On the same day that Shaoxun's pioneer troops arrived at Shenyuan Pass, Wang Mi's main force set out in batches from Yanshi County.
Pioneer Liu Ling's 20,000 men left one day early.
Wang Mi's tribe set out on the second day of May.
Traveling with a large army, especially with troops of Wang Miyi's caliber, is even more complicated.
The first group of people set off before dawn, the second group of people left the camp at dawn, and the third group of people...
It was not until the afternoon that the chaotic righteous army was almost completely gone - Wang Sang led more than 10,000 people to stay behind to deter possible pursuers.
However, although the volunteers were in chaos, they were much more organized than when they first captured Xuchang in April.
Those who disobeyed orders and ran around were beaten head-on by Shao Xun.
With ulterior motives, he just escaped along the way with the thieves who were looking for benefits.
Giving up death also gave up a large part of the cannon fodder.
All this has successfully made the volunteer lose weight and become more refined overall.
In fact, this is what rogue bandits are like.
You beat him and win consecutively. As long as you don't cause serious damage to the main elite and only lose a few loose pieces of fat from your body, it won't hurt, because they will continue to "lose meat" during the long march.
, regardless of whether they have experienced combat or not.
Marching into Luoyang was exciting for Wang Mi.
No matter how calm and capable he was before, how cunning and cruel he was, he was a native of Jin after all, so he naturally had a sense of awe for the emperors and ministers of Luoyang. But after this awe was alienated in his heart, he became cruel and tyrannical, and there was one thing he wanted to destroy.
impulse.
At this time, he was riding on the back of a horse, and beside him was the "Kite Camp" cavalry army composed of more than a thousand veteran thieves.
The origins of the Yaozi camp are very mixed, more than half of them are from Qingzhou, in addition to the remnants of Jisang who fled, Xuzhou officers and soldiers who deserted, some elite tribes of Yanzhou powerful people and small gentry, etc.
The peripheral cannon fodder of the rogue bandits is replaced all the year round, and even many people are replaced after a battle. However, the personnel replacement rate of this elite backbone battalion is not that high unless it suffers a devastating blow.
Before and after the Yaozi Camp, there were Taishan, Zhongjian, Zhenzhen, Wuqian and other camps, each with three to four thousand men.
Of course there weren't so many people before, but the expansion has been a bit fast in the past two or three months, which makes Wang Mi feel a little worried - many people bring weapons to surrender, and their origins are suspicious at first glance. They are either routed soldiers or bandits, without permission.
Test, loyalty is average.
But now that they need to fight, they have to be polite and wait until Luoyang is captured before rectifying the situation.
Sometimes overeating is not a bad thing, as long as you have time to digest it.
The scale of 60,000 to 70,000 infantry and cavalry was huge, and the entire march stretched to dozens of miles, vast and boundless.
There are still many people in the counties and villages we pass through.
Some scattered hundreds of households gathered together and built an earthen fence. There was no earthen fence at all. Instead, they surrounded it with wooden fences and called themselves "dock walls." At this time, some people led troops to rush over.
Everything that could be captured with one drum was immediately snatched away, and Ding Zhuang was recruited into the army and became a peripheral soldier.
Some of the fences were thicker and the people were braver. If they couldn't take it down with a single blow, they were forced to pay some money and food.
As for those Wubao that are considered to be larger in size, let’s not bother with that. It’s not that they can’t be defeated, but it’s not worth taking action. We’ll deal with them when they become the weakest enemy one day. If you don’t believe them, they won’t surrender.
On the fourth day of May, pioneer Liu Ling's troops arrived in the eastern suburbs of Luoyang.
At this time, Shao Xun, Mi Huang, and Chen Yan combined more than 10,000 troops, and they also left Sheyuan Pass and advanced towards Yanshi.
At this time, Luoyang was undergoing the final mobilization before the war.
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On the sixth day of May in the second year of Yongjia (308), Wang Mi's troops arrived at Luoyang City one after another. Because there were so many people, the entire army had nearly 80,000 people, so they were distributed in two large areas in the south and east of the city.
Among them, Wang Mi's camp was set up outside Jianchun Gate. There were about 50,000 thieves in the east of the city.
There are seven or eight thousand partial troops in the north of the city, which are only used for harassment.
On that day, Liu Ling led more than 20,000 people to move to the south of the city. He personally led 500 cavalry and 3,000 infantry to call for formation outside Jinyang Gate.
At this time, Shao Xun had already led his troops to Yanshi.
Wang Sang was a little anxious, because he really didn't have any troops to fight with. After going out to fight in the city, he was defeated, so he retreated into the city and did not dare to go out to fight.
Shao Xun left several thousand men from Chen Yan's tribe to monitor the rebel army, and he took the silver spear, long sword, Yamen and other troops and headed west to Luoyang along with 3,000 soldiers from the Sili Xiaowei Division.
After Liu Ling called for battle outside the city, the Jinyang Gate suddenly opened. General He Lun of the Left Guard, General Wang Hu of the Valiant Cavalry, and General Beigong Jun, the governor of Liangzhou, led more than 3,000 people out of the city.
Liu Ling climbed onto a roof and overlooked the officers and soldiers.
He encountered the same predicament as those who had invaded Luoyang before. There were too many private houses outside the city, most of which were of good quality, and it was very difficult to demolish them. Therefore, he could not deploy too many troops, so he could only carry out this kind of "thousand"
Fight for the unit.
The official army dispatched three thousand infantry, three to four hundred cavalry, plus—Hey, this group of infantry who came out first was so strange!
Liu Ling looked closely and saw that more than a hundred soldiers were extremely tall and powerful. Even though they were wearing two layers of armor, holding large shields and long halberds, their pace was still slow.
Looking at their formation, it is even more bizarre.
The non-traditional Central Plains infantry formation - in fact, more than a hundred people can't form any formation - is a group of several people, and the person holding the big shield is the strongest. The shield is as tall as one person, which is very rare here.
What he holds in his hand is not a ring-shaped sword, but a sword.
Behind the shield bearer, there is a person holding a halberd. He looks very powerful and heavy.
One person is holding a long spear, and there seems to be a short spear that can be thrown on his back.
What kind of play is this? Liu Ling can't understand.
Well, since he didn’t understand, he didn’t think much about it and directly issued the order: five hundred cavalry to charge.
After the order was given, the five hundred cavalrymen came out of the formation, running quickly at first, then slowly increasing their speed, and then, taking advantage of the fact that there were more people on their side than on the other side, they actually rushed forward.
It was a replica of the Battle of Jieqiao, where Gongsun Zan used more than 10,000 cavalry to bully Yuan Shao's 800 infantry, and directly attacked him - coincidentally, Yuan Shao's 800 infantry were also inseparable from Liangzhou, "(Qu) Yi"
I have been in Liangzhou for a long time, and I have learned how to fight with the Qiang, and my soldiers are all sharp."
Five hundred cavalry rushed in and directly broke up the formation of more than a hundred infantry.
Liu Ling breathed a sigh of relief, but he was not happy for a long time when he found that the more than a hundred people were scattered and not in disorder, and they started fighting with the cavalry without forming a formation.
They formed a group of three, and one of them stuck his shield on the ground, with legs behind the shield, to face the cavalry charge.
One person was not afraid, wielding a heavy halberd to hit the cavalry on horseback, or simply hooking the horse's legs. Looking at the ferocious roars on their faces, they seemed to have made up their mind to exchange lives for lives. They were extremely fierce and murderous.
soaring.
The other person directly took the throwing spear and threw it with a "swish", accurately and hard. The one who hit it died immediately and fell off the horse with a scream.
Sometimes they would stand firm on the ground and stab the cavalry with their spears, with their eyes wide open - you stab me, I will stab you, whoever blinks first is a coward, do you dare to risk your life?
As expected, the five hundred horsemen only rushed in for a short distance before they were overturned and countless others fell to the ground.
The following cavalrymen were attacked by spears one after another, and fell off their horses one by one, which was a spectacular sight.
"Kill the thieves!" Halberdiers charged forward, hitting the cavalry who had lost speed and were turning their horses' heads.
Either stab, chop or smash, they are extremely brave.
Under their leadership, shield bearers, spearmen, and spear throwers also rushed forward and charged against the cavalry.
Some enemy cavalry went around to the side and took out their horn bows to shoot arrows.
But the Liangzhou infantry reacted quickly. The sword-and-shield infantry used their big shields to block the attack. The spear-thrower stepped forward again and threw the spears one by one. As if they had practiced for many years, they were able to hit the targets wherever they pointed with incomparable accuracy.
After shooting and knocking the opponent off his horse, the sword-and-shield infantry stepped forward and struck the enemy knight with his shield directly on the enemy rider who was staggering up after falling off his horse. Then he quickly thrust out his sword and killed the thief on the spot.
A mere hundred people, faced with the siege of five hundred cavalry, showed no signs of panic and fought in an orderly manner, as if they had faced such scenes countless times in their past military careers.
The enemy cavalry quickly retreated and even fled in all directions.
More than a hundred Liangzhou heavy infantry became more aggressive and charged after the cavalry.
They chased and roared, killing more than ten thief cavalry who fell at the back, and then crashed directly into the thief infantry formation.
"Kill!" The Liangzhou warriors rushed forward and knocked the thieves in the front row to pieces.
"Dong dong dong..." The drum beat, and the left guard general He Lun seized the opportunity to press forward the imperial infantry.
"Kill!" The three thousand infantrymen looked at it for a long time. Their morale had already been boosted and their blood was boiling. Now they lined up neatly, following the footsteps of more than a hundred Liangzhou warriors, and rushed towards the already panicked rebel infantrymen.
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Even though Liu Ling carefully trained the elite infantrymen, even though many of them were fugitive soldiers with combat experience, even though they had three thousand people, they were still in a hurry when faced with the unreasonable fighting style of more than a hundred Liangzhou heavy armored infantry.
, gradually showing the trend of disintegration.
And when the infantry of the Forbidden Army's left guard caught up, there was no longer any suspense about the outcome.
In this battle, Beigong Chun selected more than a hundred warriors to break out of the formation, first defeating the enemy's cavalry, and then attacking the infantry. Almost no one could stop him.
Wang Mi's bandits, who had rushed through Henan in more than a month, suffered a humiliating defeat at Jinyang Gate.
Liangzhou 豱苕(chī tiáo), the bandits disappeared.
The fluttering owl kills people with fear.
I wonder what Wang Mi will think when the results of the Battle of Jinyang Gate reach Jianchun Gate.
Chapter completed!