The Sui army that went back to Luocang for reinforcements was more than 17,000 soldiers led by Lai Hu'er.
This was the most elite force in the entire Sui Dynasty.
It consists of six thousand Xiaoguo Imperial Guard infantry, four thousand Xiaoguo cavalry, three thousand Tianxing Army mountain spearmen, two thousand Tianxing Army long archers, one thousand Royal Court heavy cavalry, and one thousand light armor flying cavalry.
In fact, the main body was the troops brought back from Jiangdu by Yang Guangbei.
Dongdu is not far away from returning to Luocang, and Yang Guang has long received news that Shan Xiongxin's army is approaching to return to Luocang.
Anyone with a discerning eye will know where Shan Xiongxin's goal is at a glance, and Yang Guang is certainly no exception.
However, a Wagang army of about 20,000 people also appeared in Songyang, south of the eastern capital.
The only force that Yang Guang has that can be mobilized, namely Lai Hu'er, is being sent to snipe and annihilate them.
Lai Hu'er, who had completed the mission of annihilating the enemy, had just returned to Luoyang City, the eastern capital, yesterday.
When he heard that Hui Luocang was under attack, he asked Yang Guang for orders to go to reinforce Hui Luo overnight.
Yang Guang rejected his request and instead allowed his troops to rest for a night in Luoyang before rushing over the next day.
Yang Guang believed that Sima Dekan and the five thousand elite soldiers in the city would not be able to defend the city for a day and a night.
The army that came to protect the children marched quickly on the official road leading back to Luocang.
The scouts in front have already seen Shan Xiongxin's several camps located around Huiluo City.
At this time, Shan Xiongxin was sitting calmly in the Chinese army's tent and strategizing.
He had sent his troops early to notify another Wagang army not far from him, Ma Wang Bodang's 30,000-strong army, and now he was arranging the tasks of his generals one by one.
These tasks included those responsible for continuing the blockade back to Luo City, those responsible for sniping from the side to harass incoming enemies, those responsible for guarding all directions, and those responsible for setting up military formations to prepare for the situation.
But in the end, they still had to wait for Wang Bodang's 30,000 troops to be confident of eating the opponent.
Because he has heard that this Sui army is Yang Guang's trump card.
In addition to the Xiaoguo army, which is famous all over the world and is said to be able to equal ten to one, there is also the mysterious Tianxing army.
The Wagang Army took action quickly according to Shan Xiongxin's arrangement.
Amidst the sound of drums and trumpets, a large number of soldiers formed a huge military formation in front of the camp.
A large group of cavalry rode out of the camp.
There were also many auxiliary soldiers sweating profusely and seizing the time to build fortifications to block the return to Luocang.
A Xiaoguo cavalryman holding a steel knife jumped off the horse, cut off a human head from a corpse with several arrows inserted, and then tied the head bun on the collar of the horse's neck, and then the next one.
He was not the only one who did this, there were many others around him doing the same thing.
The light-armored flying cavalry of the Tianxing Army who came out of the system stood quietly on their saddles, looking at these native companions with puzzled eyes.
They didn't know what the Xiaoguo soldiers were doing with these heads.
These staggering thousands of corpses came from a small group of Wagang troops who attempted to ambush and harass the Sui army.
Before they could complete their ambush, they suffered a devastating blow from the opponent's elite cavalry.
They didn't know until their death how they were discovered.
When the opponent's men and horses appeared in their sight, they had no way to run because the horses of these Sui cavalry were too fast, not to mention the arrows they shot faster.
Shan Xiongxin, who was already well strategized and had the momentum to win thousands of miles away, began to lose his composure after receiving military intelligence reports one after another from the scouts ahead.
The troops engaged in sniper attacks not only failed to effectively achieve the goal of delaying the opponent, but also suffered heavy losses, and some were even wiped out.
The Sui army was getting closer and closer to its base camp.
"Why haven't the soldiers who went to inform Wang Bodang come back yet?"
Shan Xiongxin suddenly shouted.
A staff general next to him quickly comforted him: "General Qi, I have sent a second wave of messengers to urge you."
At this time, Wang Bodang was commanding his army to attack Jinyong City.
Jinyong City is only twenty-five miles away from Luoyang, the eastern capital.
Although it is still a satellite city of the eastern capital, it is no longer the small city that was dedicated to the confinement of the royal family during the Jin Dynasty, but a military fortress covering an area of nearly 10,000 acres.
It is an important gateway to the north of Luoyang, the eastern capital.
It can echo the eastern capital and form a horn.
It stands to reason that such an important town should stock up on heavy troops, but Yang Guang's troops are limited, and this Jinyong City, which has the meaning of "echoing each other from afar and showing the momentum of a horn", is still not as good as those strategic locations with more important significance.
Yang Guang can only use limited troops in more important places.
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Therefore, there were only three thousand Sui army infantry stationed in Jinyong City, and most of these infantry were old and weak.
But in Wang Bodang's eyes, the significance of this city is extraordinary.
He planned in his mind that if he captured Jinyong City, which was close to Luoyang, the eastern capital, he could stock up on enough food and grass.
You can stay in this strong city and watch the changes in the world.
If Wagang is defeated in the future war, he will find an opportunity to replace Li Mi as the commander-in-chief of Wagang just like Li Mi replaced Zhai Rang.
If the edifice of the Sui Dynasty was about to collapse, the Eastern Capital would be depleted of troops, and it would be possible to control the Eastern Capital overnight and overlook the world.
Even if he cannot replace Li Mi with this merit, he is still the most meritorious among the generals in Wagang.
Moreover, after repeated observations by Wang Bodang, the garrison strength of Jinyong City was obviously very weak.
Naturally, Wang Bodang would not let go of such a cost-effective transaction.
So when Shan Xiongxin's people came to ask him for reinforcements, he said disapprovingly: "It won't be too late to reinforce Brother Shan after I capture Jinyong City."
The battle to attack Jinyong City began immediately.
But the progress of the war exceeded Wang Bodang's imagination.
Although the troops in Jinyong City are weak, they are all old and weak soldiers.
But it is a journey with high morale and not a vulnerable one.
It turns out that the families of these soldiers were brought into Dongdu City and registered as household registrations, and no longer relied on farming for a living.
This was actually a welfare reward.
Even if they return to their hometowns to farm in the future, they will receive corresponding field rewards as soldiers.
Arrows shuttled back and forth up and down the city.
The soldiers fought repeatedly at the top of the city.
They fought from noon until the sun went down.
Only then did Wang Bodang's army make some progress and control a city gate and a city wall.
The city head was full of corpses of soldiers of the Sui Army and Wagang Army, with broken flags leaning on the battlements.
The Wagang Army below the city had poured into Jinyong City like a tide.
There are still Sui soldiers in the city who are resisting tenaciously.
From time to time, a cold arrow was shot, or a spear was suddenly thrust out of the street window to knock down the Wagang soldiers to the ground, or several Sui soldiers suddenly jumped out and swung their swords to kill the lone Wagang soldiers. .
The Wagang Army had to search house by house and clean up and fight street by street.
In the end, seven to eight hundred surviving Sui troops took advantage of the darkness to withdraw from Jinyong City from the last undefended city gate and fled toward Luoyang.
At this time, Wang Bodang was completely in control of the city
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