The Three Kingdoms

Cao Cao's eyes lit up.

"The premise is that we can defend Luoyang!" Jia Xu added.

"What if I can't keep it?"

Cao Cao is not a person who doesn't understand soldiers. In the current situation, they don't have many troops. It is possible to defend a small city, but it is not easy to defend such a large Luoyang.

A city of Luoyang City's size needs at least [-] troops to form a defensive line. If he has [-] elite troops, he can use ten times the troops outside the city.

But [-] troops are too few, and even the defense line cannot be fully deployed. If any of the seven city gates is broken, it will completely collapse.

"Your Majesty, we have no choice!" Xi Zhicai said in a deep voice, "There is no time now. Zhao Zilong's vanguard cavalry will approach the city in a day. They are all cavalry. We can't outrun them. With the city, we If you can still hold it, if you are blocked in the wild by them, you will definitely die!"

"If you stick to it and wait for reinforcements, how long will it take for reinforcements?" Cao Cao asked through gritted teeth.

"The tiger and leopard riders are now in Bingzhou, and they have already traveled north to Yanmen. With the speed of the heavy snow now, they will not be able to return in less than ten days!"

"anything else?"

"General Xiahou Dun's Jinwu Guard is in Yuzhou. This is the closest force to us, but most of them are infantry. It will take ten days and a half months to return to Luoyang!"

"Ten days?"

Cao Cao's eyes became sharper: "I will fight with Sun Quan here in Luoyang City!"

"Your Majesty, Liangzhou has surrendered, and I have a suggestion!" Jia Xu stood up and said in a low voice.

"Please take the Xiliang iron cavalry to South Chang'an. The Xiliang iron cavalry is very fast. It may be too late to return to Luoyang, but South Chang'an will definitely be in time. Just take Chang'an and seal the road to Wuguan, and then use General Xiahou Dun to guard Hangu Pass. It will cut off his Sun Zhongmou's return journey and leave him in Guanzhong completely!" Jia Xu said fiercely.

"Ma Chaoxin surrendered, can you believe it?"

"With Pang De as the lieutenant general, we can check and balance him!" Xi Zhicai suggested.

"it is good!"

Cao Cao acted resolutely, spread out some black-framed and white-bottomed silk books, wrote some imperial edicts, stamped them with a big seal, and handed them to Jia Xu: "Wenhe, send out these edicts of King Qin as quickly as possible!"

"promise!"

"Zhicai, the soldiers and horses in the city are at your disposal, including me, we will fight a bloody battle with Sun Zhongmou in Luoyang City!"

Cao Cao said firmly.

"Your Majesty, I will never let Luo Yang be breached!"

Xi Zhicai said firmly.To be continued.

[Text Chapter 959 The First Northern Expedition IX]

December is the coldest winter, and today is the coldest moment, and heavy snow falls like a torrential rain. . .

In this harsh environment, the Great Wu cavalry came on snow, and while walking, the sky was full of wind and snow, and [-] vanguard troops entered the Luoyang area during the five-day rapid march.

A majestic Luoyang city is already in sight.

Soldiers are coming to the city!

"Luoyang City!"

General Zhao Yun looked at the looming magnificent city, tightened the reins, his eyes were like a rainbow, and he said in a low voice, "I'll come!"

After the army broke out of Chang'an, he led [-] light cavalry as the vanguard and set off first. It only took three days for the journey, but it took them five full days in the face of such bad weather.

In Gucheng to the east of Luoyang, they fought an encounter battle. In seven hours, they defeated [-] soldiers and horses of the Wei army, and then came directly east.

Luoyang City, not to mention the significance of its existence in the past, is now the capital of Cao Wei, which is incomparable to the significance of any city captured by the Wu army.

In today's world, Wu and Wei are fighting for the top, and the one who can win the world is either Soochow or Cao Wei.

As the Great General of the Hussars of the Eastern Wu, he is now able to approach the city of Luoyang and directly threaten the capital of the State of Wei. Even if he has no results in this battle, he is already worthy of pride.

"General, all the gates in the south, east, west, north and west of Luoyang City have been closed, and the suspension bridges have been erected. The Wei army is ready to fight!"

The scout company commander rode his horse to report.

"This shows that they want to stick to Luoyang City and wait for help. This is a good thing. I'm afraid they will run away!"

When Zhao Yun heard the words, a trace of fighting spirit burst out in his expression.

"General, do we want to attack the city now?"

A head of the regiment rode out and asked with cupped hands.

"No need!" Zhao Yun shook his head when he heard the words, his eyes were steady: "Now His Majesty's main force has not yet arrived, we are short of soldiers and horses, and we don't have any siege equipment. It is not worthwhile for us to pay casualties, so we should set up camp on the spot. Then use these two days to gather materials locally and build a batch of simple siege equipment, and when His Majesty's main force arrives, we can immediately attack the city!"

This time I came north in a hurry.And they were all cavalry, so they didn't bring any siege equipment at all.

This is a short board.

It is necessary to temporarily build a batch of siege equipment. It doesn’t need to be too complicated. Just making ladders is enough. There are only 1 people in the city, and they can’t even cast nets.

"promise!"

The generals took the lead.

"However, we can't be silent. Since we are here, we must say hello to Cao Wei!"

Zhao Yun added a sentence.Then he raised the silver gun in his hand and began to give orders: "Bai Ma Yi Cong, follow me, other soldiers, you run around the city wall in battalion as a unit, and tell them with the sound of your horse's hooves that our Great Wu coming!"

"promise!"

Several cavalry regiment commanders behind Zhao Yun got excited, and each led a regiment of troops, marched out to the left and right, and headed towards the city walls on both sides.

Da da da! ! ! !

The sound of horseshoes knocked the ground as loud as a drum.It began to resound in every corner of the city, breaking the tranquility of Luoyang City.

"Where is that sound of horseshoes coming from?"

"The city gate has been closed early in the morning. Could it be that there are enemy troops coming to attack the city?"

"impossible!"

"This is Luoyang, the capital of our Great Wei Dynasty, and it's still in the hinterland of Guanzhong. Who has the ability to fight here!"

The people of Luoyang City were startled by the sound of horseshoes outside the city.

"I heard that Wu Jun has attacked Luoyang City!" A man whispered in a tea shop in Dongshi.