Early the next morning, Ma Teng ordered the whole army to attack the city, and the war horses galloped back and forth, and the arrows rained down on the city.

Running is one of the signature tactics of the Xiliang Army, and the requirements for cavalry are extremely high, and I dare not say that it is one in a hundred, at least one in a hundred.

The cavalry bent their bows and arrows on galloping horses, not only to shoot far, but also accurately!

While suppressing the defenders of the city with bows and arrows, the troops were divided to fill the moat, and the Xiliang army carried sandbags, wood and stones, and prepared to build a pontoon bridge.

In the sound of earth-shattering drums and the neighing of war horses, Chang'an City was surrounded by flying dust, filling the air, as if the end was coming.

Zhong Xuan and Zhang Ji looked solemn, although Chang'an City was strong, the number of defenders was too small, and many people were injured by stray arrows, which was not enough to defend the city, and sooner or later it would be broken by the Xiliang army.

It was almost noon, and suddenly the sound outside the city stopped, the sound of drums, horses, and fighting stopped one after another, and as the dust gradually fell, I saw the Xiliang army throwing down sandbags and stones all over the ground, and the whole team went west.

Zhang Ji was overjoyed and said: "It must be General Cao's reinforcements rushing back, and they came in time." ”

Zhong Xuan also let out a sigh, stroked his beard and sighed: "God helps the prime minister!" ”

Zhong Jin hugged his fists and said: "Ma Teng retreated, you can take advantage of the chaos to rush and kill, I am willing to lead the troops to meet General Cao and go to chase the enemy." ”

Zhong Miao frowned slightly, and wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, Zhong went to Chen Cang and made a big mistake, just to make meritorious service for his crimes, and waited for Cao Hong to enter the city before he could intercede for him.

At this time, the city had seen the dust in the distance, the flag fluttering, and the reinforcements were about to arrive, so they allocated 2,000 troops to meet Cao Hong.

Zhong Jin was overjoyed, and led the troops out of the south gate to welcome Cao Hong, preparing to chase and kill the Xiliang army with him and kill the enemy for meritorious service.

Three miles out of the city, I saw a large group of people and horses galloping in front, all of them were Cao Jun's soldiers, and they hurriedly urged them to step forward.

"General Cao, the last general......" Zhong Jin stood on the side of the road, shouting, waiting for the leader of the troops to approach, and suddenly his face changed greatly: "You, you are ......"

"Haha, General Zhong, don't come to harm?" The person who came first, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, was Ma Tie.

Zhong Jin was stunned, and before he could react, he had been urged by Ma Tie to get closer, and the spear shook and picked off the horse.

"Kill!" Ma Tie roared, and led the army straight forward.

The two thousand Chang'an defenders behind were also dumbfounded, how could they start with their own horses?

They were originally left-behind soldiers, and they were caught off guard in a hurry, and they couldn't stop the wolf-like Xiliang army, so they were scattered by Ma Tie with a charge and fled in all directions.

Zhong Miao and the others were watching from the city, and suddenly saw the confusion of people and horses in front of them, and they were wondering to themselves, the cavalry had arrived at the city, and rushed straight into the city.

"It's not good, that's Ma Ma Ma ......" Zhang Ji's eyes were sharp, and he saw that under the banner of "Cao", it was Ma Tie.

He has met with Ma Teng many times, first persuaded Ma Teng and Han Sui, and then went to Chencang several times to persuade Ma Teng to take office in Xuchang, glorifying his ancestors, and he is also familiar with the father and son.

Zhong Xuan was shocked, and hurriedly ordered: "Quickly pull the suspension bridge and close the city gate!" ”

But the speed of the cavalry was extremely fast, and by the time the soldiers pulled the ropes and were about to raise the drawbridge, Ma Tie had already jumped up on his horse, drew his sword and cut the ropes, and rushed straight to the gate of the city, killing the panicked defenders.

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At the same time, the retreating Xiliang army went and returned, galloping all over the mountains and field horses, all rushing towards the south gate, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

"Let's go!" Zhong Xuan immediately made a decision, turned around and ran towards the east gate.

Half of the only defenders were killed and scattered out of the city, and Chang'an City has been described as a fictitious, don't look at Zhong Xuan's nearly sixty years old, but he runs like a fly.

Ma Tie killed into the city, did not care about chasing the enemy, first led the troops to control the south gate, let the army and horses enter the city, Ma Teng ordered Ma Xiu to take over the other three gates, and led the troops straight to the palace.

The Xiliang army rushed into the palace, robbed and killed everywhere, crying and shouting, some of these soldiers were Qiang, and they were even more brutal, and when they saw the woman, they dragged three or five people into the room together, making a wolf-like funny laugh.

Zhang Ji took his family and family members out of the back door, preparing to escape from the north gate, and just arrived at the door, Ma Xiu led troops to block it.

Zhang Jiyan said: "I made peace with Han Sui for Lingzun, avoided fighting, and tried my best to show General Ma's merits. ”

Ma Xiu raised his gun and scolded: "Zhang is a dog thief, you have repeatedly deceived my father and son, you have a honey belly sword, and you dare to shake your lips here, if we went to Xuchang a few years ago, I am afraid that we would have been in a different place, and the culprit is you villain." ”

Zhang Ji sighed helplessly: "There is a wrong, there is a debtor, I am willing to accept my fate, please let go of my family and children." ”

"If my father and son go to Xuchang, can Cao Thief spare my life?" Ma Xiu looked up to the sky and laughed sharply, beckoning: "Release the arrow!" ”

I couldn't help but say that the Xiliang army fired arrows in unison, shooting Zhang Ji and his family to death, and a corpse fell at the city gate.

Since Sun Qian went to Chencang and analyzed the pros and cons for them, every time Ma Xiu thought of Zhang Ji's earnest persuasion, he was afraid that if he had taken a wrong step before, he would have been doomed.

At this time, when he encountered this initiator, he was even more merciless, waving his hand and saying: "Throw it to the mass grave to feed the wolves." ”

In the evening, Ma Teng had already taken Chang'an City, and he was on the list of Anmin and rewarded the three armies.

In the Weiyang Palace, Ma Teng celebrated with the generals, Chang'an was the place where the Han Dynasty built the capital, and it was of great significance to take this capital, and everyone was excited.

Ma Xiu sighed: "Liu Qi is far away in Jingzhou, and he can expect to take Chang'an, thanks to that trick." ”

"This is Zhou Yu's plan to take the Lujiang River, it's not that he doesn't know, but he doesn't care about it!" Ma Teng held the wine glass and snorted slightly, and said disdainfully: "Liu Qi picks up people's teeth and wisdom, what is the way?" ”

Ma Xiu and Ma Tie glanced at each other, shook their heads and smiled, this old man has the best face, he has always been a dead duck with a hard mouth.

Ma Tieyan said: "But we can take Chang'an, and half of Liu Qi's credit is indispensable, and this favor must be remembered." ”

"This is true, if Liu Qi hadn't contacted us first, and personally attracted Cao Hong to send troops, how could he have succeeded?"

Ma Teng nodded seriously this time, and said angrily: "This person's ability is probably above Liu Xuande, and the revival of the Han family is hopeful!" ”

Ma Tie also killed happily in this battle, and laughed: "Liu Qi gave us such a big gift, if we don't thank us, I'm afraid that people will laugh at me Xiliang people who don't repay their kindness, this year's horses in Tianshui Racecourse are good, why don't you give him a batch?" ”

"This is natural!" Ma Teng nodded without hesitation, "Jingzhou is the most short of war horses, in the future, my Xiliang horses can be sent from Wuguan to Nanyang, help Liu Qi with a hand, and go out of the Central Plains together to break the Cao thief." ”

Speaking of Cao Bing, Ma Xiu put down his wine glass and reminded: "Cao Hong will return to help in a day or two, and Cao Cao will not give up, there will be a vicious battle in Chang'an, so send someone to report to the eldest brother as soon as possible and ask him to lead the troops to support." ”

"Meng Qi guards Xiliang, don't leave lightly!" Ma Teng waved his hand and said with a smile: "Cao Thief has led his troops to Huainan, but Cao Hong is not afraid?" If the thief arrives in person, it is not too late to transfer troops. ”

Ma Tieyan said: "Why don't you ask Han Sui to help?" ”

Ma Teng sneered: "Although I shook hands with Han Sui and made peace, after all, it was not my own horse. Guanzhong was won by my father and son, so why bother with outsiders? ”

The two brothers thought about it, and dispersed the banquet early, ordering the soldiers to strengthen their vigilance and wait to meet Cao Hong.