In Guzhu City, Sun Chuanting led the remnants of defeated soldiers and defended the inner city to the death. Geng Yan and Cheng Yu were besieging Sun Chuanting, and Sun Chuanting had nowhere to escape.

"What happened to the outcome of the war?"

Sun Chuanting guarded this city alone and could not leave the city to support Mingguan.

Once the defenders leave the city, the Youzhou cavalry guarding outside the city will immediately destroy the defenders.

Therefore, Guzhu City almost became a dead place, and Sun Chuanting could only wait anxiously for the result.

"The Liaodong Army has been defeated, surrender quickly!"

Geng Yan learned the result of the Liaoxi War from the Tieying Scout, so he immediately persuaded Guzhu City to surrender.

Once the main force of the Liaodong Army was defeated, Guzhu City's offense and defense were meaningless because Guzhu City was already an enclave.

If Sun Chuanting knew the truth, he should consider surrender at this time.

"General, the Xia army outside the city sent a letter, claiming that King Xia had won the war and persuaded us to surrender..."

A guard of Guzhu City held a letter that was ejected from outside the city, his hands trembling uncontrollably and his voice was hoarse.

The two legions in Liaodong and western Liaoning had strong cohesion. When they learned that the power of their loyalty had failed, they inevitably could not believe it and fell into panic.

"Failed? How could our Liaodong Army fail?"

Sun Chuanting was unwilling to admit this result.

Although all the defenders knew that the Xia army besieged in the city dared to claim victory without fear, most of the Xia army had really won, otherwise they would not persuade the defenders to surrender in the middle of the night, but burned the camp and fled in a hurry.

"General, what should we do?"

All the defenders looked at Sun Chuanting, and they needed someone to decide whether to give up this solid fortress that seemed meaningless.

"We will hold on for a few more days. Perhaps this is just a trap for the Xia army, they want to cheat the city."

Sun Chuanting was still unwilling to admit this fact, believing that this was a stalemate between Chu Tian and Mingguan and used a city fraud to deceive Guzhu City.

The soldiers are never tired of cheating. When fighting, both sides may use any tactics. Even if it is an empty city plan, the fraudulent city plan is possible.

In fact, Sun Chuanting is more deceiving himself.

"Sun Chuanting is still unwilling to surrender? He is really loyal to his lord."

Geng Yan was rejected by Sun Chuanting and was not angry, but instead admired Sun Chuanting's style.

If the other party directly opens the city and surrenders, Geng Yan will not look down on him very much.

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On the battlefield of Luoyang City, the northwest city wall was shaking, and the Qin army was about to break through the northwest city wall. A team of Qin troops had even attacked the city wall and fought against the defenders above the city wall.

Luoyang City is within easy reach.

However, the Qin army's camp suddenly became chaotic, and under the suppression of Li Jie, Jia Xu and others, they settled down.

The Qin army, who was rushing to attack Luoyang City, responded to the sound of the sound of the Jin Dynasty withdrawing the troops, and the black-armored Qin army dispersed like a receding tide.

The defenders of Luoyang City breathed a sigh of relief and were confused again.

"What's going on?"

Wei Wuji, Pang Juan, Xue Rengui and other military generals came to the city wall and witnessed the once chaos of the Qin army.

The Qin army, which was good at defense and was known for its rigor, had chaos for a while, and it seemed that there was an unimaginable change.

"It's really strange. Could it be that a rebellion occurred in Guanzhong? Or did Xu Fengnian have recovered Liangzhou?"

"It may also be a trap of the Qin army, who wants to lure us out of the city and then set up an ambush to annihilate us."

Wei Wuji couldn't help but guess the reason behind the chaos in the Qin army.

Out of caution, the Luoyang defenders did not leave the city to attack.

In the Qin army camp, the old Qin, one of the three major princes in the north, suddenly fell ill and looked pale.

The incident happened to Lao Qin, who was urging the Qin army to attack the northwest corner of Luoyang City, which had a great blow to the morale of the Qin army.

So much so that the generals were unwilling to attack the city, and they were more concerned about whether Lao Qin could survive.

If something really happened to Lao Qin, then the entire Guanzhong would fall into a state of no leader.

Lao Qin's power is also relatively complex, and there is no shortage of ambitious people.

Moreover, Lao Qin did not designate any heirs, so Guanzhong is not stable.

Whether Luoyang City can be recaptured is not a crucial matter for the Qin army. Only the sudden changes in front of us will truly determine the life and death of the Qin army.

Among the three major princes in the north, Chu Tian is the most stable, with heirs and good men. Moreover, Chu Tian suppressed the ambitious tribe without the help of ambitious generals such as Murong Ba, Murong Ke, Lu Bu, and Li Yuanhao. Chu Tian captured Shi Le, the legendary hero of the Jie people, and sent him directly to the mine to mine, and did not accept negotiations from the Xianbei tribe.

This tough attitude pushed the Murong Xianbei, Tuoba Xianbei and other tribes toward hostile princes, but the advantage is that Chu Tian didn't have to worry about internal instability at all.

Even if something happens to Chu Tian himself, Xia Tianliang can take over and there is no need to worry about rebellion.

Once something happens to Lao Qin, their power may explode.

Each choice has its pros and cons.

After Lao Qin fell ill, it took a while before he opened his eyes: "Cough cough... Luoyang City should have been conquered, right?"

Jia Xu replied: "Lord, after you fell ill, the soldiers were unwilling to attack the city, so they called out the gold and retreated their troops."

"I'm confused! I didn't attack the city just now. Now, after the city wall collapsed in the northwest, the defenders used wooden fences and stones to block the gap. If they want to attack Luoyang again, they will need to spend more troops. If they don't put pressure on Luoyang, the Central Plains, the crisis in western Liaodong cannot be resolved, and I and the Ming King will fail sooner or later... cough cough..."

Lao Qin coughed violently, and blood splattered onto his black robe, and he was still concerned about the general trend of the world.

Jia Xu and Li Jie looked at each other, and finally Jia Xu reported a bad news to Lao Qin: "The strange people in western Liaoning already claimed that in the battle of western Liaoning, the King of Xia had already won the battle, and the King of Ming lost hundreds of thousands of main troops and retreated to Liucheng in the eastern part of Liaoxi County, and turned to attack and defend."

"The Battle of Western Liaoning has been defeated?"

Lao Qin fell into silence, his face becoming more pale and powerless.

Things are moving towards the worst.

"The Xia army will definitely occupy the entire Liaoxi County after winning the battle of Liaoxi. It will be useless to continue to attack Luoyang City at this time. Temporarily retreat to Guanzhong to defend the dead, and there may be a turning point. At any time, you cannot give up hope."

Lao Qin tried to stabilize people's hearts.

Lao Qin was seriously ill and the Mingguan was defeated in Liaoxi County, which was unfavorable for Lao Qin's generals.

Originally, the Xianyang Alliance was able to attack and defend with Chu Tian.

Chu Tian attacked Guanzhong, and Mingguan was restrained in Youzhou; Chu Tian attacked the Liaoxi Corridor, and Lao Qin's troops left Tongguan to restrain him.

This is also the exquisite design of the Xianyang Alliance.

But the situation suddenly changed in the most unfavorable direction, and both the Guanzhong and Liaodong forces turned to defense at the same time.

In other words, the two princes were suppressed by one prince.

Only by supporting Chu Tian’s two attacks next, Lao Qin and Mingguan will he have the next chance.

Although Lao Qin did not agree with it on the surface, Lao Qin's decision to withdraw his troops would inevitably have an impact on the morale of the Qin army.

Among the people present, Lu Bu's eyes were a little erratic.

Not only Lu Bu, but also Li Yuanhao, the King of Western Xia who was conquered by Lao Qin, had his eyes also made him look a little wrong.

These generals were loyal to Lao Qin for various reasons, but they were not loyal or foolish people. On the contrary, they had strong ambitions. Seeing that Lao Qin was seriously ill, their ambitions were unwilling to move.

Lao Qin and Jia Xu saw their intentions, so Lao Qin simply gave up attacking Luoyang City and returned to Guanzhong.

If you continue to fight, Lu Bu and the others will most likely rebel.

The Qin army burned the camp without leaving any spoils, and withdrew back to Guanzhong.

"General, the Qin army sieges set fire to the camp and are retreating towards Tongguan. Do we want to go out of the city to pursue?"

After discovering that the chaos of the Qin army was suppressed, the defenders of Luoyang City quickly gave up attacking Luoyang City, burned their camps again, and slowly retreated towards Chang'an City.

"It's really strange. The Qin army clearly wanted to capture Luoyang City, but suddenly monumented the gold and retreated to Guanzhong. Could it be that there was a rebellion in Guanzhong? If there was a rebellion in Guanzhong, it would be a good thing for us."

Wei Wuji was keenly aware that something had happened to the Qin army, otherwise it would be impossible for him to give up attacking Luoyang City when the situation was extremely favorable.

Especially a few years ago, Lao Qin and Jia Xu had already left the foreshadowing of capturing Luoyang City.

If they gave up, they would not have had to go through a lot of trouble at the beginning.

"Pursuing appropriately, but not going deeper. Luoyang City is still mainly guarded. If this is the enemy's plan to lure the enemy, we may be wiped out."

Wei Wuji still chose a conservative strategy and gave up the opportunity to pursue the main force of the Qin army, and it was not easy to pursue.

Li Jie, the new commander of the Qin army, was Xue Rengui's old boss. Xue Rengui seemed to have to be respectful in front of Li Jie.

As for force, there is also a guard named Lu Bu and Yang Dayan, who joined forces to defeat Xue Rengui, not to mention that the number of Qin troops is several times that of Luoyang City defenders.

Holding Luoyang City has completed the task assigned by Chu Tian.

In order to ensure that the Qin army would not kill a single shot, Xue Rengui led 1,000 cavalry to follow the Qin army in the rear, confirming that the Qin army really left.

Chu Tian’s spy in Guanzhong was asking why the Qin army retreated.

They quickly figured out the reason, and another powerful enemy of Chu Tian also had an accident.
Chapter completed!