The third hour of Yin is the darkest moment before dawn.

The Yellow Turban Army camp outside the city was silent. The soldiers of the three armies all received news that the general attack would be the end of today, so there was no need to prepare early as yesterday. The Yellow Turban leaders spoke in advance and asked the troops preparing to participate in the siege to have a good rest. Except for those troops responsible for making siege equipment, most of the other troops were still in their sweet sleep.

On the city wall on the east side of Luoyang, a large bamboo basket hung down, and a thin official sat in the basket.

When he reached the ground, the official dust on his body and headed straight to the Yellow Turban East Army camp. After the Yellow Turban Army on duty issued a warning, the official immediately stopped and said, "The envoy of Luoyang was entrusted by the hero Wang Yue to come to see Leader Zhang Yan, and there was an emergency military report."

Five minutes later, the official saw Zhang Yan. Zhang Yan was woken up from his sleep and looked quite unkind. "When Wang Yue asked someone to see me at this time, what was going on? Could anyone ignore the overall situation and secretly attack the city?" Thinking of this, Zhang Yan couldn't help but worry.

"What's the matter?"

"Now the defenders of Luoyang have begun to attack the troops of the army in the north of Luoyang City. The hero Wang Yue asked me to tell me. Yesterday's appointment only said that the army could not attack Luoyang before the end of the day, and did not say that we were not allowed to attack from the city. Therefore, I hope that Leader Zhang Yan can restrain his troops to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings between the two armies."

Zhang Yan was stunned. Yesterday, she was coerced by Wang Yue and had to make a promise that "the city must not be attacked before the end of the year". She never expected that the Luoyang army would take the initiative to attack. In fact, even if she thought about it, Zhang Yan would not take it in her heart. The Luoyang army had been beaten to pieces. It was impossible to see that they still had the ability to attack, and they could not accuse the Luoyang army of being betrayed first.

At this moment, a noise came from the north of Luoyang City, and a fire appeared, which seemed to confirm the words of the envoy. It was obvious that the Yellow Turban North Route Army had been attacked. The timing of the Luoyang envoy appeared was by no means a coincidence. The defenders clearly even calculated the time when the officials saw Zhang Yan!

Zhang Yan took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "I know, please ask the envoy to go back and bring a message to the hero Wang Yue. Yesterday's appointment was just that our army was not allowed to attack the city before the end, and not against the Luoyang defenders outside the city before the end. Since your army did not overestimate its ability to attack the city, our army would never sit still and wait for death!"

The messenger smiled faintly, "That's natural. If leader Zhang Yan had nothing else to do, the villain would go back first."

"please."

The envoy calmly bowed to Zhang Yan and left. Before coming to the Yellow Turban East Army camp, the official realized that he was not completely risk-free and was likely to be killed on the spot by the angry Yellow Turban Army. Now he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Most of the other leaders and generals were also awakened by the shouts of killing in the north of the city, and they came to the tent to see Zhang Yan. As soon as the officials of Luoyang City left, the leaders immediately started to talk. Some even suggested: "Luoyang has weak troops. Now that they attack the north of the city again, the troops in the city will inevitably be empty. Can we take this opportunity to attack the city and catch them off guard?"

Zhang Yan's face was unstable, and finally said dejectedly: "When they went out of the city to attack, how could they not make corresponding arrangements? The little force in Luoyang could not pose a great threat to our army in field battles. The purpose was nothing more than angering our soldiers or trying to make our army tired through uninterrupted sneak attacks. Forget it, let them make trouble, and order all battalions to be strictly prepared to defend themselves. When the day dawns, they dare not come out at all!"

Mr. Guo also said: "No, let's settle the score with them at the end and fight into Luoyang, and there will be no need to leave any other people! Now I'll send some troops to pick up the north of the city."

Zhang Yan nodded. A few minutes later, a unit of more than 5,000 people left the camp and looked at the north gate.

In the dark corner of the East City Tower of Luoyang, Xu Rong quietly observed the movements of the Yellow Turban East Route Army. Seeing that the East Route Army did not take this opportunity to attack the city, Xu Rong breathed a sigh of relief. This time, the Luoyang army's attack was quite a bit gambling, and it gathered all its troops. At this time, Luoyang was like an empty city. If the Yellow Turban Army could not hold back, it would be almost impossible for Luoyang to defend.

Xu Rong said to an official beside him: "The Yellow Turban Army will not attack immediately. Let these people go down to the city and do whatever they should do. In addition, notify Beicheng and let them send a signal to let the attacking troops fight quickly. No matter what the results are achieved in eight minutes, all the attacking troops must return to the city!"

The city was not empty. On the contrary, almost all the civilians in the city were distributed to the three walls on the east, west and south, even women were no exception. If the Yellow Turban Army took the opportunity to launch a siege against Luoyang, the Yellow Turban Army would not recognize whether these people were civilians or soldiers in the darkness, and these civilians would be able to buy time for the attacking troops to return to the city.

The civilians remained silent in the dungeon, while Jinge Iron Horse began to contact players in Hulong Villa in the North City. Since Lu Zhi was seriously injured, Jinge Iron Horse's "service target" has become Xu Rong, and almost all the information transmission has to rely on adventure players in Hulong Villa.

The Luoyang defenders' attack on the north of the city did not last long, especially when the attacking troops saw the signals on the city, they even accelerated the attack frequency.

Wang Yue, Li Qi and Liu Xing attacked with all the martial artists, while Zilong led all the troops of nearly 2,000 people to fight in the infantry battle, and all the troops in Luoyang City were here. The martial artists continued to play their specialty in setting fires and assassination, while Zhao Yun took advantage of the chaos of the Yellow Turban Army and rushed forward with his troops to slaughter. The Yellow Turban North Route Army suffered a painful defeat again!

When the reinforcements of the Yellow Turban East Route Army arrived, they could only watch the Luoyang army return to the city, and the northern Route Army camp was already in a mess. Although Fengxiang's attacking troops were few, three martial arts masters led the team, and even a fierce general like Zhao Yun took the lead. The Yellow Turban Army suffered heavy casualties, and the attacking troops only lost more than 200 soldiers.

Among the three armies, the Yellow Turban North Route Army was the weakest link. Yesterday, the Feiyi Battalion was attacked once by the Feiyi Battalion. In addition, yesterday's siege battle, the Northern Route Army had only more than 12,000 troops left, and had already lost its due force.

In today's battle, the Northern Route Army lost 4,000 troops again, and many young leaders were killed. The most tragic thing was that Wang Yue personally killed Yang Feng, the commander of the Northern Route Army!

The only thing that comforted the Yellow Turban Army was that the Luoyang defenders seemed to be only concerned about killing people this time, but did not attack those siege equipment, which also made the Northern Route Army still have the ability to play a role in the siege war.

The Northern Army, which had only more than 8,000 men left, had a loss rate of 60% in the battle of Luoyang, and its morale had dropped seriously! The Yellow Turban Army, who was still in shock, was even seriously considering whether to retreat and sighed: "How come the damn Luoyang Army, why did you only attack us!"

Under such circumstances, Zhang Yan, commander of the Eastern Route Army, could no longer sit still. If he did not find a way to stabilize the morale of the Northern Route Army and siege Luoyang in a vigorous siege, he would face the situation of losing all the troops before he could complete his full efforts. After thinking about it over and over again, he had to make a decision to divide the troops. After receiving the consent of Mr. Guo, 20,000 troops of Bai Bo's army were transferred to the north of the city, and Mr. Guo took office as commander of the Northern Route Army.

Since the small moves made by Mr. Guo when Zhang Yan was coerced by Wang Yue yesterday evening, the relationship between the two leaders of the Black Mountain Army and the Baibo Army has deteriorated even more. Although the face has not been completely broken, the relationship between the two can be regarded as "ice".

Since the Black Mountain Army suffered losses in the second wave of siege, the White Bo Army had never been involved in the battle. The Black Mountain Army's military strength advantage against the White Bo Army was weakened, and Zhang Yan's confidence was no longer as strong. In this case, it was a wise decision to separate the White Bo Army, which he could no longer control.

At Chen, Bai Bo's army had completed its defense change.

As the Bai Bo army moved to the north of Luoyang City, east, south and north of Luoyang, the strength of the three armies became more balanced, the difficulty of defense for the defenders will become greater!

Even the Yellow Turban Army's smallest troops in the West Gate had prepared a large amount of siege equipment. It is conceivable that when the end of the day comes, the Luoyang defenders will face an unprecedented and all-round attack.

At the moment, a 200-person army appeared outside the south gate of Luoyang City. He took the white flag and arrived directly 150 steps from the city wall to stop. Ji Ling sent the troops outside Luoyang City to greet Lu Zhi.

The leader of the general shouted at the top of the city: "Nanyang envoy Qin Yi came to Luoyang on the order of my lord, and ask the brothers on the top of the city to spread it!"

There was a reaction on the top of the city soon. Two minutes later, Liu Xing appeared on the city and shouted at the bottom: "Did the Nanyang Prefect send you two hundred people to support Luoyang?"

The general named Qin Yi couldn't help but turn red. He said embarrassedly: "It's important. Please let us explain in detail after entering the city. We are not carrying weapons and have no malice."

Liu Xing sneered, "Let you come in and talk slowly, do you think I am a fool? You claim to be Yuan Shu, but I think that Yuan Shu comes from a famous family and has been favored by the court for generations. How could he collude with the Yellow Turban Rebellion Party? Don't tell me that these two hundred of you have forced in. If you don't get out, let you taste the taste of a strong arrow!"

The following does not count the word count:

I've read some of the recent posts and I'm very depressed and complaining, so I can't read them.

In recent posts, there are many criticisms and doubts, mainly focusing on "The Battle of Luoyang has been delayed for too long" and "Whether some descriptions are not concise enough, there is a suspicion of cheating words - there is no explicit statement about cheating words, but it has that meaning."

Let me explain: In Mao’s plan, the Battle of Luoyang is not a simple battle. Instead, it has been written as a "big battle". The book contains many plots, as well as complex relationships between multiple forces and multiple characters. This is the main reason why the Luoyang Battle has not been completed for a long time. Another reason is that Mao’s recent update volume has dropped. Most chapters are 3,000 words, and there are few big chapters with ** thousand words, or more than ten thousand words are updated a day. In addition to monthly tickets and updates, only one chapter is updated every day, which is also one reason why everyone feels that "the battle has been delayed for too long."

I want to talk about my own thoughts. This book is the first time that Mao has written. I have been writing it for more than half a year and I have truly understood what it is difficult to adjust.

I have written too much war, and my book friends have comments, and I left a message again saying, "It's been another week, why are you still fighting?" The last time I replied to your post in detail, it seems that it's vain; if I have written too much construction, I have something to say.

The plot is explained more carefully. Some people think it is a fraudulent word count; the details are not detailed enough or are a little late, while others think it is too rough and irresponsible.

The characters and events are portrayed in many ways. Some people think they are long-winded and leave a message asking, "Is it worthy of those book friends who urged to update the votes (note: the one who said this is not VIP book friends)? "The paragraph only needs to be completed by the word ＊", and it is just a short time to write a sample essay for cats to learn and observe; OK, let's just mention it in one sentence. Some book friends think that "it is as plain as a child playing house", "the characters are not full and vivid enough", and "the article should not be piled up with a bunch of plots."

The same is true for suspense. It seems normal to leave some suspense at the end of some chapters, but some book friends accused this move of "deliberately playing with suspense and playing hard"; there are also book friends who reminded them with practical examples, believing that cats have not done enough in this regard.

...

All these are different.

What can I say?

What do I do?

How can I avoid seeing those depressing words in my article?

The text is not concise enough? Please first figure out that this is an online novel rather than a prose! Especially if you want to say "I am guilty" to those book friends who leave messages saying "The content only requires ＊＊ words". The cat cannot write the concise style you hope for, and cannot be concise word by word (most of my scrutiny is reflected in the plot). Sorry for your expectations! There is no way, the writing style is limited, and the style has not been formed recently. The cat has not calculated how many words this book has written, but it is probably 1.5 million, and the difference between two million words is not too much. The country is easy to change and the nature is difficult to change. It has always been such a style of writing. No one says anything in the public chapter, and when it comes to the shelves, someone accuses "scam the number of words", and many of them say this are still read in white books! The cat wants to ask, are you embarrassed when you say those words?

Mao has also read the stolen posts. Many of the book friends in the group read the stolen posts. Mao doesn’t think there is any problem with this. But those who read the white book jumped out and accused me of “scam words” and asked me “Is it worthy of the book friends’ urging me to update the votes”. It’s really a sarcasm!

The war plot is too long? Sorry, I can't end a very important and complex battle in a very short time. The cat knows what he is writing. Let me explain again that this is not a simple battle, but a battle.

There are many authoritative critics, and everyone has the right to express their opinions. But do everyone dare to pat their chests and say, "What I am talking about is the truth" and "When I say what I say, no one has any objection"?

The Spring Festival is still more than ten days in the new year. Everyone wants to prepare for the holiday happily. It is very uncomfortable to see those words. By the way, Mao has been in a foreign company for seven years and has experienced senior managers. He is a very competitive retail industry. He thinks that he has good resistance to pressure, but now it seems that it is not the case, or the author is under greater pressure than that of the senior executives of foreign companies.

Not everyone understands what "minimum respect" means. Anyway, I am the biggest and I am the most right. I am wrong if I don't like you, so I should scold you!

I want to ask, "Is this really the case?" Be kind and don't be too self-righteous, even in an online world where no one knows who is.

Cat is a sentimental person. I can understand the criticism and accusations of most book friends. If it weren’t for liking this book, I wouldn’t spend time and energy leaving comments and corrections. Even if I use the words more intensely, as long as there is no insult, personality or bottom line, Cat will think and reply seriously, and therefore become friends with many book friends who criticize Cat.

My mind was very messy, very angry, and I talked so much nonsense. These three thousand words were written at 7:30 pm. It took two hours to write the nonsense after writing it. I don’t know if I could express the meaning I wanted to express it clearly.

I hope that some book friends who have left criticism posts will not misunderstand, including those who have made recent plot progress. I just hope that everyone can be more tolerant and understand the difficulty of the author. Cat is not a person who refuses to criticize people who are determined to do so. The starting point of criticizing book friends is whether it is good intentions or not good intentions. Cats are unlikely to make a mistake in their own judgment.
Chapter completed!