Chapter 932: Guarding from the outside and suppressing the inside
Chapter 932: Defending on the outside and stirring up trouble on the inside
Cao Cao's offensive remarks were not recognized by the princes. After all, the war has resulted in more than 200,000 casualties in the army. The tragic casualties have made some princes want to retreat. It was only because of the prestige of the alliance leader Qin Hao that they did not propose to withdraw.
So naturally we don't want to increase casualties.
"What kind of good time is this?"
At this time, Yuan Shu stood up with a sneer and said with a look of disdain: "The Liang army has sufficient troops in the city and is fully capable of defending the city while quickly suppressing the riots. Even if they forcefully attack the city at night, they may not be able to capture it."
Seeing this, Cao Cao frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Gao Dao, do you mean to ignore it and give up this great opportunity to scold me?"
"I don't mean that. Besides, even if I say it, it doesn't count. Let's let our leader make the decision." Yuan Shu said in a strange tone.
Qin Hao glanced at Yuan Shu coldly and thought to himself: This is really a toad crawling on the feet. It doesn't bite people, but only responds to them with diarrhoea.
Yuan Shu also sensed Qin Hao's cold gaze. When he thought of how badly he had been cheated by Qin Hao before, he immediately looked away with a guilty conscience and pretended to look around.
Qin Hao's eyes flashed with a hint of speechlessness, and then he said to the princes: "What Caozhou Mu said is reasonable. You must not miss this opportunity. Even if you cannot capture Luoyang, you can still take advantage of this to attack the Liang army in order to defeat Luoyang as soon as possible."
The princes nodded unconsciously, and when Qin Hao saw this, he immediately said: "Han Fu, I now order you to lead the Jizhou army to attack the east gate;
Yuan Shao, lead the Qingzhou army to attack Ximen;
Yuan Shu, lead the Yuzhou army to attack the north gate;
Gongsun Zan, lead the Youzhou army to attack the south gate."
"No!" Han Fu and the other three shouted in unison, while Yuan Shu was a little reluctant, but still expressed his willingness to comply.
Qin Hao once ordered the entire army to repair for three days and officially attack the city on the fourth day. Tonight is the last day, so the entire army is ready to attack tomorrow.
Following Qin Hao's order, the four major governors each led an army of 40,000, and the four groups, an army of 160,000, rushed towards Luoyang with great momentum.
The coalition forces had not made any movement for several days, but with this move, 160,000 troops were dispatched, and they attacked four gates at the same time. This power also shocked the guards of each gate.
Yang Jian had long been prepared to defend against the coalition's night attack. He only mobilized 40,000 troops to counter the rebellion, and the remaining 80,000 were used to defend against the coalition forces outside the city.
Therefore, even if it is divided equally, Luoyang's four gates have 20,000 defenders, and the strength is still very sufficient. With the help of the city walls, it is no problem to block an enemy force twice as many as ours.
Yang Su, who was guarding the east gate of Luoyang, saw that the coalition forces were attacking at this time, so he immediately commanded the army to defend the city calmly. Han Fu, who was responsible for attacking the east gate, sent his son Han Xin to command the siege.
Looking at the majestic Luoyang City, Han Xin's eyes flashed with solemnity. Although he was not optimistic about this night attack, he still directed the army to attack with all his heart.
Li Keyong was responsible for the defense of Ximen, while Yuan Shao sent general Ju Yi to command the siege.
The north gate guard was Zhang Xutuo, who was extremely capable of commanding troops, while Yuan Shu sent Zhao Kuangyin to command the siege.
As for the south gate guard Yin Kaishan, his opponent Gongsun Zan sent Gongsun Xuanyuan to command the siege.
The coalition forces directly attacked from four gates. Such a big movement was naturally felt by the rebels in the city.
"Folks, the coalition forces are coming to meet us. Everyone needs to work harder. If we only open the east gate, the Liang army will lose."
Some aristocratic generals also used this to encourage morale, which also stimulated the morale of the rebels, but even so they could not break through the tens of thousands of soldiers.
The difference in average combat strength between the two sides was too great, and there were no flaws in Yang Jian's command. The rebels had no chance. At this moment, three other ambushes arrived and surrounded them from three directions.
"Report... General Qi, the three armies from the southwest, north and south have arrived."
"good."
Yang Jian's eyes were full of joy, and he shouted: "Give me the order, start encirclement immediately, and never let any rebel go."
There were only about 20,000 soldiers of the family who participated in the rebellion, but later, they were bewitched by the world, and the number of mobs who gradually participated in the rebellion increased to 20,000 to 30,000.
The 10,000 Liang troops at the entrance of Dongda Street managed to hold off the rebels who were several times their size, and repulsed the rebels for nearly ten breakouts without letting a single rebel enter the east gate.
The morale of the rebels was not high to begin with. They were driven back repeatedly and their morale fell to the bottom.
When they discovered that three groups of Liang troops were encircling them, the rebels completely lost their determination to resist. They all dispersed and began to flee. But with Liang troops on all sides, where could they run?
The encirclement formed by nearly 40,000 Liang troops was getting smaller and smaller, and the screams of the rebels were getting louder and louder. Even if they surrendered, they would still be defeated by the coalition forces. Despair began to spread rapidly among the rebels.
Outside the encirclement, Yang Jian saw that the rebels had completely lost their threat, and immediately ordered counterattacks on the left and right: "Put down your weapons, and those who surrender will not be killed."
"Put down your weapons, and those who surrender will not be killed..."
The Liang troops on all sides shouted, and when the rebels saw that the Liang troops had finally accepted the surrender and dared not even resist, they quickly put down their weapons and begged to surrender.
The patriarchs of some aristocratic families wanted to stop them, but the rebels were no longer afraid of being killed by Liang's army, and they had no intention of resisting at all.
Seeing this, some of the clan leaders collapsed to the ground with despairing expressions on their faces, muttering to themselves: "It's over, it's over."
Soon all the remaining rebels were captured. Except for sporadic resistance in a few places, the rebellion was basically completely put down.
"Report, general, the rebels have been suppressed. Our army has killed approximately 32,000 enemies, captured nearly 20,000, and suffered less than 3,000 casualties. The exact casualties are still being counted."
The Liang army only paid a slight price to completely eliminate all rebellions in the city, and the riot, which involved all the aristocratic families in Luoyang and numbered nearly 60,000 people, came to a complete end.
Of course, Yang Jian's mission is not over yet, and it is time to ransack the house next.
"Push all these rebels into prison camps."
Yang Jian said coldly, then looked at the generals around him and said in a deep voice: "All the families involved in this rebellion will be arrested and brought to justice, and all their family properties will be confiscated."
"promise."
All the generals shouted excitedly. After all, searching a house was a good job. Even if they could only drink some soup, they could still get a lot of benefits.
Yang Jian assigned 5,000 soldiers to guard the prisoners of war, and sent another 20,000 troops to inspect the major families.
The soldiers of the major families were either killed or captured, so how could they still have the strength to resist?
Overnight, nearly 90% of the families in Luoyang were all arrested and brought to justice by Yang Jian. The Luoyang family was once again destroyed. All the accumulated wealth was used by the Liang army to fight against the coalition forces.