Because he currently knows nothing about the Enemy Army's strength and origin, and many Soldiers are drunk tonight. If he rashly leads his troops out to fight Enemy Army, he will definitely be defeated, and may even cause Chang'an City to fall!
Northern Suburbs Military Camp still has 40,000 troops. These people have time to withdraw from North City Gate into the city. As long as these troops are there, he still has hope of making a comeback!
"Close City Gate! Close City Gate--!"
Personal Guard heard this and immediately shouted loudly to City Wall.
Soon City Gate fell heavily, shutting out many Southern Suburbs Military Camp Soldiers who had not yet had time to enter the city.
Many Soldiers had just arrived at Outside the City after receiving the news that they had withdrawn into the city. When they saw the fallen City Gate, they were all horrified.
"Leave City Gate alone! Leave City Gate alone!"
"We haven't gone in yet!"
"Open the door quickly! Enemy Army is about to kill you!"
"Which son of a bitch shut City Gate!"
Many Soldierss swarmed at Outside the Citys and slapped City Gates, because at this time those Enemy Armys in the distance had already killed Southern Suburbs Military Camps!
"If you surrender your weapons, you will not be killed! Those who resist will be killed without mercy!"
Lü Bu rushed into Southern Suburbs Military Camp first, killed several Western Liang Army Soldiers who were surrounding them with one halberd, and then shouted loudly.
Upon hearing this, many other Han Army Soldierss also shouted the same slogans and started a fierce battle with the Western Liang Army.
There is no suspense about the outcome of this battle.
The sudden fire had originally plunged Western Liang Army into chaos, but now they had no time to parry when Han Army attacked so brazenly!
Of course, the most critical problem is that there is no one to direct it.
The 30,000-strong army is like a headless fly. Even though it has good combat effectiveness, it cannot assemble to mount an effective resistance.
Therefore, the battle only lasted about an hour and ended. More than 10,000 Western Liang Armys were killed because of their resistance, and many were buried in the sea of fire and trampled by the rebel army. The remaining Soldierss chose to lay down their weapons and surrender.
The casualties on the Han Army's side were minimal.
After all, they had all the advantages, and with generals such as Lü Bu, Zhao Yun, and Zhang He personally leading the battle and commanding, there was no chance of a defeat.
When dawn broke, only the Han army was left outside the city, cleaning the battlefield and setting up camp. Flags were erected in the cold wind.
During this period, Ma Chao had been standing on City Gate Tower, watching helplessly as his subordinate Elite Troops was slaughtered and captured, but he could do nothing.
This made him feel so heartbroken that he wanted to go crazy!
But what made him even more shocked and angry was that he saw Enemy Army and Banner erected by Outside the City, which were the flags with the character "Lu" and the character "Zhang"!
These are actually the troops of Lü Bu and Zhang Liao!
"How is it possible? Lü Bu and Zhang Liao have already been defeated by Pang De. How could they break through Tong Pass and kill Chang'an City!"
"Where are Tong Pass's defenders? Where are they all dead?"
Ma Chao is simply unbelievable. How could Zhang Liao and Lü Bu regroup their troops and defeat Tong Pass in such a short period of time after their defeat?
Could it be that they had faked defeat before?
Ma Chao Various speculations flashed through his mind, but at this moment he suddenly heard the voice of Personal Guard Shock next to him.
"Master, Young General, look at Outside the City!"
Ma Chao heard this and looked up at Outside the City, and then his eyes widened involuntarily.
Because Han Army of Outside the City has once again assembled the Form Ranks column to advance towards Chang'an City, and among the Military Generals standing in front of the Han Army formation, Pang De is impressively in the column!
I saw Pang De riding out alone, calling out to the formation, "Ma Chao! You have committed rebellion and disobedience Imperial Court, and now your death has come!"
"Now the Imperial Court heavenly troops have arrived, why don't you give up your resistance quickly and leave the city to surrender!"
"This way we can still preserve the whole body!"
Hearing Pang De's screams, Ma Chao felt a wave of dizziness in front of his eyes. He supported Railing and struggled to stand firm.
At this point, he still didn't understand what was going on!
What defeated Imperial Court's troops, what killed Lü Bu and Zhang Liao to the point of losing their armor, these are all Pang De's lies!
This guy has secretly voted for Imperial Court!
"No wonder he took the initiative to guard Tong Pass. No wonder he returned to Chang'an only ten days later. No wonder Military Camp suddenly slipped away. No wonder Enemy Army suddenly came to kill him!"
"It's all because of him!!"
Ma Chao roared in a low voice, and the veins on Railing's hand bulged out as he grabbed it, and the raging anger almost overwhelmed him!
Then he turned around and grabbed a bow from the back of Soldiers on the side, bent the bow and set an arrow, and shot an arrow at Pang De who called Outside the City!
"Traitor! Take your life!!"
Ma Chao has amazing arm strength and good archery skills. After roaring, he shot an arrow straight towards Pang De's head!
However, Pang De was still a certain distance away from City Wall, and his own martial arts skills were not bad, so he easily dodged this arrow.
After he straightened up again, Pang De felt angry and scolded, "Ma Chao! Don't be so stubborn!"
"You imprisoned your biological father and deceived the entire army with lies, Soldiers, causing so many people to lose their lives. Do you really have no shame at all?"
"If you still have a shred of conscience, release the old general as soon as possible, leave the city and surrender!"
"Otherwise, when the city is destroyed, you will die without a burial place!"
Ma Chao was furious, pointed at him and yelled, "Pang De shut up!"
"You traitor, Traitor, Wicked Thief, Rebel!"
"I swear to eat your flesh and sleep on your skin! I will crush your bones and spread your ashes to vent the hatred in my heart!"
How could Ma Chao compromise and surrender? Not to mention that he still had more than 40,000 troops at his disposal. His hatred for Pang De alone made it impossible for him to surrender!
Moreover, the crimes he committed will never be forgiven. Surrendering or not means death, and he will die standing up!
Seeing that it was useless to persuade them to surrender, Pang De retreated to the formation.
He said to Sima Yi with regret on his face, "It's a pity that I couldn't capture this Rebel alive last night, and I couldn't do my best."
If Ma Chao could be captured alive last night, there would be no need to bother siege the city anymore.
Sima Yi smiled and said, "General Pang does not need to blame himself. The fact that he was able to eliminate nearly half of Ma Chao's troops this time is all the credit of the general."
As he spoke, he turned to look at Zhang Liao and said, "Zhang Shuai, we have gained such a big advantage relying on General Pang, now it's time to show off my Han Army's strength."
"Are you confident that you can break through Chang'an and capture Rebel Ma Chao?"
Zhang Liao laughed and said, "Just wait for Military Advisor's words. We can't let Military Advisor and General Pang take all the credit!"
"Prepare to attack the city--!"
Zhang Liao After giving the order, the army began to change its formation.
"Woo--"
"Woo--"
"Woo--"
With the sound of three horns representing the attack, the army officially began to attack Chang'an City!
Torsion Catapult was pushed out one after another, and only a few "bang bang bang" sounds were heard. Torsion Catapult in the front of the array took the lead in launching an attack and launched a stone-throwing attack on City Wall.
A boulder weighing over a hundred kilograms roared and smashed into City Wall and the city, making an earth-shattering noise and erupting with an astonishing momentum.
"Ma Chao seems to be planning to stick to Cities."
Chen Gong frowned and stared at Chang'an City in the distance, and couldn't help but remind Zhang Liao: "Chang'an City is the most powerful city in the world. I'm afraid it won't be easy to capture it by force."
Chang'an City As Imperial Capital, Cities is the best in the world in terms of majesty and solidity. It is extremely difficult to break through, so the best strategy is to surround it without attacking it.
Zhang Liao nodded to indicate that he understood.
Of course he knows that Chang'an City is not easy to break, but last night the Western Liang Army Soldierss drank a lot of Wine to celebrate their "victory" and were in fear all night because of the Enemy Army attack. Now is a good time to attack.
If you are lucky, you may not be able to defeat Chang'an in one fell swoop, saving you several months of time-consuming and labor-intensive siege.
The army is divided into two groups, attacking from East Gate and South Gate respectively.
East Gate is responsible for the attack by Zhang He.
South Gate is Battlefield commanded by Zhang Liao. Under his command, an army of 10,000 took the lead in attacking the south City Wall.
However, they did not rush to the Chang'an City in one fell swoop, but held up the shields in their hands and marched towards Chang'an City step by step.
Behind them, Soldierss, under the cover of shield soldiers, pushed several Siege Towers about two feet high in front of Battlefields.
In addition, Torsion Catapult is also constantly throwing boulders, suppressing the defenders on City Wall so that they dare not show their heads, allowing Han Army to continue to approach Cities.
Ma Chao on City Wall was squatting under Battlement to avoid Torsion Catapult's attacks, while occasionally showing his head to look at the Enemy Army on Outside the City, with an ugly expression on his face.
In his mind, his Western Liang Army can be regarded as the most Elite Troops existence in the current army, but the Han Army in front of him feels no less than his own Western Liang Army.
Even worse!
These can be seen mainly from two aspects. On the one hand, it lies in the Han Army's grasp of the offensive rhythm, and Soldiers's cooperation with each other.
This is the strength that only an army of hundreds of battles can have!
At this time, Han Army's vanguard troops had entered the shooting range of the archers on Chang'an City Wall.
Ma Chao saw this and immediately ordered, "Fire the arrow! Fire the arrow--!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chang'an City Wall bowstrings sounded continuously, and tens of thousands of arrows shot towards the Han Army vanguard army.
However, Zhang He was already prepared for this and ordered, "Arrow attack! Raise your shield!"
After hearing this, Han Army Soldiers squatted down one after another, and at the same time raised the shield in their hands in front of and above their bodies to resist the rain of arrows.
For a while, there was an endless stream of tinkling sounds.
After the arrow rain ended, Ma Chao Shock discovered to his surprise that this wave of arrow rain did not cause many casualties to the Han Army!
It was either blocked by their shields or blocked by the armor on their bodies. Only a few unlucky ones were shot at the joints and gaps in the armor.
"How come their armor is so strong!"
This scene made Ma Chao deeply Shock, because it was the first time for him to fight Son of Heaven of Ye City's army head-on, and it completely overturned his previous impression of the strength of Imperial Court's army.
Although there was a heavy rain of arrows on the defender's side, Soldiers on the Han Army's side did not lose their position at all and were still advancing the front in an orderly manner.