Chapter 1820: Yewang City and Yiyang City

Located in the east of Hangu Pass, Yewang Castle is the westernmost fortified city in Hanoi County and the true western gate of Sizhou.

Hangu Pass belongs to the boundary of Yongzhou, and is not owned by Sizhou, until it was robbed by the Qin army, it replaced the status of Yewangcheng and became the west gate of the Luoyang court in Sizhou.

Hangu Pass has been burned by Gongsun Yan, now the western gateway of Sizhou is wide open, and hundreds of miles west of Luoyang, it is a horse Pingchuan, almost no danger to defend, only Yewang City and Yiyang City hold the main road, can play the role of defending the imperial capital Luoyang.

Once the fire at Hangu Pass was extinguished, the Tang army could drive straight in, so Gongsun Yan could only retreat to Yewang City and use the city defense of Yewang City to block the footsteps of Li Tang's army.

It is impossible for the fire at Hangu Pass to be extinguished within a day or two, so at least for two days, the Qin army is absolutely safe, and there is no need to worry about being pursued by the Tang army's pursuers.

If the Qin army wants to retreat into Yewang City, it only takes one day to march, and it can be reached even if it is slow in two days.

Gongsun Yan naturally knew this, but he still ordered a quick withdrawal overnight.

Although others are still on the way, their hearts have already flown back to Wild King City, and they don't want to delay even for a moment.

In Gongsun Yan's opinion, even if he returned to Yewang City, the situation was still not optimistic, after all, the defense of Yewang City was not as good as Hangu Pass.

However, Yewang Castle is different from Hangu Pass, although Yewang Castle is also a city with thick walls, which is conducive to defense, but the defense is obviously not as strong as Hangu Pass.

As long as there are 20,000 defenders in Hangu Pass, whether the Tang army comes 100,000 or 200,000, the effect is actually almost the same.

It is precisely because of this that Gongsun Yan wants to burn Hangu Pass, saying that he will not let the Tang army get anything, after all, once Li Tang Hangu Pass and Tongguan are in hand at the same time, it will be troublesome for the Qin army to enter the pass in the future.

If Hangu Pass is burned, if the soldiers enter the pass, there is still only one obstacle in Tongguan.

I have to say that Gongsun Yan's decisive burning of the pass did solve a big problem for the Qin army.

The Tang army still has nearly 140,000, and Gongsun Yan only has 15,000 troops in his hands, relying only on the county soldiers and strong men urgently mobilized in Yewang City and Hanoi County, and wants to defend Yewang under the siege of 140,000 Tang troops? This is a daunting task.

It is precisely because of this that Gongsun Yan can't wait to fly back to Yewang City, he really doesn't want to delay for a minute, and even if he returns to Yewang City, he still needs to arrange city defenses and turnover parties, and make all preparations to deal with the arrival of the Tang army.

After Gongsun Yan returned to Yewang City, he began to arrange city defenses and wait for the arrival of Li Tang's army, but he didn't expect that it was Tan Daoji's reinforcements who were waiting first.

Originally, Gongsun Yan was still worried that even if he held Yewang, but if the reinforcements from Luoyang did not come enough, the number of defenders on the Yiyang side was insufficient, and the Tang army could completely besiege Yewang but divided his troops to take Yiyang, but he never expected that Luoyang's reinforcements would come so quickly.

Just like Jia Xu said, the 10,000 reinforcements brought by Tan Daoji can save the sky once it plays a role.

After successfully meeting with Tan Daoji, Gongsun Yan no longer had any worries, after all, with the addition of this 10,000 reinforcements, plus the county soldiers and county soldiers of Hongnong and Hanoi Lian County, as well as the strong mobilization ability of the Qin army, it is still impossible to hold the two cities of Yewang and Yiyang.

Under the joint efforts of Gongsun Yan and Tan Daoji, as long as Yewang and Yiyang can be guarded, the Tang army will not be able to pull out these two nails, and naturally they will not dare to enter Luoyang.

After Tan Daoji met with Gongsun Yan, when he learned from Gongsun Yan that Li Cunxiao burned his internal strength, killed Hanguguan alone, and failed to come back, his heart was also indescribably sad.

Tan Daojihe and Li Cunxiao are not very familiar, but they are more familiar with Gao Chong, but he is still impressed by Li Cunxiao's strong strength, so it is really difficult for him to accept the fall of the first fierce general of the Qin army.

"Wait......"

After Tan Daoji thought about it, he frowned and said, "Brother Gongsun, if General Li Cunxiao didn't come back, it doesn't mean that he died in battle." ”

Gongsun Yan was stunned: "I have also considered this possibility, but the possibility is too low." ”

"Ugh."

Tan Daoji sighed and said, "In short, whether General Li Cunxiao is killed in battle or not, before this battle is over, we must announce that he is still alive." ”

Gongsun Yan nodded heavily, after all, Li Cunxiao's prestige in the army is second only to Qin Hao and Bai Qi, once the news of his death spreads, it will definitely greatly damage the morale of the whole army, and even the court in the rear will be shaken, so the news that he may have died in battle must be blocked.

After a night of negotiations, Tan Daoji thought that Yewang City, as a bridgehead, was under more pressure from the Tang army, so he asked Qin Yu to lead 2,000 elite soldiers to stay and help Gongsun Yan defend Yewang City together, while he himself led 8,000 elites to retreat to Yiyang City, forming a mutual horn trend with Yewang City.

After Tan Daoji led the army to leave, only one day later, the cavalry of the Tang Army appeared outside the city, and it was obvious that the Tang army was not far away.

The cavalry of the Tang Army, which appeared outside the city, kept shouting at the Qin army, and threatened that Li Cunxiao was killed in one blow, wanting to use this to defeat the morale of the Qin army.

Gongsun Yan saw the soldiers under his command, and after hearing the news of Li Cunxiao's death, his morale really dropped, so he stood up and preached Li Cunxiao's power, it was absolutely impossible to die in battle like this, this was just a ploy by the enemy to shake the hearts of our army.

Gongsun Yan's words worked, and the soldiers of the Qin army also thought that this was a trick of the Tang army, after all, who could kill the invincible General Li Cunxiao?

For the clamor of the Tang army, Gongsun Yan naturally didn't care, and directly hung up the battle exemption card, the Tang army cavalry scolded for several hours, and saw that the Qin army did not have the slightest movement, so he could only leave helplessly.

The next day, Li Shimin personally led the 14th army and besieged Yewang City, completely severing the connection between Yewang City and Hanoi County.

Li Shimin first went to say that Gongsun Yan was demoted, and by the way, he also personally said that Li Cunxiao was dead, and wanted to further hit the morale, but he was scolded by Gongsun Yan and went away angrily.

"Lord, this Gongsun Yan is too ignorant of promotion, and the last general will ask for orders to go and capture Yewang City." Hou Junji clenched his fists and asked.

"There's no hurry."

Li Shimin became cold and said, "Someone will open the city gate and take the initiative to dedicate Yewang City to our ......."

Before Li Shimin's words were finished, hundreds of human heads hung out at the head of Yewang City, including both bad people and secret agents and families in the city.

"Li Shimin, do you want to take the Wild King City together? Do you really think I don't know that there is a shadow of you in the city?

Now that all your secret sons have been pulled out by me, as long as my Gongsun Yan is still alive, you will not be able to capture Yewang City. Gongsun Yan shouted at Li Shimin outside the city.

Li Shimin's face instantly turned pale, and he shouted angrily: "Attack the city with all your might." ”

"No."

Guaranteed to ...... The monthly pass broke 100 plus one chapter, and a total of 14 chapters are still owed.

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