Mengjin Port

A gust of wind swept by, and the ground was full of corpses, most of them Han Chinese, and the flags were crooked and planted on the ground, and the top was in tatters, and smoke rose from the burning place not far away, bringing a fishy smell and burnt smell, and also bringing intermittent screams.

And here, the Hu people are cleaning up the battlefield, and among the corpses all over the ground, they hear the moaning of the wounded and make up for it, and there are Hu people behind them, swords, armor, bows and arrows, and they are arranged and bundled in piles.

The Hu people are relatively short of materials, so they have habitual rules for these.

The wounded and unsalvaged war horses were slaughtered, and the horse meat, horse skin, horsetail, and horse blood were all classified one by one, and the strong smell of blood did not affect the appetite of the Hu people.

There was a group of people in one place, watching the situation on the battlefield. Surrounded in the middle was Khurbo.

"Your Highness, all the enemies have been destroyed!" said a commander of a thousand at this time, as he came to Gulbo.

Hu Erbo's eyes swept over: "Mengjin Port is a fortress, leaving a thousand people to garrison here, hey, I didn't expect Liu Man to send five thousand people, fortunately, our army had already crossed the river when I came, otherwise it would be troublesome." ”

"Is there any information coming from Gunzhou?" asked Kurbo again.

"Your Highness, our people have sent back news that Gunzhou has been occupied by the Dacheng army, and the entire Gunzhou has fallen into the hands of the Han Emperor. ”

Hearing this news, Hu Erbo pondered, and said for a long time: "Gunzhou has been leveled, we can't let Luoyang fall into its hands, pass the order, the army quickly gathered, before Luoyang got the news, even overnight to Luoyang, will give Wang Hongyi a fatal blow in this pass." ”

Luoyang

The night is vast, the clouds and stars are in the sky, and under the sky, Luoyang is conspicuous.

There is a palace in Luoyang, but it is in disrepair, only part of it is opened, it is the Guogong Mansion, and the study is still brightly lit, Liu Man looked at the map in thought, pacing: "Zhang Jie, what do you think of the situation in the Tiger Prison?"

Zhang Jie was still in the study at night, and he was already paying attention, and he was naturally thinking in his heart: "Lord, the tiger prison is strong, in the past, 10,000 soldiers could resist an army of 100,000 for more than a year, but now, the army has a thunder car, it is difficult to say." ”

Liu Man listened and said angrily: "Can't you control it?"

Zhang Jie said with a wry smile: "Lord, it is indeed difficult to control it, you can only rely on the depth of the level, and the soldiers use their lives." ”

Liu Man stared at Zhang Jie, angry in his heart, but when he entered his eyes, he saw that Zhang Jie was still young, but his hair was frost-dyed, and his face was full of wrinkles, which was evidence of hard work and meditation, and Liu Man couldn't get angry.

Because asked Zhang Jie: "Then what can I do now?"

Zhang Jie thought contemplatingly: "We can only let Tiger Prison Pass fight a battle first, and the military camps in the Acropolis outside the city must be replaced in turn, watch its changes, and then make plans." ”

Liu Man thought about it, there were originally 70,000 soldiers, but now 30,000 in Gunzhou have been wiped out, Luoyang still has 40,000 troops, 10,000 have been sent to Tiger Prison Pass, and 5,000 have been sent to Mengjin Port, and there are 10,000 soldiers on the acropolis outside the city, but now there are only 15,000 in the city, and this force is somewhat insufficient.

Liu Man fell into contemplation for a while, and said: "There are still too few soldiers, so let's order the old soldiers to be recruited, there is still grain and grass in the city." ”

"Hey, Gunzhou was defeated so quickly, it was really out of my expectations!" After saying that, with a wry smile, Zhang Jie opened his mouth, wanted to speak, closed his mouth again, and just stood without saying a word.

The news from Gunzhou has shaken the country's capital, but in January, the three counties were all lost, and the 30,000 troops either surrendered or died, and now they can only rely on the tiger prison.

Tiger Prison Pass has increased troops, and there is a thick wall defense, and there will be no crisis for a while.

"Yizhou ......," Liu Man muttered to himself in a bit of distraction.

Liu Man's ability is to hold Luoyang, when the Hu people seize Yizhou, they will directly have a decisive battle with Wang Hongyi, maybe only the two families are injured in both defeats, in order to have a chance.

Although Liu Man has been tough several times, he also knows that there is little hope.

"Zhang Qing, what are the rumors in Luoyang City?" Liu Man asked in a low voice as he paced.

Zhang Jie was slightly stunned, and quickly understood that Guogong was worried that the matter of Gunzhou would spread in the city and cause people to be uneasy?

Busy said: "Lord, rumors were intentionally forbidden from the beginning, and the city was still calm. ”

"Is it still calm?" Liu Man sneered and asked again, "Do you think I did something wrong at the beginning?"

"The lord refers to ......"

"That day, Lone's rejection of Dacheng was too tough, and the fake Lone could be false and wronged, and maybe he could buy time...... It's me who was a little sloppy. Speaking of this, Liu Man's eyes were a little gloomy, and he sighed.

Zhang Jie couldn't help but be speechless when he heard this, and after a moment, he spoke up: "Lord, it's getting late, and the minister will retire first." ”

Liu Man waved his hand: "Zhang Qing go!"

At this time, the night was deep, and the sound of drums came faintly from afar, far away in the silent night, Liu Man sat down and slowly finished a cup of tea.

At this time, most of the palace people were asleep, and only the palace people on duty were waiting outside, and no one came in without Liu Man's orders.

In the whole side hall, it was very quiet, a few glass lamps were flashing, Liu Man sat and was silent for a long time.

When he received that Gunzhou had all fallen and the soldiers were in the tiger prison, although Liu Man maintained his composure at that time, he was really trembling in his heart, panicked and unable to hold himself, and did not disperse for a long time.

In the past few days, it has not been resolved, but it has become more and more intense, and this kind of panic, fear, and discomfort are mixed.

Suddenly, I remembered that in the history books of the past dynasties, the king of the dead country should not call the heavens and the earth, and there was no way out but the record of death, and his face suddenly became extremely pale.

In the past, Liu Man never thought that he would fail, and he went smoothly along the way, and occupied the treasure land of Luoyang.

But at this time, the successive setbacks made his heart tumble, and for the first time he felt and faced the fear and weakness in his heart.

"Gunzhou was occupied by Wang Hongyi, and the Hu people were still restrained by Yizhou, if Wang Hongyi took Luoyang directly, would Lone be able to resist?" Sitting down, this thought involuntarily emerged.

Liu Man also knows that now the hearts of Luoyang people are floating, but they are not obvious on the surface, if Wang Hongyi's army is pressing, can this Luoyang City really be defended?

If you resist, how long will it last?

At this moment, he suddenly heard a "boom" in the distance, and the glass swayed, Liu Man was startled, stood up, and drew his sword.

"Someone!" Liu Man drank, his first thought was that there was a mutiny in the city.

At this moment, the sound of roaring was endless, Liu Man rushed out of the study, looked at it from a distance, first breathed a sigh of relief, and then was shocked, only to see that there were many fires in the south of the city, the sky was reflected in a red, and there was a faint sound of killing.

"Guogong!" At this time, a eunuch came in, Liu Man looked at it, and saw that it was Zhao Changshi, Liu Man asked suspiciously: "Why are you?"

"Guogong! Something is wrong! Just now, there was news from the city tower, saying that a large number of Hu people were attacking the city, and now they are attacking the acropolis outside the city!" Zhao Changshi knelt on the ground and quickly reported it.

"Hu people, Hu people have come to the city, nonsense!" Liu Man was furious: "You dare to shake the morale of the army?

As he spoke, he shouted angrily, and drawing the sword was a stab, only to hear the sound of "poof", the long sword pierced into the heart of this Zhao Changshi, and as soon as he pulled it out, blood splashed.

Liu Man drew back his sword and drank: "Guard, follow me to the city......"

“...... No!" Someone immediately responded.

A moment of time, Luoyang City.

Liu Man stood on the city wall, stunned.

At a glance, the sound of killing at the Acropolis shook the sky, the banner danced, inside and outside the Acropolis, there were many thick smokes, and the flames were faintly seen in the sky, although it was in the night, the nearby was illuminated transparently.

Within a radius of several miles, according to the firelight, I saw the horses' heads moving, and the sound of neighing came and went.

This is indeed Hu Bing, looking at this situation, I am afraid that there are more than 10,000.

How is this possible?

It's the Dacheng army that came, and this is possible, how could it be the Hu people who came?

Ah, could it be...... Mengjin Port!

Liu Man's face was pale, his body trembled a little, but he just looked at the Acropolis from a distance, at this time, the Acropolis had been broken, and the sound of killing inside shook the sky, obviously still resisting.

In the firelight, you can faintly see the corpses lying all over the place, and from time to time there are wails and screams, as well as figures fighting in the firelight.

Luoyang Acropolis

The sound of "buzzing" in the air was endless, and batches of arrows rained down.

The earth trembled, tens of thousands of cavalry swept up smoke and dust, and continued to shoot and kill, and the Luoyang Acropolis was first attacked by night, and then broke the city, although it is now shrinking resistance, but there is only room to be divided.

Listening to the continuous screams and screams in the night, as well as the sound of arrows raining like a gale, Hu Erbo sneered and asked, "Hasn't Luoyang sent troops yet?"

"Your Highness, the lights in Luoyang are bright, and the city walls are armed, but you don't dare to go out of the city. ”

"Hmph, Han people are cowardly. A "puff" sound.

This night attack on the Acropolis, 20,000 troops were dispatched, and 10,000 were ready to attack the Luoyang army out of the city, and they were taken in one fell swoop.

But now it seems that Liu Man did not dare to fight, so he could only sit and watch the Acropolis be destroyed.

"If you don't send troops, you can calmly wipe out the Han army in the acropolis, there are a lot of weapons in this acropolis, and the order will be sent down, carefully inspected, and distributed. ”

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but "boom" and promised.

Because the grassland cavalry is strong, but there are few large-scale standard weapons, the grassland is already scarce, especially iron weapons must be smuggled in, except for the personal soldiers of the big tribes, the general cavalry is just a light bow and arrow.

After the unification of the steppes, iron tools and weapons were distributed and reorganized, and the equipment of the army was improved, but it was not possible to arm hundreds of thousands of people.

There are 300,000 men in the whole grassland, and this invasion of only 100,000 is proof.

Of course, with the time of the invasion of Middle-earth, with the occupation of the land, there are constantly Han armed forces that have been seized by the Hu people, and Hu Erbo is now a pro-soldier who is all dressed in scale armor and looks neat and clear, which is already very rare.

The reason why the people were driven to attack the city was also because the Hu people had always lacked arms, and this time they attacked Luoyang, in fact, they lacked everything in terms of logistics, whether it was weapons or food.

The capture of the Acropolis this time has undoubtedly greatly supplemented the shortcomings in this regard.

Thinking of this, Hu Erbo's annoyance at Liu Man's fear of not fighting at night and losing the opportunity to seize Luoyang in one fell swoop was swept away, and he said: "If you don't dare to go out and seize this acropolis, you can also cut off Luoyang's troops, break its morale, and order not to attack the city tomorrow, shoot arrows to persuade you to surrender!"