In the last battle, Zhang Xiu can be said to have exhausted his elite, except for Xu Hanwang, who was stationed in Nanyang and Luoyang, and Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, who was still in Yizhou, and Xu Rong in Hanzhong, all his generals participated in this battle. Only a few thousand defenders remained in the city of Chang'an. However, Chang'an's heart under Zhang Xiu's rule is not afraid of the enemy's attack.

With Zhang Xiu's order, the logistics and the army immediately took action.

Five days later, the gate of Chang'an City.

Zhang Xiu stood on top of the city, 50,000 thundercloud cavalry, 70,000 Chang'an regiments, 30,000 flying feather archers, other crossbowmen and Pangulis, a total of more than 100,000 troops were all outside the city.

Zhang Xiu looked down on the army at the head of the city, and his heart was full of pride. shouted: "All the soldiers! Some of you are from Guanzhong, some are from Jingzhou, some are from Liangzhou, and some are from Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Yizhou. And so on. But what I will say is that now the land of our Han Dynasty has been invaded by the Xianbei and Xiongnu Hu people in the north, and the three counties of Wuyuan, Yunzhong, and Shuofang have fallen, and the Great Wall defense line of Shangjun and Xihe County has been broken. The two counties of Liangzhou Beidi and Wuwei are being led by the general Huaxiong of Zhengbei and the general Ma of Fuyuan to resist the invasion of the Hu people? If the Hu people can fight and merge with the state, they will naturally be able to fight Youzhou, Yizhou, and Sili, as long as you are the people of the Han Dynasty. It can't be avoided, there is only one way to deal with the Hu people, and that is to kill!! ”

Zhang Xiu "killed" together, and more than 100,000 soldiers below shouted in unison: "Kill!" Kill! The sound of "killing" is like the churning of the sea, the collapse of the mountain and the cracking of the ground. The people in the entire Chang'an City heard it clearly!

In the past five days, Zhang Xiu has posted notices in Chang'an City. Inform the people of the city about the entry of the northern Hu people into the Kou, and point out the consequences. Jia Xu was extremely opposed to this matter, but Zhang Xiu only said that he wanted to let the soldiers know why he was fighting and let the people know the consequences of not fighting, so Jia Xu stopped talking.

At first, they were still very worried about Hu Ren's entry into the Koukou, but at this time, when they heard such an enthusiastic shouting of killing, their hearts were completely settled. More than 100,000 troops outside the city will fight bloodily at the forefront to protect the people behind them.

Outside the city, there was an endless shout of killing, and I don't know which people in the city opened their mouths and shouted: "Kill!" ”

Subsequently, shouts of killing sounded in the city one after another. Whether it was the old peasants who entered the city, the students of the Chang'an Academy, the craftsmen in the city, the hawkers in the city, the helmsmen on the ships, the merchants in the city, the ordinary guards in the city, and even the prisoners in the prison who knew about the Hu people's entry into the prison shouted: "Kill !! ”

The sound of shouting and killing echoed in the city and the soldiers outside the city, and the entire Chang'an City was enveloped in the sound of killing, which was not an ordinary war, but a war between nations. Zhang Xiu is a person who has crossed over, and he will not allow the five chaotic things in history to be repeated, so he wants to arouse the fighting spirit of the soldiers! The fighting spirit of the people!

Above the city, Zhang Xiu suddenly waved his hand, and the shouting of soldiers outside the city immediately stopped. And the sound of the people in the city shouting and killing is still endless. After a stick of incense, the shouting of the people in the city stopped. Zhang Xiu said loudly: "Soldiers, have you all heard? The people of the whole city, the people of the entire Sili, and the people of the entire Han Dynasty are behind to support you, this battle" Speaking of this, Zhang Xiu read word by word: "Xu Sheng is not allowed to lose!" ”

"The Han army will win! The Han army will win! ”

Zhang Xiu waved his hand and shouted: "Soldiers, come out!" ”

With Zhang Xiu's order, 50,000 thundercloud riders and 8,000 crossbowmen pushed bed crossbows and crossbow carts, and these sharp weapons were led by the later general Zhao Yun to the northwest and went to Liangzhou. On the other way, 70,000 soldiers of the Chang'an Corps were led by Zhang Xiu to Hedong in person, preparing to enter Shangjun and Xihe County. hated the Hu people very much, and when they heard that Zhang Xiu was leading them to fight the Hu people, they all responded enthusiastically. Coupled with the fact that Fang just spoke, the morale was extremely small, not at all like a defeated army that had left his hometown and another well.

The last 30,000 flying feather archers stayed in Chang'an for the time being, waiting for Tai Shici's arrival before heading north as support.

And at the same time that Zhang Xiu's army came out of Chang'an. Ma Dai had already led 20,000 foot soldiers out of Hanoi. Out of the calculation, I looked at the party and left. A few days later. Pang De rushed to Beidi County, and Ma immediately led 20,000 Qiang Hu cavalry to the west to support the Western Regions. In Chang'an, Zhong Mei and Yan Tuan were busy directing the people to harvest grain, and then store it in the granary, and take out all the old grain, load it on a grain truck and send it to the front. Zhang Liao of Luoyang also divided his troops to Hanoi immediately after Ma Dai left, and strengthened his vigilance, and the battle can be described as a touch.

Let's say that Ma Dai's army, after passing the Jiguan soon entered Shangdang County, although Guo Huai responded, but Ma Dai did not dare to be careless, and Zhang Xiu also said in the letter, everything is cautious first. Zhang Xiu also took a fancy to Ma Dai's prudence, so he let him lead his troops to the party.

The eldest son of the seat of Shangdang County is actually not far from Hanoi Huai County, but it stops all the way. Road. For the sake of prudence, Ma Dai advanced cautiously all the way, and sent several groups of scouts when encountering dangerous places, so the march was not too fast.

Three days after leaving Jiguan, Ma Dai finally saw the large city Gaodu in Shangdang County, which is also known as Jincheng. Because Keiguan was occupied by Zhang Xiu, Gao Gan left a lot of troops here to defend. However, when Ma Dai came to the dense forest outside the city, he saw that there were only ten defenders in the city. There were only two defenders at the gates, and the people were still coming in and out.

Ma Dai also heard about Tai Shici's ambush in Jiangyou, and saw that although the enemy army was lax, he did not dare to be careless. After recruiting the deputy generals Feng Xi and Zhang Nan, he said: "Xiu Yuan, you will lead 5,000 soldiers to attack the city. Wen Jinru and Ben General led the rest of the troops to respond from the rear. Xiu Yuan must not be careful, not careless. ”

Feng Xi listened, nodded, and arched his hand: "General, don't worry." "After saying that, immediately go to the army.

There was no drumming or trumpeting, Feng Xi led the five thousand men and horses of his headquarters and immediately pounced out of the dense forest.

Feng Xuan's army suddenly pounced, and the defenders of the city immediately saw it, and immediately shouted: "Enemy attack" enemy attack, "The two soldiers at the city gate heard this, and immediately joined forces to close the city gate.

As a result, the people at the gates of the city were immediately in turmoil, and they all rushed into the city desperately, and in their opinion, they could only be safe if they entered the city. Although there were not many people, there were dozens of them, and they poured into the city, but the two soldiers could not close the gates at all. The defenders above the city saw the chaos at the city gate and immediately went down to the city to help.

However, it was too late at this time, Feng Xi led the army to kill, and when he saw the people besieging the city gate, his brows furrowed. The hesitation only flashed in his mind, and then he immediately thought that it was important to take the city, and then shouted: "Kill! ”

With Feng Xi's order, Shi. Second, hesitate again. He swung his sword and cut down the people who stood in front of the road to the ground. The people blocked, Feng Xi's army immediately rushed to the city, and several soldiers who were still trying to close the city gate were cut down to the ground at once.

When Feng Xi saw it, he shouted: "Occupy the city gate." Go with a certain rush! ”

Feng Xi led the army into the city, and Ma Dai and Zhang Nan led the army behind him to arrive, Ma Dai saw dozens of people in front of the city gate, frowned, but soon stopped looking. How can there be no immortal in the war, after living in Liangzhou for so many years, this matter has become commonplace, and casually ordered a few soldiers to bury these people well, and then led the troops into the city.

The defense in the city can be described as extremely empty, not long after Feng Xi rushed into the city, the county government was broken, and the other three city gates were also controlled by Zhang Nan with his troops, and all the defenders in the city added up to less than a hundred.

Ma Dai sat in the hall of the county government, and was also a little surprised to hear this news, summoned the county order, and asked, "Why are there so few soldiers in this city?" ”

At this time, the county commander already knew that it was Zhang Xiu's army. Seeing Ma Dai asking, he spat on the ground and scolded: "I'm bah! We, the people of the state, are at the forefront of the war against the Hu people, and you bastards are attacking our city at this time! Are you still Han Chinese? ”

Feng Xi heard that the county order insulted Ma Dai, and he stepped forward to beat him, but when he saw Ma Dai wave his hand, he stopped Feng Xi from doing it, and said: "Xiu Yuan, this person is also a righteous man, don't be rude." ”

The county order can be heard, cold. Xiang sighed and said: "Since you know that a certain person is a righteous man, why did you take my city?" ”

Ma Dai heard this, shook his head and said, "This general is just on the order of the general of the fat cavalry to enter the state to deal with the Hu people." ”

At this time, the county order was already furious, and he didn't care about etiquette. Shouted and scolded: "Shit! Zhang Xiu's thief is trying to merge me with the state! ”

Ma Dai heard this, knowing that this person had great prejudices against his own army, and knew that it was impossible to convince him no matter how he said, so he waved his hand and said, "Take him down and lock him up, so that he can be treated alive." Ma Dai's order was issued, and naturally a soldier stepped forward to take this county order down, and when the soldiers took him away, this county commander was still scolding.

After the county order was taken down, Zhang Nan said with some worry: "General, in this situation, the soldiers in the south of Bingzhou should all be transferred to the northwest to lead the Hu people to fight. ”

Feng Xi heard this, nodded as well, and said, "What Wen Jin said is reasonable, if the people of the state are not convinced. Our army will have a large number of men in the rear. ”

Ma Dai sighed helplessly and said: "There is no way, our army will first capture Bingzhou Bar Wenjin and Xiuyuan with the momentum of thunder, immediately reorganize the army, and go to the eldest son early tomorrow morning." ”

Zhang Nan and Feng Xi heard it, and said together: "No."

Early in the morning of the second day, Ma Dai left 500 soldiers and led the army to leave Gaodu and go to the head of the party county. The cities along the way are like Gaodu, completely undefended by soldiers. When Ma Dai's army reached Gaoping, he asked Feng Xi to lead 5,000 men to attack Huguan, while he and Zhang Nan led the rest of the soldiers to attack the eldest son.

Ma Dai is actually worried that he will not be able to attack the party. Yizhou will come to support after getting the news, so Feng Xi took the Huguan first, cutting off the road for Yizhou to support and merge the state. Ma Dai's caution is exactly what Zhang Xiu likes, although this attack has Chen Song as an internal response, but Ma Dai still does not dare to be careless.

However, it was obvious that Ma Dai's caution was a little redundant, and Zhang Nan led the army to the outside of the eldest son's city, and saw the city gate wide open, and a young general in the city walked out of the city with a small seal.

I saw that this young general was about twenty years old. was full of heroism, and Ma Dai couldn't help but pay more attention to Zhang Xiu's praise for him in the letter.

The young general came to Ma Dai with the small seal, handed it over with both hands, and said: "The last general, Guo Huai, has seen the general."

Ma Dai knew that this was the seal of the party Taishou, and after taking it, he nodded and asked, "Boji, how is the situation in the state now?" ”

Guo Huai heard Ma Dai open his mouth and asked about the battle situation. The doubts that remained in his eyes were dispelled a lot. Guo Huai is a native of Bingzhou and was recommended to enter the army. But the ability of senior cadres is not high, and he can't see Guo Huai's ability, but he was favored by Chen Song, who is a different driver in the state, and he is a confidant. Originally, Guo Huai was extremely opposed to Chen Song's introduction of Zhang Xiu's army into Bingzhou at this time, because Guo Huai felt that this was not a good thing for the people of Bingzhou, but it would help the Hu people.

At the beginning, when the Hu people only captured the three counties of Yunzhong, Shuofang, and Wuyuan, Guo Huai still insisted, and Chen Song did not have force in his hands, so he did not dare to move. However, as the news of Yuan Shao's death reached Bingzhou, the Great Wall of Shangjun and Xihe County was lost one after another, and the situation in Bingzhou became worse and worse, and the people of Bingzhou were not optimistic about Gao Gan. Chen Song persuaded Guo Huai again at this time. barely succeeded, so Guo Huai also agreed to meet Zhang Xiu's army in the party.

Now that Ma Dai opened his mouth to ask about the war in Bingzhou, the doubts in his eyes went a few points, and then he replied: "General Hui, Xianbei and the Huns are now looting in Shangjun and Xihe County, and the situation is worrying. The situation in Yanmen is not good, and I am afraid that the loss will only be in this month. ”

Ma Dai listened, frowned, and thought about it. said: "Don't worry too much about Shangjun and Xihe, the general has led 100,000 troops from the east of the river into these two counties, and the complexity of the terrain of these two counties is not conducive to the Hu cavalry fighting. With the bravery of a general, he will be able to drive the Hu people out of the Great Wall. However, the situation on the Yanmen side is critical, and we must not hesitate, we will be ready to rest for the eldest son for a day, and immediately go north tomorrow morning, hoping to arrive before the loss of Yanmen. ”

Guo Huai heard what Ma Dai said truly, and his scouts also detected that a large army had entered Shangjun and Xihe County from Hedong to fight against the Hu people. Guo Huai, as a native of Bingzhou, and was born in a family in Bingzhou, knew that if the Hu people were allowed to attack Bingzhou, then his Guo family would not be able to keep it, and it was impossible to rely on the support of the Yuan family who was still in the internal struggle in Yizhou at this time. The only way out is to rely on Zhang Xiu, although Zhang Xiu is not too popular with the family, but no matter how you say it, they are all Han Chinese. It's still possible to keep the temple of the Emperor. And there are still families under his rule, such as the Shen family, which is mediocre, and the Huangfu family, which is very famous in Kansai. As long as he does not oppose Zhang Xiu's system, Zhang Xiu still allows these families to exist.

Guo Huai believed Ma Dai's words, and suddenly raised his left hand. Ma Dai also felt strange about Guo Huai's movements. But he saw that countless troops armed with bows and arrows, swords, guns, halberds and other weapons suddenly appeared on the city of the eldest son.

Ma Dai's face changed, and he asked in a deep voice, "Boji." What do you mean? ”