, and then at the blood still flowing from his knife. He had been looking forward to this moment for too long, but when this moment really came, it left him with more of an unreal feeling.

Lan Jing'an urged him to step forward, approached him, and only whispered three words: "It's over." Xiao Qingyun turned around and saw Lan Jing'an in the setting sun, facing the breeze, with a complicated look, and slowly nodded to him. Xiao Qingyun suddenly stretched out his long knife into the sky, roaring endlessly. Lan Jing quietly waited for him to calm down, but he didn't know that the corners of his eyes were moist.

Lan Jing'an bent down and stretched out his hand to Xiao Qingyun. She didn't say anything, just stubbornly reached out to him. Xiao Qingyun, who had stopped whistling, looked seriously at the woman who accompanied her on the battlefield, one of her hands was still holding the bow, but the other hand was given to herself. He didn't need to say a word, his mood, she understood; He also understands her feelings.

Xiao Qingyun's arm was still stained with blood spurting from Zhao Hu's neck, he held Lan Jing'an's hand tightly, turned over on the horse, sat on the horse's back, stretched his long arms, wrapped her around his chest, held the reins with her, and drove the horse to the shore of the water.

The remnant sun is like blood, and the afterglow falls on the vast water that flows endlessly, painting the last brilliance on this ordinary and special day. Following the light to the east, the heavy city of Luoyang is about to sink into the vast twilight, but tomorrow a new round of sunrise will also rise from there.

Even though he was separated by heavy iron armor, Lan Jing'an still felt that he was close to Brother Qingyun at this moment. The two of them stood for a while, and Xiao Qingyun whispered four words in Lan Jing'an's ear: "Fortunately, I have you." A warm current swept through Lan Jing's heart, and a silent smile seemed to be born on his face.

It wasn't until the war horse under Lan Jing'an's seat began to keep bowing his head and snorting, Xiao Qingyun whistled, called his war horse over, and returned to his horse, that the two of them gathered their mood and took the team back to Luoyang City.

Xiao Qingyun did not follow the usual rules and carried out the ceremony of entering the city during the day, but entered the city that night. The darkness in the sky is like a tide of ink, and it is terrifying. At this time, the twelve gates of Ruoyang were opened, and the torches were shining inside and outside the city, and a piece of fluorescence turned Luoyang City into a warm place.

Xiao Qingyun rode into the old capital of Kyushu without hurry amid the bowing of the city and the earth-shattering sound of congratulations. This time, he insisted that Lan Jing'an be on par with him. Lan Jing'an did not refuse in the end, and followed him by his side, accompanying him to witness this hard-won glory.