The first seventy-sixth chapter will be the talent
The reason why Wang Qian took the initiative to retreat to Luoyang City was probably due to this consideration.
If he loses too many soldiers and horses under his command, he may not even have enough people to defend Luoyang. The long and wide Luoyang city wall will become a nightmare for the general who is stretched thin.
Wang Qian should at least not be worried about this issue now.
Li Xingchen reached out and touched the sand table, which clearly marked the locations of various city gates. Among them, the Daxia Gate facing Mang Mountain in the north was obviously the most obvious.
"The main attack on the north side is Daxia Gate, and the main attack on the south side is to choose two more gates."
The Daxia Gate is the largest and one of the main gates of Luoyang City. It connects the city gate to the main road under Beimang through bridges on the moat. This means that the ladder trucks attacking the city can directly pass through these strong stone bridges.
Pushing directly under the city gate can save the Han army a lot of trouble. After all, the moat of Luoyang City is so wide, and it will take a lot of effort to fill it up. What's more, the city gate has three door openings, which means that if you can break through one of them,
If one of them is located, the entire city gate will naturally fall. What's more, there is no urn outside the city gate, and the number of horse faces is not very large. Therefore, although it is huge, it is a weak link in Luoyang's city defense.
In the past, when the Northern Zhou Dynasty attacked the Northern Qi Dynasty, they often chose the direction of Beimang, also because they took this into consideration.
Naturally, the city gates on the south side are not so particular. Each city gate is similar. This is mainly because the city gates on the south side face Luoshui. They basically serve ordinary people in the south of the city and connect the outside of the city to Luoshui.
The wharfs and markets do not have the same political needs as the northern city gate connecting the palace. The natural sizes are basically the same, and they are all in the form of suspension bridges. In addition, because of the presence of Luoshui, the moat outside the south gate is not that big.
It was spacious, and it was obvious that Luoshui was regarded as another moat outside the south gate. Unfortunately, this moat was not under the city gate after all, so Wang Qian voluntarily abandoned it.
Li Xingchen determined the north and south sides as the main attack direction, and naturally determined the Imperial Guards and Tiger Wing Army as the main attack directions. Yang Su then said: "In addition, the Taiwei Mansion believes that the connection with the east road should be opened as soon as possible, so I thought that we should send the Eagle Army
Yang's army continues to attack eastward, and at the same time, it contacts Yangwu's army to attack from east to west, and clear the obstacles from Yanshi to Hulao Pass as soon as possible."
Yanshi, Gongyi and Chenggao, where Hulao Pass is located, are all important towns connecting Luoyang, Kaifeng, Chenliu and other places. They were also key areas where troops were stationed in the Northern Zhou Dynasty before. However, Wang Qian, who was originally ordered to guard these places,
He has already brought his troops to support Luoyang, so there is a shortage of troops in these places, so it is a good opportunity to take advantage of them and sweep them all away.
Li Xingchen looked at Chen Zhishen. Although this plan was good, it meant that the Yingyang Army would move eastward and leave the main battlefield of Luoyang. I am afraid that Chen Zhishen, a fierce tiger, would have objections.
What this guy wanted most was to capture Luoyang City. If Yang Su really did this, it would be equivalent to excluding Chen Zhishen from the battle.
As expected, Chen Zhishen had a displeased look on his face. Could this guy Yang Su be targeting me? But then he thought about it. Indeed, the Ying Yang Army has already spread out in the east of the city. It is the best choice to attack eastward. Yang Su said this.
There was no problem, and Li Xingchen also cast his gaze over at this time. It was obvious that His Majesty was not opposed to such a plan.
Chen Zhi took a deep breath and solemnly raised his hands: "I am willing to go east and fight for Your Majesty!"
Li Xingchen nodded slightly. This guy was not stupid. He smiled and said: "The Yingyang Army has been fighting hard for a long time. Let me give you some easy tasks, so that your subordinates will not say that you, Chen Zhishen, don't care about everyone's life and death and only know how to charge and kill. Besides, you can't do anything this time."
You have to make it clear that I am thinking about you and giving you easy work so that you can breathe a sigh of relief. Please don't turn my good intentions into your own."
Li Xingchen made a joke, and the atmosphere that had been tense for a while became relaxed again. Of course, Li Xingchen was also telling Chen Zhishen in disguise that the Han army is my army after all, so don't act out of emotion.
I don’t know if Chen Zhishen heard Li Xingchen’s deeper meaning, but he just smiled and said: “Your Majesty, don’t worry, those little bastards don’t dare to slander me, let alone complain about any of your majesty’s arrangements.”
Li Xingchen turned to look more serious: "However, the Chenggao area leads directly to Yecheng. Once there is a crisis in Luoyang, Yu Wenxian will probably not go around Mengjin, but will choose to break through directly in Kaifeng or Chenggao, so you must be vigilant."
"No!" Chen Zhishen agreed hastily.
He still knew this well.
When Chen Zhishen, Chun Yucen and others took their orders, Li Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Shilian couldn't help but sigh: "General Chen is a fierce tiger. It is not easy for Your Majesty to tame him."
"The tiger is actually very tame," Li Xingchen couldn't help but laugh, "This guy will never be confused in important matters. It's just that sometimes he likes to fight and kill and is a bit arrogant. But since he is a fierce general without any arrogance, how can he do it?
Call him a fierce general?"
Xiao Shilian and Yang Su looked at each other, and Xiao Shilian smiled and said: "Your Majesty really has the talents of Emperor Gaozu."
Li Xingchen waved his hand: "Okay, stop flattering me. Do you really hope that I will become as suspicious as Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty?"
Without waiting for Xiao Shilian and others to reply, Li Xingchen said directly: "The battle in the north may not be easier than in the south. Bo Qing, be more careful."
Of course Xiao Shilian knew that Li Xingchen was saying that Yu Wenxian and Yu Wenchun could come from behind at any time and catch the Han army by surprise, so he responded solemnly.
At night, in Luoyang City.
If it were a hundred years ago, thousands of lights would have been on at this time, but now Luoyang is silent in the darkness, like a dying beast.
The sparse lights came from the soldiers on night watch, and there was not even a sound in the city. The sound of the watchman seemed particularly lonely and lonely.
In Yuchijiong's mansion, the extinguished lights lit up again.
Yu Chijiong slowly walked out from behind the screen, looked at the middle-aged man sitting in the hall wearing armor, and said with a smile: "It's already so late, why did Chi Wan come here?"
It was Wang Qian who was sitting there. Looking at Yuchi Jiong who was stumbling, Wang Qian felt a faint pain in his heart. He wanted to step forward to help Yuchi Jiong, but Yuchi Jiong waved his hand: "It's okay, I can't walk these two steps."
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"We haven't seen each other for just a few days, why does Brother Yuchi seem to have aged ten years?" Wang Qian couldn't help but ask. The Yuchijiong in front of him seemed to be a different person from the Yuchijiong when Bai Gucheng parted. His pale hair was disheveled, his face was
The wrinkles on my face have never been so obvious.
This seemed to be an old man in his twilight years. When he saw him for the first time, no one could believe that just a few days ago, this was a powerful general who commanded tens of thousands of troops and led the May River. He was the great general of the Zhu Kingdom of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.