readx; Like An Lushan attaches great importance to Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an also attaches great importance to An Lushan, attaches great importance to this battle, he can't afford to lose this battle, just as he said to Pei Min, once he fails, he can only retreat to Anxi, and he can't turn over for several years. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

This is a battle of equal strength, a battle that pays attention to time, place, and people, and the slightest negligence will be a mortal danger.

This time, An Lushan used the excuse of his son to attack Guanzhong, although he did not raise the banner of rebellion, he really did a rebellious thing, first stormed Tongguan, and then crossed the river into the pass, his wolf ambition was obvious, and everyone in the world knew it.

Even if An Lushan can close his eyes and ears, regardless of the criticism of the world, but his subordinate generals will have relatives, and may not be willing to rebel with him, and he will not be willing to serve him to the death, in this way, his army morale and combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, this is inevitable, An Lushan's subordinates are not all Hu soldiers, most of them are still Han soldiers, and there are not a few Han generals.

On the one hand, he sent people to Chang'an to publicize that he was ordered to fight against An Lushan in order to gain the support of public opinion, and at the same time sent people to the surrounding prefectures and counties to contact the local government to persuade the people to evacuate, on the other hand, he sent a large number of scouts to various parts of Guannai, especially the three armies in the confrontation at Fengxiang, so as to prevent them from attacking him from behind.

Although it is early summer at this time, the sun is hot, the blazing sun is scorching the earth, and marching with dozens of pounds of armor and weapons will greatly consume physical strength.

From the very beginning, Lee Kyung-an found out that An Lushan had made a mistake, he was waiting for him in Gyeongju instead of occupying the most favorable position in Wonju.

'Cool autumn and August Xiao pipeline, the north wind blows off the Tianshan grass'

Donghan Valley, South Kunwu, West Sanguan, North Xiaoguan, since ancient times is the four major passes in the Guan, the Xiaoguan here is not more than 200 miles away from Xiaoguan County in the north, but is located in Pinggao County (today's Guyuan County) about three miles away from the intersection of Liupan Pass and Xiaoguan Ancient Road, backed by Liupan Mountain, the south chokes the famous gorge and three passes in the north of Guanzhong, Danzheng Gorge, Liupan Pass, Longshan Pass, Wating Pass, the terrain is open, can be attacked, retreated can be defended, condescending, occupies the most favorable terrain.

In order to occupy this most favorable terrain first, Tian Zhen and Wu Yong, the vanguard generals of the Anxi Army, led the army to rush all the way, bypassing Qu Wu Mountain, marching day and night, and must occupy this most important pass before the An Lushan vanguard army.

At the same time, Shi Siming, the deputy general of An Lushan, also sent his general Xue Hao to lead an army of 10,000 and galloped towards the starry night of Pinggao County, also trying to occupy this pass.

As soon as the day dawned, the vanguard of the Anxi Army arrived at Weiru Town, which is about 50 miles northwest of Pinggao County, named after Weiru Town because it is close to the Weiru River, with a population of about 400 households, which can be regarded as a large town.

In early summer, when the day dawns early, the town is already very lively, and there are early farmers rushing to the wheat fields east of the town to harvest, and the wheat fields are already golden when it is time to harvest.

When the 10,000 Anxi army entered the town, the town suddenly fell silent, the doors were closed, and people looked out through the cracks in the door in horror, lest this army rush into the houses and loot and loot, some of them got the news that in Hulu Town and nearby villages east of the Weiru River, they were looted by an army last night, and the silver was burned and killed, and the Hulu Town and the four nearby villages almost became ghosts, and only a dozen young men swam across the Weiru River to survive.

Gradually, the people in the town let go of their hearts, this army seemed to be quite disciplined, did not disturb them, and soon, they knew that this army turned out to be the Anxi Army, the Anxi Army has an excellent reputation in Datang, and there has never been anything to disturb the people, and some people began to go out to inquire about the news.

After the Anxi army entered Weiru Town, they got an hour's rest, the soldiers marched all night, the men and horses were extremely tired, simply feed the horses, and then fell asleep, under a big locust tree in the east of the town, Tian Zhen and Wu Yong were discussing the next move.

The marching routes of the two were originally different, but after crossing Qu Wu Mountain, the two gathered their troops together and concentrated their forces to seize Xiao Pass, although the two officials were the same, but Tian Zhen's qualifications were much older and older, so Li Qingan ordered Tian Zhen to be the vanguard commander and Wu Yong to be the deputy general.

"General Wu, I have a hunch that An Lushan's army is very likely to be near us."

Tian Zhen stood on a large stone mill and looked to the east, he was also a famous Mo sword general in Anxi, with a great figure and long arms, but there was a long and deep scar on his face, which crossed his entire left side of his face, which looked particularly terrifying, which was also the memorial he left in the Battle of Khorezm, that bloody battle, he was lucky not injured, but the scar on his face was shocking, and his entire face was broken.

Wu Yong nodded, "The closer we are to Pinggao County, the greater the likely surname of the An Lushan army to encounter, we have to be more careful." ”

"In fact, it is not important to occupy Pinggao County, the important thing is to occupy Xiaoguan, and when the news comes from the scouts, we will move forward immediately, and we must rush to Xiaoguan as much as possible."

At this time, several soldiers hurried over with an old man, and the soldiers stepped forward and said, "General Tian, the town is here, and he has news of An Lushan's army." ”

Tian Zhen was overjoyed and hurriedly said to the soldiers: "Please come and ask Lizheng to ask." ”

Li Zheng of Weiru Town was an old man about sixty years old, he stepped forward and knelt down, "Xiaomin Weiru Town is Cao Jian knocking to see the general. ”

Tian Zhen hurriedly helped him up and said with a smile: "Li Zheng doesn't have to be polite, please sit down!" ”

Cao Li got up and said: "Your soldiers told me that you want to know the news of An Lushan's army, whether it is An Lushan's army I don't know, but last night, an army came from Hulu Town on the other side of the river, burning, killing and looting, and it didn't calm down until midnight, and now whether they have left, we don't know." ”

Tian Zhen and Wu Yong glanced at each other, the army that appeared now, if it was not them, it must be An Lushan's army, Wu Yong asked anxiously: "May I ask Lizheng, how many troops do they have?" ”

"According to those who escaped the river, there were at least five or six thousand, and perhaps more."

"Is there a bridge over the river nearby?"

Cao Li Zheng said with palpitations: "Originally, there was a bridge three miles ahead, but it fell into disrepair and collapsed last month, and the government originally said that it should be repaired as soon as possible, but there has been no movement so far, and fortunately, the army on the other side can not cross the river, and now everyone can only rely on ferry." ”

"And where's the nearest bridge?"

"Fifty miles away in Pinggao County, there are no bridges near here."

"Thank you very much."

Tian Zhen hurriedly said to Wu Yong: "Regardless of whether the other party has set off or not, we must set off immediately and rush to Xiaoguan as quickly as possible, otherwise we will miss a big event." ”

At this time, Cao Li next to him said: "There is a shortcut to Xiaoguan, which can save an hour, and the horses can also pass, I can find a few young people to take you there." ”

Tian Zhen was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Let the brothers get up and set off immediately!" ”

The sleeping soldiers of the Anxi Army were woken up one after another, and they did not care about their physical fatigue, so they simply packed their luggage, turned over and set off.

At the same time as the Anxi army set off, the An Lushan army on the other side had been ahead of them for nearly an hour, about ten miles away, this An Lushan army was led by the general Xue Hao, also 10,000 people, half of the Hu and Han people, most of the Hu people were Turkic people who were attached to Fanyang, and some Khitan and Xi people, these ethnic minorities fought for An Lushan, for property and women, and their main general Xue Hao was also an extremely ruthless person, the army was not strictly governed, all the way from Yanzhou, Xue Hao indulged the soldiers to loot and destroy the silver, It brought great disasters to the people along the way, but at the same time, it also slowed down their march greatly, and they walked for four days and three nights, and they did not reach Pinggao County.

Originally, Xue Hao was urged by Shi Siming to occupy Pinggao County as soon as possible, Pinggao County is the seat of Yuanzhou, with a large population, rich and rich, Xue Hao and his subordinates have long coveted, and they also want to occupy Pinggao County as quickly as possible to prevent the fat sheep from escaping, but last night, one of his subordinates gave him a beautiful woman in Hulu Town, but he was scratched by the woman when he was annihilated, Xue Hao was furious, killed the woman with a sword, and ordered a bloody wash of Hulu Town and surrounding villages, they tossed in Hulu Town for a whole night, There was a delay of five hours.

Maybe it's the arrangement in the dark, it is impossible for God to let them take advantage, it is these five hours of delay that changed the fate of An Lushan's army, and also reversed the entire battle situation.

At this time, Xue Hao also got the news of the scout, and found the traces of the Anxi army on the other side of the river, so he was in a hurry, and ordered his soldiers to move forward quickly, but because his army looted a lot of property, the oxen and the donkey were towed, everyone was overburdened, and many soldiers were still carrying women on their horses, and the marching speed could not be accelerated, Xue Hao ordered to abandon the property and women three times, but no one listened to the order, Xue Hao was furious, and killed three Hu generals who did not obey the order, and the Hu soldiers were afraid, and they threw away large items such as cattle, donkeys and women, leaving the gold and silver fine, began to accelerate towards Pinggao County.

The two armies galloped on both sides of the Weiru River, you chased me, almost side by side, all in order to occupy the strategic danger first, this area is the remnants of Liupan Mountain, the mountains are undulating, the march is difficult, can not gallop like the plains, need to climb over one mountain after another, fifty miles away, it takes a day, but the Anxi army got the help of the locals, from a shortcut straight to Xiaoguan.

When the sky was getting dark, the majestic and majestic Xiaoguan main fort was clearly visible in the night, and a scout rushed to report, "General Tian, there are only three hundred Chinese troops stationed on the main fort of Xiaoguan, and An Lushan's army has not yet arrived." ”

Another scout came to report: "An Lushan's army is almost in Pinggao County, less than ten miles away from us. ”

Tian Zhen finally breathed a long sigh of relief, he wiped a handful of sweat and smiled at Wu Yong: "Thanks to our shortcuts, otherwise, we would have been preempted by An Lushan's army." ”

At this time, a bold idea came out of Wu Yong's heart, he whispered a few words to Tian Zhen in his ear, Tian Zhen frowned, and after a while, he struck with his fist and said: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger, just do it!" ”

．．．．．．．． An Lushan's army finally rushed to Pinggao County exhausted at nightfall, Xiaoguan was three miles southwest of Pinggao County, at this time, the city not far away was clearly visible, the city gate was closed, the front army suddenly stopped, Xue Hao shouted: "Why stop? ”

"General, the brethren want to enter the city!"

"Fart!"

Xue Hao was furious and scolded: "Are you used to robbing money and women?" When I saw the city, I wanted to enter, so I bypassed the city and rushed to Xiaoguan. ”

Hearing that they couldn't enter the city, Hu Bing clamored, "The general promised to enter Pinggaocheng for a three-day holiday, why did he go back on his word again?" ”

Xue Hao didn't dare to provoke this group of lawless Hu soldiers, so he had to hold back his anger and shouted: "Brothers, listen, now we have to seize Xiao Pass before the Anxi Army, this is General Shi's order, if you miss the military plane, no one can afford to bear the guilt, I promise everyone, occupy Xiao Pass first, and then I will come back to grab money and women, so that you can all return with a full load." ”

Under the coercion and lure of Xue Hao, the soldiers finally gave up the attack on Pinggao County and went around the city with great dissatisfaction.

After Pinggao County, the road immediately became precipitous, one after another huge stone piers are like a huge monster, standing in the night, Fan Yangjun almost did not sleep all night last night, and marched for a day, everyone is a little exhausted, but they have to go over the mountains and mountains, go to Xiongguan three miles away, the three-mile road is not long, in the plain area can be swept through, and here, it becomes extremely difficult, the horse can not be ridden, can only lead the horse on foot, at least half an hour.

The soldiers complained and cursed and groped their way forward, when a scout arrived and reported: "General Xue, the advance of the Anxi army has been found six miles northwest of China, about 3,000 people, and they are desperately running towards Xiaoguan. ”

Xue Hao was taken aback, he thought that the Anxi army was still more than ten miles away, he was so anxious that he yelled, "Order the brothers to speed up, and rush to the hundred brothers in the main castle of Xiaoguan first, and reward each of them with three women and a thousand yuan." ”

Stimulated by money and women, his soldiers began to roar and rush in the direction of Xiao Pass, they were already exhausted, but now they were all a hundred times more energetic, and 10,000 people rushed to Xiao Guan three miles away in the valley.

But when there were still two miles away from the main fort of Xiaoguan, they entered a col about one and a half miles long, and after walking out of the col, it was a narrow road leading to the main fort above, the road was less than one zhang wide, and there were three people at most.

The precipitousness of Xiaoguan is here, surrounded by rolling mountain beams, which continue to the towering Liupan Mountains, a branch of Liupan Mountain falls here, the terrain is broken, forming a huge canyon area, more than ten miles wide, about hundreds of miles long, the famous Sanguan Pass and Danzheng Gorge are located in it, and the Jingshui leading to Guanzhong also originates here.

And Xiao Guan is the first of this series of passes.

Xue Hao rode on the horse, looking at the dark mountains on both sides, he felt a little uneasy in his heart, this is a good place to ambush, a large number of troops can be ambushed on the mountains on both sides, and his army is moving forward in the narrow mountain pass, without any obstruction, not even a tree, he secretly regrets that he only cares about seizing Xiao Pass, and he did not expect that the Anxi army would have the possibility of ambush.

But it was already too late, and his main brigade had all entered the col, and he could only pass through here as quickly as possible.

"The front army should speed up and get out of the col as soon as possible!"

Just when the army in front of An Lushan was just about to walk out of the mountain col, suddenly, the sound of bangzi sounded all around, in the night, ten thousand arrows were fired together, and the arrow rain was as dense as flying locusts, and they shot into the defenseless An Lushan army all over the world, and suddenly the screams and wails resounded through the valley, and the huge stones were pried down, and they were smashed to the top of the heads of the soldiers in the mountain col, smashing the flesh and blood blurred, and the corpses were all over the field.

Xue Hao knew that he had been ambushed, so anxious that he stomped his feet and shouted, "Calm down!" Sedation! ”

But no one listened to him, they were not strict in military discipline, in the face of life and death, no one was willing to consider others, An Lushan army was in chaos, 10,000 troops struggled in the rain of arrows, scrambling to run the way they came, they trampled on each other, crying and begging, and the casualties were extremely heavy...... On the mountain beam, Tian Zhen looked at the dense crowd below, and couldn't help but sigh regretfully, "It's a pity that I didn't bring a few earth-shaking thunders, otherwise, it would be enjoyable." ”

．．．．．．．． Three days later, Li Qing'an's main army of 70,000 arrived in Pinggao County, and Tian Zhen led hundreds of soldiers and a group of magistrates such as the Yuanzhou Assassin and the county commander were already waiting outside the city.

Tian Zhen stepped forward and saluted: "The last general is fortunate to live up to his life and occupy Xiao Pass first, and now 10,000 troops are distributed in Xiao Pass and its southern passes, and nothing is lost." ”

Li Qingan nodded and said with a smile: "I heard that you gave up entering Xiaoguan at the last moment, but ambushed An Lushan's army successfully, you are very courageous, I want to greatly commend you." ”

"Returning to the general, this is General Wu's strategy, he also led 3,000 people to pretend to be a suspicious army, and successfully deceived the scouts of An Lushan's army, this is General Wu's credit."

"Excellent! You are not proud of your merits, let the credit go to your colleagues, I will reward both of you, I want to know now, what is the final result? ”

"Report to the general, the 10,000 vanguard troops of An Lushan were killed by us, more than 5,000 were killed, 3,000 were captured, and in the end, less than 2,000 escaped, but unfortunately their main general Xue Hao also escaped."

Li Qing'an pondered for a moment and then ordered: "This army burns and kills the silver along the way, and everywhere it passes is a ghost domain, which can be described as a heinous crime, pass on my order, and all the three thousand prisoners will be beheaded to deter the riots of An Lushan." ”

(To be continued)