Four hundred and sixty seventh chapter: Battle of Luoyang twenty-nine
In the east of the city, the battle was much more brutal than on the other three sides. As the main direction of attack, the Wagang Army invested the most troops and horses in the east of the city. As for the Sui Army, Wanhe continued to send people to various areas in the city.
The big aristocratic families urged and forced the aristocratic families to continuously send private troops to join the city and join in the offensive and defensive battles.
As the commanding generals of Dongcheng, Li Jing and Qin Qiong changed their situation of having no troops available yesterday, and used all their commanding abilities, including fire attacks, stone strikes, ambushes, and all available tricks.
Under the city wall, the burnt corpses exuded a pungent stench, but the Wagang Army soldiers still stepped on the corpses of their companions and continued to climb toward the city wall, screaming and shouting for death.
"Hey," Li Jing took the time to shoot out an arrow and shot a Wagang Army soldier who had just emerged through the head. Then he dropped his longbow, waved his sword and fought with the soldiers. At the same time, Li Jing kept saying
Looking towards the back, he seemed to be expecting something.
"Pharmacist," Qin Qiong was beside Li Jing. After these days of hard fighting, the pair of iron whips were already full of gaps, and the blood dyed the iron whips blood red. Qin Qiong struck out with the whip,
But he shouted to Li Jing: "How long do you have to wait? Why is there no movement yet?"
Qin Qiong had no choice but to be impatient. Another 10,000 private troops were mobilized from the city today. It seemed that Wan He had forced those aristocratic families to have no choice. If this continues, the savings of these aristocratic families would be wiped out. However,
These private armies are really not up to expectations. The 10,000 Sui troops in the east of the city, Qin Qiong and the others were able to hold out for more than five days. However, these more than 10,000 private armies could not even hold up for half a day. If it were not for the remaining two thousand
Many Sui troops resisted tenaciously, and I am afraid that the city head has long been captured, and the Wagang Army's soldiers and horses seem to be endless. If the previous plan does not go ahead, I am afraid that the two thousand Sui troops will also be defeated.
I can't support it anymore.
"Support," Li Jing slashed the enemy in front with a sword, wiped the blood on his face, turned around and shouted to Qin Qiong: "There will be news soon. If we continue to support, as long as the plan is successful, Wagang
The army will not dare to attack like this again,"
How could Qin Qiong not know what Li Jing said, but in this situation, it is very difficult to persist. It seems that the Wagang Army outside the city is also determined to break through Luoyang today, so what he accepted today
The attacks were more ferocious than the previous few days, and the soldiers of the Wagang Army seemed to be desperate for their lives. Even though Qin Qiong was very skilled, the opponent almost seized the opportunity and died together several times.
"Ah," at this moment, Li Jing suddenly shouted. Qin Qiong looked and saw Li Jing pointing to the west with a surprised look on his face, but he did not notice that a soldier from the Wagang Army had just climbed up the city.
Qin Qiong was about to sneak attack Li Jing, Qin Qiong was startled, shouted, and took the first step to split the single sword that was about to fall on Li Jing's neck, and then flew up with a kick, pitying the tiles that had finally climbed up to the top of the city.
The soldiers of the Gang Army let out a scream and fell down the city.
Only then did Li Jing realize that it was Qin Qiong who saved his life, so he quickly thanked her, but soon shouted to Qin Qiong with a happy face: "Uncle Bao, look, there is a signal, it's successful.
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After hearing Li Jing's words, Qin Qiong subconsciously turned around and saw that in the west direction of the city, a column of smoke was rising straight into the sky. It was the signal agreed upon yesterday. Seeing this signal, Qin Qiong felt the endless pressure before. , also disappeared without a trace at this moment. Immediately afterwards, Qin Qiong perked up and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, the thieves are about to retreat, kill them."
Although I don’t know why my boss suddenly said this, at this time, no one will carefully analyze whether the news is true or false. Whether it is the Sui army or the private soldiers, their morale is greatly boosted, and they are all weird. They shouted and launched an attack on the Wagang troops who rushed to the top of the city. Some of the imperial guards even took the time to take out their bows and arrows and shoot outside the city.
It didn't take long for Qin Qiong's words to be confirmed. A burst of golden sounds sounded at the top of the city. The Wagang army that had been frantically attacking the city just now finally retreated like a tide again. Looking at the retreating enemies, the city The soldiers and horses above them couldn't believe their eyes. They didn't expect that the Wagang Army actually retreated like this. For a moment, cheers and shouts echoed above Luoyang City.
Perhaps even the Wagang Army did not expect that they would be ordered to retreat at noon, so they were in a panic when they retreated. They did not even maintain their formation. Looking at the Wagang Army who retreated hastily, Qin Qiong hesitated and said Li Jing, who was beside him and also breathed a sigh of relief, said: "Physician, look, if we go out of the city to pursue a pursuit, maybe we can achieve miraculous results."
After hearing Qin Qiong's words and seeing the Wagang Army retreating in panic, Li Jing couldn't help but hesitate in his heart. Such a good opportunity does not come at any time, but after thinking for a moment, Li Jing gave up this tempting idea and shook his head. Said: "No, our military strength is still at a disadvantage now. Don't be greedy for success for the time being. What's more, doesn't the Duke of Guo have that arrangement? So now our goal is not just to defend Luoyang, we also need to Dragging the thieves here will cause too much damage to the thieves, and maybe they will be scared away." At the end of the sentence, Li Jing even couldn't help but joke, so he knew that from now on, The situation in the Battle of Luoyang has completely changed.
Hearing what Li Jing said, Qin Qiong also nodded silently. This can't be blamed on Qin Qiong for being too impatient. In the past ten days, Qin Qiong has also been beaten too hard. He was beaten every day by the opponent, and it was not easy for him to fight back. At the right time, Qin Qiong wanted to rush out of the city and completely repel these Wagang troops. However, Qin Qiong was also familiar with the art of war and knew that what Li Jing said was reasonable, so he nodded in agreement. Seeing that he had convinced Qin Qiong, so did Li Jing Relaxed, he and Qin Qiong began to take inventory of the battlefield at the top of the city.
At the same time, in the retreating Wagang Army formation outside the city, Xu Shiji, as the commander, looked at the Luoyang City wall and the closed city gate behind him, shook his fist with hatred, and cursed, The haste when the Wagang army retreated just now was done intentionally by Xu Shiji. Although he knew that Zhai Rang and Li Mi must have ordered the retreat for a reason, Xu Shiji was not willing to give up, so he did this. , just wanted to trick the Sui army into leaving the city to pursue him, but the Sui army did not fall for the trick, and Xu Shiji also made a useless effort.
He was angry in his heart, but Xu Shiji had nothing to do against the Sui army now. He could only suppress the hatred in his heart and led the army back directly to the military camp. Once entering the military camp, Xu Shiji did not stop and rushed straight to Zhai Rang and Li Mi. Before anyone arrived at the place where they were, they were already shouting loudly: "The boss, secret minister, why are you ordering the troops to retreat now?"
Xu Shiji was probably the only one in the entire Wagang Village who dared to question Zhai Rang and Li Mi in public. However, neither Zhai Rang nor Li Mi were ever angry at Xu Shiji's rudeness, let alone blamed him verbally. , so over time, everyone has become accustomed to it.
But this time the situation was different. When Xu Shiji rushed to Zhai Rang and Li Mi, what he saw was that the two people had livid faces. Seeing the expressions of Zhai Rang and Li Mi, Xu Shiji couldn't help but be startled. , I had a very bad premonition in my heart, and quickly asked: "Master, secret minister, what happened?"
Zhai Rang and Li Mi looked at each other, their faces full of bitterness. Finally, Zhai Rang told Xu Shiji the information he had just obtained from the west of the city, and finally said: "Now it seems that no matter whether the soldiers and horses were the work of the Hunjun or not, The reinforcements sent can no longer continue the attack now. We must prevent the Imperial Forest Army from making a sneak attack again."
When Zhai Rang said this, his heart was full of unwillingness. He was indeed unwilling. Anyone who has reached this point and is just one step away from giving up will feel unwilling. But no matter how unwilling he is, he will feel unwilling to give up. , there is no other way. The complete destruction of mengrang's troops in the west of the city is enough to show the seriousness of the situation. If the fight continues, I am afraid that the foundation of Wagang Village will also be ruined outside Luoyang City, and this time , even Li Mi had to consider the option of retreat. Although he wanted to persist, if this resulted in the complete destruction of Wagang Village, that would not be what Li Mi wanted.
Except for Zhai Rang and Li Mi, the other heroes also had the same idea. If you do something you know you can't do, you are not a hero, but a fool. If everyone had just launched an uprising, they might have risked their lives. It takes courage to fight, but now that Wagangzhai is so powerful, even if it can't capture Luoyang, it can at least become the overlord of one side. There is obviously wealth and honor in front of them, so naturally they don't have the courage to fight.
Xu Shiji's face was full of disappointment. He looked at Zhai Rang and Li Mi, and then at the heroes. For the first time, Xu Shiji felt that he was very tired. He couldn't even lift the sword in his hand. He slowly sheathed the sword. Xu Shiji cupped his fists and saluted Zhai Rang and Li Mi, and said, "In this case, everything will be subject to the arrangements of the head master and the secret master." After saying this, Xu Shiji turned around and left sadly.
Seeing Xu Shiji's appearance, Zhai Rang and Li Mi smiled bitterly again. Xu Shiji was still very young, so there were many times when he had less scruples, but they couldn't do it. Sometimes, they were really envious. Xu Shiji, the two looked at each other again, and after a brief silent exchange, they nodded at the same time. Then Zhai Rang let out a long sigh and slowly said to Li Mi: "Mi Gong, retreat."