The crimson rooster announces the dawn, and the green clouds and fur are revealed before the clothes are still on.
The nine heavens closed the palace, and all the nations wore clothes and bowed their heads.
The sun has just come and the fairy palms are moving, and the cigarettes are floating next to the dragons.
After the court is over, the five-color edict must be issued, and the sound of the sword must be returned to Fengchitou.
In the Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei once wrote magnificent poems to praise the prosperity of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty.
Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty was far less majestic than Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty.
As a city that is eight out of ten and is home to royal palaces, its historical significance in the Han Dynasty is actually the same as that of Luoyang, which was just a royal palace for the emperor.
However, as hundreds of thousands of people around Chang'an were moved into the city, the already crowded Xuanpingmen and East and West Markets became even more chaotic.
Chaos filled the entire city, and even the atmosphere in the palace was quite solid at this time.
Although the Kwantung Army was divided and the main force of Liu Bei's 50,000 troops was not here, Dong Zhuo still faced great pressure.
He has only 20,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and the Kwantung Army troops and horses outside the city are also 20,000.
But there were undercurrents surging inside Chang'an City. The new batch of new troops were not trustworthy at all. People's hearts were at war with each other. Dong Zhuo had no one he could trust except his own troops.
Under the increasing pressure from the Kwantung Army and Zhu Jun, Dong Zhuo lost his temper and killed several officials in a few days. The situation in the entire court became extremely tense.
It's a bit like an unsolvable circle. Since entering Chang'an, several officials have organized dead soldiers to assassinate him several times.
Dong Zhuo also once heard that some officials secretly colluded with the Kwantung Army, secretly trained slaves and dead soldiers, and agreed that once the Kwantung Army entered, they would immediately cooperate with each other and open the city gate.
Even the powerful locals in Chang'an were waiting to see his joke and were ready to backstab him at any time.
A lot of pressure is gathering on me.
Now Dong Zhuo is riding a tiger with no way to get off, and there is no way to retreat.
Because his hometown, Xiliang, was occupied by Han Sui and Ma Teng, it was basically impossible to go west to Liangzhou.
Hedong County, which had been in office for many years and had a solid foundation for governance, was captured by Zhu Jun again.
Even Niu Fu was driven away.
Not to mention the east side, he just ran out of Luoyang.
Unless he goes south to attack Liu Yan.
However, if Liu Yan didn't come to beat him, it would be a big deal, let alone go and provoke him.
Therefore, Dong Zhuo had no choice but to defend Chang'an.
There was a dead atmosphere in the court hall, and all the officials waited tremblingly for the end of the court meeting.
During today's court meeting, Dong Zhuo wanted to see if the officials and ministers had any strategies for retreating from the enemy.
After all, these people have all taken refuge in him in name only.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, everyone was silent and could not think of any strategy.
Maybe.
It's not that they don't have a strategy at all, but they are all looking forward to his death.
"Why, are you all mute?"
Dong Zhuo looked at them coldly and said indifferently: "On weekdays, all of you say you dare to die for the imperial court. Now the traitors are almost coming to Chang'an. Why are you silent?"
No one spoke.
Seeing this scene, Dong Zhuo's face became increasingly ugly, and his right hand slowly reached for the knife at his waist.
Seeing this scene, Wang Yun, as the new Situ, had to stand up and said bravely: "Master, the Kwantung Army are all ambitious and rebellious officials and traitors. Even the emperor's edict is in vain. Fighting with them , it is imperative to do it. But General Wei has always been loyal to the emperor and patriotic, so it would be better to issue an edict and order him to come to Chang'an."
"oh?"
Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru and Yan Zhong who were standing not far away. Seeing them nodding slightly, he said: "Okay, then please ask the emperor to issue an edict to let Zhu Jun come to Chang'an!"
"Dismiss the dynasty!"
As soon as these words came out, many officials felt relieved and left the palace one by one.
After leaving the palace, Yang Biao frowned and said to Wang Yun: "Master Wang, how could you come up with such an idea? If Zhu Jun really obeys the imperial edict, wouldn't it mean that all the soldiers and horses who are loyal to the emperor and patriotic will be ruined?"
Wang Yun smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Wen, you have also seen that if we don't say something or do something, then Dong Zhuo will definitely kill us all. This man's cruelty is rare in the world, and you don't want to Die."
"snort."
Yang Biao snorted coldly and said: "A man was born in heaven and earth, how can he be greedy for life and afraid of death?"
Wang Yun shook his head: "I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid that Thief Dong will be crazy and hurt His Majesty."
"this......"
He immediately figured out Yang Biao's weakness and sighed: "Well, I can only hope that the Kwantung Army can enter the city in this battle."
Next to him, including Liu Yu, Ma Rixi, Zhongfu and other three nobles and nine ministers, also sighed.
Ever since the Kwantung Army arrived around Chang'an, Dong Zhuo began to strictly control the entire city. He not only burned a large number of residential areas outside the city, but also burned the streets and lanes around Chang'an to the ground, and also blocked the city gates.
Since most of the land in the inner city is occupied by the imperial palace, Dong Zhuo's troops only need to control the residential area of Xuanpingmen and the east and west cities next to Hengmen and Yongmen to ensure the stability of the city.
Therefore, even if the princes of the imperial court want to take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble at this time, it is already difficult.
Firstly, they were unable to contact outside the city, and secondly, there was insufficient strength to oppose Dong in the city.
As a result, they could only place their hope on the Kwantung Army.
Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Bao Xin had already divided their troops outside the city. They cut down trees from the mountain forest outside the city, which was later known as Hongqing Mountain, and made siege equipment, mainly ladders.
Chang'an City is very tall, but it is also very big.
Even if they only attack the east and south, the area Dong Jun has to defend is more than ten kilometers long.
The Red Eyebrow Army of the Western Han Dynasty attacked Chang'an, and Emperor Gengshi fled far away alone.
In the Tang Dynasty, when Anlu Mountain attacked Chang'an, smoke and dust arose from the Jiuzhong City Tower of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, and thousands of horses rode southwest.
So why are many passes so difficult to defeat, while magnificent cities like Chang'an and Luoyang are easier?
Twenty thousand people sounds like a lot, but compared to the majestic Chang'an City, it is as small as countless ants.
If there are few people attacking a city, there will be even fewer people defending it.
Dong Zhuo had to leave some of his strength to defend the city, so he could send only more than 10,000 troops to defend the city.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! These more than 10,000 people were divided into the South City and the East City. Each city wall was several kilometers long, and there were sparsely guarded soldiers. The two sides did not seem to be on the same side.
A siege battle is like a stage play.
After noon, the siege finally began.
Sun Jian took the lead and led the five thousand dead men in Danyang to launch the most violent attack outside Xuanping Gate. A series of ladders were set up on the city wall and began to climb up.
Dong Jun's archers rained down like raindrops, screams and wails kept coming, and corpses were everywhere under the city.
Cao Cao led his five thousand troops and dispersed to the city.
Cao Hong, Xia Houdun, Xia Houyuan and others each led a thousand men to find breakthrough points outside the extremely long Chang'an City and continuously launched attacks.
Dong's army on the city wall was exhausted, constantly coming and going to organize resistance. Although the fighting was not intensive, the fighting was particularly fierce. Dong Zhuo even supervised the battle on the city wall himself.
Because there are too many city gates in Chang'an, once any group of Kwantung Army lands on the city and opens a city gate at will, the consequences will be extremely terrible.
The battle lasted all afternoon, and in the evening, under heavy casualties, the Kwantung Army had no choice but to retreat.
Sun Jian almost climbed onto the city wall several times today, but was repelled by Dong Zhuo himself. All four generals were injured, and even Sun Jian himself almost died in battle.
The battle situation on Cao Cao's side is not very good either. Their siege equipment is too crude. Although the ladder has been improved and has a hook on it that can hook the city wall, what is the concept of a twelve-meter city wall?
Without any interference, it would take an ordinary person more than ten seconds to climb the ladder. Even a well-trained soldier would take at least more than twenty seconds to climb up.
But the defenders on the city wall are not just stupid people. Whether they throw rolling stones and wood, shoot with bows and arrows, or stab with spears, there are always ways to defend.
Therefore, the city wall of Chang'an City has both advantages and disadvantages.
For the defenders inside, the disadvantage is that the city wall is too long in depth and there is too much area to defend.
The advantage is that the city wall is very high, which relieves a lot of pressure on defending the city.
At least they don't have to worry about the enemy attacking if they don't pay attention.
The strong attack failed, and Cao Cao tried to outwit him.
After resting for a day, he led his soldiers on the second night to continue attacking the city during the night.
This move is indeed difficult to prevent, because Cao Cao chose the corner between Fu'anmen and Anmen, which connects Changle Palace, to sneak up to the top of the city.
Such a large city wall cannot be defended by just 20,000 people in the city, but he actually found an opportunity.
By the time Dong Zhuo received the news, Changle Palace had already fallen.
Anmen was opened, and Bao Xin's soldiers and horses were the first to rush in, followed by Sun Jian and Cao Cao's main army. Twenty thousand people swarmed into Chang'an City, and the entire Chang'an fell into riots.
The long-suppressed anger seemed to be ignited overnight, and the first thing to happen was Dong Zhuo's new army stationed near the arsenal outside Weiyang Palace.
Compared with Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army and the two armies of the North and South that he later accepted, the new army was composed of Sanhe soldiers recruited when he was in Luoyang and Sanfu soldiers recruited after arriving in Chang'an.
Many of these soldiers had a deep hatred for Dong Zhuo, and were gradually infiltrated by the princes of the court. Once they were incited, they immediately calculated their family hatred and the country's hatred, and started making noises one after another.
For a moment, the entire city was like a barrel of explosives, with people setting fires everywhere to create chaos.
Hearing that there was chaos outside the Weiyang Palace, and hearing that the soldiers who reported the news said that the Kwantung Army had entered the city, Dong Zhuo thought that the Kwantung Army had already entered the Weiyang Palace, and he couldn't help feeling that his liver and gallbladder were split, as if the sky was falling and the earth was falling.
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Finally, under Li Ru's reminder, Dong Zhuo hurriedly led hundreds of personal guards and the emperor to escape from Zhangcheng Gate in the west.
And Yang Puma, Ri Fu, Wang Yun, Liu Yu and other ministers, because they cared about Liu Bian, had no choice but to rush to the palace overnight. They happened to encounter Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses, and were forced to follow Dong Zhuo to Zhangcheng Gate.
After leaving Zhangcheng Gate, you will see the vast Kansai Plain.
Just under this night, in the moonlight filled with stars, as if the earth was shaking and the mountains were shaking, countless soldiers and horses rushed towards this side.
Yang Biao and other ministers looked happy, thinking it was an ambush by the Kwantung Army.
I was secretly excited that Dong Zhuo was finished now.
Dong Zhuo, on the other hand, stood there blankly for a long time, his face turned ashen, thinking that the end was coming.
After a moment, his eyes suddenly showed a fierce look, and he looked at Liu Bian beside him.
Kong Wu touched the handle of the knife with his strong hand, stared at the commander with big eyes, and showed his fierce look, and walked slowly towards Liu Bian.
Even if he is going to die, he must bring the Emperor of Han to bury him with him!
This is actually what Liu Bei fears most.
The reason why he chose to evacuate and did not dare to follow Cao Cao, Sun Jian, and Bao Xin to attack Chang'an again was because he was afraid that Dong Zhuo would jump over the wall and become murderous towards Liu Bian.
But unexpectedly, Cao Cao actually broke through Chang'an, which led Dong Zhuo to finally decide to attack Liu Bian.
Liu Bian was timid to begin with. When he saw this scene, his legs were shaking with fear, his face was pale, and he was speechless.
"Dong Zhuo, what do you want to do!"
Yang Biao and other officials were shocked and drew out their swords one after another.
But there were hundreds of Dong Zhuo's trusted guards around him. Although they also brought a few slaves, they were no match for Dong Zhuo's guards. They were quickly surrounded, and they could only watch Dong Zhuo facing Liu Bian.
He raised the knife in his hand.
Yan Zhong on the side saw this scene and hurriedly shouted: "My lord, don't be anxious, things will turn around!"
"What a turn of events!"
Dong Zhuo suddenly turned back to look at him, his eyes were scarlet, and he was obviously in a state of despair.
Before Yan Zhong could speak, Li Ru had already murmured: "Ming Gong, Lu Bu is back."
On the vast land, Xiliang cavalry rushed like thunder, heading towards Chang'an!