Liu Xiu knew the difficulty of siege. If he failed to attack for a long time, he would be under the strong city. The attacking side that had the advantage might be counterattacked by the defending side, and lost a lot. This was the case in Kunyang.

After Liu Xuan became emperor, Wang Mang assembled a powerful army of 400,000 people, headed south from Luoyang and advanced to Nanyang to eliminate the Gengshi regime.

This is a team of humans and beasts. There are not only 400,000 people in the team, but also tigers, leopards, rhinos, elephants, and a giant who is ten feet tall and half-human and half-beast-like, with a huge momentum.

Wang Yi and Wang Xun led their troops to the city of Kunyang. Everyone thought that this was just passing by, and no one knew in advance that this small city was the end of this huge marching.

Wang Feng and Wang Chang led 10,000 Green Forest Army members in the city. Seeing the new army's momentum, they didn't want to resist at all, they just wanted to escape. At this time, Liu Xiu stood up and passionately persuaded the generals to stick to it. He himself led the thirteen cavalry to break out and move rescue soldiers elsewhere.

The small Kunyang City suffered a fierce attack from a large army of 400,000. There were so many arrows that the soldiers and civilians in the city could not go out to operate. Even when they went out to fetch water, they had to be on the door panel, otherwise they might be hit by an arrow. Under such violent attacks, the defenders could not withstand it and asked for surrender soon. However, Wang Yi and Wang Xun just refused and vowed to "slaughter this city, rush forward with blood, sing and danced behind, and were not happy with evil!"

This forced the Green Forest Army in the city to fight to the death. Facts proved that fighting to the death can really lead to miracles.

The small Kunyang City repelled the strong attacks of hundreds of thousands of troops again and again, and waited until Liu Xiu brought in to rescue troops and attacked strongly, killing Wang Xun in the formation, and attacked Wang Xun in the city, attacking inside and outside, and defeating the new army.

As the indisputable protagonist of the Battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiu will never let himself become the second Wang Yi.

To attack the city, you must first attack the heart and disintegrate the fighting spirit of the defenders. You cannot let them have the intention of fighting desperately. Once the defenders fight desperately, no matter how powerful the attack is, it will be difficult to achieve success.

After failing to attack the city for the first time, Liu Xiu quickly adjusted his strategy and after careful calculation, he introduced a series of measures to attack the heart.

First, he surrounded three gulfs and one, leaving the southern gate of Luoyang so that everyone could escape from the city at any time. With this retreat, the defenders certainly did not need to fight desperately; then he strengthened propaganda and offensives and spread rumors that the Hebei soldiers had broken Hangu Pass and that there would be no troops in Guanzhong to assist Luoyang in order to dismantle the fighting spirit of the defenders; Liu Xiu encouraged surrender and promised that all surrenders would be promoted to Shangguan and each had rewards, and those who surrendered in the gate would be awarded marquis. Liu Xiu marked the reward for the high-ranking officials in the city, and the head of Emperor Xian Liu Yu, who was awarded marquis, gave land and bounty. From the emperor, each had rewards, and used great benefits to tempt the defenders in the city to attack and kill each other. The silk book with rumors and rewards would occasionally fly into Luoyang City with arrows.

It happened that at this time, the new Hongnong Commander heard that Luoyang was surrounded by troops to aid, and was surrounded by Liu Xiu's army in the west of Luoyang City. The entire army was wiped out. The Hongnong Commander was killed in the chaos and was suspended at the city of Luoyang.

This incident shocked the military and civilians of Luoyang, and cracks appeared in the hearts of the people who were originally relatively uniform. Some generals even proposed to break through the south gate and go to the Hun family to "protect" the emperor.

Guo Ji said: "It is because Luoyang is defending and the enemy army gathered here that Your Majesty can safely be in the Kuo family. If Luoyang City is broken, Kuo family will not be spared."

Someone said again: "There hasn't been a long time since your Majesty's news. Perhaps your Majesty has taken a detour back to Guanzhong. How can this lonely city in Luoyang be defended? Why don't we retreat to Hangu Pass and strive to ensure that the gateway to Guanzhong will not be lost. We will restore it."

Guo Ji said: "Luoyang has a relationship with Guandong strategy. If Luoyang loses, Henan and Yingchuan will not be able to protect it. As the prefect of Henan, I will never give up Luoyang unless there is your majesty's clear order! If you have any other words to abandon the city, you will deal with it with the military law of the Han Dynasty!"

After the generals retreated, Guo Jidu left his fifth reunion and said worriedly: "Luoyang could have been as solid as a god, but the generals were uneven and could not stick to it. I want to ask the fifth lieutenant to go out of the city to find out about Your Majesty's news. It is best to ask for a clear order to strengthen the hearts of the generals."

The fifth ethics said: "What's the difficulty? You don't need to go to the sages, you can also have a clear order."

Guo Ji said in surprise: "You mean..."

The fifth reunion said: "If I run away, Guo Gongshi will be even more lonely, and I am afraid that Luoyang will be difficult to defend. I will follow the power of the matter in a hurry. For the sake of the overall situation, I believe that Your Majesty will not punish us for forgery of the imperial edict."

Guo Ji nodded and said, "That's all. If Your Majesty blames you, I will take it alone."

The emperor's envoy came to the south gate. An edict said that His Majesty the Emperor was gathering a large army and would soon reinforce Luoyang, and ordered the generals to stay in the city and wait for reinforcements.

The next day, another envoy came, saying that the Guanzhong army had arrived at Hangu Pass, and soon afterwards, it would advance eastward to rescue Luoyang.

When I heard that there were reinforcements, the generals felt relieved, and no one suggested running away again. But people's hearts were separated from their stomachs, and no one knew what others thought. There were always people who thought differently from others.

Jiang Huang, the lieutenant who was in charge of guarding the northern gate, was 44 years old. He was originally an old general of Gengshi. He worked under Zhu Yu for several years and was not allowed to be promoted. After Liu Mao changed to Luoyang, he promoted a group of young lieutenants, but his position was still unchanged. When the emperor arrived, more generals and lieutenants came with him, one of them was younger than the other, and no one valued the old lieutenant Jiang Huang.

Seeing that there was no hope of promotion and a bleak future, Jiang Huang couldn't help feeling depressed. He was in his forties and had long called himself an old man, but he was left behind some young generals, which made him feel very unbalanced.

He didn't look for the reasons from himself, but he always wanted some wrong ideas. When he saw the silk book shot from the city and the words "The one who offered the door was named a marquis", Jiang Huang's eyes lit up.

This is a title of marquis. The title that has been inherited from generation to generation is more valuable than any senior official in the court. There may not be a marquis among the hundreds of military generals. But now this title is placed in front of him like a dish, looking tempting and delicious.

It's very simple. He just needs to hand over the north gate he guards. He doesn't need to kill the enemy or other achievements. He just opens a door so that Liu Xiu's army can enter the city smoothly, which is a great achievement.

It is difficult for Jiang Huang to stop thinking about this idea. If he doesn't join Liu Xiu, his career will basically end and there will be no major development. But he only needs to open a door to get a marquis hat with golden light.

After thinking about it, Jiang Huang finally thought hard, stomped his feet, made up his mind, and immediately sent his brother out of the city to contact him.

His brother went out for a day and came back in the evening and secretly said to him: "I have made an agreement with His Majesty. Today, the third update will be held, and the internal and external affairs will be carried out to lead the army into the city!"
Chapter completed!