"Ma Chao is crazy, with me guarding Tongguan, don't you want to get by?" Cao Xiu had already been shocked by the iron cavalry army outside the city, but he still mustered up the courage to shout.

"Who dares to fight Ma Chao?" Cao Xiu asked the generals beside him.

"I heard that Ma Chao killed General Zhang Xiu. Shall we be his opponents? The generals retreated.

"You guys..."

Cao Xiu's face was angry and embarrassed.

Ma Chao laughed and said: "Cao Xiu, this general is invincible in the world, how can you be my opponent?" If you don't believe me, come down and pick me up, and I'll promise not to hurt your life, how about it? Do you dare to come? ”

Ma Chao promised not to hurt Cao Xiu's life, but Cao Xiu still didn't dare.

"You..." Cao Xiu roared: "If you have the guts, you will attack the city!" ”

"Okay, in just half a day, I can kill you!" Ma Chao turned the horse's head back to the formation.

Yuan Xi said with a smile: "The general is so courageous, he calmed down the soldiers in the city in a few words, and it is estimated that Cao Xiu is also frightened." Before the battle even began, they had already lost three points. ”

"How is the general going to attack the city?" Ma Chao asked.

Yuan Xi said: "Tongguan is different from Chang'an. I got reliable news that there is a large amount of fire oil in Tongguan, and if I send a giant beast to attack, I will be injured by the fire oil, so the battle of Tongguan must rely on the soldiers to attack. Fortunately, we have a large number of siege equipment, but we are not afraid of fortified cities. ”

"The general's behemoth is afraid of fire oil?" Ma Chao asked casually.

"As the saying goes, fire and water are ruthless, how can the flesh not be afraid? They were only slightly larger animals, not gods. Yuan Xi said to Yan Liang beside him: "General Yan Liang, when attacking Chang'an before, it was the soldiers of Xiliang who charged, this time attacking Tongguan, you can't let them go up again, you organize 20,000 siege echelons and command the siege." I'll cheer you on. ”

"The last general obeys!"

Yan Liang responded confidently.

watched the siege of the Xiliang army under Chang'an City, and Yan Liang complained for several days.

This time it was his soldier's turn to attack the city, and Yan Liang really wanted Ma Chao to see how the Hebei army attacked the city. Compared with the Xiliang Army, what are the advantages and disadvantages?

"Meng Qike has heard that there is a tiger general under Cao Cao, named Xu Chu?" Yuan Xi asked.

"I've heard that Cao Cao called him the Tiger Marquis, and he was good at using a big knife. It is said that the martial arts are superb, and they have never been defeated. Ma Chao nodded.

"If you do, do you dare to fight?"

"Hmph..." Ma Chao snorted: "Why don't I dare? If Xu Chu comes, I will cut off his head with my own hands! ”

Yuan Xi wanted to surrender Ma Chao, and he was also preparing to fight Cao Cao in the future, so that there were generals to meet Xu Chu. Xu Chu is brave and unmatched, and his martial arts are higher than Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang Jaw, etc., if he can't be controlled, the battle is very dangerous.

In history, Ma Chao once fought against Xu Chu, and there was no victory or defeat in 300 rounds. also fought with Liu Bei's third brother Zhang Fei for three days and three nights, and there was no victory. It can be seen that Ma Chao's bravery, Zhang Fei and Xu Chu are all between the best.

If you get Ma Chao, you can not only rival Xu Chu, but also Liu Bei's generals.

"Meng Qi's martial arts are strong, I have seen it, but Xu Chu is not in vain. If you do, be careful. Of course, what we can't meet this time, Xu Chu, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, etc., went to Jingzhou and will not come to Chang'an for the time being. Yuan Xi said.

"Someday, we'll meet..." Ma Chao said. He's already full of fighting spirit.

Yan Liang prepared 20,000 soldiers and came over in a phalanx.

"Soldiers, the lord is watching from the front, we are attacking the city, and we must show all our skills. Whoever dares to fight cowardly will be killed! Yan Liang drove his horse to stand in front of the military formation and shouted.

Roar, roar, roar...

The soldiers shouted in response.

"Beat the drums!"

Yan Liang faced the city tower, and with a wave of his long knife, he said, "Attack the city immediately!" ”

Knock knock...

The drums thundered and resounded across the battlefield.

Five thousand siege echelons went out of battle, carrying ladders and pontoon bridges, pushing siege towers and wooden carts, and marching towards Tongguan. The catapults and crossbow carts behind also slowly followed, stopped a hundred meters away from the moat, and opened fire on the tower.

"Put!"

Boom boom...

Overwhelming boulders and javelins were thrown at the towers.

The siege echelon also moved quickly, with a neat pace, as if a person was walking.

Ma Chao couldn't help but look sideways and exclaimed: "General, your 50,000 iron cavalry turned out to be infantry, right?" ”

"Oh? How do you know? ”

"Just look at the pace of their walking, they must have been trained for many years." Ma Chao said: "The soldiers in our army are all cavalry, and they have never been trained in foot combat. ”

"The general has good eyesight." Yuan Xi said: "Actually, these 50,000 cavalry used to be infantry troops. There was a local army recruited from Jizhou, and there was Zhang Yan's Montenegrin army. Later, it was reorganized into the Jizhou regular army. The cavalry was reorganized only last year. They are all veterans, with excellent fighting qualities and the ability to fight evil battles. ”

"Hmm."

Ma Chao saw it early.

Yan Liang's 50,000 cavalry is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

It can be used as a siege echelon at any time.

"The general won't blame me. When I attacked Chang'an before, I also asked you to attack the city. Yuan Xi was afraid that Ma Chao would have a bad heart, so he spoke out first.

"No, no, no..." Ma Chao is also a reasonable person, and said: "The general helped us with food and wages, and also made the giant beast fight." If our Xiliang army is not even exempt from attacking the city, then what are we going to do in Chang'an? Don't you feel ashamed to eat the general's salary? ”

"Hehe, where, where..."

While the two were talking, the siege echelon had already run to the bottom of the city.

Cao Xiu drew his sword and shouted: "Release the arrow!" Throw the giant tree! ”

Whoosh...

Thundered!

Arrows flew like locusts.

The besieging soldiers were protected by shield soldiers, and few were hit by arrows.

Although there were many giant trees rolling down, they could not stop the soldiers from attacking the city.

From a distance, the 5,000 siege echelons quickly built the ladders and pontoon bridges, and the siege towers also pushed over the moat. The soldiers climbed up the tower and fought in the nearest city.

Yan Liang even sent more than 1,000 archers to stand on the west bank of the moat and fire arrows towards the city tower to suppress the firepower.

Soon after the battle began, soldiers climbed the tower. It's just that he was isolated and was killed on the spot by Cao Xiu. Later soldiers were also bombarded by a large number of giant trees.

Yan Liang stood on the west bank of the moat and kept shouting: "Hurry... Climb up! ”

"Whoever ascends the tower first will be rewarded by the lord!"

"Kill Cao Xiu and worship as a general!"

............

Yan Liang cheered up the soldiers.

Seeing the soldiers who climbed up falling down one by one, Yan Liangliang was anxious, and he couldn't wait to attack the city in person. But he knew that as a general in the army, he could not take risks easily, and if he was injured, the army would no longer be able to attack the city.

"Come, go and order all the trebuchets and crossbows to be smashed at the tower at the left gate. Cover the siege force to attack the city. "I have to say that Yan Liang is very smart. Trebuchets and crossbows spread out to attack weaken the deterrent power of the weapon, but when smashed in one place, the situation is very different.