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The Evolution of the Three Kingdoms Volume Chapter 168 The Battle of Chang'an 1

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    Outside Chang'an City, the horns of cows whined and swung far away.  Ma Teng's army arrived and began to attack the city.

    On the plain outside the city, Ma Teng's troops poured out of tents one after another like an explosion of horses. They quickly hitched their horses and looked for their own military camp.  After a while, groups of infantry and cavalry pulled out from the camp crowded with tents and marched in tribal order to Chang'an City to take formation.  Half an hour later, the entire formation slowly took shape and became quiet.

    And behind Ma Teng's army formation, a huge high platform had been set up overnight. Ma Teng and others were standing on this high platform at the moment, looking at Chang'an in the distance.

    Chang'an!  The heart of the world, the foundation of overlord!  When I saw Chang'an, I felt like I was seeing the throne in Weiyang Palace!  A burning heat flashed in Ma Teng's eyes!  With a wave of his hand, attack the city!

    As another long sound of horns spread, countless messengers were released from the high platform.  Under the urging of these messengers, the formation began to move slowly. Some cavalry in armor broke out of the formation and ran around the edge of the city wall, testing the range of the bows and arrows on the city.

    Then the infantry formed up to meet them.  Following the order, these foot archers marched slowly until they stopped beyond the distance of the bows and arrows on the city, and began to draw their bows and nock arrows.  Then several more phalanx infantrymen holding large shields slowly advanced and marched to the archer formation to stand by.

    The large group of people were crying and being driven from behind with swords and weapons, and rushed to the front of all Ma Teng's military formations, with bags of sand and earth dragged on everyone's shoulders.

    From high on the city wall, we can see that behind the entire Ma Teng army, ladders and chariots are advancing in an orderly manner from the distance, row by row, moving little by little behind the formation.

    Ma Tengjun¡¯s movements were not precise. From time to time, various noises were heard, and some of the phalanxes were in the wrong position, causing several phalanxes to move unable to reach their intended positions.  But even so, watching these Han and Qiang soldiers practicing their tactics meticulously still brought a huge shock to the officers and soldiers on the city wall.  A man on the high wall who looked like an officer in his thirties or forties couldn't help but sigh, seemingly unwilling to do so. He was a noble officer named Jiang Ji.

    In fact, after Jiang Ji entered the city, he still had some illusions about hiding in Chang'an City. After all, he was also a native of Xiliang. In his impression, the Qiang people may be tough in field battles, but they were never heard to be good at attacking cities.  But with Ma Tengjun's performance today and his ability to implement such satisfactory tactics, he already knew that Chang'an City would definitely not be saved.  I don't know when, this Ma Teng had already made preparations for siege tactics and practiced such tactics. This guy must have planned it for a long time!

    Since Chang'an City is large, there are many walls that need to be defended. There are not many defensive forces assigned to each area. Moreover, the current Chang'an City Wall has gone through various changes and is already in tatters. There are many places where people can climb up.  Gaps, just defending these places will greatly dilute the strength of Chang'an City.

    Another reason is that there are very few real soldiers in Chang'an City. The war was tense some time ago, and they were assigned to the defense lines at the north and south ends.  Nowadays, there are only two to three thousand people who can be used in the city, and the only ones left are the strong men, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled.  Facing tens of thousands of Ma Teng's elite troops, even if the ants were really attacking the city, thousands of people in the city would not be able to withstand it.  And now there are only a thousand people facing the main siege force of Ma Teng's army?  Jiang Ji sighed. It seemed that even if he ran into Chang'an City, he was destined to be unable to escape the hands of these barbaric thieves!  That¡¯s all!  Today, just fight and die here!  With a long sigh, Jiang Ji got ready.

    There was another sound of horns, and the minions of Ma Tengjun appeared. The archers let go of their bowstrings with a bang, and a buzz of arrows flew up, flying straight to the heads of the defenders on the city wall and falling.  The bows and arrows of the Ma Teng infantry archers were powerful and heavy, and they pinned many defenders on the city wall who were unable to dodge to the ground.  These temporary gatherings of strong men had never seen such formations on weekdays. Immediately, many people ignored military law and ran down the city wall crying and shouting.

    Jiang Ji sighed and personally led his soldiers to stop these ruffians everywhere. When he was annoyed, he personally killed several soldiers who did not obey orders. However, these guards were really frightened and ran away in all directions. After a while, on the city wall,  Order is lost.  Jiang Ji led his tribesmen to chop off dozens of heads before gathering his men, but at this time there were only three to five hundred soldiers on the city wall.

    Asking for help!  As soon as Zhang Changshi asked for help, Jiang Ji shouted loudly to his men.  The soldiers who wore the order were so drunk by him that they turned around and ran away!

    Jiang Ji couldn't help feeling regretful and shouted loudly: "It belongs to men. Just hold on here a little longer. Reinforcements will arrive soon. If you old men don't come to defend the city, why don't you let the unarmed scholars and women in the city do it?"  We cannot defend the city. If we cannot defend this wall, no one will be able to escape after the Qiang people rush in.?My parents and my wife must die a miserable death!  Bros!  Now is the time of life and death!  " Shouting, Jiang Ji didn't realize that his voice had turned into a cry in the end.

    Ma Teng took a real look at the chaos of the Chang'an defenders from the high platform.  Laughing endlessly and waving their hands, the people gathered along the road began to fill the river under the swords of the infantry.  Tens of thousands of people streamed back and forth, and under the weak bows and arrows of the defenders on the city wall, a section of the moat was filled up in a short time.

    Pang De shouted loudly, picked up a simply made ladder with one hand and rushed forward.  He directly caught up with a gap, took a straight knife in his mouth, and climbed up.  Behind him were large groups of soldiers who were eager to enter the city. Each one of them had red eyes and was scrambling to climb up.

    As the ladders continued to be put up on the wall, the arrow rain from Ma Teng's infantry archers became more and more dense. It was almost impossible for people to walk on the city wall. Only the defenders with the thickest and most comprehensive clothing dared to show their heads in the rain of arrows.  .

    Step by step, they climbed up the city wall from the ladder. The light-armored infantrymen held the knives in their mouths, flicked out a sword and started killing in all directions.  At this time, the arms of the riflemen were exhausted, so they stopped shooting continuously and retreated. From behind the formation, another hastily made ramming car emerged. Dozens of strong men shouted and trotted all the way.  Pushing the city car, he rushed towards the city gate.  At this time, no Han troops on the city wall could see this fatal danger.

    Jiang Jiu was shocked when he saw Ma Teng's army coming up from the watchtower on the city wall. He quickly ordered his men to rush up the city wall and fight to the death with the enemy.  A group of hundreds of defenders rushed forward, barely able to withstand the dozens of Ma Teng Army sergeants who came forward.

    Jiang Jiu was so anxious that he pulled out his knife, and the general went up to him, while shouting: "Knock down all those ladders quickly and block their way back!"

    At this time, the soldiers who stayed on the city wall were already aware of the predicament at hand. Even though their swords were powerless, they screamed and slashed at the ferocious soldiers who had climbed up first.

    A strong man with a beard was the most courageous. He held onto the crenel of a ladder and stood firm in the face of the hacking attacks of more than ten soldiers.  Not long after, five or six Han soldiers were already lying down at his feet. The fighting became more vigorous. With a loud roar, he took off all his armor and clothes, and waved his long knife with even greater force, killing ten people around him.  Others can't get close.

    Jiang Jiuli saw it from a distance, pulled out an old battle bow from the First World War from behind, opened the bow and set an arrow, and there was a whoosh, but unfortunately it missed the man's neck and hit the shoulder blade.  But he didn't expect that this man would become even more violent when he saw the bleeding. He stretched out his hand and grabbed a person, spun him around, and threw the man as a hidden weapon. Jiang Ji was frightened and took a few steps back. The man was thrown.  After more than ten steps away, it landed on the ground with a bang, but there was no movement.

    While they were anxious, many people came running up from the city. One of them was dressed in civil official uniforms and had a heroic look. It was this time that the Jiang people followed their relatives and fellow countrymen who came to seek refuge - Chang Shi Yang Fu.  Behind him were a variety of people, all holding hoes and kitchen knives, but it was the common people and noble servants in Chang'an City who were encouraged by these people to come up.

    This wave of people came up very bloody, and they rushed straight to kill the first dead soldiers of Ma Teng's army.  Especially one of the fierce generals at the head, Jiang Xu, a brother of the same clan, held a pumpkin sledgehammer obtained from the palace guards. He would hit anyone in the head with the hammer. Few soldiers of the Ma Teng Army could block it. Most of them had weapons.  Breaking, brains exploding and dying, he is simply invincible.

    Jiang Xu was invincible, and soon he met the strong military attache from before. When they saw each other, they were both shocked by the other's physique.  Can't help but be cautious.  Jiang Xu still struck first. Seeing that he had no weapon in his hand to block, the strong man had to take a step back. Unexpectedly, Jiang Xu stepped forward and swept forward again. The strong man took another step back. Before long, Jiang Xu had already forced him.  This man was in a hurry, and someone next to him bumped into him without hesitation, knocking the strong man forward. Just as Jiang Xu pulled back the hammer handle and caught him, he almost fainted for a moment. The people next to him quickly seized the opportunity.  With both swords and axes, he chopped this fierce general of Ma Teng Army into pulp in an instant.

    With the help of Jiang Xu's group of people, they finally cleared away the remaining enemies on the city wall and knocked down all the ladders on the crenellations.  Jiang Xu poked his head out and was about to cheer when he saw that no one behind Ma Tengjun was climbing on the wall anymore.  Suddenly he turned his head and shouted to everyone: "Hurry up and hide, the bows and arrows are coming!" He ran into the watchtower minding his own business.

    Sure enough, the infantrymen outside the city had already calmed down, formed a formation, drew their long bows, and shot arrows up to the city.  I saw a dark cloud rising from below the city and falling directly on the heads of the cheering guards and supporting people on the city wall.  Countless guards who had been rejoicing in their courage just a moment ago fell to the ground.  Blood flowed all over the city wall.

    The second wave of ladder attacks starts again!  But on the city wall, there was already a pool of blood!

      And below the city gate, Ma Tengjun's ramming vehicle has been prepared and is accelerating towards the city gate. However, the guards inside the city wall have just been hit by the arrow rain on the city wall and are confused and frightened.  ignorance.

    Ma Teng stood on the high platform and couldn't help but raise his head and laugh wildly when he saw this scene!  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to (this site) to subscribe and reward. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

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