The situation that Fan Zigai and Chen Yingliang feared the most did not happen. Thanks to General Li's neglect of the scout battle, the Luoyang garrison scouts who were once beaten up by the rebel scout war began to detect some valuable enemies. The movement of the army basically found out that the main force of the rebel army was still in the camp of Kim Yong City, and it was also found that the rebel army was cutting down tall logs and transporting them to the camp. Set Luoyang Jiancheng as the first goal.
In this regard, Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi, who have suffered from scouts lying about their losses many times, no longer dare to believe it. In addition to repeated reconnaissance to confirm this situation, they also expanded the scope of reconnaissance to the only way for the rebels to enter the Guanzhong. In the letter, at the same time, Fan Zigai adopted Chen Yingliang's suggestion, took advantage of Yang Xuangan's habit of recruiting and accepting rebels and the weakness of the complicated team, arranged some relatively reliable soldiers, disguised as ordinary people, went to join Yang Xuangan's rebel army, and took the opportunity to spy on the rebels. The various movements of the main force of the army.
Fortunately, the Dongdu scouts, who have gradually been trained and improved in actual combat, finally did not disappoint Fan Zigai and others. Through various means and channels of reconnaissance and spying, Fan Zigai and others can basically confirm that the rebels The main force did not move to the west, and was still stationed in the Jinyong City camp. At the same time, the scouts sent to Xiaohan Dao for reconnaissance also continued to send news, confirming that the main force of the rebel army had not penetrated into Weihan Dao. Only then did Fan Zigai and Chen Yingliang feel relieved Come on, I believe that the forced version of the bitter trick we used has worked.
At the same time, good news also came from the Daxing reinforcements. Wei Xuan's army, which was almost wiped out, stabilized its footsteps in Mianchi, and gradually gathered the remnants of the defeated soldiers, and had already recruited more than 6,000 people In the team, the cousin of Emperor Sui Yang, the prefect of Hongnong County, Cai Wang Yang Zhiji, dared to act bravely before he asked for an order, and immediately sent a large amount of food, grass and weapons to Wei Xuan to help Wei Xuan regain his strength. Quickly regained some vitality, so Wei Xuan sent someone to contact Fan Zigai again, saying that he planned to go east again to seek revenge from the rebels, and join hands with his old friend Fan Zigai to put down the rebellion.
The old friend Wei Wensheng was really loyal, and he did not forget to help himself after several battles and defeats. Unfortunately, this time Fan Zigai dared not accept the kindness of his old friend, so he quickly dispatched Chen Yingliang from the rebels. The rescued Pang Yu asked him to rush to Mianchi with his own letter, demanding—this time directly—to demand that Wei Xuan never leave the Xiaohan Dao, and stay honestly in the Weihan Dao, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. To block and delay the westward movement that the main force of the rebel army may launch, the task of confronting the main force of the rebel army is solely undertaken by the army of the Eastern Capital. How to completely wipe out the rebel army of Yang Xuangan will wait for the main force of the Sui army to return from the Liaodong battlefield.
So far, the situation on the Luoyang battlefield is roughly as follows. More than 20,000 defenders of the Eastern Capital guard the Jiancheng City of Luoyang, and more than 6,000 remnants of the Daxing Reinforcement Army guard the small town of Mianchi in the Xiaohan Road. They are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength, but in terms of geographical advantages. at an absolute advantage. The main force of the rebel army is nearly 100,000 people, entrenched in Jinyong City, eighteen miles northwest of Luoyang. There are also several rebel divisions occupying Cidong Road, Yique Road and Hulao Pass, and another division is in Han Shie's He is leading an attack on Xingyang City. He has an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, but is very unfavorable in terms of geography. There is a fortified city blocking the way in front, and the main force of the Sui army who quickly returns to help is threatening. But it is full of dangers and undercurrents.
If the stalemate in the battle continues, Fan Zigai and Chen Yingliang can hold a cup of fragrant tea and sit down to appreciate how Yang Xuangan's mob is completely wiped out when the main force of the Sui army arrives at the Luoyang battlefield. It can only be encountered in dreams. On the afternoon of the tenth day after General Li Zixiong's first siege failed, after nine days of intensive preparations, under the personal leadership of Yang Xuangan and General Li, a team of 60,000 rebels approached the city of Luoyang again. Once again launched an attack on the Luoyang defenders who repeatedly disgusted the main force of the rebels.
Having learned the lesson from the fiasco of the last siege, General Li, who was eager to save face, made great efforts to arrange the siege this time. In addition to arranging the main force on the main battlefield, Old General Li also deployed the main force on the main battlefield. 5,000 siege troops were deployed outside Hui'an Gate to distract the defenders' attention and strength, forcing the defenders not to deploy all their mobile forces at Shangchunmen. city gate.
In addition, in order to make up for the lack of bows and arrows, the rebel army prepared more than 60 trebuchets alone, of which as many as 50 trebuchets were deployed on the main battlefield at Chunmen. General Li hated this Shangchun Gate. In addition, the rebels also prepared a large number of ladder vehicles, siege vehicles, trench bridge vehicles and various siege weapons, lined up in front of the two armies, It is densely packed and spectacular, and it fully demonstrates the momentum that Luoyang City is bound to win.
After receiving the alarm from the city gate, Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi also understood that the attack of the rebel army, which had been preparing for many days, must be no small matter. Yi stayed in the imperial city to take care of Yue Wang Yang Tong, and Fan Zigai led some Luoyang civil and military personnel to come to Shangchunmen in person to boost the morale of the defenders of Chunmen on the main battlefield, observe the enemy's situation by the way, preside over and arrange logistics affairs.
"Brothers, did you see that? Yang Niang is dying. He knows that the main force of our Sui Dynasty is about to return to the city of Luoyang. He knows that he is a rabbit whose tail can't grow, so he is dying. There are so many wooden shelves for us to light a fire for barbecue, as long as we repel the attack of Yang Ni's rebels, we can sit on the city wall and watch how the whole army of Yang Ni's rebels is wiped out! This is our Luoyang army. The last battle, if we win this battle, we will have no problems! Sui must win! Luoyang must win! We must win!"
As soon as he got on the city wall, Fan Zigai saw Chen Yingliang in a white robe screaming on the city wall, cheering up the soldiers of the defenders. They followed behind Chen Yingliang from left to right, and continued to support Chen Yingliang, boosting the morale and fighting spirit of the defenders. Chen Yingliang became more and more excited when he shouted, "Brothers! Soldiers! This is our last battle, fight back!" After the attack of the traitors, we can go back and reunite with our families!"
"For our gray-haired parents, for our wives and children, in this battle, we must smash the shameless ambition of Yang Rebellion! Victory is at hand! His Royal Highness King Yue is watching us, the hundreds of thousands in Luoyang City The people are watching us, the emperor is watching us, and the whole world is watching us! Da Sui is undefeated! East is undefeated! We are undefeated!"
Chen Yingliang's passionate speech had an effect to some extent. At least the garrison team at Shangchunmen was performing better and better. While deploying in an orderly manner and quickly checking weapons and supplies for defending the city, they also learned to serve the soldiers of the national army. They kept shouting the slogan of killing thieves to suppress the rebellion and serving the country faithfully. Compared with the rebel army's first attack on the city more than a month ago, the morale and fighting spirit can be said to be completely different. Many defenders, They also neatly sang "Serving the Country with the Loyalty" that they had stolen from the army of serving the country, and the army looked completely new.
Seeing such a scene, if Fan Zigai was dissatisfied, he would simply be demented. After stopping Chen Yingliang, Pei Hongce and others from saluting, Fan Zigai said quickly: "Stop talking nonsense, the army of traitors is right in front of you , there is still some time now, if you have any requests, tell me quickly, the old man will do his best to satisfy."
Both Pei Hongce and Xie Zichong turned their eyes to Chen Yingliang, and Chen Yingliang didn't even bat an eyelid, and immediately cupped his hands and said, "Three requirements, one, please prepare enough fire oil and torches for us, and second, please stay behind Immediately ordered to set up a fire to make rice, and prepare dry food such as rice balls and steamed buns for us, as well as enough water bags and water hyacinths, so that our soldiers can eat and drink whenever they have the opportunity. Today is cloudy, and the rebels are at noon. When we arrived at Luoyang City, it was obvious that we planned to attack the city overnight, so we must be prepared to fight all night."
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away." Fan Zigai nodded, and asked quickly, "What's the third request?"
"Forgive me, my lord, what is the third request? Only you can know." Chen Yingliang replied in a deep voice.
Fan Zigai, who had long been used to Chen Yingliang pretending to be a ghost, didn't hesitate, he pulled Chen Yingliang and walked to a remote place. None of Dongdu Wenwu, Pei Hongce and others dared to follow. Feeling that others should not be able to hear it, Chen Yingliang leaned closer to Fan Zigai's ear and whispered, "Fan Liushou, the rebels are well prepared for this attack, and the cruelty and hardship of this battle must be no small matter. If we can’t hold on any longer, we can immediately send people to the city wall to announce that our reinforcements have arrived, boosting our morale and turning things around.”
"You brat, you're really smart to lie to our own army!" Fan Zigai smiled and cursed approvingly, and said in a low voice, "Okay, don't worry, when you can't hold on anymore, I will send people to the city to deceive us." army."
Chen Yingliang was overjoyed, and hurriedly cupped his hands to thank him, and when he and Fan Zigai were about to return to Pei Hongce and the others, Fan Zigai grabbed Chen Yingliang and moved closer to Chen Yingliang's ear, and said in a low voice, "Listen, This old man will give you another order. Once Shangchun Gate is breached by traitors, or if you feel that there is no hope, you can immediately lead the Nationalist Army to withdraw to the imperial city. This old man and Huangfu Wuyi have secretly hoarded a large amount of gold in the imperial city. With food and city defense weapons, we can continue to fight against the rebel team with the stronger and more complete defense of the imperial city."
Chen Yingliang was stunned, and said in a low voice: "Then the soldiers and people in the outer city?"
"For the sake of the Sui Dynasty, I have to make a choice." Fan Zigai said in a low voice: "By the way, neither the old man nor Huangfu Wuyi's family know about it. Li Guogong is not qualified to know about this matter."
Chen Yingliang was stunned again, and finally understood why Emperor Sui Yang appointed Fan Zigai, a grumpy old stubborn, to stay behind in the Eastern Capital, and why he let the sick Huangfu Wuyi command the Luoyang army. Being moved, Chen Yingliang didn't say much, knelt down on both knees and saluted Fan Zigai, then got up and strode back to the guarding team at Shangchun Gate, continuing to work hard to boost the morale and morale of the guarding soldiers. The fighting spirit went.
Chen Yingliang and Fan Zigai were so worried that they even arranged in advance to take precautions. Of course, it was not aimless. Yang Xuangan's rebels were originally held back by the Eastern Capital's defenders. Fan Zigai and Chen Yingliang jointly asked for the rebels to attack Luoyang city. Yes, Yang Xuangan, who has a deep hatred with the Luoyang defenders, is going to do his best to attack the city this time. Of course, you have to be careful just in case—after all, the Luoyang garrison is only a second-line army, and the opponent is Li Zixiong, an experienced veteran on the battlefield. No one can guarantee whether the Luoyang garrison can withstand the rebel team at any cost Crazy siege.
Sure enough, Fan Zigai and other civil and military officers from the eastern capital expressed condolences to Shangchunmen. Temporary fortifications, covering the rebel archers shooting arrows at the city wall, interfering and suppressing the defenders on the city, and then fifty trebuchets approached under the protection of heavy rebel soldiers, facing the arrows shot wildly by the defenders' archers. Line up, load bombs and throw stones, smash stone bombs of different sizes on the city wall, and bombard the defenders on the city wall indiscriminately. The only way to effectively suppress the rebel trebuchets is to desperately cover the rebel trebuchet team with bows and arrows, fighting the enemy for courage and human life.
Feathered arrows and stone bombs came and went like rain in the sky. From time to time, rebel soldiers were shot by feathered arrows, and from time to time defenders were hit by stone bombs thrown by the rebels. Both sides were wounded soldiers gritted their teeth, waiting When the opportunity is given to bandage the wounds, the dead soldiers are dragged away by their companions, and the vacancies left by them are quickly filled by other companions. In less than a moment, the deaths on both sides have reached dozens of people.
No one dared to retreat, because the generals of both sides knew that this battle was of great importance, and they deployed a large number of supervisory teams behind the combat teams. The swords and axes of the supervisory teams were sharply sharpened.
Chen Yingliang, who once again took over the command from his distant uncle Pei Hongce, was extremely thankful that it was difficult to make the bed crossbow. It would take less than half a year to succeed. The rebel army did not have a bed crossbow. Otherwise, Chen Yingliang really didn't know that he should have used a bed crossbow with a range of 900. What happened to Bubu's bed crossbow. At the same time, Chen Yingliang also wanted to temporarily withdraw the defenders in the section of the city that had been bombarded by rebel catapults, leaving only the archers to reduce casualties, but Chen Yingliang did not dare to do so, because the experienced Li Zixiong never gave Chen Yingliang this opportunity. As soon as the machine began to attack, the rebel siege ant team had already entered the battle.
The siege team of the rebel army was huge and well-organized. All kinds of light and heavy siege weapons were well equipped and organized. Resisting powerful enemies, the battle drums above and below the city are like beating, the sound of killing is loud, the rocks are piercing through the sky, and the flying arrows draw a terrible arc to and fro, constantly taking away the lives of soldiers on both sides.
Countless lightweight flying ladders climbed the city wall, and the rebel soldiers stepped up the ladder. There were so many of them that the city wall of Dongdu looked like a sugar cube covered with ants from a distance. Falling from place to place, with beautiful screams, fell heavily into the densely packed team of their own, one after another, one rebel soldier fell, and immediately two or even three rebel soldiers stepped on the ladder. The huge advantage in manpower is fully revealed at this moment.
One after another, the ladder trucks ignited into the sky, but more, huge ladder trucks were still rumbling towards the city wall, approaching the city wall of the Eastern Capital slowly but unshakably. It was also at this time that Chen Yingliang vaguely realized that he might have been fooled by Li Zixiong. The rebel ladder trucks rushing ahead seemed to be cannon fodder made of rough miscellaneous wood, relatively light and fast. But he successfully misled Chen Yingliang to waste a lot of precious rockets on these cannon fodder ladder vehicles.
Two expensive hook trucks also joined the battlefield. The heavy and huge iron hook fell from the sky and hit the front of the city wall heavily, denting the wall and smashing the city bricks, forcing Chen Yingliang to use the more precious swallowtail torch in advance Filled with kerosene, threw them intensively to burn the hook car, and started a firefighting and arson battle with the rebel team protecting the hook car. The city wall of the Eastern Capital was built by Chen Yingliang's distant uncle Pei Hongce. Of course, Chen Yingliang can't guarantee that the corrupt official uncle built How strong the city wall can be - if Zhu Wenzheng is as unlucky as Zhu Wenzheng, when the city wall is so tofu that it can be smashed down by a knife and ax when defending Hongdu, Chen Yingliang will not be able to cry.
Relying on the huge advantages in military and material resources, the rebel soldiers who were attached to attack the city began to rush to the city wall one after another. At the same time, the rebel siege vehicles that were really strong and usable, and had a certain degree of fire prevention treatment, also began to approach the city wall one after another. Nearby, in such a critical situation, if the defenders hadn't gained a lot of experience points and gained some experience, they might have already started to collapse.
Chen Yingliang didn't dare to take risks, and without hesitation mobilized his housekeeper's capital to help the Nationalist Army go to the city to help in the battle. The two regiments of the Nationalist Army, led by Chen Zhihong and Zhao Yu, rushed to the city wall, and gradually loosened up against the rainy arrows and stones. The friendly army of the enemy team stabilized their position again, wielding their knives, guns and iron axes fiercely, chopping down the enemies one by one and stabbing them down the city wall.
The Anxi Gate in the northwest was already full of killing sounds, and Hui'an Gate was too far away to hear the sound, but Chen Yingliang knew that the battle there would definitely not be easy there, and at the same time, Chen Yingliang could not go to Anxi Gate. The friendly troops of Ximen and Hui'anmen went to provide reinforcements, even one soldier at a time. They could only secretly pray that the defenders over there would be more confident, and they must not show their flaws and be miraculously created by the rebels. That would be a big deal. .
Chen Yingliang has a way to retreat, and the more fortified Eastern Capital Imperial City is the retreat left by Fan Zigai for Chen Yingliang, but as a modern person who has been thoroughly brainwashed by modern education, Chen Yingliang cannot bear to let these Sui soldiers who fought side by side be in vain To die, to bear the soaring anger of Yang Xuangan's rebels for himself.
It was getting dark, and the defenders of Shangchun Gate had already repelled three rounds of attacks by the rebels, but the experienced general Li Zixiong was able to command effectively, each time cleverly pinpointing the timing. A wave of siege rebels rushed forward immediately, and there was almost no gap between the rotations. It was extremely difficult for the defenders to drink water to moisturize their hoarse necks, let alone rest and eat.
Torches were lit in the rebel brigade, and the mountains and plains were densely packed, denser than the stars in the sky. They directly told the Shangchun Gate defenders about their plans for wheel battles and night battles.
"Send an order to the Nationalist Army..."
Chen Yingliang originally wanted to order the already exhausted Zhao Yu and Chen Zhihong team to take a rest, but when the words came to his lips, Chen Yingliang suddenly stopped, and at the same time, Chen Yingliang's pupils also shrank suddenly, because Chen Yingliang suddenly saw that there was another huge rebel army The team went out and began to charge towards the southern section of Shangchun Gate where the moat had not been filled. At the same time, with the last light before the night, Chen Yingliang could clearly see that the rebel team carried a large number of trench bridge vehicles, which could allow them to directly Trench bridge car across the river!
"Fuck you! Old fox!" Chen Yingliang, who had no choice but to order Zhao Yu and Chen Zhihong's team to the southern section, had no choice but to order Zhao Yu and Chen Zhihong's team to defend the southern section , Guo Feng and Chen Ci's team went to the city to reinforce the main battlefield in the northern section."
Relying on the strong organizational discipline trained by himself, Chen Yingliang's orders were quickly executed. The exhausted Chen Zhihong and Zhao Yu's team moved to the relatively easy southern battlefield, helping friendly troops resist the enemy's attack while resting. Guo Feng and Chen Ci The new force joined the main battlefield. But in this way, Chen Yingliang no longer has a reserve team in his hands. In desperation, Chen Yingliang had no choice but to order Xie Zichong: "General Xie, send someone to contact General Liu Changgong and ask him to send a thousand reserve teams over. Waiting for orders in the city."
"Okay." Xie Zichong, who was already trembling all over, nodded quickly, and quickly arranged for the captain of the personal army to contact Liu Changgong, then trembling, Chen Yingliang asked: "Brother Yingliang, the rebels are attacking so fiercely, can we hold it? "
"I can defend it, of course I can." Chen Yingliang replied with a confident smile, "I still have a trump card that is useless and can turn the world around."
"The trump card? What trump card?" Xie Zichong was taken aback, and quickly asked, "Brother Ying Liang, why don't you use it now? Use your trump card to fight off the traitors, at least we can give our brothers a rest to eat and drink."
"Now is not the time." Chen Yingliang shook his head, naturally he did not dare to tell Xie Zichong that his trump card was actually just a trick to deceive the soldiers of his own army.
"Reinforcements are coming! Our reinforcements are here!"
Chen Yingliang hadn't finished speaking when suddenly there was a mess of shouts from the corridor in the upper city. Immediately afterwards, a large group of civil and military officials from the Eastern Capital in court uniforms, led by Fan Zigai, rushed up the city wall in a mess. Behind the soldiers shouted loudly, "Reinforcements are coming! Our reinforcements are here! Soldiers, hold on! Our reinforcements have arrived! Our reinforcements have arrived!"
Shouting, many Dongdu Wenwu also cried out.
"Soldiers, kill the enemy!" Fan Zigai, a tall and burly man, roared the loudest, even crying, "Soldiers, kill the enemy bravely! Our reinforcements have arrived!"
"Fan Liushou, why are you here now?" Chen Yingliang was taken aback, and quickly stepped forward to hold Fan Zigai, and nervously reminded: "Fan Liushou, we can still hold on before the time comes. It's useless, it can only be used at critical moments!"
"This is not a trick! It's not a trick!"
As soon as Fan Zigai hugged Chen Yingliang, he immediately lifted the thin Chen Yingliang up, laughing and crying vigorously, shaking vigorously, crying, "Silly boy! This is not a trick! It's our reinforcements." It's really here! You Wuhou General Qu Tutong! He has brought You Wuhou's elite main force back to the Luoyang battlefield!"
"Really? Our reinforcements have really arrived?" Chen Yingliang was stunned, so surprised that he didn't even hear the rebel soldiers roaring past his ears. After a long time, Chen Yingliang, who had been under tremendous pressure, also saw two drops from the corner of his eyes. tears.
By the way, the arrow of the rebel army was supposed to hit Chen Yingliang in the face, but Fan Zigai shook Chen Yingliang indiscriminately, causing Chen Yingliang's little head to move around. They flew past Chen Yingliang's ears.
Heaven has no eyes!