Gao Huan and his group returned to the camp. At this time, the soldiers knew that Gao Mingheng had retreated to the west.

In the camp, the morale of the autonomous army soldiers was relieved and they wanted to retreat.

At this time, Gao Huan and others returned to the camp. The soldiers in the camp looked at each other, but no one said anything, but their eyes moved with Gao Huan.

Gao Huan felt the atmosphere change, saw the eyes of the soldiers, and moved with his backbone, knowing that he had to make a decision to stabilize the morale of the army.

At this time, Gao Huan suddenly stood on a big cart and fisted loudly, "The Qing army invaded and threatened Henan! Now the high school chief leads troops to resist the Qing army and fight for time to recover Luoyang! Everyone knows the Qing army! It is the Qing army who repeatedly defeated the official army and asked the court to increase taxes again and again. When they go, they are most likely to be in danger, but they are determined! What are they doing?"

The soldiers were stunned. They naturally didn't know why Gao Mingheng was.

However, after hearing Gao Huan's words, a burst of blood surged in his heart for no reason.

Gao Huan raised his arms and shouted, "They are trying to win time for us to recover Luoyang, so that our sufferings for the past two months have not been in vain, and the blood of the dead soldiers has not been in vain! In order to let us pacify the bandits in Henan, restore stability in the Central Plains, and restore peace to the people!"

Song Xiance and others looked at each other, and looked at the flames in the eyes of the soldiers around them, thinking that the Governor could really make him irritated.

Gao Mingheng was most likely afraid of losing Kaifeng and letting the court pursue it. However, Gao Huan suddenly withdrew Gao Mingheng's troops and gave a sublimation, making everyone feel embarrassed not to recover Luoyang, and they saw the elders of Jiangdong speechlessly.

"This governor will seize Luoyang, and he will never give up easily!" Gao Huan raised his arms and shouted.

Many soldiers were incited by him and shouted loudly that they should not let the efforts of friendly troops flow eastward, that they should not let the blood of their brothers flow in vain, that they should eliminate bandits and restore peace to the Central Plains.

Seeing this, Gao Huan got off the cart, hurried into the tent, and ordered people to ring the war drum to gather the generals.

After the three-way drum, the generals of the autonomous army gathered in the big tent.

At this time, Gao Huan sat in the position of commander, glanced at the generals on both sides, and said in a deep voice: "I know that the high school chief withdraws troops, which makes everyone a little discouraged, and I feel that Luoyang is probably unable to be captured."

All the generals sat upright, lowering their heads and not speaking.

Gao Huan raised his voice and said, "Now Tian Jianxiu has the same idea! He must have felt that we can't do anything to him, but I do not believe in evil. Now Tian Jianxiu must have thought that our army was shaken and wanted to retreat, but I insisted on attacking and taking down Luoyang City!"

Song Xiance agreed, "The Governor said it well. Now that the rebel army is safe, they will inevitably become lazy when they see the Kaifeng official army retreating. For us, it may be an opportunity! In addition, the military government is based in the Central Plains and is the place of four battles. If we withdraw from Luoyang, the rebel army will inevitably counterattack, and the Qing army has approached Henan. In order not to fall into a desperate situation of being attacked from both sides, we can only take a single bet and seize Luoyang!"

When each general saw Gao Huan and Song Xiance say this, everyone was excited.

Hao Yaoqi stepped out of the line and clasped his fists, "Please give orders to the generals! The last general is willing to lead the troops of the camp and attack Luoyang again!"

Yang Chengzu gritted his teeth and said, "Since surrendering to the governor, he has not made any achievements. His subordinates are willing to attack Luoyang!"

Gao Huan nodded with satisfaction when he heard the words, waved his hand to let everyone sit down, and said in a deep voice: "Now Tian Jianxiu thinks that our army's morale is greatly reduced and we will not be able to attack the city. So we will discuss it carefully and strive for the next attack, which is the last attack. We must conquer Luoyang! To achieve a one-time transaction, we must summarize our previous failed experience!"

On June 3rd, Gao Huan and Gao Mingheng met at the Luoyang City. Now by the end of July, the troops are at the city, for nearly two months.

In two months, Gao Huan did not attack the city many times. In the first half of the month, it was mainly used to fill the moat and make equipment. In the next half month, it launched three large-scale attacks in total.

Liu Qi said: "Behind the high walls of Luoyang City, there is Weng City. The rebels in the city are sufficiently troops and horses, which is indeed difficult to attack. For the first time, our army used red barbarian cannons to collapse a corner of the city, and then launched a fierce attack. Although it rushed into the city, it was blocked by a continuous stream of enemy troops, and finally had to call gold to withdraw the troops!"

In that battle, the autonomous army was full of morale and fought fiercely with the defenders. It was the closest time that the autonomous army had won.

The battle was from day to night, and it was difficult to break through the gap and it was not conducive to persistence. Gao Huan could only call out the gold and withdraw his troops and let the soldiers withdraw from the gap.

Song Xiance took over the conversation and said, "For the second time, the governor adopted the strategy of digging tunnels and using gunpowder to bomb the city. However, because the tunnel was excavated, the explosion site was wrongly judged and hundreds of brothers were accidentally bombed. The collapse was too narrow, and it eventually failed!"

Digging authentic tunnels is a technical job. Gao Huan lacks an experienced miner team and the army lacks experience in digging authentic tunnels.

The Taiping Army dug tunnels four times to blew up Changsha, but the effect was not good at the beginning. In addition, there were too many Qing soldiers in the city, which quickly blocked the gap, resulting in the failure of the siege.

After that, the Taiping Army continued to use this method to attack the city, and the authentic city bombing became more and more skilled. After gaining rich experience, it eventually destroyed Nanjing City.

Gao Huan was not too discouraged by the failure of the tunnel bombing. He believed that when the army digs a few more times, he would gradually grasp the key points.

But at this time, Gao Huan received the news of the Qing army's invasion and was worried that the Qing army would enter Henan, so he could not wait to dig another tunnel, so he hurriedly organized the third attack.

"The supervisor summarized the experience of the previous two times and found that there were too many thieves in the city. Even if we occupy a section of the city wall and blasted a gap, as long as the troops cannot enter the city in large quantities, the defenders in the city will continue to come to reinforce, and it will be difficult to break the city!" Song Xiance continued: "So, for the third attack, the army chose to seize the city gate! Only by opening the city gate can the army quickly break into the city! The rebel army will collapse!"

Hao Yaoqi said annoyedly: "But who thought that Tian Jianxiu actually blocked the city gate!"

Luoyang City was solid, and Gao Huan did not intend to attack the city gate at first, because he had to attack the city gate to break through Weng City Gate. He had to break two gates in a row before he could rush into the city.

In Gao Huan's opinion, it is better to use the Red Barbarian cannon or learn from the Taiping Army to bomb the city, and tore a hole in the city wall and rush in.

This is also the gravel, bricks, and mounds of soil left after the city wall collapsed, allowing the autonomous army to climb the collapsed areas before they could enter the city. Moreover, they would be suppressed by the arrows and bird guns of the enemy's troops on both sides of the collapsed city wall, and it would be difficult to quickly pour into the city, causing the final failure.

For this reason, Gao Huan reflected on it and decided to take down the city gate, but he didn't expect that Tian Jianxiu would block the city gate.

Gao Huan nodded slightly: "From the reason for the previous failure to attack the city, the reason why we failed to take Luoyang was that after breaking through one place, we could not quickly let a large number of soldiers rush into the city and disintegrate the fighting spirit of the rebel army! Secondly, it is difficult to defend the gap and consolidate the results of the rebel army! Therefore, to break Luoyang, we still need to take down a city gate. Occupy the city gate and the city tower, the cavalry can quickly break into the city, and the army will continue to enter the city, so that the rebel army will lose it and drive us out, and eventually collapse!"

Hao Yaoqi said: "But Tian Jianxiu blocked the door, and it was really difficult for the army to break through the city gate!"

Gao Huan smiled slightly, "Today, the high school chief withdrew his troops. When I saw the scout of the rebel army, I ran out of the east gate and returned to the city from the east gate. I thought Tian saw Xiu staying the east gate was not blocked, so I wanted to keep it and fight back!"

When the generals heard the words, their eyes lit up, and they seemed to see hope.

Hao Yaoqi stepped out of the line and clasped his fists and said, "Then allow his subordinates to lead their troops to capture the East Gate tomorrow!"

Gao Huan shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Don't rush for a moment, mobilize the cannons first and then rush to build equipment. After you have made sufficient preparations, you can seize the city in one fell swoop!"

"Snatch the city in one fell swoop!" Everyone clenched their fists and regained their fighting spirit.

(Tomorrow's update, fourth update. No more tonight.)
Chapter completed!