"Array, bring a spear, bring me a spear!"

Above the wilderness, the generals of the Cao army shouted heartbreakingly, because they saw an incredible scene.

At first, the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry was still far away, and it was not clear to see, and only vaguely saw the enemy glowing with silver light.

When the distance got closer and closer, all the Cao troops were stunned to find that the menacing enemy turned out to be thousands of elite iron horsemen with heavy armor.

And not only the people are heavily armoured, but even the horses have horse armor and fully armored equipment, which can be said to be armed to the teeth.

They all have stirrups, are equipped with Takahashi saddles, and are as stable as Mount Tai.

After half a year of fighting with Shen Chen, Zhong Xuan did not fail to see these things, and also gave them a restraint, so that their Cao Wei cavalry could also have double stirrups and a high bridge saddle with metal buckles.

It's just that he hasn't captured Shen Chen's war horse, so the only thing that has been imitated is the stirrup and saddle that can be seen from the appearance, but the horseshoe is unknown.

However, no one thought that with these things, they would be able to make the heavy armored cavalry, which was originally difficult to achieve, appear in formation.

You must know that even if Yuan Shao is powerful in history, it is only three hundred pairs of horse armor, and because there is no stirrup, only extremely clever generals can drive it, making the practical value very low.

Now that there are stirrups, something as rare as a heavy cavalry is naturally no longer as difficult to appear as before.

At this moment, after discovering that the enemy turned out to be thousands of heavily armored iron horsemen, Cao Jun was already frightened, and several senior generals were quite calm, and immediately shouted and wanted to put out the formation first.

But they had just fled from Chang'an City to the outside of the city in a panic, and now they were still in an extremely scattered formation, and they were not prepared at all.

Before the soldiers could form their formation, the cavalry had already arrived a mile away, and it seemed that they were arriving in an instant.

Fortunately, several generals desperately urged, and the first row of spearmen finally lined up, holding spears, trembling at the cavalry that had rushed not far away.

They found that the earth seemed to tremble.

As the other party's figure got closer and closer, the dust and smoke billowed and drifted, like a giant beast, and it slammed into the Cao Jun formation.

The first platoon of cavalry collided fiercely with Cao's army's formation, and the sharp spears easily pierced their bodies, knocking them directly into the air with weapons, vomiting blood and falling into their own formation.

Even many people were simply torn apart from their fragile bodies, and their bodies were directly separated, and the fragments of their stumps were broken to the ground.

And next, there is an even more terrifying reality, that is, after the first row of spear formations was chiseled, the formation behind was completely disrupted, and many Cao soldiers were afraid of the iron horses, threw down their weapons and fled in all directions, crying and fleeing, and actually rolled up the entire queue.

Then, under the charging position of the cavalry, as soon as they made contact, they were directly defeated, not to mention the other soldiers around, seeing that the other party was crushed like a bulldozer, they had already run far away, and they did not dare to approach.

Ma Dai led thousands of cavalry, as if entering a no-man's land, and rushed straight into the entire Cao army's array.

Everywhere along the way, people turned over on their backs, Cao soldiers dodged one after another, no one was willing to touch their edge with their own lives, so the result of doing so could only be trampled into meat by the galloping horses, and there could be no second end.

In the chaos of the army, the horse's hooves trampled on the Wei pawn, and it was considered lucky to be killed by someone with a spear or ring-headed knife, and some unlucky eggs were hit by the horses, and their internal organs were directly broken, and some were trampled by the horse's hooves, and a big pit was sunken in their bodies. Others were directly brought down, and the bones were trampled out.

The steel torrent surged over, the ground was full of corpses and panicked Wei troops fleeing in all directions, the formation of more than 20,000 Cao Wei troops was in chaos in an instant, and even Zhong Xuan's convoy was not spared in the chaos, and was rammed by the fleeing Cao army around like a flat boat in the wind and rain, crumbling.

Ma Dai rode on horseback, and his sharp eyes immediately noticed the carriage not far away, and immediately shouted, and rushed towards it with more than a hundred knights. The guards around Zhong Xuan went up to intercept him fearlessly, wanting to cover Zhong Xuan's convoy to evacuate north.

However, as soon as they rushed over, they were directly hit by the iron horse, and Ma Dai personally killed two enemy generals, and then galloped his horses, slashed and killed the soldiers all the way, rushed to the side of Zhong Xuan's convoy, and chopped off the coachman with a knife.

Zhong Xuan was in the center of the formation at that time, and he, as the main general, must command in the formation. As a result, the eastern defense line was directly cut through by the iron cavalry, and the entire large array was suddenly in chaos, rushing his convoy to the point of almost scattering.

If it weren't for the guards who killed some of the rushing deserters, I am afraid that the horses that Zhong Xuan pulled the cart would have been robbed.

But there were people everywhere in the chaotic army, and even if the guards had eight hands, it was difficult for them to help Zhong Miao kill a bloody way, resulting in being targeted by Ma Dai, and he was directly killed in front of him.

The guards who originally carried the flag have long since disappeared, and the chaotic battlefield is full of people, scurrying like headless flies.

When his life is not guaranteed, no one cares about Zhong Xuan's safety anymore.

There was a curtain on the carriage, and Ma Dai rode on the horse, and opened it with a steel knife stained with blood, and saw an old and expressionless face.

He grinned and said, "Mr. Zhong, long time no see!" ”

Ma Dai has seen Zhong Xuan.

Zhong Xuan has been in Chang'an for many years, and has negotiated with them many times in order to alleviate the contradictions between Ma Teng and Han Sui.

After Ma Teng agreed to enter the imperial court as an official, before leaving, he left Ma Chao and Ma Dai to lead the Ma family army in Guanzhong, and when he said goodbye, he also went to Ma Dai, which was the last time he saw Zhong Xuan.

All of a sudden, it seemed like it was more than ten years ago.

Zhong Xuan let out a long sigh and said softly: "General Ma, I haven't seen you for a long time, Meng Qi is okay?" ”

"It's not very good, I just listened to Mr. back then, my uncle's family went to Chendu, and as a result, Cao Cao was killed in more than 300 mouths in Chendu, my brother wants to vomit blood every time he thinks of this matter, he misses Mr. very much."

Ma Dai glanced around.

The surrounding enemies have been slaughtered by the Iron Riders he brought.

Zhong Xuan was captured alive.

Farther away, Shen Chen's light cavalry had already arrived.

Because Cao's army was scattered by them, they could not form resistance at all.

After that, there was a great victory in the cavalry rank and tail chasing the infantry, and the rest of the generals were in command, and he did not need to do anything else.

Catching Zhong Xuan is a great achievement.

Zhong Xuan showed a wry smile on his face and said: "What happened back then should have been Meng Qi's fault, General Ma Teng has already promised to return to the imperial court, why should he launch a rebellion?" You don't know Cao Gong's temperament, knowing that General Ma Teng will be in danger, Meng Qi still insists on betraying the imperial court, which is not a wise choice. ”

"Now that Cao Pi has usurped the Han Dynasty, it means that what my brother said at the beginning was right. If you open your mouth and close your mouth to the court, where is your loyal Han court? Doesn't this mean that Cao Cao already has the heart of usurping the Han Dynasty, and you are all rebellious! ”

Ma Dai sneered, lowered the curtain, and waved his hand: "Go, enter the city, and send this traitor to the Governor!" ”

At that moment, several knights turned over and dismounted, two people squeezed into the narrow carriage to control Zhong Xuan, and the other drove the carriage in the direction of Chang'an City.

At the end of the day, it was even darker.

It was only at this time that Shen Chen stepped into the main hall of Weiyang Palace.

With the destruction of the southern city, the main force of the Han army entered Chang'an, united with the Zhao Yun Pang De department in the north, and is now strangling the Xiahou Mao department that has not yet left the city.

There was fire everywhere in the northern city, shouts and shouts of killing and shouting, and there were even horses' hooves surging outside the city.

The night breeze is howling, mixed with the heat of midsummer.

Countless Cao soldiers rushed in the wilderness, and no one fled together in a crowd, but they could disperse and disperse, and they could be a little farther away from the crowd.

At this time, it is not a good thing to have a lot of people, it will attract the attention of predators.

Only when the number of people is in the single digits will not arouse the interest of those Liangzhou cavalry who chase after and wantonly slash and kill, and their desire for human heads has reached the point of almost madness, so that they may escape.

"Report! General Lei captured more than 2,000 Cao troops and had pressed to Weiyang Palace. ”

"Report! General Dou killed the enemy general Fei Yao!"

"Report! The Cao army outside the gate was broken by our heavy cavalry. ”

"Report! General Zhao and Pang nearly broke through the Xuanping Gate and the Qingming Gate, and now there are tens of thousands of Cao's troops in the city. ”

"Report! General Ma captured Zhong Xuan alive. ”

"Report ......"

The latest battle reports continue to gather in Weiyang Palace, and good news comes from everywhere, which makes the army even more happy.

At the end of the day, the entire Chang'an City had fallen into Shen Chen's hands, and there were probably about 20,000 Wei troops in the city.

But they couldn't support it for long, because now the city gate in the south was controlled by Shen Chen, and the city gate in the east and north was controlled by Pang De and Zhao Yun, and it was almost impossible to fly in the huge Chang'an City of more than 20 square kilometers.

And at this juncture, the Cao army is almost exhausted, and with no one to lead them to fight back, Shen Chen can predict that most of the Cao army will only make one choice when they see that they are at the end of their rope - surrender on their knees!

The Han army could not talk about preferential treatment of prisoners, but at least Liu Bei's character was guaranteed. For so many years in the south, whether it was fighting with the Cao army or the Jiangdong army, he never killed a prisoner of war.

At the beginning, the Battle of Jingzhou and the Battle of Guanzhong captured many Cao soldiers, and some of them were unwilling to stay in the south, so they took the opportunity to flee back to their hometowns.

Then the fact that Liu Bei didn't kill the prisoners naturally spread slowly.

This is also a good thing in a way, because it will make it easier to destroy the enemy's resistance mentality, they know that stubborn resistance is probably a dead end, and if they surrender, with Liu Bei's reputation, they can still save a life.

Therefore, the enemy army that fought against Liu Bei's group would rarely fight to the death when they were exhausted, and this was the benefit of fame.

"Report!"

At this time, a quick horse reported: "General Pang personally beheaded Xiahou Mao, and most of the Cao army in the city has surrendered." ”

"Hmm."

Shen Chen sat on the side below the main hall of Weiyang Palace, and nodded slightly to express satisfaction when he heard the news.

Weiyang Palace is the residence of the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, and the main hall is the place where Liu Bang went to court, so it is naturally impossible for him to sit on the main seat.

At this time, several disciples below him had already returned, except for Wu Tao and Shan Yi, who were healing from a lot of injuries, Wu Dang, Huo Yang, Deng Ai, Jiang Wei and others were all sitting below.

Hearing this, Wu Dang suddenly smiled and said: "Governor Dadu, Zhong Miao was captured alive, Xiahou Mao was beheaded, we won a big victory, Chang'an City was gained, and Guanzhong was recovered." ”

"Hmm."

Shen Chen's face was not too happy, but he muttered: "Although Guanzhong has been recovered, let the Han return to the old capital." But don't be too happy, there are no people in Guanzhong for thousands of miles, and if you want to return to Kanto from Guanzhong later, you have to move the people back and cultivate grain and grass in order to make the grain road unblocked. ”

Deng Ai said: "Governor, I don't know what the situation is on His Majesty's side. Now that we have captured Chang'an, we can immediately send an army south to attack Lantian Valley, and then send people to Nanyang to report to Your Majesty, and we can attack left and right to open up the Wuguan. ”

"Yes, Grand Duke."

Jiang Wei also said: "If Wuguan can be opened, grain can be transported from Nanyang, which will be half the distance less than transporting grain from Hanzhong." ”

The direct distance from Hanzhong to Chang'an is actually only more than 200 kilometers, and from Nanxiang County in Nanyang to Chang'an, there are more than 300 kilometers, but Jiang Wei said that it is less than half the distance, which is a practical problem.

Wuguan is difficult to walk in the only area of Lantian Valley, Hanzhong is difficult to walk in the place is too much, take Chencang Road to go around a big circle, equivalent to the later generations from Hanzhong to Baoji, and then from Baoji to Xi'an, around such a circle there are more than 400 kilometers, it is indeed too troublesome to transport grain.

On the other hand, the road from Nanyang to Guanzhong is at least 200 kilometers wide, and only the generation from Shangluo County to Lantian County is slightly more difficult to walk. Therefore, on the whole, it is closer to transport grain from Nanyang to Guanzhong.

Shen Chen nodded slightly.

After a while, the sky was completely dark, and the whole hall was lit with candles.

The fighting outside was drawing to a close, and the turmoil and noise were much quieter than before.

The latest battle report has been reported.

Most of the Cao army in the city had indeed surrendered, and Zhao Yun, Pang De, and Ma Dai led the light cavalry to chase the Cao army that had broken outside the city.

The supplies, grain and grass of the Cao army in the city were all owned by them, and millions of stones of corn and grain were enough for them to enter the eastern part of the country.

The most important thing is that Chang'an City is taken now, so that it can cooperate with Liu Beijun in the direction of Nanyang, flank Cao Zhen in the area of Lantian Valley in Wuguan, and completely eliminate the Wei army entrenched in the Guanzhong area.

It wasn't until noon the next day that Pang De and Zhao Yun came back.

At this time, there were as many as 20,000 Cao troops captured in the city, plus the Cao army that had been killed and wounded these days, I am afraid that there were only more than 10,000 people who could escape back to the direction of Huayin.

The 50,000 elite soldiers in Chang'an City were almost wiped out. After Shen Chen and all the generals returned, a meeting was held in Weiyang Palace.

Everyone in the hall was beaming, and everyone sat cross-legged in their seats with smiling faces.

Shen Chen looked around at everyone and the first thing he said was.

"Ladies and gentlemen."

"Regain Guanzhong and return to the old capital!"

"We've made it!"

The moment he finished saying this, there was already a boiling below.

Half a year of hard fighting, finally with results!