Gao Xianzhi is also a famous general in battle and knows everything about military affairs. After Feng Changqing's analysis, he also knew that the combat effectiveness gap between his 110,000 Tianwu Army and An Lushan's anti-army was really huge.

"Chang Qing has a suggestion, I hope the marshal and deputy marshal can adopt it!" Feng Changqing bowed to King Rong Li Wan and Gao Xianzhi.

"Let me say it." Gao Xianzhi and King Rong Li Wan nodded.

"The enemy went south from Youzhou City and was defeated without any battle. Now he has just captured Luoyang, which is the most powerful time. The back of Shanzhou is Lingbao and Tongguan. Shanzhou and Lingbao are not strong cities, and they cannot completely block the enemy's way to Tongguan. It is definitely not a place for bloody battle with the enemy. Tongguan has no soldiers. If the enemy besieged Shanzhou and Lingbao, they will not attack them for the time being. If the enemy sends iron cavalry to pass by the wrong way and attack Tongguan, then Tongguan will be in danger and Chang'an will be in danger. Therefore, it is better to give up Shanzhou and Lingbao and lead troops to retreat to Tongguan to resist the enemy!" Feng Changqing put forward his own suggestions.

"That's right!" Gao Xianzhi nodded immediately, expressing that he agreed with Feng Changqing's suggestion.

In fact, even if Feng Changqing doesn’t say it, Gao Xianzhi has this meaning.

The 110,000 Tianwu Army under his command is almost the only force that Guanzhong can gather now. Not only Tongguan is empty, but Chang'an City has almost no troops to defend. The 110,000 Tianwu Army cannot fight against the elite anti-army forces in places like Shanzhou.

Seeing that Gao Xianzhi had agreed, King Rong did not understand military affairs, and knew that he was just a symbolic marshal and did not have the self-righteousness of Bian Lingcheng, so he immediately agreed to retreat to Tongguan.

Immediately, Gao Xianzhi passed on military orders, abandoned Shanzhou and Lingbao, and retreated to Tongguan.

Once this military order was passed on, ordinary soldiers did not react much, but the military supervisor Bian Lingcheng was furious.

He was just angry and left for a moment. Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing made the decision to abandon the two states in a row to retreat to Tongguan. This was equivalent to not discussing with him, the military supervisor, where would he, the military supervisor be?

Bian Lingcheng immediately found Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing angrily.

"The anti-army is in Luoyang City. You don't have to go east to fight to kill Luoyang to wipe out the anti-army, but instead want to abandon the two states and retreat to Tongguan. What's the reason? If you are incompetent and weak, I, Bian Lingcheng, can command the army to kill Luoyang and wipe out the enemy!" Bian Lingcheng said shamelessly, and knew how he developed his self-righteous and arrogant personality after being a eunuch in the palace for so many years. He really thought that fighting was a family.

Feng Changqing's cheeks were so angry that his cheeks were red, and Gao Xianzhi also looked gloomy and angry.

"Border military supervisor, military affairs are not a joke. If you don't understand military affairs, don't speak wildly. If you can destroy the anti-army, Your Majesty will send me Gao Xianzhi to be the deputy commander! I have decided, and I will retreat to Tongguan today!" Gao Xianzhi said in a lingering voice.

Bian Lingcheng was once again so angry that he was a military supervisor assigned by His Majesty himself. He represented His Majesty and had a noble status. However, Gao Xianzhi repeatedly "humiliated" him and did not treat him as a military supervisor. Even Feng Changqing, the defeated general, dared to lose his face. Damn, damn, damn!

Gao Xianzhi ignored Bian Lingcheng and led his army to leave Shanzhou City and Lingbao that day, and retreated into Tongguan.

Facts have also proved that Feng Changqing's suggestions are extremely accurate.

Just less than an hour after Gao Xianzhi led his army to Tongguan, an anti-army cavalry that emerged from somewhere also rushed to the city of Tongguan.

Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing, Rong Wang Li Wan and others all had cold sweats. If they hadn't been quick to move, Tongguan might have been attacked and broken by the anti-army cavalry. By then, if Tongguan is lost, they will be unable to stop the anti-army from entering Guanzhong. Chang'an City may be difficult to protect, and the Tang Dynasty will be in danger!

Even the arrogant Bian Lingcheng broke out in a cold sweat.

However, Bian Lingcheng would not damage his own face. He stubbornly believed that if Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing were not cowardly and had not led their troops to fight against the anti-army in Luoyang, the anti-army would not have appeared at the city of Tongguan in any case.

Bian Lingcheng's stubbornness and arrogance had no effect, because no matter whether it was Gao Xianzhi, who actually commanded the army or Feng Changqing, who had only more than 300 remaining soldiers under his command, he did not miss Bian Lingcheng. As the prince, King Rong Li Wan, even more ignored Bian Lingcheng, a eunuch.

There seemed to be no turmoil in Tongguan, locking the way An Lushan's anti-army continued to advance westward.

Luoyang City.

When An Lushan learned that Gao Xianzhi and other Tang troops abandoned Shanzhou and Lingbao and retreated to Tongguan, he sent the iron cavalry to attack Tongguan without success. He immediately frowned tightly and his face was gloomy.

Tongguan is known to be able to stop millions of soldiers, and its strength is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is not comparable to Luoyang and Xingyang. Even An Lushan does not have the confidence to capture Tongguan, which is jointly defended by Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing and the 110,000 Tianwu Army.

The westward advance was blocked, but An Lushan was not idle either. Anyway, he already had the Eastern Capital. As early as the moment he captured Luoyang, he was ready to proclaim himself emperor in the Eastern Capital Luoyang.

A few days later, in the first month of the fifteenth year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty, An Lushan held a grand ceremony to proclaim emperors in Luoyang, with the country's name "Dayan" and the year's name Shengwu. He called himself Emperor Shengwu of Dayan.

An Lushan was very excited. Not only did he proclaim himself emperor, but he also expanded his troops, completely aiming to seize the entire Tang Dynasty.

However, the day after becoming emperor, An Lushan also heard the news that the Khitan changed its rulers, the Xi tribe changed its rulers, and the 12,000-strong army of Youzhou Army was completely wiped out by Li Fei, and Li Fei's army had once arrived at the city of Youzhou.

An Lushan was so angry that he cursed, threatening to punish Jia Xun, who was left in Youzhou, for his crimes. He also threatened to one day he would cut Li Fei into pieces and cut Li Fei into pieces.

"Your Majesty, the Khitan and the Xi tribe have changed hands one after another. If the news is learned by the Khitan leaders and the Xi tribe, they may lead their troops back to the Khitans and Xi tribes at all costs, and they must find a way to stabilize them." Yan Zhuang used to be An Lushan's number one military advisor, but now An Lushan is emperor, he has also become the Minister of the Secretariat of the "Dayan" and has high official positions and powers.

"Hmph, I gave them weapons and armor to make them charge for me. How could I allow them to return to the Khitan and Xi tribe? I sent an order to block the news of the change of Khitan and Xi tribe."

"Tongguan is the most powerful pass in the world, and there are Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing and 110,000 Tang troops stationed, and it will be difficult to capture it for a while. Let Wu Lingxun bring 10,000 horses, infantry, cavalry, and the two clans of Khitan, Xi, and the cavalry of the two clans of the south to conquer Yingchuan and Nanyang." An Lushan narrowed his eyes and said, "If you don't use the cavalry of the Khitan and Xi clans, how can he allow them to return to the territory of Khitan and Xi?"

An Lushan was very sinister, and the southern expedition was getting farther and farther away from the north. It would probably take half a year to wait for the leaders of the two tribes to really get the news. A year later! At that time, his cavalry would be almost injured and killed and were all used up. When they were taken, they were willing to go back to retake the Khitan and Xi tribes, he had no objection.
Chapter completed!