Chapter 256 Breakthrough 2
Just as the Liangzhou army was busy cleaning up the corpses in the city and collecting spoils, Zhang Ni was running wildly in the hilly areas of the Yiyang Mountains with hundreds of defeated generals, like a dog with a broken family, in extreme embarrassment.
Zhang Ni turned around and looked at the pitiful hundreds of cavalry under his command. He was shocked and angry, and secretly greeted Beigong Jing's family's ancestors for the 18th generation. The damn Beigong Jing and the damn Liangzhou army were all thanks to them! He clearly had thousands of troops, but in just one day, after two rounds of confrontation, there were only a few left of thousands of people! These jackals from Liangzhou were so cruel that they would have to lose several layers of skin even if they hit them!
but……
He turned around and looked at the broken city wall in the distance, showing a cold smile.
Beigong Jing is right? Liangzhou Army is right? Don’t be too happy too soon! I really think you will win if you win the new city? The good show is still coming!
A light cavalry from Liangzhou Army has been chasing them and biting them. These light cavalry from Xiliang are very powerful in combat, with great riding, archery and sword skills. The war horses they ride are also tall and strong, and they run like a storm, which is a terrible opponent. The Hun cavalry is constantly caught up by them, and then they are swaying from the rain of arrows, followed by sabers and javelins. These light cavalry seem to favor javelins in particular.
The javelin used was six feet long and weighed about seven hundred grams. It was thrown out with the speed of galloping horses. It could throw thirty or forty steps away. It was powerful and could easily penetrate armor and even nail the Hun cavalry and his horse together. These light cavalry were well-trained and experienced veterans. The javelins threw were extremely accurate. Many Hun cavalry were hit by the roaring javelin when they were shooting arrows. They screamed and fell from the horse's back and died.
The one who knows you best is your enemy. Liangzhou has been fighting for two hundred years from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Western Jin Dynasty, fighting against Qiang and Di people who are active in mountain valleys, and fighting with the Xiongnu and Xianbei who are riding fast horses on the grasslands. He has never stopped fighting. He knows very well the tactics and strengths and weaknesses of these opponents, and has also found an effective restraint method. The cyclonic cavalry of the Xiongnu light cavalry is a gyro-hammering and shooting tactic for infantry in the mainland of the Central Plains dynasty.
It may be very troublesome, but for the Liangzhou army, which also has many well-trained light cavalry, it is not a big deal. Don’t you like to play riding and shooting? OK, I also recruit riders from the Qiang, Di, and Xianbei people for strict training, and train a group of equally excellent light cavalry to fight you. Their armor is better than yours, the horse bows they use are stronger than yours, the arrows are more sharp than yours, and even the horses they ride are taller than yours, and they run faster than you!
This is called taking the enemy's path, leaving the enemy with no way out.
The Xiongnu light cavalry who were good at cavalry and shooting were really forced to have no way out. The troops that were constantly cut off the rear were bitten by these Liangzhou light cavalry, and then the entire army was destroyed under the servitude of javelins and sharp arrows. No matter how many people they sent to cut off the rear, the Liangzhou light cavalry could always catch up again after a short and fierce battle, while the troops who went to block them had no chance to keep up... These guys were like a piece of dog skin plaster, and they could not even get rid of them!
Fortunately, when the Xiongnu light cavalry retreated into the depths of the hilly areas, these fierce Liangzhou light cavalry, as cruel as jackals, might have been afraid of ambushing and stopped chasing, which allowed Zhang Ni to escape from the sky. Otherwise, it would be hard to say how many of them could survive today.
Finally getting rid of these annoying light cavalry, Zhang Ni breathed a sigh of relief. He did not dare to stop and ran towards the Fenghuang Mountain Camp with the only remaining little defeated general.
In front of them, among the winding hills, a wolf flag was flying in the cold wind.
In the city of Luoyang.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Luoyang was destroyed by war, but after decades of operation in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, this thousand-year-old capital returned to its former prosperity. Every person who came to Luoyang for the first time would be overwhelmed by its majestic city walls, magnificent palaces, dense population and the diverse and exquisite goods on the market. He would naturally give birth to a kind of thing that he would stay and become a member of the city. Especially during the reign of Emperor Wu of Jin, Luoyang's economy was so developed, and the wealth of Luoyang's citizens' lives were incomparable to any city in China. To be honest, Luoyang was a paradise on earth at that time.
However, the Eight Kings Rebellion that lasted for 16 years, especially the full-scale civil war that broke out after Jia Nanfeng's death, all armies attacked Luoyang in turn. In addition, the two sieges of the Huns in the first year of Yongjia and the second year of Yongjia have led Luoyang to the bottomless abyss. After suffering from military disasters that lasted for several years, almost no building was intact, and even the palace became dilapidated. The cold wind blew through the holes of the wall, making a whimpering sound, as if a wild ghost was crying.
The broken house is not a big problem. At most, you can find some hay, block soil, or something, and it is not impossible to live in it. However, grain, cloth, medicine and other materials are on the verge of being cut off. At this time, Luoyang was the axial battlefield of Huhan. The Huns' army attacked from all directions, sieging cities and plundering land, and slaughtering them. Luoyang had already cut off business and travel. The food produced by the land around Luoyang was not enough to supply this city with a large population, and this city has always been in the Huns' large
Under the half-encirclement of the army, the materials from other places were not transported in at all. Luoyang has become a city of hunger. Countless Luoyang citizens struggled in the midst of hunger and cold, wailing. The army responsible for cleaning up the bodies every day would clear out a large number of corpses. The people who cleaned up the bodies must move fast enough, otherwise the corpses would be dragged away by people who were about to be crazy for food. At this time, Luoyang did not have any trace of the prosperity and prosperity of the past? It was a hell on earth!
However, there is a place that is as luxurious as ever.
Taiwei's Mansion.
This mansion is still carved beams, painted buildings, red doors and green tiles, and is extraordinary. The water from the hot springs in the courtyard inside the mansion creates a warm and humid atmosphere, planted with precious flowers, and the mist is filled with green grass, flowers, white deer, white cranes and other rare birds and beasts playing among them, just like a fairyland. In the middle of the courtyard surrounded by hot springs, on the high pavilion, the warriors in the helmets and armor are scattered, and the charming dancers dance with the elegant music, their skirts flying, their clothes fluttering, and their dance postures are beautiful. When the entire Luoyang has been beaten into a hell on earth, he still has such a luxurious enjoyment. Apart from the Taiwei Sima Yue of the Great Jin Dynasty, there is no other one.
However, the Taiwei, who was even older than the emperor, was not so enjoyable at this time. He was half lying on the bed, his thin body wrapped in a thick fox fur, his face was sallow and his eyes were muddy, giving people a feeling of illness and desolation. The beauty danced in front of him, and the pretty and cute maid served him with her eyes lowered her eyebrows. In this situation, a man would be floating, but he didn't. What he had on his face was more bored and impatient!
At this time, an old man in a gorgeous official uniform walked over under the crowd of attendants, bowed to Sima Yue from afar, smiled and said, "The Taiwei is so elegant today."
Sima Yue raised his eyelids and did not move, just said, "Is Wang Situ coming? Come and sit down."
Wang Situ walked quickly to him. A servant had already brought a gorgeous Hu bed. He sat down gracefully. A maid brought a copper hand heater. He put his hand over and enjoyed the heat emitted from the stove. He narrowed his eyes slightly and admired the beautiful dance posture of the dancer. Seeing him coming, the dancer tried his best and his figure became more and more gentle. It was different from Sima, who was vicious and interested in power. This famous scholar of the dynasty knew how to appreciate their singing and dancing postures. If he could win him, their lives would be much better.
This is the Grand Tutor of the dynasty, a political ally of Sima Yue, a major official of the Wang family of Langya, a leader of the plain metaphysics, and a famous scholar Wang Yan! How awesome is he? Not to mention many, just know that his daughter Wang Huifeng is the crown prince of Sima Yu, the former deposed prince. She came from a famous family and had a great literary talent all over the world, and almost became a father-in-law. The status of this person in the court can be imagined. Even the old turtle Sima Yue dared not neglect him.
However, Sima Yue was in a bad mood today and did not talk too much about him. After a few words, he asked: "When Wang Situ came, he looked happy and his feet were full of wind, but what good things happened?"
Wang Yan said lightly: "It's not a good thing. It's just that he just received a good news that Beigong Jing led 4,000 Liangzhou troops to defeat the Beigu in Xincheng, killed more than 3,000 people, and seized countless military funds."
Sima Yue said oh, his sallow face was not at all happy, but just said coldly: "That child is a little capable."
Wang Yan said: "After Liu Yuan's thief died, Liu Cong killed his brother and ascended the throne, the Northern Barbarians became more and more aggressive and even occupied Yiyang. The Xincheng stopped leaving, which made people in the capital panic. Now Beigong Jing led his army to counterattack and regain the Xincheng, breaking the Beihu's siege on three sides of Luoyang, we can breathe a sigh of relief."
Sima Yue sneered: "What's the use of this? What's the use of even if he repels all the tens of thousands of troops of the Northern Barbarians? Don't forget that the person in the palace always wants to beat me up. Gou Xi, the ungrateful thing, was even more ready to go, and he immediately led his troops into the capital with just a robbery... With these ungrateful things staring at them, whether the Northern Barbarians retreat or not, what's the difference for this Grand Mars?"
Wang Yan was suffocated, and the joy on his face dissipated a lot, and he whispered: "This is a good thing after all, isn't it?"
Sima Yue waved his hand and said he was not interested in listening. He asked, "Where is Beigong Chun? Are you willing to surrender to this Taiwei?"
Chapter completed!