Chapter 845: The Fallen Enemy (Finished Last Night)

In Guzhu City, Sun Chuanting led the remnants of the defeated generals and defended the inner city. Geng Yan and Cheng Yu were besieging Sun Chuanting, and Sun Chuanting had nowhere to escape.

"What happened to the outcome of the war?"

Sun Chuanting guarded the city alone, and was unable to leave the city to support Mingguan.

Once the defenders leave the city, the Youzhou Tuqi guarding outside the city will immediately destroy the defenders.

So Guzhu City was almost dead, and Sun Chuanting could only anxiously wait for the result.

"The Liaodong Army has been defeated, surrender quickly!"

Geng Yan learned of the result of the Liaoxi War from Tie Ying scouts, so he immediately persuaded Guzhu City to surrender.

The main force of the Liaodong Army was defeated, and the attack and defense of Guzhu City was meaningless, because Guzhu City was already an enclave.

If Sun Chuanting is sensible, he should consider surrendering at this time.

"General, the Xia army outside the city has sent a letter, claiming that King Xia has won the battle, and persuading us to surrender the city..."

A guard of Lone Bamboo City was holding a letter thrown from outside the city, his hands were shaking uncontrollably, and his voice was hoarse.

The Liaodong and Liaoxi legions have strong cohesion. When they learned that the forces they were loyal to had failed, they could not believe it and fell into panic.

"Failure? How could our Liaodong Army fail?"

Sun Chuanting is also unwilling to admit this result.

Even though all the defenders knew that the besieging Xia army dared to claim victory without fear, most likely the Xia army had really won, otherwise they would not have persuaded the defenders to surrender in the middle of the night, but burned the camp and fled in a hurry.

"General, what should we do?"

All the defenders looked at Sun Chuanting. They needed someone to decide whether to give up this seemingly meaningless fortress.

"Let's hold on for a few more days. Maybe this is just a trap for Xia Jun, they want to cheat the city."

Sun Chuanting was still unwilling to admit this fact, thinking that this was a stalemate between Chutian and Mingguan, and they used a trick to defraud Guzhu City.

Soldiers never tire of cheating. During a battle, both sides may use any tactics, even empty city tactics and fraudulent city tactics.

Actually, Sun Chuanting was deceiving himself more.

"Sun Chuanting is still unwilling to surrender? He is really loyal to his lord."

Geng Yan was not angry when Sun Chuanting rejected him, but admired Sun Chuanting's style.

If the opponent surrendered directly, Geng Yan would not think highly of him.

...

On the battlefield of Luoyang City, the northwest city wall was crumbling. The Qin army was about to break through the northwest city wall, and even a group of Qin troops had already attacked the city wall and fought against the defenders on the city wall.

Luoyang City is at your fingertips.

However, Qin Jun's camp suddenly fell into chaos. Under the suppression of Li Ji, Jia Xu and others, they settled down.

The Qin army, which was rushing to attack Luoyang City, responded to the sound of Mingjin withdrawing troops, and the black-armored Qin army dispersed like an ebb tide.

The defenders of Luoyang City breathed a sigh of relief, but were also at a loss.

"This is how the same thing?"

Wei Wuji, Pang Juan, Xue Rengui and other generals came to the city wall and witnessed the chaos of the Qin army.

The Qin army, who is good at defense and known for its rigor, unexpectedly caused chaos for a while, and it seemed that unimaginable changes had taken place.

"It's really strange. Could it be that there is a rebellion in Guanzhong? Or has Xu Fengnian recovered Liangzhou?"

"It may also be a trap set by the Qin army, trying to lure us out of the city, and then set up an ambush to annihilate us."

Wei Wuji couldn't help guessing the reasons behind the Qin army's chaos.

Out of caution, the Luoyang defenders did not go out of the city to attack.

In the camp of the Qin army, Jiu Jiu, one of the three great princes in the north, suddenly fell ill and his face was pale.

An accident happened to Lao Qin who was urging the Qin army to attack the northwest corner of Luoyang City, which dealt a considerable blow to the morale of the Qin army.

So that the generals had no intention of attacking the city, they were more concerned about whether Lao Qin could survive.

If something really happened to Lao Qin, then the entire Guanzhong would fall into a state of leaderless dragons.

Lao Qin's forces are also relatively complicated, and there is no shortage of ambitious people.

Moreover, Lao Qin did not designate any heirs, so Guanzhong was not stable.

Whether Luoyang City can be recaptured is not a crucial matter for the Qin army. The sudden change in front of him will truly determine the life and death of Qin Jun.

Of the three northern lords, only Chutian is the most stable, with heirs and virtuous helpers, and Chutian suppresses ambitious tribes without the help of ambitious generals such as Murong Ba, Murong Ke, Lu Bu, and Li Yuanhao. Chutian captured Shi Le, the legendary hero of the Jie people, and sent him directly to the mine for mining, and did not accept the negotiation of the Xianbei tribe.

This tough attitude pushed Murong Xianbei, Tuoba Xianbei and other tribes into hostile princes, but the advantage was that Chutian didn't have to worry about internal instability at all.

Even if something happens to Chu Tian himself, Xia Liang can take over, so there is no need to worry about rebellion.

And once something happens to Mingguan and Lao Qin, their power may explode.

Each choice has pros and cons.

After Lao Qin fell ill, it took him a while to open his eyes: "Ahem...Luoyang City should have been conquered, right?"

Jia Xu replied: "My lord, after you fell ill, the soldiers had no intention of attacking the city, so they called for money to withdraw their troops."

"Confused! It was such a good time just now, but you didn't attack the city. Now that the defenders have blocked the gap with wooden fences and stones after the northwest city wall collapsed, it will take more troops to attack Luoyang again. If you don't give Luoyang, The pressure from the Central Plains, the crisis in Liaoxi and Liaodong cannot be resolved, sooner or later I and King Ming will fail...cough coughcough..."

Lao Qin coughed violently, blood spattered on the black robe, still concerned about the general situation of the world.

Jia Xu and Li Ji looked at each other, and finally Jia Xu reported a bad news to Lao Qin: "Someone from Liaoxi has already claimed that King Xia has won the battle of Liaoxi, and King Ming lost hundreds of thousands of main troops. , retreated to Liucheng in the east of Liaoxi County, and switched from attack to defense."

"Was the Battle of Liaoxi defeated?"

Lao Qin fell into silence, his face paler and weaker.

Things are going for the worst.

"If the Xia army wins the Battle of Western Liaoning, it will definitely occupy the entire Western Liaoning County. It is useless to continue attacking Luoyang City at this time. Temporarily retreat to Guanzhong to defend to the death, and there may be a turning point. At any time, we must not give up hope."

Lao Qin tried to calm people's hearts.

Lao Qin was seriously ill, and Mingguan's defeat in Liaoxi County was bad news for Lao Qin's generals.

Originally, in the Xianyang Alliance, one side attacked and the other side defended, so that they could have back and forth with Chutian.

Chutian attacked Guanzhong, and Mingguan was in Youzhou to contain it; Chutian attacked the Liaoxi Corridor, and Lao Qin sent troops out of Tongguan to contain it.

This is also an ingenious design of the Xianyang League.

But the situation suddenly turned to the most unfavorable direction. Both Guanzhong and Liaodong forces turned to defense at the same time.

In other words, two princes were suppressed by one prince.

Only by surviving Chutian's next two offensives will Lao Qin and Mingguan have the next chance.

Although Lao Qin didn't think so on the surface, Lao Qin's decision to withdraw his troops inevitably had an impact on the morale of the Qin army.

Among the people present, Lu Bu's eyes were a little erratic.

Not only Lu Bu, but also Li Yuanhao, the king of Xixia who was subdued by Lao Qin, also had something wrong in his eyes.

These generals are loyal to Lao Qin for various reasons, but they are not diehard or foolish loyalists, on the contrary they have strong ambitions. Seeing that Lao Qin was seriously ill, they couldn't help their ambitions.

Lao Qin and Jia Xu saw their intentions, so Lao Qin simply gave up attacking Luoyang City and returned to Guanzhong.

If the fighting continues, Lu Bu and the others will most likely rebel.

The Qin army burned the company battalion and withdrew to Guanzhong without leaving any spoils.

"General, the attacking Qin army set fire to the camp and is retreating in the direction of Tongguan. Do we want to go out of the city to pursue?"

After the defenders of Luoyang City discovered that the chaos of the Qin army had been suppressed, they quickly gave up attacking Luoyang City, set fire to their own camp, and retreated slowly in the direction of Chang'an City.

"It's really strange. The Qin army was clearly about to capture Luoyang City, but suddenly ordered gold to retreat and retreated to Guanzhong. Could it be that there really was a rebellion in Guanzhong? If there was a rebellion in Guanzhong, it would be a good thing for us."

Wei Wuji was keenly aware that something must have happened to the Qin army, otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to give up attacking Luoyang City when the situation was extremely favorable.

In particular, Lao Qin and Jia Xu had already left a foreshadowing for the capture of Luoyang City a few years ago.

If they let it go, they didn't need to spend a lot of trouble in the first place.

"Pursue properly, but don't go deep. Luoyang City still focuses on defense. If this is the enemy's trick to lure the enemy, our entire army may be wiped out."

Wei Wuji still chose a conservative strategy, giving up the opportunity to pursue the main force of the Qin army, and it was not easy to pursue.

Li Ji, the new commander of the Qin army, is Xue Rengui's old boss, and Xue Rengui seems to be respectful in front of Li Ji.

As for force, there is also Lu Bu and Yang Dayan, the guard next to Lao Qin. Together, the two of them can actually defeat Xue Rengui, not to mention that the number of Qin's army is several times that of Luoyang City's defenders.

Defending Luoyang City has already completed the task assigned by Chu Tian.

In order to ensure that the Qin army would not kill the carbine, Xue Rengui led 1,000 cavalry to follow the Qin army in the rear, making sure that the Qin army really left.

Chutian's spies in Guanzhong were asking why the Qin army retreated.

They quickly figured out the reason. Another powerful enemy of Chutian also had an accident.

Lao Qin was seriously ill, which affected the plan to attack Luoyang City, and also affected the situation in Guanzhong.

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