There are nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses in the Yuzhou military camp, of which the truly combat-capable is the trusted army of Zhennanhou, with a number of about 30,000 troops. The remaining 20,000 troops are more responsible for transportation logistics and supply soldiers, mostly civil servants, but they also bear combat tasks during wartime. This is also the basic habit of the Northern Dynasties, and the army is all soldiers during wartime. However, the garrison soldiers are obviously not as good as training and combat literacy. This time, the Yuzhou soldiers led troops to Luoyang to press forward, and did not use the more than 20,000 civil servants and garrison soldiers.

As soon as the Chou Time arrived, there was a strange movement in the direction of the south of the city. Looking down from the city tower, although you couldn't see the specific situation outside the city, you could also see someone approaching the city wall. The soldiers responsible for the night watch on the city tower immediately reported the situation. Before the news could be transmitted to the city tower, these soldiers were killed by a group of soldiers who suddenly came from behind. Then the city gate was taken over and replaced.

A general who seemed very experienced whispered an order: "Stop the order, but I will not open the city gate without my permission. Today, the great event is completed, and everyone is a hero!"

After passing the order, everything on the city tower still looked calm, as if nothing had happened. However, the people under his command counted and sent a message back: "General, the number of soldiers guarding the city is not right."

The general looked worried, but did not think much about it. After finding out the situation in detail, he found out that it was because someone in the city caused riots for no reason, and some people guarding the city gate were recruited to calm down.

At this time, a group of people suddenly rushed out of the military office in the city. No matter what, the group of people rushed into the military office. They came inside and found that there was no one on duty. Just as they were about to evacuate, they saw arrows shooting out around them, and there were not many standing. When they wanted to break out, a group of people came out from outside the military office and strangled them. The team of people quickly entered the military office and cleaned up the bodies and bloodstains, less than a quarter of an hour. When everything was ready, it seemed that nothing had happened.

There are more or less transformations in many places in the city. Some people of unknown origin rushed out, some to create chaos, and more to seize control of important city defense yamen. This struggle lasted for more than an hour. By the end of the Chou Times, everything seemed to have subsided. And there was already light outside the moat in the south of Luoyang City, which shows that the people in the Zhennanhou military camp were already waiting outside the city.

"Open the city gate!" The general who was responsible for taking over the south gate of the city immediately ordered his subordinates.

As he issued the order, the city gate slowly opened. In order to prevent fraud, the soldiers and horses of the Nanwang Mansion outside the city sent a team of more than 1,000 people into the city. After passing the city gate, they found that everything was as usual, and then began to enter the city in batches. In order to prevent being discovered in advance, the people entering the city were silent, and everything looked like a silent pantomime.

"Why didn't you see General Xu enter the city?" The general searched in the crowd for a long time and suddenly realized something was wrong. But before he could continue asking, someone suddenly strangled his neck from behind. The next moment, the long sword had cut his throat and he could no longer make any sound.

"Doing things!" A group of people dressed in the same clothes as soldiers in the Southern King's Mansion, but they took the lead up to the city tower earlier.

Suddenly a red light soared into the sky. Then the entire inside and outside the city tower were suddenly lit by red lights. Many people who were unknown were looking up at countless red lights that soared into the sky. After a moment of glory, the shouts of killing came from the city tower.

"Not good, I've been trapped!" This was the first thought in the minds of all the soldiers of the Southern King's Mansion.

However, the current situation seems to be very beneficial to the Southern King's Army. Some of the troops have entered the city gate and have reached the city gate, and have not yet reached the city tower. However, at this speed of travel, it should take less than a long time to occupy the city tower. If you can send troops quickly, you can attack the inner city of Luoyang within half an hour.

At this time, Xu Yan, the general of the Southern Prince's Mansion who was responsible for leading the troops, was a choice, whether to withdraw the troops or continue to attack. Seek victory in the danger.

Xu Yan was once repeatedly told to do not act rashly before Zhennan Hou returned to Yuzhou. The Eastern King Army was well-trained and would win every battle in the past two years. Even if the only one guarding Luoyang City is only a group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals in the Eastern King Army, the depth of Luoyang City Tower and moat is enough to defend Luoyang. But Xu Yan still had the determination to make achievements in his heart. Although he was a general promoted by Zhennan Hou Huang Shilang, he was always under the haze of Zhennan Hou. If he wanted to go further, he could only win higher military achievements on the battlefield, rather than being a successful general.

"Speed ​​up to enter the city!" Xu Yan issued an order, and then the army continued to enter the city.

However, the falling rocks flying over the city tower have proved that there are still a large number of Eastern Kings guarding the city on the city tower, and they are prepared for certain defense. If you enter the city like this, you will definitely suffer heavy losses for the Southern Kings.

The Nanwang Army, who entered the city first, had already gained a foothold. They launched the first round of fierce attacks on the city tower from the inside. The cavalry had no effect in the battle for control of the city gate. Moreover, according to the order issued by the commander Xu Yan, the main task of the cavalry was to raid the inner city without much defense in the city. Because only by entering the inner city of Luoyang was close to the core of power of the entire Wei Dynasty court. The Eastern Palace and the Imperial Palace were both within the inner city.

After the cavalry quickly broke out, there were more soldiers and horses entering and leaving the city gate. Although Xu Yan had not yet entered the city, he felt a little more at ease after learning about the situation inside. Now it seems that even if the Eastern King's Army is prepared, he will be prepared afterwards. Now the Southern King's Army has entered the city, and the Eastern King's Army's resistance seems very weak, and everything seems to be settled.

"Mr. Xu, in this situation, it is better to withdraw troops as soon as possible." A general named Sun Ke reminded, "If you enter the city rashly, even if you capture the outer city of Luoyang, our army's logistics and food will inevitably be cut off. At that time... I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on for too long."

Xu Yan nodded slightly. He had considered what Sun Ke mentioned. As the head coach, he naturally had to predict what would happen in the future. However, judging by the embarrassing situation in the East, the outer city of Luoyang could no longer be guarded, and the inner city would have a chance to conquer it in one night. If the food and grass were transferred immediately at this time, no problem would be left. Even if the inner city could not be captured, Zhennan Hou would not sit idly by when he heard the news. At that time, Zhennan Hou brought the 100,000 troops from Yuzhou, and the outer city of Luoyang had already been put in. At that time, the success would be achieved naturally.

"General Sun, I'll ask you to go back and allocate food and grass. By the way, you will bring the subsequent troops into the city!" Xu Yan said, and he had already rode his horse towards the direction of Luoyang City Gate. At this time, the city tower had already fallen into chaos, and the situation inside the city gate was much better, which made it easier for him to enter the city earlier to preside over the overall situation.

Sun Ke took the order and took some of his troops back to the Yuzhou military camp sixty miles away. The number of troops he led was only six or seven hundred. Before he could reach halfway, he had been ambushed by the Dongwang Army and his entire army was wiped out.

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The war on the city tower has been ongoing. By the time of Yin, the battle at the city gate had fallen into a one-sided situation. Xu Yan, as the commander of the Southern King's Army, had already climbed the city tower himself. At this time, there were only sporadic battles left on the city tower, and the overall situation was settled. Xu Yan's most concerned at this time was to send people to the inner gate of Luoyang, the palace, and there was no news at this point.

"Don't stop. Attack the inner gate!"

Xu Yan made a quick decision and gave an order. He no longer cared about where the Dongwang Army came out and went deeper. The most important thing now is that the Nanwang Army had already controlled the south gate of Luoyang and had already entered the city, so the rest was much more convenient. He led 30,000 elite soldiers today, and the news he had received before was that the defenders in the city were only 10,000 or 20,000, and they were all old, weak and disabled soldiers. Not to mention launching a counterattack, even defending, they could only wait to die.

When he was about to lead his troops into the inner city of Luoyang, the messenger outside brought a message that shocked Xu Yan: "...A soldiers of unknown origin were found outside the city! The number of people was about a thousand."

After the troops stationed outside Luoyang City, the Southern King's Army also arranged a very complete intelligence supervision system to see the situation around Luoyang at a glance. Although there are not many soldiers and horses that suddenly appear, it seems that there are only about a thousand people, this is also a dangerous signal, indicating that there are enemies behind them. Considering Xu Yan, the city of Luoyang is now too busy to take the initiative to send troops and horses, and there is no time to go. The most likely one is another team that covets Luoyang, which is Su Tingxia's troops who have just withdrawn from the Bohai Kingdom.

"Close the city gates and continue to advance. Be sure to take down the Luoyang Palace before dawn!"

Xu Yan had already felt that Qianqiu's achievements were in this way, and the city was not well equipped with his men. Now that the outer city has been conquered, as long as he takes down the inner city of Luoyang, everything will be decided. At that time, the Eastern King and the Queen will be unable to fly, and he can already imagine the feeling of being captured by the palace and then sitting on the dragon throne himself. Although he did not have the ambition to be an emperor, the whereabouts of the Southern King are unknown, and he also has elite soldiers and generals of the Southern King's army, which is possible even if he ascends to the throne.

The soldiers continued to approach the inner city gate of Luoyang. In order to get a blow, Xu Yan did not want to leave too many soldiers to guard the newly captured Luoyang city gate. But he also knew that there were many Dongwang Army troops in the outer city of Luoyang, and there were also unidentified soldiers and horses outside the city. It would be better to stabilize the defense of the city gate, so that even if you cannot enter the inner city of Luoyang, you can leave a way out.

A fierce battle started in the outer city of Luoyang. There were three inner gates between the inner city of Luoyang and the outer city of the south city. Although the number of troops and horses was not as dangerous as the outer city, the city walls and towers were not as dangerous as the outer city walls, and there was no moat as a barrier, it was obvious that it was impossible to attack the strictly guarded city gates by relying on cavalry alone. The cavalry who arrived in advance suffered a great loss without any defense, thinking that they could use orders to let the soldiers guarding the inner city open the city gates by themselves in fear. However, when they showed their identities, the people in the city not only did not open the city gates and offered surrenders, but also responded with arrows. Because there was no moat protection, the cavalrymen of the Southern King Army were very close to the city gates. With just a few rounds of arrows, the cavalry team was seriously injured. In desperation, the cavalry could only temporarily retreat and seek the second round of attacks.

I thought that the soldiers and horses of the East King Army in the inner city would take the initiative to attack after they gained power, which was also the wishful thinking of the Southern King Army. If they took the initiative, it would be difficult to confront the Southern King Army head-on with the situation in which infantry was the main force in the city.

What the Nanwang Army did not expect was that there were no soldiers and horses coming out in front of the city gate, but they were attacked behind them. After all, Luoyang's outer city is not a wilderness outside the city, and many people are only one number here, and the connection between the outer city and the inner city is closer to street fighting. Even if the soldiers and horses that were killed were infantry, it was not enough to be prepared for the brave and war-friendly cavalry of the Nanwang Army.

For a moment, there was chaos outside the inner city gate of Luoyang. The cavalry was originally urging troops to advance at a gate, but unexpectedly, this gave the Dongwang Army a chance to gather and annihilate it. At the beginning, the cavalry of the Southern King Army was very embarrassed to deal with it without knowing the number of Dongwang Army soldiers. However, when they found that the number of Dongwang Army troops rushed out from behind, the Nanwang Army cavalry had stabilized their positions. After a lot of hunting, the Dongwang Army had basically run away. Later, Xu Yan's central army troops had completed the defense of the Luoyang outer city gate, and Xu Yan himself personally brought the troops to the Luoyang outer city gate.

"Why haven't you taken the gate yet?"

When Xu Yan arrived and saw the messy corpses on the ground, he felt angry. It had been an hour and a half since the army entered the city, and it would be dawn in less than an hour. In this case, it would be difficult to fight before entering the inner city after dawn. And now there was almost no shock on the other side of the city gate. Instead, the main battlefield moved to the streets and alleys three hundred steps away from the city gate. If this continues, it will be difficult to take down the city gate.

"Siege!"

With Xu Yan's order, the troops began to approach the inner city gate, and this time it was not a city gate to attack the city. After all, there were three inner city gates, one could not be shaken open, and there were two gates.

But now they encountered the biggest problem. When the Eastern Palace had already noticed it, the people who were connected with them in the city gate could not easily open the city gate to welcome it. When they could only attack the city gate, the problem of lack of siege supplies was highlighted. Not to mention ladders and siege cars, even rolling wood or even powerful crossbows, this army was lacking. The siege battle has never been good at the Southern King's Army. After all, the Southern King's Army has been guarding the Yuzhou Pass for a long time, and most of them have been defending or unfolding on the plains when they have conflicts with the Southern Qi troops. It has been many years since the Southern King's Army has not taken the initiative to siege the city.

"Master Xu, now... I'm afraid it's not easy to attack the inner city!" Deputy General Xu Liang stepped forward to report. Xu Liang is Xu Yan's younger brother and his confidant. Isn't it so easy to attack the city without any important supplies?

Now the army is full of such worries, and many people are already afraid of war.

"Disturb the morale of the army and kill!"

Xu Yan knew that this was the time to establish his authority and also the time to make the entire army unite. The only way was to kill one to warn a hundred, and the person he killed would be more suitable for his younger brother Xu Liang. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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