More and more explosive bombs with more and more precision fell on the city walls of Tongguan.
In a short time, the entire Tongguan was in a rage.
The huge city-breaking machine was also moved under the Tongguan City Gate.
Cao Ren had given up the plan of defending the city and directed his soldiers below the city to gather behind the city gate to organize defense.
He determined that since the top of the city was covered in flames, it was impossible for the opponent to invade Tongguan by climbing over the wall, so they could only break in through the door.
But Cao Ren didn't expect that the opponent would break through so quickly.
He heard a loud crack like muffled thunder, followed by silence for a second or two.
Then he heard the soldiers shouting in panic: "The city is broken, the city gate is broken."
Cao Ren was startled, then quickly calmed down, and ran toward the city gate with his gun in hand, shouting loudly to the left and right along the way, and the order was coming to the city.
The soldiers gathered at the gate sped up and took action.
General Yan Liang led 300 elite soldiers to rush into the city cave first, after the city-breaking machine exited the city gate.
A large number of small phalanxes composed of heavy infantry with swords and shields and swordsmen entered the city one by one.
Each small square formation is a hundred-man team, with Mo Dao Shou in the middle of the front rows, and heavy infantry on the left, right and rear.
A large number of Cao's soldiers had gathered behind the city gate, and they attacked Yan Liang's trapped troops with spears, halberds, swords and spears.
At this time, Yan Liang was covered in ring armor and a helmet made of iron, and he danced with his sword.
"Puff, click, click!"
Accompanied by the sounds of broken bones and flesh, Yan Liang continuously beheaded Cao Jun's soldiers and rushed forward bravely.
Two hundred of his soldiers held shields and held ring-headed steel knives, closely guarding him on his left and right and behind him.
In just ten seconds, Yan Liang and his subordinates, who were responsible for setting up the formation, fell into Cao Ren's formation.
Many Cao soldiers stabbed them with spears, spears and halberds.
Even though they were blocked by shields, Yan Liang's soldiers were constantly being attacked.
Stung by spears and halberds, the wounded fell to the ground.
However, Yan Liang's intrusion also caused chaos in Cao's army behind the city.
Yan Liang shouted loudly, swung the sword in a round shape, and slashed out a mysterious moon.
Another five or six soldiers of Cao's army were either beheaded or had their throats slit and fell to the ground dead.
The surrounding soldiers also kept raising and lowering their swords to kill the nearby Cao soldiers.
At the same time, the small phalanx of the Huben Army has broken into the city gate.
The swords are like forests and walls.
Those who stand in the way will die, and those who block them will die.
Corpses with mutilated limbs fell at the feet of Mo Dao Bingfang.
Some soldiers of Cao's army wanted to attack these Mo swordsmen armed with "magic spears" from the left and right, but they were blocked by the large shield wall of Huben heavy infantry and could not advance.
Javelins also flew out from these small square formations from time to time, killing and wounding Cao's army in large numbers.
Cao Ren took a look and realized that if he didn't kill the incoming general quickly, the consequences would be disastrous.
They quietly gathered a group of archers, and then fired at Yan Liang and his subordinates who were in a melee with their own side.
Yan Liang's soldiers saw the arrow coming and immediately raised their shields to block it.
The soldiers of Cao's army who were engaging Yan Liang's troops fell to the ground one after another with arrows.
Yan Liang continued to slash and chop with his sword without fear.
Some of the arrows hit the ring armor, making a dull "dong-dong" sound, and made small pits on the surface of the ring armor, but they were not able to penetrate.
Even if some arrows penetrate the armor, they are stuck in the arrow clusters and cannot completely penetrate the armor.
Yan Liang looked like a hedgehog on the surface, but he was actually unscathed and continued to fight bravely with his sword, facing such a brave general.
The morale of these elite Cao soldiers quickly declined.
The Hu Ben Mo sword array at the rear continued to advance deep behind the Tongguan city gate one by one.
Cao Ren saw it and was anxious in his heart.
He gritted his teeth, raised his spear and quietly came forward, and shot Yan Liang in the side without warning.
One of Yan Liang's soldiers was holding a shield against the spear thrust by Cao Ren.
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When he saw Yan Liang's shot, he threw the steel knife in his hand at Cao Ren in a hurry.
Cao Ren had no choice but to raise his gun and knock down the flying knife.
But as a result, the gun tip was hollowed out and stabbed above Yan Liang's head.
Yan Liang also discovered that the enemy general was nearby.
After returning his sword, he slashed at Cao Ren with extremely fast speed.
Cao Ren reflexively turned his body to the outside, but the blade still cut off a piece of his entire head, and by the way, half of his ear was also cut off.
His center of gravity shifted and he fell to the ground, blood flowing all over his face along with his wounds.
Cao Ren's soldiers were greatly frightened.
If the general made a mistake, none of them would survive according to military law.
They stepped forward one after another, picked up Cao Ren and retreated.
There were two others who desperately stepped forward to stop Yan Liang from behind.
The soldiers of Cao's army surrounding Yan Liang suddenly began to run backwards.
It turned out that the blade of Huben's Modao Formation was already close at hand.
In the city gate corridor, small phalanxes of tigers and warriors continued to enter one after another.
In addition, a large number of Huben archers followed these small phalanxes into Tongguan.
Most of Cao's soldiers who had no time to flee did not dare to resist and knelt down to beg for surrender.
Those who dared to resist were all killed by the Mo Dao blade or the sharp sword of the heavy infantry with swords and shields.
Cao Ren, who was being carried away by his soldiers, came to his senses after the severe pain and shouted loudly: "Let me down, and you are not allowed to escape."
However, his loud orders could only make a dozen soldiers around him stop.
Footsteps, put him down.
But it could not stop most of Cao's soldiers whose morale had collapsed.
Yan Liang, who was far away, saw Cao Ren who had stopped, and then he strode towards this side again.
"General, let's go, we can't hold it anymore."
The soldiers around Cao Ren begged.
Looking at Yan Liang running towards him, Cao Ren stamped his feet and shouted: "Retreat" The army was defeated like a mountain, and Cao's defenders at Tongguan fled towards Hongnong.
Zhang Liao had also entered the city at this time and ordered the entire army to pursue and defeat the troops for ten miles.
The heavy infantry no longer organized into formations, and they chased and defeated Cao's army in groups.
The soldiers of Mo Dao also took off the shaft of Mo Dao and threw it into Tongguan City.
They used their swords and shields to pursue the defeated army.
On the road from Tongguan to Hongnong, there was a ten-mile section where Cao's army lay dead everywhere.
Tongguan was captured, and the prefect of Hongnong County and the magistrate of Hongnong County were extremely nervous with thorns on their backs.
While Cao Ren collected the defeated troops from Long and stationed them in Hongnong County, he ordered his horse to rush to report to Xudu.
However, Zhang Liao showed no signs of marching eastward.
After a short rest at Tongguan, he selected 3,000 elite soldiers from the 5,000 garrison troops to garrison Tongguan, and then returned to Chang'an.
At this time, Zhong Yao had arrived in Chang'an, but after circling the city twice, he found that he could not enter the city at all.
He had no choice but to go north, towards Pinyang County, where Liang Xing, a larger warlord in Guanzhong, was entrenched.
Zhong Yao and others, who were hungry and tired, finally entered Pinyang County, and Liang Xing personally went out to greet them.
After meeting Zhong Yao, he claimed to be his subordinate and held a banquet in honor of Zhong Yao and others.
Zhong Yao, who had eaten and drank enough, started talking to Liang Xing.
He told Xu Du's court and of course Cao Cao's own thoughts.
One is that he hopes that all the generals in Guanzhong will unite to resist Lu Bu, and the other is that Cao Cao will never invade the foundations and territories of the generals.
Third, foreign aid will soon come to assist the generals in Guanzhong
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