I heard that Duke Yuan renovated all the green camps of the Qing army in the Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu and Ningxia areas and equipped them with new weapons, forming a new army.

This time, 150,000 newly formed Shaanxi-Shanxi-Gansu-Ningxia troops were sent to reinforce northern Henan in three groups. They would cooperate with Duan Gong in Zhengzhou, Nanyang, Luoyang and other places to fight the Northern Army against the Southern Army.

Duan Gong's plan is to defeat the Southern Army on the right or left, first paralyze the opponent, lure the enemy deep, and then suddenly encircle him. Therefore, Zhang Biao must not make any mistakes here, otherwise, the plan will be ruined.

Chen Tianhua, humph, you are a little too immature if you want to fight Yuan Gong!

In Luoyang City, the Northern Army's defenders were not the 20,000 or 30,000 that Luo Erhu estimated, but a full 60,000. They were all the elites who had followed Zhang Biao to fight in Hubei, Henan, and Anhui in recent years.

Zhang Biao was waiting, waiting for the Confederate Army to penetrate deeply into Xinxiang and Jiaozuo area, but Duan Gong was there and had prepared a welcome ceremony for them.

A sly sneer appeared on his face.

"General, the Southern Army's Jiao Dafeng Division has begun to attack the city!" Yin Zhiping, the commander of the left army, stepped through the door.

Yin Zhiping was the former admiral of Jiangxi. After being driven out of Nanchang by Chen Er and others, he had no choice but to seek refuge with his former friend Zhang Biao.

Both Zhang Biao and Yin Zhiping once worked under Zhang Xiangshuai, one was the admiral of Hubei and the other was the admiral of Jiangxi. The two of them had a good friendship and were both loyal backbones of the royalist faction.

Zhang Biao showed the greatest sincerity to Yin Zhiping's offer and immediately recommended him as the commander of the left army and lieutenant general.

Zhang Biao threw a dried fruit in his hand into his mouth, chewed it hard a few times, stood up, and smiled at Yin Zhiping:

"Let's go and see if this young Jiao Da Feng can attack the city!"

Yin Zhiping said with a flattering smile: "Let him be cunning again and again. This time he has to drink our foot-washing water. Let's have some fun with him first!"

Zhang Biao chuckled, "Brother Zhiping, I fought with him before. This little thief is very sneaky. Don't let Jingzhou be careless and let him see some flaws."

"Don't worry, General, we have everything arranged!" Yin Zhiping said with a smile: "Nothing will go wrong!"

"Well, that's good!"

Zhang Biao walked up to the tower with his head high and his chest high to watch. Yin Zhiping followed behind him, stumbling along.

The city of Luoyang has been under siege for half a year. Jiao Dafeng has also made full preparations for the siege. All kinds of heavy artillery, Mongolian rams, siege vehicles, and ramming vehicles are all pouring into the city in dense numbers.

He camped three kilometers away, raised his telescope and stared at Luoyang City, feeling uneasy and uneasy.

As the horns and war drums sounded, the battlefield was filled with cries of killing like a mountain roar and a tsunami. The Confederate army carried ladders and swarmed towards the city wall under the cover of 105mm howitzers and 75mm field guns.

The siege vehicles and Mengcheng vehicles were also pushed by the soldiers, moving like a hill towards the city wall.

The ladders were put up on the city wall, the siege engines moved up, and the siege engines hit them hard.

Hundreds of Mongolian chariots hit the city wall at the same time. Even with the strength of Luoyang City, the entire wall seemed to tremble.

A fierce battle began immediately.

The siege operations were specifically directed by his deputy, Major General Ai Jiaxin, while Jiao Dafeng, as the chief general, stood on the observation tower under the banner of the Chinese Army, holding a telescope and staring at Luoyang City intently, as if he wanted to see something.

The fierce battle lasted for half a day. Although the Southern Army's offensive was fierce, the Northern Army defending the city also had high fighting spirit.

Ai Jiaxin tried every means, but he only managed to attack the city wall several times before being driven back. He could not even gain a foothold. The defenders on the city were too fierce.

"Sound the horn and withdraw the troops!" Jiao Dafeng suddenly ordered the adjutant: "Inform General Ai, withdraw the troops and rest for half a day, and come back tomorrow morning!"

Jiaoda Peak is a tentative siege.

The next day was a replica of the first day. Except for carrying back hundreds of corpses of soldiers who died in the battle at the foot of Luoyang City, the Confederate Army found nothing.

"General Jiao, Luoyang City is too difficult to attack. Even heavy artillery can't collapse the city wall. Some gaps were filled with sandbags at once. The tunnels we dug from last winter can be used. These tunnels are only more than a hundred meters away from the city wall.

In just one night, we can dig dozens of passages into the city. As long as we enter the city and use our advantage to attack from both inside and outside, we can securely capture Luoyang City." Ai Jiaxin said with a face.

Not convinced.

"Let's try it tonight!" Jiao Dafeng said absently.

That night, Ai Jiaxin suffered another major setback.

The cunning Zhang Biao seemed to have expected this dirty trick. In Luoyang City, the Northern Army dug countless straight shafts close to the walls. As soon as the Southern Army tunnels reached these shafts, they immediately suffered a fatal blow.

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The Northern Army placed gunpowder and firewood doused with poison in the shaft. Once the fire started, poisonous smoke invaded outwards along the tunnel. Seven out of ten soldiers who entered the tunnel were killed or injured.

Looking at the corpses dragged out of the tunnel one after another, Ai Jiaxin's face was as pale as the bottom of a pot.

"Take a rest for two days and attack again the day after tomorrow!" Jiao Dafeng ordered.

On the fifth day, Ai Jiaxin mustered up his courage and launched another attack on Luoyang City.

After several days of fierce fighting, the Northern Army troops in the city suffered heavy losses.

Looking at the Confederate army struggling to climb up the ladder, Zhang Biao shook his head and said:

"I really didn't expect that this Jiao Dafeng is far from mediocre, he is really a general. These soldiers used to be soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. After more than a year of training after being surrendered, he turned them into an elite army. If we hadn't been prepared in advance, the strength of the troops in the city would

If there are enough, it is really possible for him to succeed."

Yin Zhiping lost no time in flattering and said:

"The general is so far-sighted that these guys can't think of it. Jiao Dafeng could never have imagined that there are 60,000 elite soldiers hidden in Luoyang City, which is three times more than his troops and horses, and the level of elites is much stronger.

, if we want, we can go out of the city to fight in the field at any time and eat them!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, quite proudly.

But at this moment, the trumpet call to withdraw troops suddenly sounded from the city. This time, the siege also ended in an anticlimactic manner and ended hastily.

Looking at the Confederate army receding like a tide, Zhang Biao suddenly frowned, "What does this Jiao Dafeng want to do?"

Ai Jiaxin was also full of anger and confusion. When he returned to the Chinese army camp and saw Jiao Dafeng's face, he couldn't help being surprised, "General Jiao, what's wrong with you?"

Jiao Dafeng's face turned pale, his hands were shaking slightly, his eyes were looking straight at the battle map in front of him, and he was murmuring slightly.

Hearing Ai Jiaxin's question, he raised his head. It seemed that he had aged several years in an instant, "Commander Ai, it's not good. I guess we must have fallen into a huge trap."

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Ai Jiaxin's face changed drastically, "General, what are you talking about, I...I don't quite understand?!"

"You attacked the city for three days in total, and I observed it from the observation tower for three days. Do you know what I saw?" Jiao Dafeng asked word for word.
Chapter completed!