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Chapter 1664 Stalemate at Tongguan

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    In fact, the battle in Tongguan has already started in January.

    When Li Yuan led his army to attack Guanzhong, he ordered Liu Wenjing, who was crossing the river at the same time, to go to Yongfengcang to receive grain reserves and wait for an opportunity to occupy Tongguan.

    For Guanzhong, Tongguan is the east gate. Without Tongguan, it has nothing to do with the country.

    It¡¯s just that Liu Wenjing had few troops at that time and was unable to move eastward.  At that time, Li Yuan was eager to attack Chang'an, but at this critical moment, he still did not forget Tongguan and ordered Wang Changxie and others to lead troops to support.

    Liu Wenjing then supervised the troops heading east.

    Li Yuan bypassed Pu Ban and headed west. After Qu Tutong learned the news, he immediately led tens of thousands of elite troops back to rescue Chang'an.  At this time, the river was frozen and it was a good time to cross the river. However, Liu Wenjing deployed defenses along the river and Qu Tutong was unable to break through the Tang army's defenses.

    Qu Tutong had no choice but to take a detour to the east of Tongguan to cross the river.

    Liu Wenjing has always been bold. Although he did not have enough troops, he dared to use them.  After leading his troops to the east, he ordered Wang Changxie to march day and night to raid Tongguan.

    The guard general of Tongguan is Liu Gang.

    Liu Gang is actually a good friend of Li Yuan, and the two have a close friendship.  Therefore, after Li Yuan went south to Hedong, he sent a letter to Liu Gang, hoping that Liu Gang would surrender.

    "It's a pity that Li Yuan forgot that most of the righteous men were loyal ministers. Liu Gang was able to garrison Tongguan and was a direct general of Yang Guang, so how could he surrender to him.  So after Liu Gang saw the letter, he cursed and killed Li Yuan's envoy, vowing not to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

    Liu Gang refused to surrender, so the Tang army had no choice but to storm through.

    Tongguan Pass is not an independent pass, but a collective name for a number of passes. In addition to the main pass, the north and south passes, there are many passes in the surrounding area.  Yang Guang set up captains to guard the two gates in the north and south of Tongguan, which were called Duwei Nancheng and Duwei North City respectively.

    At this time, Liu Gang's headquarters was in Duwei Nancheng.

    Under normal circumstances, it was not easy for the Tang army to break through Tongguan.  However, although Liu Gang was a close confidant of the emperor, many of his Tongguan garrison turned to Li Tang under the influence of his family.

    On this day, Liu Gang was heading to Beicheng to inspect the customs defense. Halfway there, he was suddenly attacked by the Tang army.  It turned out that a guard who was close to Li Yuan took advantage of everyone's unpreparedness and opened the Nanguan Pass, leading the Tang army to enter.

    Liu Gang did not have enough troops and was immediately surrounded by the Tang army.

    Liu Gang led his troops to kill suddenly on both sides, but they were unable to get out.  Wang Changxie, the commander-in-chief of the Tang army, surrounded Liu Gang and stepped forward to persuade him to surrender: "General Liu, I heard that you have always been a good friend of Tang Gong. Now the tyrant is unjust. Tang Gong has raised troops and obeyed the orders of heaven. General Liu will give his full support  , why do you have to use your mantis arm as a chariot and work for the foolish king?"

    Liu Gang cursed loudly: "Young Li Yuan, you are unfaithful and unjust. I am a minister in vain. I, Liu Gang, will not surrender even if I die."

    So Wang Changxie ordered the army to come forward to surround and kill Liu Gang.

    Liu Gang was unable to break out of the encirclement, so he exhausted himself and died. Before he died, he still shouted: "Kill the thief!"

    After Liu Gang was killed, Wang Changxie took the opportunity to attack Nanguan.  Because there were internal agents in Guanzhong and Liu Gang died, the soldiers in Nanguan lost their commander and were quickly defeated by Wang Changxie.

    The two sides were fighting fiercely, and Nanguan was about to fall. At this moment, the Sui army reinforcements coming from the east also resisted Tongguan. They were the troops of Qiluo, the prime minister of Hongnong County.

    When the Tang army entered Guanzhong, Qi Luo organized troops and horses to help.  He is in the position of Hongnong, which is very important.  Huang Mingyuan put it here to prevent Li Yuan from taking the opportunity to go eastward after occupying Guanzhong.

    Since Qi Luo was appointed Hongnong, he strengthened his military equipment and recruited soldiers and horses.  Hongnong is located in a mountainous area, with strong folk customs and unstoppable martial arts.  Although Qi Luo only has 6,000 men and horses in his hands, they are a new force.

    Hearing that the Tang army was coming from the east, he rose up and led troops to the west to support him.

    The two sides fought fiercely at Nanguan, with no winner or loser. Qi Luo also took the opportunity to gather the remnants of Nanguan.

    At this time, Liu Wenjing sent another troops to support Qi Luo. Seeing that he was outnumbered, in order to prevent the enemy from encircling him, he led his troops and the remaining soldiers from Nanguan to rush to Beiguan.

    Liu Wenjing originally had few soldiers, but Li Yuan was really worried about leaving Tongguan.  First, Li Shentong's general Shi Wanbao was ordered to come to support, and the newly attached Sheng Yan division was ordered to be controlled by Liu Wenjing. Liu Wenjing also had tens of thousands of men, so he had the strength to march eastward.

    Qi Luo retreated to Beiguan, with nearly 10,000 troops plus the defenders.  Although Liu Wenjing had many soldiers, he could not capture him for a while.

    On the second day, Qu Tutong, who was eager to rescue Guanzhong, also came from Nexiang County (today's southwest of Beiguan Township, Lingbao City, Henan Province) and took over Beiguan.

    In order to cross the river, Qu Tutong had to detour down to Luxiang before reaching Tongguan from the east.  Therefore, time was wasted and Nanguan was lost.

    At this time, the Sui army and the Tang army each occupied half of Tongguan and faced each other.

    Qu Tutong is good at defense and often operates in Tongguan, and he has far more control than Liu Wenjing.  Liu Wenjing is very clear about the pros and cons of both parties, so she alsoHe attacked Beiguan, but ordered his troops to set up camp west of Beiguan to stalemate Qu Tutong.

    Wang Changxie and others were puzzled.

    Liu Wenjing said: "The Sui army is good at defending, and the strength of our army and the Sui army are roughly the same. At this time, when attacking Beiguan, we are attacking the stone with an egg. The current stalemate at Tongguan is very different from the stalemate in Hedong. Our army and the Sui army are in a stalemate in Hedong.  Qu Tutong is not in a hurry. Being able to hold back our army is a success; but here, behind our army is Yongfengcang, where there is plenty of food to eat, but Qu Tutong has lost the support of food and grass. At present, the Eastern Capital cannot take care of him at all. Moreover, Qu Tutong is not in a hurry.  Tutong is worried that our army will take advantage of the situation to capture Chang'an, so the two sides are in a stalemate, and Qu Tutong is more anxious than our army."

    Liu Wenjing had many cavalry in his hands, and he was ready to force Qu Tutong to fight him.  Once Qu Tutong left Tongguan, it was his opportunity.

    So Liu Wenjing endured a stalemate with Qu Tutong in Tongguan for more than half a month.

    During this period, Qu Tutong also made several tentative attacks. However, Qu Tutong, who was not good at field combat, left the city and his power was greatly reduced. Liu Wenjing did not fight him. Qu Tutong failed to move a step westward in the end.

    As the days passed, Qu Tutong was about to run out of food, and there was no news from Chang'an to Tongguan.  Qu Tutong was worried about what happened at Tongguan and was so anxious that he couldn't sit still at all.

    "Our army must take the initiative to rescue Chang'an!"

    There is no other way for Qu Tutong.

    At this time, Qi Luo advised: "General Qutu, the Tang army on the opposite side has been avoiding battle these days and is waiting for our army to take the initiative to attack, so that we can wait for work. The number of our cavalry is far less than that of the opponent. Once we engage in field battles, it will be very difficult for us."  unfavorable."

    "Changzhi (Qi Luo) is not something I want to fight, but I have to fight. Chang'an cannot be lost."

    At this critical moment, Qu Tutong was very grateful to Qi Luo for being able to support Tongguan.  Moreover, when he was conquering Yang Xuangan's rebellion, Qi Luo followed Huang Mingyuan, and he and Qi Luo were also familiar with each other, so this time when they faced the enemy in Tongguan, he was very respectful to Qi Luo.

    "Now Chang'an is in danger. If I stop here again, once Chang'an is lost and Guanzhong is captured, Li Yuan's rebellion will be a big disaster and will be difficult to control. Therefore, although the field battle is risky, we must fight hard."

    You do it knowing you can¡¯t do it, but what can you do?

    Qi Luo also knew that the current situation was like this, so he stopped stopping it.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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