Chapter 33: The Fall of Luoyang (2)
As soon as the three rounds of arrows stopped, the soldiers of the Cao army looked out tentatively, but they saw the arrows speeding in the sky, and at this time, no one in Cao Jun dared to probe.
Those who are afraid of death are cowering in the corner, even those who are not afraid of death are trying their best to avoid this sharp weapon that they have never seen, and before they see Jiangdong Jun attacking the city, Cao's soldiers and horses are greatly weakened.
At this time, the Jiangdong army outside Luoyang City had begun to change, and after Lu Xun and Ling Tong waved the bloody red order flag in their hands a few times, the soldiers who were using the crossbow cart adjusted the target position of the crossbow slightly.
After the handover with Ling Tong, Lu Xun led the Jiangdong army to prepare to attack the city, and although the Cao army at this time felt that the Jiangdong army seemed to have stopped attacking, it still did not dare to look up.
Under Xiahou Chun's order, only one soldier looked up, only to see that the Jiangdong army had indeed stopped attacking, and it could be clearly seen that Jiangdong's large army was adjusting. Although he didn't know the purpose, such a big move, that Cao Jun still saw it clearly.
When he turned back to report to Xiahou Chun, he only heard the sound of the Jiangdong army shouting and killing again, and the Cao army, which had been attacked by two waves, naturally knew what this meant, and when the arrows of the Jiangdong army were issued, they would shout before the arrows were fired. And the shouting at this time, Cao Jun listened to it even more heartily. The cries of the deadly arrows before they arrived, they couldn't have been clearer at this time. When dodging in the positive direction, the arrows of the Jiangdong Army had already shot through its entire body, interspersed with the walls of the city tower, which was different from the previous time. This time more arrows were fired than in the previous rounds, and to be precise, more flew to the castle tower or in the castle tower.
Lu Xun had led the troops to attack the city at this time, with the help of the suppression of the crossbow, the Cao army did not dare to appear, Lu Xun soon led the troops to attack the city, and the arrows could only be suppressed for a period of time, so this batch of troops were all lightly armed, and they did not even bring siege vehicles.
Seeing that Lu Xun had already attacked the city, in order to avoid accidental injury, Ling Tong commanded the strong crossbow cart to stop the arrow suppression, and he also led 10,000 horses or rapid reinforcements to participate in the siege battle.
The crossbow attack stopped again, and Xiahou Chunzheng was puzzled, and a soldier beside him suddenly said: "General, listen, there seems to be some sound." ”
Xiahou Chun ordered the whole army not to make any sound, and when Cao Jun calmed down, he only heard a strange sound sounding and glanced at the soldiers beside him.
The soldier immediately looked flustered, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and took a few deep breaths before he gained the courage to look out, but it was too late. When the soldier looked around, the Jiangdong army led by Lu Xun had already attacked the city tower, and was killed by Lu Xun with a sword before he could shout.
When Xiahou Chunzheng felt strange, he saw that the Jiangdong army was already full of around, so he knew that he had been fooled, and he was busy organizing troops to prepare for battle, but most of the remaining troops of Cao's army were archers, and when they encountered infantry, they only had to eat turtles. The even more stupid Cao Jun was killed by some of the Jiangdong troops who rushed to the city tower before he could draw his bow.
The number is not large, but fortunately it is united enough, under the organization of Xiahou Chun, the Cao army rose up to resist, and Xiahou Chun's personal guards surrounded him, and he broke through the Jiangdong army and fled to the city.
In the face of the die-hard Cao army soldiers, who died one by one at the hands of the Jiangdong Army, Xiahou Chun was distressed, and in this case, Lu Xun was never soft, and those who resisted were killed!
Cao's desperate resistance successfully allowed Xiahou Chun to escape Lu Xun's pursuit, and when Lu Xun fought hard to reach the city, Cao's army had less than 2,000 men left. At this time, Xiahou Chun disappeared.
After opening the city gate and welcoming Zhou Yu and others into the city, Lu Xun pleaded guiltily and said: "Dudu, the last general is incompetent, so the person who organized the Cao army to resist escaped. ”
"Who is that man? Have you made inquiries clearly? Zhou Yu said in his heart that his guess was indeed true, there were really people behind this group of Cao Jun, otherwise they would not be able to organize such an effective counterattack.
"I caught a Cao army soldier just now, and according to his confession, the person who escaped was Xiahou Chun, the brother of Xiahou Yuan, one of the generals of Cao Ying." Lu Xun missed several battles in a row, and the guilt in his heart was indescribable.
"Xiahou Chun!?" Zhou Yu thought for a moment and said to himself. But he forgot Lu Xun in front of him, who was full of shame to report the results of the battle.
Who is Pang Tong? It's just that Lu Xun can know what he is thinking with one look, and now, it is inevitable that he will feel guilty after several consecutive misses. It is undeniable that this person is indeed a manufacturable material, and this miss is not his fault, but he is too competitive, after all, he is still young.
After Zhou Yu entered the Luoyang Palace, he ordered someone to bring out Xiahou Yuan, who was still in pain.
"General, the one who knows affairs is Junjie. Why don't you abandon the darkness and turn to the light and submit to my Jiangdong? The tone was cold and slightly murderous.
Xiahou Yuan did not obey, not to mention his close relationship with the Cao family, even if he followed Cao Ying to fight for many years, he would not surrender Jiangdong. In fact, Zhou Yu didn't really plan to take it under his account, but it was a pity that this general was a pity.
"Pull it out, cut it. Good life burial! Zhou Yu's eyes were slightly closed, and his tone was calm. There is no longer pity for what was foreseen. I just admire the man in front of me.
After the army entered Luoyang, the conscripts were left to garrison the city, and the regular army of 50,000 troops continued to advance westward non-stop, Luoyang fell, and Xiahou Chun fled, which means that Cao Ying must have gotten the news. And the purpose of this march is very simple, and a discerning person can know it at a glance, let alone Cao Ying? The Jiangdong Army must have come to attack Guanzhong this time, so Zhou Yu had to reach Chang'an before Cao Ying.
This idea is right, but it is obviously impossible to complete, even if Cao Ying knew the news of the fall of Luoyang after ten days, it would not be possible to arrive in Chang'an later than Zhou Yu's army, after all, Cao Ying marched from Hebei and passed all the way unimpeded, and Zhou Yu's troops just thought, although Cao Ying's troops withdrew from Guanzhong, but there were at least half of the troops left in Guanzhong, and Zhou Yu marched westward in Guanzhong. Difficult!
Not to mention that Cao Jun occupies such a natural danger as Hangu Pass, it is also difficult for the pass to pass smoothly through the rope pond and Hongnong. What's more, he still wants to reach Chang'an before Cao Jun.
In Jiguan, Cao Ying was distressed after getting the news of the fall of Luoyang, and what made him even more troublesome was that even his tiger general Xiahou Yuan was besieged by the Jiangdong Army, and his life and death are still uncertain.
Xiahou Yuan's brother, Xiahou Chun almost fainted after thinking about Cao Ying's report. One is troubled by the fall of Luoyang, and the other is distressed by the loss of a tiger general.
Cao Ying ordered, and the army listened to the three soldiers to mourn Xiahou Yuan!
At this time, Sima Yi's army also reached the round of Jiguan and Cao Ying, which coincided with Cao Ying's condolences to Xiahou Yuan, only to see the lanterns and white cloth hanging high in the court, and the banner of laying the word fluttering in the wind.