Chapter 29 5 The Siege of Luoyang

After Liu Qian's army arrived at Luoyang City, he began to attack. The vanguard's frustration cast a shadow over him, so his attack was particularly fierce. In the face of Liu Qian's onslaught, Lu Qinghan guarded tightly and did not give Liu Qian any chance. After three days of fierce fighting between the two sides, Liu Qian had to stop the siege, paying huge casualties but making no progress, which was the most unacceptable thing for his rebel army. Therefore, he took Ahn Jae-dao's advice and chose to besiege the city instead. Of course, 50,000 troops were not enough to completely encircle Luoyang City, Liu Qian's real purpose was to contain the defenders of Luoyang, and he took this opportunity to raid Luokoucang near Luoyang City.

Luokoucang is the largest granary in the country of silk, the north and south of the river, the grain on both sides of the Yellow River is transported to Luokoucang through the developed river system, and then transported to Chang'an. Capturing Luokoucang is like choking the lifeblood of Chang'an, you must know that it is very difficult to feed the millions of residents of Chang'an City with the grain reserves in Guanzhong, and if Luokoucang is lost, Liu Yan will definitely be unable to resist waving his army to the east, so that Liu Qian's cavalry will have a chance.

In the face of this situation, Luoyang City is helpless. With less than 10,000 troops, it was already stretched to defend Luoyang, let alone send troops to recapture Luokoucang. For this reason, Lu Qinghan has attacked many times, but Liu Qian's subordinates did not fight, everyone understands Lu Qinghan's toughness, and no one is willing to come out to die. As a result, the war was stalemate.

At this point, both sides are feeling restless. Due to the lack of preparation in Luoyang City, the reserve of grain is limited, and it is a very headache to feed the many people in the city, but fortunately, Zhu Yijun called on the gentry and merchants in the city to lend the grain to Sun Jinxian, which temporarily alleviated the urgent need. However, the declining grain storage line still makes people anxious; And Liu Qian, who is outside the city, has caused people's hearts to fluctuate due to the lack of progress, and the phenomenon of desertion is endless. Even if Liu Qian adopted the method of one person fleeing and the whole team asking for the guilt, he could not stop it. In the direction of Chang'an City, there was no movement at all, and the number of surprise attack troops sent by himself was too small. I'm afraid it's hard to work either.

At this time, Liu Qian pinned all his hopes on Liu Xianzhi, who returned to Taiyuan to move troops. If Liu Xianzhi can move 100,000 troops, then Luoyang City will be just around the corner, once Luoyang City is lost, the surrounding areas will definitely be greatly shaken, and the subsequent siege will be relatively easy. But the reinforcements did not come to the left or the right, and the messenger sent by Liu Qian to urge did not hear from him, and more than a month passed, but there was a news that made Liu Qian fall through his glasses.

It turned out that after Liu Xianzhi returned to Taiyuan Mansion, he immediately asked his second brother Liu Tanzhi. explained his plan and his father's orders to him, and then asked Liu Tanzhi to quickly go to the border pass to gather troops, and he gathered nearby men and horses to prepare for an attack on Xingzhou.

Liu Tanzhi happily accepted the order and left, but Liu Xianzhi did not send troops to Xingzhou after gathering about 20,000 horses around him with a tiger talisman, but put all Liu Qian's children and concubines under house arrest, and then repaired a letter to order the border guards to arrest Liu Tanzhi who came to transfer troops. Liu Xianzhi easily took the military power of the 100,000 army in his own hands, and then wrote to the court to declare that he had no two hearts and was willing to join forces with the court to fight rebellion.

Just when Liu Xianzhi was reorganizing his troops and horses and wanted to go south to rebel, the news came that the Tuqi army was approaching. Liu Xianzhi had to lead the army to the border to set up defenses to block the southern invasion of Tuqi, if it were not for this, Liu Qian's result of waiting for more than a month might be to be attacked from behind by 100,000 troops and the whole army was annihilated!

Liu Qian, who got the news, trembled with anger, he never expected that his own son Liu Xianzhi would actually put him along! From the very beginning, the boy persuaded himself not to raise an army. Once Liu Xianzhi's thoughts at both ends of his head were touched, he immediately changed his mind and gave advice for himself to win his trust, it turned out that he had made up his mind from the beginning to prepare to fight back! I really underestimated this sick kid. It turns out that there is a deep and cold rebellious heart hidden in this sick and weak body! He betrayed his father! Now he has not only lost reinforcements, but even lost his base in Taiyuan. And once the news spread, even his own son raised an army against him. Who else in the world will obey him!

The more Liu Qian thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he drank the wine in front of him with trembling hands, but the wine spilled was almost as much as he drank. After drinking, Liu Qian calmed down and ordered: "Attack Luoyang City immediately!" Must be captured within three days! ”

An Zaidao hurriedly said on the side: "Lord Wang, the morale of our army is now low, and we will capture Luoyang City in three days, I'm afraid"

"Assemble the Warlords! There is a cringe! Liu Qian shouted loudly.

An Zaidao didn't react to this order for a while. The Warlords, this means that Liu Qian has completely lost confidence in the loyalty of the soldiers, and the effect that the Warlords can play is like drinking and getting drunk, and after a short period of blood boiling and excitement, it will be the pain of a hangover. Once the excitement that the Warlord can cause is exhausted, this army will collapse! Liu Qian has lost his normal state of mind, An Zaidao confirmed in his heart.

As a result, Luoyang City ushered in the most arduous and bloody scene since the start of the war. Liu Qian's troops stormed the city like crazy, completely oblivious to the severity of the casualties, and the strength of the soldiers when they learned that they were dead in both forward and backward directions was astonishing. Lu Qinghan clearly realized that the other party's state was abnormal, and it was impossible to maintain it for a long time. But it was unknown whether his subordinates could survive until the time when the opponent's strength dissipated, so he personally led the team to fight at the head of the city and slaughtered the Liu Qian's soldiers who climbed up to the head of the city. But the enemy's offensive was like endless waves, and the crises at the head of Luoyang City rose one after another, and Lu Qinghan fought for two days and one night without a moment of rest until the dusk of the next day.

Lu Qinghan looked at the corpses strewn across the city, the wounded soldiers were still fighting, until they were shot through the chest by bows and arrows before falling to the ground, and the wailing soldiers hugged the enemy soldiers and jumped down from the city and fell into flesh, and there were pictures of death and blood intertwined everywhere. At this time, there were less than 2,000 soldiers resisting at the head of the city, and the defensive line at the head of the city was getting weaker and weaker, and there were more and more crises and more and more frequent. It's almost the limit, right? Lu Qinghan smiled slightly. It seems that his limit lies in this, it is impossible to hold on to these forces, once the city head is lost and the city gate is breached, then the only psychological comfort that can be relied on in this remaining army will no longer exist. It seems that he can't survive tonight, Lu Qinghan judged while stabbing six or seven enemy soldiers who killed the head of the city with the spear in his hand.

At this moment, a cloud of smoke and dust rose from the northeast corner. Lu Qinghan knew very well that it was the smoke and dust caused by the rapid advance of the cavalry, and he couldn't help but be stunned. The smoke and dust were getting closer and closer, Lu Qinghan saw it clearly, and the banner clearly read: Liaodong is the capital of Chang!

It's reinforcements! Liaodong protects Chang Miao's reinforcements! (To be continued......)