Chapter 411: The Fall of Tongguan (Page 1/1)

The adjutant general gently held the corpse of the guard to prevent the other soldiers from seeing the abnormality, and then shouted: "The general has an order, open the city gate!" ”

When the defenders of Tongguan heard this, they slowly opened the door, ready to let the "comrades-in-arms" in.

Under the city, "Yang Fan" looked at the wide open city gate, a cruel smile hooked up at the corner of his mouth, and led the cavalry under his command to slowly enter the city gate.

"Kill!"

Xiahoudun, disguised as "Yang Fan", shouted decisively after the vanguard army entered the city.

"Kill!"

In the bewilderment of the defenders, their "comrades-in-arms" who welcomed them into the city used swords and guns to kill them.

"Enemy attack!" A terrible wail rang out. The city gate in the west of Tongguan fell so easily, and with the continuous influx of the follow-up Cao army, the entire city wall in the west of Tongguan soon became full of murder.

"Not good!"

The sound of killing in the rear was transmitted to Xu Rong's ears for the first time.

"Hit the mark!" Xu Rong said sadly in his heart. Although he didn't clear Fan Chou's reinforcements of what was going on now, he knew he was defeated.

In a frontal battle, he can still support himself with ease, but if the opponent attacks from both sides, he is only more than 20,000 defenders, and it is impossible to hold it.

Xu Rong heard the shouting and killing sound in the rear, and the soldiers fighting on the Tongguan city wall naturally heard it too. The hearts of all the defenders sank, didn't they say that reinforcements had arrived? How is it an enemy army?

"Kill!"

After the arrival of the army in the rear, Xiahoudun directly abandoned the city wall on the west side and led 3,000 forwards to kill the city wall on the east side.

The already demoralized Xiliang defenders were attacked from both sides, and there was a lot of chaos, Guan Zhang and Xiahou Yuan took the opportunity to kill the city wall at this time, wantonly slaughtering, and disrupting the formation of the Xiliang army.

"General, we have been defeated, let's retreat!" The deputy general saw that the general trend had gone, and said anxiously.

At this time, Xu Rong was still constantly commanding the soldiers to hinder Cao Liu's soldiers who attacked the city wall, and turned a deaf ear to the words of the deputy general.

"General!" The adjutant general stepped forward and shouted, "Let's withdraw!" ”

Xu Rong's face did not change: "The rear city gate has fallen into the hands of the enemy, how can I retreat?" What's more, even if we withdraw, what will happen to these soldiers? ”

"This defeat was all caused by me, and if I hadn't been too arrogant, I wouldn't be where I am today. What kind of face do you want me to give back to Chang'an? You lead the breakout, and I'll stay. ”

Xu Rong is a confident person, but he never thought that it was because of his self-confidence that led to today's situation.

"General, what does this defeat have to do with you? General, you have done your best, even if we asked Chang'an for reinforcements earlier, I'm afraid it will be this scene, and it has nothing to do with you! The adjutant general said anxiously.

"A certain is the Tongguan guard, no matter what the reason, the loss of Tongguan is the responsibility of a certain one. You go quickly, and I will buy time for your palace. Xu Rong said calmly.

Seeing that Xu Rong had no intention of retreating and was bent on dying, the deputy general was ruthless in his heart.

"Come on, take the general away, let's withdraw!"

Xu Rong turned his head and glanced at him inexplicably: "What are you talking nonsense?" Hurry up! ”

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he found that the soldiers around him suddenly surrounded him, wrapped his hands and feet, and prepared to carry him away.

Although Xu Rong has a strong ability to lead troops in combat, his force is indeed a weakness, and now he is exhausted, and he can't break free at all after being held up by his personal guards.

"Are you going to rebel? I'm the master! Stop it, or Lao Tzu will kill you! Xu Rong shouted angrily. However, these guards turned a deaf ear to Xu Rong's words.

"I'm sorry, General. A certain military division ordered to evacuate you and bring you back after the loss of Tongguan. The situation forced him to act like this, and then he will definitely ask the general for his guilt! The adjutant general said sincerely, and then shouted at the battlefield: "Withdraw!" ”

Xu Rong, who had been struggling, trembled when he heard the title of "military advisor", and then stopped struggling.

The adjutant general gave an order, and the Xiliang soldiers on the city wall retreated one after another. And Guan Zhang and Xiahoudun had already kept an eye on Xu Rong's position, and killed him regardless of it.

The battalion of hundreds of people around the deputy general rushed forward regardless of life and death, using flesh and blood to block the footsteps of the three killing gods.

Xu Rong's eyes were split when he saw this scene, but he was extremely calm and mature, he didn't say anything, just glanced at the three people deeply, kept these people in mind, and quickened his pace.

Seeing that Xu Rong seemed to have gotten rid of resistance, the surrounding guards no longer supported him, and the group continued to withdraw from the edge of the battlefield to the city wall on the west side.

"Kill!"

However, at this time, relying on the superiority of troops, Xiahoudun's army had gradually controlled the city wall on the west side, let alone escaping, and it was difficult to even get close to the city wall.

"Come with me!" The lieutenant let out a low sigh and ran to a residential area in the northwest corner. They followed, and soon came to a small courtyard not far from the city wall.

The adjutant general pushed the haystack in the courtyard open, skillfully opened the secret door on the ground, revealing a deep secret passage, and then said to Xu Rong: "General, let's go!" ”

Xu Rong looked at his lieutenant with complicated eyes and nodded slightly. The group entered the secret passage one after another, and the deputy general then closed the secret door, and the group disappeared into the Tong Pass.

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"What about Xu Rong?" After entering Tongguan, Cao Cao was not pleased, and asked for the first time. For him, it was inevitable to take Tongguan, and such a result was completely expected, and he was more concerned about Xu Rong's life and death.

The two Xiahou brothers knelt on one knee on the ground and lowered their heads, and Xiahou was the first to say in shame: "The last general is incompetent and failed to pursue Xu Rong's traces, according to the soldiers, Xu Rong disappeared into a residential area by the city wall, and may have gone out of the city along the secret passage now." ”

It is not a strange thing to dig a secret passage in the city, especially the big families, who like to do this kind of thing the most, on the one hand, it can be convenient to do some shady things, and on the other hand, it also leaves a way out for themselves. Didn't the black-clothed man Cao Cao meet also go out of Tongguan from Chang'an unimpededly, and he also relied on a secret passage.

"Don't be annoyed, my lord. Xiliang Bing has been running Tongguan for many years, and Yuan Shu is scheming, and it is normal for there to be a secret passage in Tongguan. Although Xu Rong was not detained this time, he did not do his full job. But while taking Tongguan, it was worth destroying 30,000 reinforcements from the direction of Chang'an. Xi Zhicai advised.

"I'm too worried, it's too late for me to be happy! In this great victory, our coalition army lost no more than 50,000 people, and in one fell swoop wiped out 30,000 defenders and brought 30,000 reinforcements. The remaining enemy troops on the Chang'an side are only 80,000, and the relevant Middle Generations can easily take it under the cooperation of the outside world. Cao Cao's eyes flashed gloomily, and he turned to laugh.

"The two of you have worked hard this time, let's take note of the credit for this big victory for the time being, and then reward them together after winning Chang'an!"

"Thank you, lord!" Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan said excitedly.

Cao Cao nodded, and turned to look at Xi Zhicai: "Zhicai is really wise, this time he showed the enemy to be weak and surrounded the point to help, not only easily won Tongguan, but also eliminated Li Dao Guo Yan's 30,000 army plus a general, Zhicai can be the first merit!" ”

Xi Zhicai said lightly: "The lord has a good reputation, and the Guanzhong family has been planning for a long time, but he just pushed the boat down the river, and he didn't dare to take the first credit this time!" ”

Hearing Xi Zhicai's words, Cao Cao's eyes flashed with jealousy: "Yes! This time, I really want to thank these Guanzhong families. Their gift, Cao remembered. ”

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