Can I get to the other side?

"How could they come so fast!"

Inside the city gate tower, Ma Chao slapped the railing hard, his face full of shock and anger.

He had originally thought of withdrawing the soldiers of the Southern Suburbs Barracks back to Chang'an City, but the speed of the enemy's attack in the distance was far beyond his imagination.

At this speed, I'm afraid that before he can withdraw all the soldiers back to the city, the enemy will have already killed them under the city!

But if he orders the closure of the city gate now, it would be equivalent to abandoning the 30,000 people in the Southern Suburbs Barracks and letting them face the enemy's blade!

"Major General, what should we do now?"

"Make a decision quickly, the enemy is about to kill them under the city, and it will be too late if the city gate is not closed!"

Seeing that the enemy outside the city was getting closer and closer to Chang'an City, the guards beside Ma Chao couldn't help but urge him, looking extremely anxious.

Ma Chao held the railing tightly, struggling in his heart, but finally gritted his teeth and said, "Close the city gate!"

Even though he was so heartbroken that he was about to bleed, his reason told him that closing the city gate and defending Chang'an City was the best choice.

Because he didn't know the enemy's strength and origins at the moment, and many soldiers were drunk tonight, if he rashly led his troops out to fight the enemy, he would be defeated and even lose Chang'an City!

There are still 40,000 troops in the North Suburbs Camp. These people have enough time to withdraw from the North Gate to the city. As long as these troops are there, he still has hope of turning the tables!

"Close the city gate! Close the city gate--!"

The guards shouted loudly to the bottom of the city wall when they heard it.

Soon the city gate fell heavily, locking out many soldiers from the South Suburbs Camp who had not yet entered the city.

Many soldiers had just arrived outside the city after receiving the news of the withdrawal to the city. When they saw the falling city gate, they were all terrified.

"Don't close the gate! Don't close the gate!"

"We haven't entered yet!"

"Open the gate! The enemy is coming!"

"Which son of a bitch closed the gate!"

Many soldiers rushed outside the city and slapped the gate, because the enemy troops in the distance had already reached the Nanjiao military camp!

"Surrender and don't kill! Those who resist will be killed without mercy!"

Lv Bu rushed into the Nanjiao military camp first, killed several Xiliang soldiers who surrounded him with a halberd, and then shouted loudly.

Many other Han soldiers also shouted the same slogan after hearing this, and fought fiercely with the Xiliang army.

There was no suspense about the outcome of this battle.

The sudden fire had already caused the Xiliang army to fall into chaos. At this time, facing the Han army that was coming brazenly, they had no time to resist!

Of course, the most critical problem was that there was no one to command.

The 30,000 troops were like headless flies. Even if they had good combat effectiveness, they could not gather together to launch an effective resistance.

Therefore, the battle only lasted for about an hour before it ended. More than 10,000 of the 30,000 Xiliang soldiers were killed for resisting, and many were buried in the sea of ​​fire and trampled by the chaotic army. The remaining soldiers chose to lay down their weapons and surrender.

The casualties on the Han side were minimal.

After all, they had all the advantages, and with generals such as Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, and Zhang He personally leading the troops to fight and command, there was no possibility of failure.

When dawn broke, only the Han army was left outside the city to clean up the battlefield and set up camps, and flags were erected in the cold wind.

During this period, Ma Chao had been standing on the city gate tower and watching. He watched his elite troops being slaughtered and captured, but he could do nothing.

This made him so heartbroken that he wanted to go crazy!

But what made him even more angry was that he saw the flags erected by the enemy army outside the city, which were "Lu" flags and "Zhang" flags!

This is actually the troops of Lu Bu and Zhang Liao!

"How is it possible? Haven't Lu Bu and Zhang Liao been defeated by Pang De? How could they break through Tongguan and reach Chang'an City!"

"Where are the defenders of Tongguan? Where did they die?"

Ma Chao simply found it unbelievable. How could Zhang Liao and Lu Bu gather their troops again and break through Tongguan in such a short time after their defeat?

Could it be that they had pretended to be defeated before?

Ma Chao had all kinds of guesses in his mind, but at this moment he suddenly heard the shocked voice of his guards.

"Young, young general, look outside the city!"

Ma Chao looked up at the outside of the city, and then his eyes widened involuntarily.

Because the Han army outside the city had once again assembled and advanced towards Chang'an City, and Pang De was among the generals standing in front of the Han army!

Pang De rode out alone and shouted, "Ma Chao! You rebelled and rebelled against the court. Now your death is coming!"

"The court's soldiers have arrived. Why don't you give up resistance and surrender!"

"You can still keep your body intact!"

Hearing Pang De's shout, Ma Chao felt dizzy and had to stand firmly with the help of the railing.

At this point, he didn't understand what was going on!

What about defeating the court's troops and killing Lu Bu and Zhang Liao? These were all Pang De's lies!

This guy has secretly surrendered to the court!

"No wonder he took the initiative to ask to guard Tongguan before, no wonder he returned to Chang'an after only ten days, no wonder the barracks suddenly caught fire, no wonder the enemy suddenly came to kill us!"

"It's all because of him!!"

Ma Chao roared in a low voice, and the veins on his hands holding the railing bulged, and the surging anger almost drowned him!

Then he turned around and grabbed a bow from the back of the soldier on the side, bent the bow and nocked an arrow, and shot an arrow at Pang De, who was calling for formation outside the city!

"Traitor! Take your life!!"

Ma Chao had amazing arm strength and good archery skills. After roaring, he shot an arrow straight towards Pang De's head!

However, Pound was still a certain distance away from the city wall, and his own martial arts skills were not bad, so he easily dodged the arrow.

After he straightened up again, Pang De felt a surge of anger in his heart and scolded: "Ma Chao! Don't be so stubborn!"

"You imprisoned your biological father and deceived the entire army with lies, causing many people to lose their lives. Do you really have no shame at all?"

"If you still have a shred of conscience, release the old general as soon as possible, leave the city and surrender!"

"Otherwise, the day the city is destroyed will be the day you die without a burial place!"

Ma Chao was furious, pointed at him and yelled: "Pang De, shut up!"

"You traitor, traitor, evil thief, traitor!"

"I swear to eat your flesh and sleep on your skin! I will crush your bones and spread your ashes to vent the hatred in my heart!"

How could Ma Chao compromise and surrender? Not to mention that he still had more than 40,000 troops at his disposal. His hatred for Pound alone made it impossible for him to surrender!

Moreover, the crimes he committed will never be forgiven. Surrendering or not means death, and he will die standing up!

Seeing that it was useless to persuade him to surrender, Pound retreated into the formation.

He said to Sima Yi with regret on his face: "It's a pity that I couldn't capture the traitor alive last night and couldn't do my full work."

If Ma Chao could be captured alive last night, there would be no need to put in the effort to attack the city.

Sima Yi smiled and said: "General Pang does not need to blame himself. The fact that he was able to eliminate nearly half of Ma Chao's troops this time is all the credit of the general."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Zhang Liao and said, "Shuai Zhang, we have gained such a huge advantage relying on General Pang, now it's time to show the strength of our Han army."

"Do you have the confidence to break through Chang'an and capture the traitor Ma Chao?"

Zhang Liao laughed and said, "Just wait for what the military advisor said. We can't let the military advisor and General Pang take all the credit!"

"Prepare to attack the city—!"

Zhang Liao gave an order and the army began to change its formation.

"Woo-"

"Woo-"

"Woo-"

With the sound of three horns representing the attack, the army officially began to attack Chang'an City!

Catapults were pushed out one after another, and only a few "bang bang bang" sounds were heard. The catapults in the front were the first to launch an attack, launching a stone attack on the city wall.

Boulders weighing more than a hundred kilograms roared and smashed into the city wall and inside the city, making an earth-shattering noise and erupting with an astonishing momentum. .

"Ma Chao seems to be planning to defend the city."

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Chen Gong frowned and stared at Chang'an City in the distance, and couldn't help but remind Zhang Liao: "Chang'an City is the most powerful city in the world. It will not be easy to capture it by force."

As the imperial capital, Chang'an City is the most majestic and solid city in the world. It is extremely difficult to break through. The best strategy is to besiege it instead of attack it.

Zhang Liao nodded, indicating that he understood.

Of course he knew that Chang'an City was not easy to break, but the soldiers of Xiliang drank a lot of wine last night to celebrate the "victory" and were in fear all night because of the enemy's attack. Now was a good time to attack.

If you are lucky, you may not be able to conquer Chang'an in one fell swoop and avoid months of time-consuming and labor-intensive siege.

The army divided into two groups and attacked from the east gate and south gate respectively.

Zhang He was responsible for attacking the east gate.

The south gate was the battlefield commanded by Zhang Liao. Under his command, an army of 10,000 took the lead in attacking the south city wall.

However, they did not rush to Chang'an City in one fell swoop, but held up the shields in their hands and marched towards Chang'an City step by step.

Behind them, soldiers, under the cover of shield soldiers, pushed several jinglan vehicles about two feet high to the front of the battlefield.

In addition, the catapults were also constantly throwing huge stones, suppressing the defenders on the city wall so that they did not dare to show their heads, allowing the Han army to continue to approach the city.

Ma Chao on the city wall was squatting under the wall stacks to avoid the attacks of catapults, while occasionally showing his head to look at the enemy troops outside the city with an ugly look on his face.

In his mind, his Xiliang Army can be regarded as the most elite in the world's army, but the Han army in front of him gave him a feeling no less than his own Xiliang Army.

Even worse!

These can be seen mainly from two aspects. On the one hand, it lies in the Han army's grasp of the rhythm of the attack and the cooperation between the soldiers.

This is the strength that only an army of hundreds of battles can have!

At this time, the vanguard of the Han army had entered the shooting range of the archers on the walls of Chang'an City.

Seeing this, Ma Chao immediately ordered: "Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow—!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a continuous sound of bowstrings on the walls of Chang'an City, and tens of thousands of arrows were fired towards the vanguard of the Han army.

However, Zhang He was already prepared for this and ordered: "Arrow attack! Raise your shield!"

After hearing this, the Han soldiers squatted down one after another and raised their shields in front of their bodies to resist the arrows.

For a while, there was an endless stream of tinkling sounds.

When the arrow rain ended, Ma Chao was shocked to find that this wave of arrow rain did not cause many casualties to the Han army!

Either blocked by their shields or blocked by the armor on their bodies, only a few unlucky ones were shot at the joints and gaps in the armor.

"How come their armor is so strong!"

This scene shocked Ma Chao deeply, because it was the first time for him to fight head-on with the army of the emperor of Yecheng, which completely overturned his previous impression of the strength of the imperial army.

Although the rain of arrows from the defenders was huge, the soldiers of the Han army did not lose their composure at all, and continued to advance the front line in an orderly manner.

Such a scene made Ma Chao on the tower feel more crisis.

Calm, too calm.

It seemed that the Han army in front of them was already a commonplace to endure the rain of arrows from the enemy. Almost no one messed up their formation in front of this rain of arrows, even when they saw their comrades fall.

Once someone fell, someone immediately filled in, and the whole process was coordinated very tacitly.

"Prepare to advance!"

When the rain of arrows ended, Zhang Liao immediately commanded more soldiers to take this opportunity to approach the city wall and close the distance.

But Pang De said at this time: "Wait a minute, General Zhang! This is just Ma Chao's trick to lure the enemy. He will launch a second arrow attack next!"

"What?"

Zhang Liao was shocked. Archers and crossbowmen need to rotate and reload arrows and crossbows. They have just survived several waves of arrow rain. It is time to take advantage of this gap to advance quickly.

But before he could ask questions, he saw the defenders on the city wall shooting another large wave of arrow rain toward the outside of the city, just as Pang De said just now!

If the Han army had relaxed its vigilance and advanced forward, it would have certainly killed and injured many soldiers. It can be said that Pang De perfectly predicted the enemy's actions.

Seeing Zhang Liao and the generals looking at him in surprise, Pang De said, "I know Ma Chao. This is his usual tactic."

"He used to use this tactic when attacking a city. He would wait until the enemy's archers finished shooting and then enter the battlefield, and only use half of them to shoot."

"When the enemy's archers have loaded their arrows and are ready to fight back, the remaining half will estimate the time and take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to launch a volley."

When Pang De said this, he paused and continued, "There are many people who are good at archery in the Xiliang Army, which is different from ordinary armies."

"General, you need to be cautious."

After hearing Pang De's reminder, Zhang Liao's understanding of Ma Chao and the Xiliang Army deepened to a higher level, and he immediately became extremely vigilant.

After all, if he was careless, the price he paid would be the lives of his soldiers!

After waiting for a long time, the rain of arrows finally ended completely.

While the rain of arrows from the Xiliang army stopped, the Han army began to charge forward fiercely, rushing towards the walls of Chang'an City.

The original advancement speed was thus accelerated!

At the same time, the Han army archers who were originally advancing slowly also quickly rushed to the shooting point and launched waves of arrow rain attacks towards Chang'an City.

For a time, arrows rained down on the southern wall of Chang'an City, and the soldiers on the wall were suppressed and could no longer maintain shooting.

The Han army also took this opportunity to advance to the city of Chang'an!