Mayan, who was stationed at the Pingcheng Gate, opened the gate and ordered the soldiers to build a moat bridge over the moat outside the city as fast as possible, and then pushed the raft pontoon bridge that had been prepared long ago into the moat. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The raft pontoon was about 15 zhang long, the same width as the moat, and on the surface it was a giant raft, but there were boat-shaped bases every two zhang below it to enhance buoyancy, and the raft was equipped with five wheels on each side. After pushing the raft pontoon bridge into the moat, it is possible to walk on it as long as it is secured with thick ropes at both ends. The defenders had built the raft to add more temporary passages to the moat in order to save time for transporting supplies, but now they have become a means of escape.

The number of Northern Xinjiang troops outside the Pingcheng Gate was not large, mainly the soldiers and people of the chariot battalion. At this moment, bonfires burned on the battlefield, illuminating the city walls up and down, and the catapults on the positions outside the city were bombarding the towers intermittently.

The soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army suddenly saw the enemy soldiers in the city killed, and immediately cheered happily, the drums rose to the sky, and the ballista on the earthen platform also roared wildly.

After receiving the news, Zhang Fei, who was commanding the battle on the battlefield of Kaiyangmen, immediately ordered Yu Ban to rush to the battlefield of Pingchengmen to command, he said: "Order the troops on the battlefield of Pingcheng to immediately withdraw and retreat in the direction of Kaiyangmen, so that the enemy in the city can break through." ”

"When will the pontoon bridge on the Luoshui River burn down?" Yu Ban asked.

"Wait for the enemy to flee to the river and burn it, and do not be in a hurry, lest you force the enemy back into the city." Zhang Fei waved his hand and said, "Tell Sun Guan and Yang Feng on the battlefield in Xicheng to ask them to immediately mobilize their troops and block the enemy's westward retreat to Yiyang." ”

Yu Ban rode away on Pegasus with a team of guards.

"Tell the lord that the rebels are breaking through from the direction of Pingchengmen, and ask all departments in the city to immediately capture the Guangyangmen Avenue and the Guangyangmen Avenue in the southern city, and cut off the way for the rebels to retreat to the palace." Zhang Fei shouted at the herald repeatedly, "Hurry, hurry, report immediately." ”

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Ma Yan took the lead and advanced bravely with the assault front.

If the army wants to break through, it must first break through the five moats in front of the moat. When I dug the moat, I didn't expect to break through today. If I knew this, I wouldn't have dug so many moats in the first place.

Ma Yan was so shot by the dense arrows of the Northern Frontier Army that he couldn't raise his head, and lay on the ground while scolding and complaining secretly.

"General, the Northern Frontier Army has retreated, and they are retreating......" Several guards lying beside him suddenly shouted in surprise.

The arrows gradually thinned out, and Ma Yan looked up carefully. The Northern Xinjiang army and civilians on the opposite side are retreating, and catapults and ballistas are being dragged out of the battlefield.

Ma Yan shook his head, there was no joy on his face, the Northern Frontier Army got out of the way, which meant that they were ready to encircle and annihilate.

Mayan smiled self-deprecatingly. Breakout, it's a joke? Luoyang City has fallen, and the Baguan Pass is also controlled by the Northern Frontier Army, where can the army break through? Yuan Shang and Yuan Zhong were cornered, and before they died, they had to let tens of thousands of innocent soldiers bury them.

Ma Yan turned his head to look at the soldiers around him, thinking that they were about to fall into a different place around him, his heart ached, and tears almost fell. The soldiers only knew that they were desperate, they didn't know that breaking through was actually death, and they probably thought it was a way of hope for survival.

"General......" a soldier in the distance waved his hand and shouted, "General, let's push the trench bridge up, hurry up, ......"

Before he could finish speaking, a long arrow roared and pinned him to the ground in an instant.

Ma Yan screamed sadly, looking up to the sky and screaming miserably. I can't stick to Luoyang and protect Sheji, and I can't save my brother's life, what's the point of living.

He jumped to his feet, raised his hands and shouted, "Brothers, push the trench up, put it up, put it up......"

He didn't raise his shield. His entire body was exposed to the arrows of the Northern Frontier Army, and he immediately became the target of the arrows. He was shot through and fell to the ground on his back.

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In the early morning, Yuan Shang and Yuan Zhong rushed out of the Pingcheng Gate with their troops.

Lu Weikuang led the vanguard army to rush forward. This avenue extends directly to the bank of the Luoshui River, and the Ming Hall and Lingtai are on the east and west sides of this avenue. To their surprise, they did not encounter any resistance along the way, and the Northern Frontier Army allowed them to pass through the Sanyong Palace and approach the bank of the Luoshui River.

In the dark night, a fire suddenly broke out on the Luoshui River, and the five pontoon bridges instantly fell into flames.

The way south was cut off.

Yuan Zhong did not hesitate at all, and resolutely ordered: "To the west, march west along the Luoyang River, capture Henan City, kill Qinglong Mountain, and break through from the direction of Yiyang." ”

"When we arrived in Yiyang, there were high mountains all around, and the mountain roads were steep, and it was even more difficult for us to break through." Chen Lin dissuaded, "It's better to retreat to the city and defend the palace." We have the palace in our hands, Li Yi doesn't dare not agree to our conditions, and we can return to Jingzhou with a swagger. ”

"From Yiyang City to the south along the black stream is Lu Mingguan." Yuan Zhong sneered, "As long as we withdraw to Lu Mingguan, we will be able to return to Jingzhou smoothly." Remove...... Withdraw to the west ......"

After a slight hesitation at the Luoshui River, the army turned westward, but after only four miles, they were blocked by the Northern Frontier Army.

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Li Guangbi personally led an army of 20,000 to block it head-on.

Lü Weikuang bore the brunt of the attack, and the forward army was quickly overwhelmed by the overwhelming Northern Frontier Army, and was killed on the spot, with few of the 3,000 people left.

Li Guangbi commanded the army to take advantage of the situation to cover the killing. Tens of thousands of soldiers roared like thunder, the fierce killing sound shook the night, and the rushing sea of people set off many terrifying waves like a tide, which was overwhelming.

Gao Xiang, Wei Yuanjin and others protected Yuan Shang and Yuan Zhong and fought and retreated.

"Retreat to the city, retreat to ......" Yuan Zhong looked at the wolf rushing to the chest, and the army that had completely collapsed had to order a retreat, but it was too late.

Zhang Fei and Yu Ban led 16,000 troops to kill from the direction of Kaiyangmen, cutting off the retreat of the rebels to Pingchengmen, protecting Sanyong Palace, and blocking the rebels in the area of Xiaoyuanmen.

Li Guangbi led an army of 20,000 into the enemy camp and slashed and slaughtered indiscriminately.

The soldiers of Northern Xinjiang were red-eyed, and it happened to be dark again, and they caught and cut anything, and the blood flowed like a river for a while.

The rebels had no choice but to flee south, towards the Luoshui River, where thousands of people drowned.

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Dawn, the rising sun.

The fighting in the southern city of Luoyang gradually stopped, the battlefield was in shambles, and there were countless corpses floating on the Luoshui River.

In Luoyang City, more than 100,000 troops from the north surrounded the south and north palaces.

In the morning, Zhang Fei, Li Guangbi, and Yu Ban led the army into Luoyang City from the Pingcheng Gate.

"Didn't find Yuan Shao?" Li Yi stood up in surprise and looked at Zhang Fei for a long time without speaking.

"Yuan Shao must be in the army that broke through, send someone to find it." Yue Fei glared at Zhang Fei, and wanted to scold a few words, but because Li Yi was beside him, he could only endure a few cold "hums", "If you want to see people in life, you want to see corpses in death, hurry up and find them." ”

Zhang Fei looked disdainful, and was about to open his mouth to taunt Yue Fei, Li Yi immediately frowned at Zhang Fei, signaled him not to be troublesome, and said: "We estimate that Yuan Shao will personally command in Luoyang this time, so you will immediately send someone to find it." ”

Zhang Fei and the others bowed and retired.

"Pengju, send someone to shoot in the palace again, tell them that the army that broke through the siege is all annihilated, and tell them to surrender quickly." Li Yihong sighed and said, "If Yuan Shao dies, the hope of appeasing the rebels will be in vain." Not only did Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi brothers form a blood feud with us, but even Liu Biao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan fought with us to the end for their own lives and never surrendered. ”

"If Yuan Shao is in Luoyang, there is little chance that he will survive." Yue Fei sneered, "Even if he lives, he won't surrender, let alone expect him to help us appease the rebellion." ”

"But it's better for him to be alive than dead." Li Yi said helplessly, "If you die, you will die, but at least there must be a dead body, so as not to let the rebels mistakenly think that we have crushed him to ashes, and there is a dead body, so we can have an explanation when we appease the forces of Yuan Valve." ”

"Maybe he's still in the palace." Yue Fei comforted, "Yuan Shao may not die so easily. ”

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On the sixth day of the ninth month of the fifth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the trial went out of the palace and discussed the surrender with the general Li Yi.

Li Yi took care of the safety of the palace, was very polite, kind and comforting, and assured that Yuan Shao and the officials of Luoyang would be pardoned by the Son of Heaven, and could even serve in the imperial court. The soldiers of the army can be disarmed and returned to the field, or they can become the army of the imperial court after reorganization.

Li Yi's tolerance and commitment made the judge grateful, and he said: "I will go back immediately to make arrangements, and lead my troops to withdraw from the palace early tomorrow morning and camp in the northern army camp outside the city." ”

On the seventh day of the ninth month, the army led by Shen Pei, Yuan Hui and others surrendered, and the Northern Xinjiang Army successfully occupied the south and north palaces, and was protected by Li Jing's army.

On the eighth day of the ninth month, Li Yi spread the word to the world, recovered Luoyang, and advised all rebellious places to focus on social welfare, accept the appeasement of the imperial court, and let the world stabilize as soon as possible.

On the same day, Li Yi ordered the soldiers of the army to be rewarded, pacify the surrendered rebels, and repatriate the people from various places one after another.

On the ninth day of the ninth month of September, the general Li Yi convened a meeting of the generals in Xingyuan.

The Battle of Luoyang lasted six months since the army began to attack the eight passes on the periphery of Luoyang in March. In addition to the Guanzhong and Qingyan prefectures to contain the battlefield, the imperial court invested nearly 400,000 troops, requisitioned about 5 million people, and consumed countless grains, grass and ordnance.

It took about two months for the army to conquer the eight passes on the periphery of Luoyang, with 280,000 troops invested, and a total of 17,000 casualties in the four battlefields of Hanoi, Henan*, Guanxi, and Yingchuan, of which 8,000 were killed.

It took about four months for the army to conquer Luoyang City, with 230,000 troops and 15,000 casualties, of which 9,000 were killed.

During the six-month battle, the army destroyed about 100,000 enemies, of which about 60,000 were captured. After this battle, the Northern Xinjiang Army recovered Luoyang, basically occupied the Central Plains, and laid the advantage of pacifying the world.

At present, the army does not have the conditions to take advantage of the victory to go south, in addition to the financial support of the imperial court, the situation in Guanzhong is also extremely urgent. After Liu Bei, Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu and other rebels led their armies to attack Guanzhong in the north, Han Yi and Yang Qiu in Western Xinjiang rebelled again, and together with the Qiang people in Western Xinjiang, they posed a serious threat to the security of Guanzhong. Therefore, pacifying the western frontier and defending Guanzhong has become a top priority.