Luoyang City.

Feng Yun didn't say a word with a dark face, and the corners of his mouth twitched, obviously angry to the limit.

Just opposite Feng Yun, Zhu Hongzhao frowned and bowed his head silently, his mood was not much better, and he still held a piece of information sent back from the front line tightly in his hand.

After a long time, Feng Yun said coldly: "20,000 horses will be wiped out in less than half a day, what should I do!" ”

Zhu Hongzhao shook his head and said, "Li Congke, how dare he do this? ”

"Why wouldn't he dare!"

Feng Yun suddenly erupted and scolded loudly: "Li Congke is the King of Lu, he is the envoy of Fengxiang Town, and he has a heavy army!" You have repeatedly suppressed him and persecuted him, how could he not dare to raise troops! ”

Zhu Hongzhao sighed and said, "I lost the bet!" ”

"You lost the bet, but the bet is the lives of 20,000 soldiers, 20,000!"

Feng Yun wanted to cry and said without tears: "What now? Li Congke's army of 40,000 is coming, and it will be killed under Luoyang City in ten days at most, what should we do? ”

At this time, Liangchuan became the Shu Kingdom, the Tang Dynasty lost a large area of territory, and Li Congke raised troops again, leading tens of thousands of elite troops to Luoyang, such a situation for Zhu Hongzhao and Feng Yun has been beyond the scope of their ability, at this time the two have panicked, and they don't know how to deal with it for a while.

Zhu Hongzhao thought for a long time before he spoke: "Otherwise, let's go and meet the saint and let the saint immediately issue an edict and call on all regions to envoy to the king of Jingqin?" ”

Feng Yun stepped forward angrily and grabbed Zhu Hongzhao's collar, and said angrily: "Have you forgotten the lesson of Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing after the Later Han Dynasty?" A Li Congke is already so tricky, how many knots do you want to put into Beijing! ”

"What then?"

"I know what to do!"

Feng Yun and Zhu Hongzhao looked at each other and were speechless, and the two discussed for a long time, and it was not until late at night that the two finally came up with a countermeasure.

Early the next morning, Feng Yun and Zhu Hongzhao entered the palace early to face the saint, under the persecution of the two, the emperor Li Conghou ordered the envoys of various festivals to protect the imperial court, and asked Fengxiang Town's neighboring Changyi Jiedu envoys, Shunyi Jiedu envoys, Zhenguo Jiedu envoys and Xijing guards to send troops to attack Fengxiang Town. The rest of the localities were required to send money and grain to Luoyang to pay tribute to the imperial court.

This edict was sent out of Luoyang City on the same day and sent to various places.

After Feng Yun and Zhu Hongzhao came out of the palace, the two were still not at ease, so they gathered at Feng Yun's mansion again and continued to discuss countermeasures against Li Congke.

"Immediately order the Luoyang City garrison to immediately block all the city gates to prevent Li Congke's fine work from sneaking into the city."

In the mansion, Zhu Hongzhao said loudly, but Feng Yun had his own worries and said: "If the city is closed now, the people of Luoyang will inevitably be in turmoil." ”

"I can't care so much, let's hold Luoyang first and then talk about others!"

"Alas! That's all there is to it. ”

At the same time, Li Congke led an army of 40,000 troops all the way east, directly bypassing Jingzhaofu in Xijing, but when passing through the Baoyi Jiedu envoy's jurisdiction, he met his main force of 30,000 troops in Shaanzhou, and the two sides immediately put on a posture to prepare for a big battle.

This time, in order to preserve his strength, Li Congke did not go out of the camp to fight, but led the army to defend the camp, and 40,000 troops gathered in the camp, with 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers as the pioneer, relying on the camp to defend, and built a large number of arrow towers around the camp, and dug a trench around the camp.

The 25,000 elite infantry was deployed at the rear and on both flanks of the battalion, and the 5,000 elite iron cavalry was deployed in the center of the battalion as the decisive force for Li Congke's counterattack.

At the same time, all the strong bows and crossbows in the army were taken out, a large amount of equipment was given to the officers and men in the army, and even a dozen simple trebuchets were temporarily made, making full preparations for the camp.

The 30,000 troops led by Gu Yanming, the envoy of Baoyi Jiedu, lined up in the field, stopped three miles away from the camp in Fengxiang Town, and immediately prepared to attack.

This time, Gu Yan's department carried more than a dozen trebuchets, and there were many bows and crossbows in the army, which was also Gu Yan's confidence that he could capture the camp in Fengxiang Town.

Near noon, the Baoyi army was ready to attack, and the 30,000-strong army was concentrated on the east side of the Fengxiang army, ready to attack from this side. The soldiers carried hundreds of ladders and prepared a large number of sandbags to cross the trenches and attack the arrow towers.

At the same time, the Baoyi Army also brought out all the shields of the generals and made full preparations for protection.

Seeing that the army was fully prepared, Jie Du made Gu Yanming give an order, the war drums sounded, and the army formation of 30,000 Baoyi troops began to advance and approached the camp in Fengxiang Town step by step.

The two sides were a mile apart, and more than a dozen trebuchets in the rear of the Baoyi army began to wield their might, and wave after wave of stones smashed into the arrow towers around the camp in Fengxiang Town, but the hit rate was very low, and only two stones hit the arrow towers after a few rounds, crushing the two arrow towers on the left side of the camp.

At the same time, several trebuchets in the camp of Fengxiang Town also began to counterattack, but these trebuchets were improvised by the Fengxiang Army, not only with a short range and low power, but also with smaller stones, and the threat to the Baoyi Army's large array was almost negligible.

Seeing this, the Baoyi Army made Gu Yanming's face full of smiles, as long as he had enough patience, he used these dozen trebuchets to smash those arrow towers one by one, and then broke through the camp of Fengxiang Town, his own advantage in this battle became more and more obvious.

"Humph! If I can defeat Li Congke here, then my Baoyi Town will definitely be famous all over the world, and the saint and the court will also reward me Baoyi Town! ”

Gu Yanming thought secretly in his heart, and at the same time observed the situation on the battlefield, at this time, the army of Baoyi Town continued to advance, and had reached a distance of two hundred steps from the camp of Fengxiang Town.

"Stop!"

"Whoa!"

As the drums of war stopped and the sound of the golden gong came, the large formation of the Baoyi army slowly stopped and began to regroup, and the crossbowmen and archers were ready to fire a salvo.

Gu Yanming sneered and gave the order to fire a salvo, and at the same time ordered the shield bearer to protect the military formation.

"Put!"

"Put!"

The front-line generals of the Baoyi Army and the Fengxiang Army gave the order to fire a salvo almost at the same time, only to see a dark cloud rising from the Baoyi Army's array, and another dark cloud rising from the Fengxiang Town camp, the two dark clouds met in the air, a crackling sound exploded in the air, and countless arrows collided together and fell straight to the ground.

At the same time, more arrows staggered, and two dark clouds opened up in the air, one crashing into the military formation of the Baoyi army, and the other smashed into the camp of the Fengxiang army.

The 30,000 horses of the Baoyi Army are equipped with a large number of shields, but the armor of the soldiers in the army is not much, only about 30%, under the intensive rain of arrows, there are still many soldiers who are hit by arrows, after all, the shields cannot protect the army of 30,000 people.

Moreover, a lot of arrows were shot from the arrow towers around the Fengxiang army camp, which were condescending and unguardable, bringing a lot of casualties to the Baoyi army.

The situation of the Fengxiang Army is much better, the sergeants of the army can avoid the shooting of arrows to the greatest extent by virtue of the protection of the barracks, and the shields and armor of the Fengxiang Army are far more than those of the Baoyi Army, and the popularity rate of armor has reached sixty percent, providing good protection for the soldiers in the army.

"Put!"

The two sides fired a salvo at the same time again, and so on, the two sides fired four salves in a row, and gradually the Baoyi army began to be unable to support it, and even the trebuchets that had been projecting stopped firing.

The soldiers and civilians who operated the trebuchets became the focus of the Fengxiang Army's crossbowmen, and after a few volleys, they were all killed and wounded! After this round of fire, the casualties of the Baoyi army were at least 2,000 or more, the morale of the army plummeted, and what was more serious was that the army formation had begun to be unstable.

Gu Yanming's face was pale at this time, and the development of the battle situation was completely contrary to his own plan, so he had to order the army to retreat temporarily.

"Retreat! The whole army retreated! ”

Gu Yanming roared loudly: "Withdraw the range of the bow and crossbow and use the trebuchet to kill and wound the enemy!" ”

At this time, Gu Yanming regretted a little, he was too anxious, why didn't he use the trebuchet to shoot for a while, it was best to keep shooting all day, why did he rush to shoot with Feng Xiangjun with a bow and crossbow?

As Gu Yanming ordered the whole army to retreat, the Baoyi army's large array slowly retreated, but what Gu Yanming didn't expect was that at this time, the salvo of the Fengxiang army was still ongoing, and the dense arrow rain continued to fall, and the salvo of the Baoyi army had stopped, and it was in a situation of passive beating, and the orderly retreat of the army lost its rhythm after a few hits of the arrow rain, and became chaotic!

"Steady! After the shield man covers the crossbowman breaks, the crossbowman shoots a volley to counterattack! ”

Gu Yanming gave orders loudly, and the crossbowmen and shield bearers in the Baoyi Army launched a counterattack, but with little effect, the arrows shot were scattered, and they could not form firepower at all.

In the camp of the Fengxiang Army, Li Congke was already riding on his horse, looking at the chaotic battlefield in front of him, and listening to the messages from the soldiers on the watchtower.

"The Great Array of the Baoyi Army has collapsed......"

"The rear army of the Baoyi Army and the left and right flanks are already showing signs of defeat......

"The various divisions of the Baoyi Army are beginning to be disconnected!"

Hearing this, Li Congke laughed out loud and said loudly: "After two more rounds of salvos, the army will stop shooting. 10,000 soldiers and horses of the former army guarded the camp, and ordered the rear army and the 25,000 elites on the left and right flanks to drive out of the camp to launch a counterattack! ”

"Whoa!"

Then Li Congke raised his spear high and shouted: "Soldiers! Charge with me and kill the enemy for meritorious service! ”

"Huh!"

Five thousand elite iron horsemen roared in unison, followed by Li Congke to charge on horseback, the iron cavalry army rushed out from the Yuanmen, under the cover of the last rain of arrows, slammed into the Baoyi army array, and broke through the defense line composed of the shieldmen of the Baoyi army, and the shield bearers and crossbowmen of the thousands of Baoyi army lost their formation and were completely reduced to lambs to be slaughtered.

Li Congke led five thousand elite iron cavalry to kill in the crowd, blood was like a wave on the battlefield, the iron cavalry array was like a fierce beast, constantly biting the military formation of the Baoyi Army, completely defeating the last part of the formation of the Baoyi Army, so far the Baoyi Army completely collapsed!

"Kill! Assault of the whole army! ”

Li Congke roared excitedly, led the iron cavalry army to keep speeding up, and went straight to the handsome banner of the Jiedu envoy Gu Yanming.

At the same time, the 25,000 elite infantry of Fengxiang Town also rushed out, forming a huge army formation like an impregnable city wall, constantly crushing the bloody battlefield, killing all the stragglers of the Baoyi Army, leaving no room for survival!

"How so!"

Gu Yanming, the envoy of the Baoyi Army, looked at the battlefield with a pale face, looked at the Fengxiang Town military flag that was getting closer and closer, and kept talking to himself, ignoring the anxious inquiries and shouts of his subordinates around him, and did not react at all.

Soon, the iron cavalry army led by Li Congke arrived in an instant, and the cavalry array like a tide devoured Gu Yanming's Chinese army, Gu Yanming and the thousands of soldiers of the Chinese army had no power to resist at all, and all of them were killed by Li Congke's iron cavalry.

"Siege! Not a single one to stay! ”

Li Congke shot Gu Yanming with a bow and arrow, and then abandoned his gun and drew his sword, cutting down Gu Yanming's Daxu, there was no suspense in this battle, and the Baoyi army was defeated! Li Congyan immediately issued an order to kill them all, and he was in a hurry to kill Luoyang City, and he had no time to contain the prisoners.

At dusk, the battle ended.

The 30,000 troops of Baoyi Town, together with the Jiedu envoy Gu Yanming, were all killed, and the blood gathered into a river, dyeing the battlefield scarlet, which is said to have lasted for several months.

In this battle, Fengxiang Town lost more than 2,000 soldiers and horses, and Li Congke seized a large amount of money, grain, and baggage, and his reputation was shocked!