"Master Tao and I joined your alliance naturally to help His Majesty quell the chaos. Now that the chaos is right in front of us, you hesitate to move forward. Is it possible that you are playing tricks on us?" Ma Teng turned to Qi Zhenfa. .
"Can we discuss this matter again? After all, it would be difficult to convince everyone if we just retreat based on the other side's words." Gongsun Zan also said softly.
What Gongsun Zan said was basically equivalent to everyone's thoughts. Everyone looked at Qi Zhen and Tang Yi with some expectation.
"Now that the matter has come to this, I can only say that there is no need to go to Luoyang City to seek misfortune. After all, going there will result in failure. But since everyone has doubts in their hearts, it is better to send the vanguard to investigate in front of Luoyang City. How about the army waiting here first?" Qi Zhen sighed.
"In that case, then I'll go!" Ma Teng said firmly after slowly scanning everyone's faces.
Qi Zhen pondered for a moment and then said: "Since General Ma Teng has doubts in his mind, how about this? All the 15,000 soldiers under Tao Qian's original command will be placed under the command of General Ma Teng. Not only that, I will also transfer the two former Kong Rong and Zhang Yang How about assigning our soldiers to General Ma to help him?"
At this time, Ma Teng's available troops were close to 50,000, and the total number was nearly one-third of the entire coalition army. It was a very large force.
"Okay! I want to go and see what kind of dragon pit and tiger's den Luoyang City is now with a group of defeated soldiers!" Ma Teng nodded.
"The army will wait here for two days for General Ma. After two days, whether General Ma's entry into the city goes smoothly or not, General Ma will be asked to report." Gongsun Zan said.
What's left unfinished is that if things go well for you, we'll go in together. If things don't go well, just let us know and we'll retreat.
Ma Teng snorted and rode forward.
Originally, he had a good sense of everyone in the past few days, but he didn't expect that when the battle came, they were all cowardly young people who were greedy for life and afraid of death. He was so disappointed.
How did he know that the people here, whether it was Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei, or even the three generals Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun, each one of them had reached the level of blind trust in their judgment of Qi Zhen, and they believed in Qi Zhen from the bottom of their hearts. This is nonsense that is not baseless at all.
Or it was because Qi Zhen's previous actions had such a profound impact on them.
After spending about an hour sorting out the soldiers and horses, Ma Teng did not say goodbye to Qi Zhen and the others again, and just led the army towards Luoyang City. Others set up camp here, waiting for news about Ma Teng.
From Qi Zhen's point of view, since the whole thing was Lin Biao's handiwork, it would be earth-shattering if he didn't move. Staying here is just a waste of time and has no meaning.
However, he still had to consider the thoughts of the NPCs in this world. He didn't want to go too far. It was only two days, and he could afford to wait.
Outside Luoyang City, 50,000 people arrived at the city gate in a slow and determined manner.
Contrary to what Ma Teng thought, peace had returned to Luoyang City. People were coming and going, and there was no trace of the arrival of the army.
"Hmph! I just said you can't be deceived by the enemy. How can you lead an army with such courage?!" Ma Teng said angrily to himself.
"The whole army is ordered to enter the city!" Ma Teng shouted, leading the troops onto the suspension bridge entering the city.
He doesn't plan to notify the army behind to press forward now.
, he wants to take the lead into the city, meet with His Majesty, and get involved with these people.
But what surprised him was why no one in the city greeted the army when they came here?
It stands to reason that for princes like this who come to Beijing to serve the king, officials above the court are responsible for arranging all reception matters, including but not limited to the placement of soldiers and horses, and guidance for the princes. The etiquette of the Han Dynasty comes first. It stands to reason that there should be no such errors or omissions.
With this doubt, Ma Teng took the lead and walked into the gate of Luoyang City.
Ma Teng walked in front, followed by countless soldiers and horses, advancing slowly with Ma Teng's pace.
After going through all kinds of difficulties and dangers, they finally succeeded in cultivation and arrived in Luoyang City. These soldiers couldn't help but feel unhappy.
Under the command of Ma Teng and a group of mid-level captains, the army prepared to enter the city in an orderly manner.
But there's a problem.
That's the composition of these soldiers, which is really complicated.
Among them were the remnants of Kong Rong and Zhang Yang, Tao Qian's remnants, Ma Teng's own troops, and even some of Han Fu's troops mixed in.
So even though the soldiers are now comrades in the same trench, they are not familiar with each other.
This leads to a lack of tacit understanding among everyone, and even a lot of comparisons in their hearts.
Orderliness refers to the order of entry into the city. In fact, all the soldiers gathered in front of Luoyang City at this time, which already seemed a bit crowded.
On the city wall, a middle-aged general who looked to be in his thirties looked at the army swarming in front of the door, with a trace of disdain on his face.
"Xiao Feng, didn't you say that the message had arrived? Why did you bring so many people back? Cannonballs are free of charge?!"
Gurgling.
Several soldiers pushed the artillery behind them to the side of the middle-aged general, with the dark muzzle facing the city.
"Be careful, don't waste my shells, you hear me! Damn it!" the general shouted to the back.
Under the city, the people who originally entered and exited the city seemed to be stunned by the large army in front of them. They stood on one side of the city gate to make way for these military masters and watched these soldiers pass by.
Suddenly, they looked at each other and nodded.
Immediately afterwards, these people who were originally preparing to enter the city jumped off the moat neatly.
The sound of popping is endless.
Why are the soldiers who entered the city still wondering what is going on?
Then an angry shout rang in his ears: "Let go!"
Boom boom boom boom boom!
A neat row of green smoke rose up from the city wall. The soldiers who looked up at the city wall in fear had not had time to see clearly, but there were violent explosions around them.
The shrapnel from the explosion scattered in all directions, killing a large number of people in an instant.
"Hurry up, keep on blasting! What are you waiting for!" the middle-aged general urged.
Soldiers pushed the next row of loaded cannons forward and lit the fuses.
The cannon that had just been fired once was now being replaced to load the second cannonball. These soldiers had obviously undergone a lot of training and had an extremely tacit understanding of cooperation. There was only a very short time between the two cannon shots, which was not enough to reach the bottom of the city wall. The soldiers reacted.
Even if the soldiers in these processes can react, it will be of no use, because they have no idea what is harvesting their own lives.
The man turned his back on his horse,
Chaos!
Boom boom boom boom boom!
The second round of shells poured out again, and the loess mixed with the flesh and blood stumps rose into the sky.
The terrifying sound of the cannon and the huge power brought by the explosion are extremely breathtaking, especially for this era that has rarely been exposed to gunpowder, a cannon made of steel is tantamount to divine punishment!
"Don't look at it! Go on and give me a fucking blow!" the middle-level general continued to shout.
"General Huo, didn't you say you should save some artillery shells?" A soldier holding a torch looked at him with a look of resentment.
"You kid! Just hit me if I tell you to! What nonsense!" General Huo stepped forward and suddenly waved his right hand, hitting the soldier's helmet with a crisp sound.
"Oh, then don't talk about saving artillery shells next time. Of the four large battalions, ours is the only one with the most consumables of artillery shells and bullets. You say you want to save it every time, but I have never seen you save it." This soldier Glancing at him, he lit the fuse on the gun carriage.
"How dare you talk back! Do you want to rebel, don't you! Do you?"
The soldier's helmet crackled.
The soldiers around burst into laughter.
"You monkeys, take a look at the positions of the soldiers below. Aren't they coming to our door? We don't have to worry about wasting the shells, so we can concentrate our firepower on that area." He stood under the tower with his hands. The one with the most concentrated position pointed, "Isn't this military success coming with a bang? Can we save some artillery shells now? You guys don't understand." General Huo said.
"General, it's four rounds, can we collect it?" a soldier suggested.
"Just give it up after four rounds? You are so petty and angry. Before these people can react, hit them with ten rounds first." General Huo shouted.
"What will happen if our quota is used up?" the soldier said with a wry smile.
"I won't worry about my lord going after it's used up. Why can't I get cannonballs in exchange for such a great victory?" General Huo grinned and said arrogantly.
Shells were flying, sand and rocks were flying, and flesh and blood were flying.
In this way, the front of Luoyang City turned into a purgatory on earth.
A total of sixty artillery pieces were arranged on the city wall, of which thirty were in a group. A single concentrated firing was so powerful that it could kill hundreds of people.
After ten rounds of concentrated fire, the damage caused was almost devastating.
The soldiers on the city wall finally reacted and began to flee in all directions, but how could such a simple thing happen?
A total of 50,000 soldiers gathered together, and it would not be possible to escape in a short while, not to mention that the battalions were not that familiar with each other.
After ten rounds of shelling, the number of the army was reduced by more than 10,000, more than 20%!
You know, this is just a cup of tea!
From the beginning of the Pre-Qin Dynasty to the present, if the death toll in battles between the two armies is the fastest, I am afraid that the Battle of Sishui Pass can be ranked high. But even so, thousands of people died in an hour, and tens of thousands of people died.
I have never heard of a cup of tea causing over 10,000 casualties, and that’s human life!
General Huo was obviously not satisfied with the results he had caused, and then shouted: "These people are really ignorant. Why don't they run away? I can't bear to attack them."
"Listen to my order and fire ten more rounds!"
The thundering sound of cannons sounded again.
Ma Teng stood in a dilemma by the city gate. He was originally high-spirited, but now he was a little desperate.
