Although the vanguard of the Liang army had arrived at Chang'an City, they did not immediately encircle them.
The circumference of Chang'an City is nearly sixty miles. The city is so tall that ordinary people cannot break it with ants. This has been mentioned in detail in the previous article. In addition, there is a trench two feet deep and three feet wide outside Chang'an City to defend against enemies.
The first barrier is blocked by the Wang Canal in the east of the city. When Zhongzong built Shanglin Garden, he dug a ditch to divert water from Nanshan. At this time, it could also be used as a shield to prevent the Liang cavalry from crossing here.
What's even more terrible is that Chang'an also has a sub-city within the city, which is where hundreds of royal officials and forbidden soldiers live. Even if they attack Chang'an, the Liang people may not be able to capture Wang Yun immediately. This in turn brings difficulties to the Liang army who are pursuing a quick battle.
A layer of shadow.
Jia Xu was not in a hurry about this. He had no intention of attacking Chang'an forcefully. However, after negotiating with various tribes, he still surrounded Chang'an from all sides early the next morning. He sent Zhang Ji to attack Huaili, but Huaili was empty and very empty.
It was about to be occupied by Zhang Ji, and then Zhang Xiu led hundreds of light cavalry and headed towards Fufeng along the Weishui River. Countless barren mountains could be seen along the way, until Zhang Ji stopped for a moment in front of the ruins of Wubao that had turned into coke.<
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Perhaps the Xiwu was built too great. Although Lu Bu led his army to loot everything here, the Xiwu could not be completely destroyed. The ruins were filled with the aura of murderous silence. Zhang Ji sent people to search for it and found it.
After Lu Bu broke the fort, he filled the place with corpses and immediately worshiped in front of the pit. In just three months, the corpse pit was already overgrown with weeds.
But Zhang Xiu's mission was not to worship here. He led his army to continue westward, heading west for a hundred miles, and went straight to Chencang City. He shot an arrow to persuade the city to surrender. The defenders of Chencang City had received Dong Zhuo's favor, and when they saw the shooting
Shu, surrender to Kaicheng immediately.
When Jia Xu received the news, it was still on the morning of the seventh day of August. He was very happy when he received the news. He sent an order to everyone: "Chencang has been sent down, and we have our way back. Don't worry about the rear, just focus on
Focusing on attacking the city, this time we enter Chang'an. If we advance, we can take control of the artifact, and if we retreat, we can return to Longshang. What else is there to fear? What's more, the sign from the sky the day before yesterday means that we will definitely win. Please don't let down God's will!
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The morale of the army was further boosted, so they quickly began to encircle Chang'an.
Unlike Gaoling City, the Liang army with a force of 140,000 cannot besiege Chang'an from all sides. Considering that there is Ouchi in the north of the city, Weishui in the east, and Wangqu in the west, these three sides are not conducive to cavalry maneuvers, so after the military discussion,
The Liang people decided to leave some troops on three sides to block the city gates and build fences to prevent the defenders from escaping, and then placed the main troops on the south side of the city.
To the south of Chang'an City is a gently undulating mountain plain, called Longshou Plain, also known as Longshou Mountain. Legend has it that in ancient times, a black dragon meandered northward from Fanchuan, Chang'an, to the Wei River to drink water, and its tracks became Longshou Plain. As the name suggests,
, it rises abruptly from the west end of this mountain plain to the Wei River, like a dragon's head. Chang'an City is located on the northern slope of Longshou Plain, and the Liang people set up their camp at the highest point of Longshou Plain, and the cavalry went down the slope.
, you can be invincible.
Lu Bu in the city saw their intentions clearly. When the fences were being built on the other three sides, he suddenly opened the door and attacked, and then started a fierce battle with the Liang army who had built the fences. There was a loud killing sound outside the city, and everyone in the city was originally worried.
The uneasy citizens and princes and ministers were quite uneasy. They looked at the place where the killing sounds came from in the distance, imagining the scene of bloody battles in their hearts. Wang Yun hurriedly took off his autumn robe and went to the city to watch. After watching for a while, his expression remained unchanged.
came down. Everyone was speculating on the success or failure of the battle outside the door, but after listening for a while, the sound of fighting did not weaken, but became more and more intense, which made the people in the city more and more afraid.
At this time, Chang'an City has been under martial law. Except for the princes and court officials, no one is allowed to go out on the streets, and if there is a temporary recruitment, the people cannot refuse. But at such a tense moment, how could they not want to know what is happening outside the city?
What was the outcome of the war? So they all carried ladders and looked at the city wall from the courtyard wall, hoping to see something with their own eyes.
After about half an hour, the sound of fighting outside the city finally subsided. The people near Ba City Gate saw that the city gate was wide open, and the protruding cavalry withdrew from outside the city.
Lu Bu brought about 500 cavalry in this attack. He originally thought that the ones left here to build the fence were just a few miscellaneous soldiers. Unexpectedly, the Liang people did the opposite. Instead of placing their elite troops on the Longshou Plain, they placed them in the city.
A fence was tied in front of the door. These people were skilled in tactics, and were led by Li Ying, the injured brother of Li Jue. They used a triple spear formation with powerful crossbows. Except for the first charge, Lu Bu soon fell into the dilemma of having nowhere to attack.
, unable to expand the results.
But he was unwilling to withdraw his troops, so he led his cavalry to circle back and forth here, hoping to mobilize more Liang people to besiege him. Lu Bu was riding a tall and strong red rabbit horse, and he was wearing two levels of black and red armor.
Decorating the Iron Pocket with white feathers, it was very conspicuous under the city, and many people guessed that he was Lu Bu. As expected, the surrounding Liang people could not resist the temptation to capture the enemy general, and they all moved closer here, and Li Ying called out again
I can’t stop drinking.
As soon as the formation changed, a flaw was revealed. Lu Bu seized this opportunity and rode his horse to charge through a loose area. Unexpectedly, the cold men dared to counterattack. They were shocked and fired arrows at Lu Bu randomly. Lu Bu's actions
Many of the riders were shot and wounded, and the rest of the crowd dispersed. Lu Bu was also hit by more than ten arrows, but because of his thick armor, he did not suffer serious damage.
But this once again caused Lu Bu's formation to become longer. Gaishun, the commander of the Eagle and Harriers, was following behind, but it was impossible to support Lu Bu. At this time, Li Ying seized the opportunity, mounted his horse, and challenged Gaishun alone. Gaishun refused.
He dared to be careless, but he also held his ground and faced the attack. When the two horses were facing each other, they stabbed each other head-on, but both missed the first time. At this time, the two horses were already close to each other, and Li Ying quickly drew his sword and struck like lightning.
The knife hit Gaishun's bun, knocking it crooked and his hair spread out, just covering his face. Li Ying grabbed his hair, thrust the tip of the knife into his mouth, and smashed it.
The teeth and tongue penetrated all the way to the throat, and then he pulled it out with force, and blood suddenly gurgled out of his mouth. Li Ying successfully cut off Gaishun's head and took away his mount.
This was a huge blow to the morale of the cavalry leaving the city. Lu Bu was eager to kill, but he couldn't help cursing in his heart when he saw this, so he had to ride his horse to break through the encirclement, unite the cavalry into a group, and kill them back. When the Liang people saw Lu Bu
He came and went as he pleased, knowing that he could not be left behind, so he stopped pursuing him.
When Wang Yun heard the news of Gaishun's death, he felt very heavy. He said to the people accompanying him: "The position I am in now should belong to brother Yuan Gu (Gai Xun), but he died early and could not see Dong Zhuo.
If he dies, I can only reluctantly shoulder the heavy responsibility. But now I haven't even taken care of his children. Will he blame me?"
In addition to his father's legacy, Gaishun himself is also quite intelligent. He was responsible for attacking the camp and setting fire to it during the Battle of Jingshui. He made great contributions. Therefore, the court had high hopes for him and ordered him to assist Lu Bu like Xun You. Unexpectedly,
The first time he went out of the city to fight back, he was brutally killed, and all the officials sighed.
Lu Bu retreated hastily, and a dozen of his cavalry were trapped in a tight siege. They did not have time to follow him back to the city, so they were all taken prisoner. Jia Xu ordered people to torture him and learned a lot about the situation in the city. He also learned from the prisoners' mouths
, the deputy general Li Ying beheaded today was Gaishun, the son of Yilang Gaixun. So Jia Xu congratulated Li Jue and said: "Brother Li, your brother is so brave, I think the thieves in the city have been scared."
Li Jue's face was full of pride, but he was still modest: "A small victory, but not being able to enter Chang'an is all in vain."
Jia Xu smiled and immediately began to write a letter of surrender. He felt that he should take this opportunity to further weaken the morale of the city. As long as the morale of the defenders in the city fell to the bottom, the city would be captured naturally without a hard attack.
Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly Ge Feng, the military commander under Guo Si, came in and said that he had captured a prisoner and asked Jia Xu if he wanted to interrogate him personally. Jia Xu was quite surprised and replied that he was busy with important things and had no time to interrogate a prisoner.
The guard in the city. Unexpectedly, Ge Feng said that he was not the guard in the city, but that they captured him in the west of the city. He wanted to cross the fence and go to Chang'an City, but was discovered by the scouts. After a preliminary interrogation, he
He said that he was from Hedong, so Ge Feng felt that the matter was not trivial and immediately reported it to Jia Xu and Guo Si.
Hearing that they were coming from Hedong, the generals in the military tent immediately became energetic. Jia Xu waved his hands and asked people to bring the prisoner up quickly. The prisoner was wearing civilian short clothes, but he was not low in stature. There were bloodstains on his face.
I was whipped just now.
When Jia Xu saw him, he didn't go around in circles and asked directly: "Has Longshou personally brought his troops?"
The prisoner was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and replied: "With such a big disaster, how can Lord Chen be called the leader of the dragon if he doesn't personally send troops?"
Jia Xu smiled when he heard this, put him aside, and wrote a letter to persuade him to surrender. After he finished writing, he handed the letter to his chief historian, and then turned to Ge Feng and said: "What he told is a lie. You
Immediately push him out of the door and kill him, don't let him harm the morale of the army."
Ge Feng didn't know the meaning behind it. He clearly felt that catching this prisoner was a great achievement, so he came to see him. Unexpectedly, Jia Xu actually said that this man was a fake. He didn't dare to disobey him in the camp.
After arriving at the camp, he took the prisoners to find Guo Si and said to him: "Everyone says that Captain Jia is sharp, but sometimes he is confused. This is obviously an envoy from Bingzhou, so how can it be fake?"
Guo Si said: "It doesn't matter what is true or false. Anyway, he is not one of ours, so it won't be a big deal if he is killed."
Unexpectedly, at this time, his chief historian Hu Jing stepped forward and offered advice: "Have you forgotten, general, that Jia Jun deceived Lu Bu in Gaoling? Now Xijing is still holding on, but we still believe that Chen Chong can send reinforcements. We threaten this
If you ask him to go to the city and say that Bingzhou has been defeated, can you deceive him into taking the city?"
Guo Si was overjoyed when he heard this and ordered Ge Feng to handle the matter.
Ge Feng went to threaten the prisoner, and the prisoner agreed happily. So Ge Feng led more than ten cavalry to escort the prisoner to Anmen and asked him to shout to the city.
The Chang'an guards didn't know what tricks the Liang people wanted to play, so they all took their bows and crossbows and went to the city wall to prepare.
At this time, the prisoner said loudly: "I am Cao Weisheng, a soldier of Hedong County in Bingzhou. I am here under the orders of Chen Chong, the pastor of Bingzhou, a great Han Dynasty. I am here to announce to you that I, Bingzhou, have gathered 300,000 strong men from all over the state.
Tomorrow we will cross the river with troops and use force in Xijing, aiming to fight against the thieves until death! I hope that all the kings will be loyal to the court and stick to Xijing. As a Han official, I will die without death..."
Before the word "regret" was uttered, Ge Feng beside him knew that he had messed up the matter. He angrily hit Wei Sheng's mouth with the handle of his knife, smashing seven or eight of Wei Sheng's teeth in succession.
He was knocked to the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood. He wanted to open his mouth to speak again, but then he was hacked to death by several knights behind him.
But it was too late. Even though Wei Sheng only said it once, the guards on the city had probably heard it clearly. They were silent for a moment, and suddenly burst into loud cheers, like seeds that had been suppressed all winter, and finally
When I came into contact with the first drop of rain in the New Year, the cheers were deafening and soared into the sky. Although the people besieging the city behind me didn't know what happened, they all turned pale and their palms were weak when they saw this situation.
When Jia Xu learned of this situation, he said nothing for half a day.