After the two armies of Yang Feng and Wang Yong merged, they began to concentrate their cavalry to cut off the connection between Luoyang City and the outside world.
In mid-May, after Zhang Baiqi, the governor of Xiliang, had reorganized things in Guanzhong, he left 30,000 troops stationed in Guanzhong. He personally led 70,000 Xiliang troops to cross Tongguan and attack the city and territory along the way towards Hongnong County. Hongnong County
The defenders were beaten and retreated, unable to stop Zhang Baiqi's advancing army.
In early June, the Xiliang army completely occupied the entire Hongnong County.
At the same time, the 50,000-strong army led by Xu Wei, with the support of the people of Hedong County, completely occupied the entire Hedong. The noble families in Hedong were almost wiped out by the local people.
Faced with this situation, Xu Wei could only say that they had brought it upon themselves. The nobles and nobles still remaining in Hedong are the most stubborn. It was they who joined forces with Yuan Tan to make it impossible for the people of Hedong to survive, so the people of Hedong also
I will fight with them to die together, and I will drive them all to extinction.
With the addition of the people from Hedong, Xu Wei's army expanded to more than 100,000. Then he cut off the old and weak and selected the best, leaving 60,000 troops, leaving another 10,000 to garrison in Hedong County, and led 50,000 troops across the Yellow River.
, joined forces with Zhang Baiqi, and 120,000 elite troops rushed through Hangu Pass in a mighty manner, advancing along the valley water towards Gucheng and Luoyang City.
In mid-June, Xu Wei, Zhang Baiqi, Wang Yong, and Yang Feng's four-pronged army of more than 200,000 troops divided into four directions and completely surrounded Luoyang City.
Faced with this situation, Yuan Xi, the commander-in-chief of the Han Army, could only hide in Luoyang City and struggle to his death.
After completely surrounding Luoyang City, Xu Wei set up his Chinese military tent in Shanglin Garden on the outskirts of Luoyang City.
A big tent in the army!
Most of the military generals gathered together, and this military operation was extremely smooth. Many people could not believe that in just two months, Luoyang City was the only one left in Sili, which was thousands of miles away.
The overwhelming momentum is not enough to describe the smoothness of this war. Most generals felt that Huang Tian was blessing them, which made their military operations so smooth.
Chief of Staff Wang Ge, Army Joiner Jia Xu and others organized the battle situation on each battlefield in the shortest possible time and explained the current battle situation in detail to the generals.
Wang Ge said: "Judging from the information we have received, there are about 40,000 to 50,000 troops in Luoyang City. Most of them are elite veterans of Yuan Tan. Their combat effectiveness is completely different from the newly recruited soldiers from other places in Sili! And Luoyang
The city has been fortified by Yuan Shao and Yuan Tan for four to five years, and Luoyang is originally the strongest city of the Han Dynasty. Even if we have many artillery, it will be difficult to break through Luoyang City in a short time!"
Wang Ge didn't even need to mention this. Yang Feng and the others had been surrounding Luoyang City for several days. They were surprised to find that the farthest outer fortifications of Luoyang City were actually deployed three miles away. There were countless trenches and low walls outside Luoyang City.
, Juma, Wengcheng, Arrow Tower, it can be said that there is a fortification in this world that can be found in Luoyang City. In their view, Luoyang City at this time is completely a hedgehog wearing a turtle shell.
If Yuan Tan's army had not lost all morale, Yang Feng and the others would probably not be able to capture Luoyang City without taking half a year.
Wang Ge continued: "Considering the strong fortifications of Luoyang City, it will be difficult for us to conquer it in a short while. In addition, our army has been fighting for two months, and the soldiers' attention and energy have reached the limit. The army needs to stock up on food, grass and ordnance.
It also takes time. Therefore, my subordinates proposed that the whole army should be recuperated under Luoyang City for half a month before launching the attack on Luoyang City. During this time, we can launch a psychological attack on Luoyang City. If Luoyang City can also be like Chang'an Zhanghe
They surrendered without a fight, which is the best outcome for me."
Zhang Baiqi shook his head and said: "It is almost impossible. Yuan Xi is Yuan Tan's second brother after all. It is difficult for him to surrender to us without any scruples like Zhang He!"
Xu Wei frowned and said: "We can't wait too long. Yanzhou is now suffering from drought and locust plague at the same time, and judging from the current situation, the scale of the disaster is still expanding. If this war continues to be delayed, it will be difficult for us.
Focusing on this disaster will be very detrimental to our subsequent disaster relief and response efforts.”
Xu Wei also felt that this might be because God didn't want to see him occupy the Han Dynasty so smoothly. Three years of drought broke out in Yanzhou. He only took a breath, but a more serious disaster broke out again. Xu Wei has now collected information from various places.
Judging from the intelligence, the scale of this drought is unprecedented. It can be said to be a disaster that has not been seen in the Han Dynasty for a century. Parts of Bingzhou, Jizhou and even Youzhou have suffered from drought. The situation in other states and counties in the Central Plains is not good either. Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou
A drought broke out all over the country, and even Yangzhou was affected. The water level of the Huaihe River dropped by half, and many places in Yangzhou, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, were hit by drought and lost production and harvest. Even Xu Wei couldn't believe the scale of this disaster.
So big.
At this time, even Xu Wei admired Cao Cao in history. He chose Yanzhou as his territory. This start was a hell difficulty. For ordinary people to be able to maintain their territory in the face of such a disaster, it was already considered powerful.
But in history, Cao Cao not only maintained his own territory, but also did not stop attacking other territories in the year of disaster. Through "Cao Cao Biography" Xu Wei reluctantly knew that Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou first in history, probably because he wanted to
Zhan supported Zhan, but he failed and was stolen from his hometown by Lu Bu. He then fought with Lu Bu. After fighting with Lu Bu, he fought with Yuan Shu. After fighting with Yuan Shu, he fought with Lu Bu who fled to Xuzhou.
I really don’t know how he did it. The disasters never stopped, and his pace of war never stopped. Just being able to do this is extremely powerful.
Watching the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or playing games, I don’t think it’s very difficult for Cao Cao to conquer the south or the north. Only by truly experiencing this era can we understand why Cao Cao occupied the wealthy Central Plains and was constantly short of food. He either robbed tombs or killed grain officials to solve the problem.
Only a troubled hero like Cao Cao can open up a situation in a hell instance like the Central Plains.
Now that Xu Wei has occupied Yanzhou, he will have to experience the second half of the Central Plains Hell dungeon, and Xu Wei cannot be as ruthless as Cao Cao. If the war hadn't been extremely smooth, and he also knew that he would never look back when he fired his bow.
Arrow, otherwise Xu Wei would have wanted to stop the war and go to disaster relief first. After all, Luoyang City can be conquered at any time, but the victims will really die if they starve to death.
The current Han Dynasty does not have too many people, but the population is extremely scarce. Xu Wei only occupies half of the Han Dynasty and a desert, but there is a shortage of manpower everywhere, and it is very difficult to develop a Liaodong region.
After the news of Treasure Island came from the Japanese island this time, hundreds of thousands of people ran away from Hebei to dig gold mines. This small population alone aroused the dissatisfaction of the prefectures and magistrates from all over Hebei. And this drought
If they didn't starve to death, millions of people wouldn't be able to cope with their scale.
Although Xu Wei has not yet occupied the entire world, he already regards the people on Cao Cao's territory and the people on Liu Bei's territory as his own people. He feels heartbroken even if one of them starves to death.
Besides the Han people, there are still territories dozens of times the size of the Han people waiting for him to conquer. But if there is no population left, how can these places be occupied and become the homeland of the Han people?