Listening to the heart-pounding sound of the military stick pumping his buttocks outside the house, and then Fan Zhicheng finally couldn't help but let out a painful cry, Yang Xi had a cold face, and said in a faint voice: "Now that the national disaster is at hand, the rebels are strong, Tongguan and Chang'an are in danger, if anyone dares to deliberately delay, timidly fight, or escape from the battle, they will be severely punished!"

Yang Xi's words shocked some generals, and Wang Sili, Pang Zhong and other generals were also very surprised, this young marshal is very murderous!

No one regards Yang Xi as a young man who is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and the "vicissitudes" on Yang Xi's face and the calmness and horror make everyone ignore his age and his qualifications.

After Fan Zhicheng was beaten for thirty years, he was already angry, his buttocks were completely beaten, and even if he could pick up a life, he would have to rest for at least a long time before he could get up.

After Chen Xuanli left, Fan Zhicheng's position was the highest among the follow-up 30,000 reinforcements, and when Yang Xi was discussing the military situation, he suddenly proposed to take heavy responsibility for Fan Zhicheng's trickery Chen Xuanli deliberately delaying the rescue speed, and everyone knew what Yang Xi's purpose was for. If anyone dares to do something similar in the future and challenge his authority, the punishment will be even more severe.

Be obedient in the future, this must be Yang Xi's intention to punish Fan Zhicheng so ruthlessly.

Fan Zhicheng was responsible, and the other generals no longer dared to express their objections, so they all led the army away, and in the end, only Ge Shuhan and Yang Xi were left in the house.

"Marshal Yang, the old man is not worried at all that you can't control the situation in Tongguan!" Ge Shuhan laughed twice as he spoke, and then said with emotion: "These generals under the old man's command are already convinced of you, you can command them well, and these generals brought by Chen Xuanli don't dare to brush your mind, and the old man, a waste person, there is no need to stay in Tongguan and lose this old face." Today, I want to ask Marshal Yang to let the old man go back to Chang'an! The old man knew that it was impossible for the imperial court to completely exempt the old man from the crime of Lingbao's defeat, but he was afraid that the Tongguan army's heart would fluctuate, so he did not issue an edict to punish him! Since Tongguan is worry-free, the old man should also go back to the court to ask for his guilt!"

After Ge Shuhan laughed twice self-deprecatingly, he deliberately made a joke before Yang Xi could answer, "I hope Marshal Yang will be kind, and I also hope that Marshal Yang will not accuse the old man of the crime of cowardice, and don't go to the court to say that the old man is running away!"

Yang Xi originally wanted to keep the words in his throat because of Ge Shuhan's last two words, and after staring at the white-haired veteran in front of him for a while, he finally nodded, "What General Ge Shu said is also true, you are injured and sick, you should recuperate, take care of your body first!" Although Lingbao failed miserably, Tongguan was still defended with the efforts of General Geshu. The last general has already asked for merit for all the generals in Tongguan, and also asked for forgiveness for the generals' crimes of defeat on the recital sheet written to the emperor, so that all the generals can make meritorious contributions to their crimes. I just don't know if His Majesty the Emperor will agree to the invitation of the last general!"

Yang Xi also changed his name for Ge Shuhan, and then called Ge Shuhan "marshal", which is a bit inappropriate.

"In this way, Marshal Yang agreed to the old man's request to go back to Chang'an to ask for sin?" Ge Shuhan was a little surprised and a little disappointed.

"Old General Geshu's request, how could the last general not agree?" Yang Xi smiled and said: "The old general has been resting for two days, and his body feels refreshed, so let's embark on the journey back to Chang'an!" As long as the rebels no longer confront us under the city of Tongguan, the last general will definitely return to Chang'an once in a few days, report the battle of Tongguan to His Majesty the Emperor in person, and explain the follow-up arrangements in detail to His Majesty and other courtiers, so that they can understand and support the strategy of the Tongguan town army only defending and not attacking! He also did not hide from the old general, and the last general wanted to continue to lead the army to fight until the rebellion was completely quelled. The last general knows that the Tongguan crisis is resolved, and there will definitely be people in the court who propose to appoint another general to guard Tongguan, and my father will also ask the emperor to summon the last general back to Beijing, and the last general will ask His Majesty and my father to continue to lead the army until the rebellion is quelled!"

"Of course, the last general will definitely ask the emperor for the generals in person, and beg the emperor to forgive his sins!"

Ge Shuhan looked at Yang Xi with a complicated expression, and finally nodded, "What Marshal Yang said is reasonable, some things need to be petitioned in person, and the old man also believes that you have the ability to train good soldiers, and you can lead the army well, and make meritorious contributions in the battle to quell the rebels!" Alas, I hope I have no worries!"

Of course, Ge Shuhan hopes that the rebellion can be quelled soon, and the Tang Dynasty will be peaceful, and he also believes that the current Yang Xi can play a major role in the process of quelling the rebellion. But he was also worried that Yang Guozhong's power would swell with Yang Xi's more and more outstanding performance, and eventually bury hidden dangers for Datang, but he couldn't say this.

Yang Xi had insight into Ge Shuhan's worries, but he just smiled and didn't say anything.

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Ge Shuhan left for Chang'an on the third day after he and Yang Xi asked him to return to Chang'an to ask for his guilt.

Yang Xi sent a team of 500 sergeants to escort him on his way.

Ge Shuhan was ill, and the weather was still very hot, so he could not travel through the fast horses of the post station, and even the horses could not ride for a long time, and many times had to ride in a carriage.

Starting from Tongguan and traveling in his way, it is estimated that it will take at least six or seven days to reach Chang'an.

The day before Geshuhan left, the 10,000 infantry troops who came after him also arrived at Tongguan.

These 10,000 horses, without the help of horses, basically rely on foot, when they arrived at Tongguan, they were all tired and not human, fortunately there is no war in Tongguan now, they can rest with peace of mind.

An Qingxu and Cui Qianyou led all the men and horses to withdraw near Tongguan, Yang Xi did not lead the army to pursue, and An Qingxu's ambushes along the way did not play any role, the only role was to take most of the fleeing men and horses back. After retreating to Shaanxi County, An Qingxu counted his men and horses, only to find that he had less than 120,000 soldiers and horses, and nearly 40,000 soldiers were killed under Tongguan City, and were eliminated, captured, or surrendered by the Tang army.

Of the less than 120,000 people, there are tens of thousands of wounded!

An Lushan, who received an unfavorable report from An Qingxu that the battle of Tongguan was unfavorable, had stopped advancing and was preparing to return to Luoyang.

The Tongguan garrison lost about 3,000 men and horses, which basically confirmed Geshuhan's estimate of the pre-war loss ratio of ten to one.

After finding out that An Qingxu really retreated to Shaanxi County and An Lushan's 180,000 horses returned to Luoyang, Yang Xi was also relieved, he sent scouts and cavalry around to investigate the enemy's situation at the same time, he also began a large-scale military training, he must train an elite army.

He presided over the training in an all-round way, with Wang Sili, Pang Zhong, Lu Chongben, Tian Liangqiu, Li Fude, Liu Guangting, and others in charge of the specific training, and Sima Gao Shi of the marching army was in charge of the details of the training on his behalf.

Yang Xi is also carefully observing the loyalty of these generals under his command.

However, Yang Xi also believes that at least the situation in Tongguan will not be chaotic now, and no one has the ability and courage. When he arranged affairs, he let the generals restrain each other, and did not let any one of them become too powerful. Among the generals in Tongguan, there are contradictions between some people, and the contradictions are not small, such as Li Chengguang and Wang Sili, Pang Zhong and Lu Chongben. The contradictions between these generals Yang Xi can be very well used, allowing them to supervise each other and check each other's elbows.

He also gave special trust and reuse to Gao Shi, and he believed that this historical celebrity would repay the favor!

He also knew that it was urgent for him to return to Chang'an once, and he had to go back as soon as possible, clarify the affairs of Tongguan, and ask Li Longji and his father Yang Guozhong to let him continue to lead the army in Tongguan.

If it was too late and Li Longji and Yang Guozhong made another decision, it would be difficult to change! Also, he promised to do it as soon as possible to intercede with the emperor for Ge Shuhan, Wang Sili, Pang Zhong, Li Chengguang and other generals, this is a good opportunity to buy people's hearts!

The other 30,000 temporarily conscripted troops also arrived at Tongguan a few days later, and Yang Xi personally arranged for them to be distributed to the generals to participate in the training.

After taking care of the affairs of Tongguan in an orderly manner, and further investigating that the rebels were only defending and not attacking, and did not come out of Shaanxi County, Yang Xi decided to rush back to Chang'an with his personal guards, report to the emperor and make follow-up requests.

(End of Volume 1)