on the city walls.

Li Ru was wearing a robe, standing on the shore, like a scholar, among the generals who were all dressed in battle armor, he looked a little unique, and his calmness made the generals of the Xiliang Army gradually become stable and stand up.

"Keep steady!"

"We Xiliang have never been cowards!"

"On the battlefield, it is either life or death, our sons of Xiliang are killed to survive, how can you ever be afraid of death!"

Li Ru's sentence quickly spread across the battlefield.

Xiliang's blood was stimulated.

Liangzhou, that is a barren land, or a battlefield of interracial competition, the Huns have been raging for many years, the Qiang people are always violating the border, and the Western Liang soldiers are all killed from the blood.

That's why they have a wild nature, like wild wolves on the grassland, fearless for survival.

Once you reach a desperate situation.

Many soldiers in the Central Plains will choose to surrender and will be demoralized, but for Xiliang's soldiers, it is different, they will only be like arrogant wolves, putting life and death aside, and holding in their hearts the idea of biting the enemy even if they die.

Of course, if all the top of this city wall are the elite of Xiliang, then with the solidity of this Tongguan, it is impossible to be beaten to this extent in a short period of time, and it can even hold on for a long time.

But in fact, there are not many real Xiliang Army.

When Xiliang entered the customs, there were more than 100,000 elites.

But over the years, it has been worn out a lot.

Hua Xiong, Niu Fu, Zhang Ji, and other Xiliang generals were killed, and countless Xiliang Erlang were killed.

There are also some under the command of Zhang Xiu, Ma Teng, and Han Sui, and now they are all disabled by Mu Jing.

Dong Zhuo's Xiliang elite is only tens of thousands, and he is known as the main force of 200,000, because in the name of the imperial court, he has recruited a lot of young people in Guanzhong.

But the combat effectiveness will naturally be dragged down.

Although Guanzhong is easy to produce elite soldiers, mainly the elite of Guanzhong led by Huangfu Song, Guanzhong Erlang can also sacrifice his life and forget to die, but in this environment, he has a grudge against Dong Zhuo, and even he is unwilling to believe it to the Son of Heaven.

Under pressure, he will become a part of the Xiliang Army.

How much effort they will exert is naturally conceivable.

The most important thing is that most of the Xiliang elites are under Dong Zhuo's own command, and they have already been taken away, and there are not many in Tongguan at all, under Guo Yan and Li Yu, even 10,000 real Xiliang elites may not be able to come together.

Under such morale, the blow to the Xiliang army is still quite big.

Even if Li Ru inspires the morale of the army, and the generals of Xiliang fight bloodily, this city wall seems to have a crumbling feeling.

……

Relatively speaking, the pressure under the city is not small.

It's not easy to fight.

The solidity of this Tongguan has exceeded expectations, and no one expected that before Hongnong Huayin, such a pass would be erected, blocking the progress of all of them.

"Collect the troops!"

Cao Cao looked at the battlefield for a moment, then ordered.

"Mingjin!"

"Collect the troops!"

Cao's army began to withdraw.

"Lord!"

The lord general Cao Ren came up and said, "Please give me one more day, I will definitely be able to break the city!" ”

He felt that the main city was unstable.

"Don't be impatient!"

Cao Cao shook his head: "This pass is not simple, this battle is also a little weird, we can't be too impulsive!" ”

"My lord, the state army has lost its trace!"

Guo Jia walked up quickly and said.

He has been sending people to hang the Bingzhou army, and the Bingzhou army withdrew in the direction of Huashan, but when he entered the complex mountain environment, the scouts suddenly clashed, and when he ate the state, he was as fierce as thunder, and almost wiped out the Cao army scouts.

Only a handful of Cao army scouts escaped, but they lost their surveillance of the Bingzhou army, and they lost the trace of the Bingzhou army.

"Distance?"

Cao Cao was calm and asked.

"One hundred and twenty miles!"

"Direction!"

"Huashan?"

"Order all army scouts, hold the main road to the north of Huashan, just keep an eye on it, I don't believe that the army of Jizhou can fly, cross the mountains, and kill into the battlefield!"

Cao Cao said coldly.

"No!"

Guo Jia received the order.

"Wait!"

Cao Cao said: "See if you can send someone to contact those Hanchen in Guancheng, Dong Zhuo has not shown up to now, and the Xiliang army in the city is also slightly lacking in combat effectiveness, something is wrong!" ”

"Understood!"

Guo Jia nodded.

"Cao Ren!"

"In!"

"Order all units to collect their troops and return to the camp to rest, no one is allowed to attack without our military order!"

"Yes!"

Cao Ren gritted his teeth, although he was unwilling, he still came down.

"Someone!"

"In!"

"Send someone to invite Sun Jian and Ju Yi to come, there are military affairs to negotiate!" Cao Cao used the desperate momentum of today's Cao army to somewhat stabilize the morale of the coalition army, and at this time, it was time to unite and attack.

"No!"

The soldiers quickly went to give the order.

……………………………………

The battle under Tongguan City has been fought for three days, but it is still in a stalemate.

The Xiliang Army seems to be crumbling, but it has the ability to turn the tide every time.

This Tongguan New Town, although it is newly built, but obviously Dong Zhuo also used a lot of manpower and material resources, the huge city wall, tall, solid, and people have no way to start, so they can only rely on the ladder to attack.

Assault is always a loss.

In the past few days, the coalition forces have suffered a lot of losses.

Cao Cao was finally forced to announce a one-day truce to temporarily give both sides a breather.

Cao Cao stood outside the city, on top of a hill, looking at the Tongguan in front of him, he didn't feel it before, but now he suddenly felt that this pass didn't have to be weak for thousands of years, and even more profound on the terrain.

"Thousands of calculations, but I didn't calculate it, let Dong Zhuo's business office this Xiongguan, with this Xiongguan, Xiliang Army can protect Jingzhao without losing!"

Cao Cao let out a long sigh.

This hurdle made his brain cells die one by one, but there is never hope.

There's no way to start.

Water attack, fire attack......

There is no hope.

Can only be attacked.

The price to be paid for the strong attack, even he Cao Cao was cold.

"Can you surround and die?"

Sun Jian stood next to Cao Cao, wearing a battle armor and a white cloak, hunting like a tiger, he said in a low voice: "Now Xiliang, without the support of Jingzhao, even if he has Xiongguan, how can he support it, if it is surrounded for a month, maybe it will ......"

"I'm afraid it's not as good as we thought!"

Cao Cao shook his head: "I just got a news, Dong thief almost emptied Chang'an, leaving a mess for Ming Marquis Mujing, the herdsman broke Chang'an, although he got Chang'an, but he was also anxious, and now he heard about it, it made this young prince angry, Chang'an's former ancient capital, even if it suffered an accident two hundred years ago, it has already been recovered, what a heritage, it was looted by Dong thief, how many reserves of grain, grass and weapons in this city, you can imagine!" ”

"Dong thief is prepared to fight!"

Ju Yi smiled bitterly and said: "No wonder he can easily give up the Tiger Prison Pass, and do not hesitate to let us enter Henan, it turns out that he has been so prepared, but it is just to delay the time of the decisive battle, so that his preparations are more sufficient, and now there is such a Xiongguan in the town, he has enough soldiers and food, we want to capture it, I'm afraid it will be difficult!" ”

"Your Majesty is in the gate!"

Cao Cao felt that something was wrong with this atmosphere, he snorted and said coldly: "Even if it is difficult, won't we fight, we are the army of King Qin, we can't get rid of the thieves and protect the Son of Heaven, what is King Qin, this battle is a certain fate, don't break the gate and don't collect troops!" ”

It's a matter of attitude.

Cao Cao had to let them know his attitude.

He also told them that no one should think of leaving until this gate was broken.

Sun Jian and Ju Yi glanced at each other, but they didn't look helpless and surprised, this battle was fought to this point, the Son of Heaven didn't see it, and he couldn't return in vain, even if Ju Yi, he represented Yuan Shao, and he had to see the Son of Heaven in person, so that this battle was meaningful.

Of course, there is another possibility.

That is, Dong Zhuo died with the Son of Heaven in his arms.

That's what they're looking forward to.

If the Son of Heaven dies, they will not be in vain in this battle.

It's Cao Cao.

Whether it is said that he is loyal to his liver and courage, whether he still has extravagant hopes, or maybe he is unwilling, he most hopes that the Son of Heaven can live smoothly, the Son of Heaven will not die, and the Han family may still have hope.

Even at this point, Cao Cao was already a hero, ruling the land of Sanzhou and holding a strong army, but he still had no determination to change the dynasty.

It's not because he's indecisive.

This person, who has been described as a hero through the ages in history, has always been a decisive killer, but everyone has a little insistence in their hearts, and he Cao Cao also has it, as long as he insists on doing it in his heart.

It doesn't matter what means.

Even the Son of Heaven is not important.

He knows very well what he wants, he is not Wang Mang, and naturally he will not be Huo Guang, he is Cao Cao, the Han Cao Zhengxi.

"Continue the assault tomorrow!"

Cao Cao pointed ahead and said: "Starting tomorrow, the Jiangdong Army is responsible for the left flank, and the Jizhou Army is responsible for the right flank, and the frontal attack will be strong, and our army will turn into a Ruo Dare team, looking for flaws between the mountains and rivers on the left and right, and see if we can break through the city!" ”

"For the sake of fairness, change troops every day!"

"Today's side is the main attack, tomorrow the other side, we are all for the Han, for Your Majesty, bloody battles, desperate people, but be fair, no one should take anyone for fools!"

Cao Cao said very calmly.

"Good!"

Sun Jian nodded.

The Jiangdong Army went north and fought to this point, so naturally it would not say that it would raise its hands and watch others fight, as long as it was not treated unfairly, the Jiangdong Army could also fight hard.

"Yes!"

Ju Yi has no power to speak, and he can only deal with it at this time, and this is fair to him, at least Cao Cao did not directly use the Yizhou army as a vanguard death squad to consume his troops.

According to what he pointed out, Cao Cao and his lord Yuan Shao were not very coordinated, it was rumored that they were friends back then, but they fell out when Luoyang fled for their lives, and now there are many versions in circulation, and the two have never said anything about this, but the two are not in harmony, but it is a very certain thing.

Ju Yi has always been afraid that Cao Cao will announce his personal vendetta.

Now it seems that the situation is a little better.

It doesn't matter whether Cao Cao is afraid that the morale of the coalition army will be affected, or whether he is really noble, the important thing is that he did not deliberately consume the soldiers and horses under his command.

……………………

The north bank of the Yellow River.

An elite cavalry, silently approaching the riverbank, on the boiling river, stopped and looked into the distance.

"My lord, when did you feel that they were leading us away, and Your Majesty was still in Tongguan?"

Zhao Yun stood on the horse's back with the reins in his hand, and looked at the person dressed as a soldier next to him with some puzzlement.

The elite under his command is a white horse righteous servant.

It is the most elite cavalry in Youzhou.

It only took a day and a half to come down from the east of the river, so no one should have noticed that they had already gone south.

"In the beginning!"

Liu Bei said lightly.

"Lord, then why do you still let us chase us all the way to the east of the river?" Zhao Yun was puzzled: "And you still left the main force of the second general in the north to cover up your whereabouts, isn't this tantamount to a waste!" ”

"If someone wants us to be fooled, we will be fooled once, and it doesn't matter!"

Liu Bei smiled and said calmly: "If we are not fooled, now on the other side of the riverbank, it is us who will be beaten with blood, and sometimes being deceived is not a bad thing!" ”

"In that case, why don't you directly stationed in Hedong, and when the overall situation is decided, we will go south!" Zhao Yun asked again.

"Don't worry!"

Liu Bei said: "I always feel a little abrupt, this battle seems to be in my hands, but I am always uneasy, maybe ......"

"Maybe what?"

Zhao Yun asked.

"We're going to lose!" Liu Bei sighed: "You have to see it for yourself, so you can rest assured!" ”

"No, it won't!"

Zhao Yun squinted: "The coalition army is so strong, how can it be defeated!" ”

"Many things, only the unexpected, nothing is impossible!" Liu Bei shook his head: "What a momentum the princes crusaded against the shepherds back then, but wasn't it a mess of defeat in the end?" ”

"But isn't Mu Yuanzhong dead?"

"Mu Yuanzhong's death in battle does not mean winning or losing on the battlefield, in that battle, we lost, we lost very badly, or lost to a teenager!"

"Minghou Mujing!"

"If you encounter this fang in the future, you will kill it if you can, and never give him a chance to breathe!" Liu Bei said: "This fang is terrifying, it is still above the Dong thief!" ”

"The last general commands!"

Zhao Yun arched his hand, his face was expressionless, but there was a killing intent in his heart.

Not for pastoral landscapes.

It's that person.

Nanyang Sword King, Huang Zhong, the one who made him a master, a generation of gun gods, was defeated by the Sunset Pavilion.

He knew that his martial arts had not yet been completed.

Shizun had instructed that if the martial arts failed to succeed, he would never be able to confront Huang Zhong, but he couldn't help it, if he really met him on the battlefield, he wanted to fight.

"Find a place, settle down, cross the river every day, and inquire about the situation!"

Liu Bei commanded.

"Yes!"

Zhao Yun took the order.

Liu Bei obviously knew that it was just a lure, and he raised troops to pursue, firstly, because he did not want to expend his troops on the strong pass, and secondly, he also deliberately wanted to jump out of the battle.

He always felt that something was wrong.

This time, he led the cavalry back alone, but also so that he could see the battlefield more clearly.

The success or failure of this battle is related to the world.

No one can escape.

Even if you return to Youzhou, it is impossible to escape the impact of this battle.

It's not good to say, if Dong Zhuo really wins a battle and wins a big victory, then all the princes in the world will retreat, even if he is far away in Youzhou, he must be careful of the edict of the imperial court.

He didn't want Dong Zhuosheng.

But he didn't want to waste his troops here, after all, he didn't have many soldiers and horses going south.

It's contradictory.

That's why he behaved so sneakily.