The enemy general retreated suddenly, which caught Lu Xiaoshu and the others off guard, and when they were about to pursue, there was a rain of arrows in the sky, and the three of them fought and retreated, and they could only look at the Dong Zhuo generals with hatred and flee.

The Western Expeditionary Army besieged Chang'an City for two days, and every day asked people to take turns cursing and shouting, but Dong Zhuo just closed the door and didn't hear it.

It's no wonder that the ancients have too few tricks to scold people, which will bring in the Internet trolls of later generations, and they can scold Dong Zhuo for jumping off the city tower and committing suicide! It's a pity that although Lu Xiaoshu is from the next generation, he has been a polite and civilized five-good boy since he was a child, how can there be such a thing as scolding?

On the third day of the siege of Chang'an, the Western Expeditionary Army launched a general attack. The drums of war are beating and the horns are sounding!

Dozens of catapults, calibrating the crosshairs, carried out a fierce bombardment of Chang'an City, and countless boulders and oil canisters made a whining sound in the air and smashed on the Chang'an city wall. Countless giant crossbows, equipped with giant crossbow arrows, shoot wildly at the city.

Even if Dong Zhuo's army had been prepared, they all hid behind the female wall with thick shields, how could the boulders fly sideways, the giant crossbows soared, and for a while, the city wall was like a hell on earth, flesh and blood were flying, and ghosts were crying wolves.

Covered by heavy firepower, the army of the Western Expedition rushed to Chang'an City like a tide, tens of thousands of troops rushed and shouted, and more than a dozen siege vehicles were surrounded by the army, slowly approaching the Chang'an city wall.

The army approached, and the long-range fire support was no longer useful, and the pressure on Dong Zhuo's army in the city was suddenly greatly reduced, and when he saw the army surging like a tide, he hurriedly stopped the bow and arrow from blocking. The rain of arrows poured down like a torrential rain, obscuring the sky and the sun.

Although the army was covered with thick shields, they still suffered heavy casualties.

The drums and horns contended, shouting to kill and shake the sky.

The army finally reached the city wall, braving the rain of arrows and falling rocks, trying to climb the wall along the ladder and siege engine.

However, Dong Zhuojun's firepower was really fierce, and countless archers shot arrows from the strong horse faces of the city on both sides, forming a left, center, and right flanking posture, and suddenly the Western Expeditionary Army suffered heavy casualties under the attack of the three-dimensional arrow net, and even if a few climbed the city wall, they were also hacked to death with random knives.

The battle at the city gate was even more tragic, after the army approached the city gate, they hit the city gate with a huge chariot, however, there was also an urn city built outside the gate of Chang'an City, which was connected with the city wall. Dong Zhuo's army in the city was suppressed by long-range firepower, and he suddenly had no scruples and attacked fiercely towards the enemy in the urn city. For a while, bows and arrows rained, falling rocks rolled, flesh and blood flew sideways, wailing all over the field, and the corpses in front of the city gate became mountains, and blood flowed like rivers.

Lu Xiaoshu rode a horse and looked at the city and the city, the two armies fought, Dong Zhuo's army in the city was broken, there was no way to retreat, all of them were not afraid of death, and their own troops, although they were also brave, were in a disadvantageous place under the city, Dong Zhuo was obviously very well prepared, and the falling rocks and arrows were inexhaustible, so that his troops suffered heavy casualties, but they had nothing to gain.

The army fought fiercely for half a day, and thousands of soldiers were killed and wounded, but Chang'an City was still impregnable. Lu Xiaoshu sighed in his heart, and had to order a retreat of five miles, a truce and a halt, and then try a good strategy.

At the battle meeting of the military tent that night, it was discussed for a long time, and no good strategy was discussed, some advocated digging tunnels, some advocated besieging the city and starving the people in the city to death, and some advocated retreating!

Lu Xiaoshu scoffed, the excavation project was huge, and it was very easy to be exposed, and it was not easy to succeed. The siege is even more nonsense, Chang'an City is located in the Guanzhong Plain, occupying 800 miles of Qinchuan, rich since ancient times, Dong Zhuo has adopted the strategy of clearing the wilderness, and the materials in Chang'an City are only enough to eat for two years! When the time comes, he didn't starve others to death, but starved his own army of 100,000 into an army of dried corpses.

There are also those who advocate retreating, Lu Xiaoshu is speechless, and he ran three hundred miles just to send a few thousand heads to Dong Zhuo?

The atmosphere was stagnant for a while, and Lu Xiaoshu was depressed, seeing Yang Xiu sipping tea, with an unfathomable and eager expression.

Lu Xiaoshu is happy, this kid is smart and capable, full of wisdom, what good ideas do you have? It's better not to disappoint when you say it.

Yang Xiu was just about to speak, when he saw the boss looking at him with interest, he was about to make a big fuss, but suddenly he felt a sigh in his heart, and said: "Your strategy just now is more or less, there is always something wrong, because you don't see the essence of things clearly!" Why is Dong Zhuo's army brave and not afraid of life and death? Why did Dong Zhuo stick to Chang'an City? ”

Yang Xiu paused, looked around at everyone, and saw that everyone looked confused, obviously at a loss.

Yang Xiu continued: "There is only one reason for this, which can be summed up in one word, and that is 'sleepy'!" The so-called trapped beasts are still fighting, as soon as our army comes up, they will surround Chang'an, so that the thieves have nowhere to escape, they will naturally not sit still, people say that rabbits will bite people when they are in a hurry, and Dong Zhuo is a giant beast with tens of thousands of soldiers, relying on Chang'an's strong city defense, not to mention 100,000, even if there are 100,000, it may be difficult to easily take Chang'an! ”

Gao Shun saw him stop again, shook his head, pretended to be profound, and immediately dissatisfied: "Dezu, can you not sell Guanzi, is there any way to deal with it, hurry up?" ”

When the generals heard this, they all chuckled and agreed, and the atmosphere was much more relaxed for a while.

Yang Xiu was quite dissatisfied with everyone's reaction, thinking that there should be applause here! I have some insightful opinions, but everyone's response is mediocre, it's really chilling, isn't it?

I had to calm down the magnificence and pride in my heart a little, and then said: "Now to break the enemy, the key is in the word 'break', the barrel takes water, the barrel solidifies the water, and the bucket breaks the water flow!" Our army can...."

Yang Xiu took a sip of tea, and when he saw that everyone's faces were not good, he hurriedly said: "Our army can besiege the three gates in the southeast and north of Chang'an, leaving only the gap in the west gate." When Dong Zhuo's rebels were surrounded, they naturally worked together to protect themselves and survive, and now that they have a way to escape, how can they be a caged bird again? ”

Everyone listened, whispered for a while, and exchanged their opinions.

Xu Huang, the captain of the Tun Cavalry, was puzzled: "What does Mr. mean to let Dong Zhuo go and then take Chang'an?" ”

Yang Xiu smiled and said, "Exactly!" ”

Xu Huangchi asked: "But isn't the order of the imperial court a crusade against Dong Zhuo's traitors?" If we let the enemy leave, will we be blamed by the court? ”

Yang Xiu took a sip of tea, shook his head, and looked like he was enjoying it, before he opened his mouth to answer, Sima Lang beside him had already said: "The order of the imperial court is to crusade against Dong Zhuo, not to say that it is in Chang'an to crusade against Dong Zhuo, after Dong Zhuo escapes, our army can continue to pursue, Liangzhou has been taken over by General Huangpu Song of the left at this time, Dong Zhuo will go back to the situation of two tigers fighting, our army will come later, and we can win a battle and stabilize the situation in Liangzhou!" ”

Yang Xiu was robbed of his lines by Sima Lang, and he was very sad in his heart, glaring at Sima Lang angrily, as if he was going to eat him alive and peel him half, but Sima Lang, who was only frightened, lowered his head and said nothing, hiding his face and drinking tea.

Lu Xiaoshu asked with some doubts: "Are you sure that Dong Zhuo will not defend Chang'an City and lead the people to flee west?" ”

"The rebels are all border soldiers in Liangzhou, the so-called homeland is difficult to leave, who wants to die in a foreign country? After escaping, you may still be able to maneuver around Liangzhou, but if you stick to the lonely city of Chang'an, you will definitely die in the city and bury your bones in another country, it is only a matter of time. Yang Xiusheng was afraid that Sima Lang would rob him of his lines again, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to answer.

Seeing that everyone basically agreed, Lu Xiaoshu also felt that this plan was feasible, so he stood up and said: "The plan is in the people, the success is in the sky, and tomorrow we will act according to the plan!" ”