He Qizhou made a rough calculation and found that he had at least three days to attack the city. The army immediately entered through the west gate of Kuocheng and easily broke through two city defenses. What stood in front of him was the inner city, which was well prepared.
Jiang Di was able to be favored by his grandfather Jiang Cong because of his own merits. He Qizhou, despite having a headache, had to admire Jiang Di's clever methods.
In the outer city and the outer city, all the equipment that could help with the siege had either been moved into the city or severely damaged. It was even less likely that food, grass, money, etc. were left behind. The wealthy households and officials all withdrew into the inner city, along with the government officials.
The door panels of the government offices, wealthy merchants' houses, ladders, tables and chairs... Anyway, it was impossible for He Qizhou to quickly set up the ladder.
But Jiang Di did not touch the civilians in Kuocheng and the outer city because he was sure that He Qizhou would not raid these people's homes, so he not only preserved the people's support, but also did not have to worry about the inner city being overwhelmed after hundreds of thousands of people poured in.
To a certain extent, it prevents "spies" from sneaking into the inner city.
He Qizhou originally wanted to ask for help from some acquaintances in the Armed Forces Hall and the Tianxingyuan, but after the spies entered Kuocheng, the four schools and the Armed Armed Forces Hall had already been evacuated. In desperation, he could only go to the outer city first, and then prepare to conduct an investigation after finding out the situation.
A tough battle without internal support!
According to the opinions of many generals, a gentleman will not stand under a dangerous wall. Now that the enemy is surrounded, since the purpose of relieving Tu Yuhun has been achieved, the army should immediately avoid the enemy forces attacking from both sides and return to Baicheng to help He Lianchen.
The fog defeated Helian Qingfeng.
But He Qizhou also wanted to accomplish one thing, because according to Jiang Xing, many people from Party Yang and Party Liu were imprisoned in the prisons of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishment, while Concubine Yun and some other concubines of Jiang Cong were imprisoned.
In Jiuzhou Pond, He Qizhou had to try no matter what to break through the inner city before the opponent formed an encirclement! Rescue those people.
He Qizhou told his true thoughts to the generals who followed him on the campaign, and stated that he would only attack for three days. If he could not defeat them in three days, he would withdraw immediately. Those generals did not hesitate, and they rushed to issue military orders and desperately attack the inner city.
!This made He Qizhou extremely moved, but he became more cautious about attacking the city.
The inner city of Luoyang is not a regular square shape. The city walls at its west and north ends have expanded outwards a lot, and are obviously longer than the other two city walls. This is because it contains a royal garden, Jiuzhou Pond. He Qizhou sent people to inspect the entire city.
If you really want to attack the inner city defense line, you can only attack from the northwest to break into the city. Because it is difficult for the reinforcements to cross the Kyushu Pond to come to the reinforcements in time, most of them can only rely on the defenders on the wall to defend each other.
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Jiang Di had obviously taken this into consideration, so the number of defenders on the west wall and the north wall was twice as large as that of the other two walls! Jiang Di ignored the strong objections of the concubines of the previous generation and went to the Jiuzhou Pond Ice Surface again.
Two thousand defenders were quietly arranged.
He Qizhou looked at the dark defenders on the west wall, equipped with crossbows, kerosene, bows and arrows, and rocks and wood. He had not made up his mind to attack the city all morning.
At this time, Jiang Di sent the official who negotiated the peace - Bu Hang, the Minister of Rites! With He Qizhou's permission, Bu Hang was taken to the Bingma Si Yamen in the outer city. He bowed to He Qizhou cautiously and said: "I am following the order of His Highness the Crown Prince.
I would like to discuss with the general how to withdraw from the army."
"Master Bu, isn't he specialized in wedding ceremonies? Why do you get involved in such a national event?" He Qizhou asked angrily.
Bu Hang was forced to come here. When he heard He Qizhou's tone, he couldn't help but trembled with fear. He said in a trembling voice: "That day at the Xiao family wedding, His Majesty forced the official to officiate. He had no intention of offending the general. I hope the general will reveal it."
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"Xiao Jixiong gave me five thousand shi of grain. I'll let him go for the time being. Let's talk, what can Jiang Di give?" He Qizhou didn't want to talk nonsense with the other party and went straight to the point.
"His Highness said..."
"This is the capital. If you can't come up with the conditions, just don't tell me." Seeing that Bu Hang had regained his composure, He Qizhou immediately interrupted him in a dark voice.
Bu Hang immediately became frightened again, lowered his head and whispered: "Your Highness said that Qi is willing to withdraw its troops from Tuyuhun."
"That's it?" He Qizhou was secretly angry.
"Also, there is one more thing." Bu Hang continued: "Your Highness promises not to interfere in the war between the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty. If, if the Eastern Zhou Dynasty wins in the future, and Qi is willing to have good relations with the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Youzhou can also be given to you."
"Fart! Jiang Shan is still in Lanzhou. How dare he, a mere prince, make such a promise? I think I, He Qizhou, am a three-year-old child!" He Qizhou snapped at the case and said angrily. I really don't understand why Jiang Di sent this person here.
?Without intervening in the two-week war? Is it so easy to hide the news that Helian Qingfeng entered the Qi realm?
"General, calm down. Prince, His Royal Highness also said in the end that if you are willing to withdraw your troops, he will definitely treat Party Yang and Party Liu well in prison!" Bu Hang originally thought that this condition was really impossible to deal with, but when he saw that the other party was getting more and more...
He was angry, so he thought if telling him would help He Qizhou calm down and let him go back to take his life.
"Hahahaha... I see, okay, Jiang Di, I'll fall for you once!" He Qizhou laughed non-stop, then his eyes widened, he looked at Bu Hang and said word by word: "Go and tell Jiang Di,
I will think about it!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Bu Hang immediately bowed several times, covered his heart and turned around to run away. Because he couldn't understand He Qizhou's strange smile, his heart almost jumped out of his chest nervously. After leaving the house, he felt like
A life was saved.
"Humph, Jiang Di is really a ruthless character. His name is Yihe, but he is actually a fierce general. He wants us to attack the city!" Yuwen Lingyun, who was also in the room, said angrily.
"Then we will comply with his wishes! I will go outside the city to have a look!" He Qizhou no longer hesitated and made up his mind to attack the inner city!
There is no moat outside the inner city, and all the 50-foot-long houses adjacent to the city wall have been demolished. The northwest walls are about six miles long, while the southeast wall is about five miles long, and the wall is more than five feet high. He Qizhou ran back and forth three times.
, still no obvious loopholes were found, but a difference between the east and west ends caught He Qizhou's attention.
The east of the city is a flat road, while the west of the city passes through three small bridges and a large arch bridge. Under the large arch bridge is a canal more than ten feet wide, which directly connects the Yellow River and Jiuzhou Pond. However, the iron gates under the city wall are tightly closed, which is strong.
It was even more powerful than the city gate, and it was more difficult to attack from the frozen river than from the flat ground, so every time he passed this arch bridge, He Qizhou never considered attacking from here.
But the canal doesn't work, what about the other three small river branches? Suddenly an idea flashed in He Qizhou's mind. Although the rivers under the other three flat stone bridges were only one to two feet wide, the underwater part of the city wall looked like iron gates instead of iron gates.
Can't we think of a solution from there? He Qizhou did not continue running south this time, but turned back and continued to walk across the stone bridge he just passed, trying to confirm how thick the iron grating on the ice was.
"Who is that guy? I've walked here three or four times. Do you want to try shooting an arrow?" A guard at the top of the city saw the strange horse for the third time and raised his bow.
He asked anxiously.
"Are you a pig? He's at least fifty feet tall, and he runs so fast. Can you hit him?" the soldier beside him asked angrily.
"Then let's shoot together, or let Master Baihu order a volley, so that annoying guy dies early!" the soldier who suggested archery said confidently.
"I see you really have a pig's head! He's not the only one spying around the wall! They are just trying to figure out where to attack from. If we attack first and anger those Eastern Zhou barbarians, they will really attack from there.
What if the city wall we are guarding comes to attack? If you dare to shoot, be careful I will beat you up!"
"Understood, no shooting!" The guard who understood immediately put down his bow and arrow. The weird man on a strange horse who had just passed the bridge stopped walking around the city and ran briskly towards the densely packed houses in the outer city...
On the Suzhou City, the defenders were in chaos because someone had just thrown a human head. It was the head of Zhang Wei, the commander-in-chief of Ganzhou. Zhang Wei, who had just passed here two days ago, led three thousand cavalry.
He went to reinforce the crucial Jiayuguan Pass, but unexpectedly he was missing when he came back.
Under Suzhou City is a coalition of 10,000 Tuyuhun troops. It is difficult for the two thousand defenders of Suzhou City to hold on. The army retreating from Gannan has just passed through Lanzhou, so the city defenders only
After discussing over a cup of tea, they made the decision to surrender the city.
The leader of the army under the city was Han Chong, the former commander-in-chief of Suzhou, so the city-defending officers thought it was normal to surrender to him. Besides, now that Luoyang was in danger, it was time for the real emperor to take charge of the country. Not to mention benevolence and righteousness.
The famous Zhang Zhiren and Jiang Lang also appeared under the city, so Suzhou City opened the city gate without firing an arrow.
Six days ago, when they learned that Jiang Shan had retreated, Jiang Lang and Li Hao made up their minds to attack the retreating Qi army that day. However, Jiang Shan was well prepared when he left. One hundred thousand infantry soldiers formed a camp step by step and returned to Shu from Shiqu Town.
The 180,000 infantry troops retreated from Gannan into the Qi border, moving very steadily, always on guard against attacks by Li Hao's cavalry.
Jiang Shan personally led 100,000 cavalry back to Luoyang. Before leaving, he brutally slaughtered Xining City, which had been occupied for a long time. This made the heartbroken Li Hao even more determined to fight back against the Qi army.
Fifty thousand allied troops came out, including 10,000 Southern Route Army led by Bai Yong to harass the retreating Shu Army; Li Hao personally led an army of 30,000 to pursue the Gansu-Shaanxi Infantry Army and the Hebei Army that had withdrawn from Gannan; but these were actually just a cover, the real coalition forces
The purpose is to seize Jiayuguan! Retake Gansu!
Han Chong led 10,000 elite cavalry, plus the elite of the elite - 1,000 Taotie cavalry, detoured through the Western Regions trade route, and raided the extremely strong Jiayuguan Pass!
After Zhang Wei, who had just returned to Ganzhou, learned the news, he hurriedly mobilized three thousand cavalry to rush to the rescue. In the narrow Hexi Corridor, the only one that could really defend the enemy was the Jiayuguan Pass.