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Chapter 1667 Battle with Lantian

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    Liu Wenjing was shocked when he learned from a captured prisoner that Sui army reinforcements had arrived, numbering tens of thousands.  Although he did not know the details of the Sui army's reinforcements, the tens of thousands of reinforcements made him dare not attack at all, so he had to choose to hold on.

    Soon, Li Jiancheng led his troops to Tongguan.

    Li Jiancheng should have arrived early, but was restrained by Wei Wentong and Li Renzheng's troops at Lantian Pass.

    Wei Wentong, Li Renzheng and others broke out from the south of Chang'an City that day. Because the road to Tongguan was blocked by the Tang army, they went straight to Lantian.

    Lantian is the barrier to the southeast of Chang'an.  Moreover, Li Yuan suspected that Wei Wentong and others had taken away the acting king Yang You, so he immediately mobilized troops to besiege Lantian.

    After everyone arrived in Lantian, Wei Wentong suggested that Yin Hongren and Jiabu Lang Cuipijia go to Luoyang and Hebei for help respectively, while he, Li Renzheng and Jing Junhong stayed in Lantian to defend against the enemy.

    Wei Wentong believed that if Li Yuan occupied Chang'an, he would definitely issue an edict of appeasement to all parties.  Tongguan and Wuguan are the most important roads eastward for Li Yuan.  Once they escape back to Luoyang and abandon important places along the way, Li Yuan can successfully break out of Wuguan and rush into the Nanyang Basin. The entire Henan and Jingxiang are within the scope of Li Tang's attack. Its momentum is so great that it will be difficult to do so by then.  system.

    " Moreover, Lantian is located near Chang'an, and Li Yuan would not be able to bear the presence of a Sui army here.  They first defended the enemy in Lantian, and Li Yuan would mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress them. This would buy time for General Qu Tu from Tongguan to counterattack Chang'an.

    If Lantian cannot be defended, they can retreat all the way south from Lantian to Lantian Pass, Shangluo and Wuguan. Li Ni cannot be made comfortable.

    ??Everyone also thinks it makes sense.  After all, it would not make much sense for thousands of them to escape back to Luoyang. They might as well occupy Lantian and protect this important road for the Sui Dynasty.

    Wei Wentong asked Yin Hongren to go to Dongdu to ask for help, but he himself did not hold out much hope.  I heard that the people in Henan are currently in turmoil, and the capital in the east is too busy to take care of itself, so there is no spare effort to rescue them.  That's why he asked Cuipijia to go to Hebei to meet Duke Wei.

    The world is in such chaos that Duke Wei must come to clean up the mess.  Cui Bijia was born in the Cui family of Boling, and he was considered to be Wei Gong's cousin.

    Yin Hongren and Cui Pijia left with all the civil servants. Only Jing Junhong thought that he had fought on the battlefield and expressed his intention to stay.  Wei Wentong discussed with Li Renzheng and Jing Junhong and decided to retreat to Lantian Pass as well.

    Although Lantian can be resisted, if it is surrounded by the Tang army, it may not be able to break through. It is better to defend at Lantian Pass in the south (at Liulang Pass on the mountain road south of Lantian County leading to Lanqiao Town).

    Lantian Pass was originally named Aoguan. In the first year of Emperor Wucheng of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, it was moved to the side of the ancient city of Qingni (7 miles south of present-day Lantian County, Shaanxi Province) and renamed Qingni Pass.  In the third year of Jiande reign of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, it was renamed Lantian Pass, named after Lantian County, and also referred to as Languan Pass.  In the first year of Daye, it was moved to Guyaoguan.

    ??Lantian Pass is a powerful pass that controls the Lanwu Dao, and it happens to be located near the watershed of the Qinling Mountains.  The Lanqiao River flows rapidly and passes by. The mountains are high, the ravines are deep, and the terrain is dangerous. Once the road is closed, no one can open it.  At the same time, it also echoes Wuguan and is mutually beneficial.

    Wei Wentong saw the Tang army approaching fiercely, so he took away the defenders in the city and rushed to Lantian Pass.

    Lantian Pass was originally under the rule of Jingzhao. Wei Wentong followed the order of his brother Wei Xuan, successfully entered the pass, and took over the place.

    Going south from Lantian Pass is Shangluo County.

    Wei Wentong thought that with only Lantian Pass, it would be impossible to resist the Sui army without external assistance.  If you want to hold on, you must get the support of Upper Los Angeles County.

    So Wei Wentong sent someone to Shangluo County, betting that the prefect would not betray him.

    The governor of Shangluo County is Cui Junsu.  This is naturally not an ordinary thing, but was arranged deliberately by Huang Mingyuan.  Huang Mingyuan deliberately asked Pei Yun to appoint Cui Junsu as the prefect of Shangluo County. Everyone knew that Huang Mingyuan was at odds with Cui Junsu, and others thought that Huang Mingyuan deliberately attacked Cui Junsu.

    But Huang Mingyuan¡¯s intention was to block another road from Guanzhong to Guandong.  Although Cui Junsu is not on good terms with Huang Mingyuan, his relationship with Li Yuan is even worse, and he will not surrender easily.

    Huang Mingyuan also wanted to accommodate his own people, but it was too conspicuous.

    When Cui Junsu saw Wei Wentong's envoy, he immediately sent a batch of supplies to Lantian Pass to fight Li Yuan. He was more active than anyone else.

    Cui Junsu just didn't like Li Yuan's soft look at first, just like a woman.  Later, Li Yuan begged for eagles and dogs as gifts to the emperor. Cui Junsu increasingly felt that Li Yuan was a sycophant who could only flatter himself, and he despised him even more.  Even though Li Yuan looked good later, Cui Junsu just hated him.

    It¡¯s a bit annoying, for no reason.

    Shangluo County is full of mountainous areas, with barren land and sparse population.  However, Cui Junsu tried his best to provide manpower and material resources to help Wei Wentong and others defend Lantian Pass.

    Li Jiancheng led the army to Lantian Pass. At this time, Wei Wentong's troops had already arrived.They are a group of homeless dogs desperately trying to escape.  It got rid of all the encumbrances and became a strong force again.

    This army only has four to five thousand people, but its centripetal force is extremely strong.  Those who had their hearts set on Li Tang before, or whose minds were weak, had already fled, and those who were willing to stay were all loyal to the Sui Dynasty.

    Li Jiancheng ordered people to fight, but Wei Wentong could not hold on.

    Li Jiancheng also ordered ants to attack the city, but Lantian Pass was extremely dangerous.  The Sui army was condescending, rolling wood and stones to smash down desperately.  Lantian Pass is surrounded by mountainous areas, and there is no shortage of these things.

    Li Jiancheng led his army to attack the city for several days, but could not break the city.

    On this day, a member of Li Renzheng's primary school secretly sent a letter to Li Jiancheng.  There is a mountain range on the west side of Lantian Pass, which is extremely steep.  Wei Wentong has insufficient troops and is not stationed here. He can attack the flank of Lantian Pass through this place.

    After hearing this, Li Jiancheng hurriedly sent someone to investigate. It turned out that it was just like what the primary school said.

    So Li Jiancheng ordered General Er Zhuhuan to lead more than 2,000 people to climb up the mountain.  The mountains on the west side are extremely steep. Someone needs to climb up first and then lower the rope before everyone can follow.

    More than ten soldiers of the Tang Army who were good at climbing climbed up the mountain and put down dozens of ropes, and everyone followed.

    At this moment, the Sui army suddenly came out.

    There were no more than a dozen Tang troops on the mountain, and they were immediately killed and dispersed.  At this time, Li Renzheng led his people up the mountain and saw the Tang army climbing up the rope. So Li Renzheng ordered people to cut the rope and use huge rocks and bows and crossbows to attack the crowd.  Er Zhuhuan's troops suffered numerous casualties, and even Er Zhuhuan himself died in the rebellion.

    The previous surrender of the small school was due to Wei Wentong deliberately ordering people to fake the surrender in order to lure Li Jiancheng into falling into his trap.

    The Tang army lost troops and generals, and was in disgrace.

    Li Jiancheng was angry and ordered his troops to attack Lantian Pass.

    But with the support of Lantian Pass from Shangluo County, the Tang army could not capture it in a short time.  At this time, Liu Wenjing, who was in Tongguan, kept asking Li Jiancheng for help.  Li Jiancheng thought that although Lantian Pass was difficult to capture, the Sui army only had defensive power and no offensive power, so it was not as urgent as Tongguan, so he ordered General Yang Tun to continue besieging Lantian Pass and led his army to Tongguan.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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