The night was dark, but Xiahou Nan, who was in Chang'an, was not calm, and the recent situation was always in an unfavorable state for Cao Wei.

From the defeat of Yixian County at the beginning, to the three counties of Longyou, Jieting, and Chencang, the Wei army has been defeated, although there are small victories, but in terms of the overall situation, it is just a corner, take the entire Guanzhong battlefield, standing next to Cao Zhen's decision-making layer here, the control area of the Wei army in less than two months, almost only Jingzhao remains.

Although Xiliang is still in his hands, the Han army has indeed not attacked it, but in fact, for Xiliang, there is also no Wei army stationed at the moment, if this battle is lost again, Jingzhao is lost, and Xiliang is only in the bag of the Han army.

However, these are not enough to make Xiahou Nan at a loss, Dawei has the Central Plains, as long as it reacts, the reinforcements will arrive soon, but this is also what Xiahou Nan is really worried about, from the Han army to now, it has been more than a month, according to time, the reinforcements of the imperial court should have arrived a long time ago, but now, Hangu Pass was taken by that Liu Yi, still not moving, and the reinforcements of Dawei have not yet arrived, although no one has said this, but as time passes day by day, everyone actually has a guess in their hearts.

The war in Luoyang is probably not as optimistic as I imagined, Guan Yu and Liu Yi, will Brother Wenlie be able to take care of it? It's really hard to say, maybe the reinforcements from the direction of Luoyang won't be able to come.

The night outside the window is quiet and a little scary, walk outside the door, enjoy the scenery in the city, the scene of thousands of lights in Chang'an, and see only a bleak, just like the situation in this pass, people can't see the dawn.

Although the battle of martial arts has not yet officially opened, the prospect is worrying, if the imperial court reinforcements cannot come, with the current performance of the Han army, I am afraid it will be difficult to support it for too long.

In the distant night, the firelight jumped, although it was only fleeting, but in such a silent night, it was a little dazzling.

Xiahou Nan, who was worried about the current situation, was stunned, frowned and looked at it, but there was nothing unusual, perhaps, which soldier was careless and lifted the brazier, right?

pinched his eyebrows, the situation in Guanzhong has become more and more severe recently, which has made him a little noisy, as far as the current situation is concerned, Chang'an is still relatively safe.

The martial arts are not broken, and it is somewhat unrealistic for the Han army to go around and run two hundred miles to attack Chang'an, unless there is another group of men and horses specifically targeting Chang'an......

Xiahou Nan was a little disturbed by his sudden thoughts, he himself is not the kind of person who is too capable, before the Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty, the imperial court issued an edict to let him return to the imperial court, also for protection, but unfortunately, Hangu Pass was captured by Liu Yi, Xiahou Nan naturally couldn't go, Cao Zhen obviously didn't expect him to help him go into battle to kill the enemy, so Xiahou Nan stayed in Chang'an.

It is not good to command the army to fight, but if you govern it, Xiahou Nan still has some ability in this area, and the battle of martial arts is indecisive, Chang'an is relatively safe, but when this battle is over, Cao Zhen is ready to send Xiahou Nan back to Yecheng, Xiahou Nan is really not suitable to stay on the front line, especially now that the Han Dynasty has begun to invade, it is easy to help if you stay here.

After looking carefully over there for a while, and didn't find anything abnormal, Xiahou Nan shook his head, ready to go back to the house to rest, thinking that even if the Han army really came over, he might be able to repel the Han army, and prove to Cao Zhen that he was not incompetent, after all, he was also a person who had read the war book, but he had never had a chance to show it, just like now, he was worried about the situation in Luoyang, and he could see the situation clearly.

Shaking his head and sighing, Xiahou Nan turned around and prepared to go back to the house to sleep, but the next moment, the sound of the horn on the city wall in the distance made his face change.

Suddenly turning around, probably in the direction of Nancheng, the fire on a section of the city wall began to brighten and frighteningly, and at the same time, there was a faint sound of fighting.

"Quick! Trumpet, enemy attack! Xiahou Nan didn't know what kind of mood he was in now, he was a little flustered, but he was also a little excited, and he was not slow to give orders.

The sound of the horn sounded in Chang'an City with a bit of urgency, and when Cao Zhen left, Chang'an left eight thousand defenders, which was not a few, but compared to Chang'an City, it was still a little thin.

With the help of his concubine, Xiahou Nan put on his armor and hurriedly ran out with the guards in the palace, the fighting on the other side of the city gate became more and more intense, and the guards everywhere also saw the situation here, and with Xiahou Nan's order, they began to converge towards the south of the city.

When Xiahou Nan arrived, the city gate had been opened, and under the firelight, a large number of Han troops wearing strange rattan armor could be seen rushing in, and the Wei army defending the city rushed forward without showing weakness, cutting down with a knife, the other party was unscathed, but most of the Wei soldiers were killed by the other party.

It's just that after such a short period of effort, the defense line organized at the city gate has been completely broken by the enemy, and the rattan armor on those Han troops is invulnerable, and it is extremely crazy to rush and kill.

"These people, how are they invulnerable!?" Looking at those Han troops who were crazy to enter, Xiahou Nan was a little frightened, how to fight such a battle?

"General, get out of the way!" A general of the Cao army saw Xiahou Nan frozen in place, and hurriedly pounced on Xiahou Nan and threw Xiahou Mao off his horse directly.

Xiahou Nan was smashed to pieces, and he was about to scold when he opened his mouth, but the next moment, he saw that his war horse was already full of arrows, and he fell in a pool of blood and convulsed.

A chill rose from his back, spreading to his whole body in an instant, and his face became pale in this moment, and he didn't care about complaining about the rough methods of his soldiers to save people, so he got up and instinctively retreated.

The battlefield is much more cruel than imagined, one is not careful, as the main general may be killed, how many military books have been read, when facing the cruel scene, all the knowledge learned in the past is not seen at this moment, and the rest is only the fear of death, and the mind is even more blank, just want to stay away from all this.

The fighting continued, and some Wei soldiers found that although these rattan armor were invulnerable, they were afraid of fire, and several Han soldiers were ignited by the torches that the Wei army instinctively waved in a panic, screaming and rolling on the ground, but the fire became less and bigger, and even ignited the Han army around.

It is easy for such an accident to occur in the night battle of the vine armor army, but this sporadic fire attack cannot help the overall situation, especially when the main general has lost the ability to think, and even does not pay attention to this at all, those who find this point are only used for their own use, and then they are quickly killed by the Han army who is pulling away with crossbow arrows.

The loss of the city gate was already a great blow to the morale of the defenders, and at this moment, the main general had no claim, but in the case of retreating, failure became inevitable.

Wei Yan, who had received the signal in the far rear, led a large number of Han troops to enter the city gate, this time only two thousand rattan armor troops were responsible for the raid, Zhuge Liang had already explained to him the shortcomings and shortcomings of the rattan armor army when he sent Wei Yan to the expedition, it was this time that Wei Yan sent troops to attack Chang'an at night, and the rattan armor soldiers were only because the rattan armor was light, and it was easier to climb the city wall with the help of props, and the eight thousand soldiers and horses of the main force were still normal armor, and the vine armor army would withdraw from the battlefield after breaking through the city gate.

Although the armor of the Han army is not as invulnerable as rattan armor, but the defensive power is amazing, generally no three or five knives can not be broken, the practicality is not worse than rattan armor, more importantly, there is no rattan armor such obvious shortcomings, it can be used as a surprise attack, but don't really treat it as a treasure, this is Liu Yi's evaluation of rattan armor at the beginning, this point, whether Zhuge Liang or Wei Yan, are all agreed.

The fighting continued, and the Han army was not in a hurry to kill the enemy after entering the city, but began to occupy some important places step by step, drove the Wei army out of the city, and occupied Chang'an at the smallest cost, after all, it may have to be defended next!

As for whether it will increase the strength of Cao Zhen's side, then there is no need to worry, once Chang'an is lost, Cao Zhen should think about how to retreat rather than how to break the enemy, and the most important thing to bring the vine armor soldiers over this time is not to attack Chang'an, but to cut off the return of the Wei army.

The Wei army in this pass, according to the strategy set at the beginning, will stay, of course, not all of them will be killed, but to fill the population of Guanzhong.

Guanzhong has eased a little under Cao Wei's governance in recent years, and people's livelihood has improved slightly, but after Dong Zhuo, the sores left by the war for more than ten years are not something that can be recovered in a few years, and the construction will never catch up with the rapid destruction.

Xiahou Nan's thoughts at this moment have changed from expecting the Han army to attack and let himself prove his ability to stay away from the Han army, like a fly without a head, driven by Wei Yan, and according to Wei Yan's idea, he rushed to the direction of Xicheng step by step.

This news, naturally, let Cao Zhen know as soon as possible, the back road was cut off, the advance and retreat were lost, and he was inferior to the Han army, and then, Cao Zhen seemed to have no other thoughts than to escape.

Driven by the Han army, Xiahou Nan was driven to the west gate without autonomy, which has not yet been lost, and it is also the way of life left by Wei Yan for him, in fact, judging from Xiahou Nan's performance, if Wei Yan really wants to kill the defenders of Chang'an, it will not cost too much.

But right now, the more soldiers on Cao Zhen's side, the better, so that their military food will be consumed faster, and then, it depends on how Cao Zhen retreats.

The capture of Chang'an was smoother than Wei Yan imagined, and by dawn, the war in the city was basically over.

"Congratulations to the general, Chang'an, the defeat of the Wei army is decided!" After arranging the follow-up work in the city, Deng Ai, who was accompanying him, came to Wei Yan and said with a smile.

After making a great achievement, Wei Yan felt happy in his heart, looked at Deng Ai and said with a smile: "I have a merit and want to give it to Shizai, but I don't know if Shizai is willing to take this merit?" ”

"Oh?" Deng Ai looked at Wei Yan and said with a smile: "The general has an order, how dare Ai disobey?" ”