Chapter 323: Xiliang Ma Chao
Lu Bu rode back happily, this was the easiest battle that Lu Bu won, but it was also the most unpleasant battle. The enemy generals were beheaded, 4,000 were killed, 4,000 were captured, and almost no casualties were suffered on their own side. However, Lu Bu was very unhappy. Wang Yun was also unhappy, he didn't expect Fan Chou to end his life in such a way, but he gave his only strength to Lu Bu. What's more serious is that Fan Chou's doing this will cause Lu Bu to be estranged from him.
Who says rough people don't have scheming? Regardless of whether Fan Chou did it on purpose or not, he used his life to trap Wang Yun. As a bystander, He Xian also had to sigh in his heart.
After Fan Chou's death, the killing of the night also stopped. Cheng Lian led people to take over Fan Chou's 4,000 surrendered army. There were originally many soldiers from Xiliang under Lu Bu's command, so these soldiers didn't have to worry about being mistreated. They will quickly transform into the instant combat power under Lu Bu's command, further enhancing Lu Bu's strength. The next thing is to clean up the battlefield and re-block the Luocheng Gate, and these self-recruited Chang'an youths will complete it.
The city is lively, and there is no idleness outside the city. The Los Angeles Gate Suspension Bridge collapsed, and there was a lot of movement. The news of Fan Chouzhongji's trapping soon spread to the camp of the Xiliang Army. In order to prevent the camp from roaring and the emergence of large-scale deserters, Zhang Ji stepped forward to stabilize the situation strongly. Just wait for the dawn to determine Fan Chou's death, and he can take over the 40,000 soldiers and horses under Fan Chou's command.
"Wenhe, do you think Fan Chou still has any hope of survival? Say, surrender? I know that Fan Chou has a good relationship with Lu Bu, and they have had a relationship before. Zhang Ji looked at the north gate of Luoyang, where the fire was flickering, and asked with a solemn expression.
From the perspective of increasing his own strength, Zhang Ji should hope that Fan Chou died, only when Fan Chou died, he could control Fan Chou's power, and his strength could nearly double. But from the perspective of human feelings, Zhang Ji hopes that Fan Chou can live. Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, Guo Yan, and Li Yu have been following Dong Zhuo together for more than ten years since he was still a lieutenant of Wuji. Love and kill each other, but also watch and help each other. Previously, Guo Yan and Li Yu died in the Luoyang Palace, Dong Zhuo died in the Chang'an Palace, and Fan Chou died again......
"Difficult! Since Fan Chou was in the middle of the scheme, it was difficult to get out of the whole body. All stratagems are double-edged swords, and the more serious the injury, the more likely it is to be injured. If Fan Chouli's plan to attack Chang'an at night is successful, who will be spared the people in charge of Chang'an City? And vice versa. “
Zhang Ji was silent for a while, tightened his cloak, and said dejectedly: "The old guys are passing away one after another, and this world is so fast that people can't catch up." The future is all for you young people..."
Before Zhang Xiu could react, Zhang Ji turned around and patted Zhang Xiu's shoulder and walked towards his big tent.
Zhang Xiu wanted to catch up, but was stopped by Jia Xu: "The young general doesn't need to worry. The general is just sad that the rabbit died and the fox was sad, and he felt it. After tonight, the general is still the iron-blooded general! “
When Zhang Xiu heard this, he looked at Zhang Ji's back, and said firmly: "It will definitely be!" “
At dawn on the second day, Zhang Xiu came to the gate of Los Angeles with a huge banner with the word "Zhang".
"Under the order of Zhang Ji, the general of Zhonglang, I came to ask to see Wen Hou. Ask Wen Hou to return General Fan's body. The Xiliang army promised that within ten days, it would not use swords. “
When the sergeant in the city heard this, he hurried to tell Lu Bu. Lu Bu was worried about how to deal with Fan Chou's body, if he threw it into a mass grave and buried it hastily, he couldn't bear it; If you go to the tomb and erect a monument, you are worried that Wang Yun and others will have complaints. Now that Zhang Ji ordered someone to come to ask for it, Lu Bu made a favor, agreed to Zhang Xiu's request, and ordered more than ten of Fan Chou's personal guards to push Fan Chou's body and leave Chang'an City. After Zhang Xiu brought Fan Chou's body back to the camp, Zhang Ji burned incense and buried him in Qingshangang outside Chang'an City. A lonely grave, a monument. The stele is engraved with eight big characters: the tomb of Hanzhong Lang Fan Chou.
Ten days later, Ma Teng and Han Sui arrived outside Chang'an City, and 200,000 Xiliang troops were gathered. According to the previous deployment, Zhang Ji divided his own troops and Fan Choujun's troops into two, and handed over more than 40,000 people to Zhang Xiu for direct command, assisted by Jia Xu, responsible for attacking the Zhicheng Gate in the west. The Luocheng Gate in the north was in charge of Zhang Ji himself, assisted by Niu Fu. The Xi'an Gate in the south was handed over to Han Suijun, and the Bacheng Gate in the east was handed over to Ma Tengjun.
Correspondingly, in Chang'an City, Lu Bu handed over the Luocheng Gate in the north to Song Xian and Wei Xu to guard, and the Zhicheng Gate in the west to Hou Cheng and Cao Xing to guard, and he led Cheng Lian as a mobile force. He Xian handed over the Xi'an Gate in the south to Gao Shun's trapping camp, and the Bacheng Gate in the east to Wei Yan and his Nanyang infantry under his command. He Xian and Zhang Liao, as mobile troops, could reinforce both sides at any time.
"Knock knock~" The first to send troops was the Ma Teng military camp. I saw a handsome young general, with a lion helmet and beast belt, white robe and silver armor, leading 3,000 elite soldiers to the gate of the city to call for battle.
"General Wenwei has strong martial arts, and he is in Xia Xi Liang Ma Chao, so I came to ask for advice!"
As soon as Ma Chao's voice fell, the suspension bridge outside the city gate fell, the city gate opened, and three thousand Nanyang foot soldiers came out. The purple-faced military commander at the head is holding a red-blooded long knife, majestic!
"Are you General Wei He Xian?" Ma Chao raised his gun and pointed it remotely.
"I don't know how thick the sky is, boy, to deal with a character like you, why do you need my father-in-law to come out! Wei Yan, the captain of Changshui under the command of General Naiwei, will dare to fight! Wei Yan shouted with a long knife of red blood.
"He Xian doesn't dare to come, so I'll test you first! Come to war! "Ma Chao rode the horse and took the lead. Wei Yan did not show weakness and stepped forward.
"Lord, are you sure that this young general, who is red in the lips and white in the teeth, and is only fourteen or fifteen years old, will be the opponent of Wen Chang?" On the gate of the city, He Xianduan was among them. Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao are on the left and right. Zhang Liao saw Ma Chao's appearance clearly, and he still couldn't believe Ma Chao's strength.
"Ma Chao is extremely talented, and his spear skills are not under me and Zilong, Wen Chang had better not be careless, if he is careless, he may be embarrassed!" He Xian replied with a smile.
Zhang Liao stopped talking, how high he could get He Xian's evaluation, he was very curious about whether this young general could live up to his name.
During the field, Wei Yan had already fought with Ma Chao. The two first rode their horses and fought for more than a dozen rounds, evenly matched. Ma Chao seems to be delicate, but in fact, his strength is not under Wei Yan. Wei Yan's Red Blood Knife could not occupy an overwhelming advantage over Ma Chao in terms of strength.
So, the two of them gave up riding their horses and fighting at the same time, and instead turned their horses to fight together. Rushing battle is a test of strength, because with the speed blessing of the war horse, many moves are open and closed. Grappling is more about martial arts, because the two are fighting in a relatively small range, and after a few breaths, it is very likely to fight several moves in a row.