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Hearing what Yang Xi said, Gao Shi felt sad and left with a long sigh.

What Yang Xi said makes sense. Finally abandoning Hantongguan City and retreating to Suitongguan City, which is ten times more dangerous than Hantongguan City, is indeed what must be done with the current military strength. Under such an offensive by the rebels, Hantongguan City will definitely be destroyed.

Undoubtedly, it is only a matter of time before the city is broken, even if all the troops present in Tongguan City are used. The more than 10,000 troops who experienced the disastrous defeat of Lingbao, Han Tongguan City alone cannot withstand the attack of the rebels.

In the past few months, Hantongguan City has experienced countless battles. Both the city and other protective facilities have been seriously damaged and there is no time to repair them. The defensive capabilities have been greatly reduced. No matter who leads the army, it is impossible to use it as the last resort.

Defend the fortress and defend it with all your strength.

If Han Tongguan City had been effectively repaired, it would still be theoretically possible.

If you want to defend Tongguan, you can only rely on the Forbidden Valley, twelve consecutive cities to protect you, and the Sui Tongguan City, which is more dangerous and protected by mountains than the Han Tongguan City. As long as the Sui Tongguan City has enough troops and weapons, even if there are dozens of rebels

Thousands of people took turns to attack, but they could not capture Tongguan City in Sui Dynasty.

In the Sui Dynasty, Tongguan City was the last defensive position for their defeated army of more than 10,000 soldiers, and it was also the most reliable defensive position. They could only wait for reinforcements and make a last-ditch effort, unless follow-up reinforcements arrived continuously, in which case more troops could be defeated.

Use key passes to block the rebels' attack, and even kill the rebels on a large scale.

When Ge Shuhan arranged the arrangements, Gao Shi raised objections to the withdrawal of the troops from Tongguan City and Twelve Companies of the Han Dynasty, but in the end his opinions were not adopted. However, he finally agreed with Ge Shuhan's abandonment.

Tongguan City in the Han Dynasty and the decision to defend Tongguan City in the Sui Dynasty with all their strength, but they still had different opinions on the decision to abandon the twelve consecutive cities.

Now there are about 120 sergeants on each of the twelve super-large beacon towers in the Twelve Liancheng City. These sergeants will work with the sergeants at the head of Tongguan City. The resistance must cross the forbidden ditch before launching an attack on Tongguan City.

The attacking rebels tried their best to inflict maximum damage on the rebels. The natural barrier of the forbidden ditch is something that Hantongguan City does not have. The defensive capabilities of this ditch alone can be compared with tens of thousands of sergeants. It is a pity that there are still many people in the ditch.

There are many corpses that cannot be burned, and the defense capability is somewhat compromised.

Gao Shi hopes God will favor them!

Looking at the background of Gao Shi leaving, Yang Xi also sighed heavily. At this time, he truly understood the feeling of not having your cake and eat it too.

Han Tongguan City is indeed an excellent defense against rebel attacks, even if it is ruined, but he currently has too few troops, and there are only a few defeated troops. He really does not dare to divide his troops, just for fear of what might happen.

The troops were divided and eaten up by the rebels, and they were no longer able to defend Suitongguan City. If more troops were sent to Hantongguan City, and Hantongguan City was captured by the rebels, the morale of the remaining sergeants would be indescribable.

Maybe many sergeants will be defeated again and flee. Some generals have no intention of persisting anymore and may follow the example of Huo Ba Quy Nhon. He doesn't know when the follow-up reinforcements will arrive. He can't afford to gamble!

This is not the only concern, because the section from Sui Tongguan City to Hantongguan City is a mountainous road, which is not very easy to travel, and the speed cannot be increased. Yang Xi has also been worried about whether the troops from Hantongguan City can withdraw safely.

If the rebels were to discover the troops as they were retreating and pursue them, it would be very difficult to put our own troops into the city while blocking the rebels outside the city. Only more than 2,000 troops were allowed into the city.

, it should be possible to rely on the sergeants on the Twelve Company City to block the attack and send men and horses to respond. If there are more men and horses, the difficulty will be doubled unless part of it is given up.

Yang Xi fully understood the reason why Ge Shuhan abandoned Tongguan City in the Han Dynasty after the defeat and concentrated his troops to retreat to Tongguan City in the Sui Dynasty.

When will reinforcements arrive?

The hateful Ge Shuhan, when he went out to fight at Tongguan, he evacuated all the troops near Tongguan. It would be great if some were left.

If he hadn't arranged several small-scale ambushes urgently, and had Li Fudou and Pang Zhong use Hantongguan City as a stopping point to slow down the rebels' attack speed, then the rebels would have been desperately attacking the city under Suitongguan City.

He didn't know if the rebels really attacked the Suitongguan city where he was standing now. How long could these defeated generals hold on and whether they could hold on until reinforcements arrived!

Just as Yang Xi was sighing, the rebels started attacking again, and the scale was obviously larger than the last time.

Yang Xi carefully observed every attack by the rebels. He found that the number of rebels attacking the city was slowly increasing, from a few hundred at the beginning to more than a thousand now, with more and more people following.

The group of troops followed the more than a thousand people in front of them. It can be said that the attack was not divided into waves, but a continuous attack. Depending on the situation, the rebels wanted to capture Hantongguan City before dark.

Everyone knows that before dark and after dark are completely different concepts. The attacking party will definitely not want to attack the city under the huge darkness after dark. Hantongguan City cannot be captured before dark, and they can only wait until

Attack after dawn tomorrow. Of course, you can still attack the city after dark, but the offensive and defensive battle after dark will be more disadvantageous to the attacking party. After all, the terrain in Tongguan area is dangerous, and it is difficult to walk clearly if you cannot see the situation clearly. If you want to attack by force, you will have to pay a lot of effort.

The casualties will be greater. Both the offensive and defensive sides know this. In the past few months, the rebels only attacked once or twice at night at the beginning, and then gave up. The top of Tongguan City is extremely difficult to climb.

It is impossible to secretly send powerful soldiers into the city at night to attack.

Looking at the sun that had already half set in the mountains, Yang Xi understood that this should be the rebels' last attack today. If they could prevent it, it would be a success, and at least it would buy him another night.

On this night, the rescue team could travel at least dozens of miles, or even hundreds of miles, right?

Yang Xi also immediately sent an order to Li Fudou and Pang Zhong to withstand the rebel attack no matter what. As long as they withstand the rebel attack, the rebel attack will stop after dark. The rebel attack stopped.

, that is when they can find a way to retreat.

Just as the people sent by Yang Xi to deliver the order rushed towards Hantongguan City, the rebels' suicidal siege operation had already begun.

From the south gate and east gate, there were at least two thousand sergeants each rushing toward the city wall. The rebel sergeants holding shields looked after each other and tried hard to get the ladder back to the top of the city. But as the rebels quickly moved toward

As they surged towards the city wall, arrows from the city top flew out again. As countless screams rang out, many rebel soldiers were hit by arrows falling from the city wall and were injured or killed.

However, there was no delay in the rebel attack. Under the orders of their respective commanders, the sergeants rushed towards the city wall one after another. Some sergeants also took advantage of the favorable terrain to draw their bows and shoot at the defenders on the top of the city!
Chapter completed!