Waiting outside the east gate of Hantong Pass and preparing to charge was another Zhonglang general named Wang Fei.

After Cheng Wei and Li Qian led their men and horses to attack the head of Hantong Pass, and sent back the news that the Tang army in Hantong Pass had fled at night, Wang Fei wanted to immediately lead his men and horses into the city, take the lead in occupying the old city of Tongguan, which was already riddled with holes, and then attack in the direction of Tongguan New Town.

The Tang army abandoned the city and fled, most people thought that the Tang army fled without support, and if the Tang army fled, then the Hantong Pass City could be easily occupied. The Hantong Pass, which had not been captured for several months, was captured, and whether the Tang army gave up on its own initiative or what, it was a great achievement to occupy it.

The first general to storm the city and control the city must have made the greatest feats.

Wang Fei, who was anxious to make meritorious contributions, had forgotten the heroic resistance of the Tang army on the Hantong Pass yesterday afternoon. Seeing the city gate fall with a bang, he didn't care whether there were people under the city gate, whether there were living people, the most important thing he needed to do was to rush into the Hantong Pass as soon as possible and grab the credit. He also ordered his soldiers to rush to the city as fast as possible, find a way to control the other city gates, and clear the city of possible remnants of the enemy, and gather useful supplies.

However, the accident occurred again, and the collapse of the city gate caused many oil lamps and candles on the side of the city wall to overturn and ignite a fire. And in the city gate cave, the liquid that Li Gui and others stepped on just now, but they couldn't see what kind of thing it was, was oil, oil about an inch high. The oil lamps and candles overturned, and immediately ignited the oil, and the small bales of hay on both sides of the gate quickly burned, and the fire spread at once.

The barrels under the walls of the city gate cave were also flammable, and most of the oil leaked out and seeped into the haystacks that were thrown around, and the raging fire immediately ignited.

Many of the rebel sergeants who rushed in quickly couldn't hold their feet, and rushed directly into the fire, Wang Fei, the leading lieutenant general, was one of the "lucky ones", and the horse under him was the first to rush into the fire, and the burning hay was too late to collect Wang Fei and his companions were lit, Wang Fei and his companions fell into the fire after being lifted off by the frightened horses, making continuous screams, "dancing" in the fire, and seeing that they could not live.

And the follow-up people who don't know the situation continue to rush into the city.

The fire in the city spread further, more sergeants were burned or burned to death, and the sergeants who rushed into the city gate were desperately trying to escape, and the unsuspecting sergeants outside were trying to rush inside, and the men and horses in both directions were crowded together, and the number of sergeants who trampled on each other and caused casualties was also quite large.

A similar situation occurred not only in the direction of the east gate, but also in the direction of the south gate and the north gate, the fire burned in a similar way, devouring the lives of many rebel sergeants, and the rebel sergeants who wanted to rush into the city as soon as possible suffered another heavy casualty, and countless sergeants died in the flames! Near several city gates in Tongguan, there is a very unpleasant burnt smell caused by the burnt skin and flesh, which makes people feel disgusting and want to vomit.

Oil was poured on the roads and stairs leading to the city, and soon the oil also burned, and the crossbows and wooden buildings on the top of the city were set on fire, and even the gate tower was soon on fire. Li Qian and Cheng Wei, who didn't expect such a situation to happen, were dumbfounded, and could only command the sergeant to extinguish the fire immediately and find a way to hide in a place where the fire could not be burned. It's just that the water in Tongguan City is not very sufficient, and the hay and oil are very sufficient. These things were originally placed to defend against the enemy, and were ready to be poured on the enemy's head when the enemy attacked the city, or to stop the enemy with fire.

The hay was ignited in many places, the oil in the barrel was also burned, and there were explosions, the fire in the Hantong Pass became bigger and bigger, and even the rebels on the head of the city had many sergeants who were burned to death or burned, and the sergeants rushed to flee for their lives, and even some sergeants jumped from the city in panic in order to avoid being burned by the fire.

The wall of Hantong Pass is several zhang high, and there are mountains and rocks below, and if you jump down at such a height, there is almost no life, unless you are "lucky" and fall on the corpse under the city.

Below and above the city, there were rebel sergeants wailing there, and the raging fire burned more and more fiercely, as if it were hell on earth.

In this critical situation, even the last few dead soldiers of the Tang Army lurking in the city fled from the direction of the West Gate, and no one paid attention to it.

Whether it was the Tang Army or the rebels, they were all stunned when they saw such a situation happening in Hantong Pass.

Of course, one side is surprise, and the other side is horror.

"Chuan Ben Shuai ordered, hurry up and remove the sergeants from the city!" Cui Qianyou, who stood on the hillside yesterday and saw the tragic situation at the head of the city, gave the order to temporarily retreat.

Naturally, his sergeants quickly conveyed his order to the hands of Li Qian and Cheng Wei, two lieutenant generals in the city, who were panicking and directing the sergeants to extinguish and avoid the fire. It's just that there is chaos at the head of the city, and there are raging fires inside and outside several city gates, and it is still difficult to withdraw the more than 2,000 soldiers who want to rush to the city.

Although the ladder is still there, but the difficulty of going up and down the ladder is not the same, it is much more difficult to go up and down, not to mention that the sergeants are in a panic, many sergeants are ready to go down when they go up to the ladder, they can't stand on their feet, and they fall down directly from the ladder, some sergeants are anxious, and they slide down directly from the ladder, and the result is that they collide with the sergeants below, and they all fall down, and the scene is chaotic.

Looking at this tragic situation, Cui Qianyou was angry, this battle was too bad, the enemy couldn't see any of them, but his own men and horses were like hell, with heavy casualties, Hantong Pass was empty, but they couldn't occupy and pass, most of the sergeants who attacked were killed and wounded, what could be more than such a war situation? Cui Qianyou even wondered if the battle of Lingbao that happened the day before yesterday was illusory, the 200,000 Tang troops were not as brave as they are now, and after falling into their encirclement, they only cared about fleeing for their lives, and they didn't even have many organized arrivals.

Unexpectedly, two days later, the encounter between the two sides took a reversal, and the unlucky one became their side.

How could such a situation happen?

Fortunately, there were only more than 2,000 soldiers who rushed to the city, and the sergeants who rushed in from the east gate, the south gate, and the north direction were only hundreds, and the casualties were not very large. Even if he is not punished, his previous military exploits will be erased.

However, Cui Qianyou also believes that the fire in Hantong Guancheng will not burn forever, but will always be extinguished.

When the fire was small, it was when they rushed through the city and launched a direct attack on Sui Tong Pass. As soon as he arrived at the city of Suitong Pass, he had to attack the city with all his might, no matter what, he would capture the city of Suitong Pass today and completely open the door to Chang'an.

Cui Qianyou swore that if he captured the Sui Tong Pass, he would definitely slaughter the city and kill all the Tang troops and people inside, so as to vent the hatred accumulated in his heart yesterday and today!