A knife in love

Chapter 3261

When Murong Danyan heard Li Zongyang's words, he frowned and said, "Ge Shuhan? It's strange that there is someone with the surname Brother! Fortunately, his name is Ge Shuhan. If he is called Brother, wouldn't he be taking advantage of others? "

Li Zongyang shook his head, and said: "Ge Shuhan is not a Han, but a barbarian, and his surname does not mean elder brother as we Han people say, even if you call him brother, it will not humiliate your identity."

Murong Danyan was startled when he heard the words, thought for a moment, and said: "If Ge Shuhan is a barbarian, how can he be a general of the Tang Dynasty? If the officers and soldiers are entrusted to him to command, aren't you afraid that he will surrender to the barbarians?"

Li Zongyang sighed, and said in his mouth: "This is all the evil of Li Linfu, a traitor! At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there were no barbarian officials in the court. Later, Emperor Taizong worked hard to rule, and the national strength of the Tang Dynasty was growing. Li Jing, Famous generals such as Li Shiji, Hou Junji, Su Dingfang, Xue Rengui, etc. came out in large numbers, and beat the Hu people to hide in the XZ, and never dared to invade the Central Plains easily. At that time, the Tang Dynasty was so powerful that many Hu people surrendered to the Tang army, or surrendered to the Tang Dynasty after being captured. Emperor Taizong recognized heroes and valued heroes, and selected brave and skilled fighters from among these Hu generals, and appointed them as generals of the Tang Dynasty. To say a word of conscience, the Tang Dynasty was able to shake the world, and Emperor Taizong was revered as the Khan of Heaven by the Siyi. These barbarian generals contributed a lot.

"It's just that the Hu people are brave and fierce, and they don't want to convince others easily. Emperor Taizong's literary and martial arts are unmatched in the world. Even if you count from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, there are few emperors who can match him. Therefore, when he was in power, These barbarian generals did not dare to have any second thoughts, and they only wanted to be loyal to the Great Tang. Later, Emperor Taizong passed away, and Emperor Gaozong succeeded to the throne. Relying on Emperor Taizong's prestige, he was still able to subdue these barbarian generals. Wait until Gaozong After the death of the emperor, Wu Zetian usurped Tang to stand on his own. Many Hu generals were dissatisfied, and many resigned and retired. Several Hu generals were loyal to the Tang Dynasty and refused to submit to Wu Zetian. Invade the frontier with troops. When Tang Xuanzong rejuvenated the Tang Dynasty, some Hu people returned to serve in the Tang army, but compared with the Taizong and Gaozong dynasties, the number of Hu generals who fought for the Tang Dynasty was much less."

When Li Zongyang said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "From the time of Emperor Taizong's reign, ministers often went to various places to serve as officials, and then returned to the capital to be prime minister. After Li Longji became emperor, he also learned Following the appearance of Emperor Taizong, he sent his favorite ministers to the localities and borders to serve as officials, and then recalled them to the capital after a few years to serve as prime ministers or six ministers. Prime Minister, this person is narrow-minded, insidious and cunning, and the four words of honey, belly and sword describe this person. He is determined to be a power minister. He is afraid that someone will take away his position as prime minister, so he entrusts all the generals at the border to serve as barbarians. This is because Hu people are rude and seldom educated, even if they can be a general, they cannot be a prime minister after all because they don't know how to write. In this way, Li Linfu can sit back and relax.

"Li Longji won the throne by relying on two mutinies, so he was quite suspicious of generals, and he was unwilling to hand over military power to others. Li Linfu chose Hu Ren as the chief general of the border, which fell into Li Longji's arms. He thought Hu Ren was upright, unlike The Han people were so scheming, and these Hu people led the troops to fight, so there was no need to worry about them rebelling. Li Longji and Li Linfu hit it off, and since then, more and more Hu people generals have held military power in the Tang army.

"Li Longji is fatuous and unreasonable. He made such a bad plan, which planted the hidden danger of the great chaos in the world. For example, An Lushan was a miscellaneous barbarian. In the end, he became the governor of the three towns, with more than [-] soldiers in his hand, and the world of the Tang Dynasty How can it not be chaotic? However, Ge Shuhan is very loyal to Datang. He had already found out that An Lushan was planning to do something wrong. After cheating, Yang Guifei and his sisters often said good things about An Lushan in his ears, so after Li Longji saw Ge Shuhan's memorial, he was quite unhappy, but he was concerned that Ge Shuhan was a famous general in the army and had always been prestigious. , I can’t turn against him, so I still have to deal with him at the beginning, so as to comfort Ge Shuhan. Later, Ge Shuhan suffered a stroke and could no longer lead troops to fight, so he had to go home to recuperate. Li Longji lost his scruples, and then received Ge Shuhan. Han's memorial, either ignored it, or wrote a few sarcasm on it, and then returned it to Ge Shuhan. After reading the memorial, Ge Shuhan could only shake his head and sigh, and often said to his nephew, An Lushan If you don't rebel, the old man will cut off his own head.

"When the An Lushan army went south, Li Longji, under Yang Guozhong's instigation, asked Ge Shuhan to go to Tongguan to resist the rebels. Ge Shuhan had no choice but to rush to Tongguan. Bian Lingcheng unjustly killed Gao Xianzhi and Feng Chang In the Qing Dynasty, the Tongguan army was unstable, and many sergeants sneaked away, and some even surrendered to the rebels. Ge Shuhan is worthy of being a famous general in hundreds of battles. The rebels have stabilized the situation in Tongguan. An Lushan is also quite afraid of Ge Shuhan. He heard that this veteran guards Tongguan. He ordered the rebel vanguard to command the generals to be careful in everything and not to attack Tongguan easily. .

"Although Ge Shuhan defeated the rebel vanguard, he knew that the Tongguan defenders were weak and could not fight the rebels in the field. He could only stick to the city and keep the rebels east of Tongguan. In this way, Shuofang and other major festivals The soldiers and horses of the Dushi either rushed to Chang'an to help in the battle, or went straight to Youzhou to the east, copying the back road of Anlu Mountain, and the rebels must be defeated. Therefore, Ge Shuhan made up his mind and was used by the servants every day Carrying the rattan chair, they patrolled around the city wall of Tongguan, and strictly ordered no one to go out of the city to confront the rebels, and those who violated the order would not be spared.

"If Geshuhan's strategy is followed, the rebel army must be defeated. An Lushan sits in Luoyang, and he heard that Geshuhan is sticking to Tongguan. He knows that if this delay continues, officers and soldiers will surround him from all directions, and he must join forces and be wiped out. Therefore He concentrated the looted gold, silver and jewels in Luoyang, planning to lead his army back to the north soon, and make further calculations after returning to Youzhou.

"Bian Lingcheng, who was hiding in Tongguan, heard that An Lushan intended to return to the north. He was both surprised and happy. He thought to himself that An Lushan had robbed a lot of gold, silver and jewels, and now they are all piled up in Luoyang City. If he is allowed to bring gold, silver and jewels Fleeing back to Youzhou, wasn’t my busy life in vain?! Thinking of this, Bian Lingcheng found Ge Shuhan again and forced him to lead troops out of the city to defeat the rebels and take back Luoyang. Ge Shuhan insisted that Chen should not be so light He claimed that once the army left Tongguan, it would definitely not be the opponent of the rebels. At that time, the rebels would ambush everywhere, and the officers and soldiers would have to be wiped out. Hearing what Ge Shuhan said, Bian Lingcheng was furious and accused Seeing Ge Shuhan yell at him. Finally, he threatened Ge Shuhan that if he still refused to lead the troops out of the city, he would take out the Shangfang sword bestowed by Li Longji himself, and behead Ge Shuhan in front of the army to show his example!"

(End of this chapter)