Chapter 1822 Yewang City and Yiyang City


    Chapter 1820: Yewang City and Yiyang City


    Yewang City is located on the east side of Hangu Kan. It is the westmost city in Hanoi County and the real western gate of Sizhou.


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


    Hangu Pass has been burned by Gongsun Yan with a fire. Now the western gate of Sizhou is wide open, and hundreds of miles west of Luoyang is a flat land with almost no danger to defend. Only Yewang City and Yiyang City can guard the important roads, which can play the role of defending the imperial capital Luoyang.


    Once the fire at Hangu Pass was extinguished, the Tang army could march straight in, so Gongsun Yan could only retreat to Yewang City and use the city defense of Yewang City to block the footsteps of the Li Tang army.


    The fire at Hangu Pass could not be extinguished within one or two days, so the Qin army was absolutely safe within at least two days, and there was no need to worry about being pursued by the Tang army''s pursuers.


    If the Qin army wants to retreat to the Yewang City, it only takes one day to march, and you can reach it even if you walk slowly in two days.


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


    Although others are still on the road, their hearts have already flown back to the Wild King City and are unwilling to delay for a moment.


    In Gongsun Yan''s opinion, even if he returns to Yewang City, the situation is still not optimistic.


    Yewang City and Hangu Pass are different. Although Yewang City is also tall and thick, it is conducive to defense, but its defense is obviously not as strong as Hangu Pass.


    As long as there are 20,000 defenders in Hangu Pass, there is not much difference between the Tang army, whether it is 100,000 or 200,000.


    It is precisely because of this that Gongsun Yan wanted to burn Hangu Pass and said that the Tang army would not get anything. After all, if Li Tang Hangu Pass and Tongguan were in hand at the same time, it would be troublesome for the Qin army to enter Guanzhong in the future.


    If Hangu Pass is burned, if the Qin army enters Guanzhong in the future, there will still be Tongguan, the obstacle.


    I have to say that Gongsun Yan’s decisive destruction of burning the pass did solve a big problem for the Qin army.


    The Tang army still has nearly 140,000, while Gongsun Yan only has 15,000 troops. He relied on the county soldiers and tyrants who were urgently mobilized by Yewang City and Hanoi County. He wanted to defend Yewang under the siege of 140,000 Tang army? This is an extremely difficult task.


    It is precisely because of this that Gongsun Yan wanted to fly back to Yewang City. He really didn''t want to delay any minute or second. Moreover, even if he returned to Yewang City, he still needed to arrange city defense and turnover parties, and make all preparations to deal with the arrival of the Tang army.


    After Gongsun Yan retreated to Yewang City, he began to arrange city defenses and wait for the arrival of the Li Tang army, but unexpectedly, the reinforcements from Tan Daoji were waiting first.


    Originally, Gongsun Yan was still worried that even if he had defended the Wild King, if the reinforcements from Luoyang were not coming in time, there would be insufficient number of defenders in Yiyang. The Tang army could have besieged the Wild King but divided the troops to capture Yiyang, but he never expected that the reinforcements from Luoyang would come so quickly.


    Just like what Jia Xu said, the ten thousand reinforcements brought by Tan Daoji can help Tianqing once they play a role.


    After successfully meeting with Tan Daoji, Gongsun Yan had no worries. After all, with the addition of this ten thousand reinforcements, and with the county soldiers and county soldiers of Hongnong and Hanoi, as well as the strong mobilization capabilities of the Qin army, it would be no problem to defend the Yewang and Yiyang cities.


    With the joint efforts of Gongsun Yan and Tan Daoji, as long as the Ye Wang and Yiyang were able to defend the two nails, the Tang army would naturally not dare to enter Luoyang.


    After Tan Daoji met with Gongsun Yan, when he learned from Gongsun Yan that Li Cunxiao burned his internal strength and fought out of Hangu Pass alone and failed to come back, he felt indescribable grief.


    Tan Daoji and Li Cunxiao were not very familiar with each other. Instead, they were more familiar with Gao Chong, but they were still impressed by Li Cunxiao''s powerful strength, so he really couldn''t accept that the Qin army''s first powerful general fell.


    "Wait..." Tan Daoji thought about it and frowned, "Brother Gongsun, General Li Cunxiao did not come back, which does not mean that he was killed in battle."


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


    "well."


    Tan Daoji sighed and said, "In short, whether General Li Cunxiao died in battle or not, we must announce to the public that he is still alive before the end of this battle."


    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 greatly impact the morale of the entire army, and even the courts behind would be shocked. Therefore, the news that he might have died in battle must be blocked.


    After a night of negotiations, Tan Daoji believed that the Yewang City, as a bridgehead, was under greater pressure from the Tang army, so he asked Qin Xi to lead two thousand elite troops to stay and help Gongsun Yan defend the Yewang City together, while he himself led 8,000 elite troops to retreat to Yiyang City, forming a mutual support with the Yewang City.


    After Tan Daoji led his troops away, just one day later, the Tang army cavalry appeared outside the Yewang City. It was obvious that the Tang army was not far away.


    The Tang cavalry who appeared outside the city kept shouting at the Qin army and threatened that Li Cunxiao had died in battle, hoping to use this to attack the morale of the Qin army.


    When Gongsun Yan saw the soldiers under his command, he heard the news that Li Cunxiao was killed in battle, his morale declined. So he stood up to promote Li Cunxiao''s strength. It was absolutely impossible to die in battle like this. This was just a plan for the enemy to shake our military morale.


    Gongsun Yan''s words worked, and the Qin soldiers also believed that this was the Tang army''s trick. After all, who could kill the invincible General Li Cunxiao?


    Gongsun Yan naturally didn''t care about the Tang army''s clamor and directly hung up the battle-free sign. The Tang army cavalry cursed for several hours, but when he saw that the Qin army had no movement, he had to leave helplessly.


    The next day, Li Shimin personally led a 140,000 army, surrounded Yewang City, and completely cut off the connection between Yewang City and Hanoi County.


    Li Shimin first went to personally say that he surrendered to Gongsun Yan, and also said that Li Cunxiao was dead, trying to further damage the morale of the Qin army, but he was scolded by Gongsun Yan so that he could not come to Taiwan and left in anger.


    "Lord, Gongsun Yan is too ignorant of his praise. The last general asks to go and capture the Xiaye Wangcheng." Hou Junji clasped his fists and asked for his order.


    "No hurry."


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


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


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


    Now all your secrets have been removed by me. As long as I, Gongsun Yan, are still alive, you will not be able to capture the Yewang City. "Gongsun Yan shouted over Li Shimin outside the city.


    Li Shimin''s face turned pale in an instant, and he shouted angrily: "Strike the city with all your might."


    "No."


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