Chapter 46: The Siege of Luoyang
"But that's it!" Beigong Chun took his Xiliang cavalry and rampaged in the right camp of the Xiongnu Han Kingdom.
Before fighting with the Huns, Liu Cong led the Huns to resist Liu Kun in the north, surrendered to Wang Kuang in the south, and attacked all the way to Luoyang.
Beigong Chun really thought that the Huns were very powerful, but this time Beigong Chun personally took his Xiliang Iron Horse to test the level of the Huns, but Beigong Chun was a little stunned, that's it? That's it!
"Uncle!" Hu Yanhao watched Hu Yanyi being killed by Beigong Chun, and endless anger couldn't help but rise in his heart.
With fire in his heart, not only did he not fear, but he did not hesitate to kill his own guards!
Beigong Chun saw Hu Yanhao coming, and could see that this was a general with personal guards, but he didn't hesitate at all, and with a wave of the spear in his hand, the whole army took the initiative to meet Hu Yanhao directly.
I have to say that Hu Yanhao himself still has some ability, and he walked a few rounds in Beigong Chun's hands, but the guards around him were cut to pieces in the face of the machete in the Xiliang Iron Rider.
These Hun guards couldn't resist the orderly and fierce slaughter of the Xiliang cavalry, and when Hu Yanhao came back to his senses, he saw that the guards around him had been killed and wounded.
And just when Hu Yanhao was distracted, the spear in Beigong Chun's hand had stabbed him in the chest with the help of horsepower.
Hu Yanhao looked at the sky with a bit of despair, as well as Beigong Chun's fierce face!
Just when Beigong Chun first killed Hu Yanyi, and then killed Hu Yanhao, the right camp was in a mess, and the soldiers inside did not know the soldiers, and the soldiers did not know the generals, and almost the entire camp of the Hun army was almost completely paralyzed.
And Liu Cong's army finally lined up the military array to complete the integration and came to this side to support.
"General, the puppet Han has army support, we are few and weak, let's evacuate first." The general next to him said.
"It's a pity, if there are 3,000 iron horsemen, I will definitely go to the middle camp to break through." Beigong Chun couldn't help but sigh.
Beigong Chun came and went quickly, and he resolutely withdrew before Liu Cong's troops were encircled, except for the smoke and dust, only a place of chaos was left, and even Beigong Chun himself didn't know how much damage he had caused to the entire Xiongnu Han Kingdom!
When Liu Cong arrived with the rescue soldiers, restored order in the right battalion, and took stock of the losses, Liu Cong almost fainted.
The great Sikong of the Xiongnu Han State was also his uncle Hu Yanyi who died, and the backbone of the Huyan clan captured the general Hu Yanhao who died, and the other damage lists don't need to be seen at all, just the death of these two people is a big earthquake in the Xiongnu Han Kingdom.
Liu Cong stopped the advance of the army, but immediately wrote to Liu Yuan to explain the matter clearly.
Their death is really not their own operation, it is really their incompetence to die!
To be honest, Liu Cong was quite shocked at first, but the more he wrote with the pen in his hand, the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled.
There is no way, the Huyan clan is Liu Yuan's wife, especially the important support force of the crown prince Liu He.
This crusade against Luoyang was more or less facilitated by a group of people represented by the Huyan clan.
One of the very important reasons why he can be a general is that Liu Yuan made himself the commander in order to balance the two forces of the Xiongnu faction and the Sinicization faction within the country, but the main force of this crusade against Luoyang is still the Xiongnu faction.
Now that he is dead like this, it is really not a bad thing for Liu Cong anyway, and it is a good thing for the bad prince Liu He to be bad.
However, Liu He explained the ins and outs of Hu Yanyi's death to Liu Yuan clearly, and at the same time, he didn't dare to be careless, and began to find out why the army led by Hu Yanyi was trampled by the opponent's horses in such a blue sky and daylight, resulting in the death of the highest official in the history of the Xiongnu Han Kingdom.
In fact, Liu Cong checked and finally came to a conclusion, that is, the Hun soldiers under his command were weaker than the Han army!
Yes, when Liu Cong got such a final conclusion, he even wanted to scold Liu Li, who came to this conclusion.
Do you know what you're talking about, Lao Tzu has won so many battles, and you actually say that the Hun soldiers are weaker than the Han army.
Liu Li, the king of Anyang, said: "The Han people have been recruiting and fighting for all these years, and the army has all been sharpened quite strongly.
On the contrary, our Xiongnu have been peaceful for a long time, and they have been sparse for a long time, so when it comes to frontal combat effectiveness, our army cannot compare with the Han army.
can win the Battle of Changping, in which the main force is Shile's Qianzu or Wang Mi's Han people, which has little to do with our Xiongnu! ”
When Liu Cong heard the truth, he looked at Liu Li's gaze with a little more disgust.
After all, Liu Li's words don't show that he won the Battle of Changping under his leadership and command, and it has little to do with him.
However, Liu Cong also had to admit that Liu Li was right, the soldiers of the Huns and the Han people did not know the generals when they encountered an attack, and they did not know the performance of the soldiers.
He even sighed that after the Han army under Wang Mi had been purged, he could still have time to ask for instructions from himself.
In contrast, the camp of the Huns soldiers was chaotic from beginning to end, and if they did not lead their troops to suppress it, they were afraid that they would collapse directly.
Just like this, Liu Cong also planned to take advantage of this opportunity to use Luoyang to temper the Hun soldiers for himself.
After all, the core of the Xiongnu Han State is the Xiongnu people, if their own people do not have enough military strength, it will be a considerable hidden danger from beginning to end.
And now he wants to take advantage of this opportunity to make up for the weaknesses of the Xiongnu Han Kingdom.
Therefore, Liu Cong quickly added a piece of music to Liu Yuan, saying: "The Jin Dynasty army is small and weak, and we can't give up the attack because of the death of Hu Yanyi and others, and insist on staying and capturing Luoyang, then the world will change momentum!" ”
While Liu Cong reorganized the army, promoted Hu Yanlang, the junior champion general of the Huyan family, and regained control of the army, he waited for Liu Yuan's reply to him, so he did not directly attack Luoyang, and the army slowed down slightly.
At the same time, Beigong Chun captured the banner of the right camp and returned to Luoyang City, not to mention that the morale of the entire Luoyang City has risen greatly, at least the panicked minds of the people have stabilized.
And Sima Yue at least had a normal head, and immediately cooperated with the propaganda forces in Luoyang City to start publicity.
"Liangzhou Malaysia is rampant in the world. Liangzhou is a thief. Murderous and terrifying. ”
Hearing this, Beigong Chun was also quite proud, but then Sima Yue began to ask Wang Yan to recruit Beigong Chun.
After all, Sima Yue's relationship with his macho man Gou Xi had just deteriorated, and now seeing a fierce man like Beigong Chun, he naturally had the idea of recruiting Beigong Chun under his command.
But Beigong Chun looked at Sima Yue's appearance, thought about Zhang Liang's brilliance again, and refused Sima Yue's invitation without hesitation, saying that he was Zhang Liang's person.
His insistence made Sima Yue quite unhappy, but now is not the time to liquidate, after all, Liu Cong has not yet withdrawn, but Sima Yue's attitude towards Beigong Chun has cooled down.
Although it is not a friend or an enemy, Sima Yue also chose to let Beigong Chunxian come down, and he said:
"The general is strong, and he needs to use it when he needs it."
And Liu Cong's waiting, soon brought Liu Yuan's edict to allow the attack to continue.
Although Hu Yanyi's death still had a great impact on the Xiongnu, Liu Yuan still respected Liu Cong's decision on the front line and chose to continue the attack.
After successfully gaining recognition, Liu Cong also immediately made arrangements, Liu Cong divided his troops to besiege the city, Liu Yao attacked the East Gate, Wang Mi attacked Guangyang Gate, Liu Jing attacked Daxia Gate, Liu Cong and Liu Li, Hu Yanlang attacked Xuanyang Gate, and several armies attacked Luoyang City together.
And this kind of attack, to be honest, is quite difficult to achieve.
Because the Xiongnu Han State was not only a Xiongnu soldier with few battles, but also quite sparse experience in conquering fortified cities.
For example, whether Liu Tai attacked Yecheng by surprise or forced his eldest son to surrender, he did not really experience siege warfare.
And even the Han army under Wang Mi has not experienced siege warfare, so the other Hun soldiers are even worse.
This Luoyang is the capital of the Jin court, it is a famous city in the world, although Sima Yue is despicable for the superior, but what he has in his hands is indeed the most important military force in the entire Jin court.
Beigong Chun's attack on Liu Cong's army actually caused limited damage, but it made these soldiers in Luoyang City also see that Liu Cong's army was not invincible.
The morale of a fortified city is not low if there is food, and it is almost impossible for the army outside to forcibly take it down in the feudal era.
Not to mention, Liu Cong's army was not famous for attacking fortifications, and it was almost impossible to take Luoyang in one go.
And Liu Tai naturally mixed in with Wang Mi's army and took the initiative to take on the task of cutting down trees.
"What are you hiding so far away! Your elite men are trained to cut down trees! ”
Seeing that Liu Tai took the initiative to take on the task of cutting down trees, Wang Mi scolded and said, "You kid is so optimistic about taking Luoyang!" ”
"If Beigong Chun hadn't broken through the right camp and boosted the morale of Luoyang City, maybe he would have been able to fight a battle.
But now that there are soldiers and food in Luoyang City, the morale is still high, let's take the head, uncle, give me a task of cutting down trees, let me get through! Liu Tai said very sincerely to Wang Mi.
"Don't disturb the morale of the army!" Wang Mi heard Liu Tai's words, thought for a while, and said, "You will give me a good stay in the army, if there is a real chance, I need the elite under your command to be the first to take the lead!" ”
"Yui!" Liu Tai heard Wang Mi's words and agreed, for Liu Tai, his goal had been achieved.
Siege warfare has always been the bloodiest and most helpless war in the feudal era, Liu Tai knows that he has trained to be a verified elite soldier, but if this kind of elite soldier is consumed in such a siege war, he is afraid that he will beat himself in the mouth.
Therefore, Liu Tai came over to express that he did not want to participate in this siege, but at the same time, he also promised Wang Mi that he would obey Wang Mi's orders if he had the opportunity, and such a statement was enough.
At least in Wang Mi's opinion, Liu Tai is the strongest card in his hand, and this faction naturally cannot be consumed in the siege war.
Moreover, Wang Mi has fought a lot, and it is not the first time that he has come here in Luoyang, so he naturally knows that field warfare is absolutely different from siege warfare.
When he besieged Luoyang, how he was defeated, others don't know, don't you know!
Therefore, Wang Mi's attack on Guangyangmen was carried out with the spirit of not seeking merit, but seeking no fault, but steadily advancing step by step.
After all, Wang Mi suffered a big loss last time, and he might have been able to claim the king and hegemony when he entered the Central Plains Megatron Huaxia.
It's not like he ran over to work for Liu Yuan like now, so Wang Mi just fought slowly with the intention of groping.
And Wang Mi's experience is not other people's experience, compared to Wang Mi's step-by-step, unhurried siege of the city, several other city gate Huns commanded various other ethnic minorities, and even the Han people went forward one after another, but they were all blocked outside the city.
After a few days of high-intensity siege, the soldiers who died in the battle were a hundred, but those who came back alive were wailing in the barracks one after another.
It only lasted for a few days, and Liu Cong knew that he couldn't attack like this anymore, and if he continued to fight like this, he was afraid that Luoyang would mutiny before it was defeated.
Liu Tai stayed outside Luoyang City for a few days, and seeing that Luoyang City could not be attacked for a long time, he asked Wang Mi:
"Uncle, Luoyang is strong, I'm afraid I won't be able to take it for a while, does the King of Chu have the intention of retreating?"
Hearing Liu Tai's words, Wang Mi glared at Liu Tai fiercely, if it weren't for the nephew who was raised by himself, with your unobstructed character, you would have been pulled out and cut in the name of disturbing the army's heart.
You've been reading history books for so long, you know, retreat or not, can you shout casually here!
Wang Mi said, "You just shout at me in private, don't go outside the barracks and say it, otherwise you will be sued!" ”
"The fortified city is difficult, is there any way to capture Luoyang?" Liu Tai couldn't help asking.
"There's nothing you can do?!" Wang Mi heard Liu Tai's words and couldn't help but glance at them.
Liu Tai shook his head and said, "There is an army, there is food, and there is morale, as long as Sima Yue wants to fight, I really don't know how to attack it!" ”
Although Liu Tai looked down on the Jin court of the Sima clan, this was at least a great unification dynasty.
In the face of the Hu people, he also subjectively regarded the Hu people as slaves, which really looked down on the Hu people from the bottom of his heart.
It's not like some secession regimes that lick foreign races, the world has not been unified and dares to seal Zen Taishan, a strong city with an army, food, and morale, but the emperor took the lead in sending it, after all, you can't expect all rulers to be so brain-dead!
"Hey, there's nothing you can do?!" Wang Mi heard Liu Tai's words, but he was also a little helpless.
Liu Tai looked at Wang Mi, but said: "This is a strategic issue, not something that can be reversed by tactics."
Unless the grain transportation between Luoyang and other places is cut off, so that there is a shortage of food in Luoyang City, so that there is a chance to besiege Luoyang.
Otherwise, Luoyang will not be able to take it, and now the food in Luoyang City is afraid that there will be more than our food! ”
"You still see it thoroughly!" Wang Mi couldn't help but nodded.
"What does King Chu think? Will he not withdraw? Liu Tai couldn't help but wonder when he heard Wang Mi's words.
"King Chu, decided to climb Song Mountain!" Wang Mi looked up at the sky, and really didn't understand Liu Cong's thinking.
"Huh? Mountain climbing? "Well, Liu Tai doesn't understand either.
Wisdom teeth removed...... It hurts, don't wait more today.
(End of chapter)