Under the night, the battle at the West Gate of Chang'an was in full swing, and the defenders of the West Gate of the Xiliang Army saw that Ma Teng Han Sui's "coalition army", which had been in a stalemate for more than two months, was like a chicken blood, and actually abandoned the cavalry advantage, dismounted and attacked the city, and there was a tendency to attack more and more fiercely, and after the master of his own family felt wrong and went to the city to ask for help, he was gone and never returned, except for the order to defend the West Gate sent by the messenger, there was no other news. Under the leaderless "dragon" of the Ximen defenders, the battle losses rose in a straight line, and the morale gradually declined.

Outside the West Gate, Cao Ying, who was observing the progress of the battle with Yuan Shao, Ma Teng Han Sui and other generals, saw that the soldiers of the Xiliang Army defending the city in the city did not doubt this obvious change, that is, they knew that their plan had been completed, and saw that the defenders of the West Gate had shown fatigue, and although the Liangzhou Army fought hard to no avail, it attacked the city several times, although it was quickly repulsed, but it caused a lot of damage to the West Gate defenders. After attacking and defending for nearly an hour, I don't know what the city thinks about the battle at the West Gate, but I still don't see the arrival of large-scale reinforcements in the city! It's just that a small number of defenders from the north and south gates noticed that something was wrong, and sent more than 1,000 soldiers to help defend here, but they had no choice but to lack enough spare strength, except for adding more and more combat achievements to the Liangzhou army, which was attacking more and more fiercely, it did not pose much of a threat. On the contrary, the dissatisfaction with the long wait for reinforcements in the city grew.

The fighting spirit is absent, and the morale is exhausted!

The time has come! Cao Ying's narrow eyes narrowed, and he glanced at Yuan Shao, Ma Teng and others who were also smiling, and invariably made the order for a general attack.

"Siege! Besiege! "Tear off the previous concealment, lest the Xiliang army find out the camouflage, has been recuperating, dormant to rise, Cao Ren, Gao Ran and other Cao Yuan generals who have been waiting for a long time, after getting the order of their own lord to attack, from the left, the center and the right three ways together, straight to the west gate of Chang'an. The soldiers under the command of Ma Teng Han Sui, who had been repelled for a long time, were not far behind, and under the leadership of Ma Chao, Pang De, Yan Xing and other generals, they waved their troops to fight back, which suddenly made the defenders of Chang'an West Gate fall into a situation of helplessness for a while.

How can it be!

If it is in the field of Baiyue, no matter how many enemy troops are in front, as the elite soldiers of Xiliang, they will not be afraid of where to go. After all, the advantage of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry lies in the elite cavalry, and there are more than 100,000 robes of his own family in Chang'an City behind him, so there is no need to worry about anything at all.

But since he gave up the advantage of horse warfare like the enemy and turned to defend the city, coupled with the absence of the main general, how to deal with such a critical situation is not so easy to say.

In the face of the firelight, as if there were countless times more, a large number of enemies poured out of the darkness to attack the city, but the reinforcements of the defenders of the West Gate were still silent, in the case of the lack of equipment and morale of the soldiers, in addition to scolding, they could only hope that Li Meng, the main general of their own family who went to the city for help, could move back to the reinforcements as soon as possible, and solved the dilemma that the city gate in front of him seemed to be broken by the enemy at any time.

"Sons! Chang'an City is about to be broken, how can we let the people of the Kwantung region look down on it and attack it with a certain force! "Ma Chao, who is only seventeen years old, at a young age, has already made a big name among the Qiang people in the north, and he heard that Cao Ying and Yuan Shao wanted to use the military strength of the army as bait to "lure" the Xiliang army into the plan and was not angry, plus because of the matter with Yuan Shao before, the tired old father Ma Teng had to apologize in a low voice, and Cao Ying said that he would be spared the disaster, and he had already held back a breath of anger in his heart. Rushed to the forefront.

"Brother Shoucheng has this tiger, it is really enviable, and he will definitely be a member of the fierce generals who can assist me in the Han Society, and Shoucheng should have no regrets!" Ma Chao's bright silver armor was particularly conspicuous in the light of the night fire, and he rushed to the front, and the enemy he encountered was almost incompatible, leaving all the generals of the four armies behind, and he was about to be the first to climb the city. Cao Ying squinted his eyes slightly, made an envious look, and said to Ma Teng.

"Brother Meng De praised it! It's just an arrogant boy, and he really doesn't deserve to be so praised by Meng De! Before, thanks to Cao Ying's words, so as not to make Yuan Shao, who was severely offended by Ma Chao, attack in vain at this critical time, Ma Teng's eyes were still concerned, and when he heard Cao Ying's words, he saw that even Yuan Shao was also hot-eyed, and he couldn't help but take a little smugness, but said humbly on his face.

"Boom!"

Although the Xiliang army is brave, but after all, it has given up its own advantages, and at this moment it has persisted for a long time and has no backup, and it is facing the Liangzhou sergeant who is from the same origin as his own, plus the elite attack under Cao Yuan, who is several times his own, after Ma Chao, who is dressed in silver armor, is the first to attack the city, there is no morale at all. Seeing that the heavy west gate of Chang'an was hit several times by the Kwantung sergeant holding a giant log, it made a squeaky sound and opened widely. These Xiliang elites, who were originally backed by Dong Zhuo and used by Li Dao Guo Yan to deter the heroes, were also like frightened birds at this time, retreating into the city in a panic, only hoping to make peace with other colleagues under Li Dao Guo Yan as soon as possible, so as to avoid this crushing doom.

"What? The west of the city was breached? Not good! Fooled! "At the east gate of Chang'an, Li Dao and Guo Yanzheng, who have already been centrifugal, each led their headquarters, and each side of the clear distinction was on one side, watching the suspected tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the distance slowly attacking, the whole army was on alert, and nearly 10,000 cavalry had already been assembled at the city gate. What can puzzle both Li and Guo Yan is that it seems that the distance is only six or seven miles, and it has only advanced less than half of it in nearly an hour, and they are wondering why they are attacking so slowly, and they want to send scouts to attack first, but they suddenly heard a change in the rear, followed by a shouting of killing in the west of Chang'an City, which is obviously not a formation that Ma Teng Han Sui can make. When Li Dao and Guo Yan were about to send someone to see what had happened at the West Gate, which was considered to be a feint, he suddenly heard a report from the detective horse that the soldiers and horses in the direction of Dongtong Pass in Chang'an City had been investigated clearly.

There were less than 10,000 people, and before the two of them could react, the matter of Ximen was presented to the two of them, and Guo Yan, who came to ask the truth, changed his face at the same time, and it was unbelievable that Cao Ying and Yuan Shao really dared to use more than 10,000 soldiers as suspicious soldiers, Li Dao smashed his fist on the city wall, and said angrily: "The sound of the east strikes the west!" It's really a big deal! TNND, make such a big formation, do you dare not to follow the script like this? ”

"Big brother, what should we do now?" At this moment, the fall of Chang'an City is imminent, and only relying on the street fighting entanglement of tens of thousands of Xiliang troops that have been mobilized in the city, the enemy soldiers outside the West Gate who have fallen can not integrate an effective formation due to the narrow city gate, and will not break through too quickly, but this situation will not last long. The fear of demoralization can be contagious, and a hundred thousand flocks of fearless sheep can be enough to crush the fighting spirit when faced with the same number of lions. Guo Yan, who had no idea at this time, couldn't care about the fact that he had just officially turned his face with Li Dao, and hurriedly came to Li Dao's side and asked in a hissed voice.

"The enemy is so strong that it is unstoppable! Ado, it's still the same sentence, you and I are just brothers, the current enemy, if we continue to fight, you and I will inevitably be defeated by the enemy, for the brother I hope you can abandon the previous view, and break the enemy together as brothers, how about it? Li Wei stared at the direction of Xicheng above the city gate and retreated, and even a small number of his own soldiers who had been defeated and surrendered glanced at the suspicious soldiers outside the east gate coldly, held Guo Yan's hand, and said with a sincere look.

"What...... What the? Break the enemy? Guo Yan really wondered if his ears were broken. When is this, there are wolves in front and tigers in the back, and there are more than 100,000 troops, plus the army's spirit has collapsed, let alone resist, it is not easy to escape smoothly and find another way to survive, but Li Dao is still thinking about breaking the enemy in this situation that is completely unfavorable to himself? Looking at Li Dao's appearance of being a bamboo in his chest, Guo Yan made a direct mistake, saying that the loss of the West Gate, in the final analysis, had something to do with Li Dao's insistence on mobilizing all the troops to stick to the East Gate, and he had already miscalculated once, and now he is still delusional? But it's good that he just "showed his mind" again, and if he turns back too quickly, Guo Yan himself is a little embarrassed. At the moment, he could only ask stubbornly: "What is the best plan for the eldest brother?" Can you tell me about it? Well, the younger brother means that it is also a clever plan to mobilize soldiers and horses to help the eldest brother. ”

"It's hard for a virtuous brother to have such a heart!" Li Wei didn't seem to see Guo Yan's different appearance, looking at the firelight and deafening fighting on the east and west sides of the ancient city of Chang'an, which had already been chaotic, and said with a sneer: "Jizhou Yuan Shao, Yanzhou Cao Ying, Qingzhou Lu Bu, Xuzhou Qin Xu, Liangzhou Ma Teng, Han Sui, what a big formation, what I did was just for the one in Weiyang Palace, that is to say, that person is our talisman!" As long as he is here, don't say that even if they come a few more princes, we will be as safe as Mount Tai! Someone, go and pass on Li Meng, and invite our Han Emperor to review in the army! Look at this Cao Yuan and others, dare to risk the condemnation of the world and brazenly attack the army of the Son of Heaven! Brother Xian, you and I are ready, let's go east out of Tongguan and go to Wancheng Zhangji to try something else! ”

"Yes...... Big brother, there is also an army of the other party outside the east gate, and Tongguan, the gateway to the east, has long been obtained by it, we just want to go to Wancheng, I'm afraid it will be difficult to easily capture Tongguan! After listening to Li Wei's words, Guo Yan's worry suddenly appeared, and he said with a little hesitation: "Moreover, since the enemy is only targeting the east and west, I am afraid that we have already calculated our actions, why don't we go north to borrow the Xiongnu to return to Liangzhou, and wonder if it is to go south to the land of Sanfu and enter Hanzhong, as the eldest brother said, as long as the Son of Heaven is in hand, I am afraid that they will not succeed?" But why did you want to go to Wancheng in the hinterland of the Central Plains? ”

"What Brother Xian said is good!" While ordering his subordinates to complete the army, Li Dao sneered and said: "The ancient method of warfare, the siege of the city will definitely be one, can you think of it, can those thieves not think of it?" And so far in the war, there has been no war at the north and south gates, which is not common sense, there must be an ambush there! Moreover, the thieves poured a large army to attack the West Gate, and there were not many troops left outside the East Gate, even above the Tong Pass, there must be more troops from our army, that is, Qin Xu really has the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, is it possible that these new people will be willing to attack the old master? It is estimated that the intention of those thieves is also to force us to break through from the south or the north, and there must be a large army waiting for us to enter the siege. I must have never imagined that our army would attack eastward, so, even if there is nothing, we will definitely be able to get rid of it, but it is a pity that the prosperity of Chang'an is. ”

"I hope it's as the eldest brother said!" Guo Yan seemed to be moved by Li Dao's words, and opened his mouth to say something more, but in the end he said nothing. (To be continued.) )