Wang Shi is suspicious by nature.

Looking at this strange formation, and looking at the treacherous terrain here, he hesitated a little.

"Behind this must be the elite headquarters of Luo Cunxiao's ambush."

He was still hesitating, and Li Jiancheng had already sent his own soldiers to urge him to come forward to fight. Wang Shichong asked people to tell Li Jiancheng that there must be an ambush behind, and the front was just a rabble of soldiers who lured them.

But Li Jiancheng believed that Wang Shichong avoided the war and refused to contribute.

So he sent troops to urge again.

"The marshal said that Luo Cunxiao has only more than 20,000 men, but the deputy marshal has 60,000 people, and in the face of absolute superiority, it is useless to let him schem. Ask the deputy marshal to urge the troops to enter immediately, and the marshal will arrive later. ”

Wang Shichong frowned, but he had to nod his head.

"Be careful."

The battle began, and the Zheng army began to engage the Qin army. At the beginning of the battle, the more than 10,000 militiamen in disorganized clothes were really vulnerable, and soon after the battle, they were defeated and retreated.

"It must be a deception, this must be a deceit."

Wang Shichong jumped up and shouted.

But at this time, Li Jiancheng had already rushed to the rear with the main force and forced Wang Shichong to take advantage of the victory to pursue.

The Zheng army pursued, and the Qin army's militia retreated in a scattered formation and retreated into the gorge.

At this time, Zheng Jun, who chased to the mouth of the gorge, really encountered an ambush of the Qin army that suddenly came out.

They occupied dangerous heights and threw logs and stones, while Zheng's army was in a pass, and it was difficult to organize an effective counterattack due to the congestion of men and horses.

"King Zheng, there is indeed an ambush, do you want to withdraw?"

But at this time, Wang Shichong stared at the pass, but narrowed his eyes and said, "No, it seems that Luo Cunxiao is nothing more than that, this ambush is not enough, transfer the felt cart up, disperse the Qin army in the pass, and we will kill it." ”

Dozens of vehicles covered in thick felt pushed over, but the Qin army at the pass immediately blocked the passage with dozens of grain and grass carts.

In the afternoon, the east wind was blowing, and the Qin army rode the wind to set fires, and the smoke covered the sun.

Not far from the narrow road of Kunhan, Li Jiancheng led an army of 80,000 to watch the battle ten miles away.

He did not immediately send troops and horses to reinforce Wang Shichong.

Although Wang Shichong's attack did not go well, Li Jiancheng felt that everything was under control.

Luo Cunxiao actually dared to come to fight with him, even if he occupied this favorable terrain?

He had an army of 140,000 at his disposal.

Just 20,000 or 30,000 people, how can it be possible to defeat him in the field?

"Uncle, what other tricks do you think Luo Cunxiao has to do?"

Li Shentong is Li Yuan's cousin, and he also responded in a timely manner after Li Yuanxi entered Guanzhong, so he has high qualifications.

"Luo Cunxiao still has some ability, you see that before him, the soldiers sent out were no more than 10,000 people, Shishwuwu, scattered like stars, sparse or dense, front or back, this is obviously deliberately showing weakness to lure the enemy."

"And the 5,000 big sword and long axe men he arranged behind him are actually also luring the enemy, just to lure our army into the narrow valley step by step."

Before Wang Shichong said that there must be ambushes in the valley, Li Jiancheng didn't know about them.

But they still let Wang Shichong attack, that is, they decided that Luo Cunxiao had too few soldiers, and no matter how much they ambushed, it was useless, and they had already prepared in their hearts.

At present, Wang Shichong is blocked at the pass, and the Qin army resists fiercely.

In Li Shentong's view, this is Luo Cunxiao's main force. Now Luo Cunxiao ambushed his troops, but he couldn't ambush many soldiers and horses, which means that Luo Cunxiao's ambush strategy has completely failed.

"Luo Cunxiao has already used all his strength, and the technique stops here."

Li Shentong judged that Luo Cunxiao was estimated to run away next.

"Shizi, our army can attack with the whole army, give Luo Cunxiao a thunderous blow, and defeat him in one fell swoop."

The wind and smoke are billowing from the pass, and the view is blocked.

But Li Jiancheng gave the order, and the bow and arrow were fired in a volley.

The rolling stones on the high ground on both sides of the pass valley will eventually run out, and it is impossible for the grain and grass carts to burn all the time, so Luo Cunxiao can no longer stop them, and now he has to prevent him from winning and escaping.

The sound of the trumpet.

Li Jiancheng ordered the whole army to press.

"Thunder strike, don't let Luo Cunxiao go!" Li Jiancheng shouted.

In the middle of the Gorge.

Luo Cunxiao was sitting on a small pony, and there was a cloth barrier around it.

One by one, the heralds galloped back and forth.

"Report, Li Jiancheng's main force of the Chinese army is exhausted, and the whole army is pressing."

"Report, Tang and Zheng's two armies fired a salvo of bows and arrows, and the pass could not be defended."

Luo Cunxiao was not in a hurry.

"It's really embarrassing for them, you said that these hundreds of thousands of horses are crowded into this pass, do you want to grab fresh and hot to eat?"

The generals laughed in unison.

"Where are Xue Wanshu and Duan Zhixuan's cavalry?"

"General Xue reported that they would arrive at the predetermined position immediately and be ready to attack at any time."

Luo Cunxiao slapped his thigh, "Okay, damn it, I thought the two of them were running around with a cold and had been shitting on the road, and they hadn't been in place for so long." ”

"It's dozens of miles around this big circle." Someone explained to the two horsemen.

"If it weren't for Lao Tzu being the main general, I would have personally commanded the cavalry, I would have arrived a long time ago, how could it take so long. Okay, now that it is in place, then Li Jiancheng has also dispatched the whole army, and it is completely deployed and pressed, so there is nothing more to say, light up the beacon smoke on the mountain, and let Second General Xue Duan hurry up. ”

On the hill by the narrow road, the three-pillar wolf smoke rises.

On a mountain in the distance, three wolf smoke also rose.

Wolf smoke rose from the top of the mountains one after another, passing southward.

The rear of the Don Army.

Xue Wanshu and Duan Zhixuan saw three puffs of wolf smoke rising, "Wolf smoke rises, attack!" ”

A full 10,000 cavalry, after a sufficient rest, at this time the people were like tigers and horses, like dragons, all in good spirits.

Put on your armor and get on your horse.

The fierce cavalry of the Shenwei Army rushed out from behind the mountain, and they made a detour for dozens of miles, and went around to the back of the Tang army, and at this time, they killed the river beach in Hongnong Xiyuan with overwhelming momentum.

The rear army of the Tang Army arranged some rangers to be on guard, but how could this ranger block the impact of 10,000 elite cavalry.

It was penetrated in an instant.

At this time, the Tang army had already been dispatched and was heading towards the narrow pass, but how could I have expected that the Qin army would still have a large force of cavalry to kill from behind, which was really unexpected.

Xue Wanshu and Duan Zhixuan's cavalry outflanking tactics are quite classic, and they are used perfectly.

The cavalry under his command was even more fierce, including the veteran cavalry of the Zhongwu Army, as well as the nomadic cavalry of the Turkic, Khitan, Xi, Xi, Tiele, and Yan clans.

"How is that possible?"

Li Jiancheng looked at the large group of cavalry rushing from behind like a tide, and was stunned.

He is not a soldier, in fact, he has sent rangers to reconnoiter and search the vicinity, and the search range has reached thirty miles.

But Luo Cunxiao was more experienced, before the battle, Xue Wanshu and Duan Zhixuan's 10,000 cavalry was behind the Cuihan Gorge Road, and they made a detour of more than 40 miles, originally opposite the Tang army, but at this time they went around the back of the Tang army.

It was after the start of the war that they moved behind the Tang Army, and in order to maintain sufficient physical strength, they were all two horses, and they did not wear armor and carry weights to make a detour.

When they got behind the Tang army, they began to change their horses and armor.

Luo Cunxiao's veteran way of using soldiers is not at all comparable to the disciples of families like Li Jiancheng and Li Shentong, although they have also practiced the art of war and tactics, but Luo Cunxiao's methods of using soldiers are all fought in actual combat.

"It's over!"

Li Shentong turned his head and saw the scene of ten thousand horses galloping, and almost fell off the horse.

At this time, the two armies of Tang and Zheng had all been dispatched, and it was impossible for these 100,000 or so horses to form a formation to block the elite Qin army of 10,000 horses.

Although the Tang army was numerous, the elite was in front and the recruits were in the back at this time, but the cavalry cluster of the Qin army came out from behind, outflanking the rear of the Tang army.

The cavalry of the Qin army took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill the Tang army, and the Tang army could not care about each other, but at the critical time, Li Jiancheng was frightened, and listened to Li Shentong's words and led the pro-army to flee, which aggravated the rout of the Tang army.

The 80,000 Tang army collapsed.

Wang Shichong was blocked by the Tang army at the pass, unable to advance or retreat, and was also defeated.

At this time, although Yang Yichen had 60,000 troops, he was still under the Baiti Mountain on the other side of the Yellow River, and it was difficult to save the fire from afar.

The two armies of Tang and Zheng rushed to flee, trampling on each other, and some even jumped into the river to flee for their lives, drowning countless people.

Luo Cunxiao also led the infantry of the Shenwu Army to kill at this time, and inside and outside the Cuihan Gorge, the Qin army killed the Tang and Zheng armies with rivers of blood, and their heads rolling.

Li Jiancheng and Li Shentong fled all the way back to Tongguan with only 8,000 remnants, fortunately Li Xiaogong responded, otherwise they were afraid that Tongguan would have no soldiers to defend.

And Wang Shichong was not lightly pitted by Li Jiancheng, and his 60,000 horses were blocked in the middle, and the loss was the greatest.

In the chaos, with only more than 3,000 defeated soldiers, he fled all the way south and fled to the direction of Wuguan.

Yang Yichen on the north bank of the Yellow River heard of the defeat and mobilized grain ships to cross the Yellow River to rescue, but Luo Cunxiao occupied the estuary, and Yang Yichen's ships could not dock, losing hundreds of soldiers, and finally had to give up.

Sunset.

The sunset is like fire in the west.

Luo Cunxiao ordered all the soldiers and horses to stop the pursuit and collect the troops.

Cleaning up the battlefield and counting the results, Luo Cunxiao used more than 20,000 people in the Zuo Shenwu army in this battle, plus about 10,000 people in the Henan militia, all of which were less than 40,000 people, but they defeated Li Jiancheng and Wang Shichong's 140,000 horses, and if you add 60,000 Yang Yichen's army on the north bank, it would be 40,000 and 200,000.

More than 8,000 people were killed, more than 50,000 people were captured, and more than 10,000 people surrendered, and countless people fled.

The news was urgently reported back to Chang'an City.

When Li Yuan heard the news, he fainted and fell to the ground.

When everyone helped him up and woke him up, Li Yuan's first words were, "Hurry up and invite the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty to prepare to move the capital immediately." ”

"Move the capital?" The crowd was amazed.

Li Yuan's face was like earth, Li Jiancheng's defeat was lost, but half of the capital in Guanzhong was lost, although the 80,000 horses were not as good as the 60,000 elites given to the people, but they were already the last soldiers and horses in Guanzhong.

Now Li Shimin has not yet decided with Xue Rengao in Pizhou, and he can't lead his troops south, only relying on the defeated troops in Tongguan, how can he hold it?

Once Tongguan is lost, Chang'an will be even more unfortunate.

"Before the Qin army entered the customs, hurry up and move the capital to the Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager."

As for where to move, Li Yuan hasn't thought about it yet, but Chang'an can't stay anymore.