At this time, Gan Ning had received news from Yongfeng Warehouse that Xu Chu had succeeded.

 "Brother Zhongkang, congratulations, a complete victory!"

 Gan Ning looked at the exhausted Xu Chu who had been chasing and killing the Tang army all night, and congratulated him.

 At this time, although Xu Chu was very tired, he was in a very good mood.

 "Haha, thanks to you this time, half of the credit for this battle is yours."

 Xu Chu is not greedy for merit.

 "Since the Yongfeng Warehouse has been burned down, the Tang Army on both sides of Tongguan and Weishui River should receive news soon.

 Don't think about it, after getting this news, whether it is the Tang army in Tongguan or Weishui, the army must be in a mess and have no intention of fighting.

 At that time, whether it was Tongguan or Weishui's Li Tang rebels, there was only one way to choose, and that was to lead the army to flee for their lives.

 When I came, Governor Zhou had already given me instructions.

 After burning the Yongfeng warehouse, it blocked the westward retreat of the Tang army on the Tongguan side.

 I wonder how Commander Bai dared to tell you when General Xu Chu came. "

 Gan Ning looked at Xu Chu and asked.

 "Haha, Bai Shuai said that I don't need to take care of his side. Let me lead the army to assist His Majesty's side first, and eat the Tang soldiers in Tongguan."

 Xu Chu replied with a smile.

 "Okay then, let's move on.

 Our side is the only way for Li Tang's rebels to retreat westward to Chang'an, and it is their only way.

 What we have to do is to make a good deployment here in advance.

 When Li Tang's rebels withdrew from Tongguan to the west, they were blocked here to buy time for His Majesty and Zhou Dudu to lead the main force to kill them. "

 "Okay, then act now."

 "Brother Zhongkang, I think you've been fighting all night, and I'm afraid you're very tired. Why don't you go back and message me first."

 "I'm not tired, I don't need news, now you and I will divide our forces and act.

 This time, if we can eat the 10,000+ rebels at Tongguan in one bite, half of the battle to encircle and suppress Li Tang rebels will be won. "

 Under such circumstances, Xu Chu was so excited, how could he feel tired?

 Immediately, each of the two left Huayin City with a team, destroyed the road on the only way to the west of Tongguan, dug traps, and waited for the arrival of the Tongguan Tang army.

 At this time, even Liu Hongji and Li Er in Tongguan already knew the news that Huayin City had been captured.

 This directly scared Li Er almost fainted.

 Huayin City was breached, and their retreat was cut off.

 During this day, Li Er was organizing troops, preparing to fight back and take back Huayin City.

 As a result, before Li Er's men were dispatched, they received bad news that Yongfeng Warehouse was burned.

 When he heard the news, Li Er was stunned for a long time, and finally walked into the tent without saying a word.

 The capture of Huayin City meant that the way back was cut off.

 The burning of the Yongfeng warehouse means that the 10,000+ Tang troops in Tongguan will soon run out of food.

 This means that at this time, the 10,000+ Tang troops on Tongguan are already in a desperate situation.

 The news quickly spread among the Tang army, and it was too late for Li Er to block it.

 At this moment, the soldiers of the Tang army on Tongguan had completely collapsed.

 In one day, there were two to three hundred soldiers of the Tang army on the side of Tongguan who escaped secretly.

 Although there are not many people at this point, it is a sign of despair.

 If there are so many deserters in an army in one day, it means that the army is not far from extinction.

 "General, Your Highness, Tongguan is no longer defendable.

 We have to find a way now, try our best to save the 10,000+ soldiers in Tongguan, and bring them back to Chang'an. "

 Xu Maogong looked at Li Er and General Liu Hongji, and said in a deep voice.

 Now, the situation on their side has developed into the worst situation.

 Don't even think about defending Tongguan. Now they just need to pray and bring most of the main force of the 10,000+ Tang army from Tongguan back to Chang'an, and they will be victorious.

 "The Sui army may attack the city at any time. If we want to withdraw, we must leave a team behind and defend Tongguan to delay the Sui army outside the pass for as long as possible.

 In this way, our main force can withdraw safely. "

 Liu Hongji said.

 The meaning is already obvious. At this time, they need a dead soldier to stay and cover their withdrawal.

 This is a death mission.

 "General, Your Highness, I will stay with you in humble positions."

 Finally, Duan Zhixuan walked out.

 "Let me accompany General Duan, I have yet to finish the battle with the nigger from the Sui army."

 Yuchi Jingde also came out and said with a smile.

 Li Er's eyes were moist and he didn't speak. What can he say at this time, someone must take on this task.

 This is war, and there will always be sacrifices.

 "Okay, two generals, please take care of everything.

 Tonight, our army will leave Tongguan.

 This general can only leave 2 horses for you, and you must stay at Tongguan for at least two days. "

 Li Er didn't speak, General Liu Hongji looked at Yuchi Jingde and Duan Zhixuan, and said in a deep voice.

 "No problem, 2 horses are enough.

 At that time, even if the humble official dies, it will definitely delay the Sui army for two days. "

 Duan Zhixuan already had the will to die at this time, he patted his chest and promised.

 That night, Liu Hongji and Li Er led an army of [-] Li and Tang troops, quietly withdrew from Tongguan and evacuated westward.

 It's a pity, how could Xu Feng and Zhou Yu let the duck they got fly away.

 On November [-], Zhou Yu had learned outside the pass that Huayin City had been captured by Xu Chu and Gan Ning, and immediately gave the order to attack Tongguan again.

 This time, the Sui army's offensive was more violent than before.

 The rain of arrows and Hong Tianlei were thrown desperately, because Zhou Yu knew that this might be their last battle in Tongguan, and there was no need to save arrowheads and Hong Tianlei.

 The Sui army's offensive was so fierce, beyond Yuchi Jingde's and Duan Zhixuan's expectations.

 The morale of the Tang army was already low, but now many soldiers wanted to escape again.

 In the end, Duan Zhixuan led people to behead and kill a group of deserters, deterring everyone, and only then stopped the evil trend of running away.

 However, Duan Zhixuan and Yuchi Jingde tried their best to stop the Sui army.

 Half a day after the start of the war, a large number of soldiers of the Sui army boarded the top of Tongguan City, and the two sides fought fiercely close to the top of the city.

 creak!

 Half a day later, the Sui army who invaded Tongguan gained the upper hand, and soon some soldiers opened the gate of Tongguan.

 At this moment, Tongguan has basically changed hands.

 "Entry!"

 Outside the city, Xu Feng saw the closed gate open, and immediately led a large group of Sui cavalry into the pass.

 There were still sporadic battles in the pass, and some rebel soldiers who were loyal to Li Tang were still fighting desperately.

 Duan Zhixuan and Yuchi Jingde each led a Tang army soldier, one was surrounded by the top of the city, and the other was surrounded by the city wall.

 "kill!"

 Duan Zhixuan was completely insane at this time, his shawl was loose, his helmet had been knocked off a long time ago, his whole body was covered with injuries, but he still did not surrender.

 "Fire arrows!"

 The Sui army had seen the armor Duan Zhixuan was wearing, guessed that he was a general of the rebel army, and wanted to capture him alive.

 But now, seeing that Duan Zhixuan had no intention of surrendering at all, they saw that the Sui army did not want to kill him, and took the opportunity to kill many Sui soldiers.

 This time, the leading general of the Sui Army was furious, and he decided not to die.

 Whoosh whoosh!

 Concentrated arrowheads shot past, Duan Zhixuan swung his knife to block.

 He blocked one, two, but unfortunately the third and fourth arrows behind him, and more arrows hit his body, turning him into a hedgehog.

 Pfft!

 Duan Zhixuan fell on his back.

 "Your Highness, I have tried my best!"

 Duan Zhixuan smiled slightly and swallowed his breath.

 Inside the city, hundreds of Tang troops led by Yuchi Jingde were surrounded by Sui troops just like Duan Zhixuan.

 The Sui army was going to capture Yuchi Jingde alive, but Yuchi Jingde was not a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death. He also refused to surrender at this time and fought desperately.

 "Ready to shoot arrows!"

 Afterwards, the Sui army prepared to kill them all.

 "and many more."

 At the critical moment, Dian Wei arrived on horseback and stopped the Sui archers.

 "He belongs to me, you are not allowed to kill him!"

 Dian Wei said in a low voice, shouting back those Sui soldiers.

 "Heitantou, I'm here to fight you. We haven't won the battle yet."

 Dian Wei looked at Yuchi Jingde and said.

 "Haha, you came just in time, I stayed here and waited for you, ugly ghost!"

 "Let's fight!"

 Immediately, the soldiers of the Sui army made way for Yuchi Jingde to come out.

 Yuchi Jingde immediately fought Dianwei.

 In the end, Yuchi Jingde was definitely not Dian Wei's opponent in his heyday due to the hard fight for most of the day, so he was defeated by Dian Wei and knocked unconscious.

 "If His Majesty hadn't ordered me to keep you alive, I would have killed you just now."

 Yuchi Jingde was tied up, Dian Wei had someone wake him up with water, and spoke to him.

 "If you want to kill or cut, give me a good time!"

 Yuchi Jingde is also a stubborn donkey, how could he give in so easily.

 But at this time, Xu Feng didn't have time to pay attention to him, so he was directly escorted back to Dongdu and put in prison. After he finished cleaning up Li Tang, he would deal with Yuchi Jingde.

 The reason why Xu Feng kept Yuchi Jingde alive was entirely because Xu Feng admired Yuchi Jingde's character.

 After all, Xu Feng's future generations have heard many stories about this door god, and Xu Feng couldn't bear to ask him to kill him now.

 Originally, Liu Hongji expected Duan Zhixuan and Yuchi Jingde to persist in Tongguan for at least two days.

 Two days is enough for their army to evacuate far away.

 Even if he was blocked by the Sui army from Huayin, Liu Hongji felt that they were enough to kill them in two days.

 Unfortunately, things didn't go as smoothly as he had hoped.

 Duan Zhixuan and Yuchi Jingde were on the Tongguan side, only holding back the Sui army for less than a day.

 As soon as the Sui army captured Tongguan during the day, at night Xu Feng, Tai Shici, Lu Meng and others led several groups of Sui troops to pursue westward from Tongguan.

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