Mengjin Port
A gust of wind passed by, and the ground was full of corpses, most of which were Han people. The flags were crooked and stumbled on the ground, and the top was broken. Smoke came out from the burning place not far away, bringing fishy smell and burnt smell, and also bringing a sudden scream.
Here, the Hu people were cleaning the battlefield. Among the corpses all over the ground, they heard the injured moan and added a knife. Behind them, there were Hu people who piled up swords, armor, bows and arrows, sorted them out and tied them up.
The Hu people are relatively short of supplies, so they have habitual rules for these.
The injured and irrescue war horses were slaughtered, and the horse meat, skin, horse tail and horse blood were classified one by one. The strong smell of blood did not affect the appetite of the Hu people.
There was a group of people watching the situation on the battlefield. Huerbo was surrounded by the middle.
"Your Highness, all the enemies come to eliminate!" At this time, a thousand-time captain came to Huerbo and said.
Huerbo's eyes swept over: "Mengjin Port is a fortress, leaving a thousand people to garrison here. Hey, I didn't expect that Liu Man would send 5,000 people. Fortunately, our army had already crossed the river when we came, otherwise it would be troublesome."
"Is there any information coming from Gunzhou?" Huerbo asked again.
"Your Highness, our people sent back news that Gunzhou had been occupied by the Dacheng Army and that the entire Gunzhou had fallen into the hands of the Han emperor."
Hearing this news, Huerbo pondered and said for a long time: "Guanzhou has been pacified, so Luoyang cannot be put in his hands. If the order is passed, the army quickly gathered together. Before Luoyang received the news, it would attack Luoyang overnight. It would definitely give Wang Hongyi a fatal blow in this pass."
Luoyang
The night is vast, the clouds and stars are everywhere, and under the sky, Luoyang looks eye-catching.
There is an imperial palace in Luoyang, but it has been disrepair for many years and only the part is used, which is the Duke's Mansion, and the study room is still brightly lit. Liu Man looked at the map in thought and paced: "Zhang Jie, what do you think about the situation in Hulao Pass?"
Zhang Jie was still in the study at night. He had been paying attention, so he was naturally thinking in his heart: "Lord, Hulao Pass is solid. In the past, ten thousand soldiers could resist a hundred thousand troops for more than a year, but now, it is hard to say that the army has thunder chariots."
Liu Man listened and said angrily: "Is it impossible to control?"
Zhang Jie said with a wry smile: "Lord, it is indeed difficult to control it. He can only rely on the deep level and the soldiers will use their lives."
Liu Man stared at Zhang Jie, angry, but when he saw that Zhang Jie was still young, his hair was already dyed with frosted and his face was full of wrinkles. This is evidence of hard work and meditation, and Liu Man could not get angry.
Because he asked Zhang Jie: "What else can you do now?"
Zhang Jie focused his mind and thought: "We can only let Hulao Pass fight first. The army in the military camp outside the city must take turns to replace it, watch the changes, and then make plans."
Liu Man thought that there were originally 70,000 soldiers, but now 30,000 Gunzhou has been eliminated. There are still 40,000 troops in Luoyang. He has sent 10,000 to Hulao Pass and 5,000 to Mengjin Port. There are 10,000 soldiers in the Acropolis outside the city, but now there are only 15,000 in the city, so the strength is a bit insufficient.
Liu Man fell into deep thought for a moment and said, "There are too few soldiers, so please order the old soldiers to collect them. There are still food and grass in the city."
"Oh, Gunzhou was defeated so quickly, it was really beyond my expectations!" After saying that, Zhang Jie opened his mouth, wanted to say it, and closed his mouth again, but stood there without saying a word.
The news from Gunzhou has shaken the foundation of the country. In just one month, all three counties were lost, and 30,000 troops were surrendered or destroyed. Now they can only rely on Hulao Pass.
Hulao Pass has increased its troops and has thick walls to defend, so there will be no crisis in the moment.
"Yizhou..." Liu Man murmured to himself in a daze.
What Liu Man is capable of is to defend Luoyang. When the Hu people seize Yizhou, they will directly fight with Wang Hongyi. Perhaps only if both of the two families are defeated and both of them will be injured, can there be a front-line opportunity.
Although Liu Man was tough several times, he knew that there was little hope.
"Zhang Qing, what are the rumors in Luoyang City?" Liu Man walked and asked in a hoarse voice.
Zhang Jie was slightly stunned and soon realized that the Duke of the State was worried that the incident in Gunzhou would spread in the city?
He hurriedly said, "Lord, I deliberately banned rumors from the beginning, and the city is still calm."
"Is it still calm?" Liu Man sneered and asked again: "Do you think I did something wrong?"
"The lord means..."
"I was too tough to refuse Dacheng that day. I could be too vain and might be able to win time... I was a little sloppy." Speaking of this, Liu Man's eyes were a little dim and he sighed.
Zhang Jie couldn't help but feel speechless after hearing this, and for a moment, he spoke out: "Lord, it's getting late, I'll leave first."
Liu Man waved his hand: "Go Zhang Qing!"
It was already late at night, and even drums came faintly from the distance. It was very far away in the quiet night. Liu Man sat down and slowly finished a cup of tea.
At this time, most of the palace ladies were asleep, and only the palace ladies were waiting outside. Without Liu Man's instructions, no one came in.
The entire side hall was very quiet, with a few glass lamps shining brightly, and Liu Man sat down and remained silent for a long time.
When Gunzhou was completely destroyed and the troops were in the Huzhu, Liu Man remained calm at that time, but his heart was trembling, panicked and unable to hold on to himself, and he would not disperse for a long time.
In the past few days, it has been unable to resolve it, but instead becomes more and more intense. This kind of panic, fear, discomfort, and a mixture of all kinds of flavors.
Suddenly, I remembered the history books of history that the king of the country who lost his country was not effective, and he was desperate and had only the record of death. His face suddenly turned extremely pale.
In the past, Liu Man never thought he would fail. He walked smoothly along the way and occupied the treasure land of Luoyang.
But at this time, the successive setbacks made him feel and face the fear and weakness in his heart for the first time.
"Gunzhou was occupied by Wang Hongyi, and the Hu people were restrained by Yizhou. If Wang Hongyi took Luoyang directly, could he resist?" Sitting there, this thought emerged involuntarily.
Liu Man also knew that people in Luoyang are now volatile, but they are not obvious on the surface. If Wang Hongyi's army is approaching, can Luoyang City really be defended?
If you resist, how long can it last?
At this moment, suddenly, he heard a "boom" sound in the distance, and the glass was shaking. Liu Man was shocked and stood up and pulled out his sword.
"Come!" Liu Man shouted, his first thought was whether there was a mutiny in the city.
At this moment, there was endless banging sound. Liu Man rushed out of the study room. When he saw a distance, he breathed a sigh of relief first, and then was shocked. He saw many fires in the south of the city, and the sky was red, and a faint sound of killing came.
"Duke!" At this time, an eunuch came in. Liu Man looked at him and saw that it was Zhao Changshi. Liu Man asked suspiciously: "Why are you?"
"Duke! Something big happened! Just now, news came from the city tower, saying that a large number of Hu people were sieging the city, and now they are attacking the acropolis outside the city!" Zhao Changshi knelt on the ground and reported quickly.
"Hu people? Hu people are at the city? Nonsense!" Liu Man was furious: "Dare you dare to shake the morale of the army? A bastard!"
As he said that, he shouted angrily, and then he pulled the sword and stabbed it. With a "puff" sound, the long sword pierced from the heart of the Zhao Changshi's heart. As soon as it was pulled out, blood splattered.
Liu Man pulled back his sword and sniffed: "Guards, follow me to the city..."
"...No!" Someone immediately responded.
In a moment, Luoyang City.
Liu Man stood on the city wall and looked at him in amazement.
At first glance, the sound of killing sounds shook the sky in the acropolis, the flags danced, and there were many thick smoke inside and outside the acropolis, and flames were faintly seen flying in the sky. Although it was in the night, it was shining brightly nearby.
Within a few miles of radius, looking at the fire, I saw horses huddling, and neighing sounds one after another. At first glance, there were all black cavalry.
This is indeed Hu Bing. Judging from the situation, I am afraid that more than tens of thousands will be allowed.
How is this possible?
The one who came to Dachengjun, and this is possible, how could the one who came to the Hu people?
Ah, could it be... Mengjin Port!
Liu Man's face was pale and his body was trembling. He just looked at the Acropolis from afar. At this time, the Acropolis was broken, and the sound of killing inside was shocking, and it was obvious that he was still resisting.
In the fire, the corpses could be seen vaguely, with wailings and screams coming from time to time, as well as figures fighting in the fire.
Luoyang Acropolis
There were endless "buzzing" sounds in the air, and batches of arrows fell.
The earth trembled, and tens of thousands of cavalry swept up smoke and dust and kept shooting. The Luoyang Acropolis was first attacked by night and then broke through the city. Although it has contracted and resisted, it has only room for division.
Listening to the continuous screams and screams in the night, as well as the sound of arrows whistling like a strong wind, Huerbo asked with a sneer: "Have you sent troops in Luoyang yet?"
"Your Highness, the lights in Luoyang are already clear, and the city walls are being installed, but they dare not leave the city."
"Hmph, the Han people are really cowardly." A general said with a "puff".
This time, he attacked the Acropolis at night and sent 20,000 troops, and there were still 10,000 troops to attack the Luoyang army that had left the city and captured it in one fell swoop.
But now it seems that Liu Man dared not fight, so he could only sit and watch the Acropolis be destroyed.
"It's better not to send troops, you can calmly eliminate the Han army in the Acropolis. There are a lot of weapons in this Acropolis. I will send orders to carefully check and distribute them."
After hearing this, the generals couldn't help but "boom" and agreed.
Because the grassland cavalry is powerful, there are few large-scale weapons. The grassland is short of materials, especially iron tools, which must be smuggled and imported. Except for the personal soldiers of the large tribe, ordinary cavalry are just light bows and bone arrows.
After the grassland was unified, iron and weapons were distributed and reorganized, and the military equipment was improved, but it was not possible to arm hundreds of thousands of people.
There are 300,000 males in the grassland, and only 100,000 invasions this time are proof of this.
Of course, with the invasion of Middle Earth and the occupation of land, Han armed forces were constantly seized by the Hu people. Now Huerbo's personal soldiers are all covered in scale armor and look neat and lush, which is very rare.
The reason why the people were driven to attack the city was because the Hu people had always lacked armed forces. This time they attacked Luoyang, there was actually nothing in logistics, whether it was weapons or food.
The acquisition of the Acropolis this time undoubtedly greatly supplemented the shortcomings in this regard.
Chapter completed!