Geshuhan was born in the Tuqi Shi Geshu tribe and stayed in Helong, the Western Regions for the longest time. In addition, it was Chang'an. He had never been to the east of Tongguan, even the famous eastern capital Luoyang City. The reason was very simple. Since Pei Yaoqing solved the problem of transporting grain from Jianghuai to Guanzhong, the Tang Dynasty no longer had the emperor to take the lead. All officials mobilized troops to Luoyang to solve the problem of eating. Therefore, the importance of Luoyang was greatly reduced compared with the early and mid-Kaiyuan period. Therefore, since leaving Chang'an, he began to plan the march route, and his understanding of the geography of Heluo Mountain and River was explained by a minor official.

Starting from Chang'an, passing Tongguan to Shaanxi County, the official road is divided into two routes, north and south, namely North and South Road, which are many stations on both roads. The South Road in the Xiluoshan section has an extremely steep mountain road to walk on, and the road is relatively long, but many palaces have been built. When the emperor visited Luoyang, he often walked through this road. However, the North Road in the Han Dynasty was said to be built by Cao Cao in the Han Dynasty, and is also called the North Mountain High Road. Although they have undergone years of renovation, some sections have a steep slope, especially when large-scale marching, the road is not easy to walk, and there are many natural dangers such as missing doors along the way.

According to Geshuhan's strategic concept, he was to go to the north of Wushan Road, leave Mianchi, and then guard the Quemen, and fight against the rebels with natural dangers. At that time, put the mobs at the end and try to give Wang Sili's horse army a place to play, which can reduce the risk of untrained soldiers retreating behind the enemy. At this moment, sitting on the horse, he heard the stinger beside him talk about the place where Mianchi, blocking Wushan in the west, blocking Quemen in the east, bordering the Yellow River in the north, and Xionger Mountain in the south, which was a first-class and dangerous place. He asked thoughtfully: "From ancient times to the present, what are the famous wars near Mianchi?"

This stumped the minor official of the army. Although he had read the classics and history roughly, he was familiar with many specific matters, and was born and raised by Heluo people, but he did not know much about these ancient wars? Not only did he make any trouble, but the personal soldiers on Geshuhan's side and Dadu were all old people from Helong, and trusted slaves like Zuoche also did not understand the situation in Heluo. In the end, Bian Lingcheng, who happened to come to ask the military situation in front, heard that Geshuhan actually asked such a question, and immediately laughed.

"The people around the Deputy Marshal have never been in the Central Plains, so they don't know much about the ancient war history. Not to mention anything else, there is an ancient road between the North Road of Wushan and the South Road of Wushan. More than a thousand years ago, there was no war between Qin and Jin. At that time, Duke Mu of Qin was in power and had the ambition to get involved in the Central Plains, so he went east from the Pass of Wushan to seek Zheng, but who knew that he was deceived by Zheng's merchants. Then Jin joined forces with Jiang Rong to set up an ambush on this Pass of Wushan, and finally wiped out the Qin army. This battle was the so-called Qin and Jin's love completely turned against each other, and history called this battle a battle of Wushan."

Geshuhan now hates Bian Lingcheng how much he hates. Seeing him showing off, he clearly accused him of his poor academic performance, he was immediately furious. However, the next moment, he suddenly thought of a question. After the branch between the South Road of Wushan and North Road of Wushan, there is no intersection at all, but what about this ancient road of Wushan? What if the rebels attacked Luoyang while not walking on the north and south roads of Wushan and sneaked through the ancient road of Wushan, just avoiding the front of his army?

Seeing that Ge Shuhan's face suddenly changed drastically, he immediately ordered a scout to go to both sides of the east and west to investigate the situation. After being stunned at first, Bian Lingcheng immediately understood Ge Shuhan's worries and immediately smiled: "The Deputy Marshal is so suspicious that Jin was on the north side of Wushan, Jiang Rong was on the south side of Wushan, and Qin had passed the Gushan Pass safely and safely. Therefore, when he returned, he fell into a trap without any detailed investigation. He was blocked from the valley entrance from both sides of the east and west, waiting for his work, and he was caught in one net. Now this is the first time that our army has passed through the Gushan Pass, and it has not fallen into the hands of the rebels on the west side, so why should we worry about setting up an ambush?"

Ge Shuhan was not patient and talked too much with Bian Lingcheng, and he only asked people to inquire again and again. After all, he had calculated that An Lushan would not be able to leave such a hot commodity as Luoyang and came to fight his 80,000 army at the risk of being attacked. But now he was worried that someone would seize the way out of his retreat, and his heart would not be able to let go. However, the army has now walked on a rugged and narrow road in the north of Wushan Road, with soldiers and infantry everywhere. The explorers sent to the rear could not pass at all. Instead, the left chariot that was driving horses in front successfully caught up with Wang Sili's horse army.

Wang Sili is from Goguryeo. He served in the Pinglu Jiedushi Mansion and was transferred to Helong several years ago. He naturally knew nothing about the so-called Battle of the Guard more than a thousand years ago. Hearing Zuoche pointed out that it was because of Bian Lingcheng's words, Geshuhan ordered someone to come and inform the reinforcement of the whistleblower, and he sneered: "Can Lingcheng's nonsense over there be trust? Even if Zhang Jieran is not helpful, he can withstand ten or eight days with the Luoyang City. An Lushan's rebels covet Luoyang's wealth. How could he cross such a city to attack me? Go and report to the commander, I have sent scouts to the front army, so I will definitely not be fooled so easily."

Zuoche, a slave of Zuoche, knew what kind of military tactics, and only knew that bravery was the key to the battle, but no one else knew. Besides, Wang Sili was quite famous in Helong, and the horse army he led this time was the elite force drawn from urgently, so he replied in a daze and immediately sent the horse back to report to Geshuhan.

Watching the left car leave in a hurry, Wang Sili looked ahead and remembered that the reason why this march was so slow was caused by the infantry and the strong men who made up their numbers. If it weren't for these burdens, he would have led his troops to Heluo to set up defenses first, and then recruited infantry on the spot, so that he would have been better than if he adopted Hebei and almost all of Henan fell?

"If you pass the order, the entire army will accelerate its journey eastward, and be sure to seize the missing door as soon as possible."

Hearing Wang Sili's orders, a confidant beside him couldn't help but ask: "General, are you waiting for the central army and the rear army?"

"No wait" Wang Sili burst out these two words fiercely, and then said murderously, "The deputy marshal has long wanted to win a battle to improve his spirit, but those guys either push for three obstacles or delay their actions. So he asked me, Wang Sili, to take the initiative to fight a battle to loosen the muscles and bones of the rebels."

Even if there is an ambush ahead, he can still strait the enemy with this elite horse army

As Wang Sili's troops gradually accelerated, the central and rear troops were all left behind. Seeing the intersection of Qinglong Mountain and Fenghuang Mountain, the city of Quemenguan was clearly visible. Wang Sili felt his spirits were greatly boosted and immediately stepped up his speed. Sure enough, when he passed through the pass at the two mountains, he found that the city seemed empty, as if all the defenders had abandoned the pass and fled. He thought that Geshuhan's army was still behind, and he would definitely arrange people to defend the city at that time, so he did not dare to disperse the strength of his horse troops, and then passed at full speed.

But after walking, he heard a few arrows, and the rolling stones on both sides of the narrow road fell one after another. Seeing this, Wang Sili was only a little surprised and found that there were not many rolling stones falling. He shouted sternly: "Don't be afraid, the rebels must have just arrived. There was no time to arrange too many iron carts to go first, and the others stood out with me.

As several iron carts covered with felt blankets opened the road, the rolling stones and wood that were constantly throwing forward, Wang Sili led the horse army to follow closely, but as the pass approached, something seemed to suddenly push down the mountain, and then suddenly thick smoke rolled. Wang Sili, who was shocked and angry, ordered the horse army to soak the water to cover his mouth and nose with soft towels. However, as it gradually rushed into the area filled with smoke, the iron cart seemed to hit something, and gradually stopped amid the shouts of the drivers who controlled the control. Wang Sili was furious and immediately ordered the left and right to speed up the barriers to clear the obstacles, but it was difficult to find something in the valley to put out the fire, and it was even more difficult to see what was blocking the road.

In the thick smoke, even though he covered his mouth and nose, many soldiers were still choking and coughing. The worst thing was that the horses were smoky and neighed continuously, and even had people tilted over. Seeing that they were in such a dilemma, Wang Sili cursed in his heart, but then he heard an arrow sound in front of him, and then a scream came from the horse army, and there was a constant sound of strings. In desperation, Wang Sili could only order the troops to retreat and shoot arrows to fight back.

Fortunately, the rolling stones on the mountain were gradually becoming sparse, as if just as Wang Sili's judgment, An Lushan's rebels were on an expedition and had just arrived in Luoyang, so there was no time to arrange them here so well.

"Can there be a dead soldier go to clear the obstacles?"

Wang Sili was already murderous, and could not bear it. He was blocked in this place where the pass seemed to be only an arrow. With his constant cheers and reward promises, more than a dozen people finally agreed. After getting off the horse, watered his head on his clothes and covered his mouth and nose with wet wipes, these men holding steel knives rushed into the smoke and dust without fear. Occasionally, there were a few fighting sounds of swords and low humps, followed by a few screams. Just when Wang Sili was already impatient, he finally saw someone stumbled back in the black smoke with arrow rain.

"It's a straw cart, the general, but only a dozen straw carts blocked the pass."

After hearing this description, Wang Sili was overjoyed. During the attack just now, the number of enemy arrows was extremely limited, so he judged that there were not many rebels outside. Since he knew that the passage was blocking more than a dozen straw carts, he immediately ordered to remove the thick felt blankets on the iron carts used to block the rolling stones of wood, and personally selected dozens of brave men to push carts in front of the battle. Sure enough, after several attacks in one go, he finally rushed out the straw carts filled with dead branches and leaves. Although they only allowed two or three horses to go in parallel, it was much better than the blockage before.

As a rider rushed out of the smoke at the pass, his eyes suddenly became clear, but the following scene surprised the dozens of horsemen who had just left the valley. The sparse rolling stones in the valley, the dozens of straw cars that were burning at the pass, and the sparse arrows in the smoke. Every sign seemed to tell them that there were not many enemies at all, so they played such a trick. But the soldiers and horses in front of them were crowded with thousands, not like the partial division of the rebels at all, but more like the main force of the rebels.

When Wang Sili also rushed out of the pass under the left and right guards, the overwhelming rain of arrows poured down in that moment. Faced with this unexpected scene, he immediately thrust up his long spear and ordered to attack. However, when he led his people into the enemy formation, and the enemy infantry was in the enemy's formation with no one combined spear, he gradually discovered that although the horse army achieved remarkable results, it was already entangled. In the rear of the enemy's army, there was an infantry approaching slowly. Until the retreating rebel infantry around him made way for the road like a tide, he saw the murderous formation, and his heart suddenly became deep.

That was the nemesis of the horse army. Mo Daozhe looked at the number of people, and there were at least four or five thousand people. How could An Lushan dare to risk the risk of being attacked by the enemy from both sides and Luoyang to attack them?

In the middle army, when Ge Shuhan heard the Zuoche report Wang Sili's reply, he felt a little uneasy. However, Wang Sili was a general under his command, and he had almost never suffered any defeat from Yingzhou to Helong. The horse army he led was an elite this time. He could only suppress this worry and urge the entire army to speed up the speed of the march, but ordered the scouts to probe the front army. However, this time, he was unable to wait for a reply, and the three scouts sent out disappeared. It was not until the fifth, that of the last, came back, that he had learned an incredible news.

There were tens of thousands of rebels waiting for the rabbit at the Quemen Pass, and the horse army under Wang Sili's army was almost wiped out. Now the enemy has completely entered Quemen Pass.
Chapter completed!