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Chapter 961: The First Northern Expedition XI


On the last day of December in the seventh year of the Warring States period, in the evening, there was no reflection of the sunset, the sky was dark, and the snow was flying.

Under this white sky, Sun Quan led the main army, belatedly, and the troops came to Luoyang City.

"Luoyang City" Sun Quan raised his head, looked at the towering city wall, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"We're finally here" The generals also breathed a sigh of relief.

The snow was heavy and the roads were covered with snow, and even if they were on the Dachi Road, the road was too difficult to walk, and their main army was three days slower than originally planned.

"Sun Zhongmou, you're finally here" At the head of Luoyang City, Cao Cao stood in the wind and snow, looking into the distance, looking at the dense cavalry of the Wu army outside the city, his fists clenched slightly.

He knew in his heart that with the arrival of the main force of the Wu army, it would start this bloody battle in Luoyang.

As for whether he expects to be able to keep Luoyang City before the arrival of reinforcements, he doesn't have much confidence now.

"Your Majesty, Weichen will definitely be able to defend Luoyang City" Xi Zhicai stood beside Cao Cao, looked at the sorrow in Cao Cao's expression, and said in a deep voice.

"We swear to defend the city to the death" Dian Wei and Xu Chu led the generals to kneel down on one knee and said categorically.

"Good" Cao Cao's gaze swept over the generals, and a sense of pride erupted in his heart, and he laughed proudly: "There are you waiting, what are I afraid of, he wants to fight, I will fight, I want to see how this blue eye grows."

This is not the first time that there has been a war between him and Sun Quan, and he can't lose this battle.

"This is the second time I've come to the city."

Outside the city, Sun Quan rode his horse close to the city of Yingtianmen, raised his head, looked at the majestic Luoyang City, and the corners of his mouth slightly curled up with a playful smile: "In the first year of the first peace, I went north with my father, and the first time I came to Luoyang, I was facing a sea of fire at that time."

When he first entered Luoyang.

Luoyang is a ruin, not as majestic as it is now, for many years, once again the army is under the city.

The mood is a little complicated.

"Your Majesty, you can burn it again with a second fire" Lu Bu stood up and proposed.

As the capital of Cao Wei, once the city of Luoyang is burned again, it is equivalent to burning the spirit of Cao Wei. greatly frustrated Cao Wei's morale.

Although his proposal is a bit cruel, it is not impossible to consider.

"Haha" Sun Quan laughed a few times: "I like to listen to this, but if it is burned, it will be avoided, I want to build a palace here, pass the order, camp on the spot, rest for the night, and start attacking the city tomorrow morning."

"No" The generals came to the city, which was equivalent to hitting Cao Wei's lair.

One by one, the morale was high, and they were ordered to set up camp.

After camping.

In the camp of the main generals, Sun Quan washed his face with hot water, and then summoned the generals to discuss the siege of the city, at this time it was already dark, under the light of the oil lamp, he looked at Zhao Yun and asked: "Zilong, how is the defense of this Luoyang City?"

"Report to Your Majesty.

The Wei army in Luoyang City was very calm, and the last general was ashamed, the vanguard army had tried several times, but there was no progress at all."

Zhao Yunyu reported.

"I heard that you fought a few battles with Dian Wei, the first fierce general of Cao Wei" Sun Quan squinted slightly: "How about victory or defeat?"

He was naturally very confident in Zhao Yun's force.

But he didn't dare to underestimate this ancient evil, Zhao Yun won very hard in the East China Sea back then, and the two fought again, and the suspense was very great.

"Hmm" Zhao Yun nodded: "After I arrived in Luoyang City, I challenged him, and he responded."

We fought a big battle in front of the city gate, undefeated, a draw, his riding skills have improved a lot, and with his natural divine power, even if I do my best, I may not be able to defeat him, we are between the two."

He originally wanted to thwart Dian Wei, take the lead, and suppress the morale of the Wei army's defending city, but Dian Wei's riding skills improved extraordinarily, and in addition to the fact that the skills of the two sides were almost the same, they still ended up in a draw.

"Dian Junming, this person is a first-class fierce general in the world, he almost hurt me in the battle in Puyang back then" Lu Bu's eyes were blazing: "I want to fight him again" Dian Wei is so powerful, even Lu Bu doesn't dare to underestimate half a point.

When it comes to combat effectiveness, in fact, Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, and Dian Wei are basically between the two of them, and the gap is very small.

"Dian Wei is so powerful, I want to give it a try" Sun Ce's fighting spirit was vibrant.

In the midst of his martial arts, he was locked up in Taihu Lake by Sun Quan, this time he went out of the mountain and killed Zhang Fei to verify his own martial arts, if he could fight to the death with a strong man like Dian Wei, it would be a blessing.

"Jinyiwei is in the Luoyang Intelligence Network, have you figured out the defensive strength in the city?"

Sun Quan didn't bother to look at this group of martial artists, looked at a brocade guard staff officer beside him, and asked.

"Your Majesty, now the defense of Luoyang is very tight, the news can't go in, the Wei army we know, only the Royal Forest Army, the Royal Forest Army is divided into two parts, one is the Tiger Guard, the main will be Dian Wei, the strength is about 5,000, the other is the Tiger Ben Army, the main will be Xu Chu, the strength is about 6,000" "What's more" Sun Quan's eyes moved and he continued to ask.

"The rest are the young and strong people who were temporarily recruited, and these soldiers and horses are very weak in combat effectiveness for us."

Staff Officer Jinyi said: "These temporary recruits are less than 10,000 indexes, but they have only been trained for a few days, so they are not to be feared."

Maps Sun Quan thought for a moment and said in a deep voice.

"No" Several staff officers spread out the most detailed map of the architectural layout of Luoyang City in front of the generals.

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"Your Majesty, they are not strong enough, seven city gates, it is definitely not enough to guard, as long as we divide our troops and fight, under the strong attack, at most five days, we will definitely be able to break through the city" Lu Bu took the lead in speaking.

"You can't divide the troops" Zhao Yun shook his head when he heard this, and said in opposition.

"Why" Sun Ce was puzzled and asked.

"Because they are not well manned, and we are the most mobile cavalry" Sun Quan narrowed his eyes and answered Sun Ce's question very directly: "In view of these two conditions, the division of troops is beneficial to them and unfavorable to us, as long as we concentrate our forces and find the right point to break the surface, we can break the city as quickly as possible."

"But isn't it more secure to divide the troops to attack?"

"That's right, it's a lot of protection, no need to guess, but our casualties are also a little bigger" Sun Quan smiled coldly: "If we divide our troops, we may definitely be able to enter Luoyang City, but this will increase a lot of unnecessary casualties for us, they are not strong enough, and we are not very many, for the cavalry who are not good at attacking the city, even if they break through the city, they will definitely pay a lot of casualties."

"Then which gate should we attack," Lu Bu stood up and asked.

"That's the main problem" Sun Quan looked at the map of Luoyang City: "Their strength is insufficient, those young and strong battles are less than one-third, so in order to deal with our main force, some city gates, their defense must be empty, this is a guessing game, we need to guess where is their weakest point, where will be their main force" "I think the most direct is Ying Tianmen" Lu Bu pointed: "Just hit here" "I think the Dingding Gate is easier to break" "Changchun Gate is the most remote, there should be the least number of defenders here, and the main attack is here" Several generals have spoken out their claims.

"Chen Dao, what about your opinion" Sun Quan looked at Chen Zhi beside him.

"Shangyang Palace" Chen Zhi, as a general, participated in the military operations of the Wu army for the first time and maintained this taciturn attitude, but Sun Quan asked, and he did not chill his opinion.

"Shangyang Palace is in the northwest, and we have to cross the Luo River, which is not easy for us to fight" Sun Quan was a little surprised by his answer.

"It's the most difficult, so it's the easiest to get, and the Wei army probably wouldn't have thought that we would be the first to capture Shangyang Palace."

Chen Zhi analyzed: "Only by fighting here can we catch the Wei army off guard."

"It makes sense" Sun Quan's eyes lit up: "Okay, I listen to you, tomorrow's first battle, first hit the Yang Palace" The eighth year of the Warring States period, January 1.

Early morning.

The offensive and defensive battle of Luoyang City began.

Shangyang Palace, this is Cao Cao Dingdu Luoyangyang, built a palace city, on the northwest plain of Luoyang City, backed by the mountain, one end is connected to Luoshui, by the mountain and the water.

In the city wall of Luoyang, the main city gate in the west, the Changle City Gate, can enter the Shangyang Palace, and the Wu army concentrated its main force under the Changle Gate early in the morning.

"Drumming, beating" Sun Quan stood in the middle of the Chinese army, looked at the calm city wall with the binoculars in his hand, and quickly issued a military order.

"Knock Knock" The sound of drums sounded, and Lu Bu personally led the army to attack the city gate, and the five thousand cloud ladders built by Zhao Yun during this time became the only surprise attack to attack the city.

The ladder was erected smoothly, as if the city wall was not a trace of defense, which brought great encouragement to Wu Jun.

"Kill it" The Wu army began to climb the ladder and storm the city walls.

"Kill" Suddenly, the banners of the Wei army were erected at the head of the city, and the dense Wei army appeared at the head of the city, holding stones one by one, and constantly going down.

"Ahh "Help" The Wu army was not in a hurry, and suddenly became a little panicked, and was blocked by a round of stone bows and arrows of the Wei army, suffering heavy casualties, and the first round of attack was stopped and cut off.

"They were prepared" Sun Quan raised his binoculars and looked at this scene, his eyes were slightly cold: "There are capable people in Wei State, I can actually guess that I was the first to capture Shangyang Palace."

The main force of the Wei army is here, which proves that they have been prepared for a long time.

"Your Majesty, this is the fault of the last general" Chen Zhi said: "The last general is willing to make meritorious service for his crimes, and break through the city gate with a dare to die" "It's just a loss, and the battle has just begun" Sun Quan shrugged, shook his head, and then said: "Sun Ce, Chen Dao, you lead the troops to reinforce Lu Bu and continue to attack, I want the Wei army to smash how many troops here in Changle Gate."

"No" The two fierce generals led the troops to kill, they were cavalry, but for this battle, the cavalry did not hesitate to become foot soldiers. t1706231537: