With the brave fighting of the soldiers at the head of the city, as well as the continuous reinforcements of the rear soldiers, the western part of the city wall of Yan Han was gradually captured. The defenders retreated one after another, and retreated into the city at the corner tower.

Despite their disadvantage, the defenders did not give up their resistance, because they were supported by the belief that reinforcements from the east of the city were about to enter the city, so they fought in the streets with the enemies who attacked the city under the organization of their respective commanders.

Li Tai also led the rear passers-by into the city, standing on the head of the city to take a look at the enemy situation in the streets and alleys, and saw that those people were still resisting bravely although they were at a disadvantage, and he couldn't help but feel that the resilience of these Eastern Wei soldiers was not bad, and then he dispatched soldiers into the city to support, and wanted to divide these defenders into different streets and alleys and annihilate them one by one.

However, the battle continued in the west and west of the city, and a large number of citizens suddenly poured into the east of the city.

Seeing this scene, Li Tai at the head of the city frowned suddenly, and thought that the enemy was going to make a dying counterattack, and was waiting for the horses to gather and suppress this counterattack, but soon noticed that these city citizens were all armed with armor and staff, and they were bare hands and noisy.

The defenders who were still struggling to resist in the streets and alleys were thrilled when they saw these fellow city citizens rushing over, and they couldn't help but shout: "Reinforcements have entered the city......

"The reinforcements, the reinforcements are all dead...... There are no more reinforcements! ”

Someone howled in panic, but did not pause at his feet, but instead of rushing up and fighting side by side, he threw himself and knelt in front of the enemy wielding swords and guns, and cried miserably: "Surrender, surrender...... Spare your life, spare your life! ”

With the news that the reinforcements had been killed, the last faith that supported the stubborn defenders had collapsed, and the soldiers who had been fighting bravely before dropped their weapons and fell to the ground as if they had been sucked away.

However, their resistance just now also brought a lot of casualties to the besieging troops, and many Western Wei soldiers were also killed, although these defenders had given up resistance, but they still refused to put away their butcher knives and went straight into the crowd to continue slashing.

In the face of the slaughter of the enemy, these guards no longer regained their previous bravery, but just looked numb and waited to die. The last bit of hope is destroyed in a desperate situation, and although they live but die.

In a brutal war, this is also just an ordinary scene. The joys and sorrows of the little people never have any impact on the course and outcome of the war.

In order to defend the city or organize an effective counterattack, Li Tai did not immediately order the soldiers to stop fighting, and waited until He Ruodun, who had invaded in the east of the city, sent a message that he had taken control of the city lord's mansion and a cadre of personnel, and then he ordered the soldiers everywhere to put away their swords and guns, and drove the prisoners to the open space in the city.

"Master Lang, the servants are fortunate not to be dishonored!"

With the end of the battle in the city, He Ruodun and others escorted a group of prisoners from the inner city to the outside, when he saw Li Tai, He Ruodun strode forward, half invited merit and half smug and said: "Before, there were thousands of thieves from the river valley to help, and the servants remembered the order of Lord Lang, and did not dare to retreat because of the strength of the enemy, and responded to the enemy with the armor knife given by Lord Lang......"

Because of the barrier of the city, Li Tai didn't know what happened to He Ruodun and his party, and he allocated thirty pairs of armor knives to be prepared, but he didn't expect them to really use them.

Hearing He Ruodun tell about their battle process in the east of the city, Li Tai suddenly became interested, as if a kryptonite elder was eager to know the performance and effect of the new equipment, and he felt that it was not enough to listen to the description, so he simply left Liang Shiyan and others to stay in the city to continue cleaning the battlefield, and he and He Ruodun and others went straight to the battlefield in the valley east of the city.

At this time, in the valley east of the city, there was no trace of the enemy cavalry, but there were also many traces of previous battles, especially the front line of the hoplites fighting with the enemy cavalry, and the stumps and broken arms were scattered on the river beach, and the bloody scene was really shocking.

Just by looking at the images, you can imagine the fierceness of the battle at that time, and the fierce slaughter of these enemy light cavalry by the heavy infantry.

"This heavy armor and this long knife are really sharp weapons to kill the enemy! But so that Fu Erlang had to have such a heavy weapon in the old defense, and no matter how many defeats and funerals could be avoided......"

Han Xiong had lined up with Zhu Chongjia in front of the city to prepare for the enemy army to go and return, and did not enter the city with He Ruodun, at this time, seeing that the overall situation of the war in the city had been decided, he disarmed and greeted him, holding the heavy armor with a cherished and emotional face.

After hearing this, Li Tai said with a smile: "Although the heavy armor sword is incomparably strong, it also needs to be used by a truly brave man to fight and kill the enemy, and the former army can be said to complement each other." ”

Although the defense of this heavy armor is amazing, but the corresponding weight is also considerable, a pair of heavy armor of dozens of pounds is draped on the body, and both hands also hold the same much heavier than the general weapon of the horse chopping knife for combat, the physical consumption of people is great.

After this set of equipment was made, Li Tai once tried it himself, but with his physical strength, he could only hold on for more than half a quarter of an hour before he was out of breath, and it was difficult to carry out effective combat again.

Even those elite soldiers who are known for their strength and endurance in the trilogy, after a long period of targeted training, although the persistence time is extended, it is also a great burden on physical strength.

At present, all the soldiers are already out of breath after disarming, and although Han Xiong, who has also been wearing armor for a long time, is also sweating profusely, his wheezing movements can still maintain normal, which shows that his physical strength is indeed majestic and amazing.

When Li Tai saw this scene, even if it wasn't because of the future famous general Han Baohu, he secretly had the idea of wooing this Han Xiong in his heart. If he can recruit him under his command and serve as the commander of the heavy armor units under his command to command the operation, coupled with his combat style of taking the lead and daring to set an example, he will certainly be able to raise the combat effectiveness of the relevant combat units to a higher level.

However, although Han Xiong's position is not as good as his own, he is also an important general in Heluo, western Henan, although he is nominally controlled by Li Yuan, but in fact he is a relatively independent general.

Li Tai's current idea of taking it under his command is also a bit arrogant. Now he is only passing through this realm as the vanguard of the overlord's army, unless he can obtain the authorization of the overlord to stay in Heluo and preside over the military and political affairs here for a long time, it is possible to bring Han Xiong under his command.

As the saying goes, a thousand armies are easy to get, and a general is hard to find, in order to enhance the relationship between each other, although he was a little reluctant in his heart, Li Tai still smiled at Han Xiong after thinking about it: "I am really grateful to have been appointed as the pioneer of the army this time, and I have General Lao Han to guide the army, and now I have the strength to conquer Yan Han City." When the line goes out of the Han Pass, the war is over, and the five pairs of armor and knives will be used to thank the general! ”

"This, this...... Really, Xihe Gongtai, Tai...... At the end of the general, thank you, thank you Xihe Gongkang for giving me a gift, and I must, I must redouble my efforts to lead the people and horses out of Hanguan! ”

When Han Xiong heard this, he was immediately a little overwhelmed with excitement, and even his answer became a little incoherent.

He has been crisscrossing Heluo for a long time, but it is not that he has not captured and accumulated heavy armor, but after really trying to put on it and go into battle to kill the enemy, he has more and more deeply felt that the performance of these armor knives under Li Tai is superior.

And this method of fighting with infantry cavalry made him even more amazed, especially the blow to the enemy's knight spirit caused by the visual effect of killing the enemy people and horses head-on, and the effect in the battle even exceeded the damage to the enemy's body.

At the same time, the applicability of the armor knife formation is very extensive, the heavy armor greatly enhances the protective force, and the long-bladed broadsword greatly strengthens the attack, which can be described as a good combat weapon with both offense and defense.

Especially in the battlefield environment of western Henan, where the mountains and fields are continuous, the rivers and valleys are vertical and horizontal, and suitable for small-scale offensive and defensive operations, this kind of armed collocation is a kind of royal road collocation that is full of practicality.

With a slight thought in his mind, Han Xiong had already imagined various combat scenarios, especially in some regrettable failures in the past years, if there was such an armed combat team, it would greatly increase the ability to make the impossible possible!

Although the number of five armor knives may not sound large, it can already form a basic combat squad. In the battle of the river bridge in the old years, the Mengjiang Yang Zhong had a mighty deeds with the five strong men who fought to defend the bridge and the thieves did not dare to enter.

Li Tai only has 200 pairs of armor knives now, and the initial 200 armor knives include research and development costs, which makes the cost extremely high, but when he thinks that the investment in Han Xiong is the return of the father and son for two generations, it is also worth the money.

After testing the results of the battle, Li Taicai returned to the city to sort out the overall battle harvest of this battle.

Yan Han City is one of the most important strongholds occupied by the Eastern Wei Dynasty on the Beikun Road, originally only a small fort belonging to the Western Wei side, with the overall contraction of the Western Wei forces after the Battle of Bishan and retreated and was captured by the Eastern Wei, and expanded into a considerable military city on the original basis.

This military city is more than five miles around, its scale and geographical location can be called a bridgehead for the Eastern Wei Dynasty to attack westward along the Beikun Road, before this the Eastern Wei Dynasty several times over the Kunshan Mountain to Hengnong and other places to attack, also sent troops.

This military city has a town and the city lord is in charge of military affairs, among which the town and city will be named Xu Wei, who has been killed in the previous battle, the city lord is named Bu Guiluo, and he was rushed into the city lord's mansion by He Ruodun and others and captured directly.

According to the explanation of the city lord, this city originally had more than 7,000 soldiers and civilians defending the city, and last year Hou Jing of Henan Daxingtai took away 1,000 soldiers to participate in the battle of Yubi, and then naturally there was no follow-up. In April and May, nearly 3,000 people were requisitioned and transferred by the Luozhou Prefecture and Heyang, plus the old and weak women and children retreated, so there were only less than 3,000 defenders in the city.

Therefore, Li Tai was able to quickly capture this city this time, and he also took advantage of the relatively empty defense force in a city, if the soldiers and civilians in the city still maintained their original scale, even if they could capture the city in the end, I am afraid it would be a protracted battle.

However, the strategic contraction of the Eastern Wei Dynasty itself naturally has nothing to do with Li Tai, and it will not let his military exploits be discounted, even if he does not consider the gains in other aspects, it is a great achievement to capture Yan Hancheng, the frontier military town of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, so that the advantages on the Beikun Road will return to the side of the Western Wei.

In addition to the success of the city, there are also a lot of gains in other aspects. Since the surrender of the city lord Buguiluo, more than 1,600 soldiers and civilians were captured in the city, and the casualties mainly occurred in the capture of the city wall and the subsequent short street battles.

Most of these captives were young and strong, most of them, including the city lord Bu Guiluo, were locals in western Henan, and some even knew Han Xiong, the head of the snake, and after seeing him, he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, it seems that he should have surrendered to the Eastern Wei Dynasty after the Battle of Bishan and was incorporated as a townsman.

"Xihe Gong, although these lands are ignorant of righteousness, they are mostly forced to do so, and they are not willing to be thieves, I hope that Xihe Gong can be ...... lightly"

Han Xiong saw many familiar faces, and his heart was also full of mixed feelings, and when he stayed in a secluded corner, he couldn't help but plead with Li Tai.

Li Tai knew that even if these villagers were at fault, it was only because they were unfortunate to be born between Heluo and were reluctant to leave their hometown, whether they took refuge in the Eastern Wei Dynasty or the Western Wei Dynasty, it didn't make much difference to them, all they wanted was to live.

But now that he is in Rongxing, everything still has to start from the needs of the war, and he is lucky to win a game at the moment, but it is difficult to rely on this to show mercy, and after a little muttering, he said: "Although it is not the desire of the masses to help the thief, it is an indisputable fact that he is committed to the thief after all."

Only those who save themselves will be really sorry, since General Han has an old acquaintance with the masses, I ask you to enter the camp to convey my orders, the road ahead is not a smooth road, there are still masses entrenched, if they are willing to join the army to chase thieves, they can not ask about the past, and they will be rewarded for their merits after the war. ”

This method of disposal is also appropriate, Han Xiong hurriedly nodded yes after hearing this, and then entered the camp to collect the prisoners.

Li Tai entered the city lord's mansion surrounded by his own soldiers, and at this time, Liang Shiyan had already made an inventory of the city's treasury and presented the book.

There are more than 8,000 stones of grain stored in the city, more than 3,000 pieces of cloth, more than 9,000 bows, knives and firearms, more than 200 collars of various armor tools, more than 100,000 arrows, tens of thousands of catties of copper, iron, bamboo and wood including coal and other miscellaneous materials, and even hundreds of thousands of dollars of old Yongan five-baht coins.

Compared to the scale of Yan Han City, these treasury materials are not particularly impressive, but you must know that this is the materials that are still left after the strategic contraction of the Heluo region after Hou Jing's rebellion, and the treasury of Yan Han City was transferred and requisitioned.

No wonder Li Tai talked to Han Xiong about the supply acquisition of the righteous army in western Henan, Han Xiong once said that obtaining from the enemy is one of the important ways, and even talked about the battle with the Eastern Wei Dynasty, his eyes were full of nostalgia.

The east-west roads here in Yan Hancheng are stable, and the advantages of the Eastern Wei Dynasty were too great before, and it was difficult to compete with them.

However, in Yiyang, an important town in Guannan, because the Western Wei Dynasty still maintained a series of defenses such as the same track defense in the upper reaches of Luoshui, it organized an offensive against Yiyang from time to time, especially when the Eastern Wei Dynasty sent grain and grass to Yiyang, this series of military operations were used by the Western Henan Righteous Army to solve the famine, if the Eastern Wei Dynasty sent grain and grass to Yiyang late, even the surrounding Western Henan Righteous Army would be hungry, and the two sides often broke out fierce battles.

The surplus inventory in Yan Han City alone is so abundant, almost completely destroying the Hengnong in the center of the Western Wei region, Li Tai can't help but feel that these righteous soldiers in western Henan are still persisting in fighting in such a harsh environment, and they are really regional armed forces with faith, or the political interests of the Eastern Wei Dynasty have long been carved up by the nobles of Jinyang and the Hebei clan, and it is difficult to distribute them to the powerful people in western Henan for united front work.

After Yan Hancheng was conquered, Li Tai sent his lieutenant Tian Hong to lead a light cavalry to continue to advance along the river valley, and went to the vicinity of Hanguan City to investigate the enemy's forces and movements.

After a short rest, early the next morning, Han Xiong came to report that he had recruited more than 500 defenders of Yan Hancheng who were willing to join his camp, and once again proposed an interspersed tactic, leading a group of men and horses to enter the Heluo area first through a detour of the mountain road, and then disguised as an Eastern Wei army to attack several enemy strongholds, so as to trap the defenders in the Han Pass City into a lone army, forcing them to abandon the city and flee.

In addition to the strategic depth and defensive arrangement between Heluo and Luoyang, the three cities of Heyang in the north of Luoyang are more like a sharp sword hanging over the head of the region, and the army may go south to fight at any time.

However, now that Hou Jing is in chaos in Henan, and the Eastern Wei people and horses between Heluo and Luo are mainly shrinking their defenses, their control over the region is bound to be greatly weakened, which is a good opportunity to blempty and regain control of the region.

Li Tai had limited knowledge of the geography and situation between Ha Luo, so he attached great importance to Han Xiong's proposal as a professional, and after analyzing it, the general agreed to this suggestion.

In order to ensure the mobility of the team, Han Xiong did not ask to bring heavy weapons on this trip, but only took some of the captured military supplies in the city, as well as some grain cakes, and then took his leave and set off.

In order to cooperate, Li Tai attracted the attention of the enemy troops in the direction of Hanguancheng to cover up the whereabouts of Han Xiong and his party, leaving some soldiers to defend Yanhancheng, while the other brigades marched towards Hanguancheng.

Hanguan City is located in Xin'an, located in the Gushui River Valley in the west of Luoyang, and is also the entrance and exit of the east end of the Cuihan Ancient Road. This Guancheng is located in a deep valley, across two mountains, the land is divided into three waters, not only the Guancheng is majestic and tall, but also the Great Wall stretches between the peaks and ridges on both sides of it to the left and right.

When Li Tai led his troops to the front of the Guancheng, Tian Hong, who arrived here first, had already inspected the situation near the left of the Guancheng, there were still many soldiers and civilians in the Guancheng, if they wanted to attack the Guancheng directly, they would inevitably need to invest more troops, and build more comprehensive siege equipment, with their forward troops to capture the city head-on is still very reluctant.

Therefore, Tian Hong's advice is to camp the main force under the river valley city first, and then make elite troops to the two wings, if the defenders can't help but go out of the city to attack, they can fight in the sandwich, if the thieves do not come out, they will find weak spots on both sides of the city and make a detour to break through into the Heluo area.

Han Xiong had a similar plan before, and now that Li Tai came to the city in person, he also saw that the gate was towering and difficult to attack, and he also agreed with Tian Hong's suggestion, and while ordering the formation of a strong village in the valley west of the city and building siege equipment day and night, he dispatched elites to explore left and right.

After several days of confrontation, at dawn one day, there was a sudden uproar in the city, and Li Tai and other soldiers in the camp outside the city were also awakened, and when several scouts were sent to the front of the city a few miles away to investigate and confirm that the defenders were not attacking this side, Li Tai was relieved, and ordered the drums and horns in the camp to sound in unison, making a posture of attacking the city.

Hearing this sound in the city, the commotion became more intense, at first only a part of the defenders took advantage of the dawn to open the door to leave the city, but soon the riot spread to the whole city, both soldiers and civilians rushed to the east gate, each of them rushed out, and fled in all directions in the open field of Luoxi.

By early morning, white flags had been hung at the city gate in the west of the city, and a group of Heluo people took advantage of the chaos to tie up several city governors who would go out of the city and come to the city gate, facing the men and horses of Li Tai's subordinates who were waiting for the battle.

"W-This is taken?"

Seeing the opening of the city gate in front of him, Li Taiwu couldn't believe that he had taken this Luoxi gateway and the grand gate without blood, but he still ordered Gao Le to lead five hundred armor soldiers to ride into the city, first control the city gate, and then ordered his troops to enter the city in batches, while he retreated to the camp outside the city to summon those people who asked to surrender to the city to ask what was going on.