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"Shi Wansui was defeated by Yang Su?" Yang Xiu asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The messenger's voice was full of exhaustion, and there were dried blood stains on the hem of his sweaty clothes.

It's over, Changsun Hong thought to himself. He hung his head and said nothing, sitting there silently, thinking about the terrible situation. He reached out to tear some of his sweat-soaked neckline, and as he raised his hand, a sharp pain rushed from his elbow to his brain, reminding them of another failed attack that had just ended. Although he was loyal to the emperor, the current situation constantly reminded him that the situation had reached its worst. Yang Su defeated Shi Wansui at this time, which meant that Xiao Guan, one of the four fortresses in Guanzhong, was no longer safe. Xiaoguan, also known as Longshan Pass, is in the southeast of Yuanzhou in the northwest of Beijing. The Longshan Mountains lie in the northwest of Guanzhong and are the northwest barrier of Guanzhong. The passage from Longshang to Guanzhong is mainly the valley lowland cut by the Wei River and the Jing River. The direction of the Wei River is very steep, while the direction of the Jing River is relatively easy. Xiao Pass is in the Longshan Pass according to the danger, guarding the passage from the direction of the Jing River into Guanzhong.

Xiaoguan is the most important pass in the northwest direction of Jingshi, protecting the safety of the northwest of Guanzhong. As soon as Xiao Pass is lost, Yang Su can immediately take Jingzhou and go down to Daxing, which will become a high-rise situation. Not to mention, Guanzhong is extremely empty now.

In the camp under Nanyang City, Yang Xiu's ministers and generals all quieted down one after another, listening to the messenger tell the details. There was no wind in the sweltering tent, and everyone was sweating like rain, listening to the even more terrible news.

After Yuan Heng surrendered, Yang Xiu resolutely refused to retreat. vowed to capture Nanyang, let go of Yibo, and wanted to capture Nanyang first, then occupy Xiangyang, and fight a decisive battle with Yang Lin in Jingxiang. Refuse to retreat into the gate and sit still. It's just that although Yang Xiu's will is resolute, the attack has not improved. Facing the whole city of Nanyang City, the army and civilians went to the city together to hold on, and the siege equipment of the Guanzhong army was not yet ready. The light is to fill in the moat of Nanyang Castle. I don't know how many people who accompanied the army died. Most of the moats that had been filled in were actually filled with the corpses of dead warriors and people.

After Yang Xiu personally commanded the siege operation, he sent people to dig tunnels under the city wall, but the city was also prepared, and a circle of water tanks was built under the city wall. As a result, each time they laboriously dug most of the tunnels. The other party has been prepared, when it is almost completed, the other party immediately intercepts the tunnel, and then burns the fire on it to fan the smoke into the area, and even sometimes simply pours oil directly into the tunnel and then sets it on fire, sometimes directly irrigates water, digging dozens of tunnels, and the final result is that all the people who dig the tunnels die in the tunnels. Neither could they storm the city, nor could they escape. After each round of siege, corpses were left all over the city. This tragic siege situation has already made many soldiers fearful. In the evening, many people began to flee, and under the cover of night, they became deserters. But Yang Xiu had already sent many cavalry patrols, and when he encountered a deserter, he was immediately executed and brought back to the camp. Now outside the camp. The heads of the deserters have been piled up into a Beijing temple.

Even the elder Sun Hong had the urge to run away with the deserters.

Just now, he was lying in a hammock in the shade of a tree. Enjoy a rare coolness. Then his guards hurried to shake him awake and reported that someone had brought the news of Guanzhong on horseback. He immediately understood that it must be something bad. The imperial army is all in Nanyang, and Guanzhong is in an emergency, what else can it be besides bad news? Desperately out of the customs to fight for Xiangyang, now a Nanyang city has not been down, if even the hometown of Guanzhong is lost at this time, then they are really empty.

"How is this possible?" Chen Guogong Dou took a breath of cold air, "How is it possible?" Although Shi Wansui had failed in attacking Yang Su before and was defeated for a while, he still had 30,000 soldiers and horses, and His Majesty still had 20,000 troops stationed in Xiao Pass, Shi Wan Sui had already retreated to Xiao Pass, how could Yang Su defeat him? "Dou Kang's father is Dou Rongding, and his mother is Princess Wan'an, the sister of the former emperor, so Dou Kang and Yang Xiu are cousins. It was he who had previously asked Shi Wansui to send troops to attack Yang Su, Yang Su had not been subject to the edict for a long time, and Dou Kang had made a strong move to defeat Yang Su in order to relieve the trouble of his henchmen. As a result, the attack was lost, with a loss of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. In the end, Yang Xiu obeyed Dou Kangjian again, and sent a decree to Shi Wanzai to let him lead his troops to retreat into Xiao Pass, in order to prevent Yang Su from breaking into the pass. But now, there is such an extremely dangerous city as Xiao Guan, Shi Wansui is also a famous general, and there are more soldiers and horses than Yang Su, why is he still defeated by Yang Su?

Even if Shi Wansui can fight, but if his soldiers are unwilling to fight, what is the use, Changsun Hong thought to himself. And as soon as he heard that Shi Wansui was defeated, what immediately came to his mind was that Shi Wansui definitely did not stick to the pass according to the order, and this reckless guy must not be able to stand Yang Su's provocation and went out of the pass, and was defeated in the hands of Yang Su. The eldest grandson Hong knows Yang Su very well, this is a terrible guy, insidious and cunning, how could a reckless man like Shi Wansui who has a intestine to the end, how could he play Yang Su. And perhaps, Yang Lin took a large amount of money and high-ranking officials to buy Shi Wansui's subordinates.

Yang Su attacked Xiao Pass, and he couldn't attack it for many days, and the lost troops retreated, and then Shi Wansui sent troops to pursue the raid at night, but Yang Su had already prepared and set up an ambush on the way. In fact, it was just a trick by Yang Su to lure the enemy, and many of the soldiers who attacked the key points were even young and strong people temporarily recruited by Yang Su, disguised as Lingzhou soldiers. His real soldiers and horses were already in ambush halfway, waiting for Shi Wansui to be fooled. Dou Kang's brother Dou Qing said on the side.

"What is the situation now, is Xiao Guan still in the hands of the imperial court, and what is the loss of Shi Wansui's department?" Changsun Hong didn't want to know what was going on, he just wanted to know the result.

"Shi Wansui led an army of 30,000 out of the city, but the whole army was gone, and none of them came back." The messenger replied.

"It's impossible."

"There is also news that Shi Wansui was captured and then surrendered, and his men surrendered as a result. There is also news that Shi Wansui was seriously injured, and his general Zhang Xutuo rescued him and fled back to Ganzhou with the remnants. ”

The eldest grandson Hong shook his head and said to Yang Xiu, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks." Now is the time to prepare for the worst. If Shi Wansui dies in battle, then no one in Longyou can resist Yang Su, and the remaining 20,000 defenders in Xiaoguan City will also be difficult to hold Xiaoguan. And if Shi Wansui is seriously injured and taken by his subordinates to withdraw to Ganzhou, the consequences will be just as bad. Xiao Guan is also in danger. And in case Shi Wansui led his troops to surrender Yang Su, it would no longer be a question of whether Xiao Guan would be in danger, but whether the Jingshi could hold it. The minister thought that he should immediately return to Beijing. The Jingshi cannot afford to be lost, and once the Jingshi is lost, then we will have no foundation. ”

Yang Xiu was also silent.

Before, he was still shouting and vowing to take Nanyang. We must never withdraw our troops. But now, Guanzhong is in danger, and his lair is about to be gone. Guanzhong is his foundation, without Guanzhong, what will he do to fight for the world. Eldest Sun Hong saw a trace of fear flash in Yang Xiu's eyes. The emperor was not fearless.

"Tonight, the whole army will retreat, throw away all the baggage, and immediately withdraw back to Guanzhong." Yang Xiu finally spoke, and his words were full of tiredness and frustration.

"If you want to retreat quietly, you can't take those hundreds of thousands of people and craftsmen with you."

"Then don't take them with you." Yang Xiu said in a deep voice.

After thinking about it, Yang Xiu said again, "Dou Kang, you lead 20,000 cavalry to rush back to Beijing first." If Yang Su hadn't captured Xiao Pass yet. Then immediately go to reinforce Xiao Pass, and if Xiao Pass is lost, stick to the Beijing Division. Wait for me to lead the army back to Beijing. ”

Dou Kang is unreliable, Changsun Hong thought to himself. Moreover, since Yang Su has defeated Shi Wansui, there is a chance that Xiao Guan will not be able to save it.

The orders were conveyed one by one, and after dark, nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses in Guanzhong retreated back to the camp. Then pack up in the middle of the night. Chen Guogong Dou Kang led 20,000 Han cavalry first, and then all kinds of soldiers and horses left the camp all the way. They didn't raise fires. The camp was also dark for a long time, and in order to evacuate as soon as possible, Yang Xiu ordered to throw away a burden, and requisitioned a large number of grain and grass from Guanzhong, as well as some equipment, and even tents, etc., all of which were thrown into the camp. Yang Xiu didn't even care about the hundreds of thousands of people at all, only took a small number of craftsmen, and the rest were all left in the camp, and he didn't even tell them that their army had retreated.

The Guanzhong army marched at night and retreated to Wuguan.

It is difficult to march at night, even on this summer night, with the stars and moonlight, and it is even more impossible for an army of nearly 100,000 people to retreat in an orderly manner and be silent.

The defenders of Nanyang City immediately noticed that something was wrong tonight, and then immediately reported to Guo Zhen, who was hurrying to rest. When Guo Zhen heard that the enemy camp was moving, he immediately sent a team of scouts out to investigate. Soon the scout brought back a surprising news that the rebels were retreating, not north and south to Luyang Pass, not south to Xiangyang City, they were retreating to Wuguan to the west.

"Go north immediately, go to find His Royal Highness the Prince, and tell His Highness that Yang Xiu wants to escape!"

When Yi Feng received the report from Guo Zhen's messenger, he had already arrived in Xiangcheng, which was only a hundred miles away from Nanyang City. At this time, two hours had passed since Yang Xiu had retreated in Nanyang City, and it was not yet dawn.

"It seems that Yang Xiu has received the news that Shi Wansui was defeated and surrendered to the imperial court." Yi Feng didn't care about the stuffiness or mosquito bites, and he was very excited.

Han Sengshou, Liu Wenjing, Qin Qiong and other officials who rushed over after hearing the news immediately asked Yi Feng, "Your Highness, you can't let Yang Xiu run back to Guanzhong, we have to intercept and pursue immediately." ”

"Damn, this Yang Xiu is well-informed, after we received the news, we have accelerated the march and hurried overnight, but I didn't expect Yang Xiu to receive the news so quickly and fled immediately."

"Your Highness, please let us lead our light cavalry to pursue and hold them back." Qin Qiong and Lai Cheng asked for an order together.

Yi Feng thought about it, they and Yang Xiu are actually not far apart, although there are still 100 miles away from Nanyang at the moment, but Yang Xiu wants to flee west into the pass, then Yi Feng's army does not have to go south, and directly advances to the southwest, Nanyang is a plain, which makes the two armies march in the northwest direction and the other in the southwest direction, and finally rush to the inner countryside and Wuguan area. If they sent light cavalry to pursue, they could even run in front of Yang Xiu to intercept them.

Do you want to pursue? Yi Feng was also nervous in his heart, chasing with light horses, although he could pursue and even intercept people, but he would also be out of touch with most of the behind, and there was a certain risk. can let Yang Xiu escape into Guanzhong, and he will undoubtedly miss a great opportunity to annihilate him. In the end, Yi Feng decided to fight.

"Qin Qiong is here to organize you and lead 20,000 light cavalry to set off immediately, your goal is to enter the inner countryside city before Wuguan, find a way to rush to the front of Yang Xiu, take this city, and intercept them. I'll lead most of them at once, you know? ”

"Understood."

Qin Qiong and Lai turned around and left, each gathering the cavalry of their headquarters.

Han Seng Shou said to Yi Feng, "Your Highness, will there be some adventures?" Now that Shi Wansui was defeated and surrendered to the imperial court, the Military Intelligence Department also successfully rebelled against Xiao Pass's guards and opened Yang Su into the customs. Now that we have the chance to win, should we be more stable, after all, Yang Xiu still has 100,000 soldiers and horses in hand, beware of being bitten by him. ”

"Yang Xiu has 100,000 soldiers, and we have 100,000 soldiers. Besides, we have a large number of cavalry, and the infantry is also equipped with horses, so we can intercept him. What's more, we don't have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses. Yi Feng smiled, "Immediately send an order to Xiangyang Guo Yan and ask him to send troops to attack Yang Xiu together." ”

Dou Kang led 20,000 light horsemen to speed all the way by the moonlight, and after galloping all night, the sky was bright, and the inner countryside city was already in sight.

"Stop the march to the inner countryside city, rest for a while, and replenish it." Dou Kang ordered.

After a night of galloping, the cavalry in Guanzhong were exhausted, and they couldn't wait to rest for a while, by the way, they had a meal to relieve their hands, feed a horse and replenish some food and horse feed.

The cavalry kicked their horses in the belly, making them speed up a bit, hoping to get out of the city sooner.

The city gate of Neixiang City has been opened, and the battle a few days ago has already made this county already dilapidated, and there are even no residents in the city, leaving only a few hundred soldiers left behind, responsible for the temporary storage of grain and grass transported from the Guannai.

The cavalry of Guanzhong had already dismounted outside the city, and began to hurry up to unsaddle the horses and prepare to drink and feed the horses, and some cavalry had already begun to build stoves and prepare for cooking. Dou Kang walked to the city with a team of guards, preparing to let the city prepare food and grass for them.

At this moment of their most relaxation, when everyone did not expect, arrows rained down.

Suddenly drums and horns rang out on all sides, and countless arrows were fired, and then after this rain of arrows, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded, and a mirror-armored cavalry was killed from the city. This cavalry that seemed to fall from the sky suddenly slaughtered and went straight to the Guanzhong Han knights who had unsaddled outside the city. The horn sounded continuously, and another cavalry army suddenly came out from behind the city, and they split into two, along both sides of the city wall, like two huge iron hammers, and smashed into the panicked Guanzhong cavalry. (To be continued) R580