(Thanks to Lao Dao for his continuous tip!)

"Report to the deputy marshal, the Tang army has set up a heavy ambush in front, and our army has suffered heavy losses!" A partial general galloped over and loudly reported the war department in front to Cui Qianyou, who was looking anxious.

"Got it, probe again!" Cui Qianyou, whose thick eyebrows were tightly locked, waved his hand impatiently and shouted the order.

"Yes! Vice-marshal!" The general shouted, turned his horse's head and ran away.

Cui Qianyou had already ordered the former soldiers and horses to stop advancing, and he had encountered a larger-scale ambush by the Tang army in this place, which he had never expected. To be honest, this place is not very suitable for ambushes, small-scale is not suitable, large-scale is even more unsuitable, both in terms of terrain and topography, but the Tang army set up an ambush in this place, and blocked the valley with a large amount of hay, and then ignited the hay with rockets to seal the valley road, and ignited the trees, shrubs and grass on the hills on both sides, isolating nearly 1,000 people from the outpost and the follow-up men and horses, and more than 1,000 sergeants in the valley were caught in the fire, and they were not saved from the situation.

Fortunately, the Tang army did not include from the side or from the back, otherwise their tens of thousands of horses would definitely be defeated soon.

The terrain of the mountains is dangerous, and it is easy to be ambushed, but it is not easy for the opponent to outflank them, and the heavens still favor them.

At this time, Cui Qianyou could no longer figure out that the Tang army's ambush operation was just trying to delay the speed of their attack, and wanted to inflict a certain degree of heavy damage on them with continuous small-scale ambushes, so that their morale would be damaged; Or do you want to paralyze them with a small team, make them think that this is just a sāo tactic of the Tang army, ignore it, and then deploy heavy troops somewhere, and give them a full blow?

Cui Qianyou can't figure it out! The main reason is that this fire has caused very big losses to the strikers, so that Cui Qianyou, who had just won a huge victory in the battle of Lingbao, so that he felt drifting, suffered a blow and lost his judgment!

He had already reported the ambush again and the heavy losses suffered by the strikers to An Qingxu in the back, and waited for An Qingxu's decision. While on standby, he also ordered the whole army to be ready for battle, and if the Tang army dared to attack again, he would annihilate it at any cost.

Cui Qianyou knew very well that the morale of his men and horses could not withstand such a continuous blow, and if he encountered another larger-scale ambush by the Tang army, perhaps the front army would be defeated. In such a dangerous terrain, the rout of the front army certainly knew how big the impact would be on the rear army. The result he thought of made him sweat hotly, if it really caused the rout of the whole army, and the Tang army took advantage of the situation to rush and kill, it would be another Lingbao battle, and the winning side would be the Tang army, not the "Dayan" army!

At this time, Cui Qianyou was already fully convinced that the reinforcements of the Tang army had arrived at Tongguan, but the scale was relatively small, not enough to counterattack them, otherwise several ambushes, more men and horses of the Tang army would definitely rush over and drive them back to Shaanxi County.

The fire on the mountain showed no signs of abating, but was burning more and more intensely, and while Cui Qianyou ordered the sergeants to prepare for a surprise attack, he also ordered a sergeant to cut a fire barrier as quickly as possible to prevent the mountain from igniting a larger area of the mountain as quickly as possible.

If it causes a mountain fire in the entire Huashan, tens of thousands of them will not be burned to death, but will also be roasted to death!

Just when Cui Qianyou had just ordered the sergeant to cut out a firebreak, An Qingxu's order came, ordering the army to retreat ten miles back and camp at the starting point of today's forward army, and asked Cui Qianyou to be prepared to prevent the Tang army from attacking the camp at night.

With An Qingxu's order issued, the rebels slowly began to retreat!

The hay thrown by the Leaford ministry ignited a wildfire, something that many people had not thought of beforehand.

The raging wildfire severely damaged the rebel vanguard and forced the rebels back with great force, which was even more unexpected, even Yang Xi, who was looking far away at the head of Tongguan City, did not expect such a situation to happen.

Originally, Yang Xi just wanted to ambush and slow down the rebels' attack speed, but he didn't expect that Li Fu would give the rebels a heavy blow with the methods he came up with at the same time, trapping thousands of rebels in the fire, and capturing hundreds of prisoners because of this, it seems that it is not unreasonable for this general from Shu to gain the trust of his father Yang Guozhong, and he still has a certain ability!

The place where Tongguan is located is where Huashan is located, and the place where the mountain fire is lit is also regarded as the remaining branch of Huashan, but the vegetation on Huashan is not very rich, and a large number of peaks are bare, and the fire caused by this place will definitely not ignite the entire Huashan.

However, if you can set the whole Huashan on fire, it is estimated that most of the rebels can burn chéngrén jerky, and if you can do this, it is actually quite cost-effective.

The rebels began to retreat slowly, the wildfires continued to burn, and everyone understood that the crisis in Tongguan City was temporarily lifted.

I don't know when I turned back to Gao Shi on the tower of the city gate, looked at everything that happened in the distance, and said to Yang Xi with emotion: "Yang soldiers and horses, I really didn't expect that the ambush soldiers you sent would play such a big role, severely damage the rebel strikers, and stop the rebels' offensive!" According to the general, at least the rebels will not attack Tongguan again in the next two days!"

"I hope the rebels won't come to attack Tongguan City again in the next two days!" Yang Xi followed Gao Shi's words and said, but shook his head again, and said: "But this is just our wishful thinking, the rebels know that our army has suffered heavy losses after the defeat of Lingbao's army, and it is difficult to hold Tongguan City, and it is impossible for the men and horses supported by Chang'an to arrive at Tongguan soon, even if the men and horses arrive at Tongguan, it is only a small number of people, which can be seen from the fact that our army has not taken advantage of the situation to rush and kill in several ambushes, and it is impossible for them to let go of the best opportunity to attack Tongguan." If Ben expected it to be good, as soon as the wildfires are extinguished and the road is viable, they will surely make a comeback, and they will reappear in our field of vision tonight at the latest, and a fierce battle is inevitable! General Gao, don't be careless!"

Preconceived feelings are very important, coupled with Gao Shi's great name in history, Yang Xi has a good impression of the general who is about forty or fifty years old on his side, and from a few contacts, this person feels very good to him, he has a mind to do things, and acts decisively, which makes him naturally have a sense of trust, so he speaks a little more cordially.

Gao Shi also has a good feeling for Yang Xi, if Yang Xi is not Yang Guozhong's son, but other powerful people, his good impression may be even worse. After Yang Xi came to Tongguan, he almost couldn't find fault with what he did, and the layout also received very good results, which was amazing.

Gao Shi also wondered again, Yang Guozhong's youngest son behaved like this, who trained him?

At this time, a sergeant from the north gate came to report that a general who claimed to be Liu Guangting led a team of men and horses to arrive outside the city, saying that Liu Guangting was collecting the defeated troops outside the city on Yang Xi's order. Hearing that Liu Guangting had only arrived in Tongguan now, Yang Xi was a little annoyed.

Originally, I thought that Liu Guangting's ability to do things was good, and he should have completed the task and entered Tongguan City a long time ago, but he didn't expect to arrive at Tongguan City until now.

Fortunately, Liu Guangting was only allowed to lead a hundred or so people to collect the rout, so as not to affect the combat effectiveness of the men and horses he brought from Chang'an.

"Immediately let General Liu lead his troops into the city, and then send General Liu to the east gate to see the general!" Yang Xi's emotionless order was conveyed.

The sergeant who came to report rushed away to convey Yang Xi's order.

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