A knife in love

Chapter 3259

When Li Zongyang said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "Li Longji and Yang Guifei's sisters are having sex in the harem every day. They don't know that the court is already in crisis, and disaster is imminent. In [-], thinking that there was enough food and soldiers, there was no need to wait any longer, and finally sent troops to the south to attack the Central Plains on a large scale.

"At that time, the Tang Dynasty had been safe and sound for decades, and all the elite soldiers and generals were in the hands of the major envoys. There were not many troops stationed in the Central Plains. Therefore, An Lushan sent troops to the south, and the rebel army was like a broken bamboo. It didn't take much effort to attack Luoyang. Near the city. Li Longji kept receiving urgent documents in Chang'an, knowing that he had been fooled by Anlu Mountain, regretted it in his heart, and no longer cared about having an affair with the sisters of the Yang family. He convened ministers to discuss how to resist the rebel attack every day. The loyal ministers and generals in the imperial court were either killed by Yang Guozhong, or they resigned and returned to their hometowns in despair. It is impossible to ask them to make suggestions and lead troops to fight. Therefore, Li Longji discussed with these officials for a long time, but he couldn't come up with a strategy to defend against the enemy.

"Just when Li Longji was in a panic, Feng Changqing, the guard of Quanzhi Beiting, happened to come to Chang'an to report on his duties. When Li Longji saw Feng Changqing, it seemed that he had caught a life-saving straw, and asked him to lead his troops to resist Anlu immediately. Shan. Feng Changqing is brave and good at fighting. He is indeed a good general, but he has been guarding Beiting and does not know the details of the rebels. Moreover, he came to Chang'an this time to report on his duties, not to lead troops to serve the king, so there is no One soldier in Beiting Duhu Mansion. Li Longji only wanted to resist the rebels in Anlu Mountain, and asked Feng Changqing to leave for Luoyang immediately to lead the officers and soldiers to defeat the rebels. Feng Changqing thought that Luoyang was the accompanying capital of the Tang Dynasty. Even if the rebels cannot be defeated, they must be able to defend Luoyang City and wait for reinforcements. Moreover, he heard Li Longji say that General Gao Xianzhi is about to arrive in Chang'an, and Gao Xianzhi will lead the army to Luoyang for assistance, so he underestimated the enemy even more. He thought that he and Gao Xianzhi would be able to defeat Anlu Mountain by joining forces, so after receiving the imperial edict, he took a few confidants and went straight to Luoyang without any delay.

"After Feng Changqing entered Luoyang, he realized that the city was full of old, weak and remnant soldiers. Not only were there insufficient soldiers and horses, but also food and grass. Feng Changqing was so anxious that he had no choice but to order the rich households in Luoyang City to take out their silver, and then use the money to recruit soldiers and buy horses to resist the rebels. Sure enough, money can turn ghosts, Feng Changqing used silver to recruit soldiers, and within a few days There are already 6 to [-] people under his command. It's just that most of these people are street rogues and local hooligans. They just want to make money and don't want to fight at all. Why doesn't Feng Changqing know that these people are unreliable, but he has no way out and has to do so act.

"While Feng Changqing was desperately recruiting troops, the rebel army had already attacked the city of Luoyang. As soon as the two sides fought, the soldiers Feng Changqing bought with silver dispersed in a rush, and the rebel army invaded Luoyang without much effort. Feng Changqing had no choice but to fight his way out and retreat to Tongguan with the remnants of the defeated army. On the way, he met the general Gao Xianzhi who came to help, and Feng Changqing finally breathed a sigh of relief. But when he learned that Gao Xianzhi was also Hurrying to Chang'an, he didn't lead the troops of his headquarters. Instead, he recruited tens of thousands of soldiers in Chang'an City and then marched eastward. He couldn't help being disappointed, so he told the story of his recruiting in Luoyang. Finally, he said to Gao Xianzhi, "An It is by no means a day for Lushan to plan a rebellion. The more than 20 troops under him have been practicing for many years. The local rogue of Yinzi? Therefore, it is a dead end to fight the rebel army in the field! We must retreat into Tongguan immediately, rely on the fortified city to deal with the rebel army, and consume the rebel army's food, grass and weapons. , and then have a showdown with the rebels, maybe there is a chance of winning.

"Gao Xianzhi is a famous general on the battlefield, and he knew that the soldiers and horses he brought this time were vulnerable, so after hearing Feng Changqing's words, he took the lead again and again. The two led the soldiers and horses to retreat to Tongguan, and the vanguard of the rebel army was gone. They chased them over. Sure enough, as Feng Changqing said, Gao Xianzhi's troops would collapse at the first touch. Before the rebel army arrived, [-] to [-] soldiers had already fled without a trace. Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing ran away desperately, and finally Fleeing into Tongguan City.

The Tongguan city wall is tall, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there are good generals such as Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing defending it. Although it is not as tough as the rebels, it is not difficult to defend Tongguan city.But the bad thing is that Li Longji sent Bian Lingcheng to Tongguan to monitor Gao and Feng, and finally caused a big mess.

"Before when Li Longji sent a general to lead the army to fight, he rarely sent a supervising army to the army. It was only the rebellion of An Lushan that made Li Longji surprised and angry. He thought that he had too much trust in the general who led the army, which made them No scruples. Therefore, when Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi were sent to lead troops to meet the rebels, Li Longji kept an eye out and planned to send a supervising army to Luoyang to prevent Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi from disagreeing. He made up his mind. After making up his mind, he called Gao Lishi to discuss who to send to Luoyang as the supervisor. Gao Lishi said to Li Longji that Bian Lingcheng was loyal to the owner and the emperor, and when Gao Xianzhi was conquering Xiao Bolu, Bian Ling Cheng used to serve as Gao Xianzhi's army supervisor. This time Gao Xianzhi went to the east, he could serve as the army supervisor from Bianling City and go to Luoyang to sit in command.

"Bian Lingcheng was originally a small leader of Gao Lishi's subordinates. He gained favor by fawning on Gao Lishi. He was one of Li Longji's confidant eunuchs. When Gao Xianzhi conquered Xiao Bolu, Bian Lingcheng joined the army because he was afraid of the enemy. , has been hiding in the city hundreds of miles away from the battlefield. Fortunately, he did not hinder Gao Xianzhi's use of troops, which made Gao Xianzhi unscrupulous and defeated the Xiaobolu rebels. Bian Lingcheng has benefited a lot from the meritorious deeds. Gao Xianzhi was ordered to attack Anlu Mountain this time, and Bian Lingcheng became greedy after hearing the news. Xi Shu was shocked, but even though the dead eunuch knew that the disaster was imminent, he still wanted to make money. He thought that the last time he followed Gao Xianzhi to conquer Xiao Bolu, he was hundreds of miles away from the battlefield and did not get much money. This time Gao Xianzhi went to Luoyang To fight the rebels, Luoyang is the accompanying capital of the Tang Dynasty, and there are countless gold, silver and jewels in the city. When the war is in chaos, he will definitely be able to make a fortune. Therefore, he followed Gao Lishi's way, and he was determined to be Gao Xianzhi's supervisor, and went to Luoyang to fish for it. benefit."

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