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Because of the lesson of Zhonglang General Wang Fei rushing into the city first and finally dying in the sea of fire, Li Qian and Cheng Wei, the two Zhonglang generals who commanded the men and horses to enter the Hantong Pass City, did not rush into the front first, but ordered the ordinary soldiers to rush in front and their own palaces.

This arrangement allowed them to escape, and only some of the sergeants who rushed to the front and were in a hurry lost their lives.

Although the number of sergeants who fell into the trap was not large, and the total number of sergeants in the direction of the three city gates was only forty or fifty, the blow to the morale of the rebels was not ordinary, those sergeants whose bodies were stuck in wood or bamboo, not dead, but not far from death, screamed and wailed in pain, and some of the exposed internal organs made other sergeants feel frightened, even Li Qian and Cheng Wei.

The momentum is not good, the Tang army abandoned Tongguan City and left, but left so many traps for them, causing them so much damage, seriously affecting the morale of the former soldiers and horses, I really don't know how many sergeants had the courage to charge when they rushed to the city of Suitong Pass.

Li Qian and Cheng Wei could only order the sergeants to ignore the sergeants who fell into the trap, and everyone knew that even if they pulled up the undead people in the trap, it would not save their lives, and even hasten their deaths. But the screams of those sergeants were so terrifying that in the end, the two lieutenant generals could only order the sergeants to shoot the sergeants who fell into the trap and were still screaming.

Letting them die early is a relief, and it makes them suffer less.

These traps should have been dug a long time ago, and dug not far from the city gate hole, if you want to enter the city from the direction of the city gate hole, the location of several traps is almost unavoidable, Li Qian and Cheng Wei can only order the sergeants to search around or cut down wood and bamboo, set up on the trap, and then lay some wooden planks or doors that have not been burned by fire on them for subsequent people and horses to pass through.

However, after stepping through this trap near the city gate, the people and horses entering the city did not dare to immediately let go of their speed and run wildly in the city, the trap would definitely not be dug only in such a place, there should be other places.

There may be traps, so you have to search slowly to avoid getting caught again. Sure enough, at the intersection of several main roads in the city, several well-concealed traps were found one after another, of course, these traps were found at the cost of the sergeant's life, and several sergeants fell into it before they discovered the existence of the trap. Both Li Qian and Cheng Wei learned the lesson just now, and did not let the sergeants run in line, but just let the sergeants disperse and search slowly, otherwise there would be more casualties.

It took more than half an hour for the men and horses entering the city to finally control most of the city and mark all the traps they could find, and the two lieutenants reported the situation again to Cui Qianyou, who was anxiously waiting behind.

After Cui Qianyou received the report from Li Qian and Cheng Wei, he immediately reported the news to An Qingxu, who had already been furious several times.

An Qingxu was furious when he heard the news that the Tang army had repelled the attack of their "Dayan" army with great difficulty, but had fled at night, and he repeatedly accused Cui Qianyou of not finding out the situation in time, so that the Tang army had set up an empty city plan, and let the Tang army's empty city plan succeed, wasting a night. The extremely angry "Dayan" prince had to summon Cui Qianyou over to lecture him in person.

An Qingxu also ordered Cui Qianyou to occupy the key pass of Hantong Pass as soon as possible, and immediately attack Suitong Pass, which was a few miles away.

After Cui Qianyou received the order, he naturally did not dare to delay, and immediately ordered Li Qian and Cheng Wei to call the men and horses led by Zhonglang to attack as soon as possible, attack under the Sui Tong Pass, and prepare to launch a round attack on the Sui Tong Pass.

Li Qian and Cheng Wei naturally did not dare to delay, and after searching for the situation in the city of Hantong Pass and reporting the situation in the city to Cui Qianyou, they immediately gathered people and horses and prepared to go out of the west gate and march in the direction of Suitong Pass.

West Gate, Pang Zhong, the last Tang general who led the army to withdraw, of course, would not leave an intact city gate to the rebels, and when the advancing sergeants were about to open the city gate, the hidden city gate also collapsed. But because the sergeants were well prepared, they only wounded two sergeants, and no one died, and the two sergeants who were crushed were dragged out by their companions. But this is also scary enough to make the follow-up people dare not pass boldly with confidence.

Outside the West Gate, there were still traps, but because of the prediction, no sergeant fell, only two poor horses, who fell victim to the temptation trap, fell into the trap as they struggled to advance, and wailed incessantly. Again with stones, earth, and wood, bamboo, and door panels to cover the traps, the west gate became a thoroughfare, and the caravan was able to pass through.

However, at this time, the rebel outpost had become frightened birds, trembling all the way, not daring to let go of the speed, for fear that there would be traps along the way, and the Tang army sergeants would be ambushed. Thankfully, they didn't encounter any more horrific situations, but it greatly affected their speed.

By the time the outpost arrived at the battle position outside the forbidden ditch, it was already after noon, and the weather was at its hottest.

Today's weather is unusually hot and muggy, there is not even wind, and there are mountain-like clouds slowly accumulating in the sky, the tips of the clouds are white, and the bottom is a little dark. Such tall and heavy clouds make people feel depressed and stuffy, and the whole Huashan seems to have become a big steaming nest, and some sergeants can't hold on under the sun because of continuous hard work, as well as the heaviness of their moods, and they fall off their horses. They were suffering from heat stroke.

The phenomenon of death of sergeants due to heat stroke appeared one after another, not only slowly reaching the city of Tongguan, but also in the rebel arrays gathered outside the range of crossbow arrows, and the Tang army that was waiting at the head of the city.

Seeing that the rebels came out of the west gate of Hantong Pass one after another after noon, Yang Xi and Ge Shuhan successively ordered that all the sergeants who were hiding in the shade to rest should go to the city to stand by and prepare for battle. Fortunately, the sun was already a little westerly, and the tall gate tower and some mountain peaks could leave some shadow on the city, so that some lucky sergeants could avoid the scorching sun, but some sergeants still fell due to heat stroke!

But the whole world seems to be frozen, there is no wind, the heat can't be spilled out, the atmosphere of the big war is very strong, the smell of blood is faint, the sergeants are nervous, they feel even hot, and the hot sweat on many people's bodies is almost like a small river.

Yang Xi stood on the tower of the city gate, standing proudly in front of all the soldiers with his strong posture, his face was full of confidence and pride, even if he saw the rebel team coming slowly, slowly gathering on the opposite side of the forbidden ditch outside Tongguan City, there was no fear at all. His calmness and composure also infected his soldiers, whether they were the generals who commanded the battle or the ordinary sergeants, there was no panic, and the soldiers were on standby at their posts according to the arrangements of their own generals, ready to attack when the rebels approached.

"Fourth son, the rebels are about to attack the city!" Yang Zheng, who was standing next to Yang Xi, felt the trembling of his legs and stomach.

"Stand up straight, take out the momentum that you usually bully the people, the rebels who have just suffered heavy losses can't attack the head of Tongguan City!" Although Yang Xi didn't look back at Yang Zheng's embarrassment, he could feel the fear of his entourage, and he shouted angrily, "If you can't pull the bow for a while, don't blame this son for being ruthless!"

The threatening words were over, and he still did not look back, but looked coldly at the rebels who continued to gather.

The brutal bloody battle is about to start, but now Yang Xi is calmer than just now!