In mid-September, Luo Zheng personally led a large army to Chang'an, joined forces with Gao Shun, and surrounded Chang'an.

The generals of the Chinese army, all the generals are here.

When he was young, Gao Shun had a stomach in his body, stepped into the tent, and arched his hand to Luo Zheng: "I've seen the lord!" ”

"Pepin is exempt!"

Luo Zheng raised his hand and let Gao Shun take a seat.

After waiting for a while, Cheng Yingcai walked in quickly and sat down at Jia Xu's head.

Luo Zheng then opened his voice and said: "Okay, it's all here, Peping will talk about the situation in Chang'an first." ”

Gao Shun said: "Chang'an has less than 20,000 soldiers and horses, our army is twice as large as Guo Yan, if the army is raised to attack Chang'an, the end will be sure to break the city within a month." If you besiege but do not attack, the grain and grass in Chang'an City can hold out until the beginning of spring. The last general had already sent people to inquire, and after the autumn grain was collected, most of Guo Yan's military grain had already arrived in Chang'an, so grain and grass were not a problem. ”

Luo Zheng looked at Cheng Ying, and the intelligence was naturally the most accurate for Cheng Ying.

Cheng Ying nodded and said, "My lord, General Gao Shun is right, there is indeed a lot of grain and grass in Chang'an City. ”

Luo Zheng suddenly frowned, and said in a deep voice: "It's not what General Ben wants to attack, is there any other way?" ”

Jia Xu stroked his beard and said: "Attacking the city, in addition to attacking one way, is nothing more than luring the enemy to attack, and then trying to break it." However, Guo Yan is a general in the Xiliang Army, and it is not easy to lure him out of the city, so why not wave his army to attack the city first, and then make a decision after seeing the situation! ”

Cheng Ying said: "Why don't you send someone into the city and persuade Guo Yan to raise the crowd to surrender?" ”

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's difficult!" ”

Luo Zheng also said: "This general also served under Dong Zhuo's account, and in terms of qualifications, he is far inferior to Guo Yan, Zhang Ji and others. If Guo Yan can be willing to be cheeky. It is strange to surrender General Ben. That's it, let's raise troops and attack the city first. Let's see! ”

The next morning, it was just dawn.

Luo Zhengqin led the army to the city of Chang'an. The drums sounded three ways, and the army was grounded.

The guards in Chang'an City saw it clearly and reported the news early.

Guo Yan didn't have time to eat breakfast, so he hurried to the west gate to check the military situation in person.

I saw that the black and oppressive military formation outside the city stretched to several miles away, and the tens of thousands of troops were silent, the military appearance was neat, and the stomach was full, but the momentum was more than one step better than the Xiliang army under his command.

On the left and right sides of the army, there was a cavalry on each side. Protected the wings.

Compared with this Xiliang army, the discipline of the army under his command is indeed much worse.

Although Guo Yan regarded his qualifications as older than Luo Zheng, he also had to admit that his army was a little loose, at least in terms of military appearance and discipline, it was far inferior to the army under Luo Zheng.

As he was observing, he saw 500 cavalry 300 paces away from the main formation and rushed to the bottom of the city.

The first general is dressed in chain mail and wears a goose helmet. The sweaty snow horse under the crotch, majestic and radiant, is not Luo Zheng's house. A tower-like general beside him rode his horse with a sword, following left and right, glaring angrily.

"Where is Guo Yan?"

Luo Zheng reined in his horse. Raise your voice and shout.

Guo Yan's face darkened at that time, and he ordered the armor to raise the handsome flag. shouted: "Luo Zheng, why did you offend me?" ”

Luo Zheng's gaze shifted sideways. Immediately found Guo Yan at the head of the city, but arched his hand and said: "The public is the old department of Xiliang, and the former Luoyang Shizheng has also been taken care of by the general, so he shouldn't have raised his sword to face each other." However, the world fell apart, the princes rose together, and they were not talented, and they were willing to mention the three zhang Qingfeng to chase Hu outside the plug, and the bandits were in the United States. Now the army is besieging the city, I want to wave the army to seize the pass, but think of the old friendship, so come to a while, if Zijun is willing to open the city to welcome my army into the city, I will treat it as a brother, and think twice! ”

In just one sentence, three titles have been changed, which can be said to be three different attitudes.

Guo Yan's face changed several times when he heard this, and these words could be said to take care of his face.

However, these words are also soft and hard, not only exhorting, but also faintly threatening.

As for the final persuasion, it is naked coercion and temptation.

Either fight to the death, and both the people and the city will die.

Either Kaicheng surrenders, and you can still seek wealth and fame.

How to choose, it depends on how Guo Yan decides.

It's just that it's too unwilling to surrender like this.

Although Guo Yan has no ambition to be the emperor, he doesn't want to be driven by others anymore, how good it is to be a warlord himself, and there are nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses in Chang'an City, so he may not be able to hold Chang'an, he hesitated for a moment, and then sneered: "If you really think about the old friendship, you shouldn't raise troops to commit me in Guanzhong; Just lead the army back, and the old friendship can be completed. ”

Luo Zheng said: "The world must be divided for a long time, and it must be divided for a long time, does Zijun think you can keep Guanzhong?" ”

Guo Yan shouted: "That's the general's business, you bother to lead the army back quickly, otherwise don't blame a certain for being polite." ”

Luo Zheng immediately sank his face and shouted: "Guo Yan, this general remembers the old friendship, so he doesn't want you to destroy Chang'an, so he deliberately postponed the siege of the city. Since you are so ignorant of lifting, then it is no wonder that General Ben is not guilty. Wait to break Chang'an, see what you have to say. ”

Guo Yan's face turned blue with anger, and he said angrily: "Good husband, dare to bully someone like this!" ”

Luo Zheng had already returned to the battle, and immediately ordered the army to attack the city.

Half an hour later.

Under the city of Chang'an, the war drums are shocking, and the sound of killing is full of wilderness.

The 30,000 army was divided into six infantry phalanxes, each team of 5,000 people, under the leadership of the commander of the army, took turns to launch an overwhelming attack on the three gates of the south and northwest of Chang'an, the terrible howling and killing, shouting and killing, and the earth-shattering war drums were intertwined, and no other sound could be heard.

Chang'an is indeed a number of fortified cities, with all kinds of fortifications.

Yan Xing killed the head of the city several times, but the follow-up army could not come up, and after fighting hard for a while, they were all forced to fall from the city.

When the battle reached sunset, seeing that the city could not be broken, Luo Zheng immediately and decisively ordered the troops to retreat.

The big tent of the Chinese army, all the civil and military gathered in one tent.

After Yan Xing killed the head of the city, there was no one to respond, and he was slashed a few times by Guo Yan's soldiers who fought back desperately, and his body was wrapped in a collapsed belt, and dark red blood oozed out. But this kid is young and strong, he has never dared to fight, and he is not afraid of bloodshed.

"Yanming, is the injury okay?"

Luo Zheng couldn't help but ask. Quite worried.

Yan Xing hurriedly said: "Don't worry, my lord, it's just some flesh wounds." It will be fine in a few days! ”

"That's good!"

Luo Zheng sighed, frowned and said, "Don't play like this in the future." As a general in charge of the army, although he has to fight for his life as an example for the three armies, he can't ignore his own safety. ”

"The last general obeys!"

Yan Xing honestly surrendered his orders, but he felt a lot of commotion in his heart.

Luo Zheng said to the rest of the generals: "You wait the same, it is the responsibility of the generals to fight for their lives before the battle, but as a commander of the army, the most important thing is how to lead the army well." This general does not need Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers. People have ancestors covered with the shadow, a large number of capable ministers and fierce generals are willing to work for him, this general was born from the grassroots, and his reputation is too stinky, no one has such good conditions, there are only a few of you who can do things, and it is distressing to fold one, if you all die, do you still want to let this general personally go into battle to fight for his life? ”

"The last general obeys!"

Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Li Meng and other generals hurriedly surrendered their orders.

This is a bit rude. But it's heartwarming.

In fact, sometimes, just a few words of truth, even if it is difficult to hear, can be very comfortable.

No matter how much empty talk there is. That's also nonsense, but it can be disgusting.

Luo Zheng can't learn that, and he doesn't want to change his nature. Only to tell the truth.

However, this is precisely where his personality charms, and his words are ugly. But it's definitely a good word, and it's also a psychological word. Therefore, whether it is Xu Chu or Yan Xing and other generals, although they are often trained, they are happy.

After a long time, whether it was Xu Chu and Zhao Yun, who were the first to be forced by Luo Zheng to sell themselves by disgraceful means, or Gao Shun, Yan Xing, Zhang Liao and other generals who had to take refuge in Luo Zheng later, they all settled down and willingly worked for Luo Zheng.

At least as a sovereign, Luo Zheng can still be picky about his subordinates.

And this is also the most valuable.

Yan Xing and Zhang Liao had served other princes, and they knew this very well.

Luo Zheng paced under the tent for a while, rubbed his eyebrows and asked, "Have the casualties been counted?" ”

Jia Xu said: "It has been counted, three hundred killed, five hundred lightly injured, and forty-nine seriously injured!" ”

Luo Zheng suddenly frowned, and said in a deep voice: "It's just one day of siege, and the casualties are nearly a thousand, if you raise troops to attack, even if you can knock down Chang'an City, won't the general's 40,000 foot soldiers have to be lost by more than half?" ”

Everyone was silent, and storming the city has always been the most troublesome thing for soldiers.

And this kind of tough battle with real guns and knives is also the most helpless for the strategists.

At this time, no matter how good the wisdom is, no matter how many strategists are not as useful as a small soldier.

Luo Zheng was a little irritable, and it was really not what he wanted to attack the city.

If it's for anything else, it's really unaffordable, it's not money and food. If the grain is gone, it can be planted again, and this year's Liangzhou corn harvest is a bumper harvest, and there is no shortage of money and grain at all, but the population cannot afford to consume it.

War does not consume money, food and materials, but a large number of young and strong people are the most headache.

There are millions of people in any state in the Central Plains, and Yuan Shao and others are not distressed, because the population base under their rule is large, even if a group of soldiers are killed in battle, at most they will be given some pensions, and then they will be recruited for training.

Luo Zheng doesn't have such a big family background, so he can't help but feel distressed.

The population of Liangzhou is already small, although in the past two years, all kinds of sections have been exhausted, and taking advantage of the war in Guanzhong to attract most of the people who fled to Liangzhou, with a population of one million, but it is still far from enough.

Of these millions of people, even if all the old and weak died in wars and famines, no matter how high the proportion of young and strong men is, it is only three or four hundred thousand.

And these young and strong men are all the backbone of agricultural production, if the consumption is too heavy, how can a group of old and weak women and children cultivate the land and do a lot of heavy work, once agricultural production is affected, the foundation will be unstable.

Therefore, Luo Zhengcai tried to equip the army and try to avoid letting the army under his command attack the fortification, so as to reduce casualties.

Now in the face of Chang'an Jiancheng, the conspiracy has no use, which really makes him a little headache and irritable.

However, Jia Xu, the old fox, was extraordinary after all, and soon thought of a poisonous plan.

I just wanted to speak, but I didn't want to, but I was preempted by Gao Shun.

Gao Shun suddenly came out and said: "Lord, the last general is willing to lead two thousand dead soldiers to attack the city and swear to break Chang'an!" ”

Luo Zheng couldn't help but look sideways when he heard this, "Two thousand people can break through Chang'an?" ”

Gao Shun said: "The last general is willing to make a military order!" ”

At this time, everyone couldn't help but look sideways, the military order was not set up randomly.

Fortunately, everyone knows that Gao Shun is not liarious, otherwise they would really think that Gao Shun is arrogant.

Jia Xu also closed his mouth, if Gao Shun could really break through Chang'an with 2,000 people, how could he let him take this credit.

Luo Zheng hesitated slightly, and then said categorically: "Okay, when the city is attacked in the coming day, General Ben will personally cheer for you!" ”

Gao Shun replied: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

The generals looked at me and temporarily suppressed the thoughts in their hearts, ready to see how Gao Shun attacked Chang'an with 2,000 men.

Early the next morning, the fifth watch buried the pot to make rice, and before dawn, the camp was set up and entered the west gate of Chang'an again.

In the continuous sound of the bull's horn, Guo Yan had already come to the west gate and stood on the city tower to observe the enemy's situation.

In order to disperse the defenders in the city, Luo Zheng sent two lines of soldiers and horses to feint to attack the north and south gates, leaving only the west gate to Gao Shun.

In order to strengthen the army's prestige, Luo Zheng even boarded the drum car, snatched the drumstick from the drummer's hand, and beat the marching war drum with all his might.

In the sound of earth-shattering war drums, Gao Shun was wearing iron armor, and had already dismounted and came to the front of the battle, and with an order, two thousand well-disciplined and well-groomed foot soldiers immediately came out of the formation, rolling and killing the west gate of Chang'an. (To be continued......) R1292