Chapter 70: Night Attack on the Sun

Immediately, a personal soldier heard Li Dao's shout and broke in and reported: "Oh no, the night attack, it's a night attack launched by the enemy!" ”

"Night raid? How can it be? How many people are there? Li Wei asked in a panic.

"I don't know, it seems that there are enemies on all sides, and there are fires everywhere in Luoyang City." The pro-soldier reported in a panic.

Li Wei was anxious when he heard this, he couldn't have imagined that Cao Zhang's army was still in Yingchuan County just after saying that, and he also explained to his subordinates to strictly defend Dagu Pass and Yique Pass, and now there was actually an enemy army directly into Luoyang and launched a night attack on him.

Li Wei didn't care much, so he got up in a panic and rushed out to check what was happening.

Li Wei rushed out of the sleeping tent, and the scene in front of him completely shocked him.

As far as the eye could see, there was fire everywhere, and the shouts of killing and screams were endless, coming from all directions.

"This, how is this possible? How did they break through our defenses overnight and get into the city? Li Wei couldn't believe it and muttered to himself.

"Father!" "Big brother!" There was a shout from afar, but it was Li Shi, Li Ying, and Li Huan who rushed in a panic.

Li Huan was neatly dressed, and he barely put on his battle armor and rode a horse with a weapon.

Li Ying and Li Shi were obviously embarrassed, they were all disheveled, and Li Shi was the same as Li Dao, who came here wearing only underwear.

"What the hell is going on? Why did the enemy army enter the city? Li Wei asked the three of them emotionally.

"I don't know, I suddenly heard the sound of shouting and killing, and it became like this!" Li Shi replied with a blank expression.

Li Ying looked at Li Dao and shook his head blankly.

Only Li Huan was relatively calm, urging Li Dao: "Big brother, now is not the time to tell how the enemy army entered the city." There were shouts of killing in all directions, and we don't know the number of enemy troops, but our army was in great confusion and fell under the double impact of fire and enemy troops. ”

"Luoyang can't be saved, let's evacuate quickly, I'm afraid it'll be too late for me!" Li Huan proposed a retreat to Li Dao.

"Withdraw? Where to retreat? Li Wei asked anxiously.

"Of course, we will retreat in the direction of Chang'an, retreat to Hangu Pass first, and then try to meet Li'er and them." Li Huan urged Li Dao.

"We still have 30,000 troops in Luoyang, so we withdrew like this, why don't we organize soldiers to resist the enemy army and repel them?!" Li Shi is young and vigorous, and he is obviously unwilling to be defeated like this.

"Defend against enemy forces? If you're dressed like this, can you resist it? Now we don't know how many enemy troops are coming, and once they get here, we won't be able to withdraw if we want to! Li Huan ridiculed Li Shi, and anxiously urged Li Dao.

Li Dao listened to the shouts and killings around him, and also realized that it would be extremely dangerous if he didn't withdraw at this time, so he could only grit his teeth and order: "Quick, pass on my military order, the whole army will withdraw from the west gate of Luoyang and withdraw to Hangu Pass!" ”

Li Wei gave the order, and several people no longer hesitated, and immediately followed him to evacuate towards the west gate of Luoyang.

Out of the ruined palace and into the streets of Luoyang, several people were greeted by an even more miserable scene.

A fire in Dong Zhuo a few years ago turned the century-old capital into ruins, and it has not been fully restored until now, and the soldiers and horses of Li Dao and others themselves only used the remnants of the city to set up camp tents to garrison the army.

Now the fire is raging in the city again, countless soldiers are running in the sea of fire, some are directly buried in the sea of fire, and some finally escape from the sea of fire, but they are knocked down and trampled to death by the war horses of their own people, and the screams continue to reach the ears of Li Dao and others.

Li Wei watched his subordinates suffer heavy losses, but at this time, he couldn't care about the compensity and greetings, so he could only take care of his own life first, he lay on the horse's back, kept whipping the horse's buttocks, and urged him to move forward.

Li Huan, Li Shi and others also followed closely, and under the escort of dozens of personal soldiers, they rushed all the way to the west gate of Luoyang with difficulty and escaped.

With the escape of Li Dao and others, the defenders in the city received the order to evacuate one after another, and they also evacuated outside the city in a panic, and the city of Luoyang became even more chaotic.

The initiator of this chaos is naturally Cao Zhang's subordinate Xu Huang. At this time, he was armed with a big axe, leading a thousand cavalry under his command, and was galloping wantonly in Luoyang City, killing and harvesting the lives of Li Wei's subordinates.

After Xu Huang received Cao Zhang's secret order, he led his subordinates to attack quickly, and after a long-distance attack, he rushed to the barrier Tiger Prison Pass located in the east of Luoyang.

Tiger Prison Pass is located in the mountains, the terrain is dangerous, and it was originally a fortress that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

However, Li Wei thought that Cao Zhang's soldiers and horses would not pass through here, and did not arrange heavy troops, so Xu Huang's soldiers killed all the defenders without bloodshed, and successfully occupied the Tiger Prison Pass.

Xu Huang knew that his troops were limited, and although the surprise attack had a certain suddenness, he must also rely on the power of nature, so he ordered his subordinates to rest and recuperate at Tiger Prison Pass, prepare a large amount of fire oil, and prepare for a night attack on Luoyang.

When it was getting late, Xu Huang and his subordinates quietly marched towards Luoyang, and took advantage of the cover of night to come to the city.

Xu Huang divided his subordinates into three teams, led 400 soldiers to attack the east gate of Luoyang, and the remaining two teams of 300 people each, led by his partial generals, attacked the south gate and north gate of Luoyang.

He deliberately left Ximen not to attack, in fact, it was to give Li Dao's subordinates space to escape.

After all, his strength is limited, and it is unrealistic to want to completely annihilate the enemy troops in Luoyang City, and give the panicked enemy troops a way to escape, which can prevent the enemy army from being trapped and fighting in a bitter battle.

Due to the negligence of Li Wei's troops, and the fact that the city of Luoyang had not been repaired for many years after the fire, and had long been in ruins, Xu Huang's surprise attack easily broke through the defense line and opened three city gates.

"Drop the rocket!" After entering Luoyang City, Xu Huang immediately gave an order, and the soldiers behind him immediately raised their bows and arrows, lit the cotton cloth tied to the arrows and stained with fire oil, and quickly shot towards the tent of Li Dao's military camp stationed in the broken walls in all directions.

As the rocket fell, the flames quickly ignited and spread rapidly in all directions.

Xu Huang immediately personally held the big axe and led the cavalry to roar and launch a charge towards the enemy.

Li Wei's subordinates were defenseless, they were already extremely panicked by the surprise attack of the fire, and then they were completely lost their ability to resist by the impact of the war horse, and at this time they also had no fighting spirit at all, and they were completely reduced to fish on the chopping board, and they could only be slaughtered by Xu Huang's subordinates.

This massacre was accompanied by a fire, which lasted until dawn, and Xu Huang and others completely slaughtered the remaining Li Dao's subordinates and took control of Luoyang.

The soldiers who ran fast fled to Hangu Pass with Li Dao and others, but most of the soldiers were still buried in the fire and the slaughter of Xu Huang's cavalry......