Three Kingdoms

On the Chang'an city wall, the alarm gong was beating loudly!

In a sudden emergency, the soldiers guarding the city had no sharp weapons at their disposal. Rolling stones, wood, etc. were still piled in the middle of the city wall. There was no time to move them, and they could only move them under the orders of the officers on duty. , hurriedly organized some archers, and shot hard!

In order not to arouse the suspicion of the defenders, these people brought by Fan Chou were all unarmored and had almost no defense ability under the bows and arrows. Immediately, several of them were shot by bows and arrows and fell down under the suspension bridge with a scream. The water splash turned red in the blink of an eye.

But when the Chang'an defenders were caught off guard, more Xiliang soldiers rushed in after Fan Chou, shouting and fighting bravely, killing all the panicked defenders.

While Fan Chou was slashing, he suddenly felt his eyes light up, and he immediately realized that he had broken out of the Zhangping Gate and rushed into the city wall of Chang'an City!

The long-standing shortcomings of Chang'an's peace finally emerged. In order to accommodate more people, and because of the limited land within the city wall, even many private houses were forced to be built outside the city. Even the original Changxin Palace, They had no choice but to dismantle a section of the city wall before moving it to the north. With so much land and so much money, how could there be any extra land to build an urn city?

What's more, in order to solve the problem of Chang'an's growing population, and to solve the problem of local tyrants in the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang started an initiative, constantly moving wealthy people from various regions to the capital. If they couldn't fit within the city walls, they would move around , especially the mausoleum built next to the emperor's own cemetery, which also had city walls and basic urban functions.

Even after the Wang Mang Rebellion, the tomb system of imperial mausoleums in Chang'an City still survived. Even after several wars, these tombs still functioned as satellite towns of Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, in fact, the current Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty is not a city, but a huge urbanized commercial, economic and political collection formed by seven small tombs and a main city. Among the seven tombs, five were larger and more prosperous, concentrated on the north bank of the Weihe River. At that time, there were many wealthy people from all over the country, and it was not uncommon for them to compete for wealth and strength, so it left a mark in the poem. The term "Wuling Boy" comes from this.

It is no exaggeration to say that a city of this size, with its huge population base and advanced urban structure, stood at the pinnacle of the entire world at a time point around 200 AD.

Therefore, the so-called city defense of Chang'an is not only the defense of one big city, but also the defense of a total of eight cities, one large and seven small, on both sides of the Wei River. Although the total number of troops is quite large, they are dispersed to various tombs, that is, It's relatively hard to see.

In general, Chang'an City is the only super city in the world without an outer city wall!

And now the city wall of the main city that Fan Chou is attacking is equivalent to the inner city of Chang'an, and the city wall surrounding Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace is the imperial city...

Therefore, after breaking through the Zhangping Gate, the inner city of Chang'an City was broken!

The Xiliang rebel army actually stepped into Chang'an, the capital of the Han Dynasty!

Fan Chou was suddenly in a trance. He came in so smoothly, even he was a little unexpected.

Suddenly, a black light came from the corner of Fan Chou's eyes. Fan Chou, who was experienced in fighting on the battlefield, instinctively turned his body to one side before his brain gave the order!

However, the speed of the arrows shot was still too fast. Fan Chong, who was a little distracted just now, was not able to dodge completely. The arrows streaked across his chest, and the sharp blade cut through Fan Chong's Ge Buyi, and also scratched out. There was a bloody mouth, and blood immediately poured out.

Under a round of arrows from the top of the city, several of the guards around Fan Chou had no time to dodge. Some were shot in the limbs and screamed in pain. Some were directly shot in the vital parts, and immediately He fell to the ground with a groan.

Without even thinking about it, Fan Chou immediately grabbed a corpse from the ground and held it in front of him like a shield. He quickly rushed towards the city wall along the corridor next to the city gate and shouted loudly: "Grab the city wall! Kill them all! Chang'an city is broken! Chang'an is broken!"

On both sides of the city wall, one side is the horse path, which is gentle but long, and the other side is the military path, which is steep but has stairs going up.

Fan Chong held the corpse and shrank behind it. He only heard a popping sound. He didn't know how many arrows were shot at the corpse at one time. The elites who followed him around him were shot from time to time, and they screamed before they fell down the stairs. Down.

The Xiliang soldiers rushing towards the city wall all knew that this short stretch of road was the Huangquan Road between life and death. There was no hesitation or relaxation at all. They each opened their legs and ran up in three steps. !

The blood of the dead flowed down the stairs. Fan Chong rushed to the top of the city with bloody footsteps one step at a time, like a wounded beast, carrying the corpse on his head!

As soon as Fan Chou stepped onto the top of the city wall, he pushed the corpse towards the spearmen lined up in front, then hid behind the corpse and crashed into the spear array guarding the city head!

Almost instantly, the spearman who was close to him was slashed and hacked by Fan Chong, and was defeated. Blood flowed everywhere like it was free, and a gap was immediately opened.

The Xiliang soldiers who were closely following Fan Chou rushed in frantically along the gap and started fighting regardless. In such a small area of ​​​​the city, the chaotic defenders were gradually overwhelmed by Fan Chou's Xiliang soldiers. Suppressed, the constant casualties gradually depleted the morale of the defenders, and they gradually retreated...

Every step back by the city defenders gave the Xiliang soldiers who rushed up the city wall more space. Coupled with Fan Chou's bravery, it didn't take long for the soldiers on top of the city to be either hacked to death or turned around. escaped.

The second batch of Xiliang soldiers hiding behind rushed up, and Fan Chou's strength was immediately strengthened.

Fan Chou commanded his soldiers to immediately start burning the city gate tower. On the one hand, it meant that Chang'an City had been breached, creating greater chaos. On the other hand, it also used this as a signal to notify the troops in the distance...

At this moment, the defenders in other places in Chang'an City were also alerted. Gongs were ringing everywhere and urgent summons were sounded. However, with the fall of Zhangpingmen, many people who did not know what was going on were panicking and chaotic. Running around, the streets are full of panicked people running around, bumping around like headless flies, overturned cargo loads, knocked down trucks, and all kinds of debris scattered everywhere. yes.

Whether it was man-made or unintentional, several fires broke out in the neighborhoods of Chang'an City, and thick smoke suddenly billowed, adding to the commotion of many people, screaming, running wildly, trampling, and many people even He did not die under the sword, but was trampled to death by his friendly neighbors...