Chapter seven hundred and sixty-two the catastrophe is imminent
Li Guiren took the lead and led his cavalry to rush to the foot of Tongguan City. He shouted across the deep trench to the top of the city: "Niutingjie, lower the suspension bridge quickly! Lower the suspension bridge quickly and let us enter the city."
Li Chongbao squatted behind General Niu, pressed the blade against his back, and once again forced him to play the leading role in the performance.
From the perspective of the rebels below the city, Niu Tingjie walked stiffly to the wall and asked, "Why did General Li enter the border in such a hurry?"
"Our army is newly defeated! We must first evacuate Tongguan and then open the city gate!"
Niu Tingjie asked again: "How many people are left in our army?"
"Where does all this nonsense come from? Let's talk about it after we enter the city!"
General Niu suddenly imitated deafness, covering his ears with one hand and said: "What did you say? Come closer and talk."
Li Guiren didn't know it was a trick, so he urged his horse to take a few steps forward and shouted loudly: "Are you fucking deaf? Open the city gate quickly!"
Chong Bao quickly stood up from behind the wall, loaded the long bow with arrows in his hand, pointed it at Li Guiren, and shot an arrow.
Li Guiren was wearing Mingguang armor, and his defense was naturally stronger than that of a small soldier. He instinctively lowered his head from his horse, the arrow clanked on his pocket, and quickly turned his horse's head back.
The rest of the cavalry following him were not so lucky. Nearly a thousand Tang soldiers were drawing their bows and shooting behind the female wall. In an instant, more than ten people fell from their horses, and they were struggling with their backs full of arrows.
Climb outside.
Feng Changqing stood in the center of the tower, holding his hands on the wall stacks and laughed loudly: "I am Feng Changqing, the deputy envoy of Anxi Camp Jiedu, and Tongguan is owned by me! If you want to go there, just pile the corpses!"
Li Guiren was shocked and angry. He waved his hand and ordered his cavalry to gallop forward and shoot arrows at the city wall to attack. Feng Changqing immediately ordered people to fight back. Crossbows and trebuchets were fired outside the city. Arrows rained down like rain for a while.
The rocks penetrated the sky, and the rebels lost another group of troops and quickly withdrew.
At this time, An Shouzhong arrived with a large number of infantry and Yiluohe cavalry, and the rebel generals Sun Xiaozhe and Zhang Tongru were also among them. After hearing that Niu Tingjie had surrendered to the enemy, Sun Xiaozhe was furious: "This bastard slave! I owe you this."
I gave him dozens of cars just to make money for him! He actually surrendered to Li Siye!"
An Shouzhong drew his horizontal sword from his waist and said, "After Tongguan is conquered, I will definitely cut him into three pieces!"
"Siege the city! Defeat Tongguan!"
He and Li Guiren organized another siege. However, the walls of Tongguan were strong and towering, and there were rivers blocking them. They did not bring any siege equipment, and they did not even bring a few Fuyuan crossbows that could launch city-climbing arrows, which resulted in the loss of a number of soldiers and horses.
Then he retreated again.
Zhang Tongru was so anxious that he gathered Li Guiren, An Shouzhong, and Sun Xiaozhe to discuss: "Three generals, we cannot waste time here. We are blocked by the Tongguan moat in front of us, and Li Siye's Hexi army is chasing after us. Once we are blocked by them at Tongguan
There is no other way to survive on the road, and we will have no choice but to jump into the Yellow River!"
Sun Xiaozhe is capable of killing people, but when it comes to fighting, he is a layman. He can only spread his hands and say: "What do you think we should do?"
Li Guiren squatted on the ground and drew a map with a wooden stick: "There are only two ways to go now. Go south from Wuguan to Nanyang, and then attack back to Luoyang from Nanyang. Or go north and capture the Pujin Ferry of the Yellow River. There are hundreds of river boats at the ferry.
After crossing to the other side, we will follow the Yellow River to the ferry opposite Lingbao downstream, and then cross to Shaanxi County. If we don’t want to wait and die in Tongguan, we must choose one of the two roads. How do you choose?"
Zhang Tongru twisted his beard and said: "When I was studying, I once walked through the road to Wuguan. The road is wide and has only a few passes. As long as we pass through Wuguan, we can take the opportunity to occupy Nanyang City, and then lead the army northward to fight against Emperor Shengwu.
Your Majesty's turn. As for Pujin Ferry, the other side of the ferry is the territory of Hedong Jiedushi. Can Li Guangbi'an not send heavy troops to guard it? If the Tang army attacks while we are crossing the river, no matter how many people there will be, they will become the prey of the fish and shrimps in the river."
An Shouzhong snorted and said, "I have the exact opposite view than you. Pujin Ferry is the closest to Tongguan. As long as we act quickly, we can arrive within a day. We can seize the ferry before the Tang army notices it, and then cover it in the night."
Go down and cross the river, attack and kill the Tang army on the other side of the ferry, and then release the boat along the left bank of the Yellow River. You can easily reach Lingbao and Shaanxi County, and then retreat to Luoyang. As Zhang Liushou said, the journey south to Wuguan to Nanyang is more than 800 miles.
Where? Our army does not carry much dry food, and when we reach Nanyang City, we will be hungry and exhausted. We will not have the strength to attack the city, and we will definitely be wiped out by the local Tang army."
Zhang Tongru and An Shouzhong reached a stalemate, and they asked Li Guiren and Sun Xiaozhe to make a choice. Sun Xiaozhe was carrying a large amount of property and women, fearing that it would fall into the Yellow River and not be fished out, and he was also afraid of being taken away by the Hedong Army, so he would rather
He chose the long way south to Nanyang. As for carrying several large carts and belongings that would become a burden on the way, he didn't think about it at all, because it was all the soldiers below who suffered. As a general, he could just talk. Li Guiren was also willing
He went south through Wuguan, because his men were all cavalry, and the most valuable thing was the horse under his butt. If he crossed the river, he would have to abandon a lot of horses.
Three of the four people did not agree to cross the river north, so An Shouzhong had no choice but to give up his opinion. There was a brief phenomenon of democracy in the rebel ranks, but this was just a way for An Lushan to guard against his subordinates. He used his confidant Zhang Tongru to come.
After becoming a resident in Xijing, he sent his confidant Sun Xiaozhe, who could not fight, to control him. At the same time, the two adopted sons, Li Guiren and An Shouzhong, were both older than Zhang Tongru. They each led the cavalry and infantry without a commander.
, so that the power between these four people can be balanced to ensure that they will not have different intentions.
Feng Changqing stood ready on the tower of Tongguan City. He was ready to hold on tenaciously and wear down the rebels. He believed that there were still several fierce battles to be fought. In order to encourage morale, he ordered that all the twenty carts of property that originally belonged to Niu Tingjie should be distributed as rewards.
They gave it to the soldiers. Unexpectedly, the rebels started to retreat from Tongguan Road with the cavalry as the leader. The galloping horse formation dragged the flag and ran towards Huayin.
Li Guiren's cavalry had just arrived in Huayin, and two groups of cavalry led by Li Siye had already arrived in great force. An Shouzhong offered to take Yiluo to the end of the river, and the three of them believed him and expressed their respect for him, and even shed tears.
Tears of farewell.
Unexpectedly, Li Guiren and Zhang Tongru had just left with their army, and after a brief confrontation between An Shouzhong and Feihuqi, they quickly broke away from the battle and turned towards the upper reaches of the Yellow River.
Duan Xiushi rode his horse to the side of Li Siye's banner, crossed his hands and suggested to him: "Doctor, An Shouzhongding is fleeing towards Pujin Ferry, and I will lead the Han navy to pursue him."
Li Siye waved his hand and said: "No need. There are only more than 3,000 people left in Yiluohe under his leadership. Guo Ziyi's Shuofang Army has been waiting at Pujin Ferry for a long time. He will not be allowed to escape. We will continue to pursue the main force of the rebels."
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Li Guiren, Zhang Tongru, Sun Xiaozhe and others had not yet led their troops out of Huayin, but the Flying Tiger Cavalry had already caught up with them. The three of them were frightened, and even thinking with their toes, they knew that An Shouzhong had not cut off the rear at all, but had changed his direction and fought with him.
They parted ways.
Li Guiren thought in his mind that he couldn't escape quickly because he had Zhang Tongru and Sun Xiaozhe as two burdens, as well as a large number of infantry dragging the baggage. The situation was critical now, and it was impossible for them all to escape.
Only by using the gecko's trick of cutting off its tail can the predator behind it slow down.
As for who will make the gecko tail, it is self-evident.
"General Li!" A knight beside Sun Xiaozhe caught up from behind, crossed his arms on his horse and said, "Zhang Liushou and General Sun ask you to come over and discuss how to deal with the enemy's pursuit."
Li Guiren raised his head and looked down, and said lightly: "No need, I have already thought of a good strategy to retreat from the enemy."
The cavalry general was delighted when he heard this: "Since the general has a good strategy for repelling the enemy, why not inform them and save them from worries."
He waved to the cavalry general and said, "Come here, I'll tell you first, and then you can tell them."
The cavalry commander shook his horse's reins in confusion and approached Li Guiren. Just as he was about to listen, he had already pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist, and suddenly a white light slashed through him. Blood burst out from the cavalryman's neck and he fell from his horse. Li Guiren stopped
When he returned to his sheath, he snorted contemptuously and shouted to the team: "Tongluo Cavalry and Lulong Army obey orders! Head towards Lantian at full speed. Anyone who disobeys orders will be killed!"
The sergeants shouted loudly, and they all increased their power to whip the horse's buttocks, no longer taking care of the infantry, and fled frantically.
Sun Xiaozhe, who fell behind the cavalry army, soon felt something was wrong. The distance between the cavalry and the infantry became wider and wider. Many war horses blew past them like a strong wind, leaving him behind to eat dirt.
Veins popped out on his forehead, he bared his teeth and claws and waved the whip: "I'm going to fuck... I'm going to fuck your ancestors for eight generations, stop! Stop!"