"Your heads." Said it was too late, it was fast, before the two had time to draw their swords, Yan Qing and Luochen had already raised their swords, and the two of them fell to the ground and fell to their horses.

The Xiliang Army was stunned.

Yan Qing's thousand light cavalry approached Luochen, ready to defend.

"Brothers! Avenge General Guo Li..." A soldier of the Xiliang Army shouted. Before he could draw his sword, Yan Qing's short arrow had already shot him in the throat. There was a commotion in the Xiliang Army, but it became quiet again. Because of the Battle of Xingyang and Dong Zhuo's obedience, Luochen still had some prestige in the Xiliang army.

"Xiliang brothers," Luo Chen said, "You guys have not stopped fighting in the north and south, but you have been called rebellious, you have been spurned by others, and you have lost your life if you are not careful, isn't it very wrong! Fall with me today and serve the emperor. , I guarantee that you will be prosperous and wealthy, and you will be an upright person!"

The Xiliang people fell to their knees: "I would like to hear Mr. Luo's orders!"

Luochen got off his horse and knelt on the ground, loudly saying: "Luochen came to rescue, please come downstairs!".

Chapter 7 Xiliang

Later, he lost his post, and because he stayed in Longxi, he lived with Qiang. The family was poor and had no wife, so he married a Qiang girl and was born. Teng Shao was poor and had no industry, so he often harvested timber from Zhangshan Mountain, and sold it to the city to supply himself. Teng Wei is more than eight feet long, with a huge body, a handsome face and nose, and a virtuous personality, which is respected by many people.

- Annotation by Pei in "Three Kingdoms"

The government has undergone earth-shaking changes within a few days. Players such as Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun, Guo Si Li Jue and others have all been destroyed. Luo Chen stepped forward from behind the scenes and became the prime minister. The continuous large-scale coup d’etat in the palace resulted in the death and injury of 10,000 people. At present, there are about 70,000 defenders in Chang’an, most of which are soldiers and horses of Xiliang, under the full command of Luochen.

Of course, the Eastern Han Dynasty is now in a state of disintegration, and the area controlled by Luochen and the Emperor is only Chang'an and its surroundings. In the Kanto and Central Plains, there were continuous melee battles, and Yuan Shao had a clear advantage. Cao Cao annihilated the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou and other places, ate Tao Qian in Xuzhou and other places, and defeated Liu Bei. In the south, Jingzhou Liu Biao and Jiangdong Sun Ce formed a confrontation. In other areas, Ma Teng in Xiliang, Liu Zhang in Yizhou, and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong lived in one corner. These feudal lords, most with thirty to four thousand armors, and as few as tens of thousands, are strong opponents.

Luochen felt that his generals were not enough. There was only one Lu Bu, and Yan Qing had no ability to command tens of thousands of troops. The other generals were all damaged in the previous palace coup.

It's time to turn on the system again, and with a ding in the head, the screen reappears. Luo Chen was pleasantly surprised to find that the control power has now reached 5 orders of magnitude, while the internal repair power is even higher, reaching 7 orders of magnitude. Five orders of magnitude can already be exchanged for many generals, but it is far from enough to exchange for top generals or generals who can command large-scale corps. After five orders of magnitude are used up, they can only be exchanged for Fan Kuai, Lin Chong and the like. After thinking about it, Luo Chen chose Lin Chong. Although Fan Kuai was a famous general of the Western Han Dynasty, he was not calm enough... Luo Chen clicked on Lin Chong, and the control value changed accordingly. becomes 0.

A burst of light flashed Song Jia, and a general with a spear appeared in front of him, "Lord", Lin Chong knelt down on one knee. "Very good," Luo Chen looked at him with interest. "Tomorrow, I will take you to the court and make you a colonel. I hope you can be a little independent."

As for internal cultivation, Luo Chen chose "Gunpowder Manufacturing". Although it was hard to learn, it was very useful. After all, it is the power of science and technology that changes the form of warfare. If the fallen army wants to be fundamentally superior to the enemy army and form a crushing advantage, it must be a difference in the level of science and technology. At that time, it will be the state of battle between the foreign powers and the Qing army... But it is too far away from this goal at present, and now I am learning theory, so where can I find these materials? The most important thing is mass production. To equip such a huge army requires the establishment of modern factories. Where are the modern machines in modern factories? Do you want to invent your own steam engine? Or there is another method... It is to use huge manpower to build super-large handmade factories, and use manpower to make up for the defects in the machines... But now the political situation is turbulent, wars continue, and the population is declining...

Luo Chen thought about it like this, "Gunpowder Manufacture" has arrived in his hand with a light.

"Report 々ˇ!" There was an emergency report outside the door, and a sergeant stepped forward, "Cao Cao sent troops to the west, saying that we were blackmailing the emperor and deceiving the emperor!"

Luo Chen was shocked. He knew that Cao Cao would come to grab the emperor sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly. Now Cao Cao's strength has greatly increased, with fierce generals like clouds, and Guo Jia and other wizards assisted, with more than 300,000 armors, his strength is far more than Luo Chen. Since the Chang'an army was initially determined, it was not suitable for combat, and Luochen had already considered it first. He named Yuan Shao the Great Sima in the name of the Son of Heaven, and served as the shepherd of Hebei Provinces such as Jizhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou, etc., and took full charge of the rich and prosperous areas in the northern Yellow River and the eastern Central Plains. Luochen attached a letter expressing his congratulations, implying that Cao Cao was Yuan Shao's great enemy and should be eliminated as soon as possible. Seize the opportunity to advance to Yanzhou, where Cao Cao is stationed.

"Is there any movement over Yuan Shao?" Luo Chen asked.

"Our representative in Yuan Shao urged Yuan Shao to seize the opportunity, and several of Yuan Shao's great advisers also advised Yuan Shao to take the opportunity to attack Cao Cao, but..."

"but what?"

"But Yuan Shao's youngest son is sick. Yuan Shao wants to take care of his son and is not willing to send troops."

Luochen was furious, "This idiot!" No wonder Cao Cao killed him so easily in the end, how could he unify the north with such insight! For this trivial matter, I lost such a good opportunity... Fortunately, I contacted Ma Teng from Xiliang a few days ago.

As Luochen was thinking, another sergeant ran in: "Report! Zhang Lu of Hanzhong has committed a northward attack, and has now attacked Chang'an from Hanzhong north, and has taken control of a large area along the way."

This Zhang Lu also dares to bully me Luochen? Luochen was furious, presumably Cao Cao instigated it. Most of Luochen's army gathered in Chang'an, leaving a large blank area in Guanzhong, which was easily occupied by Zhang Lu.

The next day, he summoned his ministers and appointed Lin Chong as the captain of the school. The 50,000-strong army of Xiliang was handed over to him, and he ordered him to immediately advance eastward, to guard the Tongguan and Hanguguan areas strictly and not to attack. He ordered Lü Bu to lead an army of 20,000 troops and head south to Hanzhong. At the same time, let the emperor issue an edict to appoint Ma Teng as the prefect of Xiliang, plus a general.

When Luochen returned to his residence, Lu Bu was quite suspicious about this. "Cao Cao's 300,000 troops, one Lin Chong, and 50,000 troops, I'm afraid they can't match it at all." Lv Bu said worriedly, "And Cao Cao is obviously the main attack, why didn't you send me to meet the enemy?"

Luo Chen smiled slightly: "You don't have to deal with Cao Cao, the army of 20,000 people, you have to make sure to stop Zhang Lu's offensive, and then give you reinforcements, you have to conquer Hanzhong."

"Reinforcement? Where does the lord have reinforcements?"

"I'm going to see Ma Teng." Luo Chen said. "As for Lin Chong's side, it's fine for him to strictly guard it. Defeating the enemy does not have to use military methods, but also economic methods..."

Luochen and Yan Qingxiao stayed overnight and arrived at Shicheng a few days later. Shicheng is an outpost overlooking the Xiliang in the Central Plains. It is extremely strong and can be attacked and defended. It is nailed to the edge of Xiliang like a nail. According to legend, it was built by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Luochen and Ma Teng met in the outskirts of Shicheng.

At a small table, Luo Chen and Ma Teng sat opposite each other, behind Luo Chen was Yan Qing, and behind Ma Teng were Ma Chao and Ma Dai. Thousands of meters behind Ma Teng, the Xiliang army was waiting in full force.

".'Thank you for taking care of the Prime Minister and making me Ma Teng a general." Ma Teng said, "I believe that you plan to give Shicheng to me Ma Teng? It's unbelievable."

"That's right," Luo Chen said calmly, "The general knows that Chang'an is now facing the double attack of Cao Cao and Zhang Lu, and it is at stake."

"You want me to help you fight Cao Cao?" Ma Teng seemed to understand, "I'm afraid this will not work, Ma Teng lives in Xiliang, and has no grievances with Cao Cao, and does not want to get involved in the disputes in the Central Plains..."

"No." Luochen said with a smile, "I just ask the general to promise not to attack Chang'an. Luochen is willing to exchange a military town for peace in the west, so that he can concentrate on dealing with Cao Cao."

"That's right," Ma Teng was overjoyed, "no problem, I, Ma Teng, won't fall into trouble (good enough)."

"Then we've reached an agreement," Luo Chen laughed, "The general's brigade can now drive into Shicheng."

Ma Teng led tens of thousands of Xiliang troops into Shicheng beamingly, and that night Luochen entertained Ma Teng and the generals of Xiliang. "Luochen has kept this jar of fine wine so far, and now I drink it with the generals." Luochen opened a jar of wine and filled it for everyone. Then raised the wine glass, "For the alliance of Xiliang and Chang'an!"

Ma Teng was about to drink when Pound whispered in a low voice behind him, "Be careful it's poisonous." Ma Teng stopped immediately.

Luo Chen took everything in his eyes, laughed, took the lead to drink up, poured another glass, and drank it again. The generals no longer had any doubts, and all drank, "Good wine!" Ma Teng praised.

After a little silence, the general of Xiliang fell to his knees, "My lord!" There was indeed no poison in the wine, it was just the blood of Luochen.

"Immediately gather all the troops of Xiliang and go to Tongguan and Hanguguan to fight against Cao Cao!" Luochen gave a majestic order, "Ma Dai leads 20,000 soldiers and horses to join General Lu Bu and capture Hanzhong!" After speaking, Luochen went out and straddled his horse. .

Chapter 8 Tongguan

The peaks and mountains are like gatherings, the waves are like fury, and the mountains and rivers are like Tongguan Road. Looking at the Western Capital, I hesitated. Sad that Qin and Han traveled through the place, all the palaces and houses were made soil. Prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer.

——Zhang Yanghao, "The Hillside Sheep·Tong cares about the ancients"

Cao Cao has been quite irritable recently. The 300,000-strong army stormed Tongguan, but he was stuck here and could not advance half a step.

Cao Cao's plan was indeed correct. The intelligence personnel accurately inquired about the number of Luochen's troops. Cao Cao instigated Zhang Lu again, and promised him a lot of money to attack Chang'an in the north, forcing Luochen to divide his troops. All of this happened perfectly according to Cao Cao's plan. Luochen divided 20,000 troops to attack Zhang Lu, and defended Tongguan and Hanguguan with only an unknown young general and a mere tens of thousands of soldiers. In front of him, taking the Son of Heaven is no problem.

The beginning went smoothly. Cao Cao's 300,000-strong army surrounded Hangu Pass. Although the soldiers in the city resisted bravely, they were definitely outnumbered. Two days later, Hangu Pass was captured, and most of the troops in the city surrendered. Then Cao's army attacked Tongguan with confidence. However, there are two differences between Tongguan and Hanguguan. One is that Tongguan is built on the Yellow River in Huashan Mountain, and troops can only be advanced from the front. The army can’t use it, so they have to use oil-filling tactics; It is the gate of Chang'an, the city wall is extremely tall, and it is even more difficult to attack.

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Cao Jun suffered heavy casualties and attacked for nearly a week. Rivers of blood flowed under the city, and the defenders in Tongguan City were also heavily damaged. It seemed that they were powerless. In the middle of the week, Lu Bu lost to Zhang Lu in a row. Zhang Lu was seriously injured and fled to Hanzhong frantically with his tail between his legs. Cao Cao thought that Lü Bu would urgently return to Tongguan to reinforce Tongguan, but he did not expect that Lü Bu would chase Zhang Lu all the way to Hanzhong. Cao Cao was quite surprised: Is this Lü Bu different? Tongguan is broken, and Chang'an is about to end. How dare he go to Hanzhong in a desperate attempt? But he breathed a sigh of relief, Tongguan was just around the corner, and the end of the dust was just around the corner.

It was late at night, and the large tent of the Chinese army was full of people. On the left are the current tiger generals: Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, Le Jin, Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Xu Huang, and the newly joined Zhang Liao; on the right are the advisors: Guo Jia, Cheng Yu, Xun Yu, Xun You, etc. Cao Cao sat upright in the center: "Everyone, how is the battle today?"

Xiahou Dun immediately stood up: "Our troops attacked violently on the left without stopping for a moment. We borrowed strong bows and crossbows and thunderbolts (throwing stones, which were widely used in the Three Kingdoms), causing huge casualties to the enemy. Today, our army has borrowed cloud ladders to throw Hundreds of people were sent to the city, and the city wall was almost occupied... The enemy has suffered heavy damage, and I have confidence in defeating the city tomorrow."

Cao Cao nodded in satisfaction.

Cao Hong of the right army was not to be outdone, and the performance of the right army was not inferior to that of the left army. "The army on the right set up several ladders and shot arrows at the soldiers at the top of the city. The enemy army was suppressed by me and could not resist. If it was not dark, the city on the right would probably have been broken."

Xu Zhu in the middle of the road laughed loudly: "Everyone, although you attacked fiercely, you fell short, and you have to start again tomorrow. My army in the middle route has already smashed a big hole in the city gate, and it will be easy to take down Tongguan tomorrow!"