I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 92 Into Luoyang
Li Shimin had already learned through spies that Dong Zhuo was speeding up his withdrawal, Hulao Pass and Luoyang must be empty of troops, and now is the time to attack.

Because the news blockade was relatively strict before, the princes of the Kanto did not know that Li Shimin had sent troops to sweep Hanoi and Hedong counties.

When Dong Zhuo accelerated his retreat, Li Shimin pulled out the jujube, and the whole army attacked and captured Xingyang in one fell swoop, using Xingyang as the base camp to attack Hulao Pass, and soon the army launched a frenzied attack on the city.

Almost all the [-] troops stationed here were transferred away, leaving only [-] soldiers to defend. Xu Rong thought that [-] soldiers could hold out for a few days. After all, Hulao Pass is dangerous. It took half a day to conquer the Hulao Pass.

In fact, there is nothing strange about this, the [-] soldiers left behind were not the direct descendants of the Xiliang Army, and were excluded everywhere in the Xiliang Army.Coupled with the fact that the main force had already run away, these city defenders had already lost their fighting spirit. Li Shimin only made a tentative attack once, and they were defeated, so they took this pass in one wave.

Li Ru, who was supervising the army at Hulao Pass, thought he could persist for three to five days, but unexpectedly, he was captured by Li Shimin's Bingzhou army so quickly, and then fled to Luoyang without looking back.

After taking Hulao Pass, Li Shimin didn't stop, and immediately led his army to Luoyang.At this time, Luoyang City was already on fire, and the flames were soaring into the sky, and the smoke and clouds covered the sky and the sun, and it was so smoked that people couldn't open their glasses.

It turned out that after Dong Zhuo plundered Luoyang city and fished the people, he was still unwilling to leave the capital to the Kwantung Allied Forces. Before leaving, he set fire to the capital of the Han Dynasty.

It's not just the century-old capital that's caught fire, but also the luck of the Han Dynasty that has been shining for hundreds of years, and the last hope of this fallen empire.

Li Shimin was also very helpless, he was still a step too late, failed to save Luoyang, and asked Dong Zhuo to set fire to it.Immediately, [-] troops were sent into the city to fight the fire and rescue the people, while he led the remaining nearly [-] cavalry to continue chasing and killing the Xiliang army.

After staying in Suanzao nest for more than a month, the Bingzhou army under Li Shimin's command was already furious, and vowed to catch up with the Xiliang army and kill them to their heart's content.

The total number of defenders stationed at Luoyang and Hulao Pass totaled [-] to [-], and they all retreated to the pass under the leadership of Xu Rong. There were still tens of thousands of infantry in the army, so the marching speed was not very fast.

Finally, Li Shimin's cavalry caught up with Xu Rong's army before they reached Tongguan.

When the enemy met, he was extremely jealous.

Without hesitation, Li Shimin immediately ordered his subordinates Guan Yu and Zhang Liao to lead their troops to kill the Xiliang army.

Xu Rong also found the enemy army behind him, and immediately ordered Hua Xiong to lead more than 1 elite soldiers to form an army formation to try to resist the charge of Li Shimin's army, and led the main force to retreat to Tongguan at an accelerated pace.

The three cavalry of the Longwu Army, the Longxiang Army and the Shence Army are all well-equipped and well-trained, like three sharp arrows piercing the clouds, they charged towards Huaxiong's army mightily.

The horizontal knife flickered, the blade was sharp, and with a huge impact, it directly pushed Hua Xiong's camp horizontally. Although Hua Xiong had tried his best to form a battle formation, time was tight and he was not fully ready.

The Xiliang soldiers who were killed in an instant turned their backs on their backs, and the Bingzhou iron cavalry had an amazing impact, coupled with excellent weapons, it didn't take long to tear a bloody hole in the enemy's formation, and then the bloody massacre began.The iron cavalry is like a dragon, showing sharp minions in the enemy's formation, wantonly slaughtering the enemy army like ants.

The Xiliang army did not show any weakness either, knowing that there was no way out, all of them were red-eyed, bursting out with a murderous aura, slashing crazily.What's more, the Xiliang soldiers who were on the verge of death tried to die with the soldiers of the Bingzhou Army.

However, Hua Xiong's troops were limited after all, and he was soon defeated by the Bingzhou iron cavalry. The army was divided into several parts, and could no longer form an effective formation, nor could it achieve effective command and coordination, completely reduced to a mess.

Looking at the passive situation, Hua Xiong also knew that he could not stop the enemy's rapid attack, and that the Xiliang Army under his command was no match for the Bingzhou Army. In order to repay the kindness of the grand master.

At this time, both Guan Yu and Zhang Liao were eyeing Hua Xiong, the enemy's chief general, and were about to kill him and take the head.Immediately, both of them killed like lightning, the two peerless generals set off a huge storm in the enemy's army, killing the enemy's mind and spirit, and they were terrified by the news.

But by coincidence, a group of elite Xiliang soldiers stood in front of Zhang Liao, which affected Zhang Liao's speed and allowed Guan Yu to get in front of Hua Xiong first.

Naturally, Hua Xiong also found out the two generals of the enemy army, seeing that the first to kill him was a big man with a red face and beautiful beard, he immediately stopped hesitating, raised his sword and rushed towards the enemy generals.

Guan Yu mopped the ground with his broadsword, sparking sparks when he touched the stones. His arms kept accumulating power, and all the power gathered at one point. The Qinglong Yanyue Knife seemed to feel the master's overwhelming fighting intent, humming and roaring.

Seeing that the two were about to confront each other, Guan Yu's sword was ready to move, and it struck Hua Xiong like lightning. , Thunderbolt.

In just a split second, Hua Xiong was split in half by both men and horses, and died tragically on the spot.

Seeing the tragic death of their own general, the remaining Xiliang army completely lost their courage. Under the siege of the Bingzhou army, they were all slaughtered, and less than a thousand were left kneeling and surrendering.

Because Hua Xiong set up a blocking position with Mount Hua on the left and the Yellow River on the right, Li Shimin couldn't go around and rush towards Xu Rong's main force.Under the desperate cover of Huaxiong's [-] troops, Xu Rong's main force successfully fled back to Tongguan, which was regarded as keeping Dong Zhuo's elite team.

Li Shimin looked at the majestic and towering Xiongguan, and felt a little helpless.I have all cavalry under my command and no siege equipment, so I really can't break through this pass, so I can only retreat to Luoyang in desperation.

Seeing that Li Shimin's army finally retreated, Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army breathed a sigh of relief. The Xiliang army was completely frightened by the Bingzhou army.In particular, Guan Yu's majestic volley cut shattered the backbone of the Xiliang army.

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Li Shimin led the army back to Luoyang. Although there were [-] troops to help put out the fire and save the people, the bustling ancient capital was still more than half burned by the fire. The bustling crowds in the past disappeared. The scene of people who died of suffocation from smoke was too horrible to look at.

This was his first visit to Luoyang at the end of the Han Dynasty, and he did not expect to see a devastated Luoyang.

Leading the army under his command into the imperial city, the Luoyang imperial palace was also in chaos. Although it hadn't had time to be burned, it looked desolate and dilapidated, even a little gloomy.Li Shimin inspected the palace and found a lot of treasures in the treasury that Dong Zhuo hadn't had time to take away, which was a surprise.

(End of this chapter)