Chapter 170 Chang'an and Sixteen Villages

In the dark night sky, there was no trace of starlight, and the thick clouds completely blocked the moonlight. Xue Bing sat on the horse, staring into the distance, and only saw it was pitch black and there was nothing at all.

However, just now, the horse stalker ran back and reported to him: "Chang'an City is just ten miles ahead."

Xue Bing continued to look at the dark front and said to Wang Ping: "Now Chang'an is right in front of you, and the siege is tomorrow night. We can't continue to move forward."

Wang Ping also said: "If you are close, you will definitely ask the defenders in the city to find it. Why not immediately find a hidden place to camp?"

Xue Bing nodded and said with a smile: "I don't want a heavy rain, but I let me arrive in Chang'an early. The Cao soldiers who were patrolling didn't know where to go to hide from the rain." After that, they laughed with Wang Ping.

As he was smiling, Zhao Yunzhi asked Xue Bing, "I heard from the back that our army is not far from Chang'an. Are you now siegeing the city?"

Xue Bing shook his head and replied with a smile: "The agreed time for opening the door is tomorrow night, not today. With the little soldiers and horses in our hands, if we don't have the help of our subordinates, we will never rush into the city."

When Zhao Yun heard this, he nodded, and then said, "But there are plains outside Chang'an City, and there is no hidden place at all. Where should our army set up a camp to rest?"

When Xue Bing heard this, she frowned and thought for a long time. Finally, she had to sigh to the sky: "I just hope God will help you, and it will rain another day..."

The next day, before dawn, Xue Bing ran out of the tent and looked at the sky. He saw that the whole sky seemed to be merged with the ground, and the thick clouds completely blocked the sunlight. It was already daytime, but now it is still similar to night.

Just as he was watching, suddenly felt a chill on his face, Xue Bing reached out and touched it, and just felt a small amount of water. "It's raining?" He raised his head, Xue Bing stood outside the tent and spread his arms completely, with his palms facing up, as if he wanted to embrace the sky.

When the guards left and right saw Xue Bing's appearance, they were puzzled and didn't understand what their general was doing. It was just a moment later.

I saw that the dim sky began to fall water droplets. Xue Bing stood there, feeling the coldness of water drops on his face and hands, and gradually a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After he realized that the rain was gradually getting heavier, he said to his left and right with joy: "Go and call General Wang Ping to my tent!"

He ordered that he would go straight back to the tent, sit on the couch, and wait for Wang Ping to arrive. After a while, Wang Ping got into the tent, and after meeting Xue Bing, he hurriedly asked, "What's the matter with the general calling Ping?"

Xue Bing smiled and said, "There is nothing else. I just ask my son to arrange today's defense. Let's call our village within five miles of radius, but there is a little movement. You must know. Then, let the soldiers rest well and wait until night, even if the soldiers are sent to Chang'an."

Wang Ping turned his head and looked outside the tent. He saw that the rain outside was getting heavier and said, "General, the rain is getting heavier now. If you want to send a horse to explore, you need to send more to explore clearly."

Xue Bing thought for a while and finally said, "It's okay, when siege tonight, these people will not attack with the army, just need to hang behind them.

Their mission is to ensure that our army's village will not be discovered by Cao's soldiers during the day today or be subject to sudden attacks from the opponent."

Wang Ping nodded, turned to the account and went to arrange all the matters. Only Xue Bing was left in the account, sitting there in a daze. "It depends on whether it is success or failure."...

Huang Zhong led his troops and said to the landmine bronze beside him: "Now our army retreated to the west at night. Rescue General Ma Chao. However, our army has few soldiers, and we must be wary of Cao Hong leading troops to chase him. In case of precautions.

Also ask General Ma Dai to look south quickly and bring reinforcements.”

Ma Dai replied after hearing this, "What the old general said is very true, Dai will go!" After saying that, he clasped his fists at Huang Zhong and Lei Tong, slapped Ma and left the brigade, looked south and left.

Seeing that Ma Dai was moving far away, Huang Zhong said to Lei Tong again: "Although our army has temporarily escaped Cao Hong, we have to prevent his army from chasing him suddenly. What kind of support can General Lei have?"

Lei Tong thought for a while and said, "Why not set up an ambush? When Cao Hong leads his troops to come, he suddenly kills him for a while? He dares not chase him again."

Huang Zhong looked around and replied, "It's just that there are plains around him, and there is no place to set up ambush. This plan is not feasible."

Lei Tong said again: "Since that's the case, it's better to divide the troops to stop him! The last general will lead a soldier to hold Cao Hong up, and the old general will lead his troops to rescue General Ma Chao.

"Huang Zhong lowered his head and thought for a while, but there was no other plan. He followed Lei Tong's words, and sent two thousand troops to Lei Tong, and led three thousand troops to look west and rescue Ma Chao.

It turned out that Huang Zhong was in a hurry to receive Ma Dai two days ago, so he immediately led his troops to fight Cao Hong for several formations. Then, while Cao Hong was not investigating, they all covered the night, and led the troops to evacuate the village and looked west at night.

Then he divided his troops with Lei Tong, and he personally led three thousand soldiers and hurriedly rushed to the west. After several days of travel, the army had reached the boundary of Xi County. Huang Zhong hurriedly ordered the army to go to the camp to rest. He just waited for his energy to save Ma Chao.

At the same time, we asked the explorer to investigate so as to find out the situation of the battle ahead.

Soon after, he explored the horse and said, "There were several troops in Xiliang ahead, and they divided the sixteen villages and surrounded the village in the middle. The village surrounded by the middle was General Ma Chao's big village."

Huang Zhong heard the news and said in surprise: "How to get to these many camps? Could it be that Xiliang has millions of soldiers? If there are few soldiers, each camp will not have many soldiers. Moreover, General Ma Chao is in charge and the thousands of Xiliang Qiang cavalry are the ones who are good at charging, so why can't they even rush out?"

The explorer replied: "There are various things that resist horses between the two camps, and there are many stones and wood in front of the camp, so the cavalry cannot move, so the conflict cannot be made.

When the subordinates were investigating, General Ma Chao was leading the Qiang cavalry to charge. Whenever he rushed to a camp, several soldiers and horses around him moved together. The Qiang cavalry could not rush over and was attacked from many faces, so he had to withdraw his troops and return to the camp."

When Huang Zhong heard this, he looked surprised and said, "How can I save me like this?" He immediately stepped back and looked at the horse, sat alone in the tent, thinking about the way to break the encirclement.

The next day, Huang Zhong sent someone to lead him to investigate and wait for the high place to stand. After reading it, Huang Zhong smiled and said, "I first thought that the Sixteen Villages in Xiliang were like iron walls. Now I look at it, but that's all.

"After saying that, he laughed and said to the left and right: "I'm having a good rest today, and I'll wait until night, and follow me to defeat the enemy to save General Ma Chao."

It turned out that yesterday, when Huang Zhong heard the news from his subordinates, he still thought that the Xiliang Dazhai was so exquisite and difficult to break. But when he saw it, he realized that he was too worried. The sixteen villages were a wall of iron for Ma Chaojun inside.

In any case, there is no conflict.

But for Huang Zhong who was outside, the sixteen big villages were simply full of loopholes, and he just asked him to lead some troops casually. He dared to say that he would take down all the sixteen big villages.

It was because of the fact that the big villages had arranged many traps inside the circle, and Huang Zhong could see that most of the soldiers were concentrated in front of the village. Most of the soldiers were food, grass and supplies behind the village. There were few soldiers guarding them.

Therefore, once someone attacks from outside, the village will be easily captured. Moreover, these sixteen large villages are linked together. As long as one village is broken, other villages will not be spared.

After thinking about a plan to defeat the enemy, Huang Zhong was happy and smiled and led his left and right back to the village, giving instructions. The whole army immediately rested, just waiting for the late night to send troops...

Let’s talk about Ma Chao.

During the day, the soldiers and horses were led to conflict for a while, but they could not rush out. This time, many soldiers and horses were sacrificed in vain, but they still retreated. He was so angry that he walked back and forth in the tent, and the helmet was thrown to the ground by him.

Just as he was angry, the personal guards came in. Seeing Ma Chao walking back and forth, he said, "General, don't worry, General Ma Dai has been there for many days. I think he is leading the reinforcements to help the general."

Ma Chao stopped when he heard this, but his face still looked stinky. He just said to the guard: "I used to praise Haikou in front of the king and decided to take down the entire Xiliang territory to offer it to the king. Now, he is trapped here and cannot break out. He still needs to ask someone to save him.

When he was so embarrassed, how could he still go back to meet the King of Hanzhong?"

After saying that, he pulled out his sword and said, "No matter what, he must break out of this damn encirclement! Tonight, he wanted to lead his troops to the camp, and success or failure will be the first to take place.

"Then he said, "Give orders to let the soldiers rest for a day, stay at night, and break through again." Hearing this, the guard hurriedly left the tent and ordered the orders...

At night, Ma Chao was wearing neatly and just now he was on his hips. When he was about to command his left and right, he suddenly rushed over and said, "General, the enemy camp in the west is on fire, as if someone attacked his camp.

"Ma Chao was shocked when he heard this, and then asked, "How can I see clearly? But is someone attacking the village queen?"

The little school said, "But there is no doubt that someone is attacking. In addition to the fires soaring into the sky, there are still shouts of killing."

Ma Chao was overjoyed and said, "It must be my brother who brought the reinforcements!" After saying that, he shouted immediately, "General Ma Dai brought the reinforcements to save us. The day for all the men to escape is right in front of me, so follow me!" After saying, he ordered to his left and right: "The whole army attacks, and we must rush out of here tonight.

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Xue Bing lurked all the way to Chang'an with four thousand soldiers.

The heavy rain fell in this area for several days, and the road became more and more difficult. Fortunately, Xue Bing's thousands of soldiers and horses were all elite soldiers who had been specially trained, so no one fell behind. Moreover, because there was rain falling in the night sky at this time, and even torches could not be lit on the top of the city, the defenders at the top of the city of Chang'an did not know that there had already been soldiers and horses coming over.

Before rushing to the south gate, Xue Bing saw that the door was still closed, and immediately cursed and said, "Our army was delaying for a while on the road. Time has passed, and the city gate has not been opened. Is it not a matter of failure?" Just as he was thinking, should he take advantage of the night to attack or retreat, and then go to Tongguan, he suddenly saw a sound from the city gate, which actually opened a gap.

And the gap seems to be gradually getting bigger.

Seeing this, Xue Bing was overjoyed and shouted inwardly: "The big thing is done!" Then he said to the soldiers behind him: "The city gate has now opened. The soldiers and I will enter the city and take down Chang'an!" After that, he slapped the war horse under his crotch and rushed towards the city gate first.
Chapter completed!