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Chapter 1638 It¡¯s fierce

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    After the Tang army successfully fought their way out of Huoyi, it was as if the world had changed.  The main force of the Tang army advanced along the Fen River, and there was no main force of the Sui army to block it along the way. The Tang army marched down Linfen County and Jiang County to Longmen Ferry.

    At this time, the only people blocking Li Tang from entering Guanzhong were the Qu Tutong Youxiao Guards stationed in Puban, Hedong.

    Previously, in order to protect Guanzhong, Yang Guang deployed three main troops, namely Xue Shixiong's Right Guards stationed in Hedong, Liang Mo's Left Guards stationed in Chang'an, and Qu Tutong's Right Xiao Guards stationed in Tongguan.  The three armies were fighting against each other, and with the tens of thousands of soldiers guarding Chang'an in Wei Xuan's hands, all the armies worked together to defend Guanzhong, making it impregnable.

    But after the siege of Yanmen, Yang Guang intended to go south to Jiangdu, so he dispatched Xue Shixiong's right imperial guards to go to Huaibei to suppress bandits, and ordered Qu Tutong to control Hedong.  Qu Tutong's army was divided into two, and he was somewhat stretched.

    Qu Tutong's main force was originally stationed at Tongguan, but after Li Yuan raised his troops and went south, Qu Tutong was shocked and ordered general Liu Gang to station at Tongguan and Sang Xianhe to station at Fenglingdu. He then led his troops to join Yao Junsu, the governor of Hedong County.  , the two of them worked together to guard Pu Ban.

    Qu Tutong had tens of thousands of people in his hands, but he was unable to rescue Huoyi or even go north. He could only watch Linfen and Jiangjun being conquered, because the Youxiao Guards at this time had long been unable to fight.  Among the Youxiao Guards, there were many descendants of the Guanlong family. If it weren't for Qu Tutong's prominent prestige, they would have defected to Li Tang long ago.

    But even so, Qu Tutong had no choice but to stick to it and did not dare to attack.

    On December 16, the Yellow River was frozen. The river, which was originally a natural barrier to protect the enemy, became a smooth road for the Tang army.  Li Yuan then stationed troops in Fenyin, and ordered Wang Changxie and Liu Hongji, the commanders of the left and right armies, and Chen Yanshou, the chief of the governor's office of the left army, to lead 6,000 infantry and cavalry across the river to Liangshan (now northwest of Hancheng, Shaanxi Province) to camp in anticipation of the army.

    On December 21, Sun Hua, the most powerful thief in Guanzhong, led his troops to surrender.

    By this time, Li Yuan had passed the most difficult period of the rebellion, and his military strength had increased by tens of thousands.  At this time, the Guanlong family finally exerted their power. The entire Guanzhong was in chaos, and countless people surrendered to Li Yuan.

    Li Yuan planned to take advantage of this trend and lead his army to pull out the nail in Pu Ban.

    Many people expressed doubts about this. Qu Tutong held the main force of Youxiao Guard, as well as government soldiers from Hedong, Tongguan and other places. The total force was no less than 50,000, and there must be between 30,000 and 40,000 in Puban City.  many.  Moreover, Puban City is high and deep, with sufficient food and grass. Once it falls into a stalemate, the situation will change again.

    At this time, the news that the main force of the Yanmen Sui army had launched an attack on Taiyuan also spread to the army. Li Yuan did not have much time to stalemate with Qu Tutong.

    But Li Yuan was calm and composed, without the slightest worry that his lair would be breached.

    "Qu Tutong had many elite soldiers and was only fifty miles away from our army, but he did not dare to fight, which is enough to prove that his subordinates no longer served him. But Qu Tutong was afraid of being blamed by the court, and he did not dare not to fight.  If he personally leads his army across the river to attack you, then I will attack the east of Hedong. Hedong will definitely not be able to be defended. If Qu Tu leads the entire army to defend the city, then you will tear down the bridges on the river. Choke his throat from the front and attack his back from behind.  If Tutong doesn't escape, I will definitely capture him."

    Li Yuan saw clearly that after some of Wang Changxie's troops crossed the river, they had the strength to threaten Guanzhong.  Qu Tutong must not be able to ignore his troops and rush into Guanzhong in a big way, and must stop them.

    And Li Yuan's main force is in the north. As long as Qu Tutong divides his troops, he will be defeated.

    In this battle, Li Yuan has already led Qu Tutong by the nose.

    Indeed, as Li Yuan had guessed, Qu Tutong was already dizzy when faced with the current situation.

    "General, today there is another Yingshilang general who intends to lead his army to defect to the Tang army. He has been intercepted by our army and he was also beheaded."

    Over the past few days, several generals have surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. As for the generals and soldiers at the level of captain and brigade commander, I don¡¯t know how many there are.

    There is nothing that can be done about this. The Youxiao Guards are stationed in Guanzhong, and their soldiers are all soldiers from Guanzhong Prefecture, and the generals come from various families in Guanlong.

    This time, the Guanzhong family made great efforts and used various methods. If the Youxiao Guards were still in chaos, it would be abnormal.

    Qu Tutong had no choice. Even he himself was from Guanlong, so he couldn't kill all the generals of Guanlong.

    Qu Tutong had no choice but to gather all his troops into the city, thinking that he would hold on, and even Fenglingdu and other places gave up.

    At this time, another scout came to report that a section of the Tang army had crossed the Yellow River and joined the bandit Sun Hua. Their target was directly at Feng Yi County. Qu Tutong was shocked. If Li Yuan entered Guanzhong, it would be no different from a mouse falling into a rice vat.  Guanzhong will definitely not be protected by then.

    In fact, the movements of the Guanlong family in GuanzhongQu Tutong also knew that someone even came to persuade him to rebel, but Qu Tutong did not agree.  Although Qu Tutong was also a member of Guanlong, he was from Tuhe, Changli (now Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province). He was from the Xi clan and had little involvement with Guanlong.

    Qu Tutong could not sit still, so he prepared to lead his army to attack Hexi to prevent the Tang army from entering the pass.

    Qu Tutong originally wanted to go there in person, but was worried that Li Yuan would take the opportunity to attack the city, so he ordered Hu Benlang General Sang Xianhe to lead thousands of soldiers to attack Wang Changxie and other troops at night.

    But Li Yuan was waiting for the Sui army's surprise attack.

    The night was as deep as a curtain. Sang Xianhe crossed the Yellow River on the solid ice and headed straight for Liangshan.  At this time, the lights in the Tang military camp were brightly lit, but there were no roadblocks or patrols, so it seemed that they were defenseless.  Sang Xianhe was a brave man and often went to battle. He personally acted as the vanguard and took the lead, attacking directly at the Tang army's camp.

    The Sui army broke through the camp and went straight into the middle of the Tang army. For a while, the situation was chaotic and the Tang army retreated in succession.

    Sang Xianhe was overjoyed when he saw that the Tang army was unprepared. He immediately ordered the entire army to press forward and make sure to annihilate this Tang army in one go.

    The Sui army was so powerful that the Tang army could not stop it.

    Just when Sang Xianhe was charging straight into the center of the Tang army, an army suddenly came out from the flank. It was the army of the thief Sun Hua.  Li Yuan had already ordered people to closely monitor the Yellow River to prevent Sui troops from sneaking across, and also ordered Sun Hua to ambush.

    The Sui army only knew that Wang Changxie had crossed the river, but the specific situation was not clear, and they did not know that Sun Hua led his army to ambush, so they were ambushed by Li Yuan.

    Sang Xianhe was also a tiger general. Seeing that the Tang army was too powerful to fight, he immediately led his army to retreat.  His bravery was unstoppable. Wang Changxie commanded several armies to besiege him, but Sang Xianhe was not left behind, allowing him to escape back to Puban City.

    However, the Tang army annihilated thousands of Sang Xianhe's troops and won a complete victory.

    Sang Xianhe's defeat shocked Qu Tutong. However, after this defeat, Qu Tutong did not have enough troops and was no longer able to take care of the affairs in Hexi.  Li Yuan took the opportunity to lead his troops south and surrounded Puban City.

    However, the Hedong City was high and steep, and Qu Tutong was good at defending the city, so it was difficult for the main force of Li Tang's army to capture it quickly.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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