Participating in the night attack were three brave generals from Lu Bu's Han army, an old man with a bright head, one with a long beard, and one with a beard.
It was Huang Zhong, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei.
The three generals each drew their weapons and rode their horses to charge at the front.
Hundreds of black-armored iron guards followed closely behind, followed by ordinary Han army soldiers from counties and counties.
Huang Zhong and Guan Yu swung their swords up and down, cutting off the heads of Cao's soldiers and chopping off their limbs.
Zhang Fei thrust his spear left and right, causing Cao Jun's army to fall to both sides where his black horse passed by like a sapling pushed down by a hurricane.
The Iron Guards rushed into the camp along the bloody path they had fought, throwing torches from the hands of ordinary county soldiers and throwing them at each tent.
The entire camp suddenly became a mess, and the tents burned one after another.
Several commanding generals worked hard to stabilize the morale of the troops, loudly instructing the soldiers not to panic and trying their best to rally them.
Then, Huang, Guan, and Zhang rushed over, and these generals faced them with their weapons.
In just a few breaths, they had turned into corpses.
Waves of trumpet sounds were heard, and a large group of soldiers and horses rushed out from the north gate of Wuguan, taking advantage of the chaos to attack the Wei army camp from the south.
At this time, the Wei army had been completely defeated, but there was nowhere to escape.
Under the fire and loud wailing, the remaining Wei soldiers surrendered in batches.
In fact, when Cao Chun sent this Wei army to surround Wuguan, they were discovered by hunters in the mountains and Li Su was notified early.
Li Su, who had been in the army all his life, could think of what the other party was going to do with just a little thought, so he used his plan.
He sent a group of men and horses, plus the three subordinates assigned to him by Lu Bu, to ambush a dozen miles north of Wuguan, waiting for the opponent to set up camp and conduct a night attack.
Sure enough, they succeeded, and almost all three thousand Wei troops were annihilated.
This news was quickly brought back to Cao Chun's camp by a handful of Wei soldiers who successfully escaped.
Cao Chun remained calm on his face, but he shouted in his heart: It's hard, I have lost three or four thousand of my nearly ten thousand troops in the past few days.
There are only more than 5,000 soldiers left and they can't take Wuguan anyway, but if they retreat now, they will definitely be criticized by the general Cao Ren.
It's better to just consolidate the camp and confront the Han army in Wuguan.
Thinking of this, he made up his mind and ordered: "Send my order to the general to raise the height and strengthen the fort from now on, and raise the alert to prevent our main camp from being attacked by the enemy."
From then on, the nearly 7,000 defenders of Wuguan fought with the pass.
The more than five thousand Wei troops in the south were in a stalemate for a long time.
After Lu Bu, who was far away in Chang'an, learned of this situation, he transferred Huang Zhong, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to the Hongnong battlefield.
At this time, all the county towns in Hongnong County, except for the various passes on the Hangu defense line, had been occupied by Gao Shun.
However, at this time, Nanyang Cao Ren personally led an army of 50,000 people and had passed Ruyang and reached the south of Luoyang.
Among them was Cao Wei.
The most proud of the 20,000 tiger and leopard cavalry, Cao Ren had 100% confidence that on the Heluo plane, these tiger and leopard cavalry could crush any Han army's infantry and cavalry to pieces.
And Xu Zhu of Xudu led 50,000 Wei troops gathered from counties in Huainan and Huaibei and drove to the east of Luoyang City.
In addition, behind Gao Shun who occupied Hongnong, there were Xiahou Dun's 10,000 cavalry stationed at Hangu's defense line.
At this time, there were only four thousand garrison troops commanded by Cheng Lian in the entire Luoyang.
In the counties of Hongnong County, including Lushi County, Gao Shun had less than 20,000 troops, including a Huben division.
In the Qinzheng Hall of the Imperial Palace in Chang'an City, Lu Bu, Chen Gong, Zhang Liao and other counselors and generals gathered around the sand table and discussed with each other for two days and one night.
Everyone knows that Cao Cao invested so many troops in Heluo.
If he continues to increase his bets, the land of Heluo, which is 500 miles away, will obviously become the place where Han and Wei will fight.
As night fell, the ministers all retired, leaving only Lu Bu staring at the sand table and thinking over and over again.
At this time, Queen Cao Min quietly walked into the palace with the two maids.
Standing behind Lu Bu, Lu Bu suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "This is the only way."
Cao Min was startled.
Only then did Lu Bu notice Cao Min standing behind him, smiled at her and said, "Let's do this."
The queen made fun of me, but I have decided on the strategy to defeat Cao."
Cao Min frowned and said, "How dare I make fun of Your Majesty?
I just ask Your Majesty to eat on time and take care of your dragon body."
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Lu Bu then remembered that he hadn't eaten yet.
Cao Min winked at the maid next to her.
The maid had already opened the food box she had brought with her and brought out stacks of exquisite dishes and several bowls of rice.
Lu Bu picked up the food and ate it without saying a word.
Fifteen days later, the city of Luoyang was completely surrounded by Xu Zhu's 50,000-strong army.
Even the upper and lower reaches of the Luoshui River that passed through the city were set up with iron cables to block the river.
However, just five days before the encirclement, a fleet entered Luoyang City along the Luoshui River, adding another tiger warrior to the defenders.
In addition, they also brought a large amount of food, arrows and various war materials to Luoyang City.
A few days before the city was encircled, the city gates of Luoyang were opened wide.
Common people in the city could leave the city freely, but no one was allowed to enter the city.
The Han army also issued announcements everywhere in the city, warning the people that Luoyang City might be besieged for a long time by the Wei army, that the food supply would be cut off, and that there was even a danger of massacre, so that these people could flee on their own.
In addition, Luoyang has been occupied by Cao Wei for a long time, so the people in the city have a high sense of identification with Cao Wei.
Therefore, the Han army acted like this.
In just a few days, except for the five thousand defenders, there was almost no one else waiting in Luoyang City.
General Cheng Lian assigned a thousand men to the garrison on each of the four walls, and the last thousand Xuanjia Iron Guards were placed in the city as a reserve team, ready to support the four sides at any time.
Cheng Lian climbed to the top of the city to inspect the enemy's situation.
Outside the city, there were hundreds of Wei army barracks lined up one after another, with flags like a forest.
The sound of soldiers shouting orders in order could be heard clearly from the barracks.
Cheng Lian knew that this would be a tough battle with one against ten, and Lu Bu's order to him was that he must hold on to Luoyang for fifty days.
Cao Ren, who was south of Luoyang, received an order from Cao Cao himself and sent his troops north.
After reaching near Luoyang, they turned to the west.
Obviously Cao Cao wanted him to wipe out the Gao Shun tribe who occupied Hongnong.
However, Gao Shun did not confront the enemy head-on.
He voluntarily abandoned many counties and reduced his troops to Shaanxian and Lushi counties in the far west of Hongnong.
The terrain of Shaanzhou District in Shaanxian County is high in the south and low in the north, steep in the east and flat in the west.
The southeast is mountainous and the northwest is plain.
There is only a flat gap along the bank of the Yellow River connected to the Heluo area in the east of Shaanxi County.
Gao Shun's troops stationed here still isolated Xiahou Dun at Hangu Pass from Cao Ren, and Cao Ren's tiger and leopard cavalry could hardly exert their advantage in this mountainous area.
Soon, Cao Ren divided his troops and reoccupied many counties in Hongnong that Gao Shun had given up.
At this time, Lu Bu's Han army was gathering on a large scale west of Tongguan and behind the Zhugu defense line
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