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"Cui Qianyou can only retreat!" Looking at the smoke rising and chaotic in front of Tongguan City, Yang Xi finally showed a smile and said to Ge Shuhan who was standing with him in a relaxed tone: "Marshal Keshu, the defensive battle of Tongguan will eventually end in our victory, if An Qingxu is wise, he will definitely choose to withdraw and retreat to Shaanxi County!"

"Marshal Yang is right!" Ge Shuhan smiled and nodded, took a long breath and looked sideways at Yang Xi: "Tongguan can be held thanks to Marshal Yang's merits, otherwise the current Tongguan City will be garrisoned by the rebels of the thieves!"

Just when Yang Xi and Ge Shuhan sighed to each other, Wang Sili, who had been killed for a while, had already led the army to retreat, and the drawbridge at the south gate was lowered again, and after the 3,000 men and horses with small losses were brought back, they were hung high again.

"Marshal Yang, why don't you fight back with all your might?" Chen Xuanli, who was on the side, saw that after Wang Sili's department retreated, he frowned and asked Yang Xi: "Now that the rebels in front of Tongguan City have been in chaos, if you fight back with all your might, you will definitely be able to defeat the rebels and succeed in one battle!"

"Has General Chen forgotten the fiasco of Lingbao a few days ago?" Yang Xi also frowned, and asked Chen Xuanli rhetorically: "During the court meeting, didn't General Chen mock his father for making Marshal Geshu out of the customs and almost burying the Tang Dynasty?" Why do you give the same advice today as my father did today? Are you also willing to see our army repeat the mistakes of Lingbao after winning the battle to defend the city? ”

"You ......" Chen Xuanli was furious, pointing at Yang Xi with one hand, his face turned red, but in the end he held back and didn't say his angry words.

Now Tongguan City is Yang Xi's final say, the tens of thousands of horses he brought have been taken over by Yang Xi's generals, the war in front of Tongguan City is still going on, if he severely reprimands Yang Xi at this time, the consequences will be very serious, at least he will be beaten with a military stick, and in serious cases, it is possible to lose his life, he can only not speak, but the increasingly dark face still expresses the anger and dissatisfaction in his heart.

Yang Xi didn't want to have a stalemate with Chen Xuanli in Tongguan, so he withdrew his eyes from Chen Xuanli, looked directly at the rebels in front of Tongguan City, which was filled with gunsmoke, and explained softly: "General Chen, you must have also seen that although the rebels have suffered heavy losses, the rear army is not in great chaos, An Qingxu and Tian Qianzhen's men and horses are nearby, they are fully capable of counterattacking, what they are most willing to see is that our army goes out of the city to fight!" If our army goes all out to attack, it will fall into the hands of the rebels, and maybe they will still be ambushed by the rebels, or they will be surrounded, and they will never be able to retreat back to Tongguan City! What we need to do now is not to go out of the city to defeat the rebels, but to hold Tongguan City and hold the last gate of Chang'an! In the past six months, Marshal Geshu has done just that, can't General Chen understand this reason? ”

Chen Xuanli didn't feel good when he heard it, and he wanted to ridicule him, but before he could speak, Ge Shuhan on the side followed Yang Xi and counted him down.

"General Chen, Marshal Yang is right, now the situation in Tongguan is still critical, what we have to do now is to try our best to defend the city, not to let the rebels attack the city, An Qingxu led 150,000 men and horses, An Lushan's 180,000 army will also arrive in Tongguan, if our army goes all out, it is likely to be a tragedy of Lingbao's defeat! When the old man led the army out of the customs to fight, the situation was like today, the rebels attacked under Tongguan City for several months without success, so they had to abandon tens of thousands of corpses and leave! Not to mention that General Chen's questioning of Marshal Yang is a rude act of overstepping the ranks, it is your idea that if you have a move that disturbs the morale of the army, you can be punished, the old man asks you, do you want to put tens of thousands of soldiers in Tongguan to death?!"

Yang Xi commanded the soldiers to repel the rebels' re-attack on the city, and also took the opportunity to send troops out of the city, and stabbed Cui Qianyou again, and achieved a brilliant victory.

Ge Shuhan's accusation hit Chen Xuanli again, and his face was red and blue for a while, but he couldn't refute it.

Taking a step back and thinking about it, what Yang Xi and Ge Shuhan said was really good, many people in the court that day saw that the situation was very favorable to the imperial court, so they asked Tongguan Town to put all their strength into fighting Ge Shuhan, which eventually led to the tragedy of Lingbao.

Of course, he didn't want to put tens of thousands of soldiers in Tongguan to death, but after seeing the rebels besieging the city in chaos, he spontaneously had an impulse, and even wanted to personally lead the army to kill.

Yang Xi did not take advantage of the defeat of the rebels to go all out to fight, which made Chen Xuanli feel very unhappy, and in his subconscious, Yang Xi was just a minor little hairy child, he was a grandfather compared to Yang Xi in age, and he didn't feel anything when he said a few heavy words, but he didn't expect that even Ge Shuhan would accuse him.

What made him even more depressed was that Yang Xi once again opened his mouth to refute his views.

"General Chen, now Tongguan City is full of remnants of Lingbao who escaped back, as well as the reinforcements brought by your General Chen, these reinforcements are also tired divisions during the day, and all the horses are in urgent need of rest, but the continuous siege of the rebels has caused our soldiers and horses to have no adequate rest, and their physical strength has dropped greatly, and it is already very good to be able to hold the city, don't want to fight at all, defeat or even defeat the rebels, if more Qinwang's division arrives, and can encircle the rebels, let's consider fighting out of the pass!" What we have to do now is to hold Tongguan and hold on to the rebels, even if His Majesty's edict comes, ordering Ben Shuai to lead the army to battle, Ben Shuai will be disrespectful!"

Of course, what Yang Xi said was the truth, the last thing the Tang army was afraid of now was to confront the rebels in Tongguan, as long as the confrontation continued, the rebels would definitely suffer in the end.

As long as the Tang army in Tongguan City guards the pass, follow-up replenishment can be continuously transported, and food and ordnance don't worry at all, but the rebels outside Tongguan City can't do it. The road from Luoyang to Tongguan is long, especially from Shaanxi County to Tongguan, most of which are narrow and difficult mountain roads, and the grain and grass of tens of thousands of rebels is not a small amount, and it is very difficult to replenish them.

Although Chen Xuanli agreed with what Yang Xi and Ge Shuhan said, his face was a little unbearable, and he saw that the rebels' siege action had retreated, knowing that the current Tongguan was temporarily worry-free, and he was worried about the emperor's urgent edict to return to Chang'an, and he didn't have the heart to stay any longer, so he saluted Yang Xi and Ge Shuhan at the moment, and said: "Marshal Geshu, Marshal Yang, the siege of the rebels has been repulsed, and the last general is not capable of helping, Your Majesty urgently ordered the last general to return to the court, and the last general did not dare to delay, so he went back and left!"

Without waiting for Yang Xi and Ge Shuhan to respond, after making a salute, he strode away.

Yang Xi didn't stay, and after watching Chen Xuanli leave, he turned his head and instructed the other generals who came with Chen Xuanli, "The rebels are not capable of attacking the city again for the time being, everyone go and rest immediately, and in the evening, the commander will convene all the generals to discuss the military situation, I hope the generals will not delay!"

"Respect the Marshal's Order!"

Yang Xi's momentum made the generals not dare to brush his mind, and immediately followed the captain who led the way down to the city gate tower and went to rest.

After the generals left, Ge Shuhan said softly: "Marshal Yang, aren't you worried that General Chen will speak ill of you in front of the emperor when he returns to the court?" ”

"What's the use of worrying? Let him be, now what we have to do is to guard Tongguan, if Your Majesty is responsible, I will personally go to Beijing to explain, thank you Marshal Geshu for your concern!"

Ge Shuhan looked at Yang Xi and didn't say anything more!