(The New Year is almost over. Tang Yuan hopes that the book friends will still have fun in the last few days of the long holiday! During the fun break, I also hope that the book friends will support Tang Yuan and pay more attention to "Ao Tang"!)

After saying a little humorous complaint, Yang Xi shouted to the generals: "Everyone, go to Ximen with me to welcome the reinforcements led by General Dou Hua!"

After a bloody battle today, we finally waited for the subsequent reinforcements to arrive. Although the number of reinforcements was small, with only more than 3,000 people, the meaning it represented was extraordinary. The arrival of reinforcements represents hope. Dou Hua's three thousand men arrived, and Zhang Jian's five thousand soldiers would also arrive in Tongguan in one or two hours! Whether it is three thousand or eight thousand, as long as the reinforcements arrived, it can be said that they brought greater hope to the defenders of Tongguan.

After the reinforcements arrived, the combat effectiveness of the Tongguan defenders would be greatly supplemented and their morale was greatly boosted. These were reflected on the faces of the generals. The generals who followed Yang Xi to greet the reinforcements all looked joyous, and the other soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

When Yang Xi and Ge Shuhan, who was unable to move, led a general to the west gate of Tongguan, the three thousand troops led by Dou Hua had already arrived outside the west gate.

"The last general Dou Hua, led his three thousand soldiers to Tongguan and asked Marshal Yang for advice!" Dou Hua, who looked haggard, stood straight in front of Yang Xi after saluting and reporting loudly.

Looking at Dou Hua who was a little inhumane and the army behind him were in a disheveled manner, extremely embarrassed, but the three thousand soldiers lined up in an orderly manner, Yang Xi smiled a little, greeted Dou Hua, and said loudly: "Thank you for your hard work, General Dou! Thank you for your hard work, the soldiers! The rebels have begun to attack the city. It is a blessing for you to arrive at Tongguan now! I believe that with your joining, Tongguan City will always be in the hands of my Tang army!"

"Thank you, Marshal Yang, for not blamed Mo General for being late!" Dou Hua still stood up straight and shouted loudly: "Please rest assured, Marshal, General Mo General and his soldiers will fight desperately and will never let the rebels attack the city!"

"Okay, I am very pleased that you have such a determination!" Faced with a group of troops who were exhausted so much that they rushed to Tongguan desperately, Yang Xi did not want to make a long speech. After just a few simple remarks, he immediately ordered Dou Hua: "General Dou, immediately order the soldiers to rest. The rebels will likely attack the city at night. We must be prepared for a bloody battle to the end!"

"Yes, Marshal, the last general!" After hearing what Yang Xi said, Dou Hua did not delay and immediately ordered the soldiers to find a place to rest, recover their strength, fill their stomachs, and prepare for possible battles at night.

To be honest, Dou Hua was still a little guilty. He already knew that before he led his troops to arrive, Tongguan City had experienced several huge tests, and the rebels almost attacked the city. If his troops could arrive one or two hours earlier, the danger might not have occurred. Yang Xi would not have been so stretched in the distribution of troops. It was this damn rain that caused them to be blocked from their journey, and it was nearly an hour later than the original plan to arrive at Tongguan.

When he met Yang Xi and other generals, he was also prepared to be scolded, but Yang Xi did not scold him, and the other generals did not complain, which made him feel much better. But he was holding his breath and wanted to prove the role of himself and his troops. Therefore, when he led the soldiers to rest and eat, he strictly admonished the soldiers to hurry up and take the time to rest and prepare for the night battle.

If a soldier dares to be afraid of the front and not the front, the military law will be of great importance!

The crew led by Dou Hua is the elite of the Dragon Martial Guard. It has outstanding combat power and strict discipline. Although he is exhausted after moving continuously, after ordering to rest, he did not scatter like a group of mobs, without any scrambling. Instead, he still rested, ate, and slept very in a very orderly manner under the leadership of his respective officials, on the resting ground assigned to them, which made Yang Xi, who had been observing the side, quite satisfied.

Dou Huamen arrived at Tongguan just after dark, which made Yang Xi feel a little relieved and the other generals were much less worried.

When Yang Xi led 3,000 troops to Tongguan, he greatly boosted morale. After today's fierce battle, reinforcements arrived. Those who were worried and afraid that they could not defend Tongguan would immediately recover their confidence.

The subsequent reinforcements arrived continuously, and Tongguan was under natural danger. The rebels had no fear of large-scale sieges.

It soon became dark, and countless lanterns and torches were lit on the top of the city.

Yang Xi ordered most of the soldiers to rest, leaving only a part of them to patrol the city, and strictly prevent possible attacks from the rebels.

After a tense battle, the defenders on the city were already exhausted and could not recover their combat effectiveness without rest.

But to his surprise, at dinner time, that is, when the moon hung in mid-air after it was dark and after it was dark, the rebels who had retreated a few miles from the east gate and the south gate did not make any movement. No established soldiers arrived near the city and made a move to prepare for an attack, which made him suspect that the rebels were also preparing to rest tonight and fight again after dawn tomorrow.

The rebels are quite "cooperating"!

One and a half hours after Dou Hua's troops arrived at Tongguan, about the time of Xu in the evening, the five thousand troops led by Zhang Jian also arrived at Tongguan.

Although the five thousand people who arrived in Tongguan were all tired soldiers, after Dou Hua's three thousand reinforcements arrived, another five thousand people arrived in Tongguan City. This was like injecting a shot of a heart-warming agent into the defenders in the city, and the worries in the hearts of the generals were basically eliminated.

Originally, there were more than 10,000 people in the city, plus the 8,000 reinforcements who arrived at night, the total number was about 20,000.

20,000 troops are defending the city. Basically, don’t worry about insufficient troops or the fatigued offensive of the rebels. Such a large number of defending soldiers can take turns to take turns to rest. If Chen Xuanli’s subsequent more than 50,000 troops arrive as soon as possible, there will be more than 70,000 troops in Tongguan City. It can be said that there are sufficient troops and horses, so don’t worry about being captured by the rebels again.

According to the latest news, Chen Xuanli personally led the troops to be almost 100 miles away from Tongguan, and he will not arrive at Tongguan as soon as tomorrow at noon.

"TMD, Chen Xuanli must have been deliberately delaying the time!" After receiving the latest news, Yang Xi couldn't help but curse. He had a premonition that after Chen Xuanli led his army to Tongguan, although the troops defending Tongguan City had increased, various contradictions would also appear. This imperial guard general who had accused Yang Guozhong and was trusted by Li Longji was likely not to sell his account, and might even have a dispute with him.

This is a very bad situation. He must find a way to avoid it as much as possible. The hidden dangers must be eliminated first!

Thinking of this, he immediately wrote a letter and asked the soldiers to send them to Chang'an as fast as possible through the post station.

Just as Yang Xi had just finished writing the letter, a soldier came to report that the rebels attacked at night!
Chapter completed!