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When Yang Xi was almost retributive, An Qingxu, who was leading the Chinese army to march, also received the news that Cui Qianyou had come back and was ambushed.

He also immediately ordered the whole army to stop advancing, strengthen its vigilance, and ordered the rear army to turn around and strictly prevent the officers and troops from outflanking them from the rear.

In the battle of Lingbao, their men and horses sent elite soldiers and horses to attack the Tang army after ambushing the official army, and finally led to the rapid rout of the official army of 200,000 horses.

Garrison Tongguan City for six months, large and small battles, but did not achieve a few victories An Qingxu knows the danger of the terrain outside Tongguan, if you are not careful, the whole army is defeated, then trampling on each other can lead to the death of countless soldiers, directly triggering the rout of the whole army.

After An Qingxu issued orders one after another, he immediately summoned Cui Qianyou to come over to discuss the matter.

Cui Qianyou didn't dare to delay, and after ordering the deputy general to preside over the scene, he took a group of relatives and rushed back to discuss things with An Qingxu!

The sun had slowly risen, and the feeling of fiery heat followed, An Qingxu's personal soldiers had already set up a tent in an open area on the side of the road, and all the generals who had been summoned for deliberations had entered the shady tent to talk.

When Cui Qianyou quickly arrived in the tent, more than a dozen generals had already gathered inside. Unable to wipe the sweat off his face, Cui Qianyou stepped forward to report to An Qingxu: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the outpost of our army was ambushed by the Tang army, there was a little loss, the army was confused, and the last general was afraid that there would be more Tang army ambushes, so he ordered the whole army to suspend its advance and send scouts to inquire about the situation!"

Saying that, without waiting for An Qingxu to inquire, he reported what had just happened locally, and finally said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the last general thinks that there must be rescue men and horses from the Tang Army in Tongguan City!"

"Hmm, you said that the leading general is under the banner of 'Yang'?" An Qingxu stroked the beard under his forehead and asked with a frown.

"Yes!" Cui Qianyou hesitated, but swallowed back what he wanted to say.

At this time, Tian Qianzhen, another general under An Qingxu's command, stood up and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, when the last general thinks that this is just Ge Shuhan's suspicious soldiers, he wants to set up an ambush along the way with a small force to delay the attack speed of our army, so as to wait for the reinforcements sent by Tang Ting to arrive!" Our army should not stop advancing, but should ignore it, continue to march and reach the city of Tongguan!"

"The Tang army is newly defeated, the 200,000 army is wiped out, if there is no rescue from the Tang court, it is impossible to resist the siege of our army, Ge Shuhan has no choice but to come up with this strategy, the purpose is to make us believe that the reinforcements of the Tang court have arrived, and they have the ability to go out of the pass and set up an ambush to achieve the purpose of delaying the march of our army! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he can't fall for Ge Shuhan's plan and suspend the march, he should ignore any attack by the Tang army and continue to march until the city of Tongguan! The last general believes that as long as my Tang Dynasty arrives at the foot of Tongguan City, then Tongguan City can be captured immediately, but the last general has heard the report of the sentinel that the forbidden ditch has been filled with the corpses of the fleeing Tang army, and he can directly cross the forbidden ditch and climb the city!"

An Qingxu listened to Tian Sizhen's words, and his tightened brows quickly relaxed, but he didn't make a decision immediately, but asked Cui Qianyou, who wanted to speak and stopped, again: "General Cui, what do you mean?" ”

Cui Qianyou immediately stepped forward and replied: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the last general feels that what General Tian said is reasonable, the number of men and horses ambushed by the Tang army this time is definitely not large, otherwise it is impossible to retreat immediately after the victory, if they gather a large group of men and horses to set up an ambush here, it will definitely take advantage of the success of the ambush to attack our army and even defeat our army!" The Tang army did not do this, which can only mean that the number of people and horses in its ambush is not large, and it is just for the purpose of doubting soldiers and wanting to slow down the attack speed of our army! The last general looked at the terrain in this area, which was all extremely precipitous, and it was not suitable for large-scale ambushes, so when he concluded that this was just a delay for the Tang army, the last general also thought that he should ignore these attacks and continue to march!"

In fact, what he thought just now was not the same as what he said, but after listening to Tian Sizhen's words, he felt that it made a lot of sense to say this!

Hearing that the two most important generals under his command said this, and the others did not have the opposite opinion, An Qingxu suddenly made up his mind and ordered: "Order the whole army to continue to advance, but slow down the march, and send more sentry scouts to inquire about the situation nearby, so as not to be ambushed by the Tang army again!"

Although he listened to the similar opinions of the two generals, An Qingxu still thought about it a little more, afraid that this was another suspicious time for the Tang army, so he slowed down the march!

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"The rebels seem to have stopped advancing!" Standing on the tower of the city gate, Yang Xi, who had been observing the situation in the distance despite the sun exposure, finally took the initiative to say something slightly joyful.

During the Tang Dynasty, the air quality was really not generally good, the sky was pure and quiet, the visibility was very good, the situation in distant places could be seen, and the long queue that came in the direction of Tongguan City more than ten miles away was also faintly visible, of course, the main thing that people noticed was the shaking flags, these flags of different colors were mixed in a gray long dragon, and they could still be vaguely seen by the people on the head of Tongguan City.

Yang Xi saw that the gray long color that was faintly wriggling in the direction of Tongguan and holding various flags stopped moving, and seemed to have spread out a little, which made him judge that the rebels stopped advancing temporarily.

Yang Xi sighed again, if there was a telescope in his hand, he could clearly see the movements of the rebels according to the height advantage of the terrain. The location of Tongguan City is really good, standing on the city gate tower, you can see the scene of the relatively low road in dozens or more than ten miles, if you have a high-powered telescope, you can find out the situation on the only road to and from Tongguan by standing at the head of the city!

Li Chengguang and Gao Shi, who had been standing with Yang Xi all the time, but were depressed in their hearts, also vaguely saw this situation. The suspicious soldiers arranged by Yang Xi worked with one blow, so that the rebels stopped advancing, and retreated, and could continue to carry out the next step of the suspicious soldier plan, Li Chengguang and Gao Cheng were naturally a little admired, and they also admired that Yang Xi could stand on the city gate tower like this, regardless of the sun's exposure.

They are getting older, and they are physically and mentally tired these days, and they are a little unbearable to stand like this, of course, they feel a little stuffy!

The hot feeling was uncomfortable, seeing the shadow of the rebel army's march, knowing that the rebels would soon arrive under the city of Tongguan, knowing that it would be a very hard battle next, the anxiety of waiting, and even a feeling of powerlessness surging in their hearts, making them feel very uncomfortable, standing under the scorching sun, making this anxious feeling even worse, I really wanted to do things by myself, and did not stand with Yang Xi.

Yang Xi seemed to see the ambivalence of Li Chengguang and Gao Shi, and while his eyes continued to stare into the distance, he whispered to the two generals behind him: "General Li, General Gao, you go and order, let some of the sergeants stay on guard in the city pass, and the rest of the sergeants all go to a shady place to hide from the sun, so as not to suffer from heat stroke under the scorching sun, which affects the combat effectiveness, and at the same time let people prepare some cool drinks, as well as water, food, and fruits, and must not let the soldiers be hungry and thirsty, so that they can have enough physical strength to meet the enemy when the rebels attack the city!" At the same time, send orders to all gates, and make the same preparations!"

"Yes, Yang Bing Ma Envoy!" After Li Chengguang and Gao Shi each bowed, they left as if they had received amnesty.