In Tongguan, Geshuhan completed the army,

"General, do you really want to send troops?" His lieutenant general asked. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ge Shuhan sighed and said: "Helpless, the emperor has issued three military orders for me to send troops, if I don't move, Your Majesty must think that I have two hearts, think about the fate of Gao Xianzhi." ”

The adjutant general said: "At present, the enemy situation is still unknown, although the spies come to report that the enemy is old, weak, sick and disabled and has no combat strength, but the last general feels that the enemy's elite must be waiting for an opportunity to ambush." ”

Ge Shuhan said: "I don't know, but even if the rebels are in full swing, how can I say that I have 200,000 male soldiers in my hands, even if it is an elite decisive battle with him, I will not be defeated too badly." If it doesn't work, let's retreat to Tongguan again, which can be regarded as an explanation to Your Majesty. In this way, Your Majesty should not urge me to send troops anymore. ”

200,000 soldiers and horses set out in a mighty way,

According to the spies' report, a part of the rebel army is currently stationed in Shaanxi County (west of present-day Sanmenxia City, Henan), led by the rebels' adjutant general, General Cui Qianyou.

A few days ago, spies came to report that the rebel general Cui Qianyou had "less than 4,000 soldiers, all of whom were weak and unprepared" in Shaanxi County. So this time, Ge Shuhan wants to enter Shaanxi County, after all, he still has to pick up soft persimmons. However, Ge Shuhan also made two preparations, after all, Li Chengwei is actually no longer the gentleman who only knew how to fight bravely and ruthlessly.

Although this person was played by Li Shan in applause, he was also angry because of this, but he didn't want him to be useful in the army. This person is vicious and insidious, decisive, and ruthless, but he is very heroic. In the next few years as the envoy of Jiedu, he rectified the situation in Hebei by thunderous means, and managed the Han nationality and a small number of private assets in an orderly manner, and it has to be said that Li Chengwei has also grown a lot.

Now that Li Chengwei has rebelled, he will not be unprepared, Ge Shuhan expects that Li Chengwei is using the weak pawns of the division to lure him, if he rashly enters the army, it is just the plan. So Ge Shuhan made a plan, he divided the army into three roads, the first road composed of 10,000 light cavalry, went to Shaanxi County to investigate the enemy's situation, the second road was 150,000 troops, and the third road was the 40,000 army led by himself

In this way, even if his 10,000 pioneers are ambushed, he can still have the support of the Chinese army, and if the Chinese army is ambushed, he can also rush to the aid of the rear army, at least the losses can be minimized.

"Report, General Qiyu, I found that the rebels seem to be heading in the direction of Shaanxi County. The number of about thirty or fifty thousand has already engaged the vanguard of our army, whether to rush to the aid or not. ”

Geshuhan was overjoyed and ordered the Chinese army to send 100,000 men to attack and surround the rebels. And he himself did not march, but led the rear army to sit in the town to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Next, the rebels were killed by the Tang army and fled, and Ge Shuhan saw that he could not lose the opportunity, so he naturally would not give up such a great opportunity. These 350,000 are the elite of the rebel army, and it can be seen from the combat effectiveness and equipment that if they are annihilated, it will be the biggest victory since the war. Although Ge Shuhan does not seek merit but no fault, how can he let him slip away just like this when he sees the credit in his hand.

"The whole army obeys the order, advances at full speed, and must surround and kill the rebels." Ge Shuhan pulled out his long sword, and he trembled a little with excitement, he didn't expect that my brother Shuhan would have such an opportunity to make contributions in his lifetime, it was really God's favor.

In the Qinzheng Palace, Tang Suzong was now very nervously waiting for the battle report released in front.

After the fall of Luoyang, the eunuch sent by Yang Guozhong to supervise the army and slandered Tang Suzong to behead the generals Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi. So that now there are no generals available in the DPRK and China, so they can only use the sick and sick Longyou Jiedu to make Ge Shuhan the deputy marshal of the soldiers and horses, and order him to lead an army of 200,000 to guard Tongguan.

Gao Xianzhi's death was undoubtedly a huge loss for the Tang Dynasty, Li Shan was familiar with Gao Xianzhi, and naturally understood Gao Xianzhi's art of war. Originally, if Gao Xianzhi had guarded Tongguan, maybe he could really have a chance to fight the rebels in Tongguan. But Ge Shuhan was originally sick and dead at home, with no combat effectiveness, and the defense of the city was still stretched, let alone waiting for an opportunity to fight back.

However, the terrain of Tongguan is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is the gateway of Chang'an, as long as Tongguan is held, it can force the rebels of the labor expedition to retreat. Ge Shuhan is also self-aware, knowing that he will never have the opportunity to make contributions, so after entering Tongguan, he immediately strengthened the city defense, deep ditches and high fortifications, and closed the retreat.

At the same time, Guo Ziyi led a team of men and horses to clash with the rebel branches in Henan and other places, and Guo Ziyi won several encounters one after another.

Li Chengwei has been marching forward without a single defeat since the beginning of the army, and everywhere he goes, he is even more restrained. Therefore, he didn't take Tongguan in his eyes, and directly led his troops to attack Tongguan. But Tongguan is the best pass in the world after all, and Li Chengwei rashly advanced with the enemy and was repelled by Ge Shuhan. The main force of the rebel army was blocked at Tongguan and could not advance westward.

Seeing that Li Chengwei's army had been stopped in Tongguan for a few months, because of the labor expedition and the lack of food and grass, the foundation was not deep, and the Hu soldiers were not adapted. Rebel riots broke out one after another, and incidents of scattering and fleeing broke out one after another.

After the news reached Chang'an, Tang Suzong was overjoyed, and Yang Guozhong suggested that Tang Suzong order Ge Shuhan to send troops to attack. Tang Suzong was also anxious to quell the rebellion, after all, there were 200,000 elite soldiers in Tongguan, and the rebels totaled 150,000.

"Report, Your Majesty, Tongguan Battle Report."

Tang Suzong's figure was awe-inspiring, and he said, "Hurry up and show it to me." ”

The battle report is still sealed, and no one else has read it. Tang Suzong's hands trembled a little, and when he opened the battle report, he suddenly sat down on the dragon chair.

Yang Guozhong also said with a little trembling: "Your Majesty, is it possible that Ge Shuhan has been defeated?" ”

Tang Suzong handed the battle report to Yang Guozhong, and without saying a word, Yang Guozhong took the battle report, which wrote: Ge Shuhan led his troops out of the customs to meet Li Chengwei's elite soldiers in Lingbao Xiyuan, was ambushed, and only 8,000 of the 200,000 soldiers and horses remained, and fled back to Tongguan. At present, Tongguan has no soldiers to defend, please make a decision quickly.

When the Tang army saw that the rebels were in disarray and wanted to flee, they drove straight ahead, but were lured into the pass. The rebels rose up in ambush and threw rolling wooden stones from the mountain, and the Tang soldiers crowded the pass, which was difficult to spread, and there were many dead and wounded. Goshuhan hurriedly ordered the felt cart to charge in front of him, trying to open a path, but was blocked by the rebels with arson grass carts. The Tang army was dazzled by the smoke and could not see the target clearly, thinking that the rebels were in the thick smoke, so they fired crossbow arrows indiscriminately, and did not know the plan until the sunset.

In fact, the more than 30,000 elite soldiers he encountered at the beginning were just bait released by Li Chengwei, in order to lure Ge Shuhan into this ambush circle.

At this time, Cui Qianyou ordered Luo Jingqi to detour back to the back of the official army from the valley in the south to kill, and the Tang army was attacked before and after, and they were in a mess, some abandoned their armor and fled into the valley, and some were squeezed into the Yellow River and drowned.

Seeing the defeat of the former army, the Tang Hou army collapsed without a fight. The Tang army on the north bank of the Yellow River saw that the situation was unfavorable and also dispersed. Ge Shuhan only took hundreds of horsemen to flee in embarrassment, crossed from the Yellow River to the west into Tongguan, and dug three trenches outside Tongguan, all of which were two zhang wide and one zhang deep, and the people and horses fell into the ditch, and it was filled in a while, and the people behind stepped on the corpses. The Tang army had nearly 200,000 troops, and only more than 8,000 fled back to Tongguan.

Yang Guozhong shook his head incredulously and said, "How is this possible, how is this possible?" 200,000 people are gone? ”

Tang Suzong said: "It's my fault, at that time, Ge Shuhan, Guo Ziyi and others all wrote to prevent me from letting Tongguan send troops. If Tongguan is not lost, maybe Guo Ziyi can really defeat the rebels in Henan and other places. But at present, Tongguan is not guaranteed, and the general trend has gone. ”

Yang Guozhong said: "Your Majesty, Tongguan is no longer guaranteed at the moment. Chang'an does not have the dangerous place of Tongguan, and now there are only 10,000 soldiers and horses in Beijing. ”

Tang Suzong said with a sad expression: "The first emperor worked hard to create this great river and mountain, and now it is about to be buried in my hands, what kind of face do I have to see my ancestors and ancestors." ”

Yang Guozhong said: "Your Majesty, you are not afraid of no firewood if you stay in the green mountains, as long as Your Majesty is still there, you will definitely be able to reorganize the mountains and rivers." Although the rebels are now arrogant but must not be able to hold on for a long time, the three armies are only in the land of Hebei and Henan, and Chang'an is too dangerous at the moment, as long as His Majesty moves the capital to Shuzhong, the strong troops and horses will definitely be able to regroup and quell the rebellion. Your Majesty, don't be discouraged. ”

Li Fuguo also came to advise: "Your Majesty, now Chang'an can no longer stay, please make a decision as soon as possible, it will be too late if it is too late." Your Majesty also has to think about the royal bloodline, and you must not burn all the jade. ”

Tang Suzong stood up slowly, as if he had exhausted all the strength of his body, and the whole person looked a little old: "Guozhong, you Mashan went to gather hundreds of civil and military officials, I still have something to say." ”

Yang Guozhong was hesitant and refused to go for a long time.

Tang Suzong said: "Don't you all listen to what I say?" Why don't you go soon? ”

Yang Guozhong had no choice but to go down to give orders.

But the facts once again made Tang Suzong feel cruel, the news of the loss of Tongguan has spread far and wide, somehow, the news of the loss of Tongguan has come everywhere, the civil and military officials have panicked, Tang Suzong's edict has no effect at all, and the civil and military officials have fled for their lives.

Tang Suzong stood alone on the city gate, thinking back to the past, he was full of spirit and commanded his soldiers to repel the 100,000 army of the great prince Li Cong, but now it is indeed a depression. He was no longer as brave as he once was, and he no longer had the courage to go out of the city alone to face the enemy army.

At this time, he suddenly realized that Li Shan was so powerful, and it seemed that Li Shan was always talking and laughing at any time. The danger of the eldest prince back then, if it weren't for Li Shan coming to help, maybe he really wouldn't have been able to succeed to the throne. The strength back then was just a temporary illusion, and the really powerful didn't know himself, but Li Shan.

"Your Majesty, the car is ready, please get in the car quickly." Li Fu National Road.

Tang Suzong pointed to the remnant sun and said, "Let me take one last look at this Chang'an." (To be continued.) )