Lu Bu’s Life Simulator

Chapter 330: Luoyang’s Fight for Hegemony

Because they had to wait for Shan Xiongxin to take action together, Lu Bu and Li Shimin almost gave the order to attack the city three days later. Lu Bu used Vulcan cannons to attack the city. Hundreds of Vulcan cannons fired at once. Although the Vulcan cannons It's impossible to be precise, but with so many Vulcan cannons aimed in a general direction, they can always hit. In half a day, Yiqueguan City Gate was blocked by Hongpo, and it took Shan Xiongxin almost half a day to capture Hulao. The city gate opens.

Li Shimin's side was relatively more troublesome. Although there were explosives, the artillery failed to come out in the end, and it was difficult to blow open the city gate by projecting the explosives directly. After Li Shimin launched the siege, he forced people to stand under the city gate. A hole was dug and explosives were inserted to blow open the door bolt.

"Go to the King of Wei quickly and tell him that I am willing to surrender!" After Wang Shichong got the news, he was a little frightened. At the same time, he also realized that he had been too greedy during this period and made others lose their patience.

"My lord, Duke Tang has already led his army to the city!" A general said with a bitter smile.

Of these two families, the Wei side is naturally stronger, but Li Tang's side comes quickly. Li Shimin is very aware of his shortcomings, so after breaking Tongguan, he personally led Li Yuanba, Li Yuanji, Li Xiaogong, and Hou Jun Ji, Wang Junke and other powerful generals rushed to Luoyang, hoping to take Luoyang first before Lu Bu.

"Report~"

Before Wang Shichong could react, another general rushed in and said to Wang Shichong: "My lord, the Wei army has arrived."

"Okay!" Wang Shichong breathed a sigh of relief. Compared to Li Tang, he still felt that Wei was more suitable to be the master. Before, he was obsessed with wanting more benefits, but now that he surrenders, he may not get a good treatment. , but it’s better than surrendering after others attack.

With regret in his heart, Wang Shichong no longer cares about the gains and losses. When someone calls in, he will have to decide whether it is life or death, let alone the benefits.

At that moment, Wang Shichong immediately ordered: "Quickly, send my military order to surrender to the Wei army in Kaicheng."

"yes!"

At that moment, Luoyang soldiers began to prepare to surrender to Lu Bu. At the same time, they also sent troops to strengthen the city defense, preparing to prevent Li Shimin from jumping over the wall to seize the city!

On the Nancheng side, after receiving the news that Wang Shichong was preparing to surrender in Kaicheng, Li Yuanji looked towards the city gate with cold eyes: "What the second brother said is indeed true. Wang Shichong probably still wants to surrender to Lu Wei!"

However, after Li Shimin captured Tongguan, he guessed that Wang Shichong most likely wanted to defect to Wei. Therefore, after breaking through the pass, he immediately ordered Li Yuanji and Li Yuanba to disguise themselves as Wei soldiers and go to the south gate of Luoyang to defraud him. It's a scam, I didn't expect it to actually happen.

Li Yuanba on the side was holding a pair of hammers and looking around boredly. Hearing Li Yuanji speak, he said somewhat boredly: "Third brother, should we fight or not?"

"Of course we have to fight!" Li Yuanji looked at the slowly opening city gate in the distance and said to Li Yuanba: "Yuanba, after a while the city gate will be completely opened, you rush over immediately, and the third brother will lead the troops to follow. superior!"

"Can we really fight?" Li Yuanba looked at Li Yuanji excitedly and asked.

"Of course, this time we are fighting the enemy, which is different from the usual competition!" Li Yuanji nodded.

"That's good. I usually have to hold back my strength when fighting you, but it's really suffocating me!" Li Yuanba breathed a sigh of relief. The happiest fight in his life was the one he fought with the Wagang generals at the foot of Siping Mountain. After a battle, it is a pity that since then, he has never seen anyone who can fight. Moreover, Li Shimin has been recuperating in the past two years since he won the land of Shu. The people who usually compete with him will lose their strength if they are a little stronger. , so boring. When he heard that Neng let go of the fight, Li Yuanba suddenly became energetic.

Over there, Wang Shichong had already opened the city gate, and was about to welcome the Wei army to enter, when he saw something approaching. When he raised his head, he saw a sledgehammer rapidly expanding in his sight.

"Bang~"

In the blood mist that filled the sky, Li Yuanba excitedly dismounted from his horse. As his hammers danced, the generals who had followed Wang Shichong to surrender were beaten clean by Li Yuanba alone, and they had no time to escape.

At the same time, Li Yuanqing also sent troops to Luoyang.

Wang Shichong and all the generals were all defeated. The defenders in Luoyang City lost their commander. In addition, the soldiers had no fighting spirit, so the resistance was not strong. Especially Li Yuanba, who had been killing like a demon for nearly an hour, had already defeated the defenders. The army was so frightened that when Li Shimin entered the city, the fighting in the city was basically over.

"Second brother, as you expected, Wang Shichong is more willing to defect to Lu Wei." Li Yuanji came to Li Shimin and said in a deep voice.

"I have ordered people to take over Hulao and Yique Pass. As long as Lu Wei can be kept out, we still have a chance." Li Shimin nodded and carefully analyzed the situation at hand: "Although Lu Bu has devoured the Central Plains, After all, time is short and the people's hearts are not yet attached. As long as we can hold Luoyang firmly and force Lu Bu to retreat, our army will have a chance to compete with him for the Central Plains!"

Although Lu Bu had the Vulcan Cannon and Sky-shattering Thunder in his hands, after so many years of hard work, Li Shimin also made a powerful divine weapon thunder based on firecrackers, but he just couldn't achieve Lu Bu's trigger-type Thunder that explodes at the touch of a touch. .

"It's time to settle the accounts with Lu Wei!" Li Yuanji gritted his teeth.

The grievances between the Lu family and the Li family can be traced back to more than ten years ago. At that time, Lu Bu was only in his teens, and he led the gangsters from Erxianzhuang to beat to death Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng who were avoiding trouble in Taiyuan.

For the Li family at that time, it directly put the Li family in ruins.

It took Li Shimin a long time to regain the title of Duke of the Li family through Li Yuanba. During this period, the dispute between Li Tang and Lu Wei gradually changed from a family feud to a battle of ideals.

Although Li Tang was a minister of the Sui Dynasty, he followed the path of aristocratic families, and the Guanlong clan was the main one. Although Lu Wei started his family against the king, he followed the path of Yang Guang, regardless of his origin. In terms of ability, in the past few years, there have been successive imperial examinations, and many poor families who joined Li Tang began to run to Lu Wei when they saw no hope of promotion.

On Lu Wei's side, there were also wealthy people from aristocratic families who couldn't let go of their identity and couldn't accept having to fight with a bunch of idiots and ran to Li Tang.

All in all, the dispute between the two parties has gradually escalated from a family dispute to a battle of ideas and class.

In this battle of Luoyang, they broke through the city first and took the upper hand, and then they had to...

"Report~"

Before Li Yuanji could think of what happened next, he saw a general running over in a hurry: "Mr. Tang, when our army arrived at Yique Pass, Yique Pass was breached, and General Li Xiaoji died in the rebellion!"

"What!?" Li Shimin's face changed slightly when he heard this. Li Xiaoji was Li Yuan's cousin, and their uncle in terms of seniority. Like Li Xiaogong, he was the pillar general of the Li family. He originally wanted Li Xiaoji to seize Yique Pass, and then He made some meritorious deeds, but unexpectedly he was harmed.

"Second brother, it seems that Lu Bu is also a little impatient because of Wang Shichong's troubles." Li Yuanji frowned.

Li Shimin nodded: "If Yique is broken, I'm afraid there will be no good results in Hulao. Go and inform Liu Shirang and ask him to withdraw his troops and return to Luoyang!"

However, it was obviously too late to recall him at this time, and news soon came back that Shan Xiongxin had broken through Hulao. Before Liu Shirang could reach Hulao, he was killed by Pei Yuanqing, who led his army, and was killed by the rebel army.

"The three armies quickly enter the city and prepare for war!" After Li Shimin learned the news, he quickly arranged for the soldiers to enter the city and burned several granaries outside the city that could not be evacuated. There were many granaries left by Yang Guang around Luoyang City. These grains alone , which is enough to support an army of 100,000 for one year. Now that the two sides are about to fight, it is naturally impossible for Lu Bu to stay.

When Lu Bu and Shan Xiongxin led their armies to meet at the foot of Luoyang City, many of the granaries that were set alight could not be saved.

"This Li Shimin is really hateful!" Shan Xiongxin cursed.

"We were a step too late. This person is quite decisive." Lu Bu didn't expect that because he was waiting for Shan Xiongxin to break through the barrier together, Li Shimin would take advantage of it. However, I have to say that judging from Li Shimin's performance in the past few years, Look, the princes such as Xue Ju and Liu Wuzhou who defeated him one after another are enough to show how powerful this person is, especially when he is the only one among the princes who imitated Lu Bu and studied the use of gunpowder on the battlefield.

However, Shenwu Lei relies on a trebuchet, and its attack method is similar to that of Zhentian Lei. Its range is far less than that of Vulcan Cannon and Repeater Crossbow. This is also Lu Bu's advantage.

All in all, in Lu Bu's view, Li Shimin is a good opponent. Coupled with the brave and invincible Li Yuanba, this battle can still be looked forward to.

"Your Majesty, how should we fight this battle?" Shan Xiongxin asked.

"Second brother, I have brought nine hundred Vulcan cannons, plus the hundred you have over there. We will attack from the northeast and force Li Shimin to leave the city to fight, and then use the repeating crossbows and repeating crossbow beds to annihilate the enemy. Army!" Lu Bu estimated that once the war starts, Li Shimin will definitely use the Shenwu Lei that he is proud of. However, this thing is already a bit outdated on Lu Bu's side. After years of improvement, the range of the Vulcan Cannon has reached nearly 500 steps. , and the range of the continuous crossbow bed is two hundred steps, and the range of the continuous crossbow is eighty steps. These three are fired alternately, and it is difficult for the Shenwu Lei to get close.

As for why he attacked from the northeast instead of the southeast, Lu Bu wanted to keep Yique Pass to see if Li Shimin would take advantage of the opportunity to attack Yique Pass. He left a lot of things there. If he could lure Li Shimin to attack Yique Pass It is also a weakening.

"The last general takes orders!" Shan Xiongxin agreed, and immediately he left Xiong Kuohai, Luo Cheng, and Luo Song to help Lu Bu, and took other generals with him to divide the Vulcan cannon to attack the north gate.

"Second brother, it's better to go out of the city and fight!" On Luoyang City, looking at so many Wei troops outside the city, Li Yuanba waved his hammer excitedly. The fight with Wang Shichong just now was not very enjoyable, and Wang Shichong's people didn't resist much.

"Yuan Ba, don't be anxious. When there is a fight, let's see how Lu Bu uses his troops." Li Shimin shook his head and comforted Li Yuan Ba ​​Dao. He had heard about the Vulcan Cannon and even wanted Chai Shao to do so. The method of the Vulcan Cannon was stolen. Unfortunately, Lu Bu was very relaxed about other things in Wagangzhai and seemed to have no problem, but he was extremely tight on these things. Even if Chai Shao bribed a few craftsmen who worked with Lu Bu, These craftsmen are each responsible for the same thing, and it is impossible to restore the method of the Vulcan Cannon.

This can be said to be the first time the two sides have faced each other head-on. Li Shimin wants to see what the power of the legendary Vulcan Cannon is like!

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