Summoning of God of War of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 39 Conquering Chang'an City

At noon the next day, Cao Cao's army in Yanzhou had arrived at the foot of Chang'an City and was staring at Chang'an City.

"Yuan Rang, the walls of Chang'an City are tall and difficult to conquer. Find a way to lure Li Jue and Guo Si out of Chang'an City and let them fight in the field."

Cao Cao looked at Chang'an City from a distance, took a deep breath, and ordered Xiahou Dun next to him to fight.

Cao Cao wanted to fight in the field because he didn't want to let the battle consume too much of his troops. After all, Chang'an City was too tall.

As for Li Jue and Guo Si in Chang'an City, they also wanted to fight in the field, because the Xiliang army was not good at defending the city.

Field combat is the best fighting method of the Xiliang Army, and Li Jue and Guo Si have nearly 8000 cavalry under their command, so naturally they are not afraid of Cao Cao's field combat.

"Meng De, if you bring out Li Jue and Guo Si, then their cavalry team will also come out, which is not good for us."

"If we can unite with the Jizhou Army to deal with Li Jue and Guo Si, it will be much easier. And do you really want to fight the Xiliang Army?"

Xiahou Dun stood next to Cao Cao with a steel gun. He is now the general of Yanzhou, and all the troops in Yanzhou are dispatched by him.

Moreover, although Yanzhou has plenty of troops, it lacks cavalry. It may be difficult to deal with Li Jue and Guo Si.

After Cao Cao heard Xiahou Dun's words, he stroked his beard and smiled, then shook his head.

"You don't need to confront Li Jue and Guo Si head-on, you just need to lure them out. I got the news that Han and Wu are splitting up. I'm afraid this will be a pair of strange troops."

"Han Wu's large army just left Sishui Pass this morning, and it will be evening at least if they want to reach Chang'an, but their strange army has disappeared."

"Perhaps, this team is waiting for us to lure Li Jue and Guo Si out of Chang'an City, and then take the opportunity to take Chang'an City down."

Cao Cao smiled slightly. He already understood Han Wu's battle plan. This kid doesn't like head-to-head combat, but prefers sneak attacks.

Strategies are the convenience that Han Wu values ​​more. He likes to send troops to attack other people's weaknesses very much.

Whether it is to let Xu Rong attack the Bohai Sea or lead troops to besiege Zuo Xianwang, Han Wu's strategic deployment is a sneak attack. Cao Cao has already understood the combat strategy of the Jizhou Army.

It's just that the Jizhou Army is not only good at sneak attacks. It is enough to see that the Jizhou Army is also good at tough battles just from the fact that they took Sishui Pass within a day.

"Meng De, although I don't know why you are so optimistic about the Jizhou Army, but you have already made up your mind, then I will do as you said."

Xiahou Dun saw that Cao Cao had decided to lure Li Jue and Guo Si out, so he immediately asked the scribes to post the battle post.

In a dense forest to the north of Chang'an City, Zhang He and Jiao Chu's army were hiding here, and they were waiting for the opportunity.

"General Zhang He, do you think Cao Cao will really lure Li Jue and Guo Si out of Chang'an City? Wouldn't it be a better choice for Li Jue and Guo Si to guard Chang'an?"

Jiao Touch asked Zhang He, he didn't know why Zhang He was so sure that Li Jue and Guo Si would go to the field.

After Zhang He heard Jiao Touch's doubts, he smiled slightly and nodded confidently, convinced that Li Jue and Guo Si would leave Chang'an City.

"Naturally, because Li Jue and Guo Si have no one under their command, Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu left them and occupied Wancheng."

"Fan Chou is guarding Yangling, so naturally he cannot quickly support Chang'an City, and Yang Feng is guarding Hulao Pass, so naturally he cannot come to support."

"The Xiliang army is good at field battles. Li Jue and Guo Si are not Dong Zhuo. They don't have Dong Zhuo's arrogance, so naturally they can't deal with the enemy perfectly."

"Therefore, with their personalities, it is natural to take the initiative to defeat Cao Cao, but Cao Cao may not really confront them head-on."

Zhang He explained something to Jiao Touch, and Jiao Touch nodded immediately after hearing it, and he also understood this point.

The Xiliang Army under Li Jue and Guo Si are good at field battles, and their combat effectiveness is probably comparable to that of the Jizhou Army. After all, Li Jue and Guo Si are not ordinary generals.

But once Li Jue and Guo Si left Chang'an City with their troops, this was when Chang'an City was emptiest.

As long as he seized this opportunity, he and Zhang Xi would definitely be able to win Chang'an. Knowing this, Jiao Touch's confidence also increased greatly.

In Chang'an City, Li Jue and Guo Si had already received the invitation from Cao Cao, and they were all relieved.

Cao Cao is willing to lead troops to fight in the field, which is the best thing for the Xiliang army, and Li Jue is very happy.

What's more, Li Jue and Guo Si also immediately assembled their troops, ready to lead troops to attack, and they also brought the little emperor with them!
Most of the Xiliang Army came from bandits, and Li Jue and Guo Si were similar. Even if they went to battle, they had to bring the little emperor with them.

Because, the little emperor is currently the only bargaining chip for Li Jue and Guo Si, once defeated, they can also rely on this bargaining chip to survive.

Although this kind of practice is really treasonous, but they are in charge of Chang'an City now, and no one can say anything.

Li Jue and Guo Si quickly assembled the army, almost all out, leaving less than 2000 guards in Chang'an City.

2000 people guard a huge city of Chang'an, and it is divided into four walls, each with only [-] guards.

Moreover, almost all of these guards were old, weak, sick and disabled. It can be said that this gave Zhang Yun an excellent opportunity.

"Report! Report to the general that Li Jue and Guo Si have left Chang'an City. It seems that the emperor was also taken out of Chang'an by them. There are no more than 2000 guards in Chang'an City now."

One of Zhang He's scouts hurried over to report the situation, and Zhang He was so happy when he heard it.

"Okay! General Jiao Touch, you will attack Chang'an City with me. Come and attack the south wall of Chang'an City, and lead the guards to the south wall."

"I will lead the euphorbia warriors under my command to capture the northern city wall. Once I take down Chang'an City, I will report to the lord and give you the first victory!"

Zhang He directly said something to Jiao Touch, and Jiao Touch naturally would not refuse, because Han Wu had asked him to assist Zhang He.

Jiao Touch agreed, and then set off with [-] soldiers under his command, moving to the south of Chang'an City.

Zhang Xi still stopped in the dense forest. He calculated the time for Jiao Touch, and then prepared to directly assault the north tower of Chang'an City.

An hour later, Zhang Yun saw that the time was almost up, so he directly ordered the Euphorbia soldiers to attack Chang'an City at full speed after eating dry food.

He led the troops to the north of Chang'an City, and the euphorbia soldiers were waiting in battle, but Zhang Yun smiled. He saw that there were less than 300 guards on the city wall.

"It's God helping me, brothers, I'm going to make a name for the military power of the Euphorbia warriors today, charge me! Take Chang'an City!"

Zhang He roared, and he dismounted immediately, preparing to attack the city himself and take the lead.

The euphorbia warriors had a high momentum. Although they were heavy armored infantry, they charged very fast when attacking the city, and they were hardly obstructed by many guards.

On the city wall, the generals guarding the North Tower were already in a panic. Now is the time when Chang'an City is most empty, and they can't hold it at all.

Moreover, there was also a battle at the south city gate just now, and some defenders have moved to the south city gate, and now the north city tower is almost unguarded.

Every one of the euphorbia warriors counted as ten, and they drove directly to the tower with the ladder on their shoulders, and climbed up.

The Xiliang soldiers guarding the city had no intention of defending the city at all. Although they pushed up to more than a dozen ladders and injured dozens of euphorbia soldiers, they could not prevent more Jizhou troops from climbing the tower.

"Why are there still enemy troops attacking the city? Withdraw quickly! The tower cannot be defended, so let the defenders from the south of the city come over to support us, we can't hold on!"

The deputy general of Xiliang who was guarding the north tower hurriedly led his troops to evacuate from the tower. The euphorbia soldiers were heavy armored infantry.

If you don't cut the gaps in the armor accurately, you will not be able to do anything to the Jizhou Euphorbia soldiers, and you will not be able to hurt them.

The heavy-armored infantry had too much restraint on the Xiliang army. For a while, blood flowed profusely on the tower, but it was almost all the blood of the Xiliang guards.

"Kill! Capture the city towers and completely take down Chang'an City. Don't let the Suan Ni cavalry and the bloodthirsty tiger guards look down on us Euphorbia warriors!"

After Zhang He climbed the city wall, he has been beheading other Xiliang soldiers bravely, giving his soldiers a chance to attack.

Seeing that there was no way to resist this sudden heavy armored infantry, the guards of Xiliang retreated from the tower one after another.

On the south tower of Chang'an City, Jiao Touch was also pretending to attack the tower, and the ladders were erected continuously, but in fact, not many people rushed up.

The ladder was pushed down by the guards, and Jiao Chu's soldiers erected the ladder again. This kind of tug-of-war lasted for nearly half an hour.

"Report! Report to the general that the north gate of Chang'an City was conquered. It was a sneak attack by the Jizhou Army. We can't resist it at all!"

A soldier who fled from the north gate of Chang'an City came to report in disgrace, and the soldiers guarding the south tower were disturbed when they heard the situation.

"What? How is this possible? The North City Gate has also been attacked? It's over. Everyone is preparing to evacuate Chang'an City. This place can no longer be defended."

On the city tower, after the deputy general guarding the city wall heard the news, he immediately organized the soldiers to evacuate to the west side of the city wall, and at the same time made preparations to break out.

After Zhang Xi took control of the north tower, he directly divided his troops to attack the east gate from the city, and let the west gate go.

The more than 2000 Xiliang army is hard to stop if they want to break through, and controlling Chang'an City is the top priority.

The east gate was also easily conquered, and Zhang Xi had already taken control of the granaries and treasury in Chang'an City.

Without more troops to control the palace, Zhang He waited for the Xiliang army at the south gate to flee, and Jiao Touch also entered Chang'an City.

"Immediately send a message to the lord, we have already captured Chang'an City, but the emperor is no longer in the city, but was taken away by Xiliang thieves."

Zhang He immediately asked his scouts to send a letter to Han Wu, and Han Wu had already arrived ten miles away from Chang'an City.

Suan Ni Iron Cavalry and Bloodthirsty Tiger Guards were advancing slowly, while Han Wu was sitting on the horse, and the scouts from Chang'an City galloped to report the situation.

"Oh? Zhang Xi has already captured Chang'an City? This is very good. You should be rewarded for your merits. Let Geng Wu and Zhu Ling speed up and guard Chang'an City."

Han Wu heard that Zhang Yun had captured Chang'an, which was reasonable, but the little emperor was not in Chang'an, which made Han Wu rather strange.

The Xiliang army even took the little emperor with them when they went out to battle. From Han Wu's point of view, this was really out of their minds.

"My lord, the city of Chang'an has been taken. Now we just need to send troops to besiege Hulao Pass, so that we will have a way to retreat."

"The guard of Hulao Pass is Yang Feng. As long as the south of Hulao Pass is surrounded, Yang Feng will have no way to escape from Bingzhou."

After Guo Jia heard the news that Chang'an City had been captured, he directly suggested to Han Wu.

Han Wu also nodded slightly. Although he didn't want to divide the troops, since this was Guo Jia's suggestion, he had to listen to it.

After all, Xu Huang, Yang Feng's subordinate, Han Wu valued very much, and his heart was that the Suanni Iron Cavalry could completely restrain Hulao Pass.

"Okay! Since that's the case, Yuwen Chengdu will take the Suanni Iron Cavalry to surround Hulao Pass, so don't be too anxious to conquer it."

Han Wu directly issued the order, and Yuwen Chengdu also promised, and directly rode his horses to gather the Suanni cavalry, and marched towards Hulaoguan.

(End of this chapter)