Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 493 Killed at the mouth of Shejin and captured the puppet emperor of Wei alive
Cao Rui personally led people to chase after Huchuquan. At the same time, he immediately sent an urgent official document to Guanqiujian, asking him to control all roads from Hanoi County to Bingzhou and conduct strict investigations.

What Cao Rui is most worried about now is to tell Shen Chen the news that Liu Bao, Liu Qubei and others have been controlled by Cao Jun after Hu Chuquan escapes. In this way, Shen Chen will definitely not be fooled into attacking Bingzhou again. All in vain.

The situation will return to the original situation where Cao Wei is declining day by day, and the more he fights, the more he collapses, and no victory can be redeemed.Cao Rui was also counting on hitting Shen Chen hard this time, so as to repel the Han army on the western front and give them time to breathe.

Under such circumstances, Cao Jun, who was still in Henan, Hanoi and other places, was about to go crazy. He was assigned by Cao Rui to cast a net to search, hoping to arrest Huchuquan as soon as possible.

However, Huchu Spring seemed to have disappeared on the land of China, without a trace at all.

Cao Rui would never have imagined that at this time, Huchuquan did not go north to return to his tribe, but went south to join the Han army.

He didn't think it was normal.

One is that Hu Chuquan, as a Hun, all his capital, property and strength come from his own Hun tribe. Even if the tribe is seized, his prestige as the Hun Shanyu will surely allow him to control his own people after returning to the tribe .

So even if you think about it with your toes, you should know that if Hu Chuquan is only thinking of beating the Han, he will definitely not return to the tribe.

The second is that to the south is Sima Yi's army of more than [-], which is like a net of heaven and earth.

Isn't running south into a trap?

The third is the most important point, that is, since Hu Chuquan intends to vote for the Han, he must make contributions to the Han, otherwise why would the Han army want him?
Going back to the tribe, whether it's eliminating Liu Bao and Liu Qubei, or controlling the tribe to cooperate with the Han army, they can make great achievements.

Only by submitting a certificate of honor can one gain a foothold on the side of the big man, and it is impossible to defect without doing anything.

Therefore, after careful analysis, Cao Rui felt that Hu Chuquan would inevitably flee north.And he still intends to go back to his tribe and sabotage their actions.

It's just that he overlooked one point, that is, Hu Chuquan didn't even think about reporting the news, he only had one thought now - to save his life.

Liu Xuan, Liu Bao, Liu Qubei, none of these younger brothers and nephews were reliable, so they sold him out directly.

If Hu Chuquan still ran to the tribe, he didn't know how he died.

So in order to save his life, he ran to the Han army camp for the first time, and then defected to the Han army in the name of the Xiongnu Shanyu. As for how many people will be left in the tribe in the future, that is not something he should consider.

So Cao Rui and his advisers made careful analysis and studied one by one, and believed that Huchuquan must go north.The result was a battle of wits and courage with the air, and a lonely man was hunted down.

On June [-]th, this was the fourth day after Hu Chuquan escaped. Because he didn't know when and where Hu Chuquan escaped, Cao Rui could only search along the bank of the Yellow River.

In ancient times, it was extremely inconvenient to go out, requiring boats and horses. Huchuquan had horses, but he definitely had no boats, so he had to find a ferry.

The big crossings are Mengjin, Yanjin and Baima, but there are countless small crossings on the bank of the Yellow River, so it must be right to look along the bank of the Yellow River, but I don’t know where it is.

By the fourth day, Cao Ru had already chased to Wushejin Ferry. At the same time, Gucheng, west of Luoyang, ushered in some uninvited guests.

It is the late summer season, and Luoyang is in a hot period because of the unique basin climate. The average temperature is about 20 degrees.

Shen Chen rode on the Yuluo horse, overlooking the east.

The mountains are verdant, the forests are dense, and there are a large number of fields and villages beside the roads on both sides. The wheat in the fields has been harvested, and there are still some stubbles of wheat in the fields. The villages are quiet and silent. Farther away, there is a trickling river. There are continuous roads and pavilions, extending all the way to the end of some manors.

"Captain."

The scouts came back and reported: "The villages outside Luoyang are empty. We found a few families hiding in the mountains. They said that Cao Wei moved all the people around Luoyang away. Now there are only some troops in Luoyang."

"Ah."

Shen Chen sneered and said, "Cao Wei's old problem is that he likes to migrate people."

Deng Ai asked the scouts, "How is their city?"

The scout replied: "The gates of the cities are closed, and there are some Wei soldiers on the top of the city. Because the distance is too far, and it is not easy to observe on horseback, so we can't see the whole situation. The guards on the other side are probably lax."

"go!"

Shen Chen waved his hand and said, "Deng Ai, Jiang Wei, you two will lead the two schools from the north and south cities, and the rest will follow me from the west city."

"only!"

Everyone responded quickly.

Soon the various ministries of the Han army began to disperse, and quickly galloped towards Luoyang.

Under normal circumstances, Shen Chen would definitely investigate Luoyang intelligence before taking action.

But this is Luoyang, not an ordinary small county.

Luoyang and Chang'an have a problem, that is, the city is too big. According to records, Luoyang City is nine miles and seventy steps from north to south, and six miles and ten steps from east to west. It is called "Nine Six City".

Its actual area is 11.16 square kilometers, the east-west city wall is four kilometers long, and the north-south city wall is about 3.8 kilometers long.

Although it is much smaller than the 36 square kilometers of Chang'an City, it is still a giant compared to ordinary small counties with two to three square kilometers and the length of the city wall is basically less than one kilometer.

Due to its huge size, even though Dong Zhuo had an army of more than 5 people in history, he did not dare to defend Luoyang in the face of the Kwantung Allied Forces' attack, and could only choose to flee west to Chang'an.

At this moment, the hinterland of the Wei army was empty, and the capital had been moved to Yecheng. Shen Chen judged that there should not be many defenders in the city, so he did not continue to investigate, and directly launched a surprise attack.

It's not that he was careless, but that if he continued to investigate the huge city, he could only use cavalry to look around the city. This would be seen by Cao Jun at the head of the city. Prepare the enemy.

So they launched an attack directly, and before the enemy reacted, they set up a ladder outside the enemy's four-kilometer-long west city wall and climbed up to Luoyang City.

The cavalry of the Han army galloped like flying, and the sound of galloping horseshoes was immediately seen by Cao Jun in Luoyang City. All kinds of whistles, gongs, drums, and horns resounded throughout the world, but it was obviously too late, and the Han army quickly rushed to the city. , Pick up the ladder and climb the city wall.

Surprisingly, there was almost no obstacle when they went up. The first Han army to rush to the city wall jumped off the parapet and looked around, and saw that the city wall stretching for several kilometers was empty.

For a while, the Han army was a little confused.

When Shen Chen came up, the Han army had already controlled the west city gate. He entered through the city gate and walked to the city wall to overlook the whole city.

The wide streets and houses in Luoyang are row upon row, and the numerous signboards still seem to tell the prosperity of the past.

In the north is a vast palace complex, which is the surviving Luoyang Palace of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Cao Wei rebuilt it on the basis of these ruined walls, and now it has become a new palace.

Shen Chen came to Luoyang for the first time. He had been to Chang'an before, but Chang'an City didn't shock him too much, because most of the city in Chang'an City was the imperial palace. The vastness and tolerance of the ancient Chinese imperial capital is only somewhat solemn.

Luoyang used to occupy a relatively large area of ​​the imperial palace, with 11 square kilometers of the 7 square kilometers of land being the Luoyang Imperial Palace.Later, during the Cao Wei period, only the North Palace was occupied, and the area of ​​the imperial palace was only about 4 square kilometers, and the remaining 7 square kilometers were the residences of the people in the inner city.

Including the outer city, the population of Luoyang at its peak at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty exceeded one million.Because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, a large number of victims flooded into Luoyang, and countless houses were built outside the city, and now it has become a new urban gathering area.

"This is Luoyang?"

Looking at this huge city, Shen Chen couldn't help but praised: "As expected, it is the first region in human history with a population exceeding one million, and it may even be the first capital city with a population exceeding one million."

"Book of the Later Han Dynasty Dong Zhuo Biography": At the beginning, Chang'an suffered from the Red Eyebrow Rebellion, and all the palaces and temples were burned down. At that time, there were only Gaomiao and Jingzhao Mansion, so it was lucky.Moved back to Weiyang Palace.So millions of people from Luoyang were moved to Chang'an.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the total population of Luoyang and its surrounding areas reached several million. Although we don’t know the exact number of millions, compared with other countries and regions in the same period, it can be said that it is unique in the world, and no other place can compare with it. comparison.

Although Dong Zhuo set a big fire in Luoyang, the traces left by millions of people are not so easy to clean up.What's more, Cao Wei established his capital here again and restored Luoyang again.

Perhaps the only problem with this city is that it has no population. During the Cao Wei period, there were nearly 20 people here, but now they are all moved to Yecheng by Cao Rui.

"Report!"

At this time, the scouts came over and said: "Cao Jun only has a few thousand defenders in the city, General Deng and General Jiang are chasing them."

"How many thousand defenders?"

Shen Chen wondered for a moment, how many thousand people would Cao Wei release in such an important place as Luoyang?
What do you mean?
Look down on him, right?

Or maybe Cao Rui has planned to part with the pain, cut off his tail to survive, and decided to give up all the land south of the Yellow River and retreat to the north of the Yellow River?

If this is the case, Shen Chen has to admire Cao Rui's courage.

And the other party also handed over a complete Luoyang city to him. Put yourself in his shoes, if you are a native of the Han Dynasty and don't have such an awareness of protecting ancient cities, maybe if you really plan to give up Henan, you must not stay in such an important town as Luoyang. You must learn from Dong Zhuo Burn it with a fire.

It seems that Cao Rui's ideological awareness is quite high.

Shen Chen stroked his chin in thought.

But he soon thought of another possibility.

Didn't Cao Rui plan to ambush him in Bingzhou?
I probably think that with the help of the Huns repeatedly jumping horizontally this time, the success rate will be very high.

As long as he can be defeated, Luoyang will naturally have nothing to lose, and he may move the capital back in the future.

Shen Chen felt that this situation would be more reliable.

The only problem is, since the other party wanted to ambush him in Bingzhou, didn't he consider his plan to feint Luoyang?

Although he turned the feint into the main attack, it's really strange that Cao Wei didn't have any defensive power in Luoyang.

According to the intelligence, there are at least 2 people here in Luoyang. Are these people going to escort Cao Rui to move the capital?
Shen Chen was a little puzzled.

But there are too many confusing things on the battlefield. Now that I have achieved my strategic goal and captured Luoyang City, I don't care about other things.

He planned to go to Hanoi County from Mengjin Ferry tomorrow, encircle the Wei army in Jiguan with Pang De's army, and then send someone to send a message to Zhao Yun, telling him not to act in Bingzhou, and come directly from Jiguan to Luoyang.

In this way, all [-] of Shen Chen's main force on the western front will arrive in Luoyang. As long as the roads leading to Bingzhou from Taihang Mountain are blocked, the main force will go south and attack Sima Yi with Zhuge Liang. The small half of Youzhou can't last long, and Cao Wei should be wiped out this year.

Thinking of this, he didn't think about why there were so few troops in Luoyang. Instead, he entered Luoyang City, rode a horse around the city, and ordered the soldiers to control the gates of the city. The overall landscape of Luoyang during the Cao Wei period.

About an hour later, Shen Chen was strolling on Zhuque Street. Jiang Wei galloped over on his horse, got off his horse and reported: "Governor, important news."

"Oh?"

Shen Chen asked, "What's the matter?"

"Cao Rui himself is currently in the Wushejin area."

"what?"

Shen Chen was surprised: "Has he not gone to Yecheng yet?"

Jiang Wei replied: "We pursued and captured the prisoners. A general of the Cao army said that during the migration, the Xiongnu Shanyu Huchuquan ran away. Cao Rui was afraid that he would inform us, so he immediately ordered the Luoyang army to search for it. "

"No wonder there are hardly many defenders in Luoyang City."

Shen Chen immediately thought about it.

It seems that Cao Rui didn't know that they already knew about the repeated jumping of the Huns, and they didn't know that Zhao Yun's side was a cover, so they were completely deceived.

Now Cao Rui is worried that Hu Chuquan's escape will expose their plan to ambush the Han army in Bingzhou, so he rushes to chase him.

But what Cao Rui didn't know was that he thought Shen Chen was trying to catch the water, but Shen Chen changed his mind and didn't need Bingzhou so much, so he went to Luoyang.

This information gap is obviously fatal enough for Cao Wei.

At that moment, Shen Chen said without hesitation: "Command the officers and soldiers, all gather and go outside the gate of the east city!"

"All together?"

Jiang Wei immediately knew what Shen Chen wanted to do, so he asked, "Do you want Luoyang to keep some people?"

"Who will stay?"

Shen Chen said: "The opportunity has come to capture Cao Rui alive. What do you want Luoyang to do after capturing Cao Rui? Give me a slogan to the soldiers and kill them at the mouth of Shejin to capture the puppet emperor of Wei alive!"

"only!"

Jiang Wei suddenly became excited, and immediately reined in his horse and left.

Soon the Han army was a sensation, and the Han army that had been scattered at the gates of Luoyang City gathered in an instant, and under the leadership of generals at all levels, they came to gather outside the east gate.

It was already afternoon at this time, and Luoyang was still [-] to [-] kilometers away from the Shejin Ferry, but Shen Chen couldn't wait that long, and had to go even when it was dark.

So the Han army swarmed in, marching like a tide towards the Wushejin Ferry in the northeast.

(End of this chapter)