Huge cannons continued to fall into the city, and the roar was deafening. The entire Huiluo City was shrouded in large clouds of smoke and dust, making it impossible to see what was already happening in the city.
In the southern city of Heyang not far away, the defenders on the city couldn't help but break out in cold sweat when they saw this scene. The Heyang cannon had a great reputation before, but not many people had truly seen its power. Now they are finally lucky. Saw it.
The attacking Western Wei army was particularly vicious. Relying on the super range of the Heyang Cannon, the artillery stones directly crossed the city wall and bombarded the buildings in the city. The defenders in the city could only rest in the narrow space under the city wall. , I didn’t dare to walk or stay in the city at all.
Anyone who sees such a fierce and ferocious offensive can't help but feel frightened. The enemy has already wiped out several city garrisons around Heyang through such an offensive. If they wait until they return to Luocheng and are captured again, then the south city of Heyang will become an isolated city on the south bank, except for Outside Zhongli City, which is connected by a river bridge, there is no other stronghold nearby for response.
These Northern Qi soldiers who retreated to Heyang also understood the truth of the cold. After seeing Huiluo City being attacked so fiercely, when the chief general Ke Zhu Hunyuan mobilized elite troops to go out of the city to fight and rescue Huiluo City, they no longer blindly They are willing to push the envelope and avoid fighting, and can basically accept the arrangement.
However, when the situation has developed to this point, it can no longer be reversed simply by relying on their current strength to resist.
Just as they said before when they refuted Zhu Hunyuan, the best time to reverse the war situation has passed. Today's Western Wei troops are no longer weak compared to them, their food and grass supplies are also very sufficient, and their morale is far better than theirs. Gao Gao, if you try to resist at this moment, you are already at a disadvantage.
Unsurprisingly, Heyang Nancheng organized several attacks to attack the enemy camp, but they failed to shake the enemy camp at all. They just left hundreds of corpses outside the city, and even failed to delay the enemy's attack and return. The pace of Los Angeles.
Li Tai did not go to the front line in person this time, but sat in the camp. Although he had previously captured Baiting, Jinyong and other cities, since Li Tai had no intention of garrisoning for a long time, he did not divide his troops to guard them, but led the army to continue Advancing to the vicinity of Nancheng, Heyang.
Now the men and horses under his command were not only the five thousand cavalry brought from Jingzhou, but also Han Xiong, Wei Xuan and other Heluo Yishi who came one after another to join them, and there were more than four thousand people.
Although more than half of the barbarian troops incited by Li Renjie and others left after the spoils were distributed in Baiting City, there were still nearly 5,000 people left.
Compared with the barbarians who left, those who remained were undoubtedly more obedient and more willing to obey Li Tai's military orders. Even if they could not be the main elite force in attacking the stronghold, they could still provide some assistance on the battlefield and in the camp. The sexual task is still competent.
In addition, after various battles, there were also five to six thousand Northern Qi soldiers captured. The biggest gain among them was Baiting City. With the Lin family's father and son voluntarily surrendering and cooperating, thousands of defenders in Baiting City were captured. The army was almost surrounded and captured.
Although it was too late for these captives to be reorganized in detail and put into battle, not all of them were loyal to Northern Qi Chidan. Li Tai ordered the Lin family and his son to select more than a thousand available disciples from the middle school, and they were also incorporated into the battle order. Come.
Therefore, Li Tai currently has tens of thousands of men and horses, which is no less powerful than the personnel that Northern Qi can put into battle. Naturally, his fighting style no longer needs to be as bluffing and opportunistic as before, and he can be more unrestrained.
When Huiluo City was almost bombarded, Li Tai ordered the Heyang Artillery to be suspended. After there were no more bombardments, the smoke and dust that shrouded Huiluo City gradually settled and dissipated. Before that, , hundreds of surviving garrison soldiers in the city have fled from the city.
Li Tai did not stop this, and even sent a team of rangers to drive the Qi soldiers who had fled in other directions towards Heyang Nancheng. Of course, it was not to help these people find their way home, but to Let them convey greater panic to Heyang Nancheng through personal experiences.
After waiting for a while and no more people were seen escaping, Li Taicai sent Gao Le to lead 500 heavily armored soldiers into Huiluo City to clear the area, attack and drive away those stubborn defenders who remained in the city. Those soldiers saw a familiar sight. The armor style was supposed to be the elite weapon of their army, but now it became a tool to kill them. For a while, they couldn't help but wailing in sorrow and anger, and they lost all fighting spirit.
After nearly an hour of purging, under the eyes of more than ten thousand defenders in Heyang Nancheng, the Wei army successfully and completely captured Huiluo City. The process was extremely smooth, as if everything was taken for granted.
Returning to Luo City was very close to Heyang South City. After capturing the city, Li Tai was no longer polite and ordered the camp to be moved to this city. Although the buildings in the city had been bombed and destroyed, However, the city wall is still relatively complete and is stronger than the temporary barracks set up outside.
On the top of the south city of Heqiao, Zhu Hunyuan and the other soldiers felt extremely bitter when they saw Wei Jun's actions, and a strong sense of powerlessness enveloped their hearts. Faced with such a situation, they no longer knew where to turn. Only by reversing the situation can the defeat be saved.
Finally, good news came from the north of Heqiao: after the new king Gaoyang arrived in Jinyang, he sent the new king of Hedong Pan Le to lead his troops south to reinforce Heyang. Now Pan Le has finally arrived in the north middle city of Heyang.
After learning the news, Zhu Hunyuan and the other soldiers were all overjoyed. Since the Western bandits entered Heluo, they have gone from an absolute advantage to being completely suppressed by the enemy. They all know the bitterness and suffering, which is really too great. Reinforcements are needed to build momentum and boost morale.
However, Zhu Hunyuan ordered his generals to strictly guard the city, and he personally went north through the river bridge to meet Pan Le, and discussed how to launch a counterattack next.
After the two met, they did not exchange more greetings. Although they were ashamed in their hearts, Zhu Hunyuan first described the current situation between Heluo and Luo. Pan Le couldn't bear it after listening to Zhu Hunyuan's story. He couldn't help but sigh: "This thief general Li Boshan is really a particularly fierce person among thieves! Murong Shaozong was extremely resourceful and Liu Fengsheng was unparalleled in his loyalty and bravery, but they were all inevitably killed by his hands. Wang Jin can still resist Qiaonan, it is already Better than some of our predecessors who guarded the river bridge."
Such comfort, of course, could not make Zhu Hunyuan feel happy. He turned around and said with hope and uneasiness: "How many people will Pan Situ lead when he comes south this time? Does your Majesty know how difficult it is to defend here?" , is there any updated order? The cities in the south have been lost to themselves. Now that the reinforcements have arrived, I will be the vanguard of the divisions to attack the bandit army and strengthen our river defense! Even if the main force of the Western bandit army reaches this point, they will never let it cross the river defense! "
Hearing Zhu Hunyuan's statement, Pan Le sighed, and then spoke again: "Your Majesty sent me here to defend the river, and at the same time, I need to take care of Zhi Pass to prevent it from being captured by thieves. But the men and horses you lead, There are only more than 3,000 people in our headquarters, which may not be enough to go south to rebel against the rebel army."
"Only three thousand? This, this, the thieves have gathered Yiluo barbarians now, and they already have more than ten thousand troops, and they even carry heavy siege weapons like Heyang cannon, not to mention the following divisions. It’s not an enemy that can be defeated easily!”
When Zhu Hunyuan heard that Pan Le was here with only a few thousand troops from his headquarters, his expression suddenly changed, and he was so busy that he said: "Once the thieves break through the river defenses, Hebei will become corrupt. Now it is a new era of revolution. , the people's hearts are still undecided, and resisting the enemy in Henan is the top priority! Your Majesty may have not been in charge of the heavy brigade in the past, so he was a little unprepared for the situation and wanted to solidify the basic defense, but now..."
"King, please be careful what you say!"
Hearing that Zhu Hunyuan bluntly said that the new king was unbalanced due to lack of experience, Pan Le's face darkened, and then he said seriously: "The king was trapped in the battle situation in Heluo, so he didn't know that the army of Western thieves had stopped in Hongnong and repaired. We built a pontoon bridge to cross the river from there and head north, but we had no intention of moving to Heluo."
"This actually happened?"
But after Zhu Hunyuan heard this, he immediately looked in disbelief. He felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He froze on the spot. After a while, he suddenly beat his chest and cried out sadly: "You are treacherous, treacherous! I have tens of thousands." All the teachers were unexpectedly..."
Before he could pour out all his words of grief and anger, suddenly another armored soldier came to tell the rebels that the heavy artillery had been moved and was directly bombarding the river bridge. Because the fall of Huiluo City made his army even closer to the river bridge, and the Heyang artillery Its super long range can already directly attack the Heqiao body!
"Here, what should we do? Pan Situ once occupied the bridge to fight with thieves. How should we deal with this situation?"
But after Zhu Hunyuan heard this, he didn't bother to express his feelings about being deceived for so long, and looked at Pan Le nervously.
After Pan Le heard this, his expression became unnatural, but now that the situation was critical, he could only say in a deep voice: "When we were fighting, Hu Lugong once said that it is better to fight at the Heqiao than to consolidate at Heyang. Now that our army is overwhelmed and we have to take care of Zhiguan Pass, we can only take care of both sides here by temporarily leaving the south."
But when Zhu Hunyuan heard this, his face suddenly darkened. The two cities of Heyang that were captured by Li Boshan were the result of the defeat suffered by the three garrison troops of Hu Lujin, Pan Le, and Xue Guyan, but he himself was The supporting party. Now that you are sitting here, you have to defeat this state by yourself?
Even though he felt unwilling to give up, even Pan Le, who was serving as a backup force, did not agree to continue fighting the enemy south of the river. However, Zhu Hunyuan also understood that the situation would not get better if he continued to persist.
Especially now that it is known that the main force of the rebel army intends to cross the river from Hongnong upstream and go north, the gains and losses of Zhiguan and the safety of Jinyang are even more worrying. Even if he can defeat Li Boshan in Heluo, it will not change the overall war.
At present, there is still a fig leaf for the overall situation to lead the troops to retreat. If the situation does not develop in a favorable direction if we continue to be stubborn, we will inevitably lose our ground and regret it. Therefore, Zhu Hunyuan can only order his troops to continue to retreat.
As the Northern Qi defenders retreated to the north bank along the river bridge and once again achieved the goal of advancing into Heyang, Li Tai did not relax. At the same time, he arranged for Han Xiong and others to station in the south city of Heyang to block the route of the rebel army from the south.
He then led the rest of the troops to march south again and attack Yiyang, which was still holding on. Of course, the results of the battle here must be conveyed to Hongnong at high speed. His assistants here have already played very well, and it depends on what the main troops in Guanzhong will do next.