In Chang'an City, Cao Zhen has also gathered his men and horses, ready to set off at any time.

Outside Chang'an City today, it can be said that there are a sea of people, and all kinds of Han and Hu people are rushing here, enclosing the south, west and north of Chang'an City almost impassable.

The enemy was so arrogant that they swaggered around outside the city, laughing and laughing, and did not take the defenders into account at all.

Xiahouba repeatedly and twice clamored to lead the army out to kill for a while, saying that the enemy despised us so much, and those people looked chaotic outside the city, so they could rush out and hit them by surprise, so as to kill their arrogance.

Xiahou Ru persuaded him not to, saying that the enemy is very cunning, don't really believe that those people dressed up are really ordinary people, maybe they are pretending to be enemy soldiers. As soon as you go out, you fall for their scheme, and I'm afraid you won't be able to come back.

Besides, even if you really kill them by surprise and win a small battle, it will not help at all for the current general trend.

Cao Zhen was also desperate, and he even saw that the enemy had already set up two catapults outside the south gate, and he couldn't help but touch his left shoulder again.

Let's go, since the outside of the city seems to be chaotic, then when we go, the enemy will certainly not be quick to pursue.

Now, three sides are blocked, and only the east side is left with no enemy troops stationed.

Those rebellious people who came from all over the country, there were still many people stationed outside the east gate, but they were persuaded by the Shu army to go away and go outside the north gate and the south gate.

Did the enemy really let us leave Chang'an City?

Of course Cao Zhen didn't believe it. Xiahou Ru tried to send an envoy to ask the enemy.

Ma Chao has already changed to the north gate, and his answer is: "You go, we won't stop you, but I have a lot of horses, I will chase." ”

Xu Shu at the south gate replied: "As long as you run fast, we can't catch up." My men are all foot soldiers, and many of them are pushing carts. ”

And Huang Quan of Ximen did not answer directly, but warned him: "If you want to leave, hurry up, leave cleanly, you can't set fire to Chang'an City, otherwise, we really won't let you go." ”

When the messenger did not see the person he wanted to see, he asked again, "Where is your great Sima?" ”

Huang Quan half replied and half asked rhetorically: "Da Sima is in Tongguan." Do you want to go to Tongguan or to Pusaka Ferry? ”

Cao Zhen had no intention of burning Chang'an City. He guarded the western front, and many of his sergeants were locals, and many of them had family members in Chang'an, so he couldn't take them away at all during this breakthrough. If Chang'an City was burned, those people would not agree.

Since those people were going to stay in the city and prepare to surrender, Cao Zhen gave them some of the city's possessions, and finally asked them for one thing.

Since you are going to surrender, then go and surrender in an organized manner, and just today you go out separately to surrender to the enemy. In this way, it may be possible to hold back the enemy's men and horses for a while, and finally make a little contribution to covering the retreat of the army.

In the evening, nearly 2,000 Wei soldiers poured up to several city gates north of Chang'an, shouting: "Surrender!" We surrendered! ”

Nearly 1,000 more soldiers poured up to the southern gates, shouting: "Surrender, we surrender!" ”

As for the north gate, Cao Zhen didn't let people go, anyway, they wanted to go around and chase after them, and they had already run away.

Go back to Luoyang to the east! Several city gates in the east were opened at the same time, and Cao Zhen, Xiahou Ru, Guo Huai and others urged the army: "Quickly retreat, quickly retreat!" ”

Ma Chao has been outside the city for more than half a month, and he has been waiting impatiently, seeing that the day is about to pass again, I really don't know what Da Sima thinks, the enemy will really take the initiative to give up Chang'an?

Suddenly, I heard that many Wei troops were shouting surrender in the city, and hurriedly drove their horses forward. Seeing that those people were just calling from the city, he still didn't believe it, and shouted: "Since you have surrendered, then quickly open the city gate and come out, what are you shouting from there?" ”

"General, we're surrendering. You, you have to promise not to kill us! The Wei army in the city responded loudly.

Ma Chao hurriedly said: "We are still suspecting that there are fewer people, how can we kill you?" ”

Really, if there were enough men, we would have attacked the city long ago.

"Since you have surrendered, then you will be our people from now on, how can we kill our own people?" Ma Chao reassured them.

The people in the city shouted for a while, grinding for a while, seeing that the sky was about to get dark, and finally opened the city gate to welcome the army of Ma Chao into the city.

Outside the South City Gate, Xu Shu saw that the enemy was a little sluggish to open the city gate, understood what was going on, and smiled at Liu Min beside him: "It seems that Cao Zhen has run away." ”

"Hmm." Liu Min said that he understood, "Since these people have been making trouble for so long, I haven't seen Cao Zhen come to suppress and stop it, I think he has fled from the east." ”

Xu Shu smiled: "He really chooses the right time to run away while it's dark." ”

Liu Min asked, "Then shall we hurry up and chase after it?" ”

Xu Shu shook his head: "I don't know what the situation in the city is now, when we enter the city, the first thing we have to do is to guard everywhere and maintain order in the city, but we can't let people with ulterior motives take advantage of the night to mess around and destroy." ”

Liu Min disagreed: "Cao Zhen ran away." Our army has entered the city, and who else dares to make trouble? Isn't that a praying arm blocking the car and killing itself? ”

Xu Shu reminded him: "Waiting for those who enter the city, in addition to our army, there are also many people or powerful people from all over the city who have come from all over the city." If they take the opportunity to vent their anger and cause a riot, what will you do? It is important to take precautions as soon as possible, so as not to hurt the people's hearts. ”

"So, they rushed over and didn't help with the siege, but caused us some trouble?" Liu Min smiled bitterly.

Xu Shu shook his head: "I can't say that, no one can be sure that Cao Zhen really ran away so quietly." These reinforcements are outside the city, at least they still put a lot of pressure on the enemy. In addition, allowing them to participate in the battle to seize Chang'an can also enhance their sense of identity with us, and will have a great effect on the cohesion of the people in the region in the future. ”

As soon as Liu Min was reminded, he felt that it was too, but it was a pity that he let Cao Zhen go so quietly, and he was still unwilling.

Xu Shu was relieved: "There's nothing unwilling, it's dark now, Cao Zhen is also familiar with the surrounding terrain, we are going to chase after it now, it may not be beneficial." Besides, if you want to chase, let Ma Chao chase it. He was familiar with the terrain and had so many cavalry. ”

After speaking, he commanded the army and entered Chang'an City in an orderly manner.

Ma Chao also quickly knew that Cao Zhen had run away. He didn't rush to chase it either.

Anyway, there are many cavalry under his command, and the journey from Chang'an to Tongguan or Puban Ferry is long, and it is not possible to reach it in one day. Moreover, Da Sima has instructed that Cao Zhen will definitely prepare carefully, and the Cao army tonight must also be very vigilant, and they can't chase after them overnight with a black light. In the night battle, the cavalry advantage cannot be brought into play, it is better to wait for tomorrow to pursue, when the enemy has not been blocked for a day, and the heart is like an arrow, the guard must be a lot lax, and it will be much easier to defeat them.

What's more, Cao Zhen's departure is not without his own army in front of him.

(End of chapter)