There is no difference between 150,000 soldiers and 200,000 soldiers on the tower.
The mighty army marched toward Luoyang City in a neat manner, making the city defenders who were supposed to feel at ease now tense.
The army is either close or far from here, just within a stone's throw.
The reason why Lu Bu put the soldiers on the wall on guard instead of opening the door to welcome the army into the city was just because of a very simple reason.
The other party's is too neat.
As we all know, the eighteen princes are a coalition. Although the princes are still under the unified leadership of the Han Dynasty, the sergeants in various places will still dress slightly differently, so that they can identify which ones are their own and which are others.
The army approaching the city did not show anything special at all. At first glance, they were all neatly dressed.
On the other hand, orderliness refers to the large flags standing in the army.
In ancient times, when going to war, one must raise a big flag and write the lord's surname or the abbreviation of one's own power.
For example, when Liu Bei's soldiers carried the flag, they would have a big "Liu" written on it. When Gongsun Zan's troops carried the flag, they would have the word "Gongsun" written on it.
This is convenient for both friendly and enemy forces to clearly distinguish which force these sergeants represent.
However, as the other party was closer, Lu Bu could see the actual situation, or rather, couldn't see it.
The opponent's army has no flags, like a group of ghosts without belonging.
He said that the soldiers on the tower should be ready to meet the enemy, but in fact Lu Bu also wanted to see more clearly who the opponent was.
The plain east of Luoyang City is extremely vast, and that is also a relative term.
He did not think that when Gongsun Zan was about to arrive in Luoyang, an enemy army would appear out of nowhere. This was almost impossible.
Even if God was really joking with me, and an enemy army suddenly appeared from nowhere, it would be just a fantasy to capture Luoyang with these people, and it would be too much to use the capital as a barrier.
Therefore, although Lu Bu looked serious, he was not too anxious in his heart.
However, the other party saw that the suspension bridge in front of the moat had not been lowered, but showed no signs of hesitation or stopping, and just drove towards Luoyang step by step.
Gala Gala...
The huge sound of the winching machine rang in everyone's ears, making Lu Bu on the tower instantly startled.
"Who asked you to lower the suspension bridge! Raise it up!" Lu Bu shouted.
The soldiers around him panicked for a moment. Lu Bu's order had just been conveyed. Who controlled the suspension bridge? Are those people crazy? !
Lu Bu suddenly felt as if he had lost control of the city gate. This illusion made him feel uneasy.
Before the suspension bridge was lowered, the city gate slowly opened with a huge creaking sound.
Lu Bu was furious, snorted coldly, and ordered the soldiers around him to immediately take over the control of the city gate and suspension bridge. They must raise the suspension bridge and close the city gate before the opponent enters the city!
The huge military formation slowly approached Luoyang City, and the leading troops had already passed within a stone's throw. Even if they attacked at this time, they had already missed the best opportunity.
What's more, Lu Bu was hesitant at this time, how could he dare to order an attack easily? The opponent did not put up an offensive formation, and all the soldiers did not even take any precautions against the defenders on the city wall. This posture made Lu Bu's face look uncertain for a while, and he didn't know what to do.
Time passed by, and the army finally approached the city. However, the troops who had just left their own army seemed to have suddenly disappeared without any news.
So the army walked onto the suspension bridge as if they were in no one's land, and then began to enter the city.
"Put away your bows and arrows."
Lu Bu turned around and walked down the tower, waved to everyone and said, with a rather sad helplessness in his words.
The soldiers on the city wall looked at me and I looked at you, and they were all a little confused.
Lu Bu walked down the tower and came to the city gate. He wanted to see what was going on with the city gate.
Unsurprisingly, he saw the Xiliang troops who were preparing to welcome the army into the city, as well as the tightly tied up bodyguards.
"What are you going to do, rebel!?" Lu Bu shouted angrily at the soldiers at the city gate, holding Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand.
What answered him was a muffled bang!
A strong force came from his hand, and Fang Tian's painted halberd almost flew out of his hand, which shocked Lu Bu for a moment.
"Who!" Lu Bu said in shock.
At the city gate, a soldier who looked nothing special was holding a strange-shaped weapon in his hand. A stream of blue smoke was emitting from the black hole of the pipe.
"General Lu, please don't act rashly, otherwise I can't guarantee whether I will hit you on the head next time." The soldier said with a smile.
No matter who is in the team, they can immediately recognize the name of this weapon. This weapon does not belong to this era, and its name is a gun.
This gun seems to be a bit crudely made. It seems to be a front-loading gun. It is the most traditional gun that first adds gunpowder, then adds projectiles, and then it needs to be pressed and compacted before it can be effectively fired.
However, for this era, such a weapon can undoubtedly crush all other weapons to ashes.
The so-called dimensionality reduction attack is nothing more than that.
Just when Lu Bu was wondering if he could snatch the opponent's strange but extremely dangerous weapon with his own speed, several more identical weapons were aimed at him.
"General, don't act rashly, we don't want to kill you." The man continued.
While the two sides were in a stalemate, the army entered the city.
Lu Bu's pupils shrank, then he sighed helplessly and gave up his last resistance.
Each of the soldiers who entered the city was carrying a weapon similar to the one fired at him.
If the power is the same as what was shown just now, then I am afraid that I will not be able to stop the opponent at all.
What kind of hidden weapon is this? Why is there such huge power? How far does this weapon shoot?
If it could reach a distance of a hundred steps, it would be too scary.
If history had not been interfered by the squad and had followed its original path, then there would have been an allusion called "Yuanmen Shooting a Halberd" when Lu Bu was mediating the war between Liu Bei and Ji Ling.
In that allusion, Lu Bu stood one hundred and twenty steps away and struck a small branch hanging on Fang Tian's painted halberd with his sword, shocking everyone and mediating the imminent battle between the two sides.
There was a distance of thirty steps from his current position to the soldier who shot Fang Tian's painted halberd with a strange weapon. Even though he was a little careless, the possibility of such an impact still made Lu Bu feel awe-inspiring.
Regardless of whether he will be accused of being disadvantageous in defending the city in the future, he has done his best. I am afraid that the remaining matters can only be left to the civil servants in the court and Brother Xiao Wang to find a solution.
The only hope in his heart was that these soldiers should be Gongsun Zan's allies, but never enemies.
Even though he was not sure about the matter at all.
Let us move our gaze away from Luoyang City and go to the coalition station thirty miles away from Luoyang City.
The army has been marching for two days. Under Qi Zhen's suggestion, the entire army advanced as fast as a turtle crawling, so slow that it was appallingly slow.
One hundred and fifty thousand soldiers were walking along the road, collecting food and pay in case of emergencies. After all, if they really arrived in Luoyang City, Dong Zhuo had not died, and nothing had changed. We couldn't really rely on all the family members under his command to fight with Luoyang City Gate. Competing on hardness is really an extremely stupid behavior.
Just yesterday evening, a piece of news calmed everyone down.
As Qi Zhen expected, huge changes occurred in Luoyang City.
Along with the news of Dong Zhuo's death, there were also rewards and titles given to various princes.
Logically speaking, the overall situation in Luoyang has been decided, and the existence of the coalition forces has naturally lost its original meaning. When the emperor has problems, he needs his subordinate Qing Jun to be on his side. Now that the emperor is fine, you princes should naturally disperse and go your own way. What should you do? Well.
Otherwise, why would your army march into Luoyang City? Be the next Dong Zhuo?
But the decree clearly stated that the coalition forces should enter Luoyang City, meet the emperor, and discuss important matters. In addition, there was no mention of the Yuan brothers, so this matter is quite interesting.
Qi Zhen told everyone that her friends had now taken control of the situation in Luoyang City and wanted to ask everyone to go to Luoyang to discuss the next arrangements.
At this time, Gongsun Zan asked a question that everyone was wondering about: "Who are you? How can you do this?"
Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei knew a little bit about the origins of Qi Zhen's team, but it was difficult to explain this incredible answer to everyone. Qi Zhen just laughed and said nothing, and was incomprehensible.
Another piece of good news came from the rear in the past two days. The Youzhou army had completely occupied Jizhou. At this time, Yan Gang, the general under Gongsun Zan, had essentially become the governor of Jizhou.
However, it is unknown whether Yuan Shao and Yuan Shao were stopped, and whether there was any fighting between the two sides.
Now that they have received the news about Luoyang City, everyone no longer delays, and the purge army sets off towards Luoyang City.
The speed of the army is obviously much faster than before. According to this progress, 150,000 soldiers will begin to enter the city before noon.
A few people stood at the front of the team, and the so-called high spirits were nothing more than that.
Qi Zhen raised a smile, thinking about Xhaka whom she hadn't seen for a long time, Wang Jianguo who had said goodbye in a hurry at Sishui Pass, and the female teammate whose name she still didn't know. I wonder if her temper is better now?
Then his smile froze on his face, because a cavalry appeared in his sight.
