After Li Jue and others arrived, they did not take a moment to rest and immediately launched a desperate attack on Chang'an City, investing nearly 200,000 troops at one time, which was already the total number of all soldiers in Liangzhou.

The offensive and defensive battle in Chang'an City lasted for two days and two nights. Zhang Ji looked at Ma Teng, who was standing on the top of the city for the past two days, and found that Ma Teng's face was extremely pale. Ma Teng was fighting with injuries. After these two days of hard fighting, his body did not get a good rest, which further worsened the injuries. The two scars under his ribs and chest had already become festered.

"This won't work. Li Jue and his team have too strong offensives and too many soldiers have been invested. Chang'an cannot be defended." Zhang Ji said bitterly.

Ma Teng glanced at the city. Li Jue and others were undergoing a brief rest. I believe that they would launch another fierce attack soon. Chang'an might fall into the hands of Li Jue and others as hesitated for a moment. Ma Teng sighed and said in a low voice: "General Zhang, hand over your troops to someone, who stays in Chang'an. You should leave from the east gate with your bearded soldiers under your command, and hurry to Luoyang to help the emperor resist the rebels."

Chang'an City is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The East Gate is close to Guanzhong. It has not been attacked by war yet. Li Jue and others placed the direction of the attack on several other city gates. After hearing Ma Teng's words, Zhang Ji frowned and said, "Brother Shoucheng, I am the chief general of Chang'an. I will live and die with Chang'an. I will report to the emperor. Brother Shoucheng should complete it."

Ma Teng said with a wry smile: "General Zhang doesn't have to fight with someone. You and I know that those who stay behind to leave will not escape and die. Someone has already escaped once and does not want to escape again for the second time. This time, someone will definitely fight the rebels to the death!"

Zhang Ji was silent. Yes, he could not escape death after staying behind, but if he was afraid of death, how could he be worthy of Ao Lie who had been trying to protect himself? How could he be worthy of Liu Xie, who had trusted him for the past few years? How could he be worthy of these old brothers who guarded Chang'an with him? Zhang Ji had made up his mind and decided to leave the vitality of escaping Chang'an to Ma Teng.

Standing up and walking a few steps casually, Zhang Ji came behind Ma Teng, and while Ma Teng was unprepared, he cut his palm on the back of Ma Teng's head and knocked Ma Teng unconscious. Holding Ma Teng's fainted body, Zhang Ji shouted: "Bearded soldier! Protect your lord. Get out of the city from the east gate! Hurry up to Luoyang to help the emperor resist the rebels." After two days of hard fighting, more than a thousand bearded soldiers died in battle, and the 4,000 people who were still alive gave Zhang Ji a standard military salute at the same time, then helped Ma Teng walk down the city, tied his body to the horse's back, and ran out from the east gate.

After sending Ma Teng away, Zhang Ji's eyes turned back to the rebels under the city. He decided to delay the rebels as much as possible and give Ao Lie and Liu Xie more time to prepare. "Come in, go to the treasury to buy tinea oil from the people in the city with money and grain, and notify the people that those who are willing to leave can leave the city from the east gate." Zhang Ji ordered his subordinates.

After years of war, Chang'an has only one-tenth of its current residents. In recent years, with the restoration of Zhang Ji's governance, the population has increased to a certain extent. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and Chang'an City will face a catastrophe again. In order not to let the people in the city suffer from the poison of the rebels, Zhang Ji was very enlightened to let the people flee Chang'an. He wanted to leave the rebels a completely empty city, and he could not let the rebels find a grain of food or a weapon in the city.

A large number of tincture oil tanks were piled up on the walls of Chang'an City. Zhang Ji's subordinates used up all the money and grain in the treasury and bought all the tincture oil they could buy in the city. Zhang Ji looked sad and looked over the tincture oil, and then commanded his soldiers to resist the fierce attack of the rebels, boiled the tincture oil and splashed it under the city.

The boiling tincture oil immediately brought a lot of damage to the rebels. The burning pain caused the rebels who were climbing on the ladder to let out a bitter cry. Then they fell down from the ladder, and broke their bones and tendons. When the rebels under the city accidentally accumulated to a certain extent, Zhang Ji ordered his soldiers to raise the fire and threw the torch under the city. After the torch landed on the ground, the tincture oil was immediately lit, and the rebels' bodies were ignited. The fire rose instantly, blocking the rebels' pace of continuing to attack the city.

Taking advantage of the gap that the rebels were blocked by the fire, Zhang Ji asked his trusted generals to pour tincture oil on all the treasurys, arsenals and other places in Chang'an City, and arranged for people to stand with torches. As long as Chang'an fell, they would immediately use the torches in their hands to ignite these places. Burning the city to block the enemy. This strategy of extinction appeared in Youbeiping ten years ago. In order to resist the invasion of aliens, Xun Yu and Jia Xu jointly burned one-third of Youbeiping and successfully blocked the enemy. Now, Zhang Ji is preparing to follow the example of the two of them and use a fire and a fire that has affected the entire Chang'an to stop the rebellion of the rebels!

After several times of sprinkling tinder and lighting the tinder, the tinder stored on the city wall was finally exhausted. Zhang Ji raised his long sword expressionlessly and said loudly: "Soldiers, now we have no support except the weapons in our hands. Now, let us build the last line of defense with our bodies and weapons in our hands!"

The only remaining soldiers in Chang'an City, led by Zhang Ji, raised their weapons and shouted vigorously: "Fight to the death!"

The shouts on the top of the city aroused endless anger from Li Jue under the city. This time, Li Jue wanted to take advantage of Zhang Ji's unpreparedness and concentrate his superior forces to take Chang'an in a short period of time, then drive straight into Luoyang, and drive Liu Xie, who is high above, off the dragon throne. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ji and Ma Teng actually resisted the rebels from Liangzhou with absolute disadvantages for three days and three nights! There were at least 30,000 to 40,000 rebels who died in these three days and three nights, which made Li Jue and others very angry. Now, when they heard the call to fight to the death on the top of the city, the anger in everyone's hearts was even more intense.

Li Jue waved his hand suddenly and shouted: "Strike the city with all your strength, regardless of losses! Be sure to take Chang'an before dawn tomorrow! Since Zhang Ji wants to die, let's do it for him! After the city is broken, no matter whether it is male, female, old or young, kill all the people in the city, and no one is left! The soldiers can take the money and food in the city at will!"

There must be brave men under heavy rewards. After Li Jue threw out the huge temptation of massacre and taking money and food at will, the rebels from all walks of life shook their spirits, showed twelve points of energy, and launched a fierce attack on Chang'an City again...

Ma Teng, who woke up from a coma, found that he was tied to the horse's back. He hurriedly looked around and found that there were familiar bearded soldiers around him. Then he felt relieved and shouted, "Let loose!" The bearded soldiers who had always followed Ma Teng's orders this time, but did not obey Ma Teng's orders. One of the leaders said to Ma Teng: "General Zhang Ji ordered that he would wait until he entered Luoyang before he could loosen the lord."

Ma Teng was stunned and then reacted. This was Zhang Ji who didn't want him to die in Chang'an, so he deliberately knocked himself unconscious, and then let his bearded soldiers take him to Luoyang. He sighed heavily, and Ma Teng shed two hot tears and murmured to himself: "General Zhang Ji. I am honored to have fought side by side with you..."

That night, Liu Xie, who was about to go to bed, suddenly received a report from Wang Yue: Ma Teng brought Zhang Ji's handwritten letter, covered in blood, and asked to meet the saint. Liu Xie immediately realized that the situation was not good. Ma Teng was the prefect of Xiliang, and Zhang Ji was the prefect of Chang'an. How could Ma Teng cross the Chang'an natural barrier and come to Luoyang with Zhang Ji's handwritten letter?

Immediately, Liu Xie asked Wang Yue to send someone to take Ma Teng to the side hall, preparing to meet Ma Teng there. At the same time, Liu Xie asked Qu A to take the people to inform Zhong Yao, Huangfu Song and other important officials to discuss matters in the side hall.

When Zhong Yao, Huangfu Song and others arrived at the side hall, they found that Liu Xie was pale and sat on the dragon throne in distractedness, without saying a word. In the center of the side hall, Ma Teng, the prefect of Xiliang, was wearing iron armor and stood still, and a large amount of blood was seeping out from his chest and under his ribs.

Seeing the ministers coming, Ma Teng lowered his voice and reiterated what he had just said to Liu Xie. After saying these words, the fatigue of the past few days swept over. Ma Teng could no longer support his seriously injured body and fainted on the floor of the side hall. Zhong Yao and others quickly called the imperial doctor and treated Ma Teng in the side hall.

Liangzhou was rebelled as a whole, with local Han people and Qiang people who had suffered the disaster for nearly a hundred years together. Luoyang's barrier Chang'an City was in danger under the fierce attack of 200,000 rebels. This series of bad news caused Liu Xie to temporarily lose the ability to think. It was not until the imperial doctor treated Ma Teng and told Liu Xie that Ma Teng was too seriously injured and could no longer turn the situation back to reality.

Standing up and walking off the dragon chaise, Liu Xie came to Ma Teng, squatted down and grabbed Ma Teng's hand, and whispered: "General Ma is loyal and courageous, and the world admires him! I am incompetent and cannot save the general's life. What will the general have? If I can defeat the rebels in Liangzhou, I will definitely help you realize it."

Ma Teng knew that he would soon be alive, especially the scar on his chest, which had hurt his heart. He had been so heartbroken all the time these days, but Ma Teng gritted his teeth and persevered. Now that the mission has been completed, Ma Teng thought he could die openly. After hearing Liu Xie's inquiry, Ma Teng smiled and said weakly: "Your Majesty, I am the descendant of General Fu Bo, and I should be loyal to the country. It's a pity that I failed to see the day when the rebels were destroyed with my own eyes. Your Majesty, the four thousand bearded soldiers I brought can be useful, I hope Your Majesty believes it. The current situation... The situation is critical. Only those who can... can save the Han Dynasty... The only one is the Champion Marquis, please call the Champion Marquis quickly... Come and rescue the Jia... Ma Chao under the Champion Marquis is... the son of me, please... Your Majesty take care of me... the other sons have already... all died in battle..."

At the beginning, Ma Teng's words were pretty neat, but as life passed, in the end, Ma Teng's voice gradually became lower and weaker. He failed to finish everything he wanted to say, Ma Teng's hand slid from Liu Xie's hand and left the world with regret of unfulfilled ambitions.

He stretched out his hand to touch Ma Teng's eyes without mercy, closed Ma Teng's open eyes, Liu Xie slowly stood up, and did not discuss with everyone, and directly issued an order: "Tao Fu Zhong, draft an order. The first edict was to give Ma Teng the prefect of Xiliang to General Fu Bo, and buried him with great burial. The second edict issued a notice in Luoyang City to recruit young and strong men to temporarily serve the country and fight against the rebels in Liangzhou together!"

Huangfu Song stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, with the strength of the military and civilians in the city alone, I am afraid that I cannot resist the 200,000 rebels in Liangzhou. According to the old ministers, I would like to inform the champion Hou and ask him to come and rescue him."

Liu Xie shook his head firmly, looked to the north deeply, and said, "The emperor is fighting with Yuan Shao. If he rashly divides his troops, he may be unfavorable. If the emperor is in trouble, I will have no support in the future. Therefore, I cannot tell the emperor about defending Luoyang, I will personally defeat the rebels!"

Looking at the firm expression on Liu Xie's face, Zhong Yao, Huangfu Song and others suddenly realized that Liu Xie in front of him had become mature, courageous, and more majestic. Thinking about problems can start from the overall situation.

"I am willing to follow Your Majesty to the death!" All the old ministers of the Han Dynasty were moved and tears. They knelt in front of Liu Xiehe's dead Ma Teng standing, and said in unison.
Chapter completed!