Let's look back at the situation on the rebel side. Just as the Luoyang defenders judged, Yang Xuangan's rebel team was indeed determined to win this siege. They learned the lessons from the previous sieges and also for

To make up for the weakness in the number of bows and arrows, during the nine-day preparation time, the rebel team mobilized tens of thousands of auxiliary soldiers and civilians to cut down common wood, and rushed to build various attacks day and night.

With the mentality of sharpening a knife and chopping firewood, he frantically prepared all the siege equipment that could be prepared. Trebuchets that require extremely high wood strength and craftsmanship were built by the rebels. Sixty-four of them were built.

Two large nanmu logs that were easy to collect were also ordered by Yang Xuangan to be made into hook carts, which were directly used to deal with and destroy the walls of the Eastern Capital! As for other siege equipment, the number was in the hundreds!

In addition, in order to boost morale and fighting spirit, Yang Xuangan also issued a heavy reward, promising that once the eastern capital Luoyang is conquered, all the gold and silver jewelry in Luoyang Imperial City will be rewarded to the rebel team participating in the siege of the city! From Luoyang

All the money, cloth and silk confiscated from the homes of civil and military officials were rewarded to other rebel auxiliary troops, but Yang Xuangan himself did not want any of them!

As mentioned before, veteran General Li Zixiong, who was eager to regain his face, also made great efforts to deploy siege tactics this time. He no longer underestimated the tactical command ability of the Shangchunmen garrison commander Pei Hongce, and used his rich experience in his forty-year military career.

Based on experience, in view of 'Pei Hongce's last city defense tactics, he laid out insidious traps one after another for the defenders to consume the defenders' physical strength and defense supplies, laying a solid foundation for success for the final fatal blow.

The inexperienced garrison commander had indeed fallen into the trap of General Li and wasted a large number of precious rockets that were not easy to make on meaningless targets. Even if the ladder truck made of willow wood was placed against the city wall, it actually had no effect.

It didn't have much effect - the wood was too brittle and broke when stepped on. After being deliberately pushed to the front by General Li's order, he successfully induced the defenders' archers to concentrate a large number of rockets on these cannon fodder ladder trucks, which consumed the defenders.

The supplies also reduced the pressure on the siege party.

The sudden use of the trench bridge truck also caught the defender commander off guard. The rebels had previously used the toad truck to fill in the more than one mile long moat in the northern section of Shangchunmen. The focus of the siege was also at this location.

General Li expected that the garrison commander who had few troops would definitely hoard heavy troops here, and deliberately attacked the northern section of Shangchunmen in the first three rounds of siege battles, luring and forcing them.

The commander of the forced defenders continued to add troops to this position, rotating the tired troops to other wall sections to rest. When the sky turned dark and the defenders' strength was greatly exhausted, General Li suddenly resorted to the trench-bridge vehicle tactic, and the fierce attack had been going on until now.

The relatively safe southern section of Shangchunmen does not give the defenders a chance to continue rotating and resting, and continues to expand the rotation advantage of the rebels with sufficient strength.

Use Zhenghe and Qisheng to win. General Li, who is familiar with military books, has brought out the essence of Zhenghe Qisheng to the fullest. However, what makes General Li dissatisfied is still the lack of combat effectiveness of the rebel team. In the most correct position,

Under the tactical command, a large number of siege weapons are also providing cover and assistance.

Next, the attack continued from noon until it was getting dark in the evening. General Li successively sent more than 12,000 rebel troops to attack the city in turn, but they still failed to successfully capture even a piece of the city head position and were still surrounded by the defenders.

The team was firmly blocked by the city and was unable to make any breakthrough.

But it doesn't matter, General Li is still full of confidence in the final victory, because General Li can see that the defenders on the city wall are obviously tired and hungry, and the bows and arrows fired are obviously fewer and closer.

, and the southern section of Shangchunmen, which was suddenly hit, and those steel wheels on the city wall\u63

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We will definitely be able to break through this damn city of Luoyang, and we will definitely be able to save this face.

General Li sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, but the generals of the rebel army began to lose their composure. Before it got dark, many rebel generals had already rushed to Yang Xuangan and General Li, or were cautious.

They asked for advice, or begged and begged with a mournful face, "Mr. Chu, the casualties of the soldiers have been too great. It is not possible to continue fighting like this. Should we reconsider the siege tactics? Attacking the city like this is simply risking human lives."

Old General Li is indeed taking human lives, and the casualties of the rebel team are indeed huge. From the two hundred steps outside the city to the land under the city wall, the bodies of rebel soldiers are already lying everywhere. The scene under the city wall is even more...

The miserable, mutilated corpses of the rebel soldiers were stacked one on top of another, reaching as high as half a person. The blood had soaked into the land under the city and began to form a stream and flow slowly.

Fortunately for General Li, his only boss, the rebel coach Yang Xuangan, was a resolute character who never gave up. Even though some rebel generals had shed tears in front of Yang Xuangan and begged him, Yang Xuangan, who was ashen-faced, could only reply with one sentence.

He said, "Fight! Keep fighting! No matter how big the casualties are, we must continue to attack the city! Anyone who takes a step back will be killed immediately! If we keep at it, we will surely capture Luoyang, the eastern capital!"

Three reasons determined that Yang Xuangan could not give up. The first was, of course, the bloody feud with the defenders of Dongdu, and the hatred for Fan Zigai and Chen Yingliang; the second was that Yang Xuangan had no time, so he calculated the distance and returned reinforcements from the Liaodong battlefield.

The main force of the Sui army will soon arrive at the Luoyang battlefield, and Yang Xuangan has disappeared.

Time to prepare for a second siege of this scale; the third reason is simpler. Yang Xuangan must attract the attention of the defenders with a powerful attack and create opportunities for the Marco brothers who volunteered to serve as internal agents and sent their brother-in-law as hostages.

Give them the opportunity to burn the Luoyang granaries and open the city gates from the inside.

Another point is that Yang Xuangan does not need to care about casualties. Thanks to Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty who was talented but did not care about the people, no matter how heavy the casualties of the rebel team were, it was just a meaningless number in front of Yang Xuangan. Yang Xuangan firmly believed that as long as he could break through

Luoyang, after taking over the Eastern Capital

, then the defenders in Luoyang City will definitely kneel down and surrender to themselves in groups, and the ordinary people living in the city who cannot leave the city will definitely join their ranks in thousands. I was killed in the siege today.

soldiers, you can add five more after entering the city! Or even more!

It was finally dark, and the rebel team launched a full-scale attack. Centered on the city gate of Shangchun Gate, the rebel team's attack surface extended from the Luoshui River bank to the corner of the city wall. There were loud killing sounds everywhere.

, there were torches swaying everywhere, the blazing siege weapons turned half of the sky red, and the rebel team attacking the city turned into a group of real ants, constantly charging and crawling towards the top of the city, and constantly falling.

Under the city, it was repeated endlessly.

Although they were extremely proud of the massive and fierce offensive of their own army, Yang Xuangan and General Li inevitably became increasingly anxious, because as time went by, not only did the casualties of the rebel team continue to expand, but the morale and fighting spirit of the rebel team also inevitably deteriorated.

Gradually it became low, and the rebel teams attacking the city had all relied on the supervisor to fight.

The team killed the deserters to prevent them from retreating, but the expected collapse of the defenders never appeared. The defenders, who had been fighting hard for most of the day, were still desperately resisting the rebel attack. Those white-robed troops were extremely annoying.

The soldiers are also filling in the gaps again and again, and helping the friendly troops to stabilize the defense line again and again.

At the same time, General Li, who had the most experience on the battlefield, also began to realize that something was wrong. The defenders who should have been exhausted to the extreme, for some unknown reason, showed signs of getting higher and higher in morale.

Old General Li, who was deaf, even vaguely heard the cheers from the defenders. At the same time, General Li did not find any signs of reinforcements from the defenders running up the city wall. Old General Li, who was familiar with military affairs\u

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Sure enough, with the passage of time, the originally exhausted garrison team became more and more courageous as they fought. Not only did they completely stabilize the city head position where there were signs of chaos, they also knocked out a large number of rebel flying ladders in one go.

At the same time, he poured out a large amount of precious fire oil without hesitation, as if he only planned to hold on to it this time.

They set fire to kill the enemy wantonly, without even thinking about how to deal with the rebel siege next time. Fires quickly ignited under the city wall, burning into a sea of ​​​​fire. The rebel soldiers cried for help in the sea of ​​​​fire, and were poured with fire oil.

The rebel soldiers inside also turned into flaming figures, rolling in the sea of ​​fire with their whole bodies on fire, asking for help, and their screams echoed throughout the sky.

"What's going on?" Yang Xuangan also noticed that the situation was not good, and said with horror on his face: "How come the officers and soldiers regained their stability? Are they coming to the reserve team? Didn't you see the reserve team of the officers and soldiers coming to the city?"

No one could answer Yang Xuangan's question. Old General Li's face was as dark as water, and he suddenly shouted: "Why don't those Ma Kou and brothers take action? I have created such a good opportunity for them, why don't they take action?

?”

Still no one could answer General Li's question. Only Yang Xuangan was reminded by General Li and immediately shouted: "Come here, send your horse back to Jinyong City and ask Li Mi to send someone to escort Huang Youwei. This Zhuguo wants to

Ask him personally why his brother-in-law Marco has not taken action yet?"

"Mr. Chu, there is no need to send someone to deliver the order, I am already here."

A familiar voice suddenly came, and in the light of the shaking torch, Li Mi, who was supposed to stay in the Jinyong City camp, staggered slowly and walked slowly in front of Yang Xuangan, Old General Li and others. Yang Xuangan was shocked and blurted out:

: "Li Mi? Why are you here? Why don't you stay at the Jinyong City Camp? What are you doing here?"

It was very dark, and Li Mi's little black face was darker than the dark night sky. He cupped his hands with a painful expression and said: "I'll forgive you, Mr. Chu, but I have to report to you face to face an urgent military matter. So\u4e

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"What urgent military situation? Tell me quickly!" Yang Xuangan said quickly.

Li Mi looked embarrassed, looked around, then raised his hands and said, "Mr. Chu, please take a step to speak, and I will report to you alone."

Li Mi, who was lucky enough to escape Captain Chen's butcher knife, used up his luck. At this moment, another scream and shout came from the front. The rebel ant team, which had been unable to withstand the defenders' counterattack, suddenly collapsed.

Up and down, people threw down their siege weapons and fled backwards for their lives. The rebel supervising team tried their best to

The attempt to stop them had little effect, and there was a possibility of being routed by the defeated troops in a blink of an eye. Seeing this, Yang Xuangan was of course furious. In addition to ordering his third brother Yang Wanshuo to lead his army to kill the deserters and force them to come forward again, he also roared at Li Mi.

Said: "Stop talking nonsense! If you have any military information, report it face to face!"

"Mr. Chu, don't you regret it?" Li Mi said with a cry in his voice: "I would like to advise you again, it is best to keep this matter secret for the time being. Mr. Chu, it is better for you to listen to my report alone!"

"No need!" Yang Xuangan roared angrily, "Don't be afraid if the sky falls, just report it in person! Even the tyrant Yang Guang brought the main force of Liaodong back, and he also reported it to the Zhuguo's face..."

At this point in his roar, Yang Xuangan suddenly stopped and his face suddenly turned pale as paper. The rebel generals next to him also turned pale. General Li also jumped up and exclaimed: "So fast? How is it possible? Really?

Or is it fake?"

"I also hope it's false." Li Mi shook his head in pain and said: "Unfortunately, our scouts have repeatedly confirmed that three hours ago, Qu Tutong, the lackey of the tyrant Yang Guang, led his main force of You Wuhou

The team has arrived at Heyang City, which is directly north of Luoyang, and is less than fifty miles away from Luoyang City."

With a bang, Yang Xuangan sat back in the handsome chair. The rebel generals next to him all had pale faces. Old General Li Zixiong also had a pale face. After standing still for a long time, Old General Li suddenly handed over to Yang Xuangan and shouted: "Chu."

Father, I

We still have time, we still have a little time. Qu Tutong has only arrived at Heyang. If we want to reinforce Luoyang, we must first cross the Yellow River! We can also attack Luoyang first, and then go back and set up defenses along the river to stop Qu Tutong.

Cross the river suddenly!"

Just like a drowning man grasping the last life-saving straw, Yang Xuangan, who had been completely desperate, jumped up again and shouted: "Bang the drum! Beat the drum! The whole army attacks! Before dawn, we must give

I will take Luoyang City!"

"Mr. Chu, it's too late!" Li Mi stopped him with a cry: "The news of Qu Tutong's arrival in Heyang may have already reached Luoyang City, or at least it will soon reach Luoyang City! Attacking the city at this time,

We will only encounter stubborn resistance from the Eastern Capital defenders and increase our casualties in vain!"

"Get out of my way!"

Yang Xuangan pushed Li Mi away, rushed to the front and shouted loudly, ordering a full-scale attack! Li Mi was so anxious that he quickly knelt down to Yang Xuangan, hugged Yang Xuangan's thigh and cried: "Mr. Chu, don't struggle to your death.

Oh, don't let the soldiers die

It's useless! It's useless! Not to mention that we have no hope of conquering Luoyang City. Even if we defeat the outer city, that old man Fan Zigai still has the imperial city to defend! The imperial city is stronger than the outer city.
To be continued...