Tongguan City up and down, in the dim night, men and horses fight, soldiers on both sides, around the fighting, the figure in the firelight flickering big and small, like ghosts.

Tongguan City was originally mainly defended by the Hongnong side, and after the previous war, there are still many places waiting to be repaired, and there are no residential villages and the like around. The main thing in Tongguan City is said to be important, but it is no different from the nursing dog who guarded the gate left by Yang Biao after withdrawing from Guanzhong, and he has been safe and sound for most of the year, so he can't help but slack off a lot.

Therefore, these days Yang Tong is lazy in the government office, these Tongguan guards who have not had their turn to do errands, no one supervises, who will brave the cold to sell coolies outside when winter comes?

When Ma Yan took the labor army troops dressed as a heavy baggage, and deceived the city gate and opened the killing ring, although there were not many soldiers in Tongguan, but the soldiers who went out of the city gate were attacked in a panic, and many Tongguan soldiers in the city did not react for a while!

When the Tongguan guards near the city gate shouted loudly and screamed continuously, the Tongguan guards in the city began to riot, and people came out of the earthen houses and tents one after another, and some were at a loss to look at the chaotic scene at the city gate.

Yang Tong and Li Xian were trapped on the city tower, and there were only some grassroots non-commissioned officers left in the city, still trying to control the situation, so that the soldiers were closed in arrays, wearing armor, looking for blades, firing bows and arrows, and preparing to defend!

But these non-commissioned officers at the grassroots level, inevitably the orders are a little messy, the shouts are earth-shattering, everyone seems to be shouting at the top of their voices, and the soldiers in Tongguan are just like headless flies turning left and right, not knowing what to do, although there are a lot of people, but the soldiers who have not formed an array can no longer be called an effective combat force, and it is even difficult to do it together.

Ma Yan led a hundred people to pretend to be the escort of the baggage cart, and there were two hundred soldiers in the baggage cart, these soldiers were all wearing armor and elites, and in an instant, hundreds of soldiers in Tongguan who had originally surrounded them had been scattered.

Xu Shu in the back of the preparation of the city army, but did not leave too much buffer time for the Tongguan guards, the brigade of people and horses continued to rush towards the Tongguan city gate, the sky from time to time across the direction of the rocket, the sound of the horse's hooves like thunder as moving, all this scene, is more to add to the chaos of the west gate of Tongguan!

In a short time, the vanguard cavalry of the brigade had already rushed to the west gate of Tongguan, and the speed was so fast that even Ma Yan's vanguard had not had time to push all the empty baggage carts away from the road!

"Quick! Pushed! The back brigade is coming! ”

The dozens of cavalry at the front shouted while carrying horses and shuttling through the gaps in the baggage carts, and then rushed into the city gate without stopping, along the streets, and directly collided with the Tongguan soldiers who began to gather in the city!

The two sides suddenly broke out with a huge shouting sound, one side wanted to kill back, the other side wanted to rescue, the two sides were entangled together, the blades flew around, collided, from time to time someone fell off the horse, and from time to time someone fell covered in blood.

But after all, Xu Shu's cavalry had been preparing for a long time, and they were fully equipped, and the cavalry that rushed in later saw that the roads were congested, and the veterans who were familiar with the battle formation did not need special orders, so they naturally took out their bows and arrows, and shot at the guards of Tongguan on the city wall and in the city!

In the night, I saw a snow-white feather streak in the night sky, and then it was stuck on the human body, blooming one after another blood flowers......

When Xu Shu arrived at the city with a large army, the already small will to resist of the Tongguan guards collapsed, and many people began to throw down their blades and try to flee the battlefield.

The resistance at the city gate gradually weakened, except for Yang Tong and Li Xian at the head of the city who barely led some men to resist the attack of this Mayan, the rest of the place had basically given up.

In this short period of less than two or three moments, there were already corpses everywhere near the west gate of Tongguan, and blood flowed sideways, dyeing the people and horses into a blood red, and it looked even more hideous in the light of the fire.

Xu Shu raised his sword and shouted, "Enter the city!" Those who do not surrender will be killed! ”

At this moment, Li Xian was also covered in blood, some of which belonged to others, and some of which belonged to him.

was blocked back by Ma Yan from the gallop, and almost immediately fell into the chaos of the Tongguan soldiers, and finally let the surrounding soldiers settle down a little, but found that the entire battlefield was already out of control.

If the city gate had not been deceived into opening, then it would naturally be able to resist for a while, but now the steady stream of soldiers and horses rushing in from outside the city has separated the rest of the Tongguan soldiers in the city from the defenders at the head of the city......

Ma Yan had already dismounted at this time, but he was rushing to the front of the queue, his movements were very large, but accurate and powerful, using the arm shield of his left hand to knock away the opponent's blade, the spear or smash or stab, almost no one could resist, every swing was the fall of a Tongguan soldier!

On the left and right of Ma Yan's side, everyone shouted and fought, forming a sharp contrast with the Tongguan defenders.

"Break the city! Break the city! ”

"Those who do not surrender will be killed!"

More and more voices shouted, and the voices in the city were little by little......

"Damn it! Kill! Kill me back! Yang Tong screamed, desperately shouting to let his soldiers rush forward, while he himself shrank at the rear.

Li Xian hung one arm, panted and retreated to Yang Tong's side, and said, "Captain, I can't hold it...... What are we going to do......"

"Kill! Kill them! Otherwise, you will all die! All to die! Yang Tong screamed, then stared at Li Xian like crazy, grabbed Li Xian's shirt, and shouted with spittle, "What are you doing when you retreat!" Don't go up and kill them yet! Kill them! ”

"Captain!" Li Xian tried to make Yang Tong come to his senses and said, "I can't hold it!" Captain, we've been defeated! I can't hold it! ”

Yang Tong was originally just a child of the scholar clan who had learned some military strategies, how could he compare with the generals who had really been on the battlefield, under the panic and fear of losing the pass, he had obviously entered a state of madness, as if he hadn't heard it at all, while grabbing Li Xian's clothes, he raised the knife in his hand and howled: "No! Kill me! Otherwise, Lao Tzu will cut you! ”

Seeing that Li Xian was still a little hesitant, Yang Tong really cut it down without saying a word!

Li Xian hurriedly parried with a knife, one of his arms was already injured, and he was a little difficult to dodge, and he was embarrassed for a while.

Yang Tong still slashed with a knife and shouted, "Kill you!" Kill you! Kill them all! Kill them all! Kill ......"

Yang Tong was halfway through the call, but his figure froze, and he looked down, but he didn't know when Li Xian's battle knife had pierced his body.

Yang Tong gurgled in his throat, and then the war knife fell to the ground with his hand out of his hand, and he fell to the sky......

Li Xian looked at Yang Tong, turned his head, and shouted, "Don't fight!" Don't fight! We surrender! Surrender ......"

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At this moment, on the north bank of Weishui in Chang'an, a fierce siege battle is also underway.

The fireworks inside and outside the mausoleum have already covered the sky and the sun, and the corpses above and below the city wall are also everywhere, and the blood has turned the soil around the city into blood-colored mud.

The mausoleums of Chang'an were originally the tombs of the emperors of the Han Dynasty, because they took a long time to build, and they needed a lot of manpower, so they gradually formed a small city with a large population, but I don't know what it was like for these emperors of the Han Dynasty to watch their juniors slash and kill each other underground......

Zhao Wen saw that the light of day had completely disappeared, and the battlefield was also dim, so he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Mingjin, collect the troops." "It's not impossible to attack the city overnight, but the loss will inevitably increase greatly, not to mention that the soldiers are also people, and they have to be repaired after a day of attacking, so they will not choose to attack the city at night if they have no choice.

"Bell Bell Bell ......"

With the sound of the golden gong, the soldiers who were attacking the city immediately stopped, turned around and walked back, and even some had already climbed the cloud ladder to the general, and immediately slid down regardless of it.

The city was full of soldiers who staggered and retreated, and at this moment, the defenders on the walls of Lingyi also withdrew their blades, and even those who had already put on the string and drew their bows were also retracted.

The soldiers on both sides, in fact, some of them know each other, and many of them are friends, if it weren't for the general's order, who would be willing to raise their swords and guns to their former friends......

"General Xia!" Zhao Wen looked at Xia Mu with some dissatisfaction and said, "It's been attacking for many days, how long will it take to capture this small Lingyi in front of you?" ”

Xia Mu arched his hand and said: "Zhao Envoyjun, when the sons and daughters attacked, they did not slack off at all!" This mausoleum is surrounded by mountains and rivers, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack...... However, please rest assured, the soldiers in the mausoleum are almost exhausted, that is, they can be captured in a few days......"

Zhao Wen snorted, and was about to say something, when suddenly several war horses rushed in the distance, which immediately attracted Zhao Wen's attention. One of the heralds among these knights soon rushed to Zhao Wen's approach and delivered an urgent report from Zuo Fengyi.

"Expedition to the West...... Moved?! Zhao Wen followed the light of the torch, glanced at it a few times, and couldn't help blurting out.

Xia Mu, who was pricking up his ears to the side, was also startled, and asked with wide eyes, "What?" General Zhengxi is coming? Where has it been? ”

Zhao Wen turned his gaze, looked at Xia Mu with a smile, and said, "What, is General Xia worried, or is he timid?" ”

After all, Xia Mu is also an old oilman, so he quickly adjusted his expression, stroked his beard and said, "Zhao Yuanjun is serious...... Since he led the troops and heard about the other party's movements, he naturally had to pay more attention, why, when he came to Zhao Yuanjun, how did he become timid? ”

Zhao Wen smiled and said, "In this way, Zhao has lost his words." However, General Xia can rest assured that it was not General Zhengxi who was dispatched, but the partial army under his command stationed in Suyi......"

Xu Shu was stationed in Suyi, and Zhao Wen naturally paid attention to it all the time, so Xu Shu set off from Suyi to attack, and it didn't take long for him to be detected by the people sent by Zhao Wen, so he naturally reported to Zhao Wen here as soon as possible.

Xia Mu squinted, estimated in his heart, and said, "I don't know how many people there are?" How many war horses are there? ”

"Hmph...... There are nearly three thousand foot soldiers, and the horse army is two thousand......" Zhao Wen snorted, not knowing what it meant, and said slowly, "...... This is a desperate attack, and Suyi only has 300 defenders left......"

Xia Mu frowned slightly and said, "So...... So far, Suyi will be five days as fast as possible, and seven days as slow as possible! The number is quite a lot, which ...... It's tricky! ”

Zhao Wen looked at Xia Mu, and then said in a deep voice: "General Xia don't worry, this army is not coming to Chang'an, but to the east......"

"To the east? Stumped to say...... Tongguan? Xia Mu thought about it for a while, and then said with a loss of color, "If Tongguan is lost, the east-west traffic will be cut off...... This, how is this a good ......" Xia Mu fell to Zhao Wen, in fact, most of it was still on Yang Biao's face, and now that he heard that Tongguan was at risk, it was equivalent to that this traffic artery with Hongnong was about to be cut off and lost contact, so he was naturally a little flustered.

Zhao Wen pondered for a while and said, "There are more than 2,000 defenders in Tongguan, and there is no shortage of grain, grass and equipment...... Therefore, entering, there may be some shortcomings, guarding, should be able to keep ten days and a half months...... Even if the number of troops in the western division is twice as large as that of Tongguan, it is not easy to pull out the city...... "The siege battle is the most cruel and time-consuming thing, and it is completely a matter of using human lives to fight for attrition, so it is not a problem for Zhao Wen to have such a judgment."

"But ......" Zhao Wen groaned, thinking, his brows furrowed tightly. This army is going east, so when will the next army come and go that way?

Zhao Wen didn't believe that Fei Qian would be idle and bored, and let his soldiers and horses attack at will, then there must be a goal, and this goal, no matter how you think it, you feel that you are here, after all, Chong Shao and Fei Qian seem to have some agreement......

Zhao Wen pondered for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said, "Suyi! ”

Xia Mu's eyes rolled and said, "What does Zhao Envoy mean?" ”

"Some time ago, news came from Hedong that General Zhengxi was still in Pingyang! What's more, the area from Pingyang to Beiqu, from Beiqu to Diaoyin are all mountain roads, winding and rugged, and it is difficult to walk! So calculate the time, even if the general of Zhengxi is light and fast, he will not be able to reach Diaoyin at the moment! Zhao Wen said while pondering, "In other words, it is very likely that General Zhengxi will rush here as soon as possible and rescue the seed clan, and he will go to the east line of Hedong!" ”

From Pingyang to Hedong, and then from Hedong to Guanzhong, except for Shaanxi and Tianjin, which need to cross the river, most of the rest of the area is a flat river, which is naturally faster and more convenient than taking the mountain road......

What's more, only by taking this road can we conquer Tongguan!

"Yes!" Zhao Wen clapped his hands and said, "That's it!" Hmph, a certain sent a partial army to collect Suyi, block the intersection of Diaoyin to the south, and then transfer troops to support Tongguan! In this way, even if Zhengxi wants to turn back, it will be too late! ”