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Chapter 275 Chang'an Ximen Falls, Two Thieves Want to Attack East

Under the night, the battle at the Ximen of Chang'an was in full swing. The Ximen garrison of the Xiliang Army saw that the "Allied Forces" of Ma Teng and Han Sui, who had been stalemate for more than two months, were beaten like chicken blood. The city is getting more and more aggressive, and after feeling that something is wrong, the general went to the city to ask for help, but he never returned. Except for the order from the messenger to guard the west gate, there is no other news.With the leaderless "Dragon" of the Ximen garrison group, the battle damage has risen in a straight line, and the morale has gradually declined.

Outside the west gate, Cao Cao, who was observing the progress of the battle with Yuan Shao, Ma Teng, Han Sui and other generals, saw that the soldiers of the Xiliang army guarding the city did not suspect this obvious change, that is, they knew that their plan had been completed, and saw Ximen The defenders were already showing signs of fatigue, and although the Liangzhou army had fought hard and failed, they had attacked the city several times. Although they were quickly repulsed back, they caused great damage to the Ximen defenders. kill.After several attacks and defenses for nearly an hour, I don't know what the city thinks about the Ximen battle, but it still doesn't look like there is any large-scale reinforcements coming from the city!It's just that a few defenders of the northern and southern sects sensed something was wrong and sent more than a thousand soldiers here to help defend, but they had no choice but to spare their strength. Apart from adding military exploits to the increasingly aggressive Liangzhou army, they did not pose much threat.On the contrary, dissatisfaction with the long-awaited reinforcements in the city has grown.

No fighting spirit, morale is exhausted!
The time has come, don't miss it!Cao Cao squinted his long and narrow eyes, looked at Yuan Shao, Ma Teng and others who were also smiling, and gave the general attack order in unison.

"Siege! Siege!" Tear off the previous cover-up, lest the Xiliang army find something strange, has been recharging their energy, dormant waiting, Cao Ren, Gao Lan and other Cao Yuan generals who have been waiting for a long time , after getting the order from his lord to attack, he fired from the left, middle and right, and went straight to the west gate of Chang'an.However, Ma Teng and Han Sui's soldiers, who were exhausted after a long battle and were repulsed, were not far behind. Under the leadership of Ma Chao, Pang De, Yan Xing and other generals, they swung their troops to fight back, and immediately made the Chang'an Ximen defenders feel at a loss for a while.

How can it be!

If they were fighting in the daytime, no matter how many enemy troops were in front, Xiliang's elite soldiers would not be afraid to go anywhere.After all, the advantage of the Xiliang iron cavalry lies in the elite cavalry, and there are more than [-] robes of their own in the city of Chang'an behind them, so there is no need to worry about anything.

But like the incoming enemy, he gave up the advantage of horse warfare and turned to defend the city. In addition, in the absence of the general, how to deal with such a critical situation is not so easy to say.

Facing the light of the fire, it seemed that there were countless times more, and a large area of ​​​​the enemy poured out of the darkness to attack the city, but the reinforcements of the Ximen defender Kuhou still had no news, and the defense equipment and morale of the soldiers were insufficient. In such a situation, apart from yelling at him, he could only hope that Li Meng, the general who had gone to the city for help, could move back to the reinforcements as soon as possible, so that the city gate could be broken by the enemy at any time.

"You guys! The city of Chang'an is about to break down. I am waiting for the athletes of the Northland. How can I let the people of the Kanto region look down upon me and attack with a certain force!" Ma Chao, who was only 17 years old, had already broken out among the Qiang people in the Northland at a young age. What a big name, I was upset when I heard that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao wanted to use their army's power as a bait to "lure" the Xiliang army into the trap. He made an apology without humility, and Cao Cao had to agree with him to avoid the disaster. He had already suffocated a lot of anger in his heart. At this time, he took the lead in the battle. The fierce general Yan Xing each led an army and rushed to the front.

"Brother Shoucheng has this tiger, which is really enviable. In the future, he will definitely be a member of the great general who can assist our great Han society, and he will have no regrets in his life!" Ma Chao's shiny silver armor was particularly conspicuous under the firelight at night, and Rushing to the forefront, the enemy he encountered was almost unmatched, leaving all the generals of the four armies behind, and he was about to be the first to climb to the top of the city.Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly, pretending to be envious, and said to Ma Teng.

"Brother Meng De is absurdly praised! You are just an arrogant boy, and you really don't deserve Meng De's praise like this!" Thanks to Cao Cao's words before, it will not make Yuan Shao, who was severely offended by Ma Chao, attack in vain at this critical moment. In Ma Teng's eyes The look of concern is still there, hearing Cao Cao's words, and seeing that even Yuan Shao is looking hot, he couldn't help showing a bit of complacency, but said humbly on his face.

"Boom!"

Although the Xiliang army is brave, they have given up their own advantages after all. Now they have persisted for a long time and have no backup. Cao Yuan's elite attacked fiercely, and after Ma Chao, who was in silver armor, was the first to attack the top of the city, his morale was already low.Seeing that the heavy Chang'an Ximen was knocked several times by Kwantung sergeants holding giant logs, it creaked and opened wide.These Xiliang elites who were originally Dong Zhuoyi's backing and were used by Li Jue and Guo Si to frighten the heroes, retreated into the city in a panic like frightened birds at this time, hoping to join Li Jue and Guo Si's other comrades sooner. And, avoid this crushing misfortune.

"What? The west of the city has been breached? Not good! I've been fooled!" At the East Gate of Chang'an, Li Jue and Guo Si, who had already been eccentric, were leading their respective headquarters. The whole army was on guard, and nearly ten thousand cavalry had already assembled at the gate of the city. Although due to the weather, they did not dare to attack lightly in case of fraud, but just waited for the attackers to approach, and the attackers would be caught off guard.What puzzled both Li Jue and Guo Si was that the distance seemed to be only six or seven miles, but it took nearly an hour to advance less than halfway. They were wondering why the attack was so slow, and they wanted to send scouts first. The two people who tried to attack suddenly heard a change in the rear, followed by the sound of shouting and killing in the west side of Chang'an City, which was obviously not a formation that a few people like Ma Teng and Han Sui could create.When Li Jue and Guo Si were about to send people to see what happened at the west gate, which was considered to be a feint attack, they suddenly heard a report from the scouts that the soldiers and horses in the east Tongguan direction of Chang'an City had been captured. Check it out,

There were less than 1 people, and before the two of them could react, the matter of Ximen was presented to them. Guo Si, who came with Li Jue to ask the truth, changed his expression greatly at the same time. It was unbelievable that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were really Li Jue slammed his fist on the city wall and said angrily, "It's really a slap in the face! TNND, with such a big formation, do you dare not to follow the script like this? "

"Brother, what shall we do now?" At this moment, Chang'an City is about to fall, and only relying on the entanglement of hundreds of thousands of Xiliang troops mobilized in the city, the enemy soldiers outside the west gate that have already fallen cannot form an effective formation due to the narrow gate. , so as not to break through too quickly, but this situation can't last long.The fear of low morale can be contagious. When a flock of [-] frightened sheep faces the same number of lions, their might alone is enough to defeat their fighting spirit.This time, Guo Si, who had no idea what to do next, didn't care about the official quarrel with Li Jue just now, hurried to Li Jue's side, and asked in a hissing voice.

"The enemy army is so powerful that it is unstoppable! Ah Duo, it's still the same sentence, you and I are nothing more than a brotherly rivalry. The enemy is at present. If we continue to fight, you and I will definitely be defeated by the incoming enemy. For brothers I hope you can abandon your previous views and defeat the enemy together as a brother, how about it?" Li Jue stared at the west city from the city gate and retreated steadily, and even a small number of his own soldiers who were defeated and asked to surrender looked coldly at the east. The suspicious soldier outside the door took a look, held Guo Bang's hand, and said with a sincere look.

"What... what? Defeating the enemy?" Guo Bang really wondered if his ears were broken.When is this, there are wolves in front and tigers in back, and there are more than [-] troops, and the morale of the army has been broken, let alone resisting, it is not easy to escape smoothly and find a way out, but Li Jue is still thinking about defeating the enemy in such a situation that is completely unfavorable to him?Seeing Li Jue's confident appearance, Guo Bang was in a panic. Speaking of Ximen's mistake, in the final analysis, Li Jue's insistence on mobilizing all troops to defend the east gate is hard to get rid of. Still wishful thinking?But at any rate, he just "expressed his heart" again just now, if he turned his back too quickly, even Guo Bang himself would feel a little embarrassed.At the moment, he could only bite the bullet and ask: "What's the big brother's strategy? Can you talk to the little brother? Uh, what the little brother means is that we can also mobilize soldiers and horses to help the big brother's clever plan."

"It's hard for a virtuous brother to have such a heart!" Li Jue didn't seem to notice Guo Bang's inconsistency, and looked at the flames and the deafening fighting sounds on the east and west sides of the ancient city of Chang'an, which was already in chaos, and sneered. Said: "Yuan Shao in Jizhou, Cao Cao in Yanzhou, Lu Bu in Qingzhou, Qin Xu in Xuzhou, Ma Teng in Liangzhou, Han Sui, what a huge formation, all they did was for the one in Weiyang Palace, that is to say, that one is ours." As long as he is here, even if they come to the princes, we will be as safe as Mount Tai! Come on, pass orders to Li Meng, and invite our emperor of Han to inspect the army! Look at this Cao Yuan Waiting for others, dare to risk the displeasure of the world and attack the army of the emperor brazenly! Brother, you and I are also ready, let’s leave Tongguan east, go to Zhang Ji’s place in Wancheng, and then plan other things!”

"But... big brother, there is also an opposing army outside the east gate, and Tongguan, the gateway to the east, has already been taken by him. We just want to go to Wancheng, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to easily attack Tongguan!" Guo Si listened. After hearing Li Jue's words, he suddenly became worried, and said with a little hesitation: "Besides, since the enemy is only targeting the eastern and western envoys, I'm afraid they have already calculated our actions. Why don't we go north and use the Xiongnu to return?" Liangzhou, the doubt is going south to the land of Sanfu, entering Hanzhong, as the elder brother said, as long as the emperor is in hand, I am afraid that they will fail? But why do you want to go to Wancheng in the hinterland of the Central Plains?"

"Your brother is right!" Li Jue said with a sneer while ordering his subordinates to reorganize the army: "Ancient warfare, the siege of the city will definitely be lacking, can you imagine, can those thieves not think of it? It is not common sense to see that there is a battle at the north and south gates, there must be an ambush there! Moreover, the thieves have come to attack the west gate with a large army, and there are not many troops left outside the east gate. It may be that our army surrendered troops, even if Qin Xu really has the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, is it possible that these newcomers are willing to attack the old masters? It is estimated that the intention of those thieves is also to force us to go south or Breaking through the siege in the north, there must be a large army waiting for us to enter the trap. It must have been unexpected that our army would attack the east. In this way, we will be able to escape if we have nothing to do. It's a pity that this prosperous place in Chang'an .”

"I hope it's as big brother said!" Guo Bang seemed to be moved by Li Jue's words, and opened his mouth to say something more, but in the end he said nothing.

(End of this chapter)