The 20,000-strong army arrived at Hulao Pass at dawn. They carried neither baggage nor tents. Each soldier only carried four days' worth of dry food and drinking water, as well as eight black rhino iron fire thunders. At this time, the Song army only carried
With three days of dry food left, they had no time to consume it at Hulao Pass and had to capture it immediately.
Li Fuxing stood on a small mound and looked at Hulao Pass. Hulao Pass faces east and back to the west. The pass is majestic, with hills on both sides. There is only one road to go through the pass. Behind the pass, a four or five miles around was built.
Military cities, military camps, customs offices, taverns, inns, brothels, etc. are all located in the military city.
The military city is about two feet high and is also made of blue bricks. However, the top of the city is not wide, only less than one foot. It is impossible to use large defensive weapons and there is no moat. Once you leave the city gate, you directly enter the boundary of Henan Prefecture.
At this time, there are hundreds of soldiers standing on the city wall. Judging from experience, this military city can accommodate up to 3,000 soldiers, but there are only a few hundred people on the top of the city, which means that the garrison in the city is only about 1,000 people.
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Under the pressure of 20,000 troops, this small military city was far from as majestic as the Hulao Pass in front of it, and it was easily crushed to pieces.
Of course, the Song army did not carry siege ladders or other siege weapons. They only carried eight iron fire thunders, which were enough to break the city. The purpose of bringing 20,000 people was mainly to prevent a large number of troops stationed east of Hulao Pass. Although Chen Qing was very
He attached great importance to intelligence, but he still couldn't get some information, such as the military deployment inside and outside Hulao Pass.
Therefore, the Song army could only use 20,000 people to attack Hulao Pass, killing chickens with a butcher's knife.
Li Fuxing gave an order, "Five thousand crossbowmen in the first army, and three thousand spear troops to guard!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The drums of the Song army's formation were beating loudly, and five thousand soldiers ran out holding divine arm crossbows, followed by three thousand spear soldiers. This was to prevent the cavalry from suddenly coming out from Hulao Pass, and the spear army wanted to protect the crossbow army.
Five thousand divine arm crossbow troops rushed to two hundred paces, lined up in three rows, and fired arrows at the top of the city together.
An overwhelming barrage of arrows was fired at the top of the city. The five hundred soldiers on the top of the city squatted down to avoid the Song army's arrows.
At this time, four people ran out from the spear army, each holding a shield high and carrying a large box and ran towards the city gate.
A soldier saw four people from the shooting hole and shouted, "The Song army is going to blow up the city!"
Even ordinary soldiers knew that the Song army had powerful firearms. The general on the top of the city shouted: "Throw barrels of fire and oil to stop them from approaching!"
Dozens of kerosene barrels flew out from the city gate and fell to pieces on the ground. Black kerosene spilled out. Then several torches were thrown down, and a raging fire suddenly ignited in front of the city gate, preventing the four soldiers from advancing.
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The four soldiers turned to the city wall again. It was one thing to blow up the city wall. At this time, more than a dozen gunpowder barrels were thrown from the top of the city. They exploded instantly and poisonous nails flew everywhere. A soldier in front was unable to dodge and was shot in the leg by poisonous nails.
, fell to his knees on the ground, and the other three soldiers carried the iron fire thunder and fled back carrying the injured soldier on their backs.
After the first attack on the city failed, Li Fuxing discovered that things were really difficult to handle. There were kerosene and gunpowder barrels in Fangtun, especially the kerosene, which was a powerful weapon for defending the city. At the critical moment, thousands of bundles of hay were added.
, dry firewood is simply a nightmare for attackers.
They underestimated the enemy a little. Even if they brought hundreds of fire oil skins, they could still attack the enemy with fire.
But fortunately, they can still recover. The number of Song soldiers is twenty times that of the opponent. With this, they can suppress the opponent.
Li Fuxing immediately ordered: "At the same time, we pressed forward from three directions. The 15,000 troops suppressed the opponent with bows and crossbows, and shot the enemy with rockets."
Li Fuxing was also betting that the opponent's city was likely to have a large number of fire starters. Although he didn't know where they were placed, if he fired arrows in three directions at the same time, he would definitely be able to find the target.
Fifteen thousand troops fired rockets at the top of the city and inside the city.
There are only 750 defenders in the city. Even if they all board the city, each city head can only be allocated 250 people, which is a drop in the bucket and cannot be used.
But the target of the Song army was no longer people, but the fire starters on and inside the city.
Sure enough, three thousand bundles of wheat straw piled in the West City were ignited by rockets, and a raging fire quickly broke out. Thick smoke billowed in the city, and the entire city was shrouded in smoke. The soldiers on the West City couldn't stand the thick smoke and heat wave.
, retreated to both sides one after another.
The opportunity came again. Hundreds of soldiers rushed forward carrying wet bedding. The wet bedding extinguished the oil fire in front of the city gate. A 120-pound iron rhinoceros held up the city gate. On the other side was a huge stone.
Hold on to the iron rhinoceros.
The match ropes had been lit, the soldiers were running fast, and the crossbowmen stopped shooting and covered their ears.
"boom!"
There was an earth-shattering explosion, and the entire military city was shaking. The city gate was suddenly filled with smoke, dust, and chaos. The smoke inside the city and the smoke outside the city were mixed together. The entire city wall was obscured. No one knew what happened.
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"General, the city gate has completely collapsed!" a soldier shouted to the general inside the city.
"Command the entire army to retreat!"
The general also knew that Hulao was closed and he would be lucky to be able to withdraw the troops.
The east gate of Hulao Pass opened, and hundreds of soldiers descended from all directions and rushed outside.
However, the main force of the Song army was unable to enter the city for the time being. Thousands of loads of wheat straw were piled on both sides of the west city gate. It would not be burned out until it burned for an hour or two.
But this did not affect the Song Army's detachment from entering the city. They used ropes to climb the walls on both sides. More than a thousand Song Army soldiers occupied Hulao Pass and immediately closed the East City Gate.
It took a full hour and a half to burn the wheat straw. The ground and walls were burning hot. The soldiers brought hundreds of buckets of water from Si River to wash the ground and lower the temperature. The army began to march into the city and occupied Luoyang.
At the same time, it also cut off the channel for Jin soldiers to support Luoyang. This was the fundamental purpose of taking Hulao Pass.
Li Fuxing did not stay at Hulao Pass for long. He left deputy commander Peng Kuang to lead 5,000 people to guard Hulao Pass.
The supplies in the Hulao Pass warehouse are enough for five thousand people for one month. There is no need to wait for a month, the supplies for the Song army will arrive soon.
In the afternoon of that day, Li Fuxing led an army of 15,000 people to turn around and kill in the direction of Luoyang City.
At this time, Hu Yanlei's army had controlled Yanshi County, Gongyi County, Sishui County and Mengjinguan, and Luoyang City had become an isolated city.
Just five days after the Xin'an County defenders were wiped out, Chen Qing led an army of 100,000 people through Xin'an County and continued to advance towards Luoyang City. He also brought 40,000 camels loaded with food and supplies. Before that, 10,000 camels
A large truck delivered advance grain and grass supplies, and then hundreds of large ships came east along the Luoshui River. They brought tents, barracks and large siege weapons. The weapons were all dismantled and needed to be installed on site.
Ten miles west of Luoyang City, a plank-walled military camp was built. The military camp could station 50,000 troops. Yang Zaixing also built a smaller plank-type military camp to the east. Li Fuxing's 15,000 troops were stationed there.
To the east and west are Yang Zaixing's 40,000 troops, and Mianchi County's 5,000 troops are also stationed in various counties in Henan Prefecture.
So when Chen Qing's 100,000-strong army arrived, a 150,000-strong army appeared outside Luoyang City to besiege the city. The Song army was bound to win Luoyang City.
The Song Army's 100,000-strong army set up a camp between Luoshui and Yishui in the south of Luoyang City. It was surrounded by barracks. The camp stretched for dozens of miles and pitched tens of thousands of tents. Of course, if the enemy wanted to
It is also impossible to sneak attack the main camp from Luoshui. The Song army is heavily guarded and will not give the enemy any chance.
In the big tent, Chen Qing listened to Yang Zaixing's report. Chen Qing nodded and said: "It seems a little complicated to attack Luoyang from Mengjing Pass, but it gives us a good drill to use the Yellow River to carry troops and attack both sides of the Yellow River.
The possibility of it, attacking Mengjinguan has proved that it is completely feasible, so it is by no means unnecessary as General Li Muqing said."
Li Muqing bowed and said: "Thank you for your teaching, Your Highness, I finally understand my humble position!"
Chen Qing smiled and asked Yang Zaixing: "How are you going to capture Luoyang? Are you going to just use iron fire thunder to blow open the city gate?"
Yang Zaixing shook his head, "It is not good for soldiers to always rely on iron fire thunder. I am still prepared to attack the city according to the original plan!"