Three Kingdoms Strong Army System

On the battlefield twenty miles west of Luoyang City, a large number of corpses were left behind. Without Liu Zhang and Cao Cao's orders, their respective subordinates sent a small number of soldiers pushing carts to clean the battlefield.

As the victor, Liu Zhang can not only collect his own corpses and wounded, but also collect weapons left in the local area.

As the defeated side, the soldiers on Cao Cao's side could only receive corpses and seriously injured soldiers, because the slightly injured soldiers had already been captured by soldiers on Liu Zhang's side.

Liu Zhang was in the county government meeting hall in Gucheng, waiting for information from all parties, and almost fell asleep waiting.

Suddenly someone patted him awake.

"What's the matter?" Liu Zhang asked.

Liu Ye replied softly: "My lord, just now Luhunguan came to report that the Cao army who attacked Luhunguan is still attacking the pass, and Luhunguan is still in our army's hands, so there is no need to send reinforcements."

"That's right," Liu Zhang pondered for a moment, then asked again, "Is there any news about Hangu Pass?"

"An hour ago, a messenger from Hangu Pass said that there was no enemy movement outside the pass."

"Very well, Zi Yang, Cao's army was defeated in today's battle, and the possibility of a surprise attack is unlikely, but it is not ruled out. Our soldiers are exhausted. Send us a military order. We must leave enough soldiers to patrol at night, and have a day off tomorrow! "

"Promise!" After Liu Ye exited the chamber, he immediately conveyed Liu Zhang's military order.

The messenger immediately communicated to each army and department level by level.

Today's [-]-strong army was dispatched to fight. Both the soldiers and the horses were very tired and needed to rest.

On the frontal battlefield, there were still soldiers cleaning the battlefield, but Liu Zhang had already fallen asleep.

But Cao Cao's side is not so easy.

Under the escort of his generals, he fled back to Luoyang City. He was in shock for a long time before he calmed down.

"Gongda, how much did our army lose?"

"My lord, our army." Xun You moved his mouth.

"Speak." Cao Cao knew that Xun You was afraid that he would not be able to bear it.

"At present, only 2 people have returned, and the rest of the soldiers and horses have not yet returned! Countless losses of horses and weapons!"

Cao Cao was speechless for a long time, and waved his hand to make Xun You retreat.

But after a while, a soldier came to report that Cao Hong and Cao Xiu had returned.

These two were the generals he sent to attack Gucheng. Cao Cao waited for about a cup of tea before they came.

As soon as Cao Hong and Cao Xiu came in, they walked quickly in front of Cao Cao, and then knelt down: "My lord, we are incompetent. Gu Cheng had already prepared, but failed to attack successfully."

"Tell me about the specific situation!"

During the next cup of tea, Cao Hong explained in detail the whole process of how he detoured to Pingyin and then went south to attack Gucheng.

After hearing this, Cao Cao sighed and said, "You are innocent, step back and rest!"

The two resigned and left.

Fortunately, the 5000 people brought by the two only lost 500 people.

Cao Cao asked about the direction of Luhunguan again. If the sneak attack was successful there, it would be able to make up for today's loss.

However, until dawn, Cao Cao failed to get the military situation in the direction of Lu Hunguan.

The general in charge of attacking Luhun Pass was Xia Houyuan. He personally led [-] elite soldiers to attack Luhun Pass, but the guard at Luhun Pass followed Liu Zhang's military order.

Xia Houyuan was a sneak attack, and his soldiers were extremely fast. He did not carry any siege equipment in his army, not even a long ladder.

Lu Hun closed the door tightly, and it was impossible for his 5000 people to fly up.

After a day of fighting without success, Xia Houyuan camped ten miles outside the pass. In the field, he personally led the troops without torches, and quietly went to the outside of Luhun Pass.

Under the pass, you can see sporadic torches going back and forth on the wall from a distance, which is the guards inside the pass patrolling the wall.

Hundreds of soldiers, with knives in their mouths and flying claw ropes in their hands, approached the wall very carefully.

Seeking an opportunity, they threw the rope net in their hands fiercely, and the flying claws hung on the female wall, and then these soldiers climbed on the rope net with both hands.

Soon, more than 20 people climbed up the wall and waited for the people behind to come up.

Xia Houyuan led the main force away from the wall to avoid being discovered, and could only wait for the signal to appear before attacking the city.

However, the patrolling soldiers on the wall found these enemies who had sneaked up on the wall, and they issued an early warning.

Soon, hundreds of defenders moved closer to this side, fighting with Cao Jun who climbed up the city wall.

The sound of fighting was very conspicuous at night, and soon more defenders were alarmed, and more and more defenders rushed towards the wall.

Xia Houyuan heard the sound of fighting from the wall, and secretly thought it was not good.

Sure enough, he didn't wait to close the door and open it. He only saw the increase in the number of torches on the closed wall, so he could only order the withdrawal of troops.

On the second day, he still couldn't break through Luhun Pass, so he could only order to return and retreat along Yishui to Yique Pass.

Yiqueguan is located in the south of Luoyang City, separated from Luoyang City by Luoshui and Yishui. He stationed troops at Yiqueguan to guard the flanks of Luoyang and prevent Liu Zhang from bypassing Luoyang City and attacking the rear city.

It is difficult to defend an isolated city, and Xia Houyuan followed Cao Cao to fight for several years. This is understandable.

After hearing that Xia Houyuan's sneak attack on Luhun Pass was fruitless, Cao Cao was also very helpless.

There is no way, if you can't sneak attack and cooperate with the inside and outside, you can only attack the pass by force. Storming the pass not only requires a lot of troops, but also takes a certain amount of time.

On the second day of the war, the defeated troops fled back to Luoyang one after another. Cao Cao continued to restore his troops, but in Luoyang as a whole, there are currently only 5000 defenders, which is still 2 less.

On Liu Zhang's side, he rested for two consecutive days, including cleaning the battlefield, treating the wounded, and detaining prisoners.

Most people who are newly defeated may not send troops in a short time, but Cao Cao is different. Liu Zhang knows that Cao Cao is cunning, so he is always on guard.

But to his surprise, Cao Cao remained silent for three days after the war.

Therefore, Liu Zhang decided to send troops to take the initiative to attack.

Luoyang City has not been burned and destroyed by Dong Zhuo. It is a fortified city, and Cao Cao has 5000 defenders. With his own army of [-], he may not be able to take it down even if he attacks for half a year.

Therefore, Liu Zhang decided to sweep out the obstacles around Luoyang first, and then attack Luoyang City.

Ping County to the north of Luoyang and Yique Pass to the south of Luoyang must be conquered.

As long as these two places are captured, Liu Zhang's army will be able to bypass Luoyang and capture the city east of Luoyang.

Next, Liu Zhang sent two armies, Gan Ning and Yan Xing led 1 troops to attack Ping County, and Li Fang and Xu Huang led 1 troops to attack Yique Pass.

Afterwards, Liu Zhang took advantage of his military strength and sent Ma Chao and Zhang Liao to lead [-] cavalry each to bypass the city and intercept Cao Cao's grain road.

Although Luoyang is a strong city, there are many people and troops, and the mountains are empty.

Cao Cao's food and grass must have been transported from the rear.

Whether it is from Chenliu or Yingchuan, they will eventually arrive in Luoyang, but it is not known which route the grain transportation team will take.