In the darkness, countless torches were lit, illuminating the entire military array, and with this light, Xuanyuan Che's army was completely exposed in front of the Tongguan guards. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Under the firelight, crossbows and catapults were assembled and distributed in suitable positions, and the large ramming hammers equipped with armor were also pushed to the front by nearly a hundred soldiers, facing the city gate, ready to move.

Everything was fully arranged, and without waiting for Dong Zhuo's reaction in the city, Xuanyuan Che immediately ordered an attack.

Even if it is just to test the pressure on Dong Zhuo to coerce the other party to submit, the necessary means of war still have to be used, and if he does not really bear the war and the terrible consequences that it may bring, the furious Dong Zhuo will never give in.

However, fortunately, the soldiers of the Xuanyuan Army also understood that at this time, it was just to scare the Tongguan defenders and Dong Zhuo, and it was not really a siege war, so they would not make an attack regardless of life and death, and the main role was still those large crossbows and catapults, of course, in order to make this war have enough deterrence, load enough large ram hammers, or with the support of the rear, slowly rush to the city gate.

Sharp giant arrows and rolling boulders, constantly attacking the Tongguan city wall, the soldiers on the city wall suddenly panicked, each dodging their arrows and boulders, but, even so, there are many defenders of the city who can't dodge and are shot to death.

Perhaps because this wall is facing the direction of Guanzhong, the city wall is not as strong as the other wall to resist the direction of Kanto, but after a few rounds of attacks, the side of the city wall began to collapse a little, and the tower on the wall has been smashed across most of it, and the other part is also crumbling, and its life is short.

"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows, stop the ram from approaching!!" Compared with the boulders and crossbow arrows, the defending generals who were sticking to the city wall at this moment were obviously more concerned about the siege ram against the city gate, and saw the siege ram wheel rolling in, although there was still a moat from the city gate, but he did not relax at all, and he was eager, regardless of the casualties of the soldiers, and also ordered to immediately release arrows to counterattack to prevent the ram from approaching.

It's just that no matter how sharp the bow and arrow are, under the thick armor and shield of the battering ram, they can't shoot the Xuanyuan army that pushes the battering ram at all, and they can only watch the battering ram approach.

After two crisp clicks, the steel cables on both sides of the moat suspension bridge that were originally hoisted were broken.

With a roar, it slammed into the opposite bank, connecting the two sides of the moat, and could no longer stop the ram from approaching.

At this time, Dong Zhuo, who was guarding the banquet in the mansion, finally heard the movement outside the city.

The roar, with a slight vibration, not only Dong Zhuo, but also the other ministers who were invited to the banquet also felt it, plus after everyone closed their voices, the shouting and killing sound came from afar, and a bad feeling rose from the bottom of everyone's hearts.

At this time, a somewhat embarrassed soldier ran in, and without waiting for anyone to speak, he shouted: "Enemy attack!" Xiangguo, General, the enemy army outside the gate is attacking the city, and the offensive is fierce, and the captain asks for support. ”

The soldier who reported the news was quite sensible, and seeing that the Tongguan guard and Dong Zhuo were there, the order of this shouting was still not mistaken.

"Who is so bold, the emperor again, and dare to attack Tongguan at night?!"

"Listening to the sound, it seems to be in the direction of the Guannai, could it be that someone in the Guannai is rebelling?"

"Maybe it's from King Qin." A soft voice that only a few people around can hear.

"I don't know if it's Ma Teng and Han Sui, if it's the two of them, it's going to happen."

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The ministers, who were originally silent because of the movement outside the gate, immediately became noisy after hearing the message from the soldiers.

"Quiet !!" Dong Zhuo shouted, and the originally noisy banquet hall suddenly became silent, and the movement outside the gate was particularly clear at this time.

Getting up and leaving the table, Dong Zhuo grabbed Chixiao on the sandalwood sword rack on the side and strode out.

The rest of the ministers and generals also got up, followed Dong Zhuo, walked out of the banquet hall, and looked at the place where the sound came from.

Walking out of the banquet hall, it was an open space, and the sight was very good, just to see the sky in the west, which was already red reflected by the firelight, and the sound of shouting and killing came from that side.

"You say, which enemy army dared to attack the pass at night?" Dong Zhuohu was stunned, looked back at the soldier who delivered the message, and asked.

"Return, if you go back to Xiangguo, small, villain, I don't know." Being stared at by Dong Zhuo like this, the strong momentum of being in a high position made it a little difficult for the messenger to breathe, his face was frightened, and he even stuttered a little when he spoke.

"Nonsense!" Dong Zhuo shouted, he didn't believe it at all, and said, "The flames outside the gate are soaring, and you can even see it here, you actually said that you can't see the enemy's flag clearly, and someone is coming, and you will drag out this villain who dares to deceive this seat and behead him." ”

"Don't, the villain didn't deceive Xiangguo, it was the enemy who didn't erect it-" As soon as the messenger heard Dong Zhuo's words, he couldn't bear it, knelt down directly, faced Dong Zhuo, and shouted.

It's just that before he finished speaking, a knife slashed straight through his neck from behind, and his mouth was still open, and the good head of the soldier who defended himself fell to the ground with a "bang", and he didn't close his mouth until he died, like his unwilling soul, still defending himself.

The knife was taken out, there was no sign of it, and there were some masters present, and no one saw who made the knife, how to collect the knife, and where it went.

Like a ghost, without a trace, unfathomable.

Those civil servants who were not very strong, their fear of Dong Zhuo increased a lot again for a while.

Tongguan Shou will be an elderly general, who has been stable for a lifetime, and he will be able to spend his old age in peace soon, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen, I'm afraid it will be difficult to be good. Seeing his subordinates killed by Dong Zhuo for no reason, the old heart that had been silent for many years was instantly full of anger, and when he opened his mouth, he wanted to scold Dong Zhuo for his incompetence, but he only dared to take out his anger on his subordinates.

However, in the end, he was a veteran, and his mind was steady, so he endured it in the end.

At this moment, a figure kneeling on one knee suddenly appeared two meters in front of Dong Zhuo, with a lowered head, wearing a black turban, a cyan ghost mask, and a low voice to Dong Zhuo to report the information he had just gotten.

"Master, it is Xuanyuan Che's army that is attacking the city outside the West City."

A simple sentence caused an uproar among everyone, but the previous events were vivid, and the noise disappeared again in an instant.

"Impossible!" Not only the ministers and generals, but even Dong Zhuo couldn't believe it, "His Xuanyuan Che's army is obviously behind us, how could he suddenly appear in the west of Tongguan, can he still fly through Tongguan." ”

"He does fly." At this time, Li Ru's voice sounded from Dong Zhuo's side.