Since assassinating Li Yi, Zhu Yu has finally taken over the power in Luoyang. But to be honest, his situation has not been good recently.

After Li Yi was killed, his original subordinates were dissatisfied and resentful to Zhu Yu. They all went out of the city to surrender to Feng Yi, and Xin'an's guard even surrendered to the enemy.

This seriously damaged the strength of Luoyang City.

Even so, there were still 200,000 soldiers and countless food and grass in the city. Zhu Yu felt that such a strong city was unbreakable at the time.

After Liu Xiu pacified the north, he personally led an army of 200,000 to the south, with Wu and Han as the general besieging Luoyang. As Zhu Yu expected, Luoyang's city defense was very stable, and the Wu and Han army could not move forward.

But what he didn't expect was that although the city defense was stable, the people's hearts were shaken. The guard at the East City Gate privately negotiated with General Yanghua Jianhan outside the city. After the other party's persuasion, he decided to give up the city gate. One morning, he opened the city gate and let Jianhan enter the city. Thanks to Zhu Yu's discovery in time, he fought hard at the city gate and paid a heavy casualty price to drive the enemy out of the city.

After this incident, the army's morale was unstable, and even Zhu Yu himself began to waver, and he became suspicious of whether he could defend Luoyang City.

Liu Xiu also realized that it was too difficult to break through Luoyang City, so he changed his strategy and sent Zhu Yu's old subordinate Cen Peng to continuously launch psychological offensives on the city and make various promises, which made Zhu Yu feel moved. After all, under the long-term attack, his psychology has always been in a high-pressure state and is relatively fragile. Thinking that the surrender of the city can end all this fear and torture is false.

But Liu Yan's death has always been a mountain that lies in Zhu Yu's heart. Although Liu Xiu vowed in every way, Zhu Yu was still worried.

Liu Xiu was the choice he had no choice, but he had another way out, which was the Little Emperor Jianshi.

Xia Yang's subordinates kept appearing in the southwest of Luoyang, which greatly encouraged Zhu Yu. This means that the little emperor of cattle herding not only had the ambition to go out to compete for the world, but also had certain strength. His current strategic focus is in Chang'an, but he was able to project troops to Luoyang, which is enough to show the strength of the Red Eyebrow Army.

After repeated discussions with the generals of the trusted officials, Zhu Yu said to Ren Yanjun: "I am willing to send my eldest son to Chang'an as a property, but the road from Luoyang to Chang'an is blocked and I cannot travel. If the General of the Conquest East can conquer Xin'an and open up the passage to the west of Luoyang, I will naturally send myself to Chang'an."

Zhu Zili is Zhu Yu's eldest son and should have been sent to Chang'an as a lord, but because Zhu Yu and Emperor Gengshi were wary of each other, they only sent their mother and brother to Chang'an, but delayed for various reasons and kept their son by their side.

Ren Yanjun said: "The same is true for His Majesty. He set out from Hangu Pass, advanced eastward, occupied Xin'an and Yiyang, guarded the western part of Luoyang, and connected Luoyang with Hongnong. However, Xin'an City was fully defenseful and had heavy troops stationed, so it was difficult to conquer it in an urgent manner. The General of the Conquest East asked the Grand Sima to send troops from Luoyang to fight with the enemy, so that the besieged enemies could not rush to Xin'an. The General of the Conquest East advanced from the generals to advance from Mianchi, and Xin'an City could go down in one go!"

Seeing Zhu Yu hesitating, Ren Yanjun smiled and said, "The siege of the city is 200,000, and the defenders in the city are 200,000. Could it be that the Grand Sima is unable to go out of the city to seek battle, right?"

Two hundred thousand to two hundred thousand, the troops are equal, and they can fight in a relatively field. It is really a bit frustrating to be blocked in the city and unable to get out. Zhu Yu himself felt a little unreasonable and said, "Luoyang has 200,000 soldiers, what are I afraid of?"

From this day on, Luoyang City Gate opened from time to time, and people and horses inside came out to meet the enemy, sometimes thousands, sometimes tens of thousands, only not far from the city, relying on the city defense to fight against the enemy.

Sometimes they opened the south gate to fight against Zhu You, sometimes they opened the west gate to fight against Pi Tong. But they never dared to go out of the north gate and the northeast, because there were Wu Han's Yuyang Tuqi from the east gate and Geng Yan's Shanggu Tuqi from the north gate, and Zhu Yu would never dare to fight against these two elite cavalry.

The thunder cavalry are elite cavalry arranged in the northern border counties. There are Han people and Hu people who surrender in the team. They are all good at shooting. They are wearing armor, holding spears, halberds, archers and crossbows, and can steer and storm, but the more important tactic is to rely on the impact force of horses and hold spears to rush forward.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, a large-scale cavalry unit was formed in order to deal with the Xiongnu. The Shanggu and Yuyang cavalry in Youzhou were the capital for Liu Xiu to start his business. Now Liu Xiu's army has concentrated the cavalry in the ten counties of Youzhou, with tens of thousands of people, and its impact and combat power are at the top level in the country.

Before, Liu Xiu's army cleared out bandits in Hebei, and only used General Mengjin Feng Yi to resist Luoyang's Gengshi Army along the river. He adopted a defensive attitude, but Feng Yi fought into an offensive battle. He only used the troops of Hanoi and Wei County to conquer several counties in Henan, but Zhu Yu could not leave Luoyang City.

Now in Dading, Hebei, Liu Xiu's main force is besieging Luoyang for more than 200,000, including more than 10,000 Youzhou thunder cavalry. His combat effectiveness has improved a lot compared to Feng Yishi. Zhu Yu once sent troops out of the city to invite the battle, but was defeated by the thunder cavalry and suffered a great loss. From then on, the city gates were closed and he dared not take the battle again.

Although I have started to challenge the city to win Xin'an, I still feel relieved. Every time I just concentrate my elite troops and go out of the city to rush for a while, I strictly ordered the troops not to stick out too far so that I can retreat at any time and rely on the strong crossbows on the city wall to intercept the pursuers.

Ren Yanjun shook his head when he saw it. Unexpectedly, Luoyang was known as a strong soldier in the city, but he was so afraid of the enemy. Zhu Yu had an army of 200,000, but he only dared to make small fuss under the city. Perhaps everyone in the world was scared by Liu Xiu's record in the battle of Kunyang, and had no confidence in defeating his troops.

However, there are still a group of people in the city who are ready to move, clamoring to go out of the city to decide the outcome of the enemy every day. These people are mainly young and strong sects led by Zhu Zili, Ren Shang and others. The young people are very popular and do not admit defeat. They always feel that more than 200,000 troops are blocked in the city, which seems too incompetent.

They asked Zhu Yu for battle every day and asked to send more elite troops out of the city.

"There are also many cavalrymen in the city, and they are not sure that they will lose to the enemy. My father said the Youzhou thunder cavalry too much!" Zhu Zili always said this.

"The last general is willing to lead 30,000 troops, kill the enemy and capture Wu Han alive!" Ren Shang did not dare to complain, and only asked for battle under the tent.

Zhu Yu was chased by several young sects every day to ask for battle. She was so upset that she said, "Don't argue, I'll follow you, 30,000 soldiers, no more. Go out of the city to fight with the enemy. If it's not good, come back immediately and never fight!"

Zhu Yu ignored Zhu Zili's request to leave the city and ordered Ren Shang as the leader to fight. Anyway, Ren Yanjun was still in the city, so he was not afraid of him defecting.

Ren Shang took the order to order troops and led 30,000 people out of the west gate of Luoyang, and lined up under the city.

Zhu Zili felt depressed, but he did not dare to disobey his father's orders, so he had to bring some people to watch the city and escort the formation for Ren Shang.

This is the largest and largest military operation in the city since Luoyang City was besieged.
Chapter completed!