Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1744 Luo Yang of the Decisive Battle Is Completed

in the city.

Xu Shu is personally commanding his soldiers to let the common people leave the city with their families.

He knew that doing so would always make the people dissatisfied.

But now, the only way for him to do this is to have hope. In the desperate situation, Luoyang can be preserved, and Luoyang reserves will not fall into the hands of the enemy.

Three days, very tense.

It's really hard to say whether the people in the whole city can be evacuated.

But as much as he could do, he opened the grain depot and used the military grain as a lure to let the people carry as much as they could.

This has reduced the complaints of the people a lot.

Luoyang is the reserve side of the war, and it is also a transfer station. There are several granaries here, and the stored grain and grass are a huge number.

The rear will first transport the grain and grass to Luoyang, and then transport it to the battlefield from Luoyang, but now Luoyang is besieged by the Wei army and the Yan army. Under such circumstances, it is certain that they will not be able to defend.

Unless the main force in front can back up.

But Xu Shu is not a fool, he has a very thorough view of the situation, it is impossible for Mu Jing to send troops back to aid at this time, it is not impossible, but it is meaningless.

From Shangdang to Luoyang, the front of thousands of miles, if Mujing stretches this front, the day of defeat may not be far away.

There are not many things he can do to help the main battlefield. The only thing he can do is to prevent Luo Yang from becoming a burden on the front line, even if Luo Yang is destroyed in his own hands.

"Captain Chen!" Xu Shu beckoned and invited a captain.

"The end is here!"

Chen Xiaowei is just a logistics battalion captain, but at this time, he is one of Xu Shu's rare reliance. After all, even if it is only the combat effectiveness of the logistics battalion, it is much better than the six doors.

A small part of the Six Doors are rangers, some are retired soldiers, and more are young men recruited by ordinary people. They usually maintain law and order, but if they are reliable for fighting, they are a little bit hanging.

Even if the logistics battalion is only in charge of logistics and transportation, it is equivalent to the supply battalion, but it also has a lot of combat power. It will also practice military formations in daily training camps, but it is just less bloody and brave.

"Six fans and the other two battalions, just be in charge of supervising them. Your battalion, as the elite of Zhaoming's second army, even if you are just a logistics battalion, your combat effectiveness is good. You still need to continue to buy time for me on the city wall!"

Xu Shu said in a low voice: "There are cavalry outside the city, they can delay them, but they will not have no doubts, they will definitely attack the city with a small force, the walls are covered with scarecrows, once their scouts approach, Maybe if they break through with a small part of their troops, all the arrangements on my city wall will become a joke, and the city will be broken by them in advance!"

"Yes!"

Chen Xiaowei took the command. He is a fierce soldier from Xiliang. The reason why he became the logistics battalion was because he was injured on the battlefield, so he was put in the logistics battalion by General Pang De.

But he is not afraid of the battlefield, and even if he can't use his strength with one hand, he can still fight with a gun in one hand.

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a day later.

outside the city.

Wei Jun and Yan Jun joint camp.

"Have you found their main force?" Xia Houyuan was a little annoyed. It had been a day, but the cavalry of the Ming army had not been suppressed by them yet.

If this continues, life will not be easy. Their main force is equivalent to being pressed here by the cavalry of the Ming army, and they cannot attack the city or move around.

Because they didn't know why the Ming cavalry would surprise them.

The cavalry came swiftly and swiftly, faster than their transformation. The endless sneak attacks this time would weaken their strength bit by bit.

To them, it was like a knife hanging around their necks, which fell down at some point.

"At first glance, it should be in the southern suburbs, but..."

A lieutenant of Wei Jun said bitterly: "They are faster than our scouts, we can't keep up at all, even if they find out, they can move!"

"As I said, you can't find them if you look for them. Only by attracting them with your body can you get them to come in!"

Gongsun Du stood beside him and said in a deep voice.

The dispute between him and Xia Houyuan was that he was bolder and dared to use his body as a temptation, while Xia Houyuan wanted to be more stable and wanted to suppress the living space of the cavalry step by step.

But time does not allow it.

"Xiahouping!"

"exist!"

"Your battalion raided the city wall today, did you find anything!"

"Not yet!"

Xia Houping shook his head and said: "The main force of our battalion attacked very quickly, but the reaction on the city wall was also very fast. Our army lost more than two hundred soldiers and withdrew outside the city wall!"

"The Ming army guarded the city gates and let the cavalry provoke outside. It seems that they all meet the conditions of defense, but for Luoyang City, a big city, they know very well that they cannot defend it like this!"

Xia Houyuan was feeling a little uneasy, but in the current situation, he couldn't see anything.

It never occurred to him that the city didn't want to evacuate, but wanted to take the whole city out.

Such a dangerous action is rarely done by any rational person. After all, it is too risky and the people will be dragged down. He only needs to charge and defeat them.

"General Xiahou, we can't wait any longer. We must deal with the cavalry of the Ming army. Otherwise, Luoyang City will be unable to attack for a long time. We can't even explain to you about the northern battlefield!"

Gongsundu thought for a while and said to Xia Houyuan.

Both Wei Jun and Yan Jun sent troops to capture Luoyang, for what reason, not a small Luoyang City, although Luoyang City has some uses, but it is not enough for them to care so much.

What they care about is how to cut off the rear support of the main force of the Ming army, and turn the main force of the Ming army into a solitary army, suppressing the Shangdang.

That's their goal.

But as long as they don't capture Luoyang, they can't do it. If Luoyang is here all day long, they will have countless ways to transport food, grass and weapons.

The strength of the Ming court is hopeful enough to consume it with them. In contrast, the coalition forces of the Han Dynasty princes may not have the strength to consume it.

Whether it is Liu Bei, Cao Cao, or even Jiangdong, they have all suppressed their fighting power to the extreme.

So this is called a decisive battle.

"it is good!"

Xia Houyuan is not a person who hesitates: "I lead the troops myself, and as a lure, I must let their main force of the cavalry enter the set!"

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into the night.

At the junction of the eastern and southern suburbs of Luoyang, beside a small river, there is a mountain, and there is a small plain under the mountain, which is hidden.

This is the temporary assembly point of the Zhaoming Cavalry Army.

"The two raids were avoided by them. They should calm down a bit now!" Pang Xi stood halfway up the mountain, looking into the distance, with deep eyes.

"General!"

A cavalry charged forward, jumped off his horse, bowed his head and saluted, and then reported: "An hour ago, the scouts discovered that the Wei army suddenly moved, and their main force was planning to march south, intending to attack Luoyang City from the south gate! "

"What should come is still coming!"

Hearing this, Pang Xi smiled wryly.

He knew that the main force of Wei Jun and Yan Jun would definitely not let it go, but he didn't expect that they were so anxious, which made him a little embarrassed.

Today's two sneak attacks have exhausted the fighting power of the cavalry, and the horses under their crotches are also exhausted.

Attacking at this time, their combat effectiveness is probably less than [-]% left.

If you fall into their siege, you will definitely lose your combat power, and even if you can break out, you will be seriously injured.

But in this situation, we must not just watch Wei Jun bypass the eastern suburbs and attack the city from the south.

He hesitated for a moment, but quickly became firm: "Command, assemble!"

"gather!"

"gather!"

The soldiers, who had just rested for less than an hour, quickly rolled over, got on their horses, and assembled.

"Boys, I should have let you rest overnight, but now, the enemy won't let us, so we can only continue to fight!"

Pang Xi stood in front of the generals, his voice was a little low, but he was extremely firm: "This is our task. I, the Ming cavalry, will not let the enemy take advantage of it. This battle may be shrouded in horse leather, but we can't take advantage of it." Don't fail the court, don't fail the people!"

"war!"

"war!"

The soldiers of the cavalry army are all elite, and they have been battle-tested for a long time. They have just come down from the battlefields of the Northland and the Huns, and they are all as bloody as tigers.

"war!"

Pang Xi got on his horse and took the lead.

A torrent of cavalry quickly disappeared into the night, heading forward without stopping.

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The night became darker and darker.

"Where are you?"

Xia Houyuan looked at the night ahead with cold eyes.

"The front should be Xiaoanping Mountain. After passing this mountain and entering the official road, you can directly lead to the south gate of Luoyang. With the strength of the Ming army, they will stick to the east gate. The south gate should not have much defense!"

"Don't take it lightly!"

Xia Houyuan shook his head: "In addition, even if you are marching, you must maintain a sufficient defensive formation. When you don't want to be attacked by surprise, you will be defeated with one blow!"

"Yes!"

All the generals bowed their hands and nodded.

"Tap Tat Tat!!!"

The sound of hooves sounded.

They are no strangers to the sound of horseshoes that can shake the ground.

"coming!"

Xia Houyuan was not worried, but rather pleasantly surprised, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He took the initiative to attack, the purpose is to lure out the main combat power of the cavalry of the Ming army.

In fact, this trick works very well.

Even if the cavalry of the Ming army knew their purpose, they still took the risk to attack for the sake of Luoyang City.

This terrain is also suitable for them to fight.

Because of narrowness.

The narrower the terrain, the more difficult it is for the cavalry to display their combat effectiveness, and this is the opportunity for their infantry to form combat effectiveness and fight against the cavalry.

"Pass down the order and form an array to meet the enemy immediately!"

Xia Houyuan held a long knife in his hand and pointed forward, his voice was like thunder, and he was full of fighting spirit.

"Form an array to meet the enemy!"

"Form an array to meet the enemy!"

Voices sounded one by one, and the formation of Wei Jun changed rapidly.

"kill!"

Holding a spear in his hand, Pang Xi broke through the air, and the thousands of troops under his command charged like thunder, as if like a torrent, covering and passing by under the darkness of night.

"Royal!"

Xia Houyuan let out a long cry, and the soldiers of the Wei army formed a semi-arc defensive battle formation, with shield soldiers in front, archers as harassment, and spearmen in the middle.

This kind of hedgehog-like defense can stop the cavalry one or two.

"rush!"

Pang Xi stared at the front, he only had one thought now, and that was to tear apart the battle formation ahead.

The cavalry was charging.

If you lose the deterrence of charging, you will lose the combat effectiveness of cavalry.

If they blocked the charge, then the combat power that the cavalry should have would be greatly weakened. At that time, they might turn against the enemy and be surrounded and killed.

Boom boom boom! ! ! ! !
On the one hand, it was impacting like a tide and torrent, but on the other hand, it was as solid as a rock. The battle between the two sides became more and more tragic.

Time also passed by little by little.

Its daybreak.

The rising sun came out, and rays of sunlight shone on this not-so-broad battlefield, making the battle between the two sides even brighter.

"Hoo hoo!!!!"

Pang Xi was panting.

He attacked repeatedly, but was blocked by the main force of the Wei army.

"The cavalry of the Ming army are really fierce. I killed more than two thousand sons in battle before I blocked their spirit. Damn it!"

Xia Houyuan was also having a hard time. In order to block this group of cavalry, he also paid a high price.

Fortunately, these prices are still worthwhile.

"For an hour at most, I will let you know what there is no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth!" Xia Houyuan stared at the general of the Ming army in front of him, and his cold voice sounded in his heart.

He spent half the night with the cavalry of the Ming army, not to stop them here, but more to hold them back.

In fact, he did.

"Break through their formation!"

Pang Xi was unwilling to be blocked. At this moment, he was still thinking about how to break through the enemy's camp.

"rush!"

"rush!"

Under the flag, two rows of cavalry on the left and right attacked, intending that the two dragons would come out of the water, bow left and right, and defeat the Wei army's formation.

However, the Wei army's battle formation is strong, which is still higher than their expectations. Besides, the main force of the Wei army is far above them.

"Whoa!!!!"

At this time, a sudden rain of arrows covered them.

"Where did you get the bow and arrow?"

"rear!"

"No, there are enemy troops copying our back!"

The Ming army camp became a little flustered.

"Don't mess up!"

Pang Xi stared, and let out a long cry: "The front and rear battalions are divided into battles, break out!"

He knew that the Yan army should be behind.

But at this time, he was also stalling for time. It was nothing more than a fight to the death. He didn't believe that he could be trapped to death here.

"Breakthrough!"

"Breakthrough!"

The strategic purpose of the Ming cavalry quickly changed.

"Block them!"

Gongsun Du led his troops to rush forward, and his vicious voice covered the audience.

"It came just right!"

Xia Houyuan let out a long cry: "Press up!"

The two sides besieged the cavalry of the Ming army in a front-to-back manner on this not-so-capable, even somewhat narrow battlefield.

In one day and one night of the war, the Ming army broke through and lost more than one-third of the battle, which was the biggest casualty since the founding of the Zhaoming cavalry.

Thousands of cavalry soldiers were buried in this valley.

The Yan army and the Wei army were also uncomfortable, but their strategic goal was achieved. They rested for a day and began to attack Luoyang, but when they entered Luoyang, they discovered unexpectedly.

Luoyang has become an empty city.

Standing on the city wall to meet them, they were all scarecrows in Ming army clothes.

(End of this chapter)