The last three days have been the most difficult days since Xu Shu came out.

Hundreds of thousands of people and tens of thousands of soldiers in the huge Chang'an city are crowded together, since the beginning of the siege, it is already the sixty-first day to today, the six gates are firmly besieged by the Ma army, the grain and grass in the city has been seriously in short supply, more than 60 days of people eat horses and chew, has eaten up the grain and grass savings of this important town in the northwest for many years.

Compared with the siege of Ma and the exhaustion of grain and grass, what is even more terrible is the epidemic spreading in the city.

Nearly a million people eat, drink and lazar, so that the whole Chang'an is stinking, two months of continuous fighting, corpses under the city wall, the wounded barracks and morgues in the city have long been full. I don't know when the death plague is rapidly eating away at the will and flesh of the defending army, even the main general Cao Hong has been infected with the epidemic, showing the first symptoms one after another, there are rumors that the Ma general Han Sui believes in witchcraft, it is he who saw that it is difficult to attack the city, and used witchcraft to try to turn the entire Chang'an into a dead city.

The pain of injury, the fear of rumors, and the hunger of the mouth made the confidence of the Chang'an defenders to wait for help more and more indifferent, which was what made Xu Shu rush to fear the most.

Siege of the city for two months, the Ma family lost tens of thousands of soldiers under Chang'an City, including many blood relatives of the Ma family, if the city is broken, the people of the city face the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, I don't know what the end will be.

Xu Shu stood on the West Gate Tower, and the strong smell of blood made him can't help but cover his mouth and nose. The 3,000 guards at the West Gate are the last elite in Chang'an City today, and they are the only remaining reserve force among the 10,000 soldiers and horses brought by Xu Shu from Cao Zhang, Hanoi.

Now that the Ma family has failed to attack and has turned into a trap, it has been found that the Cao family has no other reinforcements, and the Ma family Han has actually made people start to cultivate fields on the bank of Weishui, with the intention of trapping Chang'an City.

Chang'an has fallen into a situation where it cannot be attacked, and if it retreats, it will die.

Xu Shu looked at the only remaining people and horses, and their faces were as dead as ashes. At this time, there was a coughing sound behind him, and Xu Shu turned his head to look, but it was the main general Cao Hong, accompanied by the deputy general, who went to the city to inspect the city.

Cao Hong's face was covered with a white scarf, which was the only precautionary measure that the city's doctors could do. He held Changge in his hand, and his power was used as a cane, and he held it strongly, patrolling the city.

In the distance, smoke was rising from Ma Jiajun's barracks, and the air seemed to smell the aroma of stewed meat and cooking rice.

As the commander-in-chief, Cao Hong has been like an ordinary soldier a few days ago, only one meal a day, the epidemic and hunger are destroying his originally strong body, he looked at the Ma family camp in the west, Chang Ge in his hand beat the green bricks on the city with all his strength, and cursed: "Ma family child! If you want to fight, you will fight! Several times more than I am not allowed to enter the city, I actually do this kind of bad thing, it is simply detrimental to the style of his family! ”

Xu Shu stepped forward to appease him, looked at Cao Hong and said: "Now that the grain and grass in the city will be exhausted, if it goes on like this, it will not take two days for the soldiers to kill the horses, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the city, and there are only thousands of old and weak thin horses, which is far from enough!" If this continues, cannibalism is already a predictable result! ”

Cao Hong raised his swollen eyelids and looked at Xu Shu, "If it weren't for Xu Yuan's direct help, this Chang'an would have been broken a long time ago!" My good nephew can logically take away my military power and deprive him of his title, and now that the deadline is approaching, Yuan Zhi doesn't have to trap Chang'an with me, and lead these elite soldiers to break through from the east gate! ”

Xu Shu hesitated for a moment, although this Cao Hong is arrogant and domineering on weekdays, but from the perspective of the ranks, he is indeed a loyal general. The reason why he was reluctant to break through together was nothing more than that he was afraid that after returning to Xudu after defeat, he would not be able to bear Cao Pi's cynicism and bullying under pretext.

Xu Shu arched his hand and said: "Yuan Zhicai is shallow in learning, and he can't help the general break the enemy, I'm really ashamed!" But before, Yuan Zhi's best friend Hua Wenxuan had repeatedly told him to take care of Chang'an's movements, and General Cao Hong was willing to defend it, but Yuan Zhi categorically could not leave without permission, and asked General Cao Hong to understand! ”

Cao Hong's eyes were bloodshot, and he glanced at Xu Shu with admiration and pursed his shriveled lips. Cao Hong looked into the distance, and said cautiously: "It's not a way to go on for a long time, these days the sentinel has reported where the grain and grass in the front village of Majia are located, I intend to lead the troops to burn, Yuan Zhi will lead the troops to meet at the west gate, if his front army is led away by me, I will take the opportunity to grab some grain and grass back!"

Xu Shu looked at Cao Hong, and he was actually against it in his heart, but now that he had reached the point of fighting against the water, he really couldn't come up with a better way to stop Cao Hong from taking risks.

Xu Shu stood on the tower of the city gate, watched Cao Hong prepare his troops and horses, poured out two thousand light horsemen from all over the city, and ran towards the front village of Xiliangma's house.

The military overseer in front of the west gate of the Ma family is the general Cheng Gongying, who must have not expected Cao Hong to suddenly fight to be a trapped beast. Cao Hong's command is a group of elites who fought against the water, and with Cao Hong's back and forth, they rushed to kill and went straight to the grain and grass camp.

Xu Shu saw the fire on the city gate tower, stood on the top of the city wall excitedly, and ordered the guards to prepare to go out of the city to respond. I saw that the place where the fire started was densely covered with flags and gunsmoke, and the troops of the entire Ma family's front army were attracted by Cao Hong, and Xu Shu couldn't help but mention that Cao Hong sweated.

On Xu Shu's side, a partial general asked tentatively: "General Cao Hong has been gone for a long time, do you want to go to pick it up?"

Xu Shu hesitated again and again, as the saying goes, the three armies are easy to get, and it is difficult to find a general, if Cao Hong is trapped here, Chang'an's military heart will inevitably be in chaos, but if he responds rashly, not to mention the vain injury of the troops, if he also puts himself in, shouldn't this Chang'an give it up?

While he was thinking, one of the soldiers shouted, "It's out!" General Cao has come out! ”

Xu Shu climbed on the low battlement at the head of the city, and looked around, sure enough, Cao Hongzheng took the lead and led a team of light horses out of the chaotic battle and rushed towards the city gate.

Xu Shu drew his sword in his hand and shouted: "Open the city gate!" The spear array is out of the line, and you can't put a soldier in the Ma family! ”

Cao Hong was covered with two heavy wounds, and under the cover of the guards, he went straight to the city gate, and when he saw that the city gate was about to open, he was so anxious that he shouted: "Close the city gate quickly!"

However, after all, the city gates are still about to open.

Cao Hong looked back and saw a group of Xiliang soldiers wearing tattered clothes and armor under the banner of the Cao family who were chasing after him, and they were quietly coming with the brigade to look at the city.

It's a trap! Cao Hong was really anxious at this time, the grain and grass camp was full of hay, people came and went were all illusions, and the haystacks were all hidden by Xiliang soldiers just to lure him Cao Hong! Even the fire was set by the Ma family themselves.

Seeing that the city gate was about to open, this group of Xiliang soldiers would inevitably take advantage of the chaos to rush into the city, Cao Hong's brows were furrowed, and he suddenly turned his horse's head and stood with his back to the city two arrows away from the city gate.

In the Ma family's army formation in the distance, Jia Xu shook the tea cup and looked coldly at Cao Hong's light cavalry who turned the direction, "Cao Zilian, Cao Zilian!" At this point, I figured it out, don't you think it's too late? ”

On the side, a young general wearing a leopard's head and silver helmet and fish scale armor stood with a gun, looked at the Chang'an City Tower, and said coldly: "Behead Cao Hong, Chang'an is my Ma family!"

Jia Xu looked at the young man beside him and said with a smile: "Take Chang'an and enter Tongguan, then the world can be determined, and your father's revenge will be avenged sooner or later!"

Jia Xu bowed slightly, and respectfully signaled: "The world is brave, there are few left, Jiangdong Sun Ce heard that he was also assassinated, and in the whole world, I am afraid that no one can fight with you again!"

Jia Xu raised his eyes to look at the man and exclaimed respectfully, "What do you say!?" General Meng Qi! ”