214 The inside should be combined with the outside
In the warehouse, dozens of grain houses were burning with the help of alcohol. At the same time, Jia Xu's battle at the main gate was also coming to an end.
Jia Xu used a beautiful beheading operation to successfully drunk Fan Chou and kill him, and then asked his followers to assassinate several lieutenants under Fan Chou's subordinates, making the defenders in the warehouse become leaderless, and they didn't know who to obey, and they were in chaos. Jia Xu's 500 elite soldiers took advantage of the weakness and went on a killing spree, killing all the defenders in the front yard of Okura.
Jia Xu glanced ahead, and the flames in the warehouse were burning more and more, dyeing half of Chang'an red. The plan had been successfully achieved, so as not to be surrounded by the approaching city defense army, he hurriedly beckoned his men and horses to withdraw from the warehouse and retreated calmly. At the same time, after throwing the last round of Molotov cocktails, Luan Fu and the others returned the same way, led a group of people out of the wall, and changed into Xiliang military uniforms at the agreed place and blended into Jia Xu's team.
A group of 600 people, stepping on neat steps and going around in a circle towards the east gate, who knew that halfway finally met a team of Xiliang troops who went to the rescue of Okura, and there were thousands of people in their eyes.
Seeing the light of the neat torches from a distance, Jia Xu signaled everyone to be restless.
The Xiliang reinforcements came from far and near, stopping in the distance. One person drank'' and asked, "Who's ahead, report your name!"
Jia Xu pretended to be on guard and looked at the comer, "Oh...... It's Dong Gongzi! It turned out to be Dong Zhuo's nephew Dong Huang.
"Are you...... Jia Wenhe? As soon as Dong Huang saw that it was his own person, he asked his soldiers to relax their vigilance. He glanced at the raging fire in Okura not far away, and then at Jia Xu, who was running against Okura, and couldn't help asking: "Wenhe didn't go to Okura to fight the fire, why did he come here?" β
"Fang Cai was chatting with General Fan, but he saw a fire in the backyard. General Fan then led his troops to put out the fire, and Ling Xu led a team of men and horses to arrest the arsonist. Xu pursued all the way, and this is the end of it. Dong Gongzi, can you see a team of about 100 people in black? β
Jia Xu's question stunned Dong Huang, "No!" Along the way, I didn't meet anyone except Captain Jia. β
"No, Xia Guan watched them run down this street!" Jia Xu slapped his head and casually pointed to a T-junction, "They must be going there!" Dong Gongzi, time is pressing, the lower officials need to catch the thief immediately, so I can't talk to you anymore, and I hope Dong Gongzi Haihan is rude. β
"Well said, well said!" Dong Huang nodded stupidly, watching Jia Xu's team pass by him. Before leaving, he didn't forget to ask, "Oh yes, Captain Jia, do you need me to go with you, so I can take care of it?" β
Jia Xu said secretly: I wish I had dumped you, and I would take care of it. Forget it! He smiled and said, "No! There are more than 100 arsonists in total, and I have 600 soldiers, and it is enough to deal with them. On the contrary, the fire on Okura's side was too strong, and it was really difficult to extinguish General Fan's current manpower. Childe might as well go over and help General Fan extinguish the fire! β
"It's good!" Dong Huang arched his hand to Jia Xu, "In this way, Captain Jia take care!" β
Jia Xu's face did not change color, and his heart did not beat, "Dong Gongzi take care!" β
After saying that, the two teams separated and marched in reverse. After running for hundreds of steps, seeing Dong Huangjun disappear from view, Luan Fu let out a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, Mr. Wenhe reacted quickly!" β
"It's over......" As soon as Jia Xu spoke, he stopped abruptly and pricked up his ears to listen for a while, "Listen, it's the sound of drums!" β
"Knock knock ......" as if the beating sound of a human heart sounded from the far east, and the sound became clearer and clearer.
"My master has begun to attack the city!" Luan Fu smiled.
"Mr. Ziqi reacts so quickly, so our speed is a little slow." Jia Xu waved his hand and motioned his subordinates to step up, "Go to the east gate and join General Lu and them, otherwise you will have to be in big trouble!" β
Luan Fu didn't know why, everything was well arranged, what trouble could there be. He threw the question to Jia Xu.
Running at high speed, Jia Xu said breathlessly, "I'll tell you when I get to the place!" β
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For a few days, Luan Yi had been standing still, and he had been waiting. Everyone didn't know what he was waiting for, so they couldn't help but ask him, and he replied with a smile: "Fireworks in the night!" β
He didn't know if Luan Fu could convince Jia Xu, and he wasn't sure if Luan Fu could organize people to seize the door. But he believed that Luan Fu would be able to light the fireβeven at the cost of his life.
Therefore, since arriving at the foot of Chang'an City, the soldiers in the church camp have been in a state of day and night. During the day, the soldiers rested and rested; In the dark night, people do not take off their armor, horses do not return to the trough, always waiting for the light in the dark night.
Now, after three days and nights of long waiting, the dazzling firelight has finally climbed into the sky of Chang'an.
Looking at the clouds dyed orange by the flames, Luan Yi swung his right fist violently, "Luan Fu, good job!" He roared out all the pressure that had accumulated in his chest for days in one breath, and he suddenly felt a burst of energy. Come! Gather your troops and horses to attack the city! β
It only took two quarters of an hour for the army of Our Lady to form a neat formation outside the wall.
The rumbling drums broke the silence of the night, and the 20,000 church troops and more than 10,000 newly surrendered Xiliang soldiers roared with the drums, frantically rushing to the tall Chang'an city wall.
The soldiers at the head of the city hurriedly reported this emergency military situation to Guo Yan, who was wounded and guarded the east gate.
Guo Yan glanced at the dazzling firelight in the city, and then looked at the dense torches under the city, and hammered the city wall. "I had long expected that his Luan Ziqi's refusal to attack the city must have a plan, but I didn't expect him to be the attention of the big cang."
Adjutant General Wang Fang arched his hand and said, "General, then do we still have to divide our troops to rescue Okura!" β
"Not necessarily!" Guo Yan's arm was raised, "Taicang is free for others to save it." We need to guard the east gate with peace of mind! This gate is not easy to guard tonight! "A fire not only burned down the warehouse, but also scorched the morale of the Xiliang army. Dacang, that's the place where Chang'an stores grain! There is no food and grass, so I can only wait for reinforcements to come to help.
A group of Xiliang civil and military officers can understand from the perspective of the overall situation that within half a month, reinforcements will arrive, and at that time, the problem of lack of food and grass will be solved.
But can ordinary soldiers understand?
The vast majority cannot, they are short-sighted, just look at the present, who gives them food and who they give their lives, this has been the case for thousands of years. Without food, no one wants to fight. It's like a donkey on a millstone, there is no grain in the trough, it won't turn the millstone.
Thinking of this, Guo Yan hurriedly asked the captains at all levels to convey to their subordinates in turn, lying that there was more than one granary in Chang'an City, and the remaining grain and grass was enough for the army to support the autumn harvest. In order to appease the hearts of his soldiers.
After doing all this, he stood on the city tower and glanced around at the city defense he had carefully arranged, gritted his teeth and said, "Luan Ziqi, come on!" Chang'an City will definitely not fall into your hands like Tongguan. β
Sure enough, thanks to the generous relationship of Chang'an City, Guo Yan did not work the city wall, and the bows and arrows in the corner tower were thrown to the city like a downpour, and even the catapult was invited to the city wall, and it was a round of projectiles in the dense place of the torches.
All of this caused great trouble for the Church army that was besieging the city. After eating the next round of stone-throwing, the 10,000 surrendered army immediately collapsed, crying and shouting and fleeing backwards, so anxious that the main generals of the surrendered army, Xiahou Tang and Xiahou Yuan, shouted, "Bastard, come back to Lao Tzu." Violators will be killed! β
At the sound of an order, the overseers composed of church guards in the army lit up their sharp spears, rushed back and forth in the surrendering army, stopped the retreat of the descending army, and turned around and rushed to the thick city wall of Chang'an again.
At the forefront, Guan Yu's Shentong Battalion and Zhang Fei's Shenpan Battalion struggled to maintain their formations and launched the fastest charge forward.
The Templar battalion under Zhao Yun's command swept through the flank at high speed, and at a distance of 70 paces from the city wall, 1,500 cavalry simultaneously launched a round of cavalry fire at the head of the city, and turned sideways at the cost of more than 20 casualties.
It's a pity that the price paid is tragic, but the receipt is not much. All this stems from the fact that Chang'an City is really tall, and although the bows and arrows shot by the cavalry fly to the head of the city, they cannot be said to be the end of the crossbow, but they are also greatly reduced, and it is difficult to cause much damage to the people wearing armor.
Seeing this, Luan Yi hurriedly recalled the Templar battalion to the Chinese army, he didn't want the cavalry he had spent a lot of money to train to die in vain.
The war became more and more anxious, and gradually developed in the direction of stalemate. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei successfully rushed to the bottom of the city and put the cloud ladder on the city wall, Xu Chu and Tai Shici followed, rushing the car and Molotov cocktails in place one after another.
At the head of the city, due to the limited shooting angle, there are significantly fewer arrows. However, the rolling wood and stones fell down intensively.
Dozens of church guards carried shields and climbed the ladder under the rain of arrows, but they were smashed back to the ground by a falling boulder, spitting blood from their mouths and dying.
Seeing their companions fall to the ground, the rest of the guards were not only afraid, but the battle intent in their eyes became stronger. "May Wu Zhan rest in heaven, ah...... Heaven's Gate! β
"For the glory of Our Lady!"
One guard fell down the wall, another made up for it, and so on, as if the Virgin's Guardian were inexhaustible!
Seeing the appearance of the church guards, Guo Yan's facial features became hideous, and he shouted hysterically: "Kill General Ben, kill them all!" β
At the sound of the order, the rain of arrows on the head of the city was much more violent than just now, so that the people and horses of the church could not raise their heads, and there were heavy casualties.
"Haha......" Guo Yan laughed wildly, "Luan Ziqi, if you want the whole army to be wiped out, just come!" β
It's a pity that this Guo Yan has never heard of "don't look at the fun now, be careful to pull Qingdan in the future", and he didn't expect that at the most critical juncture of the war at the east city gate, a large group of people and horses were killing him with Lu Bu Mansion as the starting point.
The person at the head is none other than Dong Zhuo's first fierce general, General Zhonglang and Wenhou Lu Bu, who together with Li Su, led 3,000 troops straight to the east gate, and all the Xiliang troops encountered along the way were killed.
With Lu Bu's bravery, where can anyone stop him? Moreover, Lu Bu came suddenly, no one thought that he would suddenly rebel, and under surprise, five or six generals died at the hands of Lu Bu, and his soldiers were killed and wounded, and they fled in all directions.