Chapter 10 won the Central Plains 73rd Festival of the Han Dynasty in the fifth year of Jianxing (201 AD), October. At the beginning of October, the Northern Xinjiang Army launched a full-scale attack on the city of Luoyang.

On the battlefield of Xicheng, the Northern Xinjiang Army deployed 1,000 heavy, medium, and light stone cannons, 5,000 ballistas, bow ballistas, and ballistas, and 30,000 strong bows.

In the deafening sound of war drums, in the shouts of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and people, dense arrows and stones rushed into the sky, and for a time the battlefield was like a tsunami, earth-shattering and magnificent.

The Northern Xinjiang Army continued to bombard, and the arrows and rocks were like a raging storm and extremely violent. The war drums beat wildly, and the low and fierce drums resounded through the ten-mile battlefield, shaking the boundless sky.

The battle flags danced wildly, and the colorful flags set off layers of terrifying waves, and the waves were magnificent. Xiao Tianzi was stunned, the spectacular and bloody battlefield made his blood boil, he rushed to the edge of the earth platform like an angry little tiger, waved his fists, and roared hoarsely, like madness.

The civil and military officials cheered, hundreds of thousands of soldiers roared, and hundreds of thousands of people roared.

The huge shouts merged into a rolling wave, and bursts of explosions rang out between heaven and earth, and the mountains collapsed and the earth cracked. Everyone deeply felt the invincible power of the Great Han at this moment.

The rebels in the city were silent and silent. Li Hong frowned. The expressions of Lu Yi, Zhang Yan, Yu Shi and others were also very solemn.

The generals and generals of Northern Xinjiang had already predicted that Luoyang would be difficult to fight two years ago, so they made careful preparations for two years.

But at the moment, the situation is not optimistic, and Luoyang City's defense is far stronger than they thought. The long-range weapons on Luoyang City are within the reach of the edge of the city defense, and there are stone cannons in the city, and this edge is at least between two hundred and three hundred steps.

But the rebels in the city were confident and began to dig moats two hundred paces from the city walls. The range of 200 paces is the range where stone runs and ballistas in the city can be effectively fired.

The moat was about 50 feet wide (about 12 meters today) and 20 feet deep (about 5 meters today), and the moat was covered with bamboo thorns and wooden thorns of different lengths.

There are five moats of this kind, and the Northern Frontier Army needs to pay a great price if it wants to successfully attack the moat under the fierce fire of the rebels.

After the five moats, there is the moat. The moat was about 15 zhang wide (about 35 meters today), which was an insurmountable obstacle for the Northern Xinjiang Army.

The moat was 450 feet (about 100 meters today) from the base of the wall. Behind the moat, there was a wider moat.

There is a turnaround bridge over this moat. This type of bridge has only one beam, and the two ends of the beam are extended and erected on the crossbar along the edge of the trench, and when the enemy walks on the bridge, pull the mechanism to retract the crossbeam, and the bridge deck will be flipped over, causing the enemy to fall into the trench.

This moat was followed by the Urn City and Feng Yuan. The city is a small city outside the main gate, with a wall of 70 feet (about 16 meters today).

The gate of the urn city is set up, and when the gate is attacked by the enemy, the defenders on the tower can also shoot the enemy who is besieging the city.

Once the enemy army breaks through the urn city, it will also be caught in the condescending flanking attack of the defenders. Feng Yuan was a low wall made of earth, about 15 feet high (about 3 meters in today's time), and the defenders lay behind the low wall and shot the enemy soldiers who climbed over the moat.

After Feng Yuan, it is to reject the horse belt. The width of this rejection horse was 10 to 20 feet, and it was mainly used to prevent the enemy from erecting ladders.

In the places where the defenders entered and exited, the horses and deer were buried relatively shallow, so as to facilitate the movement of the defenders, and put prominent signs, so that the defenders on the city wall could focus on prevention.

After the rejection of the horse belt is the root of the city wall. The high and steep walls were not easy for the enemy to climb, but they were also a dead spot for the defenders of the city.

However, the rebels took advantage of more than a year of preparation time to build a large number of walls on the walls

"Horse noodles" and floors make up for this shortcoming. The face of the horse protrudes from the outer side of the city wall, merging with the wall, and the defenders can shoot from a high position to destroy the enemy troops in the dead corners of the city.

On the face of the horse, there was a war shed for the soldiers to rest, and the war shed was surrounded by wooden stakes. In the past, this kind of defense facility was only available in border fortresses and border counties, but Yuan Shao actually applied it to the protection of Luoyang City, which surprised the generals of Northern Xinjiang.

The construction of the horse face was apparently a little larger, and the rebels built a large number of temporary apostles on the wall in accordance with the normal defensive methods.

The role of the balcony is many. Although the top of the city wall of Luoyang City is very wide, generally 50 to 70 feet, which is enough for the defenders to move and fight flexibly and freely, and the female walls on both sides of the extension wall are high and thick, especially the outer female wall, which has dense shooting holes with outer width and narrow inside, and the corner of the city is also built with a solid corner tower.

However, these defensive facilities were simply not sufficient in wartime, and temporary buildings had to be added. On the extension wall, the rebels built observation towers at intervals of 250 feet (about 60 meters) protruding from the outer wall by five feet (about 1 meter today).

Every 800 feet (about 200 meters) a 15-foot protruding outer wall was built to eliminate the dead corners under the city and the wooden towers that flanked the enemy troops under the city.

At the same time, a horizontal wall of high-pointed wooden piles was erected every 800 feet, the height of the wooden piles was about 15 feet, and small doors were opened for passage in normal times, and once the enemy troops climbed the city wall, the horizontal wall was closed as a barricade to continue to block the enemy troops.

In addition, every 1,500 feet (about 360 meters today), the rebels also built a protrusion

The "Inner Female Wall" was a 20-foot (about 5 meters) wooden building, which was used to attack the enemy troops who broke into the city. This is the protective facility that the Northern Frontier Army can see at present, and in the city, perhaps the rebels have built more blocking facilities.

The difficulty of attacking Luoyang City made the Northern Xinjiang Army feel a sense of powerlessness and frustration up and down. The Son of Heaven drove the expedition himself, which boosted the morale of the Northern Xinjiang Army, but when the soldiers calmed down from the excitement and faced the tall and strong city walls ahead, the smell of blood and death on the battlefield brutally beat them back to reality.

The Northern Army continued to bombard for an hour, and countless stones and arrows poured down on the city walls. The towers at the top of the city wall suffered great losses under the ravages of stones and arrows, and several small wooden buildings were directly blown down by the stones.

The city of Urn was also hit hard. The thin female wall on the front was smashed a lot by stones. The enemy troops lying in ambush behind Feng Yuan were the main targets of the Northern Frontier Army, and they were almost overwhelmed by large and small stones and arrows.

Luoyang City is too high, and there are gatehouses, horse faces, wooden buildings and other buildings on the city wall, and the commanding heights of the rebels are daunting.

If the commanding heights are controlled by the rebels, the strong attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army will be suppressed, and the casualties will be staggering, so the Northern Xinjiang Army will use this month to build a large number of earthen platforms with wood and soil on the edge of the city defense, and build a solid wooden shed on the earthen platform to house ballistas and archers.

In the middle of the crossbow platform and the arrow tower is the stone artillery position. There are many types of stone cannons and ballistae transported by the Northern Xinjiang Army to the city, and the number is also extremely large, among which the ballista and heavy stone cannons are the first time to enter the siege battle.

Even the ballista and the ** crossbow are used in one with two to six strong crossbows, some are fixed, some are vehicle-mounted, ten people are required to operate, there are two winches for winding, and one pair is for pulling back the giant arrows shot out along the rope.

This repeater can fire 10-foot-long arrows or 60 ordinary arrows at a time. In the Yanmen Pass of the Sentence Note Fortress, there is also a giant ballista connected by eight strong crossbows.

There is also a bow ballista, which is used by fixing two strong crossbows to a wooden frame. It can shoot in any direction, which is a little less powerful than a normal ballista, but more convenient to use.

Ballista and stone throwing cart are the same, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the late period of this dynasty was abandoned because of the armament, only the sentence note, flying fox, Lulong and other large fortresses were equipped with some, and later because of disrepair scrapped, when the firewood was burned.

Luckily, the catapult was built for Yin Si again, and the ballista was found in the corner of the arsenal of the Flying Fox Fortress.

In recent years, the infantry units of the Northern Xinjiang Army have been equipped with ballistas and stone-throwing vehicles, but they are not very powerful.

In order to attack Luoyang City this time, the general ordered a large number of ballistas and heavy stone cannons to be manufactured. Because of the complexity of manufacturing, the number of ballistae is not large, only more than 20 units, while the heavy stone cannons have been improved due to the suggestion of Liu Ye, the number of which has reached more than 300 units.

Stone cannons are generally divided into light and heavy levels according to the number of rods of the lever, and a few shots are called few

"Tip". The heavy stone cannon from five to seven tips requires more than 200 people to pull the rope and throw fifty or sixty catties or even more than a hundred catties of stone bullets, which is too big and can only be fixed for defending the city.

Medium-sized stone cannons generally have two to four ends, and when they move, they are equipped with four wheels, and the livestock pull them up and run.

As for the light stone cannon, there is only one tip, two or three soldiers can pull it, and the stone bullet weighs only one or two catties, and if there is no stone projectile, it can be replaced by other things.

Although this light stone cannon is rudimentary, it can still be effective if it hits the enemy, either maiming or killing the enemy.

Liu Ye's improvement of heavy stone artillery is mainly that it does not need to be pulled and released by people. According to his design, a large stone was attached to the rear end of the lever, and before the bullet was released, it was suspended in the air and held in place by hooking the lever with an iron hook.

When the bullet is released, the iron hook is released, and the boulder at the back of the lever will fall rapidly, and the stone projectile at the front of the lever will fly high.

In this way, the manpower requirement is less, the range of the stone projectile is longer, and the power is greater, and the use of heavy stone running in field battles and sieges immediately becomes a reality.

The equipment of ballistas and heavy stone cannons greatly enhanced the attack power of the Northern Frontier Army, but strong attack power does not mean that it can control the commanding heights.

The indiscriminate bombardment of the Northern Xinjiang Army was intended to induce the rebels to return fire in order to destroy the enemy's commanding heights as much as possible before the first strong attack, but the rebels seemed to see through the purpose of the Northern Xinjiang Army and did not fire a single arrow, which made the Northern Xinjiang soldiers helpless.

The general gave the order for a storm. Koji immediately ordered all heavy stone artillery, ballistas, bow ballistas, ballistas, and some medium-sized stone cannons to adjust the angle of attack, and after the assault began, all the stone bullets and arrows were fired at the main city wall and the urn city to suppress the enemy's counterattack.

The rest of the medium-sized stone artillery, light stone artillery, and foot-opening crossbows were all aimed at Wengcheng and Fengyuan, covering the advance of the assault with powerful attacks.

(The foot tension crossbow is a foot pedal tension string, the range is longer, and it is mostly used for siege.) The arm tension crossbow is a string drawn by the arm, the range is relatively short, and it is mostly used in field battles.

Gao Ran ordered his assault troops to take the trench bridge and line up in front. The moat bridge was made of thick wood, about seventy feet long, with wheels at both ends.

The bridge deck was flapped on both sides, on which a thick layer of mud was laid to protect against enemy rocket attacks.

Assault soldiers use this weapon to climb over moats, which can greatly save attack time and speed up the attack.

The follow-up parts are lined up in the back. The soldiers carried the planks one by one, ready to lay the planks horizontally on the bridge after the assault had conquered the moat, allowing the follow-up troops to continue to advance.

The chariots were all pushed to the front, followed by the strong archers. The car is like a simple tube building, more than 50 feet high (about 12 meters today), and the arrow house is suspended from the top.

Archers can shoot enemy troops from a high position. Generally, the effective range of the strongbow is between 100 and 150 paces, and when the assault soldiers have conquered the first and second lines of moats, the chariot and the strongbowmen can play a role in covering the assault to continue to advance.

In a short period of time, the banners of the readiness of the various ministries were raised.

"Drum ......" Gao Lan shouted wildly,

"Attack, start attacking......"

The war drums of "Knock Knock Knock ......" sounded, the flag flew and the assault troops began to attack.

The "...... Killer" team of thugs raised their shields, pushed the trench bridge, and ran hard, roaring into the sky.

"Knock knock ......" Suddenly, drums rang out on Luoyang City, and arrows poured down like rain.

"Boom...... Boom ......" Burning stones rose up into the sky, roaring all the way, and fiercely pounced on the northern frontier battle array.

The rebels fought back. The rebels on the walls of the city condescended and shot hard. The roar of ballistas resounded through the sky, and sharp arrows and burning stone bullets filled the sky.

At the same time, the enemy troops hiding behind Wengcheng and Feng Yuan also launched fire. The assault force of the Northern Xinjiang Army was the enemy's main target.

The running soldiers fell one after another in a rain of arrows. Stone bullets smashed into the crowd one after another, stumps and broken arms shot up in all directions, and several stone bullets directly hit the trench bridge, smashing the thick trench bridge at the waist.

The crossbow platforms, arrow emplacements and stone artillery positions of the Northern Frontier Army were also targets for the enemy. Due to the fact that the commanding heights were controlled by the enemy, the arrow array was dense, and the earth platform was hit hard.

The archers on the emcourse were forced to retreat into the wooden shed. Although the ballistae on the ballista were still bombarding continuously, the interval was noticeably longer.

The stone artillery position was not in a bad situation at first because it was covered by a huge wooden shield. But the problem became serious when the rebels shattered a wooden shield with a stone bullet and smashed a medium-sized stone cannon.

The captain of the chariot battalion consulted the Left Guard General Ko Yi if he would move the stone artillery position back. Koji Yi was so angry that he scolded angrily: "What are you afraid of? He can hit you, you can't hit him? Give me a bang......"

"My lord, the rebels' stone cannons are in the city, and we can't accurately determine the location."

"If you can't help it, give it to me." Koji Yi whipped to the ground,

"Aim at the city wall first, and blow up the rebels' ballistas to me, hurry up and ......"

Like a roaring dragon, the long trench bridge of "Boom ......" soared into the air, drawing a graceful arc in the air and falling heavily onto the brace.

"Go up, go up......" Huang Tong lay on the ground, holding the shield tightly with one hand, hammering the ground hard with the other, screaming loudly,

"Cross the bridge, cross the bridge...... Xiao Hei jumped up, his thin body was like a cunning rabbit, and he rushed to the trench bridge in three or two steps.

A few soldiers followed, galloping wildly.

"Boom ......" The whistling sound of sharp arrows tearing through the air was terrifying. Xiao Hei didn't think about it, he fell into the mud, and before he fell to the ground, he didn't forget to shout in his mouth,

"Lie down, ...... quickly" The rear soldiers couldn't dodge, and immediately fell down two people, one of whom fell into the trench and was pierced by several bamboo thorns, and the screams were extremely terrible.

Xiao Hei shouted angrily at the top of his voice, used his hands and feet together, and crawled to the other side with a rolling belt.

"Come on......" Huang Tongyi kicked on the stick,

"Bring your people, hurry up and ......"

"Brothers, go, go, go......" The stick turned back and shouted, his body like an arrow, and he rushed out quickly.

At noon, the Northern Frontier Army successfully captured the first line of moat and erected a shield array on the opposite bank. The follow-up troops then advanced, laying crossbeams, covering the bridge deck with earth, and quickly preparing for an attack on the second line of moats.

Xiao Tianzi curled up on the edge of the earthen platform, his eyes unblinkingly looking at the boiling battlefield in front of him, the expression on his face kept changing, and his eyes were full of fear.

Li Hong walked up to him and sat down, handed him half a piece of beef jerky,

"Is it fun to fight?" The Son of Heaven looked down at the black piece of beef jerky, did not answer, and did not speak.

"On the battlefield, it's the finest delicacy." Li Hong stuffed the jerky into his hand and said softly,

"Those soldiers who fought in front could only eat some black cakes to satisfy their hunger, and sometimes they were so hungry that they had nothing to eat, so they had to drink some blood. Whether it is the blood of the enemy or your own blood, as long as it can satisfy your hunger. At this time, life is worthless, and living is just a luxury. "Xiao Tianzi seems to understand whether he understands or not.

He silently took the jerky, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it slowly.

"Are you afraid?" Xiao Tianzi nodded and said in a low voice, "I want to go home." Li Hong sighed.

He felt that he was too cruel. A five-year-old child should be spoiled in his mother's arms, should play on a sunny field, and should not accept this death and painful torment on the battlefield.

It seems that I have done something wrong. Li Hong stretched out his hand and took Xiao Tianzi into his arms and kissed him on the cold forehead, he wanted to say that I will send you home tomorrow, but when the words came to his mouth, he held back again.

He can't afford to give up halfway, especially at this time. This five-year-old child is not an ordinary child, he is burdened with the heavy responsibility of ZTE.

His fate has been predestined since the day he was born, and no one is powerless to change it.

"If Your Majesty is afraid, the minister will send someone to send you back to the camp." Xiao Tianzi hesitated for a moment in the general's arms, and asked in a low voice, "When will we win?" ”

"Three months, or five months, or ......" Li Hong smiled bitterly,

"Or a year." The Son of Heaven looked at Li Hong stupidly, his mouth pursed, and tears immediately flowed.

"I want to go home."

"What about the battle? Don't fight? Li Hong pointed to the hillside where the corpses were piled up in the distance, and said bitterly,

"So many soldiers have been killed, who will avenge them? Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, the Son of Heaven of these soldiers, and Your Majesty should avenge them. If Your Majesty escapes and abandons them, will they still honor you as the Son of Heaven of the Great Han? Xiao Tianzi understood this, no matter whether he won or lost the battle, he could not abandon his brothers and his subordinates.

When I play war games with a group of friends, the one I hate the most is the escapee. Xiao Tianzi lowered his head and sobbed softly.

He really missed his aunt and wanted to go back to his warm home. The attack in the afternoon became more violent, and both sides seemed to be about to explode all the accumulated hatred, and more soldiers fell on the battlefield.

The second moat was successfully overcome. 300 chariots were pushed to the front, and 6,000 strong archers boarded the arrow house and fired fiercely at the city and below, but the commanding heights were controlled by the enemy, and the Northern Frontier Army was unable to suppress the enemy army, resulting in the failure of the army to attack the third line of moats.

At dusk, Li Hong ordered to stop the attack. At the military meeting in the evening, the generals of the various departments reported the situation of the battle.

Zhao Yun and Yu Poison's attack in Dongcheng also did not go well. Wen Chou and Wu Xiong's attack on Nancheng was seriously blocked.

Sima Yi and Wei Yan made a fuss outside the northern city for a day, and although the losses were minimal, they did not have any results, and they were busy in vain.

The city of Luoyang was too high and too large, the number of defenders in the city was very large, and the commanding heights could not be controlled, which was the main reason why the attack of the army was blocked.

"Judging from the consumption of various battlefields today, the number of stone bullets will be seriously insufficient in ten days." Fu Gan said a series of numbers, and then continued,

"According to the estimates of the chariot battalion, the number of stone cannons in the city is about 300, and the maximum will not exceed 400, and we have more than 2,000, and the stone shells under the city cannot make up for our losses."

"Before Yuan Shao burned down the houses outside Luoyang, he forced the people to demolish a large number of houses and obtain a staggering amount of supplies. Instead, we have lost those supplements. Wang Ling continued,

"General, we'd better find a way to collect stone shells as soon as possible, otherwise after half a month, the attack will have to be temporarily stopped."

"You can do it." Li Hong waved his hand and said,

"Everyone go back early and rest, and continue the attack tomorrow."

"General, how is Your Majesty today? Was he overly frightened? Jade suddenly asked.

"It's fine." Li Hong smiled and comforted the generals,

"Your Majesty is too young, and he must be afraid at first, especially when he sees blood and dead people, how can he not be afraid? But he was a boy after all. The boy is confused and bold at this age, and after a long time, he slowly adapts to it. Your Excellency encouraged him and kept him going. ”

"The battle of Luoyang is the first time for him, and it is not the first time for us. This is also the first time we have fought a major battle of this scale, and we can only win and not lose, so please think more about it. There is still a long time, and we need to be patient. The generals agreed.

In Luoyang City, Yuan Shao set up a banquet to reward the civil and military officials. Today's battle greatly strengthened the confidence of the soldiers in holding Luoyang.

Luoyang is Luoyang, and the Kyoto of the Han Dynasty is rock-solid and unbreakable. After sending off the generals, Yuan Shao and Yuan Wei, Feng Ji, Xian Pei and others discussed offensive and defensive strategies in the study.

There was one thing they didn't expect, that is, Li Hong sent people to Jinyang to take the little emperor to the battlefield.

Feng Ji said with a smile that this is enough to show that the soldiers in northern Xinjiang lack the confidence to attack the city. In the past, they attacked the city and pulled out the village, which was like a bamboo, where would they have thought that Luoyang would be such a city that could not be regretted?

"Brother Yuantu, what battles haven't you seen like Li Hong, Liyi, and Zhang Yan?" Yuan Zhong shook his hand,

"In my opinion, the morale of the Northern Xinjiang Army is very high, and the early attack will be very fierce, and we must hold out until winter to catch our breath." Yuan Shao was very excited, and after drinking some wine, his face became even more ruddy, and he pointed to the judge and asked, "Zhengnan, what do you think?" Will we be able to hold out until reinforcements arrive? ”

"Judging from the current situation, as long as we can firmly control the commanding heights and suppress the strong attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army, they will not be able to climb the tower." The judge hesitated for a moment, looked at the people in the room, and stopped talking.

"What if the Northern Frontier Army controls the commanding heights?" Xin Ping immediately asked,

"After the Northern Frontier Army ascends the tower, how can we fight back?"

"There are crossbow platforms in the city six hundred feet away from the city wall (about one hundred and forty meters now), and these crossbow platforms form a cross shot with the gatehouse, corner tower, and various temporary buildings on the city wall. Feng Ji waved his hand disdainfully.

"With the city wall and the gatehouse, our commanding height is at least 150 feet (about 36 meters today), how can the Northern Frontier Army control it? Are they going to build a tower outside Luoyang City? ”

"Does Li Hong dare to do it? The stone cannons in the city bombarded violently, and immediately turned into a pile of ruins. Wang Xiu smiled triumphantly,

"It's absolutely no problem to hold Luoyang, but to achieve victory and defeat the Northern Frontier Army......" The smile on his face gradually faded,

"It depends on Liu Biao, Liu Bei and Cao Cao, whether they are willing to contribute?"

"We are defeated, are they far from death?" Yuan Shao said confidently,

"Don't worry, no problem." Then he looked at the judge and asked,

"Due south, the city defense was all designed by you, judging from today's defense, do you need anything to improve?"

"The Northern Frontier Army has too many stone cannons." The judge said worriedly,

"Although I expected it, I didn't expect that there would be so many stone cannons in Hebei, and there are also heavy stone cannons that can fire 100 catties of stone shells."

"One hundred pounds?" Yuan Shao was taken aback,

"The stone that hit Yongmen Avenue is a hundred catties?" The judge nodded,

"The stone bullet sank eight feet into the ground, it was terrible. In addition, there must be a super-large ballista on the crossbow platform of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and if it is a repeating ballista, the power is extraordinary. ”

"The ballista has been lost for many years, how can the Northern Frontier Army have it?" Feng Ji asked incredulously.

"If they can make stone cannons, they can also make ballista cannons." The judge said,

"At that time, these heavy ordnance were deployed in the border fortress pass, maybe someone left a drawing, in short, I suspect that it is a ballista, the arrows are too dense, ordinary ballista cannot be so powerful." Yuan Shao was silent for a while, and said helplessly: "So, it is possible that the Northern Frontier Army will climb the city tower?" So what do you do? ”

"Build Fu Yan immediately." The judge thought for a moment and said,

"The walls of the city were surrounded by the ring road, which was connected to the main roads in the city. As long as the northern army rushes in, the city will be lost, so we should build a rammed earth low wall behind this ring road, that is, Fu Yan, to form a defensive pattern of a city within a city. Then dig a trench in front of Fu Yan and stuff firewood and grass inside. Once the enemy army enters the city, it ignites firewood and grass to form a wall of fire. In this way, we will be able to coordinate the fire wall and the army on the wall, flank the enemy from the inside and outside, and kill the enemy on the ring road, and drive the enemy out of the city again. ”

"Okay, just do as you say." Yuan Shao said categorically,

"If there is not enough masonry, the courtyard wall of the palace will be demolished." Everyone was shocked, and Yuan Wei immediately dissuaded: "At the beginning, there were so many houses in the city, why did you want to demolish the palace courtyard wall?" ”

"Hmph...... If Li Hong pushes me into a hurry, I will burn the palace on fire. Yuan Shao sneered,

"I want to see if he is ruthless or am I ruthless?" The next day, the Northern Frontier Army spent a whole day on the battlefield of Xicheng, capturing the third moat and approaching the moat.

On the eighth day, the Northern Xinjiang Army captured the five moats on the Xicheng battlefield, but at this moment, the Northern Xinjiang Army still did not find a way to seize the commanding heights.

Although the stone artillery, ballistae, and strong archers on the vehicles did their best, because they could not effectively suppress the enemy's fire, the casualties of the Northern Assault Force became more and more large, and they had to temporarily suspend the fighting.

On the tenth day of October, the general of the protector army, Jia Xu, rushed to the Son of Heaven. The situation in western Xinjiang remains grim.

Beginning in September, the Qiang people began to besiege Yicheng, but because the Qiang people lacked siege equipment, and all the people in Western Xinjiang were evacuated, the Qiang people could not find a man, and no progress was made in the siege.

Jia Xu estimated that after the winter in western Xinjiang came, the Qiang people would definitely withdraw to Jincheng and Longxi for the winter. Li Hong asked if he had received news from Hexi.

Jia Xu said no, and there has been no news from Hexi so far. If Kirby Xiong and the armies of Lei Zi, Bu Du Geng, Arc Ding, and Qi Shen and others joined up, they should now march towards the Heavenly Dome Desert, otherwise it would be difficult for them to cut off the retreat of the Qiang people in Hexi before winter came.

Li Hong was worried and talked to Jia Xu about the attack on Luoyang.

"General, you should go to Guanzhong to have a look." Jia Xu sighed,

"The people in Guanzhong are too bitter. The refugees in Western Xinjiang, the reconstruction of Chang'an City, the repair of Liyang Palace, the Great War in Luoyang, the Great War in Western Xinjiang, and the relocation of the imperial court all need their food and manpower, and the people of Guanzhong are no longer sustainable. Li Hong had already learned about this matter in Xu Rong's letter, and he didn't speak, waiting for Jia Xu's next words.

Jia Xu saw that Li Hong did not react, so he had to cautiously continue: "In the current situation, Luoyang can temporarily stop attacking fortifications, and first settle the refugees in Guanzhong and Luoyang, so as not to get winter, mourning all over the wilderness, and people competing to eat each other." ”

"So, do you have a way to conquer Luoyang City?" Li Hong asked happily.

"I have a stupid solution, but it's definitely the most effective." Jia Xu smiled,

"General, if we concentrate 5,000 stone cannons on the battlefield in Xicheng, supplemented by 20,000 ballistas and 60,000 strong bows, and bombard the Yongmen Gate in Luoyang day and night, how long can Luoyang City hold on?" Li Hong was shocked.

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