Tiantang

Chapter 366 The First Battle of Zhang Xuan's Army
Chapter 374 The First Battle of Zhang Xuan's Army
At dawn, the chaos in Tongguan gradually came to an end.

Although Fan Zheng planned for a long time, the matter of surrender was unpopular after all, and with Meng Ping and others as internal support, Zhang Tong, who stood on the moral high ground confidently, quickly led the Yulin Guards to control the situation in Tongguan.

Fan Zheng and others led more than a thousand rebels to escape from Tongguan, and gradually disappeared from the sight of the Tongguan defenders when a white belly appeared in the sky.

Meng Ping looked at the calm Zhang Tong with some anxiety, cupped his fists respectfully and said in a low voice, "General, Fan Zheng conspired to rebel, and now he fled in a hurry. With an order from the General, he chased him out of the pass and captured Fan Zheng." It’s a matter of little effort.”

Zhang Tong shook his head, pointed to the horizon still shrouded in a sliver of darkness, and said in a deep voice, "An Lushan general Li Guiren's army is coming to Tongguan, it is important to defend Tongguan, as for Fan Zheng, a traitor, it will be difficult sooner or later." Escape. This officer was ordered to rescue Tongguan, and the first priority is to defend Tongguan!"

"Pass down the order, the whole army is on alert, and all soldiers are on their positions to guard the post strictly to prevent the rebels from attacking!"

Zhang Tong gave the order, and his subordinate Jiao Xiong immediately signaled the heralds around him to sound the resounding bugle.

Not to mention Tongguan, at this time, Yan Zhenqing's army and horses who had ventured out of the pass to fight a battle had already rushed to Lingbao Xiyuan.

The south is surrounded by mountains, and the north is the Yellow River. The battlefield is on a narrow road seventy miles long, and Cui Qianyou waits for the danger.

A red sun gradually rose, Yan Zhenqing stood silently on the hillside, her body was covered with morning dew.The whole night, Yan Zhenqing stood here without moving, staring down at the sparsely populated rebel barracks.

Yan Zhenqing was confused by the camp of the rebels.Judging from this posture, Cui Qianyou's troops consisted of 4000 people.At this time, Yan Zhenqing even doubted his original judgment, thinking that he might have overestimated the strength and momentum of the rebels, and that there might be a chance and possibility of victory in this battle—thinking of this, he even became a little optimistic about the war Emotions and a certain illusion of victory.

But Yan Zhenqing was Yan Zhenqing after all, how could he fail to guess that behind the appearance of four thousand weak soldiers, there was a tiger-wolf-like danger.

Therefore, Yan Zhenqing led his army to camp on the hillside, and he did not make up his mind to attack until noon.

What he was worried about was that Cui Ganyou had an ambush.In fact, Cui Qianyou really had an ambush.

The Tang army of 1 people said more, no more, no less, how could there be no movement in the march of 1 people, Cui Qianyou had already got the news.What's more, he camped here to act as a bait.

On the surface, he only has four thousand old and weak soldiers.But in fact, there are still nearly [-] elite soldiers ambushing in the dense forest on both sides of the mountain road. If Yan Zhenqing leads the army to charge down, there will be no return.

For Cui Qianyou, as long as he wins Yan Zhenqing, it is a great achievement, and the Emperor An Lushan of Dayan, who is far away in Luoyang, will at least confer him a marquis general.

It's a pity that Yan Zhenqing has not launched an attack. From yesterday to now, it has been almost a day and night, and he still stands still.

However, Cui Qianyou was not in a hurry, he believed that Yan Zhenqing would attack because he had no way out.

If the Tang army retreated down the hillside and returned to Tongguan, they would surely fall into the front and rear pincers of Fan Yang's army and horses, and their fate and encounter would not be much worse than the ambush in the middle.

Obviously, Yan Zhenqing also understood this point.

From the moment he led his army out of Tongguan, he had no way out, only to fight to the death.

It's just... Tongguan!
Yan Zhenqing suddenly turned her head and stared in the direction of Tongguan, with a sad look on her face.

He handed over Tongguan to Fan Zheng, so he didn't know that Fan Zheng was ambitious, so maybe he would send him to Tongguan.But he also had no choice. No matter who he handed over the command of Tongguan, he would be taken away by Fan Zheng. It is better to hand it over to him publicly to appease him.

From Yan Zhenqing's point of view, after he led the army to go out, Fan Zheng must write a letter to the court, planning to replace him.In any case, as long as he can persist until the arrival of Zhang Xuan's army, a mere Fan Zheng will not pose any threat at all.

It's just that Yan Zhenqing never dreamed that Fan Zheng not only had ambitions for power, but also a crazy rebellious heart.He actually wanted to take the risk and dedicate Tongguan to the security bandits in order to seek greater wealth.

Of course, the reason why Fan Zheng is like this is related to Zhang Tong's sudden arrival.He realizes that as long as Zhang Tong enters the customs, he can replace his military power, so how can he be willing to hand over the power in his hand to others?

afternoon.

Yan Zhenqing finally made up her mind.

He waved his hand and shouted loudly, "Sun Jun, you lead 5000 people to rush down the hillside and seize Cui Qianyou's rebel barracks. If there is an ambush by the rebels, quickly retreat back to the hillside!"

Sun Jun, the general of the Ministry, led 5000 soldiers to charge forward with their spears held high while shouting.

Yan Zhenqing personally grabbed the drumstick from the soldier and beat the drum himself to help out.

Suddenly hearing the Tang army's attack, Cui Qianyou's barracks was in chaos. Thousands of disheveled rebels marched or retreated in groups, their weapons were indistinct, and there was no formation at all.

Seeing the rebels like this, Sun Jun's Tang Jun's spirit was lifted, and he rushed down with a roar.

As soon as the two armies fought, the rebels fled in all directions and were routed.

Sun Jun was overjoyed and led his army to chase after him.

Yan Zhenqing, who was watching the battle on the hillside, raised his eyebrows. Seeing the rebels like this, it was almost certain that there was an ambush.

Sure enough, when Sun Jun's Tang army broke up Cui Qianyou's barracks and crossed another mountain, elite rebel soldiers in ambush suddenly appeared. They occupied a high place, rolled down logs and stones, and killed countless Tang troops.The road is narrow, and the soldiers of the Tang army are so dense that they can't even swing their spears.

Watching from a distance that his pawns were ambushed, Yan Zhenqing's heart felt like cutting flesh.The army blew the gong to withdraw the troops, but it was a pity that when Sun Jun was in chaos, he could not give orders to unify. Only less than 1000 people escaped, and [-] soldiers died in the mountain road.

Yan Zhenqing hurriedly led his army back down the hillside, into a valley, and out of the valley, there was an open plain.

Unfortunately, at this time, Cui Qianyou's nearly [-] rebels had already covered up and killed them, and after leaving the valley, another enemy army rushed across the bank of the Yellow River, with thousands of people.

Yan Zhenqing's face was pale, and he let out a long sigh, his will to die had already begun.

He originally wanted to retreat to this plain, where the terrain is open, so that he could fight to the death with Cui Qianyou's rebels. Under the circumstances, Tang Jun under him didn't even have room to fight hard.

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The rebel Li Guiren's army approached Tongguan, and it seemed that he had learned the news of Fan Zheng's defeat, and gradually slowed down his pace.

When Zhang Tong led the Tongguan defenders to prepare for the battle, Zhang Xuan arrived first.

"General, King Yongning led the army to Tongguan!"

Jiao Xiong hurried up the Guanlou, looking excited.

Zhang Tong was ecstatic, and immediately got up and led his troops to go out to meet him.

The closed door on the inside of Tongguan opened, and Zhang Xuan led the sturdy Longshuo elite soldiers into Tongguan at high speed.It wasn't until this time that Zhang Tong's nervousness was slowly relieved.

"Commander, there was a mutiny at Tongguan last night. Fan Zheng, Yan Zhenqing's deputy general, rebelled and attempted to open the gate to surrender to the rebels, but was suppressed by the last general. Please look, Commander. Li Guiren's army is in front of him. He seems to know what to do. It is slowly retreating."

On the tall Guan Building, Zhang Tong pointed to the place where the smoke and dust rolled in front of him, and smiled respectfully.

"The commander-in-chief led the army to Tongguan, and the Anlushan rebels will never enter the pass. The last general is willing to go out of Tongguan under the commander-in-chief's bid, recover Luoyang and Henan, and fight the rebels!"

Zhang Tong and the others bowed and said loudly together.

Zhang Xuan smiled lightly, shook his head, suddenly turned his head to look southwest of Tongguan, and said loudly, "Is there any news from Yan Zhenqing?"

"Not yet." Zhang Tong replied.

Zhang Xuan was silent.

A moment later, he suddenly punched Guanlou's flagpole fiercely, and said in a deep voice, "Nan Jiyun, Lei Wanchun!"

"The end is here!"

Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun clasped their fists in response.

"The two of you lead the Shence Army to attack Lingbao to rescue Yan Zhenqing's troops. If Yan Zhenqing is defeated, join forces with him and try to take Shan County! This is our army's first battle against King Qin's rebellion. We may win but not allow Defeat!" Although Zhang Xuan's voice was not high, it was strangely cold.

Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun generously agreed, "Please rest assured, Commander, the last general will fulfill his mission!"

Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun's [-] Shence Army cavalry equipped with firearms are the elite of Zhang Xuan's army. Zhang Xuan sent them out without stopping. Capturing Shan County is not the goal, but to give the rebels some color It's true to see.

Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun took orders and left.

Zhang Xuan looked back at Li Siye and Huihe Prince Ge Le again, "Li Siye!"

Li Siye came out of the line and clasped his fists in a muffled voice, "The end is here!"

"Li Siye, this commander ordered you to lead the Shenwu army to pursue the rebel general Li Guiren's troops—Brother Gele, please trouble the Huihe cavalry to help in the battle, can you? Since the rebel army has arrived, they can't be allowed to retreat so easily!" Zhang Zhang Xuan said, with a bright look on his face.

"If Li Guiren's army flees, the two of you will go around Lingbao and encircle with the Shence army, trying to encircle and wipe out Cui Qianyou's troops!"

Li Siye took the order with his fists folded, but Ge Le didn't dare to stand by, so he immediately went down to the pass, leading [-] Huihe cavalry to leave the pass with Li Siye's [-] Shenwu troops, and pursued and killed Li Guiren's rebels.

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When Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun set off from Tongguan to rescue Yan Zhenqing's army, Yan Zhenqing had not yet launched an attack on Cui Qianyou's rebel army.

Yan Zhenqing was surrounded by nearly 2 Fan Yang rebels, on the banks of the Yellow River.

With 6000 people against 2 rebels, even ordinary soldiers of the Tang Army know that today is a doomsday situation.With the will to die, the originally sluggish morale improved a lot. Under the leadership of Yan Zhenqing and his subordinates, Tang Jun fought desperately, trying to break through the encirclement and cross the Yellow River to the west of Shouyang Mountain to enter the pass.This is the only way out.

The army was defeated like a tide, and the rebels chasing after them were even more dense like a tide.

Seeing that the way of retreat had been blocked by the rebels, Yan Zhenqing let out a loud roar and shouted angrily, "Boys, let's fight the rebels to the death with this Commander! A man should join the army and serve the country, so why live and die!"

(End of this chapter)