Episode 220: Chang'an Night
Chang'an, the imperial capital of the ages, has changed several masters in a short period of time, first Dong Zhuo occupied, but a beauty plan, Lu Bu Wang Yun killed Lu Bu, once controlled the imperial capital, but unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and within a few days were forcibly broken by Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, Wang Yun jumped the city and martyred.
In order to save the Han Emperor Liu Xie, Cao Cao led a large army to attack, and then seized Chang'an, but then there was a Taiping army of 100,000 troops west out of Guguan, straight to Chang'an, Cao Cao's army was unstable, did not want to compete with the Taiping army at this time, before the future of the Taiping army, he led troops to drive the army and the people to withdraw from Chang'an.
Therefore, when Zhang Jaw and Gao Ran led the 30,000 vanguard army into Chang'an, they found that the huge Chang'an City had already become an empty city, and even Gao Ran couldn't help but scold angrily: "Damn, I really didn't expect that Cao Cao would be so cowardly, he didn't dare to fight, my army has not yet arrived, he ran fast, and the lord regarded him as the fierce enemy of my Taiping army!" ”
"Gao Guan! Don't underestimate the enemy! In contrast, Zhang Jaw looked much calmer, he frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Cao Cao is an extraordinary prince, I think he must have a conspiracy to give in like this!" ”
"Conspiracy? Ha! Open jaw, I think you must be thinking too much! Seeing that Zhang Jaw was so cautious, Gao Ran was a little disapproving: "Don't forget, we have 10,000 elite horsemen in hand, and the main army is not far behind, even if Cao Cao wants to cheat, we have to see if they can block the front of our Taiping army!" What is there to worry about? ”
"No, I always feel like something is wrong." Zhang Jaw shook his head, although it was difficult to figure out what Cao Cao's conspiracy was for a while, but he never relaxed his vigilance at all, he said: "Divide the soldiers and horses into two parts tonight." They are stationed in the east and west of the city, in case Cao Cao cheats, and they can echo each other! ”
"Why do you divide your troops!" Although Gao Ran complained in his mouth, he couldn't resist Zhang Jaw's worry after all, and seeing Zhang Jaw's solemn face, he immediately agreed to his request: "It's okay." Divided into two divisions, you and I each led 10,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, stationed in the east and west of the city. ”
The vanguard army had always advanced quickly, and the soldiers were very tired after days and nights of rapid marching, and after nightfall, they soon fell asleep. However, they didn't know that in several houses in Chang'an City, there were some dark shadows coming out of the secret passage and sneaking out of the room.
Soon, the lurking black shadows gathered together, and there were two hundred people, and the leader immediately said in a deep voice: "According to the plan." Half of my brothers were left to set fire to the city, and the rest followed me to the west of the city. Take the gates! ”
As soon as the order was given, the black shadows immediately dispersed, and nearly a hundred people scattered and sneaked towards all parts of the city, while the others followed behind the leader and headed towards the west of the city.
Compared with these very professional-looking black shadows, the Taiping soldiers guarding the West City Gate are all elite. But in the dark night, people were already very difficult, and they encountered a secret sneak attack, and it didn't take long for them to be wiped out.
Look at the corpses lying on the ground. The leader of the dark shadow immediately greeted his subordinates, and at random, one of them raised the torch on the head of the city, which was a code that had been agreed in advance.
Soon, fires erupted in many parts of the city at the same time, but someone was deliberately setting fires, because they had been prepared in advance, so although the fire was small at the beginning, the speed of the spread was very fast, and it didn't take long for it to become a prairie fire, rising into the sky.
At the same time that the Taiping army in the city was startled, outside the city, in the darkness, a soldier and horse suddenly appeared, and the leader of the black shadow saw it in his eyes, and was surprised in his heart, and immediately waved his hand and shouted: "Quick!" Open the city gate and lead General Xiahou into the city! ”
Hearing the order, everyone hurriedly went to open the city gate, although they had already captured the city gate, but the movement caused by opening the city gate was too big, in order not to alarm the Taiping army, so the city was not opened in advance, but now since the army is here, it is naturally time to open the city gate!
"Squeak!" The huge city gate slowly opened, and the army outside the city rushed in, the person at the head, with a strong body and a black armor, was really Cao Cao's general Xiahou Dun, and he was followed by a deputy general, but he was Le Jin!
"General Xiahou, General Lejin, you are here, the brothers in the city have already lit the fire according to the plan, I believe that the Taiping army must be in chaos, and this is a good time to act." The Shadow Leader laughed softly: "Fighting is not my forte, so I wish the two generals here success!" ”
Hearing this, Xiahoudun's face was full of smiles, and he said: "Brother Shi, this time it is hard for you, if you can successfully defeat the Taiping Army, my brother will make a great contribution!" ”
Le Jin also said: "Then ask Brother Shi to guard the city gate for us, in case anything happens, it will also be our way out!" ”
Shi Ah hugged his fists and said: "The two generals can rest assured, with me Shi A here, the city gate will be worry-free, and there is no need to worry about it, just go!" ”
"Thank you!" Xiahoudun and Le Jin thanked each other, and then led the troops towards the city, at this moment, the flames in the city were burning, and the momentum was getting bigger and bigger.
The moment Gao Ran rushed out, he was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him, and looked around, but saw that the huge Chang'an City was all under the blazing firelight, and the soldiers of the Taiping Army who had been sleeping were all awakened at this moment, panicked.
"This ...... How so?! Standing on the spot, Gao Ran's face was full of disbelief, and after half a ring, he came back to his senses, grabbed the placket of a personal guard, and asked loudly, "What's the matter?" What the hell is going on? ”
The guard was originally responsible for defending Gao Lan's safety, where would he know what it was, and hurriedly responded with a wry smile: "General, the little one doesn't know what the hell is going on, all of a sudden there was a fire in the city, and it was burning everywhere, and now the fire is getting bigger and bigger, what should I do?!" ”
"What should I do?" Gao Ran frowned slightly, and the whole person immediately calmed down, and he said in a deep voice: "This matter must be Cao Cao's conspiracy, immediately blow the horn, gather the soldiers, some of them go to various places to fight fires, and some of them will prepare to meet Cao's army with me!" ”
The general is the general, this is the general's ability to reflect the strength and weakness, at the critical moment, Gao Ran showed his extraordinary command ability, not long after, he gathered most of the soldiers, he led 10,000 troops, to the west of the city, to meet the Cao army that may appear.
"Kill!" Just when Gao Ran gathered troops and horses to act, a shout of killing immediately came, and on the street in front, a large number of Cao troops rushed over under the leadership of Xiahoudun and Le Jin.
"Cao Jun is really here!" Seeing this, Gao Ran immediately raised his spear high, and shouted loudly: "All soldiers, prepare to fight!" ”
Xiahoudun and Le Jin, who led the army, did not expect that the Taiping army's reaction would be so fast, and a good sneak attack battle had turned into an encounter now, but the two were not vegetarians, and after glancing at each other, they immediately shouted in unison: "Kill!" ”
The night sky was deep, the anger was blazing, on the long street, accompanied by a shout from the generals of both sides, the extreme impact suddenly broke out, and the soldiers suddenly rushed out, swords and guns against each other, entangled in one place, and fought to start.
In the end, the Cao army was prepared, and the Taiping army was rushed to meet by the Gao Ran organization, although it was brave, after all, it lost the opportunity, once the two sides fought, the Taiping army fell behind, and for a while, it was defeated and retreated.
Gao Ran struggled to kill the nearby Cao Army, his armor had already been soaked in blood, he looked at the serious casualties of the Taiping soldiers around him, and couldn't help but shout: "Gao Ran, the general of the Taiping Army, is here, who dares to come and lead the death?!" ”
Although they had the upper hand, the courage of the Taiping army was really surprising, Xiahoudun and Le Jin saw the hard work of their own soldiers, and they also frowned. ”
Before the shouts fell, the people had already urged the horse to come out, and a long knife broke through the air, turning into a horse to cross the night sky, breaking through the chaotic battlefield of fighting, and rushing straight to Gaolan! (To be continued......)