"My lord, an enemy army is approaching Chang'an City." Zhong Xuan, who stayed in Chang'an, inspected the city tower and found a large number of cavalry approaching Chang'an.

"Oh? Could it be that the Western Liang Army is attacking the West in the east? Lead away the army of Lord Sikong and attack my Chang'an City? Zhong Miao looked at the Xiliang cavalry outside the city and muttered to himself.

"Brother Yuan Chang, does the Xiliang army have to rely on cavalry to attack the city?" Zhu Ling received the report from the soldiers, and also climbed the city tower, looking at the cavalry in the distance, he was stunned for a moment, could it be that the Xiliang army wants the cavalry to attack the city? This is not a joke, Chang'an City is not a small city on the side, and as soon as the cavalry gets close to the range of the crossbowmen, it will turn into a porcupine!

"It's not very clear to you, Wenbo, or order the crossbowmen and shields to go to the city, and step up the defense!" Zhong Miao couldn't figure out the deployment of the Xiliang army, so he only ordered Zhu Ling to lead people to strengthen the city defense.

"General? The Cao army on Chang'an City has discovered us. Pound's lieutenant found out about the troop movement on Chang'an City and reminded Pound.

"Don't worry, there are not many cavalry in the Cao army, so they don't dare to go out of the city to face the battle. Ordered our slave army to go up and set up the formation, so that Cao Jun could see the strength of our army. ”

"Yes, General!" The adjutant general waved the order flag, and the slave army of the Xiliang Army stepped forward with a large number of javelins.

"Brother Yuan Chang, what is Xiliangjun?" Zhu Ling was stunned, the infantry of the Xiliang Army actually took about ten javelins each, tied the javelins together, formed wooden stakes, and then inserted the wooden stakes into the ground at intervals of ten meters.

"Array?" Zhong Miao was also stunned, could it be that the person who commanded the Xiliang Army was an idiot? Isn't this formation used against the attacker? Could it be that the Xiliang army thought that the soldiers stationed in Cao's army would be stupid enough to abandon the tall Chang'an City and go out of the city to fight hand-to-hand?

On the other hand, in the north of the plain west of Chang'an. The slave infantry of the Western Liang Army did the same thing. It's just that the Xiliang military stakes here are driven into the ground. The javelin is then inserted into the land near the stake.

"Lord, it seems that the Xiliang Army only sent cavalry, the army of the Xiliang Army?" Xun You soon discovered that the Xiliang army was wrong, saying that it was a decisive battle, and only let the cavalry attack, was there any ambush?

"Gongda rest assured, this department has expected that there must be a conspiracy in the Xiliang army, and has ordered Zhong Xuan to step up the city defense of Chang'an. Since they only sent cavalry to fight a decisive battle with our army. Then, our army should not let go of this opportunity, and when the herald and Wen Yuan were fighting, they would lead the left and right armies to surround and block, and try to annihilate this army! ”

"No!"

"General, the siege engine of the Xiliang Army is here!" Outside Chang'an City, after Pang De's army was ready, the siege troops slowly approached Chang'an City under the command of Pang De's adjutant general.

"Wenbo!"

"Crossbowmen ready!" Zhu Ling gave an order. The crossbowmen and shield bearers approached the battlements, ready to attack the Xiliang army.

"Humph! Command the Javelins to attack! ”

"No!"

I saw the lieutenant general order the flag. The cavalry of the Western Liang army rushed out, armed with javelins and short knives and crossbows at their waists.

"This?"

"Bid!" After a charge of about three hundred meters, the Xiliang cavalry threw javelins about a hundred meters from Chang'an City.

"Yuan Chang be careful!" Hundreds of javelins drew a beautiful arc in the air, like a parabola towards the Chang'an City Tower.

"Ahh Sergeant Cao on the city tower couldn't dodge, and many of them were actually pierced through the chest and died on the spot.

The personal soldiers around Zhong Xuan were also pierced through the chest, and the blood rushed directly to Zhong Xuan's body. Zhong Xuan's face changed and he was startled. This method of warfare is also too bloody.

"Quick, Wenbo, order the crossbowmen to stop Xiliang's siege troops!" Although Zhong Xuan was frightened, he was still conscious, and the Xiliang Army was definitely going to take the opportunity to attack the city.

"Ahh Another burst of javelins flew over, and the soldier who had just stepped forward died tragically near the battlements.

"Yuan Chang, Chang'an can't hold it, let's go to the granary quickly and transport the baggage and military rations to Tongguan." Zhu Ling is a general who has experienced a hundred battles, seeing this situation, he knows that the city gate will definitely be breached soon, as long as the Xiliang cavalry enters the city, the infantry in the city is difficult to resist, and only retreat is the best policy.

"This?" Zhong Xuan looked at the soldiers on all sides, and the soldiers all showed frightened expressions, and they didn't dare to approach the battlements at all, so how could they resist the Xiliang army?

"Wenbo, the elite soldiers of the fast order block the avenue of Chang'an, and buy time for our army to withdraw from Chang'an."

"The spirit understands!"

On the plain to the west of Chang'an, after the Xiliang army and Cao's army met in close arms, Ma Chao soon discovered that Cao Cao was going to encircle the Xiliang cavalry, Ma Chao immediately ordered someone to order the withdrawal of the army, and Cao Cao led the army to chase Ma Chao behind.

"Lord, there's a strange stake ahead!" Soon the Xiliang army retreated into the stake formation, Cao Chun had never seen the stake formation, and ordered the front army to stop in front of the formation.

"Stakes?" Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and when he looked around, he saw that there were countless wooden stakes of different sizes and highlands on the plain, placed on the plain, as if they had been reinforced.

"Gongda? What kind of formation is this? Cao Cao glanced at Xun Yu suspiciously, he had experienced hundreds of battles, hundreds of battles, and had never seen such a strange formation.

"This?" Xun You was also stunned for a moment, these wooden stakes seem to be the same as giant deer or rejecting horses, which are obstacles to the attack of soldiers, especially cavalry, but they are higher than ordinary giant deer and rejecting horses, as if they are used to block the line of sight of the attacker?

"Strategist, look, there's a high platform in the center of the array!" Xu Chu pointed to the center of the formation, where there was a high platform of about 20 meters, on which there were more than a dozen banner soldiers and two deputy generals.

"Gongda?"

"Lord, that high platform should be used by the Xiliang Army to monitor the entire formation and command the soldiers in the formation."

"Be careful, lord!" Suddenly, countless javelins flew out of the stake array, and Xu Chu hurriedly pulled Cao Cao back.

"Ahh Cao Cao's personal soldiers were all pierced through the chest with javelins and died on the spot.

"Zihe?"

"Pure understanding!" Cao Chun immediately rushed into the stake formation with an army.

"Be careful, lord!" Another round of javelins came at Cao's army.

"Lord, let's stay away from this formation, and wait for General Cao Chun to find out the truth in the formation before making a decision!" Xun You saw javelins flying out of the stake array from time to time, and for Cao Cao's safety, he suggested that Cao Cao retreat to a safe place and wait and see what happened.

"Hmm!" Cao Cao nodded and agreed to Xun You's suggestion.

Under the cover of the shield soldiers, Cao Cao led the army to retreat to a place a hundred meters away from the formation. During the retreat, a lot of javelins flew out of the formation, and Cao Jun's shield bearers were killed and wounded.

"General, Cao Cao's army has retreated?" An adjutant general on the high platform pointed to Cao Jun's brigade and looked at Zhang Baiqi suspiciously.

"Cao Cao wants to figure out the reality of my formation?"

"Pass the order, and the Yellow Turban wrestlers in the formation will force the Cao soldiers who rushed in to force out."

"At the same time, tell the lord that his javelinmen are ready to attack!"

"No!" (To be continued......)

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