Zhuge Liang still achieved a record of "Three Thousand Firsts" in the territory of Liang County.
The so-called "Three Thousand Armored Soldiers" refers to the killing of 3,000 elite Wei soldiers with full armor, some other ordinary county soldiers, the Wei soldiers killed and wounded, and the Wei soldiers captured, all added up, must be no less than 10,000 people.
This is also the reason why after Zhuge Liang achieved the "three thousand first" record in history, Sima Yi stayed behind closed doors, and Cao Rui sent two groups of reinforcements to Sima Yi in succession.
For an army, this is already a serious battle loss.
Theoretically speaking, Zhuge Liang should be happy. After all, he used this trick to lure the enemy and set up an ambush, effectively killing the effective strength of the Wei army and causing heavy casualties to the Wei army. But Zhuge Liang was still not happy.
That old fox Sima Yi was not left behind! ! !
At the beginning of the war, Sima Yi saw that the situation was not right and immediately led his troops to run away.
Although this also directly caused the Wei army's front army and some of the Chinese army's horses to quickly collapse without anyone commanding them. However, it was precisely because these nearly 10,000 soldiers blocked the battlefield that neither Zhuge Liang nor Zhao Yun could pursue them in time. Sima Yi asked Sima Yi to flee the battlefield with seven or eight thousand people.
By the time Zhuge Liang defeated the Wei army in the center of the battlefield and ordered Zhao Yun to pursue quickly, Sima Yi could no longer even be seen.
There is no need to think about it. With Sima Yi's mind, once he is asked to withdraw from the battlefield, he will definitely not stop and retreat all the way back to Luoyang.
As Sima Yi withdrew to Luoyang, and with the seven or eight thousand soldiers he brought with him, Luoyang still had to face a siege.
But at this point, Zhuge Liang had no choice but to clean up the battlefield as soon as possible and lead his troops to join Zhao Yun.
Now, the only thing that can be counted on is that Zhang Xi's march can go smoothly, and maybe he can attack Luoyang before Sima Yi retreats to Luoyang.
In this case, it’s not too bad.
Yes, according to the plan, when Zhuge Liang retreated to set up an ambush near Liang County, Zhang Xi should lead 15,000 soldiers to quickly go north and attack Luoyang.
According to Zhuge Liang's prediction, if Sima Yi led his soldiers to attack on the initiative, Luoyang's guards would inevitably be empty. At this time, Zhang Xi would lead his troops north to attack Luoyang, which would make it much easier.
Moreover, even if Luoyang was fortified and Xinpi refused to surrender, it would be difficult for Zhang Xi to capture it for a while. However, as Zhuge Liang set up an ambush for Sima Yi, the news that Sima Yi's entire army was annihilated reached Luoyang. At that time, it was not a question of whether Xinpi should surrender. It's not a question, but that the Heluo family has to make a decision about where Luoyang belongs.
Originally, the plan was good, and it didn't matter even if Zhang Xi's advance was unfavorable for a while. But now, Sima Yi is running so fast. Once Sima Yi is allowed to withdraw to Luoyang, Luoyang still has the capital to continue to hold on.
Therefore, it is no longer realistic to expect the Heluo family to actively choose Luoyang to belong to. Now Zhuge Liang can only count on Zhang Xi to force Luoyang to surrender before Sima Yi returns.
But it's not that easy.
Zhang Xi has indeed led his troops to the south gate of Luoyang.
As for the so-called suspicious soldiers sent by Sima Yi, there was no possibility of stopping Zhang Xi's advance.
The ambush trap has been set up, just waiting for you, Sima Yi, to take advantage of it. Does Sima Yi think that he can scare Zhang Xi just by relying on his subordinates? !
Where does the confidence come from? !
Not to mention Zhang Xi, even any general would not retreat without a fight in this situation. He must fight first to test the reality. There are only two thousand soldiers and horses, which is enough to test the reality.
Moreover, the general sent by Sima Yi was also unlucky. He did not meet Zhang Xi in the first place.
When meeting Zhang Xi, with Zhang Xi's cautious character, he might hesitate, first suspend the advance, and then send troops to test. But what Wang Lin met was Deng Ai, who was the vanguard of Zhang Xi's army, and the front of the five thousand army he led. .
Deng Ai didn't have Zhang Xi's problem. He directly attacked and completely defeated Wang Lin's bluff. Not only did he kill Wang Lin on the spot, he also gained a complete set of Sima Yi's subordinates.
The cap is the symbol of the general of an army. Capturing the cap on the battlefield is also a great achievement. Deng Ai almost achieved this feat in vain.
By the way, it did not affect Zhang Xijun's advance speed at all.
Just seven days after Sima Yi led his troops and left Luoyang, Zhang Xi led his troops to the south gate of Luoyang, took Sima Yi's banner and persuaded the Luoyang defenders to surrender.
Luoyang's city wall is too high and the city is very strong. It is better not to attack the city if possible. If the defenders in the city can be persuaded to surrender on their own initiative, that would be the best thing.
However, the guard in Luoyang City is Xinpi.
This veteran of the Cao Wei family for three dynasties had no intention of abandoning Wei as he had abandoned the Yuan family when he was young. He directly rejected Zhang Xi's persuasion to surrender.
There's nothing I can do, Xinpi still wants to show off.
When he surrendered to Cao Cao, it was strictly after Yuan Shao's death. Strictly speaking, Yuan Tan was not Yuan Shao's designated successor, and he could not be regarded as his lord of Xinpi.
At that time, Xinpi chose to surrender to Cao Cao. He could actually claim to have no one to surrender to, after all, Yuan Shao was dead.
It's just that as a courtier of the Yuan family, it was somewhat shameless for him to do this.
But now the situation is different. He Xinpi is not only a minister of the Wei Dynasty, but also a Weiwei. If one of the three princes surrenders to the Shu Han, he will really have no moral integrity.
You are already in your seventies or eighty, so you can't lose your integrity at the end of the day. Xinpi wants to lose face.
Therefore, Xinpi led five thousand soldiers to defend Luoyang City and refused to surrender.
As for Sima Yi's subordinates brought by Zhang Xi, if others don't know the details, how can he, Xin Pi, not know about it? They were brought by Wang Lin to bluff. Now that you and Zhang Xi are on the city, then Wang Lin must have failed. It's normal for this huigai to fall into your hands, but it doesn't mean anything.
When Zhang Xi saw that Xin Pi was so stubborn and refused to surrender, he suddenly felt at a loss.
If you fail to persuade them to surrender, you will have to attack them forcefully. There is nothing you can do about it.
Moreover, when the news of Sima Yi's defeat comes, Zhang Xi will want to see how long Xinpi can hold on.
As for what Zhuge Liang was counting on, Zhang Xi was not counting on the reaction of the Heluo family.
Zhuge Liang believes that when Luoyang's defenses are empty, Zhang Xi's troops are approaching the city, and the Wei Dynasty is over, the Heluo family may rebel internally out of their own interests and take the initiative to sacrifice Luoyang. On Zhang Xi's side, it is obviously Don't believe it.
Apart from anything else, we just played in Liang County not long ago. Can you expect these Heluo families to figure it out so quickly and be willing to let Luoyang be ruled by the Han Dynasty? !
Another thing is that the city that was given away is not as real as the one that was conquered by oneself.
These Heluo aristocratic families will definitely make a big fuss over the cities they give up. It will be hard to say who has the final say in this Heluo area.
As for the captured city, if you, the Heluo family, were more honest, you might still be able to drink some soup, and if you all work together, you wouldn't starve to death, but if you are not honest, haha.
Anyway, that's what Zhang Xi had in mind. Don't beep if you can.
Therefore, seeing that Xin Pi would not surrender, Zhang Xi did not think of contacting the Heluo families in the city through special channels. Instead, he asked Deng Ai to directly take the siege equipment that had been transported from Dagong Pass to the south gate of Luoyang. come out.
Let's attack the city! ! !
Zhang Xi's move also caught the Heluo family in Luoyang City by surprise.
No, are you really not going to talk about it? !
In fact, from the perspective of the Heluo family, Cao Wei only has 5,000 people in Luoyang now, and Sima Yi has not returned from the city. It is easy to say that he will win, but if he loses, it will be really difficult for Luoyang to hold on until the reinforcements from Hebei arrive.
Therefore, even though Zhuge Liang did that kind of thing in Liang County, in the end the matter was settled honorably. Zhuge Liang only wanted some money and food, and it is not something that cannot be discussed as to whether the family's dignity was not insulted.
As long as Zhuge Liang can guarantee that nothing like what happened in Liang County will happen again in the future, then the aristocratic families in Luoyang City, considering their own interests, will not be unable to accept the Han Dynasty taking over Luoyang.
Of course, to a large extent, these aristocratic families were also forced by the situation. It was hard for them to say whether Zhuge Liang would really agree, or whether he would implement it after agreeing.
But doing this can at least ensure the safety of the family. If Luoyang really falls into war in the future, by that time, even aristocratic families will not be able to survive the war.
If possible, the aristocratic families would rather not see a large-scale war in Luoyang than the Wei and Han families.
As a result, this group of Luoyang aristocratic families never expected that Zhang Xi would not play according to the routine.
The aristocratic families were waiting for Zhang Xi to take the initiative to contact them, so that they could bargain and fight for their own interests, and then decide whether to join forces to "eat pots of pulp". But Zhang Xi directly attacked the city? !
Good guy, this guy from a humble family really doesn't have the dignity and dignity of a wealthy family.
In this case, the aristocratic family has no way to communicate with Zhang Xi, a poor thing. They can only support Xinpi to defend the city for the time being. At the same time, they also hope that Sima Yi can win and return to the army in time.
Then ten days later.
Sima Yi returned to the army, but it was not a victory. He returned in defeat.
Eighteen thousand people were brought out, but when they returned to Luoyang City, there were less than 5,000 people left.
Actually, Sima Yi originally withdrew from the battlefield with about 8,000 soldiers. He also accelerated all the way, threw off Zhao Yun's pursuit, and successfully returned to the outskirts of Luoyang City.
But then, Sima Yi could no longer avoid battle losses.
You know, Zhang Xi is notoriously cautious in his military use. He has not only arranged for Deng Ai to command the siege of Luoyang, but he has also considered what to do if Sima Yi escapes from Zhuge Liang's encirclement and runs back to Luoyang. !
Therefore, Zhang Xi also arranged warning and interception forces on the outer battlefield of Luoyang's south gate to prevent Sima Yi from returning to Luoyang.
Zhang Xi's caution did work, and he did intercept Sima Yi's return army.
But Zhang Xi did not expect that Sima Yi could actually come back with eight thousand soldiers. In Zhang Xi's view, Sima Yi was lucky to be able to escape Zhuge Liang's encirclement with two to three thousand soldiers.
The interception force Zhang Xi deployed on the periphery was only about 5,000. It was not that he did not want to arrange more, but the main reason was that Zhang Xi only had 15,000 troops on hand, which he had to use not only to attack the city but also to organize the peripheral defense line. not enough.
This gave Sima Yi the opportunity to break through the interception and enter Luoyang.
And Sima Yi didn't get anything good. Of the eight thousand soldiers who came back with him, only less than five thousand actually retreated into Luoyang with him. Again, nearly half were lost in the battle.
In this way, there were still about 9,000 defenders in Luoyang City, and two days later, Zhuge Liang's main army following Sima Yi also arrived at the south gate of Luoyang City.
A total of more than 30,000 Han troops besieged Luoyang. Luoyang City reached the final moment.
(End of chapter)
