After Li Fude was ordered to go out, Pang Zhong glanced at Ge Shuhan, and stepped forward to salute Yang Xi and ask for his life: "Yang soldiers and horses, the last general also asks to lead the army out of the city to set up an ambush!" Hantong Pass is an excellent ambush and defense place, if you set up troops and horses there, you can at least slow down the rebels' march for half a day, or even longer! Marshal Geshu, Yang soldiers and horses, the last general is willing to leave 500 men and horses to resist the rebels in Hantong Pass!"

Today's Tongguan City is built in the Sui Dynasty, can be called Sui Tongguan City, Hantong Guancheng is about a few miles southeast of the current Tongguan City, located on the head of Tongguan Yuan, between Changluo Avenue and the original Wanggou. The north of the Hantong Pass City is the Yellow River, there is no road to pass, and it can only be passed by detouring on the plateau.

Pass through the Hantong Pass City, go down from its west side to the bottom of the forbidden ditch, and then go north to enter the current Tongguan City. If you close the gate of Hantong Pass, you can cross Changluo Avenue. And the east of the Hantong Pass City is the original Wanggou moat, which is difficult for apes to climb, not to mention people, which can be described as "a husband is a pass, and ten thousand people are not open".

But because of the new defeat of the army, the defenders of Hantong Pass City also fled, and all of them fled to the current Tongguan City, and Hantong Pass City was not defended. After Ge Shuhan fled back to Tongguan City, he counted his troops and found that there were less than 10,000 horses, and he also dispelled the idea of sending troops to defend Hantong Guancheng again, but gathered all his troops to defend Xintong Guancheng, which was more precipitous, that is, they were staying in Suitong Guancheng now!

After Pang Zhong understood what Yang Xi meant, he immediately offered to lead his army to defend Hantong Pass. How can he plan to fight all his men, then relying on the Hantong Pass to defend the city, it is more than enough to hold off the rebels for half a day!

Yang Xi thought for a while, and also glanced at Ge Shuhan, but he didn't wait for Ge Shuhan to say anything, and immediately ordered: "Ben Jiang agreed!" General Pang led 800 men and horses to defend the Hantong Pass, and worked with General Li to delay the rebels' march! This will order General Li, because after the task of the department is completed, your General Pang will retreat to Hantong Pass City, and after the success of stopping the rebels, you will retreat to Tongguan City!"

"Yes, the last general!" Pang Zhong gave a solemn military salute to Ge Shuhan and Yang Xi, and strode away.

After knowing that he had initially gained the trust and respect of Pang Zhong, Yang Xi was a little relieved, turned his head to look at Ge Shuhan, and a little smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Marshal Ge Shu, presumably the two generals Pang and Li will definitely be able to slow down the rebels' march, and maybe they will be able to block the rebels outside the Han Chang'an City for a day or two!" Next, let's continue to discuss other defenses, and we can also pass other generals to the commander's tent to discuss matters!"

Ge Shuhan didn't object, and he didn't say anything, but shouted loudly: "Come on, quickly generals, go to the tent of the marshal to discuss matters!"

When Pang Zhong left, he left some of his personal guards to Ge Shuhan, and Ge Shuhan ordered these people to pass on the future discussions!

If Yang Xi's own personal soldiers are allowed to pass on the future discussions, it will definitely not work! Not to mention that Ge Shuhan's prestige in the army cannot be replaced at all, even because he is the son of Yang Guozhong, no general will obey him.

It can even be counterproductive!

This point was reflected in Pang Zhong just now.

If it weren't for the fact that after he entered the city, he decisively disposed of the fire slave Guiren and rescued Ge Shuhan, then Pang Zhong would still not have paid attention to it. It was his unexpected decisiveness that won Pang Zhong's initial trust and favor, and he would temporarily obey his arrangement.

But this also has the premise, that is, Ge Shuhan did not express any objections during the whole process. If Ge Shuhan had objections, or showed great distrust of him, or even acted against him, then he didn't expect Pang Zhong to obey his orders.

Ge Shuhan's attitude is like this, Yang Xi feels that it has the most to do with him saving Ge Shuhan from Huoba Guiren, and this can be a good start for him to take the lead of Tongguan's military plan. The time he came to Tongguan was really wonderful, just think all this is doomed!

When waiting for the generals to come over, Yang Xi also briefly inquired about the current situation and distribution of troops in Tongguan City, and Ge Shuhan was also very cooperative, and what Yang Xi asked was carefully explained.

However, it was only a little bit of talking, and the sound of horses' hooves was heard outside, and the generals sent by Ge Shuhan to pass it on came one after another.

The first to report the entry was Wang Sili, the most powerful subordinate under Ge Shuhan.

This is a very tall and sturdy middle-aged general, half a head taller than Yang Xi, who felt that his height should be about one meter seven or eight, his black eyebrows and beard and the well-fitting armor lined him very majestic, but the dust and smoke on his body and the exhaustion on his face made him look a little haggard. Wang Sili came in in in a hurry and saluted Ge Shuhan, and found Yang Xi beside Ge Shuhan and was taken aback!

Of course he knew Yang Guozhong, and he also knew Yang Guozhong's sons, and suddenly found that Yang Xi was staying by Ge Shuhan's side, and Ge Shuhan's familiar personal soldiers were gone, and at first glance he immediately thought that Yang Xi had obtained the order of the imperial court, and went to Tongguan to capture Ge Shuhan and their defeated generals, and a burst of anger arose, and his hand naturally pressed on the saber on his waist, ready to make a preemptive strike.

"General Wang, Yang soldiers and horses were ordered by His Majesty the Emperor, led three thousand men and horses, galloped three hundred miles in the starry night, and rushed to Tongguan early in the morning to rescue, and now he has ordered the men and horses he led to go out of the city to ambush the rebels, create momentum for our army, and delay the speed of the rebels' march, and then we have to discuss how to defend Tongguan!" Ge Shuhan said to Wang Sili in an ordinary tone, and kept glancing at him.

As one of Ge Shuhan's most trusted generals, Wang Sili was not a stupid person, of course he understood what Ge Shuhan deliberately said and what he meant, and he had doubts in his heart, but the hand on the saber had already left, and he sat down beside Ge Shuhan.

Ge Shuhan sighed, and then explained to Wang Sili: "General Wang, just now he killed all the personal soldiers around Ben Shuai, coerced Ben Shuai, and prepared to convene all the generals in the name of Ben Shuai, capture all the generals in Tongguan City, and then open the city to ask the rebels to surrender. It was at this time that the soldiers and horses led by Yang Bing Ma led the men and horses into the city, and happened to encounter this matter, and immediately stopped it, it was Yang Bing Ma who decisively killed Huo Ba Guiren and his servants, and sent people to control the south gate, otherwise at this time Ben Shuai has become a prisoner of Huo Tu Ren!"

"What?" Wang Sili got up suddenly, the green tendons on his neck were exposed, and he looked like he was choosing someone to devour, and he was afraid for a while.

If what Ge Shuhan said was true, and it wasn't because Yang Xi was forced to say so, it would be terrible.

After they led the remnants of the defeated army back to the city, all their energy was focused on gathering the remnants of the army and rearranging the defense of Tongguan.

Unexpectedly, Ge Shuhan, the commander of the army, was almost held hostage to surrender to the rebels. If Ge Shuhan was really taken hostage out of the city, then it would be impossible for Tongguan City to hold it, and there was no need to even arrange defense, just abandon the city and flee.

Ge Shuhan waved his hand and motioned for Wang Sili to sit down.

Wang Sili also sat down obediently, but his face was still full of anger, and he glared at Yang Xi angrily.

Yang Xi calmly sat down in front of Wang Sili's gaze, and said in a slightly majestic voice: "General Wang, what we have to discuss today is how to try our best to hold Tongguan and rush to the arrival of follow-up reinforcements from the imperial court, and other personal grievances will be talked about later!" The court ordered the end of the general to assist Marshal Ge Shu to preside over the military affairs of Tongguan, and also hoped that General Wang could focus on the general situation and concentrate on resisting the enemy, otherwise he would not be merciful!"

Yang Xi's words were not very serious, but his eyes were very sharp when he spoke, and he kept staring at Wang Sili, and finally looked at Wang Sili in his heart.

Wang Sili was very puzzled, such a young man, leading the army for the first time, had such majesty, that look seemed to be awe-inspiring after experiencing many lives and deaths, and that awe-inspiring was no worse than that revealed by Ge Shuhan, which made him shocked, and he no longer dared to stare at Yang Xi angrily.

Outside there was another noise and the sound of horses' hooves, and a general hurried in after receiving the report. However, after seeing the appearance of the comer, Yang Xi was taken aback. It's none other than the person named Gao Shi he met in the Chang'an Restaurant that day and had a conversation! How could this person named Gao Shi, whom he had met in the Chang'an Restaurant and had the same name as the famous Biansai poet in history, appear in Geshuhan's military camp?

Looking at Gao Shi's armor and his self-proclaimed gift to Ge Shuhan, Yang Xi came to the conclusion that this Gao Shi had a high status in Ge Shuhan's army, and he immediately linked this Gao Shi with Gao Shi in historical records, and couldn't help but pay special attention to this Gao Shi in front of him.

Gao Shi was also very surprised to see the young man he had met in the Chang'an Restaurant a few days ago, and listened to an impassioned story, looking at the armor worn by this young man named Yang Xi, and the posture of him and Ge Shuhan on an equal footing, Gao Shi was also taken aback like Wang Sili.

However, he has been following Ge Shuhan to serve outside all these years, and Yang Guozhong knows him, but Yang Guozhong's son does not know him, so he can't judge Yang Xi's identity. After hearing Ge Shuhan's introduction, it became clear who Yang Xi was.

After understanding Yang Xi's identity, Gao Shi was surprised and delighted, and was surprised that this young man who had made some extraordinary remarks that day turned out to be the son of Yang Guozhong's treacherous minister, and today he was still presiding over military affairs as a Tongguan soldier and horse envoy, I really don't know what will happen after this person arrives; I am glad that I heard this person's statement that day, and now that this person has come to lead the army again, his views on the war must be different from Yang Guozhong's.

It's just a pity that Yang Xi came too late, Ge Shuhan has already been defeated, the 200,000 army is almost all wiped out, and Tongguan is in danger!

Gao Shi has followed Ge Shuhan for many years, has been serving as a staff member under Ge Shuhan, and is now also the secretary of Ge Shuhan's army, and leading the left to pick up the remains, supervising the imperial history, is Ge Shuhan's henchman, after the defeat he is one of the few people who fled back to the city with Ge Shuhan, he is fully aware of how critical the situation in Tongguan is now, before being called back to discuss matters, he is also on the orders of Ge Shuhan, in the deployment of the guard, ready to resist the enemy.

Yang Xi and Gao Shi didn't expect that after a short meeting in the hotel that day, they would meet again in a few days under such circumstances!