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Yang Xi's repeated requests were finally known to Yang Guozhong.

Near noon on June 8, Yang Guozhong returned to the mansion and summoned Yang Xi for questioning.

He has been busy with many things in the past few days. He has been staying in the palace to do things and has not returned home. Yang Guozhong did not get much restful sleep and was not in good spirits. He was a little haggard and had obvious dark circles under his eyes. However, he saw that Yang Xi had become lively and energetic again. , looking very good and very happy.

However, Yang Xi was very anxious at this time. After just a few polite words, he asked directly: "Father, I want to ask my father, did His Majesty the Emperor order Tongguan guard Ge Shuhan to go out to fight the enemy? "

"My son, why are you talking about this big thing again? Is it because you have been searching for a father these days just to talk about this again?" Hearing what Yang Xi said, Yang Guozhong frowned slightly, and then added after Yang Xi nodded in approval. He immediately let go and said with a slight smile: "Since you asked, let me tell you what my father said! A few days ago, His Majesty agreed with what my father said and has issued an edict to Ge Shuhan to attack with all his troops! Cui Qianyou was in Shaanxi County The soldiers were less than 6,000, and they were all weak and unprepared. The thieves had already withdrawn some of their elite troops to Luoyang, and were preparing to return to Fangyang. This was a good time to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop! News came just early in the morning that the vanguard of the thieves was defeated, and Ge Shuhan If we win continuously, in a few days we will be able to wipe out all the vanguard of the bandit army!"

"Ah?! Are you really talking about that? Father, did Brother Shuhan really lead his army out to fight?" Upon hearing what Yang Guozhong said, Yang Xi's heart felt as cold as sinking to the bottom of the water, and he couldn't stop complaining!

Oh my god, my father is so stupid that he has already incited Li Longji and forced Ge Shuhan to go out to fight.

Seeing Yang Xi's shocked look, Yang Guozhong frowned again and said unhappily: "Xier, why are you looking like this?"

"Father, didn't you listen to anything the boy said? If the boy's prediction is correct, disaster will befall our Tang Dynasty again. Ge Shuhan will definitely fall into the bandits' plan and be ambushed by the enemy! "Yang Xi was a little angry.

Yang Guozhong had a look of displeasure on his face. He glared at Yang Xi sternly and asked, "Silang, why do you say that?"

Anyone could see the anger on Yang Guozhong's face, but Yang Xi ignored it, and he didn't care anymore. He directly told some contents of the book he read in later generations: "The east side of Tongguan Lingbao is bordered by Mount Hua to the south and the Yellow River to the north. In the middle is a narrow mountain road 70 miles long. This is the only way out of Tongguan. If the bandit army embeds elite troops on both sides of the mountain road, no matter how large our army is, they will not be able to escape. Destruction! According to what Ha'er thinks, the bandit army must have laid elite troops on both sides of the mountain road, and Ge Shuhan's army must have been ambushed, which will eventually lead to a disastrous defeat, and Tongguan will not be protected!"

"After the bandits captured Luoyang, Chang'an was the place they must capture! To capture Chang'an, Tongguan must be captured. Otherwise, even if the bandits have millions of troops, they will not be able to defeat Chang'an! This can be seen from the fact that the bandits called An in Luoyang on the first day of the first lunar month The emperor ordered his son An Qingxu to lead an army to attack Tongguan on the eleventh day, and then he personally conquered Tongguan. This can be seen from the fact that Tongguan is naturally dangerous and cannot be easily captured by thieves. Ge Shuhan adopted the strategy of guarding the pass and not leaving the city. The correct strategy for facing the enemy prevented Tongguan from falling into the enemy's hands, and the stalemate with the bandits lasted for more than six months!"

"These six months of perseverance are enough to prove the correctness of the strategy of only defending without going out to fight! Seeing that the rebel army cannot win by force, they must resort to outsmarting and use old and weak soldiers as bait to lure my army out to fight! Father ordered

Ge Shuhan led his army to fight, and he fell into the trap of seizing the enemy. If he did not change his order and let Ge Shuhan return to Tongguan and still defend Tongguan, a disaster would come and Tongguan would be lost! Father, you have to think twice.

Ah! If Tongguan falls, Chang'an will definitely not be safe. If Chang'an is not safe, our Yang family may suffer misfortune, and no one will be able to save it!"

Yang Xi's words were very thorough and reasonable. Yang Guozhong was shocked by what Yang Xi said, but the expression on his face also changed rapidly. He felt scared. He was no longer angry with his younger son's nonsense, but he was not angry anymore.

He didn't speak, he just looked thoughtful.

To be honest, he had thought of some of what Yang Xi said, but most of them he had never thought about.

After An Lushan rebelled, he, like Emperor Li Longji, held a contemptuous attitude, thinking that as soon as the imperial edict was issued and the king's army moved, the rebels would soon start a fight, and the rebellion would immediately begin.

put down!

But the cruel facts proved that their initial idea was wrong. The rebel offensive was overwhelming and unstoppable. They did not encounter any decent resistance wherever they went. Even Feng Changqing, a famous general who rarely failed, was defeated one after another.

After joining forces with Gao Xianzhi, they only dared to retreat to Tongguan and did not dare to take the initiative. They also repeatedly petitioned the court to allow them to garrison Tongguan without fighting and wait for the arrival of King Qin's troops from various places.

However, Yang Guozhong still believed that this was just the luck of the rebels, and that the court had not deployed properly in advance and did not deploy heavy troops inside the pass. In recent years, the court has focused on external affairs and neglected internal affairs, and most of the troops have been guarding the borders of Chang'an and Luoyang.

There are only about 100,000 soldiers and horses, and they are all troops that have not fought before. Their combat effectiveness cannot be compared with that of the frontier troops who are good at fighting. If it were not for this situation, they would not be so passive after the rebellion in Anlu Mountain.

However, after the rebellion broke out, the imperial court launched a large-scale campaign to recruit young and middle-aged people to join the army. A large number of troops were quickly recruited. The number of troops gathered at Tongguan exceeded 200,000, and more than 50,000 were elite soldiers who were good at fighting. There were also defenders inside and outside Chang'an City.

Yang Guozhong believed that with these troops and horses, he could defeat the rebels. It was with this confidence that he dared to persuade Emperor Li Longji to send Ge Shuhan's troops out of Tongguan to fight.

What's more, now that the north has been victorious one after another, according to news from Luoyang, An Lushan plans to withdraw his troops from Luoyang and return to Fanyang!

Moreover, he is not afraid of Ge Shuhan's defeat, because he has placed close followers in Ge Shuhan's army. The supervisor Bian Lingcheng is his most trustworthy person. After Ge Shuhan's defeat, he can take charge of the military power on his behalf, continue to guard Tongguan, and succeed

Get rid of Ge Shuhan, a person of equal status to him in the court. Previously, he had successfully used methods to remove Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi, who had always looked down on him.

Ge Shuhan had always had a rift with him and looked down upon him. He wanted to take advantage of Ge Shuhan's defeat to remove this famous general with outstanding merits.

But after listening to his son's analysis, he felt scared! His son would not lie to him. Yang Xi's analysis was very reasonable, and he couldn't help but feel confused! What's going on?

Don't be afraid of ten thousand, but be afraid of the unexpected. If Ge Shuhan really loses Tongguan after the defeat, Chang'an will also be in danger. What Yang Xi said may really happen, and the Yang family will be destroyed!

Knowing that Yang Guozhong had been moved by his words, Yang Xi was overjoyed and immediately continued: "Father, King Qin's troops from Longyou, Anxi and other places are all good frontier troops. Only they have the strength to fight the rebels.

Only when the troops of King Qin from all over the country gather near Tongguan can they fight to the death with the rebels! Therefore, according to Hai'er's view, now it is necessary to encourage all the troops and revive their morale, so that they have more confidence to resist the enemy and prevent the rebels from taking over.

Tongguan threatens Chang'an! Now we should strictly order Ge Shuhan to hold on to Tongguan and force the rebels to attack the city. The official army can use the Tongguan natural barrier to consume the rebels' strength, lower their morale, and force the rebels to return to Luoyang! At the same time, the court can

I issued a consolation edict and granted higher official positions to the traitor generals to induce them to surrender and divide their strength! My father also knows that there are many things that can be settled later!"

"Well, my son's concerns are very far-reaching, and my father was deeply moved after hearing this! But what you said is of great importance, and I need to think about it carefully before I can answer it! After all, Ge Shuhan has led his army out of Tongguan and

It is unrealistic to withdraw immediately from the war!" Yang Guozhong stroked the black beard under his forehead, stared at Yang Xi with shining eyes, and asked meaningfully: "As a father, it is strange, why have you never dealt with this before?

This time, he suddenly had so many insights into being a father? And these are insights that ordinary people would never think of?"

Knowing that he had said so much, Yang Guozhong must have doubts about his changes, and Yang Xi could only explain it this way: "Father, I was just afraid of being blamed by you. I never dared to say these thoughts, and you never took these things seriously.

Let’s ask the child! This time the child was injured and had a few strange dreams when he was unconscious for two days. He dreamed of many weird things and understood many things that he had never thought of before. It was like a dream.

There was an old man with a white beard who told me something about Tongguan. After I woke up, I thought about it a lot. I also thought about what I knew about the court affairs before I fell asleep, that is, what happened after the rebel An rebelled.

I asked Yang Zheng about the court affairs and the movements of the rebels during this period, and then I came up with this! Father, this is what I thought of in desperation. I don’t want you to be criticized, let alone my own body.

I don’t want to see all of our family members fall into disaster, causing our family to be destroyed, so please think twice before doing so!”

"Now that the rebels are gaining momentum, what my father has to do is to find ways to keep the rebels out of Tongguan City and find ways to quell the rebels instead of using force to eliminate dissidents! If you want to attack your opponents, there will be many opportunities in the future.

But if Tongguan is broken and Chang'an falls, my father will most likely be angered by the emperor and criticized by his colleagues. My father's chance of continuing to hold power in the government may be gone! Father, think twice!"

Yang Xi's anxious look moved Yang Guozhong a little, and the doubts he had in his heart were immediately eliminated. He didn't want his youngest son to be so worried, so he leaned forward, reached out and touched Yang Xi's head, smiling and comforting him.

Said: "Xi'er pays so much attention to national affairs, I am very happy for my father! But you are young and have nothing to do, so your thoughts are a little simpler, so don't worry too much about these things! My father will think about what you said and let me be happy.

Han is ready for contingency! Just rest and take good care of your health. Maybe the news of Ge Shuhan's victory will come soon! It is impossible for the rebels to fake defeat under Tongguan City. If they fake defeat, they will not be able to contain it.

How can we withstand Ge Shuhan's 200,000-strong army with the formation?"

Yang Guozhong said this. Yang Xi was a little helpless and unspeakably angry, but he was still unwilling to give up and wanted to continue talking. But at this moment, a man dressed as a servant hurried in and ran in without reporting. When he arrived in front of Yang Guozhong, he knelt down with a plop and howled loudly: "Master, something bad has happened. Ge Shuhan was defeated and was ambushed by the bandit Cui Ganyou's troops in Lingbao. He suffered heavy casualties and was almost completely destroyed!"
Chapter completed!