Chapter 416: Eight Formations (9)

Tongguan and Luoyang are all places that Yan Yuan is very familiar with, becoming the princess of Pingyang, in order to help Li Yuan lay down the country, Luoyang, Tongguan and even Chang'an were all won by her, and once again, it seems that An Lushan is strong, and the strong soldiers are against the elite soldiers, and the ending is predetermined.

Yan Yuan told Xun Rizhao that the defenders of Chang'an were inferior to An Lushan, not only because of their unequal numbers, but also because of their ability to fight on the battlefield.

Therefore, Yan Yuan has not let Chang'an's army face An Lushan head-on. Now that he wants to recapture Tongguan and Luoyang, Yan Yuan is using his own foundation.

Since entering the Xuanwu Gate, Yan Yuan has begun to train his troops, in order not to arouse suspicion, in a few years, Yan Yuan's soldiers are only more than 20,000, all of them are elite soldiers, and it is not difficult to capture Tongguan and Luoyang.

Taking Tongguan and attacking at night, the soldiers taught by Yan Yuan are especially good at this. An Lushan thought about how to take Chang'an, but Yan Yuan secretly left Chang'an, preparing to outflank him from behind.

By the time An Lushan knew, Tongguan had been breached, and it was only a few days.

"Who is it?" An Lushan thought about how much effort he had put into capturing Tongguan, how many people had died, and it was so easy to change someone else to attack him, when did Datang come out with such a character?

"General, I heard that it is the Zhenguo general newly sealed by Li Longji. ”

"Xun Yanyuan. An Lushan read this name, gritting his teeth with hatred, he deceived Xun Taijun, deceived Xun Rizhao, but he has never been able to fool Xun Yanyuan. It's just that I don't know what Xun Yanyuan's intentions are, obviously I never believed him, but I never told Xun Taijun that he was not, so that he had the opportunity to become stronger step by step.

But he has always been wary of Xun Yanyuan's feelings, this is out of instinct, he always feels that Yan Yuan sees through his ambition hidden under well-behaved and benevolent.

"General, the capture of Tongguan will cut off our retreat, what should we do now?"

"What to do, you must take Chang'an. "The back road was cut off, and An Lushan could only continue to move forward," ordering the three armies, no matter what the price is, they must take Chang'an. ”

Since An Lushan was clear about the situation he was facing, he wanted to slowly tease Chang'an's military morale, so that he could take Chang'an without much effort, and he already knew that it was impossible to encounter an ambush all the way from Tongguan to Chang'an.

He didn't have a deep relationship with Yan Yuan, An Lushan only knew that she was not an ordinary woman before, and it was no better than the shock she brought to him when she recaptured Tongguan in just a few days, Xun Yanyuan was actually good at using soldiers, which disrupted all his plans.

An Lushan is not not panicked, no matter how panicked he is, he must pretend to be calm, if he is in chaos, how can the soldiers below not be chaotic.

Capture Tongguan, Yan Yuan collected the remnants of the army, promoted the cadres, when Zhi'an Lushan rushed to attack Chang'an, she was not in a hurry at all, from Tongguan, Luoyang and other places, those territories seized by An Lushan were just used to reorganize.

Thinking of An Lushan being trapped in Chang'an, he can't enter, he can't retreat, his son and Shi Siming will have something to move, Shi Siming slightly settled Hebei, occupied thirteen counties, and had 80,000 horses in his hands, after pacifying An Lushan, the next person to deal with is Shi Siming.

Yan Yuan smiled, "I handed over Tongguan to General Wang, and when I take the head of An Lushan, I will recapture Luoyang and other lost lands." ”

Since all military and political affairs are adjudicated by Yan Yuan, it is also possible for Yan Yuan to appoint generals and officers, and after she recaptured Tongguan, she implemented several methods to appease the people, which always made people understand that she would not only fight, but also be able to do general affairs.

An Lushan led the troops to attack Chang'an, such a hard-fought style soon revealed the disadvantages of the two armies, An Lushan originally had 150,000 horses, Yan Yuan knocked out 80,000, and there are 70,000, and Chang'an's defenders are only 50,000, less than half of the 50,000 can be beaten, 25,000 men and horses against 70,000 elite soldiers, and soon showed a disadvantage, at the same time, there are officials from the court who surrendered out of the city.

Li Longji's whole face darkened when he heard this, "Whoever comes out and surrenders, the Nine Clans, the Nine Clans." ”

The eyes were red and he yelled, which showed that he was not lightly angry.

Li Heng called out to his father. Li Longji asked, "Is there any news from Tongguan?"

It's not so much to ask Tongguan, it's better to ask Yan Yuan, Chang'an is trapped, and it looks like he can't hold on, if Yan Yuan doesn't send troops back, Chang'an will sooner or later fall into the hands of An Lushan like Luoyang.

"No!" Not to mention Li Longji, even Li Heng has no bottom in his heart now, thinking that Xun Taijun and Xun Rizhao are still in the capital, Yan Yuan should not care about them whether they live or die.

"Your Majesty, everyone who came out of An Lushan was killed by An Lushan. Gao Lishi suddenly trembled to announce the news, and Li Longji suddenly laughed, "Okay, okay, I helped me breathe a bad breath, okay!"

"Your Majesty, the South Gate, the South Gate is about to be unguarded. Li Longji's joy lasted less than a moment, and a bad news came.

"Transfer the Forbidden Army to the top. Li Longji was still not stupid, and hurriedly ordered.

"Report, Your Majesty, reinforcements have arrived, and the rebels at the east gate have withdrawn. The news from this is really a heaven and a place, Li Longji gasped, "It's from the direction of Tongguan?"

"I saw the banner of General Zhenguo, and it was General Zhenguo who came back. The young general who reported the news nodded excitedly, and Li Longji was about to burst into tears when he heard it, "Okay, good, it's really good, it's great." ”

"Father, the reinforcements have arrived, please come to the city gate to inspire the three armies, and kill the rebels together. Li Heng proposed, but Li Longji didn't move, but glanced at him, "You go." Remember to behave well. ”

The decision of the next emperor is not him for a long time, if Li Heng really wants to be the emperor, he must enter Yan Yuan's eyes.

Li Heng was stunned, but he still went obediently. This time, Li Heng felt that it was a great blessing to be able to see such an army with his own eyes in this life, and to win more battles with less!

When Li Heng came to the city gate in person, Xun Taijun climbed the city tower accompanied by Xun Rizhao, the rebels who were originally attacking the city retreated at this time, not far away they saw a group of black like the netherworld army approaching step by step, bows and arrows were fired, so far away to attack and kill countless people, when An Lushan's soldiers and horses set up shields to protect each other, the spear was thrown and pierced, and when the close quarters were captured, six people were in formation, protecting each other, killing An Lushan's men and horses did not leave a piece of armor, and they were defeated and retreated.

"Disarm and don't kill!" As An Lushan's people kept retreating, the group of netherworld-like troops shouted in unison.

"Above, kill them, quickly, kill them!" the soldiers retreated tremblingly, but the general kept urging them to step forward, and those who retreated and refused to step forward were directly killed. "Death to those who retreat, up!"

Killing the retreating soldiers caused great confusion in the hearts of the people, rushing is death, not rushing is death, and there is no way to advance or retreat.

And the black army then shouted, "Disarm and don't kill, disarm and don't kill." ”

In the end, the soldiers who couldn't hold it all dropped the swords and guns in their hands, and there were only a few people left who protected An Lushan who resisted stubbornly, An Lushan was very embarrassed at this time, but he still straightened his back, "Xun Yanyuan, you are powerful, you are powerful." ”

Isn't that powerful? After taking Tongguan and creating such an army to protect Chang'an in a short period of time, it was only a little, almost Chang'an was his. Is An Lushan willing? If he is not reconciled, how can he be willing? This Datang had no one to compete with him, he thought that this country would be his, but he didn't expect that he would lose to Yan Yuan, Yan Yuan......

"How dare you fight me? An Lushan pulled out the scimitar in his waist and shouted, Yan Yuan rode a horse, everyone gave way one after another, Yan Yuan raised his eyebrows at An Lushan, "If you want to fight, then I'll give you a chance, you ride your horse and go, I count to ten, after ten counting, I will open the bow and release the arrows, three arrows, if you dodge, I will let you take your people away, on the contrary, if you die under my arrows, no one else, what?"

An Lushan smiled coldly, "Three arrows?"

"Yes, three arrows. Yan Yuan dismounted and looked at An Lushan, and An Lushan said: "Okay, I want to see if your arrow is powerful, or my knife is more powerful." ”

"Please!" Yan Yuan stretched out his hand, An Lushan turned over on the horse, turned the horse's head, and Yan Yuan began to count, "One, two, three, four!"

Every time Yan Yuan calculated, everyone's hearts were raised, as time passed, An Lushan rode the horse farther and farther, the cross fell, took the bow and pulled the string, and instigated an arrow to fly out, An Lushan turned over and wanted to use a knife to shoot an arrow, but the other arrow had already passed through his throat, and the third one shot the arrow directly, and on the arrow that landed, the arrow feathers were also stained with blood.

"Okay!" Such an archery technique has never been seen before, and with a shout, Yan Yuan threw the bow back to his subordinates, "Those who surrender will not be killed, and the army will return." ”

"Yes!" The black-clothed army promised in unison, Yan Yuan walked towards the city gate, watching this for a while, and Yan Yuan's superb archery skills, Li Heng hurriedly ordered someone to open the city gate.

Why do you need him to order, the city gate has been opened, Yan Yuan came over, and greeted Li Heng very face-savingly.

"General Xun doesn't have to be polite, General Xun recaptured Tongguan and punished An Lushan, and his contribution was great. "How dare Li Heng accept Yan Yuan's courtesy, Li Longji has to be respectful when he sees her, and when he sees Yan Yuan's hand just now, he is even more respectful.

"The prince has won the prize. Yan Yuan behaved lightly, but showed a smile when he met Xun Taijun's eyes.

"An Lushan's body was handed over to the emperor and let the emperor dispose of it at will. The south gate suffered heavy losses, and if the prince had nothing else to do, the minister wanted to go and see the south gate. "It's almost boring, Yan Yuan has other things to do. "As soon as An Lushan dies, the dragons have no leader, and the other soldiers can persuade themselves to surrender. ”

If it weren't for An Lushan's die-hard loyalty, he would never refuse to surrender, after this battle, more than 100,000 people died, and if he died, people would have lost too much, and if he wanted to recover, he would never have been able to recuperate without decades of recuperation.

"General Xun, please. Li Heng's face turned red, he was only happy that Yan Yuan had killed An Lushan, and the matter at the south gate had not been resolved. Especially the South Gate is about to be breached, if it weren't for Yan Yuan's timely return, forcing An Lushan to withdraw a lot of people to slow back here, the South Gate would have been broken long ago.

Yan Yuan took this into account for the first time, and thought about persuading him to surrender, Li Heng was ashamed of himself.

"After I have dealt with the affairs of the south gate, I will enter the palace to see the emperor again, and ask the prince to return to the palace to confess to the ministers. Yan Yuan never didn't know how to say the scene, but he just didn't say it.

Li Heng had seen with his own eyes how Yan Yuan scolded Li Longji so much that he didn't dare to say a word, and Yan Yuan was suddenly so kind, he really couldn't stand it.

Xun Rizhao also hurriedly said to Li Heng: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister will go to the south gate with Yan Yuan and say goodbye." ”

Yan Yuan went to Tongguan in just a few days and took Tongguan and quickly led the troops back to relieve the difficulties of Chang'an, Xun Rizhao was very curious about how she recaptured Tongguan, the danger of Tongguan is a strong barrier for Chang'an, An Lushan could not be attacked for a long time, if it were not for Li Longji's stupid people to let people go out to face the battle, it would not have caused Chang'an to fall into a crisis.

"Yuan Yuan, how did you take down Tongguan?" Xun Rizhao helped Xun Taijun to follow behind Yan Yuan and asked curiously.

Yan Yuan raised his head at him and signaled him to look at the black-clothed and masked soldiers behind him, which were really scary at first glance, like ghosts.

"They, how did you collect these soldiers so quickly?" Xun Rizhao was very curious, Yan Yuan said: "What do you mean by gathering, this army is trained by me, without professional training, you can collect such soldiers?"

Xun Rizhao suddenly understood, "When you were in Xuanwu Gate, you often left Xuanwu Villa for a period of time, and that's when you started training?"

Sure enough, I became smarter, and I thought about it all of a sudden. Yan Yuan nodded, "Yes, the master also knows about this." ”

Xun Rizhao answered: "The master knows that you have trained soldiers, but he definitely doesn't know that you are training such a soldier." ”

"I didn't hide it from my master, I just didn't say it so carefully. Yan Yuan didn't deny that Xun Rizhao gave her a look that you are not a good person, but Yan Yuan ignored it.

Xun Rizhao said: "As soon as An Lushan dies, there are all remnants of the soldiers, so don't be afraid." ”

Yan Yuan raised his eyebrows and glanced at Xun Rizhao, "Why don't you try it." ”

Xun Rizhao was stunned, "I'll try, it's not good, I haven't led soldiers to fight, it's not appropriate to use soldiers as experiments, it's not appropriate." ”

"What does grandma think?" Yan Yuan turned around and asked Xun Taijun, Xun Taijun shook his head, "Zhao'er is not that material." If it weren't for the scars, he wouldn't even learn martial arts, and now it's difficult to learn the art of war. ”

Yes, even Xun Taijun said this, Yan Yuan spread his hands and said: "It's not that I won't let you try, you don't want to, and grandma doesn't think you can transfer troops and punish generals, or you fight for your own breath?"

Xun Rizhao smiled, "I just saw you commanding the three armies, advancing and retreating in a certain way, which is indeed different from fighting with people." To be a chivalrous man, you only need to protect your own life, the first thing to consider when you are a general is the life of a soldier, although I am not the same as before, I still don't have such an ability, in the future, I will still be honest with my eldest brother, be a hero. ”

The Xun family is left with only one man Xun Rizhao today, standing in Xun Taijun's position, the Xun family has died for a lifetime, what she hopes for most is that Xun Rizhao can be safe and sound, so Xun Taijun has never mentioned letting Xun Rizhao go to the battlefield, although Yan Yuan has a guess, what he just said is also a temptation, sure enough, although Xun Taijun does not hate Li Longji, he is also sad.

The Xun family was loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and almost ended up in the end, how cold Xun Taijun was.