East Gate, the main attack is at the East Gate. As soon as Li Mi finished speaking, not only Xu Shiji, but also Zhai Rang and others looked at Li Mi in surprise. Why are they messing around? The main attack direction is not on Shan Xiongxin's side.
Feeling the doubtful glances of everyone, Li Mi smiled faintly and said: "I never said that the main attack would be at the south gate. The tactics of war are false and true. General Xu can only go out with 50,000 troops later. Wait until After attacking more than half of the city, and then attacking the east gate with all the troops and horses, we will definitely be able to defeat Luoyang."
After hearing what Li Mi said, the generals finally understood that Li Mi had deliberately allocated 100,000 troops to Shan Xiongxin. The purpose was to make the Sui army in Luoyang City think that the main offensive force was in Nancheng. When the main force of the Sui army also moved, When heading towards the south gate, the east gate attacked again with all their strength, which naturally caught the Sui army by surprise. There were 500,000 troops in Wagangzhai. After taking into account the 200,000 allocated to the other three armies, There are still more than 300,000 troops at the east city gate. With so many people, even if they use their lives, they should be able to capture Luoyang.
After Li Mi finished explaining, Zhai Rang couldn't help but get excited. He clapped his thighs repeatedly and shouted: "Okay, okay, Mi Gong is indeed a clever plan. It is indeed a brilliant plan. With Mi Gong's help, there is no need to worry about the big thing failing."
After listening to Zhai Rang's words, Li Mi always had that indifferent smile on his face, as if he had noticed something. He turned around and saw someone staring closely at him. This person was none other than Zhai Rang. After his brother Zhai Hong was discovered by Li Mi, Zhai Hong seemed a little embarrassed, but Li Mi nodded very generously, turned his head and said to Zhai Rang: "Master, it happens to be noon, waiting for two people After the hour, the four armies and horses will be in position, and the soldiers will be fed, then the battle can begin."
"Okay," Zhai Rang was now confident. He seemed to see the shining golden dragon chair in Luoyang Palace waving to him. Thinking of the wonderful thing, Zhai Rang couldn't help but smile with joy, waved his arms and shouted: "As long as Luoyang City is captured, the entire army will be rewarded. Mi Gong, if we capture the world, you and I will share the country."
After listening to Zhai Rang's words, Li Mi still kept a smile and kept saying he didn't dare, but the moment he lowered his head, a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes. Of course, no one saw the change at this moment. Waiting for Li Mi After raising his head, his face returned to its normal color. Then Li Mi said nothing more and continued to direct the army to arrange the details.
Two hours passed quickly. Then, as the sword in Li Mi's hand was raised high, the huge war drum behind Li Mi was hammered by two sturdy men. For a moment, the entire sky above Luoyang City was filled with thunder. The rhythmic sound of war drums sounded, and then, the sound of horns came from the other three directions at the same time, and the shouts of killing came one after another. The real battle of Luoyang began.
In the west of the city, the 50,000 rebel army led by Meng Rang, Fang Xianbo, Zhang Qingte and Li Shicai began to attack the city gate in front under the command of Meng Rang. Those who took refuge in Wagang Village were once the overlords of one side, especially Meng Rang. He was also a famous tyrant in Hebei and Shandong areas. It can be said that apart from Zhishi Lang and Wang Bo, he was the only one in Meng Rang's family. Jean's name is the highest.
However, the world is full of twists and turns. Although Meng Rang has a high reputation, he encounters Zhang Xutuo, a bandit nemesis. He is defeated by Zhang Xutuo one after another. The team that his men managed to pull up with great difficulty is completely crippled by Zhang Xutuo. Now the whole of Hebei and Shandong has been divided equally between the two juniors Dou Jiande and Gao Kaidao. However, these two juniors are very domineering and do not give Meng Rang a way to survive. There is no way, Meng Rang can only lead his men south, but there is no way Thinking that the situation in Henan was even worse, with Wagangzhai being the only family, Meng Rang had no choice but to devote himself to Wagangzhai and help Zhai Rang and Li Mi.
As for Fang Xianbo and the other three, although they are not as miserable as Meng Rang, their experiences are similar. They are all overlords of one party. They are used to being free and free. Now they are subordinates of others. They are somewhat uncomfortable, but they also know that they want to There is no way to restore his former status. Then Li Mi was destitute and defected to Wagang Village. Now he has turned his back on himself. Why can't he do it when Li Mi can do it? And the most important thing is , that is, you must have your own strength. In this battle now, that is very important.
Hearing the signal coming from the east, Meng Rang and the four of them looked at each other. Meng Rang first said: "Three of you, this battle is very important to me and the three of you, so I hope that everyone can put aside other concerns. , How about fighting this battle wholeheartedly?" Meng Rang was also frightened by Li Deqian, Wei Liu'er and the others last time. If he meets such idiots again, Meng Rang will really complain.
Fortunately, Fang Xianbo and the others were not as stupid as Li Deqian, Wei Liuer and others, and they all understood the current situation. So as soon as Meng Rang finished speaking, Fang Xianbo and the other three nodded in agreement at the same time. The tallest one Fang Xianbo cupped his fists and shouted at Meng Rang: "Meng Rang, you are a senior in the rebel army. You have dealt with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court a lot. I, Fang Xianbo, have brute strength. How to fight, I will listen to you."
Fang Xianbo took the lead, and the other two people also expressed the same attitude. Although Zhang Qingte was a little thin, the weight of the sword in his hand was not light, which showed that Zhang Qingte was quite capable. As for Li Wencai, although he was not tall Fang Xianbo is taller, but his muscles are even better than Fang Xianbo. Obviously these three people are all good at charging into battle. Meng Rang looked at these three people, but he was stunned. Obviously Li Mi's division of troops The formation was not done randomly. Meng Rang immediately nodded and said: "Okay, let's start attacking the city now. First, we must fill up the moat outside the city. General Li, I'll leave it to you." , I will give you 10,000 people, specifically responsible for carrying sacks to fill the river. The moat must be filled in the shortest possible time. Judging from the situation when Xu Shiji just attacked the city, the catapults and arrows of the Sui army They are all so powerful. General Zhang, you lead three thousand archers to cover, and you must suppress the Sui army's archers. As for General Fang, after the moat is filled, you will set up ladders to attack the city. This, then I’ll leave it to you. Once the moat is filled, you must rush forward with the remaining soldiers.”
There is nothing magical about Meng Rang's command, but it is strict and clear-cut. It is precisely because the rebel army's soldiers and horses far exceed the Sui army's that they can defeat the clever tactics. This tactic is the most suitable now, for Meng Rang Neither Fang Xianbo nor the other three had any objections to Meng Rang's command. Immediately, the 50,000-strong army began to act according to Meng Rang's command.
Li Wencai commanded the 10,000 men assigned to him, carrying sacks and launching an attack forward. Just like Xu Shiji's previous attack on the city, dozens of boulders were quickly thrown from the top of the city toward the outside of the city. As it fell, screams rang out, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of soldiers were killed or injured under these boulders. Li Wencai, who had been mentally prepared for a long time, twitched the corner of his mouth, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Don't worry about it, rush, wait. Once we reach the bottom of the city wall, those stones won't be able to hurt us. Rush, rush quickly,"
Although Li Wencai was stout, he was very careful. He immediately saw the weakness of the catapult, which was that it could only attack enemies at a distance. When it was close, it could not exert much power. I heard that According to Li Wencai, although the soldiers were frightened by the huge rocks falling from the sky, they were not at a loss. They gritted their teeth and rushed forward with sacks on their shoulders. Soon, the rebel soldiers who were rushing at the front were He rushed through the attack range of the catapult and began to rush forward with all his strength. At this moment, many archers appeared on the city top, shooting at the soldiers under the city wall. Yes, throwing stones. Cars cannot attack nearby enemies, but there are more than just catapults on top of the city.
"Damn it, archers, General Zhang." As soon as the archers appeared, a hail of arrows fell, killing seven or eight hundred soldiers. Li Wencai gritted his teeth and had blue veins popping out. , although I felt something was wrong, I didn’t think much about it, but shouted directly at the top of my voice: “General Zhang, where are your archers?”
"Here we come, archers, attack." Before Li Wencai could finish his words, Zhang Qingte's voice rang out. Following Zhang Qingte's order, the archers among the soldiers carrying sacks rushed out one after another. He came out, quickly bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot arrows towards the top of the city. As those arrows flew up to the top of the city, hundreds of screams suddenly sounded from the top of the city, and many corpses were directly thrown from the top of the city. His head fell off and fell under the city wall and in the moat. The Sui army finally suffered casualties.
With the suppression of these archers, the Sui army's archers on the top of the city finally could no longer shoot arrows unscrupulously. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the soldiers carrying sacks finally rushed to the moat and braved the top of the city to shoot arrows. He threw the sack on his body into the moat.
This moat leads directly to Luoshui, so it is a living river. The flow of the river is also very turbulent. If ordinary things are thrown into it, they will be washed away by the river immediately and eventually float to Luoshui. However, the contents of these sacks , they were all heavy soil and stones. After being thrown into the moat, they splashed out and then sank directly to the bottom of the river. However, many soldiers finally rushed to the moat, but they were hit by arrows falling from the top of the city. After being shot, he gritted his teeth and used the last bit of strength to hold the sacks and jump into the moat. As for the soldiers who were fine, they turned around immediately after throwing away the sacks. God knows how deep the moat was. How deep were they? I have to go back and continue carrying sacks to fill the river.