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An Qingxu led more than a thousand remnant troops to run for more than thirty miles in one breath, and met 10,000 rear troops in front.

An Qingxu breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help the anger rising in his heart. He called his counselor Zhang Tongru forward and cursed, "I listened to your idiot's suggestion and was fooled again. Li Ye was not caught at all. He led the army." I ambushed my Chinese army and destroyed all 15,000 of them. This is the second time. A pig is stronger than you. Get out of here! Get back to Luoyang!"

At this time, Tian Chengsi stepped forward to persuade: "Your Highness, calm down. This counterintuitive plan was successful. However, Li Ye dared to confront the imperial power. We were not prepared for it. Not to mention Commander Zhang, all of us misjudged. In addition, Li Ye also deceived his own army, and even the Luyang Pass defenders believed it, let alone us. I believe that the problem still lies with the intelligence point in Xiangyang. They continuously sent out false information and seriously misled us. The primary responsibility is Xiangyang, the intelligence point. Not us."

Niu Jieting also interceded: "I was a little hesitant at first, but later I also believed it. I can only say that Li Ye's plan is watertight. There is no way we will not be fooled. We are also marching normally. Even if we capture Luyang Pass, our army will move south." , we really can’t blame Commander Zhang.”

Zhang Tongru sighed and said: "Your Highness, our failure this time was mainly due to our marching method. In fact, the opponent was also betting that we would adopt a marching method of pursuing victory and marching in three sections. But if we think about it carefully, we will definitely adopt this method. The way of marching shows that there are experts around Li Ye. He planned carefully and did not hesitate to let Li Ye fight against the imperial power. He created various tragic atmospheres, etc. All the purpose is to make us have a winning mentality, and then adopt a three-stage march, so that they can Defeat each one."

Zhang Tongru can be regarded as a capable person. Although he did not see it beforehand, he suddenly understood it afterwards and knew what the problem was. They lost because of a mentality. He had a winner's mentality. With this mentality, they would lack fear and underestimate the enemy. In the end, they still lost because they underestimated the enemy.

At this time, the sound of war drums was heard in the distance, and the soldiers exclaimed, "Your Highness, the pursuers are coming!"

"General Tian, ​​shall we fight or not?" An Qingxu asked.

Tian Chengsi hesitated and said: "If we fight and take advantage of the fatigue of the opponent's horses, we still have a 30% chance of winning. But if the opponent is Li Ye, he will never fight us, but will let the soldiers rest until the opponent is rested. , if he attacks again, we will be defeated!"

Niu Jieting also said: "General Tian is right. If we retreat, although we will be a little embarrassed, we can still save 10,000 troops. If we fight, it will be tragic, but our entire army will definitely be destroyed."

An Qingxu had no morale anymore. He sighed and said, "order the entire army to withdraw to Luyang Pass!"

The Yan army abandoned their baggage and retreated in defeat. They quickly fled towards Luyang Pass. Not long after, Li Ye led his cavalry to kill and seized the food and grass baggage left by the opponent. There were two thousand carts, and the carts were full of Grain, copper coins, and siege ladders.

Li Ye stopped chasing and ordered the army to march the baggage into Xiangcheng County. He left a thousand troops to guard Xiangcheng County, and then led the rest of the army to rush south.

There was an enemy front army in Nanyang, with a total of 10,000 cavalry. Li Ye did not attack the front army first, but attacked the central army in order to keep the front army in Dengzhou and annihilate them all in one fell swoop.

At the same time that the Tang army ambushed the enemy's center in Fengshan, 10,000 cavalry also arrived in Nanyang County. However, to the dismay of the Yan army, Nanyang did not have the city gates wide open. Looking at the wind, there were actually defenders on the city walls.

The Yan army did not carry siege weapons and had to retreat several miles to wait for the arrival of the Chinese army. General Li Chengfu sent cavalry to the nearby countryside to plunder food. For a time, Nanyang County was plunged into darkness and terror. Yan army soldiers burned, killed and looted everywhere. , raped women, and tens of thousands of people fled in panic, dragging their families and families.

There are about 11,000 Tang troops in Nanyang City, led by Pei Xiu. It is the same army that Pei Xiu brought with him under the pretense of 20,000 people, plus the original 1,000 defenders in Nanyang County.

Eight thousand of the Nanyang garrison were the original state soldiers of Jingxiang Prefecture and had been reorganized into the Jianghan Army. These eight thousand people were well trained, but they had no actual combat experience on the battlefield.

There are another two thousand people who are not trivial. These two thousand troops are the heavy armored infantry that have always been hidden. They were arranged in Nanyang to deal with the enemy's cavalry.

On the top of the city, Pei Xiu stared at the Yan Army cavalry several miles away, and said to Li Bi reluctantly: "The enemy sent many people to the countryside to plunder food, military advisor, this is our opportunity!"

Li Mi shook his head decisively and said: "If the time comes, we must not send troops under any circumstances!"

"What if they get the news from Fengshan and evacuate!"

"Even if they evacuate, there will still be Jiedushi's army to deal with them. This is the plan made by Jiedushi. It cannot be changed until something abnormal happens."

Pei Xiu smiled bitterly and sighed helplessly.

Seeing his frustration, Li Bi smiled and comforted him and said: "We have arranged kerosene on the road south of Fengshan. Once a fire breaks out, the official road to the south will be blocked. In this case, the Yan army soldiers will not attack He fled south for his life, but turned around and headed north.

Moreover, Jiedushi also deployed more than a hundred scouts and patrols in the southern mountainous area. Even if enemy soldiers accidentally escaped southward, they would be intercepted by the scouts. Therefore, under normal circumstances, this cavalry would not know what happened in Fengshan. . "

"Okay! I'll continue to wait patiently."

Early the next morning, several rockets suddenly appeared in the west of the county, shooting straight into the sky. Soldiers immediately reported it to Pei Xiu and Li Mi.

This was the signal from the general Li Ye that the time was ripe. Li Mi immediately ordered Pei Xiu to lead an army of 10,000 people out of the city to fight.

"Woo——" A horn sounded from the top of the city.

The low horn sound immediately alerted the Yan army cavalry who were having breakfast. Li Chengfu stepped forward quickly and looked at Nanyang County. He saw the city gate slowly opening and troops lined up.

Li Chengfu was overjoyed and shouted loudly: "The whole army is on horseback and lined up, ready to fight!"

Ten thousand cavalry mounted their horses and quickly lined up.

At this time, all the 10,000 infantrymen had left the city and formed a large square formation of 10,000 people. Although they were state soldiers, they had also undergone rigorous training for several months. One of the events was infantry against cavalry, forming a large formation of spears, and using the collective strength to deal with the cavalry.

But the real main force was the two thousand heavy armored infantry standing at the front.

Ten thousand Youzhou cavalry are ready. The front hooves of the war horses are tapping the ground impatiently. Murderous aura permeates the ten thousand cavalry.

Li Chengfu laughed evilly, raised his knife and shouted: "Charge up! Crush them and kill them all!"

"Woo--" the attack horn sounded.

Ten thousand cavalry suddenly launched into action. The ground was shaking, dust was flying, and the sky was blocked. The ten thousand cavalry used overwhelming force to kill the ten thousand infantrymen several miles away.