Chapter 374: The First Battle of Zhang Xuan's Army (I)

At dawn, the "chaos" of Tongguan gradually came to an end.

Although Fan Zheng planned for a long time, after all, it was unpopular to surrender, and Zhang Tong, who had Meng Ping as the internal response, stood on the moral high ground with confidence, and soon led the Yulinwei army to control the situation in Tongguan. [..]

Fan Zheng and others led more than 1,000 "chaotic" troops to escape from Tongguan, and when the white belly of the fish appeared in the sky, they gradually disappeared from the field of vision of the Tongguan defenders.

Meng Ping looked at Zhang Tong with a calm face with some uneasiness, and respectfully clenched his fists and said in a low voice, "General, Fan Zheng conspired against the 'chaos', and now he fled in a hurry, and under the order of the general, he chased him out of the pass, and it was a matter of effort to take down Fan Zheng." ”

Zhang Tong shook his head, pointed to the horizon that was still shrouded in a trace of night haze, and said in a deep voice: "An Lushan's general Li Guiren's army is coming towards Tongguan, and it is important to hold Tongguan, as for Fan Rong, a traitor, it will be difficult to escape sooner or later." This official was ordered to rush to the aid of Tongguan, and everything was to hold Tongguan as the first priority! ”

"Tell the order to go down, 'the whole army is on alert, and all the soldiers are in place to guard against the rebels!"

Zhang Tong gave an order, and his subordinate Jiao Xiong immediately signaled the herald beside him to blow a loud military trumpet.

Not to mention Tongguan' At this time, Yan Zhenqing's military horse, who had taken the risk of a battle, had already rushed to Lingbao Xiyuan.

Here is the south side of the mountain, the north side of the Yellow River, "the battlefield is on the seventy miles long narrow road", Cui Qianqi is in danger.

A round of red sun gradually rose, Yan Zhenqing stood silently on the hillside, his body was covered with early morning dew← Yan Zhenqing stood here without moving, staring down at the rebel camp.

The rebels' camp made Yan Zhenqing "confused" and "confused". Looking at this posture, when Cui Qianyou's subordinate was three or four thousand people ♀, Yan Zhenqing even doubted his original judgment, feeling that he might have overestimated the strength and momentum of the rebels, maybe there would be a chance and possibility of winning this battle.

But Yan Zhenqing is Yan Zhenqing after all, how can he guess that behind the appearance of 4,000 weak soldiers, there is a danger like a tiger and a wolf.

Therefore, Yan Zhenqing led his army to camp on the hillside, and until noon, he did not make up his mind to attack it.

His is that Cui Qianyou has an ambush÷ in fact, Cui Qianyou really has an ambush.

The Tang army of 10,000 people said that it was too much to say that it was too little, how could the march of 10,000 people be without movement, Cui Qianyou had already gotten the news. Besides, he camped here, and he was originally a horn "color" that served as bait.

On the surface, he only has 4,000 old and weak soldiers. In fact, there are nearly 20,000 elite soldiers ambushed in the dense forests on both sides of the mountain road, and if Yan Zhenqing leads the army to rush down, there will be no return.

For Cui Qianyou, as long as Yan Zhenqing is taken, it will be a great achievement, and An Lushan, the Great Yan Emperor who is far away in Luoyang, will at least canonize him as a marquis general.

It's a pity that Yan Zhenqing has not launched an attack, and it has been almost a day and night since yesterday, and he still does not move.

However, Cui Qianyou was not in a hurry, he believed that Yan Zhenqing would take it down, because he had no way out.

If the Tang army retreats down the hill and retreats to Tongguan, it will inevitably fall into the front and rear attacks of Fanyang's military horses, and the fate and encounter are not much worse than the ambush in the middle.

Obviously, Yan Zhenqing also understands this.

From the moment he led the army out of Tongguan, he had no way to retreat, only to fight to the death.

It's just —..., Tongguan!

Yan Zhenqing suddenly turned his head and stared in the direction of Tongguan, with a sad look on his face.

He handed over Tongguan to Fan Zheng, and he didn't know that Fan Zheng was a wolf, and maybe he would send Tongguan. But he also had no choice, no matter who he handed over the command of Tongguan, he would be taken away by Fan Zheng, so it was better to hand it over to him publicly to appease his heart.

In Yan Zhenqing's opinion, after he led the army to the battle, Fan Zheng would write to the imperial court, preparing to replace him. No matter what, as long as he can hold out until Zhang Xuan's army arrives, a mere Fan Zheng will not pose a threat at all.

It's just that Yan Zhenqing never dreamed that Fan Zheng not only had ambitions for power, but also crazy rebellion. He actually wanted to take a risk and sacrifice Tongguan to the thief in order to seek greater wealth.

Of course, the reason why Fan Zheng is like this is related to Zhang Tong's sudden arrival. He realized that as long as Zhang Tong entered the customs, it would be enough to replace his military power, so how could he be willing to give up the power in his hands to others?

Afternoon.

Yan Zhenqing finally made up her mind.

He waved his hand and shouted, "Sun Jun, you lead 5,000 people to rush down the hillside and seize the rebel camp of Cui Qianyou, if the rebels have an ambush, quickly retreat to the hillside!" ”

The general Sun Jun led the order and led 500 soldiers to shout and rush down with spears held high.

Yan Zhenqing personally snatched the drumsticks in the hands of the soldiers and personally beat the drums to help.

Suddenly hearing of the Tang army's attack, there was a great "chaos" in Cui Qianyou's military camp, and thousands of untidy rebels were advancing or retreating, in groups of three or five, and the weapons in their hands were not in a unified manner, and there was no formation at all.

Seeing the rebels like this, the Tang army under Sun Jun was in high spirits, and rushed down with a roar.

As soon as the two armies fought, the rebels scattered and fled, and were crushed.

Sun Jun was overjoyed and led the army to chase and kill the past.

And Yan Zhenqing, who was watching the battle on the hillside, raised his eyebrows, looking at the appearance of the judgment army, it was almost certain that there was an ambush

Sure enough, when Sun Jun's Tang army broke up Cui Qianyou's military camp and crossed another mountain field, the elite rebels in ambush suddenly appeared, they occupied a high place, rolled down woods and stones, and killed countless Tang troops. The road was narrow, the Tang soldiers were dense, and the guns and pears could not be wielded.

Looking at his soldiers from afar and being ambushed, Yan Zhenqing's heart stinged like cutting flesh. The gong sounded in the army to collect the troops, but it was a pity that when Sun Junbing was "in chaos", he could not order the unification at all, and only less than 1,000 people really escaped back, and 4,000 soldiers died in the mountain road.

Yan Zhenqing hurriedly led the army down the hillside and retreated into a valley, and out of the valley, it was an empty plain.

Unfortunately, at this time, Cui Qianyou's nearly 20,000 rebels had already covered up, and after leaving the valley, an enemy army rushed through the banks of the Yellow River.

Yan Zhenqing's face was pale, and he sighed, and his will to die was already cute.

He originally wanted to retreat to this plain, the terrain is open, so that he can fight to the death with Cui Qianyou's rebels, even if he is outnumbered, he will fight to the death to "consume the rebels' living force", but from the other side of the Yellow River, there is also an ambush of a rebel army, and under the attack of the two armies, the Tang army under his command has no room to fight.

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The rebel general Li Guiren's army and horses "pressed" close to Tongguan, and it seemed that they gradually slowed down when they learned the news of Fan's defeat.

When Zhang Tong led the defenders of Tongguan to prepare for battle, Zhang Xuan took the lead in the arrival of the army.

"General, King Yongning led a large army to Tongguan!"

Jiao Xiong hurriedly walked up to the gate, his expression excited.

Zhang Tong was ecstatic, and immediately got up and led his troops out of the customs to greet him.

The gate on the inside of Tongguan opened, and Zhang Xuan led the fierce Longshuo elite soldiers to enter Tongguan quickly. It was only at this time that Zhang Tong's nervous heart slowly relaxed.

"Marshal, last night Tongguan mutinied, Yan Zhenqing's deputy general Fan Zheng conspired against the 'chaos', trying to open the gate to surrender to the rebels, and was pacified by the army led by the last general. Boss, please look, in front of him is Li Guiren's military horse, which seems to know that nothing can be done, and is slowly retreating. ”

On the tall Guan Tower, Zhang Tong smiled respectfully in front of the smoke and dust in front of his finger.

"The marshal led the army to Tongguan, and the An Lushan rebels never entered the pass again. The last general and others are willing to go out of Tongguan under the banner of the commander, recover the land of Luoyang and Henan, and fight the rebels! ”

Zhang and the others bowed down and said loudly together.

Zhang Xuan smiled indifferently, shook his head, suddenly turned his head to look in the direction of the southwest of Tongguan, and said loudly, "Yan Zhenqing, is there any news?" ”

"Not yet." Zhang Tong replied.

Zhang Xuan was silent.

A moment later, he suddenly slammed a punch on the flagpole of Guan Lou, and said in a deep voice, "Nan Jiyun, Lei Wanchun!" ”

"The last general!"

Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun responded with their fists.

"The two of you led the Shence army to attack Lingbao to rescue Yan Zhenqing's department, if Yan Zhenqing's army is defeated, you will join forces with him and strive to take Shaanxi County!" This is the first battle of our army's Qinwang to quell the rebellion, and Xu Wei is not allowed to lose! Although Zhang Xuan's voice was not high, it was strangely cold.

Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun agreed angrily, "Please rest assured, the last general will live up to his mission!" ”

The 10,000 cavalry of the Shence Army equipped with firearms under Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun were the elite of Zhang Xuan's army, and Zhang Xuan sent them out to fight without stopping.

Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun took the order and left.

Zhang Xuan looked back at Li Siye and the Hui prince Ge Le, "Li Siye!" ”

Li Siye came out of the column with a muffled voice and hugged his fists, "The end will be!" ”

"Li Siye, this commander ordered you to lead the Shenwu army to pursue the rebel general Li Guiren's subordinate - Brother Gele, and bother to return to the cavalry to help in the battle, is it okay? Now that the rebels are coming, they can't be allowed to retreat so easily! Zhang Xuan said, the light on his face.

"If Li Guiren's army and horses escape, the two of them will bypass Lingbao and join forces with the Shence army to encircle and annihilate Cui Qianyou's troops!"

Li Siye clenched his fists to receive the order, but Gele did not dare to stand by, and immediately went down the pass, led 20,000 cavalry back to the customs with Li Siye's 10,000 Shenwu army, and pursued Li Guiren's rebels.

When Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun set out from Tongguan to rescue Yan Zhenqing's military horses, Yan Zhenqing had not yet launched an attack on Cui Qianyou's rebels.

Yan Zhenqing fell into the encirclement of nearly 20,000 Fanyang rebels, on the banks of the Yellow River.

With 6,000 people against 20,000 rebels, even ordinary Tang soldiers and soldiers knew that today was a mortal situation. Under the leadership of Yan Zhenqing and his subordinate generals, the Tang army fought desperately, trying to break through the encirclement, and crossing the Yellow River ♀ at the west of Shouyang Mountain was the only way to survive.

The defeat was like a "tide", and the rebels pursuing behind were as dense as a "tide".

Seeing that the retreat had been blocked by the rebels, Yan Zhenqing let out a long roar and shouted angrily, "Sons, let's fight to the death with the rebels!" The eldest husband serves the country in the army, how happy is life and what is not afraid of death! (To be continued)