Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1822 Wild King City and Yiyang City

Chapter 1820: Wild King City and Yiyang City

Located in the east of Hangu Pass, Yewang City is the westernmost fortified city in Hanoi County, and also the real west gate of Sizhou.

Hangu Pass belongs to the boundary of Yongzhou, not Sizhou. It was not until it was snatched by the Qin army that it replaced the status of Yewang City and became the west gate of the Luoyang court in Sizhou.

Hangu Pass has been burned down by Gongsun Yan, and now Sizhou's western gate is wide open, and the land hundreds of miles west of Luoyang is flat, almost impossible to defend, only Yewang City and Yiyang City are guarded The important way can play the role of defending Luoyang, the capital of the emperor.

Once the fire at Hanguguan is extinguished, the Tang army can drive straight in, so Gongsun Yan can only retreat to Yewang City, and use the city defense of Yewang City to block the footsteps of Li Tang's army.

It is impossible for the fire at Hangu Pass to be extinguished within a day or two, so the Qin army is absolutely safe for at least two days, and there is no need to worry about being chased by the Tang army's pursuers.

If Qin Jun wanted to retreat into Yewang City, he only needed to march for one day, and he could walk slowly in two days.

Gongsun Yan naturally knew this, but he still ordered the troops to withdraw overnight.

Although he was still on the road, his heart had already flown back to Yewang City, and he didn't want to delay for a moment.

In Gongsun Yan's view, even if he returned to Yewang City, the situation was still not optimistic.

Yewang City is not the same as Hangu Pass. Although Yewang City is also tall and thick, which is good for defense, the defense is obviously not as strong as Hangu Pass.

As long as there are 20 defenders in Hangu Pass, it doesn't make much difference whether the Tang army comes with [-] or [-] troops.

It is precisely because of this that Gongsun Yan wanted to burn Hangu Pass, saying that he would not let Tang Jun get it. After all, once Li Tang held Hangu Pass and Tongguan at the same time, it would be troublesome for Qin Jun to enter the pass in the future.

If Hangu Pass is burned, Tongguan will still be the only obstacle for Qin soldiers to enter Guanzhong in the future.

It has to be said that Gongsun Yan's decisive burning of the pass did solve a big problem for the Qin army.

The Tang army still has nearly 14 troops, but Gongsun Yan has only 14 troops in his hands. He only relies on the county soldiers and strong men urgently mobilized from Yewang City and Hanoi County. Want to defend Yewang under the siege of [-] Tang troops?This is an extremely difficult task.

It is precisely because of this that Gongsun Yan can't wait to fly back to Yewang City. He really doesn't want to delay for a second, and even if he returns to Yewang City, he still needs to arrange city defense and turn around all parties, and take care of everything. Preparations for the arrival of Tang Jun.

After Gongsun Yan returned to Yewang City, he began to set up city defenses to wait for the arrival of Li Tang's army, but he did not expect that it was Tan Daoji's reinforcements who came first.

Originally, Gongsun Yan was still worried that even if he defended Ye Wang, if the reinforcements from Luoyang did not come in time, the number of defenders in Yiyang would be insufficient. Luoyang's reinforcements would come so fast.

Just like what Jia Xu said, the ten thousand reinforcements brought by Tan Daoji can save the world once it works.

After successfully joining forces with Tan Daoji, Gongsun Yan no longer had any worries. After all, with the addition of this [-] reinforcements, together with the county soldiers from Hongnong and Hanoi counties, and the strong mobilization ability of the Qin army, he was able to defend Yewang and Yiyang. The two cities are still out of the question.

With the joint efforts of Gongsun Yan and Tan Daoji, as long as Yewang and Yiyang can be guarded well, the Tang army will not be able to pull out these two nails, so naturally they will not dare to enter Luoyang.

After Tan Daoji joined forces with Gongsun Yan, when he learned from Gongsun Yan that Li Cunxiao burned his internal energy and went out of Hangu Pass alone, and failed to return, he felt unspeakable grief in his heart.

Tan Daoji was not very familiar with Li Cunxiao, but he was more familiar with Gao Chong, but he was still overwhelmed by Li Cunxiao's powerful strength, so it was really hard for him to accept the fall of the number one general of the Qin army.

"and many more……"

After Tan Daoji thought about it for a second, he frowned and said, "Brother Gongsun, the fact that General Li Cunxiao didn't come back doesn't mean he died in battle."

Gongsun Yan was taken aback: "I have also considered this possibility, but the possibility is too low."

"Ugh."

Tan Daoji sighed, and said: "In short, regardless of whether General Li Cunxiao died in battle, we must announce that he is still alive before the end of this battle."

Gongsun Yan nodded heavily. After all, Li Cunxiao's prestige in the army is second only to Qin Hao and Bai Qi. Once the news of his death spreads, it will definitely hit the morale of the entire army, and even those in the rear. The court will be shocked by it, so it is necessary to block the news that he may have died in battle.

After a night of negotiations, Tan Daoji believed that Yewang City, as a bridgehead, would bear more pressure from the Tang army, so he asked Qin Xi to lead [-] elite soldiers to stay and help Gongsun Yan defend Yewang City, while he himself led [-] soldiers. The elite retreated to Yiyang City, and formed the horns of Yewang City.

After Tan Daoji led the army to leave, only one day later, the cavalry of the Tang army appeared outside Yewang City. Obviously, the army of the Tang army was not far away.

The cavalry of the Tang army who appeared outside the city kept yelling at the Qin army, and threatened that Li Cunxiao had died in battle, trying to hit the morale of the Qin army.

When Gongsun Yan saw the news of Li Cunxiao's death, the morale of the soldiers under his command really dropped, so he stood up to promote Li Cunxiao's strength. It is absolutely impossible to die like this. This is just the enemy's strategy to shake our army's morale That's all.

Gongsun Yan's words worked, and the soldiers of the Qin army also thought it was a trick of the Tang army. After all, who could kill the brave and invincible General Li Cunxiao?

Naturally, Gongsun Yan didn't care about Tang Jun's clamor, and directly hung up the sign of exemption from battle. The Tang Jun cavalry scolded for several hours, but seeing that Qin Jun hadn't moved at all, he had no choice but to leave.

The next day, Li Shimin personally led an army of 14 and surrounded Yewang City completely, completely cutting off the connection between Yewang City and Hanoi County.

Li Shimin first went to talk about surrendering Gongsun Yan in person, and incidentally said that Li Cunxiao was dead, in order to further damage the morale of the Qin army, but was scolded by Gongsun Yan and left angrily.

"My lord, this Gongsun Yan is too ignorant of flattery, so he finally asks for orders to go and capture Yewang City." Hou Junji clasped his fists in pleading for his orders.

"Not urgent."

Li Shimin sneered and said, "Someone will open the city gate and offer the Yewang City to us..."

Before Li Shimin finished speaking, he saw hundreds of heads hanging from the top of Yewang City, among them were bad people spies and aristocratic families in the city.

"Li Shimin, do you want to take down the Yewang City by cooperating with the inside and outside? Do you really think I don't know that there is your secret in the city?

Now all your dark sons have been eradicated by me. As long as I, Gongsun Yan, are still alive, you will not be able to attack the Wild King City. "Gongsun Yanchong shouted Li Shimin outside the city.

Li Shimin's face turned livid in an instant, and he shouted angrily, "Siege the city with all your strength."

"promise."

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