It was night, Chang'an city was quiet, since Dong Zhuo rebelled with the Han, the people of Chang'an became increasingly scarce, Cao Cao made Zhong Xuan sit in Chang'an, Chang'an officials ruled Qingming, merchants and trade recovered a lot, the population gradually enriched, now besieged by Ma Teng, Chang'an curfew, except for the patrol soldiers on the street, there is no one on the street.

Now that the war has started, Chang'an is strictly guarded night and night, although there are very few good strategists in the Xiliang army, but Zhong Xuan does not think that this is a reason to relax the night defense, the embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the anthill, before the arrival of reinforcements, Zhong Xuan did not dare to relax in the slightest.

On the Taishou Mansion, the lights are bright, Zhong Miao checked the battle damage sent by the defenders of the city gate on all sides next to the bookcase, Zhong Miao has strictly ordered the soldiers, not to listen to the provocation of Xiliang, and go out of the city to fight, but this can not completely protect the safety of the soldiers, the Xiliang army is very good at riding and archery, that is, the head of the city has taken the lives of hundreds of soldiers, and those who fall into the city are still alive, and they will also be tied to the back of the horse by the Xiliang soldiers, and dragged to the ground in front of the city, so as to be cruel behavior, the morale of the soldiers who fell into the city.

But even so, Zhong Xuan's heart to defend the city, without a trace of wavering, Xiliang's move, in Zhong Xuan's eyes, is already poor in donkey skills, as long as he strictly guards for half a month, when the Xiliang army is out of food, he can retreat, if there are Xu Du reinforcements to relieve the siege outside the city, Ma Teng will be defeated.

Ma Teng, Han Sui is in charge of Xiliang, a bitter and cold land, although the Qiang and Han people have mixed residences, but do not pay as much attention to farming as the Central Plains, as long as they do not break Chang'an, Ma Teng Han Sui will not gain more than he loses, Zhong Xuan thinks that if Ma Teng in this battle, Han Sui returned in vain, and his rule will be chaotic due to the lack of grain.

Zhong Xuan annotated a few battle reports, frowned and thought, suddenly heard the sound of drums and horns in the city, Zhong Xiang heard the sound and hurriedly walked out of the Taishou Mansion, all the way to the lights, and when he reached the head of the city, he saw that in the Xiliang army under the city, the soldiers all raised torches, as if they wanted to fight at night.

"The enemy is not prepared, but I have made some progress!" Zhong Xuan sneered, did not panic, ordered the soldiers to strictly guard their posts, and also lit the torches that had been prepared, and became the upper and lower cities, the lights were bright, and the front of Chang'an City was like daylight.

Xu Shu looked at the formation of Zhong Xuan at the head of the city, secretly praised it in his heart, and said to Liu Bei: "This Zhong Xuan is a cautious person, so it seems that he has been prepared for the night battle. ”

Liu Bei only smiled slightly when he heard this, Zhong Xuan had this response, and it was not unexpected by Xu Shu, Zhong Xuan was among the Cao army, he was a person who had been famous for a long time, if he had no talent and no virtue, how could he occupy such a high position in the Cao army with the conspirators.

Xu Shu waved his hand slightly, and after the generals on all sides received the order, all the torches were extinguished, and the Xiliang soldiers were not in a hurry, and returned to the camp to continue to sleep. ”

Thinking of this, Zhong Xuan did not have a worry-free look on his face, the battle between the two armies was to do everything, but in this Xiliang army, he just wanted to be tired, so he wanted to win a big victory, but he underestimated the defenders of Chang'an.

Encouraging a group of soldiers in the city, Zhong Xuan ordered the soldiers to extinguish the torches, return to the camp to rest, and return to the Taishou Mansion, and the accompanying generals said: "You can order the soldiers to alternately be on duty at night, break the tired plan of Xiliang, Chang'an City is strong, and it is difficult for Xiliang military horses to do anything, as long as the city gates on all sides are strictly guarded, it is difficult for Xiliang military horses to enter the city." ”

The next day, as usual, Ma Chao and Zhang Fei fought repeatedly, the Xiliang army against Chang'an Jiancheng, it seemed that there was no way, Zhong Xuan learned about it, he no longer went to the city to inspect, but checked the obstacles in front of the city gate on all sides, and secretly laughed in his heart that there was no one who was good at scheming in the Xiliang army, and muttered in his mouth: "If Zhong uses soldiers, he must first take the city gate regardless of the loss, once the iron horse enters the city, Chang'an has no dependence, how can he defeat tens of thousands of Xiliang military horses?" ”

For three days, every night, the soldiers of Chang'an City saw that there were lights lit outside the city from time to time, disrupting the city defense, the soldiers of the city were all used to it, and the soldiers all believed what Zhong Xuan said, and the Xiliang army had no way to Chang'an, and had more confidence.

The next day, the soldiers suddenly saw the direction of the east gate, the Xiliang iron cavalry was loosened, and then there was a shouting of killing, busy to report to Zhong Xuan, Zhong Xuan heard it, busy climbing the city and looking, saw all the way to the black cavalry straight into the Xiliang army, the momentum was huge, the Xiliang army horses have forced back, that is the head of the general, even injured several people, leading the army straight to the front of the city, Zhong Xuan looked at his armor, appearance, it is Cao Jun's general Cao Ren, his heart can't help but be happy, to the generals around him: "The speedy soldiers clean up the obstacles at the east gate, and the prime minister's reinforcements have arrived!" ”

After hearing this, all the generals were overjoyed, and the obstacles in front of the city were cleared in a short time, and Cao Ren rushed left and right, and when he reached the city, he shouted loudly to Zhong Xuan: "Yuan Chang quickly open the city gate!" ”

When Zhong Xuan heard this, he was about to open the door, and suddenly his heart suddenly became alert, although the Cao army dispersed the Xiliang army and horses under the city, but the corpses that fell to the ground around him were very few, which was obviously inconsistent with the previous war, Zhong Xiang said to Cao Ren at the head of the city: "Zixiao wait a while!" Zhong saw that the Xiliang army and horses outside the city were not defeated, and asked Zixiao to kill them for a while! ”

When Cao Ren heard this, he didn't answer, he looked in the direction of the city gate, and heard the sound of the city gate soldiers shouting endlessly, grinning and sneering: "Now that my soldiers are tired, I have to enter the city!" If Yuan Chang is not allowed, Cao Mou will enter by himself! ”

At that moment, Cao Ren waved his hand, and the left and right generals went to the city, Zhong Xuan heard this, was very angry, and said to Cao Ren: "Why is Zixiao like this? Zhong just wants to verify the authenticity of filial piety, now that Chang'an is besieged, things in the army should be rigorous! ”

"Authenticity?" Cao Ren looked up at Zhong Xuan under the city and said to Zhong Xuan: "Yuan Chang doesn't know Cao's face? Open the gates of the city quickly! Although Cao has dispersed the Xiliang military horses, who knows when they will come again, if the sons of our army miss their lives because of this, Yuan Chang can bear such a crime? ”

When Zhong Jian heard this, he was also a little hesitant in his heart, this Cao Ren was dressed in a drape, with an iron gun in his hand, which was completely the same as Zhong Xiang and Xu Du who had met before, in Ma Teng's army, when no one knew Cao Ren's face, how could he deceive each other in a grand manner?

Seeing the north and south sides, the Xiliang army has repeatedly moved, Zhong Miao knows that if it is not opened, he will besiege Cao Ren, Cao Ren is in danger, Cao Ren is a love general, if he loses his life in Chang'an, he will try to ensure that Chang'an is not lost, and it will be inevitable to be guilty in the future, thinking of this, Zhong Miao said to Cao Ren: "Zixiao, don't worry, Zhong will open the city gate." ”

After the city gate slowly opened a gap, Zhong Miao said to Cao Ren busily: "Zixiao, first make the soldiers guard the position, and after entering the city, you should give Zhong a tiger talisman to see!" ”

"Looking at the Tiger Talisman?" Seeing that the city gate was ajar, Cao Ren smiled and said: "After entering the city, let Yuan Chang take a look first, in my Xiliang army, Yang Qiu's demeanor!" ”

Yang Qiu said, without waiting for Zhong Xuan's reply, he took the lead and rushed into the city gate, and a group of "Cao Jun" behind him also turned into tigers and leopards, surging in. ”

Hearing the constant shouting and killing under the city, Zhong Miao knew that he couldn't pick a pick at this time, and hurriedly said to the left and right: "Regardless of the other three gates, order the city sergeants to gather at the east gate and fight with the Xiliang military horses!" ”

(To be continued)