Outside Chang'an City, inside Cao Zhangjun's camp.

Thousands of soldiers, dressed in shorts and with short knives in their mouths, stood in the middle of the battalion, all of whom were carefully selected elite fighters with extremely high water and melee combat capabilities.

Fortunately, it was the height of summer, and they only wore shorts, so they didn't feel cold.

Cao Zhang slowly walked at the front of the team, looking at the soldiers in front of him, their eyes were resolute, and they all had the confidence of victory.

Cao Zhang cleared his throat and began to speak to the soldiers: "Brothers, what you are doing now is going to be a very dangerous mission, you have to drill into the sewers of Chang'an through the river, sneak into the city, open the city gates, and give our other soldiers a chance to enter the city." ”

"Let's not hide it, we don't know the situation in the river, and whether Li Daojun's army will have ambushes and traps in the sewers in the city, so your trip is full of danger, please be careful!"

"As long as you can successfully open the city gate and let the army enter, it will be a great achievement in this battle, and there will be a heavy reward!" Cao Zhang finally promised the soldiers a heavy reward.

Cao Zhang turned to Yan Xing and Duan Xuan, who were standing in front of the team, and the water nature of the two of them was the best among the generals, so the task of leading the army to dive into the city this time was also handed over to them.

Cao Zhang waved his hand, and a soldier stepped forward with a tray and brought wine bowls to several people.

Cao Zhang picked up a bowl of wine and said sincerely: "General Zhongming (Duan Xuan's character), General Yanming, I will use this glass of wine to make a strong trip for you, I hope you will have a smooth trip and a success!" ”

Duan Xuan and Yan Xing raised their wine bowls and responded in unison: "You must live up to your son's trust!" Then he drank the wine from the bowl.

Cao Zhangyi waved his hand: "Let's go!" ”

Duan Xuan and Yan Xing, with 5,000 soldiers, quickly set off at night, drilled into different rivers, and dived towards Chang'an City.

In the camp, Cao Zhang also began to assign tasks to other generals.

"Brother Meng Qi, you take 10,000 soldiers, wait outside the south gate of Chang'an, once the city gate is opened, immediately lead your troops to seize the city gate, enter the city, and take the mansion of Marshal Li!" Cao Zhang first assigned Ma Chao a task.

"Oh, I'm going to take Li Dao's dog head to see me!" Ma Chao was full of confidence and accepted the task.

"Gongming, you also bring 10,000 soldiers and wait at the north gate of Chang'an. General Zhang Heng, you take the people of the headquarters at the west gate, and General Liang Xing, you take the people of the headquarters at the east gate. Cao Zhang then assigned tasks to the three of them.

Xu Huang, Zhang Heng, and Liang Xing stepped forward to receive the order together.

"Ma Envoy Jun and Han Envoy Jun, please take the soldiers and horses of your headquarters to patrol the city, and you must not let go of Li Dao and his henchmen." Cao Zhang then assigned tasks to Ma Teng and Han Sui.

The two of them commanded in unison: "Oh! ”

"Yuan Zhi, Bo Yan, Jun Lin, the three of you lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to hold the camp." Cao Zhang assigned tasks to Xu Shu, Xiahou Shang, and Xiahou Ru.

Seeing that Cao Zhang had never assigned tasks for himself, Xiahou Ba looked at him anxiously, but he didn't dare to make a sound, so he could only keep glancing at him.

"Zhongquan!" Finally, Cao Zhang finished assigning tasks to everyone and called out Xiahouba's name.

"The last general!" Xiahou Ba stepped forward excitedly, waiting for Cao Zhang's orders.

"Order three thousand soldiers, follow me, once the four gates are opened, they will fight into the city together, and go to meet Li Dao!" After all, Cao Zhang was closest to Xiahou Ba, and left him the task of relative arrangement and possible success.

Xiahou Ba was extremely excited and immediately accepted the order.

"Each will follow the order, but there is a strict order, you must abide by it, that is, you must not rob the people and kill innocents indiscriminately!" Cao Zhang emphasized military discipline to everyone.

Liang Xing showed a little dissatisfaction, and muttered to Zhang Heng beside him in a low voice: "Go into the city to grab things, rob women, we have been doing this for many years, why can't we do it now!?" ”

"Because in the past, everyone was divided by themselves, but now they are all officials of the imperial court, and we are here to recover Chang'an on behalf of the imperial court and restore the safety of the people, so we must not be violent! If anyone dares to disobey the order, I will not tolerate it, and I will not spare it! Cao Zhang re-emphasized his order very harshly.

Seeing Cao Zhang's stern attitude, everyone didn't dare to say anything more, and led in unison: "Yes!" ”

"Tonight we are going to break through Chang'an and kill Li Dao!" Cao Zhang finally stood up, raised his arms and shouted.

The generals also raised their arms together and shouted: "Kill Li Dao!" ”

……

In the gatehouse inside the east gate of Chang'an City.

Li Huan was lying on the bed, Li Ying was sprinkling wound medicine on his beaten buttocks, Li Huan always clenched his teeth and didn't say a word.

Li Ying sighed softly while sprinkling medicine: "It was originally such a close brother, what's wrong?" ”

"Brother, the way he looked just now, does he still look like he treats us as brothers?!" Li Huan finally spoke, but there was obvious resentment in his words.

"The 100,000 army outside the city may come in at any time, and not only does he not want to find a way for everyone to escape, but only brutal and bloody suppression, after Cao Zhang issued a heavy reward, don't you see how many soldiers are ready to move and want to kill him?!"

"He thought that the Flying Bear Army was loyal to him, but in fact, it was just me who found out that someone in the Flying Bear Army had an abnormality and wanted to kill him to receive a reward, so I rushed over to save him, but what happened? He actually wanted to kill me!? The more Li Huan spoke, the more angry he became.

Li Ying remembered Li Wei's actions just now, and he was also helpless, so he could only sigh softly, help Li Huan treat his wounds, and signal him to get up.

Li Huan sat up, looked at Li Ying anxiously and said, "Brother, at this time, do you still want to keep the so-called morality, continue to follow him, and follow him to death?!" ”

Li Ying looked at Li Huan helplessly: "Brother Huan, do you want to ...... again?"

"Cao Zhang's heavy reward, you also heard it, we don't move, naturally someone else wants to move him, why should we give away this good opportunity?!"

"What's more, with our relationship with him, if the city is broken, it will definitely be impossible to escape death, but if we kidnap him to surrender, not only will there be a glimmer of life, but also a reward, so why not?" Li Huan persuaded Li Ying.

Li Ying was also a little moved when he heard this, and hesitated and did not respond immediately.

"Brother, don't hesitate any longer, it was he who was unkind to us first, and he can't blame us for being unjust. Otherwise, we may not be able to wait for Cao Zhang's army to enter the city, and we will be killed by those soldiers who are greedy for rewards! Li Huan continued to persuade Li Ying.

Li Ying was finally moved by what Li Huan said: "But now that he has the Flying Bear Army guards by his side, he also ordered just now that no one is allowed to approach, where do we have a chance to start?" ”

Li Huan smiled: "Do you think the Flying Bear Army is really willing to accompany him to death?!" As long as you're willing to work with me, it's not a problem to deal with those Flying Bears at all! ”

Seeing that Li Huan was so confident, Li Ying finally made up his mind: "Okay, anyway, our son is dead because of him, so we don't need to accompany him to die, let's go out and do it!" ”