At dusk, the remnant sun is like blood, and Chang'an City has entered a state of strict alert, full of the atmosphere before the big war. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Tens of thousands of soldiers with bows and arrows, climbed the towers everywhere, 20,000 young men shuttled through the city, transporting supplies, these 20,000 young men are the reserve soldiers of Hedong and Zuo Fengyi's daily drills, they are still a little worse in combat, but it is not a problem to carry materials, cook and deliver water, and can save the physical strength of front-line soldiers to the greatest extent.

Twelve city gate drawbridges are raised, the city gates are closed, the soldiers of the city watchtower have long been in place, the war drums below are ready to beat at any time, the archers have been arranged in the horse-faced arrow tower, the stones and rolling wood are piled up on the city and the root of the city, there are more than 300,000 arrows in a pot, firewood is piled up under the oil pot that is erected in several places, the crossbow at the entrance of the female wall has already been erected, and the generals patrol the city gates everywhere, check the garrison, and command to make up for the omissions.

On the tall Yongmen in the northwest of Chang'an City, Zhang Liao stood in front of the city tower, his expression calm, and there was no solemnity and tension before the wind and rain were coming.

In his words, it is the Son of Heaven who should be nervous now, and it is Li Dao Guo Yan who should be anxious, in the game of Guanzhong, he completely occupies the initiative, he wants to fight, and he will defend if he doesn't fight.

Whether to welcome the Son of Heaven or not, it is only between his thoughts.

In history, when Cao Cao welcomed the Son of Heaven, he had just fought with Lu Bu, and the people of Yanzhou were unstable, the soldiers and horses suffered heavy losses, and they almost lost the qualification to dominate the world, and they urgently needed to welcome the Son of Heaven to reverse the situation.

Zhang Liao is different, he now fully controls Bingzhou, Qingzhou, plus Liangzhou, Xuzhou, Jizhou, Sili some counties and counties, and his strength is strong.

So he also ordered the princes by the Son of Heaven, but Zhang Liao was different from Cao Cao, not that he begged the Son of Heaven, but whether he wanted to or not, it was the Son of Heaven who needed him more.

It's a pity that Liu Xie can't see through the situation in the world, he still has expectations for Kwantung, and he is lucky for those warlords in Yang Ding, but he doesn't know that his life is only in the thoughts of those warlords, and no matter which one has a murderous heart, he can take his life at any time.

Since the Son of Heaven is evasive of himself and can't see the difference between host and guest clearly, let him suffer a little.

Grace should be thin and thick, and the authority must be strict first and then lenient, which is the case with people, especially in the complex relationship between monarchs and courtiers, and this sentence also applies to him and the Son of Heaven.

Of course, this Bo Enyan Wei first let Li Dao, Guo Yan, Yang Ding and other warlords impose it on the Son of Heaven, and he will be giving favors when the time comes, from bitter to sweet, and get twice the result with half the effort.

"My lord." Huang Zhong came up to report: "The twelve city gates have been inspected. ”

Zhang Liao looked at the sparkling Weishui in the distance, and did not look back: "The mountain rain is about to come, the wind is full of the city, Han Sheng, Ma Teng Han Sui and Li Dao Guo Yan have united, there are 150,000 soldiers and horses, I have recalled the officials of Jingzhao Yin County, there is a hard battle to fight." ”

Huang Zhong said in a deep voice: "Chang'an is such a strong city, and there are many sharp weapons and countless arrows, which are enough to resist 200,000 thieves!" ”

Zhang Liao nodded: "This battle is different from two years ago, when 100,000 Liangzhou people were desperate to besiege the city, and there was a court in the city, so they attacked Xunyue, this time the Liangzhou people targeted the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven traveled east in the field, and the main battlefield was in the field, Jingzhao Yin and Hongnong County, and it was Li Dao and Guo Yan who attacked Chang'an City, and Ma Teng and Han Sui were most not interested. ”

Huang Zhong said solemnly: "The last general will not dare to slack off, and he will definitely guard the city!"

"Very well, Hansheng." Zhang Liao smiled: "Defending the city must be determined, so I am very relieved that Han Sheng will defend the city, if it is replaced by Wei Wenchang, he should think of rushing out to fight for the Son of Heaven." ”

Huang Zhong didn't speak, although he was in the same county as Wei Yan, but now Wei Yan is still young, and he doesn't know him yet.

Zhang Liao didn't say much, in his opinion, Wei Yan is very capable, he can be regarded as an all-round general, but the overall situation is worse than Huang Zhong.

If Wei Yan was here this time, he would never let Wei Yan defend the city, but let him go out to fight. He is now seeking the overall battle, which requires the cooperation of every general, and cannot be messed up, otherwise it will only increase variables, and using every general with a different style in the right place is the quality that a person who seeks the overall situation should have.

This time, he stayed in Huang Zhong to defend the city, Zhang He and Xu Rong were outside in the south and north, and Gao Shun was transferred from the north, Zhang Yan was transferred from Shangdang, and Gan Ning was transferred from Qingzhou.

Zhang Liao looked at the setting sun, holding the Zhongxing sword in his hand, his sword eyebrows were flying, and his eyes were sharp.

The situation in Guanzhong in front of him seems complicated and dangerous, but it is exactly what he wants, these chaotic warlord melee just let him catch it all!

In this battle, he wants to finish his work in one battle, sweep away the warlords in Guanzhong in one fell swoop, and set the Guanzhong, so that the land of Qinchuan and Jincheng will become his biggest foundation.

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To the west of Shanglin Yuan, hundreds of thousands of troops gathered, the flag covered the sky, Hu Ma hissed, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Ma Teng, and Han gathered in the big tent.

The four people who had grievances before united at this time in order to control the Son of Heaven and the imperial court. The people on the border originally paid more attention to practical interests, divided when there was contention, attacked each other, and combined when it was advantageous, they worked together for a while.

Li Dao's expression was gloomy and cold: "Previously, Dong Gong only had 3,000 soldiers and horses, so he controlled Luoyang and abolished the big things, this time I waited for tens of thousands of troops, enough to sweep the world, and we must recapture the Son of Heaven, all of them will open the government and hold the festival, and take charge of the government together!" ”

Guo Yan's face was full of ferocity: "My army will kill it, and there will be no one left behind!" ”

Ma Teng, who was full of loyalty, said slowly: "But don't hurt the Son of Heaven and the minister." ”

Han Sui nodded in agreement with Ma Teng: "That's the case." ”

Guo Yan said impatiently: "In the chaotic war, how can you take care of a lot, the Son of Heaven can't be harmed, but those useless ministers can't take care of it." ”

Ma Teng said: "I heard that Zhang Liao is also in Guanzhong, and he occupies Chang'an, so I have to guard against it." ”

Hearing Zhang Liao's name, Li Dao and Guo Yan's eyes flashed fiercely, and Li Dao said: "This time, we will divide 20,000 troops first, besiege Chang'an, and the army will march eastward, and after capturing the Son of Heaven, we will wave our army to destroy Chang'an and kill Zhang Liao!" ”

Guo Yan laughed: "So great! Hundreds of thousands of troops are invincible, this time Zhang Liao should be damned! ”

Li Wei held the long sword in his hand and stood up: "Time is not waiting, the soldiers have finished eating, and they will immediately beat the drums and send troops, the moonlight is bright tonight, and they are about to break the thieves of Yang Ding and conspire to do great things!" ”

Guo Yan, Ma Teng and Han Sui immediately got up: "Conspire to do great things!" ”

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On October 15 of the first year of Xingping, on the night of the full moon, Yang Ding, Yang Feng and others escorted the Son of Heaven Liu Xie's car to rest in the area of Shanglinyuan, and Li Dao, Guo Yan, Ma Teng, and Han Sui rushed to the 150,000 army to launch an attack.

Yang Ding and Dong Cheng escorted the chariot and the courtiers first, and they left the soldiers and horses to form a formation with Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, and Yang Feng to meet the pursuing soldiers, and hundreds of thousands of horses fought in the dense forest of Shanglin Yuan in the middle of the night, Zhang Ji, Yang Feng and Fan Chou lost and quickly retreated eastward.

Li Dao and Guo Yan divided 20,000 troops to besiege Chang'an City, and personally led the main force to pursue.

As for Ma Teng and Han Sui, they were not determined to be in Chang'an, and they made a detour to Baqiao to catch up with the Son of Heaven and the ministers.

In the chaotic battle, Fan Chou disappeared with his men and horses, Zhang Ji turned to unite with Li Dao and Guo Yan, and the soldiers and horses left by Yang Feng, Yang Ding and Dong Cheng suffered heavy losses.