Chapter 477: Chen Gong Plans Three Ways to Siege Luoyang
In order to attack Luoyang, Chen Gong also planned to contact Zhang Yang and Yuan Shu for Lu Bujun. Zhang Yang is a good friend of Lv Bu's fellow countryman, and he will definitely send troops to help Lv Bu's request; for Yuan Shu and Yuan Gonglu, although this son is a descendant of the fourth generation and three princes, he is extravagant and values profit over righteousness. Chen Gong only needs a little to miss With great profit, he said that Lu Bu's army had nowhere to go, and he wanted to capture Luoyang as a meeting ceremony and came to join him and asked him to send troops for help. I believe Yuan Shu would definitely send troops.
Not only that, during this period of time in Luoyang, Chen Gong has learned that Luoyang has formed an alliance with Kong Ni of Yuzhou, Han Fu of Jizhou, and Zhang Miao of Chenliu, so in order to deal with the possibility of sending troops to help these allies, Chen Gong is also preparing to let Zhang Yang and Yuan Shu cooperates with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao respectively, and will ask these two to set up troops on the frontier and make a stance to send troops. I believe that Luoyang's allies will not dare to send troops to help. In this way, Luoyang can almost be said to be captured. This is why Lu Bu and his generals agreed to Chen Gong's plan without hesitation, because in their view, Chen Gong's plan was perfect, and even Zhang Liao admired Chen Gong's plan.
Now that it has been agreed, after the discussion is over, Lu Bu's army will immediately act according to the prior arrangement. Take Wei Xu, the general of Zhongying, as the chief general of Tongguan, Hou Cheng as his deputy, and Xu Si as a member of the army. He led 10,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry guarded Tongguan. For the other soldiers, Lu Bu led 25,000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry as the vanguard, and Zhang Liao led 5,000 infantry to guard the family members of the army. Afterwards, they went straight to Hu County. The news of the rebellion, so along the way, Lu Bu's army entered the city pass unimpeded, and then controlled the officials and generals with lightning speed, and then occupied the city. The same is true for Hu County. After Lu Bu's army captured Hu County, one general with 2,000 soldiers was left to guard the county town and the families of the people, while the other generals led the army to Hongnong City, the Hongnong administration without stopping.
It's a pity that Hongnong Zhang Ji did not let Lv Bu's army enter the city out of caution, but refused to allow Lv Bu's army to enter the city on the grounds that he had not received an order from Chang'an. Although Lu Bu was annoyed, he had no choice but to prepare to implement Chen Gong's second plan. Twenty thousand Bingzhou wolves rode outside Hongnong City, Zhang Liao led eight thousand infantry, and five thousand cavalry continued to march towards Shan County. It was not until the next day that Zhang Ji received the news from Chang'an that Lu Bu had betrayed the grand master and led the troops to flee. However, he was very puzzled by Dong Zhuo's order to let Zhang Ji abandon the three cities of Shan County. Finally, under Jia Xu's explanation, Zhang Ji understood Li Ru's strategy of driving away wolves and tigers.
It's a pity that now that Lu Bu's 20,000 Bingzhou wolf riders are cruising outside the city, it is already too late for Zhang Ji to withdraw his soldiers from the three county towns, because there are only 10,000 cavalry in Hongnong City, but there are two Lu Bu's troops outside the city. Wanlangqi, coupled with Lu Bu's prestige in the Xiliang army, even Jia Xu is also a clever woman who can't cook without rice.
Zhang Liao's army, in the name of reinforcing Hongnong with the Taishi's military order, effortlessly captured the four city passes of Shanxian County, Strider Chi, Qinhangu Pass and Xin'an County, with a total of 20,000 soldiers and horses and more than 100,000 stones of grain and grass. After Zhang Liao placed all the money and food for the soldiers and horses in Qin Hangu Pass and Xin'an, he handed over all the affairs to Chen Gong for management, and went to Hongnong to collect 10,000 Bingzhou wolf riders from Lv Bu, and went to Tongguan to meet Wei Xu's soldiers and horses. All the family members in Hu County retreated to Xin'an County, because Lu Bu never thought of occupying Hongnong, so there was no existence to defend the various counties.
Furthermore, the real elite in Lu Bu's hands is only the 25,000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry. As for the soldiers and horses collected from the various city passes in the back, they are only junior soldiers. Concentrate all soldiers and horses at Qinhangu Pass and Xin'an County, and when ready, attack Hanhangu Pass under Luoyang's control.
A month later, Lv Bu's army finally concentrated at Qinhangu Pass and Xin'an County. After two months of fighting, in addition to losing 5,000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry in Chang'an, Lv Bu's army lost eight city passes east of Chang'an. On the contrary, it added 45,000 troops to Lu Bu's army,
Among them were 10,000 ordinary cavalry and 35,000 infantry. Although all of them are junior soldiers, they have greatly strengthened the power in Lu Bu's hands. In total, Lu Bu has 70,000 troops in his hands, which makes Chen Gong and everyone in Lu Bu's army full of confidence in taking Luoyang.
After Lu Bu's army was concentrated, he did not immediately attack the Hanhangu Pass in Luoyang. Instead, he rectified his troops at the suggestion of Chen Gong. The 25,000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry were of course led by Lu Bu himself, Zhang Liao was appointed as the chief commander of the 14,000-rank cavalry, Wei Xu commanded the 15,000 infantry as a general, and the school lieutenant Hou Cheng, Song Xian, Hao Yin and Cheng Lian respectively commanded 5,000 infantry, and Lu Bu ordered the various troops to reorganize on the spot for a month, and the army attacked Han Hangu Pass one month later, that is, at the end of September and early October.
As for why the time was arranged one month later, the 35,000 infantry in Lu Bu's army were all junior units. Such soldiers and horses would not be able to attack a medium-sized pass like Hangu Pass, even an ordinary county town. , so Lu Bu had no choice but to arrange for a month of reorganization before attacking. Although Hongnong's food and grass are relatively scarce, the food and grass for 70,000 soldiers and horses for two to three months is more than enough. There is another most important reason. Chen Gong's envoys to find allies for Lu Bu have not set off yet, let alone ready.
After everything was arranged, Chen Gong and Lu Bu discussed sending Xu Si as an envoy to Yuan Shu, while Chen Gong went to Zhang Yang himself. On the one hand, it was for the dispatch of troops; on the other hand, Chen Gong wanted to send troops from Zhang Yang. To buy some grain, you must know that Lu Bu's army now only has enough grain for 70,000 to 80,000 troops for two months, and Hongnong is now recovering, so it is almost impossible to get more grain from here. After Chen Gong and Xu Si left, Lu Bu led the generals in the army to act according to the established plan, waiting for the reply of the two princes.
Ever since Lu Bu entered Hongnong, Huangfu Chaobo was shocked three times a day. He thought that there would be a big battle between Zhang Ji and Lu Bu, but he didn't expect Zhang Ji's army to stay in Hongnong City like a turtle with its head shrunken. Lu Bu's army swept across several counties in Hongnong, and then, after Lu Bu gathered the army of several counties in Hongnong, he also stayed motionless in several counties in Xin'an Strider. For this move, even Tian Feng couldn't guess what Lu Bu meant by this move.