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Yang Xi was as expected, the vanguard of the rebel army, which was rapidly advancing, encountered Li Fu's department, which had just selected an ambush point and lurked.

Li Fude, who was ordered by Yang Xi to quickly lead the army out of the city, set up an ambush five miles outside the city of Hantong Pass after receiving Pang Zhong's guidance, but before all the men and horses were hidden, the sentry sent the news that the rebel vanguard was approaching, and Li Fude could only immediately give an order to prepare to meet the enemy.

Li Fude is from Shudi, a general with combat experience, he was recommended by Yang Guozhong to serve in Beijing, it can be said that he is grateful to Yang Guozhong, this time according to Yang Guozhong's order to follow Yang Xi to the front line of Tongguan rescue, although Yang Xi assigned him the task of leading the army to set up an ambush, there is a feeling of resistance in his heart, but under Yang Xi's majestic order, he had to be ordered out of the city.

However, after leaving the city and finding a suitable place to set up an ambush, his original fluctuating mood was completely gone, and he devoted himself to the battle.

The terrain of this place is very suitable for small-scale ambushes, because the roads leading to Tongguan are very narrow, and many places can only accommodate a large cart or two horses side by side, and there is a mountain on one side and a river on the other, so it is not difficult to fight in this kind of place, give the rebels a head-on attack, and ensure the safe evacuation of the party.

In the morning light, Li Fu saw that the rebels were not at all guarded, but let the horses come over with a big grin, and did not even send out the sentry, and the belief that the attack would be successful occupied his whole body, and after the rebels had just passed a hundred horses, he immediately ordered a shè attack.

Originally, there were routs on the official road from time to time to escape in droves, but the lurking Li Fu's troops ignored it at all.

The rebel brigade was near, and the rout was gone, which was a good opportunity to fight.

The rebel outpost entered the ambush circle, and Li Ford decisively ordered the attack to begin!

Five hundred sergeants immediately stood up from the lurking mountain rock, the full bow buzzed, the arrows rained down towards the rebel formation, countless rebels fell to the ground with arrows in the screams, many horses were also hit by arrows, the mountain path was suddenly chaotic, fortunately not by the rebel cavalry in the shè, all they could do was quickly turn the horse's head, flee in the direction of coming, or find a place to hide.

The men and horses behind the rebels did not know that there was an unexpected situation ahead, but still continued to move forward, and the fleeing cavalry and the advancing personnel collided with each other, and the confusion became more and more chaotic, and the sound of people shouting and neighing resounded throughout the valley, and spread far away, and many rebel sergeants were knocked down by the horses of their companions, or knocked down cliffs, river banks, or even trampled to death.

Seeing the rebel vanguard in disarray, Li Ford was overjoyed, and ordered the sergeants to shout loudly as they continued to fight. With the shouting of Li Fu's department, more and more arrows went to the head of the rebels, and the sound of shouting and killing the enemy echoed under the anti-shè on the hill, coupled with the chaos of the rebels themselves, the neighing of people and horses was very loud, and no one could hear how many people shouted and killed the enemy, let alone how many officers and soldiers set up ambushes here.

The rebels in the ambush area had basically been killed, and Li Fu decisively ordered the sergeants to mount their horses and pursue them.

The sergeants immediately jumped out from behind the lurking cliff, stepped on the horses hidden in a clearing on the other side of the cliff, and pursued them as fast as they could, under the leadership of Liford.

This ambush was chosen by Pang Zhong for Li Fu, but it was also suitable for hundreds of soldiers and horses to hide, not only was it not easy to be discovered by the opponent, but it was easier to pursue or escape; If there are more than 1,000 men and horses, it is not easy to set up an ambush in this area without being discovered by the opponent, and can calmly retreat or quickly pursue. This should be the main reason why the rebels did not expect to be ambushed in this place!

Victory is the most inspiring, when he led the army out of Tongguan City to set up an ambush, Li Fu's heart was still full of apprehension, and he was deeply afraid that this battle would not go back, and the same was true for the sergeants under his command. But the ambush was easily successful, and the rebel vanguard was immediately routed, and he gave the order to pursue without a moment's hesitation. There was no hesitation, no cowardice, and even he forgot that he had only five hundred sergeants under his command, not five.

Of course, Li Fu didn't know that he and his sergeants were ruthless and inadvertently killed the lieutenant general who led the rebel forward army, causing the rebel outpost to be uncommanded, otherwise it would not be so chaotic.

After encountering an ambush and being killed by random arrows, the rebel outpost quickly routed, and his follow-up men and horses were mixed up, which was already very chaotic, and when he heard the shouts of killing and the sound of horses' hooves coming from far and near, he became more and more panicked. After hearing the shouts of killing, the sergeant was infected by the panic of the defeated sergeant, and he couldn't help but turn his horse's head and fled back, and the entire marching procession was completely chaotic, even if those generals shouted loudly, they couldn't stop it! At this time, the arrows of the Tang army flew "buzzing" again, and kept falling in the chaotic rebel sergeant formation. Although the density of arrows was not as dense as it had just been, it still caused more confusion in the rebel array.

The place where Li Fu led the army to ambush can be said to be the most dangerous part of this section of the road, the terrain in front and behind is slightly flat, and the march of the brigade will not seem so crowded, but the sergeants who are advancing and fleeing are mixed together, and the rebel array will be as chaotic as it is! At this time, Li Fu had already led his men and horses to kill in front of him, and countless war knives flashed with cold light in the morning light that had just been revealed, exuding a murderous aura.

"Kill!" The constant shouting of killing rang out.

The men and horses led by Li Fu have not experienced the fiasco of the Battle of Lingbao, coupled with the fact that they are well-trained in peacetime, they are not much afraid of the rebels, and the results of the ambush just harvested have made them all full of fighting spirit.

After seeing that the rebel formation was more chaotic and did not organize effective resistance, but the road was blocked by the rebel sergeants and it was impossible to carry out a rapid assault, Li Fu decisively ordered his sergeants to retreat.

Amid the shouts of slaughter, Li Fu and his five hundred jīng cavalry killed several more rebel sergeants before finally leaving.

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The commander of the rebel vanguard was none other than Cui Qianyou, who had made great contributions in the Battle of Lingbao.

The battle of Lingbao was a complete victory, his glory was unlimited, not only was he rewarded by An Qingxu in person, but even An Lushan in Luoyang received the military report immediately after the order of commendation, and was promoted to several levels of officials, he was full of ambition and thought that if he could take advantage of the defeat of the official army and the defeat of the Tongguan garrison, he would take the opportunity to capture Tongguan, then An Lushan would further reward him, and even the king was not necessarily.

After a short pause, after cleaning up the battlefield, he immediately waved his army to Tongguan.

According to his investigation, the officers and soldiers who fled back to Tongguan were only 5,000 to 8,000 at most, and with the men and horses who stayed in Tongguan, 10,000 was already the limit. Although he had been attacking Tongguan City for the past few months, and he had not even captured Hantong Guancheng, the outpost of Tongguan City, this did not harm Cui Qianyou from easily capturing Tongguan, and then won the reward of An Lushan, and then waved his army to advance to Chang'an, the dream of being the first to capture Dìdū.

He knew that the official army had been completely defeated, and even if Ge Shuhan could escape back to Tongguan by luck, he would become a frightened bird, how could he hold Tongguan with only those remnants of Tongguan City?

According to the information of the outpost, after the Tang army retreated to Tongguan City, they immediately closed the four gates of Tongguan, even ignoring the sergeants who fled back from the subsequent rout, and even gave up the defensive outpost Hantong Guancheng. This made Cui Qianyou full of confidence in victory, and he even believed that as long as the army under his command marched to the city of Tongguan and began to attack the city, the defenders at the head of Tongguan City would be defeated immediately, and even the possibility of opening the city gate and surrendering.

While he was riding his horse and thinking about it, he heard shouts and screams from ahead, and suddenly woke up, and a sense of foreboding came over him.

"What's going on?" Cui Qianyoule stopped his mount and asked the soldiers beside him loudly.

"Deputy marshal, the little one doesn't know, send someone to investigate immediately!" The leader of the pro-soldiers trembled and reported with trepidation.

However, just as the leader of the pro-army sent his men to investigate, there were louder and louder screams, shouts of people and neighing of horses, and shouts of killing. "Oh no, it's an ambush!" This was the first thought that popped into Cui Qianyou's heart.

But it's unbelievable, how could the officers and soldiers at this time still have the strength to send troops to set up ambushes along the way? Does Goshuhan still have such an arrangement?

However, after a long time in battle, he immediately issued an order, ordering all the soldiers of the army to prepare for battle. Just as the generals under their command commanded their respective men and horses, and scattered their formations to prepare for battle, some of the forwards had already galloped back to report the situation.

"Report to the deputy marshal, the forward of our army was ambushed by the Tang army, with heavy casualties, and the Tang army is pursuing!"

"What? The Tang army really set up an ambush here, and they dared to pursue it!" Cui Qianyou was stunned, as if he had heard a funny joke and couldn't believe it at all.

Then the soldiers he sent to inquire about the situation also came back and reported, saying that the forward army had more than 400 casualties, the sergeants were scrambling to flee, the queue in front had been in chaos, the Tang army's ambush men and horses had been pursued, more sergeants were killed by the Tang army, Zhonglang who commanded the outpost to march would be killed, and the outpost men and horses without command were in chaos. However, the chaos in the queue also stopped the pursuit of the Tang army, and they rushed and killed for a while, and the officers and troops who had no way to sweep the formation had already withdrawn and quickly withdrew in the direction of Tongguan!

After listening to the sergeant's report, Cui Qianyou tightened his eyebrows. Although he didn't believe that the Tang army still had the strength to set up ambushes along the way, it really happened, and there were quite a lot of casualties among the outposts, the queue was chaotic, and there was no way to march at all, so he immediately ordered the whole army to stop advancing and defend on the spot to guard against a larger-scale raid or attack by the officers and troops.

"Who led the centaurs?" After Cui Qianyou gave the order, he asked the sergeant who came back to report in a muffled voice.

"Back to the deputy marshal! The Tang army is under the banner of the word 'Yang', and they fight bravely, not at all like the Tang army that has been defeated from Lingbao!"

"The banner of the word 'Yang' is very brave in battle, and the advance and retreat are orderly!" Cui Qianyou's eyebrows tightened, who could be commanding the people?

There is only one famous person surnamed Yang in the Tang Dynasty, but Yang Guozhong cannot come to Tongguan to lead the army, and as previously explored, there is no one surnamed Yang among the generals in Tongguan, who will this be? Encountering such an unexpected situation and encountering insoluble problems, Cui Qianyou did not dare to continue to advance, so he ordered the army to rest in place, and immediately sent someone to pass on the situation to An Qingxu in the future.

An Qingxu was the marshal who commanded the attack on Tongguan, and Cui Qianyou was named deputy marshal for his merits.

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