Chapter 918 Meeting in Luoyang


    Chapter 916: Meeting in Luoyang


    "Report to the leader of the alliance, Wang Shichong and other generals who were ordered to pursue him have returned."


    "oh?"


    Qin Hao''s mouth curled slightly and he smiled and said, "So quickly."


    "No."


    After the coalition forces forcibly broke through Hulao Pass, about 10,000 Liang troops escaped from Hulao. Although the threat of this remnant army was small, it was difficult to ensure whether Li Shimin had any future moves. So Qin Hao sent the four princes of Bingzhou, Wang Shichong, Zhang Yang, Zhang Chao and Wang Kuang, to lead 20,000 troops to pursue, and sent Xue Rengui to lead troops to assist.


    If there was no ambush, it would be a sure victory, but Wang Shichong and others who returned were all embarrassed, and even Xue Rengui''s dragon scale armor was smoked black.


    This is obviously an ambush.


    Xue Rengui strode into the hall. When he saw Qin Hao, he immediately knelt down on one knee and said with shame: "The general will be unwilling to the high hopes of the lord, and failed to wipe out the remaining Liang army who escaped from the Huzhu. Instead, he was ambushed by the Liang army."


    Wang Shichong and others didn''t say anything, as if they were convinced, but a hint of unnatural flashed in their eyes.


    Qin Hao didn''t know where he saw this. Obviously they were doubting themselves and deliberately asked them to block the gun.


    Although Qin Hao saw it, he did not deliberately explain anything. After all, the more he explained this kind of thing, the more he could not explain it clearly. Besides, even if they were dissatisfied, they could not do anything to Qin Hao now.


    "What the **** is going on?"


    Seeing that Xue Rengui''s armor was blackened, Qin Hao immediately showed regret and asked, "Did the Liang army burned Dagu Pass?"


    Xue Rengui was stunned and then smiled bitterly, "That''s right, the last general pursued all the way to Luoyang, while the remaining Liang army hid in the Dagu Pass site.


    Oguchi Pass has not been repaired yet, so it was easily broken by our army. However, after the generals and others entered the pass, they discovered that a large amount of turmeric and saltpeter were arranged in advance.


    The generals and others were not aware of it for a moment. After reacting, although they ordered the retreat as soon as possible, thousands of soldiers were still buried in the sea of ??fire. The fire also blocked the road to Luoyang, and they could not march until the fire was extinguished. ”


    Burning Pass blocks the road? Qin Hao could guess without thinking that this move must be Li Shimin''s work.


    Although the Ogu Pass has not been rebuilt, it has invested countless manpower and material resources. Except for Li Shimin, others do not have such great courage to burn such a powerful pass.


    Qin Hao was also very glad that he sent Xue Rengui over this time. Otherwise, based on Wang Shichong and others, there would not be thousands of people who died.


    Qin Hao speculated that Li Shimin''s fire attack at Dagu Pass should have been imitating his burning of Yanmen Pass five years ago. Unfortunately, Li Shimin had to get his shape but not his essence, so Xue Rengui saw the flaws, otherwise the entire pursuit army would be wiped out.


    70% of the Oguchi Pass has been rebuilt, but it was burned so easily. Qin Hao still felt very distressed about this.


    Hulao, which was once again broken after this war, naturally could not take on the heavy responsibility of Sizhou East Gate. Therefore, after Qin Hao seized Sizhou, whether it was Hulao Pass or Dagu Pass, it would definitely be rebuilt again. I don’t know how much resources it would take to invest. Qin Hao really felt sorry for the cost of rebuilding the two levels.


    Li Shimin ran to Luoyang to recuperate, but before leaving, he gave Qin Hao this trick. He would rather not get it than leave it to Qin Hao.


    Sure enough, in the face of a great enemy like Li Shimin, you must never relax and careless! Qin Hao sighed in his heart.


    "Hey, you can''t blame you this time. It''s because the leader of the alliance underestimates the enemy." Qin Hao comforted several people and then said in a deep voice: "The fire at Dagu Pass will probably not be extinguished in a few days. Let''s repair it before this."


    [Dingdong, the third battle at Hulao Pass ends, inventory begins…]


    The third battle at Hulao Pass lasted for more than three months and was divided into four parts.


    The first part is the Hulao Rain Battle before the division of troops. In that battle, the coalition forces suffered 10,000 casualties, but nearly 50,000 main forces of the Liang army''s cavalry were destroyed.


    The second part, after the division of troops, the intelligent attack on Hulao lasted for one and a half months, was killed and killed 30,000 as the siege''s coalition forces, while the Liang army guarding the city suffered 10,000 casualties.


    The third part is the Battle of Longmen Formation, where the coalition forces suffered 10,000 casualties, while the Liang army suffered 30,000 casualties.


    The fourth part, that is, the fierce attack in the twenty-day just ended, had nearly 60,000 casualties and 30,000 Liang''s casualties.


    Before the division of troops, the coalition forces suffered 10,000 casualties, and after division of troops, a total of 100,000 casualties were killed and 100,000 casualties, and it was extremely difficult to break through the ancient pass of Hulao. Now Qin Hao has only 230,000 troops left.


    The coalition army suffered 110,000 troops, but defeated the 120,000 troops of the Liang army, including 50,000 cavalry. Li Shimin only led 10,000 remaining troops back to Luoyang.


    As the coalition forces of the attacking party, the casualties were smaller than those of the Liang army defending the city, which was incredible for the siege party.


    Of course, the reason for this unreasonable phenomenon is mainly because the two major battles planned by Qin Hao, the rain battle and the formation battle, suppressed the overall casualty ratio of enemy and us. Otherwise, the second and fourth parts are the normal casualty ratio of siege.


    Among the 120,000 people killed and injured by the Liang army, there were 43,000 prisoners of war, 27,000 prisoners of war, 10,000 prisoners of war, 5,000 prisoners of war, and 77,000 prisoners of war were killed directly in battle.


    Among the 110,000 troops of the Liang army suffered casualties, 70,000 people were killed directly in battle, and 20,000 of the 40,000 healed wounded soldiers were injured and disabled. Another 20,000 people could return to the army after being cured.


    In other words, in just three months, a total of nearly 150,000 people buried the bones of the Hulao, killing the entire Hulao Pass into a river of blood, and almost every inch of the land was turned into scorched earth.


    [According to statistics, the third battle at Hulao Pass, including Hulao Rain War, killed 120,000 enemies and lost 110,000 to himself... Since Hulao Rain War has settled a reward once, after this re-settlement, 270 summon points are deducted, and the host currently has 2,500 summon points left. 】


    There is no money to earn summon points in the war, but instead deducted it. This is the first time Qin Hao encountered this situation, but there is no way. After all, the casualties of the coalition forces behind were higher than those of the Liang army, but compared with the war before the war started, Qin Hao still earned 100 summon points.


    The fire at Dagu Pass burned for three days and three nights before it was extinguished. The next day, Yang Su from Yique Pass also burned the pass and led a 40,000 army back to Luoyang.


    Qin Hao was almost so angry that he vomited blood when he learned about this, but he had no choice but to wait until he could slowly rebuild it.


    Luoyang originally had 30,000 troops left, but Hulao Pass withdrew 10,000, and Yique Pass withdrew 40,000. So far, Luoyang also had 80,000 troops, barely having the capital to fight the coalition forces.


    Three days later, Qin Hao left behind 10,000 Qin troops to guard and Hulao, and led 230,000 coalition forces on the east road to march towards Luoyang.


    On the fourth day, the coalition forces of the South Road and the Southeast Road also immediately marched towards Luoyang after the fire at Yique Pass was extinguished.


    The three armies finally met successfully in Luoyang.


    (This chapter ends)