Chapter 4: The soldiers are coming to Chang'an

Guo Jia, Ma Teng, Han Sui, the three families joined forces, and the military commander was ordered by Guo Jia.

Han Sui had 35,000 troops and 25,000 troops. Guo Jia left Wu Ban and Meng Da to command the remaining 20,000 Jinfan Army to guard Chen Cang's strategic location. He only brought Zhang Liao and Wu Yi, as well as 30,000 infantry under Zhang Liao to advance eastward.

Regarding the strength of the troops at this time, Han Sui had a chance of winning, but he couldn't tell Ma Teng's attitude. If Ma Teng and Guo Jia joined forces, Han Sui might die without a place to bury him.

Guo Jia dared to go on the road with Han Sui and Ma Teng with only 30,000 troops. The reason was that in terms of the overall situation and strategy of Guanzhong, he was not afraid of Han Sui and Ma Teng. Chen Cang had his 20,000 Jinfan Army in the rear. Will Han Sui and Ma Teng increase troops to Chen Cang? Han Sui and Ma Teng had no way to know. To the east of them, the three generals Xu Chudian and Wei Gaoshun, who were attacking Chang'an Road, plus Yan Yan who went to capture Wuguan, these 24,000 troops formed a front and back team with Chen Cang. Han Sui and Ma Teng dared to attack, and first of all, they had to think clearly about how to break through this encirclement.

There are primary and secondary conflicts. Before the conflict between Guo Jia and Han Sui and Ma Teng really surfaced, it is the top priority to wipe out the common enemy of the three of them, Li Jue and Guo Si. As for the fight against Li Jue and Guo Si, the situation of cooperation between the three families will end.

All three of them could see this situation clearly and tacitly understood it.

The army set off, and Guo Jia did not sit in the commander's chariot, but rode his horse with Han Sui and Ma Teng. The three warlord leaders advanced in parallel in armor.

"Brother Shoucheng, that one is your son Ma Chao, Ma Mengqi, right?"

Guo Jia looked at a young general who followed the three of them. In this era when it is not too much to judge people by their appearance, Ma Chao can stand out with his appearance. He is handsome and elegant, and has a strong spirit.

A strange look flashed in Ma Teng’s eyes. Ma Teng heard this and said, “Your envoy knows that there is Meng Qi in the world?”

With a hearty smile, Guo Jia threw an admiration to Ma Chao and said, "The name of Jin Ma Chao is as bright as thunder. Brother Shoucheng has a son like Meng Qi, which is enviable to others."

Hearing Guo Jia's praise, although Ma Chao's expression was not very fluctuating, a hint of complacent smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Ma Teng was also proud of his son. He said humbly, but his face was quite lusty.

His eyes swept over the people beside Ma Chao again. Guo Jia found that there was a young general not far from Ma Chao, with sword eyebrows and eagle eyes, serious and powerful in his firmness.

"Brother Shoucheng, how dare you ask who that general is?"

Following Guo Jia's sight, Ma Teng really admired Guo Jia's eyes. He recognized his son Ma Chao at first, and then looked at his beloved general who had made many military achievements under his command.

"He was Pang De and his courtesy name was Lingming. He followed me to fight the rebellion in Liangzhou and made many military achievements. He was a rare brave general in the world."

Guo Jia showed a gloomy look, bowed to Pang De, and said, "I am a true hero."

For some reason, Pang De treated him in such a serious way. He was a little famous, but there were more people present than him.

After returning the gift to Guo Jia, Pang De became curious about Guo Jia.

Guo Jia respects people like Pang De.

Although Pang De was defeated by Guan Yu in history, compared to Yu Jin who was defeated together, Pang De was a person who knew how to repay kindness and integrity. How could Cao Cao treat Yu Jin? For more than ten years, he has been Cao Cao's capable general, but Yu Jin surrendered to Guan Yu. What about Pang De? He vowed not to surrender.

After asking Pang De, Guo Jia withdrew his gaze. There were not many people under Han Sui and Ma Teng who could give him a different look. Moreover, if he asked about the generals under their command one by one, it would arouse suspicion from the two.

Han Sui was not willing to be lonely and looked at the generals of Guo Jia's camp. Whether it was the young Zhang Liao or the slightly gentle Wu Yi, they were not generals with big arms and round waists as big as bears and tigers. Han Sui couldn't see that, but he saw Jia Xu. It was not that Jia Xu had an impressive appearance, but that Guo Ye, who was riding with Jia Xu and was protected by Jia Xu in his arms.

Guo Jia is still fighting the children when he comes out to fight?

"Empress, who is that child?" Han Sui became suspicious and asked.

Guo Jia said lightly without looking back: "It's my eldest son, Guo Ye. Follow me to go to war and let him have a long experience."

Not to mention Han Sui, even Ma Teng and the generals thought Guo Jia was crazy and had a limit to his behavior unexpectedly. Will he take his children to the battlefield and take care of him? What if there is a mistake?

Except for looking at Guo Ye with a few curious glances, no one else said anything else.

The army slowly advanced eastward and targeted Chang'an.

Two days later, Xu Chudian and Wei Gaoshun led 14,000 troops to Chang'an.

The city gates on all sides of Chang'an are closed, and the suspension bridges on the moat are suspended, but there are no defenders on the top of the city.

There are few people in the city, and there are less than 3,000 defenders. The officials and civilians are in decline and have no combat power. The defenders in the city dare not respond. They want to escape but are afraid that they will be chased by the army outside the city if they open a gate. They will lose their stance and are at a loss.

Xu Chu, Gao Shun, Dian Wei, and the three generals rode their horses in front of their respective troops and discussed how to break the city.

The main bus has been sent, and it is necessary to fight quickly if you break Chang'an

They had all the siege equipment, but there was a disagreement on who took the lead.

"It is common for the camp to attack the city and capture the village. Zhongkang, you lead your army to build a flying bridge in the moat, so that my soldiers can attack the city and climb the ladder to get straight to the city. After opening the city gate, you can drive straight in."

The most tragic battle was the vanguard army, and Gao Shun took over this job without hesitation.

Dian Wei also wanted to be a vanguard, but he was not easy to speak because his tiger guards were all wearing heavy armor and holding long spears. Such soldiers were not suitable for first-row climbing.

Xu Chu slapped his chest and said to Gao Shun: "The Cang Faction is the lord's most important force, and it cannot be easily damaged. If there is really a large army in Chang'an, and the Cang Faction is ambushed when it comes to the city, wouldn't it be severely damaged? If I want me to say, Gongxiao, you will lead your army to rush into the city, and I will lead the army to attack the city, open the city gate, and evil will come to support the rear. His Tiger Guard is not as fast as my and Gongxiao's soldiers. If there is really an enemy army in the city, you can retreat quickly."

Gao Shun and Xu Chu were quarreling, Dian Wei touched the bald head and looked depressed. His tiger guard was the elite among infantrymen. If the two armies were fighting, the infantrymen would fight, his tiger guard was wearing heavy armor, which could block ordinary bows and arrows and hold long spears. Melee confrontations could advance step by step and form a solid defense line, but soldiers wearing heavy armor did have slightly less mobility.

"Can you listen to the next sentence, two generals?"

Fa Zheng had to come out to persuade Gao Shun and Xu Chu to stop. After all, the two generals had good starting points and were not competing for merit. However, the troops were at the city and the attack was about to be imminent, the two of them rushed to do dirty work and put them under the tent of other princes. It was probably just that they would refuse each other.

Fa Zheng is a military advisor and a person who gives advice. The three generals must always listen to his words. Whether to adopt them or not is another matter.

The three of them looked at Fazheng to see what he had.

"Li Jue and Guo Si know that if the emperor escapes from difficulties, they will be in a desperate situation and everyone in the world will be punished. Therefore, they will definitely go out in full swing to pursue the emperor. Ninety percent of the army will not be ambushed in Chang'an. Hey hey hey, three generals, listen to me finish my words."

Fa Zheng looked helpless. As soon as he analyzed the situation in front of him, the three generals seemed to be ready to attack the city. Fa Zheng asked them to be calm and continued, "There will not be heavy troops in Chang'an, but we should still be cautious. There are no defenders on the top of the city. It is very likely that there are not many defenders in the city. When they see a large army attack, they are at a loss and are dying in the city. Such a Chang'an city can be taken by wisdom, so don't attack. Three generals, listen to me, and you will order the soldiers to shout words of persuasion to surrender in the city in unison. As long as the momentum is strong enough, the frightened birds in the city will let go of their last thoughts of resistance."

The three generals heard each other and looked at each other behind them - Piao Tianwenxue nodded.

It is easy to shout and does not cost soldiers. Even if the defenders in the city cannot stand firm, they can disrupt the morale and momentum of the opponent.

After the three generals unified the slogan of persuading surrender, they rode their horses back to the formation of soldiers led by them and conveyed the military orders layer by layer.

With his arms raised, the three generals in the left, center and right looked at each other, and waved them down tacitly at the same time.

"Listen to the people in the city, those who surrender will not kill, and those who resist will not stay."

"Those who surrender do not kill and resist do not stay"

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Fourteen thousand soldiers spoke in unison, shouting loudly and thrusting into the sky.

Just based on the momentum, it seems that there is a momentum of black clouds covering the city and destroying the city.

The shouts of persuading surrender lasted for an incense stick, and the soldiers could not keep shouting.

Seeing that the lifeless Chang'an City was still not moving, Xu Chu came to Dian Wei, and pointed at Chang'an City with a long-handled sword, and said angrily: "I will lead the army to the top of the city."

Fa Zheng had no objection, Dian Wei agreed, Gao Shun would not argue anymore, and if he argued again at this time, it would be a mistake.

Just as Xu Chu turned his head and ordered the siege, Fa Zheng shouted to him: "General, wait a minute. Look."

Following the direction of Fazheng's finger, a flag of descending was erected at the head of Chang'an City.

The suspension bridge was slowly lowered, and the city gate was opened from the city. From a distance, I saw a few figures walking around the streets in the city, and the main road inside the city gate was in a slump.

"Isn't it over to surrender early?" Xu Chu was about to enter the city, and Fa Zheng led his horse to remind him to be careful of fraud in the city.

Xu Chu led his army to the city slowly and explored the situation in the city first. After half an hour, Xu Chu sent someone to explain that there were no ambush in the city.

Dian Wei, Gao Shun and Fa Zheng were relieved and led their troops into the city.

When he rode into the city, Fa Zhengqing couldn't help but frown. The road was covered with surrendered defenders who were throwing their helmets and abandoning their armor and putting down their weapons, and there were less than three thousand people.

The scene in the city is not only bleak and withered, but even the air is filled with a stinking smell. Nine out of ten rooms are empty, and there are only four walls in the house. Money, grain and supplies are wiped out. There are even many rotten corpses crawling with maggots on the streets in the city.

Is this still Chang'an City, the western capital of the Han Dynasty?

Fa Zheng was not a person who had never seen dead bodies. When Guo Jia was following him to destroy Lu Bu's 40,000 troops, he had seen corpses all over the ground and blood flowing into a river.

However, not only was the stench filled with rotten corpses, but there were countless disgusting maggots, which made him unable to help but vomit for several times.

"Three generals, first order the soldiers to clean the streets. All the bodies are burned. The soldiers try not to touch these corpses. The used brooms and tools are burned together. There may be dead bodies in the houses in the city, so they must be dealt with in a timely manner."

Fa Zheng had predicted the chaos in Chang'an, but he did not expect that it would really catch him off guard. Such a city of Chang'an is the best breeding ground for the plague.
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