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In the Guanzhong Gyeonggi Province of the Tang Dynasty, the most important battleground was Tongguan.

From a historical and military perspective, the turning point of the Tang Dynasty's national destiny was not that Chang'an was captured by the rebels, but from the moment Tongguan was captured by the rebels, the national destiny took a sharp turn for the worse. Later, in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the so-called Yuanhe ZTE and Huichang ZTE,

Strictly speaking, that is not called ZTE, it can only be called "life extension."

Therefore, the importance of Tongguan can be seen. The destruction of Tongguan is equivalent to a thief kicking open the door of Chang'an. The city of Chang'an is easily accessible, and the population and property in the city can be taken as desired.

After Li Longji learned that Tongguan had been breached, he did not make any decent resistance arrangements against Chang'an City, so he fled in panic with his concubines and princesses, because he also knew very well that if Tongguan was breached, Chang'an would definitely not be able to hold it.

Things are turning, and tonight, the Anxi Army will recapture Tongguan and Chang'an.

The Mo Dao camp is like nails, nailed to the gate of Tongguan City. The Mo Dao he wields emits a frightening cold light in the dark night. Li Siye stands in front of the team. His Mo Dao is specially made and has the greatest power.

Yes, only a man with his burly physique can swing it.

Li Siye's feet were covered with the corpses of the rebels. No one dared to approach within a ten-foot radius of where he stood. Under his feet were still squirming and twitching pieces of flesh and heads.

The Tongguan City Gate was firmly occupied by the Modao Camp. Countless rebels did not dare to take a step forward in front of the Modao Formation. They stared at the snow-white sword light in front of them with frightened faces, as if they were looking at a man-eating ancient beast.

He looked small and helpless in front of this beast.

Wang Gui had completed his task and quietly retreated from the Mo Dao formation. Mr. Gu had said many times that professional people do professional things. In the situation at hand, Wang Gui did not need any help, so he hurriedly stepped forward.

Killing the enemy will only disrupt the Modao camp's formation.

On the top of Tongguan City, the general guarding the gate saw everything clearly from a high position, so he shouted: "Don't get close to the Mo Dao Formation, bows and arrows are on!"

The rebels retreated like a tide, and rows of archers came forward, stringing their bows several feet away.

Li Siye's eyelids twitched and he shouted: "Mo Dao Camp, come in——!"

With the sound of uniform footsteps, the soldiers of the Modao camp waved their Modao and took a few steps forward. The phalanx advanced, squeezing the rebels' space, and the archers couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"Fire the arrow!"

There was a swish of arrows, and several people fell down in Modao's phalanx, but the formation remained intact.

Modao Camp was built by Gu Qing at a huge cost. Not only was the selection of personnel strict, but also huge resources were spent on Modao Camp. When most of the soldiers of the Anxi Army only wore ordinary leather armor, Modao Camp had nearly three thousand soldiers.

The armor on the human body is all very strong turtle-back fish scale armor. It is not invulnerable, but it has a chance of resisting enemy bows and arrows.

After the rebels fired a round of bows and arrows, Li Siye saw several people in the team fell. He couldn't help but became furious and shouted: "The commanders on the left and right are pressing down the formation, and Modao Camp is rushing in. Brothers, if you hold on for a moment, the army will come to kill you!"

The soldiers of Modao camp took a step forward and shouted in unison: "Kill!"

When the word "kill" came out, the color of the sky and the earth changed, and the sword light in the square array became more and more airtight. The array slowly moved forward under the command of the commanders on the left and right, while the rebel archers on the opposite side were frightened by the murderous aura of Modao Camp.

They were stunned and retreated in fear. No matter how they beat or scolded them, the rebels' courage was gone.

The rain of arrows from the top of the city was still pouring down like a torrential rain. From time to time, someone fell down in the Modao camp array, and someone immediately replaced them. The two sides fought for their own lives inside the city gate.

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On the rural road ten miles away from Tongguan, 30,000 Shu troops marched forward in a hurry. In the dark night, they could not see the road. From time to time, people fell down in the wheat fields on the roadside. Xianyu Zhongtong looked anxious and kept urging the soldiers to march.

According to the strategy laid down by Gu Qing, the Shu army could not get too close to Tongguan, lest they be discovered by the Tongguan defenders in an ambush and fall short. Therefore, after the Modao camp seized the city gate, the Shu army could rush to Tongguan from ten miles away.

Having been marching in the dark for a long time, Xianyu Zhongtong became increasingly anxious.

This time the main attack of the Shu army was an opportunity he took the initiative to ask for from Gu Qing. With Xian Yu Zhongtong's utilitarian character, he certainly did not ask for the opportunity to main attack for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, but for his own merit.

Recently, the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty came to the throne, and two officials, Du Hongjian and Li Fuguo, came to the Anxi Army Camp. Xianyu Zhongtong, who was sensitive to politics, realized that the time had come for the emperor to serve as his courtiers. At this time, he must work hard to serve as the emperor.

Behave well in front of the new emperor.

Especially regarding the north-south pincer strategy agreed upon by the Emperor and Gu Qing, Xianyu Zhongtong was even more determined to play his role in it and win military exploits for himself in the new dynasty. After the rebellion was put down in the future, his military exploits would be his political capital.

You may not be promoted, but you will most likely not be transferred or dismissed.

This is the real reason why Xianyu Zhongtong is eager to challenge Gu Qing.

Not only that, Xian Yu Zhongtong also found some clues. Gu Qing's Anxi army was getting stronger and stronger. The emperor sent Du Hongjian and Li Fuguo to stay in the camp. Their intentions were obvious. Xian Yu Zhongtong noticed that the emperor and Gu Qing were

There were faint sparks of collision, this fact made Xianyu Zhongtong break into a cold sweat.

The ministers held too much military power, which was not a good thing for the country or the court. How could Xianyu Zhongtong not know what the emperor was thinking about Gu Qing? What made him break out in a cold sweat was that the army controlled by Gu Qing included his

Thirty thousand Shu troops, in Gu Qing's eyes, he was an ally and friend of Zhongtong, but in the eyes of the emperor, he was an accomplice, and he might have been classified as a member of Gu Qing's party.

——It’s not a possibility, but a necessity.

Xianyu Zhongtong is a scholar, and scholars don't have the courage to go against the emperor. For Xianyu Zhongtong, the current situation makes him very embarrassed. If he decides to completely rely on Gu Qing, wouldn't he become a rebellious minister in the eyes of the emperor? If he decides

The Shu army and the Anxi army dispersed, and Xianyu Zhongtong led his troops north to join Guo Ziyi's Shuofang army. Although this move pleased the emperor, if one day Gu Qing's ministerial power stabilized the monarchy, how would Xianyu Zhongtong handle himself?

After all, Xianyu Zhongtong now has a gambling table in front of him, and everyone's eyes are fixed on him to see which side he will bet his chips on.

Xianyu Zhongtong regretted so much that he really should not have led his troops out of Shu. If he had ignored Li Longji's edict of King Qin, he should be eating hot pot and singing songs in the mansion of Yizhou Jiefu.

The wind is foggy and there are donkeys.

Therefore, he couldn't care about anything at the moment. He first took the initiative to ask the general to capture Tongguan. With this military success, no matter which side the emperor or Gu Qing won in the future, Xianyu Zhongtong would be in an invincible position.

Tonight's battle at Tongguan is particularly important to the Tang Dynasty, and it is also very important to Xianyu Zhongtong's future.

"Report——Xian Yujieshuai, not far ahead is Tongguan! The gate of Tongguan is wide open, and the Anxi army is fighting a bloody battle with the rebels." The scout Pegasus came to report.

Xianyu Zhongtong glanced at several Shu army generals behind him and said: "All the cavalry will rush through the pass immediately to help the Anxi army... No! It's the Anxi army to help our Shu army. All the infantry will press behind and form a formation outside the city.

When entering the city, the shield soldiers line up first, followed by the archers, hurry!"

With an order, a cavalry force of several thousand people from the Shu army galloped towards Tongguan like a wind and a lingering cloud.

In terms of combat effectiveness, the Shu Army is not as good as the Anxi Army. They have not experienced the harsh daily drills of the Anxi Army. However, the Shu Army is also a frontier army. Li Longji set up the Jiannan Road Festival Office in order to guard against the Tibetans in the northwest.

, the Shu army has had several wars with Tubo in recent years. Although its combat power is not as good as that of the Anxi army, it is not weak either.

Thousands of Shu army cavalry whipped their horses and charged two miles away. Soon a gong sounded as a warning at the top of Tongguan City. The rebel archers who were originally facing the Modao camp below the city had to turn around and face the Shu outside.

The military cavalry fired arrows wildly, trying to intercept the cavalry of unknown origin.

Hearing the sound of horse hooves and the sudden decrease in the pressure of the arrow rain, Li Siye knew that reinforcements had arrived, and couldn't help but shouted excitedly: "The rear ranks guard the city gate, and the front ranks continue to advance!"

The Mo Dao Formation slowly advanced a few steps, and the rebels became more and more frightened. At this time, they also heard the sound of horse hooves outside the pass, and the rebel officers and soldiers all looked desperate.

Tongguan was in danger, and the outcome was decided at this time.

The sound of horse hoofs was getting closer and closer. When thousands of Shu troops rushed into the Tongguan city gate on horseback, Modao Camp consciously opened a wide road for the Shu troops. The Shu troops drove straight in, with unstoppable sharpness, until they rushed to the panicked

Among the rebels, after a burst of shrill screams, the rebels had been penetrated.

The morale of the army was shattered. No matter how the generals beat and scolded them, and how they killed others as a warning, they could not restore the decline of the rebels. Many rebels panicked and lost their minds like half a camp roaring. They could no longer hear the generals' orders and were like headless flies.

Running around.

Li Siye saw this and became more and more delighted. He shouted in disbelief: "Put down your weapons and kneel down. I will spare my life!"

The soldiers of Modao camp shouted together: "Kneel down! I will spare my life!"

While the rebels were still hesitating, there were hurried footsteps again outside Tongguan, and 30,000 Shu troops led by Xianyu Zhongtong arrived.

Until this time, the rebels were finally completely desperate. Countless people threw away their weapons without saying a word and knelt down to beg for mercy.

The west gate of Tongguan opened quietly, and thousands of people escorted Tongguan guard An Shouzhong, who took advantage of the chaos to flee to Chang'an. After the west gate opened, countless rebels who did not want to surrender but wanted to survive also swarmed out of the city gate, and it was dark.

In the starry night, he ran into the wild mountains and forests outside the pass, and fled without a trace.

Xianyu Zhongtong spared his life. After Tongguan was completely occupied, he rode into the city under the escort of the soldiers. Seeing that the soldiers of the Shu army were already collecting prisoners and cleaning the battlefield, Xianyu Zhongtong stroked his beard and laughed and said: "Come here, hurry up."

Report to Mr. Gu quickly that the Shu army in Jiannan Road has recaptured Tongguan, haha!"

Xianyu Zhongtong was laughing proudly when Li Siye came towards him. Xianyu Zhongtong's laughter couldn't help but froze, as if he had choked on a steamed bun. He said with an awkward expression: "...the Shu army, together with the Anxi army's Modao camp, recaptured Tongguan together.
Chapter completed!