In the dark night, a raging fire ignited in the direction of Tongguan, illuminating the night sky red, and 20,000 Jin soldiers carried blankets, water bottles, and dry food, drove mule carts, and quickly passed through the dangerous area between two mountains and one valley, and fled in the direction of Huayin County.

On the road, the Jin soldiers ran and walked, and the torches formed a long line, and the soldiers marched with their heads down, silent, only the sound of hurried footsteps and the rustling of the clothes and armor on their bodies, which sounded together, giving people a sense of tension.

The generals of the Jin Army, who carried the flag in the team, looked back at their subordinates from time to time, and urged loudly: "Don't fall behind, hurry up, the Ming army will catch up later." ”

Hearing this, the Jin sergeant quickened his speed and hurried through the night, but the team was very neat and well-organized.

If the Ming army saw this scene and said that they fled in a hurry, the Ming army would definitely not believe it.

At this time, galloping for a while, there were more than ten miles away from Tongguan, Tang Tong grabbed the reins of the horse, looked back from time to time, and saw that the direction of Tongguan was full of fire, and the sound of killing was still audible, and his heart was full of complicated emotions.

"Guogong, let's go!" The Jin general beside him looked at Tang Tong as if he was reluctant, and couldn't help but remind in a whisper.

Tang Tong stared at it for a while, let out a heavy breath, and then grabbed the war horse and waved the whip forward.

A group of generals hurriedly clamped the horse's belly, whipped and followed, nearly 20,000 Jin troops were mighty, the torch rose and fell, heading west, and the flames of Tongguan rose to the sky behind them.

The army ran all night, and at dawn, it reached the east of Huayin County, the boundary north of Huashan Mountain.

The Ming army was stopped by the fire and did not catch up, and the Jin army, which had been running all night, was wrapped in blankets and fell on the side of the road for a short rest.

On a bare hillside next to the road, Tang Tong, Bai Guangen and others rushed on horseback, stayed at the top of the mountain, reined in their war horses, stopped at the top of the slope, and looked at the Jin soldiers and horses on the winding road.

"Let's go here and part!" Tang Tong tightened the reins of the horse, stabilized the war horse and said to Bai Guangen on the side.

Bai Guangen rode around on his war horse, "Don't worry, as soon as the king thief crosses Tongguan, I will kill him from Huashan, cut off his grain route, and cut the Ming army into two sections." ”

Tang Tong nodded, "You and I have worked together for many years, and the food will be left for you for a month." This big victory and defeat is also between this month, either the Ming army is defeated, or Dajin is destroyed. For example, after a month, you have not seen the defeat of the Ming army~" Speaking of this, Tang Tong paused for a moment, and then said: "Then find your own way out!" ”

The Pujin ferry port was deliberately sold by the Jin army to the Ming army, in order to find a more suitable and barely plausible reason for Tang Tong to evacuate from Tongguan.

If the Jin army in Tongguan retreated inexplicably, it would arouse the suspicion of the Ming army, and if the Ming army crossed the river from the Pujin pontoon bridge and let the Ming army outflank the back road of Tongguan, they could barely find a reason to retreat.

After Tang Tong withdrew from Tongguan, the Jin army in Tongguan will be divided into two parts according to Haoge's plan, one led by Tang Tong, and continue to flee westward, leading the Ming army to chase after him, creating a false impression that the Jin army has no intention of fighting and wants to flee westward.

Part of it was led by Bai Guangen, and hid south near Huashan, and waited for the main force of the Ming army, especially after Wang Yan entered the pass, to raid the back road of the Ming army, cut off the grain route of the Ming army, and caused chaos in the Ming army.

There was a shortage of food and grass in Guanzhong, and if the plan was successful, the Ming army would definitely panic.

Bai Guangen took on such a task, if the ambush of the Jin army succeeded, he would naturally be a great achievement, if he was not successful, then the main force of the Jin army could continue to flee west after the defeat, but he would definitely not be able to run away in the east.

Tang Tong's words were to tell him that if the Jin Kingdom failed, there would definitely be no Jin army to save him, and he was surrounded by the Ming army, whether to surrender or die was all up to him, and no matter what decision he made, he would not blame him.

Bai Guangen was moved in his heart, "Don't worry, Guogong, I will win this battle!" ”

"I hope so! Take care! Tang Tong nodded, said no more, pulled out the reins of the horse and led dozens of horses, heading in the direction of Huayin County.

Behind him, he took out the horn and blew it with his head up, and the Jin army resting on the road immediately got up and packed up.

After a short time, the Jin army, which was close to three battalions, followed behind Tang Tong's Daxu Banner and headed west.

Bai Guangen and several of his subordinates stationed on the top of the mountain, watching Tang Tong walk away, and a general reminded: "Junmen, Sun Shoufa's men and horses are forcibly crossing Weishui, we should also go." ”

Bai Guangen bowed slightly: "Pass the order, Zhenshuo's right army will turn to the south, Hu Maoshuang, you will take five hundred people to break the trail and clean up the footprints." ”

At that moment, Bai Guangen also led everyone to gallop down the hillside and head south.

The Jin army on the road was immediately divided into two parts, one with thousands of people continuing to flee westward, and the other with nearly 10,000 people turning to Huashan in the south.

Jin Guo set up a big net and waited for the Ming army to drill. The big countries are not yet scheming, and the Jin army and the Ming army are fighting for attrition, but obviously they can't fight. In the face of the Ming army's dignified division, crushed head-on, the Jin army could only win by surprise.

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The camp tent of the Jin army after Tongguan, the houses and warehouses behind the city burned overnight, and were extinguished by the Ming army at dawn.

The Ming army attacked Tongguan for several months, and in less than one night, it was declared lost and fell into the hands of the Ming army.

Perhaps Tang Tong received the news that Sun Shoufa had crossed the Yellow River from Pujin, and had no intention of fighting, and when the vanguard of Zhongyong Town poured into the pass through the gap in the explosion, the Jin soldiers soon began to disperse.

In less than an hour, and without any casualties, the Ming army took Tongguan, the gate to Guanzhong.

The main force of the Jin army set fire to the camp tents, warehouses and houses, hindered the pursuit of the Ming army, and fled westward overnight, and the Ming army paid hundreds of casualties, captured nearly 1,000 Jin troops, and poured into Tongguan.

For the Ming army, the generals thought of many scenes of seizing Tongguan, and in every assumption, there must be the word tragic.

The Ming army in front has suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and the final battle will inevitably have to go through a desperate struggle to capture Tongguan in the end, but many people did not expect that Tongguan would be easily taken.

The Ming army suffered more than 10,000 casualties in front, and the battle could be said to be very fierce, and everyone thought that the battle that broke through the pass would inevitably be more tragic, and all the generals were riveted, ready to defeat the opponent head-on in the final battle, and completely crush the confidence of the Jin army.

After all, if the Jin army was defeated by the Ming army by relying on Tongguan, then for the Jin army, where else could they defend? The morale of the army naturally plummeted, and they did not have confidence in defeating the Ming army.

Tongguan was supposed to be a pinnacle duel, and the Ming army would defeat the Jin army when it was at its strongest, after which it would be able to enter Chang'an with gongs and drums.

Everyone didn't expect that Tang Tong would retreat so decisively, without dragging the mud and water at all, and the army could be said to have completed it in one go from deciding to evacuate to burning down the camp tent and blocking the passage.

Although the way to seize Tongguan was not the same as the Ming generals imagined, the morale of the Ming soldiers who captured Tongguan was still shocked.

When Wang Yan entered Tongguan, the Ming soldiers who occupied the wall and the nearby hill cheered straight into the sky, and the soldiers stood on the wall, raised their hands and weapons, kept raising and putting down, and shouted over and over again, "Wan Sheng!" Wansheng! "Chitose of the prison country!"

Wang Yan rode on a horse, entered Tongguan in the middle of the road welcomed by the soldiers, and ordered to clean up the battlefield and pursue the Jin army fleeing west as soon as possible.

After taking Tongguan, the Ming army opened the door to enter Guanzhong, and the defense of the Jin State was opened, and the defense of the entire Guanzhong would collapse.

The Jin army at other passes will inevitably not hold for a long time, either abandon Guanxi, or surrender directly, of course, they will be destroyed, and the Ming army will not mind, and they will have more than a thousand heads to increase their achievements.

Now the Ming army is not thinking about how to defeat the Jin army, but how to snatch the merits of the war and seize the fruits of victory.

The residences and tents in the city were burned to the point that there was nothing left, Wang Yan inspected the Tongguan and encouraged the soldiers, and soon returned to the big tent and convened the generals to discuss the major affairs of marching into the pass.

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