() Once Ma Yue's proposal is accepted by the Xiliang generals, it will be of considerable help to the Xiliang army. This time, the help to the Xiliang army comes from two aspects. One is to improve the morale of the army. Zhen. Originally, because of Dong Zhuo's death, the Xiliang army was a little uncomfortable from top to bottom. Even the enemy didn't know how to deal with it. But now, since those generals have some ideas, they will naturally think I tried my best to regain the morale of my sergeants to fight the enemy.

The second is to allow the Xiliang Army to be more proactive. In fact, the Xiliang Army has always defended the weak and attacked the strong. Without such incentives, they were just trapped in Chang'an City, and they would have lost 50% of the battle before they fought. .But now, because all the generals are eager to compete, they will take the initiative to attack, making this battle even more unpredictable.

Of course, what the outcome of this battle will be depends on the efforts of both armies. At this time, the Kwantung Allied Forces have already arrived at Chang'an City. Under Yuan Shao's order, various forces have begun to attack. The city's posture was to wait until the army had rested and recovered before attacking.

At the top of Chang'an City, the Xiliang generals looked at the company camps less than ten miles away from the city, with murderous intent in their eyes. However, they were not in a hurry to order their men and horses to fight out, because they felt that it was not time yet. At this time, you must wait until dark, and wait until the newly arrived enemy begins to rest before attacking again.

Everyone was of the same mind, and after sizing each other up, the generals went back to camp and prepared to go. Only Ma Yue made no movement at this time, which made some people who paid close attention to their actions doubt. Isn't he, the person who first advocated fighting to elect a new leader, not interested in this?

No matter what Ma Yue's reaction was, all the Xiliang Army units were already ready to take action. After dusk, the sergeants from all walks of life were assigned a good war meal. After eating the meal, Later, they were led quietly to the city gate by their respective generals.

As orders were issued one after another, the city gate of Chang'an, which had been kept tightly closed since it seemed impossible to open it on its own initiative, suddenly opened wide. Tens of thousands of Xiliang cavalry rushed out of the city gate and headed outside. The black camp of the Kwantung Allied Forces attacked them. The hoofs of the war horses kept hitting the ground, causing the whole land to tremble.

At this time, in the Kwantung Allied Forces camp, Cao Cao, who was on the left wing, was walking back and forth uneasily. He had mentioned to Yuan Shao before that he should beware of the Xiliang Army's night attack and killed them before their footing was stable, but Yuan Shao responded to this But he didn't take it seriously.

"Now the Xiliang Army is leaderless. They are fighting with each other for control of the entire army. How can anyone lead troops to fight? The only thing they can do now is to defend the city. That is what they can no longer do together. People can do it. So Meng De, your concerns in this regard are really too much." Yuan Shao's response at that time was so straightforward.

But Cao Cao still didn't have too optimistic hopes for this. When the two armies were fighting, they had to consider defeat first and then victory. If he didn't even pay attention to this, how could he achieve a fundamental victory? But after all, he He had no authority to give orders to other people to be on guard against night attacks. The only thing he could do was to ask his subordinates to be as careful as possible.

Seeing Cao Cao moving uneasily, Cao Hong and the others couldn't help but persuade him: "Mengde, are you worrying too much? Today's Xiliang army is no longer what they were a few months ago, and we are now on the offensive side.

, what they should be focusing on now is how to defend Chang'an, how can they attack us at night?"

"There are no absolutes in the world... Before we have completed the encirclement of Chang'an, no matter how careful we are, it cannot be too much." Cao Cao said with worry: "Besides, don't forget that the people of Xiliang are the best at attacking.

.Although they are now leaderless, it does not mean that they will give up what they are good at and stick to it instead."

Just as they were saying this, there was a faint cry of killing in the distance, and then they felt the ground shaking under their feet. Suddenly, the expressions of everyone in the camp changed. Cao Hong and the others

He even looked at Cao Cao with a mixture of surprise and respect: "Is it really as you expected?"

Cao Cao was also nervous at this time and immediately shouted: "Quick, order everyone to prepare for the battle! Unexpectedly, the Xiliang army actually attacked on the night we arrived!" Although he persuaded Yuan Shao and reminded his generals,

Yes, but in his heart, he also felt that the possibility of this happening was not very high. After all, as far as he knew, the problems within the Xiliang Army were still quite serious, and it was not necessarily true that the men and horses would come out.

But the facts told Cao Cao that there are some things in this world that are really uncertain, and sometimes it will not go wrong if you prepare early.

Here at Cao Cao's military camp, because they were well prepared, after the generals gave the order, everyone immediately formed a team to meet the enemy. But the situation in other battalions was completely different, especially Zhang Miao's army at the front.

At this time, all the people and horses had returned to the camp to sleep. Except for a few soldiers who were keeping vigil and were dozing off at the camp gate, the entire camp was almost undefended.

And at this moment, with a cry of killing, thousands of Xiliang cavalry howled and rushed in front of them in the blink of an eye, breaking through the sparse horseback in front of the camp like a storm, and then they drove straight in and slashed.

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The sergeants under Zhang Miao's department had just fallen asleep when they were awakened by the shouts of killing, and soon found that the enemy had broken into the camp. They hurriedly tried to use weapons to resist, but it was too late. One by one, they used the momentum of their horses to charge and kill them.

The Xiliang cavalry who entered the camp broke through their tents like murderous gods and killed the helpless soldiers one by one.

Within a few seconds, Zhang Miao's troops, which were the front line of defense of the Kwantung Allied Forces, completely collapsed, and everyone fled to the sides and behind in panic. After being attacked and unable to resist, these sergeants made their first move

The reaction was to run away, and in doing so, they became the accomplices of the Xiliang army.

After hearing the cry of killing from the front, several other groups of troops also hurriedly got up and prepared to meet the enemy. Although these troops and horses were not prepared in any way, they still had tens of thousands of troops. No matter how fast or sharp the Xiliang army's surprise attack was, it would not be possible.

In one breath, the camp of tens of thousands of troops was completely disrupted. So as long as they were given a little time, the following battalions could form a formation to face the enemy, and then they could withstand the first wave of attacks.

But they didn't expect that after the chaos in the military camp ahead, many of their companions turned around and ran over. Seeing that it was their fellow soldier running toward them, the Kwantung Allied Army soldiers were obviously hesitant in their actions. But their hesitation was reflected in their actions.

To their own detriment, the defensive formation they had finally set up was immediately shattered into pieces by Zhang Miao's troops who were hurriedly fleeing for their lives.

And then, the Xiliang cavalry came with the momentum of defeating Zhang Miao's troops. Because their own defense line had been disrupted, the soldiers of the Kwantung Alliance panicked and resisted for a while, losing some more troops.

Finally, they had no choice but to retreat backwards again.

Like dominoes, with the collapse of the first camp, the unprepared battalions of the Kwantung Allied Forces were killed one by one by this sudden surprise attack by the Xiliang cavalry. They were unable to fight back and could only keep moving backwards and forwards.

Only by retreating can these soldiers temporarily save their lives.

But the price they paid for saving their lives was that more military camps were completely disrupted by their panicked actions, making the entire military camp chaotic. The enemy's chaos boosted the morale of the Xiliang army.

Not only were the cavalry at the forefront still rushing forward desperately, but also some of the infantry following them were unwilling to lag behind and pushed forward with all their strength, killing the Kwantung Allied Forces so hard that the Kwantung Allied Forces were almost unable to resist.

At this time, Yuan Shao of the Central Army of the Kwantung Allied Forces regretted it endlessly. If he had listened to Cao Cao's advice and not underestimated the enemy so much and deployed troops in front to prevent sneak attacks, he would have ended up in this situation. Seeing that all the troops were in chaos now

As a group, it was even more difficult to pack up the troops and fight the enemy again in the darkness. In desperation, he had no choice but to issue a retreat order: "Retreat first, distance yourself from the Xiliang army, and then plan later!"

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"It's impossible at this time!" Just when Yuan Shao was about to issue this military order, Cao Cao hurried over. When the Xiliang army raided the front army, he had ordered his troops to defend the camp securely, no matter whether it was the enemy or the enemy.

He ordered his men to drive back the defeated troops in front with bows and crossbows. In this way, Cao Cao's battalion finally stabilized its position.

However, Cao Cao did not relax because of this. Instead, he quickly brought people to Yuan Shao to discuss how to meet the enemy. Unexpectedly, he heard Yuan Shao's military order just before he arrived at his tent, and he couldn't care less at this time.

If there were too many, he immediately stopped him and explained at the same time: "Basically, not only will this not allow our army to find a way to defeat the enemy, it will actually put us into a more unfavorable situation."

"How do you say this?" Yuan Shao asked anxiously, not caring whether Cao Cao's words were inappropriate at this time.

"The Xiliang army has a lot of cavalry. Even if we distance ourselves, we can't get rid of them at all. Instead, we can allow them to fully utilize their advantages. Moreover, the morale of our armies is now in chaos. Once the order to retreat is given,

It is very likely to cause a rout, and it will be too late to regret it by then!" Cao Cao explained quickly.

"This..." Yuan Shao thought about it carefully and felt that this statement was reasonable. This was because he was too anxious, and for a moment he forgot that the enemy he faced was the Xiliang Army, which was mainly cavalry. There was a look on his face.

After the Red Queen, he couldn't help but said: "What can you do about Mengde? If there is no way to deal with them, I'm afraid we are not far from being defeated."
Chapter completed!