Chapter 43: Roommates

Dong Bai and Tong Yuan led the army to arrive, and Li Dao and others came to greet them, but they only saluted, but did not bow down.

Dong Bai didn't care about avenging his father, Tong Yuan, Zhang Lu and others obviously felt that the other party was only superficially friendly, and actually kept a distance.

Tong Yuan looked at everyone in the army, and saw that Li Dao was seven feet four or five inches tall, with big shoulders and a round waist, a wide face and small eyes, and a very easy-going appearance. Guo Yan looks short and lean, with thick and powerful arms, legs and feet, and he looks like a skilled person.

Zhang Ji is the tallest, estimated to be more than eight feet, with a serious and dignified appearance. The rest of Fan Chou, Yang Ding, Li Meng, and Wang Fang were all scarred and frosty, and they had obviously fought at the border for many years. Only Dong Chenghan is cute, which is really different.

However, Tong Yuan felt that a pair of eyes were observing him, carefully looking for it, it was obviously not Guo Yan, Fan Chou and others, and then he looked at Li Wei's eyes although they were small but showed a slight sharpness, presumably this person was also secretly observing himself and other Dong Bai's subordinates just now.

What he didn't know was that there was another person behind the other party who was guarding the camp and looking at him from afar. The man was eight feet tall, majestic and dignified, and there was a faint ruthless and domineering expression between his eyebrows.

This person is Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe, because Li Wei prevented him from defecting to Dong Bai, so he stayed in the camp. However, of course, Jia Xu didn't look down on Dong Bai, a little girl, he paid attention to the slight difference in the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on the other side.

He had a feeling in his heart that although there were many soldiers and horses on Li Wei's side, and the Flying Bear Army was strong, he lacked a spiritual spirit. There are some people over there who are likely to surpass Li Dao's side in the future and become a stronger army.

Dong Bai deserves to be the spiritual leader of the revenge army, after all, Dong Zhuo provided good treatment and political protection for the Xiliang army under his opponent when he was alive. At this moment, the presence of Dong Zhuo's granddaughter boosted the morale of the whole army.

The command of the soldiers and horses was led by Li Dao, and many captains and military officers discussed together, after all, the soldiers and horses of Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou and others only obeyed the arrangements of their respective generals, and they did not and could not be integrated.

Although Tong Yuan, as a school captain, was a member of the high-level meeting, he would not be stupid enough to be stupid enough to persuade Dong Bai to integrate everyone. These people are essentially warlords with their own soldiers and horses, and they will kill whoever moves their soldiers and horses.

He met Jia Xu at the meeting, but Jia Xu did not show special attention to him, but deliberately showed discloseness to their faction, which disappointed Dong Bai and the others for a while.

Tong Yuan would not think so, according to the development trajectory behind, he knew that Jia Xu was only temporarily obeying Li Wei's orders, and he would definitely have the opportunity to dig him up later, and his low profile at the moment was in line with the description of Jia Xu in the history books.

Through the captives, everyone learned about the location of the Xiliang Emperor Fu Song Army and the Bingzhou Army, which was not far away, and specially arranged for Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu to lead their more than 10,000 people to take precautions.

The army was stationed in the northeast of Chang'an at night, and set off after dinner every day, and returned to make dinner at Shen Shi. During the day, Tong Yuan's Dong Jiajun and Guo Yan's soldiers and horses were arranged in the north, and Li Dao and his nephews Li Li, Li Bei and others mainly attacked the east, and these two places were the main attack directions.

Enemy reinforcements may appear to the west, so the stronger Fan Chou attacks the west flank. The rest of Yang Ding, Li Meng, Wang Fang and others arranged to attack in the south.

Zhang Ji, Zhang Xiu and others were in the northwest direction to reconnoiter and respond, Dong Bai sat in the camp, of course, she was not willing to be lonely, and proposed to walk around the army to boost morale, and the generals had to obey the order. In fact, she planned to wait for the situation to change, and then join Tong Yuan's soldiers and horses to participate in the fight.

The generals also arranged for the elite cavalry to ambush at night, and the defense and guarding of the battalion during the day were handed over to Jia Xu, Dong Cheng and others.

As for the rest of the people, such as Duan Xuan and others, because they were not trusted, they still stayed in the Sili area and stationed, of course, such a critical place in Huayin County was guarded by Li Wei's son Li Shi.

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Lu Bu was defeated and returned to Chang'an, and immediately rectified the defense of Chang'an, but at this moment, the pressure on the troops, morale, generals, and even water sources in the city was very great.

In the Han Dynasty, Chang'an City was very large and populous, and the surrounding environment deteriorated significantly due to the high concentration of officials and scholars.

For example, in terms of water sources, Chang'an is located in the Guanzhong Plain, with abundant water sources, but the city has been inhabited by a high-density population for a long time, and the groundwater is seriously polluted, and most of the wells in the city are not suitable for drinking.

Therefore, the drinking water of Chang'an City is very dependent on the rivers outside the city, there are eight rivers such as Wei, Jing, Feng, Shui, Wei, Zhu, Chan, Ba, etc., which were known as "eight rivers around Chang'an" at that time.

At this moment, Li Dao and others besieged the city on all sides, instead of encircling three and missing one, that is, to give full play to the superior strength of the Xiliang army, and take advantage of the lack of water in Chang'an to put pressure on the city.

Sure enough, it was only a day, and even if Lu Bu tried every means to suppress it, the strong men who were temporarily pulled up in the city were constantly deserters. Lu Bu drank and was angry every day, and his soldiers were afraid and complained.

Only Diao Chan can slightly persuade Lu Bu to pay attention to his body and drink less, but Lu Bu is busy with the war and worries all day long, plus he is injured, so he is not very affectionate to Diao Chan.

On the third day of the siege, Tong Yuan and Guo Yan each led troops and horses to approach the north of Chang'an City. This is late May, which is supposed to be the time when crops and vegetation are in full bloom. However, as far as the eye can see, all the villages, grain fields and even the trees are gone.

Li Dao's 100,000 army was uneven, and many of the Xiliang army had become thieves before, but now after being absorbed by Li Dao and others, there was no one to take care of them, and they were still burning and looting everywhere.

Even the troops with better military discipline had to chop wood to cook rice, and even went so far as to feed immature crops to cattle and horses and use them as firewood. Therefore, more than ten miles around Chang'an is already a barren miserable image.

Of course, this army is full of food by plundering, but the people are miserable, whether they are pulled by the city to defend the city, or they are pulled by the Xiliang army, their year's work is gone, and I am afraid there will be no food in the future.

"What's the fuss? Why don't you call your men to attack the city! ”

Guo Yan was angry when he saw Tong Yuan, and he fought on the battlefield for decades before becoming a colonel. This guy is good, he is not old and weak, and he is also a captain, isn't he the person next to Dong Bai, how can he have any real ability. After taking Chang'an, you must find a way to deal with him.

Tong Yuan came into contact in the past two days, and obviously felt the hostility of the commanders of the Xiliang Army, when Weiyang Jun was there, they were all very honest, and when they contacted alone, they were crowded out everywhere to find fault.

He saw Guo Yan urging himself, but he didn't pay attention to it, no one can order anyone between the ministries, why do you Guo Yan let me go up, I'll go up.

Guo Yan saw that Tong Yuan ignored him, and his eyes looked at the top of his head and posed, "You come to beat me!" The expression instantly exploded, and he scolded: "I don't know what is dead or alive!" Do you think I won't dare cut you? ”

Hu Lang'er, Huang Yu and Geng Qing beside Tong Yuan were suddenly annoyed, no matter what Guo Yan's status was, they stepped forward and prepared to fight. Guo Yan did not show weakness on his side, and two people flashed out from behind, one holding a double axe, and the other holding up a long-handled mace.