Chapter 1159 Surrounding Luoyang
Two days later, Zhang Liao and the others arrived at a place dozens of miles away from Luoyang.
This can attack Luoyang at any time, which can be said to be very dangerous.
Cao Cao was very worried and called his subordinates to discuss the matter again.
At this time, Cao Cao's complexion was very bad, and there was a white cloth wrapped around his head, which was covered with medicine.
Cao Cao had a severe headache, but he couldn't ignore it. This matter was too big.
"Hulao Pass and Mengjindu are in danger at any time, what do you think?" Cao Cao said weakly.
Several counselors have the ability to reach the sky, but now, they have no ability to change all this.
Cheng Yu suggested: "My lord, it is better to withdraw the army to Luoyang. With Luoyang's defense, it will be difficult for Datang to break in."
It was very difficult, they withdrew back, there were at least 300,000 troops in the city.
With 300,000 troops, the defense is naturally very strong.
But there is only one lonely city left, how long can it last.
At this point they have not much morale.
People from thousands of aristocratic families from Chang'an migrated here, and they were already frightened.
At this moment they suddenly found that Zhang Yu was so cute.
Zhang Yu doesn't know how to kill people, he just loses 70% of his property.
Of course life is important.
Therefore, some aristocratic families already have the mentality of surrendering, and they may have secretly prepared to revolt, at least not very likely to support Cao Cao.
It would be a fool to give money to Cao Cao again, which is obviously impossible to win.
There is no chance of winning.
Cao Cao coughed a few times and said, "Okay, let's withdraw the troops from Meng Jin and Hulao Pass."
Cao Cao drank a few sips of water to make himself feel better, and then said: "I know that Zhang Yu's attack is already unstoppable, Wancheng failed, Ang'er doesn't know what happened, but I am not reconciled, I have worked hard for half my life, Everything came to naught.”
Cao Cao is a hero,
Naturally very unwilling.
But what can I do if I am not reconciled.
Several counselors can see the situation in front of them, and there is no reliable way to restore it.
It is difficult to change the current situation without external force.
But now they have no external force to borrow, unless the people of the grassland invade.
But they can't do it.
Contacting foreign enemies, they can't pass this level psychologically, not to mention it may not be useful.
Cao Cao ordered the withdrawal of Hulaoguan and Mengjindu's troops.
By this time, it would be even more dangerous not to withdraw.
The two places are not very safe, and the natural danger of the Yellow River is no longer a natural danger.
Datang's army is about to surround Luoyang. Once they come over, the troops outside will surely surrender soon.
After Cao Cao gave the order, he asked the soldiers to carry him to rest.
If he doesn't rest, he will faint.
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Talking about Zhang Xiu and Cao Ang, when they came out of Wancheng, no one chased them at first, but after they walked for two days, they found that Datang's army had let a small group of troops occupy some dangerous places.
For example, hundreds of people occupy a hill, or hundreds of people occupy the corner of the road.
They have thousands of people, of course they can kill them, but some places take a long time.
These people occupy these places not defenseless.
Several people went around several places in a row.
If you don't take a detour, you can't do it. If you don't take a detour, you will kill it.
"My lord, we have more and more deserters. If this continues, there may not be many people in Luoyang."
After only three days, Zhang Xiu found that more than a thousand people had escaped.
Cao Ang also knew it in his heart, but he couldn't do anything.
Doing too much at this time may cause the army to break down more easily.
"We don't meet the enemy along the way, go back as soon as possible, there may be an ambush ahead, we try to travel at night as much as possible."
Cao Ang and the others walked for three days, avoiding some major roads, but it was still relatively dangerous.
In the next few days, Cao Ang and the others marched at night, and then rested during the day, trying to walk on small roads, and there were several adventures along the way.
At this time, there were only more than two thousand people following him.
These two thousand people were relatively loyal, and no one escaped for half a day.
There were more than two thousand people, and there were no dangers along the way.
Was chased by Datang's army, but there was no battle.
What Cao Ang didn't know was that this was actually arranged by Zhao Yun. He just drove Cao Ang and the others away from the place that deviated from his own food road.
Zhang Yu asked Cao Ang to return to Luoyang for a purpose, so Zhao Yun did not chase him, otherwise Cao Ang and the others would not have stayed until now.
Zhao Yun began to follow Cao Ang and the others, as long as they did not attack his grain road, he would not attack.
However, with more than 2,000 of them, they did not pose much threat to the rear.
There are guards for transporting grain and grass, and at the same time, not all the whole batch is transported.
It's no big deal for them to intercept a batch or two of grain and grass.
Cao Ang and the others slowly approached Luoyang, but the situation in Luoyang changed drastically again.
Cao Cao sent people to withdraw all the people from Hulaoguan and Mengjindu, and defend Luoyang to the death.
Luoyang, the famous ancient capital.
At this time, there are hundreds of thousands of troops inside, and hundreds of thousands of troops outside.
Zhang Liao sent troops to directly surround Luoyang, and at the same time Gao Shun and Zhou Yu also went outside Luoyang.
Hundreds of thousands of troops surrounded Luoyang.
Zhang Liao raised his account.
"Generals, there is not much suspense about the overall situation now. I will wait here to wait for the arrival of the lord. I will persuade you to surrender first, and if it is not possible, I will slowly plan it."
Zhang Liao did not start storming Luoyang for credit.
After all, Luoyang City was once the capital of the country, and it is very strong. If it can be defeated, the loss must be huge.
Zhang Liao began to assign tasks.
Surrounded by people on all sides, Zhang Liao chose echelons to build a camp.
Build one three miles away, build one five miles away, and build the main force ten miles away.
A total of more than half a million troops surrounded Luoyang City.
As usual, Datang's army began to take over the counties around Luoyang.
Part of Zhou Yu's army was at Mengjindu, and part of it was docked directly on the other side of the Yellow River, and did not rush into the battlefield.
It's the same without him, as long as the Hulao pass is broken, there is no need for him to cruise on the Yellow River to support him.
And Tai Shici went to Chang'an with 50,000 soldiers and horses.
This Chang'an also needs to defend and attack.
At this time, Ma Chao attacked Chang'an. Although he did not make a fierce attack, he kept swimming and did not leave.
The situation in the whole world is extremely clear, and the situation can be seen without analysis.
Zhang Yu also started to act, and he took Ma Yunlu to Luoyang.
In a few days, Zhang Yu had been a foolish king, hanging out with Ma Yunlu all day long. What kind of king didn't go to court early, Zhang Yu didn't deal with a single thing for several days, and used it all to hang out with Ma Yunlu.
He didn't want to deal with too many things, and he tried to hand over to his subordinates as much as possible.
"Cao Mengde, Cao Mengde, you are one of the heroes of the ages, I don't know what choice you will make this time."
The closer Zhang Yu got to Luoyang, the more he kept thinking about Cao Cao's final fate.
Zhang Yu was very reluctant to kill Cao Cao, but he had become emperor and had to be killed.
For example, he didn't want to kill Sun Ce, but Sun Ce also proclaimed himself emperor, so he had to die.
It was Cao Ang who made him not make up his mind.
Sun Ce didn't have a prince, so he would be done if he killed him. His younger brother Sun Quan was not the Sun Quan in history and had no influence.
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