Can I get to the other side?

The fourth day of July in the sixth year of Jian'an.

Ma Chao united the Qiang tribes and led the army to the outside of Chang'an City. They were stationed on the north bank of the Wei River, with flags covering the sun and fluttering for dozens of miles.

"That's Chang'an! We're finally here!"

On the south bank of the Wei River, the leaders of the Qiang tribes looked at the majestic city of Chang'an not far away, with unparalleled excitement in their eyes.

Chang'an is a symbol of wealth in their hearts. The last time their Qiang tribe attacked Chang'an was twenty years ago.

But at that time, they only had a small group of vanguard cavalry arriving outside Chang'an City, and they were repelled by the Han army before the army arrived.

However, this time was different. They really reached Chang'an, and the capital of the Han Dynasty was within their reach!

"As long as we can break through Chang'an City, the wealth, beauties, and food inside will be enough for us to make up for all our losses! Those Han people can also be captured as slaves!"

The face of the leader of the Dangjian tribe was full of greed.

This time they came out in full force, bringing all the slaves and warriors in the tribe with them, which was a desperate gamble.

But as long as they could capture Chang'an, everything would be worth it.

"Short-sighted."

Ma Chao, who was standing by, couldn't help but sneer in his heart when he heard his words, and was extremely disdainful.

What is the wealth of Chang'an City?

The real significance of capturing Chang'an is that he has regained the capital to stand on his feet and has the opportunity to take revenge on Lu Bu and the court!

"Stop talking nonsense, send someone to challenge the people in the city and let them come out to surrender, I can spare their lives."

"If they refuse to surrender, then the day they conquer the city is the day I will massacre the city!"

Ma Chao restrained his passion and gave orders. Although he didn't care about the lives of these slaves, he hoped to take Chang'an City without bloodshed if possible.

Because this would save a lot of time and trouble.

The leader of the Zhongqiang tribe was stunned when he heard this, and wondered: "General Tian, ​​the Han people are stubborn, they probably won't surrender?"

When they attacked Xiaoguan before, the defenders inside the pass delayed them for three days, and their tenacity was astonishing.

In the end, all the defenders inside the pass died in battle, and no one surrendered, which even they had to admire.

"What do you know?"

Ma Chao glanced at him and sneered: "How much backbone can those officials who are greedy for life and afraid of death have?"

"Just do what I tell you."

He didn't think there were many people left in Chang'an City now. The officials in the court probably abandoned the city and fled when they received the news that he led the troops to invade.

If nothing unexpected happened, there should be only a small number of defenders left in the city, and the defenders who were regarded as abandoned. As long as they promised not to kill them, they could open the city and surrender to the enemy.

"Yes, General Tian."

The leader of the Zhongqiang tribe didn't dare to say much. According to Ma Chao's instructions, he sent a small team of Qiang cavalry to challenge outside Chang'an City.

At this moment, on the Chang'an city wall.

"Zhongshu Ling, Sikong."

When Jia Xu led his men to the city wall, Gao Lan and Pang De were already there. Seeing him coming, they stepped forward and saluted.

Jia Xu didn't care about these red tapes. He squinted his eyes and looked at the dark army outside the city. He asked directly: "How many enemy troops are there outside the city?"

Pang De replied: "According to visual estimation, there are about 40,000 regular troops with weapons and equipment, and the remaining 70,000 to 80,000 are slaves."

The regular army and the slave army can be distinguished at a glance.

Those slaves were all half-dressed, pale and thin, and didn't even have decent weapons in their hands. They basically held sticks or stones, and some even went empty-handed.

Fortunately, it was summer now. If it was winter, I don't know how many of these slaves would have frozen to death.

But even so, the rapid march along the way and the lack of food still caused many of these slaves to starve to death and die of exhaustion. You know, there were originally more than 100,000 slaves.

However, the most important thing that cannot be ignored is the 40,000 regular troops.

Slaves are just tools used by the other side to consume them. These regular troops with weapons and equipment are the main force for the final siege.

"Oh, it's a big battle."

Jia Xu smiled when he heard this, and said to Fa Zheng and others around him: "Ma Chao, this thief is really good at hiding. He actually secretly gathered such a force."

"But with so many troops, it seems that this thief and the Qiang people have taken out all their tricks and will not stop until Chang'an is captured."

In the previous battle of Chang'an, Ma Chao was completely defeated.

He led a few remnants to escape into Qiang land.

Originally thought that this guy was no longer a force to be reckoned with, and it would not be too late to send troops into Qiang land to sweep after the world was unified, but I didn't expect that he still had such a trump card, and I didn't expect that the Qiang people would actually cooperate with him.

You must know that Zhang He swept the Qiang people's royal court before, burned the land and sewage, and caused severe damage to the Qiang people, and it was difficult to survive this winter.

This time, so many troops were dispatched to attack Chang'an, which consumed countless food and grass. If they returned without success, the Qiang tribes might not even survive the winter.

This was a gamble.

If they won, they would have food and grass and wealth after conquering Chang'an City; if they lost, the Qiang people would completely decline and would not be able to turn over for at least a hundred years.

Compared to Jia Xu who was still in the mood to laugh, Fa Zheng, Gao Lan, Pang De and others all had heavy expressions.

Going all out meant that this battle would be difficult to fight.

The gap in military strength was too great.

At this time, a group of Qiang cavalry came to the outside of Chang'an City and shouted to the city wall in poor Chinese: "Listen, Han people in the city! Chang'an City has been surrounded by our army!"

"General Shenwei Tian has ordered that as long as you open the city and surrender and let the army enter the city, we will never kill anyone!"

"But if you resist to the end, then after our army breaks through the city, we will definitely massacre the entire Chang'an!"

...

This Qiang cavalry shouted loudly, with an extremely arrogant tone.

Gao Lan could not hold back after seeing this scene. He raised his spear and said, "I will go out of the city to kill these Qiang dogs! See if they dare to be so arrogant!"

"Wait."

Jia Xu stretched out his hand to stop Gao Lan and said, "It's just a provocation. General Gao, don't get angry."

"By the way, I remember that when Guanjun Hou led his troops to slaughter the Qiang royal court last time, he captured many Qiang nobles?"

"Are they still in the dungeon now?"

Hearing Jia Xu's words, Gao Lan's eyes lit up and he instantly understood what he meant. He nodded heavily and said, "In the dungeon!"

"Very good."

Jia Xu nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Yuan Xi, "Yuan Sikong, please take people to take all those Qiang nobles out of the city, and then drag them to death with horses."

"By the way, remember to bring a few buckets of salt and sprinkle them on them halfway through the dragging to make their screams louder."

Jia Xu said with a smile, but his words were particularly vicious.

The Qiang people dared to invade Chang'an City, which meant that there would be no end to the fight, and there was no room for both sides to turn around!

Now, there was only a fight to the death!

"Okay!"

Yuan Xi agreed without hesitation and turned to leave the city wall.

Soon he led hundreds of cavalry out of the city and brought all the hundreds of Qiang nobles captured from the Qiang royal court to the outside of the city.

Ma Chao was also closely watching the movements of Chang'an City. When he saw that the gate of Chang'an City suddenly opened and cavalry left the city, he was overjoyed.

"The city is open! They really plan to surrender!"

"The army is ready to advance to Chang'an!"

Ma Chao laughed, everything was exactly as he expected, and the defenders in the city lost their fighting spirit after seeing them!

However, at this time, the leader of the Zhong Qiang tribe suddenly said: "Wait a minute, General Tian! Something seems wrong!"

Hearing the words of the Zhong Qiang leader, Ma Chao and the leaders of various tribes looked over, and then they saw clearly what was going on.

Led by a burly general, hundreds of Han soldiers were seen kneeling in a row outside Chang'an City with captives. The captives were old and young, and they were all frightened and crying.

When the Qiang leaders saw the captives clearly, their expressions changed drastically and they could no longer remain calm!

"That's my wife and son!"

"My mother... and my daughter!"

"This damn Han people captured them!"

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"What on earth do they want to do!"

The leaders of various tribes also found that the captives taken out by the Han army were all their relatives!

They thought that their relatives had been killed by the Han army, but who would have thought that they were captured!

"What's going on? They don't plan to surrender?"

Ma Chao's face was very ugly, and his eyes were full of anger.

Things were not what he thought.

Did the defenders in the city want to use these Qiang nobles to threaten them to retreat?

Just as Ma Chao had this thought, the Han soldiers standing behind the captives suddenly drew their swords!

"What do they want to do?"

The leader of the Shaohe tribe said in a panic, with a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart.

The next moment, the soldiers waved their swords together, and the crying stopped abruptly!

The heads of hundreds of Qiang captives all fell into the rolling dust, and the blood of the headless bodies continued to spurt like a fountain!

At the same time, another group of Qiang captives were dragged behind the horses by the Han soldiers with ropes, and began to gallop and drag back and forth!

The ground was rugged and there were many sharp stones all over it, so soon long bloodstains appeared on the ground one after another!

Shocking!

"Ahhhhh!"

"Father, save me!"

"It hurts! It hurts so much! It hurts so much!"

"My son! Save me!"

The screams came one after another. While dragging the captives, the Han soldiers on horseback kept sprinkling salt on them, making their screams even more tragic.

Even if you listen from a distance, it's creepy!

However, such screams did not last too long. The captives were soon dragged to death, and their flesh and blood were blurred and unrecognizable.

After doing all this, Yuan Xi dropped the rope in his hand, snorted coldly, glared and shouted angrily: "Listen, you bunch of thieves! I am Yuan Xi, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty!"

"If you want to enter Chang'an City, you must first step over the corpses of Yuan Xi and my Han army!"

After the words fell, all the soldiers on the city wall cheered loudly, and their morale was greatly boosted!

"Fight to the death! Never compromise!"

"Fight to the death! Never compromise!"

"Fight to the death! Never compromise!"

...

The voice shook the sky and dispersed the clouds above Chang'an City!

"Ah——"

The leader of the Shaohe tribe saw his whole family die tragically in front of him, and he fainted with a scream and fell off his horse.

When the other Qiang tribe leaders saw this scene, their eyes were bloodshot, and they were extremely sad and angry!

Ma Chao's forehead had veins popping out, and his hand holding the riding crop was trembling. He stared at Chang'an City and roared angrily with all his strength.

"All troops, attack——!!!"

Jia Xu ordered his men to kill all the Qiang prisoners, which completely angered all the Qiang tribe leaders.

The prisoners who were beheaded were all the relatives and children of these leaders, but now they all died in front of them. How could they endure this?

This is simply a humiliation to them!

Ma Chao felt extremely humiliated. The other party simply didn't take him seriously and slapped him hard in the face!

Following Ma Chao's order, many armies advanced towards Chang'an City and began to attack!

"Fire the arrow!"

Ma Chao waved his hand fiercely, and the archers in the army immediately stepped forward, one by one bending their bows and setting arrows.

The Qiang people are good at riding and shooting. Everyone is proficient in bow and horse. They are natural archers with amazing arm strength.

"Arrow attack! Shieldmen step forward to defend!"

Seeing this, Pang De on the city wall shouted an order, and at the same time led a team of shield bearers to Jia Xu's side, protecting Jia Xu and Fazheng among them.

Through some gaps in the shield, Jia Xu saw a dense burst of arrows flying towards Chang'an City from the local army camp!

Tens of thousands of arrows were like a tide of locusts and like dark clouds before a heavy rain, covering the entire sky in front of them, making everything as far as the eye could see was dark.

After a moment of dead silence, there was a clanging sound on the city wall and the sound of arrows hitting shields.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"

"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"

The sound, so dense that it sounded like a torrential downpour, echoed across the entire city wall.

The arrow rain fell for a while, but although this wave of arrow attacks was shocking, it did not cause many casualties to the prepared Chang'an defenders. Only a few unlucky ones were accidentally shot.

"Zhongshu Ling, you should leave the city wall first. It's too dangerous here."

Gao Lan said to Jia Xu and Fazheng.

What follows is bound to be a fierce battle. Both of them are civil servants, and something might happen if they stay here.

Jia Xu did not refuse and left the city wall with Fa Zheng.

Shortly after the two left, the enemy troops outside the city also approached. One ladder after another was set up on the Chang'an city wall, and countless slaves poured in like a tide along the ladder towards the city wall.

"kill!"

With a ruthless look on his face, Pound pulled out the sword from his waist and beheaded several slaves who had climbed onto the city wall, and then led a group of soldiers to fight with the enemies who had climbed onto the city wall!

The siege battle is about the number of people and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. Because the city wall is only such a big place and there are only so many soldiers who can climb the city wall, the city wall battle is a positional battle.

This undoubtedly has a great advantage for the defensive side, after all, they are waiting for work.

Of course, if the defending side fails to change its command in time, resulting in the breach of the gap and allowing enemy troops to continuously pour onto the city wall, then the battle will basically be declared defeated.

However, the combat effectiveness of these slave soldiers who attacked the city was very low. Both their physical fitness and weapons and equipment were far inferior to those of the Chang'an defenders.

Slaves kept climbing up the city wall, and corpses kept falling, like rain.

But outside the city, there were countless slaves pouring towards the city wall.

This will be a bloody battle.