(Fourth Update)——

All fighting ended near dawn the next day.

Wang Sili's troops and Pang Zhong's troops both achieved brilliant results, almost annihilating the rebels' front army and the Chinese army, but the rear army attacking Yin Ziqi's army did not achieve the same effect. After knowing that Tian Qianzhen and Sun Xiaozhe's troops were quickly defeated, Yin Ziqi's troops had no intention of resisting, and their hearts were shaken, and finally changed from attack to defense, retreating on all fronts, and Ji'er retreated and fled. Gao Shi, Lu Chongben, and Liu Guangting were ordered by Yang Xi to join forces to hunt down and kill Yin Ziqi's troops, but Yin Ziqi still used the cover of night to lead more than 10,000 soldiers to successfully escape.

After chasing and killing until dawn, chasing out fifty miles away from Kip Stone Fort, and chasing and losing the remnants of Yin Ziqi, Gao Shi and other generals received Yang Xi's order to return to the division to stand by, so they stopped and led the army back to Kip Stone Fort.

The results of the battle were quickly counted, and a total of more than 100,000 rebel sergeants were captured, about 15,000 were killed, nearly 30,000 were wounded, and the rest fled.

Yang Xi also sent the final battle report to Chang'an in an expedited manner of 600 li after the generals counted the results of the battle.

In addition to the 1st Division, which continued to clean up the battlefield and Liu Guangting's 15,000 men pursued the nearby rout, Yang Xi ordered the other soldiers to rest a few miles east of Kip Stone Fort to prepare for follow-up actions.

Liu Guangting's men and horses also annihilated and captured thousands of men and horses in the following days, and took advantage of the situation to occupy some towns near Kip Stone Fort.

In the process of occupying these towns, there were no fierce battles, and almost as soon as the Tang army drove over, the officials in the city opened the city and surrendered. Most of the officials in these towns were retained by the original officials of the Tang Dynasty, and most of them were unable to resist when the rebels came over, and they were forced to cooperate with the rebels. When the officials and soldiers came, they turned back again and returned to the "embrace" of the Tang Dynasty. But if the Tang army retreats. As long as these officials remain in office, they may once again be left behind the wall and surrender to the rebels.

But these are not what Yang Xi has to deal with now, he will accept and treat anyone who surrenders.

Also when the war was basically over, Li Jue, the king of Yan, led his own thousands of men and horses to meet Yang Xi.

When Li Jue received Yang Xi's report that the rebels had been defeated, he still didn't believe it until he personally rushed to the battlefield. Seeing the situation on the battlefield and the countless prisoners, he believed that the men and horses he led had achieved a great victory under the command of Yang Xi.

"Marshal Yang, I really didn't expect that you commanded the army to defeat the rebels so quickly!" After listening to Yang Xi's short report, Li Ying couldn't help but marvel, he thought it was incredible!

Although Yang Xi was quite proud in his heart, he didn't show any pride in front of Li Jue, but analyzed very pertinently: "Your Highness." The victory of our army this time is due to the fact that the special task force has been attacking and harassing the rebels for more than a month, so that the rebels have no way to send scouts to find out the whereabouts of our army, which is equivalent to losing their eyes and ears. They have no way of finding out the movements of our army. Our attack was launched without the rebels being aware of it, and before the rebels could react, our army broke through the camp. Sun Xiaozhe was killed, and Tian Qianzhen fled. The rebels were leaderless, and most of them surrendered. It is reasonable that our army can achieve such military feats. If that's the case. None of them can win, that's too much to say. ”

Having said that, Yang Xi is still very glad that the attack he led the army launched was not detected by the rebels first, if it was discovered by the rebels one step earlier and responded, it would not have been possible to achieve such a result, it is likely to be a hard battle, a protracted battle with heavy losses, and no one knows if the deer will die. This can be seen from the stubborn resistance of Yin Ziqi's department, and the combat effectiveness of the rebels is still very strong. If Sun Xiaozhe and Tian Qian were really prepared enough, with the strong combat effectiveness of the hundreds of thousands of good fighting soldiers under their command, Yang Xi believed that he would not be able to fight so smoothly.

The key to his victory in this battle is the same as the last attack on Shaanxi County, that is, a "fast" word, with the ability to act quickly, when the rebels did not have time to react, they launched a surprise attack, which is similar to the strategy of Hitler's mustache at the beginning of the war in the Second World War, and the European countries that were hit by the blitzkrieg had no power to fight back. Soldiers are fast!

Hearing Yang Xi say this, Li Jue also agreed: "Marshal Yang is right, our army can win because of the fast speed of marching, so that the rebels have no chance to react, so they can only sit and wait for death." However, this king still admired Marshal Yang's quick decision, and immediately decided to launch an attack after rushing back to Shaanxi County, preparing to completely annihilate Sun Xiaozhe's army. This king has always been worried, afraid of the defeat of our army, but he did not expect that Marshal Yang commanded the army to fight such a brilliant battle. It is believed that after this battle, the rebels must have been frightened and did not dare to confront our army, and the rebellion would soon be quelled. ”

Seeing Li Jue's happy expression, Yang Xi couldn't bear to pour cold water, and took a polite sentence: "Your Highness, this time you are the commander of the entire army, and it is under your command that our army has achieved such a major victory, I believe that in a few days, Your Majesty will have an edict of commendation." The last general congratulated His Royal Highness King Yan for his first military merit. ”

Hearing that Yang Xi did not compete with him, Li Jue was even more happy, he was not stupid enough to compete with his "biological" son for military merit, and said with a smile at the moment: "Marshal Yang is too humble, this battle has not contributed any strength, the decision is made by Marshal Yang, and the attack plan is also agreed between Marshal Yang and the generals, all the credit is Marshal Yang's, this king does not dare to compete with Marshal Yang, and this king has no face to be rewarded by the court!"

Hearing Li Jue say this, Yang Xi's good impression of his biological father increased a little, and he continued to say polite words again: "His Royal Highness King Yan's words are inappropriate, His Royal Highness is the commander of the entire army, if His Royal Highness did not make up his mind to launch this attack, the war would not have broken out, let alone achieved the results that he has achieved today." The last general will not dare to compete with His Highness, and I believe that the imperial court will reward His Highness. ”

Yang Xi didn't want to have more to do with Li Jue on such a matter, so after saying a few polite words, without waiting for Li Jue to say anything more, he immediately said: "His Royal Highness King Yan, the key to our army's victory this time is a quick attack, but the next time we attack Luoyang, such a strategy will not work." An Lushan must have guessed that our army would attack Luoyang next, and he would definitely shrink all his forces to defend, if our army did not gather superior forces, and launched an attack on Luoyang in a hurry, the attack would definitely not work. Attacking Luoyang will definitely be a tough battle, and we will have to pay a very big price to win. ”

Hearing Yang Xi say this, Li Ying became more and more excited, and immediately asked: "Then Marshal Yang's plan is to go to Luoyang immediately after the soldiers have rested, preparing to capture Luoyang City?" The king felt that Luoyang should be attacked as soon as possible, so that the rebels did not have time to calmly arrange. ”

Before the start of this time, Li Jue was very worried, he was afraid that the war would be lost, his reputation would be damaged, he was punished by his father, and he ended up with a "stealing chickens and rice", but after achieving this brilliant victory, he became blindly confident, and felt that the rebels were not enough, as long as the army continued to advance, Luoyang could be easily captured, and the rebellion was finally quelled, so the words revealed the excitement that could not be concealed, looking forward to the start of the next battle.

"His Royal Highness King Yan, the last general feels that he shouldn't be in a hurry to attack Luoyang now," Yang Xi shook his head and rejected Li Jue's proposal, "The last general feels that attacking Luoyang now is not a very good suggestion, although our army has won several major victories in a row, but the rebel forces are still not to be underestimated, and Luoyang is the place where An Lushan is the emperor, and the defensive forces will definitely be very sufficient." If we attack Luoyang now, the rebels will definitely do their best to rescue, and the losses of our army, which is considered a tired division, may be very heavy, and it may not be able to capture Luoyang. Therefore, the last general felt that he was not in a hurry to attack Luoyang now, but should wait for the army of King Qin from other directions to rush over, and when he was not at a disadvantage compared with the rebels in terms of troops, it should be better to raise a large army to attack!"

This is Yang Xi's real idea now, he did not plan to immediately lead the army to attack Luoyang, his plan was to lead the army to Luoyang City, contain the rebels in Luoyang City, and prevent them from escaping, and wait for the troops of the Qinwang to arrive, Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi have the ability to draw troops to besiege Luoyang after the attack on Fanyang, and then concentrate on attacking, and strive to end the rebellion in Luoyang.

Yang Xi believed that after receiving Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi's troops to attack Fanyang, An Lushan would definitely do his best to rescue, and Shi Siming and Cai Xide's 180,000 horses would also return to rescue Fan Yang immediately. But if he attacks Luoyang immediately, then An Lushan, who is still defending Luoyang, is likely to give up the plan to save Fan Yang, and let Shi Siming and Cai Xide return to Luoyang to fight to the death with his troops. In this case, the situation is very delicate.

If Shi Siming, Cai Xide, and Gao Xiuyan's 180,000 people quickly returned to Luoyang, then Luoyang's defenders would be nearly 250,000, which was an absolute advantage compared with the Tang army he led.

Luoyang City is built incomparably strong, it is completely incomparable with Shaanxi County City, the city is also very large, there are more than a dozen city gates alone, he does not want to besiege the city under the enemy's superior forces, even if he barely besieges the city, it is likely to be broken by the rebels and end up in a crushing defeat. Yang Xi doesn't want such a situation as happiness and sorrow to fall on him, he needs to be "stable" even more now.

Not in a hurry to attack Luoyang, but to slowly confront the rebels, perhaps it can further erode the morale of the rebels, and it is not necessary to divide the strength within the rebels. The rebels are all composed of the original Tang army, and under the pressure of military might, it is possible that some people who are not determined will choose to surrender. If An Lushan is finally forced to surrender and let Luoyang City avoid the devastation of the war, that is the best thing, after all, in such a war, it is the soldiers and civilians of the Tang Dynasty who die.

Hearing Yang Xi say this, Li Jue thought for a while, and then agreed: "Marshal Yang, this king has approved your idea, and it is better for us to be stable, so as to save mistakes in the busy situation and give the rebels a chance to take advantage of it." ”

"The last general is very grateful for His Highness's understanding and support!" Yang Xi smiled at Li Jue, and sighed with emotion: "I hope that the war in the north has started, and Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi can capture Fan Yang!" (To be continued......)