Yang Rui had used the Wind Carpet to follow Sun Jian's entire journey and witnessed the battle between him and Dong Zhuo's troops outside the Kaiyang Gate.
Yang Rui was also greatly moved by the strength of Sun Jian and his troops.
It could be said that Hu Zhen, Wang Fang, and the rest of Sun Jian's troops had a huge advantage in terms of numbers. However, the moment they clashed with Sun Jian's troops, the difference in strength between both sides immediately became apparent. The soldiers under Hu Zhen and Wang Fang were more than one or two times weaker than Sun Jian's troops. After a short stalemate, Sun Jian's troops had the absolute advantage.
This was especially the case when Huang Gai and Sun Jian came out of the formation one after another. After exchanging blows with Hu Zhen and Wang Fang, the huge gap in strength between the two sides was quickly revealed. Hu Zhen and Wang Fang were barely able to withstand two moves before they could no longer hold on. They both turned around and retreated with their horses.
Of course, Sun Jian and Huang Gai were not willing to let them go. They immediately led their troops and charged forward, causing the enemy soldiers to scream miserably. Hu Zhen and Wang Fang's troops were already having a hard time fighting. Now that Sun Jian and Huang Gai charged forward, they immediately began to retreat.
The small scale retreat caused by the escape of the two main generals could be said to be like a stone that stirred up a thousand ripples. It quickly led to the complete collapse of Dong Zhuo's troops on the battlefield. The stalemate between both sides did not last more than fifteen minutes before Hu Zhen and Wang Fang, who had the advantage in numbers, were completely defeated.
Yang Rui was greatly surprised by this scene. He did not expect Sun Jian and his troops to be so strong! Both sides had sent out two generals, but Sun Jian's side was clearly much stronger than the other side in terms of both generals and soldiers.
Moreover, it was obvious that although Sun Jian had activated the special troop type — the Tiger Soldiers, it had been in the storyline all along. There was no time to nurture them. Therefore, Sun Jian's current troops were not the Tiger Soldiers. The reason why they were so tyrannical. Other than the fact that it was a special troop class, it was also thanks to Sun Jian and Huang Gai's support skills.
It wasn't hard to imagine what kind of power Sun Jian's Tiger's Soldiers would have once they were formed into an army. The Tiger's Soldiers could reach the seventh grade at most! Even at this moment, Yang Rui couldn't help but think about what their chances of victory would be if they were to fight Sun Jian with their most powerful Fifth Grade special forces! Perhaps they could be evenly matched?
"Kill!"
"Don't send Hu Zhen and Wang Fang away …"
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Hu Zhen and Wang Fang's troops fled in all directions, while Sun Jian led his troops to pursue them from behind. The two parties, one fleeing and one chasing, were locked in a stalemate. They were headed in the direction of Luoyang Imperial City's Kaiyang Gate!
"Open the door!"
"Open the city gates!"
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Hu Zhen and Wang Fang were the first to arrive outside Kaiyang Gate. When they saw that the city gates were tightly shut, they immediately started shouting.
At this moment, the general of the city guards, Duan Meng, was on the city walls of Kaiyang Gate. Facing the retreating Hu Zhen and Wang Fang, Duan Meng hesitated for a moment before ordering the guards to slowly open the heavy city gates.
Duan Meng had been slightly worried ever since Hu Zhen and Wang Fang left the city with their troops. As such, he had been waiting at Kaiyang Gate for their return. Unexpectedly, the two of them had returned in defeat, with a large number of soldiers chasing after them! As such, Duan Meng had no intention of opening the gates. Unfortunately, the main general guarding Luoyang was Hu Zhen, who was currently trapped outside the city gates. In the end, Duan Meng had no choice but to submit.
In Duan Meng's opinion, although Hu Zhen and Wang Fang had soldiers chasing after them, they might not dare to enter the city. Even if they did enter the city, with the arrangements on Kaiyang Gate's walls and city gates, as well as the large number of guards in the city, they would not be able to do much. They might even be able to seize the opportunity to win back some of their troops.
Of course, this was only a momentary thought. In fact, his greatest basis of judgment was his gut feeling. Since Hu Zhen and Wang Fang had called for him to open the gates, the soldiers behind them should not pose a threat to Luoyang Gate!
However, at this moment, Hu Zhen and Wang Fang were already panicking from being slaughtered. All they wanted was to temporarily escape with their lives. They had no time to care about the soldiers chasing after them! As Hu Zhen and Wang Fang fled, Sun Jian pursued them ferociously. The seventy to eighty thousand soldiers he had brought with him had long been wiped out!
"Kill!"
"Charge …"
With the opening of Kaiyang Gate, Sun Jian immediately ordered his troops to follow Hu Zhen and Wang Fang into the city. A fierce battle immediately broke out in the barbican below the city gates and in the passageway. The outcome was far beyond Duan Meng's expectations. Ever since Hu Zhen and Wang Fang entered the gate and began climbing the walls, Sun Jian and Huang Gai had followed closely behind them. Even with Duan Meng, Hu Zhen, and Wang Fang, they were unable to stop the two of them.
As for the archers that had been prepared around the barbican, they did not dare to take action because Hu Zhen and Wang Fang were entangled with Sun Jian and the others. They were afraid of accidentally injuring them.
The army was routed like a landslide. Following the general's unfavorable situation, Sun Jian's troops quickly took control of Kaiyang Gate's city gates! Hu Zhen, Wang Fang, and Duan Meng could only command their soldiers to engage in battle with Sun Jian's army on the city walls. Furthermore, they were still retreating in the direction of Ping Gate and Xuan Gate!
"We're going to charge in just like that?"
After Yang Rui followed Sun Jian's troops to Kaiyang Gate, he did not enter Luoyang City. Instead, he stayed outside the city. What was out of Yang Rui's expectations was that Sun Jian actually took control of Kaiyang Gate, which was southeast of Luoyang City!
What Yang Rui did not know was that the reason for the current situation was because of Sun Jian and Hu Zhen's misjudgment! Hu Zhen's bravery was one of the reasons for her failure. If Sun Jian knew that Luoyang City still had more than 200,000 soldiers defending it, he would not have rashly charged into the city.
After Sun Jian forcefully took down Kaiyang Gate, Yang Rui also saw an opportunity. Thus, Yang Rui no longer watched the battle. Instead, he quickly rode his Flying Carpet and rushed to Mount Beimang to the north of Luoyang City.
Now that one of Luoyang City's gates had fallen, although he did not know what kind of situation Sun Jian would encounter next, it was almost certain that the city's guards would be transferred to Kaiyang Gate to provide support. If this caused the other city gates' defenses to drop, perhaps there would be an opportunity to exploit!
The reality was just as Yang Rui had imagined. Due to the sudden situation at Kaiyang Gate, after the news spread, the guards in Luoyang City were all on high alert. Seeing that Sun Jian and Huang Gai were leading their troops to Ping City Gate and Wei Gate, Hu Zhen immediately ordered all the soldiers in the city to head to Guang Yang Gate, Ping City Gate, and Wei Gate for help. She was prepared to use the advantage of numbers to wear down Sun Jian and his troops.
Hu Zhen secretly thought that since Sun Jian's main forces had already appeared at Guang Yang Gate, the other gates should be a bluff. Thus, there were not many soldiers left behind to defend the other gates. In the end, Hu Zhen and the others were still frightened by Sun Jian's troops, which was why they did this.
As a result, the other gates of Luoyang City were instantly emptied. As time passed, about an hour after they left Guang Yang Gate, Yang Rui had already led close to forty thousand troops from Spirit Condensation Mountain Village to the valley gate of Luoyang City. He immediately made the decision to attack the valley gate and the city walls on both sides of the valley gate.
As Yang Rui had always planned to take down Luoyang, he had ordered Heyin County Magistrate Du Yang to prepare many wooden ladders, battering rams, and other simple siege weapons. At this moment, Yang Rui had also brought them with him.
The only thing Yang Rui hadn't expected was that the opportunity would come so quickly. He had originally planned to occupy Luoyang Imperial City after Dong Zhuo's army had finally retreated. That way, he would be able to gain some merit points and points for free. It was likely that the merit points and points awarded for occupying an Imperial City wouldn't be a small sum!
"Kill them all!"
Before the attack, Yang Rui did not have much confidence in taking down the valley gate. He also did not know the exact number of guards in Dong Zhuo's camp. However, the advantage of the Fifth Grade Iron Guards on the walls immediately became apparent the moment the siege began. In addition to the three powerful generals, Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Wu Anguo, the siege went unexpectedly smoothly.
The defenses of Luoyang City were sturdy enough. Even though many of the guards had been moved away, the city walls were still able to defend against Yang Rui's attack. However, the city's greatest weakness was the lack of a powerful general to hold the fort and provide the soldiers with support skills. This weakness was quickly exposed during the siege.
At this moment, the role of Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, and Wu Anguo, these three historical generals, came into play. The three of them worked together and tore open three openings on the walls on either side of the valley gate. The Fifth Grade guards quickly followed the three of them onto the walls. At this point, it was only a matter of time before Yang Rui took down Luoyang's valley gate.
Although it was said that they were attacking the valley gates, the defenses of the city gates were relatively strong. Just the number of archers alone was not small. Thus, Yang Rui sent the core of his forces to the walls on both sides of the valley gates. Only Yang Rui led a small portion of his forces outside the city gates to attract the enemy's attention. Moreover, he only got into formation and shouted, not entering the range of the enemy's archers.
Luoyang City had a wide moat. The only reason Sun Jian had been able to charge into the city through Kaiyang Gate was because he had borrowed the momentum of the defeated army. Meanwhile, the valley gate was close to the North Sea and was limited by the terrain. The area around the gate was very wide, and there was a path between the city walls and the moat. This provided Gao Shun and the other generals with the opportunity to attack from the city walls.
Yang Rui had already noticed the difference between the valley gate and the other city gates after his experience in taking down the east gate of Luoyang. That was why he had chosen to attack the valley gate instead of the Summer Gate, which was also to the north of Luoyang and had fewer guards.
"Kill!"
"Those who disarm shall live …"
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