On this day, all preparations were completed. Feng Zhou gave an order, and the Xiliang soldiers who were best at archery on the Tushan wall of the north gate began to shoot in unison. Amidst the humming sound of bows and arrows, thousands of arrows were fired in unison, and the overwhelming arrows covered the sky.
, shooting condescendingly towards the top of Luoyang City, and towards the dense enemy group on the wall 350 steps away.
Almost instantly, desperate screams rang out continuously on the north gate of Luoyang City. One after another, Wei soldiers and generals were hit by arrows, wailing and fell into a pool of blood. The defenders on the city were in chaos.
Of course they wanted to fight back, but the mountain on the opposite side was higher than the position they occupied. Even if they shot arrows from an angle, they couldn't hit it.
The angle of the trebuchet has been fixed, and it can only reach the foot of the earth mountain at most, but cannot reach the top of the earth mountain at all.
At the same time, the trebuchets that the Han army moved to the earth mountain also began to exert their power, pouring stone bullets and hollow pottery one after another on the city head. The explosion caused the city head to be filled with flames, pillars toppled and houses collapsed, and the Wei army defenders were in a state of disarray.
Flying dogs jumped, ghosts cried and wolves howled, which further increased the chaos of the defenders. Many Wei soldiers panicked and ran for cover. They were crowded and trampled while running for cover. Many of their companions were pushed off the city wall. They fell to pieces with broken muscles and bones, and howled loudly.
"Continue! Thousands of arrows are fired!"
Feng Zhou swept across Liangzhou and after surrendering to the Qiang and Hu, he had gathered more than 30,000 young and strong flying cavalry who were good at archery. Some of them were commanded by Ma Chao, and the rest were basically among the army commanded by Feng Zhou. Of course, there were also many
The young people were incorporated into the Beiwei Army and were taught to read and write by special personnel. This is another matter and not worth mentioning.
The strong people of Xiliang have been good at riding and shooting since they were young. They are good at riding and shooting deep in their bones. This kind of large-scale covering shooting is enough to completely suppress the city.
The densely packed Wei soldiers on the city wall were constantly destroyed by stones, flames, and arrows, so that soon there was no place to stand. There were also many Wei soldiers who were not willing to be suppressed and fired arrows back, but the arrows they threw
, basically they can only shoot forty or fifty steps in front of the mountain before falling to the ground with all their strength. However, the arrows shot by the Xiliang cavalry from a high place can suppress them. Therefore, the advantage of being condescending is fully revealed at this moment.
.The Han army was cheering like thunder, and its morale was at a fever pitch.
The Han army's trebuchets roared continuously for three days and three nights, and they did not stop until they were all destroyed.
No one repairs the trebuchet anymore because it's a one-time deal.
The North Gate of Luoyang has collapsed.
To be precise, the city wall collapsed and the soldiers collapsed.
Just like the original Chang'an City Wall.
Under the continuous bombardment of fire and boulders, it finally collapsed.
A strong wind blew by, and the thick smoke gradually dispersed, but few standing figures could be seen on the northern wall.
The collapsed city wall was littered with round stone bullets and pottery bullet fragments. Wei Jun's corpses were piled up in random directions and covered with arrow feathers, like white grass that suddenly grew out.
The surviving soldiers came out of their hiding places, waving their hands to disperse the fog in front of them. Looking at everything in front of them, their hearts felt hairy. Painful groans could be heard from time to time. Slowly, more people got up.
, looking around blankly. Some were covering their wounds and looking to the opposite side with lingering fear, while others were crawling hard in the blood, trying to move to a safe place.
There was blood everywhere, and when they stepped on it, either the bones of their companions or the soil softened by the blood stuck to the soles of their shoes, as if an invisible hand was pulling them, dragging them towards the bottomless abyss.
The city wall collapsed and the soldiers died tragically. The area around Xiamen in the north gate of Luoyang has become like a purgatory. I don’t know how many soldiers of the Wei army were killed by the Shuhan army’s bullets. Thousands of trebuchets continued to work until they fell apart, completely destroying the Wei army.
will.
This was not a battle at all, this was a one-sided massacre. No matter whether the Wei soldiers were brave or not, they had no chance to rush in front of the enemy. They were directly killed by bullets falling from the sky.
Sima Yi and the generals of the Wei army had already hid in Luoyang City, so there were only the corpses of ordinary soldiers on the city wall.
"Kill" Feng Zhou raised his spear and gave the order to charge.
Wei Yan jumped up and led his men to charge over.
Chen Dao drew his sword and roared.
Wang Ping raised his arms.
Wu Tong, Zhang Wen and others also led their troops to charge.
But the Wei army's position was completely silent. The surviving soldiers looked at the Han army descending like tigers with bewildered faces. Some threw away their swords, some threw away their broken shields, and some sat down against the wall, but
No one rose up to resist.
The Han army rushed to the city,
The Han army rushed to the front of the formation, covered their mouths and noses, and looked at everything. After a brief surprise, they let out loud cheers.
They have already occupied Luoyang City.
After thirty years, the majesty of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty finally spread to the capital of the Later Han Dynasty.
At this time, Sima Yi was completely disappointed.
It's not that his will is not strong enough, but that many of his soldiers are not strong enough.
Although he commanded the entire army as a general, gave both kindness and power, and won over countless generals and soldiers, his time was ultimately too short.
What's more, most of the middle and lower-level generals are over forty and have experienced the lingering power of the Han Dynasty.
Among the Wei army, their family background was not prominent, their status was low, and they never had the opportunity to rise, but this does not mean that they are not stupid.
Therefore, when the Han army invaded Luoyang, they began to conspire and join forces, and then launched a coup and captured the top generals of the Wei army headed by Cao Hong.
But Sima Yi escaped.
After all, the city of Luoyang was vast and had countless gates, and it was impossible for the Han army to nail them all.
So when the North City collapsed, he took hundreds of his close guards and escaped.
No one knows how he left.
It is enough to reflect Sima Yi's shrewdness.
But it has nothing to do with the overall situation.
On August 10, the third year of Jianxing, Luoyang had fallen into the hands of the Han army for three days.
Within these three days, Wei Yanyi, the new governor of Luoyang, led 20,000 Han troops and 70,000 Wei troops to surrender, ruthlessly cleaning up Luoyang.
On this day, Feng Zhou put out the honor guard of the Emperor of Han Dynasty, entered the city from the west gate of Luoyang, passed Zhuolong Garden, Jinshi, and entered the Beigong from Zhuque Gate. After the parade, he toured the whole city.
After inspecting Luoyang City, Feng Zhou felt relieved and ordered to go to the imperial city to rest.
Although Cao Rui, the emperor of Wei, went north to hunt Ye City in advance, and Sima Yi was in Luoyang, he never burned down the palace like Dong Zhuo did. Therefore, the imperial city was well preserved. However, although the Luoyang Imperial City is still there, the furniture and decorations inside it are still there.
It had already been evacuated by the Wei army.
Due to time constraints, Wei Yan only had time to order people to clean and decorate the two main halls in the North Palace, Deyang Hall and Chongde Hall.