Liu Cong's camp was set up outside Guangmo Gate in the north of the city.

40,000 cavalry, plus all kinds of miscellaneous cards that were recruited and rebelled along the way, the scale of the camp was very large.

The larger ones can garrison thousands or even 10,000 troops, while the smaller ones may only have a thousand men.

There is a gap between the camps, so that if one camp breaks up, it will affect the others, or if the fire spreads, all the camps will be burned.

Of course, the terrain of the Luoyang Basin is quite spacious, and there are such conditions for camping. If it's a place with complicated terrain, it's not easy to do, and more than 80 years ago, a person was burned by a fire.

The camp of tens of thousands of Han troops is lined up from the north of the city to the west of the city, and even part of the east of the city, winding for more than ten miles, layer upon layer, magnificent.

The standard siege of three ques and one tactic, leaving the south of the city alone has the side of Luoshui, and the sinister intentions can be seen.

But it's a little strange to think about it, there are nearly 60,000 foot cavalry inside and outside Luoyang City, which is comparable to Liu Cong's strength, and this kind of encirclement always makes people feel outrageous.

"Shao Xun in Yiyang? What about Yuanyan? Outside the camp in the north of the city, Liu Cong did not forget to care about the two "old friends" during the camp.

"It should also be in Yiyang." The general Hu Yanhao replied.

Liu Cong nodded and didn't say anything.

Long Xiang's general Liu Yao followed.

This person is Liu Yuan's nephew, but he lost his father at a young age and was raised by Liu Yuan, so he is half a son.

looks strong and mighty, half a head taller than Liu Cong. Able to write and martial arts, work in cursive, official calligraphy, have the name of good shooting, and can hold a strong bow that ordinary people can't open, and once pierced an iron plate with an arrow more than an inch thick.

He prefers to read, reads everything, covers a wide range of topics, and his favorite is military books.

When he was 20 years old, he traveled to Luoyang, fled after committing crimes, and then lived in seclusion in Bingzhou for many years.

After Liu Yuan's uprising, he joined in and made many military exploits, which would already be the king of Shi'an and the general of Long Xiang.

Hearing that Liu Cong was still thinking about Shao and Yuan, he couldn't help but advise: "Governor, the Son of Heaven only wants to take Luoyang." ”

Liu Cong was a little unhappy when he heard this, and was about to reprimand, when he suddenly remembered the reflection of a while ago, so he swallowed back the words that were about to blurt out, and said: "What Yongming said is very true, and he should not abolish his public because of his own selfishness. Do you have a strategy for attacking Luoyang? ”

Liu Yao glanced at him, not sure whether he should tell the truth or not.

"But it doesn't hurt to talk about it." Liu Cong looked like a valley with an open mind, as if I would listen to everything you say with an open mind.

Liu Yao pondered for a moment and said, "Actually, the current strategy of the Metropolitan Governor is not bad. Dividing the troops to plunder in order to meet the needs of the army, it can also disappoint the Jin State and deviate from Germany. Even if you can't get it this time, it will be much easier to come back next year. ”

The cavalry could not storm the city.

40,000 cavalry slaughtered under the city of Luoyang, and the Jin army made up its mind to retreat to defend, they had no place to play, but it was impossible to sit and eat without moving.

So, Liu Cong sent half of them out, two or three thousand cavalry, supplemented by the infantry of Zhao Gu and others, and plundered everywhere.

The dock fort barriers encountered along the way, if they can be beaten, they will be scareless, and if they can't be scared, they will not waste time, and go directly to the next one.

To say a thousand things and ten thousand, food is the biggest crux.

The Han is not rich, and he has been preparing for this expedition for a long time, but the food is still not enough, so what can he do?

It is unrealistic to expect the rear to transport grain and grass.

I got a lot of them in Hanoi, but I couldn't stop people from eating horses. After crossing the river to the south, they plundered another batch, and they were still tight—there were so many people and horses, and they piled up a mountain of grain and hay, and they were all eaten up for you in a few days.

Yesterday's military meeting, some people seriously put forward their opinions, thinking that in the absence of infantry, it is impossible to take Luoyang lightly, it is better to divide the troops and sweep around, Liu Cong adopted.

But at the same time, they also proposed that the defenders of Luoyang were huge, and even if all the Han infantry arrived, they might not be able to conquer the city, so it was better to withdraw after the capture was over, and Liu Cong did not adopt this point.

He knew very well that the people below were not very interested in whether they could take Luoyang or not.

Everyone knows that there are mountains of goods and beauties in Luoyang City, but there is no way to beat them. It's better to grab some money, grain, livestock and goods from the county town and Wubao, so that everyone can get some benefits, and then go home and forget it - this is the mentality of the people below.

But Liu Cong couldn't accept this kind of thing.

He valued honor, status, fame more than anything else—and perhaps beauty—but ordinary possessions really didn't interest him much.

He only wants Luoyang.

"When will the infantry army of the Great Sikong arrive?" Liu Cong stopped and asked softly.

Outside the camp gate came back thousands of paces to ride.

At the head were hundreds of cavalry, followed by carriages and ox carts that could not be seen at a glance, and then more than 2,000 horsemen behind.

The cart was loaded with grain, money, silverware, skins, and other goods, and even hundreds of women.

Obviously, this is a woman who has been taken captive.

The women wept in fright when they saw that they were getting closer and closer to the Hun camp.

When the Hun cavalry saw it, they laughed.

Liu Cong didn't see it.

The Son of Heaven often emphasizes being kind to the people, but he is really a little weak.

If the soldiers on the expedition want money, can they not give it?

If a man wants to snatch a woman back and enjoy it, can he not give it?

Raising his head and working hard, there are only two things he thinks about: money and women.

This is the eternal pursuit of the soldiers, if you are not satisfied with this, you will fight for nothing?

Even the Son of Heaven can't disobey these two articles, unless you give everyone money and food on weekdays, so that everyone has money and food to support their families and have money to marry a wife, otherwise don't talk nonsense!

"It's easy to get a bunch of women in the army, so let's transfer them back as soon as possible. Whoever grabbed it belonged to whom, and the bosses of each ministry should remember it and distribute it after transporting it back to Binh Duong. After the group of people walked by, Liu Cong commanded.

"The transshipment started yesterday." Liu Li, the king of Anyang, was responsible for this matter, and he immediately stepped forward to report: "Another batch was shipped away today." And when the grain had been unloaded, the goods and the women were carried away in a grain cart. ”

Liu Cong nodded, still with some lingering anxiety in his heart.

How can this battle be fought?

The soldiers are happy to rob it, but Luoyang City is not moving, what should I do?

"Wait until you go back to your camp." Liu Cong sighed and said, "If you try to attack Luoyang tomorrow, you will choose Ximingmen." If it doesn't work, transfer Wang Mi, his soldiers will always be stronger than Zhao Gu. ”

"Yes." The general of the conquest called Yan Hao to answer.

He was stationed outside the Ximing Gate. When the king of Chu said this, he obviously wanted him to lead his troops to attack.

It just so happened that he also wanted to try the Jin State's forbidden army.

******

On this side of the Luoshui River Valley, the boring mountain battles are no longer going on.

The 4,200 loyal troops have fought so far, and there are still 3,000 people left.

Wang Mi's side was not much better, and there were slightly more casualties. Especially after the Silver Spear Army suddenly entered the battle on the 25th, they directly lost nearly 1,000 men, abandoned two camps one after another, and retreated more than five miles to cut down wood and set up fences.

Shao Xun ordered Yunzhong and Danshan No. 2 Docks to transfer 500 Bao Ding each, and Kinmen Dock sent 1,000 people, totaling 2,000 Ding Zhuang, and handed them over to Zheng Long, the owner of Kinmen Dock, as the backup of the Zhongwu Army.

He then withdrew, marching eastward with nearly 10,000 men of the Silver Lance Army, the Xiao Cavalry Army and auxiliary soldiers, and arrived at Yiyang County two days later to join Li Chong.

As for the bird place of Huixiban, it will be handed over to the Zhuangding militia.

Chen Yi, Du Yin, and Yuan Xi joined forces, and Zheng Long followed, with a total of 5,000 foot soldiers, mainly guarding the palace, and it was meritorious to keep this way.

His current focus is mainly on the east.

"The day before yesterday and yesterday, there were Hun rangers who appeared, but they only walked around the valley and did not go deeper." At the head of Yiyang City, Li Chongyu reported: "Hundreds of horsemen approached Yiyang early this morning, and the last general led the Yamen army out of the city to line up, and the thieves retreated after watching for a while. ”

"What do you think the Huns are playing?" Shao Xun asked.

It's late October, and the Luoyang River Valley is full of yellow and malnourished weeds, gray and monotonous fields.

Houses, fort walls, woods, hills, and rivers dot the landscape, giving the land a little more life.

Happily, Zhuwubao has sown winter wheat extensively this year, and next year's grain will be considered to be in stock, if not eaten by locusts.

"Governor, the last general feels that he can't wait and see like this." Li Chong couldn't help but say.

"What do you think?" Shao Xun asked.

He knew that the current situation on the battlefield was rather difficult.

The reason for the boil is that the information is not transparent.

The overwhelming Hun cavalry greatly limited the range of activities of the Jin army scouts, and also made it very difficult for the messenger to transmit the news back and forth - if he was not careful, the news was not delivered, but it was intercepted by the enemy, but it revealed his own internal information.

Now Luoyang is a huge information black hole.

Since the arrival of the main force of the Xiongnu, Shao Xun has not been able to understand the specific situation in Luoyang.

It is true that the Huns did not garrison troops south of the city, but you must not think that messengers, scouts, and rangers could come and go freely from the south.

In fact, in the vast area from the south of Luoyang City to the three passes of Luonan, the activities of the Xiongnu rangers were very rampant, and the probability of scouts and messengers being captured and killed was extremely high.

Occasionally, the news was delivered, and it was also at night, and several groups of people were sent at the same time, and it was delivered at great risk, and there was no guarantee that all the messengers would return.

When one side has ten or even twenty times the number of cavalry on the other, the battlefield becomes one-way transparent.

Shao Xun sometimes even had to torture the prisoners to learn about Luoyang, which was not necessarily accurate.

At present, it can be determined that: 1. The main force of the Xiongnu encircled Sanque and one, but the number of infantry was small, and they could not fight, and they would not be able to take Luoyang for a while and a half; Second, they are short of food and grass, and they are dividing their troops to plunder, but they can only alleviate the dilemma of lack of food, and cannot fully meet military needs, after all, more cavalry also means great consumption; 3. They will launch a siege in the near future.

"The last general asked the governor to give an order, go out and set up camp to watch the thief's situation." Li Zhong pleaded.

Shao Xun thought silently.

There were so many Hun cavalry, even if they plundered everywhere, the consumption of grain and grass was still very large, and it was bound to be unable to last.

Perhaps, it won't be long before they, like Wang Mi back then, had no choice but to withdraw from the army.

Leaving Yiyang and going out close to Luoyang is really of little significance from a military perspective.

But from a political point of view, it makes a lot of sense.

Is it necessary to seize this political advantage?

Shao Xun thought for a long time, and just when Li Chong wanted to speak again, he stretched out his hand to stop.

"You stay, help me watch the point back to the Xiban, don't let people stab the back road." Shao Xun said: "I personally led the army forward. ”

"Where does the governor want to go?" Li Zhong asked subconsciously.

"Nine songs." Shao Xun said.

"Water Classic, Luoshui Note" cloud: "Luoshui East Path Nine Qu South, ten miles of its land, there are nine songs. ”

In the tenth year of Wei Datong (544), Hou Jing built Jiuqu City here.

It is roughly located in the northwest of Yiyang County, five miles, fifty miles away from Yiyang City of Wei and Jin Dynasty (Han Yiyang's former city).

The Sui Dynasty set up Shou'an County here, and the Tang Dynasty set up Changshui, Fuchang and Shou'an counties in the Luoshui River Valley, and the Wei and Jin dynasties did not have enough development, only Yiyang County.

"Let's go today, with January grain, grass, and equipment." After Shao Xun made a decision, he was much more relaxed, and said to Li Chong seriously: "The back road is entrusted to you." ”