When he heard that Ren Yanjun was about to enter Luoyang, Xia Yang said, "When I entered Hongnong County, I sent an envoy to Zhu Yu in accordance with His Majesty's will to persuade him to surrender. At that time, he was hesitant and was still waiting for news from Changsha. A month ago, I communicated with Luoyang for the last time, and Zhu Yu's attitude softened. Unexpectedly, since then, the Wu Han army intensified its offensive, and Luoyang City was closed day and night, and the envoy could never enter again. A few days ago, I heard that Chang'an City was broken, and I had sent people to Yiyang to enter Luoyang City and communicate with Zhu Yu with some news."

The situation in Luoyang in the past few months was exactly the same as that in real history. Liu Xiu besieged Luoyang with Wu and Han generals, together with Zhu Hu, Cen Peng, Geng Yan, Jian Jun, Ma Wu and other eleven generals.

The list of sieges is very dazzling. All the eleven generals are among the 28 generals of Yuntai later. They are simply shining with stars. However, eleven star generals led more than 200,000 troops and attacked for several months. They couldn't do anything to Luoyang City.

It can be seen from this that this famous general of Yuntai is probably the same as the meat foods in later generations, and has been filled with water.

Originally, shortly after the Red Eyebrow Army entered Chang'an, Zhu Yu could not wait for reinforcements and surrendered under Cen Peng's persuasion. However, due to Liu Yu's time travel, history was deviated. At this time, Zhu Yu had not agreed to Cen Peng's surrender and still stood firm in Luoyang City.

Xia Yang didn't know that the result was the emergence of the Jianshi Han Army. He had been spared no effort to contact Zhu Yu and sent troops to advance towards Luoyang. It was precisely because of the existence of Xia Yang's army that Zhu Yu always felt that he had not reached a dead end, and it was not the only way to surrender to Liu Xiu.

Ren Yanjun was anxious to go to Luoyang, and Xia Yang said, "Ren Shangshu, this time he went to Luoyang and went to Xin'an nearest, but Xin'an's guard was Li Yi's subordinate. Because Li Yi was assassinated by Zhu Yu, he surrendered to the pseudo-Emperor Liu Xiu in fear and danger. Now Xin'an is under the control of the pseudo-Han army. Therefore, if you want to go to Luoyang, you can only take a detour to the southeast, and then turn to the northeast after you arrive in Yiyang. However, Liu Xiu's Jianyi General Zhu You guarded him near Yiyang. Only by breaking through this line of defense can you enter Luoyang City.

What he mentioned is Xin'an and Yiyang, both of which are important military cities to the west of Luoyang, and both cities are located between Hongnong and Luoyang.

Xin'an happened to land at the center between Hangu Pass and Luoyang, standing on the important road, which made Xia Yang feel like he was stuck in his throat and was not happy. Unfortunately, the Xin'an guard surrendered General Mengjin Feng Yi, who sent someone else to take over there and stationed 15,000 people in the city. Xia Yang's troops were unable to remove him.

Yiyang is less than a hundred miles south of Xin'an. Yiyang is also a barrier to the west of Luoyang. It is one south and one north of Xin'an, like a gate, controlling the road to the west of Luoyang City.

When Xia Yang, the general of the Eastern Expedition, had gathered five or six thousand soldiers when he was in Hu County. Later, the young emperor added troops to him and he also collected many soldiers to the east. When he entered Hongnong County, there were nearly 20,000 soldiers. When Cao Jin, the general of the Nancheng City, led the hungry people to the east, and nearly 30,000 people flocked to Hongnong. Xia Yang bluntly selected six thousand young and strong people from it and enriched them into the team.

With these 26,000 people, Xia Yang sent troops out of the pass and marched eastward to occupy the Machi, with 10,000 troops stationed. The Machi was only more than fifty miles from Xin'an, which could be said to have posed a direct threat to Xin'an.

Xia Yang also sent envoys into the pass according to the information provided by Yang Yin at that time to contact Wu from Luhun Pass, and wanted to collect 20,000 red-eyed soldiers who were left there, but found that Wu's work was no longer in Luhun Pass.

Wu was engaged in the process of taking more than 10,000 people to the east to look for a way home. There was no news about this trip. Some people said that he was wiped out by the government army halfway, and they didn’t know which government army it was. Some people said that they scattered and went to make a living.

Most of the wounded soldiers who stayed in Luhun Pass were inconvenient to operate at that time, with only more than 5,000 left. These people came from various battalions and had no unified command. They were about to disperse sooner or later. At this time, a small man named Sima Chao stood up and said to everyone: "Now there are enemies everywhere, with chaos and hungry people everywhere. If we go our separate ways and don't gather together, we may find it difficult to survive. We will either be killed or starved to death. It is better to stay here temporarily, wait for the news of the army moving westward, and then send people to Hangukou to contact us, and strive to find the large army. If we have the opportunity, we will go west and find the three elders and the others."

Everyone thought what he said was reasonable, so they respected him as the leader and stationed in Luhun Pass. They were plundering the surrounding counties and counties to accumulate food, and planned to stay for a long time. Unexpectedly, refugees from all over the country heard that there was such a team of people who were surviving in groups and came to join in. The team gradually grew stronger. By the time Xia Yang contacted them, Sima Chao had already had 10,000 people under him.

Sima Chao finally found the large army and was very happy. He gave up Luhun Pass according to the order of General Chengdong, pulled out all the teams, and went north to Yiyang.

Give up Luhun Pass was a decision made by Xia Yang from the comparison of the power between the three parties of the enemy and us.

Luhun Pass is two hundred miles south of Luoyang City, under the military front of the Wu Han army, nearly four hundred miles away from Hangu Pass. The two are separated by Yiyang, with more than 10,000 people hanging alone outside the pass, and it is early to be eliminated.

General Zhengdong personally led 10,000 troops, sent troops from Hongnong to the southeast of Yiyang, and at the same time supported Sima Chao's team.

At that time, Liu Xiu's General Jianye Zhu You was attacking Yiyang fiercely, and was about to succeed and completed the siege of Luoyang City. Unexpectedly, Xia Yang led the army and the two sides fought in a melee.

Xia Yang's soldiers gradually fell at a disadvantage. At this time, Sima Chao suddenly appeared south of Zhu You's army and attacked his flanks. Zhu You was in a panic and could not support him, so he could only lead his army to retreat.

The Yiyang garrison was already desperate and planned to surrender. Seeing that Zhu You was defeated, he simply surrendered to the Jianshihan Army directly.

Xia Yang entered the city to rectify the troops, and appointed Sima Chao as the commander of Hongnong, and was guarding the area. He himself retreated to Hangu Pass and continued to recruit soldiers and collect food and grass. He supported each other with the Han army in Yiyang outside the pass and formed a relatively stable defense zone.

The existence of this triangular defense zone gave Liu Xiujun a gap in the encirclement of Luoyang, and also provided Zhu Yu with another way out, so that he would always have hope that he would not easily obey Liu Xiu's military power.

However, Xia Yang and Sima Chao had only 40,000 people in total, most of whom were sent out to pass and arranged on the front line, of which 20,000 were stationed in Yiyang, 10,000 were stationed in Frostchit, and only 10,000 were under the command of the General of the East of the Conquest of Hangu Pass. The insufficient troops prevented him from launching an attack on his own initiative, and he was urgently needed reinforcements from Chang'an.

Ren Yanjun said: "Your Majesty has just entered Chang'an and is in trouble. He is busy every day. But he always pays attention to the situation in Luoyang. Before leaving, Your Majesty repeatedly reminds the General of the East to be sure to work hard to defend. Chang'an City has sent tens of thousands of reinforcements and will arrive soon. The most important thing now is to send me to Luoyang City as soon as possible to show Your Majesty's intention to accept it and to rest assured Zhu Yu."

Xia Yang was very happy when he heard that there were tens of thousands of reinforcements and said, "Don't worry, I will send you to Yiyang first, and then let Sima Chao find a way to send you into Luoyang!"

Five days later, Ren Yanjun entered Yiyang City and met Sima Chao, the commander of Hongnong.

Sima Chao was 28 years old this year and was originally an iron official from Lu County. When the Red Eyebrow Army defeated Lu, he brought a group of blacksmiths to join the army and became a small leader. He was usually cautious in his words and deeds, and was not valued in the Red Eyebrow Army, which was bravest. No one expected that when the five thousand soldiers were about to scatter, this little iron official who usually didn't speak much would stand up and lead everyone to struggle to find a way out.

Sima Chao cherished this opportunity to lead troops independently. It turns out that he has two tricks. Within half a year, he not only solved the survival crisis in the army, but also doubled the team.

Sima Chao occupied Yiyang for one month, integrated the surrendered troops in the city, strengthened the city defense of Yiyang. According to the strategy agreed with Xia Yang, he continued to send troops to harass the nearby Zhu You army, which gave Zhu You a headache.

Zhu You had average leadership ability. He was able to become the General of Jianye and become one of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai because of his close relationship with Liu Xiu. He was Liu Xiu's childhood friend. The two grew up together and studied in Chang'an.

At that time, Liu Xiu went to visit Zhu You, but Zhu You refused to receive Liu Xiu because he was going to class, which made Liu very embarrassed.

If it were later generations, Zhu You should be a member of the Three Good Student League. However, he became a hero of the Han Dynasty's revival through relationships, which shows the importance of interpersonal relationships.

Later, Liu Xiu often suddenly "gosses" to Zhu You's house and said seriously: "Student Zhu You, you won't refuse to receive me because you have to go to class this time, right?"

In the confrontation with Sima Chao, Zhu You exposed his shortcomings in ability. He had more than 30,000 subordinates, almost twice the enemy's strength, but he did not gain the upper hand at all.

Sima Chao said to Ren Yanjun: "The Secretary of the Republic of China does not need to be in a hurry. There are 200,000 soldiers and horses in Luoyang City, and there are food and grass. As long as the people in the city are not in trouble, it will be difficult for the Wu Han army to break the city. I slowly think of a way to send the Secretary of the Republic of China into the city. It is just that it is difficult to enter the city, and it is even more difficult to leave the city. What should I do when the Secretary of the Republic of China is about to leave the city?"

Ren Yanjun said: "Look at one step, look at it first, go in first!"

Ren Yanjun was so anxious, not entirely because he was Zhu Yu's friend, and was eager to persuade him to abandon the secret and turn to the light, and even because his only son Ren Shang served as the captain under Zhu Yu. Because of this, Yang Yanshou once suggested that the emperor not send Ren Yanjun to an envoy, for fear that he would take the opportunity to escape.

But the emperor said, "The father and son have a marriage relationship, which is the great way of human relations. I cannot bear to see their separation. If the Ren family's father and son can reunite and share the joy of family life, even if they leave me, I will be happy for them in my heart. Why do you have to break up their relatives and flesh?"

After saying something, Yang Yanshou quickly knelt down and shouted that my master was kind.

Liu Yu said beautifully, but because there were always historians holding pens around him and recording the quotes of His Majesty the Emperor at any time. He wouldn’t say a few beautiful words in a few words. Are you embarrassed? Isn’t that going to ruin someone’s job?

Besides, Ren Yanjun is a literati with limited role, so it is a gesture to keep him. It is no pity that he can leave. He can still use it to show off and show His Majesty the benevolence of His Majesty. Why not do it?
Chapter completed!