Immediately, some soldiers heard Li Jue's shout and broke in to report: "No, the night attack is a night attack launched by the enemy!"
"Night attack? How is it possible? How many people are there?" Li Jue asked in panic.
"I don't know, there seem to be enemies in all directions, and there are fires everywhere in Luoyang City." The soldier reported in a panic.
Li Jue became anxious when he heard this. He never imagined that after just saying that Cao Zhang's army was still in Yingchuan County, he also told his subordinates to closely guard Dagu Pass and Yique Pass, and now there were enemy troops directly entering Luoyang. Launch a night attack on him.
Li Jue didn't care much. He stood up in a panic and rushed out to see what happened.
Li Jue rushed out of the sleeping tent, and the scene in front of him completely shocked him.
As far as the sight could be seen, fire was everywhere, and shouts of death and screams could be heard endlessly, coming from all directions.
"How is this possible? How did they break through our defense and enter Luoyang overnight?" Li Jue murmured to himself in disbelief.
"Father!" "Brother!" shouts came from the distance, but it was Li Shi, Li Ying, and Li Huan who rushed over in a panic.
Li Huan was fully dressed, barely put on his battle armor, and came on horseback with weapons in hand.
Li Ying and Li Shi were obviously in a much more embarrassed state. They were both disheveled. Li Shi, like Li Jue, came running in only his underwear.
"What on earth is going on? Why did the enemy army rush into the city?" Li Jue asked the three of them emotionally.
"I don't know, I suddenly heard the cry of killing and it became like this!" Li Shi responded with a blank look on his face.
Li Ying looked at Li Jue and shook his head blankly.
Only Li Huan was relatively calm and urged Li Jue: "Brother, now is not the time to tell how the enemy troops entered the city. There are shouts of killing from all directions, and we don't know the number of enemy troops, but our army is in chaos and is caught in a fire. and the enemy’s double impact.”
"Luoyang can't be saved anymore. Let's retreat quickly. If it's later, I'm afraid it will be too late!" Li Huan proposed a retreat to Li Jue.
"Evacuate? Where to retreat?" Li Jue asked anxiously.
"Of course we should retreat towards Chang'an, first to Hangu Pass, and then try to join Li'er and the others." Li Huan urged Li Jue.
"We still have 30,000 troops in Luoyang, and we just withdrew like this. Why didn't we organize soldiers to resist the enemy and repel them?!" Li Shi was young and energetic, and he was obviously unwilling to be defeated like this.
"Resist the enemy? You are dressed like this, can you withstand it? We don't know how many enemy troops are coming now. Once they come here, we won't be able to evacuate even if we want to!" Li Huan ridiculed Li Shi With one sentence, he urged Li Jue anxiously.
Li Jue listened to the shouts of killing one after another from all around, and realized that it would be extremely dangerous if he did not retreat at this time. He could only grit his teeth and ordered: "Quickly, pass my military order. The entire army will withdraw from the west gate of Luoyang. Please send me a letter to withdraw." Guguan!”
Li Jue gave the order, and several people no longer hesitated and immediately followed him to evacuate towards the west gate of Luoyang.
After leaving the dilapidated palace and arriving at the streets of Luoyang, a few people saw an even more miserable scene.
A fire by Dong Zhuo a few years ago turned the century-old capital into ruins. It has not been completely restored to this day. The soldiers and horses of Li Jue and others only used the broken walls in the city to set up tents to garrison the troops.
Now the fire is raging in Luoyang City again. Countless soldiers are running and shouting in the sea of fire. Some are directly buried in the sea of fire, and some finally escape from the sea of fire, but are knocked down and trampled to death by their own fleeing horses. The screams It was constantly reaching the ears of Li Jue and others.
Li Jue saw that his men were severely injured, but he could not care about comforting or greeting him at this time. He could only focus on escaping for his own life. He lay on the horse's back and kept slapping the horse's butt to urge it forward.
Li Huan, Li Shi and others followed closely. Guarded by dozens of soldiers, they rushed all the way to the west gate of Luoyang and escaped.
As Li Jue and others fled, the defenders in the city received orders to evacuate one after another, and evacuated outside the city in panic, making Luoyang City even more chaotic.
The initiator of this chaos was naturally Cao Zhang's general Xu Huang. At this time, he was holding a big ax and leading a thousand cavalry under his command, galloping wantonly in Luoyang City, killing and harvesting the lives of Li Jue's men.
After receiving Cao Zhang's secret order, Xu Huang led his men to attack quickly. After a long-distance attack, they arrived at Hulao Pass, a barrier located in the east of Luoyang.
Hulao Pass is located in the mountains and the terrain is dangerous. It was originally a fortress that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.
However, Li Jue thought that Cao Zhang's troops would not pass by here and did not arrange heavy troops. Xu Huang killed all the defenders without a single blow and successfully occupied Hulao Pass.
Xu Huang knew that his troops were limited. Although the raid was sudden, he had to rely on the power of nature, so he ordered his men to rest at Hulao Pass, prepare a large amount of kerosene, and prepare for a night attack on Luoyang.
When it was getting dark, Xu Huang and his men quietly marched towards Luoyang, taking advantage of the cover of night to reach the city.
Xu Huang divided his men into three teams. He led 400 soldiers to attack the east gate of Luoyang, and the other two teams of 300 men each, led by his generals, attacked the south and north gates of Luoyang.
He deliberately left Ximen unattacked to give Li Jue's men room to escape.
After all, his troops are limited, and it is unrealistic to completely annihilate the enemy forces in Luoyang City. Giving the panicked enemy forces a way to escape can prevent the enemy forces from being trapped and struggling and falling into a bitter battle.
Due to Li Jue's lack of precautions and the fact that the city of Luoyang had not been repaired for many years after the fire and was already in dilapidated condition, Xu Huang's surprise attack easily broke through the defense line and opened three city gates.
"Fire rockets!" After entering Luoyang City, Xu Huang immediately gave the order. The soldiers behind him immediately raised their bows and arrows, lit the cotton cloth stained with kerosene tied to the arrows, and quickly stationed themselves at the broken walls in all directions. Li Jue's army camp was shot away.
As the rocket fell, the fire quickly ignited and spread quickly around.
Xu Huang then personally held a big ax and led the cavalry to roar towards the enemy.
Li Jue's men were completely unprepared. They were attacked by the fire and were already extremely panicked. Then they were attacked by the war horses and completely lost their ability to resist. At this time, they had no fighting spirit at all and were completely reduced to fish on the chopping board. , and could only be allowed to be massacred by Xu Huang's men.
The massacre was accompanied by fire and lasted until daylight. Xu Huang and others completely killed all the remaining Li Jue's men and took control of Luoyang.
The fast-running soldiers followed Li Jue and others to Hangu Pass, but most of the soldiers were still killed in the fire and the massacre of Xu Huang's cavalry. In this battle, Xu Huang's surprise victory was decisive, and Li Jue was defeated. escaped and ended up losing thousands of soldiers...
