But Jiang Liang gradually realized that Zhao Chu did not sound as good as he said.

At the beginning, Zhao Chu was a little more restrained, but in recent days he finally revealed his true face.

He is rebellious and arrogant. He relies on his many soldiers and widespread generals, and he does not take Jiang Liang seriously at all.

Jiang Liang has only now discovered that his strategy of driving the tiger and swallowing the wolf may not only fail, but may also backfire and lead the wolf into the house.

Having soldiers in the hands of troubled times is the hard truth. The reason why Zhao Chu is so tough is that he is holding an army of tens of thousands of people in his hand.

But now Jiang Liang has no chance to regret it. For the sake of his plan, he can only use Zhao Chu's troops to defend Luoyang. As for what happened next, I will discuss it later.

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Hao Yaoqi finally came to an important conclusion through intelligence collection from all parties.

There is really a reinforcement army in Luoyang City. This reinforcement army is not the Eight Banners Army, but the authentic Green Camp Army.

The Green Camp Army came from Shanxi, and almost all the Qing troops in Pingyang Prefecture were transferred.

In this way, Luoyang, which had no soldiers available, had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses for a time. Not to mention that the soldiers were strong, it was enough.

Hao Yaoqi originally thought that he could take Luoyang at the lowest cost, but now it seems that it will not be so easy.

The most critical thing now is not to rush to launch an attack, but to tell Li Laiheng the news as soon as possible.

Fortunately, Li Laiheng's army advanced very quickly, so Hao Yaoqi didn't wait too long and Li Laiheng led his troops to arrive.

Hao Yaoqi directly reported the information he obtained to Li Laiheng.

Li Laiheng was not too surprised after hearing this.

"Little Tiger, are you not surprised at all?"

Hao Yaoqi asked in confusion.

"What's so surprising about this? Although Lexsa was defeated, Luoyang was not lost. Luoyang's guards would naturally think of ways to seek help in order to protect themselves. The Jingji area generally would not provide reinforcements, so he had only one choice left, that is, to ask for help from Shanxi."

Li Laiheng analyzed carefully: "Then Uncle Hao, then again, how many soldiers are there in Luoyang City now?"

This is what Li Laiheng is most concerned about now, and it doesn’t matter what happens around him.

"Well, there must be about 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers."

Hao Yaoqi spread his hands and said, "Let's check the government's corpses outside Luoyang City, the bannermen who are all in the sky. Guess what, the grains in these corpses have been emptied. I don't need to say more about where to move. I roughly calculate that these grains must be enough for 50,000 or 60,000 people."

After hearing this, Li Laiheng nodded.

"If this is the case, it's reasonable. But we have to plan a good plan for how to attack the city."

If a strong city like Luoyang attacks at all costs, the losses will definitely be heavy.

"Well, no, let my eldest nephew fly the hot air balloon again."

Hao Yaoqi rubbed his palms and laughed.

Liu Xingming played an important role in the last battle in Luyang Pass.

However, Liu Xingming did not show his unique skills - the flying hot air balloon.

The reason is very simple, mountainous areas are not conducive to hot air balloon flight.

But the plains are different.

There are almost no obstacles to flying hot air balloons. As long as you don’t encounter extreme and harsh weather, there are basically no dangers.

"Well, I'm just thinking that way."

Li Laiheng nodded and said, "Xingming has always been remembering hot air balloons every year. Before, Uncle Liu Shi has been obstructing him, but I think Uncle Liu Shi has also been open to it now. I should give Xingming a chance."

"That's right, young people need to experience it. What will happen if they stay by their side?"

Hao Yaoqi cleared his throat and said, "Little Tiger, this job is left to you. We are very confident in you. Whether Lao Liu can agree depends on you."

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The moment Li Laiheng suddenly found him, Liu Tichun knew that things were not simple.

Li Laiheng was not shy and said straight to Liu Tichun: "Uncle Liu, I really have something to ask for when I come to you this time."

Liu Tichun felt something was wrong, so he cleared his throat and said, "Tell me."

"Uncle Liu, there are many soldiers and horses in Luoyang City this time. If you attack head-on, you may suffer heavy losses. So Uncle Hao and I discussed it for a while, hoping that Xingming can fly another hot air balloon to solve this problem."

Liu Tichun's heart immediately skipped a beat, very helpless.

Logically speaking, the more outstanding Liu Xingming performed, the happier he, as a father, should be.

But Liu Tichun just couldn't rest assured.

He always felt that he was just such a son, and at such a big risk, the Liu family might even have a chance of extinction.

Too unworthy.

But after so many battles, he gradually discovered that Liu Xingming had many advantages that he could not see.

His desire for victory was something that Liu Tichun did not expect.

Isn't he too selfish to do this?

For the benefit of oneself and the family, ignore the children's wishes?

Liu Tichun was very conflicted inside, and he didn't know what he should do.

Seeing that Liu Tichun was silent, Li Laiheng did not urge him, but gave Liu Tichun time to think as much as possible.

Whether it agrees or not depends entirely on Liu Tichun himself, Li Laiheng will not put pressure on him.

It doesn't matter if Liu Tichun really disagrees, Li Laiheng will think of other ways.

After about a stick of incense, Liu Tichunfang sighed: "Forget it, the men are old and want to go out for a walk. We fathers have no reason to obstruct. You can arrange this matter."

Li Laiheng was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly said with joy: "Thank you, Uncle Liu, I will tell Xingming this good news."

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"What, my dad promised me to fly a hot air balloon?"

When Liu Xingming heard Li Laiheng say this, he couldn't believe his ears.

This happiness came too suddenly.

His father has always been very disgusted and resistant to his hot air balloons.

What's wrong today? I suddenly changed my sex?

"Uncle Li, thanks to you."

Liu Xingming knew that this was mostly Li Laiheng's credit, so he was not stingy with praise.

"Hehe, you don't have to praise me anymore. I'm also doing it for the sake of our Kuidong Army. After all, I can't imagine any better way to deal with hot air balloons."

"Don't worry, this attack on Luoyang will be covered by me. Uncle Li, please wait for my signal. As long as I succeed, I will definitely report to you as soon as possible, and then you will order people to attack."

The purpose of flying hot air balloons is to create chaos.

The more chaotic the city is, the more beneficial it is for Li Laiheng to attack the city.

As long as the Qing soldiers divided the gods, the Ming army would have a full chance to take Luoyang.

"Well, thank you for your hard work in this matter. When I take Luoyang, I will celebrate your contributions in person."

Li Laiheng nodded with satisfaction.

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Chapter completed!