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Cui Qianyou, who was standing on the top of the hill nearly five hundred steps away from Tongguan City, looked at the tragic battle scene not far away with an expressionless face, and his heart was full of helplessness. This city, the outpost tower of the entire Tongguan City, he has led the army to attack at least dozens of times, but each time he has been defeated under the city, except for the sacrifice of countless soldiers, there is no gain.

It is likely that the same is true today, after paying the price of thousands of casualties among the sergeants, and still to no avail.

He had a deep fear of the city in front of him, which was very dilapidated but still majestic.

originally thought that when the Tang army Lingbao was defeated and the army's morale was weakened, he could take advantage of the situation to capture all the passes in Tongguan and open the gateway to Chang'an, but he didn't expect that he would still have to gnaw hard bones.

After the victory of Lingbao, they were very optimistic, feeling that before leading the army to Tongguan City, the Tang army would either be unable to resist, or Kaicheng would surrender, and they could easily occupy Tongguan City, and even some generals thought that after occupying Tongguan City, they would kill them fiercely and kill all the captured Tang troops to vent their hatred of not being able to capture Tongguan City in the past few months. But they didn't expect that they came with the great victory of Lingbao, and after arriving at Tongguan City, the resistance they encountered was so strong and resolute. While they were marching, the Tang army even dared to ambush them in the middle of the road, which caught them by surprise and led to the loss of thousands of men and horses.

Fortunately, the generals reached a consensus, believing that this was just a delay for the Tang army, and they just wanted to delay their march and wait for the arrival of reinforcements. It can also be said that the complete strength of the Tang army in Tongguan City must be insufficient, otherwise it would be impossible to do such an act.

However, the purpose of the Tang generals in the main town of Tongguan had been achieved, and the two ambushes not only dealt a certain blow to them, but also slowed down their attack speed. Their reaction was fast enough, but they were still delayed for more than half a day.

At this time, Cui Qianyou already regretted it very much, and he should advance desperately and attack the city of Hantong Pass as soon as possible.

He believed that if they had arrived at the city of Hantong Pass in the morning, perhaps the dilapidated city in front of them had already been taken by them, and their men and horses had already arrived at the city of Suitong Pass, and they had even begun to attack Suitong Pass. But he also knew that the Tang army on the Hantong Pass City was already at the end of the crossbow, as long as he led his troops to continue to attack, he would be able to capture the Hantong Pass City sooner or later.

Let's see if the last blow will work today! But he also knew that even if he captured Hantong Pass, it could not be regarded as a success, and there was a more difficult Suitong Pass waiting for them behind, and capturing Hantong Pass was only a step towards success, not a big step.

If you don't capture the Hantong Pass, it will be impossible to Chen Bing Sui Tong Pass. The capture of Hantong Pass City can also further deal a blow to the morale of the Tang army in Sui Tong Pass, and maybe when they attack Sui Tong Pass, the defenders at the head of the city will quickly be defeated.

After capturing the ruined city in front of you, you can even attack the Sui Tong Pass overnight, maybe someone will open the city gate and surrender!

Although the terrain of Sui Tong Pass is more dangerous, there are still many flat places outside the forbidden ditch, where the troops can be camped, they can march to the city overnight, even if they can't attack, they can also camp outside the forbidden ditch, and take a fatigue offensive against the Tang army.

The city in front of him will also take a fatigue offensive, so that the Tang army will not be able to rest, and maybe the city can be captured at night. Cui Qianyou had a cold face and continuously conveyed the order, asking the sergeants to attack at all costs, and to capture the Hantong Pass City tonight no matter what.

However, just as his sergeants continued to attack the east and south gates of Hantong Pass like a tide in accordance with the orders of the newspaper, many bales of hay were suddenly thrown from the city, and when the hay rolled down, a lot of hot oil was poured down.

Many of the sergeants were buried in hay under the city, many others were burned or even burned to death by the hot oil, and an even more terrifying scene ensued, and countless rockets were shot down from the city, which soon set the hay doused with hot oil on fire!

The fire spread quickly by the wind, and burned so hard that the siege rebels who did not expect this scene to appear were in chaos, and almost all the sergeants turned and fled to avoid the fire dragon under the city walls, lest they themselves become braised human jerky.

The raging fire not only caused great damage to the rebels besieging the city, but the smoke from the burning also obscured the view, and soon the entire Tongguan City was engulfed in smoke, and even the defenders on the head of the city could not see clearly. The fire also quickly ignited the shrubs and trees on the edge of the city, the wet branches and trees burned, and the smoke became even more smoky, and the smoky Cui Qianyou couldn't help coughing.

"Order the whole army to stop attacking, retreat immediately, and fight again tomorrow!" Cui Qianyou reluctantly gave the order.

In this case, how can you continue to attack? If the soldiers were ordered to attack the city again, the soldiers who were besieging the city would die in the flames.

It seems that the Tang army wants to coexist with Hantong Guancheng!

They did not hesitate to hinder their advance, which was the helplessness in Cui Qianyou's heart when he gave the order.

This fire stopped their attack, but Cui Qianyou also knew that the damage caused by the fire to the Hantong Pass City would also be very large, and it was even possible to burn the city walls, burn down, burn the city gates, and even burn out. Let the Tang army be proud for a while, and tomorrow morning, he will definitely command his men and horses to break through this dilapidated city and open the door to the Sui Tong Pass City.

Cui Qianyou ordered the whole army to retreat three miles, camp near the valley where the Tang army had been ambushed during the day, and sent a large number of rangers to patrol the city to attack them at night.

It is impossible to garrison in front of the Hantong Pass at night, and it is necessary to retreat a few miles and find a place conducive to defense and camp, otherwise tens of thousands of horses and horses will have no place to rest, and how can the army that does not rest have the strength to continue to attack the city tomorrow? Perhaps this fire will spread on a larger scale, and it will be affected in the nearest place, but the valley where the fire broke out is near, and it is impossible to start another fire, and there is nothing to burn.

Li Fu and Pang Zhong at the head of the city breathed a sigh of relief when they saw through the firelight that the rebels were slowly retreating after throwing down hundreds of corpses again. They believed that today's attack by the rebels was over, and it was impossible to attack overnight, so it can be said that they had successfully completed the task assigned by Yang Xi and blocked the rebels in front of the Hantong Pass, and it was time for their entire army to retreat.

The sergeants at the head of the city, who were full of gunsmoke, had a similar mentality, and some of them relaxed physically and mentally, and even sat down, never wanting to move again, regardless of the hot wall tiles under them.

After a bloody battle for half a day, there were also two or three hundred casualties among the more than 2,000 people and horses in the Hantong Pass, but most of the strength was still preserved. These horses retreated to the city of Sui Tong Pass, rested overnight, and the sergeants who had finished recuperating early tomorrow morning could get up and continue the battle.

After throwing out more hay to keep the fire burning outside the city and burning even more, Li Fu and Pang Zhong immediately ordered their subordinates to make follow-up preparations! After the rebels completely withdrew from the Hantong Pass, the men and horses will all quietly withdraw from the Hantong Pass and retreat to the Suitong Pass.

Of course, before withdrawing, we must do a lot of tricks in the city, so that the rebels who enter the city tomorrow will suffer a lot of losses!

What's more, the retreat must not be discovered by the rebels, and some dead soldiers must remain, otherwise it will be in vain!