Outside Longxian County.

Xu Huang stood in an abandoned enemy camp under the escort of dozens of personal soldiers. In front of Xu Huang, a black hole appeared on the ground, and a faint fire flickered in the corridor, extending to the depths that were difficult for the eye to see. Seeing this unknown depth, Xu Huang couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling and his heart was awe-inspiring.

Half an hour later, the two soldiers sent to spy on the depths of the tunnel finally turned back.

"General, the tunnel is three miles deep, extending all the way to the city of Longxian!"

"Hmm~~" Xu Huang bowed slightly, his eyes were as cold as water, and he said in a deep voice after a while, "Someone is coming." ”

The two pro-soldiers stepped forward and said quickly, "What does the general command?" ”

Xu Huang said: "Immediately gather three hundred soldiers and fill the tunnel with boulders!" ”

……

Right Fufeng, Mei County.

There is no wind in the four fields, the sky is as blue as washing, and the fiery red sun is ruthlessly roasting the earth.

Xu Rong put his hand on the awning and looked around, but saw that the surrounding hundreds of miles were plains with a wide field of vision, and a lonely city stood on the open plain, which was Meixian. From Meixian all the way to Chang'an, there are no mountains and dangerous valleys in the middle, although Xu Rong expected that the ambush of the horse butcher was on the north road, but until now, Xu Rong's hanging heart finally landed.

Now that the army has entered the plains, it is no longer afraid of the ambush of the horse butcher.

Even if the horse butcher led a large army to chase after him, Xu Rong was not afraid of a battle! As long as the two armies set up a formation for a dignified decisive battle, Xu Rong is really not afraid of the horse butcher, not to mention that Meixian County is located in the hinterland of the right Fufeng, if the horse butcher leads the army to chase, it can be said that he is alone in the depths, and the situation is extremely beneficial to Xu Rongjun.

"Huh~~" Yang Qiu couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief and said to Xu Rong, "Finally arrived in Meixian County." ”

Cheng Yin also said: "Now you don't have to worry about being ambushed by the horse butcher, you can sleep peacefully tonight." ”

Xu Rong said: "Where is Yang Qiu?" ”

Yang Qiu stepped forward and said loudly: "The last general." ”

Xu Rong said: "Lead three hundred sergeants to Meixian County, order Meixian County to lead the county lieutenant soldiers to prepare more wine, meat and pasta, reward the soldiers of the three armies, and the rest of the generals will lead their own soldiers and horses, and camp outside Meixian County with the general, but the whole army can be known, but there are those who disturb the people~~ Severe punishment is not slack!" ”

"Yes!"

The generals lazily agreed, only Yang Qiu looked excited, and ordered three hundred elite soldiers to sweep towards Meixian.

……

Unknown dark space.

The restless noise of the war horses and the heavy wheezing of the soldiers resounded, the small and crowded space was crowded with the horses and soldiers, and the turbid air was filled with the smell of horse urine and soldiers' sweat, but the most unbearable thing was not these strange smells, but the impenetrable stuffiness, which could simply make people mad!

Jia Xu shrank in the corner tiredly, opened his mouth wide and tried to inhale a breath of fresh air, but what he inhaled in his lungs was an unpleasant and pungent strange smell.

Not far from Jia Xu, Fang Yue sat cross-legged on the ground, straightening his body. Even in such an uncomfortable situation, Fang Yue also maintained the dignity of a soldier and showed the quality of an iron-blooded veteran to the fullest. As a soldier, no matter how harsh the environment is, no matter how dangerous the situation, you must be as safe as Mount Tai.

In the suffocating waiting, three crisp sounds of "bang" suddenly sounded.

Fang Yue Huo Ran raised his head and stared at the earthen wall above his head scorchingly, a bamboo pipe was clearly exposed on it, the other end of the bamboo pipe should be straight to the ground, it was used to transmit news, and sure enough, after three crisp sounds, it was followed by a rhythmic tapping sound of different lengths.

After a while, Fang Yue got up with an excited expression, bent down and came to Jia Xu, shook the groggy Jia Xu awake, and said vigorously: "Good guy, as expected, Xu Rong's army took the southern road, and now the army has set up camp outside Meixian County, hahaha~~"

"Oh, really?"

Jia Xu was in high spirits when he heard this, and this maddening lurking could finally be stopped.

Fang Yue Huo Ran turned around, his eyes swept over the dozens of soldiers crowded in the narrow space, and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, hold on for another three hours, and in another three hours, you will be able to break through the ground and breathe fresh air again!" ”

……

Dead.

Outside Meixian County, Xu Rongzhongjun's big tent.

The blazing mutton fat torches illuminated the big tent as bright as day, and also illuminated the faces of Xu Rong, Zhong Xuan, Yang Qiu, and Cheng Yin, and the faces of the generals, everyone's expressions were extremely solemn, although Xu Rong tried his best to maintain his composure, but the faint gloom in his eyes was enough to show how worried he was at this time.

Zhong Xuan took a deep breath of cold air and said in a condensed voice: "Gao Shun's army came so fast, it took more than ten days to kill from the Hetao to the city of Chang'an, this speed is indeed shocking!" Judging from this situation, Gao Shun's army clearly abandoned all the cities along the way, and drove straight into Chang'an! ”

Yang Qiu said: "Gao Shun is so arrogant, he dares to go thousands of miles alone, aren't you afraid that the grain and grass will not be able to help?" ”

Zhong Xuan said: "Has General Yang Qiu forgotten that Gao Shun is a subordinate of the horse butcher?" A few years ago, when 800 Liukou swept through the Central Plains, the horse butcher was not alone in the battle, but also stirred up a storm in the Central Plains, and finally returned to the army to surround Luoyang, so that the imperial court was powerless. ”

"Huh?" Li Kan, who has always been upright, was angry at that time, "No wonder Gao Shun's army marched so fast, it turned out that he didn't go out with the army with grain and grass, and he started to plan to feed the war with war from the beginning." These beasts are so poisonous to the people, what is the difference between them and the Yellow Turban Thieves and the Mobei Barbarians? ”

Zhong Xuan shook his head imperceptibly, although Gao Shunjun's behavior was outrageous, it was not blameworthy. Looking at the warlords of all towns in the world, which one has not done such a thing? The fourth generation of the Yuan family, the third duke, the famous brother is prominent, Yuan Shao grew up in an official family, it can be said that he received court training at a young age and read poetry and books, such a background should not do anything to poison the people, right?

But in order to break the Bishui Pass, Yuan Shao did not dig an embankment and flood Yingchuan County, tens of thousands of innocent people were wiped out, and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced and became homeless. History books are always written for the victors, and the praise of the Shi clan will always be dedicated to the most powerful warlords who are most in line with the interests of the family, not the most benevolent and people-loving warlords.

"Generals, don't worry." Xu Rong took a deep breath of hot air and said in a deep voice, "As General Li Kan said, although the Gao Shun army marched quickly, it did not carry grain and grass with the army, the city of Chang'an was strong, and the Gao Shun army lacked siege equipment, so it couldn't drive horses to attack the city, right?" ”

"What General Xu Rong said is extremely true." Zhong Xuan said, "The top priority is not to rescue Chang'an, but to transfer all the people around Chang'an to the cities and forts that the cavalry cannot directly attack, implement the policy of clearing the wilderness, and cut off the grain and grass supply of Gao Shun's army!" Once the supply of grain and grass is cut off, Gao Shun's army will retreat without a fight. ”

……

Changan.

Xu Rong and Zhong Xuan were sure that Gao Shun's army could not directly attack Chang'an, but Gao Shun directly charged the strong walls of Chang'an City with light cavalry! Of course, it was impossible for Gao Shun to lead 8,000 light horsemen to storm the strong walls of Chang'an City.

This time a thousand miles of attack, Gao Shun can be said to have come prepared.

Although Ma Yue strictly ordered that he was not allowed to plunder the common people, Ma Yue did not prohibit his army from taking away the Shi clan gate lords, and Jia Xu took advantage of this loophole and secretly ordered Gao Shun to rob the Shi clan gate lords of Chang'an Sanfu, and use the grain obtained from the looting to receive military supplies, and to go straight to Chang'an with war support.

Because of this, Gao Shun's army was able to advance lightly, and within ten days, he traveled thousands of miles!

Although Gao Shunjun did not carry grain and grass baggage, he carried a batch of special "baggage" with 5,000 fast horses, that is, a full 5,000 bundles of dried bamboo! This batch of dried bamboos could build five terrifying siege weapons overnight, and the five siege ladders were connected together, enough to fill in the wide moat, and between the ground and the city, a gentle slope wide enough for dozens of cavalry to launch a surprise attack at the same time.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the night is quiet.

When Xu Rong and Zhong Xuan calculated to transfer the people around Chang'an, trying to force Gao Shun's army to retreat with the strategy of fortifying the wall and clearing the wilderness, Gao Shun's army's attack on Chang'an City was also quietly kicking off.

The majestic outline of Chang'an City is like a huge monster crouching in the wilderness, several blazing torches are obliquely inserted into the enemy tower, illuminating the space within more than ten steps, and the two county soldiers stand on the enemy tower, straighten their bodies, and are vigilantly looking out of the city.

However, the thick night completely obscured the world outside the city, and the trembling soldiers did not realize that in the dark world outside the city, there were five huge shadows slowly approaching the walls of Chang'an City!

……

(To be continued)