Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 217 Draw a sword and commit suicide
Linjing, Lu Bu's official residence.

After Lu Bu finished reading the letter, he couldn't help but move. He looked around at the generals and said, "Luo Zheng wants to join hands with this general to attack Duan Yan. Afterwards, Luo Zheng will take the three counties of Longxi, Hanyang, and Wudu, and this general will get Guanzhong." , what do the generals think?"

"This……"

All the generals were startled, with different expressions.

Wei Xuxi said: "Master, this is a good opportunity!"

Hao Meng also nodded and said: "Yes, my lord, right now Luo Zheng is attacking Longxi, Duan Yan is attacking Longxian, Ma Teng's defeat is imminent, and the three counties under his rule are expected to be handed over to others. The two counties of Beidi and Anding are barren, not enough to support Bingzhou With a large army, there are thousands of miles of fertile fields in Guanzhong, and there are more than 100 million people. If you can take Guanzhong, the lord will be able to achieve an eternal foundation."

When Lu Bu heard this, he couldn't help being greatly moved.

Zang Ba said: "Luo Zheng is full of tricks, how can he be so kind?"

Wei Xudao: "Of course Luo Zheng is not that kind, but now Duan Yan is attacking Long County. If Luo Zheng wants to get Ma Teng to rule the next three counties, he must join hands with our army to contain Duan Yan's army."

Zang Badao: "I think it's better to be careful, so as not to fall into Luo Zheng's tricks."

Lu Bu nodded again and again, and said: "Xuan Gao's words are very true. Luo Zheng is full of tricks, so he has to guard against them. However, what Wei Xu said is also correct. Now that Duan Yan is sending troops to Liangzhou, Luo Zheng wants to win Ma Teng to rule the next three. The county must join hands with this general to contain Duan Yao's army. If Duan Yao's army can be defeated and all the land in Guanzhong can be captured, this general's great career can be expected!"

Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and others agreed in unison, "My lord has a high opinion."

Zang Badao: "Right now, our army and Ma Teng are both wounded. There are only a few thousand soldiers left, and their strength is far less than that of Luo Zheng. Even if we can finally defeat Duan Yan's army, if Luo Zheng does not keep his promise and wants to seize Guanzhong, what will our army do? fight?"

"This……"

Wei Xu waited for a while, speechless.

Lv Bu smiled and said: "Don't worry about Xuan Gaoda. Mr. Luo Zheng said in his letter that he only has [-] soldiers and horses under his command. If Ma Teng ruled the three counties, he would divide his troops to guard the key cities and guard against the Qiang and Hu people. Taking the opportunity to make trouble, temporarily unable to advance eastward, and will never compete with this general for Guanzhong, this general deeply believes that Luo Zheng finally told the truth once."

"This……"

Zang Ba was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to object.

Although intuition Luo Zheng absolutely has no good intentions, but I don't know why I can't find a reason to refute.

The two counties of Beidi and Anding are barren, and Lu Bu is not good at governance, so he has suffered a long time ago.

Guanzhong has thousands of miles of fertile fields, and there are more than one million people. For Lu Bu, it is indeed a great temptation.

Looking at Lu Bu's red face, one can tell that the lord has been extremely moved.

Zang Ba sighed and said nothing more.

Zhang Liao had been frowning and thinking hard, when he suddenly thought of something, his expression changed immediately and he said: "No, my lord, Mr. Luo Zheng has no good intentions, this is to push my lord into the fire pit, absolutely not on it Luo Zheng is evil!"

Lu Bu said disapprovingly, "What kind of tricks can Mr. Luo Zheng have?"

Zang Ba, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, Hao Meng and other generals also looked at Zhang Liao and listened attentively.

Zhang Liao said: "My lord, please think about it. Guanzhong is the rear of Sili Luoyang. Today, the princes will raise troops to serve the king. If Luoyang loses, Guanzhong will become Dong Zhuo's strategic buffer. How can there be a loss? If Guanzhong falls, Dong Zhuo will be defeated." It is very possible to shift the focus of the strategy and mobilize heavy troops to take back Guanzhong, then what will our army use to resist Dong Zhuo's army?"

"This……"

Lu Bu listened carefully, his expression suddenly changed.

Zang Ba, Wei Xu, Hou Cheng and other generals also changed their colors, and their eyes showed deep thought.

After all, Lu Bu was not stupid, after careful consideration, he immediately understood eight or nine points, and said with a livid face, "Luo Zheng really has no good intentions, if Wen Yuan hadn't reminded me, this general would have fallen for this guy's evil trick! "

Zang Ba took the opportunity to say: "Luo Zheng is full of tricks, my lord must be careful!"

Lu Bu nodded again and again, gnashing his teeth and said: "This guy slaughtered the old and young of Ayang Mancheng before, but he blamed this general, forcing this general to fight with Ma Teng and hurt both sides. This time, he still wants to frame this general. What a shame!" How can this be reasonable, if I don't kill this guy, how can this general vent the hatred in my heart, I am really angry!"

Zhang Liao hurriedly said: "Our army fought against Ma Teng, and our vitality was seriously injured. It is really not suitable to fight again now. My lord just needs to sit still and watch the tigers fight. Let Luo Zheng and Duan Yao go dog to dog, and both sides will suffer the most. good."

Lu Bu made a 'hmm' sound, and said: "What Wen Yuan said is very true, that's all, let's hurry up and reorganize the army!"

"As ordered."

All the generals bowed their hands together to accept it, and did not talk about taking matters in Guanzhong.

In Long County, the war drums shook the sky, and the horns sounded together.

Thirty thousand troops surrounded the city and launched an overwhelming attack from the east, west, and north gates. Only the south gate was vacated to leave a leg for the Ma Teng defenders in the city. The heart of resistance.

Amidst the sound of three long and one short battle drums, thousands of shield soldiers held their shields and carried sandbags. The legs rushed forward.

Amidst the shrill screams, people kept falling down from arrows, wailing in despair and helplessness.

Although the Xiliang army is brave and good at fighting, its equipment is not very good.

Compared with the infantry under Gao Shun's command, both the Xiliang Army under Ma Teng's command and the [-] Xiliang Army under Duan Yan's command were all inferior in equipment, and the thin cloth armor could not stop sharp arrows at all. penetrate.

In terms of the coordination of the battle formation, the Xiliang army under Duan Yan's command was also much worse than the infantry under Gao Shun's command.

When charging forward, because the formation gradually opened up and the formation was not dense enough, the light shields of the sword and shield soldiers could not form an effective shield at all, and the arrow rain pouring down from the top of the city caused a lot of casualties .

Many soldiers were unable to move after being shot and fell to the ground, and could only wait to die.

After paying a considerable price, Duan Yan's army finally filled the three-foot-wide moat.

The drumbeat of the Chinese army changed again, and under the cover of swordsmen, rows of light infantry immediately came out carrying the siege ladders, rushed to the bottom of the city with arrows like locusts, and put the ladders on Longxian City. head.

The light infantry withdrew, and the sword and ax soldiers in charge of the siege immediately climbed up the ladder.

"Archers withdraw, swordsmen step forward!"

At the north gate of Long County, Ma Teng swung his broadsword and shouted sharply, "I'm going to fight Duan Yao's dog thief."

"Kill kill kill..."

Shocking shouts of killing soared into the sky, the archers quickly withdrew, and rows of knives and axes rushed over.

The real bloody battle officially started.

The soldiers of Ma Teng's army lifted the rolling wood to smash the stone, raised it above their heads with all their strength, and smashed it down.

Amidst the endless howls, all the soldiers of Duan Yan's army who were struggling to climb up the siege ladder were smashed, their tendons were broken, their heads were shattered, corpses were piled up three feet under the city wall, and the ground was covered with blood. Soaked.

When it was noon, Duan Yan's army still failed to capture the city.

Amidst the thundering sound of war drums, the first wave of siege soldiers retreated quickly, and the second wave of siege troops quickly pressed up.

Longxi, Di Dao.

Pound's face was ashen, and he paced up and down the hall with an angry face, and an unknown fire was burning in his heart.

"General!"

Amid the hurried footsteps, a small school rushed in.

"How's it going?"

Pound immediately asked, "How are the soldiers feeling?"

"General, something is not good!"

The small school turned pale, and said in a hurry: "At present, there is only half a month's food left in the city, and those Qiang soldiers under Luo Zheng Butcher's command are shouting outside the city all day long, trying to confuse the owner, and they will not listen if they want to plug their ears. No way. Our army failed to break through the siege and was trapped in the isolated city. Now Duan Yan is attacking Long County again. The situation is already in dire straits. Zheng treats the Qiang soldiers under his command very preferentially, as long as they make military exploits, not only will they be granted a large number of pastures, cattle and sheep, but also women, and many soldiers have been called out to take refuge in them."

"Ugh!"

Pang De let out a long sigh and was speechless for a while.

The little principal said anxiously: "General, you have to find a way as soon as possible, if you let it go on, the situation will be over!"

Pound's face was gloomy, and he said lonely: "I can think of a way, I can't order the soldiers not to listen to the shouts of the Qiang soldiers outside the city, right? Ears grow on people, and this general can't stop it with an order."

The little school's eyes were fierce, and he said quickly: "It's better to cut off a group of vacillating ones, so as to shock the morale of the army!"

"This method is inappropriate!"

Pang De waved his hand, and said in a deep voice: "If this is the case, it will only make the soldiers lose their minds, which is not good."

The little principal sighed and remained silent.

Pang De said sadly: "Forget it, the matter has come to this point. It is impossible for manpower to break through. Even if we defend for another half a month, there will be no food in the city, and Di Dao will be hard to defend. In this case, open the city gate and surrender to Gao Shun Bar!"

"General..."

The little principal turned pale with shock and stared wide-eyed.

Pound waved his hand, "Go, open the city gate!"

The little principal was stunned for a while, then sighed, turned around and walked out in a daze.

Pang De stood still for a long while, and the tiger's eyes finally regained a gleam of light. He murmured in a low voice: "Others can surrender, but this one can't! It's just that you can't defend Didao, so why go to see the lord again."

After finishing speaking, he pulled out the accompanying sword violently, placed it on his shin, and pulled it hard.

puff!
With hot blood splashing, Pound's majestic body slowly fell down.

Outside the city, Gaoshun Camp.

"General, great joy!"

A small school rushed into the big tent, bowed his hands to Gao Shun and said: "Pang De has surrendered."

"Ok?"

Gao Shun's eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice, "Pang De has surrendered?"

The little school excitedly said: "Exactly, Di Dao's four gates are wide open, and the whole city has already surrendered."

Gao Shun's eyes showed excitement, he suddenly got up and said, "Let's go and have a look!"

The little school promised, and hurriedly followed Gao Shun to get out of the big account.

With the effort of a stick of incense, Gao Shun led hundreds of soldiers to the north gate of Di Dao.

Seeing that the city gate was wide open, the military flag had already been lowered from the top of the city, and some Qiang soldiers were shouting to surrender.

Gao Shun showed excitement, and asked loudly: "Where is Pang De? Since he has surrendered, why don't you come out to see the general?"

The Qiang soldiers on the top of the wall looked at each other for a while, and then the junior officer shouted: "General Pang De has committed suicide."

"Pound committed suicide?"

Gao Shun was startled, speechless for a while.

(End of this chapter)