Chapter 288

"My lord, my lord!" Xun You rushed into the tent in a hurry, with a joyful expression on his face.

When Liu Ye saw Xun You's face, he already guessed most of it in his heart, and immediately asked, "Gongda, how is it? Is Meng Qi's cavalry already approaching the city?"

Xun You laughed and said, "That's right, Captain Ma seems to have crossed the Wei River in secret. Taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, the surprise soldiers burst into Tongguan. There was a sound of killing in Tongguan, and the flames shot into the sky."

Liu Ye's spirit was shaken, and he lost all sleepiness.

"Okay! Order the lieutenant soldiers to attack the city immediately and tell Junyi that there is no need to keep it. No matter what, Tongguan must be taken today."

Hearing Liu Ye's order, Zhang Jai had long held back his anger, and immediately put on his helmet and armor, and commanded the troops to attack.

Crash!

Three thousand archers were tireless. They stretched their bows and set their arrows. The arrows fell from the sky like heavy rain, covering the entire city. hit.

"Kill! The first climber will be promoted to a higher level and will be rewarded with ten thousand coins!"

Thousands of infantry strode forward carrying the ladders, and firmly fixed the ladders on the city wall. The iron hooks at the top of the ladders were hung on the top of the city. Climbing up while biting the ring head knife.

In normal times, Dong Zhuojun's archers would have launched a retaliatory return shot long ago, but Ma Chao's attack from the rear had greatly restrained the defenders in the city. At least half of the defenders in the city were mobilized by Niu Fu to besiege and kill them. Ma Chao, so the city defense is inevitably much weaker.

The bulky siege engine moved forward slowly, and finally came under the city gate. The soldiers around the siege engine immediately pushed the ram with all their strength, and the thick ram hit the city gate with a lot of force, and the two doors closed. The gate of the city suddenly shook slightly, and a tiny gap appeared.

As the ram hit the city gate continuously, there were gradually several slightly audible creaking sounds.

Guan Hai was overjoyed, he stuck the huge saber on the ground, grasped the bumper with two thick arms, and then pushed forward forcefully.

boom!

There was a gap on the city gate, and Guan Hai worked even harder when he saw it. He pushed the wood against the wood without any effort. After hitting again and again, with an overwhelmed cracking sound, the two city gates finally opened slowly.

"Get in!"

Guan Hai roared, grabbed his saber and rushed in first. Seeing the city gate burst open, hundreds of Dong Zhuo's soldiers naturally rushed over, wanting to defend the city gate and sniping the Liangzhou soldiers who rushed in.

"Those who stand in my way die!"

Guan Hai took the lead, brandishing his saber, unstoppable. In an instant, blood rained down, screams came and went, arms and legs flew around, and he was forced to kill a bloody path by this reckless man.

The city gate was broken, and Dong Zhuojun on the wall was taken aback, and hurriedly divided his troops to resist the defenders outside the city, but firstly, the troops were weak due to the division, and secondly, their morale was low. How could they resist the continuous stream of soldiers rushing into the city?

Liangzhou soldiers broke through in two ways, and Liu Ye no longer concealed it, and played his own banner.

The General Who Conquers the West——Liu!

The Liangzhou soldiers' morale was greatly boosted, and they rushed into the city in one go, and completely drove Dong Zhuojun off the city wall.

Dong Jun, who was defeated in the direction of the west city, was defeated by the soldiers of Liangzhou and retreated steadily. He couldn't resist, so he had to retreat towards the east of the city.

Niu Fu was directing the army and horses in the city to fight fiercely with Ma Chao's iron cavalry, when he suddenly saw a group of disheveled defeated soldiers rushing over like a tide, he was immediately furious.

"What are you doing? Why are you here? You don't need military support here."

A member of the Dong Jundu Lieutenant said weakly: "Niu Zhonglang, we are incompetent, the west city is lost, and the enemy army is led by Liu Ye, the general who conquered the west. Our army was completely defeated."

"As expected by the military adviser, it is not bad. Liu Ye's traitor is indeed a suspicious soldier. He attacked Hexi County on the surface, but in fact he concealed his identity to supervise the battle at Tongguan. It is really cunning!" Niu Fu said angrily.

"Where is Niu Fu?"

There was only a loud shout like thunder, and one of the enemy troops, Bai Maxiao, was rushing to and fro, holding a Sirius spear, with a ghost mask covering his face, and a bloody head was protruding from the spear point. I couldn't tell the difference for a while.

However, among Dong Jun, there was a general with good eyesight. After careful identification, he immediately lost his voice and said, "Niu Zhonglang, that's the head of Captain Liu Zhi!"

"What?"

Niu Fu took a closer look. Wasn't the one picked on the spear the head of his confidant Liu Zhi? This head's eyes were wide open, and he died with reluctance. Obviously, before he died, he didn't believe that he would be easily beheaded by the enemy.

"Ma Chao from Xiliang is here, who dares to fight me!"

Ma Chao's roar was like thunder, shaking the eardrums of more than a thousand soldiers around him. They were overwhelmed. Dong Jun's soldiers, who thought they were brave, wanted to challenge them, but after seeing Liu Zhi's dead head , immediately shrank back.

"Niu Zhonglang, the enemy general is brave, why don't you change into the clothes of ordinary soldiers and escape from the city?" The captain beside him suggested.

Niu Fu's face turned green and white, and he gritted his teeth and said, "The general will inevitably die before the battle, how can I just retreat?" If Tongguan is lost, Master Taishan will have to kill himself? Anyway, it's a death, killing a **** is still profitable.

The captain persuaded: "Liu Ye is powerful in Liangzhou, and his soldiers are invincible. Niu Zhonglang has supervised the battle here for several days, and he has not played his duties. We all see it. Besides, it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. Why bother with a good life?" Woolen cloth?"

Niu Fu had the will to die in his heart, and he sighed when he heard Du Wei's words.

"That's all, let's go out of the city and make further calculations."

Hearing Niu Fu's order, the captain was overjoyed: If you order to fight to the death, most of you will finish the game together, save your life and let's talk about other things.

The captain immediately pointed a knife at one of the soldiers and forced him to take off his clothes and exchange them with Niu Fu, even though he was unwilling in his heart, he had no choice.

After changing his clothes, Niu Fu rushed out of the city surrounded by thousands of soldiers and horses. Ma Chao robbed and killed "Niu Fu" as he wished, but in the end he found out that he was a Xibei.

After a big battle tonight, Ma Chao led three thousand cavalry and entered Tongguan from behind. Dong Jun was in chaos, while Liu Ye seized the opportunity to attack back and forth. Seven thousand soldiers broke through the pass and entered with Ma Chao. .

In this battle, Liu Ye's army was well commanded, with less than a thousand casualties, while Niu Fu's army had more than 3,000 casualties. Except for the more than 2,000 people who escaped with Niu Fu, the remaining 4,000 people were all captured.

Liu Ye dismissed 20,000 civilians, recruited 20,000 field soldiers, and then planted his banner in Tongguan.

The gateway to Guanzhong, Tongguan, finally changed hands starting today.