"The rebels have stopped attacking! Immediately order the sergeant to rest separately!"

Yang Xi at the head of the city also decisively issued a new order, allowing the sergeants to take turns to rest and recuperate.

"Did the rebels really stop attacking?" Wang Sili, who was stunned, ran to Yang Xi's side, and after asking Yang Xi's new order again, he said incredulously after being confirmed: "What kind of trick are An Qingxu and Cui Qianyou playing?" Don't they take the lives of the sergeants seriously? ”

Looking at Wang Sili, who looked puzzled under the light of the torches, and several other generals who came around, Yang Xi laughed twice and said: "Maybe the bloody battle between yesterday and today made the rebels feel uneasy, and they didn't dare to attack with their lives, and they wanted to understand the situation clearly after dawn before deciding on the next move!" This is a good thing, our soldiers are tired, as long as the rebels stop the large-scale attack, let them rest immediately to recover their strength!"

Under the premise that the danger of the forbidden ditch still exists, it is far more convenient for the rebels to attack the city during the day than at night when the lights are blind, and they can't see the situation under their feet to launch a large-scale impact, and there will definitely be a lot of rebel sergeants who fall off the forbidden ditch, without considering the reinforcements, if Yang Xi commands the rebels, he will also choose to attack during the day, and he will only take the strategy of exhausting the soldiers at night, unless he wants to fill the forbidden ditch with the corpse of the sergeant again!

Of course, Yang Xi and the other generals under his command didn't expect the rebels' siege to stop so soon, An Qingxu was too "decisive"!

Anticlimactic, this is his final verdict on the rebel military operation tonight. It's just that Yang Xi can't be sure whether the rebels will continue to act after nightfall, but whether the rebels have follow-up actions or not, the sergeant must get rest, otherwise he will not have the physical strength to fight again.

The Twelfth Liancheng was originally a very good outpost position, you can observe the enemy situation first, and there is no other road feasible near Tongguan, the rebels want to attack the city, they can only carry out in these passages, as long as the sergeants on the Twelve Liancheng pay attention to observe, it is impossible for the rebels to attack the city quietly. Small-scale rebel operations do not pose a threat, large-scale operations can be discovered quickly, and Yang Xi, who is not worried about the sudden appearance of abnormal situations, immediately ordered the sergeants to rest.

Yang Xi's order was also conveyed immediately, and after the arrangement was stopped, they also went to rest.

However, most of the generals and sergeants rested at the head of the city, so as not to be able to respond in time when the rebels' large-scale operation began.

The situation of this night was beyond all the expectations of the city, after nightfall, the rebels did not take large-scale attacks, but from time to time sent small teams of men and horses to bluff, but their bluffs were all seen through and attacked by the sergeants on the twelve companies, each attack could only end in heavy casualties, and most of the Tang troops on the city got a certain degree of rest.

Extremely tired sergeants can fall asleep as long as they sit down, and even if there is a shout of killing, as long as the sound is not very loud, it will not wake them up.

Yang Xi also slept a nap that was not steady, but the effect was very good.

The rebels did not take advantage of the night to attack the city continuously, which reassured him, and he was even more convinced that the situation was further developing in the direction of the Tang army.

He was surprised that the rebels did not continue to attack the city at night, and what surprised him even more was that when the sky was just shining, another 15,000 reinforcements arrived at Tongguan. This is one of Chen Xuanli's personal leaders, but the leading general is Yang Guozhong's confidant Zheng Ang.

After questioning Zheng Ang, Yang Xi understood the reason.

It turned out that Zheng Angbu had broken away from Chen Xuanli's department after receiving the order from the imperial court again to speed up their march, and took advantage of the moonlit night after the rain and the weather was very cool, to speed up their march and arrive at Tongguan after dawn.

According to Zheng Ang's statement, Chen Xuanli's personal consular department would not arrive at Tongguan until at least noon.

After listening to Zheng Ang's account of the situation of their troops along the way, Yang Xi completely knew that Chen Xuanli deliberately delayed like this, and did not rescue Tongguan at full speed.

If he hadn't repeatedly asked the imperial court for help, and the imperial court sent envoys many times to order Chen Xuanli's troops to speed up their march, Zheng Ang's troops would not have arrived at Tongguan at dawn.

Chen Xuanli's purpose in doing this Yang Xi certainly understood, that is, he wanted to see him, Yang Guozhong's youngest son, lose his reputation in Tongguan, and finally come to reap the benefits of the fisherman, and even more purposes.

Knowing what was going on, Yang Xi was furious, and immediately after settling down Zheng Angbu, he repaired two more letters, one was a recital for Emperor Li Longji, and the other was an urgent letter written to his father Yang Guozhong, so that the sergeant could be sent to Chang'an through the fast horse of the post station.

Previously, he had already sent a note and secret letter with similar content to Chang'an, and now that he further clarified the situation of the follow-up reinforcements, he was angry and expressed his meaning more directly.

Yang Xi did not want contradictions within the Tongguan garrison, he had already convinced most of the soldiers through his own efforts and good performance, he wanted to maintain the current situation of stability and unity, and would never allow it to be destroyed.

Whether it is Chen Xuanli or his deputy general Fan Zhicheng, he will not allow them to use tricks against him, he has a father who is very favored by the emperor, and Yang Guozhong will help him eliminate all troubles.

"Marshal Yang, the last general is worried that General Chen will not listen to your command after he arrives at Tongguan!" After settling the sergeant, Zheng Ang asked to see Yang Xi alone, and immediately expressed his concerns.

When he had just led the army to Tongguan, Yang Xi was taking most of the generals out of the city to greet him, there were many people, some confidential matters were inconvenient to say, and he had to settle the sergeant, Zheng Ang could only ask to see Yang Xi alone after settling the sergeant. As Yang Guozhong's cronies, he was very worried that Yang Xi would not be able to subdue Chen Xuanli, in the end, Chen Xuanli was also a general who was deeply trusted by the emperor, and participated in the Xuanwumen Mutiny that year, and most of the people who came later were Chen Xuanli's cronies.

If the more than 40,000 men and horses did not obey Yang Xi's command, there would be chaos in Tongguan City.

Of course, Yang Xi could see Zheng Ang's worries, but he didn't have any worries, but smiled at Zheng Ang confidently, "General Zheng, don't worry, this marshal has his own opinions, you go and rest first, the rebels may attack the city in a while, and it will be a very hard battle all day!"

"Yes, Marshal, then I will go and rest first!"

Hearing Yang Xi's confidence, Zheng Ang was no longer worried, and after a military salute, he went to rest.

After Zheng Ang left, Yang Xi stood at the window and looked at the misty mountains outside for a while, pondering what was going on. He was not worried about the threat that Chen Xuanli would bring to him after he arrived, he believed that his father Yang Guozhong would help him solve these troubles. After thinking for a while about how to eliminate the military threat from Tongguan as soon as possible, he suddenly had a plan, and he also walked to the side of the case, took up a pen and wrote a few manuscripts, and then called Yang Dong, the leader of the guards, to come in.

"Shoot a few notices written by Ben Shuai into front of the rebels!" Yang Xi picked up the manuscript on the case and handed it to Yang Dong, who was ordered to come in, "Shoot these notices with a bed crossbow, you must let An Qingxu and Cui Qianyou see it, so that more rebel soldiers can see it!"

"Yes, Fourth Son!" After Yang Dong agreed, he took the manuscript in Yang Xi's hand and hurriedly walked out.