Chapter 1822: Yewang City and Yiyang City
Chapter 1822 Yewang City and Yiyang City
Chapter 1820: Yewang City and Yiyang City
Yewang City is located east of Hangu Pass. It is the westernmost fortified city in Hanoi County and the true western gate of Sizhou.
Hangu Pass belongs to the boundary of Yongzhou and is not owned by Sizhou. It was not until it was snatched by the Qin army that it replaced the Yewang City and became the west gate of the Luoyang court of Sizhou.
Hangu Pass has been burned by Gongsun Yan. Now the western gate of Sizhou is wide open, and the land hundreds of miles west of Luoyang is a vast plain. There is almost no danger to defend. Only Yewang City and Yiyang City are guarding it. The main road can play the role of protecting Luoyang, the imperial capital.
Once the fire at Hangu Pass is extinguished, the Tang army can march straight in, so Gongsun Yan can only retreat to Yewang City and rely on the defense of Yewang City to stop Li Tang's army.
It is impossible to extinguish the fire at Hangu Pass within a day or two, so the Qin army will be absolutely safe for at least two days, and there is no need to worry about being pursued by the Tang army.
If the Qin army wants to withdraw into Yewang City, it only takes one day of marching, and it can be reached even by walking slowly in two days.
Gongsun Yan naturally knew this, but he still ordered the troops to withdraw quickly overnight.
Although they are still on the road, their hearts have already flown back to Yewang City, and they don't want to delay for a moment.
From Gongsun Yan's point of view, even if he returns to Yewang City, the situation is still not optimistic.
Yewang City and Hangu Pass are different. Although Yewang City also has high walls and thick walls, which is conducive to defense, its defense is obviously not as strong as Hangu Pass.
As long as there are 20,000 defenders in Hangu Pass, it does not make much difference whether the Tang army comes with 100,000 or 200,000 troops.
It is precisely because of this that Gongsun Yan wanted to burn Hangu Pass, saying that he would not let the Tang army get it. After all, once Li Tang had Hangu Pass and Tongguan in hand at the same time, it would be troublesome for the Qin army to invade Guanzhong in the future.
If Hangu Pass is burned, if the Qin army enters Guanzhong in the future, Tongguan will still be the only obstacle.
I have to say that Gongsun Yan's decisive burning of the pass did solve a big trouble for the Qin army.
There are still nearly 140,000 Tang troops, but Gongsun Yan only has 15,000 troops in his hands. He only relies on the emergency mobilization of county soldiers and strong men from Yewang City and Hanoi County. Want to defend Yewang under the siege of 140,000 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 waste any more time. Besides, even if he returns to Yewang City, he still needs to arrange city defenses and turn around all parties, and make all responses. Preparations for the arrival of the Tang army.
After Gongsun Yan returned to Yewang City, he began to deploy the city defenses and wait for the arrival of Li Tang's army. Unexpectedly, the reinforcements from Tan Daoji arrived first.
Originally, Gongsun Yan was still worried that even if he defended Ye Wang, if the Luoyang reinforcements did not arrive in time, the number of defenders in Yiyang would be insufficient, and the Tang army could completely besiege Ye Wang, but he divided his troops to capture Yiyang, but he never expected that Luoyang's reinforcements came so quickly.
Just as Jia Xu said, the 10,000 reinforcements brought by Tan Daoji can save the world once they are effective.
After successfully joining forces with Tan Daoji, Gongsun Yan no longer had any worries. After all, with the addition of these 10,000 reinforcements, plus the county soldiers from Hongnong and Hanoi counties, and the strong mobilization ability of the Qin army, he could defend Yewang and Yiyang. The two cities are still no problem.
With Gongsun Yan and Tan Daoji joining forces, as long as they can defend Yewang and Yiyang, the Tang army will not be able to remove these two nails, and naturally they will not dare to enter Luoyang.
After Tan Daoji joined forces with Gongsun Yan, he felt indescribable grief in his heart when he learned from Gongsun Yan that Li Cunxiao burned his inner strength to fight out of Hangu Pass alone and failed to come back.
Tan Daojihe was not very familiar with Li Cunxiao, but was more familiar with Gao Chong, but he was still impressed by Li Cunxiao's strength, so it was really difficult for him to accept the death of the Qin army's most powerful general.
"Wait a minute..." After thinking about it for a while, Tan Daoji frowned and said, "Brother Gongsun, just because General Li Cunxiao didn't come back doesn't mean he died in the battle."
Gongsun Yan was stunned: "I have also considered this possibility, but the possibility is too low."
"well."
Tan Daoji sighed and said: "In short, regardless of whether General Li Cunxiao died in the battle or not, before the end of this battle, we must announce to the outside world that he is still alive."
Gongsun Yan nodded heavily. After all, Li Cunxiao's prestige in the army was second only to Qin Hao and Bai Qi. Once the news of his death in battle spread, it would definitely have a huge impact on the morale of the entire army, and even those in the rear. The court will be shaken by this, so the news that he may have died in battle must be suppressed.
After a night of discussions, Tan Daoji believed that Yewang City, as a bridgehead, would bear greater pressure from the Tang army, so he asked Qin Xi to stay with two thousand elite troops to help Gongsun Yan defend Yewang City, while he himself led eight thousand The elite retreated to Yiyang City, forming a rivalry with Yewang City.
After Tan Daoji led the army to leave, just one day later, the Tang Army's cavalry appeared outside Yewang City. It was obvious that the Tang Army's army was not far away.
The cavalry of the Tang Army appeared outside the city, constantly shouting at the Qin Army, and threatened that Li Cunxiao had died in the battle, hoping to undermine the morale of the Qin Army.
When Gongsun Yan saw the soldiers under his command and heard the news of Li Cunxiao's death in battle, their morale indeed dropped, so he stood up to promote the greatness of Li Cunxiao. It was absolutely impossible for him to die in battle like this. This was just a ploy by the enemy to shake the morale of our military. That’s all.
Gongsun Yan’s words worked, and the soldiers of the Qin army also believed that this was a trick of the Tang army. After all, who could kill the brave and invincible General Li Cunxiao?
Gongsun Yan naturally didn't pay attention to the clamor of the Tang army, and directly hung up his no-war sign. The Tang army's cavalry cursed for several hours, but when they saw that the Qin army did not move at all, they had no choice but to leave.
The next day, Li Shimin personally led an army of 140,000 and surrounded Yewang City completely, completely cutting off the connection between Yewang City and Hanoi County.
Li Shimin first went to tell Gongsun Yan to surrender, and by the way, he also personally told Li Cunxiao that Li Cunxiao was dead. He wanted to further damage the morale of the Qin army, but was scolded by Gongsun Yan and left in anger.
"My lord, this Gongsun Yan is too ignorant of promotion. I will ask for orders to go and capture Yewang City." Hou Junji clasped his fists and asked for orders.
"Not urgent."
Li Shimin sneered and said: "Someone will open the city gate and take the initiative to dedicate Yewang City to us..."
Before Li Shimin finished speaking, he saw hundreds of human heads hanging on the top of Yewang City, including both bad spies and aristocratic families in the city.
“Li Shimin, do you want to work together inside and outside to take Yewang City? Do you really think I don’t know that you have a secret agent in the city?
Now that I have removed all your hidden traps, as long as I, Gongsun Yan, am still alive, you will not be able to capture Yewang City. "Gongsun Yan shouted to Li Shimin outside the city.
Li Shimin's face instantly turned livid, and he shouted angrily: "Attack the city with all our strength."
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