Li Xiaofei, under the banner of Chen Hongyi, contained the main force of the Qin army in Liyang. Chen Hongyi and Liu Jian seized the opportunity and went straight to Luoyang. Luoyang guard Hou Shan closed the city gate tightly and resisted desperately. The city wall of Luoyang was so tall that it was difficult to break through for a while.

Hou Shan proudly said to his subordinates in the city: "It is said that Chen Hongyi is good at using troops. We in Luoyang City are going to wipe out his fame for a lifetime." Some subordinates advised him to spend some money to appease the people, so as to avoid civil unrest after a long siege of the city.

However, Hou Shan sacrificed his life rather than his wealth and immediately killed Jianyan's subordinates, and the rest of his subordinates became silent.

Chen Hongyi was helpless outside the city and discussed with Liu Jian and Shen De Xiao Qian how to break the city. Xiao Qian had an idea and remembered what Li Xiaofei said about being extorted from property by Hou Shan in Luoyang City: "Hou Shan is greedy, and everyone in Luoyang City is

We have to pay descendant tax and clothing tax. Why don't we shoot letters into the city, promising to return the money Hou Shan collected from the people to the people after the city is destroyed, and exempt these exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. As long as someone believes in us, we are not afraid of the city being destroyed.

"If we can't get down," Liu Jian laughed: "Rich people still know how to use money. We just want to build a ladder and drive a car through the city. Even if this method fails, at least it will cause chaos in Luoyang City. Maybe then

If there is a chance," Chen Hongyi nodded: "Yes, not only do we have to shoot in the letters, we also surround the city and shout to Hou Shan's men, promising to reward anyone who kills Hou Shan. We can even throw them in with a trebuchet.

If we give the money to us first, they will naturally believe us, and the rest of the matter will be easy to handle."

The next day, more arrows were shot into the city. The soldiers and civilians in the city took cover. When the arrows fell to the ground, everyone stepped forward and saw that they were arrows made of long and thin wooden sticks with only small pieces of paper tied around them.

Some of the strips read "Kill Hou Shan, free of taxes", some said "Kill Hou Shan, share the mountain of gold", and some wrote "Open the city gate to welcome the King of Han, but the King of Han will not accept the food when he comes". Inside Luoyang City

They all passed on the content of today's rain of arrows, and Hou Shan naturally knew about it. Hou Shan sent his own soldiers to patrol the city, and found someone with Liang Jun's note hidden in his body. He was shot to death, so there was a burst of crying in Luoyang City.

The sergeants on the city wall were about to pick up the note. When the soldiers patrolling the city arrived, they continued to wave their swords and curse on the city. Liang Jun under the city also remembered "Kill Hou Shan, free of taxes" and "Kill Hou Shan, share the gold mountain."

", "Open the city gate to welcome the King of Han, but the King of Han will not pay for the food." Then he threw three thousand coins from the catapult to the top of the city.

Chen Hongyi personally shouted from the city: "Brothers in Luoyang City, this is a reward for you. Whoever gets the most will kill Hou Shan. I, Chen Hongyi, will be rewarded heavily after I enter the city."

At first, Hou Shan's soldiers stopped other people from picking up the money, but later they joined the money-grabbing team. When Hou Shan learned that the soldiers were all picking up Chen Hongyi's reward money, he became furious and led his men to the top of the city to kill him.

After losing these soldiers who picked up the money, they collected all the money picked up by others and took it back to their own house.

The soldiers who soon lost their money were very angry and slowly rushed toward Hou Shan. Hou Shan drew his sword and shouted: "What are you going to do? Do you want to rebel? I spared your life just now, what are you doing?"

Can you repay kindness with hatred?"

The soldier walking at the front raised his knife and threw it away: "A despicable person like you will not end well if I follow you!"

Others also threw their weapons at Hou Shan, and in an instant Hou Shan was stabbed to death with knives and spears. When the people in Luoyang City knew that Hou Shan was dead, they all rushed over to bite a piece of meat from him.

After eating it, by the time Chen Hongyi and Liu Jian led Liang Jun into the city, Hou Shan had only a skeleton left.

Chen Hongyi and Liu Jian kept their word and abolished the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in Luoyang City. They also opened Houshan's treasury and distributed most of it to the soldiers and civilians in the city. The remaining rewards were given to the Liang Army soldiers. The Qin Army was grateful for Chen Hongyi's kindness and joined the Liang Army one after another.

, Chen Hongyi gathered 80,000 troops and horses under his command.

Chen Hongyi led several newly surrendered Qin Army captains and led 800 people to attack Tongguan. The Tongguan guard and these captains were from the same hometown. After analyzing the interests, Guan surrendered to Chen Hongyi. After Chen Hongyi occupied Tongguan, he was in no hurry

March into Chang'an, because Chang'an was burned to the ground by Hou Dong at this time, and most of the people fled in all directions.

After taking Tongguan and Luoyang, Chen Hongyi decided to personally lead 30,000 horses across the river to Liyang, and asked Liu Jian to lead 30,000 horses to rescue Jinyang. Liu Jian was very confused at this time: "Master, doesn't the art of war say that we should surround Wei and rescue Zhao? Let's take advantage of this opportunity.

Taking this opportunity to directly capture Yecheng and seize the Qin army's home base, wouldn't it naturally resolve the siege of Liyang?"

Chen Hongyi stroked his beard and said: "Besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao also depends on the time and the people. The Qin army is mostly cavalry. Today they captured Yecheng. They can capture Liyang and then flee north to Zhending. They can also come back to Fanyang to attack Yecheng. We

The city was occupied empty-handedly, but Xiaofei and the others were going to die. The goal of besieging Wei and rescuing Zhao was not achieved. The important thing is that I personally stepped forward to capture Ye City, which meant that I told the Qin army besieging Liyang that I was not in Liyang City, and then they would desperately capture Liyang.

The only solution for now is to rush outside Liyang City, fight a decisive battle with the Qin cavalry, and eliminate most of their troops. I think Xiaofei's situation there is now very dangerous. Hu Jian must have known the news that we captured Luoyang.

".

When Hu Jian learned that Chen Hongyi had led troops to capture Luoyang, he was so angry that he almost fell off his horse, so he ordered 60,000 troops to attack Liyang day and night.

Fortunately, during this time, Xiang Xiaoyu led his people to dig wells, ditches, prepare bricks and cut trees in the city. The people in the city also knew what would happen if they fell into the hands of the Qin army. The soldiers and the people resisted with all their might. The Qin army broke the city gate twice but was defeated by the people.

They pushed red-hot bricks and trees to block it. The Qin army dug tunnels into the city, but without exception they dug into the trenches in the wells that Xiang Xiaoyu had dug in advance. As soon as the Qin army showed up, they were hit by coals of fire.

When they came down, the Qin troops in the tunnel were either burned to death or choked to death.

Hu Jian built another dam to divert the Li River into the city, and finally flooded most of the houses in Liyang City. However, after the city was flooded, the Qin army was not used to water warfare, so they had to dig earth and build roads towards Liyang City. The people in the city

They were all hiding on the high walls of the city, freezing and hungry, but no one wanted to leave the city and surrender.

Li Xiaofei saw that there was a land outside the city, so he ordered to tear down the beams and tiles of every house in the city and build rafts and arrows on the spot. The Qin army did not prepare for Li Xiaofei and others who dared to come out of the city.

When they came out, they were all shocked. The Qin army who was building the road could not escape, and most of them were killed by Murong Ling. When the Qin army organized people to fire arrows to counterattack, Murong Ling led his people back to the city on a raft.

The good times did not last long. On the second day of the twelfth lunar month, Li River froze, and the outside of Liyang City was also frozen. In Liyang City, the beams, pillars, and door panels of each household were removed and used as firewood to prevent everyone from freezing to death.

Looking at the frozen outside of Liyang City, Hu Jian was overjoyed and organized his cavalry team to rush into Liyang City in one fell swoop. Li Xiaofei and Xiaoyu each took their archers and stood in formation at the top of the city. Hu Jian also kept observing the situation on the top of the city.

, he found that the general who led his men out on a raft to kill people was not at the top of the city, and he felt a little worried. But when he looked around and saw his cavalry, he no longer worried. Even if the man rushed out, he would only kill him.
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