The army rested for the night through Hangu Pass, set off the next day, and walked for another two days before arriving at Tongguan.

Lu Xiaoshu was quite helpless, the ancients were fighting, and all the time was spent on the road, every city, it would take half a month just to travel, this is still the Central Plains, densely populated states and counties, if you go to attack the southern city, it will take more time.

When Lu Xiaoshu led the army to arrive, Ma Teng was already waiting outside the pass. I haven't seen him in the past two years, Ma Teng is no longer like the horse is Wu back then, with a three-inch long beard, a bright silver battle armor, and even more heroic.

After some greetings, Lu Xiaoshu asked about the seizure process, and Ma Teng answered truthfully.

It turned out that Dong Zhuo was heavily defended at Hangu Pass, so he felt that he had peace of mind, and gave Ma Teng a thousand soldiers and horses to garrison Tongguan.

Who wants to take Hangu Pass without bloodshed, Dong Zhuo, who is far away in Chang'an, has no idea that Hangu Pass has fallen. In fact, even if Huang Rong did not mutiny, and Lu Xiaoshu led the army to attack, there would be no reinforcements coming from Hangu Pass, because Ma Teng controlled the place where Tongguan must pass, and the messenger for help could not reach Chang'an City at all.

The army camped in front of Tongguan and rested for three days.

That night, Lu Xiaoshu was restless, left the military tent camp, and rode a horse to the south bank of the Yellow River in Tongguan by moonlight.

Tongguan is a dangerous terrain, bordering the Qinling Mountains in the south, the Yellow River in the north, and Huayue in the west. The surrounding mountains are connected with mountains, peaks and peaks, valleys are deep and precipices are absolute, the mountain is high and the road is narrow, and there is a narrow sheep intestine path in the middle, and only one car and one horse can be allowed to go back and forth. Later, people often compared the danger of the terrain here with the danger of "fighting with the apes on the thin road" and "the danger of stopping the Tong Pass on the road in the world". Later, after the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu visited this place, he also left behind "the father-in-law sees the important place, narrow and narrow for bicycles." Struggle hard to grow a halberd, and use a husband for eternity. Verses.

Lu Xiaoshu was on the cliff, and he could hear the cry of the night beast between the cliffs, and the sound of the water of the Yellow River rushing and surging, and he had the feeling of looking down on the common people. When I looked up, I saw that the stars were all over the sky, and the half moon was about to rise, and I suddenly realized that today was the ninth day of October. Cai Yan, who is far away in Luoyang, is getting married today, and her heart aches slightly, I just hope that she will not repeat the tragic ending of history and be a happy person.

I remembered the night before my wedding last year, it was the same moon and the same stars, Yan Xiuli, who was arrogant and innocent at that time, has now become her beloved wife, gentle and lovely, and has changed her past habits. Now she is pregnant, but she is on a different expedition. One lovesickness, two sorrows. Lu Xiaoshu sighed near the river and stood in the middle of the night.

The trees on the Phoenix Ridge near Tongguan are lush and stout, and the army takes advantage of the rest for three days to make a large number of siege equipment, so as to prepare for the siege of the city in the coming day. It's just that the siege equipment is too tall and heavy, and it moves very slowly, so it can only be built on the spot with local materials.

Lu Xiaoshu inspected the progress of building siege equipment, which was really an eye-opener. It is said that it has been three or four years since he came to this era, even if he has been under Ding Yuan's account for more than two years, he has never fought siege warfare, and all the battles are actually field surprise attacks or encounters, so naturally he has never seen any large-scale siege equipment.

At this time, when I saw all kinds of large-scale equipment, I was amazed and admired the unparalleled wisdom of the ancients.

Two or three zhang high siege vehicle, with coarse logs processing and assembly, enough to have waist-high wheels six, the body has three layers, the bottom layer is the battering ram that destroys the city wall, can hide the soldiers to hit the city wall, if you encounter a small city wall is not thick enough, it may collapse the city wall, the middle layer is the siege tower, which can be used to climb the city wall, and the enemy is short armed, the upper layer is the arrow tower, which can greatly improve the range and vision of the archers, and cover the siege soldiers. The front was sealed with wooden planks and bound with cow and sheepskin to prevent the enemy from arrows and sharp weapons, and then pasted with mud to prevent fire.

Soldiers can get on the rear of the siege vehicle and shoot arrows in the siege of the city, which is invincible and greatly reduces casualties.

There is also a siege ladder that is not as simple as in the TV series, the site is heavy, there are vehicles, the ladder can accommodate two people to climb side by side, and the ladder body can be folded.

When Lu Xiaoshu watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in his previous life, he was often worried about what if the siege soldiers were pushed to the ladder? Isn't it a ladder where all the people fall to their deaths? Now it seems that it is not easy to say, the ladder has a heavy ground, a large tilt angle, and countless soldiers climb on it, how can it be easily pushed down?

There are also rushing cars, stone throwers, and ballista cars, all of which are powerful siege weapons.

Lu Xiaoshu looked at the progress of the production of siege equipment, and had a few more chances of winning in his heart.

Three days later, the army marched along the Wei River towards Chang'an, encountering no obstacles along the way. The Guanzhong Plain is open and flat, and it should be rich and prosperous, but as far as the eye can see, it is thousands of miles of scorched earth, houses have collapsed, gunsmoke is everywhere, and displaced people are everywhere.

It turned out that a few days after the army of the Western Expedition rested, Dong Zhuo had learned from the secret letter of Tongguan that the imperial army had broken through Hangu Pass and Tongguan, and the troops were directed at Chang'an.

Dong Zhuo was shocked and angry when he found out, listened to the advice of his son-in-law Li Ru, and carried out a strategy of fortifying and clearing the fields in the surrounding counties of Chang'an, focusing on consolidating the city defense of Chang'an, and secondly, sweeping away the materials of the surrounding counties and counties, burning all the strategic materials that could not be taken away, and even the people's houses were not spared.

Lu Xiaoshu secretly hated Dong Zhuo for being vicious, Yang Xiu was even more angry and scolded, and all the soldiers were indignant, vowing not to kill Dong Zhuo and vowing not to give up.

By the time the army arrived at the foot of Chang'an City, it was already three days later, and the four gates of Chang'an City were closed.

Dong Zhuo stood on the city wall, staring at the 100,000 imperial court counterinsurgency army two hundred steps below the city, lined up neatly, and the momentum was shocking. There was a sadness in his heart, he was fighting step by step, fighting in the east and west, and his might once shook the government and the opposition, and even the general He Jin had to give three points.

It has only been more than two months now, and it can only be trapped in the lonely city, with nearly half of the more than 100,000 troops lost, and its reputation and prestige have plummeted. Even his hometown Liangzhou was controlled by Huangpu Song, and he was in a dilemma, thanks to Lu Bu, the commander of the army in front of him! Thinking of this, he gritted his steel teeth and was furious.

At this time, a person rode a horse and stepped forward alone, holding a Fang Tian painting halberd, dressed in a flowing gold dragon Lin Kai, with a three-pronged purple and gold crown on his head, tall and large, and his momentum soared to the sky, so shocked that Dong Zhuo's soldiers did not dare to open their bows and arrows!

Lu Xiaoshu rode alone to a hundred steps under the city, stopped his horse, and shouted: "I am the emperor's edict to seal the general Lu Bu, by the emperor's order, to crusade against the traitor Dong Zhuo, you immediately put down your weapons, open the city and surrender, I can spare you to die!" The voice was loud and long, and it spread all over a radius of ten miles.

Dong Zhuo has been fighting for many years, so naturally he will not be easily frightened, and laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, Ben Hou has been fighting for half his life, and he has already put life and death aside, my sons and daughters are all my Liangzhou warriors, how can they be greedy for life and afraid of death?" ”

At this time, Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Li Ru stepped forward and said: "Ah Da, this Lu Bu child is so contemptuous of our army, dare to go into the range of bows and arrows to provoke, it is better for us to shoot him with ten thousand arrows!" "This Li Ru is a native of Liangzhou, and the people of Liangzhou call their biological father 'Da' and their father-in-law 'Da'.

Dong Zhuo was quite moved after hearing this, and before he could give the order, a person behind him shouted: "My Xiliang boy stands up to the sky, how can I do such a shameless act?" Please let me out of the city, I, Guo Yan, am willing to fight to the death with him Lu Bu, so that he can't underestimate my Liangzhou man! ”