At this time, there were about 200,000 defenders in Tongguan City, 20,000 cavalry, and the rest were foot soldiers. Cui Qianyou's rebel army under the city was about 250,000 people, and the number of troops was unknown. Under Feng Changqing's hard work, Gao Xianzhi allocated all the 20,000 cavalry in Tongguan to him, and all the foot soldiers were left to defend the city.

The fourth day of the sixth month of the fifteenth year of Tianbao. The war drums rumbled, and the gates of Tongguan were wide open. Feng Changqing was wearing black armor and black helmets, with a sword hanging from his waist, a BMW under his crotch, and led the army out to Lingbao. Lingbao is located in the east of Tongguan ten miles of the place, here north of the Yellow River, south of the mountains, to the east of the rebels camp ten miles. Five miles behind the rebels, there is a narrow mountain road about 60 miles long, which is also the key to this battle.

The movements of the Tongguan army naturally did not escape the eyes of the rebel scouts, and Cui Qianyou's face was excited at this time. Although only 20,000 cavalry came out of Tongguan, it was enough for a good meal before he withdrew. After the scouts retreated, Cui Qianyou immediately ordered the drumming to gather the generals. After a while, the generals gathered. After Feng Changqing briefly described the information obtained by the scouts, he looked at the generals under his tent excitedly. They have been under this Tongguan for a few months, and they are really fed up with the bird's anger of this king and eight shells. As soon as they heard that the plan had been accomplished, the generals were naturally excited, and they all blushed and had thick necks, and they chattered and discussed.

"General, my subordinates feel that something is strange." The person who spoke was still Yang Chaozong. I saw that his face was solemn, his brows were tightly locked, and he was trying to think about something.

When Cui Qianyou and the rest of the generals were excited, they were all stunned when they heard this, and looked at Yang Chaozong a little inexplicably, "Chaozong, tell me, what's wrong." Cui Qianyou was very cautious, and the last time Yang Chaozong made suggestions, it greatly enhanced Cui Qianyou's good opinion of him.

"General, the place where we set up an ambush is a narrow valley about sixty miles long, and most of the men and horses can't use it here, let alone the cavalry. The cavalry could not charge at all under such terrain. Yang Chaozong said while thinking, "Moreover, Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing are both famous generals, so they don't know this." After Yang Chaozong finished speaking, he retreated from the queue and stopped making a sound.

"As much as you want. The person who led the troops was the newly defeated Feng Changqing in Luoyang. As far as his two moments are concerned, labor and management have long been taught, but Erer. Moreover, he was newly defeated in Luoyang and urgently needed to get rid of his crimes. That Gao Xianzhi was his old boss again. When the two of them heard that our army's grain and grass had been burned, they were eager to make meritorious contributions. The person who spoke, Zhang Tong, the first general under Cui Qianyou. This person has made great achievements in battle, and he is deeply valued by Cui Qianyou.

As soon as Zhang Tongyu said this, the generals in the big tent said yes again and again. Zhang Tongyu has long been unaccustomed to Yang Chaozong, last time he let this kid out of the limelight, if he comes back a few times, he will be compared to this kid.

"To be on the safe side, let's take another look." Although Zhang Tongyu was not used to Yang Chaozong, he was also cautious and suggested to Cui Qianyou.

Cui Qianyou is also a safe person, so he naturally sent a few scouts to investigate. Several scouts received orders and hurried out of the camp. He did not return to camp until late in the evening.

"General, Feng Changqing has set up camp in Lingbao, looking at the scale of the camp, there is no doubt that there are 20,000 people." The scout's words completely dispelled the doubts of Cui Qianyou and the generals.

"Is there anything unusual about the enemy?" Cui Qianyou's face softened and continued to ask.

"General, there is nothing abnormal about the enemy army. It's just that the enemy troops are all cavalry, and the sentry range is very large. Because of the proximity, several of our brothers died. Looking at the size of the tent, there is no doubt that it is 20,000 people. The scout reaffirmed.

"Ben knows, you go down." Cui Qianyou nodded at the scout and sent him away.

On the eighth day of June in the fifteenth year of Tianbao, the key battle that determined the direction of history, the Battle of Tongguan began. Wang Sili, the general of the Tang Army, led a group of elite cavalry to take advantage of the rebels' formation before they took the lead in attacking the enemy formation. The person who led the troops in front of the rebel army was naturally Zhang Tongmei, the first general under Cui Qianyou. Zhang Tongyu led all the infantry troops, and they couldn't resist the iron hooves of the Tang cavalry. The cavalry of the Tang Army galloped and rushed into the rebel formation in the blink of an eye. Wang Sili brandished a spear in his hand, and stabbed his left hand as if he was in a no-man's land. The Tang Army's iron cavalry was like a red-hot dagger inserted into the butter cheese, and in a moment it rushed through the position of the rebel foot soldiers. Wang Sili raised his spear and shouted loudly: "All the soldiers listen to the order and rush back with me." The Tang Iron Cavalry shouted slogans, brandished Tang knives, and once again rushed into the enemy formation.

The Datang Iron Cavalry lived up to its name, and rushed down in a few rounds. He taught the rebel position to a pulp. The rebel general Zhang Tongyu saw that the formation could not support it, so he had to order a retreat. The rebels lost their armor and ran as fast as they could.

Seeing the rout of the enemy army, Wang Sili raised his spear and shouted again, "The enemy army is defeated, follow me to chase and kill the defeated army." ”

The Tang army's iron horses neighed, and the soldiers rushed into the rout, brandishing the Tang knife in their hands to their heart's content, and slashing and killing wantonly. The front of the rebels was defeated like a mountain, and Zhang Tong couldn't care about the soldiers behind him, kicked his horse's legs, and fled into the valley.

Standing on the top of the mountain and observing the battlefield, Cui Qianyou's face was not good, 30,000 infantry troops, after a while, he was killed, and it was estimated that if he could come back seven or eight thousand people, he would take refuge in my Buddha. In order to achieve the real effect of luring the enemy into depth, this front battle is real and not mixed with any water. Fortunately, the Tang army had already been fooled, chasing the rout army and rushing towards the valley, Cui Qianyou's face looked better.

"General, something is wrong. The cavalry of the Tang Army in front of him seems to be less than 20,000 people. "Yang Chaozong, as a military general, should have gone into battle to kill the enemy. Just because Cui Qianyou saw that this person was a little resourceful, he took him with him. The person who spoke at this time was none other than Yang Chaozong.

As soon as Yang Chaozong's words came out, Cui Qianyou struck a spirit. Only then did it become noted that the number of cavalry of the Don Army was only about 10,000 people. Could it be that the Tang Army only came to these soldiers and horses? Blowing up the tents of 20,000 people to bluff? If there are 20,000 cavalry. Where did the rest go? Cui Qianyou thought a lot in an instant, cold sweat trickled down his back spine, and after a while, he soaked the clothes on the inside of the armor. 10,000 cavalry, if you don't have it, it's fine. If so, where would it go? Cui Qianyou was still thinking hard, and an exclamation in his ear interrupted his thoughts. He fixed his eyes and looked down, only to see that the Tang Army's iron cavalry, which was originally hulala rushing towards the valley, stopped their steps before they reached the valley mouth, and watched the rout run towards the valley from a distance.

How so? Why didn't you chase? Afraid that you can't beat it? It must be so! They only had 10,000 cavalry! It must be so! "Pass my military orders! The soldiers in the valley stopped the rout and fought their way out of the valley! "Order, leave a thousand people to garrison the mountain fortifications, and the rest of the people will all go down to the valley to participate in the battle!" Cui Qianyou was sure that the current Tang army only had 10,000 horses. 10,000 is 10,000, and none of them can leave, Cui Qianyou is murderous, and he gave two orders one after another.

When the Tang army led by Wang Sili reached the mouth of the valley, Qi Qi stopped the horse's hooves and turned around. Facing Taniguchi, set up the formation again! In this attack, the Tang Army's 10,000 iron cavalry defeated the opponent's infantry army of 30,000 and killed countless people, which was already a great achievement. At this moment, the Tang Army's iron cavalry shouted slogans one by one, gearing up and fighting high.

"Captain, what should I do, there are more than 1,000 people." Tie Zhu quietly touched Li Yu's side and asked in a low voice.

"The crossbow arrows in your hand are used to plow the land! There are a thousand of them, and two thousand of us, and none of them can get a crossbow arrow. Unless you have water in your brains, you don't worry about it. Li Mi rolled his eyes and scolded the iron pillar softly.

Li Mi and the Black Wolf Army have been ambushing here for a day and a night, just to wait for this time. It turned out that on that day, Sunon accidentally discovered that the rebel soldiers were building fortifications here, and Li Mi guessed that there would be a battle here. He hurriedly sent people to sneak back to Tongguan, and he led a large team of men and horses to rush here. This is a back slope about five miles away from the rebels' fortifications, with dense trees, it is a good place to hide soldiers, Li Mi did not hesitate to choose this place as a hidden position, just waiting for the soldiers on the mountain to evacuate, and then robbed the fortifications for his own use. The rebels had withdrawn, but a thousand men were left to guard the fortifications, and Li Mi was a little unexpected. At this time, Li Mi and the Black Wolf Army touched up, and the rebels who stayed behind were all within the range of crossbow arrows.

"Listen to me! Try to kill the enemy with one arrow! Shoot the arrows! Li Mi snorted softly.

The archery skills of the Black Wolf Army really didn't blow out, "Whoosh..." There was a sound of crossbow arrows breaking through the air, and before the thousand soldiers left behind could react, they all fell to the ground.

In the middle of the position, more than 10,000 Tang Army iron cavalry led by Wang Sili had already set up an attack formation, and the soldiers were directed at the valley mouth. The rebel forces had also been formed in front of them, and there were still troops coming from far in the valley behind. Cui Qianyou led the generals to stand in front of the formation on horseback, looking at the more than 10,000 Tang cavalry on the opposite side from a distance. He still had some unsteadiness in his heart, and he recalled every detail in his mind again and again, but he didn't find any mistakes or omissions. But he didn't know that the fortifications he had built on the mountain had changed owners by this time.

"Rumble..." Cui Qianyou was thinking about it, when suddenly a rumbling sound came into his ears: "Cavalry!" Cui Qianyou's many years of combat experience made him immediately distinguish that this was the sound of horses' hooves when the cavalry charged. But the cavalry in front of the formation did not charge? "Behind!!" Cui Qianyou shouted loudly. As soon as Cui Qianyou shouted, he turned his head and looked into the valley.

"Ahh Help..." The sound of hooves was followed by the mournful screams of the soldiers.

"Zhang Tongmei! Hurry up and block the cavalry behind Lao Tzu! Cui Qianyou was already frightened, he patted his head vigorously, forced himself to calm down, and ordered Zhang Tongyu to lead the Chinese army to rescue the rear army. Zhang Tongyu took the order and left.

"Tang Jun is a good erlang! Kill with me! Just as Cui Qianyou gave the order, Wang Sili also gave the order. More than 10,000 Tang army iron horsemen galloped towards the valley mouth like arrows from the string.

Cui Qianyou did not know the size of the Tang cavalry behind the valley, but he still had some confidence in his army. 200,000,000 people, fucking just stand still and let you kill, you're going to have to put some effort into it. Zhang Tongyu's military region has taken over the rear army, and there should be no big problem. He thought to himself, and gradually settled his mind.

Zhang Tongyu received the military order, led the Chinese army to the valley in a hurry, and saw from a distance that the rear soldiers ran over with their armor thrown away their armor, and hurriedly ordered the archers and spear and shield soldiers to set up a formation to prevent themselves from being scattered by the rout. Just as he was shouting the military order, a smoking ball fell from the top of the mountain. Then the second, the third, and more and more. After the ball fell, it did not catch fire, but emitted bursts of yellow smoke, which was extremely choking, and the key was that the smoke was so large that no human figure could be seen within three meters. Zhang Tongyu was a little confused, what the hell is this. While he was in a hurry, the rout of the rear army had already arrived.

At this time, the 10,000 Tang army iron cavalry led by Feng Changqing drove the rout to catch up. The 70,000 or 80,000 rear army routed like a lost dog, and ran towards the thick smoke. Zhang Tongyu's Chinese army was scrambling to drive away the smoke, and the people who were rushed by the rout were caught off guard and turned on their backs. The shouts of killing, the screams, resounded in the sky. The rout rolled more and more like a snowball, rushing towards the front army led by Cui Qianyou from afar!

"It's over!" Cui Qianyou also heard the screams in the valley, his face was pale, his liver and gallbladder were split, the Yellow River in the north, the mountains in the south, how should this be good. By this time, the rebels were already in chaos, and desperate soldiers jumped into the Yellow River in an attempt to escape, but they were instantly swallowed up by the monstrous river.

In the first battle of Tongguan, the rebels suffered 250,000 casualties and were wiped out!